US07986302B2
A function command analysis system includes an image input unit, a position information extraction unit, a function command specification unit and a function command output unit. The image input unit inputs an image containing an image generated by light emitted from a light emission device. The position information extraction unit extracts position information of the image, which is generated by the light emitted from the light emission device emits, from the image input by the image input unit. The function command specification unit extracts a mode of the image, which is generated by the light emitted from the light emission device, from the image input by the image input unit to specify a function command input by an operator. The function command output unit outputs the position information extracted by the position information extraction unit and the function command extracted by the function command specification unit.
US07986301B2
A handheld wireless communication device configured to send and receive text messages. The device is hand cradleable with an elongate body configured to be held in one hand by an operator during text entry. A display is located on a front face of the body and upon which information is displayed to the operator during text entry. A key field is also located on the front face of the elongate body and that includes a plurality of alphanumeric input keys and menu control keys. A trackball navigation tool is located on the front face of the elongate body. The alphanumeric input keys include several alphabetic keys with letters arranged in a traditional (QWERTY), but non-ITU Standard E. 161 telephone letter layout. A microprocessor is provided that receives operator commands from the keys and the trackball navigation tool and which affects corresponding changes to the display based on user input.
US07986295B2
An image display control device includes a statistical information acquisition section that quickly acquires statistical information of a video image. In the statistical information acquisition section, an image signal of a video image is parallelly input to each of a plurality of statistical value units (EX0 to EX255) having an identical configuration to simultaneously update a luminance count value. A luminance maximum value/minimum value detector and a standard deviation calculation section respectively calculate a luminance maximum value/minimum value and a standard deviation value at high speed based on the count values. Statistical information relating to chroma is also acquired by providing a luminance total value unit (ES(Y)), a blue chroma total value unit (ES(Cb)), and a red chroma total value unit (ES(Cr)) having an identical configuration. The supply of an operation clock signal to each circuit is suspended using a gate circuit, if necessary.
US07986294B2
A method for driving a planar light source device is provided. The planar light source device includes (a) a plurality of planar light source units to light a color LCD device from the back, each planar light source unit including a red LED, a green LED, and a blue LED; and (b) a driving circuit to perform ON/OFF control of the red LED, the green LED, and the blue LED included in each planar light source unit on the basis of pulse-width modulation. The method includes adjusting respective pulse-width modulation unit clocks CLR-unit, CLG-Unit, and CLB-Unit in each planar light source unit to long or short by increasing or decreasing the number of frequency division cycles of a system clock in the driving circuit.
US07986290B2
Output stage and related method applied to source driver/chip of LCD panel. While performing dot polarization inversion for even/odd channels of LCD panel, n-channel and p-channel MOS transistors of symmetric layout are respectively adopted for alternately transmitting a positive polarization signal of higher swing range and a negative polarization signal of lower swing range from corresponding drivers of asymmetric layout to the even/odd channels, such that a layout area for alternating polarizations can be reduced. Also, the invention directly ties inputs of the output drivers to VDD or VSS so as to turn off the drivers for providing high impedance at the even/odd channels when necessary.
US07986288B2
An LCD with reduced power consumption is described. The LCD includes a liquid crystal panel having a plurality of gate lines and data lines, a data driver supplying a data voltage to the plurality of data lines, a controller generating a current control signal to control an output terminal of the data driver so that the output terminal operates during a first period in which data is outputted from the data driver, and the output terminal does not operate during a second period in which data is not outputted from the data driver, and a gate driver that supplies a scan signal to the plurality of the gate lines.
US07986274B2
A multi-band antenna includes a ground portion, a radiating element spaced from the ground portion, a tuning conductor extending from the radiating element and parallel to the ground portion to form a gap therebetween, a short-circuit conductor interconnecting the ground portion and the radiating element, and a feed point disposed at the radiating element and adjacent to the short-circuit conductor. The radiating element, the short-circuit conductor and the feed point function as a first inverted-F antenna obtaining a first high frequency band, and a second inverted-F antenna obtaining a low frequency band and a second high frequency band higher than the first high frequency band. The ground portion and the tuning conductor cause a capacitance effect to shift the second high frequency band to be close to the first high frequency band. It can cover various wireless communication frequency bands.
US07986266B2
A system and method for determining one or more satellites in view of a wireless device. A request for satellite assistance data may be received from a requesting entity and a reference location determined as a function of the request. A set of satellites may be determined as a function of the reference location. Subsequent cached information may be determined for each satellite in the set of satellites if cached information already existing for each satellite in the set of satellites has been cached for greater than a predetermined time period. This subsequent cached information may then replace the previously existing cached information for the reference location. One or more satellites in view of the wireless device may then be determined as a function of either the subsequent cached information or previously existing cached information, and assistance data may be provided to the requesting entity to determine an estimated location of the wireless device.
US07986265B2
Apparatus and methods determine the rotational position of a spinning object. A satellite positioning system can be used to determine the spatial position of an object, which in turn can be used to guide the object. However, when the object is spinning, such as an artillery shell, then the rotational orientation should be known in order to properly actuate the control surfaces, such as fins, which will also be spinning.
US07986260B2
Circularly-polarized antennas and their methods of use for active holographic imaging through barriers. The antennas are dielectrically loaded to optimally match the dielectric constant of the barrier through which images are to be produced. The dielectric loading helps to remove barrier-front surface reflections and to couple electromagnetic energy into the barrier.
US07986251B2
An input/output (IO) interface includes a data encoder which encodes each of a plurality of pieces of parallel data having different timings and generates a plurality of pieces of encoded data, and an alternating current (AC) coupling transmission unit which transmits the plurality of encoded data in an AC coupling method. The data encoder compares first parallel data with second parallel data from among the plurality of pieces of parallel data on a bit-by-bit basis and obtains the number of bits whose logic states have transited between the first parallel data and the second parallel data. When the number of bits whose logic states have transited is greater than or equal to a reference number of bits, the data encoder inverts bit values of the second parallel data to generate the encoded data. When the number of bits whose logic states have transited is less than the reference number of bits, the data encoder maintains the bit values of the second parallel data to generate the encoded data.
US07986249B2
A method of visually presenting aviation obstacles to an operator of an aircraft is disclosed. The method comprises receiving departure information associated with a runway having a departure end, parsing the departure information to determine a presence of an obstacle associated with the runway, determining a location of the obstacle relative to the departure end of the runway, and displaying a graphical representation of the runway and a graphical representation of the obstacle in the location relative to the departure end of the runway.
US07986247B2
A driver advisory system for previewing the local traffic conditions on a highway is described. Apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an advisory system that transmits information regarding the status of the host vehicle to drivers of other vehicles, in particular when the status of the host vehicle presents a hazardous condition to other vehicles. The advisory system may also receive information from other vehicles, and provide an alert to the driver of the host vehicle if a hazardous condition exists.
US07986244B2
A device for displaying measuring values is provided, comprising a device for displaying measuring values having a control unit (22) and having a digital display unit (21), which is controlled by the control unit (22), wherein the control unit (22) is embodied in such a manner that a measuring value detected by the measuring value detection unit are displayed on the display unit (21) as actual value (I) and as a preset set value (S) in such a manner that the position of the actual value (I) relative to the set value (S) is a function of the difference between the set value and the actual value.
US07986241B2
A security tag and system for securing objects, the system and security tag includes an acousto magnetic (“AM”) electronic article surveillance (“EAS”) component that has a housing with a defined surface area. The housing of the EAS component includes a perimeter boundary that defines an EAS component plane. The system and security tag further include a radio frequency identification (“RFID”) component that includes an integrated circuit and a dipole antenna defining an RFID component plane that is substantially coplanar with the EAS component plane. The integrated circuit and the dipole antenna are positioned externally along the perimeter boundary of the EAS component.
US07986240B2
A radio frequency identification (RFID) interface includes first coil, a plurality of coils, and a control module. The first coil is associated with an RFID tag and the plurality of coils is associated with an RFID reader. Each of the plurality of coils has a different orientation with respect to at least one axis of a multi-dimensional axis system. The control module is coupled to enable at least one of the plurality of coils based on electro-magnetic coupling between the first coil and the least one of the plurality of coils.
US07986231B1
Each one of a plurality of communication devices that are located at different physical locations contains an acoustic sensor for monitoring the physical location of its communication device, and reports acoustic events detected by its acoustic sensor to a manager. The manager displays a map which shows the physical locations, the events detected by the acoustic sensor in each communication device, sent notification messages, and received response messages.
US07986229B2
An apparatus for storing sensing data in a tag and a method thereof are provided. According to the present invention, data measured by the sensor is stored in volatile memory and important data from among the data stored in the volatile memory is stored in non-volatile memory according to a pre-set data loss prevention mechanism so that a battery and the tag including the battery have a longer life and stability of data can be secured.
US07986227B2
A system for position matching of a patient for medical imaging includes a set of RFID tags configured to locate a patient position. A set of RFID interrogators are located to receive RFID position information from the set of RFID tags. A medical imaging system is positioned to produce a medical image of the patient, where the medical imaging system includes a computer. A patient position calculator receives the RFID position information and calculates a patient position for transmission to the computer.
US07986225B1
A pluggable security device for protecting an electronic device, such as a laptop, is disclosed. The pluggable security device has a battery, a siren, and an optional accelerometer. The security device is triggered by unplugging from the electronic device, or by sensing acceleration, or by disconnecting the electronic device from AC power or from a network. Once the security device is triggered and its internal siren is activated, it can only be deactivated by reinserting the pluggable security device into the electronic device it has been disconnected from and by entering a password in the electronic device.
US07986221B2
An information processing apparatus, an information processing apparatus system and a control method of an information processing apparatus are provided. The information processing apparatus includes a network unit which receives user recognition information having time data from an external device; and a processor which outputs a user recognition signal corresponding to the time data if a current time reaches a time corresponding to the time data.
US07986218B2
Described herein are wireless interrogation systems and methods that rely on a complementary sensing device and interrogator. The sensing device is disposed to measure a parameter indicative of the health of a structure. A sensor reading from the sensor indicates the level of a parameter being monitored or whether one or more particular physical or chemical events have taken place. Using wireless techniques, the interrogator probes the device to determine its identity and its current sensor reading. This often includes transmission of a wireless signal through portions of the structure. When activated, the device responds with a wireless signal that identifies the device and contains information about the parameter being measured or a particular sensor state corresponding to the parameter. The identity of the device allows it to be distinguished from a number of similar devices. Thus this invention finds particular usefulness in the context of an array of devices that can be probed by a wireless interrogation unit. In one embodiment, the devices are passive and derive power from the interrogation signal.
US07986217B2
In a radio frequency identification (RFID) system that requires an RFID reader to receive a response from an RFID tag and then transmit a command to the RFID tag within a certain time period, the RFID reader may place an initial part of the command transmission in the RFID reader's transmit chain before receiving the entire response from the RFID tag, and complete the command transmission after receiving the entire response.
US07986216B2
In a case where an ASK method is used for a communication method between a semiconductor device and a reader/writer, the amplitude of a radio signal is changed by data transmitted from the semiconductor device to the reader/writer when data is not transmitted from the reader/writer to the semiconductor device. Therefore, in some cases, the semiconductor device mistakes data transmitted from the semiconductor device itself for data transmitted from the reader/writer to the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes an antenna circuit, a transmission circuit, a reception circuit, and an arithmetic processing circuit. The antenna circuit transmits and receives a radio signal. The transmission circuit outputs to the reception circuit a signal showing whether or not the antenna circuit is transmitting the radio signal.
US07986214B2
An electrical assembly includes at least two PTC-resistor elements, each of which has a base body having a flat shape. Each base body has main surfaces that contain electrodes. A carrier plate has spacers for positioning base bodies of the at least two PTC resistor elements. A width each spacer is about equal, in at least one area, to a distance between facing electrodes of adjacent PTC-resistor elements.
US07986211B2
Provided is an inductor. The inductor includes a first to a fourth conductive terminals formed in one direction within a semiconductor substrate, a first conductive line formed on one side of the semiconductor substrate and electrically connected to the second and third conductive terminals interiorly positioned among the first to fourth conductive terminals, a second conductive line formed on the one side of the semiconductor substrate and electrically connected to the first and fourth conductive terminals exteriorly positioned among the first to fourth conductive terminals, and a third conductive line formed on the other side of the semiconductor substrate and electrically connected to the first and third conductive terminals among the first to fourth conductive terminals.
US07986209B2
Inductors using bulk metallic glass (BMG) material and associated methods are generally described. In one example, an apparatus includes an electrically conductive core material, an electrically insulative material coupled with the electrically conductive core material, and a magnetic bulk metallic glass (BMG) material coupled with the electrically insulative material, wherein the electrically conductive core material, the electrically insulative material, and the magnetic BMG material form an inductor.
US07986206B2
One or more method(s), system(s), and/or device(s) produces an assembly for securing a product to a dissimilar material, such as a magnet to plastic. A magnet assembly may include a plastic cap having one or more wings extending laterally from a side surface of the plastic cap. A plastic holder defines a product cavity and has one or more grooves formed to integrally fit with the one or more wings of the plastic cap. A magnet is positioned within the product cavity. The plastic cap is joined to the plastic holder, such as through staking or welding, to capture the magnet within the product cavity.
US07986205B2
There is provided a magnetic field generator 10 which is capable of varying an orientation of a magnetic field at a target position P easily in all directions. The magnetic field generator 10 includes a pair of magnetic field generating units 16a, 16b which are disposed coaxially so that their respective first main surfaces 28a, 28b oppose in parallel to each other, with a gap G in between. The magnetic field generating units 16a, 16b are rotated by rotation drive units 20a, 20b respectively in Arrow A directions. By rotating each of the magnetic field generating units 16a, 16b in the same one direction of the Arrow A directions by the same angle, the orientation of the magnetic field at the target position P is varied on an X-Z plane. On the other hand, by rotating at least one of the magnetic field generating units 16a, 16b in an Arrow A direction so as to change positional relationship between the magnetic pole of the field generating unit 16a and the magnetic pole of the magnetic field generating unit 16b, the inclination of the orientation of the magnetic field at the target position P with respect to the X-Z plane is varied.
US07986196B2
Conductive segments (transmission line conductors) are positioned within a transmission line structure in order to generate multi-cycle microwave pulses. The conductor segments are switchably coupled to one or the other conductor of the transmission lines, inside the transmission line structure. Microwave pulses may be induced in the transmission line by closing the switches in a controlled manner to discharge successive segments, or successive groups of segments, into the transmission lines. The induced pulses travel uninterrupted along the transmission lines in a desired direction to the load. Efficiency of systems and energy delivered to the load in multi-section transmission lines is increased and/or maximized by adjusting the ratio of characteristic impedances associated with the transmission line conductor segments according to an optimum ratio.
US07986193B2
Disclosed is a system and method for providing an oscillating signal of relatively precise frequency without using a signal provided by a crystal as a reference. Disclosed is a feedback oscillator circuit configured to output an oscillating signal having a frequency defined by a reference signal. The oscillating signal can be sent to one or more circuits including at least one frequency sensitive element. The frequency sensitive element produces an output signal which depends on the frequency of the oscillating signal. A controller controls the reference signal in order to cause an attribute of the output signal to have a value within a desired range.
US07986190B1
A circuit, such as, but not limited to, a digital phase-locked loop (PLL) or a transport timing loop, uses a fractional-N modulator and a fractional-N clock synthesizer to generate a clock signal, such as a transmit clock signal, from a reference clock signal. One embodiment uses a recovered clock signal derived from serial received data as a positive input to a feedback loop, and uses the transmit clock signal as a negative input to the feedback loop. After digital phase detection and digital filtering, a filtered error signal s is generated and used to control a modified fraction for control of the fractional-N synthesizer. Disclosed techniques advantageously exhibit jitter attenuation and have relatively little jitter accumulation, which are useful characteristics in telecommunication and data communication network clocking applications. Embodiments can be applied to loop timing, clock regeneration, and transport timing applications, and can be used when clock holdover is desirable.
US07986184B2
A variety of circuits, methods and devices are implemented for radiofrequency amplifiers. According to one such implementation, a radiofrequency amplifier circuit is implemented in a SMD package. The circuit amplifies a radiofrequency signal having a base-band portion and a plurality of carrier signals frequency-spaced larger than the base-band bandwidth. The circuit includes a radiofrequency transistor connected to a circuit output having a parasitic output capacitance. The source-drain terminal is electrically connected to the circuit output. An internal shunt inductor provides compensation for the parasitic output capacitance. A high-density capacitor is connected between the internal shunt inductor and a circuit ground. The high-density capacitor has a terminal with a surface area can be at least ten times that of a corresponding planar surface.
US07986179B2
A circuit for reducing popping sound comprises a waveform generator, a voltage accumulator, and a comparator. The waveform generator is configured for generating a periodic waveform, and the voltage accumulator is configured for generating an increased voltage. The comparator is configured for comparing the periodic waveform with the increased voltage for generating a successive pulse signal. A percentage of a duty cycle in the successive pulse signal is increased gradually.
US07986178B2
An electroactive lens driver generates a variable root-mean-square drive voltage for controlling an electroactive lens by controlling the duty cycle of a modified square wave.
US07986162B2
An interface of the present invention includes a first inverter circuit that inverts a logic level of an input signal given to an external input terminal and outputs the inverted logic level, a second inverter circuit that outputs a potential in which a logic level of an output signal of the first inverter circuit is inverted, that is, a potential higher or lower than a logic of an input signal applied to the first inverter circuit by the amount of a predetermined potential, and a feedback path that positive feedbacks an output signal of the second inverter circuit to the external input terminal. The interface circuit of the invention positive-feedbacks a potential of the output signal of the second inverter circuit and shifts the potential of the external input terminal in a floating state to an H or L level potential.
US07986160B2
A PLD includes at least one IP block or circuit, and at least one I/O block or circuit. The performance of the at least one IP block is adjusted in order to meet at least one performance characteristic by changing a supply level of the at least one IP block, by adjusting at least one body bias level of the IP block, or both. The performance of the at least one I/O block is adjusted by changing a supply level of the at least one I/O block, by adjusting at least one body bias level of the I/O block, or both.
US07986155B2
A heat sink pedestal device allows for the use of generic thermal units such as heat sinks. An interposer configured to fit a specific device under test is mounted to a retainer. The retainer firmly holds the interposer in position. In addition, the retainer may be mounted to a thermal unit. An interface sealant with a diameter less than that of the interposer, creating the perimeter of an interface medium chamber, is positioned at the periphery of the interposer between the interposer and the thermal unit. Interface material, having high thermal conductive properties, is positioned within the interface sealant. The interface medium chamber provides a high thermally conductive interface between the interposer and the thermal unit. In addition, the heat sink pedestal device minimizes customization because it allows a single heat sink or thermal unit assembly to be used to accommodate a wide range of unit sizes.
US07986150B2
To include a first replica buffer that has substantially the same circuit configuration as a pull-up circuit which constitutes an output buffer and a second replica buffer that has substantially the same circuit configuration as a pull-down circuit which constitutes the output buffer. When a first calibration command ZQCS is issued, both a control signal ACT1 and ACT2 is activated, and a calibration operation is performed for both the first replica buffer and the second replica buffer in parallel.
US07986147B1
A physical layer (PHY) device including a first transmitter, a first analog-to-digital converter (ADC) module, and a control module. The first transmitter is configured to transmit a first pulse on a first conductor of a first pair of conductors of a cable. The first ADC module is configured to generate a first set of outputs, in response to the transmission of the first pulse, by sampling an input from a second conductor of the first pair of conductors a plurality of times at a predetermined time interval. The control module is configured to determine a first distance from the PHY device to (i) an open-circuit, (ii) a short-circuit, or (iii) a termination of the first pair of conductors based on the first set of outputs.
US07986136B2
A switching mode power supply apparatus includes a conversion unit to convert input power into output power having a predetermined voltage by performing a switching operation; a light emitting unit to emit light if the voltage of the output power exceeds a predetermined threshold voltage; a light receiving unit to receive the light emitted from the light emitting unit and output a signal indicative of the voltage of the output power; a switching controller to control the switching operation of the conversion unit according to the voltage of the output power indicated by the signal output from the light receiving unit; and a disconnection unit to disconnect power applied to the light receiving unit if a voltage of the power applied to the light receiving unit exceeds a predetermined trigger voltage.
US07986133B2
To provide a power supply unit capable of realizing a multiphase power supply at low cost. For example, each of a plurality of semiconductor devices DEV[1]-DEV[n] comprises a trigger input terminal TRG_IN, a trigger output terminal TRG_OUT, and a timer circuit TM that delays a pulse signal input from TRG_IN and outputs it to TRG_OUT. DEV[1]-DEV[n] are mutually coupled in a ring shape by its own TRG_IN being coupled to TRG_OUT of one semiconductor device other than itself. Each of DEV[1]-DEV[n] performs switching operation by using the pulse signal from TRG_IN as a starting point, and feeds a current into an inductor L corresponding to itself. Moreover, DEV[1] generates the above-described pulse signal only once during startup by a start trigger terminal ST being set to a ground voltage GND, for example.
US07986132B2
A one-phase static var compensator apparatus includes a compensator string consisting of a first static var compensator connected serially to a thyristor valve. The compensator string is arranged to be connected on its first end to one phase of a transmission grid of a rated voltage exceeding 69 kV. Moreover, the thyristor valve includes a plurality of thyristors connected serially and the compensator string is arranged to be directly connected to the transmission grid. A corresponding three phase apparatus is also presented.
US07986127B2
An adapter for providing a source of power to a mobile device through an industry standard port is provided. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, the adapter comprises a plug unit, a power converter, a primary connector, and an identification subsystem. The plug unit is operative to couple the adapter to a power socket and operative to receive energy from the power socket. The power converter is electrically coupled to the plug unit and is operable to regulate the received energy from the power socket and to output a power requirement to the mobile device. The primary connector is electrically coupled to the power converter and is operative to couple to the mobile device and to deliver the outputted power requirement to the mobile device. The identification subsystem is electrically coupled to the primary connector and is operative to provide an identification signal.
US07986119B2
A motor control system includes an MMI (man machine interface), an upper-controller, and a motor driver connected in that order. The upper-controller includes a motherboard, a communication control module, and a servo driven control card connected in that order. The motherboard is connected to the MMI and includes a processor. The communication control module includes a plurality of control cards. A control signal is inputted into the MMI and sequentially processed by the processor, the communication control module, and the servo driven control card. A driven signal is outputted from the servo driven control card to the motor driver to drive a motor.
US07986117B2
In an apparatus, a phase setter sets, based on a deviation between a generated torque and a request torque for a rotary machine, a phase of a vector of a variable output voltage of a power converter in a two-phase rotating coordinate system defined in a rotor of the rotary machine. A norm setter sets, based on the phase set by the phase setter and a rotational velocity of the rotor, a norm of the vector of the output voltage in the two-phase rotating coordinate system. A drive signal determiner determines, based on the phase set by the phase setter and the norm set by the norm setter, a drive signal, and applies the drive signal to the switching member to thereby drive the switching member such that the generated torque is adjusted to a request torque.
US07986115B2
A device is provided for detecting inadequate electric braking and commutation to a safety brake is intended for a vehicle with electric traction, in particular a rail vehicle, which is provided with a traction chain, the system including a first electric, non-safety brake which is integrated in the traction chain and a second safety brake. The device includes a member for commutation from the first brake to the second brake, a device for monitoring the braking performance of the first brake using data for measurement of the intensity of a current, a decision device for commutating from the first brake to the second brake when a predetermined threshold value is exceeded and a device for transmitting a commutation command to the at least one commutation member.
US07986114B1
A motor driver comprises a first power supply, a second power supply, a multiplexer, and an output power module. The first power supply provides a first power signal after a first period. The second power supply provides a second power signal after a second period, where the second period is longer than the first period. The multiplexer initially selects the first power signal and then selects the second power signal. An output power module controls a motor and receives power from an output of the multiplexer.
US07986111B2
A control circuit for use in a ballast configured for powering a first lamp set and a second lamp set. The second lamp set is operated via a controller and a second lamp driver circuit. The controller enables the second lamp driver circuit as a function of a monitored value corresponding to a current through a lamp of the second lamp set. The control circuit includes first and second input terminals for selectively connecting to the power supply. The control circuit reduces the monitored value as a function of a connection state of the first and second input terminals of the control circuit to the power supply. Thus, the control circuit causes the controller to selectively operate the second lamp driver circuit in order to energize the second lamp set in combination with the first lamp set.
US07986096B2
A display device includes an insulating substrate on which a display element is disposed, a resin layer disposed on the display element and having a depressed portion formed along an edge of the insulating substrate, and a sealing layer formed on the resin layer, with a portion of the sealing layer extending into the depressed portion of the resin layer. A method of manufacturing a display element includes disposing a display element on an insulating substrate, disposing a resin layer on the display element, and partially curing the resin layer. A depressed portion in the resin layer is formed using a pressurizing member and a sealing layer is disposed on the resin layer.
US07986087B2
Disclosed is a color conversion member which is improved in the prevention of a deterioration in color conversion function, the prevention of reflection of external light, and color rendering properties. The color conversion member comprises a transparent substrate, two or more types of color conversion layers, and a color filter layer. The color conversion layers function to convert incident lights for respective pixels to outgoing lights of colors different from the incident lights. The two or more types of color conversion layers are arranged on said transparent substrate. The color filter layer is provided on the transparent substrate side of any one of the color conversion layers or between the above any one of the color conversion layers and the color conversion layers adjacent to the above any one the color conversion layers.
US07986085B2
A light emitting apparatus including a plurality of light emitting devices for different colors and having a simple structure with small variations in luminous brightness of each of the light emitting devices for the different colors is provided, and electronic equipment provided with such a light emitting apparatus is also provided. The light emitting apparatus is configured into a display apparatus 10 which comprises: a TFT circuit board (counter substrate) 20; red light emitting devices 1R provided on the TFT circuit board 20 and emitting a light of a red luminescent color (R); green light emitting devices 1G provided on the TFT circuit board 20 and emitting a light of a green luminescent color (G); and blue light emitting devices 1B provided on the TFT circuit board 20 and emitting a light of a blue luminescent color (B); and wherein roughness is formed on an interface between a hole transport layer 4 and a red light emitting layer 5R in each of the red light emitting devices 1R, while no roughness is formed on an interfaces between a hole transport layer and a light emitting layer in each of the green light emitting devices 1G and the blue light emitting devices 1B. With these structures, it is possible to make the luminous brightness in each of the light emitting devices 1R, 1G and 1B for the respective colors substantially equal to each other when substantially the same voltage is applied thereto.
US07986080B2
An electron-emitting device and a fabricating method thereof are provided. First, a substrate, having a first side and a second side which is opposite to the first side, is provided. Afterwards, a first electrode pattern layer is formed on the first side of the substrate. Next, a conductive pattern layer is formed on the substrate and the first electrode pattern layer. After that, an electron-emitting region is formed in the conductive pattern layer. Then, a second electrode pattern layer is formed on the second side of the substrate and partially covers the conductive pattern layer. The fabricating method has a simple fabricating process and a low fabricating cost.
US07986075B2
The film bulk acoustic wave resonator includes a laminate structure composed of a piezoelectric layer, and first and second electrode layers interposing at least part of the piezoelectric layer, in which the first metal electrode is dispersively formed on an electrode plane facing the second metal electrode, and a gap is formed in a substrate correspondingly to the laminate-structured resonance part. Except for an area of a wire electrode electrically connected to the first electrode layer and an area of a wire electrode electrically connected to the second electrode layer, the piezoelectric layer, first electrode layer and second electrode layer do not come in contact with the insulating substrate but are supported on a hollow. Also, a prop is formed in the gap to support the laminate structure.
US07986058B2
A method for the alternating operation of power supply units for a device which has at least two power supply units is disclosed. An alternating operation of the at least two power supply units is supplied by a switchover between the two power supply units if the two power supply units are functional. With alternating operation, the power supply unit that is in operation contributes to the power supply for the device, whereas the power supply unit that is not in operation, is cut off from supplying power to the device. In the case of a failure of the power supply unit which is in operation at the moment, an immediate switchover between the at least two power supply units is provided for.
US07986054B2
An energy harvester capable of providing motion from fluid flow includes a Magnus rotor defined by a cylinder driven by a motor causing the cylinder to rotate so that lift is created by the fluid flowing past the cylinder. A channel or system may be provided to direct the fluid flow to the cylinder. The rotating cylinder configuration is integrated into a mechanical device which is designed to transfer the lift into a mechanical motion to drive a generator. The mechanical motion due to the created lift is reversed by using a stalling mechanism and counter balanced mechanism. This creates a bidirectional motion which can be captured and used to drive a generator. The device can be utilized in either air or hydraulic environments. A modification of the energy harvester can be configured to utilize the electricity generate to produce hydrogen for use in fuel cells or for combustion.
US07986052B2
A fuel cell (10) has a compressed air inlet fed by a compressor (20) and a fuel inlet, and it produces direct current electricity. A turbine (30) receives a flow of gas under pressure from the fuel cell and is mechanically coupled to the first compressor in order to drive it. A second compressor (46) of a circuit for use in flight to feed pressurized air to the aircraft cabin (40) is mechanically coupled to a shaft of the turbine. An electric machine (50) may be coupled to the same turbine shaft as drives the compressor (46), the electric machine being capable of operating as a generator or as an electric motor.
US07986047B2
A wire bond interconnection between a die pad and a bond finger includes a support pedestal at a bond site of the lead finger, a ball bond on the die pad, and a stitch bond on the support pedestal, in which a width of the lead finger at the bond site is less than a diameter of the support pedestal. Also, a semiconductor package including a die mounted onto and electrically connected by a plurality of wire bonds to a substrate, in which each of the wire bonds includes a wire ball bonded to a pad on the die and stitch bonded to a support pedestal on a bond site on a lead finger, and in which the width of the lead finger at the bond site is less than the diameter of the support pedestal.
US07986037B2
As a power feed route in a semiconductor chip, a power feed route which reduces antiresonance impedance in the frequency range of tens of MHz is to be realized thereby to suppress power noise in a semiconductor device. By inserting structures which raise the resistance in the medium frequency band into parts where the resistance is intrinsically high, such as power wiring in a semiconductor package and capacitor interconnecting electrode parts, the antiresonance impedance in the medium frequency band can be effectively reduced while keeping the impedance low at the low frequency.
US07986032B2
A semiconductor package system is provided. A substrate having a die attach paddle is provided. A first plurality of leads is provided around the die attach paddle having a first plurality of lead tips. A second plurality of leads is provided around the die attach paddle interleaved with the first plurality of leads, at least some of the second plurality of leads having a plurality of depression lead tips. A first die is attached to the die attach paddle. The die is wire bonded to the first plurality of leads and the second plurality of leads. The die is encapsulated.
US07986026B2
A semiconductor device has a semiconductor substrate, a multi-layered wiring construction formed over the semiconductor device, and a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor arrangement established in the multi-layered wiring construction. The MIM capacitor arrangement includes first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth electrode structures, which are arranged in order in parallel with each other at regular intervals. The first, second, fifth and sixth electrode structures are electrically connected to each other so as to define a first capacitor, and the third and fourth electrode structures are electrically connected to each other so as to define a second capacitor.
US07986024B2
A fuse circuit includes a fuse configured for programming a configuration of an integrated circuit device and a resistive element having a known resistance value operably coupled in parallel with the fuse. The fuse and the resistive element form a parallel circuit configured for quickly sensing a state of the fuse in relation to the known value of the resistive element. In one embodiment, the device may further include a sense circuit operably coupled to the parallel circuit combination of the fuse and the resistive element. The sense circuit is configured to sense one of a FUSED state and an UNFUSED state of the fuse, for example, based on a comparison between a reference resistance and a FUSED resistance of the fuse when coupled to the known resistance. The fuse may comprise a programmable fuse, and the resistive element may comprise a MOS transistor.
US07986023B2
One or more embodiments are directed to a semiconductor structure, comprising: a support; a semiconductor chip at least partially embedded within the support; and an inductor electrically coupled to the chip, at least a portion of the inductor overlying the support outside the lateral boundary of the chip.
US07986021B2
The invention provides a semiconductor device that solves a problem of reflection of a pattern of a wiring formed on a back surface of a semiconductor substrate on an output image. A reflection layer is formed between a light receiving element and a wiring layer, that reflects an infrared ray toward a light receiving element the without transmitting it to the wiring layer, the infrared ray entering from a light transparent substrate toward the wiring layer through a semiconductor substrate. The reflection layer is formed at least in a region under the light receiving element uniformly or only under the light receiving element. Alternatively, an anti-reflection layer having a function of absorbing the entering infrared ray to prevent transmission thereof may be formed instead of the reflection layer.
US07986007B2
The structure of the MOS transistor provided in this invention has LDD (lightly doped drain) and halo doped regions removed from the source, the drain or both regions in the substrate for improved linearity range when operated as a voltage-controlled resistor. The removal of the LDD and halo doped regions is performed by simply modifying the standard mask of the MOS process using a logic operation layer with no extra mask required.
US07986000B2
A semiconductor device is formed on a SOI substrate having a semiconductor substrate, a buried oxide film formed on the semiconductor substrate, and a semiconductor layer formed on the buried oxide film, the semiconductor substrate having a first conductive type, the semiconductor layer having a second conductive type, wherein the buried oxide film has a first opening opened therethrough for communicating the semiconductor substrate with the semiconductor layer, the semiconductor layer is arranged to have a first buried portion buried in the first opening in contact with the semiconductor substrate and a semiconductor layer main portion positioned on the first buried portion and on the buried oxide film, the semiconductor substrate has a connection layer buried in a surface of the semiconductor substrate and electrically connected to the first buried portion in the first opening, the connection layer having the second conductive type, and the semiconductor device includes a contact electrode buried in a second opening, a side surface of the contact electrode being connected to the semiconductor layer main portion, a bottom surface of the contact electrode being connected to the connection layer, the second opening passing through the semiconductor layer main portion and the buried oxide film, and the second opening reaching a surface portion of the connection layer.
US07985996B2
A technology capable of reducing the fraction defective of a MOS capacitor without the need to perform a screening is provided. A MOS capacitor MOS1 and a MOS capacitor MOS2 are coupled in series between a high potential and a low potential to form a series capacitive element. Then, a polysilicon capacitor PIP1 and a polysilicon capacitor PIP2 are coupled in parallel with the series capacitive element. Specifically, a high-concentration semiconductor region HS1 constituting a lower electrode of the MOS capacitor MOS1 and a high-concentration semiconductor region HS2 constituting a lower electrode of the MOS capacitor MOS2 are coupled. Further, an electrode E1 constituting an upper electrode of the MOS capacitor MOS1 is coupled to the low potential (for example, GND) and an electrode E3 constituting an upper electrode of the MOS capacitor MOS2 is coupled to the high potential (for example, power source potential).
US07985993B2
A complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor includes a photodiode, a switch and a comparator. The switch transfers a sensing signal to a sensing node from the photodiode. The comparator, which is directly connected to the sensing node, compares the sensing signal of the sensing node with a reference signal. The comparator outputs a signal corresponding to a voltage difference between the sensing signal and the reference signal.
US07985989B2
An arrangement of nonvolatile memory devices, having at least one memory device level stacked level by level above a semiconductor substrate, each memory level comprising an oxide layer substantially disposed above a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of word lines substantially disposed above the oxide layer; a plurality of bit lines substantially disposed above the oxide layer; a plurality of via plugs substantially in electrical contact with the word lines and, an anti-fuse dielectric material substantially disposed on side walls beside the bit lines and substantially in contact with the plurality of bit lines side wall anti-fuse dielectrics.
US07985982B2
An etchant composition that allows simplification and optimization of semiconductor manufacturing process is presented, along with a method of patterning a conductive layer using the etchant and a method of manufacturing a flat panel display using the etchant. The etchant includes nitric acid, phosphoric acid, acetic acid, and an acetate compound in addition to water.
US07985976B2
There is provided a semiconductor light emitting device, a method of manufacturing the same, and a semiconductor light emitting device package using the same. A semiconductor light emitting device having a first conductivity type semiconductor layer, an active layer, a second conductivity type semiconductor layer, a second electrode layer, and insulating layer, a first electrode layer, and a conductive substrate sequentially laminated, wherein the second electrode layer has an exposed area at the interface between the second electrode layer and the second conductivity type semiconductor layer, and the first electrode layer comprises at least one contact hole electrically connected to the first conductivity type semiconductor layer, electrically insulated from the second conductivity type semiconductor layer and the active layer, and extending from one surface of the first electrode layer to at least part of the first conductivity type semiconductor layer.
US07985975B2
Example embodiments may include a light emitting device package. The light emitting device package may include a light emitting device, a package body-including a cavity having a bottom surface on which the light emitting device is mounted and a side surface for reflecting light emitted from the light emitting device, a first electrode protruding from the package body, and a second electrode coupled with the package body. The first and second electrodes may be designed to couple respectively with the second and first electrodes of another light emitting device package, thereby forming an array of light emitting device packages.
US07985967B2
There have been problems in that a dedicated apparatus is needed for a conventional method of manufacturing an organic thin film transistor and in that: a little amount of an organic semiconductor film is formed with respect to a usage amount of a material; and most of the used material is discarded. Further, apparatus maintenance such as cleaning of the inside of an apparatus cup or chamber has needed to be frequently carried out in order to remove the contamination resulting from the material that is wastefully discarded. Therefore, a great cost for materials and man-hours for maintenance of apparatus have been required. In the present invention, a uniform organic semiconductor film is formed by forming an aperture between a first substrate for forming the organic semiconductor film and a second substrate used for injection with an insulating film formed at a specific spot and by injecting an organic semiconductor film material into the aperture due to capillarity to the aperture. The insulating film formed at the specific spot enables formation of the organic semiconductor film with high controllability. Further, the insulating film can also serve as a spacer that holds the aperture, that is, an interval (gap) between the substrates.
US07985961B2
Example embodiments may provide resistive random access memory devices and/or methods of manufacturing resistive random access memory devices. Example embodiment resistive random access memory devices may include a switching device and/or a storage node connected to the switching device. The storage node may include a stack structure including a plurality of resistance change layers separated from one another and first and second electrodes each on a side wall of the stack structure. The resistance change layers may be connected to the first and the second electrodes in parallel and/or may have different switching voltages from each other.
US07985957B2
Methods for removing random or uncontrolled surface defects from a work piece surface are provided, by applying a plurality of induced controlled defects over the random defects to alter the surface texture.
US07985952B2
A charged particle spin polarimeter that is capable of resolving with high efficiency the magnetic moment of a charged particle. The charged particle spin polarimeter has a pair of convex and concave magnetic poles to apply a magnetic field with gradient to an incident charged particle and a pair of plain plate electrodes to apply, to a charged particle, an electric field for canceling a Lorentz force that the charged particle receives from the magnetic field. The magnetic moment in the magnetic field direction of a charged particle is resolved by the interaction between the gradient of the magnetic field and the magnetic moment of the charged particle.
US07985949B2
Methods and systems are provided for detecting analytes in a gas phase sample. An ion mobility spectrometer is provided for detecting analytes having an excess amount of dopant in its separation region. In an embodiment, the dopant is added directly to the separation region, such as with a drift gas or by diffusion, thereby providing excess dopant that dominates subsequent cluster formation and maintenance. Excess dopant in the separation region minimizes or reduces interfering signals associated with unwanted substances, such as water vapor, that are introduced to the IMS. In an aspect, the invention provides IMS systems and methods having increased sensitivity and reliability for analyte detection.
US07985942B2
Laser pulse energy adjustments are motivated by an understanding of the effect of laser pulse width variations among different lasers on satisfying a quality metric associated with a laser-processed target. In a preferred embodiment, the adjustments normalize this effect among different lasers drilling vias in a target specimen. The number of pulses delivered to the target specimen to form each via can be modified, based on the pulse energy applied to the via location, to control different via quality metrics.
US07985939B2
A method of sorting postal items for preparing postman's walks on a postal sorting machine having an inlet and a set of sorting outlets includes loading a first batch of postal items and a second batch of postal items consecutively into the inlet of the machine, and directing the postal items of the first batch towards a first subset of sorting outlets, and the postal items of the second batch of postal items towards a second subset of sorting outlets that is separate from the first subset of sorting outlets; and while the postal items of the second batch of postal items are being directed towards the second subset of sorting outlets, reloading the inlet of the machine with the postal items taken from the first subset of sorting outlets, and, while the postal items of the first batch of postal items are being directed towards the first subset of sorting outlets, re-loading the inlet of the machine with the postal items taken from the second subset of sorting outlets.
US07985937B2
A switching device includes a paddle actuator biased to a rest position and configured to pivot relative to a housing to a depressed position to engage an air-gap switch disposed within the housing. The air-gap switch is configured to change a first state of a load connected to the switching device upon engagement by the paddle actuator. The paddle actuator is defined by a pair of opposing long sides and a pair of opposing short sides and has at least one slot defined therein parallel to the pair of opposing short sides thereof and centrally disposed between the pair of opposing long sides thereof. A rocker actuator is disposed in the at least one slot defined in the paddle actuator and is configured to pivot relative thereto to engage at least one switch. The at least one switch is configured to change a second state of the load connected to the switching device upon engagement by the rocker actuator.
US07985935B2
The systems and methods described herein are directed to a switch for electronic devices. The systems and methods provide for a switch disposed on a bottom surface of a circuit board enclosed in a housing of an electronic device. The circuit board may include an aperture. An actuating pin of the switch may extend through the aperture towards the top surface of the circuit board. An external actuator may be coupled to the actuating pin in the aperture on the circuit board. The external actuator may extend out through an opening in the housing for providing a user with access to the switch.
US07985926B2
A base material in which a base insulating layer and a metallic layer are laminated is prepared. The metallic layer is processed into a predetermined pattern to form conductor patterns including terminal parts. A hole is formed in a region under a predetermined terminal part where the base insulating layer is formed by directing a laser beam from below. A reinforcing board having a through hole is attached to the lower surface of the base insulating layer by a sheet-like adhesive having a through hole, with the holes being aligned with one another. An opening space formed by the holes is filled with metallic paste by screen printing. In this way, a printed circuit board is fabricated. An electronic component is mounted on this printed circuit board.
US07985918B2
A novel thermoelectric module in which the thermoelectric elements are stacked together with thermal and electrical conductors integrated in the stack to perform the dual functions of conducting both heat and electricity.
US07985916B2
Electronic wind instrument includes: a breath flow detector detecting a flow of breath blown by a user; a tone generator forming a tone signal; a control section controlling the tone generator on the basis of an output signal of the breath flow detector; and a zero point compensation section that, when a predetermined condition has been satisfied, compensates a zero point of the output signal of the detector on the basis of the output signal generated by the detector at the time point the predetermined condition has been satisfied. The predetermined condition is satisfied when it is detected that a zero point compensation switch operable by the user has been turned on, that no performance is being executed by the user, that a value indicated by the output signal of the detector has decreased below a predetermined threshold value, or that the wind instrument has been turned on.
US07985900B1
According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB12V09. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB12V09, to the plants of soybean XB12V09 to plant parts of soybean variety XB12V09 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of the soybean variety XB12V09 with another soybean plant, using XB12V09 as either the male or the female parent.
US07985898B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated D5423851. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety D5423851. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety D5423851 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety D5423851 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US07985891B2
Plants are produced that express an amino acid sequence that, when administered to a fish, produce an antigenic or immune response in the fish. The amino acid sequence in one embodiment is an antigen from an organism that causes pathology in fish. The plant tissue may be fed to the fish, or mixed with other materials and fed to fish, or extracted and administered to the fish.
US07985883B2
In a process for producing hydroperoxides, an alkylaromatic compound of general formula (I): in which R1 and R2 each independently represents an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, provided that R1 and R2 may be joined to form a cyclic group having from 4 to 10 carbon atoms, said cyclic group being optionally substituted, and R3 represents hydrogen, one or more alkyl groups having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a cyclohexyl group, with oxygen in the presence of a catalyst comprising a manganese oxide molecular sieve to produce a hydroperoxide of general formula (II): in which R1, R2 and R3 have the same meaning as in formula (I). The hydroperoxide of formula (II) may then be converted to a phenol and an aldehyde or a ketone of the general formula R1COCH2R2 (III), in which R1 and R2 have the same meaning as in formula (I). In the case where the ketone is cyclohexanone, this may then be dehydrogenated to produce further phenol.
US07985862B2
The present invention aims to provide an iminopyridine derivative compound having an α1D adrenergic receptor antagonistic action, which is useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of a lower urinary tract disease and the like. The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, or a salt thereof.
US07985860B2
Process and intermediates for the synthesis of 2-(quinolin-5-yl)-4,5 disubstituted-azole derivatives
This application discloses a novel process to synthesize 2-(Quinolin-5yo)-4,5-Disubstituted-Azole derivatives, which may be used, for example, as PDE IV inhibitor compounds in pharmaceutical preparations.
US07985858B2
The present invention is directed to the conversion of a 6-keto morphinan to a 6-alpha-hydroxy morphinan in the presence of a ruthenium, rhodium, or iridium asymmetric catalyst and a hydrogen source.
US07985853B2
This invention relates to compounds, compositions, and methods useful for modulating platelet derived growth factor (PDGF) and/or platelet derived growth factor receptor (PDGFr) gene expression using short interfering nucleic acid (siNA) molecules. This invention also relates to compounds, compositions, and methods useful for modulating the expression and activity of other genes involved in pathways of platelet derived growth factor (PDGF) and/or platelet derived growth factor receptor (PDGFr) gene expression and/or activity by RNA interference (RNAi) using small nucleic acid molecules. In particular, the instant invention features small nucleic acid molecules, such as short interfering nucleic acid (siNA), short interfering RNA (siRNA), double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), micro-RNA (miRNA), and short hairpin RNA (shRNA) molecules and methods used to modulate the expression of platelet derived growth factor (PDGF) and/or platelet derived growth factor receptor (PDGFr) genes, such as PDGF and/or PDGFr.
US07985849B2
Sequences of B12-dependent dehydratases with improved reaction kinetics are presented. Use of these B12-dependent dehydratases reduce the rate of the enzyme's suicide inactivation in the presence of glycerol and 1,3-propanediol. The enzymes were created using error-prone PCR and oligonucleotide-directed mutagenesis to target the DhaB1 gene, which encodes the α-subunit of glycerol dehydratase. Mutants with improved reaction kinetics were rapidly identified using high throughput assays.
US07985844B2
Modulation of Hyaluronan (HA) synthesis and degradation is disclosed by compounds and compositions that are capable of reducing the level of hyaluronan synthase (HAS) or hyaluronidase (HYAL) or the function or activity of HAS or HYAL. The compounds and compositions can also inhibit the expression of genetic material encoding these enzymes. The compounds and compositions comprise nucleic acid molecules and interactive molecules such as antibodies, small molecule inhibitors and substrate analogs of HAS and HYAL. The compounds and compositions are useful in the prophylaxis and/or treatment of inflammatory disorders including hyperproliferative conditions, such as but not limited to, cancer and psoriasis.
US07985841B2
Filamentous phage comprising a matrix of cpVIII proteins encapsulating a genome encoding first and second polypeptides of an antogenously assembling receptor, such as an antibody, and a receptor comprised of the first and second polypeptides surface-integrated into the matrix via a filamentous phage coat protein membrane anchor domain fused to at least one of the polypeptides.
US07985839B2
The invention is a proteinaceous construct comprising a Factor VIII molecule which is conjugated to a water-soluble polymer via carbohydrate moieties of Factor VIII, and methods of preparing same.
US07985830B2
Methods for synthesizing dimeric or polymeric reaction products of nitrogen aromatics comprise contacting a composition comprising the nitrogen aromatic with a catalyst composition. The catalyst comprises a first metal substrate having a second reduced metal coated on the substrate.
US07985824B1
A method of making a polycarbonate is described. The method comprises reacting an activated diaryl carbonate and a dihydroxy compound at a reaction temperature in a reactor to form a reaction mixture wherein the reactor comprises a heated cover and an open space between the cover and the reaction mixture. The dihydroxy compound comprises a vapor pressure greater than or equal to 0.01 kiloPascals at the reaction temperature and the temperature of the open space in the reactor, the temperature of the cover, or the temperature of the open space and the cover is greater than or equal to the melt temperature of the monomer having the highest melt temperature.
US07985822B2
An epoxy resin composition including an epoxy resin and a curing agent as essential components, in which the curing agent comprises a phenol resin which has each structural moiety of a phenolic hydroxyl group-containing aromatic hydrocarbon group (P), an alkoxy group-containing aromatic hydrocarbon group (B) and a divalent aralkyl group (X), and also has, in a molecular structure, a structure in which the phenolic hydroxyl group-containing aromatic hydrocarbon group (P) and the alkoxy group-containing aromatic hydrocarbon group (B) are bonded with the other phenolic hydroxyl group-containing aromatic hydrocarbon group (P) or alkoxy group-containing aromatic hydrocarbon group (B) via the divalent aralkyl group (X).
US07985812B2
A method for controlling a solution process for the polymerisation of olefins is disclosed. The method is based on an algorithm that calculates predicted operating parameters of the process, including calculation of the extent of reaction (ξ), as a function of the solution density (ρ), and then calculation of the whole composition of the solution. The algorithm resolves a system of equations comprising the equation of state in the PC-SAFT form, the Lewis-Mayo equation for monomer incorporation into a copolymer, and the stoichiometry equation. Predicted parameters are compared to target parameters to detect possible deviations and implement corresponding compensation in the feed.
US07985811B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to measuring and controlling static in a gas phase reactor polymerization. In particular, embodiments relate to monitoring carryover static in an entrainment zone during gas phase polymerization to determine the onset of reactor discontinuity events such as chunking and sheeting. Embodiments also relate to monitoring carryover static to determine the need for effective additions of continuity additives that minimize reactor static activity and thereby preventing discontinuity events.
US07985810B2
A polymer compound comprising a repeating unit of the following formula (1) and at least one of a repeating unit of the following formula (2) and a repeating unit of the following formula (70). (wherein, Q represents Ar1 and Ar2 represent an arylene group, divalent heterocyclic group or divalent aromatic amine group. Ar3 represents an aryl group, monovalent heterocyclic group or monovalent aromatic amine group. Z represents —CR1═CR2— or —C≡C—. R1 and R2 represent a hydrogen atom, alkyl group or the like. m represents 0 or 1.) (wherein, a ring A and a ring B represent an aromatic hydrocarbon ring, and at least one of the ring A and the ring B is an aromatic hydrocarbon ring having two or more benzene rings condensed. Rw and Rx represent an alkyl group, alkoxy group or the like.) (wherein, a ring C and a ring D represent an aromatic ring. E represents O or S.).
US07985807B2
A thermosetting composition containing an aluminosiloxane, a silicone oil containing silanol groups at both ends, an epoxy silicone, and a silicone elastomer. The thermosetting composition of the present invention can be used for, for example, encapsulating materials, coating materials, molding materials, surface-protecting materials, adhesive agents, bonding agents, and the like. Especially, in a case where the thermosetting composition of the present invention is used as an encapsulating material, the thermosetting composition is suitably used for, for example, photosemiconductor devices mounted with blue or white LED elements (backlights for liquid crystal displays, traffic lights, outdoor big displays, advertisement sign boards, and the like).
US07985806B2
An organopolysiloxane represented by formula (1) shown below and having (3,5-diglycidylisocyanuryl)alkyl groups represented by formula (2) at least at both terminals of the main chain: wherein, each R1 represents, independently, a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent hydrocarbon group of 1 to 20 carbon atoms, R2 is a group represented by formula (2) shown below, X is a group represented by formula (3) shown below, a represents an integer of 0 to 100 and b represents an integer of 0 to 30, provided that 1≦a+b, and c represents an integer of 0 to 10 wherein, R3 represents an alkylene group of 2 to 12 carbon atoms wherein, R1 and R2 are as defined above, d represents an integer of 0 to 30, and e represents an integer of 0 to 30.
US07985790B2
A fluoropolymer composition comprising: at least one thermoplastic partially fluorinated fluoropolymer [polymer (F)]; water; less than 15% wt (based on total weight of composition) of a water-soluble solvent mixture [mixture (M)] comprising: at least one alcohol solvent [solvent (A)]; at least one glycol derivative solvent having a boiling point of at least 100° C. [solvent (GD)], wherein the solvent (GD) is a derivative of a compound comprising at least two hydroxyl groups, wherein at least one of the hydroxyl group has been derivatized to yield an ether or an ester bond.
US07985786B2
Rubber-modified cementitious substances and various methods of making such substances or components thereof. One embodiment of the substance includes a mix of cement and composite particles, wherein essentially each of the composite particles has a rubber core enclosed in an inorganic exterior and wherein the rubber core is chemically coupled to the inorganic exterior. The chemical coupling between the rubber core and the inorganic exterior and the bonding between the inorganic exterior and the cement result in a rubber-modified cementitious substance that has greater strength than comparable conventional rubber-modified cementitious substances. One embodiment of the method of making a rubber-modified cementitious substance includes (1) reacting a coupling agent with rubber particles and inorganic particles to yield composite particles, wherein essentially each of the composite particles has a rubber core enclosed in an inorganic exterior and (2) combining the composite particles with a cementitious substance to yield a rubber-modified cementitious substance.
US07985779B2
The present invention relates to a novel method for manufacturing a cellular elastomeric polyurethane foam ball. The product polyurethane foam ball may be used as a core for a tennis ball which meets ITF specifications for tennis balls, including weight, diameter, bound, forward deformation and return deformation.
US07985778B2
Method for decomposing and reclaiming synthetic resin having ester bond in the composition structure
Synthetic resin containing ester bond is subjected to hydrolysis treatment to reclaim raw material component before polymerization. Method for decomposing and reclaiming synthetic resin having ester bond in composition structure thereof, by conducting hydrolysis treatment and then separation collection treatment. In the hydrolysis treatment, article containing synthetic resin to be decomposed and reclaimed is exposed to water vapor atmosphere filled under saturation water vapor pressure at treatment temperature at or below melting point of the synthetic resin. The synthetic resin in article to be treated is hydrolyzed by water vapor generated at the treatment temperature, to generate decomposition product before polymerizing to the synthetic resin containing an ester bond. The separation collection treatment is treatment in which the decomposition product generated by the hydrolysis treatment is separated into liquid component and solid component to be collected individually.
US07985772B2
The invention concerns novel derivatives of 3,3-diphenylpropylamines, methods for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing the novel compounds, and the use of the compounds for preparing drugs. More particularly, the invention relates to novel prodrugs of antimuscarinic agents with superior pharmacokinetic properties compared to existing drugs such as oxybutynin and tolterodine, methods for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, a method of using said compounds and compositions for the treatment of urinary incontinence, gastrointestinal hyperactivity (irritable bowel syndrome) and other smooth muscle contractile conditions.
US07985771B2
The invention relates to a method of treating with furanone derivatives and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, one or more conditions of the skin, in particular regulating skin condition, regulating signs of skin aging, treating a number of conditions such as contact dermatitis, skin irritation, rosacea, acne, psoriasis, and preventing and protecting skin tissue against age-related damage or damage resulting from insults such as harmful (UV) radiation or environmental pollution, stress and fatigue.
US07985768B2
The present invention relates to thiophene containing compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, and n are as defined in the specification, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of treating conditions and disorders using such compounds and pharmaceutical compositions.
US07985767B2
Compounds of the formula are disclosed herein. Therapeutic methods, compositions, and medicaments related thereto are also disclosed.
US07985759B2
The present invention relates to novel compounds representated by formula (I), where R, R1, R2, R3, X, Y, m, n are as defined. The present invention relates to compounds of the general formula I their derivatives, their analogs, their tautomeric forms, their stereoisomers, their diastereomers, their bioisosteres, their polymorphs, their pharmaceutically acceptable salts and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions containing them which are predominantly dipeptidyl peptidase IV inhibitors. The present invention also relates to the processes for the preparation of novel compounds of formula (I) and their use in treating type II diabetes and diabetic complications thereof and also for treating dislipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, obesity and hyperglycemia.
US07985752B2
The present invention relates to novel piperazine derivatives or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, a process for preparing the same, and in particular, a high binding for Serotonin 1A(5-hydroxytryptamine; 5-HT1A) receptor, a pharmaceutical composition for treatment and/or prevention of depression and anxiety including an effective amount of the piperazine compound, and a method of treating depression, anxiety and other conditions related to 5-HT1A receptor in a mammal.
US07985750B2
This invention relates to novel compounds that are substituted oxazolidinones derivatives and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. More specifically, this invention relates to novel oxazolidinones compounds that are derivatives of rivaroxaban. The invention also provides pyrogen-free compositions comprising one or more compounds of the invention and a carrier, and the use of the disclosed compounds and compositions in methods of treating diseases and condition that are beneficially treated by administering a selective inhibitor of factor Xa, such as rivaroxaban.
US07985749B2
The invention provides compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods of using such compounds to treat or prevent diseases or disorders associated with the activity of Cathepsin S.
US07985741B2
Compositions are provided comprising chito-oligomers obtainable from chitin, comprising oligomers of N-acetyl glucosamine (NAG) and glucosamine, wherein at least 50% of the oligomers have a chain length of about 2-50, and the degree of deacetylation of the oligomers is in the range of about 0-70%, preferably about 30-50%. The compositions are highly useful as pharmaceutical compositions for treatment of joint disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis. Also provided are methods for treatment of joint disorders and treatment against inflammatory activity.
US07985724B2
Disclosed is a detergent composition for hard surface, containing (A) a monoalkyl glyceryl ether whose alkyl group has 3 to 8 carbon atoms, (B) a specific compound represented by the formula (1), (C) an amine, (D) a polyvalent carboxylic acid having a molecular weight of 40 to 400 and/or a salt thereof, (E) a surfactant provided that (A) and (B) are excluded from (E), and water, wherein the mass ratio of (A)/(B), the content of (A)+(B), the mass ratio of (C)/(D), and the content of (C)+(D) are respectively in a specific range, and the pH of the detergent composition at 20° C. is 9.5 to 11.5.
US07985721B2
A cleaning and purifying composition including at least one solvent, an alkaline agent, a deflocculant, at least one surfactant selected from the group comprising an alcohol ethoxylate surfactant, an alkylamino-polyethoxy-sulfate surfactant, a polyether-phosphate ester surfactant, a surfactant that is a phosphate ester of an ethoxylated alcohol, and a surfactant that is a polyethyleneglycol monoaklyl ether, and a bonding agent.
US07985708B2
A catalyst support is made by coating a metal substrate with a solution containing a precursor for a ceramic and an amphiphilic compound, and treating the coating such that it forms a micelle structure. The coating is then treated to form a mesoporous ceramic coating on the metal substrate. The micelle structure acts as a template, so that the pores are of regular size. The active catalytic material can then be deposited in the pores. The metal substrate may for example be a corrugated foil, which can enable reaction heat to be dissipated from hot spots.
US07985698B2
This invention comprises methods of forming patterned photoresist layers over semiconductor substrates. In one implementation, a semiconductor substrate is provided. An antireflective coating is formed over the semiconductor substrate. The antireflective coating has an outer surface. The outer surface is treated with a basic fluid. A positive photoresist is applied onto the outer surface which has been treated with the basic treating fluid. The positive photoresist is patterned and developed effective to form a patterned photoresist layer having increased footing at a base region of said layer than would otherwise occur in the absence of said treating the outer surface. Other aspects and implementations are contemplated.
US07985677B2
One of methods of manufacturing a semiconductor device of the present invention is as follows: a first conductive layer is formed, a first insulating layer is formed over the first conductive layer, and a second insulating layer is formed over the first insulating layer; then, a first opening portion is formed in the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer to reach the first conductive layer; a mask layer having low wettability to a composition containing a conductive material is formed over the second insulating layer, and a second opening portion larger than the first opening portion is formed in the second insulating layer; subsequently, the first and second opening portions are filled with the composition containing a conductive material to form a second conductive layer.
US07985675B2
A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate; a first insulating film (third insulating film 24) formed on the semiconductor substrate, having a first trench (second interconnect trench 28), and having a composition ratio varying along the depth from an upper face of the first insulating film; and a first metal interconnect (second metal interconnect 25) filling the first trench (second interconnect trench 28). The mechanical strength in an upper portion of the first insulating film (third insulating film 24) is higher than that in the other portion of the insulating film (third insulating film 24).
US07985674B2
Prior to deposition of a silicon nitride (SiN) layer on a structure, a non-plasma enhanced operation is undertaken wherein the structure is exposed to silane (SiH4) flow, reducing the overall exposure of the structure to hydrogen radicals. This results in the silicon nitride being strongly bonded to the structure and in improved performance.
US07985670B2
A method of realizing a flash floating poly gate using an MPS process can include forming a tunnel oxide layer on an active region of a semiconductor substrate; and then forming a first floating gate on and contacting the tunnel oxide layer; and then forming second and third floating gates on and contacting the first floating gate, wherein the second and third floating gates extend perpendicular to the first floating gate; and then forming a poly meta-stable polysilicon layer on the first, second and third floating gates; and then forming a control gate on the semiconductor substrate including the poly meta-stable polysilicon layer. Therefore, it is possible to increase the surface area of the capacitor by a limited area in comparison with a flat floating gate. As a result, it is possible to improve the coupling ratio essential to the flash memory device and to improve the yield and reliability of the semiconductor device.
US07985659B1
A method for forming a semiconductor device includes providing a first cap wafer having a first opening extending through the first cap wafer, and a second cap wafer bonded to the first cap wafer, wherein the second cap wafer has a second opening extending through the second cap wafer, and wherein the first opening is misaligned with respect to the second opening. After the providing the first cap wafer and second cap wafer, the second cap wafer is bonded to a device wafer, wherein a cavity is formed between the device wafer and the second cap wafer, and wherein the device wafer comprises at least one semiconductor device in the cavity. After the bonding the second cap wafer to the device wafer, a vacuum is applied, wherein during the applying the vacuum, a sealing layer is formed over the first cap wafer, wherein the sealing layer seals the first opening.
US07985658B2
A method of fabricating a semiconductor substrate structure comprises forming an oxide region in contact with a first semiconductor, e.g. silicon, substrate, implanting P-type dopants into the first semiconductor substrate to form a P-doped region, bonding the oxide region to a second semiconductor, e.g. silicon, substrate, and removing a portion of the first semiconductor substrate before or after implanting.
US07985655B2
In one embodiment, a method of forming a via includes providing a semiconductor substrate, wherein the semiconductor substrate comprises a through-via region, forming isolation openings and a sacrificial feature in the through-via region, filling the isolation openings to form isolation regions, forming a dielectric layer over the semiconductor substrate after filling the isolation openings, forming a first portion of a through-via opening in the dielectric layer, forming a second portion of the through-via opening in the semiconductor substrate, wherein forming the second portion of the through-via opening comprises removing the sacrificial feature, and forming a conductive material in the first portion and the second portion of the through-via opening.
US07985652B2
A semiconductor device and method for manufacturing a tensile strained NMOS and a compressive strained PMOS transistor pair, wherein a stressor material is sacrificial is disclosed. The method provides for a substrate, which includes a source/drain for an NMOS transistor, and a PMOS transistor. A first barrier layer is formed on the substrate and a first stressor material is formed on the first barrier layer. The first barrier layer is selectively removed from the PMOS transistor. The substrate is flash annealed and the remaining first stressor material and barrier layer is removed from the substrate.
US07985650B2
A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a floating gate electrode which is selectively formed on a main surface of a first conductivity type with a first gate insulating film interposed therebetween, a control gate electrode formed on the floating gate electrode with a second gate insulating film interposed therebetween, and source/drain regions of a second conductivity type which are formed in the main surface of the substrate in correspondence with the respective gate electrodes. The first gate electrode has a three-layer structure in which a silicon nitride film is held between silicon oxide films, and the silicon nitride film includes triple coordinate nitrogen bonds.
US07985643B2
A semiconductor structure. The structure includes (a) a semiconductor layer including a channel region disposed between first and second S/D regions; (b) a gate dielectric region on the channel region; (c) a gate region on the gate dielectric region and electrically insulated from the channel region by the gate dielectric region; (d) a protection umbrella region on the gate region, wherein the protection umbrella region comprises a first dielectric material, and wherein the gate region is completely in a shadow of the protection umbrella region; and (e) a filled contact hole (i) directly above and electrically connected to the second S/D region and (ii) aligned with an edge of the protection umbrella region, wherein the contact hole is physically isolated from the gate region by an inter-level dielectric (ILD) layer which comprises a second dielectric material different from the first dielectric material.
US07985640B2
Symmetrical/asymmetrical bidirectional S-shaped I-V characteristics with trigger voltages ranging from 10 V to over 40 V and relatively high holding current are obtained for advanced sub-micron silicided CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor)/BiCMOS (Bipolar CMOS) technologies by custom implementation of P1-N2-P2-N1//N1-P3-N3-P1 lateral structures with embedded ballast resistance 58, 58A, 56, 56A and periphery guard-ring isolation 88-86. The bidirectional protection devices render a high level of electrostatic discharge (ESD) immunity for advanced CMOS/BiCMOS processes with no latchup problems. Novel design-adapted multifinger 354/interdigitated 336 layout schemes of the ESD protection cells allow for scaling-up the ESD performance of the protection structure and custom integration, while the I-V characteristics 480 are adjustable to the operating conditions of the integrated circuit (IC). The ESD protection cells are tested using the TLP (Transmission Line Pulse) technique, and ESD standards including HBM (Human Body Model), MM (Machine Model), and IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) IEC 1000-4-2_standard for ESD immunity. ESD protection performance is demonstrated also at high temperature (140° C.). The unique high ratio of dual-polarity ESD protection level per unit area, allows for integration of fast-response and compact protection cells optimized for the current tendency of the semiconductor industry toward low cost and high density-oriented IC design. Symmetric/asymmetric dual polarity ESD protection performance is demonstrated for over 15 kV HBM, 2 kV MM, and 16.5 kV IEC for sub-micron technology.
US07985638B2
A semiconductor device manufacturing method which sequentially forms a gate oxide film and gate electrode material over a semiconductor layer of an SOI substrate and patterns the material into gate electrodes. The method further comprises the steps of forming sidewalls made of an insulator to cover side surfaces of the gate electrode; ion-implanting into the semiconductor layer on both sides of the gate electrode to form drain/source regions; partially etching the sidewalls to expose upper parts of the side surfaces of the gate electrode; depositing a metal film to cover the tops of the drain/source regions and of the gate electrode and the exposed upper parts of the side surfaces of the gate electrode; and performing heat treatment on the SOI substrate to form silicide layers respectively in the surfaces of the gate electrode and of the drain/source regions.
US07985632B2
A method for forming a wire in a layer based on a monocrystalline or amorphous material. The method forms two trenches in the layer, crossing through one face of the layer, separated from each other by one portion of the layer, by an etching of the layer on which is arranged an etching mask, and anneals, under hydrogenated atmosphere, the layer, the etching mask being maintained on the layer during the annealing. The depths and widths of the sections of the two trenches, and the width of a section of the portion of the layer, are such that the annealing eliminates a part of the portion of the layer, the two trenches then forming a single trench in which a remaining part of the portion of the layer forms the wire.
US07985629B2
A resin sealing method of a semiconductor device, is provided with: providing a semiconductor device on which a dummy dump is formed; providing a support body including an adhesive layer provided on a surface of the support body; forming a recess in the adhesive layer; inserting the dummy bump of the semiconductor device into the recess of the adhesive layer; adhering the semiconductor device to the adhesive layer with the semiconductor device positioned on the support body; setting the supporting body having the semiconductor device in a resin sealing mold; supplying a resin into a cavity of the resin sealing mold; sealing the semiconductor device with the resin on the support body while using the dummy bump to inhibit displacement of the semiconductor device caused by a flow of the resin supplied into the cavity of the resin sealing mold; and removing the support body, the adhesive layer, and the dummy bump from the semiconductor device sealed with the resin.
US07985625B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device involves the steps of: forming a plurality of product formation areas each having a circuit and a plurality of first electrode pads over a main surface of a semiconductor wafer; arranging a plurality of second electrode pads with larger pitches than the first electrode pads in each of the product formation areas; segmenting the semiconductor wafer to separate the plural product formation areas and provide a plurality of semiconductor devices each having the circuit, the plural first electrode pads and the plural second electrode pads on a first surface; and cleaning foreign matter off the first surface of the semiconductor device after the step of segmenting the semiconductor devices.
US07985623B2
An integrated circuit package system is provided including providing a carrier, mounting an integrated circuit die on the carrier, connecting the integrated circuit die with the carrier, and forming an encapsulation having a multi-sloped side over the integrated circuit die for reducing ejection stress.
US07985609B2
Provided is a light-emitting apparatus which can prevent a shadow mask from contacting a light-emitting medium to suppress damage of the medium, by using a conductive layer formed on a device isolation layer as a pressing member for the shadow mask, and can attain more secure conduction between a second electrode and an auxiliary electrode. A production method of the light-emitting apparatus includes forming first electrodes and auxiliary electrodes on a substrate; forming a device isolation layer between the first electrodes and forming an opening on each of the first electrodes and the auxiliary electrodes; forming a conductive layer on the device isolation layer so as to cover the openings above the auxiliary electrodes; bringing a shadow mask into contact with the conductive layer and forming a light-emitting medium in a thickness smaller than the thickness of the conductive layer; and forming a second electrode so as to cover the light-emitting medium, the device isolation layer, and the conductive layer.
US07985594B2
The present invention provides methods for performing dynamic nuclear polarization using biradicals with a structure of formula (I) as described herein. In general, the methods involve (a) providing a frozen sample in a magnetic field, wherein the frozen sample includes a biradical of formula (I) and an analyte with at least one spin half nucleus; (b) polarizing the at least one spin half nucleus of the analyte by irradiating the frozen sample with radiation having a frequency that excites electron spin transitions in the biradical; (c) optionally melting the sample to produce a molten sample; and (d) detecting nuclear spin transitions in the at least one spin half nucleus of the analyte in the frozen or molten sample. The present invention also provides biradicals with a structure of formula (I) with the proviso that Q1 and Q2 are different when X1 and X2 are —O—. The present invention also provides methods for making biradicals with a structure of formula (IA) as described herein.
US07985590B2
Described herein are methods directed to the use of the nanodot taggants in detection and/or simulation scenarios. The nanodot taggants are based on quantum dots and may be engineered so as to have particular emission and or absorbance spectral characteristics. The nanodots are extremely small, i.e., on the order of nanometers in size, and thus do not, in some cases, behave as particles, but rather are able to be carried along and through structures like a gas.
US07985589B2
The invention provides a calibrating method for use in a method of determining the quantity of an analyte labeled with an accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) isotope in a test sample. The samples can include, for example, urine, faeces, plasma or blood. The analyte can be, for example, a drug or metabolite of a drug.
US07985585B2
This disclosure relates to compositions comprising human preprimitive streak cells and/or human mesendoderm cells as well as methods for their production. Additionally, disclosed herein are methods of identifying factors useful in the further differentiation of preprimitive streak and mesendoderm cell types.
US07985580B2
The aim of the invention is to produce alcohol from plant-based raw materials while reducing energy consumption. Said aim is achieved by separating the husk portion of cereals during grinding and feed said husk portion to a dryer (21) which dries distiller's wash as a carrier medium for distiller's wash. The lost heat of said dryer (21) is supplied to the distillation station (15) as process heat. The lost heat of a molecular sieve (45) that drains the raw alcohol is also redirected to the distillation station (15) as process heat.
US07985575B2
The present invention describes a single-protein production (SPP) system in living E. coli cells that exploits the unique properties of an mRNA interferase, for example, MazF, a bacterial toxin that is a single stranded RNA- and ACA-specific endoribonuclease, which efficiently and selectively degrades all cellular mRNAs in vivo, resulting in a precipitous drop in total protein synthesis. Concomitant expression of MazF and a target gene engineered to encode an ACA-less mRNA results in sustained and high-level (up to 90%) target expression in the virtual absence of background cellular protein synthesis. Remarkably, target synthesis continues for at least 4 days, indicating that cells retain transcriptional and translational competence despite their growth arrest. SPP technology works well for yeast and human proteins, even a bacterial integral membrane protein. This novel system enables unparalleled signal to noise ratios that should dramatically simplify structural and functional studies of previously intractable but biologically important proteins. The present invention also provides an optimized condensed single protein production system.
US07985574B2
A fermentation process uses substantially pure oxygen. The oxygen is the only reactive gas which is injected into a fermentation vessel. The oxygen is moved through the vessel solely by its own pressure. The process can be used with both mechanically-agitated and air-lifted fermenters. The mechanically-agitated fermenter includes an analyzer for measuring oxygen concentration in the exhaust line, and adjusting the flow of fresh oxygen into the vessel accordingly. In the air-lifted fermenter, an analyzer measures the oxygen concentration in the head space of the vessel, and operates valves which either recycle the gas from the head space, or vent that gas to the outside, according to the measured concentration. A stream of nitrogen is periodically injected into the vessel to drive out carbon dioxide and other gases, to control the pH of the fermentation medium. The present invention substantially improves the efficiency of a commercial fermentation process.
US07985572B2
The present Invention relates to new nitrilases with modified Substrate acceptance, the method to obtain them and the use of the aforesaid nitrilases. Said nitrilases are encoded by a polypeptide sequence, which at a Position corresponding to Position 296 in wild-type Alcaligenes faecalis comprises an amino acid which is not tyrosine. The Invention further relates to nucleic acid sequences and amino acid sequences encoding Said nitrilases, expression constructs comprising Said nucleic acid sequences, vectors comprising the nucleic acid sequences or the exPression constructs, to organisms, preferably microorganisms, comprising the nucleic acid sequences, expression constructs or vectors. The Invention additionally relates to a method for preparing carboxylic acids, preferably substituted chiral carboxylic acids from racemic nitriles.
US07985567B2
The invention provides for a method for producing a 5-carbon alcohol in a genetically modified host cell. In one embodiment, the method comprises culturing a genetically modified host cell which expresses a first enzyme capable of catalyzing the dephosphorylation of an isopentenyl pyrophosphate (IPP) or dimethylallyl diphosphate (DMAPP), such as a Bacillus subtilis phosphatase (YhfR), under a suitable condition so that 5-carbon alcohol is 3-methyl-2-buten-1-ol and/or 3-methyl-3-buten-1-ol is produced. Optionally, the host cell may further comprise a second enzyme capable of reducing a 3-methyl-2-buten-1-ol to 3-methyl-butan-1-ol, such as a reductase.
US07985562B2
The present invention is directed to a method identifying a risk for a thrombogenic disorder, to a method for selecting patients with a risk for a thrombogenic disorder, to a method for identifying a pharmaceutical for the therapy or prophylaxis of a thrombogenic disorder as well as to a method for producing a medicament and a diagnostic by employing the TAFI-Ile347 polymorphism.
US07985552B2
Chemically reactive carbocyanine dyes that are intramolecularly crosslinked between the 1-position and 3′-position, their bioconjugates and their uses are described. 1,3′-crosslinked carbocyanines are superior to those of conjugates of spectrally similar 1,1′-crosslinked or non-crosslinked dyes. The invention includes derivative compounds having one or more benzo nitrogens.
US07985550B2
Provided is a method for isolating methylated CpG islands. The method includes identifying an imprinted gene adjacent to the methylated CpG island, and identifying a disease which is preferentially transmitted by one parent and which is genetically linked to region of genomic DNA which contains the imprinted gene, whereby the imprinted gene is thereby indicated as a candidate gene involved in transmitting the disease.
US07985547B2
The present invention relates to novel methods for sequencing and mapping genetic markers in polynucleotide sequences using Type-IIs restriction endonucleases. The methods herein described result in the “capturing” and determination of specific oligonucleotide sequences located adjacent to Type-IIs restriction sites. The resulting sequences are useful as effective markers for use in genetic mapping, screening and manipulation.
US07985543B2
The present invention provides compositions and methods for detecting mutations associated with blood type determination in the cat.
US07985540B2
The present invention relates to a method, a chip, a device and a system for extraction of biological material form biological cells. The invention involves exposing the biological particles to an alternating electric field in a sample chamber and may also involve subsequent analysis of the biological material after the extraction.
US07985523B2
Disclosed is a toner composition comprising toner particles which comprise (a) a resin having chemically bonded thereto a polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane, (b) and an optional colorant.
US07985522B2
Disclosed is an electrophotographic photoreceptor which is excellent in wear resistance and electrical characteristics. Specifically disclosed is an electrophotographic photoreceptor containing a polyester resin in a photosensitive layer provided on an electroconductive substrate. The polyester resin is composed of a copolymer represented by the general formula 1 below, which has a viscosity average molecular weight (Mv) of 10,000-300,000 and contains a diphenyl ether 4,4′-dicarboxylic acid component and a bivalent phenol component. In the general formula 1, A represents a diphenyl ether 4,4′-dicarboxylic acid residue represented by the formula A below, and B represents a bivalent phenol residue represented by the formula B below. In the formula A, each of Ra1 and Ra2 independently represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent substituent which may have a substituent, and each of n and m is independently an integer from 0 to 4. In the formula B, each of R1 and R2 independently represents one selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, a halogen group, and an alkoxy group.
US07985512B2
An anode support for supporting an anode electrode in a fuel cell assembly in which the anode support has a first support member formed of a porous non-wettable material and a second support member abutting and joined with the second member and having a plurality of through openings. Also disclosed is a bipolar separator having an electrolyte barrier over predetermined limited portions of its outer surface so as to prevent or retard electrolyte creeping.
US07985509B2
A fuel cell system includes a reformer for generating hydrogen gas from fuel containing hydrogen using a chemical catalytic reaction and thermal energy. At least one electricity generator generates electrical energy by an electrochemical reaction of the hydrogen gas and oxygen. A fuel supply assembly supplies fuel to the reformer, and an oxygen supply assembly supplies oxygen to the at least one electricity generator. A heat exchanger is connected to the reformer and to the at least one electricity generator. The heat exchanger supplies thermal energy of the reformer, during initial operation of the system, to the at least one electricity generator so as to pre-heat the at least one electricity generator.
US07985497B2
A multi-layer, microporous polyethylene membrane having at least two layers, which comprises (a) a microporous polyethylene resin layer A comprising high-density polyethylene A having 0.2 or more terminal vinyl groups per 10,000 carbon atoms when measured by infrared spectroscopy, and (b) a microporous polyethylene resin layer B comprising high-density polyethylene B having less than 0.2 terminal vinyl groups per 10,000 carbon atoms when measured by infrared spectroscopy, has well-balanced permeability, mechanical strength, heat shrinkage resistance, shutdown properties, meltdown properties and oxidation resistance.
US07985491B2
An anthrylarylene derivative having a specific structure and an organic electroluminescence device comprising an organic thin film layer which comprises at least one layer comprising at least a light emitting layer and is disposed between a cathode and an anode, wherein at least one layer in the organic thin film layer comprises the anthrylarylene derivative singly or as a component of a mixture. The device exhibits a great efficiency of light emission and has a long life. The anthrylarylene derivative has a sufficient glass transition temperature and is greatly advantageous as the light emitting material used in the above organic electroluminescence device.
US07985489B2
The invention relates to a layered system of a component that can be thermally stressed, comprising at least one for expanding the application scope of layered systems and in particular for improving their life cycle. Said layer has at least one first and at least one second material and a mixture profile (1) that varies at least almost continuously with the layer thickness, without forming a boundary layer between the first and second material.
US07985488B2
An ultrathin copper foil with a carrier not causing blistering at a release layer interface, having a low carrier peeling force, friendly to the environment, and enabling easy peeling of a carrier foil and an ultrathin copper foil even under a high temperature environment and a printed circuit board enabling a stable production quality of a base of a printed circuit board for fine pattern applications using the ultrathin copper foil with the carrier, that is, a ultrathin copper foil with a carrier comprising a carrier foil, a diffusion prevention layer, a release layer, and an ultrathin copper foil, wherein the release layer is formed by a metal A for retaining a release property and a metal B for facilitating plating of the ultrathin copper foil, a content “a” of the metal A and a content “b” of the metal B forming the release layer satisfying an equation: 10≦a/(a+b)*100≦70 and a printed circuit board prepared by using such a ultrathin copper foil with a carrier.
US07985487B2
Disclosed is a corrosion resistant conductive part, which is made by forming a thin plated gold layer of thickness 100 nm or less on a stainless steel sheet, and for which high corrosion resistance is guaranteed even with a very thin gold layer. The part is characterized in that the maximum value “v” of atomic concentration of gold given by Auger analysis is at least 98% of the total atomic concentrations of all the elements, which is deemed to be 100%, in the thin gold layer ranging from the surface to the interface of the gold layer and the metal substrate, at which the descending curve of gold crosses the ascending curve of the most predominant component of the substrate metal.
US07985485B2
A copper foil reducing transmission loss at a high frequency and excellent in bond strength with a resin substrate, including at least a granular layer and a columnar layer in its thickness direction, the columnar layer being formed on at least one surface of the granular layer forming the copper foil or the granular layer being formed on at least one surface of the columnar layer forming the copper foil, the relation of the thickness A of the granular layer and the thickness B of the columnar layer in the copper foil being preferably A/(A+B)=40 to 99%, a method of production and apparatus for production for the same, and a high frequency circuit using the same.
US07985482B2
A stiffener sheet for flexible printed flexible printed circuit boards, includes alternately laminated polyimide layers and polyamideimide layers, wherein a molecular structure of the polyamideimide is represented by the following formula: wherein Ar and Ar′ represents different substituted aromatic groups.
US07985479B2
Polyisocyanate mixtures, their preparation by reacting aromatic polyisocyanate mixtures and nitrogen-containing polyetherol mixtures, and their use as an isocyanate component for the preparation of moisture-curing adhesives, said polyisocyanate mixtures comprising: (A) 15 to 35 wt. % of diphenylmethane diisocyanate with 2 aromatic rings; (3) 10 to 30 wt. % of polymeric diphenylmethane diisocyanate with 3 or more aromatic rings; and (C) 40 to 75 wt. % of an isocyanate-functional polyurethane; wherein the polyisocyanate mixture has an isocyanate content of 12 to 20 wt. %, an isocyanate functionality of >2.4, a viscosity of <10,000 mPa·s at 25° C., and a shear rate of 80 l/s.
US07985474B2
A wafer-dicing adhesive tape, containing two or more removable adhesive layers, on a base film, that have resin compositions containing a radiation-polymerizable compound, in which a content of the radiation-polymerizable compound in the resin composition constituting an outermost removable adhesive layer is different from that of an inner removable adhesive layer and a stress applied to the base film is sufficiently introduced to the outermost removable adhesive layer irradiated with radiation, so that said layer can be easily peeled off from chips cut; and a method of producing chips using the same.
US07985457B2
Silane cross-linked polyolefin tubes are used for drinking water and/or water for industrial use, are resistant to a chlorine content ranging from 0.1 to 5 ppm, have a minimum degree of cross-linking of 60%, are produced according to the single-stage process, and are comprised of the following polyolefin composition: (A) a polyolefin; (B) a mixture consisting of an organic silane of general formula RSiX3 (B1), of a radical-generating constituent (B2), and of a catalyst (B3); (C) a stabilizer mixture consisting of a high-molecular, phenolic constituent (C1) having a high melting point, of a sulfur-containing constituent (C2), of a phosphorous-containing processing stabilizer (C3), and of a metal deactivator (C4).
US07985455B2
The compound of the present invention is represented by the formula (1). In the formula (1), R1 and R2 are hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, methyl or ethyl; X1 and X2 are hydrogen, fluorine, methyl or trifluoromethyl; Z1 and Z2 are a single bond, —COO—, —OCO—, —CH═CH—COO—, —OCO—CH═CH—, —CH2CH2—COO—, —OCO—CH2CH2—, —CH2O—, —CONH—, —(CH2)4—, —CH2CH2— or —C≡C—; Z3 and Z4 are a single bond or —O—; A1 and A2 are 1,4-cyclohexylene, 1,4-phenylene, 1,3-phenylene, pyridin-2,5-diyl, pyrimidin-2,5-diyl, naphthalen-2,6-diyl or tetrahydronaphtlane-2,6-diyl; and Y1 and Y2 are alkylene having from 2 to 20 carbon atoms.
US07985454B2
The present invention is directed to compositions of matter, systems, and methods to manufacture nanowires. In an embodiment, a method to produce a catalytic-coated nanowire growth substrate for nanowire growth is disclosed which comprises: (a) depositing a buffer layer on a substrate; (b) treating the buffer layer with boiled water or steam to enhance interactions between the buffer layer and catalyst particles; and (c) depositing catalytic particles on a surface of the buffer layer. Methods to develop and use this catalytic-coated nanowire growth substrate are disclosed.
US07985453B2
A method of manufacturing a calibration apparatus for an optical scanner. The method includes reacting a substrate coated with a functional group and a molecule capable of forming an activated excimer to immobilize the molecule on the substrate.
US07985447B2
A process is provided for rotolining the interior surface of an oil pipe having an inner diameter of at least 2 in (5.1 cm) and no greater than 6 in (15.2 cm) and length of at least 10 ft (3 m), comprising introducing particles of rotolining composition comprising fluoropolymer and no greater than 2 wt % of metal powder into the interior of said pipe, heating the pipe to a temperature above the melting temperature of the fluoropolymer, rotating the pipe around its longitudinal axis during the heating and rocking the pipe end-to-end thereof during the rotating so as to distribute the composition over the entire interior of the pipe, the combination of heating and distributing causing the particles to melt and coalesce to form a rotolining on the pipe over its entire interior.
US07985445B2
A novel method of forming water in oil microcapsules is disclosed. According to the invention microcapsules are obtained by steps comprising dispersing an oil soluble amine modified polyfunctional polyvinyl monomer and an oil soluble bi- or polyfunctional vinyl monomer along with a thermal or UV free radical initiator (optionally included in one or both of the oil or water phases) and an organic acid into an internal phase oil; heating or UV exposing for a time (and temperature) sufficient to oligomerize the amine modified polyfunctional polyvinyl monomer and oil soluble bi- or polyfunctional vinyl monomer forming a pre-polymer. Thereafter the process involves adding to the oil phase oil a water phase comprising a dispersion in water of an anionic emulsifier (and optionally initiator), and adding an emulsifying agent. Emulsifying the water phase into the oil phase (W/O) is controlled through the quantity of water employed. The emulsion is then UV exposed or heated for a time (and temperature) sufficient to decompose the free radical initiators in the oil and/or water phases; thereby forming microcapsule wall material at the interface of the water and oil phases.
US07985441B1
Various embodiments of methods and devices for coating stents are described herein. Among these embodiments are methods of manufacturing an implantable medical device by purifying a polymer with a fluid capable of swelling the polymer, and subsequently coating a device with the purified polymer or fabricating a device from the purified polymer. A preferred polymer is poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene).
US07985435B2
The invention provides saponin mixtures and compounds which are isolated from the species Acacia victoriae and methods for their use. These compounds may contain a triterpene moiety, such as acacic or oleanolic acid, to which oligosaccharides and monoterpenoid moieties are attached. The mixtures and compounds have properties related to the regulation of apoptosis and cytotoxicity of cells and exhibit potent anti-tumor effects against a variety of tumor cells.
US07985432B2
The invention provides compositions and methods useful in repelling target pests, such as insects from target areas. The compositions comprise mixtures or solutions of at least one repellent composition. The compositions of the invention preferably include an effective amount of evening primrose oil (“EPO”) to repel a target pest from a target area, such as animals, humans, plants or building structures, along with a carrier. The repellent composition may include a combination of EPO with another plant extract oil and a combination of EPO with catnip oil, optionally combined with another plant extract oil. The method for repelling target pests from animals comprises contacting a target area with the repellent composition to repel the target pest from the target area. The method also reduces transmission of infectious diseases transmitted by target pests by reducing contact of the pest with target areas.
US07985430B2
An adhesive solid therapeutic composition containing an active ingredient which is an extract of a plant selected from the group consisting of Sambucus nigra, Centella asiatica and Echinacea purpurea, or mixtures thereof and excipients, said excipients comprising (i) a bulk ingredient (ii) an adhesive polymer of acrylic acid and (iii) polyyinylpyrrolidone.
US07985427B2
The invention relates to a gastric juice-resistant device for releasing active substance excipients having delayed intestinal passage from a gastric juice-resistant enclosure, and which serves to increase the active substance concentration in the intestines. The inventive device is characterized in that the active substance excipient containing at least one active substance is provided in the form of a multiparticulate preparation whose individual particles have mucoadhesive properties. The invention also relates to a method for producing said device.
US07985424B2
Dendritic polymers with enhanced amplification and interior functionality are disclosed. These dendritic polymers are made by use of fast, reactive ring-opening chemistry (or other fast reactions) combined with the use of branch cell reagents in a controlled way to rapidly and precisely build dendritic structures, generation by generation, with cleaner chemistry, often single products, lower excesses of reagents, lower levels of dilution, higher capacity method, more easily scaled to commercial dimensions, new ranges of materials, and lower cost. The dendritic compositions prepared have novel internal functionality, greater stability (e.g., thermal stability and less or no reverse Michael's reaction), and reach encapsulation surface densities at lower generations. Unexpectedly, these reactions of polyfunctional branch cell reagents with polyfunctional cores do not create cross-linked materials. Such dendritic polymers are useful as demulsifiers for oil/water emulsions, wet strength agents in the manufacture of paper, proton scavengers, polymers, nanoscale monomers, calibration standards for electron microscopy, making size selective membranes, and agents for modifying viscosity in aqueous formulations such as paint. When these dendritic polymers have a carried material associated with their surface and/or interior, then these dendritic polymers have additional properties for carrying materials due to the unique characteristics of the dendritic polymer, such as for drug delivery, transfection, and diagnostics.
US07985422B2
A dosage form comprising of a high dose, high solubility active ingredient as modified release and a low dose active ingredient as immediate release where the weight ratio of immediate release active ingredient and modified release active ingredient is from 1:10 to 1:15000 and the weight of modified release active ingredient per unit is from 500 mg to 1500 mg; a process for preparing the dosage form.
US07985419B1
A divisible pharmaceutical tablet comprises an upper portion and a lower portion, the upper portion including at least one upper convex surface bordering at least one dividing notch. A ridgeline is formed between the at least one dividing notch and the at least one upper convex surface. The upper convex surface includes an apex defined at a location along the ridgeline.
US07985417B2
A method of inserting a lipid-linked moiety into a lipid assembly, such as a planar lipid monolayer or bilayer, a spherical lipid vesicle, a micelle, or an emulsion envelope monolayer is described. In the method, the lipid assembly and the lipid-linked moiety are contacted in the presence of microwave irradiation to permit the lipid-linked moiety to become associated with the lipid assembly. In one embodiment, the lipid assembly is a liposome and the lipid-linked moiety is a lipid-polymer. Compositions comprised of a lipid layer and of a lipid-linked moiety, prepared in accord with the method, are also described.
US07985416B2
A bandage and method for vital bleaching of human skin discolored as a result of bruising (ecchymosis) provides transdermal delivery of hydrogen peroxide as a bleaching agent in gel or other form. The bandages provide delivery and application by waterproof and light-proof strips and pads carrying hydrogen peroxide in sufficient concentration for safe oxidation of bruised tissue with resultant eradication of visible discoloration, and amelioration of associated tenderness.
US07985414B2
Biological-based polyurethanes and methods of making the same. The polyurethanes are formed by reacting a biodegradable polyisocyanate (such as lysine diisocyanate) with an optionally hydroxylated biomolecule to form polyurethane. The polymers formed may be combined with ceramic and/or bone particles to form a composite, which may be used as an osteoimplant.
US07985402B2
Peptide vectors having high KDR binding affinity and processes for making such vectors are provided. The peptide vectors may be conjugated to phospholipids and included in ultrasound contrast agent compositions. Such ultrasound contrast agents are particularly useful in therapeutic and diagnostic methods, such as in imaging KDR-containing tissue and in the evaluation and treatment of angiogenic processes associated with neoplastic conditions. The present invention also provides processes for the large scale production of highly pure dimeric and monomeric peptide phospholipid conjugates as well as precursor materials used to form the conjugates. The present invention further provides processes for the large scale production of highly pure peptide phospholipid conjugates which contain very low levels of TFA.
US07985394B2
A system and method for manufacturing carbon nanotubes via epitaxial growth from a source of supersaturated carbon solution is disclosed, whereby selection of the diameter, length, and chirality of single-walled or multi-walled nanotubes is enabled.
US07985392B2
An easily dispersible cake of precipitated silica, wherein the precipitated silica has a BET specific surface area of at least 220 m2/g. When the cake is dispersed in ion-exchange water to provide an aqueous dispersion of the silica of 5% by weight in concentration and further diluted to reduce the silica concentration to 1.5% by weight, the dispersion has a light-scattering index (n-value) of at least 2. The easily dispersible cake can be obtained by simultaneously adding an alkali silicate and a mineral acid to a reaction liquid whose pH is being maintained at a fixed value within a range of 7.5-11.5 and whose temperature is being maintained at 92-98° C., thus forming precipitated silica through their reaction, and separating the precipitated silica from the reaction liquid in wet state.
US07985391B2
A method of converting nitrogen oxides in a gas stream to nitrogen comprises contacting the nitrogen oxides with a nitrogenous reducing agent in the presence of a non-zeolite base metal catalyst consisting of: (a) at least one transition metal dispersed on a mixed oxide or composite oxide or a mixture thereof as support material consisting of cerium and zirconium; or (b) cerium oxide and zirconium oxide as single oxides or a composite oxide thereof or a mixture of the single oxides and the composite oxide dispersed on an inert oxide support material, whereon is dispersed at least one transition metal.
US07985387B2
A collection container and a method for collecting a biological sample, particularly whole blood, includes at least one stabilizing agent in an amount effective to stabilize and inhibit protein degradation and/or fragmentation. The stabilizing agent is able to stabilize proteases in the biological sample, particularly at the point of collection, by inhibiting protein degradation and/or fragmentation in the sample when the sample is stored. The stabilizing agent includes one or more protease inhibitors.
US07985382B1
A mobile All Hazards Receipt Facility (AHRF) is provided in an enclosure suitable for mounting on a base vehicle such as a semi-trailer. The AHRF includes a containment area compliant with BSL-3 standards, a containment area compliant with BSL-2 standards, a unique bleaching/decontamination station having an airlock to the outside for receiving incoming sample containers, a class III Biosafety Cabinet (Glovebox) connected to the bleaching station via an airlock through which samples are passed for processing, a biosafety cabinet as well as an onboard air handling system that provides air conditioning, filtration and exhaust and maintains appropriate BSL-2 and BSL-3 air pressure differentials.
US07985379B2
The present invention relates to systems and methods for controlled combustion and decomposition of gaseous pollutants while reducing deposition of unwanted reaction products from within the treatment systems. The systems include a novel thermal reaction chamber design having stacked reticulated ceramic rings through which fluid, e.g., gases, may be directed to form a boundary layer along the interior wall of the thermal reaction chamber, thereby reducing particulate matter buildup thereon. The systems further include the introduction of fluids from the center pilot jet to alter the aerodynamics of the interior of the thermal reaction chamber.
US07985375B2
A system and method for automated handling of vials containing liquid medical specimens is disclosed. The robotic system processes the specimens for further downstream molecular analysis. The processing comprises automated vial cap removal, pipetting of the vial contents, transfer of the vial contents to a destination tray such as a multiwell plate, and recapping of the vial.
US07985374B2
A cadmium-free silver brazing filler metal containing gallium, indium, nickel and cerium falls into the field of metal material and metallurgy. Its chemical composition includes (by mass percentage) Cu 28.0%-35.0%, Zn 28.0%-38.0%, Ga 0.1%-2.5%, In 0.1%-2.5%, Ni 0.1%-2.5%, Ce 0.002%-0.1%, and Ag in balance.
US07985372B2
A ferritic stainless steel sheet for use in raw material pipes for forming bellows pipes has excellent formability. More specifically, the ferritic stainless steel sheet contains 10 % to 25 % by mass of Cr and has a yield stress in the range of 300 to 450 MPa and the product of the yield stress and the uniform elongation properties of at least 5200 (MPa·%). Preferably, the ferritic stainless steel sheet for use in raw material pipes for forming bellows pipes has an average crystal grain size D of 35 μm or less or a surface roughness of 0.40 μm or less as determined by Ra.
US07985365B2
A method of creating a functional utility-surface on a thermoset composite component, including the steps of: fixing the position of a cured thermoset polymer composite component, the thermoset polymer composite component having a thermoplastic polymer surface layer attached to at least a portion of one surface thereof, the thermoset polymer composite component being fixed in position to allow access to the thermoplastic polymer surface layer; and shaping the thermoplastic polymer surface to form a functional utility-surface.
US07985361B2
A process for dispersion spinning non-melt-processible fluoropolymer fiber in which a mixture of an aqueous dispersion of non-melt-processible polytetrafluoroethylene or modified polytetrafluoroethylene fluoropolymer particles and an aqueous solution of matrix polymer is formed. The non melt-processible particles have an SSG of less than about 2.40. The aqueous dispersion contains an aliphatic alcohol ethoxylate nonionic surfactant having a 20% residuals temperature determined by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) of less than about 290° C. and is essentially free of surfactants containing aromatic groups. The dispersion has a fluorinated surfactant content of less than about 300 ppm. The mixture is extruded into a coagulation bath containing a concentration of ions which coagulate the matrix polymer to form an intermediate fiber structure. The intermediate fiber structure is sintered to decompose the matrix polymer and coalesce. The present invention also provides a spinning composition useful for the dispersion spinning of non-melt-processible fluoropolymer fiber.
US07985360B2
An injection molding machine using a plurality of metal molds 2 and a plurality of stations S1 to S10, for executing molding by moving the metal molds in rotation and in one direction includes on one of the sides of the metal molds a plurality of heat pipes 5 which are fitted into the molds and one of the ends of which protrudes from the metal mold, and a heat transfer plate 6 so disposed as to cover a projection portion 5a of the heat pipe protruding from the metal mold. Temperature adjustment plates 4 connected to a temperature adjustment machine 4 are disposed on the other station side and while the metal mold is halted at the station, the temperature adjustment plates clamp the heat transfer plate and adjust the temperature of said metal mold.
US07985356B2
A non-linear optical device comprising a polymer configured to be photorefractive upon irradiation by a green laser. The polymer comprises a repeating unit including a moiety selected from the group consisting of the structures (M-1), (M-2) and (M-3), as defined herein.
US07985354B1
Carbon nanomaterials are stabilized and uniformly dispersed in a liquid such as water using a simple procedure. Methylcellulose is added to hot water where it separates and expands with a temperature of about 80-90 degree Celsius. Methylcellulose swiftly dissolves when the water cools down. Carbon nanomaterials are dispersed in a solvent and sonicated. This nanomaterial dispersed solvent is then added to the methylcellulose dispersed water and mechanically stirred. The resulting uniform mixture is up to 90% by weight nanomaterials and is stable for months.
US07985350B2
This disclosure relates to compositions that include (a) at least one substituted or unsubstituted cyclic alkene, and (b) an antioxidant composition including at least one compound of Formula (I): R1 through R4 in Formula (I) are described in the specification.
US07985339B2
A method for making a polysulfone having zwitterionic functionality comprising reacting a piperazine amine functionalized polysulfone with sultone is described as are blends with other polymers. Membranes containing polysulfones having zwitterionic functionality are also provided. Membranes thus formed are used in hemodialysis, hemofiltration, and water purification.
US07985336B2
The present invention relates to bioartificial devices and systems that mimic kidney or nephron function and methods of making them.
US07985332B2
The electrodesulfurization of heavy oil feedstreams is accomplished wherein a heavy oil feedstreams, along with hydrogen, is passed the cathode side of an electrochemical cell wherein the organically bound sulfur compounds in the heavy oil are reduced and the sulfur is released as hydrogen sulfide. The hydrogen sulfide can be fed directly into the anode side of the electrochemical cell to produce sulfur and hydrogen or it can be passed to an oxidation zone containing an aqueous solution of an oxidized metal salt.
US07985330B2
A method and program prevents a user from bypassing a limit placed on a specified operating life of a sensor by disconnecting and reconnecting the sensor. The present invention checks a characteristic of the sensor to see if the sensor is used prior to the connection of the sensor, and rejects the sensor if the sensor is determined to have been used before. The process of checking the characteristic of the sensor involves performing an Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) procedure and calculating an impedance value. The impedance value can be compared to various threshold values for a variety of purposes including the determination of age, condition, hydration, and stabilization of the sensor.
US07985327B2
An electrode for effective ozone production in an electrochemical cell uses a modified electrode design which adopts a novel catalytic component. The catalytic component has a number of elements selected from various metals and metalloids, and is applied to a substrate in multiple coatings or layers. The catalytic component forms a catalytic surface which is at least partially disrupted by the presence of an element which is relatively inactive with respect to oxygen evolution.
US07985321B2
An absorbent paper sheet for tissue or towel includes from about 99 percent to about 70 percent by weight of cellulosic papermaking fiber and from about 1 percent to about 30 percent by weight fibrillated regenerated cellulose microfiber which was regenerated form a cellulosic dope utilizing a tertiary amine N-oxide solvent or an ionic liquid. Fibrillation of the microfiber is controlled such that it has a reduced coarseness and a reduced freeness as compared with unfibrillated regenerated cellulose microfiber from which it is made and provides at least one of the following attributes to the absorbent sheet: (a) the absorbent sheet exhibits an elevated SAT value and an elevated wet tensile value as compared with a like sheet prepared without fibrillated regenerated cellulose microfiber; (b) the absorbent sheet exhibits an elevated wet/dry CD tensile ratio as compared with a like sheet prepared without fibrillated regenerated cellulose microfiber; (c) the absorbent sheet exhibits a lower GM Break Modulus than a like sheet having like tensile values prepared without fibrillated regenerated cellulose microfiber; or (d) the absorbent sheet exhibits an elevated bulk as compared with a like sheet having like tensile values prepared without fibrillated regenerated cellulose microfiber. In some embodiments, the pulp is pre-treated with debonder to enhance the wet/dry CD tensile ratio of the sheet.
US07985319B2
A one-ply tissue product includes a first external surface and a second external surface, the first surface having a wet-formed pattern and the second surface having an embossed pattern imitating the wet-formed pattern. Additionally, also multi-ply tissue product is suggested comprising at least two plies including two outer plies, each outer ply having a first surface and a second surface, one outer ply having a wet-formed pattern on at least the first surface and the other outer ply having an embossed pattern on at least the first surface imitating the wet-formed pattern on the first surface of the one outer ply, both outer plies being brought together so that their respective first surfaces represent external surfaces of the multi-ply tissue product. Moreover, a corresponding method and an embossing unit are also disclosed.
US07985313B2
Herein are disclosed methods and assemblies for mounting an article to a surface by a double-faced adhesive. At least one spacer is used that is deflectable upon the application of sufficient force. When in a first, undeflected condition, the spacer provides sufficient space between the mounting surface and the double-faced adhesive such that the double-faced adhesive does not contact the mounting surface, thus the position of the article can be adjusted. When in a second, deflected condition, the spacer allows the double-faced adhesive to contact the mounting surface such that a bond can be established between the double-faced adhesive and the mounting surface.
US07985310B2
This invention relates to granules comprising a homogenous mixture of metal flakes and/or metal powder and metal oxide powder, and a binder. The invention also relates to a process for producing such granules. The process includes the step of forming a mixture of metal flakes and/or metal powder and metal oxide powder, forming the mixture into a homogenous blend, adding the blend, together with a binder, to a granulator to form granules, and drying the granules. Granules so formed containing aluminum, aluminum oxide and iron oxide find particular use as sensitizers and energizers in explosives compositions.
US07985309B2
The present invention relates to a solid formulation, more particularly to a pellet-type formulation that produces CO2 gas in a constant rate when contacting liquid acid. The pellet-type formulation of the invention is characterized in that the pellet is produced by the following: preparing a pellet by extrusion molding a composition that comprises a major amount of Sodium Carbonate (Na2CO3) and a minor amount of gelatin, and additionally a minor amount of synthetic resin that hardly reacts with acid; coating said pellet with a resin that hardly reacts with acid; and forming a recess or a hole at the center of the pellet. The present invention also relates to a process of preparing a pellet-type formulation that produces CO2 gas in a constant rate when contacting liquid acid.
US07985297B2
A cleaning solution for a quartz part and a method for cleaning the quartz part are provided. The cleaning solution includes from about 5 to about 35 wt % of an ammonium compound, from about 7 to about 55 wt % of an acidic oxidizing agent, from about 5 to about 30 wt % of a fluorine compound and a remaining amount of water. Residual thin films and impurities on the surface of the quartz part may be removed while reducing the damage onto the quartz part.
US07985293B2
A hydraulic composition is provided. This composition exhibits an improved workability in its coating with a trowel, and accordingly, an improved working efficiency with no adverse effects on its physical properties. The hydraulic composition comprises at least one surfactant selected from anionic surfactants having foaming ability (group A), at least one surfactant selected from surfactants which are nonionic antifoaming agents (group B), and a water-soluble cellulose ether. The surfactants of group A and group B are respectively added at 0.000005 to 0.004% by weight (solid content) in relation to the powder ingredients in the hydraulic composition, and the water-soluble cellulose ether is added at 0.02 to 1.2% by weight of the hydraulic composition.
US07985286B2
A phase change ink that includes a colorant and a phase change ink carrier. The phase change ink carrier includes a diblock or tri-block co-oligomer wax of the formula H3C(CH2)m(CX1X2)nCX3X4X5, or CX3X4X5(CX1X2)nH2C(CH2)m(CX1X2)nCX3X4X5, wherein at least one of X1, X2, X3, X4 and X5 are atoms selected from group VII of the periodic table and any remaining one of X1, X2, X3, X4 and X5 are hydrogen, wherein m is an integer of from about 5 to about 50, and wherein n is an integer of from about 3 to about 40. The phase change ink has a property of the phase change ink of providing a surface of a printed portion of the ink having a lower coefficient of friction to glass if the diblock co-oligomer wax was not included in the ink formulation.
US07985279B2
A gas separator having excellent humidifying performance, pressure loss, volume efficiency, and durability humidifies gases used in an on-vehicle fuel cell. The gas separator has upper and lower surfaces of pleat elements of a pleat molding covered by a plate having intake and exhaust ports. The pleat molding is formed by pleating a compound membrane formed of a gas separating membrane and at least one layer of permeable reinforcement material. The pleat element is formed by disposing a reinforcement frame at the outer side part of the molding. The ratio (R=L/H) of a shortest distance (L) between the intake and exhaust ports to a height (H) of the pleat molding is 0.1 to 7.0, and the ratio (W/Le) of the width (W) to the length (Le) of the pleat molding is 0.3 to 10.0. The gas separator operates at a volume flow ratio of 200 or higher.
US07985276B2
Liquid fertilizer compositions and methods of making liquid fertilizer compositions are set forth herein. In one embodiment, a liquid fertilizing composition includes an aqueous ammonium chloride solution having a pH between 6.5 and 8.5, a dispersant selected from anionic polyacrylamides, and a corrosion inhibitor. In another embodiment, a liquid fertilizing composition includes an aqueous solution having a pH between 6.5 and 8.5. The solution includes at least 16.5 percent by weight of ammonium chloride and between 0.5 and 1.0 percent by weight of dispersant. In yet another embodiment, a liquid fertilizing composition has a pH between 7.5 and 8.5. The composition consists essentially of at least 16.5 percent by weight ammonium chloride, between 0.5 and 1.0 percent by weight dispersant, an effective amount of corrosion inhibitor, and water.
US07985275B2
A high temperature filter medium for use in a filtering operation comprising, a nonwoven fabric substrate having a physical structure and comprising a plurality of polymeric fibers, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of polymeric fibers comprise a base polymer and at least a portion of the plurality of polymeric fibers comprise a secondary polymer, and wherein the base polymer, the secondary polymer, or both bond at least a portion of the polymeric fibers together, the nonwoven fabric substrate being capable of retaining the physical structure at a filtering temperature greater than 135° C. A method for making a filter medium being capable of retaining the physical structure at a filtering temperature greater than 135° C.
US07985274B2
The invention relates to a honeycomb structure, made from a porous ceramic material, said structure being characterized in that the porous ceramic material which forms it comprises: from 50 to 95% by weight of silicon carbide SiC; from 5 to 50% by weight of at least one ceramic oxide phase, said structure additionally being characterized by a porosity greater than 10%, by a specific surface area greater than 0.5 m2/g and by a pore size distribution of at least bimodal type. The invention also relates to the process for obtaining such a structure and also to the catalytic support or filter obtained from such a structure, after deposition of a catalyst.
US07985271B2
An engine unit that enhances air intake efficiency of an engine air intake passage for sending air into a transmission case housing a continuously variable transmission. The engine air intake passage supplies air to an engine arranged in a lower portion of a vehicle body. An air cleaner cleans outside air to be sent to the engine air intake passage. A transmission air intake passage sends air into the transmission case. The transmission case is adjacent to the engine in a vehicle width direction. The engine air intake passage extends upward from a front portion of the engine. The transmission air intake passage extends upward from the front portion of the transmission case in the vehicle width direction of the air cleaner and the engine air intake passage.
US07985266B2
The invention relates to colorant compositions for the oxidative dyeing of keratin fibers comprising an inhibiting system of radical scavengers and chelants in the dyeing composition. The invention also relates to methods for reducing color formation outside of the keratin fiber during oxidative dyeing comprising using such colorant compositions.
US07985261B2
A proximal femoral prosthesis minimizes impingement, thereby affording an enhanced range of motion as compared to existing devices. The central portion of the neck of a prosthesis according to the invention is oriented distally relative to a straight line drawn between the ball portion and a point of interconnection to the exposed portion of the stem. Such a configuration reduces impingement in flexion/internal rotation and extension/external rotation, assuming an appropriately placed acetabular component. In the preferred embodiment, the neck is curved between the head and the neck. In alternative embodiments, the neck may be provided in straight and/or modular segments. The invention is compatible with neck-shaft angles, offsets, head sizes, and other dimensions commonly designated with respect to available implants.
US07985258B2
A laparoscopic surgical technique is provided for preparing a site for implantation of a novel fusion device or implant. In accordance with one embodiment of the technique, a laparoscope is provided having an outer sleeve with distraction fingers at one end to distract the disc space. The laparoscope provides a sealed working channel to the disc space, through which the disc space is distracted, the vertebral endplates and surrounding disc is reamed, and the fusion device inserted. A distraction plug is provided for centering the outer sleeve and for providing midline distraction of the disc space. In one embodiment, a fusion device includes diverging bone screws passing through an end wall and upper and lower walls of the device to engage the adjacent vertebrae. In another embodiment, a connector plate is engaged to bilaterally position fusion devices to prevent rotation and resist expulsion of the devices from the disc space.
US07985256B2
A selectively expanding spine cage has a minimized diameter in its unexpanded state that is smaller that the diameter of the neuroforamen through which it passes in the distracted spine. The cage conformably engages between the endplates of the adjacent vertebrae to effectively distract the anterior disc space, stabilize the motion segments and eliminate pathologic spine motion. Angular deformities can be corrected, and natural curvatures restored and maintained. The cage enhances spinal arthrodesis by creating a rigid spine segment, or if filled with compressible substances, the cage can be used for motion preservation between vertebral bodies. Expanding selectively (anteriorly, along the vertical axis of the spine) rather than uniformly, the cage height increases and holds the vertebrae with fixation forces greater than adjacent bone and soft tissue failure forces in natural lordosis. Stability is thus achieved immediately, enabling patient function by eliminating painful motion. The cage shape intends to rest proximate to the anterior column cortices securing the desired spread and fixation, allowing for bone graft in, around, and through the implant for arthrodesis whereas for arthroplasty it fixes to endpoints but cushions the spine naturally.
US07985251B2
A stent having a generally tubular body formed of ring units formed of a plurality of cells each and expandable in the radial direction, wherein each ring unit is constituted of cells connected to one another above and below, arranged to surround the center line of the stent, the ring units are arranged in the axial direction of the stent, and are connected with connector portions, each connector portion is formed of curved portions each having an arch and a generally linear portion continued thereto, 3 to 8 cells are arranged in the axial direction per 10 mm of the length of the stent, and the ratio of the length of the cell in the axial direction and the length of the connector portion is determined such that on the basis that when the length of the cell is 100, that of the connector portion 50 to 100, thereby securing flexibility and radial sustaining force.
US07985250B2
The present invention relates to a device for inserting a self-expanding stent into a body vessel. The device comprises a tube, a pushing element and a grip having a housing via which the pushing element is secured on the grip. Further, the device comprises a stent carrier and a moveable element, the latter of which is guided in the housing of the grip and is coupled to the pushing element. Moving the movable element in the proximal direction effects a movement of the pushing element in the distal direction and a movement of the tube in the proximal direction.
US07985242B2
A spinal stabilization system may be formed in a patient. In some embodiments, a minimally invasive procedure may be used to form a spinal stabilization system in a patient. Bone fastener assemblies may be coupled to vertebrae. Each bone fastener assembly may include a bone fastener and a collar. The collar may be rotated and/or angulated relative to the bone fastener. Extenders may be coupled to the collar to allow for formation of the spinal stabilization system through a small skin incision. The extenders may allow for alignment of the collars to facilitate insertion of an elongated member in the collars. An elongated member may be positioned in the collars and a closure member may be used to secure the elongated member to the collars. A reducer may be used to achieve reduction of one or more vertebral bodies coupled to a spinal stabilization system.
US07985236B2
A rapid ex balloon dilation catheter includes a catheter shaft with a proximal tubular member defining a proximal inflation/deflation lumen for conveying fluids therethrough with a distal portion of the bore of proximal tubular member filled with a fluid-impervious barrier, a distal body extending from the fluid-impervious barrier to the distal end of the shaft, a plurality of distal tubular members defining distal inflation/deflation lumens in fluid communication with the proximal inflation/deflation lumen and extending through the fluid-impervious barrier and the distal body to the distal end of the shaft distal portion, a guidewire tubular member having a bore extending from a side aperture formed in the distal body through the distal body alongside the distal tubular members in a multi-lumen arrangement, and a plurality of stiffening members extending from within the fluid-impervious barrier into the distal body to a point within the shaft distal portion.
US07985229B2
A drill guide has a handle for holding and is configured to actuate a plate-engaging mechanism. An elongated member extends between proximal and distal portions with the proximal portion associated with the handle portion and the distal portion associated with the plate-engaging mechanism. The plate-engaging mechanism is actuated by an actuating member actuated by the second handle portion. The drill guide includes at least one guide sleeve rotatably coupled to the elongated member by a proximal and distal coupler. Furthermore, the plate-engaging mechanism includes a bone plate-engaging portion configured to couple with a bone plate when the second handle portion is moved in a first direction with respect to said first handle portion.
US07985228B2
A method includes moving an actuator from a first position to a second position such that a first shaft is rotatable relative to a second shaft. The second shaft is disposed within the first shaft and coupled to an expandable member. The actuator is moved from the second position to the first position such that the second shaft is rotatable relative to the first shaft through a plurality of discrete increments.
US07985227B2
Generally described the invention relates to methods and apparatuses for aligning the lower extremities of a patient with a mechanical axis. More specifically, the present invention provides an exoskeleton or external framework that positions a patient's leg into a desired mechanical axis in preparation for surgery or other medical treatment.
US07985222B2
The present invention provides bone fracture fixation devices, systems and methods of use and manufacture. One such bone fixation device includes an elongate element having a responsive zone. The element is adapted to be coupled to the bone so that the responsive zone is positioned adjacent a fracture site in the bone. The responsive zone is adapted to apply a desired pressure to the bone when coupled thereto. In some embodiments, the responsive zone comprises a shape memory material, which may be nickel titanium or Nitinol, to apply compressive pressure across the fracture site for longer periods of time than standard bone screws.
US07985220B2
A system and method for transmitting electro surgical energy from a generator to an electrosurgical instrument are provided. The electrosurgical system includes a generator adapted to generate electrosurgical energy for treating tissue. The generator includes one or more active output terminals which supply energy to the tissue. The active output terminals are operatively connected to one or more supply lines. The generator also includes one or more return output terminal which returns energy from the tissue. The return output terminals are operatively connected to at least one return line. The system also includes an electrosurgical instrument operatively connected to the one or more supply lines and one or more return electrodes operatively connected to one or more return lines. The system further includes an electrosurgical cable including one or more supply lines and one or more return lines. The one or more supply lines and one or more return lines are wound in a double helix fashion such that the electrical field along the cable is mitigated along the length thereof.
US07985218B2
A structure for receiving surgical instruments for performing a surgical procedure on a body includes a passage through which the surgical instruments are inserted into the body. The passage has a proximal end and a distal end. An expandable portion enables an increase in the cross-sectional area of the distal end of the passage. The expandable portion has a contracted condition in which the cross-sectional area of the distal end of the passage has a first cross-sectional area. The expandable portion has an expanded condition in which the distal end of the passage has a second cross-sectional area greater than the first cross-sectional area. The second cross-sectional area is greater than a cross-sectional area of the proximal end of the passage when the expandable portion is in the expanded condition. A retaining mechanism resists movement of the expandable portion from the expanded condition toward the contracted condition during the surgical procedure. The retaining mechanism is released at the conclusion of the surgical procedure to permit movement of the expandable portion from the expanded condition toward the contracted condition for removal of the structure.
US07985216B2
A medicinal container engagement and automatic needle device including an automatic needle assembly and a medicinal container receptacle removably joined to the automatic needle assembly.
US07985212B2
The invention provides container systems, kits and methods for peritoneal dialysis (PD) solutions. Such a system, for example, includes a first compartment that contains a PD osmotic agent and a second compartment that contains a PD buffer agent. The compartments maintain their respective contents separately from one another for purposes of transport, storage and/or sterilization. However, the compartments are fluidly couplable, so that their respective contents can be combined with one another, e.g., following sterilization of the agents and prior to their introduction into the patient's abdomen. The invention provides, in other aspects, such systems, kits and methods that provide protective structure which inhibits breaking of a seal prior between the second compartment and an outlet of the system, prior to breaking of a seal between the first and second compartments.
US07985211B2
The invention includes a device having a chamber within a syringe. A fluid passageway extends through a syringe piston. A valve is associated with the passageway controlling fluid passage through the piston. The invention includes a piercing structure having a head segment and a body portion, with a channel through the body portion and through at least one surface of the head without passing through the tip. In another aspect the invention encompasses a method of preparing an agent for administration to an individual. A first component is provided within a syringe and a second component is provided within a vial. A closed valve is associated with a fluid passageway between the vial and the syringe barrel through a piston. Valve repositioning allows fluid passage and sliding of the piston joins the first and second components. Repeated sliding of the piston mixes the components to produce the medication agent.
US07985208B2
A collagen corneal shield for placement on the outer surface of the eye for protection of the eye, for delivery of drugs to the eye, or for both protection and drug delivery to the eye, functions without obstructing vision. The shield has a first, central portion comprising non-crosslinked collagen capable of rapid decomposition in the presence of enzymes in the tears, and a second portion comprising crosslinked collagen which decomposes slowly in the presence of enzymes in the tears so that it remains on the eye for a period of time longer than the first portion. The first portion of the shield covers the central portion of the cornea and the second portion of the shield extends outward from the first portion. As a result of decomposition of the first portion the corneal shield becomes a ring or washer shape around the central portion and at least a portion of the cornea is no longer covered by the shield so that vision is not obstructed. The corneal shield can also be contoured so that it has one or more base curve radii selected to provide retention of the shield on the eye.
US07985206B2
A catheter anchoring assembly includes a permeable adhesive strip, a platform for securing the catheter, and a flowable adhesive layer. The flowable adhesive layer adhesively secures the platform to the adhesive strip. The flowable adhesive is applied to one side of the strip with a skin-contacting adhesive on the opposite side of the strip. The flowable adhesive layer and strip are configured so that the flowable adhesive is spaced from the skin-contacting adhesive or, at the very least, is prevented from penetrating the skin-contacting adhesive. The flowable adhesive layer and strip also permit the assembly to be very flexible and, thus, comfortable for a patient to wear.
US07985196B2
A method and a hemodialysis machine provide for at least partial emptying of an extracorporeal blood circulation after patient blood in the circulation has been returned to the patient via an infusion liquid which displaces the blood. The method includes emptying at least a blood chamber of a hemodialyzer subdivided by a semipermeable membrane into the blood chamber and a dialysis fluid chamber without additionally connecting an arterial blood line and a venous blood line of the circulation to one another. The arterial blood line is actively or passively aerated at a first point and the venous blood line is actively or passively aerated at a second point. The infusion liquid is emptied through the membrane into the dialysis fluid chamber and then via a dialysis fluid discharge line. The method is operable by a control program that runs automatically without requiring any manual input after activation of the program.
US07985194B2
One embodiment of the invention is a knee (or elbow) band assembly 100 that has a pocket assembly 106 containing a flexible pad 200 with rounded surfaces 112b, 116b separated by a valley 114b. The band assembly 100 is applied to a leg below the knee or to an arm above the elbow to improve body alignment and function and to relieve pain. The rounded surfaces 112a, 116a apply pressure to the limb to aid in alignment of the patellar or triceps tendons and to activate pressure points on the skin to stimulate the release of tension in the body and to stimulate the body's natural self-curative abilities.
US07985190B2
A system and method for treating cellulite tissue and related conditions comprising apparatus configured to transmit shear and other vibration modes beneath a patient's skin sufficient to break down connective tissue so that pocketing and dimpling of adjacent skin is ameliorated.
US07985185B2
Heart monitoring apparatus with sensing stage connectable to intracardiac electrode picking up electric potentials and adapted to process electric signals representing a time course of said potentials, a mechanical action detection stage adapted to generate a geometry signal having a time course reflecting heart chamber's geometry change, an evaluation unit connected to sensing stage and impedance measuring stage and adapted to determine a first and second fiducial point in the time course of said potentials and geometry signal, respectively, both fiducial points belonging to same heart cycle, and to determine a measured time delay between said fiducial points. Evaluation unit adapted to repeat said determined time delay to determine plurality of measured time delays and variance thereof or divergence of the statistical properties of cycle times based on said time course of said electric potentials versus cycle times based on said time course reflecting a change of a heart chamber's geometry.
US07985173B2
An anterior implant adapted to treat central and lateral cystoceles present in a female patient includes laterally extending stabilizing straps for supporting the implant between the patient's bladder and vagina independently of the patient's arcus tendineous fascia pelvis. Rectocele and hysterocele repairs can be carried out using a single posterior implant which, like the anterior implant, is provided with laterally extending stabilizing straps for supporting the implant between the patient's rectum and vagina.
US07985165B1
An elliptical exercise machine comprises a frame, two transmission rods, two stepping rods, wherein the frame is provided with a driving wheel and two sides of the driving wheel are respectively provided with a crank. One ends of the two transmission rods are connected to two cranks. The two stepping rods are connected to two transmission rods. Another end of each stepping rod is pivoted with a towing rod. Each towing rod is pivoted to the frame. Relatively elliptical orbits are formed through the two stepping rods driven by the two swing arms and the two transmission rods. When the two stepping rods reach a left acme and a right acme of each elliptical orbit, the two towing rods further tow the stepping rods corresponding to each other to generate a quick return effect so that elliptical orbit motion can be smoother.
US07985154B2
A method for controlling hydraulic line pressure for component lubrication in a transmission includes monitoring a speed of an engine and an electric machine, determining a minimum line pressure required to lubricate the engine based upon the speed of the engine, determining a minimum line pressure required to lubricate the electric machine based upon the speed of the electric machine, controlling a minimum line pressure of a hydraulic control system to at least satisfy a larger value of the minimum line pressures.
US07985148B2
A construct for a hockey blade that includes a foam core. The foam core includes a first core face, a second core face, and a core edge. A first layer of resin preimpregnated tape is wrapped continuously around the first core face, the core edge and the second core face. A thread is stitched along the first layer of preimpregnated tape. A second layer of resin preimpregnated tape wrapped continuously around the first layer of resin preimpregnated tape.
US07985147B1
A bat, golf club or stringed racket has the sweet spot replaced by a ring with a ball-catching net secured to a backside thereof to enable the user to develop the necessary hand-eye coordination to consistently engage the optimum portion of the sporting goods device to contact the ball, thereby improving performance/results.
US07985144B1
A garment for retaining proper arm positioning throughout a complete golf swing while being substantially unnoticeable to nearby persons. The garment includes a shirt having a torso portion, a first and second sleeve extending from the torso portion, a pair of anchor members secured to the interior surface of the torso portion via a support strip, and a pair of retaining bands separately encircling the first and second sleeves along an interior surface and generally retained within a channel along the inside of the respective sleeve, the retaining bands being comprised of a stretchable material and each having a catch portion with adjustment slots. The retaining bands extend out of the respective sleeve through a sleeve slot and interior to the torso portion via a torso slot to be secured to the respective anchor member and thus separately restrict movement of the sleeves with respect to the torso portion.
US07985138B2
Systems and methods are provided for the close coupling of Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) based Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) with multiplayer network games. Game state dependent voice communications are used as another method of player interaction in the game environment. The system uses SIP enhanced game servers and conference servers with audio mixing capabilities, and the game server controls the creation, maintenance and changing of the voice conferences. Participation in a voice conference is determined by the game state features associated with each player including distance and direction to determine how the voices are mixed in a voice conference.
US07985128B2
Disclosed is gaming apparatus, which may be a gaming system and a method of gaming implemented on gaming apparatus. A plurality of linked gaming machines are monitored for the occurrence of a first event. The number of occurrences of the first event for each gaming machine is recorded. On the occurrence of a second event, a bonus is awarded on each said gaming machine on which at least one monitored occurrence of the first event has occurred, the bonus award being dependent on the number of occurrences of the first event.
US07985123B2
An adhesive tape, interposed between a lens to be processed and a holding jig when the lens is mounted in a lens processing machine, which has a plastic foam with holes opening in an adhering surface and an adhesive layer formed on the adhering surface of the plastic foam, and having a suction function for providing suction to the adhering surface together with elastic restoration after the plastic foam is deformed under compression. The adhesive tape of the present invention also exhibits sufficient shear adhesive strength in relation to a lens that has received surface processing and can realize precise lens processing.
US07985122B2
A tool for forming a desired pattern on a polishing pad establishes a vibration that is coupled to the polishing pad. The vibration removes small portions of the polishing pad according to the desired pattern. The polishing pad is then used in a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) step to polish a layer on a semiconductor device.
US07985117B2
A toy vehicle for a doll that can be coupled to a child's vehicle is disclosed. In one implementation, the toy vehicle is a toy scooter that is configured to support a doll in a standing configuration.
US07985109B2
A marine stern drive and multi-speed transmission propulsion system in which a transmission, either manual or automatic, is interposed between the engine and stern drive extending at least partially outboard of the transom. A stern drive extension housing enclose the outboard transmission. The various embodiments may include automatic shifting, torque-absorbing couplings, dry oil sump and misalignment couplings. The system may be provided as an OEM item or as a retrofit and allows the engine to be maintained in its normal or original position thus enhancing the performance characteristics of the boat. The stern drive has forward, reverse and neutral shifting capabilities.
US07985108B1
A removable retractable externally mountable dynamic positioning self contained diesel hydraulic thruster system for a floating semi-submersible vessel having a hull with a ballasted waterline, a first pontoon integral with the hull and a second pontoon integral with the hull. The hull supports a deck, wherein the system comprises: at least a pair of azimuthing thrusters, wherein at least one azimuthing thruster is removably mounted to a pontoon of a semi-submersible vessel.
US07985103B2
A communication jack has a housing with a face having a plug receiving aperture. A plurality of conductive path pairs extends from corresponding plug interface contacts located at the plug receiving aperture to corresponding output terminals. A first circuit board is connected to the plug interface contacts and a second circuit board is connected to the plug interface contacts and the output terminals. The first circuit board has a first single stage of crosstalk compensation with opposite polarity of the crosstalk of a plug for a first combination of the conductive path pairs. The second circuit board includes a second single stage of opposite polarity crosstalk compensation for some of the conductive path pairs not compensated on the first circuit board. The stages cancel substantially all of the crosstalk caused by the plug, for the signal operating frequencies, for corresponding combinations of the conductive path pairs.
US07985099B2
An electrical connector is provided and includes a housing having a pair of side walls defining a plurality of terminal grooves therein and a bottom wall connecting with said side walls and defining a top face facing upward. A plurality of terminals are received in said terminal grooves, each comprising a retaining portion and a contacting portion extending from the retaining portion, said contacting portion having a connecting portion cantilevered above said top face. The bottom wall defines a plurality of through holes running therethrough along a vertical direction and facing to an end of the connecting portion which is far away from the retaining portion, and said top face of the bottom wall extends slantwise from the through hole to the side walls therefore places adjacent to the through hole are lower than those adjacent to the side walls in said vertical direction.
US07985090B2
A socket (100) comprises an insulative housing (1) with a number of passageways (13) thereon. A number of contacts are received in the passageways. A cover lid (3) rotationally is assembled to the housing to be in an open position or a closed position. The cover lid comprises a latch member (31) integrally molded thereon to reduce the component of the socket, and the insulative housing forms a step portion (15) for mating with the latch member to keep the cover lid in the closed position.
US07985086B1
An exemplary mounting apparatus includes a connector and two latching mechanisms connected to two opposite ends of the connector. The connector defines a slot in a top surface thereof, and two sliding grooves in two opposite side surfaces thereof. Each sliding groove extends though the two side surfaces. Each latching mechanisms includes a guide pin and a latching member. The guide pin is slidably received in a corresponding sliding groove. The latching member includes a latching portion for engaging with an expansion card, two feet connected to two ends of the guide pin, and two connecting arms each connected between one end of the latching portion and a corresponding foot. When the guide pin is pulled by the latching member to move from a bottom end to a top end of the sliding groove, the expansion card is pushed out of the slot of the connector by the guide pin.
US07985082B2
An external universal serial bus (USB) card reader includes a cover, a circuit board movably received in the cover, a USB connector, and a connector. The USB connector is mounted to a front end of the circuit board. The connector is mounted to a back end of the circuit board and electrically connected to the USB connector. A through cutout is defined in the cover to allow the USB connector pass through. An inserting slot is defined in the cover to allow a memory card pass through. The USB connector is operable to be forced by the memory card to drive the circuit board to move in the cover, resulting in the USB connector extending out of the cover or retracting back into the cover through the through cutout.
US07985071B2
A locking cap for dental implants embedded in hard dental tissue, such as tooth stubs or bones. The locking caps are ovoidal in plan view and may be formed of materials, such as non-adherent polymers, that are rigid, but softer than the material of the dental implant.
US07985066B2
A furnace includes a combustion blower and one or more pressure switches. In some cases, the one or more pressure switches may be used to calculate one or more operating points for the combustion blower. Additional operating points may be calculated by interpolation and/or extrapolation, as appropriate. The furnace may temporarily alter these operating points as necessary to keep the furnace safely operating in response to minor and/or transient changes in the operating conditions of the furnace.
US07985063B2
Molds and related methods and articles are disclosed. In certain embodiments, an exposed surface of the mold has regions with different coefficients of friction.
US07985062B2
The present invention is a thermoforming device that includes a separate forming mold that can be positioned within a pair of primary mold sections to define a separate mold cavity therein. The separate mold cavity can be used to form details on various sections of a formed part that are not present on the remainder of the formed part due to the separation of the sections of the formed part from the remainder of the part due to the sealed engagement of the separate forming mold with the primary mold sections.
US07985061B2
An imprint apparatus in which a mold having a processing surface on which a predetermined imprint is formed is provided and an uncured resin material placed on a substrate is filled and cured in a space between the mold and the substrate and is subjected to imprint of the predetermined imprint formed on the processing surface of the mold. The imprint apparatus includes an attitude control mechanism for controlling attitudes of the mold and the substrate so that a first gap between a first end of the mold and the substrate and a second gap between a second end of the mold and the substrate are different from each other, and a measuring mechanism for measuring attitudes and positions of the mold and the substrate. Also provided is a mechanism for imparting a relative movement between the substrate and the mold so that the resin material approaches the first end of the mold and enters through the first gap and fills at least a part of the space between the mold and the substrate.
US07985059B2
In one embodiment of the present invention, an assembly for HPHT processing comprises a can with an opening. A powder mixture is disposed within the opening. A substrate is disposed within the opening adjacent the powder mixture. Paint is coated on a surface within the opening and opposite the powder mixture with respect to the substrate. A meltable sealant is disposed within the opening and opposite the substrate with respect to the surface and a cap is covering the opening.
US07985058B2
A method and apparatus for making substantially uniformly sized liposomes and other small particles are provided. Droplets of a first liquid are ejected into a laminar flow of a second liquid, each droplet having a volume of from 0.97V to 1.03V, where V is the mean droplet volume and 1 fL≦V≦50 nL, wherein the first and second liquids are no more than sparingly soluble in one another, and wherein the first liquid contains a solute dissolved, dispersed, or suspended therein; and the first liquid is then removed to form a plurality of substantially uniformly sized particles. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes liquid inlet and outlet channels, a plurality of transverse liquid channels extending from the liquid inlet to the liquid outlet channel, a plurality of nozzles in liquid flow communication with the plurality of transverse liquid channels, one or more nozzle actuators coupled to the plurality of nozzles, and an evaporator coupled to the liquid outlet channel.
US07985054B2
In a multicylindrical rotary compressor constituted to be usable by urging an only first vane with respect to a first roller by means of a spring member to switch a first operation mode in which first and second rotary compression elements perform compression works and a second operation mode in which substantially the only first rotary compression element performs the compression work, an object is to reduce generation of collision noises due to collision of the second vane with the second roller at a time when the first operation mode is switched to the second operation mode, and a pressure in a back-pressure chamber of the second vane is discharged on a low-pressure chamber side in a second cylinder in a case where the first operation mode is switched to the second operation mode.
US07985045B2
A steam turbine comprises a rotor with moving blades attached thereto; diaphragms which surround the rotor from an outer periphery side of the rotor; a casing which encloses the diaphragms and the rotor and has an upper half and a lower half clamped together through respective flanges; a displacement detector for measuring a difference d in thermal expansion in the rotor axis direction between the casing and the rotor; heating/cooling devices attached to the flanges respectively to heat and cool the flanges; and a controller which makes control so that the flanges are heated or cooled by the heating/cooling devices until a measured value obtained by the displacement detector reaches a preset value M or S in unsteady operation.
US07985042B1
A thread cage retainer includes a base having an opening to allow for the passage of a threaded fastener. The retainer also has a plurality of arcuately shaped tabs that extend from the base around the opening a circumferential extent to form a channel for receiving the threaded fastener. Each tab includes at least one engaging member that projects inwardly from a portion of the circumferential extent of each tab.
US07985035B2
An application for a flow control system includes a movable plunger held within a stationary riser, the stationary riser being in fluid communication with a drainage system. The movable plunger is buoyant, assisted by one or more attached floats such that, when the liquid level around the flow control system increases to a pre-determined level, the movable plunger lifts due to the buoyancy, thereby maintaining the pre-determined distance between the surface level and a bottom surface of the movable plunger, keeping the flow rate at an approximately constant level independent of the water level.
US07985033B2
A cosmetic application device includes the application stick and the application portion having the brush fixedly mounted at the end of the application stick by the cylindrical capsule, wherein corner portions of the inner surface and the outer surface of the capsule are chamfered so as not to leave sharp edges. Also, the thin and soft protection tube is disposed between the brush and the capsule with the end of the tube extending slightly beyond the end of the capsule, thereby preventing the brush from being bent at an acute angle to avoid broken hair of the brush.
US07985032B2
A platen retaining structure has a head, a platen supporting the sheet material during a processing operation of the sheet material by the head, a first urging member urging the head against the platen, and a frame supporting the head and the platen and formed with a notch and a pawl. The notch has a retaining portion that retains a shaft portion and an opening portion opening to an exterior of the frame. The pawl regulates movement of the shaft portion from the retaining portion to the opening portion of the notch. A release arm engages with the shaft portion and is mounted to undergo movement with respect to the frame. A second urging member urges the release arm and moves the release arm along with movement of the head away from the platen against an urging force of the first urging member, and causes the platen to apply a pressing force in a direction in which the shaft portion of the platen escapes from the notch via the opening portion. An urging direction of the second urging member is set as a direction in which the second urging member applies a pressing force to the shaft portion of the platen through the release arm when an urging force applied by the platen through the head from the first urging means is released to thereby move the shaft portion of the platen from the notch.
US07985031B2
A printer includes a carriage and a channel for guiding the carriage along a path. The carriage includes a protrusion extending from the carriage. The channel includes a first wall and a second wall. The first and second walls are opposed to each other. The protrusion of the carriage extends between the first wall and the second wall. A first portion of the protrusion is in contact with the first wall and a second portion of the protrusion is in contact with the second wall.
US07985020B2
A cross flow inversion mixing baffle that mixes a fluid flow and addresses the streaking phenomenon of the fluid flow in a motionless mixer, the cross flow inversion baffle including a divider wall having first and second sides. On each side of the divider wall, the cross flow inversion baffle includes a perimeter flow diverter, a center-to-perimeter flow portion, and a perimeter-to-center flow portion. The cross flow inversion baffle acts to split the fluid flow so that the fluid in opposing halves of the perimeter of the fluid flow are directed towards opposing halves of the center of the fluid flow, while the center of the fluid flow is split and directed towards opposing halves of the perimeter of the fluid flow.
US07985019B2
A method and an apparatus for continuously mixing two flows, a first, larger flow and a second, smaller flow. The second flow is introduced counter-directed into the first flow. The apparatus comprises a T pipe where a first connection constitutes an inlet for the first flow. A second connection, at 180° in relation to the first connection, constitutes an inlet for the second flow. The second flow is led into the first flow through a conduit within the T pipe. The first connection is provided with a conical portion in which are provided a number of holes, so that the first flow is throttled and divided up into a plurality of subflows immediately before the mixing operation. A third connection is oriented at 90° in relation to the other connections and constitutes an outlet for the intermixed flows, which implies that the intermixed flows are caused to change direction immediately after the mixing.
US07985018B2
An installation for fabricating a mass of rubber comprises a vessel for compounding the mass of rubber. The vessel includes an outlet opening for the mass of rubber; a gate for closing the opening and movable between a position in which the opening is closed, and a position in which the opening is disengaged; scraper means for scraping the rubber adhering to a so-called internal surface of the gate, this device including a movable scraper member comprising an edge designed to scrape the rubber adhering to the internal surface; and synchronization means for synchronizing the movements of the gate and of the scraper member.
US07985011B2
A vehicle lamp can create a desired distribution pattern easily with a simple configuration while having a thin body and light weight. The vehicle lamp can include a light source unit and a convex projection lens configured to project light from the light source unit forward in the direction of light illumination. The light source unit can include a light guide plate having a light emission surface and made of a transparent material to the visible light range and can include a light source disposed in front of one end face of the light guide plate. The projection lens can have a focus arranged on or near the light emission surface of the light guide plate. The light source unit can include a reflection sheet configured to reflect light from the light guide plate back into the light guide plate and can have a shape configured to provide a cutoff pattern. The reflection sheet can be located adjacent an edge of the light guide plate adjacent the light source. A high beam light source unit can be disposed adjacent or on the reflection sheet closer to the projection lens.
US07985008B2
The present invention relates to a plastic component having a visible part that is made in one single layer from a plastic molding compound and that comprises a transparent or translucent matrix, and having a light source that comprises one or more lamp elements, situated under the surface of the visible part. The visible part is implemented as essentially opaque in relation to daylight and transparent or translucent in relation to the light emitted by the lamp elements. The visible part also contains admixed effect pigments and defines a surface appearance image which, when the light source is inactive, essentially corresponds to the surface appearance image of the remaining wall of an object in which the plastic component is installed and which, when the light source is active, is essentially determined by the light source activity. The plastic component according to the invention is characterized in that the lamp elements are selected from a group which comprises light-emitting diodes, organic light-emitting diodes, and fiber-optic light systems, the lamp elements at least partially being embedded in the plastic molding compound of the visible part. The manifold uses of this plastic component comprise installation in vehicles, paneling elements, and furniture, as well as in housings of greatly varying devices.
US07985006B2
A light source device includes a circuit member, a heat dissipation component, an optical component and light emitting diode assemblies. The circuit member defines spaced through holes. The light emitting diode assemblies have a first side and a second side opposite to the first side. Each light emitting diode assembly passes through a corresponding through hole and is electrically connected to the circuit member. The heat dissipation component contacts the first side, is spaced from the circuit member, and is configured to dissipate heat generated by the light emitting diode assemblies. The optical component contacts the second side, and is configured to distribute light emitted from the light emitting diode assemblies.
US07985005B2
A light module is removably coupleable to a light fixture and includes an LED lighting element mounted on a mounting base that is operatively coupled to a housing. The light module also includes one or more resilient members that operatively couple the mounting base to the housing and allow the mounting base and housing to resiliently move relative to each other. The resilient members compress when the light module is removably coupled to the light fixture to exert a generally axial force on the mounting base to drive the mounting base into resilient contact with a surface of the light fixture to provide a thermal coupling between the light module and the light fixture.
US07984999B2
A light emitting device is produced using one or more light emitting diodes within a light mixing cavity formed by surrounding sidewalls. The light emitting device includes a light adjustment member that is movable to alter the shape or color of the light produced by the light emitting device. For example, the light adjustment member may alter the exposure of the wavelength converting area to the light emitted that is emitted by the light emitting diode in the light mixing cavity. Alternatively, the height of a lens may be adjusted to change the width of the beam produced. Alternatively, a movable substrate with areas of different wavelength converting materials may adjustably cover the output port of the light mixing cavity to alter the color point of the light produced.
US07984997B1
A cooler that utilizes multiple LEDs to illuminate an entire interior is disclosed herein. The LEDs are activated by a magnetic reed switch positioned between an inside liner and an outer liner of the cooler. A magnet is positioned in a lid. Removal of the magnetic field of the magnet when the lid is in an open state allows the magnetic reed switch to complete a circuit from a battery to the LEDs thereby allowing the LEDs to illuminate the entire interior chamber of the cooler.
US07984996B2
The dustproof panel includes: (a) a dustproof plate, which has a size covering a screen and extending to a frame member, and whose portion opposing the screen has transparent properties; (b) a frame-shaped dustproof filter formed by attaching a foam body having shrinking properties and containing pores finer than dust particles to a rear surface of the dustproof plate, the attachment being made without gaps therebetween in a frame shape along the edge of the dustproof plate, and the foam body abutting against the frame member; and (c) an attachment/detachment body having a first constituent element attached to the rear surface of the dustproof plate along an inner circumference of the frame-shaped dustproof filter and a second constituent element attached to a front surface of the frame member so as to oppose the first constituent element, the first constituent element and the second constituent element being mutually attachable and detachable.
US07984995B2
A method of inhibiting a subject's eyes from being exposed to projected light when the subject is positioned in front of a background on which an image is displayed comprises capturing at least one image of the background including the displayed image, processing the captured image to detect the existence of the subject and to locate generally the subject and masking image data used by the projector to project the image corresponding to a region that encompasses at least the subject's eyes.
US07984992B2
Provided is a projection optical system including a first part which projects an image; a second part having an image forming device which forms an image using a light and emits the image to the first part, and having an axis angled toward an axis of the first part; a third part including at least one light source, which emits the light, and having an axis angled toward the axis of the second part; and a deflector which guides the light emitted from the third part toward the second part, wherein a pupil plane of the second part is located between the first part and the second part, and a cross-point between the axis of the first part and the pupil plane of the second part is separated from a cross-point between the axis of the second part and the pupil plane of the second part.
US07984983B2
The invention provides an inkjet recording method having applying, by an inkjet system, an ink containing 8 mass % or more of a water-soluble solvent having an SP value of 24 (MPa)1/2 or less measured by a Hoy method onto an outermost surface layer, which contains an organic fine particle having an SP value of 25 (MPa)1/2 or less measured by the Hoy method, of an inkjet recording medium having a support and one or more ink receiving layers including the outermost surface layer.
US07984982B2
A liquid jet apparatus is provided. The liquid jet apparatus includes a nozzle plate which has a nozzle opening communicating with a pressure generation chamber; a flow channel substrate which has a liquid reservoir supplying a liquid to a plurality of pressure generation chambers; and a seal plate which covers at least a part of the liquid reservoir and which has a first damper chamber and second damper chamber. The seal plate has a connection cavity which connects the first damper chamber with the second damper chamber, and the connection cavity is connected to a release path communicating with the air.
US07984978B2
The printing device is ink jet, parallel or serial-parallel type and comprises a plurality of ejection modules each of which with ejection chambers suitable for containing ink and with associated relative heating elements for ink ejection control. The device includes a support and a nozzle plate common to the modules, and in which the support includes a base plate of rigid material that defines through its thickness a feeding duct for the ink which, in use, is substantially parallel to the line of printing (X axis) and the ejection modules are fixed side by side on the base plate and with the ejection chambers arranged in a line in the same direction (X axis), is a hydraulic, tight connection with the feeding duct. The nozzle plate is fixed on the ejection modules constituting an upper, hydraulically tight, closing surface, for the chambers and comprises a plurality of ejection nozzles in a line, in turn in hydraulic connection with corresponding cells of the modules.
US07984968B2
A nozzle assembly for an inkjet printhead includes a substrate defining a nozzle chamber and an ink inlet channel in fluid communication with said chamber; a nozzle defined on the substrate and located over the nozzle chamber, said nozzle having a crown portion with a skirt portion depending from the crown portion, the skirt portion forming a first part of a peripheral wall portion of the nozzle chamber, the nozzle surrounded by a raised rim for supporting a meniscus of a body of ink in the nozzle chamber; and an actuator with a connecting arm fast with the nozzle to operatively displace the nozzle towards the substrate. The nozzle is substantially hexagonally shaped.
US07984967B2
An ink jet head includes an elongated ink supply port extending in a longitudinal direction and a plurality of head groups arranged in a transverse direction crossing with the longitudinal direction. A first array of ink ejection outlets is disposed along one lateral side of an ink supply port, and second and third arrays of ink ejection outlets are disposed along the other lateral side of the ink supply port, wherein widths L2, measured in the longitudinal direction, of partition walls for the first array of the ink ejection outlets are larger than widths L1, measured in the longitudinal direction, of partition walls of the second and third arrays of the ink ejection outlets. The ink jet head further includes a sealing tape for protecting the ejection outlets, the sealing tape being peelable in a direction from the second or third array toward the first array.
US07984962B2
A method of capping a printhead is provided in which a carrier is moved from a non-capping position, through a transition position, to a capping position at which a capping member carried by the carrier caps the printhead, and pivoting of the capping member is effected relative to the carrier during transitional movement of the carrier between the transition and capping positions.
US07984959B2
A technique for detecting a defective printhead nozzle employing acoustical energy. During printhead maintenance, the nozzles of the printhead are sequentially fired to eject ink therefrom. The acoustical energy emitted by a nozzle during ejection of an ink droplet can be detected by a sound receiver. Acoustical energy can also be transmitted in the field of travel of the ink droplet so that when the ink droplet passes therethrough the acoustical energy is perturbated, and such perturbation can be detected. The perturbation can be an attenuation of the received acoustical energy when the ink droplet passes between the acoustical transmitter and a sound receiver. The perturbation can also be a change in the acoustical energy when the ink droplet reflects acoustical energy from the acoustical transmitter to the sound receiver.
US07984954B2
A mounting member for a cabinet tray or drawer includes: an elongate body portion having a front mounting surface and a longitudinal axis; and a plurality of substantially rectangular apertures located in the front mounting surface. The body portion is a unitary structure and being formed of a polymeric material. This mounting member can be employed in cabinets to mount trays or drawers.
US07984949B2
The present invention is a lumbar and bolster support for a seat, especially for an automotive second row seat or a chair back rest. The lumbar and bolster support has a lumbar support member adjustable between a retracted position and an extended position, and a first bolster member and a second bolster member adjustable between a first position and a second position.
US07984944B2
A fender for a motor vehicle is provided that includes, but is not limited to a headlight aperture and a mounting flange for the support on a bodywork of the motor vehicle. The mounting flange and a flange for the connection of a bumper are connected to one another with a bracket. The bracket is mounted to the bodywork.
US07984943B2
A vehicular hood structure, which can generate more properly a load reaction to be inputted to a collision member, even if the collision member collides against the vicinity of an intermediate position between a hood general portion and a portion close to a hood front end edge so that a load acts to deform a hood inner panel of the hood general portion and a hood lock reinforce of a hood front end portion. A rear end portion of the hood lock reinforce is joined, at a leg extending to the hood back side at a portion spaced at a predetermined distance in the hood width direction, to a flat portion of the hood inner panel. In this hood inner panel, a crush bead is formed along the hood width direction at the substantially central portion of a skeleton portion in the hood length direction, and a small bead is formed at the substantially central portion of the flat portion in the hood width direction.
US07984937B2
A door handle apparatus for a vehicle includes a door handle including an outer side handle portion formed with a grip portion, a rotating portion rotatably supported by a supporting member, an operating portion operating a door opening and closing mechanism, and an encasement accommodating electronic components, an unlock electrode accommodated in the encasement and configuring an unlock capacitive sensor detecting changes of an electric capacity between the unlock electrode and the outer panel, an unlock signal circuit transmitting an unlock signal based on the changes of the electric capacity between the unlock electrode and the outer panel, and a lock electrode provided between an end of the grip portion at the side of the rotating portion and the rotating portion and configuring a lock capacitive sensor detecting the changes of the electric capacity.
US07984933B2
An assembly comprises a multi-use torque fitting, a length of tubing, and a compressible ferrule, wherein the assembly is configured to couple an end of the length of tubing to a port of a fluid-handling device in a hermetically sealed or substantially leak-proof manner. Generally, the fitting is configured to provide a degree of compression to the compressible ferrule sufficient to prevent fluid leakage at the ferrule/port interface. This fitting generally comprises a threaded body portion and a torque-limiting body portion, wherein the threaded body portion and the torque-limiting body portion are arranged concentrically along a longitudinal axis of the fitting.
US07984926B2
The present invention relates to a security document and/or document of value comprising: at least one information vector; and at least one masking element in the form of a strip having at least one semi-reflecting region covering the information vector at least in part, the masking element being of a width that is less than the width of the document.
US07984920B2
A device for adjusting a fifth wheel, comprising a displacement device provided with two guide rails placed on the vehicle, in particular on a tractor semi-trailer combination in the longitudinal direction thereof, said guide rails whereon a slide may be installed capable of being moved by means of an actuating device, said actuating device being designed such that, upon a displacement, the positive connection between the guide rails and the slide is maintained. The actuating device, which is designed to move the slide, comprises a first powered device. Additionally, at least one first position sensor is arranged to detect the position of the slide, at least said first position sensor being connected to a control device.
US07984913B2
A chuck including a cylindrical body with a nose section and a tail section, the nose section having an axial bore formed therein. A sleeve is rotatably mounted about the body. Rotation of the sleeve in a closing direction moves the jaws toward a longitudinal axis of the axial bore and rotation of the sleeve in an opening direction moves the jaws away from the longitudinal axis. An O-ring is disposed adjacent the sleeve in a plane that is transverse to the longitudinal axis. A bearing has a first race adjacent the body, a second race adjacent the sleeve and bearing elements therebetween. One race defines a ratchet and the other of the first race and the second race defines a pawl biased toward the ratchet. The O-ring biases the pawl toward the ratchet and when the pawl engages the ratchet prevents the second race from rotating in the opening direction with respect to the first race.
US07984904B2
Document processing system with mechanism for detecting staples, paper clips, and like foreign items
A document processing system includes a document track composed of a pair of opposing rigid track walls. The documents are moved along the document track in a series to allow operations to be performed on the documents. An apparatus for detecting a document with an attachment includes a strike plate formed by a separate section of a wall of the document track. A magnet is arranged to attract material toward the strike plate. An accelerometer is mounted to the strike plate. The accelerometer detects an impact of an attachment to the strike plate when a document with an attachment passes the strike plate.
US07984900B2
A finisher includes a bundle hook configured to push a sheet bundle in a first direction and convey the sheet bundle; a drive unit configured to drive the bundle hook in the first direction and a second direction; a discharge unit configured to discharge the sheet bundle conveyed by the bundle hook; a stacking unit configured to stack the sheet bundle discharged by the discharge unit; and a control unit configured to control the drive unit to drive the bundle hook in the second direction if the drive unit drives the bundle hook in the first direction and the discharge unit discharges the sheet bundle.
US07984897B2
A stitcher for binding variable thickness collations including a means for determining the thickness of a multi-sheet collation, a stitch head operative to drive a stitch through the multi-sheet collation, an anvil operative to clinch the stitch to bind the sheets of the collation and a plurality of actuators operative to displace forming elements of the stitch head to form the stitch, position the stitch head and anvil against opposite surfaces of the multi-sheet collation, drive the stitch through the collation and clinch the ends of the stitch. A processor, responsive to the thickness value signal, controls the actuators to form the stitch and bind the collation.
US07984891B2
A space-conserving integrated fluid delivery system which is particularly useful for gas distribution in semiconductor processing equipment. The fluid delivery system includes an integrated fluid flow network architecture, which may include, in addition to a layered substrate containing fluid flow channels, various fluid handling and monitoring components. The layered substrate is diffusion bonded, and the various fluid handling and monitoring components may be partially integrated or fully integrated into the substrate, depending on design and material requirements.
US07984890B2
A pilot-operated valve has a main poppet controlling fluid flow between inlet and outlet ports in response to pressure in a control chamber. Fluid flow through a pilot passage, linking the control chamber and the outlet port, moves an exhaust spool between first and second positions to control fluid flow through passages in the main poppet. The first position blocks flow between the control chamber and the outlet port and provides a path between the control chamber and the inlet port. In the second position, flow between the control chamber and the outlet port is enabled, and a second path, that is more restricted than the first path, is provided between the control chamber and the inlet port. When the valve closes, flow through the first path allows movement of the main poppet at a faster rate than during opening when flow occurs through the more restricted second path.
US07984888B2
A supporting device of a display unit includes a stationary bracket securable to a wall, a body coupling device to mount a body of the display unit thereto, and a plurality of connecting devices to connect the stationary bracket with the body coupling device, each connecting device having first and second ends thereof coupled to the stationary bracket and the body coupling device, respectively, to rotate in left and right directions, and having at least one point between the first and second ends thereof to bend in the left and right directions.
US07984886B2
A carrying apparatus of an automobile portable electronic device includes a carrying module, a support rod, a quick release mechanism and a universal joint. The carrying module includes a tray, and the support rod is installed under the tray. The quick release mechanism is installed between the tray and the support rod. The quick release mechanism includes a clamping module and a binder turning rod, and the clamping module is connected to the support rod, and the binder turning rod is passed and disposed at the clamping module. An end of the universal joint is connected to the tray, and another end of the universal joint is covered and clamped by the clamping module, and the tray can be turned and deviated in two-dimensional directions with respect to the support rod.
US07984883B2
An exemplary support structure includes a support body, a connecting body, and a rear board. The connecting body is fixed on the support body. The rear board is rotatable relative to the support body. The rear board defines a through hole therein. The connecting body forms a latch protrusion. When the support body is located at a first position, the latch protrusion is capable of passing the through hole of the rear board. When the support body and the latch protrusion are located at opposite sides of the rear board, and the support body rotates past the first position, the latch protrusion resists the rear board and prevents the support body detaching from the rear board.
US07984881B2
A support stand for a flat-panel display monitor includes a hinge assembly and a support structure having a top end partially receiving the hinge assembly. The hinge assembly includes a first latching module. The first latching module includes an elastic member and a movable plate connected to the elastic member. The support structure includes a second latching module detachably connected to the first latching module. The second latching module includes a positioning plate having a latching portion extending from a bottom surface thereof. The latching portion is capable of latching with the movable plate. When the movable plate is pressed, the elastic member is deformed so that the second latching module is detached from the first latching module.
US07984878B2
Embodiments of the invention relate to a flight control system for controlling an aircraft during flight. The flight control system may include a primary controller configured to receive an input from a pilot and to output a primary control signal and a primary transmission path connected to the primary controller and configured to relay the primary control signal. The flight control system may also include a backup controller configured to receive the input from the pilot and to output a backup control signal and a backup transmission path connected to the backup controller and configured to relay the backup control signal. Additionally, the flight control system may include an actuator having a remote electronics unit configured to receive the primary control signal and the backup control signal and to determine if the primary control signal is available and valid. The remote electronics unit may be configured to output an actuator command based on the primary control signal if the primary control signal is available and valid and to output the actuator command based on the backup control signal if the primary control signal is unavailable or invalid.
US07984877B2
Auxiliary fuel tanks are provided with an inner barrier wall defining an interior volume for containing aircraft fuel, an outer barrier wall adjacent the inner barrier wall so as to define a space therebetween, and a drain part having a port in fluid communication with the space to allow leaked fuel within the space to be discharged therefrom. The drain part may be positioned at a corner junction between at least side and bottom walls of the outer barrier wall. In some advantageous embodiments, the drain part is positioned at a corner junction between the side wall, the bottom wall and an end wall of the outer barrier wall. One or more drain parts may be provided on each auxiliary aircraft fuel tank. If a plurality of drain parts are provided, then each drain part will preferably have a port in fluid communication with the space between the inner and outer barrier walls to allow leaked fuel within the space to be discharged therefrom, and each drain part will be positioned at respective corner junctions between at least side and bottom walls of the outer barrier wall, preferably between the side wall, the bottom wall and an end wall of the outer barrier wall. Aircraft may thus be provided with one or more of such auxiliary fuel tanks.
US07984876B2
An aircraft 1 comprises a walkway 11 moveable between a stowed position and a deployed position. The aircraft may be arranged such that the walkway, in the deployed position, defines a path, at least a portion of which extends from the fuselage at an angle, when viewed from above, of less than 90 degrees to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft. The walkway 11, in the stowed position, may be located at an angle, when viewed from above, of less than 80 degrees to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft. The opening 9 may be located in a region extending from 20% to 80% of the total cabin length. The walkway may be further moveable to a second deployed position. A longitudinal portion of the walkway 13, in the first deployed position, may define a stepped surface having a first step height, whereas that longitudinal portion of the walkway 13, in the second deployed position, may define either (a) a substantially even surface, or (b) a stepped surface having a second step height, the second step height being less than the first step height.
US07984870B2
A strap and cord winder is adjustable for different width straps and reconfigurable for cords. The winder includes a handle assembly with a center shaft and an offset pin for engaging and winding a strap. The center shaft adjustably passes through a face plate creating an adjustable width between a handle arm of the handle assembly and the face plate for winding different width straps. A cylindrical grip is attached to the face plate opposite the handle arm and the face plate attaches to a chest plate. A spool may be positioned on the center shaft between the handle arm and face plate for coiling cords and hoses and the offset pin engages a notch on one end of the spool to couple rotation of the handle to rotation of the spool. The spool includes disks at each end including open ended slots reaching radially to capture cord ends.
US07984867B2
Apparatus for aligning a refining disc is a refiner is disclosed, the apparatus including a first wedge slidable along a support for the axle package of the refining disc, a second wedge disposed between the first wedge and a bearing housing in which the rotatable axle of the axle package is journalled, the second wedge being slidable transversely to the slidable movement of the first wedge, a controller for controlling displacement of the first wedge including an actuator at one end of the support and a control axle extending from the actuator to the first wedge, the control axle being rotatable and rotatably secured to the first wedge whereby operation of the actuator causes rotation of the control axle, which in turn causes displacement of the first wedge which causes transverse displacement of the second wedge.
US07984863B1
This invention greatly simplifies problem fires above the reach of the longest ladder trucks by using a telescoping, portable shaft extending out of the closest window opening below the fire. Normally, a safe place for firemen. On the outer end of the shaft is a servo-mechanically controlled fire hose nozzle with a miniature television camera, which then both connect along the shaft to the room the shaft extends from. From where firemen can direct water using a console containing a television screen and battery power for the system. Stored in sections aboard its own truck in areas with high buildings, sections which are each, separately, carried up using the stairs by individual firemen, ordinarily the three man crew of a companion ladder fire truck. This invention now allows serious fires in high-rise buildings to be safely and effectively controlled.
US07984862B2
A rail anchor and a rail anchor assembly are provided for use with a concrete railroad tie. An elastomeric plate is placed on a top surface of the railroad tie. A rigid plate is placed on top of the elastomeric plate. The rail anchor is placed adjacent the elastomeric plate and the rigid plate. The rail anchor has a first end with a receiving opening and a second end with a receiving indentation to receive edges of the flanges of the railroad rail. The rail anchor has a center portion joining the two ends. The outer portion of the rail anchor extends downwardly an amount less than the thickness of the elastomeric plate and the rigid plate to avoid contact with the concrete railroad tie.
US07984861B2
A hydrant apparatus comprises at least an outlet pipe, at least a switch for controlling the water flow, and at least a temperature limiting component. The outlet pipe is used for flowing water out of the hydrant apparatus. The switch, coupled to the outlet pipe, is used for controlling the water flow and adjusting the temperature of the water flow. The temperature limiting component limits the temperature of the water flow inside a predetermined range.
US07984860B2
A regulation control system of air conditioning equipment is provided according to the present invention; the regulation control system mainly interconnects an entrance guarding device and/or a human body movement detecting device with an air conditioning control device, by this way, data of air conditioning usage surroundings condition are generated by the entrance guarding device and/or the human body movement detecting device, and then an air conditioning control device executes regulation and control over the air conditioning equipment based on the data of air conditioning usage surroundings condition with referring to a set of preset regulation parameters; thereby providing the air conditioning equipment with proper regulation and control to operate in preset conditions, and further achieving objective of energy management of the air conditioning equipment.
US07984851B2
A pre-encoded financial card is disclosed along with a system and method allowing a user to attach it to pre-existing accounts and activate it instantly.
US07984849B2
A security device comprises a portable magnetic stripe reader and computing functionality associated with the magnetic stripe reader, such as a credit card reader, drivers license reader, debit card reader, club card reader, or any other element that can be mechanically read. A single device may be needed for evaluation of each type of stripe carrying product, or a single device may have multiple functions and can be used (with or without switching to specific identification sequences) for evaluation of different magnetic stripe carrying products. It may be used as a law enforcement device, particularly to combat identity theft and financial fraud.
US07984832B2
A pump dispenser has a large ergonomic actuator designed to ergonomically deliver a composition to a substrate in the consumer's hand without the consumer having to pick up the pump dispenser. The ergonomic design allows the composition to be delivered in a proper aspect ratio to the substrate. The composition can be delivered in such a way that the composition is not aerosolized into the air or delivered to an unintended surface. The method of delivery can be made intuitive to the consumer by providing an actuator skirt that suggests the pumping mechanism or by providing a depiction of a hand or substrate over the pump dispenser. The pump dispenser is also useful for compositions or substrates that are not stable together.
US07984830B2
A fluid dispenser device has a reservoir, a pump, a dispensing outlet, an actuator, and a removable cap. The actuator is integrally formed with the dispensing outlet in at least one embodiment. The cap has detents that project from the cap. The actuator is blocked from actuating by a blocking flange that is integrally connected with the dispensing outlet. The detents from the cap bend the blocking flange so that the reservoir can not move in relation to the dispensing outlet when the cap is in a closed position. When the cap is removed, the detents no longer bend the blocking flange, and the actuator can then move the reservoir in relation to the dispensing outlet and affect dispensation. In at least one embodiment the actuator is not axially aligned with the dispensing outlet.
US07984827B2
An aerosol valve actuator with a top portion rotatable on a bottom portion. The entire top portion in one rotatable position is depressible vertically to actuate the valve. A click post and clicking rib provide a single click in each direction of rotation. Flanges on top and bottom portions interact to stop rotation as soon as each click occurs. Plastic springs interact with spring biasing members only when the top portion is in actuating position, and assure return of the actuator top portion to full upward position for rotation after actuation of even a short-stemmed valve. Downwardly extending flexible connecting flanges connect the actuator top and bottom portions. The top portion has a lower periphery with a plurality of upwardly extending indentations to overlie lateral ribs in the lower portion in actuation position. The top and bottom portions have interfitting cylinders to stabilize the top portion and maintain verticality.
US07984825B2
A method of controlling operation of a mechanism, preferably a dispenser, having a removable component comprises measuring electromagnetic radiation passing through a wave guide carrying at least in part on the removable component and permitting operation of the mechanism only when the measured electromagnetic radiation corresponds with one or more pre-selected parameters. Preferably, the method involves directing emitted electromagnetic radiation with pre-selected input parameters selected from a plurality of input parameters.
US07984823B2
An apparatus, for positioning a flipping cover relative to a base, includes a first member being fixed relative to the flipping cover, and a second member being fixed relative to the base. The first member defines an arched guiding channel around a rotating axis of the flipping cover. The first member forms at least one raised ridge extending into the guiding channel. The second member forms a guiding rod parallel to the rotating axis. The guiding rod is slidably received in the guiding channel. The guiding rod is deformable to get through the at least one raised ridge. A casing utilizing the above apparatus is also disclosed.
US07984817B1
A combined pacifier and beverage container assembly includes a beverage container that has a hollow chamber and a top opening in fluid communication with the hollow chamber. A cap is coupled to the top opening and has a first tubular conduit that has a bottom end seated within the chamber and a top end protruding upwardly away from the cap. A second tubular conduit is attached to the first conduit. A pacifier section is coupled to the second conduit. The pacifier section includes a protective cover tethered to a rear end that has a body spaced from the pacifier section and is provided with a cavity coextensively shaped with the rear end of the pacifier section. The pacifier section is provided with an axial bore that travels along its entire length. The bore is in fluid communication with the second conduit.
US07984816B2
A load stabilizer for an automobile is provided. The load stabilizer includes a hitch assembly having an elongate cross member that extends between opposing frame rails of the automobile and that is pivotable about an axis of rotation defined along a length of the cross member in response to a load applied upon the hitch assembly. A first torsion bar is carried on a first end by the cross member and on a second end by the automobile frame for retarding load variations on the hitch assembly.
US07984813B1
A wine bottle holder which includes an upper support structure including an upper opening, a lower support structure including a lower opening, wherein the lower opening and the upper opening are substantially concentric and including at least one support member connecting the upper support structure to the lower support structure, wherein the support member includes an upper end and a lower end. The upper end includes an upper distal portion extending outwardly from the upper support structure and the lower end includes a lower distal portion extending outwardly from the lower support structure.
US07984807B2
A container is provided for storing and dispensing consumer products including pills, tablets, or capsules. A multi-cavity container is also provided for organizing and storing mixed medication for subsequent dispensation according to predefined dosage regimen. The container can comprise a tray (1) having a generally planar top surface (2) into which has been formed one or more discrete cavities (30) for receiving the consumer products. A sheet (10) can be adhered to top surface (2) using a peelable adhesive to seal discrete cavities (30). Sheet (10) can comprise pre-formed lines of separation (13) defining a closure portion (12) for each cavity, which retains the consumer products in that cavity until the closure portion is removed by separation along its lines of separation. Each closure portion (12) can have low vapor transmission properties created by a patch (24) having high vapor barrier properties.
US07984805B2
A medical apparatus whose purpose it is to permanently retard future use of a medical apparatus, in particular needles, preventing accidental exposure to contaminated sharps. It facilitates the possible removal of medical devices from their respective holders, while preventing possible contaminated discharge of fluids located along the anterior or exterior walls of needles or exterior of medical sharps. This medical apparatus provides for single handed use which complies with OSHA guidelines, and its advanced design facilitates the more common shorter medical needles to which non-medical users are accustomed as well as the wide range of needles that medical professional use. This apparatus is easier to manufacture, shorter in stature that allows for its inclusion in the already overcrowded medical trays used by today's medical personnel, in particular, emergency medical technicians. An embodiment contains multiple apparatuses together allowing for safe storage of several sharps, which is a common need in emergency situations both in the field and in the hospital settings, where doctors or technicians are attempting to stabilize critical patients with multiple injections. The apparatus uses counter-opposing gripping devices with an enveloping containment member which serves both to tension the juxtapositionally aligned gripping devices and to prevent leakage of contaminated fluids from medical devices.
US07984798B1
Electric cord reel with a reel, a crank and handle, a reel support structure, a base structure, a guide aperture and a cord and plug retaining tube the reel is rotatably attached to the reel support structure. The handle fixedly attached to the pivot point of the reel wall. The support structure is fixedly attached to the base structure. The guide aperture fixedly attached to the base structure so that it is in alignment with the spool portion of the reel. The cord and plug retaining tube is removably attached to left and right apertures in the walls of the reel. A standard extension cord portion and plug can be removably retained within the cord and plug retaining tube. A preferred embodiment includes the base structure having a plurality of downwardly facing legs that help keep the structure from sliding when a user pulls on the electric cord.
US07984792B2
A lubrication system for a component is disclosed herein. The disclosed lubrication system can be applied relatively high temperature operating environments, relatively low temperature operating environments, or both. The lubrication system includes a tank operable to contain lubricant and having at least one tank outlet. The lubrication system also includes a tube extending between first and second ends. The first end of the tube is in fluid communication with at least one tank outlet. The lubrication system also includes an atomizer in fluid communication with the second end of the tube to receive lubricant from the tank. The atomizer is operable to dispense atomized lubricant on the component. The tank, the tube, and the atomizer are all adjacent to the component. A method for practicing the invention is also disclosed.
US07984790B2
The present disclosure relates to a step stool, and particularly to a folding step stool including legs that fold between an opened, use position and a collapsed, folded position. The present disclosure also relates to a tray assembly that moves relative to the legs and is used for storing or holding articles associated with use of the step stool. The step stool includes a mechanism to coordinate the movement of the tray assembly and a step of the step stool when the step stool is moved between the opened and collapsed positions.
US07984789B2
An observation stand. In one non-limiting embodiment the observation stand includes a support base, a seat, a platform, and a safety-framework. The support base defines opposite top and bottom ends and first, second and third legs configured in a tripod arrangement. The legs each define an upper end and a bottom end. The seat is attached to, and hence supported by, the upper end of each leg. The platform comprises first, second and third slots. The slots are arranged to respectively accommodate the upper ends of the first, second and third legs. The platform is located proximate to the top end of the support base and below the seat. The platform defines a perimeter. The safety-framework is attached to the perimeter, and helps prevent a user from falling off the platform. An optional ground spike can be fitted to one or more of the legs.
US07984777B2
A vehicle drive assembly is provided. The vehicle drive assembly includes an engine, a transmission operably coupled with the engine, an output shaft operably coupled with the transmission, a differential operably coupled with the output shaft, an axle shaft rotatably coupled to the differential, at least one wheel selectively coupled to the axle shaft via a rotatable axle stub, an electric wheel motor operably coupled to the at least one wheel via the rotatable axle stub, and a coupling device operably coupled with the electric wheel motor for selectively coupling the axle stub with the axle shaft.
US07984776B2
A system for supplying electrical energy to a partial or a total electrified drivetrain of a vehicle, the system may include an energy storage system having an energy storage system output that is excess of an operating voltage of the electrified drivetrain. A first converter having an input coupled to the energy storage system output and a first converter output that is at an operating voltage of the electrified drivetrain. Optionally, a supplemental storage bank may be coupled to the first converter output. A second converter is coupled to the supplemental storage bank to provide an output at an operating voltage of the electrified drivetrain and at a peak operating current of the electrified drivetrain.
US07984766B2
A gas extraction device for down hole oilfield applications utilizes the flow of the liquid, created by an artificial lift device, to produce conditions by which the gas is drawn into tubing. A venturi creates a low pressure area through a constricted section of the tubing. The pressure within the throat of the venturi drops the pressure in the casing. The device is axially adjusted to allow communication ports to a lower pressure area of the casing annulus. The lower pressure in the venturi draws the gas into the liquid stream and into the production tubing above the device. The gas is then transferred through the well head within the liquid stream.
US07984758B2
A multi-lock adapter used to inject high-pressure well stimulation fluids through an independent screwed wellhead includes an adapter pin having a central passageway with an internal diameter at least as large as a passageway through the wellhead. A lockdown flange secures the adapter pin to a casing mandrel of the wellhead. The lockdown flange ensures that stress on connection points to the screwed independent wellhead due to elevated fluid pressures used for well stimulation procedures does not exceed engineered specifications.
US07984756B2
Configurations for gas well dewatering systems having overpressure protection to protect a pump and its peripheral equipment from damage due to overpressure are provided.
US07984754B2
A cooling element for electronic or electromechanical components includes a metal element defining a receiving space and a receiving groove associated with the receiving space. The receiving space has an inner wall and is configured to receive an electronic or electromechanical component by an insertion of the electronic or electromechanical component in an insertion direction. The receiving groove has a longitudinal axis lying transverse to the insertion direction. An elongated spring is disposed in the receiving groove so that a longitudinal axis of the spring lies parallel to the longitudinal axis of the receiving groove and so that the spring is deformed by the insertion of the electronic or electromechanical component. A return force of the spring urges the inserted electronic or electromechanical component against an inner wall of the receiving space in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of the spring.
US07984753B2
A heat exchanger includes first tubes and a second tube in a casing. The first tubes and the second tube are arranged in layers such that first spaces are provided between the adjacent first tubes and a second space is defined on a periphery of the second tube. Ends of the first tubes and the second tube are connected to a core plate such that first fluid passages defined inside of the first tubes and the second tube are in communication with a connection flange and the first and second spaces are separated from the connection flange. The casing includes an expansion that is in communication with the first spaces, and a side wall that is in contact with a side wall of an end first tube that is located adjacent to the second tube such that the second space is separated from the first spaces and the communication chamber.
US07984749B2
The invention relates to a continuous casting mold, in particular a thin slab mold in which the flow of a liquid metal in the mold is influenced by a magnetic field generated by permanent magnets, wherein the permanent magnets have, over the width and/or height thereof, different magnetic strengths or are spaced from each other by different distances for a different field strength, so that to provide for variation of the magnetic field strength, the permanent magnets are differently adjusted in groups for changing a field strength distribution.
US07984744B2
In a folding screen device pulled in the lateral direction, the widthwise dimension limit of the screen device in the opening and closing direction of the screen is eliminated. A plurality of screen units include movable vertical frame members attached to both ends of a screen expandable in an accordion manner. The vertical frame members are slidable along a lateral frame member of a building opening. Screen guides in the screen units move out and into the interior of the vertical frame member through upper and lower ends thereof in a bent state, and are led along upper and lower ends of the screen in an extended state. A parallel movement mechanism causes the vertical frame members to move in parallel during opening and closing of the screen. The screen units can be arranged in parallel in the building opening by connecting adjacent vertical frame members of the screen units.
US07984734B2
A router table comprises a table top, a bit mount, and a drive train. The bit mount is configured to hold a router bit such that the router bit extends from the table top defining a bit axis. The drive train is positioned under the table top and is operably connected between the bit mount and a drive coupling. The drive coupling is configured to engage a driven member, with the drive coupling defining a drive axis that is not coaxial with the bit axis. The driven member may be provided by a drive bit on a portable router secured to the table top. Operation of the portable router results in rotation of the driven member. Rotation of the driven member and associated drive coupling operates the drive train and results in rotation of the bit mount and associated router bit.
US07984733B2
Exemplary embodiments are disclosed of devices and methods, which may aid in leaf and debris (or other particles) cleanup or transport sometimes used in conjunction with tarps and/or filling of garbage cans and garbage/leaf bags, etc. In an exemplary embodiment, a funneling apparatus generally includes a sheet having edges defining a perimeter. A stay may be disposed along at least one of the edges and at least partially along the perimeter of the sheet. The funneling apparatus may be reconfigurable between a first configuration in which the sheet is substantially flat and a second configuration in which the sheet is rolled into at least one funnel-like configuration. The stay may be operable for helping the sheet remain substantially flat for the first configuration of the funneling apparatus and/or for helping retain the funnel-like configuration for the second configuration of the funneling apparatus.
US07984732B2
A heald frame has a frame stave, a carrier rod provided along the frame stave and a heald made of a resin material. A plurality of healds are supported by the carrier rod and arranged in a row. A magnet having N and S poles is provided in each heald and the healds are arranged so that the adjacent ends of any two adjacent magnets are of the same polarity.
US07984729B2
A proportional pressure control valve for regulating the pressure level in a hydraulic circuit including a magnet part and a valve part. The valve part includes an inflow opening for the inflow volume flow and two discharge openings. The first discharge opening is for an operating pressure connection and the second discharge opening is for a tank volume flow. The valve part also has a ball seat and a flat seat with an opening. A closing member is operable to control a flow rate through the opening of the flat seat. The valve part also includes a stream deflector disposed between the ball seat and the flat seat that has a circumferential surface configured to deflect a stream filament of the flow by an angle of ≦30 degrees.
US07984706B2
A method and system controls motion of an armature 112 of a fuel injector 100. The armature moves between an open coil 118 and a close coil 116 of the injector. Acceleration current of a certain polarity is applied to the open coil 118 with the armature disposed at the close coil 116. De-latching current of a polarity opposite of the certain polarity is applied to the close coil 116 to release magnetic latch on the armature thereby accelerating movement of the armature towards the open coil 118. Deceleration current is applied the close coil 116 thereby decelerating the armature prior to reaching the open coil. Latching current of the certain polarity is applied to the open coil 118 prior to or just after impact of the armature 112 with the open coil 118 to magnetically latch the armature to the open coil 118 thereby reducing bounce of the armature at impact.
US07984695B1
A pet door employing a pair of flaps secured to a frame installed in an opening in a door or wall. Each flap is hinged at the top to the frame so that the flap opens away from the frame. An outwardly angled flange extends around both sides and the bottom of each flap. The flange allows a pet to nuzzle open the flap located on the side of the frame from which the pet is approaching. Once the pet has opened the first flap, the pet opens the opposite second flap by pushing against it. The angled flanges prevent a pet from being trapped between a flap and the frame of the pet door. Optionally, weights may be provided on the flaps to aid in closing the flaps, and the frame may be provided with a gasket to further seal the flaps with the frame.
US07984693B2
A device and a method for removing teat cups from the teats of a lactating animal, having at least two traction members driven by a common drive for removing the teat cups; and at least one clutch is provided for coupling the traction member to the common drive.
US07984683B1
Compound hull for electric-powered, cruiser-type vessels having a unique hard chine displacement wave form hull that recycles wave energy to minimize drag and results in lowered power requirements for long-period cruising at displacement hull speeds. The inventive hull comprises: 1) an upper hull portion having a flat bottom square transom, the bottom curve of the hull sides of which match the vessel's wave form at hull speed, mated to, 2) a bottom hull portion formed as a double ended V-bottom lower displacement hull having a constant varying dead-rise. The inventive hull requires up to 50% less power than conventional cruisers of other hull shapes, at displacement hull speed.
US07984675B2
A projectile for use in a barrel with stacked projectiles, particularly for a weapon which can be reloaded by a user in the field. The projectile includes a chamber containing a propellant charge, with an exit from the chamber for release of propulsion gases into the barrel. A seal blocks the exit and is opened by ignition of the propellant within the chamber but is resistant to gases produced by ignition of propellant in other projectiles in the barrel. The exit and seal are provided in a range of different forms. The exit may be an aperture in a wall of the chamber with the seal as a moveable barrier, such as a valve-like structure, for example. The seal may also include a rupturable or deformable barrier across the aperture. Alternatively the seal is a thin barrier around the charge such as a wax coating and the exit involves a disintegrable character of the barrier. The seal may also be an inherent property of the geometry of the chamber.
US07984666B2
A Window covering cutter has its base board installed with a first clamping device for clamping a Window covering, and a knife device that is positioned next to the first clamping device, having a cutting opening, a driving plate movably fixed at a side of the cutting opening, and a knife fixed on the driving plate to reciprocate transversely to cut the Window covering. A measuring device is set at one side of the knife device for stably positioning the Window covering and measuring a length between its blocking plate and the cutting opening, providing a swift and precise measurement for cutting. So, the invention can be easily operated to esthetically cut a Window covering.
US07984660B2
A sampling device (10) includes a sample extraction portion (28) which reciprocates within a cylindrical sample housing portion (26). The sample housing portion is axially moveable through a gate valve (22) to permit removal and maintenance of the sample extractor.
US07984657B2
A wireless-enabled tightening system for fasteners is disclosed. The system includes a visual designator configured to project an indicator onto a workpiece. The system also includes a torque wrench comprising a wireless transmitter and a means for identifying whether the correct torque has been applied to a fastener on the workpiece and configured to provide a feedback for a user. The system also includes a camera configured to capture an image of the workpiece when an appropriate amount of torque has been applied to the fastener. The system further includes a microprocessor for determining sequence of the fastener and identifying the tightened fastener.
US07984655B2
An entrapment prevention and detection device for an opening/closing mechanism detects entrapment with a simple structure and does not occupy much space. When a foreign object, such as a human body part approaches a window glass, such as an automobile window, the capacitance of a capacitive sensor increases. A control circuit compares a most recent capacitance obtained by a capacitance detection circuit with a previous value and if the most recent capacitance value is greater than the previous value, when the glass is being raised (closed), the control circuit determines that a foreign object has approached the glass and then stops or lowers (opens) the glass.
US07984649B2
A panel inspection apparatus includes a resonant frequency extracting unit for extracting a plurality of resonant frequencies of a panel, a resonant frequency selecting unit for selecting a combination of resonant frequencies consisting of two resonant frequencies A and B with different vibration propagation paths among the extracted plurality of resonant frequencies, a non-defective range generating unit for generating a non-defective range on a coordinate system in which resonant frequencies A and B are taken on coordinate axes by statistically processing a set of the resonant frequencies A and B selected for each of a plurality of non-defective panels determined as non-defective in advance, and a panel quality determining unit for determining whether the quality of the panel to be inspected is good based on comparison between resonant frequencies A and B selected for the panel to be inspected and the non-defective range generated by the non-defective range generating unit.
US07984640B2
The invention provides for a pressure-based tester for testing integrity of a platform assembly. The platform assembly includes a pair of assembled platform components fastened together and a fluid path extending into both components, the platform assembly suitable for supporting printhead integrated circuits to be tested. The tester includes a housing assembly, a regulated gas supply arranged in the housing assembly, and a retaining mechanism in fluid communication with the gas supply and configured to retain the platform assembly in fluid communication with the gas supply during testing of the platform assembly. The tester also includes a pressure measuring apparatus operatively connected to the gas supply and configured to generate a signal corresponding to a pressure value applied to the retaining mechanism, and a control system configured to control operation of the regulated gas supply, the retaining mechanism and configured to receive the signal from the pressure measuring apparatus and to detect decay in the pressure value.
US07984635B2
The present invention relates, in general, to sheet material forming technology and the forming of structures there from. The invention relates to incremental forming of sheet material (1) with localised heating (5) and more particularly to a system and method for incrementally forming a sheet blank (1) that is at the same time heated by a dynamically moving heating source (5). This dynamic and localised heating locally changes the mechanical properties of the sheet material (1), thus facilitating the forming process.
US07984624B2
A cooling, heat exchanging, system effectively heats or cools the air within an enclosed space. The system operates for an extended time period without requiring the use of a generator or utility power.
US07984620B2
An air conditioning apparatus has plural indoor units having: plural heat exchangers; and flow controllers respectively corresponding to the heat exchangers. In each of the indoor units, one heat exchanger is used as a condenser, and another heat exchanger is used as an evaporator, thereby causing the indoor unit to perform a temperature and humidity controlling operation. An indoor unit(s) which is not set to perform the temperature and humidity controlling operation may be caused to perform a heating operation or a cooling operation. Capacity controls on the condensers and the evaporators are performed by corresponding flow controllers. Gas refrigerants ejected from plural heat exchangers serving as evaporators are joined together, and then distributed to plural heat exchangers serving as condensers.
US07984608B2
A method of directing flow of exhaust gas includes directing a first portion of the flow through a first flow path and directing a second portion of the flow through a second flow path. A temperature of at least a portion of the flow in the first flow path is increased, and the flow in the first flow path is sent through a filter. The first and second portions of the flow downstream of the filter to are combined form a combined flow. The combined flow is maintained within a predetermined range of temperatures, and the combined flow is directed to a catalyst.
US07984599B2
Fasteners, and related methods, for securing deck boards to a support joist are disclosed. In one embodiment, the fastener comprises a base portion and a cap portion on the base portion. In some embodiments, the base portion includes an opening formed therethrough for receiving a securing device, and legs extending from an upper surface of the base portion and between edges of adjacent deck boards to define a spacing between the adjacent deck boards. The cap portion can include an opening for receiving the securing device therethrough to secure the fastener to the support joist. In addition, the cap portion may include legs extending around the base portion and comprising teeth extending therefrom that bite into grooves formed in the edges of the adjacent deck boards when the securing device secures the fastener to the support joist, thereby securing the deck boards to the support joist.
US07984593B2
A surface facing system for covering edifices includes vertical intermediate profiled members, two profiled support members, and at least one exposed element accommodated therein. A top and a bottom receiving and guiding groove is formed on the profiled support member by situating a segment on the front side of the profiled support member and a profiled holding element. The exposed element has a base frame and a plate-shaped element connected to the base frame via its back side. The base frame has at least two horizontal profiled members and at least two vertical profiled members. At least one of the vertical profiled members is connected in a non-positive, form-fit manner to the horizontal profiled members while the other vertical profiled members are connected in a form-fit manner. The exposed element is received in the receiving and guiding groove as a spring via a leg of the horizontal profiled members.
US07984590B2
At both sides of a pair of doors 10L, 10R, a pair of television cameras (two-dimensional image sensors) 18A, 18B for detecting a moving object, and a pair of spare infrared ray sensors 20A, 20B are provided. A central control unit 16 calculates the position and moving direction of moving object by image processing of outputs of television cameras 18A, 18B, and predicts the passing position of moving object on the vertical plane P when the moving object approaches, thereby calculating the target opening degree of a pair of doors 10L, 10R individually, and determines the target opening degree of doors in full closing when the moving object leaves away, and thus outputs move command signals to motor controllers 14L, 14R so that the pair of doors 10L, 10R may be set at the target opening degree.
US07984585B1
Methods and devices for rapidly weaving three-dimensional plant shapes. The plant-weaving device comprises an outer receptacle that is capable of receiving a frame support that supports a variety of three-dimensional frames. Plants with long stems are prepared and inserted in the plant-weaving device, and are woven around and secured to the frame. After weaving, the plants may be stored or transported.
US07984579B2
An electronic weapon, when combined with a unit for deployment, causes skeletal muscle contractions in a human or animal target. According to the present invention, a launch controller for an electronic weapon includes a detector, a stimulus signal generator, and a switch. When the switch is conducting, it completes a circuit in combination with a unit for deployment. The circuit, when completed, operates a propellant of the unit for deployment to deploy at least two electrodes of the unit for deployment to enable the stimulus signal generator to deliver through the target a stimulus current to incapacitate the target by causing contractions of the skeletal muscles of the target. The detector is coupled to the switch and detects whether the switch is conducting prior to combining the unit for deployment and the electronic weapon.
US07984577B2
A system and method for visually representing the priorities of a number of action items in a manner which permits their priorities to be rearranged quickly and easily, utilizing individual display units supported in a rearrangeble sequence on a parallel pair of rails, and a separate note sheet removably attached to each board.
US07984572B2
A snowshoe (1) whose webbing includes a flexible wall (4) maintained in tension inside a framework (2) by portions of the flexible mounting wall which define flexible mounting projections. Supplemental protection parts (8) are disposed surrounding the mounting projections to protect them from wear and impact.
US07984571B2
Sport footwear, in particular ski boot, having passage openings (16, 19) for the wearer's. foot provided frontally in the lower shell (10) and the leg-piece (20). At least the opening (19) in the leg-piece (20) is capable of being closed by two flaps (22, 23), of which at least one is in the form of a pad (23) coupled to the remaining portion (25) of the leg-piece (20) with a clearance fit allowing said pad (23) to freely rotate in view of enabling the wearer's foot to be most smoothly and conveniently introduced in and subsequently extracted from the footwear.
US07984568B2
A condensation washer-dryer, in particular, the air-guiding process. The base module is used to receive function parts and components of the air guide and is closed on the rear side by means of a process air cover and forms a plastic, stable support structure for the washer-dryer. The connecting surfaces are large and extend, preferably, over the entire width of the washer-dryer. Due to said embodiment, air guiding channels are formed in a simple manner on the rear side of the base module and the housing of the process air ventilator is closed on the rear side. Sealing elements are no longer required due to said welding of said type of connection and an exceptionally high mechanical rigidity is obtained.
US07984563B2
A device for determining the distance of a cutting tool, for instance a router bit, relative to a first reference surface or a second reference surface, the second reference surface extending essentially perpendicular to the first reference surface. The device has a central body, a pair of feet mounted to the central body, the feet being spaced apart so as to be able to accommodate between them the cutting tool, and a pointing element slidably arranged relative to the central body. In a horizontal mode of operation, when the feet are placed on or against the first reference surface, the pointing element may be moved relative to the central body to abut the cutting tool for determining the distance between the cutting tool and the first reference surface. At least one of the feet is configured to set the height of the pointer element with respect to the second reference surface.
US07984561B2
A device for determining dimensions of a workpiece includes a locating apparatus, a determining apparatus and a main processor. The locating apparatus includes a locating board supporting workpieces and defining at least one detecting aperture therethrough. The determining apparatus includes a detecting module, the detecting module includes at least one laser detector, each laser detector includes a laser emitter and a laser receiver respectively mounted on two opposite sides of the locating board. The main processor is connected to the locating apparatus and the determining apparatus, the laser emitter emits laser beams traveling through the detecting aperture and received by the laser receiver, and the main processor determines the dimension of the workpiece according to the dimension of parts on the laser receiver shielded by the workpiece.
US07984556B2
A cable cutter for attachment to a power drill has a housing, first and second cutting blades and a drive assembly releasably engageable with the chuck of the drill. The drive assembly includes a worm mounted on a drive and a worm gear and a drive gear mounted on a main shaft. The worm and worm gear are in engagement, as are the drive gear and one of the cutting blades. The housing includes a main plate and an end cap secured to the main plate, with the end cap receiving the drive gear and defining a cut away portion adjacent to the stationary blade to allow the movable blade to pass through the cut away portion for direct engagement with the drive gear. The end cap defines a counterbore facing the main plate, with the counterbore receiving a bearing supporting one of the ends of the main shaft.
US07984554B2
An apparatus for partitioning a food mass, such as a solidified egg, is disclosed including a base, a holder for supporting the food mass, and a plurality of cutting members for partitioning the food mass, wherein the holder is rotatable to permit the cutting members to partition the food mass in a first orientation and in a second orientation. The apparatus further includes a retainer positionable on a top surface of the food mass having passageways permitting the cutting members to pass through a portion thereof. The apparatus may include a cleaning plate receivable by portions of the holder in a position below the food mass, the cleaning plate being removable from the holder to remove food matter from between the support portions. The apparatus may include a lock for securing apparatus in a closed or lowest position for storage.
US07984551B2
This invention relates to a fabricated vehicle wheel and method for producing the same. The wheel includes a rim and a disc secured to the rim. The disc includes a plurality of outwardly extending spokes, an outer rim connecting flange defining a side edge surface and a window formed therein between adjacent pairs of spokes and having a predetermined shape defined by the adjacent pairs of spokes and the side edge surface of the rim connecting flange such that each of the windows extends to an outermost periphery of the wheel disc, at least one of the windows includes at least a first window portion and a second window portion, the first window portion being formed by a first piercing operation and the second window portion being formed by a second piercing operation.
US07984546B2
An apparatus tool for filling vias in a product greensheet and/or repairing vias in a product greensheet. The apparatus tool utilizes a transfer greensheet having filled vias in a fixed array, which vias are punched into the product greensheet to either repair or fill the via of the product greensheet. The apparatus tool employs position determining means such as a camera, a punch head and a corresponding punch die and an activating means to activate the punch head to punch the transfer greensheet via to fill the product greensheet via. The transfer greensheet has a fixed array of filled vias and a transfer greensheet station employs a fixed plate having a plurality of vacuum ports positioned in the non-via areas of the transfer greensheet which secures the transfer greensheet during the repair or fill method. The product greensheet is held by a vacuum plate.
US07984544B2
A force or pressure sensor and appertaining method for manufacturing are provided in which the sensor comprises a repeating conductive trace pattern that can be replicated to produce a consistent conductive trace across more than one adjacent pattern section forming an electrical bus, wherein more than one section of a series of conductive traces are printed on a thin and flexible dielectric backing using the pattern. The thin and flexible dielectric backing has a repeated pattern of conductive traces printed above the dielectric backing and one or more dielectric layers provided above the conductive traces, the dielectric layers having access regions permitting contact of conductors above the one or more dielectric layers, and a sensor conductor layer printed above the one or more dielectric layers that contacts the conductive traces via at least one of the access regions or regions not covered by the one or more dielectric layers.
US07984543B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus are provided for electronic device manufacturing. The invention includes removing a first substrate carrier and a second substrate carrier from a moving conveyor using an end effector assembly and concurrently transferring the first and second substrate carriers from the moving conveyor to a support location via the end effector assembly. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US07987513B2
A job administrator terminal embeds control information in service data and transmits the service data to a job executor terminal. The job executor terminal receives the service data, extracts the control information from the service data, and stores the control information in a storing unit. When the job administrator terminal provides a service to the job executor terminal, the job administrator terminal controls provision of the service based on the control information and environmental information of the job executor terminal.
US07987504B2
A system (100) and method (200) for delivering conditional access information to a conditional access controlled device (120) incompatible with the conditional access transmission protocol. The conditional access information is delivered through a conditional access controlled device (110) compatible with the conditional access transmission protocol via a home network connection (130) between the conditional access controlled devices and according to a home network transmission protocol with which both conditional access controlled devices are compatible. The device (110) compatible with the conditional access transmission protocol receives the conditional access information on behalf of the device (120) incompatible with the conditional access transmission protocol, reformats the received conditional access information according to the home network transmission protocol, and transmits the reformatted information to the device (120) incompatible with the conditional access transmission protocol according to the home network transmission protocol and via the home network connection (130).
US07987502B2
A system and method for securely streaming encrypted digital media content out of a digital container to a user's media player. This streaming occurs after the digital container has been delivered to the user's machine and after the user has been authorized to access the encrypted content. The user's operating system and media player treat the data stream as if it were a being delivered over the Internet (or other network) from a streaming web server. However, no Internet connection is required after the container has been delivered to the user and the data stream suffers no quality loss due to network traffic or web server access problems. In this process of the invention, the encrypted content files are decrypted and fed to the user's media player in real time and are never written to the user's hard drive or storage device. This process makes unauthorized copying of the digital content contained in the digital container virtually impossible.
US07987497B1
Several embodiments of the present invention provide a means for improving data access security in computer systems to support high-security applications, and certain of these embodiments are specifically directed to providing sector-level encryption of a virtual hard disk in a virtual machine environment. More specifically, certain embodiments are directed to providing sector-level encryption by using plug-ins in a virtual machine environment, thereby providing improved data access security in a computer system that supports high-security applications. Certain embodiments also use encryption plug-ins associated with standard encryption software for exchanging data between a virtual machine (VM) and its associated virtual hard drive(s) (VHDs). Moreover, several embodiments of the present invention are directed to the use of plug-in encryption services that interface with, and provide services for, a VM via a VM Encryption API (or its equivalent).
US07987493B1
The present invention provides a method and system for mitigating distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks using central management and shared resources. The present invention implements a shared model for mitigating devices distributed in a packet network to mitigate a DoS attack. Mitigating devices are distributed in the packet network to support different network devices during a DoS attack. Configuration information is loaded dynamically into the mitigating devices to adjust the mitigation effort to different network devices. The present invention also implements a shared model for detecting devices distributed in the packet network to detect the presence of a DoS attack. Baselines are created to distinguish between valid packets and invalid packets. When invalid packets are detected, a notification occurs to other devices or a central management system.
US07987484B2
Self-organizing media content is described. In embodiment(s), a self-organizing map can be applied to metadata that corresponds to television media content. A media content array of television media content choices can then be generated based on the mapped metadata where the media content array is organized to include n-dimensions that are each based on a different attribute of the metadata. The media content array can then be displayed on a user interface that facilitates dynamic traversal of the media content array for viewer selection of the television media content choices.
US07987476B2
An apparatus for clamping both large and small disks is provided, including a disk tray inside a base, an upper case and two clamping mechanisms above the disk tray and the base. Each clamping mechanism includes a slider and a gripper structure. The gripper structure further includes a first gripper, a second gripper, and a resilient element located between the first and the second grippers. The second gripper includes a first belt-ring and a second belt-ring. When the disk is loaded, under the force of the resilient element, the first belt-ring and the second belt-ring hold the disk onto the disk tray firmly. When the first gripper moves to a specific position of the groove on the upper case, the first gripper causes the second gripper to rotate so that the resilient element stops to exert the force. Hence, the first belt-ring and the second belt-ring rotate upwards so as to complete the loading process. On the other hand, to eject a disk, the resilient element re-exerts force on the first gripper to cause the first belt-ring and the second belt-ring to rotate downwards to hold the disk until the disk is completely ejected to complete the ejecting process.
US07987451B1
A verification system, method and computer program product are provided. In one embodiment, one of a plurality of call instruction formats is selected. In addition, it is verified whether an invocation of an interface was attempted by code utilizing the selected call instruction format. Further, the selection and the verification are repeated for each of the plurality of call instruction formats. In another embodiment, a return target address is identified. Still yet, it is determined whether return of contra to the return target address would result in invocation a one of a plurality of interfaces.
US07987444B2
System and method for determining and/or merging differences between configuration diagrams. First information is received regarding a first configuration diagram comprising a first plurality of nodes and graphically representing a first system, and second information is received regarding a second configuration diagram comprising a first plurality of nodes and graphically representing a second system. At least a portion of the nodes may correspond to hardware devices, programs, and/or configuration data of the respective systems, and may be interconnected. The first and second information is analyzed to determine and/or merge differences between the first configuration diagram and the second configuration diagram, e.g., differences between hardware, software, configuration, and/or connectivity, e.g., by traversing the configuration diagrams or data structures representing the diagrams. An indication of the differences and/or a merged configuration diagram may be displayed on a display device, e.g., where the differences are indicated graphically, e.g., via highlighting.
US07987438B2
A design structure embodied in a machine readable storage medium for at designing, manufacturing, and/or testing a design is disclosed for initializing expansion adapters installed in a computer system having similar expansion adapters that include detecting an expansion adapter installed in a computer system having a plurality of expansion adapters, the detected expansion adapter having an option ROM containing initialization code, identifying similar expansion adapters installed in the computer system that correspond to the detected expansion adapter, each of the identified similar expansion adapters having an option ROM containing initialization code, disabling the option ROM of each of the identified similar expansion adapters, and initializing the plurality of expansion adapters installed in the computer system without executing the initialization code of the identified similar expansion adapters.
US07987434B2
A system for calculating mask data to create a desired layout pattern on a wafer reads all or a portion of a desired layout pattern. Mask data having pixels with transmission values is defined along with corresponding optimal mask data pixel transmission values. An objective function is defined that compares image intensities as would be generated on a wafer with an optimal image intensity at a point corresponding to a pixel. The objective function is minimized to determine the transmission values of the mask pixels that will reproduce the desired layout pattern on a wafer.
US07987432B1
A method, system and computer program product recorded on a computer-readable medium for execution on at least one processor, for seamless integration of a non-native application into a host OS, including launching a first Virtual Execution Environment (VEE) on a computing system that has a host operating system and a host desktop displayed to a user; displaying a window corresponding to the VEE on the host desktop; upon a user invoking a user application that is non-native to both the host OS and the first VEE, (a) installing a second VEE that is compatible with the user application, (b) installing the user application into the second VEE, (c) launching the application inside the second VEE, and (d) displaying the non-native application window within a window of the second VEE. The VEE can be a Virtual Private Server or a Virtual Machine.
US07987428B2
A user interface programmed to create a digital dashboard includes a dashboard workspace including one or more zones, and a dashboard elements area including a plurality of dashboard elements. A dashboard element of the dashboard elements is dragged and dropped onto one of the zones to add the dashboard element to the digital dashboard.
US07987427B1
An editor for creating and editing user-guidance information employs multiple interrelated interfaces. One such interface allows the user to create a user-guidance sequence from a series of component script file module objects and panel display objects. Each object is assigned a graphical icon. The user constructs the sequence by stringing together the icons to implement the desired sequence. The user may maintain a customized file of frequently used component script files objects and panel display objects. The user may add an object from the customized file to a sequence currently being edited by “dragging” its associated icon from the file to the sequence. The user may perform editing on individual display objects within the above described sequence of display objects by “clicking” on one of the display objects. This invokes a separate editor which displays the contents of the display object. The editor operates on information in parse tree format.
US07987426B2
A method for personalizing content such as user interface items provided to a user during a session of an interactive application is disclosed. One or more environmental context attribute values for the session are determined. Responsive to a request for content, for at least one item of the content, each of the environmental context attribute values ate mapped to respective values indicating a users level of interest in the item for the environmental context attribute values. Content is retrieved from a content database and the content is personalized as a function of the users level of interest in the item for the environmental context attribute values before being returned to the application.
US07987421B1
To display content in a user's preferred language, a content provider locates a layout information file to determine how to display the content. A layout strings file storing a layout string in a specific language is selected, according to the user's preferred languages. The content from a content provider and the layout string are then formatted as specified by the layout information file, and presented to the user.
US07987415B2
A method and system of wireless communication is provided which involves inputting information bits, wherein certain bits have higher importance level than other bits, and applying unequal protection to the bits at different importance levels. As such, important bits are provided with more protection for transmission and error recovery. Applying unequal protection involves using skewed constellations such that more important bits are provided with more error recovery protection.
US07987409B2
Provided are an ARQ apparatus and method for a multihop system in a broadband wireless access communication system. The ARQ method of a relay includes determining if the relay successfully receives specific data from a source and transmitting the specific data to a destination; receiving feedback data from the destination and determining if the destination successfully receives the specific data; generating feedback data including data indicating if the relay and the destination successfully receive the specific data, and outputting the feedback data to the source; and retransmitting the specific data, when the relay successfully receives the specific data but the destination fails to receive the specific data. Accordingly, when the MH-BTS successfully receives the data from the source but the destination fails to receive the data, the source does not retransmit same data to the MH-BTS.
US07987385B2
A method of providing high integrity checking for an N-lane computer processing module (Module), N being an integer greater than equal to two. The method comprises the steps of: detecting, by a data Output Management unit (OM), when any of the N processing lanes sends different output data; configuring each Hosted Application as either normal or high integrity; for the Hosted Applications configured as high integrity, running an identical version of the software source code targeted for similar or dissimilar microprocessors on all N processing lanes, and activating a Time Management Unit, Critical Regions Management Unit, data Input Management Unit and data Output Management Unit for each of the N processing lanes; and for the Hosted Applications configured as normal integrity, running a copy of the software on one of the N processing lanes, and not activating the Time Management Unit, Critical Regions Management Unit, Input Management Unit and Output Management Unit for the one activated processing lane while that Hosted Application is running.
US07987383B1
A multiple node storage system cluster that allows for a takeover by a takeover node simultaneously with a failing node resetting its storage adapters is provided. A takeover monitor on the failing node initiates a “coredump” procedure by selecting a coredump disk. After selecting the coredump disk, the failing node determines the world wide name (WWN) of that disk and sends this information in a message across the cluster interconnect to the takeover node. In response to receipt of this message, the takeover node begins takeover procedures with respect to all disks except for the coredump disk. The failing node simultaneously resets its storage adapters and writes is memory to the coredump disk. The failing node later updates a completion header on that disk. The takeover node completes the takeover without waiting for the storage adapter reset, and subsequently reads the completion header and copies coredump information into its memory.
US07987378B2
Methods and systems for powering-off a Bluetooth device from a linked device are provided. A device can transmit a Bluetooth signal to a linked device to instruct the linked device to power-off. In this manner, the user need only turn off one device manually which results in all linked devices being powered off. This process can be initiated by a user through a device directly linked with the device to be powered-off or through a device that is indirectly connected, through one or more Bluetooth networks, with the device to be powered-off. This process can also be automatically initiated by a device when a set of predetermined conditions exist. Once instructed to do so, a device can initiate a predetermined power-off process which can involve terminating any ongoing functions and turning off various subsystems. In accordance with the present invention, a user can initiate a power-off of all the devices on a Bluetooth network through a single device.
US07987377B2
An exemplary network system includes a remote computer and a network server. The remote computer includes a baseboard management controller (BMC), a south bridge chipset, a power button, and a switching circuit. The switching circuit has a control terminal connected to an output of the BMC, a power terminal connected to a power supply, and also connected to a SB_PWRBTN pin of the south bridge chipset, and a ground terminal connected to ground via the power button. The network server is connected to an input of the BMC of the remote computer, the network server outputs a control signal for forbidding activating the remote computer, the BMC receives the control signal and outputs a low level voltage signal to turn off the transistor, and the remote computer can not be activated.
US07987374B2
Two kinds of security chips having a security interface are provided. One kind of security chip comprises a processor module, an encrypt/decrypt module, a memory module, a power detecting module and a security I/O module, and all of the modules are connected with each other by an internal bus in the security chip; the other kind of security chip comprises a processor module, an encrypt/decrypt module, a memory module, a power detecting module and an I/O interface module, all of the modules being connected with each other by the internal bus in the security chip, wherein, the security chip also comprises a security input module, a security output module and a south bridge interface module, and all of the modules are connected with each other by the internal bus in the security chip. With the security chip provided by the present invention, it is possible to encrypt/decrypt the I/O information of an information processing device, ensure the safety of the I/O information, and thus prevent the information from being listened to or otherwise revealed.
US07987371B2
Disclosed herein are methods and systems for encoding digital watermarks into content signals. Also disclosed are systems and methods for detecting and/or verifying digital watermarks in content signals. According to one embodiment, a system for encoding of digital watermark information includes: a window identifier for identifying a sample window in the signal; an interval calculator for determining a quantization interval of the sample window; and a sampler for normalizing the sample window to provide normalized samples. According to another embodiment, a system for pre-analyzing a digital signal for encoding at least one digital watermark using a digital filter is disclosed. According to another embodiment, a method for pre-analyzing a digital signal for encoding digital watermarks comprises: (1) providing a digital signal; (2) providing a digital filter to be applied to the digital signal; and (3) identifying an area of the digital signal that will be affected by the digital filter based on at least one measurable difference between the digital signal and a counterpart of the digital signal selected from the group consisting of the digital signal as transmitted, the digital signal as stored in a medium, and the digital signal as played backed. According to another embodiment, a method for encoding a watermark in a content signal includes the steps of (1) splitting a watermark bit stream; and (2) encoding at least half of the watermark bit stream in the content signal using inverted instances of the watermark bit stream. Other methods and systems for encoding/decoding digital watermarks are also disclosed.
US07987366B2
The invention provides an establishment of a secret session key shared Between two network elements (NEa, NEb) belonging to different network domains (NDa, NDb). A first network element (NEa) of a first network domain (NDa) requests security parameters from an associated key management center (KMC) (AAAa). Upon reception of the request, the KMC (AAAa) generates a freshness token (FRESH) and calculates the session key (K) based on this token (FRESH) and a master key (KAB) shared with a second network domain (NDb). The security parameters are (securely) provided to the network element (NEa), which extracts the session key (K) and forwards the freshness token (FRESH) to the KMC (AAAb) of the second domain (NDb) through a second network element (NEb). Based on the token (FRESH) and the shared master key (KAB), the KMC (AAAb) generates a copy of the session key (K), which is (securely) provided to the second network element (NEb). The two network elements (NEa, NEb) now have shares the session key (K), enabling them to securely communicate with each other.
US07987363B2
A wireless communications system may include wireless communications devices with each including a wireless transceiver and a processor coupled thereto for transmitting and receiving communications and using a challenge-response authentication protocol. The wireless communications devices may also include a master wireless communications device and a slave wireless communications device. The master wireless communications device may transmit a polling message including an unencrypted portion and an initial encrypted challenge portion. The slave wireless communications device may transmit a polling reply message including an unencrypted portion and an initial encrypted response portion based upon receiving the polling message from the master wireless communications device.
US07987355B2
A system may publish authenticated contact information in a publicly available index store, retrieve the contact information, and validate it. The claimed method and system may provide a client-based, server optional approach to publishing. The publicly available index store may be a distributed hash table used in a peer-to-peer network. The system may be used in other secure directory service applications where a server may not be available or where server trust may be minimal.
US07987350B2
An electronic apparatus includes an initializing unit configured to, at power-on, execute in parallel a process of initializing data, which is stored in a first nonvolatile memory and requires initialization, into a first volatile memory by a first microprocessor unit and a process of initializing data, which is stored in a second nonvolatile memory and requires initialization, into a second volatile memory by a second microprocessor unit, and to copy a second set of initialized data, which has been initialized by the second microprocessor unit and stored in the second volatile memory, into the first volatile memory via the communication interface. A startup time of the electronic apparatus is shortened.
US07987343B2
A pipelined processor including an architecture for address generation interlocking, the processor including: an instruction grouping unit to detect a read-after-write dependency and to resolve instruction interdependency; an instruction dispatch unit (IDU) including address generation interlock (AGI) and operand fetching logic for dispatching an instruction to at least one of a load store unit and an execution unit; wherein the load store unit is configured with access to a data cache and to return fetched data to the execution unit; wherein the execution unit is configured to write data into a general purpose register bank; and wherein the architecture provides support for bypassing of results of a load multiple instruction for address generation while such instruction is executing in the execution unit before the general purpose register bank is written. A method and a computer system are also provided.
US07987338B2
A processing system comprising processors and the dynamically configurable communication elements coupled together in an interspersed arrangement. The processors each comprise at least one arithmetic logic unit, an instruction processing unit, and a plurality of processor ports. The dynamically configurable communication elements each comprise a plurality of communication ports, a first memory, and a routing engine. For each of the processors, the plurality of processor ports is configured for coupling to a first subset of the plurality of dynamically configurable communication elements. For each of the dynamically configurable communication elements, the plurality of communication ports comprises a first subset of communication ports configured for coupling to a subset of the plurality of processors and a second subset of communication ports configured for coupling to a second subset of the plurality of dynamically configurable communication elements.
US07987333B2
A system and method, for reprogramming registers without having to reprogram unchanged registers. The registers are divided into groups based on common characteristics or functions. The values for the groups that differ from the current values are written into a linked list, which is then loaded into the appropriate registers. The linked list contains information indicating the groups of registers in the linked list.
US07987320B2
A method, apparatus, and computer for identifying selection of a bad victim during victim selection at a cache and recovering from such bad victim selection without causing the system to crash or suspend forward progress of the victim selection process. Among the bad victim selection addressed are recovery from selection of a deleted member and recovery from use of LRU state bits that do not map to a member within the congruence class. When LRU victim selection logic generates an output vector identifying a victim, the output vector is checked to ensure that it is a valid vector (non-null) and that it is not pointing to a deleted member. When the output vector is not valid or points to a deleted member, the LRU victim selection logic is triggered to re-start the victim selection process.
US07987317B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a data recording device that allows swift data access even under the state that data access is difficult, and a control method for the device. According to one embodiment, when receiving a data reading command from an external host in the state that a reading-difficult state is being detected, a Microprocessing Unit/Hard Disk Controller (MPU/HDC) of a magnetic disk device reads data related to the reading command from a magnetic disk for transmission to an external host and recording into a memory. Thereafter, when receiving another reading command from the external host for the same data, the data is read from the memory for transmission to the external host.
US07987314B2
It is possible to eliminate the defect that a long time is required for writing into a semiconductor memory card by resulting from the fact, with enlargement of its capacity, that the external data management size is different from the internal data management size in the semiconductor memory card. A partial physical block corresponding to the size managed externally is used regardless of the size of the physical block in a non-volatile memory device. Data are written in the partial physical block unit and an erase block is assured in the physical block unit, thereby enabling the write rate to be increased.
US07987308B2
A multi-interface controller having a first logic circuit and a second logic circuit. The first logic circuit supports a first interface. The second logic circuit supports a second interface. The first logic circuit is enabled based on a first command. The second logic circuit is enabled based on a second command.
US07987305B2
A modular distributed I/O system for an industrial automation network that allows one or more modules of an island to be omitted without requiring reconfiguration of the system by maintaining a consistent I/O image representation of the distributed I/O network for various physical distributed I/O configurations and managing reconfiguration changes remotely using Virtual Placeholder objects.
US07987304B2
Certified Wireless USB 1.0 (CWUSB) defines two different types of association: cable association and numeric association. In the numeric association, the CWUSB host and device use a specific protocol to exchange the security information. At final stage of this information exchange, both host and device need to display a number asking user's feedback. Once this is done, both host and device will be able to generate the connection key as the shared secret for the following secured communication. One problem of this numeric association method is that device needs to be able to display the numbers. For certain class of device that has capability to display an image, there is a natural way to add this function to them. A method for this class of devices is described. Another kind of association, which is not defined in the CWUSB 1.0, is manual association. User needs only to manually type in the Connection Key coming from the CWUSB device. There are many ways to delivery the key, but it is very easy for device that can display an image.
US07987296B2
A CEC propagation control function, operated by a manipulating switch coupled to a first, second, and third HDMI-CEC devices, enables the manipulating switch to receive a CEC block from the first HDMI-CEC device, pass the received CEC block to the second HDMI-CEC device, and prevent the third HDMI-CEC device from receiving the CEC block, although the manipulating switch is coupled to the third HDMI-CEC device. The manipulating switch may also be implemented as a network.
US07987291B2
A method for distributing data includes selecting for transmission to a client a plurality of data items from a data set. The selected data items are encapsulated in multiple CNAME-type resource records, each such resource record containing an artificial domain name including one or more of the data items. The resource records are arranged in a linked list, in which the artificial domain name contained in at least one of the resource records serves as a key for another of the resource records. The linked list of the resource records is uploaded to a Domain Name System (DNS) server for delivery to the client in response to a single DNS request submitted by the client.
US07987286B1
A communication method comprising the steps of: a) receiving object of interest detection data from a sensor that is operatively coupled to a first computer node in a wireless network of Unix-like computer nodes; b) transforming the object of interest detection data into an informational payload of a ping packet; and c) propagating the payload via echo-replies and echo-requests to all computer nodes in the network.
US07987285B2
A method including receiving a receiver report from a terminal; estimating one or more network conditions of a media network based at least in part on the receiver report; determining an optimal session bitrate based on the estimated one or more network conditions; and providing media data to the terminal based on the optimal session bitrate.
US07987283B1
A system (150) and method are disclosed that provide for the transfer of at least one packet (194) comprising data between a user space (152) and a kernel space (154) associated with a server (156) that is positioned in a distributed network arrangement (192) with a plurality of clients (158, 160, 162, 164). A distribution program (168) associated with the user space (152) is operable to accumulate the at least one packet (194). An application program interface (174) associated with the user space (152) transfers the at least one packet (194) to the kernel space (154) with a number of software interrupts (204). A driver (176) associated with the kernel space (154) is operable to distribute the at least one packet (194) to a subset of the plurality of clients (158, 160, 162, 164) in response to receiving the number of software interrupts (204). The number of software interrupts (204) is less than one software interrupt per packet per client.
US07987281B2
A system and method for enhancement and management of streaming audio is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system provides a client-side decoder that is compatible with numerous audio formats, so that a user can enjoy relatively high-quality audio from various sources, even from sources that do not provide multi-channel or high-quality audio data. The system and method also include a management system for managing and controlling the use of licensed signal processing software to further enhance an audio stream. In one embodiment, the management system is used to manage a signal processing module that provides psychoacoustic audio processing to create a wider soundstage, an acoustic correction process to increase the perceived height and clarity of the audio image, and bass enhancement processing to create the perception of low bass from the small speakers or headphones typically used with multi-media systems and portable audio players.
US07987273B2
A server apparatus, a mobile terminal, an electric appliance, a communication system, a communication method and a program for notifying a mobile terminal user in the open of the cause of a failure of P2P connection. In a communication system, an electric appliance (101), a server apparatus (103) and a mobile terminal (105) each detect a failure in preparation for P2P connection between the electric appliance (101) and the mobile terminal (105). When the electric appliance (101) detects the failure, it notifies the mobile terminal (105) of the failure via the server apparatus (103). When the server apparatus (103) detects the failure, it notifies the mobile terminal (105) of the failure. The mobile terminal (105) notifies the user of the failure detected by the mobile terminal itself or of the failure notified of by the server apparatus (103).
US07987272B2
A method is disclosed for performing message payload processing functions in a network element on behalf of an application. According to one aspect, a network element receives user-specified input that indicates a particular message classification. The network element also receives one or more data packets. Based on the data packets, the network element determines that an application layer message, which is collectively contained in payload portions of the data packets, matches the particular message classification. The network element processes at least a portion of the message by performing, on behalf of the application to which the message is directed, and relative to at least the portion of the message, one or more actions that are (a) specified in the user-specified input and (b) associated with the particular message classification.
US07987268B2
Techniques for serving data to a plurality of clients in a client-server environment are provided. In one aspect of the invention, the technique provides a plurality of versions of data in which different versions have different overheads associated therewith. Individual clients are assigned to one of a plurality of quality-of-service classes. Requests are satisfied so that a client belonging to a high quality-of-service class is given preferential access to data versions which require higher overheads to serve.
US07987256B2
A storage network system includes computers, storage systems, connection devices that control connection relations between the computers and the storage system, and a managing device that manages the computers, the storage system and the connection devices. The managing device includes a control section that specifies connection ports of the computers, the storage system and the connection devices that compose the storage network system. Further, the control device of the managing device displays on a display section a data traffic amount at each of the connection ports for each connection path from the computer to the storage system.
US07987250B2
A method and system for maximizing connectivity within members of a group, or for example a clique, in polynomial time. Vertices representing inter-connectivity of each member are placed on a graph in descending order. Least connected members are systematically removed from the graph until the connectivity count of a least connected vertex is equal to a quantity of vertices remaining in the graph. Following the removal of a vertex from the graph, an update of the inter-connectivity of each member on the graph is performed. Accordingly, when the connectivity count of a least connected vertex is equal to a quantity of vertices remaining in the graph a clique with maximum inter-connectivity has been achieved.
US07987245B2
An internet linking method includes providing plural-bit sampled values representing media content at a user's computer. This digital data is passed to a processing system, and an identifier of the media content derived from the sampled values is returned from that system. This derived identifier is used to index a database, from which a corresponding URL address is obtained. A link can then be established to that URL address, and information obtained from that address can be presented to the user. A steganographic decoding technique can be used in the processing system to derive the media content identifier. A variety of other features and arrangements are also detailed.
US07987230B2
Invention selectively enables usage of services and communication conduits in a computer network, wherein the enablement is contingent on usage conditions, resulting in containment of the spread of unauthorized activity within a networked computer system and limiting the scope of results when an element becomes part of a hostile execution environment. Instead of protecting individual networked elements from a potentially hostile execution environment, the elements' usage of the networked environment is restricted to the extent of selectively allowing usage of needed resources explicitly authorized for use by such elements.
US07987227B1
The present invention provides a method and system for the dynamic distribution of an array in a parallel computing environment. The present invention obtains a criterion for distributing an array and performs flexible portioning based on the obtained criterion. In some embodiment analysis may be performed based on the criterion. The flexible portioning is then performed based on the analysis.
US07987223B2
An information processing module includes a processor subsystem including a processor and memory. The information processing module is configured as a field replaceable unit blade server removably receivable in a carrier. Redundant external connections are provided for interconnection with the carrier. The external connections for carry information signals, management signals and power. The information processing module can be configured as a field replaceable blade server. The provision of a limited set of redundant connections provides for highly reliable interconnection between the information processing module and the carrier.
US07987216B2
A method of sharing data of a scalable video coding (SVC) file and the SVC file are provided. The SVC file includes: a scalable base track including at least one scalable layer entry each storing metadata of the at least one scalable layer; and at least one sub track generated based on the scalable base track, which includes identification information of the scalable layer that is a basis of generation of a sub track among the scalable layers and identification information of the scalable base track instead of the scalable layer entry. Accordingly, when an SVC coded content is stored as a file, it is possible to reduce a storage capacity by avoiding duplication of common data and to provide convenience when the stored content is reprocessed by allowing a relation of tracks correlated to one another to be represented.
US07987214B2
A method and computer system for determining the memory address range of a subtree of a linearized tree of objects or the original version of such tree when the tree has been modified or is concurrently being modified by other threads. The primary application of the method is in garbage collection for multiprocessor shared memory computers with very large memories, but it is also relevant for a number of other applications.
US07987211B2
A system and method for automated deployment of an information handling system are disclosed. A method for managing the deployment of an information handling system may include executing a deployment application on an information handling system, the deployment application including one or more tasks associated with the deployment of the information handling system. The method may further include automatically determining for a particular task whether an execution time for the particular task is within a predetermined range of execution times. The method may further include automatically performing an error-handling task in response to determining that the execution time for the particular task is not within the predetermined range of execution times.
US07987205B1
An integrated search engine device contains a pipelined arrangement of a plurality of search and tree maintenance sub-engines therein. This pipelined arrangement of sub-engines includes a hierarchical memory, which is configured to store a plurality of databases of search prefixes. These databases are arranged as a corresponding plurality of multi-way trees that span multiple levels of the hierarchical memory. The plurality of search and tree maintenance sub-engines are configured to respond to a database flush command by redesignating active nodes of a selected database within the hierarchical memory as free nodes using downstream and upstream communications between the plurality of search and tree maintenance sub-engines.
US07987204B2
As things happen on a volume, the file system forwards events to an event list manager. The event list manager stores the events and associates them with epochs that were active at the time the event occurred. Event consumers can independently declare epochs at any time. When event consumers end an epoch, they can request events that occurred during the epoch, which are reported to the event consumer using the event list manager.
US07987198B2
Collecting and distributing information related to recent content publication activity of an instant messaging (IM) user provides other users in a network with timely, relevant information about people known to the user or within the same social network. A user participating in a social network can quickly and efficiently perceive new information related to other users (referred to as co-users) in a social network by reviewing the co-users' recent content publication activity. A user may be made able to do so without requiring the co-user to send a communication directly to the user regarding the new facts or new content, and also without requiring the user to actively browse or request information about the co-user.
US07987196B2
A method for detecting and locating occurrence in a data stream of any complex string belonging to a predefined complex dictionary is disclosed. A complex string may comprise an arbitrary number of interleaving coherent strings and ambiguous strings. The method comprises a first process for transforming the complex dictionary into a simple structure to enable continuously conducting computationally efficient search, and a second process for examining received data in real time using the simple structure. The method may be implemented as an article of manufacture comprising at least one processor-readable medium and instructions carried on the at least one medium. The instructions causes a processor to match examined data to an object complex string belonging to the complex dictionary, where the matching process is based on equality to constituent coherent strings, and congruence to ambiguous strings, of the object complex string.
US07987193B2
Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to systems and methods for setting status flags for mobile data distribution based on the subscription rules. A mobile middleware manages several objects between the mobile device and the backend system. The mobile data distribution happen based on subscription rules set up on the object. A status flag is assigned to each such subscription rule and any change in the subscription rule triggers updating of that corresponding status flag. The mobile middleware distributes data to the backend system and to the mobile devices based on the subscription rule evaluation. For updating the subscription rule, it is sufficient to evaluate only the status flags that have changed.
US07987192B2
A first data model in which a large dataset is stored is maintained, wherein a first set of operations is allowed to be performed on the first data model. The first data model is reduced to a second data model that is of a smaller size than the first data model. Selected operations of the first set of operations are restricted from being performed on the second data model. A second set of operations is performed on the second data model, wherein the second set of operations is a subset of the first set of operations, and wherein the second set of operations does not include the selected operations that have been restricted from being performed on the second data model.
US07987187B2
Embodiments include a system for providing a set of services that retrieve requested data and calculate a requested value. The data retrieval service may traverse a set of related data structures such as data in a document or in a database to accumulate and return requested data. The data calculation service may determine an appropriate algorithm based on the data being processed and return a value. The data calculation service may call the data retrieval service to obtain the necessary data. These services may be independent services separate from other software applications. These services provide standard data determination and calculation functions across multiple applications and are accessible in a common software layer.
US07987184B2
An information retrieval apparatus includes a display unit which displays a first display menu showing a plurality of estimated meaning items and a second display menu showing a plurality of retrieval target items corresponding to the meaning items selected on the first display menu. A log storage unit stores a selection log on the first and second display menus. An estimation unit estimates a retrieval target item selection tendency from the selection log. A ranking unit ranks the plurality of retrieval target items on the basis of the selection tendency. The display unit displays a plurality of retrieval target items on the second display menu upon arranging them in accordance with ranking.
US07987182B2
A embodiment is disclosed for learning user interests based on user actions and then applying the learned knowledge to rank, recommend, and/or filter items, such as e-mail spam, based on the level of interest to a user. The embodiment may be used for automated personalized information learning, recommendation, and/or filtering systems in applications such as television programming, web-based auctions, targeted advertising, and electronic mail filtering. The embodiment may be structured to generate item descriptions, learn items of interest, learn terms that effectively describe the items, cluster similar items in a compact data structure, and then use the structure to rank new offerings.
US07987180B2
Histogram construction and selectivity estimation for string and substring match queries in databases of data having strings associated with attributes. The histogram construction counts string-attribute pairs in the documents, and outputs string-attribute-count triples sorted by count. The collection is partitioned into buckets. A synopsis is generated for the partition, having an average selectivity or count of the string-attribute-count triples in the partition and summary information representing the set of string-attribute pairs belonging to the bucket. Subsequent queries, both for exact and substring matches, use the synopsis to estimate the selectivity of buckets.
US07987179B2
A method and device for optimizing queries over a vertically stored database. Items in the database are partitioned into several partitions each having a partition signature. The method includes decomposing a first query received from a user into multiple first subqueries; generating a signature for each first subquery in a way corresponding to the way of generating the partition signature; comparing the signature of each first subquery with partition signatures of all partitions respectively to obtain all partitions matching the first subquery; rewriting a second subquery translated from the first subquery based on the matching partitions to obtain a rewritten second subquery; and composing rewritten second subqueries for all first subqueries to form a second query so that queries are executed over the database using the second query.
US07987169B2
Embodiments of methods and apparatuses for searching contents, including structured search are described herein. Embodiments of the present invention use tree structures (or more generally, graph structures), layout structures, and/or content category information to capture within search results relevant content that would otherwise be missed, to reduce the incidence of false positives within search results, and to improve the accuracy of rankings within search results. Embodiments of the present invention further use tree structures (or more generally, graph structures), layout structures, and/or content category information to extend search results to include sub-document constituents. Embodiments of the present invention also support the use of distribution properties as criteria for ranking search results. And embodiments of the present invention support search based on structural proximity, search expressions with recursively embedded operators, predicates, and/or quantifiers, and applications to selection of advertisements.
US07987165B2
An indexing system, including a server for providing access to at least one site, a server agent for creating an index file of data relating to the site, and a central index for storing index information from the index file. The server agent initiates communication with the central index to transfer the index file from the server agent to the central index.
US07987164B2
A method, system, and computer program product provides improved performance for rebuild of user-defined indexes during partition maintenance operations (partition split, merge, and move). A method of maintaining a index of a partitioned database table comprises performing a partition maintenance operation on the partitioned database table wherein a plurality of rows of the partitioned database table are moved from one partition to another, storing mapping information for at least some of the plurality of moved rows, including an old mapping for each of the moved rows and a corresponding new mapping for each of the moved rows, and when rebuilding the index, replacing an old mapping in the index for each of the plurality of moved rows with the corresponding stored new mapping for each of the plurality of moved rows.
US07987160B2
A method to expose status information is provided. The status information is associated with metadata extracted from multimedia files and stored in a metadata database. The metadata information that is extracted from the multimedia files is stored in a read queue to allow a background thread to process the metadata and populate the metadata database. Additionally, the metadata database may be updated to include user-define metadata, which is written back to the multimedia files. The user-defined metadata is included in a write queue and is written to the multimedia files associated with the user-defined metadata. The status of the read and write queues are exposed to a user through a graphical user interface. The status may include the list of multimedia files included in the read and write queues, the priorities of each multimedia file, and the number of remaining multimedia files.
US07987156B1
A method, system, apparatus, and computer-readable medium are provided for taking snapshots of a storage volume. According to aspects of one method, each snapshot is represented as a unique sequence number. Every fresh write access to a volume in a new snapshot lifetime is allocated a new section in the disk, called a provision, which is labeled with the sequence number. Read-modify-write operations are performed on a sub-provision level at the granularity of a chunk. Because each provision contains chunks with valid data and chunks with invalid data, a bitmap is utilized to identify the valid and invalid chunks with each provision. Provisions corresponding to different snapshots are arranged in a linked list. Branches from the linked list can be created for storing writable snapshots. Provisions may also be deleted and rolled back by manipulating the contents of the linked lists.
US07987155B2
Extensible reconfigurable media appliance for security and entertainment captures images digitally for storage. Digital effects and filters are applied to incoming video stream on-the-fly or to video data stored in memory. Digital effects and filters are dynamically stored, modified, updated or deleted, providing extensible reconfigurable effects studio. Digital media appliance communicates wirelessly with other media appliances, computers, security systems, video storage, email, chat, cellular services or PDAs to provide seamless integration of captured video stream.
US07987152B1
The present invention provides a federation of clusters for uniform and consistent enterprise-wide data management. The federation is an affiliation of clusters, dispersed over different locations that provide a comprehensive solution to the management of all types of data stored in different devices. Each cluster owns data sources connected to the same network it is attached to. Devices connected to the network, and the cluster for managing data accessible through the network constitute an autonomous area. Results from different locations are consolidated to produce unified results and reports. The enterprise-wide data management allows enterprises to validate compliance with federal regulations and insures that data management objectives are being met in all departments within an organization. In addition to enterprise-wide data management, a member cluster of a federation can perform data management local to its autonomous area and execute policies formulated for that area.
US07987148B2
Disclosed are embodiments of systems and methods for prioritizing mobile media player files by providing for the automated addition and/or deletion of media items for a mobile media player. In some embodiments, a statistical method may be provided for inferring which media items on a mobile media player should be deleted based on, for example, user taste data. In some embodiments, new media items may be loaded onto a user's mobile media player by creating one or more playlists from a playlist builder. The playlist(s) may be created by using user taste data. Rankings may also be created to determine an order for deletion of the media items currently on a mobile media player and/or for addition of new media items to the device.
US07987146B2
A system and method for provisioning software on a plurality of computational nodes in a distributed computing environment. A plurality of support processing requirements associated with a software product is accepted. The plurality of requirements is expanded into multiple sets of installation requirements. At least one set of installation requirements in the multiple sets of installation requirements are minimized to produce at least one minimized set of installation requirements. A determination is made as to whether any pair of requirements in the minimized set of installation requirements includes a pair of conflicting requirements. A determination of whether the software product allows each requirement in the pair of conflicting requirements to be located on separate nodes is also made. At least one multi-node installation topology is determined for the software product. The multi-node installation topology includes a plurality of installation requirement sets for each node in the multi-node installation topology.
US07987144B1
A data classification method and apparatus are disclosed for labeling unknown objects. The disclosed data classification system employs a learning algorithm that adapts through experience. The present invention classifies objects in domain datasets using data classification models having a corresponding bias and evaluates the performance of the data classification. The performance values for each domain dataset and corresponding model bias are processed to identify or modify one or more rules of experience. The rules of experience are subsequently used to generate a model for data classification. Each rule of experience specifies one or more characteristics for a domain dataset and a corresponding bias that should be utilized for a data classification model if the rule is satisfied. The present invention dynamically modifies the assumptions (bias) of the learning algorithm to improve the assumptions embodied in the generated models and thereby improve the quality of the data classification and regression systems that employ such models. The disclosed self-adaptive learning process will become increasingly more accurate as the rules of experience are accumulated over time.
US07987139B2
A method for compensating all parties involved in producing the income stream for a content distributor is presented where the content-hosting site, the content writer and the user doing the interaction with paid contents receive a fair share of the generated income stream.
US07987123B1
A computer-implemented method and computer system for analyzing a wireless data market. Embodiments provide convenient and effective mechanisms for collecting, processing and classifying wireless data information, which may then be output to provide market analysis for wireless data markets. The wireless data information may be obtained from online bills of a panel of wireless subscribers, thereby reducing subscriber interaction and enabling more complete and frequent access to the wireless data information. Once the wireless data information is obtained, it may be standardized, cleaned and/or appended with additional information to provide further and/or more relevant market analysis. The data may be classified in one or more passes to further refine the market analysis, where classification may be by a data type, by another characteristic of the data, etc.
US07987121B2
Systems and methods are provided for generating an accounting document. In one implementation, a computer-implemented method is provided. A message is received that includes operational data. An accounting notification is generated that includes the operational data using a first business object. The accounting notification is processed and the accounting document is generated using a second business object. The accounting document includes a number of posting lines corresponding to the operational data. The accounting document is processed and a set of third business objects is assigned to each posting line. The set of third business objects includes at least one general ledger account business object and a plurality of sub-ledger account business objects. One or more data processing tasks are delegated to the one of the third business objects that are assigned to the given posting line.
US07987112B2
A method of providing a discount may include monitoring at least one resource via a communication network. A usage profile may be received from the at least one resource. The usage profile may include a measurement of consumption of a consumable over a period of time for the at least one resource. A first factor may be determined based on the usage profile. A second factor may be determined based on one or more of an ownership level and a participation level of the at least one resource. A discount for a future purchase may be provided based on the first factor and the second factor.
US07987110B2
A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for managing organizational resources. The process combines social group data with management information data to form social network data, wherein social group data is derived from interactions among a plurality of users of a social group. The process analyzes the social network data to identify associations among the plurality of users, and generates a multidimensional social network model using the associations among the plurality of users. Thereafter, the process presents a set of recommendations for allocation of the organizational resources, wherein the set of recommendations are derived from the social network model.
US07987099B2
Systems and methods are disclosed providing a database comprising a compendium of at least one of patient treatment history; orthodontic therapies, orthodontic information and diagnostics; employing a data mining technique for interrogating said database for generating an output data stream, the output data stream correlating a patient malocclusion with an orthodontic treatment; and applying the output data stream to improve a dental appliance or a dental appliance usage.
US07987096B2
Provided are an audio encoding method and apparatus and an audio decoding method and apparatus in which audio signals can be encoded or decoded so that sound images can be localized at any desired position for each object audio signal. The audio decoding method generating a third downmix signal by combining a first downmix signal extracted from a first audio signal and a second downmix signal extracted from a second audio signal; generating third object-based side information by combining first object-based side information extracted from the first audio signal and second object-based side information extracted from the second audio signal; converting the third object-based side information into channel-based side information; and generating a multi-channel audio signal using the third downmix signal and the channel-based side information.
US07987089B2
A method for modifying a window with a frame associated with an audio signal is described. A signal is received. The signal is partitioned into a plurality of frames. A determination is made if a frame within the plurality of frames is associated with a non-speech signal. A modified discrete cosine transform (MDCT) window function is applied to the frame to generate a first zero pad region, where the region has a length of (M−L)/2, where L is an arbitrary value, and a second zero pad region if it was determined that the frame is associated with a non-speech signal. The frame is encoded. The decoder window is the same as the encoder window.
US07987087B2
A method, system, and computer program for software localization extracts text from resource files, handles file management of the resource files, and uses a database for storage. A method for localizing software comprises extracting text strings in a first language from source files of a software development project, determining which of the extracted text strings are to be translated to a second language, generating and sending for translation a file including the text strings that are to be translated, receiving a file including text strings that have been translated to the second language, and reconstructing the source files of the software development project including text strings that have been translated to the second language.
US07987079B2
A facility for determining the 3-dimensional location and orientation of a subject surface in a distinguished perspective image of the subject surface is described. The subject surface has innate visual features, a subset of which are selected. The facility uses the location of the selected visual features in a perspective image of the subject surface that precedes the distinguished perspective image in time to identify search zones in the distinguished perspective image. The facility searches the identified search zones for the selected visual features to determine the 2-dimensional locations at which the selected visual features occur. Based on the determined 2-dimensional locations, the facility determines the 3-dimensional location and orientation of the subject surface in the distinguished perspective image.
US07987076B2
The electromagnetic field simulator includes a discrete model setting section which sets a space grid width and a time step in a simulation of the electromagnetic field, a coefficient setting section which sets coefficients of equations for the simulation at various positions in a simulation space based on electromagnetic physical properties, a wave source setting section which sets a position and amplitude of a wave source of the electromagnetic wave as a boundary condition with respect to a spatial distribution of the electromagnetic field, and an amplitude calculation section which calculates amplitude of an electromagnetic field component given to the position of the wave source in the simulation space based on the space grid width and the time step and the electromagnetic physical properties at the position of the wave source to reproduce the electromagnetic wave having the set position and amplitude of the wave source in simulation results.
US07987075B2
A method and apparatus for developing multicore microcomputer-based systems. A dual core controller model having at least one parameter is simulated and, similarly, a plant model having at least one parameter and controlled by the controller model is also simulated. The user interface then has access to the parameters of the controller model and plant model and optionally suspends execution of the controller model and plant model in response to a trigger event. The user interface determines the status of the various controller model parameters for both cores and/or plant model parameters at the time of the trigger without altering the controller model parameters or the plant model parameters. The core parameters for both cores are displayed on a display device.
US07987070B2
A method for monitoring human activity using an inertial sensor includes obtaining acceleration measurement data from an inertial sensor disposed in eyewear. The acceleration measurement data is processed to determine a user activity statistic. The user activity statistic includes at least one of a current user activity, periodic human motion count, total distance traveled, vertical distance traveled, current speed and average speed.
US07987069B2
The present invention relates to systems and methods for monitoring patient support exiting and initiating a response. Movement data is accessed from sensors (e.g., cameras) that are monitoring a patient resting on a support platform. A motion capture pattern summary is generated from the accessed movement data. The motion capture pattern summary is compared to one or more movement pattern data sets in a library of movement pattern data sets. It is determined that the motion capture pattern summary is sufficiently similar to one of the one or more movement pattern data sets in the library of movement pattern data sets. From the determined similarity it is determined that the patient is attempting to exit the support platform. Remedial measures are initiated to prevent the detected platform support exiting attempt.
US07987066B2
An apparatus and method is provided for the testing of an optical bus, that method having: loading transmission test data and address information for at least one receiving cell via an electronic bus in a first register; setting a clock rate for the optical bus; employing the optical bus to transmit the test data from the first register to the at least one receiving cell; reading out received test data from the receiving cell via the electronic bus; correlating the received test data from the first register with the transmission test data; analyzing errors in the received data and handling of the received data by the bus.
US07987063B2
Automated test equipment (ATE) used to test semiconductor components during the manufacturing process. The ATE generates and measures signals at test points of a device under test. The ATE includes a signal formatter with an SR latch having set an reset inputs each connected through or coupled to a number of signal channels. Each signal channel may receive a long pulse from a timing generator and generate a short pulse. Each signal channel has a current steering circuit that couples the short pulses to the set or reset ports of the latch. Because the outputs of each current steering circuit have a high impedance when not sending a pulse, multiplexing circuitry and/or circuitry to logically OR the outputs of separate signal channels are unnecessary. The hardware eliminated by this design simplifies and improves the ATE. Additionally, the latch can be set and reset in quick succession with good timing resolution.
US07987061B2
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for measuring a frequency or a phase of a measuring signal, wherein the frequency (fg) or the phase (φg) are estimated by approximating the relationship between a collecting clock (c) and a gating clock (g) based on a non-linear step-shaped function. Thereby, the estimation error can be improved with almost negligible complexity increase in signal processing.
US07987057B1
A method of inspecting a pattern on a substrate, by extracting boundary locations from design data for repeating blocks within the pattern, inspecting the substrate at only the boundary locations of the repeating blocks, detecting alignment errors at the boundary locations, comparing the alignment errors to a threshold, and flagging the alignment errors that exceed the threshold. In this manner, the alignment errors that were of no consequence in larger design rule devices can be detected, and a determination can be made as to whether they adversely impact the proper operation of the integrated circuit that will eventually be formed from the pattern. By performing the inspection only on the boundary locations, a much higher magnification can be used than what would be reasonably possible for an inspection of the entire substrate.
US07987056B2
The present disclosure concerns methods and compositions relating to mixed-library parallel gene trait mapping. In particular embodiments, the methods concern quantitative microarray hybridization techniques for genome-wide identification of trait conferring genes. In other embodiments, the compositions concern genetic elements that confer or are associated with a trait. In an exemplary embodiment, the trait is enhanced growth rate. In another exemplary embodiment, genetic elements that confer enhanced bacterial growth rate comprise part or all of the sequences of SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:2, SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:4 or SEQ ID NO:5. In other embodiments, the genetic elements that confer enhanced bacterial growth rate correspond to the YliF, adrA, yeaP, yddV or ydeH genes of E. coli.
US07987049B2
A GPS-Based ADS for determining attitude and heading of a moving body comprises a GPS receiver, an inertial sensor unit, a blockage area calculator, a sensor anomaly detector and a monitor. The GPS-Based ADS provides information useful for making a judgment on appropriateness of installation sites and mounting conditions of a GPS antenna and inertial sensors based on blockage area information concerning each satellite signal blockage area obtained by the blockage area calculator and sensor signal anomaly information concerning each inertial sensor anomaly obtained by the sensor anomaly detector.
US07987043B2
A fuel injection control apparatus for an internal combustion engine injects fuel from a fuel injection valve in each cylinder in a fuel injection mode in which an amount of fuel in the combustion chamber corresponds to a required value for starting the internal combustion engine when fuel in the combustion chamber is combusted in each cylinder after a crankshaft angle is determined through cranking for starting the internal combustion engine. When the fuel has a high alcohol concentration and is combusted after the determination of the crankshaft angle, the control apparatus sets the fuel injection mode for fuel with a high alcohol concentration as the fuel injection mode in which the amount of fuel in the combustion chamber corresponds to the required value for starting the internal combustion engine.
US07987035B2
An engine management system and a method of operating the same within a vehicle. The system uses a plurality of software modules one of which communicates with the vehicle engine to communicate information and additionally communicates with at least one other software module that provides information regarding auxiliary device operations and parameters such that the first software module produces an input torque curve signal for the vehicle engine. Additionally, secondary software modules are able to provide reduced power requirements signals to a plurality of auxiliary devices in order to ensure optimum fuel economy and noise reduction.
US07987032B2
A driver feeling adjusting apparatus includes a seat that is fixed to a vehicle and on which a driver is seated, a movable portion that is provided in the seat and that can be displaced in a vehicle lateral direction or a yaw direction, and a control unit that displaces the movable portion in an opposite direction to a direction of centripetal acceleration or a yaw rate in turning, and enables the driver to feel easy steering.
US07987027B2
Methods and systems are provided for providing machine health information. In one embodiment, a machine may include a storage device that is configured to store collected machine health data. The storage device has a module that is configured to determine a data characteristic and a communication characteristic. The storage device is further configured to determine, based on the data characteristic and the communication characteristic, whether to transmit a set of machine health data to an off-board system. Further, the storage device is coupled to a transmitter that is configured to transmit the set of machine health data to the off-board system.
US07987024B2
A method for controlling fan speed includes providing a fan that is in fluid communication with at least one heat producing component, detecting a temperature, determining a fan speed using the detected temperature and a nonlinear fan speed function, and applying a control signal to the fan such that the fan operates at the determined fan speed in order to cool the at least one heat producing component.
US07987012B2
A control device is provided that flexibly controls a substrate processing apparatus for each product process. Four process recipes PM 1 to PM 4 are stored in a first storage unit 255a. Corresponding to each of the process recipes, a high temperature, a medium temperature, and a low temperature pre-recipe are stored in a second storage unit 255b. A process recipe determination unit 260 determines, in response to a recipe specified by the operator, a process recipe corresponding to the specified recipe from the first storage unit 255a. A stage temperature acquisition unit 265 acquires, from the determined process recipe, a stage temperature. A pre-recipe selection unit 270 selects, from the three types of pre-recipes stored in the second storage unit 255b, one pre-recipe corresponding to the stage temperature. Before the wafer W is deposition-processed, therefore, the PM may be well-conditioned according to the selected pre-recipe.
US07987009B2
In one embodiment, the method includes receiving an audio signal having configuration information and multi-channels, and reading an indicator from the configuration information. The indicator indicates whether or not channel mapping information is included in the configuration information. The method further includes reading the channel mapping information from the configuration information if the indicator indicates that the channel mapping information is included in the configuration information. The channel mapping information indicates to which speaker in a reproduction device to map each channel in the audio signal. Channel rearrangement information is read from the configuration information. The channel rearrangement information indicates the rearrangement of the multi-channels. The multi-channels are decoded based on the channel mapping information and channel rearrangement information.
US07987008B2
In one embodiment, the method includes receiving the audio signal including at least one block of audio data and configuration information, and reading coding type information from the configuration information. The coding type information indicates an entropy coding scheme used in encoding the audio signal. Partitioning information is read from the configuration information, and the partitioning information indicates whether the block is divided into sub-blocks. The partitioned sub-blocks are decoded based on the entropy coding scheme if the block is divided into sub-blocks.
US07987004B2
The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or method that facilitates providing manageability within an industrial environment. A controller can execute with a real-time operating system such that the controller can include two or more controller engine instances executing as processes on the controller. A distribution component can divide a portion of the industrial environment into at least two or more units based at least in part upon scale data, the two or more units include respective dedicated execution space.
US07987001B2
The invention relates to a surgical instrument capable of applying an electrostimulation to a neural structure. The surgical instrument also has a tracking system associated therewith to provide navigational tracking during a surgical procedure.
US07986994B2
A method and apparatus for detection of changes in impedance a patient that includes generating measured impedances, generating an adaptive baseline trend of the measured impedances corresponding to a first time period, generating a short term trend of the measured impedances corresponding to a second time period less than the first time period, and generating a metric of impedance change between the adaptive baseline trend and one of a most recent measured impedance and the short term trend of the measured impedances.
US07986992B2
An apparatus for treating atrial fibrillation or atrial tachycardia comprises means for dynamically steering or selecting two or more current vector paths sequentially or simultaneously for defibrillation to change the transmembrane potential in the left and right atria sufficiently to halt AF or AT. The apparatus is useful to treat AF or AT in patients.
US07986974B2
A method for providing a context specific speaker adaptation user interface is disclosed. The method allows a specific user of a voice activated system to train a voice recognition system to understand specific uttered commands by receiving a training sequence initiation input, sending at least one command to be trained, receiving a selection input, prompting a verbal input, recording the verbal input, and linking a voice input with an instruction corresponding with the command input.
US07986969B2
This invention improves the intelligence of chip cards (SIM) in mobile radiotelephone terminals, so that a subscriber may, through the terminal, easily access databases (DB), attached to a server of services (SV). It facilitates the dialog between a subscriber who owns a mobile radiotelephone terminal and a server of services through the medium of an exchange of request and response messages. The card comprises a browser (NV) which interacts with the server and which can be triggered by selection in the mobile terminal or remotely by the server. The card and the server exchange short messages. Libraries of supplementary functions (BI), stored in the card, can be triggered by the server through the browser. The invention also relates to communications between the card that is equipped with the browser and the server.
US07986966B2
A wireless communication device includes: a wireless communication unit that is configured to: perform a wireless communication in a first mode using a first frequency band serving as a first communication channel; and perform the wireless communication in a second mode using a second frequency band including the first communication channel and a second communication channel that is adjacent to the first communication channel; a detection unit that is configured to: monitor each of the first frequency band and the second frequency band; output a first detection signal when an interference signal is detected in the first frequency band; and output a second detection signal when the interference signal is detected in the second frequency band; and a determination unit that determines whether the interference signal is in the first communication channel or in the second communication channel based on the first and second detection signals.
US07986958B2
A method and apparatus for setting transmission power of a data channel by a mobile station in a Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA) system. The power setting method and apparatus includes receiving scheduling information from a base station; comparing a data rate of desired transmission data with a data rate of the scheduled data; if the data rate of desired transmission data is less than the data rate of the scheduled data, adjusting a currently set transmission power offset value according to the data rate of desired transmission data and the data rate of the scheduled data; and setting transmission power of the data to be transmitted to the base station using the adjusted transmission power offset value, and transmitting the data using the set transmission power value.
US07986957B2
A transmission level control method in a wireless local loop system capable of suppressing occurrence of an unnecessarily high transmission level, comprises a step of generating a required reception level corresponding to a classification of data, a step of detecting the reception level of data at a receiver side transceiver apparatus, a step of finding a level difference between the detected reception level and the required reception level corresponding to the classification of the related received data, and a step of controlling a change of the transmission level at a transmitter side transceiver apparatus according to this level difference.
US07986956B2
Operation of a mobile voice client utilizing a WLAN for access is enhanced by controlling the rate at which transmission power is changed by the access point with which the mobile voice client is associated. The access point calculates a target transmit power level based at least in-part on the distance to the nearest fixed position wireless device and the distance to the mobile voice client. The access point then determines whether the target transmit power level differs from a current transmit power level. If the target transmit power level is greater than the current transmit power level, the current transmit power level is increased at a first controlled, non-instantaneous rate such as 1 dB per second. If the target transmit power level is less than the current transmit power level, the current transmit power level is decreased at a second controlled, non-instantaneous rate such as 1 dB per second.
US07986947B2
A device management network that supports roaming selectively conducts device management activities on a mobile device when it is roaming. The mobile device is capable of determining that it is roaming and communicating the information to the DM server in order to allow the DM server to execute an operator specified policy (or policies) to determine if device management activities need to be conducted when the device is roaming. Later, when the mobile device is no longer roaming, but back in the home network, then the mobile device communicates another message to the DM server to inform it (or other servers that need to know) that the mobile device is no longer roaming. In another embodiment, the DM server is capable of detecting that the mobile device is roaming and acts according to policies.
US07986942B2
A method and apparatus for managing history data of messages received from and transmitted to other users by a user of a mobile communication device is provided. Message history data is extracted from received and transmitted messages and stored such that a user of the mobile communication device may easily input a conditional request to the device and view message history data associated with a specific other user or message history data identified by conditional data input to the device.
US07986941B2
A system and method for providing silent conversation capability in a mobile communication device. Various aspects of the present invention may comprise establishing a wireless communication link between the mobile communication device and a second communication device. A user input may be received at the mobile communication device. A voice message may be determined from a plurality of voice messages based, at least in part, on the user input. Such determination may, for example, comprise selecting a voice message from a plurality of prerecorded voice messages and/or determining a voice message to be synthesized. The determined voice message may then be communicated to the second communication device. For example, the determined voice message may be communicated to the second communication device in such a way that people in the proximity of the mobile communication device might not hear the determined voice message.
US07986938B1
Techniques are provided for the configuration of a home-networking system. Home-networking configuration information may be stored on a host system in a manner accessible to the home-networking system and migrated to a home-networking gateway or router that has not yet been configured. Wireless configuration information may be stored on a home-networking gateway or router and used to configure one or more wireless access points through the use of a physical connection, such as a wired communications pathway. One or more wireless home-networking devices may be configured based on wireless configuration information stored in a central repository on a host system or a home-networking system. The wireless configuration information may be accessible only through the use of a security code.
US07986936B2
A method manages wireless telecommunication bills for end user subscribers. The method includes complete bill management for the wireless subscribers including, for example, establishing a baseline report, receiving and analyzing a subscriber bill, and requesting and posting credits from wireless telecommunication providers. The method includes the creation of the baseline report in order to manage common billing components across all wireless carriers and carrier plans.
US07986932B1
A fixed point finite impulse response (FIR) filter comprising: 1) an input stage for receiving an input signal as a sequence of input samples comprising: i) delay elements connected in series for receiving and shifting N sequential input samples; ii) multipliers, each multiplier receiving a selected one of the N sequential input samples from the delay elements and multiplying the selected input sample by a corresponding coefficient to produce an intermediate product; and iii) a summer for receiving and adding N intermediate products from the multipliers to produce an output sum signal comprising a sequence of output sum samples; and 2) an output stage for truncating k least significant bits (LSBs) from each of the output sum samples, wherein k is a variable number.
US07986928B2
A transmitter device (100) receives an audio signal from an audio source device (112), and transmits the audio signal at a low power over a commercial broadcast channel to a local receiver (120). The transmitter device selects an initial channel by scanning the available spectrum, partitioned into sub-bands (210-206), and measuring the received signal strength in each channel. The channel having the lowest strength is used to set a threshold. The sub-band with most channels meeting the threshold is initially selected, and the channel in the initially selected sub-band with the lowest received signal strength is selected for initial use. A context-based weighting factor may be applied in selecting the initial channel or in selecting subsequent channels when the initial channel conditions degrade.
