US07999153B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated D5502014. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety D5502014. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety D5502014 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety D5502014 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US07999152B2
Proteins are provided herein, including proteins capable of catalyzing the acetylation of glyphosate and other structurally related proteins. Also provided are polynucleotides capable of encoding these proteins, compositions that include one or more of these proteins and/or polynucleotides, recombinant cells and transgenic plants comprising these compounds, diversification methods involving the compounds, and methods of using the compounds. Some of the methods and compounds provided herein can be used to render an organism, such as a plant, resistant to glyphosate.
US07999148B2
A method is disclosed for reducing the level of gossypol in cottonseed. The method generally includes selectively inducing RNA gene silencing in the seed of a transgenic cotton plant, to interfere with expression of the δ-cadinene synthase gene or the δ-cadinene-8-hydroxylase gene in the seed of the cotton plant without substantially affecting expression of that gene in the foliage, floral parts, and roots of the plant. The transgenic cotton plant comprises at least one of a δ-cadinene synthase gene trigger sequence and/or a δ-cadinene-8-hydroxylase gene trigger sequence operably linked to one or more a seed-specific promoter gene sequences, and the trigger sequence(s) is/are able to induce RNA gene silencing when expressed in cottonseed of the plant. Also disclosed are expression cassettes, vectors, cells, seeds, and plants containing at least one of a δ-cadinene synthase gene trigger sequence and/or a δ-cadinene-8-hydroxylase gene trigger sequence operably linked to one or more a seed-specific promoter DNA sequences.
US07999126B2
Palladium(0)-dibenzylidene acetone complexes Pdx(dba)y, with y/x being from 1.5 to 3, are provided according to the invention at a purity of at least 99.5 wt. %. The use of said Pdx(dba)y complexes according to the invention is for determining their stoichiometry by means of elemental analysis. In the method for the production of Pdx(dba)y complexes from a Pd-containing educt and dibenzylidene acetone (dba) in alcohol, according to the invention a solution of the dba in alcohol pre-heated to more than 40° C. is provided first and then the Pd-containing educt is added to the pre-heated solution upon which the complexes are precipitated by a base.
US07999124B2
The present invention relates to a process for preparing nebivolol and, more particularly, to a process for preparing d-nebivolol and its enantiomer l-nebivolol or acid addition salts thereof starting from commercially available or easily obtainable 2,2-dimethyl-1,3 dioxolane-4-carbaldehyde and a vinyl Grignard reagent.
US07999123B2
An aldehyde derivative represented by the general formula (2) is reacted with ketene in the presence of a Lewis acid catalyst to produce a novel 2-oxetanone derivative (1), which is then purified to a 2-oxetanone derivative having a high trans-isomer purity, and then converted to a vinyl derivative (3) through decarboxylation reaction.
US07999120B2
A process for continuously removing a target product X in the form of fine crystals from a liquid phase P comprising the target product X and constituents other than the target product X by cooling suspension crystallization in the secondary chamber, into which the liquid phase P flows continuously, of an indirect heat exchanger with simultaneous continuous flow of a coolant through the primary chamber of the indirect heat exchanger and continuous withdrawal of a crystal suspension S having a degree of crystallization Y from the secondary chamber, in which the degree of crystallization Y is adjusted on the basis of a heat balance conducted continuously with the aid of a process computer.
US07999112B2
The present invention provides a reusable transition metal complex catalyst useful for the preparation of high pure quality 3,3′-diaminobenzidine and its analogues. The present invention also provides to a process for the preparation of a reusable transition metal complex catalyst. The present invention further provides a process for the preparation of 3,3′-diaminobenzidine (DAB) or 3,3′,4,4′ Tetraminobiphenyl (TAB) using reusable transition metal complex catalyst. The high quality 3,3′-diaminobenzedine (DAB) and its analogues are prepared by coupling 4-halo-2-nitroaniline to 3,3′-dinitrobenzidine (DNB) using transition metals as catalysts followed by reduction of 3,3′-dinitrobenzidine to the corresponding substituted 3,3′-diaminobenzidine of formula 1 in high yields.
US07999104B2
The present invention provides a method for the N-demethylation and/or N-acylation of an N-methylated heterocycle such as morphine alkaloids or tropane alkaloids. The method comprises reacting the heterocycle with an acylating agent in the presence of a metal catalyst.
US07999098B2
Hydrazino, oxyamino and carbonyl-based monomers and methods for incorporation into oligonucleotides during enzymatic synthesis are provided. Modified oligonucleotides are provided that incorporate the monomers provided herein. Immobilized oligonucleotides and oligonucleotide conjugates that contain covalent hydrazone or oxime linkages are provided. Methods for preparation of surface bound oligonucleotides are provided. Methods for the preparation of oligonucleotide conjugates are also provided.
US07999096B2
The present invention relates to novel isolated siRNAs comprising a sense RNA strand and a complementary antisense RNA strand which together form an RNA duplex, characterized in that the sense RNA strand comprises a sequence which has at most one nucleotide that is distinct in relation to a fragment of 14 to 30 contiguous nucleotides of the nucleotide sequence of exon F of the gene encoding the myosin Va protein, and also to compositions comprising at least one such siRNA, and to the use of at least one such siRNA as a cosmetic or therapeutic agent for skin depigmentation.
US07999094B2
The present invention relates to polynucleotide molecules for regulating gene expression in plants. In particular, the present invention relates to promoters isolated from Brassica napus that are useful for regulating gene expression of heterologous polynucleotide molecules in plants. The present invention also relates to expression constructs and transgenic plants containing the heterologous polynucleotide molecules.
US07999087B2
Nucleoside monomers, nucleic acids, e.g., oligonucleotides and polynucleotides, methods of making each, methods of deprotecting each, and the like are disclosed herein. Aspects of the invention include 2′ silyl containing thiocarbonate protecting groups. Corresponding compositions and methods are provided.
US07999085B2
This invention relates to the use of mixed mode chromatography for purification of a protein from a mixture containing other materials, including fragmented or aggregated antibodies, host cell proteins, DNA, endotoxin, and/or virus. This invention further relates to the integration of such a method into a multi-step procedure with other fractionation methods for purification of antibodies or other proteins suitable for in vivo applications.
US07999082B2
Disclosed are novel inhibitors of the alternative complement pathway and particularly, novel anti-factor B antibodies. Also disclosed is the use of such inhibitors to reduce or prevent airway hyperresponsiveness and/or airway inflammation by selectively inhibiting the alternative complement pathway, thereby treating diseases in which such conditions play a role. Also disclosed is the use of such inhibitors to reduce or prevent other diseases and conditions, including ischemia-reperfusion injury, by inhibition of the alternative complement pathway.
US07999079B2
This invention provides antibodies that specifically bind to and neutralize botulinum neurotoxin type A (BoNT/A) and the epitopes bound by those antibodies. The antibodies and derivatives thereof and/or other antibodies that specifically bind to the neutralizing epitopes provided herein can be used to neutralize botulinum neurotoxin and are therefore also useful in the treatment of botulism.
US07999078B2
Nucleic acids encoding various monocyte cell proteins from a primate, reagents related thereto, including specific antibodies, and purified proteins are described. Methods of using reagents and related diagnostic kits are also provided.
US07999073B2
The present invention relates to a method for transfection of cells using at least one protein capable of forming nucleoprotein filaments, wherein the protein is initially modified with at least one functional component which influences one or more steps of the transfection, the nucleic acid to be transfected is then loaded with the modified protein, whereby the nucleic acid and the protein form a filament-like complex, and this complex is finally added to the cells to be transfected. The invention further relates to a transfection agent consisting of nucleoprotein filaments (NPF), with at least one nucleoprotein filament-forming protein being modified with at least one functional component for the transfection. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the use of the transfection agent according to the invention for producing a drug for gene therapeutic treatment of humans and animals. The present inventions also includes corresponding pharmaceutical preparations, especially for use in gene therapy as well as the use of such transfection agents as component in kits.
US07999069B2
The application is related to the identification of peptides that selectively bind to Eph receptors of the B class. Also disclosed are uses of such peptides in the treatment of a variety of diseases. Additionally, imaging tumors in patients is described by administrating labeled peptides to patients and then obtaining an image of the labeled peptides.
US07999064B2
A multipurpose solution for contact lens care, comprising: an aqueous liquid medium; a quaternary ammonium polymer having an average molecular weight as determined by the proton NMR method of at least 28 k, and methods for making the same.
US07999063B2
A multipurpose solution for contact lens care, comprising: an aqueous liquid medium; a quaternary ammonium polymer having an average molecular weight as determined by the proton NMR method of at least 22 k, and methods for making.
US07999062B2
The invention discloses soluble polythiophene derivatives containing highly coplanar repeating units. The coplanar characteristic of side chain conjugated thiophene units improves the degree of the intramolecular conjugation and intermolecular π-π interaction. The polythiophene derivative exhibits good carrier mobility and is suitable for use in photo-electronic device such as organic thin film transistors (OTFT), organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), and organic solar cells (OSCs).
US07999056B2
The object of the present invention is to provide a method of producing plural kinds of aromatic polycarbonates by a melt process without changeover loss and quality deterioration. The present invention relates to a production method of an aromatic polycarbonate, comprising supplying a molten mixture of raw materials of an aromatic dihydroxy compound and/or a carbonic diester prepared in the absence of an ester exchange catalyst to polycondensation steps of two lines each equipped with three vertical reactors connected in series and one horizontal reactor, and at the same time, continuously conducting polycondensation reaction in the presence of an ester exchange catalyst.
US07999055B2
The present invention can provide a polycarbonate resin containing a structural unit represented by the following formula (1). wherein R represents one selected from an alkyl group having 1 to 9 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 5 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, an aralkyl group having 7 to 17 carbon atoms, and halogen; and n represents the number of substituting R's on a benzene ring and is an integer of 0 to 4. Y represents an alkylene group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; and p is an integer of 0 to 4.
US07999046B2
A process for deactivating an active catalyst species in an olefin polymer stream exiting a polymerization reactor and neutralizing catalyst residues, as well as reducing corrosion, plugging or fouling of olefin production and recovery equipment and imparting antioxidative properties to an olefin polymer comprising adding a catalyst deactivator and an alkaline earth metal salt of a phosphoric- or phosphonic acid to an olefin polymer stream exiting a polymerization reactor, each in a quantity at least sufficient to deactivate active catalytic species in the polymer stream and neutralize catalyst residues, respectively, and subsequently recovering the resulting polymer product.
US07999041B2
Disclosed herein is a method of preparing a polycarbonate composition comprising melt blending a first polycarbonate prepared by interfacial polymerization and having hydroxy end groups that are capped with endcapping groups, with a second polycarbonate prepared by melt polymerization and having hydroxy end groups that are capped with endcapping groups, wherein the second polycarbonate has a lower mole percent of endcapping groups than that of the first polycarbonate; wherein an article having a thickness of 3.2 mm and molded from the polycarbonate composition has a haze of less than 3 according to ASTM D1003-00; and wherein a flat article molded from the polycarbonate composition has a surface charge of −2 to +2 kV. A polycarbonate composition and complex article prepared according to the method are also disclosed.
US07999036B2
The present invention provides a rubber composition capable of improving grip performance and abrasion resistance and a tire prepared by using the rubber composition. The rubber composition of the present invention comprises 0.5 to 150 parts by weight of thermoplastic polyurethane prepared from a conjugated diene polymer modified with hydroxyl groups at both ends thereof or an aromatic vinyl-conjugated diene copolymer modified with hydroxyl groups at both ends thereof based on 100 parts by weight of a rubber component comprising a diene rubber. The tire of the present invention is prepared by using the rubber composition.
US07999034B2
A textile benefit composition comprising a polyurethane and/or a polyurethane co-polymer; a cross-linking agent; a catalyst; and a carrier and processes for making and using the aforementioned compositions and textiles treated with such compositions are disclosed.
US07999030B2
An ethylenically unsaturated vegetable oil is modified by the addition of an enophile or dienophile having an acid, ester or anhydride functionality. The modified vegetable oil is then reacted with a polyethylene glycol (PEG) derivative along with a functional vinyl monomer or a polyethylene glycol derivative that contains a vinyl functionality to form a vegetable oil derivative. The vegetable oil derivative is useful in forming latexes and coatings.
US07999028B2
The present invention provides a method for fast dispersing carbon nanotubes in an aqueous solution. In this method, the carbon nanotubes are added into an aqueous solution of a nontoxic surfactant, and then dispersed therein through ultrasonic oscillation. This uniform dispersion can maintain high stability for at least two months without aggregation, suspension or precipitation. This dispersion is suitable for calibrating concentration of the carbon nanotubes.
US07998994B2
Solid forms of (1R,2S,3R)-1-(2-(isoxazol-3-yl)-1H-imidazol-4-yl)butane-1,2,3,4-tetraol and hydrates thereof are disclosed, as well as compositions comprising them and methods of their use.
US07998993B2
Compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R4, and W are defined in the description are TRPV 1 antagonists with CNS penetration. Compositions comprising such compounds and methods for treating conditions and disorders using such compounds and compositions are also disclosed.
US07998989B2
Novel 2-imino-1,3-thiazoline based compounds represented by Chemical Formula I, and T-type calcium channel inhibitors containing the compound are provided. The T-type calcium channel inhibitors according to the present invention are useful as a treating agent of diseases associated with over-expression of the T-type calcium channel.
US07998987B2
The present invention provides compounds useful as inhibitors of c-Met tyrosine kinase. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various proliferative disorders.
US07998984B2
The invention provides compounds of formula wherein R1, R3, R4, R5, R6, R14, X and W are as defined in the specification and optical isomers, racemates and tautomers thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; together with processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy. The compounds are inhibitors of human neutrophil elastase.
US07998982B2
The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs, salts of prodrugs, or combinations thereof, wherein R1, R2, and R3, are defined in the specification. Compositions comprising such compounds and methods for treating conditions and disorders using such compounds and compositions are also disclosed.
US07998978B2
The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, wherein: R1, R2, Z1, t, and ring A are as defined in the specification. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of formula (I) and methods of treating a condition that is mediated by the modulation of JNK, such as diabetes, the method comprising administering to a mammal an effective amount of a compound of formula (I).
US07998976B2
Provided are certain chemical entities, and methods of use to modulate skeletal myosin, skeletal actin, skeletal tropomyosin, skeletal troponin C, skeletal troponin I, skeletal troponin T, and skeletal muscle, including fragments and isoforms thereof, as well as the skeletal sarcomere, and methods of use in the treatment of obesity, sarcopenia, wasting syndrome, frailty, cachexia, muscle spasm, post-surgical and post-traumatic muscle weakness, neuromuscular disease, and other indications.
US07998973B2
A method of treating a tumor in a human patient is disclosed. The method comprises co-administering to the patient: (a) a dose of 1.5 mg tivozanib per day; and (b) a dose of 25 mg temsirolimus per week. In some embodiments of the invention, the tivozanib is administered on a repeating schedule of one dose per day for three weeks, followed by one week without tivozanib administration. The disclosed method is particularly suitable for treatment of renal cell carcinoma.
US07998972B2
The invention relates to the use of imidazoquinolines and salts thereof in the treatment of protein kinase dependent diseases and for the manufacture of pharmaceutical preparations for the treatment of said diseases, imidazoquinolines for use in the treatment of protein kinase dependent diseases, a method of treatment against said diseases, comprising administering the imidazoloquinolines to a warm-blooded animal, especially a human, pharmaceutical preparations comprising an imidazoquinoline, especially for the treatment of a protein kinase dependent disease, novel imidazoquinolines, and a process for the preparation of the novel imidazoquinolines.
US07998968B2
A compound represented by the formula (I): wherein R1 is an oxo group, ═N—R or the like; a group represented by the formula: is a group represented by the formula: R2 is a group represented by the formula: R3 and R4 are each H, or C1-C6 alkyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl, C1-C6 alkoxy, C1-C6 alkylamino, di(C1-C6)alkylamino or C1-C6 alkylthio, each of which is optionally substituted; and R5 is H, or C1-C6 alkyl, C2-C6 alkenyl, cyclic group, each of which is optionally substituted, —CO—R8 or —O—R8′, or a salt thereof. For example, the compound may be substituted pyrimidines and pharmaceutical compositions of the formula (I) where X=—CR3; X1=—CR2 or —NR2; and X2=—CR5 or —NR5. The compound of the present invention is useful as a drug for the prophylaxis or treatment of cardiovascular diseases, metabolic diseases and/or central nervous system diseases.
US07998964B2
The present invention is related to N-hydroxyamide derivatives of Formula (I) and use thereof in particular for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of autoimmune disorders, inflammatory diseases, cardiovascular diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, cancer, respiratory diseases and fibrosis, including multiple sclerosis, arthritis, emphysema, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, liver and pulmonary fibrosis.
US07998963B2
Compounds of formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein Ar is indolyl, indazolyl or dihydroindolyl, and R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, methods of using the compounds in the treatment of depressive, anxiolytic and other disorders associated with inhibition of the reuptake of norepinephrine, serotonin, and dopamine, and methods of preparing the compounds.
US07998950B2
The invention is related to anti-viral compounds, compositions containing such compounds, and therapeutic methods that include the administration of such compounds, as well as to processes and intermediates useful for preparing such compounds.
US07998948B2
A method of treating esophageal cancer, containing the step of administering to a patient suffering from esophageal cancer, a compound or a salt thereof, wherein the compound is: N-(2-fluoro-4-{[2-({[4-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)piperidin-1-yl]carbonyl}amino)pyridin-4-yl]oxy}phenyl)-N′-(4-fluorophenyl)cyclopropane-1,1-dicarboxamide, N-[4-({2-[(azetidin-1-ylcarbonyl)amino]pyridin-4-yl}oxy)-2-fluorophenyl]-N′-(4-fluorophenyl)cyclopropane-1,1-dicarboxamide, N-{2,5-difluoro-4-[(2-{[(3-hydroxyazetidin-1-yl)carbonyl]amino}pyridin-4-yl)oxy]phenyl}-N′-(4-fluorophenyl)cyclopropane-1,1-dicarboxamide, N-(2,5-difluoro-4-{[2-({[4-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)piperidin-1-yl]carbonyl}amino)pyridin-4-yl]oxy}phenyl)-N′-(4-fluorophenyl)cyclopropane-1,1-dicarboxamide, N-(2,5-difluoro-4-{[2-({[methyl(1-methyl-piperidin-4-yl)amino]carbonyl}amino)pyridin-4-yl]oxy}phenyl)-N′-(4-fluorophenyl)-cyclopropane-1,1-dicarboxamide, or N-(2,5-difluoro-4-{[2-({[3-(hydroxymethyl)azetidin-1-yl]carbonyl}amino)pyridin-4-yl]oxy}phenyl)-N′-(4-fluorophenyl)cyclopropane-1,1-dicarboxamide.
US07998935B2
The present invention provides quinaldine-based semisquaraines, symmetrical and unsymmetrical squaraine dyes represented by the general formulae 1, 2 and 3 and/or pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof as sensitizers for photodynamic therapeutical and industrial applications. These symmetrical and unsymmetrical squaraine dyes posses absorption which extends well into the photodynamic window (650-800 nm) and hence are useful for the treatment of deep seated tumors. The absorption of these dyes can be tuned by changing the substituents on the quinaldine moiety thereby enabling the development of a library of dyes which have absorption ranging from 650 to 800 nm. They also exhibited fluorescence emission in the long wavelength region making them useful as near infrared fluorescence sensors for the detection of tumors. These dyes are non-toxic in the dark and exhibit good photocytotoxicity. Accordingly the quinaldine based semisquaraines, symmetrical and unsymmetrical squaraines are extremely useful as diagnostic and therapeutic agents for photodynamic therapeutical and industrial applications.
US07998933B2
The invention concerns novel compounds of the N-acylamino-amide family, compositions, in particular cosmetic or pharmaceutical, containing them, and their use for treating body or face skin ageing, whether chronobiologic or light-induced, and in particular skin ageing caused by decrease of skin elasticity and/or by collagen degradation in the structure of tissues.
US07998932B2
The present invention relates to the inhibition of angiogenesis by neutrophil alpha-defensins. Further, the present invention relates to methods involving the inhibition of endothelial cell adhesion to the extracellular matrix, endothelial cell apoptosis, and endothelial cell angiogenesis mediated by alpha-defensins.
US07998924B2
Novel peptides and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same are disclosed. Conjugated compositions peptides linked to detectable agents and/or cytotoxic agents are disclosed. Method of detecting tumors that have p185 on tumor cell surfaces are disclosed. Methods of preventing transformation of a normal cell into a tumor cell in an individual at risk of developing a tumor having tumor cells which have p185 on their surfaces are disclosed. Methods of treating an individual who has cancer characterized by tumor cells that have a p185 on their cell surfaces are disclosed.
US07998919B2
The invention relates to compositions for treating a hard surface, in particular for cleaning and/or dirt-repellent treatment of a hard surface, containing a) at least one multi-armed silyl polyalkoxylate of the formula (I) (H-A)n-Z-[A-B—Si(OR1)r(R2)3−r]m (I), where Z is a (m+n)=valent radical having at least three carbon atoms, A is a divalent polyoxyalkylene radical, wherein the m+n polyoxyalkylene radicals bound to Z can be different from one another, and wherein one radical A is in each case bound to Z via an oxygen atom belonging to Z, and one oxygen atom belonging to A is bound to B or hydrogen, B is a chemical bond or a divalent organic radical having 1 to 50 carbon atoms, OR1 is a hydrolysable group, R1 and R2 independently of one another are a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms and r is an integer from 1 to 3, and m is an integer ≧1 and n is 0 or an integer ≧1, and m+n has a value from 3 to 100, b) at least one surfactant, c) water and/or at least one nonaqueous solvent, d) if appropriate further conventional components of surface treatment and/or cleaning compositions which are compatible with the remaining components of the composition.
US07998918B2
Aqueous liquid compositions containing: (a) at least one alkyl ether sulphate (b) at least one multi-armed silyl polyalkoxylate of the formula (I) (H-A)n-Z-[A-B—Si(OR1)r(R2)3−r]m (I), where Z is an (m+n)-valent radical having at least three carbon atoms, A is a divalent polyoxyalkylene radical, wherein the m+n polyoxyalkylene radicals bound to Z can be different from one another, and wherein one radical A is in each case bound to Z via an oxygen atom belonging to Z, and one oxygen atom belonging to A is bound to B or hydrogen, B is a chemical bond or a divalent organic radical having 1 to 50 carbon atoms, OR1 is a hydrolysable group, R1 and R2 independently of one another are a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms and r is an integer from 1 to 3, and m is an integer ≧1 and n is 0 or an integer ≧1, and m+n has a value from 3 to 100, and (c) 0-50% of at least one alkylsulphonate and/or arylsulphonate; (d) 0-15% of at least one alkyl sulphate and/or (e) 0-20% of at least one amphoteric surfactant cause an improvement of the drying and draining behavior in the cleaning of hard surfaces, in particular dishes.
US07998915B2
The instant disclosure relates to compositions comprising selected polyglycerol esters and a treatment and/or care agent. The disclosed compositions may be useful in fabric care compositions, for example, detergents, fabric softening compositions and the like. Methods of making and using compositions comprising polyglycerol esters and a treatment and/or care agent are also disclosed.
US07998903B2
A spreading agent for agricultural chemicals, said spreading agent comprising at least one of the glycerol-modified silicone represented by the following formula (1), (2) or (3), wherein R1 can be the same with or different from each other and is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, aryl, aralkyl, and fluorinated alkyl groups each having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, p is an integer of from 1 to 3, q is an integer of 1 or 2, and r is an integer of from 0 to 6.
US07998898B2
A sorbent body adapted for abating toxic elements from a fluid stream, such as a carbon combustion flue gas stream or a syngas stream produced in coal gasification process, and process for making such sorbent. The sorbent body comprises an activated carbon matrix defining a plurality of pores, sulfur and an additive adapted for promoting the abatement of toxic elements from the fluid stream. At least one of the additive is formed into the sorbent body by in-situ forming such as in-situ extrusion. The sorbent is useful for abatement of, e.g., arsenic, cadmium, mercury and selenium from gas streams.
US07998891B2
Optical glass having a refractive index (nd) of 1.85 or greater, and an Abbe number (νd) falling within the range of 10 to 30, which is suited for molding by precision mold press is provided. The optical glass is characterized by including B2O3+SiO2 in an amount of 3 to 60%, Bi2O3 in an amount of 25 to 80%, RO+Rn2O in an amount of 5 to 60% (wherein R represents one or more selected from a group consisting of Zn, Ba, Sr, Ca, and Mg; and Rn represents one or more selected from a group consisting of Li, Na, K, and Cs), with each component in the range expressed in oxide-based mole percentage, and is characterized in that transparency in the visible region is high, and that the transition point (Tg) is 480° C. or lower. The optical glass is characterized by having a spectral transmittance of 70% or greater at a wavelength of 600 nm for a thickness of 10 mm.
US07998890B2
Provided herein is a non-stratified, or homogeneous, non-woven composite having (a) strength-imparting fibers of a relatively high denier and (b) binder fibers of a lower denier that adhere the composite together and that form a smooth, stiff skin on the outer surfaces of the composite. In one instance, the strength-imparting fibers are staple fibers and the binder fibers are bicomponent fibers having a low melt component. In a variation, the composite also contains a small percentage by weight (that is, less than 20%) of flame retardant fibers that impart flame resistant properties to the composite. Preferably, all of the fibers are comprised of the same polymeric material (e.g., polyester), so that the composite is recyclable. The resulting composite exhibits excellent flame retardance, strength, and stiffness, as well as having a smooth surface for attachment of a decorative fabric or other material. A process for manufacturing such composites is also provided.
US07998875B2
A method of treating a nanoporous low-k dielectric material formed on a semiconductor substrate is provided. The low-k dielectric material has etched openings with an etch damaged region containing silanol groups on exterior surfaces of the etched openings and on interior surfaces of interconnected pores. First, the low-k dielectric material is contacted with a vapor phase catalyst in an amount effective to form hydrogen bonds between the catalyst and the silanol groups in the etch damaged region, forming a catalytic intermediary. Second, the low-k dielectric material is contacted with a vapor phase alkoxysilane repair agent in an amount effective to react with about 50% or more of the silanol groups in the etch damaged region, such that the alkoxysilane repair agent reacts with the catalytic intermediary; and/or the low-k dielectric material is contacted with a vapor phase alkoxysilane sealing agent in an amount effective to prevent diffusion of an overlying barrier layer into the interconnected pores, such that the alkoxysilane sealing agent reacts with the catalytic intermediary.
US07998870B2
A semiconductor device and a method for forming the same are disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a plurality of bit lines having a uniform width on a semiconductor substrate, an active region obliquely arranged to have a predetermined angle with respect to the bit lines, a spacer arranged around the bit lines connected to a center part of the active region. A contact pad is connected to a lower part of the bit lines. The spacer is formed not only at an upper part of sidewalls of the contact pad but also at sidewalls of the bit lines. As a result, a CD of the bit line contact increases, so that a bit line contact patterning margin also increases. A bit line pattern having a uniform width is formed so that a patterning margin increases. A storage electrode contact self-alignment margin increases so that a line-type storage electrode contact margin increases.
US07998869B2
A method for forming a contact hole in a semiconductor device and related computer-readable storage medium are provided, the method and program steps of the medium including measuring a percentage of oxygen in an etching chamber, and controlling the percentage of oxygen in the etching chamber to enlarge a temporary inner diameter near a top of the contact hole.
US07998852B2
Electronic elements (44, 44′, 44″) having an active device region (46) and bonding pad (BP) region (60) on a common substrate (45) desirably include a dielectric region underlying the BP (35) to reduce the parasitic impedance of the BP (35) and its interconnection (41) as the electronic elements (44, 44′, 44″) are scaled to higher power and/or operating frequency. Mechanical stress created by plain (e.g., oxide only) dielectric regions (36′) can adversely affect performance, manufacturing yield, pad-to-device proximity and occupied area. This can be avoided by providing a composite dielectric region (62, 62′, 62″) having electrically isolated inclusions (65, 65′, 65′) of a thermal expansion coefficient (TEC) less than that of the dielectric material (78, 78′, 78″) in which they are embedded and/or closer to the substrate (45) TEC. For silicon substrates (45), poly or amorphous silicon is suitable for the inclusions (65, 65′, 65″) and silicon oxide for the dielectric material (78, 78′, 78″). The inclusions (65, 65′, 65″) preferably have a blade-like shape separated by and enclosed within the dielectric material (78, 78′, 78″).
US07998849B2
A low resistance layer is formed on a semiconductor substrate, and a high resistance layer formed on the low resistance layer. A source region of a first conductivity type is formed on a surface region of the high resistance layer. A drain region of the first conductivity type is formed at a distance from the source region. A first resurf region of the first conductivity type is formed in a surface region of the high resistance layer between the source region and the drain region. A channel region of a second conductivity type is formed between the source region and the first resurf region. A gate insulating film is formed on the channel region, and a gate electrode formed on the gate insulating film. An impurity concentration in the channel region under the gate electrode gradually lowers from the source region toward the first resurf region.
US07998833B2
The invention relates to a method for bonding wafers along their corresponding surfaces.
US07998815B2
Shallow trench isolation methods are disclosed. In a particular embodiment, a method includes implanting oxygen under a bottom surface of a narrow trench of a silicon substrate and performing a high-temperature anneal of the silicon substrate to form a buried oxide layer. The method also includes performing an etch to deepen the narrow trench to reach the buried oxide layer. The method further includes depositing a filling material to form a top filling layer in the narrow trench.
US07998813B2
Fabrication methods for gate transistors in integrated circuit devices enable the formation of recessed access device structures or FinFET structures having P-type workfunctions. The fabrication methods also provide for the formation of access transistor gates of an access device following formation of the periphery transistor gates. Access devices and systems including same are also disclosed.
US07998809B2
An improved process forming a floating gate region of a semiconductor memory device. The process includes using a ceria slurry for chemical mechanical planarization to provide “stop on polysilicon” capabilities, allowing a thin nitride layer, or in the alternative no nitride layer, to be used and reducing the number of processing steps required to form the floating gate region.
US07998806B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming an oxidation film over a first and a second device region, forming an first etching preventing film extending over a first and a second area, removing the first etching preventing film over the first area; removing the oxidation film over the first device region, forming a first gate insulating film over the first device region, removing the oxidation film over the second device region, forming a second gate insulating film over the second device region, forming a first gate electrode over the first gate insulating film, forming a second gate electrode over the second gate insulating film, forming first source and drain regions in the first device region at both sides of the first gate electrode, and forming second source and drain regions in the second device region at both sides of the second gate electrode.
US07998805B2
An electrical component has electrically conducting structures placed on an electrically isolating or semiconductive substrate and component structures sensitive to a voltage or an electrical arcing and galvanically separated from one another. To prevent an arcing between the galvanically separated component structures, the component structures are short-circuited with a shunt line having a smaller cross-section than the remaining electrical conductor tracks. The shunt lines can be burnt through by application of an electrical current at any given time, whereby a galvanic separation of the component structures is effected, if necessary, for the function of the component.
US07998798B2
A method of cutting an electrical fuse including a first conductor and a second conductor, the first conductor including a first cutting target region, the second conductor branched from the first conductor and connected to the first conductor and including a second cutting target region, which are formed on a semiconductor substrate, the method includes flowing a current in the first conductor, causing material of the first conductor to flow outward near a coupling portion connecting the first conductor to the second conductor, and cutting the first cutting target region and the second cutting target region.
US07998793B2
Illumination devices (7a) and (7b) which irradiate light having a wavelength of 1.1 μm or less are arranged on a front surface and a rear surface of a cover (8) of a dicing device (1). After a wafer is placed on a dicing stage (3), when the wafer is diced by a blade (4a) attached to a spindle (5), light is irradiated on an entire surface of an upper surface (element forming surface) of the wafer by the illumination devices (7a) and (7b). At this time, an illuminance of light on the wafer is set at 70 lux or more and 2000 lux or less. By this means, during a dicing operation, an area to be a light-shielded area by the spindle (5) or the like is not present on the wafer.
US07998788B2
Techniques for combining nanotechnology with photovoltaics are provided. In one aspect, a method of forming a photovoltaic device is provided comprising the following steps. A plurality of nanowires are formed on a substrate, wherein the plurality of nanowires attached to the substrate comprises a nanowire forest. In the presence of a first doping agent and a first volatile precursor, a first doped semiconductor layer is conformally deposited over the nanowire forest. In the presence of a second doping agent and a second volatile precursor, a second doped semiconductor layer is conformally deposited over the first doped layer. The first doping agent comprises one of an n-type doping agent and a p-type doping agent and the second doping agent comprises a different one of the n-type doping agent and the p-type doping agent from the first doping agent. A transparent electrode layer is deposited over the second doped semiconductor layer.
US07998783B2
A method for manufacturing an organic light emitting device is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes an organic light emitting diode comprising a first electrode, a light emission layer, and a second electrode on a substrate; forming a first protection film by loading the substrate on which the organic light emitting diode has been formed to an inkjet device in a first direction; and forming a second protection film by loading the substrate on which the first protection film has been formed in a second direction, the first and the second direction being formed differently from each other.
US07998781B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: forming a first resin layer on a wafer having a light receiving portion; patterning the first resin layer into a predetermined shape and forming a first resin film on the light receiving portion; dividing the wafer into light receiving elements; mounting the light receiving elements on an upper surface of a lead frame; a sealing step of forming a sealing resin layer around the first resin film; and removing the first resin film such that a portion of the light receiving element is exposed to the outside, and in the sealing step, the upper surface of the first resin film is flush with the upper surface of the sealing resin layer, or the upper surface of the first resin film is higher than the upper surface of the sealing resin layer.
US07998777B1
A method for fabricating a sensor is disclosed that in one embodiment bonds a first device wafer to an etched second device wafer to create a suspended structure, the flexure of which is determined by an embedded sensing element that is in electrical communication with an outer surface of the sensor through an interconnect embedded in a device layer of the first device wafer. In one embodiment the suspended structure is enclosed by a cap and the sensor is configured to measure absolute pressure.
US07998775B2
When a native oxide grows on a polysilicon member of, e.g., a MEMS device, delamination between the polysilicon member and subsequently formed layers may occur because the native oxide is undercut during removal of sacrificial oxide layers. Nitriding the native oxide increases the etch selectivity relative the sacrificial oxide layers. Undercutting and delamination is hence reduced or eliminated altogether.
US07998766B2
A semiconductor element and a manufacturing method of the semiconductor element are provided. A ridge waveguide type semiconductor integrated element includes: an electrode of an EA portion and an electrode of an LD portion which are arranged so as to be away from each other; a contact layer of the EA portion and a contact layer of the LD portion which are arranged so as to be away from each other and in each of which the electrode is formed on an upper surface and an edge of at least a part of the upper surface is set to the same electric potential as that of the electrode; a passivation film as an insulative concave/convex structure extending from an edge of one of the two contact layers to an edge of the other contact layer; and a polyimide resin for embedding the passivation film.
US07998758B2
A magnetic element and a method for making a magnetic element. The method includes patterning a first electrode material to form a first electrode on a substrate and depositing filler material on the substrate around the first electrode. The method further includes polishing to form a planar surface of filler and the first electrode. A magnetic cell is formed on the planar surface and a second electrode is formed on the magnetic cell. In some embodiments, the first electrode has an area that is at least 2:1 to the area of the magnetic cell.
US07998754B2
The invention concerns a diagnostic kit for simultaneous assay of antibiotics of different classes. The kit contains a single reaction mixture containing at least one first labelled receptor, specific of recognition of β-lactams, a second labelled receptor, specifically and competitively identifying a tetracycline and a biotinylated nucleic acid fragment, an antisulfamide antibody and a labelled sulfamide analogue; and a recovery system in the form of a solid support comprising a nitrocellulose membrane whereon are fixed in three separate testing zones, respectively an antibiotic with β-lactam nucleus, an avidin and an antibody capable of specifically identifying the antisulfamide antibody, so that the labelling intensity detected on the recovery system at the three testing zones results independently from a competitive recognition of each antibiotic by its labelled receptor.
US07998753B2
It is an object of the present invention to provide a measurement kit for developing a first developing solution and a second developing solution from different directions to suppress background noise, and an immunochromatography kit. The present invention provides a measurement kit, which comprises a first developing member for supplying a first developing solution and a second developing member for supplying a second developing solution, wherein the developing direction of the first developing solution is allowed to intersect with the developing direction of the second developing solution, so that development is carried out by developing the first and second developing solutions in different developing directions, and a water absorbent portion is established on the downstream of the developing directions.
US07998752B2
According to the biosensor and the blood component analytical method of the present invention, in a biosensor that is made of a single layer or plural layers of a porous material as shown in FIG. 1, having a reagent holding part and utilizing chromatography, a cell shrinkage reagent is carried on at least part of the reagent holding part, or at least part of a chromatographically developed part that is upstream of the reagent holding part. According to the biosensor having the above-mentioned structure and the blood component analytical method, even when whole blood is a sample, a high-accuracy blood component analysis cart be performed easily and quickly with less cost.
US07998749B2
The present invention provides a method of determining the proximity, or changes in the proximity of two or more molecular features labeled with fluorophores able to undergo DARET. In preferred embodiments the change in proximity of molecular features in a sample is correlated with changes in the fluorescence polarization of the sample, and may be monitored in real time.
US07998735B2
Improved methods for tissue engineering including tissue transplantation, augmentation and regeneration are described. These methods utilize a support matrix in the generation of an anatomical construct that includes donor vascularized tissue. The support matrix may be devised such that it has size and shape adapted to simulate the dimensions of tissue to be transplanted, augmented and/or repaired.
US07998732B2
The present invention relates generally to a method for increasing the yield of plasmid DNA production. The method includes the steps of selecting a highly productive clonal subtype of a strain of E. coli, including but not limited to the DH5 strain, harboring a DNA plasmid and cultivating said clonal subtype with fed-batch fermentation in a chemically-defined medium. The plasmid DNA production process described herein can generate record quantities of plasmid DNA when said highly productive clonal subtypes are cultivated on an industrial scale. The disclosed method can be used for the production of pharmaceutical grade DNA for use in polynucleotide vaccination and gene therapy treatment regimens.
US07998728B2
Multiple Tray Vermicomposter with Thermal Siphon Airflow is a vermiculture composting device that uses earthworms to create compost where worms eat and digest food to excrete compost. It is a multiple tray system with a base and a lid. New compost trays with freshly loaded food and bedding are stacked on top of older trays containing worms and compost to instigate a continuous upward migration of the worms thereby creating continuous compost production. Compost trays have permeable bottoms to allow worms to pass through. Compost production is accelerated from thermal siphon airflow to provide ample airflow to the worms without the requirement of a power source. Light-tight air-permeable connections between trays, lid, and base, also accelerate compost production by keeping the worms completely dark. If worms fall through the bottom compost tray, there exists a ramp to enable the fallen worms to climb back into the bottom compost tray.
US07998727B2
A semiconductor device provides a metal contact, a DNA layer, wherein the metal layer and the DNA layer are adapted to form a Schottky barrier junction there between, and a conductive contact with the DNA layer.
US07998723B2
N-Acetyl-D-glucosamine can be produced by cultivating a fungus capable of producing N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, such as Trichoderma hamatum AB10282 strain (FERM BP-10623) or Trichoderma harzianum AB10283 strain (FERM BP-10624), in a culture medium supplemented with a carbon source other than chitin and chitin oligosaccharide and a nitrogen source to produce and accumulate N-acetyl-D-glucosamine in the culture medium and then collecting N-acetyl-D-glucosamine from the culture medium.
US07998722B2
Strains of Zymomonas were engineered by introducing a chimeric xylose isomerase gene that contains a mutant promoter of the Z. mobilis glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase gene. The promoter directs increased expression of xylose isomerase, and when the strain is in addition engineered for expression of xylulokinase, transaldolase and transketolase, improved utilization of xylose is obtained.
US07998707B2
Methods are disclosed for rapid, reliable and simple isolation of RNA, DNA and proteins from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue samples. RNA purified in this manner can be used to monitor gene expression levels. The tissue sample can be a tumor or other pathological tissue.
US07998700B2
Staining mixtures comprising viable spermatozoa, a composition which regulates oxidation/reduction reactions intracellularly or extracellularly, and a DNA selective dye are disclosed. The cells contained in such suspensions tend to have a greater capacity for enduring the various process steps typically associated with the sorting of sperm cells into gender enriched populations, thereby resulting in post-sort compositions with an increased number of viable or motile sperm. Processes for staining sperm cells comprising the formation of a staining mixture are also disclosed.
US07998694B2
The present invention relates to a method of revealing a biological process using a FRET measurement, which comprises the following steps: incorporating, into a measurement medium containing a lipid membrane, a biological entity X coupled with a first member of a pair of FRET partners and a second biological entity Y coupled with the second member of the pair of FRET partners, the energy-donating member of the pair of FRET partners having a long lifetime and the members of said pair of FRET partners being located on either side of the lipid membrane; exciting the measurement medium at the excitation wavelength of the energy-donating member; and measuring the FRET signal or the variations in said signal emitted in said culture medium.
US07998690B2
Disclosed herein are methods of detecting and/or prognosing congestive heart failure by detecting a proteolytic fragment of caspase-3 such as the p17 fragment or the p12 fragment. The congestive heart failure can be of any etiology, such as systolic or diastolic heart failure, ischemic or non-ischemic cardiomyopathy.
US07998683B2
Measurement of circulating ST2 and/or IL-33 concentrations is useful for the prognostic evaluation of subjects, in particular for the prediction of adverse clinical outcomes, e.g., mortality, and the detection of severe disease.
US07998673B2
A method for detecting specific DNA sequences and discriminating single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) using fluorescently labelled oligonucleotide probes is disclosed. Oligonucleotide probes are labelled with reporter molecules preferentially attached to an internal nucleotide residue. The fluorescence emission of oligonucleotide probes varies significantly when in single-stranded and double-stranded states despite the absence of quencher moieties, allowing reliable detection of complementary DNA targets. The melting temperature of probe/target duplexes permits discrimination of targets that differ by as little as a single nucleotide residue, such that polymorphic targets may be discriminated by fluorescence quantitation and Tm. The hybridisation probes of this invention have been demonstrated to accurately identify homozygous and heterozygous samples using a single fluorescent oligonucleotide and direct investigation of saliva with hybridisation probes permits ultra-rapid genotypic analysis within 35-40 minutes. Target detection and SNP discrimination assays have been achieved in homogeneous, heterogeneous, ‘real-time’ and solid-phase formats.
US07998672B2
Methods of performing PCR are provided. Methods may include using an optical source to provide heating for thermocyling the PCR reaction. Methods may include using surface plasmon resonance and/or fluorescence resonance enhanced transfer to allow real-time monitoring of a PCR reaction. Methods may include immobilizing a template, primer, or polymerase on a surface such as a gold or other surface plasmon resonance active surface.
US07998671B2
The present invention is directed to BAP28 polypeptides. BAP28 cDNA sequences encoding BAP28 polypeptides, to the genomic DNA sequence of the BAP28 gene as well as to regulatory regions located at the 5′- and 3′-ends of the BAP28 coding region. The invention also deals with antibodies directed specifically against such polypeptides that are useful as diagnostic reagents. The invention further encompasses biallelic markers of the BAP28 gene useful in genetic analysis. The invention concerns an association of the BAP28-related biallelic markers with prostate cancer. Therefore, the invention contemplates the diagnostic and treatment methods of prostate cancer.
US07998669B2
In various embodiments, the present disclosure provides an automated seed sampler system that includes a milling station for removing at least a portion of seed coat material from a seed and a sampling station for extracting a sample of seed material from the seed where the seed coat has been removed. A seed transport subsystem conveys the seed between the milling station and the sampling station and a seed deposit subsystem conveys the seed from the seed transport subsystem to a selected well in a seed tray after the seed has been sampled.
US07998662B2
A structure for pattern formation adapted for optically forming a pattern, characterized by comprising: a photocatalyst-containing layer provided on a substrate, the photocatalyst-containing layer containing a material of which the wettability is variable through photocatalytic action upon pattern-wise exposure.
US07998661B2
A method of nano-patterning, a method of manufacturing a nano-imprinting master and a discrete track magnetic recording medium are all provided. The method of nano-patterning includes (a) sequentially forming on a substrate an etching object material layer, a photoresist layer, and a metal layer patterned to a first pattern having a structure in which line patterns are repeatedly arranged with a predetermined interval; (b) irradiating light onto a surface of the metal layer to excite surface plasmon so that the photoresist layer is exposed to a second pattern by the surface plasmon; (c) removing the metal layer and developing the photoresist layer; and (d) etching the etching object material layer using the photoresist layer patterned to the second pattern as a mask.
US07998660B2
An exposure method is disclosed. A wafer coated with a photoresist layer having an exposure threshold dose is provided. The wafer has at least a central region and a peripheral region. Then, a compensating light beam having a first dose directs on the photoresist layer within the peripheral region. Next, a patterned light beam having a second dose is then projected, in a step-and-scan manner, onto the photoresist layer, thereby exposing the photoresist layer. The total dose of the first energy and the second energy is above than the exposure threshold dose.
US07998653B2
The present invention provides a composition, which comprises a latent activator. It also provides a process for the preparation of these compositions, substrates coated with these compositions and a process for their preparation, a process for preparing marked substrates using these compositions and marked substrates obtainable by the latter process.
US07998652B2
A lithographic printing plate precursor comprising: a support; and at least one layer comprising an image-recording layer, the image-recording layer comprising (A) an infrared absorber, (B) a polymerization initiator, (C) a polymerizable compound, and (D) a binder polymer, wherein the image recording layer is capable of being removed with at least one of a printing ink and a fountain solution, wherein at least one of said at least one layer comprises a copolymer having (a1) a unit comprising at least one ethylenically unsaturated bond, and (a2) a unit comprising at least one functional group interacting with a surface of the support. And a lithographic printing method in which the lithographic printing plate precursor is used. The copolymer preferably has a hydrophilic segment. The copolymer preferably is contained in an undercoat layer formed between the support and the image-recording layer.
US07998647B2
An electrostatic image developing toner comprising an amide ester represented by formula (1): wherein R1CO— and R2CO— each independently represents a saturated or unsaturated acyl group having a carbon number of 16 to 24, which may have a hydroxyl group; R3 represents a linear or branched alkyl group having a carbon number of 1 to 3; and R4 represents a linear or branched alkylene group having a carbon number of 1 to 6 or a linear or branched alkenylene group having a carbon number of 2 to 6.
US07998646B2
Present embodiments pertain to an improved electrostatographic imaging member having low contact friction surfaces to ease sliding mechanical interaction and suppressing abrasion/wear failure and methods of preparing thereof. The improved imaging member has layers comprising one or two low surface energy polymeric materials that enhance the physical and mechanical functions and reduce the layers surface contact friction of the imaging member to extend service life.
US07998643B2
Disclosed is a method of correcting an error in a phase difference in a phase shift mask, in which a phase shift pattern is formed on a light transmitting substrate, wherein the method includes: determining generation of an error in a phase difference by measuring a phase of a light transmitted through the light transmitting substrate and a phase of a light transmitted through the phase shift pattern; and correcting the error in the phase difference by coating a self-assembled monolayer on the light transmitting substrate when the error of the phase difference is generated.
US07998642B2
A mask pattern data creation method includes: determining whether or not a spacing of adjacent assist pattern feature data is not more than a prescribed spacing, based on: initial position data indicating an initially set position of the assist pattern feature data determined based on an illumination condition; and initial size data indicating an initially set size of the assist pattern feature data satisfying a size condition to not optically form an image on the transfer destination; and moving at least one of the adjacent assist pattern feature data or reducing a size of the at least one to increase the spacing of the assist pattern feature data to exceed a prescribed spacing in the case where it is determined that the spacing of the assist pattern feature data is not more than the prescribed spacing.
US07998621B2
A battery electrode substrate includes a metallic porous body. The metallic porous body has a structure in which a surface of a plastic fiber in a woven or unwoven fabric is coated with a nickel film. The nickel film coats the surface with an average coverage ratio of not less than 85%.
US07998620B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a positive electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, which can solve the problem that the capacity remarkably decreases with an increase of the number of charging and discharging cycles in a high capacity non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery using a positive electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery made of particles of an alkali metal composite oxide containing nickel.A positive electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, comprising a nickel-alkali metal-containing composite oxide having cracks on the surface of primary particles is used.
US07998614B2
A lithium ion rechargeable cell that is constructed by the steps of forming a cell unit (1) by packing an electrode group (10), in which plate-like positive and negative electrodes (12 and 14) and a plate-like separator (16) are superposed in layers, in a cell case (20) and sealing the electrode group together with an electrolyte; and forming a module by aligning and packing a plurality of cell units in a module case. The cell case is made of a laminated film (22). A porous spacer (30) made of insulating material is interposed in between the entire circumferential surface or partial surface of the electrode group and the laminated film.
US07998610B2
An electric power source containing a plurality of batteries stacked in two or more tiers in a battery case, which is provided with an intermediary duct between a first sub holder case and a second sub holder case. A first outer duct is located outside the first sub holder case and a second outer duct is located outside the second sub holder case. The power source is so designed that cooling air is blown to the intermediary duct, the holder case and the outer duct, thus cooling the batteries in the holder case. Further, the power source has a partition disposed inside the intermediary duct, with a first intermediary sub duct being connected to the first sub holder case and a second intermediary duct being connected to the second sub holder case.
US07998604B2
A composite article includes a substrate and a layer attached to the substrate. The layer includes a metal phase, a first ceramic phase, and a second ceramic phase.
US07998593B2
A process for the manufacture of a metallic seal comprising applying a first intermediate layer to a base metal, applying a second intermediate layer overlying the first intermediate layer, applying a first coating layer comprising silver overlying the second intermediate layer, applying a second coating layer comprising indium overlying the first coating layer, baking the base metal with applied intermediate and coating layers at a temperature to diffuse the coating layers to form a silver indium alloy coating layer. A seal comprising a substrate having a metal surface, a first intermediate layer overlying the base metal, a second intermediate layer overlying the first intermediate layer, an alloy coating layer overlying the second intermediate layer, wherein the alloy coating layer comprises a silver indium alloy.
US07998587B2
A method of modifying light is disclosed and includes: providing an optical element having an oriented polymer network of a silicone (meth)acrylate copolymer and exhibiting a first phase and a second phase, the first phase and the second phase being chemically connected and having different refractive indices, the first phase being continuous, and the second phase comprising a plurality of structures dispersed within the first phase; illuminating the optical element with light from a light source; and detecting polarized or directionally diffused light transmitted by the optical element. Optical elements including the polymer network and a variety of additional layers are also disclosed, as are optical devices such as prisms, display panels, lenses, and the like.
US07998585B2
The invention relates to a dilutable, non-aqueous concentrate and an aqueous dilution used for aqueous delivery of fluorinated oligomeric silanes to a substrate, a method of treating a substrate with the aqueous dilution composition to render it oil and water repellent, and articles having coatings made from the aqueous dilution.
US07998574B2
A method is disclosed of detecting a bioelectrical signal from a subject. The method includes the steps of applying a composite material to a subject wherein the composite material includes a polymeric material and a polar material that is substantially dispersed within the polymeric material; coupling monitoring equipment to the second side of the composite material; permitting the polar material within the polymeric material to respond to the bioelectrical signal within the subject; and detecting a responsive electrical signal from the composite material that is representative of the bioelectrical signal. The polar material exhibits molecular compatibility with the polymeric material such that the polar material neither blooms to a surface of the polymeric material nor crystallizes within the polymeric material, and the composite material has a first side for contacting the subject and a second side.
US07998564B2
A concrete curing blanket includes a layer of absorbent material and a layer of impervious material bonded to the absorbent material layer in face-to-face relationship at intermittent locations such that the impervious material layer between the intermittent locations can lift away from the layer of absorbent material in response to air bubbles rising through the layer of absorbent material. The intermittent bonding locations may take the form of a pattern or may have a random occurrence. The absorbent layer of material is a hydrophilic nonwoven fabric and the impervious material layer is a film.
US07998555B2
A beam having a base material of silicon monocrystal and at least one projection which is integrally formed so as to be supported at least at one end thereof and which has two surfaces having an orientation plane (111), includes a bottom surface in a plane which is common with a plane of the base material; a groove penetrating from the bottom surface to a top of the projection; and a protecting member having a resistance property against a crystal anisotropic etching liquid and covering an inner wall of the groove.
US07998548B2
Various embodiments include a male surface fastener member configured for being molded onto a surface of a foaming resin mold body. The male surface fastener member includes a plurality of male surface fastener strips connected with each other in an end-to-end relationship via a connecting portion that is integrally formed with at least the end portions of each male surface fastener strips. Each male surface fastener strip includes a base material having a first surface from which a plurality of engaging elements extend upwardly and first and second substantially lateral resin intrusion prevention walls that upwardly from the first surface along a width direction of the base material between the first and second longitudinal resin intrusion prevention walls. Each of the lateral resin intrusion prevention walls comprises a plurality of engaging elements that are arranged in series in a width direction of the first surface.
US07998547B2
A construction board is formed from a composition comprising one or more of the following ingredients: magnesium oxide, magnesium chloride, a binding agent (e.g., perlite), wood shavings, recycled board scraps, and water. The construction board further includes fiberglass and polyester paper sheets on opposite sides of the construction board. A method of fabricating the construction board is also disclosed to include mixing magnesium chloride with water to form a solution, mixing the solution with magnesium oxide, perlite and a binding agent to form a paste, and pouring the paste onto a mold to form a construction board. The paste is poured onto a mold which is then passed through a series of rollers to spread out the paste evenly across the mold and to form the paste into the desired thickness. The resulting construction board is fire and water resistant and much more durable than conventional sheetrock.
US07998536B2
A method for depositing a low dielectric constant film on a substrate is provided. The low dielectric constant film is deposited by a process comprising reacting one or more organosilicon compounds and a porogen and then post-treating the film to create pores in the film. The one or more organosilicon compounds include compounds that have the general structure Si—CX—Si or —Si—O—(CH2)n—O—Si—. Low dielectric constant films provided herein include films that include Si—CX—Si bonds both before and after the post-treatment of the films. The low dielectric constant films have good mechanical and adhesion properties, and a desirable dielectric constant.
US07998535B2
The present invention is related to a method for the production of metal coated steel products including steps of: providing a steel product with a metal coating; adding an additional metallic element to the metal coating; subjecting the metal coated steel product to a thermal treatment. The method is characterized in that: prior to the addition of the additional element, the steel product is subjected to a plasma treatment via a dielectric barrier discharge, for cleaning and activating the surface of the metal coating; the additional element is added through a physical vapor deposition technique; the thermal treatment is applied by directing high energy infra red radiation towards the outer surface of the metal coating. The present invention is further related to an apparatus including: a component for performing a plasma treatment on a metal coated product; a component for adding an additional element to the metal coating by using a physical vapor deposition technique; a component for directing high energy infra red radiation towards the outer surface of the metal coating.
US07998534B2
A system and method for controlling curl in multi-layer webs. The method can include providing a coated web, bending the web to induce a strain or pre-curl in the web, and curing the coating to form a multi-layer web. Some coatings at least partially shrink when cured such that curing the coating induces a curl in the multi-layer web. Bending the web occurs prior to curing the coating, and the pre-curl can be configured to at least partially counteract the curl induced by curing to form a multi-layer web having a desired curvature. The system can include a curing section configured to cure a coating, and can further include a web bending section configured to bend the web to induce a strain in the web. The web bending section can be positioned upstream of the curing section such that the web is bent prior to the coating being cured.
US07998531B2
The present invention provides an article formed by impregnating a fibrous structure with a compound, the compound including an aqueous dispersion, the dispersion having (a) at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of an ethylene-based thermoplastic polymer, a propylene-based thermoplastic polymer, and mixtures thereof; (b) at least one polymeric stabilizing agent; and (c) water; and removing at least a portion of the water from the impregnated fibrous structure. The present invention also provides a method of forming a stiffened textile. The method may include the steps of: forming a compound, the compound including an aqueous dispersion having (a) at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of an ethylene-based thermoplastic polymer, a propylene-based thermoplastic polymer, and mixtures thereof, (b) at least one polymeric stabilizing agent, and (c) water; impregnating a textile with the compound; and removing at least a portion of the water from the impregnated textile.
US07998529B2
Disclosed are methods for making polymeric substrates, such as polycarbonate substrates, at least partially coated with a haze-free, self-healing coating. Also disclosed are substrates made by such methods.
US07998512B1
A dough-enrobed foodstuff is provided that contains a filling and is coated with a coating composition that includes a dextrin where less than 50% of the dextrin is soluble in about 25° C. (77° F.) water and modified food starch having an amylose content of less than 50% based on the weight of the modified food starch. The coated foodstuff is thermally processed such that the coating becomes substantially clear. The coated thermally processed foodstuff is then frozen. On reheating, the coated foodstuff is crispier than an uncoated, frozen foodstuff after reheating and substantially prevents the filling from breaking the dough-enrobed foodstuff upon reconstitution by subsequent thermal processing.
US07998509B2
A composition of matter comprising an agent beneficial to a non-skin keratinous substance and at least one stinging capsule and methods of use are disclosed.
US07998487B2
Antitoxin and vaccine compositions based on nodavirus VLPs are provided. Anthrax antitoxin and vaccine compositions are provided. Methods of treating toxins with VLP-based antitoxins are provided. Methods of raising an immune response with immunogen decorated VLPs are provided.
US07998486B2
The invention relates to methods and compositions for causing the selective targeting and killing of tumor cells. The present invention describes prophylactic or therapeutic cancer vaccines based on purified TAA proteins or TAA-derived synthetic peptides altered by chemical, enzymatic or chemo-enzymatic methods to introduce αGal epitopes or αGal glycomimetic epitopes, in order to allow for enhanced opsonization of the antigen by natural anti-αGal antibodies to stimulate TAA capture and presentation, thereby inducing a humoral and cellular immune response to the TAA expressed by a tumor. The animal's immune system thus is stimulated to produce tumor specific cytotoxic cells and antibodies which will attack and kill tumor cells present in the animal.
US07998480B2
The present invention relates to antibodies that immunospecifically bind to human brain natriuretic peptide or a human brain natriuretic peptide fragment with a high binding affinity, methods for producing and selecting said antibodies, immunoassays for human brain natriuretic peptide or a human brain natriuretic peptide fragment that employ said antibodies and therapeutic compositions containing said antibodies.
US07998473B2
According to the invention there is provided a strain of lactic acid bacteria of the species Bifidobacteria pseudolongum obtainable by isolation from resected and washed canine gastrointestinal tract having a probiotic activity in animals. Methods of use and compositions comprising the Bifidobacteria pseudolongum of the present invention are also provided.
US07998470B2
Compositions and methods for improving renal function with Streptococcus probiotic bacteria selected for converting nitrogenous waste into non-toxic compounds in vivo are provided. By reducing the levels of nitrogenous wastes, the instant compositions reduce kidney burden.
US07998468B2
Antibodies that bind to polypeptides and peptides comprising the sequence of zalpha11 Ligand as shown in SEQ ID NO: 2 are described. The antibodies may bind the full length sequence of 162 amino acid residues or a fragment thereof, including a mature polypeptide of 131 amino acid residues and smaller polypeptide and peptide sequences. The antibodies may include antibodies that are polyclonal, monoclonal, murine, humanized or neutralizing. Methods for producing the antibodies are also described.
US07998463B2
An anti-tussive nebulized solution for targeted delivery of lidocaine into conducting and central airways. A method for treatment of cough and tussive attacks or episodes using said lidocaine solution. A nebulized lidocaine solution administered in daily dose from about 10 mg to 80 mg of lidocaine dissolved in a saline and nebulized into an aerosol having a mass median aerodynamic diameter 3 μm to 10 μm and a geometric standard deviation less than 1.7 using an electronic nebulizer.
US07998460B2
Methods are provided for protecting an individual from adverse long-term effects of neuroinflammation. Inflammatory blockade maintains neurogenesis capability after cranial irradiation by reducing the negative effects of activated microglia on neural precursor cells. These findings have broad implications for a variety of diseases of cognition, involving neuroinflammation and precursor cell dysfunction.
US07998452B2
A method of preparation of spherical tricobalt tetraoxide, including at least oxidizing a bivalent cobalt salt in a wet environment and in the presence of a precipitant, a complexing agent, and an oxidant to yield spherical cobalt oxyhydroxide.cobalt hydroxide according to the following equation Co2++3OH−+O→CoOOH.Co(OH)2; oxidizing the spherical hydroxy cobalt oxyhydroxide.cobalt hydroxide to yield spherical tricobalt tetraoxide according to the following equation 6CoOOH.Co(OH)2+O→4Co3O4+9H2O; and roasting the spherical tricobalt tetraoxide at low or intermediate temperature to yield a black powder. The method is easily practiced and suitable for mass production, and the resultant spherical tricobalt tetraoxide has stable structure, reliable properties, and high activity.
US07998449B2
Methods of making nanoparticles are disclosed. The nanoparticles include carbon nanotubes and fullerenes, but the methods can be extended to produce other nanotubes, nanocrystals, proteins, nanospheres, etc. The disclosed methods generate cavitation in fluids to create the necessary conditions for nanoparticle formation. Disclosed methods for generating cavitation include explosions and oscillation of fluids.
US07998438B2
An improved process and a zone reactor for converting a hydrocarbon feedstock into higher hydrocarbons is provided. A first zone in the reactor contains both a material capable of releasing hydrogen halide (HX) and a carbon-carbon coupling catalyst; a second zone is initially empty or contains a halogenation and/or oxyhalogenation catalyst; and a third zone contains both a carbon-carbon coupling catalyst and a material capable of capturing HX. Air or oxygen is introduced into the first zone, a feedstock is introduced into the second zone, and products are produced in the third zone. HX produced during the reaction is reversibly captured and released in zones 1 and 3.
US07998434B2
The present invention provides a pump device 50 which is usable to dilute a sample 52 before analysis. A first pump 54 pumps the sample to a mixing region 58 where it mixes with a diluent 66. A second pump 64 pumps the diluted sample to the analysis instrument. The flow of the diluent to the mixer is equal to the difference of the flow of the sample to the mixer and the flow of the diluted sample to the instrument. Pumps 54 and 64 are independently controllable by a controller unit which is arranged so that data from the instrument can be used to determine the dilution factor of the sample. Thus, the controller can control this dilution factor in real time, upon receipt of such data from the instrument, by change either one of (or both) the pump's flow rate.
US07998431B2
An apparatus comprising a substrate having a surface with a volume-tunable-material on the surface and fluid-support-structures over the surface and partially embedded in the volume-tunable-material. Each of said fluid-support-structures has at least one dimension of about 1 millimeter or less, and the fluid-support-structures are moveable in response to a volume transition of the volume-tunable-material.
US07998423B2
Provided are selective catalytic reduction (SCR) filters that effectively provide simultaneous treatment of particulate matter and NOx. Provided also are methods for reducing NOx concentration and particulate matter in a diesel engine exhaust by using the SCR filters. The SCR filter can include a fiber matrix wall flow filter comprising a plurality of non-woven inorganic fibers and a chabazite molecular sieve SCR catalyst on the fiber matrix wall flow filter. By combining a fiber matrix wall flow filter with a chabazite molecular sieve SCR catalyst, high catalyst loading can be achieved without causing excessive back pressure across the filter when implemented in emission treatment systems.
US07998417B2
An apparatus to detect particulate matter. The apparatus includes a sensor electrode, a shroud, and a heater. The electrode measures a chemical composition within an exhaust stream. The shroud surrounds at least a portion of the sensor electrode, exclusive of a distal end of the sensor electrode exposed to the exhaust stream. The shroud defines an air gap between the sensor electrode and the shroud and an opening toward the distal end of the sensor electrode. The heater is mounted relative to the sensor electrode. The heater burns off particulate matter in the air gap between the sensor electrode and the shroud.
US07998405B2
The eyes of a contact lens wearer are protected from the effects of a liquid disinfecting solution by providing a contact lens container having a catalyst therein and a container of the disinfecting solution of unusual design. The openings of the contact lens container and the solution container are configured so only the contact lens container is able to receive solution from the solution container. This prevents the user from directly removing disinfecting solution from the solution container and thereby prevents the user from directly applying the disinfecting solution to the eye.
US07998402B2
An aluminium alloy product having high strength, excellent corrosion resistance and weldability, having the following composition in wt. %: Mg 3.5 to 6.0, Mn 0.4 to 1.2, Fe<0.5, Si<0.5, Cu<0.15, Zr<0.5, Cr<0.3, Ti 0.03 to 0.2, Sc<0.5, Zn<1.7, Li<0.5, Ag<0.4, optionally one or more of the following dispersoid forming elements selected from the group consisting of erbium, yttrium, hafnium, vanadium, each <0.5 wt. %, and impurities or incidental elements each <0.05, total <0.15, and the balance being aluminium.
US07998398B2
A pivoting door assembly for a downdraft cutting table assembly includes a door for covering a vent of the downdraft cutting table assembly, and an arm assembly coupled to the door. The downdraft cutting table assembly may include a cutting table for supporting a workpiece, a cutting torch assembly for positioning a cutting torch for cutting the workpiece, an exhaust duct for exhausting fumes, and a vent opening into the exhaust duct. The downdraft cutting table assembly may also include a slag removal system. The arm assembly is actuated by the cutting torch assembly as the cutting torch assembly positions the cutting torch over the cutting table. Actuation of the arm assembly by the cutting torch assembly causes the arm assembly to pivot the door open for allowing fumes from the cutting torch to be drawn into the exhaust duct.
US07998396B2
The invention relates to a blowing or stretch-blowing device (1) for making vessels from thermoplastic blanks with a collar, that comprises a blowing nozzle (3) mobile between an upper position and a lower position for blowing a pressurised fluid into a blank having a body provided in the moulding cavity of a mould and having a collar protruding outside the mould, the device includes a clamping means (4) provided above the mould and capable of holding a blank by the collar thereof, a holding means (20, 21) for the clamping means for moving the same between two raised or lowered positions, wherein at least one branch (7, 8) of the clamping means being transversally mobile; mechanical coupling means (5) provided between the clamping means and the blowing nozzle and capable of synchronising the movements of the clamping means with the movement of the blowing nozzle.
US07998384B2
A spunbond nonwoven fabric useful as a topsheet is produced from polypropylene filaments including a high level of reclaimed polypropylene, while maintaining a product quality, including superior formation, comparable to that obtained when using 100 percent virgin polymer. The spunbond nonwoven fabric is made with multicomponent filaments having at least two different polymer components occupying different areas within the filament cross section, and wherein one of the polymer components comprises reclaimed polypropylene recovered from previously spun polypropylene fiber or webs comprised of previously spun polypropylene fiber. In a specific embodiment, the filaments are sheath-core bicomponent filaments and the reclaimed polypropylene is present in the core component. The core of the bicomponent filament can be comprised of up to 100% reclaimed polypropylene.
US07998383B2
Provided is a method of manufacturing an emblem of an automobile part in which the emblem and the part are formed integrally. The method includes printing an emblem on a film wound up in a roll at predetermined intervals (S1), three-dimensionally forming the emblem-printed film (S2), cutting the three-dimensionally formed film using a cutter to obtain an emblem film (S3), inserting the cut emblem film into upper and lower halves of a mold (S4), and injecting a melted resin into the mold to integrally form the resin with the emblem film (S5).
US07998381B2
The invention relates to a method for preparing a feedstock for injection moulding or for extrusion, consisting of inorganic powders combined with an organic, particularly polymeric binder. This method is characterized in that the constituent particles of the inorganic powders are subjected to a granulation step, prior to their mixing with the polymeric binder.
US07998376B2
Method for producing carbon-carbon composite brake discs by: (a) providing annular nonwoven carbon fiber brake disc preforms; (b) carbonizing the brake disc preforms; (c) densifying the carbonized preforms by CVD/CVI (chemical vapor deposition/chemical vapor infiltration); (d) densifying the products of step (c) with isotropic or mesophase pitch by VPI (vacuum pitch infiltration) or RTM (resin transfer molding) processing; (e) carbonizing the preforms to remove non-carbon volatiles from the pitch and to open porosity in the pitch-infused preforms; (f) densifying the products of step (e) with isotropic or mesophase pitch by VPI or RTM processing; (g) carbonizing the preforms to remove non-carbon volatiles from pitch and to open porosity in the pitch-infused preforms; and (h) heat-treating the resulting pitch-densified carbon-carbon composite brake disc preforms. This manufacturing approach reduces lot-to-lot variability in friction performance of the resulting carbon-carbon composite brake discs.
US07998368B2
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are dispersed in an aqueous buffer solution consisting of at least 50 weight percent water and a remainder weight percent that includes a buffer material. The buffer material has a molecular structure defined by a first end, a second end, and a middle disposed between the first and second ends. The first end is a cyclic ring with nitrogen and oxygen heteroatomes, the middle is a hydrophobic alkyl chain, and the second end is a charged group.
US07998367B2
According to various embodiments of the present teachings, there is a metal-carbon nanotubes composite and methods of making it. A method of forming a metal-carbon nanotube composite can include providing a plurality of carbon nanotubes and providing a molten metal. The method can also include mixing the plurality of carbon nanotubes with the molten metal to form a mixture of the carbon nanotubes and the molten metal and solidifying the mixture of the carbon nanotubes and the molten metal to form a metal-carbon nanotube composite.
US07998366B2
The flash points of volatile organic compounds are raised by using from about 0.05 to 5.0 wt. % of a combination of two or more terpene alcohols to allow the blended compound to have a higher flash point. In contrast to heavier loadings, the lower loading of two or more terpene alcohols to a VOC has been found to increase the range of uses for such compounds and as well as increasing the shelf life of the VOC.
US07998358B2
A polishing system receives one or more target parameters for a selected peak in a spectrum of light, polishes a substrate, measures a current spectrum of light reflected from the substrate while the substrate is being polished, identifies the selected peak in the current spectrum, measures one or more current parameters of the selected peak in the current spectrum, compares the current parameters of the selected peak to the target parameters, and ceases to polish the substrate when the current parameters and the target parameters have a pre defined relationship.
US07998343B2
Wastewater treatment systems are disclosed with improved aeration tanks. The aeration tank includes an inverted frusto-conical clarifier and a submersible aerator pump disposed between the bottom of the aeration tank and the interior of the clarifier. The pump is connected to an air inlet line that can pass downward through the clarifier. A plurality of bubble outlet lines extend outward from the pump radially and tangentially towards the sidewall of the aeration tank. Bubbles rise upward through the aeration space disposed outside of the clarifier and around the aeration space or around the clarifier for improved mixing. The system may include a baffled pretreatment tank and/or pump tank The slopes of the sidewalls of these tanks are of the same magnitude but opposite to that of the aeration tank thereby enabling tank nesting. Methods of retrofitting water treatment systems and treating wastewater are disclosed.
US07998340B2
The invention relates to a bright stock base oil blend comprising of a paraffinic base oil component having a viscosity at 100° C. of from 8 to 25 mm^/sec and a residual and de-asphalted oil component, and the use of said blend as part of a gear oil or a cylinder oil formulation, and other uses.
US07998337B2
The present invention is based on the discovery of NAD+ and NADP+ mediator compounds that do not bind irreversibly to thiol groups in the active sites of intracellular dehydrogenase enzymes. Such mediator compounds avoid a common mode of enzyme inhibition. The mediators can therefore increase the stability and reliability of the electrical response in amperometric electrodes constructed from NAD- or NADP-dependent enzymes.
US07998335B2
The invention relates to a method of polishing a substrate comprising at least one metal layer by applying an electrochemical potential between the substrate and at least one electrode in contact with a polishing composition comprising a reducing agent or an oxidizing agent.
US07998334B2
The invention relates to a method, an apparatus and a computer program for electrochemical machining where a removal of cathode depositions is performed in a fully automated way by means of an application of optimal pulses of a suitable polarity. The method comprises establishing an optimal pulse duration for pulses of the inverse polarity for a removal of the cathode depositions from an electrode surface during the electrochemical machining, said optimal pulse duration being determined from a first calibration carried out preceding the machining of the work piece and a second calibration carried out during the machining of the work piece; performing a control of the machining of the work piece by means of a monitoring of an actual value of an operational parameter and comparing said actual value of the operational parameter to a preset value of the operational parameter, applying a pulse of the inverse polarity of the optimal pulse duration in case the actual value of the operational parameter is greater than the preset value of the operational parameter. The operation of the apparatus 4 in a machining mode is controlled by a process control means C. The operation of the apparatus 4 in an electrode cleaning mode is controlled by the control system C2 arranged to remove the cathode depositions from the surface of the electrode in real time.
US07998330B2
Disclosed herein are electrochemical fabrication platforms for making structures, arrays of structures and functional devices having selected nanosized and/or microsized physical dimensions, shapes and spatial orientations. Methods, systems and system components use an electrochemical stamping tool such as solid state polymeric electrolytes for generating patterns of relief and/or recessed features exhibiting excellent reproducibility, pattern fidelity and resolution on surfaces of solid state ionic conductors and in metal. Electrochemical stamping tools are capable high throughput patterning of large substrate areas, are compatible with commercially attractive manufacturing pathways to access a range of functional systems and devices including nano- and micro-electromechanical systems, sensors, energy storage devices, metal masks for printing, interconnects, and integrated electronic circuits.
US07998328B2
Methods and apparatus for the micro-scale, dielectrophoretic separation of particles are provided. Fluid suspensions of particles are sorted and separated by dielectrophoretic separation chambers that have at least two consecutive, electrically coupled planar electrodes separated by a gap in a fluid flow channel. The gap distance as well as applied potential can be used to control the dielectrophoretic forces generated. Using consecutive, electrically coupled electrodes rather than electrically coupled opposing electrodes facilitates higher flow volumes and rates. The methods and apparatus can be used, for example, to sort living, damaged, diseased, and/or dead cells and functionalized or ligand-bound polymer beads for subsequent identification and/or analysis.
US07998320B2
A coated article that can be used in applications such as insulating glass (IG) units, so that resulting IG units can achieve high visible transmission of at least 70% (e.g., when using clear glass substrates from 1.0 to 3.5 mm thick), combined with at least one of: (a) SHGC no greater than about 0.45, more preferably no greater than about 0.40; (b) SC no greater than about 0.49, more preferably no greater than about 0.46; (c) chemical and/or mechanical durability; (d) neutral transmissive color such that transmissive a* is from −5.0 to 0 (more preferably from −3.5 to −1.5), and transmissive b* is from −2.0 to 4.0 (more preferably from 1.0 to 3.0); and (e) neutral reflective color from the exterior of the IG unit (i.e., Rg/Rout) such that reflective a* is from −3.0 to 2.0 (more preferably from −2.0 to 0.5), and reflective b* is from −5.0 to 1.0 (more preferably from −4.0 to −1.0). In certain example non-limiting embodiments, coated articles herein comprise: substrate/TiOx/ZnOx/Ag/NiCrOx/SnOx/ZnOx/Ag/NiCrOx/SnOx/SixNy.
US07998315B2
A process for pyrolyzing biomass is provided. The process comprises providing biomass to a pyrolysis reactor to produce a vapor product and condensing said vapor product to produce a condensed product, wherein a phase separation suppression agent is added during said process so as to promote the formation of a single phase condensed product.
US07998309B2
A one step method and system for producing nanofluids by a nanoparticle-source evaporation and deposition of the evaporant into a base fluid. The base fluid such oil or ethylene glycol is placed in a rotating cylindrical drum having an adjustable heater-boat-evaporator and heat exchanger-cooler apparatus. As the drum rotates, a thin liquid layer is formed on the inside surface of the drum. An insulated heater-boat-evaporator having an evaporant material (nanoparticle-source) placed within its boat evaporator is adjustably positioned near a portion of the rotating thin liquid layer, the evaporant material being heated thereby evaporating a portion of the evaporant material and forming nanoparticles, the nanoparticles absorbed by the liquid film to form nanofluid.
US07998300B2
Two paper webs, saturated with a B-phase phenolic resin and dried, are conveyed through separate low melting point metal alloy baths, one web after being corrugated, to convert the resin to a fully cured phase, whereafter the webs are joined to form a structurally rigid waterproof single face corrugated web.
US07998298B2
The invention is aimed at shortening time and reducing labor in a work of fitting a multiplicity of cords, respectively, into grooves of a grooved press roll and of a grooved comb roll to align the same in a calender apparatus, in which rubber is topped on the multiplicity of cords as aligned, in an aligning work, the multiplicity of cords are first fitted into grooves on an upper surface side of the comb roll to be aligned, the press roll is then displaced to an alignment transfer position from a standby position close to a topping roll to be opposed to the upper surface side of the comb roll to thereby transfer an aligned state of the cords fitted into the grooves of the comb roll to the press roll as it is to fit the respective cords into grooves of the press roll and to displace the press roll to the standby position while maintaining the fitted state, to set the cords in an aligned state.
US07998296B2
A method of protecting a bond layer in a substrate support adapted for use in a plasma processing system. The method includes the steps of attaching an upper member of a substrate support to a lower member of a substrate support with a bonding material. An adhesive is applied to an outer periphery of the upper member and to an upper periphery of the lower member, and a protective ring is positioned around the outer periphery of the upper member and the upper periphery of the lower member. The protective ring is originally fabricated with dimensions the provide mechanical stability and workability. The protective ring is then machined to an exact set of final dimensions consistent with the design of the substrate support application.
US07998286B2
Bulk solidifying amorphous alloys (BMGs) having improved corrosion resistance properties; and more particularly a sub-set of Zr—Ti-based BMGs having improved corrosion resistance properties are provided. The BMG compositions are formed by carefully controlling the concentration of, or removing altogether, highly electronegative elements, such as Ni and Cu from Zr—Ti-based bulk solidifying amorphous alloys thereby producing BMG materials with corrosion resistance properties that far exceed those of current commercially available BMGs and most conventional alloys. The elimination of these electronegative materials also opens the possibility of new uses for BMGs, including in biological applications.
US07998282B2
A method of heat-treating a steel member including carburizing a steel member in a carburizing gas under a reduced pressure. The steel member is then cooled in a cooling gas having a pressure lower than atmospheric pressure. A desired portion of the cooled steel member is then heated using high-density energy. The steel member is then quenched.
US07998278B2
The present invention refers to a concentrate for use in a cleaning and/or washing process comprising a) an alkyl glycoside having the general formula R1OGn whereby G is a saccharide residue and n is 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 and R1 is an alkyl group or alkylene group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and b) a nonionic alkylene oxide adduct, wherein the concentrate has a pH value of less than 6.5, as well as to a solution obtained by diluting the concentrate and to a process of cleaning objects using the concentrate and/or solution.
US07998259B2
The present invention relates generally to particle removal and air borne molecular contaminant air filters, and, more particularly, to a combination particle and air borne molecular contaminant filter with an activated material separator.
US07998256B2
An oxygen generator comprising a body shell, a top cover set, a bottom cover set, an air pump, multiple switching solenoid valves and a watering control set; the body shell is provided with multiple big tanks filled with molecular sieve substances, its surrounding is provided with a gas intake passage, multiple sets of airflow channels, multiple sets of gas outtake channels, a gas storage tank and an air filtration tank; the body shell is further provided with multiple switching solenoid valves, which control both the circulation between two adjoined airflow channels and the circulation between an airflow channel and an adjoined gas outtake channel; the top cover set and the bottom cover set are installed on the top side and bottom side of the body shell respectively, and the air pump is set up under the bottom cover, while the watering control set is set up on the bottom cover.
US07998254B2
A helically wound hollow membrane module having a core with a plurality of helically wound layers of semi-permeable hollow fibers wound on the core. The fiber wind angle with respect to any one layer of fibers may be essentially constant along the axial length of the module, except in one or both end or tubesheet regions, where the wind angle may be increased, in at least some of the layers relative to the essentially constant wind angle, to produce an area of decreasing diameter.
US07998251B2
A vortex separator for drawing a substantially moisture-free airstream from a waste stream having an annular channel defining a first vortex flow path for separating liquid and solid waste from this waste stream and preferably a filter unit with an inverted conical cavity between nested inverted cones defining a second vortex flow path that is isolated from the first vortex flow path for separating additional liquid and solid waste from the waste stream before it exits the vortex separator. In preferred embodiments, the separator includes a removable filter unit cartridge positioned within the outer cone and a helix isolator to respectively make use of the separator more convenient to use and more efficient.
US07998237B2
Disclosed are a method and an installation for producing steel products (1) having an optimum surface quality, especially extremely low carbon contents (UCL steel or IF steel), nitrogen contents, total oxygen contents, high-strength or stainless steel qualities. According to the invention, the liquid steel is cast into a thin slab (5a) from a process route (10, 11, 12, or 13) that is selected according to the desired final structure (9) based on an electric-arc furnace (2b), is descaled, cut into billets (15) having a partial length, optionally descaled once again, subjected to final descaling downstream from a holding furnace (16), milled in a finishing mill train (6a), rolled up in a rolling station (20) located downstream from the last finishing mill stand (19) or downstream from a cooling section (21), and the final structure (9) is adjusted in the cooling section (21) according to the desired steel quality by cooling on a run-out roller table (22), whereupon the rolling stock (1a) is completely rolled up in a second rolling station (23).
US07998227B2
The invention is directed to a method of fueling gas turbines from natural gas reserves with relatively low methane concentrations. The invention permits the use of such reserves to be used to fuel gas turbines to generate electric power. The method of the invention includes providing a natural gas comprising not more than about 40 percent methane on a volume basis and mixing the methane of the natural gas with hydrogen gas to provide a hydrogen enhanced methane/hydrogen gas blend which has sufficient hydrogen to provide flame stability during burning. Thereafter, if required, the hydrogen enhanced methane/hydrogen gas blend is dehydrated to remove a sufficient amount of water to provide a flame stable hydrogen enhanced dehydrated methane/hydrogen gas blend. The hydrogen enhanced natural gas blend is used to fuel gas turbine generators.
US07998220B2
A system and methods useful for treating morbid obesity include the installation of a stenosis into an artery of a morbidly obese patient, the artery selected to be one that supplies blood to the small intestine of the patient.
US07998215B2
This invention relates to devices and instruments for implant insertion through a posterior lateral opening to the disc space. The instruments include an implant inserter, and the devices include a spinal fusion implant engageable by the implant inserter. The implant provides bilateral support of the adjacent vertebrae when inserted into the disc space from a postero-lateral approach.
US07998210B2
An intervertebral spacer for positioning between vertebral members. The spacer may include contact surfaces that are configured to contact against the vertebral members. A fluid cylinder may be positioned between the first and second contact surfaces and configured to contain a fluid. The fluid cylinder may include an outer cylinder with an open first end that telescopingly receives an inner cylinder. The spacer is configured to maintain the distance between the contact surfaces at a desired amount.
US07998204B2
A felt for repairing soft tissue defects comprising a membranous collagen substrate and a bioresorbable fiber felted onto the collagen substrate. Methods of preparing a felt and methods of repairing soft tissue damage with a felt are also provided.
US07998203B2
A prosthetic knee implant for implantation into a mammal, which accommodates an anterior cruciate ligament substitute to provide stability to the knee implant. The prosthetic knee implant includes a femoral component having a pair of condylar surfaces and a tibial component having a surface portion adapted to slidably engage the femoral component upon rotation of the same. The femoral component further includes a recess between the condyles defining an aperture through the femoral component. The tibial component further includes a center portion defining an aperture through the tibial component substantially at its center. The femoral aperture and the tibial aperture are adapted to receive an anterior cruciate ligament substitute for biasing the mammalian femur and tibia together. Also disclosed is a method used to replace the total knee joint in a mammal with the improved prosthetic knee implant of the present invention.
US07998196B2
A replacement heart valve device usable in a medical procedure in relation in heart valve replacement of a patient. In one embodiment, the replacement heart valve device includes a heart valve holder or conduit holder formed in the form of a cylindrical tube having a longitudinal cut substantially extending from one end to the other end of the cylindrical tube, and a conduit formed with a tubular segment of an elastic material. The conduit is mountable onto the heart valve holder or conduit holder or self-expanding stent. In one embodiment, at least a portion of the conduit is formed with a single layer of the elastic material. In another embodiment, at least a portion of the conduit is formed with two layers of the elastic material.
US07998191B2
An apparatus for preparing an endoluminal prostheses, having at least one layer of biocompatible material, for loading into a delivery device. The apparatus ensures the uniform collapse of the prosthesis and enables the use of diminished loading forces for loading the prosthesis into the delivery device. The apparatus includes a device to stabilize the prosthesis so that the prosthesis can be incrementally axially rotated, as well as a device to manipulate the layer of biocompatible material simultaneously at several distinct points along an axis of the prosthesis so that a set of alterations is formed in the layer of biocompatible material.
US07998182B2
An endovascular heat transfer device which can have a smooth exterior surface, or a surface with ridges and grooves. The device can have a plurality of elongated, articulated segments, with each having such a surface. A flexible joint connects adjacent elongated, articulated segments. The flexible joints can be bellows or flexible tubes. An inner lumen is disposed within the heat transfer segments. The inner lumen is capable of transporting a pressurized working fluid to a distal end of the heat transfer element.
US07998181B2
A fluorescence concentrator system that provides for high brightness light source. The system can include a host doped with fluorescent material, which is optically pumped by an adjacent illumination source. The fluorescence concentrator captures a portion of the isotropically emitted fluorescent light and guides it to an output surface. The fluorescent energy emerging the output surface provides a high brightness light source suitable for a number of applications. For example, the fluorescence concentrator system can be used as the light source in a medical apparatus suitable for various aesthetic procedures. Further aspects of the fluorescent concentrator system can include providing for controlling the illumination source to output pumping energy suitable for high energy applications.
US07998179B2
A plating system and method include a bone plate with at least a first vertebral engaging portion and a second vertebral engaging portion connected by flexible intermediate portions to permit translation of the vertebrae to which the bone plate is attached. The bone plate may further include a guide assembly extending between the vertebral engaging portions that permits at least uni-directional translation while enhancing resistance of the bone plate to bending forces.
US07998173B2
Provided is an adjustable spacing device configured to be placed between the spinous processes of at least two adjacent vertebrae, the device including a transverse member and at least one adjustable transverse member, which connect two parallel longitudinal legs one to the other and a method of using the device to treat spinal stenosis by restricting extension and allowing normal flexion of adjacent vertebrae relative one to the other.
US07998169B2
Devices and methods for accessing and closing vascular sites are disclosed. Self-sealing closure devices and methods are disclosed. A device that can make a steep and controlled access path into a vascular lumen is disclosed. Methods for using the device are also disclosed.
US07998168B2
A drain tube stripper containing two handles pivotally joined at one end. The second end of each handle contains a roller. The rollers meet when the handles are pressed together. The handles are of unequal length. A drain tube, e.g., surgical drain, can be stripped of fluid and material buildup by placing the open rollers over the tube and pressing the handles together. The rollers thereby pinch the drain tube and the rollers allow the device to be moved along the drain tube pushing fluid and material ahead of the rollers. The drain tube stripper allows the tube to enter between the rollers from the side and exit from the side of the opposing handle. The tube drain stripper may also contain a guide component to minimize entanglement of the drain and the device is rolled along the drain tubing.
US07998166B2
The present invention provides for a drug delivery mechanism for use with a protection device. The protection device has an expandable filter. The drug delivery mechanism automatically delivers a drug to the filter without requiring the intervention of the operator of the protection device. The drug delivered to the filter facilitates continued filter patency during the medical procedure.
US07998165B2
A device for removing blood clots and methods of making and using the same. The clot pulling device may include a first spine, a second spine disposed parallel to the first spine, and a basket disposed between and coupled to the spines. In addition, a pushing member may be coupled to the first spine and extend proximally therefrom.
US07998146B2
A hip cup extraction apparatus (101) comprising a shaft (402), a handle (404), a semicircular cutting blade (406), a spring loaded latching member (408), and a head (100) for removing a hip cup (405) from a pelvic bone (401). The head (100) includes a semispherical section (102) terminating in a substantially planar surface (104), a hip cup extraction apparatus aperture (106), a retaining sleeve (108), and a three sided void (110). The head (100) may be configured for selective attachment to the hip cup extraction apparatus (101). The hip cup extraction apparatus (101) is inserted into the hip cup extraction apparatus aperture (106), and an optional spring loaded latching member (408) retains the head (100) in place. As the head (100) is being attached to the hip cup extraction apparatus (101), the semicircular cutting blade (406) may pass through the three sided void (110). Once the head (100) is attached to the hip cup extraction apparatus (101), the head (100) is inserted into the hip cup (405). Force may then be applied to the hip cup extraction apparatus (101) in order to drive the semicircular cutting blade (406) into the pelvic bone (401). The hip cup extraction apparatus (101) may then be rotated or pivoted such that the semicircular cutting blade (406) passes completely around the hip cup (405).
US07998142B2
A multi-piece knee resection instrument for use in forming an anterior cut, an anterior chamfer cut, a posterior cut and a posterior chamfer cut on a distal femur which has already had a distal surface thereof resected which cuts are for the mounting of a prosthetic implant, has a first resection guide for attachment to the medial or lateral side of the distal femur. The first resection guide has a first surface facing generally anteriorly when mounted and a second surface extending distally from the first surface and angled thereto and a third surface extending generally parallel to the resected distal surface of the femur. A second resection guide is mounted on the first and second surfaces of the first resection guide for performing the anterior and anterior chamfer cuts. A third resection guide is mounted on the third surface of the first resection guide and extends in a medial-lateral direction therefrom across at least part of the resected distal femoral surface.
US07998140B2
Surgical devices for treating tissue are provided. Also provided are systems for treating tissue and methods of treating tissue. An exemplary surgical device has a handle, a shaft extending from the handle having a distal end, and an electrode tip having an electrode surface with at least a portion of the electrode tip extending distally beyond the distal end of the shaft. In one embodiment, preferably the portion of the electrode tip extending distally beyond the distal end of the shaft comprises a cone shaped portion. The device also has a fluid passage being connectable to a fluid source and at least one fluid outlet opening in fluid communication with the fluid passage.
US07998133B2
A syringe for an injector that has at its nozzle end a connection to the fluid delivery tubing that prevents, reduces, or eliminates fluid leaks, by virtue of a ridge on the external surfaces of the connector which engage to tubing. Furthermore, the syringe and injector are configured to permit the syringe to be oriented in more than one manner on the injector.
US07998131B2
A method and apparatus for a connection interface between a reservoir or syringe, infusion set tubing, and an infusion pump is provided. The elements of the apparatus are organized so that it is capable of being inserted and secured in an infusion pump housing.
US07998129B2
A method and device that addresses the problem of an incompetent aortic valve by using a simple cardioplegia catheter that can deliver cardioplegia solution to the coronary arteries through the usual aortic cannulation site even in the presence of aortic valve incompetence. The device includes a cardioplegia cannula (32) with an additional lumen containing a nitinol wire (34) inside it that allows advancement of a folded nitinol umbrella (36) with a non-porous membrane or a compressed nitinol ring that covers the aortic valve when opened. During installation, after puncture of the aorta by the coaxial needle and removal of the coaxial needle but before installation of the cardioplegia solution through the central lumen of the catheter, the nitinol umbrella (in folded position) or nitinol ring (in compressed position) is advanced through the second lumen into the aorta just above the aortic valve. The nitinol umbrella is unfolded using the nitinol wire to expose the inverted umbrella configuration with attached membrane and is then advanced as a unit with the cardioplegia catheter until the nitinol umbrella covers the aortic valve at its deployed position.
US07998126B1
A urine collector for females that use a frustropyramidal funnel member with a narrow end that has a rhombus-shape cross-section that a user can deform to fit a cooperating locking assembly with a frustropyramidal through aperture. As the deforming pressure on the folds of the funnel member is released, the outer walls of the narrow end of the funnel engage the internal walls of a frustropyramidal central through aperture in the locking assembly keeping the funnel member in place. The locking assembly can be integrally built in the collecting container or in a separate closure locking assembly.
US07998114B2
A method and apparatus are provided for regulating pressure applied during a medical procedure, including an inelastic housing enclosing an inner volume, a housing having a first and second end; an aperture in the housing, the aperture for coupling to an element for applying a pressure during a medical procedure, the element having an inner volume communicated with the inner volume of the housing; and a pressure-operated valve coupled to the housing for providing access to the inner volume of the housing when pressure in the housing is above a threshold, whereby the valve releases pressure from within the inner volume of the housing. The method and apparatus are particularly useful in preparation of conduits such as veins and arteries during grafting procedures.
US07998113B2
A medical device including an element defining a central lumen and a secondary lumen. The device includes a prefilled balloon having an interior surface operatively communicates with the secondary lumen. The device includes a securement balloon having an interior surface communicating with the secondary lumen. The securement balloon, secondary lumen, and prefilled balloon define a closed fluid system. The securement balloon is stronger than the prefilled balloon so fluid in the closed fluid system inflates the prefilled balloon before inflating the securement balloon. The device includes a transfer sleeve movable from a first position spaced from the prefilled balloon to a second position positioned around the prefilled balloon to urge fluid from the prefilled balloon into the securement balloon. When the transfer sleeve is in the first position, the securement balloon is substantially collapsed. When the transfer sleeve is in the second position, the securement balloon is inflated.
US07998112B2
A deflectable catheter assembly is disclosed. The assembly comprises a catheter shaft having a catheter proximal section and a catheter distal section, and at least one lumen extending therethrough. The catheter distal section is more flexible than the catheter proximal section. A tendon is disposed within a first lumen of said catheter shaft. The first lumen is approximately centrally located within the catheter shaft at the catheter proximal section. The first lumen is located off-center of the catheter shaft at the catheter distal section. The tendon is able to deflect the catheter distal section when being pulled on. A catheter handle is coupled to the catheter shaft at the catheter proximal section, the catheter handle includes a control mechanism to control the tendon.
US07998110B2
Current methods of delivering drug usually require a certain degree of human intervention. For example, a doctor, a paramedic or a patient is required to inject insulin manually when the blood sugar level becomes low. This invention provides a medical device for use with a patient for performing at least one of the functions of delivering drug and performing physical therapy to the patient. The device of this invention includes a sensor for measuring at least one parameter from the patient, an analyzer for analyzing the parameter to determine appropriate function to be carried out on the patient by said medical device, and at least one actuator to perform at least one of the functions of delivering drug and performing physical therapy.
US07998107B2
A pumping system for use in medical applications where liquids must be infused and aspirated from a mammalian patient, and whose economics are such that it is cost effective to simply dispose of it after a single use. The system features positive displacement pump(s) such as reciprocating pump(s) containing a damping mechanism to dampen out the peaks and valleys in the fluid pressure that is pumped, which is important for preventing cavitation. The system furthermore features a shut-off valve on the extraction side so that certain injected fluids such as contrast medium, are not immediately pumped out of the patient. In a preferred embodiment, the system also features means for independently controlling the fluid pressure/volume on the infusion and extraction sides, self-priming capability, a continuous fluid path, and visual air bubble detection, with viewports located at important points in the fluid path, such as at pumps and valves.
US07998102B2
To accomplish isolation and removal of a substance from a vasculature, a catheter is employed to occlude a vessel of the vasculature. The substance is thus isolated in the vasculature and can be removed. In this way, the substance is removed before entering other parts of the circulatory system. This method is applicable to removal of contrast from the coronary sinus shortly after injection of the coronary arteries with the contrast. The method substantially minimizes or avoids renal dysfunction caused by angiographic procedures in which contrast must be injected. Such angiographic procedures are often performed during intervention procedures. This method substantially prevents circulation of the contrast to the kidneys where it could otherwise cause renal dysfunction or failure. The apparatus for implementation of the method is also disclosed.
US07998098B2
A massaging apparatus includes a control unit for controlling first to third drive units so as to drive movement of a second guiding rail unit along a first guiding rail unit in a transverse direction, movement of a mounting seat on the second guiding rail unit in a longitudinal direction, and movement of a post on the mounting seat in a vertical direction such that a massage member mounted on a bottom end of the post is moved to contact a user's body that lies on a bed body at a desired acupuncture point. Thereafter, the control unit further controls the third drive unit so as to drive further downward movement of the post corresponding to a desired massage pressure, and controls the first and second drive units so as to drive movement of the massage member around the desired acupuncture point of the user's body.
US07998094B1
An apparatus and method for examining fiber tension, fiber stress, sarcomere length, etc. in muscle fibers and tension and stress in ligament or tendon tissues as well as brain or nerve fibers by applying a lifting force to lift the fiber or tissue a lifting distance, measuring the lifting force and distance and calculating the axial tension on the fiber bundle or tissue. The apparatus and method also make it possible to illuminate and view the fiber bundle or tissue to examine and characterize visually observable properties.
US07998084B2
A method of determining the presence of pulmonary embolism is a postoperative patient using the carbox ratio of the patient prior to the surgical procedure and the carbox ratio of the patient after to the surgical procedure. The characteristics of the breath of the patient are obtained prior to a surgical procedure for a baseline and then afterwards if the patient has difficult breathing. The mean carbox ratios from the baseline and post-surgical data collections are then compared to non-invasively predict the likelihood that the patient has developed pulmonary embolism. A decrease in the carbox ratio of more than twenty-five percent (25%) represents an abnormal test and is consistent with possible pulmonary embolism. No change or an increase in the carbox ratio suggests the absence of pulmonary embolism.
US07998080B2
A method of estimating blood flow in the brain, comprising: a) causing currents to flow inside the head by producing electric fields inside the head; b) measuring at least changes in the electric fields and the currents; and c) estimating changes in the blood volume of the head, using the measurements of the electric fields and the currents.
US07998071B2
Systems and methods for minimizing or eliminating transient non-glucose related signal noise due to non-glucose rate limiting phenomenon such as ischemia, pH changes, temperatures changes, and the like. The system monitors a data stream from a glucose sensor and detects signal artifacts that have higher amplitude than electronic or diffusion-related system noise. The system replaces some or the entire data stream continually or intermittently including signal estimation methods that particularly address transient signal artifacts. The system is also capable of detecting the severity of the signal artifacts and selectively applying one or more signal estimation algorithm factors responsive to the severity of the signal artifacts, which includes selectively applying distinct sets of parameters to a signal estimation algorithm or selectively applying distinct signal estimation algorithms.
US07998070B2
An aspect disclosed herein involves methods and systems for determining a neurospinal functional index (NSFI) provide a single index quantifying a plurality of neurospinal functions, for example, algometry, range of motion, electromyography, thermography, and heart rate variability. Embodiments of the NSFI are useful in providing an objective index of a patient's neurospinal function, for example, in chiropractic assessments.
US07998069B2
A device and method of providing information to a healthcare provider regarding the dosing of insulin is provided where the data is analyzed to produce a qualified set of points. The applied analysis is performed via parameters that are independent of patient input.
US07998064B2
An endoscope insertion portion of the invention comprises: a distal end portion; first image pickup means for obtaining a first observation image, the first image pickup means being disposed to the distal end portion; second image pickup means for obtaining a second observation image, the second image pickup means being disposed to the distal end portion; a first object optical system for condensing photographing light incident on the first image pickup means, the first object optical system being located in the distal end portion; a second object optical system for condensing photographing light incident on the second image pickup means, the second object optical system being located in the distal end portion; and a plurality of illumination optical systems for irradiating light to a subject, the plurality of illumination optical systems being located in the distal end portion in a manner sandwiching each of the first object optical system and the second object optical system. The endoscope insertion portion thus can show enough of good observation performance by distributing a plurality of image pickup means with necessary amount of illumination light.
US07998057B2
The stimulator includes a first resilient cylindrical (phallic-shaped) end and a second, shorter resilient cylindrical end with an expandable-deflatable bulb disposed therein. A truncated U-shaped stimulator is formed by a base connecting the ends. One embodiment permits manual bulb contraction and resilient material expansion with air or fluid ejection/admission. Another embodiment inflates the bulb manually with pressurized air/fluid (orally) with a one-way valve and user controlled valve release, or inflates the bulb with a pump. An external or on-board pump maybe used. The on-board internal pump has a depressible wall pump bladder on the stimulator. The inflatable-deflatable bulb maybe connected to the base via a reduced diameter neck. A method controllably inflates and deflates the bulb and changes its cross-sectional dimensions under user controls.
US07998055B2
The present invention provides a urethral prosthesis including a first and a second arm that join to form a junction, and a stem that is also joined to the junction. The junction is adapted to exert sufficient pressure on a portion of a patient's urethra to prevent unintentional voiding of the patient's bladder. However, upon exerting a tension force on the stem, the pressure exerted by the junction is reduced such that the patient's bladder may be intentionally voided.
US07998046B2
A method for passive and active exercises of the human knee using an apparatus having a substantially rigid support member having two substantially similar sides joined at one end, which forms an apex, and having a third side including two opposing linear surfaces separated by a cavity; and an adjustable strap.
US07998042B2
An exercise chair for an exercise system. The exercise system is of a type that utilizes an exercise resistance cable apparatus of a type that includes an exercise resistance cable having a first end being connectable to an exercise chair, and; a handgrip connected to a second end of the exercise resistance cable. The exercise chair includes: a) a chair frame; b) a first force directing means securely attached to the chair frame at a first selected location at approximately shoulder height level at the left side of the chair frame; c) a second force directing means securely attached to the chair frame at a second selected location at approximately shoulder height level at the right side of the chair frame; d) a third force directing means securely attached to the chair frame at a third selected location at approximately ankle height level at the right side of the chair frame; e) a fourth force directing means securely attached to the chair frame at a fourth selected location at approximately ankle height level at the left side of the chair frame; and, f) means for connecting the first end of a resistance cable to a selected position on the chair frame. The first, second, third and fourth force directing means provide a redirection of force applied by a user at the shoulder and ankle height levels for a selectable exercise using resistance cables.
US07998028B2
A convenient device, such as a mobile phone, provides a user interface for a system that generated personalized exercise programs and guides users through the exercises in a generated program. The generation of the program may be performed by the device providing the user interface.
US07998027B2
A method of controlling fuel injection in an engine of a vehicle comprising of deactivating a fuel injector of the engine during a deceleration condition of the vehicle; and reactivating the fuel injector when a rate of change of a powertrain shaft deceleration is greater than a threshold.
US07998025B2
A method for operating a drivetrain of a motor vehicle having in the force flow direction and in the following order an internal combustion engine, a clutch, an electric motor, a transmission and an axle gearset, or an internal combustion engine, a clutch, an electric motor, a transmission input shaft, a transmission and an axle gearset. The electric motor is used for pre-lubricating and warming the transmission such that, with the vehicle clutch disengaged, the lubricant pump of the transmission is driven by the electric motor so bearings are supplied with lubricant before the engine is started, and the heat, produced by splashing the lubricant, additionally warms the transmission.
US07998024B2
An automotive transmission transitions from a drive gear to a neutral gear when an engine is shutdown. During a rolling pull-up, a crankshaft of the engine will be spun up to a desired speed and the transmission will transition from the neutral gear to an appropriate gear based on a shift schedule. A target transmission input speed is commanded to be a synchronous speed plus an offset to smoothly transition out of electric axle drive propulsion.
US07998023B2
A powertrain is provided with a first input clutch and a second input clutch, each of which is selectively engageable to connect an engine with a transmission input member. Selective engagement of the first input clutch permits a motor to power the engine to start the engine. Selective engagement of the second input clutch permits the engine to power the transmission for propulsion.
US07998020B2
An apparatus for selectively advancing and/or rotating an elongate device, includes a carrier mounted for rotation about a primary axis and a pair of opposed rollers on the carrier adapted to drive the device in a direction along the primary axis. A mechanism drives at least one of the rollers has a first gear and a second gear. A first input selectively rotates the second gear in first or second directions to advance or retract the elongate device. A second input selectively rotates the carrier in first and second directions to rotate the elongate device. The operation of the second input alone simultaneously rotates and advances/retracts the elongate device, and the coordinated operation of the first and second inputs rotates the elongate device without advancement/retraction.
US07998015B2
A front wheel drive transmission is provided having an input member, an output member, four planetary gear sets, a plurality of coupling members and a plurality of torque transmitting devices. Each of the planetary gear sets includes a sun gear member, a planet carrier member, and a ring gear member. The torque transmitting devices include clutches and brakes arranged within a transmission housing.
US07998013B2
A transmission of the present invention has an input member, an output member, four planetary gear sets, a plurality of coupling members and a plurality of torque transmitting devices. Each of the planetary gear sets includes first, second and third members. The torque transmitting devices may include clutches and brakes. The torque transmitting devices are selectively engageable in combinations of at least three to establish at least nine forward speed ratios and at least one reverse speed ratio.
US07998007B2
A method for reducing NVH in a vehicle having the steps of providing at least one repeating event, replicating at least one component, and delaying at least one equivalent part. The repeating event is a complete cycle, such that the repeating event ends when the cycle begins to repeat itself. The component is replicated at least one time so that at least one equivalent part is formed. The equivalent part is delayed with respect to the component by angularly positioning the equivalent part with respect to the component in a predetermined way, such that at least one harmonic in the NVH-spectra is reduced during the component's repeating event and the equivalent part's repeating event in operation.
US07998004B2
A shooting sports measurement system to use with a hoop comprises a net including a first sensor suspended within the net and connectable with the hoop to detect vibration transmitted through one or both of the net and the hoop and a second sensor to detect one or both of motion of the net and pressure from a passing object. The shooting sports measurement system further comprises a console communicatively coupled with the first sensor and the second sensor to receive data and calculate results.
US07998003B2
A volleyball practice system that includes a support frame with an attached reduced size volleyball practice net, a catch net, a removable and selectively positionable suspended ball attached to the support frame by a plurality of tethers, and a selectively removable electronic speed sensor and indicator device attached to the support frame for indicating the speed of the volleyball as it travels transversely to a vertical planar surface of the practice net.
US07998002B2
A golf ball comprising a single layer core and a cover layer disposed about the single layer core, the single layer core being formed from a substantially homogenous formulation and comprising a geometric center and an outer surface, the single layer core further comprising an inner core region disposed about the geometric center and having a thickness of about 5 mm or lower, an outer core region adjacent the outer core surface and having a thickness of about 5 mm or lower, and an intermediate core region disposed between the inner and outer core regions. The single layer core has a first hardness disposed within the inner core region, a second hardness disposed within the outer core region, and a third hardness disposed within the intermediate core region, wherein the first hardness and second hardness are greater than the third hardness and a hardness of the outer surface is substantially the same as or lower than a hardness of the geometric center.
US07997974B2
A gaming device such as a slot machine may be operated in an automated play mode in which the need for player input is reduced or eliminated. Game play cycles may be continuously performed in the automated play mode without player input. One or more parameters for controlling the automated play mode may be determined based on player input and/or data or a program stored in the gaming device and/or data or a program stored in a controller in communication with the gaming device. Termination of the automated play mode may result from player input and/or may be determined on the basis of a parameter that may be determined on the basis of player input or may be determined automatically by the gaming device or by a controller in communication with the gaming device.
US07997970B2
A puzzle or gaming device is provided with a polyhedron housing having a plurality of substantially planar faces, each face includes a plurality of tiles and at least one opening. A plurality of response units are secured separately about each opening such that a top edge defined by the response unit is positioned in the openings and substantially flushed with a surface of the tiles adjacent the opening thereby maintaining a substantially planer face. A processor is provided and includes a pre-programmed gaming content stored on a memory. The process is in communication with light sources and switches, such that the pre-programmed gaming content when activated by the processor randomly activates or deactivates light sources promptly a user to respond by maneuvering the polyhedron housing such that the line of sight of a light source changes wherein the user is able to respond to the pre-programmed gaming content by pressing one or more switches.
US07997959B2
This invention relates generally to an improved rotor for a pneumatic abrading or polishing tool, such as an orbital abrading or polishing tool, and more particularly to such a rotor having a wear-resistant vane slot. A power abrading or polishing tool, such as a pneumatic orbital abrading or polishing tool, includes a motor having a rotor that transmits a rotational force to a carrier part having an abrading or polishing head attached thereto. The rotor is contained in a motor housing which includes an inlet passage and one or more exhaust passages. Compressed air or other suitable gas enters the motor housing through the inlet passage and causes the rotor to rotate within the motor housing. As the rotor rotates, vanes slide in and out of slots in the rotor, creating sealed chambers or compartments between adjacent vanes. As the compressed gas expands within these compartments, it pushes on the vanes, causing the rotor to rotate and the vanes to slide in and out of their vane slots. The rotor includes a metal clip lining the inside surface of the vane slots to prevent wear on the slots due to the repeated movement of the vanes in and out of the slots.
US07997957B2
A process for edging an optical lens for conforming the optical lens to the size and shape of a lens frame into which the optical lens is to be accommodated, said process comprising: a) providing an optical lens having a convex surface, the convex surface being provided with an anti-smudge topcoat rendering the optical lens inappropriate for edging; b) fixing a mounting element on the convex surface of the optical lens, preferably on its center, by means of an adhesive pad adhering both to the mounting element and the convex surface of the optical lens to form a mounting element/optical lens assembly; c) placing the mounting element/optical lens assembly in a grinding machine so that the optical lens is firmly maintained; and d) edging the optical lens to the intended size and shape, wherein, prior to step (b) of fixing the mounting element, the anti-smudge topcoat on the convex surface of the optical lens is pre-treated with a solvent selected from the group consisting of alkanols and dialkylketones under a mechanical stress.
US07997952B2
The present invention relates to a pogo stick structure, more particularly, a pogo stick comprising a housing unit, foot support plate, piston, spring mechanism, and handlebars. The external portion of the housing unit includes a plurality of LED lights that light in accordance with the piston impinging the ground. LED lights displayed on the housing may be of different colors and may be arranged in a multitude of ways. Furthermore, the displayed LED lights may light in different patterns and at different times as a result of an electronic processing unit. A foam layer may cover the housing and protect the lights from accidental damage. The foam layer and lights may also be used with other entertainment devices such as stick horses.
US07997949B2
An external-electrode discharge lamp has a light-permeable, electrically insulative outer casing having a closed hollow space defined therein. A discharge medium is sealed in the outer casing. An external electrode is disposed on an outer surface of the outer casing for causing a dielectric barrier discharge in the discharge medium. The external electrode comprises a plate of an electrically conductive material and is brazed to the outer surface of the outer casing by a brazing material disposed fully circumferentially on the outer surface of the outer casing.
US07997945B2
The invention relates to a device (10.1) for connecting a web (25), comprising a pair of limbs (11, 12), the first two limb ends (13) being fixed to a support (30) while the remaining two limb ends (14) spring back and produce spring ends (14) for the purpose of connecting a web (25). In order to obtain a simpler and reliable connection, it is proposed that the two spring ends of the pair of limbs (11, 12) are connected to each other by means of a loop (20), the inside of the loop (24) serving to accommodate the web (25). When the web is connected, the loop (20) encompasses the cross section of the web and maintains it between its spring ends (14).
US07997943B2
An electrical connector assembly includes a first conductive member and a second conductive member. The first conductive member includes a first channel portion extending from a first wedge portion, with the first channel portion configured to receive a first conductor therein. The first conductive member includes a jaw movably coupled to the first channel portion and being positioned between the first channel portion and the first wedge portion. The second conductive member includes a second channel portion extending from a second wedge portion where the second channel portion configured to receive a second conductor. The first wedge portion and the second wedge portion are assembled such that the second wedge portion engages the jaw and moves the jaw to the closed position. The jaw engages the first conductor in the closed position. Optionally, the first channel portion may have a contoured shape.
US07997941B2
A plug connector comprising a first contact support, in which contacts are disposed, which enter an electrical connection with mating contacts of a second contact support, when the contact supports are joined. The first contact support comprises first coding device, which interacts with a second coding device of the second contact support and assures a defined joining of the contact supports in order to connect the contacts and the mating contacts.
US07997939B2
A plug includes a plug housing and a metal terminal group. The metal terminal group includes a mating electrode group on the first end side thereof and a connection electrode group on the second end side, the mating electrode group including mating electrode sections that are disposed with an insulating resin interposed therebetween and are to be in contact with the contacts of a mating jack, the connection electrode group including connection electrode sections that are disposed with an insulating resin interposed therebetween and are connected to the electrodes of a connection member. The mating electrode sections are disposed coaxially with an axis P of the plug, and at least two of the connection electrode sections are disposed around the axis P so as to surround the axis P side by side.
US07997932B2
A shield connector (100) includes a metallic shell (3) with a mating port (331) in communication with a mating receptacle with a tongue having a plurality of contact terminals (2) thereon. The contact terminals (2) include a plurality of solder tails (213, 223) extending out of the metallic shell (3). The metallic shell (3) defines a level arrangement (35) adjacent to the mating port (331) and defining a supporting plane coplanar to a mounting interface (5) of the shield connector (100).
US07997929B2
A phone plug connector device having a preassembled phone plug and connector, wherein the phone plug includes a conductive tip and a stem, wherein the connector connects the phone plug to a coaxial cable, wherein the coaxial cable comprises a center conductor surrounded by a first dielectric, the first dielectric being surrounded by a first conductive sheath, and the first conductive sheath surrounded by a protective outer jacket, wherein the connector connects the coaxial cable to the phone plug mechanically and electrically by compression.
US07997927B2
A dual socket connector has an insulative housing assembly, multiple first terminals, multiple second terminals, multiple third terminals and a shell. The insulative housing assembly has a top tongue, a bottom tongue and a partition formed between the top and bottom tongues. The first terminals are mounted on one of the top and bottom tongues for USB 2.0 signal transmission. The second and third terminals are mounted on the other tongue for USB 3.0 signal transmission. The shell covers the insulative housing assembly and defines upper and lower socket holes with the partition for engaging different plug connectors. The dual socket connector is compact and has high compatibility.
US07997924B2
A connector includes an insulating housing having a flat base board, a plurality of electric terminals disposed in the insulating housing for electrically contacting the flexible printed circuit board and a shell pivotally and slidably mounted to the insulating housing. The shell has a base plate. A transverse rear edge of the base plate extends downward to form a preventing board perpendicular to the base plate. A bottom portion of an edge of the preventing board is bent frontward to form a hook portion facing the base plate. The shell is turned towards the base board to be covered onto the insulating housing to make the flexible printed circuit board located between the insulating housing and the shell. Then the shell is pushed frontward to make the locking portion hooked to the base board so as to generate a downward pull force to the base plate of the shell.
US07997921B1
A plurality of connecting elements projects from a surface of an article. Each connecting element includes a first stalk and second hollow stalk projecting from the surface. The second stalk is generally coaxial with the first stalk and spaced apart from the first stalk defining a radial gap therebetween. The first stalk includes a cap section. The second stalk includes a stem projecting generally orthogonally, at a proximal end thereof, from the surface. A flange section having a first wall thickness extends from a distal end of the stem and has an outer diameter greater than an outer diameter of the stem at the distal end. An engagement section extends from the flange section. A free end of the engagement section having a second wall thickness defines a distal end of the second stalk and has an outer diameter less than the outer diameter of the flange section.
US07997918B2
An actuation device includes a frame, a linkage mechanism and a handle mechanism. The handle mechanism includes a handle and a connection link, each having a first end and an opposite second end. The first end of the handle is pivotally connected to the frame. The first end of the connection link is pivotally connected to the handle and the second end of the connection link is pivotally connected to the linkage mechanism. Movement of the second end of the handle rotates the handle about an axis determined by a connection point of the first end of the handle to the frame and results in movement of the connection link in a first direction causing translation of the linkage mechanism in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction to mechanically and electrically connect a power supply to an outside circuit through an opening of the frame.
US07997916B2
A rubber plug (40) is provided with a stable sealing property while reducing frictional resistance when the rubber plug (40) is inserted into a cavity. In a cross section including axis lines of the rubber plug (40), a cavity (11) and a wire (30), areas of outer lips (44A, 44B) not resiliently deformed radially outward of a virtual line (12L) corresponding to the inner circumferential surface of the cavity (11) are specified as outer virtual deforming portions (45A, 45B), areas of inner lips (46A, 46B and 46C) not resiliently deformed radially inward of a virtual line (31L) corresponding to the outer circumferential surface of the wire (30) are specified as inner virtual deforming portions (47A, 47B, and 47C) and at least parts of the inner virtual deforming portions (47A, 47B and 47C) correspond to only parts of the outer virtual deforming portions (45A, 45B).
US07997913B2
A card connector includes a housing having a receptacle to receive therein a card in an insertion direction and the card has a terminal member. A connection terminal is secured to the housing and is configured to contact the terminal member of the card. A card ejecting action detecting switch is configured to detect when the card is ejected from the housing. A card guide mechanism is provided with an urging member for urging the card in a direction opposite the insertion direction. The card guide mechanism is configured to hold the card at a locked position to ensure that the terminal member of the card is in contact with the connection terminal and to permit movement of the card in the opposite direction by a pushing force exerted on the card in the insertion direction. The card guide mechanism ejects the card after performing a pushing action on the card a plurality of times.
US07997909B2
A cable assembly (1) comprises an insulative housing (2) having a body portion with a front surface and a pair of upper and lower tongue portions (212, 222) respectively extending forwardly form a top and bottom sides of the front surface of the body portion; the body portion defines a receiving room therein. A printed circuit board (3) is disposed in the receiving room of the body portion of the housing and defines a mating portion (31) extending forwardly from the front surface of the housing and disposed between the upper and lower tongue portions, a terminating portion (32) opposite to the mating portion and a connecting portion (33) connected with the mating portion and the terminating portion. The connecting portion and the terminating portion are received in the receiving room. A cable (4) is terminated to the terminating portion of the printed circuit board and extending out of the housing. And, a shielding member (5) received in the receiving room and surrounding the printed circuit board (3).
US07997908B2
A connector assembly includes a printed circuit having a component surface, and an electrical connector having a bottom side mounted on the component surface of the printed circuit. The electrical connector extends a length from a mating face to a rear side that is opposite the mating face. The electrical connector is configured to mate with a mating connector at the mating face. The assembly includes a support member that includes a body having a connector face and a circuit face. The support member is positioned such that the connector face engages the rear side of the electrical connector and the circuit face engages the component surface of the printed circuit to support the electrical connector on the printed circuit.
US07997901B2
A fiber-reinforced composite post having an inner core section or rod fabricated of fibers impregnated in a resin matrix and an out sheath of fibers arranged in the form of a mesh. The sheath comprises an interior and an exterior surface, whereby the interior surface is attached to and embedded in the resin matrix of the rod and the exterior surface has dry, unimpregnated fibers.
US07997900B2
A partial denture having an artificial tooth, a denture base holding the artificial tooth, and a clasp fixed to the denture base, wherein the clasp includes a back-side arm and a front-side arm and does not include a rest, the back-side arm extending in a rearward bulging convex on a back side of a dentition-extended range of the denture base, the front-side arm extending in a forward bulging convex toward a front side of the dentition-extended range of the denture base, wherein the back-side arm and the front-side arm extend within a height range ranging from an extended plane of a top surface of a crown of the artificial tooth toward the denture base side.
US07997892B2
This invention is related to a moulding device (90; 92; 95; 98; 100; 110) arranged to be positioned inside a tubular member (17). The moulding device (90; 92; 95; 98; 100; 110) comprises a second closing part (1), a shaft (6) loosely connected to the second closing part (1) and able to glide snugly through an opening in a first closing part (7, 8). When inserted into the tubular member (17), the moulding device (90; 92; 95; 98; 100; 110) defines a chamber together with the inner surfaces of thereof. To form a cast, this chamber is filled with moulding material which thereafter cures. To remove the cast and the moulding device (90; 92; 95; 98; 100; 110) from the tubular member, a drawing force is applied to the first closing part (7, 8), which provides a pulling out of the rest of the moulding device (90; 92; 95; 98; 100; 110) and the cast.
US07997885B2
A Roots-type blower with helical cycloidal rotors features relief recesses in the chamber walls, isolated from the input and output ports. The relief recesses counter variation in leakback flow with angular position intrinsic to helical cycloidal rotors, attenuating a noise source.
US07997880B2
The present invention relates to a compressor, which can inhale refrigerant supplied to a swash plate chamber to cylinder bores through the inside of a driving shaft so that a flow channel structure is simplified, thereby enhancing a suction volumetric efficiency by reducing a loss due to flow channel resistance and elastic resistance, and enhancing a compression efficiency by uniformly distributing refrigerant to the cylinder bores located at both sides of the swash plate chamber.
US07997875B2
A rotor blade for a wind turbine is disclosed. The rotor blade includes a root, a tip, and a body extending from the root, the body including a pressure side and a suction side extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge. The rotor blade further includes a winglet extending between the body and the tip, the winglet including a pressure side and a suction side extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge. The winglet further includes a transition section and defines a height, a sweep angle, an outboard cant angle, and a twist angle. The sweep angle, the outboard cant angle, and the twist angle change continuously throughout the transition section.
US07997868B1
A turbine airfoil with a film cooling hole having a bell mouth shaped opening that has expansion in both the side walls and the downstream wall of from 15 to 25 degrees. The film cooling hole includes an expansion section formed with two long ribs and one short rib to form three inlets of equal cross sectional areas so that the flows into the three passages are the same. The short rib forms two middle passages to combine with two outer passages to form four exit passages for the film hole. The two side walls are curved outward in the stream-wise oriented film hole and have an expansion of from 0 to 5 degrees in the compound angled film hole.
US07997865B1
A turbine blade with a squealer pocket formed from a pressure side tip and a suction side tip rail, where two vortex cooling channels extend along the blade tip between the tip rails and an internal cooling air supply cavity to provide vortex cooling for the tip rails. Curved cooling air passages connect the cooling air supply cavity to the vortex channels and then discharge cooling air onto the pressure side wall just below the tip rail crown and into the squealer pocket from the inner surface of the suction side tip rail. Tip cooling holes are also connected to the cooling air supply cavity and discharge cooling air against the inner sides of the two tip rails to promote a vortex flow within the squealer pocket. The curved cooling holes in the vortex cooling channels are offset in order to promote the vortex flow within.
US07997861B2
An article of manufacture having a nominal profile substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z set forth in TABLE 1. X and Y are distances in inches which, when connected by smooth continuing arcs, define airfoil profile sections at each distance Z in inches. The profile sections at the Z distances are joined smoothly with one another to form a complete airfoil shape.
US07997856B2
A stator heat shield (6) for a gas turbine (1) includes an outside (11) which in the installed state faces a hot gas path (9) of the gas turbine (1), and an inside (12) facing away from the outside (11). A plurality of ribs (13) are formed on the inside (12) and extend axially in the installed state with regard to an axis of rotation (8) of a rotor (3) of the gas turbine (1) and, in the circumferential direction, are spaced a distance apart from one another. At least one baffle plate (14) is arranged on the inside (12) and is in contact with the ribs (13). At least one groove (16) is designed in an end face (15) bordering the stator heat shield (6) in the circumferential direction, into which at least one sealing element (18) can be inserted. A plurality of bores (19) are included, each opening at a distance from the groove (16) in the direction of the outside (11) at the inside (12) at one end and on the end face (15) at the other end and arranged a distance apart from one another in the axial direction.
US07997854B2
A rotary blood pump includes a casing defining a pumping chamber. The pumping chamber has a blood inlet and a tangential blood outlet. One or more motor stators are provided outside of the pumping chamber. A rotatable impeller is within the pumping chamber and is adapted to cause blood entering the pumping chamber to move to the blood outlet. The impeller has one or more magnetic regions. The impeller is radially constrained in rotation by magnetic coupling to one or more motor stators and is axially constrained in rotation by one or more hydrodynamic thrust bearing surfaces on the impeller.
US07997853B2
A rotary pressure transfer device utilizes a multi-channel, generally cylindrical rotor (15) that revolves with its flat end faces juxtaposed with flat end surfaces of a pair of flanking end covers (19, 21) in which inlet and outlet passageways are provided. The design is such that there are only oblique ramps (65) in the passageways on the high pressure side which create directional flow of liquid to cause rotor revolution in the desired direction. Passageways (27a, 27b) on the low pressure side may be shaped so that there is essentially axial or longitudinal flow entry and discharge of liquid between the channels and the passageways, or passageways (71) may be constructed to create directional flow that slightly retards rotor revolution in such desired direction.
US07997844B2
A method of producing perfect-bound printed products formed from several printed products, includes feeding printed products, which are gathered to form loose book blocks, are fed by feeders, which are arranged along a conveying line and are driven at least approximately with synchronous timing, to a conveyance device that has receiving devices that follow one another at regular intervals, and are transferred by this conveyance device into a gluing machine. The gluing machine, which is arranged downstream of the conveyance device and also has a conveying function, is run until it is empty in the event of an interruption of a processing operation by discontinuing further feeding of printed products to the receiving devices of the conveyance device and further feeding of loose book blocks to the gluing machine while the gluing machine is emptying.
US07997833B2
An insert clamping wedge for clamp-fixing a cutting insert, seated in an insert attachment seat formed in a cutter body, to a recessed portion formed in the insert attachment seat is provided, the insert clamping wedge including: a wedge body, wherein the insert clamping wedge is pressed into the cutter body, wherein the wedge body includes a clamp surface which comes into close contact with the cutting insert and a wedge surface of which a gap between itself and the clamp surface becomes smaller in a press-insertion direction of the wedge body, and wherein the section perpendicular to the press-insertion direction of the wedge body from the wedge surface to the clamp surface being formed in a bell shape.
US07997816B2
A keypad lifting mechanism includes a first board, a guiding piece, a second board and a third board. The guiding piece defines a guiding hole. The guiding hole includes a transverse end portion. The second board includes at least one protrusion. A guiding post is formed on the second board for engaging in the guiding hole of the guiding piece. The third board includes at least one slope corresponding to the at least one protrusion. When the guiding piece is pushed away from the third board, the guiding post slides along the guiding hole of the guiding piece. The second board moves with the guiding piece when the guiding post reaching the transverse end portion of the guiding hole. The third board is raised by the at least one slope sliding up along the at least one protrusion of the second board.
US07997814B2
A dipping-type automatic developing apparatus for a lithographic printing plate, includes a first tank containing a developer, in which a lithographic printing plate precursor having an imagewise-exposed image-recording layer is dipped and a non-image area of the imagewise-exposed image-recording layer is removed; and a second tank containing a developer, wherein the developer in the first tank and the developer in the second tank are circulated into each other to keep constant a liquid level of the developer in the first tank.
US07997791B2
According to one embodiment of the present invention, a temperature sensor is provided, including a first electrode, a second electrode, a nanoporous material disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a diffusion material which is located outside the nanoporous material that is capable of diffusion into the nanoporous material. The amount of diffusion material diffusing into the nanoporous material is dependent on the temperature to which the temperature sensor is exposed. The resistance of the nanoporous material is dependent on the amount of diffusion material diffusing into the nanoporous material.
US07997790B2
An instrument and associated method are disclosed for the loss-on-drying determination of the volatile content of a wide variety of samples. The instrument includes a cavity in which a sample for which the volatile content is to be determined can be placed, a first source for introducing microwaves into the cavity that have frequencies substantially other than infrared frequencies, a second source for introducing radiant heat into the cavity at frequencies different from the frequencies introduced by the first source, an analytical balance for measuring the weight of a sample while the sample is in the cavity and on the balance, a temperature sensor capable of measuring and positioned to measure the temperature of a sample in the cavity and on the balance, and a processor in communication with the temperature sensor and each of the first and second sources for controlling the introduction of the frequencies of microwave and radiant energy into the cavity in response to the temperatures measured by the temperature sensor to control the sample temperature until the microwaves from the first source and the radiant heat from the second source dry the sample sufficiently for the processor to determine the volatile content of the sample based on the weight change of the sample on the balance.
US07997788B2
An aerating propeller for attaching to the end of a drive shaft includes blades having a chamber to receive a flow of fluids from a conduit in a drive shaft. A trailing face of the blade includes a first opening into the chamber to permit the flow of fluids in the chamber to exit the propeller and a tip of the blade includes a second opening extending into the chamber to permit the flow of fluids in the chamber to exit the propeller. The first opening of the first blade is aligned generally in the same plane with the leading face of the second blade which follows the first blade when the propeller is rotated.
US07997787B2
An apparatus and method for shaking a can of paint or bottle of aerosol spray paint. The apparatus comprises a cradle securely fastened to a tang and at least one strap for securing a can or bottle into the cradle. One end of the tang is shaped so as to be received in a chuck of a hand-held power tool such as a variable speed reciprocating saw. The apparatus is useful for quickly and effectively mixing relatively small cans of paint near in time and place to using the paint.
US07997776B2
An indicating instrument for a vehicle has a display board and a light modulation member disposed to cover a surface of the display board. When a condition that an illumination intensity of the display board is lower than a threshold value has continued for a first time period, a light transmissivity of the light modulation member is controlled to a first level so that a driver can easily see the display board. When a condition that the illumination intensity of the display board is equal to or higher than the threshold value has continued for a second time period, the light transmissivity of the light modulation member is controlled to a second level that is lower than the first level to restrict entry of external light to the display board.
US07997772B2
A flameless candle having speaker and lighting capability is provided. Multiple of such flameless candles can be used in a system to generate stereo or surround sound, as well as various lighting modes. The flameless candle or flameless candle system can have AM/FM radio functions, clock functions, alarm functions, etc., and can be used as an audio monitor. In addition, the flameless candle or candle system may be equipped with video capability.
US07997763B2
A light emitting diode (LED) lighting device that includes a housing and a heat sink assembly received within the housing. The heat sink assembly includes at least a first heat sink member and at least a second heat sink member. A printed circuit board having at least one LED provided thereon is mounted to both the first heat sink member and the second heat sink member. At least one biasing member biases an outer side of the first heat sink member and an outer side of the second heat sink member into contact with an inner side of the housing. Heat from the at least one LED is transferred through the heat sink assembly to the housing, where it is dissipated into the air.
US07997759B2
Disclosed is an illumination device for projecting a substantially uniform light at a remote distance. The illumination device comprises a mounting assembly divided into a plurality of sections, each section comprising a plurality of light emitting sources arranged substantially equidistant along a circumference of the assembly to project a light substantially perpendicular to the assembly, an contact plate connected via a central axis with, and fixed to, the mounting assembly, the contact plate providing an electrical contact to each of the light emitting devices, a plurality of lensing assemblies equal in number to the plurality of sections axially aligned with the mounting assembly, the lensing assembly aligned with a select one of the light emitting sources in a corresponding section, the light emitting source being positioned in front of a focal point of the lensing assembly, each lensing assembly comprising at least one optically transparent lens determining the lensing assembly focal point wherein the lensing assembly is oriented at a known angle with regard to the light projected from the light source, and means for shifting the contact plate and mounting assembly to align a select one of said light emitting devices with a corresponding lensing assembly.
US07997756B2
Improvements in an emergency switch for an end cap flashlight that allows conducting power to the light source by applying side or rotational force on the end caps of the flashlight. The cap is designed to give faster and more convenient access to light in an emergency, or when needed. The end cap connects to the inner conductor with a castled shape that allows the conductors to be moved in or out alignment to allow or prevent contact. The gasket or washer provides insulation and spacing of the conductors. Side forces on the end cap overcome the spacing of the washer to make electrical contact. The end cap may also support a glass breaking device. The glass breaker is a hardened tip on the end of the cap.
US07997749B2
Disclosed are a light emitting module and a light unit having the same. The light emitting module includes a plurality of light emitting devices, each light emitting device including a package body, a light emitting diode provided in the package body, and a plurality of lead electrodes electrically connected to the light emitting diode while protruding outwardly from the package body; and a board including at least one receiving groove, wherein the at least one of the light emitting devices is removably inserted into the at least one receiving groove.
US07997742B2
An image projection system (100) has a laser (102, 104, 106) providing at least one beam (103, 105, 107) to a scan mirror apparatus (130) for scanning the at least one beam (103, 105, 107) in two orthogonal directions (404, 406). The scan mirror (130) includes an oscillating portion (204, 904) disposed contiguous to a frame (202) and includes a reflective portion (218, 918) capable of reflecting the beam (103, 105, 107). Circuitry (500) is provided for measuring the capacitance between interdigitated teeth (212, 214, 912, 914) on the frame (202) and the oscillating portion (204, 904).
US07997735B2
A laser projection system including a system controller, a visible light source, and a light disrupting element is provided. The visible light source includes at least one laser and the laser projection system is programmed to scan a scanned optical signal of the visible light source across a plurality of image pixels. The scanned optical signal comprises a low spatial frequency beam and a high spatial frequency beam, and the low spatial frequency beam generates a low spatial frequency image having spatial frequencies below a spatial frequency threshold, the high spatial frequency beam generates a high spatial frequency image having spatial frequencies that are above the spatial frequency threshold, and the scanned laser image is a sum of the high spatial frequency image and the low spatial frequency image. The low spatial frequency beam is altered by an out of focus light disrupting element.
US07997734B2
An image display controller for a display shelf generates image data for a projector image which is projected by a projector arranged in the display shelf to be displayed on a transmission-type screen of the display shelf. The image display controller includes a monitor, an input device, a data communicator, a memory, and a controller. The controller obtains an editing background image from the memory and displays the editing background image on the monitor, and generates contents of a display image. Moreover, the controller sets a position of the generated display image in a desired position of a display area of the editing background image in response to an instruction inputted via the input device, and generates the projector image by combining the generated display image into the editing background image at the set position.
US07997731B2
Methods, devices, and systems for predicting an optical acuity measure of an optical system of an eye. An optical acuity measure can be predicted by determining a point spread function based on a wavefront measurement of an eye, convolving a resolution target with the point spread function to produce an image, and predicting the optical acuity measure of the optical system of the eye based on the image.
US07997723B2
A near-eye display related apparatus and device is disclosed. The apparatus includes a housing configured to receive an optical engine, and a light guiding plate attached to the housing and configured to receive light representing an image from the optical engine, the light guiding plate includes a first diffractive grating adapted to incouple the light into the light guiding plate, and a second diffractive grating adapted to outcouple the light from the light guiding plate such that the light is received by an eye of a user wearing the apparatus. The light guiding plate has a contact surface portion configured to optically couple the light guiding plate to a transparent plate, The contact surface portion being adapted to be in physical contact with the transparent plate.
US07997721B1
A safety eyewear device featuring a pair of safety glasses including two ear extensions; and two earplug components each featuring an arm with an earplug, earplug components are attached to each extension of the safety glasses via an attachment means. The attachment means may include (i) an arm aperture disposed on the arm and one or more extension apertures disposed in the extensions, the extension apertures are adapted to be aligned with the arm aperture and a screw is threaded through the arm aperture and extension aperture to secure the earplug component to the extension; and (ii) an arm aperture disposed in the end of the arm and a slot disposed in the first end of the arm below the arm aperture, the slot is adapted to snugly slide around the respective extension, wherein a screw is threaded through the arm aperture to secure the arm to the extension.
US07997713B2
The present invention is drawn to thermal ink-jet inks including a polymer encapsulated pigment, and systems and methods that use the same. Such polymer encapsulated pigments are the result of polymerization at the surface of the pigment using a plurality of monomers, where about 6 wt % to about 15 wt % of the monomers are acidic.
US07997709B2
A drop on demand ink jet print head has a chamber with a plurality of liquid passages into and out of said chamber, such that liquid is continuously moved into the chamber to a stagnation point adjacent to the nozzle opening, whereat the fluid comes substantially to rest, and out of the chamber from the stagnation point such that vector sum of liquid flow derived forces within the liquid channels is neutral. An actuator associated with the chamber is adapted to selectively increase the pressure of the liquid at the stagnation point to thereby eject a liquid drop from the nozzle opening. Continuous fluid flow internal to the system decreases the time to refill the fire chamber directly behind the nozzle opening after droplet ejection. This in turn dramatically increases the response time of the system.
US07997708B2
An ink cartridge for printers and ink filling method that can expand the space where the ink is filled, and maintain pressure inside the ink cartridge. The ink cartridge includes a body formed in a predetermined shape and having a filling hold on one surface, a filling chamber where ink is filled inside the body, a discharging chamber connected to the filling chamber, an ink discharging port connected to the discharging chamber through an ink transferring channel, an air chamber connected to the filling chamber to supply air through an air transferring channel, an air suction valve in the air chamber, an air inducing channel that induces exterior air into the air suction valve, a blocking film attached to one surface of the body, a cover installed on another surface of the body, a pressure regulating part on one surface of outer body, which communicates with the filling chamber.
US07997703B2
The invention provides a liquid container for storing liquid to be supplied to a liquid consuming apparatus. The liquid container is constructed such that pressurized fluid is sent to its inside so that the liquid in the inside is delivered to the outside. The liquid container includes a container body which stores the liquid in its inside. The container body includes a pressurized fluid introduction port for introducing the pressurized fluid to the inside and a liquid delivery port for delivering the liquid to the outside. A detection unit is provided in the container body and outputs an output signal which is changed in accordance with a change in pressure of the liquid in the inside of the container body.
US07997699B2
The present invention is a liquid ejecting apparatus including: a carriage that reciprocates in a main scanning direction; a liquid ejecting head mounted on the carriage, having a plurality of head-liquid-supplying ports and a plurality of nozzles; and a sub-tank member mounted on the carriage, having a plurality of liquid-storing-room openings that are respectively communicated with the plurality of head-liquid-supplying ports of the liquid ejecting head. The sub-tank member is formed as a single integral member. Each of the plurality of liquid-storing-room openings is closed by an elastic partition having a predetermined area in order to form a liquid storing room. The plurality of liquid-storing-room openings are respectively communicated with a plurality of liquid-communication ways provided in the sub-tank member. The plurality of liquid-communication ways are respectively communicated with a plurality of sub-tank-liquid-supplying ports provided at an outside of the sub-tank member.
US07997697B2
A droplet discharge head including a nozzle substrate having nozzle openings, a cavity substrate having discharge chambers that communicate with the nozzle openings and discharge droplets from the nozzle openings, a reservoir substrate having a reservoir concave portion that serves as a reservoir which communicates commonly with the discharge chambers. The reservoir substrate is provided between the nozzle substrate and the cavity substrate and a resin thin film is formed on a whole inner face of the reservoir concave portion and on a bottom face of a second concave portion. The second concave portion is provided in a peripheral of the reservoir concave portion and has a depth which is smaller than the depth of the reservoir concave portion. The resin thin film is cut circularly so as to surround the reservoir concave portion, and a part of the resin thin film serves as a diaphragm buffering pressure variation. serves as a diaphragm buffering pressure variation.
US07997690B2
An inkjet printer including: a printhead having a plurality of nozzles assemblies, each nozzle assembly having: a nozzle chamber for containing ink, the chamber having a nozzle opening and an ink inlet; and a bend actuator for ejecting ink droplets from the nozzle opening by generating a positive pressure pulse in the ink during bending of the actuator. An ink supply system supplies ink to the printhead so that a hydrostatic pressure of ink can be varied. Increasing the hydrostatic ink pressure increases a volume of the ejected ink droplets, and decreasing the hydrostatic ink pressure decreases a volume of the ejected ink droplets.
US07997682B2
A mobile telecommunications device is provided having a printhead for printing on print media, a capper moveable between a capped position in which the printhead is capped and an uncapped position in which the printhead is uncapped, and a mechanism for maintaining the capper in the uncapped position. The mechanism has actuation arms configured to grip and retain the print media suspended from the device once printing is complete until removal of the print media from the device by a user.
US07997677B2
A convertible printer usable with either a flexible media or rigid media is disclosed.
US07997674B2
A light detection device includes laser sources arranged at both ends in the scanning direction and at one end in the paper feed direction for emitting laser beams intersecting with each other, and light receiving elements arranged at both ends in the scanning direction and at the other end in the paper feed direction for receiving the laser beams emitted from the laser sources. An ink-jet head is adapted to be capable of reciprocating in the scanning direction, and a plurality of nozzle ejection ports are formed between the laser sources and the light-receiving elements in terms of paper feed direction. When ink drops ejected from a nozzle are overlapped with the laser beams, the laser beams are interrupted by the ink drops, and hence the light-receiving elements do not receive the laser beams any longer. The detection of these light beams may be used to determine an amount of deviation in liquid drops ejected from the nozzles, and corrective measures may be taken.
US07997671B2
There is provided a capacitive load driving circuit which applies a driving signal to a capacitive load. The driving circuit includes: an operational amplifier outputting a difference signal between signals from an inverting input terminal and a non-inverting input terminal, and setting a loop gain; a pulse width modulator pulse-width-modulating the difference signal outputted by the operational amplifier, and outputting resultant digital signal; a digital voltage amplifier amplifying a voltage of the digital signal; a first filter smoothing a digital signal from the digital voltage amplifier, and supplying a smoothed signal to the capacitive load as the driving signal; an impedance converting circuit converting an impedance of an output signal of the first filter; and a first feedback circuit feeding-back the driving signal, which is outputted from the first filter, to the inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier via the impedance converting circuit.
US07997658B2
A restraint system is disclosed for securing a passenger to a seat in a motor vehicle. The restraint system is composed of a four point restraint belt removably attached to a vehicle seat having a plurality of vertical straps and attachment mechanisms for connecting said straps across the passenger's chest and lap. Each of the vertical straps has a first end removably attached to latches located in the front of the seat back and a second end removably attached to a latch located behind the vehicle seat.
US07997648B2
An adjustment device for a seat depth adjustment of a motor vehicle seat that has (a) a seat pan comprising a seat part and a supporting plate, the supporting plate being slidably connected to the seat part via a guide in a longitudinal direction and (b) an electric gear motor comprising a pinion. The seat part comprises a first gear plate. The supporting plate comprises a second gear plate. The guide has a left and a right profile and a left and a right counterprofile. A toothed rack extending in the same direction is associated with each counterprofile. The teeth of the two toothed racks face each other. Each toothed rack engages a gear wheel. One of the gear wheels engages an idler gear. The other gear wheel and the idler gear engage the pinion of the gear motor.
US07997642B2
The invention relates to a motor vehicle hood comprising a visible outside skin and a lining, in which the lining is shaped in such a manner that: the hood has reinforcements comprising a plurality of hollow bodies defined by the skin and by the lining; and that the hood includes at least one zone having no reinforcement and designed to be placed in register with a localized rigid part under the hood. The reinforcements further comprise at least one rib extending between two of the hollow bodies of the plurality, so as to interconnect the hollow bodies.
US07997637B2
A resinous impact-energy absorber 1 includes a cross rib 11 that includes four ribs 11A and a connected portion 11B. The four ribs 11A are connected with each other in a single cross shape by the connected portion 11B. Each of the ribs 11A has an opposed edge 11C and a side edge. The opposed edge 11C has a distance S1 from the door trim 2. The resinous impact-energy absorber 1 also includes one outer wall 12 connected with one of the side edges of the ribs 11A. The at least one outer wall 12 has a contact edge 12A capable of making contact with an outside surface of the door trim 2. The resinous impact-energy absorber 1 also includes at least one seating face 14 for securing the cross rib 11 to the outside surface of the door trim 2 via the at least one outer wall 12.
US07997631B2
A lock device includes a first mounting unit, an operating member, a first and second actuating member, a magnet member and a latch member. The first mounting unit includes a main portion and two flanges bent from the first main portion. Each flange defines a notch. The operating member is configured for moving relative to the first mounting unit in a direction. The first and second actuating members are configured for respectively moving toward and proximate to one notch. The latch member is configured for being pivotable between a locking position and an unlocking position. In the locking position, the latch member is attracted by the magnet member and protrudes into one notch with engaging one flange. When the operating member moves in the direction, the latch member is pushed away from the first mounting member by means of one actuating member.
US07997626B2
A pipe coupling including at least one annular clamp housing at an end of a body, the at least one annular clamp housing having an opening for inserting therein a pipe and including clamp members and a tightening element that fastens and tightens the clamp members towards each other in a direction transverse to an axial length of the body so as to apply a radially-inward clamping force on a pipe inserted in the opening, at least one auxiliary clamp including auxiliary clamp members located near the at least one annular clamp housing, and an auxiliary tightening element that fastens and tightens the auxiliary clamp members towards each other in a direction transverse to the axial length of the body so as to apply a radially-inward clamping force on the pipe inserted in the opening.
US07997625B2
A security device having one or more printed or transferred first areas, each first area having one or more first colors; and one or more printed or transferred second areas, each second area having one or more second colors. At least one of the first an second areas has a discontinuous pattern, and the first area or areas surrounds the second area or areas, each first area being distinguishable from the second area or areas. The first area(s) and/or second area(s) define an image. A camouflage pattern is provided over the image and at least an adjacent region surrounding the image, the camouflage pattern having a color and pattern such that in combination with the first and second areas, it renders the image substantially invisible when viewed under reflected light but visible when viewed in transmission.
US07997622B2
A saddle-ride type four-wheeled vehicle has a structure that increases a tank capacity of a fuel tank and reduces a moment acting on a fixing position of a fuel pump disposed in the fuel tank. The saddle-ride type four-wheeled vehicle includes a fuel tank located above the head cover of the engine, and a fuel pump disposed in the fuel tank. The lower surface portion of the fuel tank includes, at a more forward position than the head cover, a deep bottom portion situated at a lowest position in the lower surface portion. The upper surface portion of the fuel tank includes, at a more rearward position than the deep bottom portion, an inclined portion arranged to extend rearward and obliquely downward. An upper end of the fuel pump is fixed to the inclined portion, and the fuel pump is arranged to extend forward and obliquely downward from the inclined portion toward the deep bottom portion.
US07997621B2
An apparatus and method for maneuvering a snowboard includes a removable strap that straps around a boot that attaches to a board. The removable strap includes an upper strap portion, a lower strap portion, and a securing strap portion. The securing strap portion is positioned under the boot and is attached to the lower strap portion. The lower strap portion is strapped to the boot and the upper strap portion is strapped above the lower strap portion. Attached to an outward facing section of the upper strap portion is a first handle which has a semi-rigid loop portion. By pulling the loop portion, an end section of the board may be maneuvered. Attached to an inward facing section of the lower strap portion is a second handle for assisting in stabilizing the board and used as leverage in pulling up into a standing position.
US07997618B2
A rear frame for a motor vehicle has a profile part manufactured from cast metal. The profile part has two legs, which are connected to one another via a cover element, and an attachment element. In this way, the rear frame has a particularly high stability and may be manufactured particularly cost-effectively.
US07997617B2
There is disclosed a steering assembly for a two-track vehicle, such as an all-terrain vehicle (ATV), including a rider saddle and vehicle frame, the steering assembly comprising arranged on a steering column (14) a handle bar bridge (10) and a handle bar (2) and provided at the steering column (14) a steering arm (20) coupled by tie rods (31) to transmit a rotary motion of the steering column (14) to the vehicle wheels (26), and the handle bar bridge (10) and the steering arm (20) are defined by means of a releasable connection to the steering column (14) and provided at the steering arm (20) is an extension arm (23) for coupling with a steering damper (25).
US07997612B2
A steering wheel arrangement includes a steering wheel frame and an airbag unit positioned at the hub region of the steering wheel frame. The airbag unit includes an airbag housing and an airbag cover. The airbag cover covers the airbag housing and incorporating opaque cover portion projecting outwardly beyond a side of the airbag housing. The arrangement further includes a light source shielded behind the cover portion and positioned outside the airbag housing such that light emitted from the light source passes outwardly from beneath the opaque cover portion and is incident on, and illuminates, part of the steering wheel frame.
US07997609B2
An airbag packet includes an airbag that is vacuum packed in a film. The airbag is folded into a deep drawn lower film that is sealed at sealing points to an upper film. The sealing points are sealed at various strengths so that when the airbag is deployed the upper film remains connected to the lower film at one or more sealing points.
US07997606B1
A trailer hitch adapter that elevates the height of a trailer hitch to lower the rear edge of a trailer, thus allowing a safer entry by a motorcycle into the trailer.
US07997602B2
A motorcycle including a frame, an engine mounted to the frame, two wheels mounted for rotation to the frame with at least one of the wheels operably coupled to the engine, a rack coupled to the frame, and a storage case. The storage case including a body and a latch. The body defining a cavity and an opening that provides access to the cavity, and the body including a base that has a recess shaped to receive a portion of the rack. The latch is movably coupled to the base and is movable between an open position that provides access to the recess, and a closed position that inhibits access to the recess. The storage case is movable between an attached position where the portion of the rack is positioned within the recess and the latch is in the closed position, and a detached position where the latch is in the open position and the portion of the rack is positioned outside of the recess.
US07997600B2
An apparatus having a suspension system with a first part which is acted upon by a mass, a second part, and also an air spring arranged between this first part and this second part. At least one supplementary volume device for air is provided, the volume of which can be varied in a controlled manner, and also a first control device for adjusting the volume of the supplementary volume device.
US07997578B2
A recording apparatus has a stacker that receives a discharged recording medium. An engagement mechanism removably attaches the stacker to a discharge section of the apparatus and includes a first engagement portion provided in the discharge section; a second engagement portion, on the stacker, that engages with the first engagement portion; and a guidance portion that guides the second engagement portion into the first engagement portion and extends in an upward direction. The second engagement portion is biased, by a biasing unit on the stacker, in the upward direction so as to move in the guidance portion. When an external force that opposes the biasing force is applied to the stacker and that external force is released, the second engagement portion rises due to the biasing force, is guided by the guidance portion, and engages with the first engagement portion.
US07997575B2
The present invention relates to a device for depositing sheets for a printing machine, said device comprising at least one rotating drivable sheet transport element, which is designed to receive or grasp a leading edge of a sheet and deposit said sheet on a stack after said sheet has traveled a path of rotation, and comprising at least one drag element for pulling a sheet that has been deposited on the stack toward a mechanical stop. With the present invention, the drag element is coupled with the rotation of the sheet transport element and is arranged in such a manner that said drag element can assume an inoperative position within the region covered by the rotating sheet transport element, and that said drag element, in order to perform its dragging function, can be moved at least partially out of the region covered by the rotating sheet transport element.
US07997569B2
There is provided a technique in which a retracting operation of a bundle of sheets from a stapler after a staple process can be stably performed irrespective of the number of sheets constituting the bundle of sheets or the transport resistance. When the bundle of sheets subjected to the staple process is moved by a stacker in a direction of retracting from the stapler, an alignment roller is caused to come in contact with the bundle of sheets held by the stacker and to assist the movement of the bundle of sheet.
US07997561B2
An apparatus and method of use are disclosed for cooling one or more exercising or resting individuals with a water mist while automatically preventing the undesirable accumulation of excess water. In some embodiments, a sensor detects accumulated water on or near an individual, while other embodiments use measured climate parameters to predict water accumulation. The apparatus can be free standing, fixed to the walls or ceiling, or attached to an object on which an individual is resting or exercising. In some preferred embodiments, the apparatus is controlled according to the passing of time and/or one or more measured physiological parameters measured by sensors directed toward or attached to an individual, or embedded in an object on which an individual is resting or exercising. In some embodiments dry air is also applied either simultaneously or alternately with the mist to enhance cooling and further discourage water accumulation.
US07997546B1
A mounting assembly for supporting a traffic camera or other traffic control device high above traffic. The assembly includes a conventional camera bracket, a vertical pole of at least two inches in diameter, an adapter for attaching the camera bracket to the top of the pole, and a mounting bracket for attaching the pole to the mast arm or other support. The bracket includes an adapter plate by which the pole can be rotated relative to the support so the camera can be mounted on either a vertical or a horizontal support structure. The bracket also includes a clamp that attaches to the support structure by a three point attachment. This versatile mounting assembly can support a traffic control device 10-15 feet above the mast arm or other support, without significant movement of the pole relative to the bracket or of the bracket relative to the support.
US07997543B1
The versatile support apparatus has an assembly including a plurality of substantially rigid longitudinal members. At least one substantially flexible member may be coupled transversally to a portion of each of the plurality of longitudinal members. Each longitudinal member of the plurality of longitudinal members may be repositioned about a longitudinal axis of the longitudinal member. A portion of a first end of a first longitudinal side of the assembly may be selectively coupled to a portion of an opposite second end of an opposite second longitudinal side of the assembly. When the portion of the first end is coupled to the portion of the opposite second end, the support apparatus is configured to support an object within an inner portion of the assembly.
US07997540B2
A system for sequentially switching a plurality of guide ways to accommodate at least one vehicle with a plurality of ground engaging portions following a plurality of plural track segments is provided. The system includes a primary guide way to receive at least one of the plurality of ground engaging portions of the at least one vehicle and a secondary guide way located in proximity to the primary guide way. The secondary guide way may be configured to receive another of the plurality of ground engaging portions of the at least one vehicle. The system may also include a controller configured to sequentially switch the primary guide way and the secondary guide way whereby the at least one vehicle may travel in one direction or in another direction. A method of switching a plurality of guide ways is also presented.
US07997538B2
A fan control effector for an aircraft comprises at least one blade configured to be pivotably deployable in a radially outward direction from a retracted position to a deployed position such that the blade extends out of the aircraft. The fan control effector may be mounted in a symmetrical arrangement about a longitudinal axis on opposing wings of the aircraft. Furthermore, the fan control effector may comprise any number of blades for independent deployment outwardly from the wing. The blades are configured to be angularly deployable along a direction that is non-parallel to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft. The blades may be configured to be deployable sequentially from the wing starting with an initial deployment of an aft-most one of the blades.
US07997532B2
A system for generating power from sunlight collected substantially above the earth's surface comprises an airborne platform which supports an apparatus to collect sunlight, an apparatus to convert sunlight to electricity, and an apparatus to transmit the electricity to a selected location on the earth's surface. The airborne platform collects solar energy above the clouds and transmits the energy to a receiving station on the ground via a microwave transmission system, avoiding possible attenuating effects of clouds and pollution.
US07997521B1
A continuous winding machine uses embedded controllers to monitor and control the winding settings in maximum speed applications. Power is supplied to the embedded controllers from a main power source through a rotary transformer. The control system can be operated either through wired connections to a local computer or processor, or through a wireless system, or a combination of both, depending on the specific application. The machine uses a high speed, closed loop tensioning system that includes the filament supply spools and the mandrel supply and takeup spools. The control system menu includes the various winding operations useful to each user. The control system menu can be accessed remotely via computer, or by telephone.
US07997517B2
A cushioning element suitable for use in a liner assembly for a grinding mill, the liner assembly including a mounting element having a recess therein, the cushioning element being located within the recess, and a wear element operatively connected to the cushioning element, the cushioning element including a cushion body of elastomeric material including a side section and opposed end sections, a plurality of cavities within the cushion body and extending from at least one of the end sections towards the other end section.
US07997515B2
The present invention provides an improved system and method for on-site document shredding, through the use of a self-contained roll-off compactor including a high-volume shredder. This self-contained roll-off shredding compactor permits users to collect, shred, compact and temporarily store the shredded confidential documents, using their own personnel in a cost-effective manner. A waste management service provider periodically picks up, transports and empties the roll-off shredding compactors. In a preferred embodiment, the roll-off shredding compactor is owned by the waste management service provider and leased to the user.
US07997512B2
The invention relates to a rotor nozzle, in particular for high-pressure cleaning devices, having a nozzle housing which has an inlet opening for liquid at its axially one end and an outlet opening for liquid at the other end as well as having a rotor which is arranged in a swirl chamber of the nozzle housing, whose front end facing the outlet opening is supported at a bearing, which can at least be partly flowed through by the liquid, which can be set into rotation around a longitudinal axis by liquid flowing into the swirl chamber and which is inclined toward the longitudinal axis at least in the rotating state; wherein the rotor has an inlet region for the liquid via which the liquid can move out of the swirl chamber into the rotor to allow a rotor flow of the liquid from the inlet region up to the front end of the rotor and out of the outlet opening; wherein the rotor nozzle is capable of a switchover procedure between a stationary state in which the rotor is held tight between the bearing and an abutment and a rotational state in which the rotor is out of engagement with the abutment; and wherein the switchover procedure is triggerable by the rotor flow building up on the start-up of the rotor nozzle and/or by pressure relationships and/or flow relationships being adopted at and/or in the rotor.
US07997498B2
In accordance with some embodiments, a method includes providing an integrated circuit (IC) card having a first size and carried as part of a surrounding card having a second size larger than the first size, the IC card including an IC, the IC card having a perimeter defining the IC card within the surrounding card; and printing a payment card account number within the perimeter. In accordance with some embodiments, an identification token includes a carrier having a body; a card including an RFID integrated circuit and information printed within a perimeter of the card; a bridge joining the card to the carrier; an antenna; and an electrically conductive connection running along the bridge, the electrically conductive connection coupling the RFID IC to the antenna. In accordance with some embodiments, a method includes providing a carrier having a body; providing a card including an RFID integrated circuit and a perimeter; providing a bridge joining the card to the carrier; providing an antenna and an electrically conductive connection running along the bridge, the electrically conductive connection coupling the RFID IC to the antenna; and printing information within the perimeter. In accordance with some embodiments, a method includes providing an integrated circuit (IC) card attached to a surrounding card, the IC card including an IC, the IC card having a perimeter defining the IC card within the surrounding card; and printing information within the perimeter.
US07997494B2
A portable device has a storage medium for storing media content such as audio and video files. The portable device can communicate with an external media player or network when it is connected to the player or situated near the player. The external media player allows a user to select items of media content for presentation. Each time a user selects a new item of media content for presentation on the external media player, a copy of the selected media content is automatically transferred to the storage medium on the portable device. Thus, when the user removes the portable device from the external media player, the user has a history of his/her recent selections as well as copies of his/her recent selections stored on the portable device.
US07997484B2
A field asset such as a vending machine includes a coin acceptor, a bill validator, and a card reader all operatively connected to a shared bus. A rich content display device displays color graphics and an extended function adapter (EFA) coupled to the shared bus includes a rich content agent (RCA) to manage rich content displayed on the display. The RCA may include a content management agent (CMA) coupled to a rich content player that executes rich content file for display on the display device. The EFA may include a cashless agent to generate procedural state information. The CMA detects the procedural state information and controls the presentation of rich content on the display device based at least in part on the detected procedural state information. The EFA may include an analytic agent to determine a substantive state of the vending machine including an inventory state and an environmental state.
US07997482B2
A method and apparatus for accessing a remote machine from a local machine via a smart card. In one embodiment, the presence of the smart card coupled to the local machine is detected. A card reader reads the credentials from the smart card and communicates them to a remote access client application of the local machine. The remote access client application transmits the credentials to the remote machine. The remote machine sends a query for login information to the local machine upon valid credentials. The local machine transmits the login information to the remote machine and is granted permission to access the remote machine upon valid login information.
US07997479B2
The invention concerns a device for reading and encrypting sensitive data which are to be transmitted by way of a remote transmission network (7) to a central server (9). Particularly secure data transmission can be ensured if the system includes a reading unit (2) for reading the data, an encryption unit (3) connected thereto for encryption of the data, and a computer (4) which is connected to the encryption unit and which receives the data already encrypted from the encryption unit (3) and sends the encrypted data by way of a network interface (11) and the remote transmission network (7) to the central server (9).
US07997476B2
A wireless device is enabled to receive a financial account card that is inserted into a card slot of the wireless device. The wireless device reads card data from the financial account card when it is inserted into the slot and programs an RFID (radio frequency identification) tag or a memory included in the wireless device. The wireless device may then be used to provide payment by transmitting the card data via radio frequency to a nearby RFID reader using the RFID tag. The financial account card may also be ejected from the wireless device and swiped by a magnetic card reader.
US07997464B2
A bootie hanger including an upstanding stem formed at its upper extremity with a hook, a grid work carried from the bottom of the stem and formed with a pair of bootie posts projecting upwardly directly from the opposite side of the stem and formed by elongated ankle sections projecting upwardly and outwardly at 45° to the vertical and respective foot sections angling upwardly and inwardly perpendicular to the respective ankle sections.
US07997457B1
A system is disclosed for delivering hyper-concentrated chemicals in a ready to use non-concentrated state. The present invention affords users with the ability to dispense the hyper-concentrated chemicals in a safe electrical free environment as the system operates from fluid force. The present invention may work off a water supply being used as the primary power supply that is also used to dilute the hyper-concentrated chemical. The present invention may be configured for use in any number of environments, such as refineries, off-shore platforms, food processing facilities, agriculture facilities, and the like.
US07997453B1
A fluid-pumping-dispenser that is composed of a pump-tube of tubular shape, and provided on one end of a plug to close and open an outlet from a container. The other side of the pump-tube is mounted on either a housing with a valve-rod, or a front-valve with an adapter will prevent the fluid from returning back to the pump-tube. To provide the power an actuator is provided that will pinch the pump-tube, and will the help of the valves described will pump fluids from a container through the pump-tube and to the outside by the nozzle on the housing. To complete the assembly a container is provided with a piston to store the fluid.
US07997451B2
A fluid dispenser member for associating with a fluid reservoir (3). The member has a body (1), a fastener ring (2) for holding the body in stationary manner relative to the reservoir (3), a covering hoop (6) that is engaged in stationary manner around the fastener ring (2), an actuator rod (15) that is axially movable down and up in the body (1), and a pusher (4) that is mounted on the actuator rod (15). The pusher is provided with a dispenser orifice (44). The dispenser member is provided with a blocking mechanism (49, 5, 62) that is secured to the hoop so as to prevent the pusher from turning on the actuator rod relative to the body, and consequently relative to the reservoir, such that the pusher is movable only axially. The blocking mechanism includes at least one longitudinal axial guide (55).
US07997448B1
A multiple beverage dispensing method and apparatus for selectively dispensing a beverage which is stored in a concentrated form and optionally for dispensing water without a concentrate added thereto.
US07997445B2
A material transfer system for storing, transferring and dispensing viscous material, such as fluids and liquids, includes a material containment vessel with an upper region incorporating a motive force and a bottom region with a material ingress and egress opening. A diconical or other shaped force transfer device is located in the material containment area. The force transfer device is an energy transducer when the material containment is filled with highly viscous materials, such as adhesives, sealants, mastics or lubricating greases. The force transfer device serves as an integral part of a level indicator for both viscous fluids and lower viscosity liquids. The viscous material itself forms a seal between the interface region of the force transfer device and the inside wall of the fluid vessel. Vertical stabilizing elements may extend outward from the force transfer device.
US07997443B2
A center-pull dispenser for dispensing paper towels from a continuous roll, wherein each individual towel is separated from an adjoining towel by a plurality of perforations. The dispenser comprises a housing having a housing back and a detachable front cover hingedly connected thereto at the lower periphery of said housing back and front cover for opening and closing the housing, a paper support tray removably connected to a lower portion of the housing back, the tray having a centrally located dispensing nozzle and at least one locking element for releasably locking at least one first hinge element on the lower periphery of the front cover to at least one second hinge element on the lower periphery of the housing back, an opening in the lower periphery of said housing through which the towels are dispensed, and a wall-mounting member for removably mounting the housing back to a wall. In one embodiment, the paper support tray comprises locking arms for releasably locking first hinge elements on the lower periphery of said front cover against second hinge elements on the lower periphery of said housing back. In another embodiment, the dispenser comprises a locking member for releasably locking the front cover to the housing back and the housing back to the wall-mounting member.
US07997435B2
A container (1) for a plurality of test strips, in particular for strip-shaped indicator sticks, has a housing lower part (2) and a housing upper part (3), which can be brought into engagement with the housing lower part (2) in a positive manner, where the housing upper part (3) has an opening with a sealing flap (14) mounted in a pivotable manner, where the housing lower part (2) has a plurality of projecting snap-in elements (7), which can be brought into engagement with matched recesses (10) of the housing upper part (3), and where the sealing flap (14) is connected along its periphery to the housing upper part (3) by means of at least one connecting strip which can be torn off. The snap-in elements (7) project by more than one wall thickness of the housing upper part (3) in the region around the recesses (10). The sealing flap (14) preferably has a tear-off connecting strip on each of two opposite sides. The sealing flap (14) is preferably mounted in a pivotable manner on the housing lid (15) of the housing upper part (3) and forms a corner (13) of the housing upper part (3). The length of the sealing flap (14) along the housing lid (15) is preferably less than the length of the sealing flap (14) along the side wall (24) of the housing upper part (3).
US07997424B2
Even when a membrane sheet contains an inorganic material, the membrane sheet and a support plate are properly deposited by a laser emission. In a manufacturing method of a flat membrane element lapping a membrane sheet performing solid-liquid separation on a support plate supporting the membrane sheet and emitting a laser to a mutual joint portion to deposit the membrane sheet and the support plate, when the membrane sheet contains an inorganic material, the support plate is formed by a material having laser penetration and the laser is emitted from the support plate side to the joint portion.
US07997422B2
A filter has a housing with cylindrical wall having a first end face and a second end face. The housing has an end wall that closes of the first end face. A filter insert is arranged in the housing. A lid is attached to the cylindrical wall and closes off the second end face. The housing has two layers of different plastic materials, wherein the different plastic materials have different ductility and in particular different hardness. The cylindrical wall has elements that provide a positive-locking connection of the two layers in the axial direction of the housing.
US07997414B2
A method for separating particles in hydrous slurry comprises connecting at least one teeter water pipe of a teeter water distributor of a hindered-bed separator in fluid connection with a teeter water discharging mechanism, and discharging teeter water from the at least one teeter water pipe to the teeter water discharging mechanism.
US07997412B2
A container comprises a storage compartment and a lid. The storage compartment may be formed of plastic, and may include indicia of measuring. The lid may be removably attached to the storage compartment by a latching mechanism. The latching mechanism may be sturdy enough to contain the contents of the storage compartment, even when those contents are substantially heavy. The contents of the storage compartment may pass through an opening in the lid. The opening may be covered by a removably attached closure, and the closure may include indicia of measuring. The closure may thus be removed from the lid, and used as a measuring device. A scoop may be removably attached to the inside of the lid, may include indicia of measuring, and may be used as a measuring device.
US07997410B2
A disk package and retainer for a disk having an open surface therethrough and susceptible to curl includes a first member having a retention surface disposed adjacent a first side of the disk and adjacent the open surface of the disk and having a connecting surface and a second member having a retention surface disposed adjacent a second side of the disk and adjacent the open surface of the disk and having a connecting surface cooperatively connected to the connecting surface of the first member through the open surface such that the distance between the first member and second member can be adjustably maintained in a manner to apply force from opposite sides of the disk in a manner to substantially maintain the disk in a relatively flat condition. A panel is employed between the members adjacent the disk and method employing the members, disk and panel forms a package.
US07997398B1
A marine transmission provides a cylindrical spool valve that is disposed within the gear case of the transmission and has a movable portion that is axially movable in a vertical direction to select forward, neutral, and reverse gear positions of the transmission. A piston assembly provides a primary piston and two auxiliary pistons which cooperate with each other to provide appropriate hydraulic forces which move a dog clutch into engagement with forward or reverse gears or toward a location in non-engagement with neither the forward nor reverse gears. The spool valve is generally cylindrical and disposed within a narrow column portion of the gear case of a marine propulsion system.
US07997397B2
A one-way roller clutch includes an outer ring, and an inner ring mounted inside the outer ring and having an outer cylindrical surface. The outer ring has on its inner periphery a plurality of cam surfaces each defining a wedge-shaped space in cooperation with the cylindrical surface of the inner ring. Rollers are each mounted between one of the cam surfaces and the cylindrical surface. Each roller is biased by a coil spring toward a narrow portion of the corresponding wedge-shaped space. Each coil spring has at its end facing the roller a radially outwardly extending spiral roller abutment portion. The roller abutment portion prevents the end of the coil spring from slipping along and separating from the roller, thus stabilizing the attitude of the coil spring.
US07997396B2
An overrunning clutch clamping body for an overrunning clutch comprises a first contact surface and a second contact surface for contacting respective clamping raceways. The curvature of the contact surfaces deviates from zero in each direction. Each of the contact surfaces is configured symmetrically both to a first plane (E1) extending normal to the axis of rotation of the overrunning clutch and to a second plane (E2) that is perpendicular to the first plane (E1), and the shape of the first contact surface corresponds to the shape of the second contact surface.
US07997376B2
An exhaust system (26) for a vehicle with a V-engine, aimed at increasing the output power of the V-engine, preventing heat conduction from the exhaust system to the parts around the exhaust system and enhancing the durability of the exhaust system is provided. A transmission and a transfer device (14) are connected in series to the V-engine with an output shaft extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, the transmission and the transfer device (14) being provided in a tunnel (15) in a central portion of the floor (4) of the vehicle and protruding to an upper section of the vehicle, a pair of exhaust pipes (31, 32) being connected to each bank of the V-engine, the exhaust pipes (31, 32) converging into a convergence section provided under the floor (4) and extending to the rear of the vehicle.
US07997375B2
A vehicle hood apparatus includes a hood member, an actuating mechanism, a vehicle collision detecting sensor, vehicle speed sensor, and a control unit. The actuating mechanism couples a hood member to the vehicle and is operable to position hood member between a first position where hood member is not shielding at least a portion of a windshield of the vehicle, and a second position where hood member is shielding at least a portion of the windshield of the vehicle. The vehicle collision detecting sensor is operable to output a collision signal corresponding to a detected collision. The vehicle speed sensor is operable to output a speed signal corresponding to the speed at which the vehicle is moving. The control unit operates the actuating mechanism to move the hood member from first position to second position upon receiving a collision signal and a vehicle speed above a threshold speed.
US07997370B2
A multiple unit surface effect vehicle movable through an aquatic environment is provided including connected units and lift fans. The multiple unit surface effect vehicle may further include a coupling system and/or a plurality of skirt portions connecting one of the connected units with another of the connected units. The multiple unit surface effect vehicle includes the connected units connected to form a continuous movable unit movable in an aquatic environment. Each connected unit includes a forced air containment chamber defined within each of the connected units. The forced air containment chambers of each of the connected units are connected to form a continuous pressurized air cushion. The lift fans force air into the forced air containment chamber to pressurize the continuous pressurized air cushion.
US07997368B2
A battery case for containing therein battery modules includes a tray member, cover member, and seal member. The seal member is applied to a joint part between the tray member and cover member. Insert members made of metal are embedded in the resin of the tray member. Each of the insert members is provided with an embedded bolt a threaded part of which protrudes upward, and embedded nuts. The battery case is provided with first fastening sections and second fastening sections. In the first fastening section, a nut member is screwed onto the embedded bolt from above the cover member. In the second fastening section, a bolt member is screwed into the embedded nut from above the cover members.
US07997366B2
A vehicle body structure includes a dash panel that partitions an engine chamber from the vehicle interior. An intake manifold for an engine is housed in the engine chamber, and an air box extends in a direction of the width of the vehicle and is located above the dash panel. A linking member is connectible to both the dash panel and the air box. At least a portion of the linking member overlaps a portion of the intake manifold in the direction of the width of the vehicle. When an impact occurs external of the vehicle, the shock to which the dash panel is subjected is transmitted to the air box via the linking member. The rigidity of the dash panel is increased to facilitate fracture of intake manifold, and the dash panel is controlled such that the dash panel is prevented from moving toward vehicle interior.
US07997356B2
In various embodiments, a mining device can include a first housing portion and a second housing portion where relative movement between the first and second housing portions can extend and/or retract a cutting member with respect to the mining device. The mining device can further include a cable which can be mounted to the second housing portion where the cutting member is mounted to the cable and can be radially extended with respect to the first and second housing portions when the second housing portion is moved relative to the first housing portion along an axis. As the cutting member is extended, it can contact the sidewalls of a subterranean shaft to loosen material therefrom.
US07997352B2
An electric power tool includes a tool body and a battery pack removably mounted to the tool body. The battery pack is used as a power source of the tool body. The electric power tool further includes a lock unit for keeping the battery pack mounted to the tool body and an interrupter switch for interrupting the operation of the tool body when the lock unit does not keep the battery pack mounted to the tool body. Accordingly, the electric power tool is not operable when the battery pack is not completely mounted to the tool body.
US07997350B2
In a motor grader, when a cylinder hydraulic pressure detected by a cylinder-hydraulic-pressure-detecting section is less than a predetermined threshold value, a control section makes a determination that the motor grader is in a running state and uses a running-hydraulic-pressure waveform corresponding to the running state to control the hydraulic pressure supplied to a clutch. When the cylinder hydraulic pressure is greater than or equal to the threshold value, the control section makes a determination that the motor grader is in a working state and uses a working-hydraulic-pressure waveform corresponding to the working state to control the hydraulic pressure supplied to the clutch.
US07997346B2
A percussion drilling assembly for boring into the earth. In an embodiment, the assembly comprises a tubular case having a central axis and a lower end. In addition, the assembly comprises a driver sub having an upper end threadingly engaged with the lower end of the case. Further, the assembly comprises a annular locking member disposed about the driver sub. The annular locking member engages the case and the driver sub and restricts the rotation of the driver sub relative to the case about the central axis.
US07997340B2
The present invention involves methods and apparatus for permanent downhole deployment of optical sensors. Specifically, optical sensors may be permanently deployed within a wellbore using a casing string. In one aspect, one or more optical sensors are disposed on, in, or within the casing string. The optical sensors may be attached to an outer surface of the casing string or to an inner surface of the casing string, as well as embedded within a wall of the casing string. The optical sensors are capable of measuring wellbore parameters during wellbore operations, including completion, production, and intervention operations.
US07997338B2
A swelling element on a packer has a trough formed on a longitudinal axis. The control line or cable or conduit that needs to run along the string where the packer is mounted is first wrapped in a preferably non-swelling underlayment that can be a loose scroll or have its seam sealed. A swelling cover is placed over the underlayment using a seam that can be longitudinal or spiral to allow rapid deployment. The covering assembly for the control line or conduit is placed in the slot of the swelling element of the packer. The line or cable continues out opposed ends and can be secured to the tubular string with clamps. The control line can also be covered with a swelling material and forced into a groove that runs the length of the packer swelling element.
US07997333B2
The present invention is directed to a segmented bottom guide for directing the top of a tubular member into and through a bore in the bottom of a tapered bowl so that the tubular member can be engaged by pipe slips. One embodiment of the segmented bottom guide of the present invention comprises a bottom guide retainer having a plurality of chambers for being disposed intermediate the top of a bell guide and the bottom of the tapered bowl. The bottom guide segments are radially received into, and securable in, the retainer to therein and together form a generally conical frustum generally aligned with and intermediate the top of the bell guide and the opening of the tapered bowl.
US07997326B2
A metal molding machine includes a fixed mold and a movable mold, a fixed platen holding the fixed mold, an end frame coupled to the fixed platen by tie rods such that the end frame is fixedly mounted on a bed, a movable platen guided by the tie rods, the movable mold being held by the movable platen, and a rolling support mechanism supporting the movable platen. The rolling support mechanism includes a swingable arm, a wheel disposed on a portion of the swingable arm that is closer to the fixed platen and held in rolling contact with the bed, and a spring disposed on a portion of the swingable arm that is closer to the end frame. The spring is interposed between the swingable arm and a portion of the movable platen, for applying a resilient force in a direction so as to lower the wheel.
US07997322B2
A covering device for surfaces or for windows, doors, or similar openings or zones or for surface portions of the aforementioned items, has at least one covering element, which has movable element parts joined in zigzag fashion and capable of being fanned out and closed like a fan, which can be fanned out into an approximately two-dimensional shape of the covering element and closed to make a stack, and the at least one covering element has two peripheral parts, which either are independent or are formed by parts of the covering element and which in the fanned-out state extend at an angle to one another and which in a common zone are at least essentially brought together, and the element parts in the common zone are held together forming approximately a stacked block, and the stacked block is embodied as an independently freely movable part.
US07997321B2
An automatic bead seating assembly to automatically move a bead seating assembly or manifold into contact with a wheel or tire assembly and cause the bead to be seated. The assembly comprises an extendable and retractable seater arm attached at one end to a base, with a bead seater or manifold assembly attached or mounted at the other end. The bead seater or manifold assembly may comprises a reservoir filled with compressed air or other gas, and a hose or pipe for movement of the air or gas from the reservoir to a nozzle of an appropriate size and shape to fit a particular wheel or tire. The seater arm extends forward until the bead seater or manifold assembly comes into contact with the wheel or tire assembly, whereupon air or gas from the manifold reservoir is released, causing the tire bead to be seated. The seater arm then retracts.
US07997317B2
A tire pump that is housed within the hub of a wheel is described. The pump includes a piston that moves axially with respect to the wheel's axle. The pump also includes a pressure switch configured to stop the pump when sufficient tire pressure is reached.
US07997304B2
A medical liquid filling system and associated methods are provided, the system comprising a disposable and a drive system. The disposable includes a tubular member and a piston slidably disposed within the tubular member for retraction and advancement within at least a first portion of the tubular member. The disposable may include a seal member for sealing the first portion of the tubular member and may be interconnected to the piston for co-movement therewith. The drive system may include a piston drive member selectively interconnectable to the piston for driven advancement and retraction of the piston within the tubular member. The drive system may be interconnected to a controller, which may be operable to automate or semi-automate various filling operations. A user interface may be interconnected to the controller for providing input of various system operation parameters, which may be communicated to the controller to facilitate automated or semi-automated operation of the filling system.
US07997297B2
The invention relates to a system for performing parallel chemical experiments. The system comprises an array of parallel flow through reactors each comprising a reaction chamber, a reactor inlet and a reactor outlet connected to the reactor chamber. Downstream of each reactor a corresponding active pressure regulating arrangement is provided for actively regulating the reactor pressure. The pressure regulating arrangement comprises a passage for reactor effluent with an inlet connected to the reactor outlet and an outlet for discharging reactor effluent at a reduced pressure with respect to the reactor pressure.
US07997294B2
A soil moisture sensing system includes a housing embedded in the soil and having a water chamber adapted to receive water from a water source. A controlled drainage assembly includes a semi-permeable membrane coupled to said water chamber for controllably releasing water from the water chamber. A magnetically actuated switch is coupled to a float in the water chamber to provide a control signal when the water level in the water chamber is at a predetermined level.
US07997289B1
Discs roll along an inclined track through a chamber to expose opposite disc sides for cleaning. Energized fluid directed against the opposite sides removes particles from the discs, the fluid and particles exiting the chamber. Stop pins control a time period for cleaning and transporting the discs by selectively blocking or releasing the discs. The discs are stopped at many sections of a transducer, the sections being tailored to provide various cleaning characteristics. Within the chamber, the chamber is configured to minimize particles that originate other than by being adhered to the disc at a time when the disc is introduced into the chamber. Internal chamber configuration also minimizes retention of particles so that particles removed from one disc do not linger in the chamber for possible transfer to a disc that is cleaned in the same chamber at a later time.
US07997286B2
A cosmetic compact providing a molded plastic base, a first cover and combined second cover and grip handle, all disposed over the base. The first cover is hinged to the base. The combined second cover and grip handle are selectively removable from the base, and carry an applicator device which when stored, is disposed between the first cover and base. The arrangement enables the user to quickly open the first cover and immediately remove and manipulate the combined second cover and grip handle, and attached applicator device, for application of cosmetic to the face or body. An especially neat, compact construction thereby is realized.
US07997284B1
A method for coloring hair using a hair coloring foil includes the following steps: providing a hair coloring foil that has a front surface and a top edge, first and second hair gripping hook strips positioned on the front surface of the foil adjacent to and in parallel with the top edge. The foil is positioned around a handle of a comb such it is positioned between the first and second hair gripping hook strips. The handle is pushed into the hair of a subject adjacent the roots of the hair, such that the first hair gripping hook strips grip a first set of hair strands by the roots, and the second hair gripping hook strip grips a second set of hair strands. A coloring agent is then applied to the second set of hair strands, and the foil is folded to enclose the second set of hair strands.
US07997277B2
A method of forming a fenestrated extremity surgical drape includes providing improved seal integrity to reduce the occurrence of pathogenic contamination at the surgical site via migration through the seal. The seal has a non-linear configuration to eliminate uneven stress concentrations commonly located at the corners of rectilinear seals. An elastomeric apertured panel can be disposed between a film panel and a fiber/film laminate panel. These layers can be joined by a heat sealing operation along two spaced apart concentric seal locations ringing the aperture and a fenestration in the laminate panel. The assembly can then be affixed by adhering the underside(s) of one or more panels to a base drape, which has an opening aligned with the aperture and fenestration.
US07997270B2
An apparatus for supplying a respiratory gas includes a conveyor device for conveying the respiratory gas, a conduit for feeding the respiratory gas conveyed by the conveyor device to a person, and a humidification device for humidifying the respiratory gas. A sensor device is configured to generate a signal indicative of the respiratory gas humidity and a control device is configured to control the humidification device with regard to the signal which is generated by the sensor device. A method of supplying a respiratory gas to a patient, in which the respiratory gas is introduced by means of a conveyor device into the conduit leading to the patient and is humidified, includes operating the conveyor device so that a respiratory gas pressure which is above ambient pressure is provided in the conduit, and adjusting the humidity on the basis of signals indicative of the relative and/or absolute humidity of the respiratory gas generated by the sensor device.
US07997262B2
The present invention provides a method of improving nanotopography of a surface of a wafer sliced from an ingot by using a wire saw apparatus, including improving straightness of feed of a work feed table which is included in the wire saw apparatus and used for feeding the ingot to a wire row formed by winding a wire around a plurality of rollers, and also provides a wire saw apparatus for slicing an ingot to manufacture a wafer, including: a wire row formed by winding a wire around a plurality of rollers; a work feed table for holding and feeding the ingot to the wire row; and a linear-motion guide for linearly guiding the work feed table, wherein a component having a wavelength of 20 to 200 mm in straightness of feed of the work feed table satisfies a PV value ≦1.0 μm. As a result, there are provided the method of eliminating slice waviness having periodicity to improve the nanotopography of the surface of the wafer and the wire saw apparatus.
US07997253B2
A method for controlling the overpressure in a fuel-supply system of a common-rail type for an internal-combustion engine provided with a number of cylinders; the method has the steps of: supplying fuel under pressure to a common rail connected to a number of injectors by means of a high-pressure pump; detecting the effective value of the pressure of the fuel within the common rail; comparing the effective value of the pressure of the fuel within the common rail with a safety value; determining a condition of emergency if the effective value of the pressure of the fuel within the common rail is higher than the safety value; and driving, in the case of emergency, the injectors for discharging part of the fuel present in the common rail so as to contain the increase in pressure of the fuel within the common rail.
US07997251B2
An engine control system includes a status determination module that determines states of first and second throttle position sensors (TPSs), wherein a fault state includes when one of the first and second TPSs is one of outside of a predetermined range and out of correlation with the other of the first and second TPSs, for greater than a first predetermined period. A throttle actuation module opens a throttle when an engine manifold absolute pressure (MAP) is less than a predetermined MAP threshold, at least one of the first and second TPSs is in the fault state, and the other one of the first and second TPSs is within a second predetermined period from transitioning to the fault state.
US07997250B2
Disclosed is an upper structure of an engine having three or more cylinders arranged in a row. A first one of a pair of adjacent cylinders among at least three of the cylinders serially arranged in a cylinder row direction is provided with a second spark plug at a position on an opposite side of a second one of the pair of adjacent cylinders, and the second one of the pair of adjacent cylinders is provided with a second spark plug at a position on an opposite side of the first one of the pair of adjacent cylinders. The present invention can provide enhanced flexibility in design of a head cover of the engine.
US07997243B2
An improved ball type valve rotator is provided that includes a main body segment having a bottom wall with an upper surface, and a body cap that overlies the main body segment. A ball cages assembly is housed between the main body segment and the body cap. The ball cages assembly includes multiple ramps with lower surfaces that are spaced from the bottom wall upper surface of the main body segment. This allows the multiple ramps to deflect toward the bottom wall upper surface of the main body segment. The multiple ramps can deflect independently of each other, so that different distances can be defined between the different ramps and the bottom wall upper surface of the main body segment. In so doing, the ball cage assembly can accommodate non-uniform applications of force into the valve rotator.
US07997242B2
A spring retainer can reduce the set height and mass of a coil spring. The spring retainer has a retainer body attached to a stem end of a valve and a circumferential plate-like spring part having an inner circumferential part supported by the retainer body and resiliently supporting an end of the valve spring. A spring constant of the plate-like spring part is made higher than a spring constant of the valve spring, so that the plate-like spring part deflects after the valve spring is compressed, to provide a two-step load characteristic and reduce the set height, compressed height, and mass of the valve spring. It can also reduce the height and mass of the spring retainer. A spring system formed by combining the spring retainer and valve spring with each other will be compact and lightweight.
US07997232B2
An aquarium includes: a box having an accommodating space therein; a dividing board disposed in the accommodating space of the box to divide it into a cultivating layer and a nitrobacteria layer; a pump for drawing water and air, mixing them into bubbles, and sending the mixture out via a transporting pipe; a foam remover connected with the transporting pipe and having a foam outlet and a water outlet. The bubbles received from the transporting pipe are broken into smaller bubbles in the foam remover. The protein impurities in the water are expelled with the bubbles via the foam outlet. The processed water flows via the water outlet into the nitrobacteria layer to decompose the proteins.
US07997227B2
An apparatus for providing a vacuum coating to a workpiece, including: a coating chamber containing a coating material, with the coating chamber being operable at an elevated temperature and a sub-atmospheric pressure; an electron beam gun projecting an electron beam into the coating chamber and onto the coating material, where the electron beam gun is operable to melt the coating material and to evaporate molten coating material; and, a mechanism for supporting manipulating the workpiece in the coating chamber. The supporting mechanism further includes: a coupling device for retaining the workpiece; a joint connected to the coupling device enabling movement of the workpiece in all directions; an intermediate member connecting the coupling device and the joint; and, a device connected to the intermediate member for moving the workpiece in a designated vertical plane. The supporting mechanism may also include a device connected to the intermediate member for moving the workpiece in a designated horizontal plane.
US07997225B2
A molded boat hull is provided having a channel forming member extending between a motor mounting transom and an aft riser that forms a step in the bottom portion of the boat hull. The channel forming member has at least one open side and at least an opening in another side to provide a fluid flow communication channel from the atmosphere to the underside of the boat in the step area. The channel forming member is formed as an integral part of the boat hull during forming of the boat hull by molding.
US07997219B2
A replaceable gauging element assembly includes a series of gauge modules mounted in spaced series along a gauge bar. The gauge modules each include an upper section having a front face, an intermediate section and a lower section. A series of slots are formed in the front face of the gauge modules for receiving a series of gauge parts therein, with the gauge parts releasably secured within the modules by one or more fasteners. Access openings are formed in the modules for facilitating removal of broken gauge parts from the slots.
US07997214B1
A cargo rack for transferring loads between a marine vessel and an offshore marine platform (for example, oil and gas well drilling or production platform) provides a frame having a front, a rear, and upper and lower end portions. The lower end of the frame has a perimeter beam base, a raised floor and a pair of open-ended parallel fork tine tubes or sockets that communicate with the perimeter beam at the front and rear of the frame, preferably being structurally connected (e.g., welded) thereto. Openings in the perimeter beam base align with the forklift tine tubes or sockets. The frame includes a plurality of fixed side walls extending upwardly from the perimeter beam that include at least left and right side walls. A plurality of gates are movably mounted on the frame including a gate at least at the front and at least at the rear of the frame, each gate being movable between open and closed positions, the gates enabling a forklift to place loads on the floor by accessing either the front of the frame or the rear of the frame. Each gate can be pivotally attached to a fixed side wall. The frame has vertically extending positioning beams or lugs that segment the raised floor into a plurality of load-holding positions. Each load holding position has a plurality of positioning beams or lugs that laterally hold a load module (e.g., palletized load) in position once a load is placed on the raised floor.
US07997212B2
A multi-purpose table including a channel forming a portion of, or attached to, a horizontal support bar of the table. The channel includes at least one trough for managing cables and cords associated with electrical and communication outlets. The electrical and communication outlets may be provided in the channel. The outlets remain available to a user of the table when a work surface of the table is positioned in either a horizontal or a vertical position.
US07997205B2
A projectile may include a base drag reduction fairing preform adapted to be plastically deformed into a base drag reduction fairing after the projectile is launched from a gun barrel.
US07997200B2
A printing machine is provided with at least one printing unit that is usable for printing an image, in ink, on a printable material. The printing machine includes at least one application device which is usable to apply at least one contactless identification characteristic, in the form of an RFID system or a part thereof, to the printable material. At least one inspection device is also provided in the printing machine. At least one test device, for testing the identification characteristic, or the part thereof, is also provided in the printing machine.
US07997199B2
A workpiece 70 is set to holding rotating means and then liquid-state photosensitive resin 10 is supplied to a resin applying smoothing unit 150 to mold the workpiece 70 into a uniform thickness while rotating the workpiece 70 and applying the liquid-state photosensitive resin 10 to the outer periphery of the workpiece 70 by the resin applying smoothing unit 150. Moreover, while rotating the workpiece 70, liquid-state photosensitive resin, it is exposed by high-intensity ultraviolet light 30 and thereby, the surface of the photo-cured photosensitive resin is shaped to remove an unnecessary resin layer. Then, laser carving is performed by an infrared laser beam 40 to perform post-treatment.
US07997198B2
A cylindrically-shaped tube fitting over a cylindrically-shaped base body rotatable around an axis of rotation. The tube has a cylindrically-shaped inner surface defining a hollow region, a cylindrically-shaped outer surface, a first end, and a second end. The base body is arranged to fit either a sleeve or the tube. The outer surface includes vacuum grooves or a plate clamping system or both, and arranged to secure a flexible sheet of material around the outer surface of the tube.
US07997196B2
The present invention is directed to a novel intaglio printing press and a method for intaglio print making using the intaglio printing press described herein. The present invention is comprised generally of two assemblies: a press bed assembly and a print head assembly. The print head assembly serves as a first class lever within a pair of surfaces of a press bed assembly that define runway. The runway structure of the press bed assembly confines the force applied to the print head assembly and translates that force into a pressure directed to the print paper covered and inked artwork. The print paper and inked artwork are positioned proximate to the lower surface and the print head portion of the print head assembly is situated between the artwork and the upper surface. The print head assembly comprises one or more lever handles, a compression roller and one or more track roller. The lever handle(s) provide a torque lever for receiving a manually exerted downward force and to provide a handle for moving the print head assembly along the runway, thereby making compression passes across the artwork. The track roller and compression roller are secured a predetermined distance from each other and within a housing that forces the compression roller against the print paper and inked artwork at the lower surface of the runway and simultaneously forces the track roller (or bearings) against the upper surface of the runway. Printmaking proceeds one pass at a time across the lateral extent of the print paper covered artwork.
US07997195B2
A spacer-printing apparatus includes a printing roller and a moving part. The printing roller has opposite edges connected by a curved surface and spacers are attached to the curved surface. The moving part is connected with the printing roller and respectively and alternately moves opposite edges up and down. The printing roller has a shape of a portion of cylinder, so that a radius is increased without the increase in volume and weight thereof.
US07997193B2
A printing machine for cylindrical objects, comprising a carousel for moving for locating the cylindrical objects in a successive number of work stations, among which at least a printing station and a drying station; at least a device for inking for printing on the lateral surface of a cylindrical object located in the printing station; and at least a drying device for generating a beam of rays which strike a cylindrical object located in the drying station; the drying device including an obturator for intercepting the beam of rays when the means for moving transfer the objects from one station to another.
US07997186B2
A beverage maker assembly includes an outer cup and an inner cup which is removably received in the outer cup. A filtering unit is received in the inner cup and communicates with a drain hole defined in a bottom of the inner cup so that the beverage can flow to the outer cup. A cover is pivotably connected to a handle of the outer cup and has an operation portion extending radially from a periphery thereof. A pivotal portion extends from the operation portion and has an elongate hole. The pivotal portion is movably engaged with a recess defined in the handle by extending a pin through the handle and the elongate hole to pivotably connect the cover to the handle. The cover is easily opened and closed relative to the outer cup.
US07997180B2
A missile launching system including a launch rail for attachment to an aircraft and having a longitudinal slot, and at least two hangers for attachment to the missile at longitudinally spaced locations thereof and having a cross-section configured to be received in the longitudinal slot in the launch rail. The rearmost hanger includes two separable main parts, including a first main part for engagement with a respective lateral, first groove section of the slot, and a second main part configured to be attached to the missile and be slidably guided in a second groove section of the slot normal to the first groove section and opening towards the missile. The second main part includes laterally extending collars configured to interact in close proximity with respective rail sections facing the missile. The second main part is configured to separate from the first part when launching the missile.
US07997179B1
A hybrid water cannon that can be configured in either a recoil mode or recoilless mode. A first barrel is attached to a breech block. Either a second barrel or breech plug is also attached to the breech block on a side opposite the first barrel. With the breech plug attached, the water cannon is in a recoil mode. With the second barrel attached, the water cannon is in a recoilless mode. A chamber containing a propellant charge is in communication with both the first and second barrels. Upon ignition, the propellant charge pushes a charge of water from both barrels simultaneously and in opposite directions. The discharge from the first barrel is used to disable the target ordnance. The discharge from the second barrel counters the recoil. The propellant charge is ignited using an ignition charge in a port intersecting the chamber at an angle other than 90 degrees.
US07997173B2
A machine tool a slide attached on a base and moveable along an X-axis, a carriage attached onto the slide and moveable along a Y-axis, a follower rotatably mounted on the carriage, a sliding member attached on the follower and moveable along a Z-axis, a carrier rotatably attached to the sliding member, and a tool holder mounted on the carrier and rotatable relative to the carrier to selected angular positions for supporting a shaft, and a barrel slidably received in the shaft for supporting a tool member. The barrel includes a noncircular chamber for engaging with a noncircular shank of the tool member and for preventing the shank of the tool member from rotating relative to the barrel and the shaft.
US07997169B1
The housed socket extension has a high strength tubular housing with a socket extension apparatus which fits within the housing and protrudes from the ends of the housing. Two bearing retaining devices are mounted on the socket extension apparatus, adjacent to the ends of said housing. The first end of the socket extension receives a ratchet wrench or power tool, and the second end of the socket extension apparatus is designed to mate with the square hole of a socket or tool bit.
US07997168B2
An adjustable ratchet head assembly has first and second jaw members that are connected using a pinion shaft and a cogwheel shaft. The pinion shaft has oppositely threaded end portions that engage oppositely threaded pinion shaft receiving bores in a central section of each jaw member. The cogwheel shaft has oppositely threaded end portions that engage oppositely threaded cogwheel shaft receiving bores in a proximate end of each jaw member. A pinion gear is concentric with and engages the pinion shaft. A cogwheel gear is concentric with and engages the cogwheel shaft, and is in driving engagement with the pinion gear. Driving the cogwheel gear will cause rotation of the cogwheel shaft, pinion gear and pinion shaft, and will cause the jaw members to move toward or away from each other. The ratchet head assembly is received in a cylindrical ratchet head body, which is received in a handle assembly.
US07997165B2
A prior art sucker rod tong is improved to remove a coupling completely from a sucker rod assembly comprising sucker rods joined end to end by couplings. The prior art sucker rod tong has a rotatable jaw assembly and a lower backup wrench adapted to cooperate to unscrew a coupling joining first and second rods, where the coupling remains screwed to the second rod after it is unscrewed from the first rod. The improvement comprises a coupling extractor for unscrewing the coupling from the second rod so that the coupling can be replaced. The coupling extractor comprises a shaft having an extractor end portion on each end of the shaft and a shield around each extractor end portion, wherein the coupling extractor is designed and sized to fit within and to be rotated by the jaw assembly. The extractor end portion engages the inside wall of the coupling to unscrew the coupling from the second rod. The extractor end portion is preferably a tapered, left-handed spiral fluted easy-out extractor. The improvement preferably further comprises an upper backup wrench movably connected to the sucker rod tong for holding the second sucker rod when the second sucker rod is above the coupling.
US07997163B2
A novel, adjustable locking windage and elevation knob assembly for the improved accuracy of scopes wherein an adjustment turn knob may be raised from its locked position to rotate freely for desired windage or elevation adjustments and thereafter be pushed back down into a locked position.
US07997147B2
Shear test apparatus for gold and solder balls of a semiconductor substrate comprises a support element (21) on which is provided a piezo-electric crystal (24) in the direct shear load path. The crystal (24) may have a shield (25). The interface between shield and crystal, and crystal and support element may include an epoxy resin layer to distribute force and retain the components as a unit.
US07997131B2
A dual-string tension dynamometer (1) utilizes two strings (10, 11) wrapped around approximately ninety degrees of a test wheel (12). The lateral forces (E, F) are balanced such that the total lateral force net value is zero. The results reflect purely torsional loading.
US07997127B2
A system and method for testing the operation of fuel pump is disclosed. The apparatus includes a pressure measurement portion, a flow measurement portion, an electrical diagnostic portion, and a fault simulation portion, where a user can simulate a number of potential fuel system failures to determine the diagnostics of the fuel system. The method includes the steps of measuring an electrical value related to the fuel pump, measuring a pressure related to the fuel pump, measuring a fuel flow related to the fuel pump, simulating a fuel system failure condition, and determining an operating status of the fuel pump.
US07997117B2
A method of calibrating an electrically controlled hydraulic valve having a known relationship between flow rate through the valve and displacement of a valve element is disclosed. The method includes ascertaining a first current level for actuating the electrically controlled hydraulic valve to move the valve element to a position adjacent an inlet port, and a first displacement of the valve element responsive to the first current level. The method also includes ascertaining a second current level for actuating the electrically controlled hydraulic valve to move the valve element from the position adjacent the inlet port to a position permitting flow through the inlet port, and ascertaining a second displacement of the valve element responsive to the second current level. The method further includes establishing a relationship between current and displacement associated with the electrically controlled hydraulic valve.
US07997115B2
The invention relates to a folding device (1) for a bending press, in particular an edging press for a 180°-folding brace on a workpiece (2) with a forming die (3) comprising a V-groove and a forming stamp (4) adjustable thereto and comprising a wedge extension (26) and with a folding die (5) arranged adjacent to the forming die (3) and forming a support surface (33) in a plane (23) extending perpendicular to an adjustment direction of the forming stamp (4). A tool mount (7) with the forming die (3) and the folding die (5) is arranged adjustably on an upper side (18) of a table beam (9), in a direction perpendicular to a bending plane (22), forming a gap (27) for mounting the wedge extension (26) for the folding procedure.
US07997111B2
An apparatus for rotating a container body that utilizes frictional forces rather than the engagement of gears to rotate the container body is provided. Such an apparatus may include a stationary housing and a turret rotating on a shaft proximate to the housing. The turret may have a plurality of pockets and a roller assembly disposed within each pocket. Each roller assembly may have a body portion and a drive roller portion. Each body portion may have a contact portion for contacting a container body received in a respective pocket. Each drive roller may be in contact with the housing such that as the turret rotates, friction between the drive rollers and the housing causes each roller assembly to rotate.
US07997102B2
Knitted products like slips, panties, trousers and mainly tights are closed in the crotch area (K) with at least a pair of opposed knitted-on elements (1A, 1B, 2A, 3A) passing to the crotch (K).The product can be knitted from the border of the body part via at least a pair of knitted-on elements and up to the knitting of the parts for the legs or you can knit from the parts for legs via at least a pair of knitted-on parts and it is finished with a border in the body part.
US07997096B2
A vehicle HVAC system comprises an evaporator, a heater core, a variable airflow control device, and a baffle positioned downstream of the evaporator. The baffle has a geometrical configuration, e.g., apertures sufficient to prevent the formation of vortex like airflow patterns near the downstream side of the baffle when the HVAC system is in use.
US07997092B2
A method is provided for operating a refrigerant vapor compression system at substantially zero cooling capacity to facilitate tight temperature control within a climate-controlled environment associated with the refrigerant vapor compression system. The method includes the step of diverting substantially all refrigerant flow from the primary refrigerant flow circuit of the refrigerant vapor compression system at a first location downstream, with respect to refrigerant flow, of the heat rejection heat exchanger and upstream, with respect to refrigerant flow, of the evaporator refrigerant expansion device to reenter the primary refrigerant flow circuit at a second location downstream, with respect to refrigerant flow, of the evaporator and upstream, with respect to refrigerant flow, of the compression device.
US07997080B2
A combination internal combustion and steam engine includes a cylinder having a piston mounted for reciprocation therein with an internal combustion chamber and a steam chamber in the cylinder adjacent the piston and at least one steam exhaust port positioned to communicate with the steam chamber through the wall of the cylinder for exhausting steam at a location in the cylinder wall adjacent to an engine cylinder cap surface that is heated externally to assist in reducing chilling or condensation of steam entering the steam chamber from a boiler fired by waste combustion heat. The invention also permits steam admitted from a steam chest jacketing the cylinder cap to be exhausted from the engine when the steam chamber is in an expanded state whereupon residual steam is then recompressed prior to admitting the next charge of steam with the stream in the steam chamber being heated directly by the combustion chamber as well as by heat from the steam chest. An I.C. exhaust powered heater is a part of an I.C. exhaust manifold which functions as an afterburner with supplemental air injection for promoting combustion of unburned exhaust constituents to superheat steam that is piped through it to the steam chest. The invention provides valves for balancing steam engine displacement with boiler output and for cylinder compounding with a boiler, heat exchange and control arrangement for efficiently recovering waste heat.
US07997078B2
In a nuclear power plant, thermal power in a second operation cycle of a nuclear reactor is uprated from thermal power in a first operation cycle preceding the second operation cycle by at least one operation cycle. A proportion of steam extracted from a steam system and introduced to a feedwater heater, which is in particular extracted from an intermediate point and an outlet of a high pressure turbine, with respect to a flow rate of main steam, is reduced in the second operation cycle from that in the first operation cycle such that the temperature of feedwater discharged from the feedwater heater is lowered by 1° C. to 40° C. in the second operation cycle.
US07997076B2
A system for converting heat from an engine into work includes a boiler coupled to a heat source for transferring heat to a working fluid, a turbine that transforms the heat into work, a condenser that transforms the working fluid into liquid, a recuperator with one flow path that routes working fluid from the turbine to the condenser, and another flow path that routes liquid working fluid from the condenser to the boiler, the recuperator being configured to transfer heat to the liquid working fluid, and a bypass valve in parallel with the second flow path. The bypass valve is movable between a closed position, permitting flow through the second flow path and an opened position, under high engine load conditions, bypassing the second flow path.
US07997070B2
An exhaust emission control device for an internal combustion engine, capable of supplying a just enough amount of reducing agent to a selective reduction catalyst even when a NOx purification ratio of the catalyst is changed by various causes, thereby enabling a high NOx purification ratio and very low exhaust emissions to be maintained. An ECU calculates a filtered value based on a signal from an exhaust gas concentration sensor, calculates a moving average value of a product of the filtered value and a reference input, calculates a control input such that the moving average value becomes equal to 0, and adds a reference input to the control input to calculate an FB injection amount. The ECU calculates an FF injection amount with a predetermined feedforward control algorithm, and adds the FF injection amount to the FB injection amount, to thereby calculate a urea injection amount.
US07997063B2
A method is described for identifying fuel composition from an index ratio of oxygen sensors upstream and downstream of a catalyst of the engine. Different index ratios are achieved for different fuel compositions, and thus it is possible to identify fuel composition, such as fuel alcohol content, based on changes in the index ratio.
US07997058B2
A combustor assembly for a gas powered turbine includes a premix section to mix a first selected volume of fuel with a selected oxidizer. The premix section includes an injector plate that includes a porosity according to selected characteristics, such as pore size, pore density, pore distribution, and other selected characteristics. Therefore, the fuel may be provided through the porous plate to the premix area in a selected uniform flux.
US07997053B2
An assembly of a traction vehicle and a soil treatment machine, such as a scrub clearing-plant shredding machine, includes a connecting mechanism including at least one articulated connecting rod of the same length as two other connecting rods forming a deformable parallelogram that maintains a parallelogram configuration, on either side of a closing plane, during vertical upward and downward movements of the soil treatment machine relative to a support arm.
US07997044B2
An enclosure, such as a column for supporting a roof, is defined by plural, adjacent, beveled segments, including two outermost segments, folded and joined. An adhesive is used on the beveled edges to help hold the shape of the enclosure. In addition, the edges of the outermost segments are configured to interlock so that, with manual force and no tools, the outermost segments can be snapped together, thereby holding the enclosure while the adhesive cures. The configurations on the outermost edges are preferably made of interlocking projections and recesses, at least one of which projections is displaced slightly when the outermost segments are joined. The segments may be formed by milling a single panel while applying tape to the joints between segments to hold them in adjacent relationship. The tape may then be removed after the enclosure is formed. The preferred material for the enclosure is foamed plastic.
US07997022B2
A laser alignment assembly has two or more lasers aligned relative to one or more reflective surfaces to generate coaligned and collimated light beams. The assembly may further make the light beams collinear. The orientation of the reflective surface may be controlled by an electrically controllable actuator. The laser alignment assembly may be disposed in a weapon aiming system having visible and infrared lasers and may be coupled to a weapon to aid in aiming of the weapon.
US07997018B1
Devices and methods for applying vibrations to the iron sole of an ironing appliance to facilitate the movement of the iron sole over a fabric, thereby improving the effectiveness of the ironing appliance in removing wrinkles, especially on thicker fabrics.
US07997010B2
The present invention relates to a shoe suspension system. In one embodiment, the present invention is a sole of a shoe including a first spine with a first side and a second side, a first suspension portion connected to the first side of the first spine, and a second suspension portion connected to the second side of the first spine.
US07997006B2
The present invention relates to a laundry machine and a control method thereof. The control method includes supplying steam, generated by a steam generator, into a drum, and supplying hot air into the drum to dry clothes wetted by the steam. According to the present invention, it is possible to effectively removing wrinkles on clothes.
US07996995B2
An electric shaver includes net-shaped outer blades; and inner blades sliding reciprocally over an inner side of the outer blades as detachably connected with driving units driven by a motor. Each of the inner blades includes a blade plate having an inversed-like-U shape seen from a longitudinal direction in parallel with a reciprocating sliding direction; and a blade holder having attaching portions to be attached to the blade plate in longitudinally defined end regions, wherein connection portions to be detachably connected with the driving units are provided at the blade holder in a longitudinally defined center region, and, when dissembling the blade holder from the driving units, anti-detach portions are provided to thereby prevent separation of the blade holder in the longitudinally defined center region from the blade plate in the longitudinally defined center region due to a tensile load between the connection portions and the driving units.
US07996993B2
A method of making a filter is disclosed including providing a mandrel, positioning a filter form on the mandrel, the filter form including a dissolvable compound, disposing a filter basket over the filter form, dissolving the filter form, and removing the mandrel from the filter basket.
US07996990B2
There is provided a method of manufacturing a heat exchanger, including a first step of mounting an end part of flat tube to a header, assembling the flat tube and fins, and sealing a part where the header and the end part is attached, and a second step of increasing an internal pressure of the flat tube to expand other part of flat tubes aside from the end parts with respect to the end part of the tube in order to make the fins and the other part of the flat tube in contact each other. According to this method of manufacturing, in the second step, the other part of the flat tube that passes through the fins is expanded, so that it is possible to mechanically join the flat tube and the fins, and a plate fin-type heat exchanger with high strength and heat exchange efficiency can be easily provided.
US07996987B2
A system and method for producing a family of power modules having a common footprint that enables the customer to flexibly choose a power module size without incurring the costs of a relayout of a system design. In one embodiment, a board layout can be designed using a selected power module footprint size that supports an installation of any of a plurality of power modules. The power module that is used in a board layout can be selected based on a measurement of an amount of power consumed by the one or more loads.
US07996984B2
A duplexer includes an FBAR band pass filter that can be easily embodied in single chip. A method for manufacturing the same includes the steps of forming a plurality of recesses in a substrate, forming an insulation layer on the substrate, and forming a plurality of filling-up layers that fill the recesses. The method also includes the step of forming a transmitting bandpass filter and forming a receiving bandpass filter on an upper side of the membrane, with each bandpass filter including at least two film bulk acoustic resonators (FBARs). In addition, the method includes the step of forming a circuit that connects the bandpass filters to an antenna terminal, with this circuit including at least one inductor and capacitor. The method also includes a step of removing the filling-up layers from the recesses in the substrate.
US07996983B2
An animal training apparatus including an electrical conductor embedded within a flexible member, and a housing having a through-opening for receiving the electrical conductor therethrough. The flexible member is molded around the electrical conductor and the antenna, while the electrical conductor is positioned such that it extends into the housing through the through-opening. As a result of the molding process, the flexible member shields the housing through-opening, discouraging substances such as water from accessing the interior of the housing via the through-opening.
US07996968B2
An automated method for manufacturing self-retaining suture is disclosed. The suture is mounted to a support. A power-operated cutting arm moves a cutting device through the suture along a preselected path and at a preselected angle to create a tissue retainer having a desired shape and size. The suture is indexed relative to the cutting device. The operation of the cutting arm in conjunction with the geometry of the cutting device and linear advancement of the suture thread allows for creating a plurality of tissue-retainers having a desired geometry along the length of the suture thread.
US07996959B2
A hinge is mounted between a cover and a base of an electronic device. A lid covers the hinge and is attached securely to the base. The hinge has two cam wings, two tilting shafts and two actuating disks. The tilting shafts are mounted movably through the cam wings. The actuating disks are mounted respectively around the tilting shafts. Each actuating disk has an actuating protrusion sliding along the outer edge of the cam wing. When the cover is pivoted to a certain angle, the actuating protrusions slide at part of the cam wing having larger diameter to gradually lift up the cover so the cover is selectively distant away from the lid. Therefore, the shape of the electronic device does not need to be disfigured and the cover still does not bump against the lid.
US07996957B2
A cyclonic separation device in accordance with an embodiment of the present application preferably includes a first cyclone chamber having a cylindrical shape with a predetermined diameter, the first cyclone chamber including, a tangential inlet positioned on a first longitudinal end of the first cyclone chamber, a baffle plate positioned in the first cyclone chamber a predetermined distance from the tangential inlet, a tangential dirt outlet positioned on a second end of the cyclone chamber, opposite the inlet and on an opposite side of the baffle plate from the tangential inlet and a center exit duct mounted in the center of the cyclone chamber having an inlet opening positioned upstream from the baffle plate such the centrifuged fluid without particles flows into the center exit duct and out of the cyclone chamber.
US07996956B2
A cleaning appliance includes a main body and a collecting chamber releasably held on the main body. The collecting chamber includes a closure member which is movable between a closed position and an open position in which the collecting chamber can be emptied and an actuating member adapted and arranged to release the collecting chamber from the main body and, when the collecting chamber is released from the main body, to release the closure member from the closed position. By providing such an arrangement, a single actuating member can be used to release the collecting chamber from the main body of the cleaning appliance and also to open the closure member to empty the collecting chamber. A single actuating member is less complex, requires less space and is more intuitive for a user to operate.
US07996951B2
In an articulated connection between a wiper lever and a wiper lever support which can be fixed to a wiper shaft, comprising articulation parts on the wiper lever and on the wiper lever support, a hinge pin on a first articulation part and at least one mounting opening on a second articulation part for receiving the hinge pin, the mounting opening is open at the side in an edge region in order to allow the second articulation part to be pushed radially onto the mounting pin, and specifically in an axis direction running radially with respect to the axis of the mounting opening, said axis direction being oriented transversely to the longitudinal extent of the wiper lever.
US07996949B2
A fabric towel with a slider pattern for use on a cleaning surface with at least one fastener to secure the towel to a steam frame. The fabric towel is used with a steam appliance and the slider pattern reduces friction when used on a fabric or carpeted surface yet provides a sufficient amount of towel surface to steam. In one embodiment, the fabric towel is a steam pocket including a top and bottom layer joined around its perimeter with an open side to allow for mounting on a steam frame with fasteners secured to each layer and wrapped around the back of a steam frame. The slider pattern may be a single piece or a plurality of segments secured to the towel. In another embodiment, towel is a steam pad with has at least one fastener for attachment to the steam cleaner frame.
US07996947B2
An applicator brush for applying a cosmetic composition may include a stem, and bristles that are supported by the stem. At least 500 of the bristles may include a greatest dimension in cross-section that is strictly less than 6.5/100 mm.
US07996942B2
A crew transfer system for transferring personnel from a vessel to a stationary platform, such as an oil rig, is disclosed. In the illustrative embodiment, the system includes a ramp that is coupled to the vessel and an interface that is attached to the stationary platform. The ramp is coupled to the vessel in such a way as to permit one translational and three rotational degrees of freedom at the vessel-end of the ramp. The ramp is coupled to the interface in such a way as to permit no translational and at least one rotational degree-of-freedom at the rig-end of the ramp with respect to the interface. The interface is rotatably coupled to the stationary platform in such a way as to permit a rotation of the interface about the yaw axis. Permitted rotation of the interface enables a range of acceptable angles of orientation between the vessel and the platform.
US07996937B2
The formation of wrinkles in bed sheets used on mattresses of the type having elevated side bolsters and the tendency of the sheets to come off when the mattress is articulated are reduced through the use of a fitted sheet having conforming pockets receiving the side bolsters. Stabilization of the upper sheet surface by the pockets is augmented in some embodiments through use of a stitch line placed along a seam on the inside of the pockets and/or by un-pocketed spans of the upper surface of the sheet connecting directly to an elastically retained skirt.
US07996933B2
A trap for recovering heat energy from a liquid has a chamber 7 with an internal baffle wall 45-48. An upper chamber opening 9 and a weir at an inlet end 13 of a discharge conduit 11 are on opposite sides of the baffle wall. Liquid fed into the chamber via the upper opening flows downward and under the baffle wall before flowing upward and over the weir to be discharged from the chamber through the discharge conduit. A second liquid flows through a heat exchange conduit 17-24. One preferred embodiment has a concentric arrangement of a plurality of cylindrical baffle walls alternating with a plurality of cylindrical chambers of the heat exchange conduit. A corresponding method of heat recovery is also claimed. In one preferred application, the trap is fitted into the base or floor tray of a shower for recovery of heat energy from waste shower water.
US07996928B2
A toilet includes a dehumidifier operable to draw water vapor from the air and discharge water. A tank is configured to store the water discharged from the dehumidifier. A drain valve is movable from a closed position to an open position whereby the toilet is flushed solely with the water discharged from the dehumidifier and stored in the tank.
US08001612B1
Method and apparatus for automatically distributing, as needed, a user's digital-works and usage-rights to one or more user-devices. A definition of the usage-rights for a digital-work may be stored at one or more locations on a network. A version of said digital-work suitable for a user-device may be provided by one or more locations on said network. When a user who is authorized to utilize said digital-work is active at a user-device, a version of said digital-work and authorization to utilize is automatically transferred when needed to a user-device. The digital-work and authorization may be automatically transferred as needed to any user-device where an authorized user is active. The usage-rights may only be valid for one or more specific users. The usage authorization at each user-device may be less than defined in the full usage-rights maintained on the network. Authorization to utilize said digital-work at a user-device may be extended from time to time by exchanging user-device status across the network. Digital-works are automatically provided as needed to any user-device that an authorized user is using.
US08001608B2
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.
US08001607B2
A system for obfuscating data across an enterprise, comprising a rule evaluator; an active rule editor; and an active rule editor repository; wherein the rule evaluator evaluates active rules and optimizes its behavior based on both user-specified guidance and properties learned during system execution; wherein the active rule editor provides functionality for specifying, examining, maintaining, simulating and testing active rule behavior and for documenting rules that are bound to any named and typed data spaces of the enterprise that are accessible through connectors to the data systems of the enterprise; and wherein the active rule editor and repository provide functionality for promoting a candidate rule to an active rule and managing the rule in its active state. A method for obfuscating data across an enterprise using the system described above.
US08001589B2
A test method for Internet-Protocol packet networks that verifies the proper functioning of a dynamic pinhole filtering implementation as well as quantifying network vulnerability statistically, as pinholes are opened and closed is described. Specific potential security vulnerabilities that may be addressed through testing include: 1) excessive delay in opening pinholes, resulting in an unintentional denial of service; 2) excessive delay in closing pinholes, creating a closing delay window of vulnerability; 3) measurement of the length of various windows of vulnerability; 4) setting a threshold on a window of vulnerability such that it triggers an alert when a predetermined value is exceeded; 5) determination of incorrectly allocated pinholes, resulting in a denial of service; 6) determining the opening of extraneous pinhole/IP address combinations through a firewall which increase the network vulnerability through unrecognized backdoors; and 7) determining the inability to correlate call state information with dynamically established rules in the firewall.
US08001584B2
A first message is transmitted over a communication channel to initiate a transaction. The first message contains a random number and a public key of a device. Continuing the transaction, a second message is received. The second message also contains a random number and a public key of a second device. At least one message is received that contains a proof-of-possession of the device's password, along with a credential that is encrypted with a credential key.
US08001575B2
The present invention provides a method of operating a set-top box that is coupled to a video display, the set-top box being configured for communication with a video content provider. One embodiment of the method may include initiating display of a first portion of video content that is pre-loaded onto the set-top box and transmitting a request to subscribe to a first multicast service in response to initiating display of the first portion of the video content. The video content provider is configured to provide a second portion of the video content using the first multicast service.
US08001573B2
In an information-processing system shown in FIG. 1, a server (106) for delivering remote-operation control information in accordance with an audio/video instrument (110) and an information-processing apparatus (103) with a remote-operation screen display function for remote-controlling the audio/video instrument (110) based on control information acquired from this server (106) are connected to each other through the Internet (105) etc. The information-processing apparatus (103) makes a request to the server (106) to deliver the remote-operation control information in accordance with this audio/video instrument (110) and, based on the control information delivered from the server (106) owing to this delivery request, performs display processing of a remote-operation screen and, based on remote-operation information input by operations on the remote-operation screen, remote-controls the audio/video instrument (110).
US08001571B1
Systems, and computer-implemented methods are described for selecting programming information from among multiple sets of programming information.
US08001570B2
The invention relates to a set-top box receiver allowing access to interactive digital TV coming from any IP-network. It makes use of the SAP/SDP protocols as a logic link between “classic” DVB services (satellite, terrestrial, cable) and IP services. The invention allows providing TV services relying on existing Internet architecture. Simulation means are provided, in the MHP middleware, for building an Event Information Table upon the SDP messages. Specific preview information is added to the SDP messages so that they can be linked to a DVB service.
US08001567B2
A media planner displays descriptors that represent programs that are scheduled for broadcast on tiles according to a layout. The layout arranges the tiles according to a day and a day part based on a scheduled broadcast date and time associated with a program.
US08001565B2
Methods and apparatus to conditionally authorize content delivery at receivers in pay delivery systems are disclosed. An example receiver station includes a receiver interface to receive a broadcast signal, and a controller to, for a selected program, generate an authorization request and a content request. The example receiver station also includes a network interface to transmit the authorization request, to transmit the content request to point-to-point content delivery server, and to receive the program from the point-to-point content delivery server.
US08001564B2
An interactive television program guide system with digital storage is provided. The program guide gives users the ability to store information associated with recorded programs in a directory in the digital storage device thereby providing easy access to program information. The program guide may also provide a global media library for indicating the programs stored on removable storage media used with the program guide. The guide may also allow the user to manage and maintain a user media library to do the same. Non-time-sensitive data associated with recorded programs may be stored in a way that allows the user to interact with the data on playback as if the program were being originally aired. The program guide also allows the user to define “super-programs” for playback of a sequence of stored programs or program segments.
US08001559B2
An optical information recording medium includes a disc-shaped substrate, at least one information recording layer formed over a recording/reproducing-side main surface of the substrate, a light transmitting layer formed over the information recording layer, and a protecting layer formed to cover the light transmitting layer and at least one part of a side end surface perpendicular to the main surface of the substrate. At least the part of the side end surface is covered with the protecting layer for covering the recording/reproducing-side main surface, and the surface of the protecting layer covering at least the part of the side end surface has a larger surface roughness than that of the surface of the protecting layer covering the upper of the recording/reproducing-side main surface.
US08001555B2
A telecommunication system, method, apparatus, and computer readable media that implements an open application program interface (API) system in which open API servers pass and receive API commands to applications through a novel proxy. The proxy assists implementing various management functions, such as assigning open API servers to application and monitoring the overall system, and service contract control, all beneficially in a transparent manner. The proxy enables the telecommunication system to handle geographically diverse applications and open API servers. All API command can, but need not, pass through the proxy.
US08001548B2
A processing system includes a transactional memory, first and second resource managers, and a transaction manager for a concurrent program having a thread including an atomic transaction having a side-effecting action. The first resource manager is configured to enlist in the atomic transaction and manage a resource related to the side effecting action. The second resource manager is configured to enlist in the atomic transaction and manage the transaction memory. The transaction manager is coupled to the first and second resource managers and manager is configured to receive a vote from the first and second resource managers as to whether to commit the transaction. The side-effecting action is postponed until after the transaction commits or applied along with a compensating action to the side-effecting action.
US08001545B2
A methodology for using multiple execution threads to regulate message traffic is presented. An application thread spawns a limiter thread, and each have access in shared memory to a message count that reflects a number of messages that are transmitted by the application thread within a regulated time period. The limiter thread cycles by entering a sleep state for the regulated time period, resetting the message count upon awakening, and then reentering a sleep state. The application thread executes a loop that compares the message count against a maximum number of messages for the regulated time period; if the comparison is favorable, then another message is transmitted and the message count is adjusted. If the comparison is not favorable, then the application thread enters a sleep state; after awakening, it repeats the comparison, and depending on the result, it transmits a message or reenters a sleep state.
US08001543B2
Direct memory access (DMA) is provided between input/output (I/O) devices and memory within virtual machine (VM) environments. A computing device includes an I/O device, an operating system (OS) running on a VM of the computing device, a device driver for the I/O device, a VM manager (VMM), I/O translation hardware, and a hardware abstraction component for the OS. The I/O translation hardware is for translating physical addresses of the computing device assigned to the OS to machine addresses of the I/O device. The hardware abstraction component and the VMM cooperatively interact to enable the device driver to initiate DMA between the I/O device and memory via the translation hardware. The OS may be unmodified to run on the VM of the computing device, except that the hardware abstraction component is particularly capable of cooperatively interacting with the VMM to enable the device driver to receive DMA from the I/O device.
US08001533B2
A method, system and computer program product for maintaining object referential integrity for abstract objects. In a method of the invention, the method can include extracting a reference to an abstract object hierarchy from an address disposed in markup, locating branches of nodes in the abstract object hierarchy which define a concrete object, and translating each located branch of nodes to an address for the concrete object. Notably, extracting a reference to an abstract object hierarchy from an address disposed in markup, can include extracting a reference to an abstract object hierarchy from a URL disposed in a Web page. Finally, the method can include changing a property of each node in the abstract object hierarchy that matches a specified class identifier.
US08001532B1
A method and system for generating source code-based test cases for a remote application. The method and system include storing a table including mapping between user-inputs and a corresponding source code fragment; recording user's actions in the remote application by a test tool; accessing the table to locate corresponding source code fragments for the recorded user's actions; retrieving the corresponding source code fragments to generate source code-based test cases; compiling the source code-based test cases; and executing the compiled source code-based test cases outside of the test tool.
US08001531B1
Embodiments of the invention provide a debugging tool configured to translate a pre-compiled binary shader as part of debugging a graphics application running on a remote device. An instrumented driver may capture and serialize each graphics API call invoked by a graphics application running on the remote device along with any pre-compiled binary shader programs supplied by the graphics application. The graphical application debugger may translate the shader program into a form appropriate for graphics hardware present on the host system. By replaying the same sequence of API calls invoked on the target device using the same shader programs, the graphical application debugger may generate and display the same image displayed on the target device without the latency of waiting for a full set of framebuffer data to be transmitted over the communication link for each frame rendered on the target device.
US08001528B2
The operating system manages software entities by creating a construct called a context that organizes and manages software-related state and configuration settings of applications. A context may comprise an installation service, a configuration service and an activation service. Contexts can be linked or arranged hierarchically to form parent-child relationships. Hierarchies may be used to affect accessibility of software items, to satisfy dependencies, to control the visibility/invisibility of software items, to provide access to configuration settings and to override software availability, dependencies and configuration settings. An override may be applied to set policy when more than one context has a configuration setting, dependency or access to a software entity.
US08001524B1
A system uses software to perform a first portion of a linked list traversal process, where the first portion obtains a pointer that corresponds to a key and where the pointer points into a linked list. The system further uses hardware and the obtained pointer to perform a second portion of the linked list traversal process, where the second portion locates data from the linked list that is associated with the key.
US08001520B2
A method of providing access to Business Applications (BA) executed on a data processing system, BAs offer their services interactively controlled by a multitude of BA panels. The individual panels, the sequence of the panels as they are displayed by the BA, and the activities required to launch a BA to display a succeeding panel are described. Describing the panels results in a directed graph modeling the spectrum of panel interactions with a BA called a User Interaction Graph (UIG). By analyzing the UIG Transaction Methods (TM) is generated. When called, the TM procedures are capable of autonomously executing and controlling the BAs by handling a sequence of BA panels. They autonomously fill the various BA panels with the correct input information, initiate the required activities for traversing through a certain panel sequence and return the output information gathered during its execution.
US08001516B2
A method and system are described to reduce process variation as a result of the semiconductor processing of films in integrated circuit manufacturing processes. The described methods use process variation and electrical impact to modify the design and manufacture of integrated circuits.
US08001509B2
A user logic design for a mask-programmable logic device (“MPLD”) may be designed on a comparable or compatible user-programmable logic device (“UPLD”) and migrated to the MPLD, or may be designed directly on an MPLD. If the design is designed on a UPLD, the constraints of the target MPLD—i.e., differences between the devices—are taken into account so that the migration will be successful. If the design is designed directly on an MPLD, constraints of a comparable compatible UPLD are taken into account if the user indicates that the design will be migrated to the UPLD for testing. This means that when a logic design is intended to be migrated back-and-forth between a UPLD and an MPLD, only the intersection of features can be used. To facilitate migration, fixed mappings between pairs of devices may be created.
US08001507B2
A designing method is provided for designing an electric circuit including a clock output circuit for delivering a clock signal and a plurality of processing circuits for receiving the clock signal from the clock output circuit via wirings for clock transmission so as to perform a predetermined process based on the clock signal. The method includes, as a method for designing the wirings for clock transmission to have a predetermined length, a first step of connecting wirings between each of the processing circuits and an arbitrary point (as a “first point”) so that the wirings have substantially the same length (as a “first length”), and a second step of connecting the first point to the clock output circuit by a single wire having the length that is obtained by subtracting the first length from the predetermined length. Thus, lengths of the wirings for transmitting the clock signal to the plurality of circuits are adjustable while the entire length of the wirings is minimized.
US08001505B2
An electronic design automation technology merges coverage logs. The coverage logs are generated by verification of a hardware description language circuit design. The coverage logs are merged as the coverage logs are generated, without waiting for all pending coverage logs. Another electronic design automation technology also merges coverage logs. The merged coverage logs include a first coverage log of a first simulation of a hardware description language circuit design and a second coverage log of a second simulation of the hardware description language circuit design. The first simulation is based on a first hardware verification language coverage model of the hardware description language circuit design. The second simulation is based on a second hardware verification language coverage model of the hardware description language circuit design. The second hardware verification language coverage model is newer and different than the first hardware verification language coverage model.
US08001504B1
A set of respective first delay values for paths from a clock source to nodes of the integrated circuit is generated. Respective second delay values for the paths are generated from the clock source through the clock tree to the nodes. Each first delay value corresponds to one of the second delay values for one of the nodes, and each is greater than the corresponding second delay value. A set of common delay values is generated, with each common delay value being a delay for a shared portion of the paths from the clock source through the clock tree to two of the nodes. The determined clock skew is based on the first delay value for a first node, the second delay value for a second node, and the common delay value for the shared portion of the paths from the clock source to the first and second nodes.
US08001501B2
A method for designing a circuit. The method includes (i) providing a netlist of a design and (ii) dividing the netlist into N user logics, N being a positive integer. After said dividing the netlist is performed, the N user logics in N macro test wrappers are instantiated resulting in N instantiated logics. After said instantiating the N user logics is performed, the N instantiated logics are processed. After said processing is performed, a result of said processing is back-annotated to the netlist.
US08001497B2
Disclosed is a method of replicating control signal sources, comprising: receiving a description of a functional block that comprises at least one of, a plurality of multiplexer structures, a plurality of memory blocks, and a combination of at least one multiplexer structure and at least one memory block; identifying a control signal that controls said at least one of, said plurality of multiplexer structures, said plurality of memory blocks, and said combination of at least one multiplexer structure and at least one memory block; and, determining a first replica control signal and a second replica control signal, said first replica control signal and said second replica control signal collectively functioning as said control signal to control said at least one of, said plurality of multiplexer structures, said plurality of memory blocks, and said combination of at least one multiplexer structure and at least one memory block.
US08001490B2
A system, method and computer program product are provided for managing content for output on a wireless device. Content selected for output on a wireless device is displayed on a management screen substantially as it will be displayed on the wireless device. Organization and formatting of the content is allowed. A method for structuring navigation data in a wireless publisher is provided. Content selected for output on a wireless device is aggregated in a habitat having views with windows. An identifier of each of the views and windows is depicted in a navigation tree. Links of the windows are displayed under the identifiers of the associated windows. Linking from one window in one view to another window in another view using the navigation tree is allowed. In a further embodiment of the present invention, a method for presenting a preview of content on a display of a wireless device is provided.
US08001489B2
Identifier information is generated for a user interface element of interest within a user interface of a computer program based on a description of a hierarchical element path comprising, e.g., some combination of parent elements that the user interface element inherits from, class names of user interface elements, module names of application programs in the element path, and sibling order information. Process identifiers may also be added to distinguish between user interface elements of two different process instances of the same program. Unlike more fragile identifiers, such an element path identifier persists across instances of the computer program, across different computers, across different builds of the program, etc. Converting between a user-defined data type and a string type and vice versa also is provided.
US08001478B2
Computer software, systems and methods for providing context personalized browsing over computer networks. In the foregoing, an intelligent agent referred to as a “browser companion agent” includes a service component for holding one or more service modules that may assist a user by providing services that are contextually relevant to content on a browser on the user's computer system. The agent also includes a data component for holding data objects related to and sharable by one or more service modules. The agent further includes a tracking component for tracking the pages on a browser and for communicating browser page data to a remote computer system that may respond to the agent with data or code for use by service modules. Contemplated service modules include a comparison shopping service, a transaction tracking service, and automated form filling service.
US08001475B2
A method is disclosed for creating a network topograph that includes all select objects that are in a network. A set of one or more non-select objects in the network is determined. A network topograph is created. Each select object in the network is included in the network topograph. Elements of the set are collectively represented as a single non-select object.
US08001467B2
Disclosed is a method of inputting letters in a mobile terminal by using letter keys each of which has at least one letter allocated thereto. In the method, after there is an input of at least two letter keys, first proposed letter sets are extracted from combinations of letters allocated to the input letter keys, and one of the extracted first proposed letter sets is selected. When there is a further input of the letter key, the first proposed letter sets are further extracted by combining the selected first proposed letter set with letters allocated to the further input letter key. One of the further extracted first proposed letter sets is selected and the selected letter set is received as input data.
US08001465B2
This invention relates to computer implemented methods for accommodating elements of an information array within the physical constraints of a predetermined two dimensional display space. The maldistribution and wastage of space inherent to matrix format display is sought to be minimized by allocating space based on moderated display space requirement values of larger elements. A measurement of lopsidedness of distribution of larger elements across columns and across rows is used while allocating column widths and row heights. If the display space is inadequate for displaying the array elements in matrix format, then the elements are displayed in Tall/Wall format wherein the row/column alignment of cells, respectively, is not maintained. The information array elements may include text, image or both. Methods such as font size reduction, text abbreviation and image size reduction are used in combination with space allocation methods to fit the array elements into corresponding cells in the display space.
US08001461B2
A method for exporting-importing the content of input cells from a source scalable template instance in a source multi-dimensional spreadsheet to a destination scalable template instance in a destination multi-dimensional spreadsheet comprises the steps of: detecting a command for exporting-importing input cells from a source scalable template instance in a source spreadsheet to a destination scalable template instance in a destination spreadsheet; identifying the source scalable template associated with the source scalable template instance; identifying cells, if there are any, defined as input cells in the element profile of the source scalable template; identifying the destination scalable template associated with the destination scalable template instance; identifying cells, if there are any, defined as input cells in the element profile of the destination scalable template; copying cell per cell, the content of each input cell of the source scalable template instance in each input cell of the destination scalable template instance.
US08001457B2
Software that automatically locates and marks specific portions of a document and defines hyperlinks including at least a portion of the marked text. An exemplary implementation, tailored for legal citations, processes the portion of the marked text as a search term, and allows completion of hyperlinks without the necessity of including complete file addresses. This implementation also defines a portion of the hyperlinks based on the cost or time of executing the hyperlink, to reduce the cost or time of executing the hyperlink.
US08001440B2
An apparatus and method for optimizing a data rate in a wireless communication system supporting Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) are provided. The method includes estimating Channel State Information (CSI) of a signal to be transmitted, by using other CSIs received in a previous cycle; determining an instantaneous data rate, at which the CSI is transmitted with an optimal data rate, and the amount of redundancy information to be retransmitted; and retransmitting the redundancy information of the signal according to the amount of redundancy information and the instantaneous data rate, if a receiving end requests signal retransmission. Accordingly, the packet can be transmitted with the optimal data rate.
US08001432B2
An apparatus having a memory module and an initialization module is disclosed. The initialization module may be configured to (i) mark a particular location in the memory module as an uninitialized location by writing a predetermined word into the particular location in response to an occurrence of an event, (ii) read a read word from an address in the memory module in response to a read cycle and (iii) generate an interrupt signal by analyzing the read word, the interrupt signal being asserted where the read word indicates that the address is the uninitialized location in the memory module.
US08001426B2
A method for automatically diagnosing malfunction in device is provided. The method includes: acquiring a sort identification code from a hardware code of the malfunctioning device connected to the diagnostic apparatus; determining the access address of the diagnostic program on the server according to the determined sort identification code in a diagnostic program access address table; accessing the diagnostic program from the server according to the determined access address of the diagnostic program; applying the diagnostic program to the malfunctioning device to generate a diagnosis; and generating a diagnostic report of the generated diagnosis.
US08001423B2
A universal on-board system is provided for automatic fault detection and on-the-spot repair instructions that includes a module adapted to be coupled to a wide variety of platforms and Line Replaceable Units.
US08001422B1
A new service, or new version of an existing service, can be tested using actual production requests and services. A request received by a production service, along with the response generated by the production service, is forwarded to a shadow service. The shadow service forwards the request to the new service, which generates a test response and sends the test response back to the shadow service. The shadow service utilizes a comparison engine operable to compare the responses for significant differences. Any significant differences can be logged, reported on, or added to statistics for the new service being tested.
US08001419B2
An industrial automation controller module includes a main module and an energy storage module (ESM) releasably connected to the main module. The ESM includes a back-up electrical power source such as a battery or a capacitor that is electrically connected to processor circuitry of the main module when the ESM is physically connected to the main module. In case of interruption of operating power to the processor circuitry of the main module, the back-up power source of the ESM supplies back-up power to the main module to allow for completion of an emergency save operation to save data to non-volatile memory in the main module. If the ESM includes a capacitor back-up power source, it is charged by the main module and the capacitor charge is dissipated if the ESM is separated from the main module. In all cases, the ESM can include one or more configuration parameters stored therein that allow the main module to validate (or not) the ESM for the requirements of the main module, with respect to type of back-up power source, product code or model, capacity of back-up power source, and the like. The main module can also initiate periodic testing of the back-up power source of the ESM.
US08001401B2
An apparatus and method for controlling power usage in a computer includes a plurality of computers communicating with a local control device, and a power source supplying power to the local control device and the computer. A plurality of sensors communicate with the computer for ascertaining power usage of the computer, and a system control device communicates with the computer for controlling power usage of the computer.
US08001397B2
A method of allocating power to ports in an Ethernet switch, including: (1) determining the available capacity of a power pool used to supply the ports, (2) assigning a configuration power to each of the ports, (3) selecting a port to be enabled, (4) determining whether the available capacity of the power pool exceeds the configuration power assigned to the selected port, and, if the available capacity of the power pool exceeds the configuration power assigned to the selected port, then (4) subtracting the configuration power assigned to the selected port from the available capacity of the power pool, (5) enabling and powering the selected port and simultaneously detecting whether the selected port is connected to a powered device, and (6) adding the configuration power assigned to the selected port to the available capacity of the power pool if the port is not connected to a powered device.
US08001386B2
A system and method of performing cooperative non-repudiated message exchange from a first system to a second system in a computer network comprises checking for discrepancies between a current system time in the second system with an actual time; performing a time synchronization process to match the current system time with the actual time; exchanging public encryption keys between the first and second systems; sending a digitally signed message from the first system to the second system; decoding the digitally signed message; sending a digitally signed acknowledgment message from the second system to the first system; decoding the digitally signed acknowledgment message; and committing text of the digitally signed message to an official transcript on the first system.
US08001384B2
A verification device stores verification information and first random information in a storage. The verification information depends upon contents of comparative information, and not upon an information volume of the comparative information. The verification device generates an authentication information generation factor using the first random information and transmits the factor to a proving device, which generates authentication information using the authentication information generation factor and held information and transmits the authentication information to the verification device. The authentication information depends upon contents of the authentication information generation factor and the held information, and not upon the information volume of the held information. A decision section of the verification device decides whether a predetermined relationship is established between the authentication information and the verification information and the first random information. Thereby, the verification device verifies the held information stored in the proving device is the same as the comparative information.
US08001382B2
A system for monitoring an item including a plurality of item identification devices, each item identification device including unique information indicative of the item and being disposed during use on the item, a plurality of supplier identification devices, each supplier identification device including stored supplier biometric data indicative of the identity of a representative of a supplier of the item. The system also includes means for verifying the identity of the representative of the supplier using the stored supplier biometric data and biometric data gathered directly from the representative of the supplier, a plurality of recipient identification devices, each recipient identification device being associated with a recipient of an item and including stored recipient biometric data indicative of the identity of the recipient, means for verifying the identity of a recipient using the stored recipient biometric data and biometric data gathered directly from the recipient, and a database for storing a plurality of item records.
US08001379B2
Systems and methods are described for establishing credentials at a device and at a device management server for the purpose of exchanging secure credentials in order to mutually authenticate the device and the server. A credential generation algorithm is described which uses a plurality of seeds, including the hardware identity of the device, the server identity, and a shared private key, to generate two sets of credentials, one to be used by the device and the other to be used by the device management server. The credentials are exchanged between the device and the server during any session, thereby assuring mutual authentication.
US08001373B2
A receiving apparatus includes a receiving unit which receives image data acquired through image capturing by a capsule endoscope introduced inside a subject; a reader to which a portable recording medium on which identification information identifying the subject is recorded in an erasable manner is detachably connected, the reader reading out the identification information of the subject in the recording medium; a display unit which displays the identification information of the subject read out by the reader; and a control unit which controls registration of the identification information of the subject displayed by the display unit and erasure of the registered identification information of the subject remaining in the recording medium.
US08001366B2
A method is for reducing booting time of a mobile communication terminal. The method includes the steps of driving a User Interface (UI) task concerning performing of communications created from a memory while the mobile communication terminal is being booted; simultaneously performing an initialization of an application program in a booting initializing unit that is to be separated from the UI task, and executing an initial screen in the UI task; and completing the initialization of the application program and execution of the initial screen in the UI task, and switching to an idle screen which a user can use. As a result, booting time of the mobile communication terminal is reduced.
US08001353B2
An exemplary embodiment of the invention includes methods of configuring a memory block including: providing a memory block, the memory block having a set of addressable memory locations; configuring the memory block to include a plurality of pages corresponding to the set of addressable memory locations, the plurality of pages each having a page size; and allocating at least one of the plurality of pages for storing at least one per-page data structure, the at least one per-page data structure co-located with the memory block. In some embodiments, methods further include: defining the set of addressable memory locations; and computing a number of pages needed to store the at least one per-page data structure. Advantages of the invention include flexible memory allocation. The invention supports a dynamic update of the memory per-page data structures so that the operating system can take full advantage of the available memory.
US08001351B2
A volume group comprising one or a plurality of logical volumes is set. A coexistence avoidance volume group having different array groups can be set to the volume group. Upon execution of preset volume search criteria, a logical volume is specified by carrying out a search in which are excluded array groups to which logical volumes in the coexistence avoidance volume belong.
US08001349B2
In the computer system including at least one host computer, and at least one storage system, the storage system includes a physical disk and a disk controller, and provides the host computer with a storage area of the physical disk as at least one logical unit, and the host computer includes at least one application program accessing the logical unit, and a storage area access control unit for, before the application program makes access to the logical unit, transmitting authentication information guaranteeing the application program as a source of the access to the storage system.
US08001337B2
Memory system with controller for managing management data and reverse flag for reversing write data
A semiconductor storage device includes a first nonvolatile memory to store user data of a file, a second nonvolatile memory to store management data of the file, the second nonvolatile memory being different in type from the first nonvolatile memory, and a controller to control read/write of data with respect to the first and second nonvolatile memories.
US08001335B2
A first-in-first-out (FIFO) queue optimized to reduce latency in dequeuing data items from the FIFO. In one implementation, a FIFO queue additionally includes buffers connected to the output of the FIFO queue and bypass logic. The buffers act as the final stages of the FIFO queue. The bypass logic causes input data items to bypass the FIFO and to go straight to the buffers when the buffers are able to receive data items and the FIFO queue is empty. In a second implementation, arbitration logic is coupled to the queue. The arbitration logic controls a multiplexer to output a predetermined number of data items from a number of final stages of the queue. In this second implementation, the arbitration logic gives higher priority to data items in later stages of the queue.
US08001332B2
A method, system, and medium related to a mechanism to cache key-value pairs of a lookup process during an extract transform load process of a manufacturing execution system. The method includes preloading a cache with a subset of a set of key-value pairs stored in source data; receiving a request of a key-value pair; determining whether the requested key-value pair is in the preloaded cache; retrieving the requested key-value pair from the preloaded cache if the requested key-value pair is in the preloaded cache; queuing the requested key-value pair in an internal data structure if the requested key-value pair is not in the preloaded cache until a threshold number of accumulated requested key-value pairs are queued in the internal data structure; and executing a query of the source data for all of the accumulated requested key-value pairs.
US08001325B2
A removable data storage device that intelligently operates as one large data storage region or as multiple, smaller data storage regions is disclosed. The removable data storage device can be used in not only modern electronic products (using 32-bit addressing) but also legacy products (using 16-bit addressing). A host device can couple to the removable storage device to access data stored in/to the removable storage device. As an example, the removable data storage device can be a memory card.
US08001317B2
A data writing method for a non-volatile memory is provided, wherein the non-volatile memory includes a data area and a spare area. In the data writing method, a plurality of blocks in a substitution area of the non-volatile memory is respectively used for substituting a plurality of blocks in the data area, wherein data to be written into the blocks in the data area is written into the blocks in the substitution area, and the blocks in the substitution area are selected from the spare area of the non-volatile memory. A plurality of temporary blocks of the non-volatile memory is used as a temporary area of the blocks in the substitution area, wherein the temporary area is used for temporarily storing the data to be written into the blocks in the substitution area.
US08001315B2
A control method of a memory device including a storage area formed of a nonvolatile semiconductor memory, includes updating a file stored in the storage area by using a file system which supports an incremental write method, recording, in the storage area, an allocation table representing a correlation between a logical address indicating a recording position of the file and a virtual address representing a virtual recording position of the file and management information of the allocation table, and recording position information representing a recording position of the management information in a position information area of the storage area.
US08001309B2
A method of grouping interrupts from a time-dependent data storage means in accordance with the types of the interrupts, the method comprising the steps of providing each part of the data storage means with an indicator of an event associated with the part, generating interrupts upon the occurrence of events in different parts of the data storage means, allocating interrupts associated with substantially the same part of the data storage means to a same processing means.
US08001303B2
In an information handling system, a universal serial bus (USB) key emulation system includes a USB hub operable to communicate with a USB host, a USB bus communicatively coupled with the USB hub, a USB controller communicatively coupled with the USB bus via a set of endpoints, and a USB virtual media module communicatively coupled with the USB controller and operable to communicate data between the USB controller and a plurality of data storage devices as if the plurality of data storage devices are a single USB key.
US08001302B2
Apparatus, methods, and systems provide for remote management of a set of local computers by transferring screen frames produced by the local computer for viewing at a remote computer. A redirection module captures and transmits video signals from a local computer through over a network, such as the Internet, to a remote computer where the remote computer produces a display that contains the screen frames being transferred. The module is configured for use with and installation within a keyboard, video, and mouse switch configured for receiving the module. The redirection module is further configured for use with and installation on a server-blade to allow remote management of the server-blade.
US08001293B2
A data relay apparatus for communication module is disclosed, whereby a plurality of normally operative communication modules can perform data communication thereamong by allowing a data relay unit to relay data received by an input/output (I/O) port of an inoperative communication module in a case there is available an inoperative communication module among the plurality of communication modules, in a network configured by connecting the plurality of communication modules having two I/O Ethernet communication ports connected via a line topology.
US08001291B2
Provided are a method of optimized sharing of multimedia content that allows delivery of optimized multimedia content using device profiles shared between devices connected via a short-range wireless communication and a mobile terminal employing the same method. The method includes: exchanging, upon connecting with peripheral devices via one of a wired network having a predetermined wired communication protocol and a wireless network having a predetermined wireless communication protocol, profile information with the peripheral devices; displaying the received profile information about the peripheral devices in order of network distances of the peripheral devices; and arranging and displaying, if the displayed profile information about each of the peripheral devices is selected, a list of shareable and playable multimedia content items pertaining to each peripheral device in order of priority.
US08001283B2
A system, apparatus and method for managing input/output requests in a multi-processor system is disclosed. An IO coherence unit includes an IO request handler, a variable size transaction table, and an IO response handler. The size of the transaction table varies according to the number of pending IO requests. The IO request handler stores information about pending IO requests in the transaction table to establish an order among related requests and to permit out-of-order handling of unrelated requests. The IO response handler tracks responses to the IO requests and updates the information in the transaction table. The IO coherence unit returns responses to requesting devices in compliance with device ordering requirements.
US08001282B2
A system and method for a virtualization aware hard drive. A method may include issuing a context command and an input/output (I/O) command by a virtual machine to either a hardware controller or a virtual machine monitor (VMM). The controller (or VMM) fills in a context tag that corresponds to the context command and the I/O command. The controller (or VMM) provides the context tag and the I/O command to a virtualization aware hard drive. The context tag provides context to the hard drive for the I/O command. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US08001275B2
Methods of providing published content are presented. Content providers, including advertisers, can have their network addresses become black listed through no fault of their own. Content providers can utilize one or more intermediary providers each having their own distinct network address, possibly a registered domain name. An advertiser or other content provider can engage members of a distribution channel to disseminate promotional information to consumers where the promotional information comprises a network address of the intermediary provider. Upon a request directed toward the network address, the intermediary transforms published content obtained from the primary provider to make the content appear as though it originated from the intermediary provider. Should a black listing event occur, only the intermediary provider would be affected. An updated or new intermediary provider having a new, distinct network address can be instantiated to replace the black listed provider.
US08001273B2
Input data is divided into a plurality of segments, which are processed, in parallel, by respective first processing elements to locate landmarks in the segments. At least one other processing element is used to produce chunks from the input data based on positions of the landmarks provided by the first processing elements.
US08001267B2
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for automatically verifying access to a multipathed target at boot time. The apparatus is provided with a logic unit containing a plurality of modules configured to functionally execute the necessary steps of identifying a plurality of paths to a target device, automatically selecting one of the plurality of paths to the target device, and verifying access on at least one path to the target device. Beneficially, the disclosed embodiments of the apparatus, system, and method reduce false errors during the boot cycle, improve reliability of the multipathed network, simplify traffic load balancing, and provide for topology mapping for troubleshooting and network metrics. The disclosed embodiments provide a means for verifying multipathed targets automatically, without requiring user assistance, intervention, or interaction.
US08001266B1
A source processing node communicates with a destination processing node though a channel that has bandwidth requirements and is uni-directional. The source processing node generates the channel to the destination processing node. The destination processing node then accepts the channel. The source processing node allocates a transmit buffer for the channel. The destination processing node also allocates a receive buffer for the channel. A source processing element writes data to the transmit buffer for the channel. A source network interface transmits the data from the transmit buffer of the source processing node over the channel. A destination network interface receives the data into the receive buffer for the channel. A destination processing element receives the data from the receive buffer.
