US08063031B2
Methods for treating inflammation-mediated conditions of the eye are described, comprising: implanting into the vitreous of the eye of an individual a bioerodible implant comprising a steroidal anti-inflammatory agent and a bioerodible polymer, wherein the implant delivers the agent to the vitreous in an amount sufficient to reach a concentration equivalent to at least about 0.05 μg/ml dexamethasone within about 48 hours and maintains a concentration equivalent to at least about 0.03 μg/ml dexamethasone for at least about three weeks.
US08063029B2
A pharmaceutical composition comprising: (A) an androgen; (B) a cyclic enhancer of the type used in the compositions and methods claimed by U.S. Pat. No. 5,023,252 to Hsieh; and (C) a thickening agent; including, for example, a composition in which the cyclic enhancer is a macrocyclic ester or a macrocyclic ketone; the use of the composition to treat a condition, for example, male hypogonadism, in a patient by applying the composition to the membrane of the patient; and a method for making the composition.
US08063028B2
Compounds of formula I, wherein R1, R2, R3, X1, X2 and Ar, are as defined herein or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, inhibit HIV-1 reverse transcriptase and afford a method for prevention and treatment of HIV-1 infections and the treatment of AIDS and/or ARC. The present invention also relates to compositions containing compounds of formula I useful for the prevention and treatment of HIV-1 infections and the treatment of AIDS and/or ARC.
US08063025B2
Compounds having the formula I or II wherein R1, R2, B, and V are as defined herein are Hepatitis C virus NS5b polymerase inhibitors. Also disclosed are compositions and methods for treating an HCV infection and inhibiting HCV replication.
US08063022B1
The invention provides a method of preventing the formation of inhibitory antibodies in a mammal undergoing gene therapy. The method comprises administering to the mammal an immunosuppressive agent in conjunction with the gene therapy.
US08063007B2
The present invention relates to a removal cleaning method for a semiconductor substrate or a semiconductor device with metal wirings by using a remover composition, wherein the remover composition contains a dissolution agent having an alumina dissolution amount as measured according to the standard test (A-1) of 10 ppm or more, and an inhibitor having an aluminum etching amount as measured according to the standard test (B-1) of 7 nm or less, and the remover composition substantially does not contain a fluorine-containing compound; a method of producing a semiconductor substrate or a semiconductor device, including the step involving the removal cleaning method; and a remover composition containing a specified acid, and a specified inorganic acid salt and/or organic acid salt. The removal cleaning method and the remover composition of the present invention can be suitably used for producing even higher-speed, even more highly integrated and high quality electronic parts such as LCDs, memories and CPUs, particularly for cleaning a semiconductor substrate or a semiconductor device in which a wiring material containing aluminum and/or titanium is used.
US08063006B2
The invention relates to an aqueous cleaning composition for wafers with copper wires that have been treated by chemical mechanical planarization in an integrated circuit processing, comprising 0.1 to 15 wt % of a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic organic base, 0.1 to 35 wt % of an alcohol amine and water. Upon contact with copper-containing semiconductor wafers that have been treated by chemical mechanical planarization for an effective period of time, the aqueous cleaning composition can effectively remove residual contaminants from the surfaces of the wafers, and simultaneously provide the copper-containing semiconductor wafers with a better surface roughness.
US08063000B2
Materials and methods for making low bulk density proppant capable of providing permeability at subterranean pressures. The low bulk density proppant is made from kaolin clay and at least one of calcined diatomaceous earth and burned kaolin clay.
US08062999B2
Sealant compositions comprising a colloidally stabilized latex and methods of using the same to service a wellbore are provided. The sealant compositions may include: an aliphatic conjugated diene monomer; an additional monomer comprising a non-aromatic unsaturated mono- or di- carboxylic ester monomer, an aromatic unsaturated monomer, a nitrogen-containing monomer, or combinations thereof; and a protective colloid. The foregoing sealant composition may be displaced into the wellbore to isolate the subterranean formation from a portion of the wellbore, to support a conduit in the wellbore, to plug a void or crack in the conduit, to plug a void or crack in a cement sheath disposed in an annulus of the wellbore, to plug an opening between the cement sheath and the conduit, or combinations thereof. The colloidally stabilized latex remains substantially stable when exposed to salt, which may be present in the wellbore and/or in the sealant composition itself.
US08062992B2
A process for producing a supported cobalt-based Fischer-Tropsch synthesis catalyst includes, in a first activation stage, treating a particulate catalyst precursor with a reducing gas, at a heating rate, HR1, until the precursor has reached a temperature, T1, where 80° C.≦T1≦180° C., to obtain a partially treated precursor. In a second activation stage, the partially treated precursor is treated with a reducing gas, at a heating rate, HR2, where 0≦HR2
US08062991B2
A catalyst system for the reduction of NOx comprises a catalyst comprising a metal oxide catalyst support, a catalytic metal oxide comprising at least one of gallium oxide or silver oxide, and at least one promoting metal selected from the group consisting of silver, cobalt, molybdenum, tungsten, indium, bismuth and mixtures thereof. The catalyst system further comprises a gas stream comprising an organic reductant, and a compound comprising sulfur. A method for reducing NOx utilizing the said catalyst system is also provided.
US08062988B2
A process is described for the production of a catalyst preparation, in which the catalyst containing at least one inorganic compound which is solid under standard conditions is comminuted by means of a dispersion unit into particles having a maximum average particle size d50.3 of 2 μm, preferably a maximum of 1 μm, implemented in accordance with DIN 66141 and DIN 66144, and is distributed at a concentration of from 1 to 50 wt. % (relative to the finished catalyst preparation) in a liquid.
US08062977B1
Heater elements made of high resistivity ternary and quaternary thin films containing three or more of W, C, O, N and Si are provided. The thin films have resistivities at least about 1000 μΩ-cm at 50 to 60 Angstroms. The ternary and quaternary films have improved stability over binary films on anneal. Methods of depositing the thin films are also provided. The methods involve depositing the film from an organometallic tungsten precursor under conditions such that a highly resistive, continuous film is formed.
US08062971B2
Structures and methods of forming metallization layers on a semiconductor component are disclosed. The method includes etching a metal line trench using a metal line mask, and etching a via trench using a via mask after etching the metal line trench. The via trench is etched only in regions common to both the metal line mask and the via mask.
US08062970B2
The present invention is a production method for a semiconductor device equipped with a conductive film with predetermined film thickness on a sidewall of a concave portion formed in an insulating film, and comprises a step of forming the concave portion in the insulation film formed on a semiconductor substrate. Herein, the concave portion is a generic name of a via-hole and a trench. This production method comprises a step of forming a conductive film with film thickness, which is film thickness of a conductive film to be formed in the concave portion, and which is film thickness, calculated based upon the depth of the concave portion and a projected area of the sidewall of said concave portion when viewing the concave portion from the upper surface, and to be formed over the upper surface of the insulating film where the concave portion is formed. In other words, a film is formed taking the variation of configuration of these based upon a projected area of a via-hole or a trench into consideration.
US08062969B2
The invention includes methods of electroless plating of nickel selectively on exposed conductive surfaces relative to exposed insulative surfaces. The electroless plating can utilize a bath which contains triethanolamine, maleic anhydride and at least one nickel salt.
US08062966B2
Semiconductor devices and fabrication methods are provided, in which metal transistor replacement gates are provided for CMOS transistors. The process provides dual or differentiated work function capability (e.g., for PMOS and NMOS transistors) in CMOS processes.
US08062961B1
Provided is a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device which includes: forming a removal layer over a base (support base); forming an interconnect layer over the removal layer; mounting semiconductor chip(s) over the interconnect layer; and separating the base from the interconnect layer while inducing the separation so as to originate from the removal layer, by irradiating a laser having a wavelength transparent with respect to the support base from the back side thereof, selectively to an unmounted region having no semiconductor chip(s) mounted thereon.
US08062940B2
A method of manufacturing semiconductor memory device comprises forming a first wiring layer and a memory cell layer above a semiconductor substrate; forming a plurality of first trenches extending in a first direction in the first wiring layer and the memory cell layer, thereby forming first wirings and separating the memory cell layer; burying a first interlayer film in the first trenches to form a stacked body; forming a second wiring layer above the stacked body; forming a plurality of second trenches, extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction and reaching an upper surface of the first interlayer film in depth, in the first stacked body with the second wiring layer formed thereabove, thereby forming second wirings; removing the first interlayer film isotropically; and digging the second trenches down to an upper surface of the first wirings, thereby forming memory cells.
US08062938B2
A semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a square pole-shaped channel portion made from a first semiconductor layer formed on a substrate, and surrounded with four side faces; a gate electrode formed on a first side face of the channel portion, and a second side face of the channel portion opposite to the first side face through respective gate insulating films; a source region having a conductivity type different from that of the channel portion and being formed on a third side face of the channel portion, the source region including a second semiconductor layer having a lattice constant different from that of the first semiconductor layer and being formed directly on the substrate; and a drain region having a conductivity type different from that of the channel portion and being formed on a fourth side face of the channel portion opposite to the third side face, the drain region including the second semiconductor layer being formed directly on the substrate.
US08062937B2
A thin-film transistor (TFT) substrate includes a gate electrode, a gate insulation pattern, a channel pattern, a first organic insulation pattern, a source electrode and a drain electrode. The gate electrode is formed on a base substrate. The gate insulation pattern is formed on the gate electrode and is smaller than the gate electrode. The channel pattern is formed on the gate insulation pattern and the channel pattern is smaller than the gate electrode. The first organic insulation pattern is formed on the base substrate to cover the channel pattern, the gate insulation pattern and the gate electrode.
US08062936B2
A method of fabricating an array substrate for a display device includes steps of forming a gate line and a gate electrode on a substrate, forming a gate insulating layer and an intrinsic amorphous silicon layer, forming an oxide semiconductor layer, increasing a conductive property of the oxide semiconductor layer, forming a metal layer, forming a first photoresist pattern and a second photoresist pattern having a thinner thickness than the first photoresist pattern, forming a data line, a source drain pattern, an oxide semiconductor pattern and an active layer, removing the second photoresist pattern and exposing the source drain pattern, wet-etching the source drain pattern using a first etchant, thereby forming source and drain electrodes, wet-etching the oxide semiconductor pattern using a second etchant, thereby forming ohmic contact layers, removing the first photoresist pattern, forming a passivation layer having a drain contact hole exposing the drain electrode on the source and drain electrodes, and forming a pixel electrode connected to the drain electrode through the drain contact hole, wherein the active layer has a uniform thickness in the switching region.
US08062933B2
A heat dissipating package structure includes a chip carrier; a semiconductor chip mounted and electrically connected to the chip carrier; an encapsulant formed on the chip carrier and for encapsulating the chip, with a non-active surface of the chip being exposed from the encapsulant; and a heat spreader having a hollow portion and attached to the encapsulant, wherein the chip is received in the hollow portion and the non-active surface of the chip is completely exposed to the hollow portion, such that heat generated by the chip can be directly dissipated out of the package structure. The present invention also provides a method for fabricating the heat dissipating package structure.
US08062929B2
A semiconductor device has a plurality of similar sized semiconductor die each with a plurality of bond pads formed over a surface of the semiconductor die. An insulating layer is formed around a periphery of each semiconductor die. A plurality of conductive THVs is formed through the insulating layer. A plurality of conductive traces is formed over the surface of the semiconductor die electrically connected between the bond pads and conductive THVs. The semiconductor die are stacked to electrically connect the conductive THVs between adjacent semiconductor die. The stacked semiconductor die are mounted within an integrated cavity of a substrate or leadframe structure. An encapsulant is deposited over the substrate or leadframe structure and the semiconductor die. A thermally conductive lid is formed over a surface of the substrate or leadframe structure. The stacked semiconductor die are attached to the thermally conductive lid.
US08062926B2
An RFID tag manufacturing method is including application process in which a heat-curable adhesive is applied to an area where a circuit chip is placed on a base to which antennae are wired so as to be connected with the circuit chip, placement process in which the circuit chip is placed where the adhesive is applied, and thereby the circuit chip is connected with the antennae, covering process in which the circuit chip placed on the base is covered with a sheet member having an adhesive layer on its surface, such that the adhesive layer faces the base, and heat and pressure applying process in which pressure is applied to the sheet member toward the base, and heat and pressure are applied to the circuit chip from above the sheet member, thereby curing the adhesive and fixing the circuit chip and the sheet member on the base.
US08062922B2
Improved methods and apparatus for forming thin-film buffer layers of chalcogenide on a substrate web. Solutions containing the reactants for the buffer layer or layers may be dispensed separately to the substrate web, rather than being mixed prior to their application. The web and/or the dispensed solutions may be heated by a plurality of heating elements.
US08062917B2
A display panel structure having a circuit element disposed thereon and method of manufacture are provided. The display panel includes a substrate and the circuit element disposed on the substrate. The circuit element has a first interface layer and a first conductive layer. Both the first interface layer and the first conductive layer have cooper materials. The material which makes the first interface layer includes a reactant or a compound of the material which makes the first conductive layer. The method for manufacturing includes the following steps: forming a first interface layer on the substrate; forming a first conductive layer on the first interface layer; and etching the first conductive and interface layers to form a pattern. The existence of the first interface reduces the penetration of the first conductive layer on the substrate and improves the adhesive force between the first conductive layer and the substrate.
US08062914B2
Provided is a flat panel display device and a method for fabricating the same. The flat panel display device comprises a first substrate, a light emitting unit, a second substrate, and insulating films. The light emitting unit comprises thin film transistors positioned on the first substrate, a first electrode electrically connecting with the thin film transistors, a second electrode facing the first electrode, and an emission layer or a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second electrodes. The second substrate is sealed with the first substrate by an ultraviolet curing sealant, and has a greater thermal expansion coefficient than the first substrate. The insulating films are positioned on one or more surfaces of the first and/or second substrates.
US08062912B2
A method of making a semiconductor chip assembly includes providing a post and a base, mounting an adhesive on the base including inserting the post through an opening in the adhesive, mounting a substrate on the adhesive including inserting the post into an aperture in the substrate to form a gap in the aperture between the post and the substrate, then flowing the adhesive into and upward in the gap, solidifying the adhesive, then mounting a semiconductor device on a heat spreader that includes the post and the base, electrically connecting the semiconductor device to the substrate and thermally connecting the semiconductor device to the heat spreader. The substrate includes first and second conductive layers and a dielectric layer therebetween and provides horizontal signal routing between a pad and a terminal at the first conductive layer.
US08062907B2
Disclosed is a method for assessing a severity of rheumatoid arthritis. The method involves measuring in a patient sample a concentration of anti-cyclic citrullinated peptides (anti-CCP) and serum amyloid A, combining the concentrations determined to obtain a combined value, and comparing the combined value to a cut-off value established from a reference population. In another method, a marker selected from the group consisting of C-reactive protein (CRP), interleukin 6 (IL-6), S100 protein, osteopontin, rheumatoid factor (RF), matrix metalloprotease 1 (MMP-1), matrix metalloprotease 3 (MMP-3), hyaluronic acid, and soluble CD14 (sCD14) may also be determined along with the anti-CCP and serum amyloid A.
US08062902B2
A mammalian disease detecting system used to provide a visual indication of a possible disease state includes particles made of a material that is substantially clear or transparent to permit the easy visual detection of blood in urine of a mammal. The system also includes additives to permit visually detection of possible disease states or infections in mammals, such additives being of the type that are not reactive with the particular material.
US08062899B1
An improved chromatographic method for the separation, identification and quantification of contaminants associated with Eosinophelia-Myalgia Syndrome (EMS) includes a high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) method which utilizes a silica-based column and a gradient mobile phase. The method provides for effective, efficient, and economical quantitative and qualitative identification of 1,1′-Ethylidenebis L-tryptophan (EBT), 2,3-indolymethyl L-tryptophan (Peak 200), and 2-anilino-L-alanine (Peak 1).
US08062896B2
The present invention relates to the use of cardiac hormones, particularly natriuretic peptides, for diagnosing the cardiovascular risk of a patient who is a candidate for administration of a cox-2-inhibiting compound, in particular an NSAID, selective cox-2 inhibitor, or steroid. More particularly, the present invention relates to the use of cardiac hormones, particularly natriuretic peptides, for diagnosing the cardiovascular risk of a patient who is a candidate for administration of a selective cox-2 inhibitor and further provides methods for diagnosing the risk of a patient to suffer from a cardiovascular complication as a consequence of administration of a cox-2 inhibiting compound.
US08062894B2
A method of producing microbead populations that mimics the fluorescence intensity profile distribution of fluorescent biological cells so that they may be used a standard for flow cytometry.
US08062891B2
Methods and compositions for delivering polynucleotides are provided. One embodiment provides a non-viral vector comprising a recombinant polynucleotide-binding protein comprising a protein transduction domain operably linked to a targeting signal. Methods for modifying the genome of non-nuclear organelles are also provided.
US08062888B2
Stable cell lines which produce the pathological form of PrP after infection with the infectious agent for CJD provide a high throughput assay to identify suitable treatment protocols and compositions. The stable cell lines also provide rich source of infectious CJD agent. They also may be used to identify vaccine candidates. Co-culture of neuronal cells with cells to be tested for infection with a TSE agent also provides a high throughput method for identifying infected cells.
US08062885B2
The present invention provides for the nucleic acid sequences of plant centromeres. This will permit construction of stably inherited recombinant DNA constructs and minichromosomes which can serve as vectors for the construction of transgenic plant and animal cells.
US08062880B2
A liquid culture medium containing photosynthetic organisms dispenses from a droplet generator combined with a screen in the presence of light, and in the presence of a gaseous medium to form a liquid culture medium gas-enriched with the gaseous medium. Specifically, the droplets exiting the droplet generator entrain the gaseous medium. The droplets and entrained gaseous medium then impinge upon a screen. As the droplets and entrained gaseous medium impinge upon the screen, the droplets splatter and change direction and velocity, thereby generating areas of high turbulence around the screen. This high turbulence results in additional and increased mixing of the gaseous medium to create a highly gas-enriched liquid culture medium which promotes improved growth rates and production of the photosynthetic organisms contained therein.
US08062878B2
The invention relates to recombinant expression of terpenoid synthase enzymes and geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase (GGPPS) enzymes in cells and the production of diterpenoids.
US08062875B2
Disclosed herein are variants enzymes that are structurally classified as CE-7 enzymes and have perhydrolysis activity. Also disclosed herein is a process for producing peroxycarboxylic acids from carboxylic acid esters using the aforementioned variant enzymes as well as methods and compositions comprising the variant enzymes. Further, disinfectant formulations comprising the peroxycarboxylic acids produced by the processes described herein are provided.
US08062868B2
An electrically conductive cellulose composite includes a cellulose matrix and an electrically conductive carbonaceous material incorporated into the cellulose matrix. The electrical conductivity of the cellulose composite is at least 10 μS/cm at 25° C. The composite can be made by incorporating the electrically conductive carbonaceous material into a culture medium with a cellulose-producing organism, such as Gluconoacetobacter hansenii. The composites can be used to form electrodes, such as for use in membrane electrode assemblies for fuel cells.
US08062864B2
The present invention is directed to antibodies and fragments thereof and humanized versions thereof having binding specificity for IL-6. Another embodiment of this invention relates to the antibodies described herein, and binding fragments thereof, comprising the sequences of the VH, VL and CDR polypeptides described herein, and the polynucleotides encoding them. The invention also contemplates conjugates of anti-IL-6 antibodies and binding fragments thereof conjugated to one or more functional or detectable moieties. The invention also contemplates methods of making said anti-IL-6 antibodies and binding fragments thereof. Embodiments of the invention also pertain to the use of anti-IL-6 antibodies, and binding fragments thereof, for the diagnosis, assessment and treatment of diseases and disorders associated with IL-6. These antibodies may bind at least one of soluble IL-6, cell surface expressed IL-6, IL-6/IL-6R and/or prevent the association of IL-6 and IL-6R, the association of IL-6/IL-6R and gp130 and or the formation of IL-6/IL-6R/gp130 multimers and thereby inhibit a biological effect associated with any of the foregoing.
US08062863B2
A polypeptide selected from the group consisting of: (1) a polypeptide having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, and (2) a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence in which the third amino acid of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 is substituted by another amino acid and having insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) activity; a DNA encoding said polypeptide; a vector containing said DNA; a host cell containing said vector; and a method for preparing a recombinant protein using said polypeptide.
US08062846B2
An apparatus for preparing a nucleic acid component of a sample for amplification includes a porous support having an agent that deactivates a nucleic acid amplification inhibitor component of the sample. The apparatus further includes a housing with an opening and defining an interior. The interior of the housing is in fluid communication with the porous support, and at least a portion of a fluid directed through the opening is directed through at least a portion of the porous support. The apparatus also includes a magnetic substrate for separating nucleic acid from a sample.
US08062838B2
The present invention provides diagnostic and prognostic methods for predicting the effectiveness of treatment of a cancer patient with an IGF-1R kinase inhibitor. Methods are provided for predicting the sensitivity of tumor cell growth to inhibition by an IGF-1R kinase inhibitor, comprising assessing whether the tumor cell has undergone an epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT), by determining the expression level of epithelial and/or mesenchymal biomarkers, wherein tumor cells that have undergone an EMT are substantially less sensitive to inhibition by IGF-1R kinase inhibitors. Improved methods for treating cancer patients with IGF-1R kinase inhibitors that incorporate the above methodology are also provided. Additionally, methods are provided for the identification of new biomarkers that are predictive of responsiveness of tumors to IGF-1R kinase inhibitors. Furthermore, methods for the identification of agents that restore the sensitivity of tumor cells that have undergone EMT to inhibition by IGF-1R kinase inhibitors are also provided.
US08062837B2
The umbilical cord blood (UCB) compositions of the present invention possess the unique features of having plasma that is substantially depleted from the UCB unit and red blood cells (RBC) that are not depleted from the UCB unit. Such UCB units can be prepared by a process that combines plasma depletion with cryopreservation, selection, thawing, and/or transplantation of hematopoietic stem cells to provide superior clinical outcome by maximizing post-processing cell recovery and post-thaw infusion cell dose. Methods for treating a wide variety of malignant diseases and benign diseases associated with the hematopoietic system by administering the UCB compositions of the present invention are also provided.
US08062834B2
Provided are a method for manufacturing a transparent electrode pattern and a method for manufacturing an electro-optic device having the transparent electrode pattern. The method for manufacturing the transparent electrode pattern includes forming a transparent electrode on a light-transmissive substrate, patterning the transparent electrode by removing a portion of the transparent electrode, and forming an insulating protective layer in an edge region of the patterned transparent electrode through a printing process. In accordance with the method, the insulating protective layer is formed in the edge region of the patterned transparent electrode through the printing process so that an apparatus and method for manufacturing the insulating protective layer can be simplified, resulting in a decrease in manufacturing cost.
US08062823B2
The presently disclosed embodiments are directed to an improved overcoat for an imaging member having a substrate, a charge transport layer, and an overcoat positioned on the charge transport layer, and a process for making the same including combining a resin having a reactive group selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl, carboxylic acid and amide groups, a melamine formaldehyde crosslinking agent, a formaldehyde scavenger, an acid catalyst, and an alcohol-soluble charge transporting molecule to form an overcoat solution, and subsequently providing the overcoat solution onto the charge transport layer to form an overcoat layer.
US08062822B2
An electrostatic latent image developing carrier is provided which comprises a core particle and a resin coating layer containing conductive particles dispersed therein, the carrier having a volume average particle diameter of 25 to 60 μm and an average degree of circularity of 0.975 or more, wherein the core particle has a BET specific surface area of 0.1 to 0.3 m2/g and an internal void ratio of 10% or less.
US08062807B2
A fuel gas channel is divided into first and second fuel gas channel units by a partition. The first fuel gas channel unit has a fuel gas inlet for supplying a fuel gas before consumption from a fuel gas supply passage to a fuel gas flow field, and the second fuel gas channel unit has an exhaust fuel gas diverging holes for diverging at least some of an exhaust fuel gas used at an anode from the fuel gas flow field. The second fuel gas channel unit is connected to the fuel gas supply passage through an exhaust fuel gas diverging passage.
US08062805B2
The present invention relates to a membrane electrochemical generator (100) characterised by improved electrical insulation and reduced volume. The membrane electrochemical generator (100) is fed with gaseous reactants and comprises a multiplicity of reaction cells (101) assembled in a filter-press configuration. Each of said reaction cells (101) is delimited by a pair of bipolar sheets (102), formed by a metallic central body (110) integrated in a frame (111) made of polymeric material. The polymeric material may be of the thermoplastic or thermosetting type and the frame (111) is laid on the metallic central body (110) by moulding.
US08062804B2
A flow control assembly for use in a fuel cell system, comprising a sensor for sensing hydrogen concentration in one of anode exhaust leaving an anode side of the fuel cell system and a gas derived from the anode exhaust, and a fuel flow control assembly for controlling the flow of fuel to the anode side of the fuel cell system based on the hydrogen concentration sensed by the sensor.
US08062802B2
A system and method are provided for exchanging heat in fuel cell systems (100) in which the anode and cathode off-gases are provided with separated flow paths. In one embodiment, where a fuel cell stack (110) has separate anode and cathode off-gas flow paths, separate anode off-gas from the at least one fuel cell stack (110) and at least one heat transfer fluid are passed through a first heat exchange element (126) to exchange heat between the anode off-gas and the heat transfer fluid. The cathode off-gas exiting the at least one fuel cell stack is then combined with the anode off-gas from the heat exchange element (126) in a burner and burned.
US08062801B2
A fuel cell power plant (100) having a stack of fuel cells (102), each having an anode (104), a fuel reactant gas flow field plate (118), a cathode (106), an oxidant reactant gas flow field plate (120), and an electrolyte (101) between the anode and cathode. The stack has coolant channels (131), an air blower (144), air inlet (139a) and outlet (141a) valves, and a cathode recycle loop using either the primary air blower or a cathode recycle blower (135). A shutdown process includes recycling air through the cathodes with only one of an air inlet valve or air exit valve closed, while applying fresh fuel and recycling fuel through the anodes until oxygen is about 4% or less, or average cell voltage is about 0.2 or less, or for predetermined period of time.
US08062797B2
An article of clothing with an on-demand power supply for electrical devices is provided. The power supply includes stiff planar fuel cell devices that are distributed in a plane. The number of fuel cells is dependent on the power requirements for the electrical devices. The planar stiff fuel cells are flexibly interconnected in the plane by a flexible interconnection, which allows the fuel cells to move with respect to each other out of the plane. This further allows the power supply to be nicely integrated in an article of clothing and minimizes negative impact to a body region or to the article of clothing. The electrical and fuel connections between the fuel cells are integrated with the flexible interconnection. To further integrate and increase ease of operation a control system is included to control the on-demand power supply or control power levels for the electrical device.
US08062776B2
A surface coated tool comprises a substrate and a coating layer superimposed on the surface of the substrate and containing Ti and W in the form of nitride or carbonitride. The coating layer comprises a matrix and dispersed particles dispersed into the matrix. The W content of the dispersed particles is larger than the W content of the matrix, and a difference in the W content between the matrix and the dispersed particles is larger than a difference in other ingredient content. A cutting tool consisting of the surface coated tool and having a cutting edge is prepared, and the cutting edge of the cutting tool is brought into contact with a cutting object, and the cutting object is cut by the cutting tool.
US08062769B2
Provided is an organic electroluminescent device (organic EL device) that is improved in luminous efficiency, fully secured of driving stability, and simply constructed. The EL device has a light-emitting layer disposed between an anode and a cathode stacked one upon another on a substrate and the light-emitting layer comprises a phosphorescent dopant and an indolocarbazole derivative as a host material. Examples of the indolocarbazole compounds include a compound represented by the following formula (2) or (3), wherein X is N or CH, at least one of Xs is N, and Ar1 to Ar3 each is a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group.
US08062765B2
The inventors have conducted vigorous studies, and discovered as a result that it is possible to form a silver layer having a high reflectance of about 90 to 99% in a visible light area by setting a grain size of an outermost surface of a silver plated layer within a range of 0.5 μm or more to 30 μm or less.
US08062763B2
A metal blank that includes a binder trim component having at least one cut edge with a non-linear section. The creation of the non-linear section simultaneously forms a corresponding section in a binder trim component of an adjacent metal blank so that binder material can be shared therebetween. This reduces the amount of scrap metal, as the binder trim component is subsequently cut off and discarded. Furthermore, the non-linear section can include one or more strategically placed formations, such as projections, recesses, flat sections, etc., that cause it to be non-uniform along its length and to be specifically tailored to the manufacturing requirements of the part being formed.
US08062759B2
Thermal barrier coating systems for use with hot section components of a gas turbine engine include an inner layer overlying a bond coated substrate and a top layer overlying at least a portion of the inner layer. The inner layer includes a thermal barrier material such as yttria-stabilized zirconia. The top layer includes a rare earth aluminate. The thicknesses and microstructures of the layers may be varied depending on the type of component to be coated. Articles incorporating the thermal barrier coating system exhibit improved resistance to CMAS infiltration.
US08062748B2
In some embodiments, the present invention is directed to methods of fully integrating CNTs and the surrounding polymer matrix in CNT/polymer composites. In some such embodiments, such integration comprises interfacial covalent bonding between the CNTs and the polymer matrix. In some such embodiments, such interfacial covalent bonding is provided by a free radical reaction initiated during processing. In some such embodiments, such free radical initiation can be provided by benzoyl peroxide. In some or other embodiments, the present invention is directed to CNT/polymer composite systems, wherein the CNTs within such systems are covalently integrated with the polymer. In some or other embodiments, the present invention is directed to articles of manufacture made from such CNT/polymer composite systems.
US08062747B2
A flexible thermoplastic composition includes among its components: (i) a poly(arylene ether); (iii) a polymeric compatibilizer; (iv) a polyolefin comprising a functional group; and (iv) magnesium dihydroxide. The flexible thermoplastic composition may be used for making electrical wires.
US08062743B2
A method of producing particles containing metal oxide is disclosed that includes heating metal-containing particles to oxidize metal in at least an outer shell of the particles; cooling oxidized particles; collecting the particles; and providing a distance of at least 300 mm between entry of the particles into the flame and collection of the particles. Particles may be oxidized to provide a metal oxide shell over an unoxidized metal core. A semiconductive layer of particles on a substrate may be formed by feeding, to a hot zone, such preoxidized particles; heating the particles to render the particles at least partially molten; and depositing the particles onto the substrate. The oxidation process may provide metal oxide particles in which different metals having different valencies are present in different proportions. The valencies and proportions may be selected to provide n- or p-type semiconductor layers.
US08062734B2
Disclosed is an article comprising a layer of nonconductive polymeric material comprising a plurality of integral polymer conduit channels containing a substantially transparent conductive material.
US08062728B2
A composite panel is formed from a honeycomb core panel with a foam material filling the tubular cells and a fibrous reinforcing cover sheets extending over the top and bottom of the panel. The cover sheets are filled with a set resin material which extends from the cover sheets into the porous fibrous material of the walls of the core panel so as to form an integral structure of the resin extending between the walls and the sheets.
US08062723B2
The present invention concerns a sealed package formed from a polymer film comprising a block copolymeric substrate and a heat sealable coating and/or skin layer on the substrate, the package being formed by wrapping the film around an article to be packaged in a manner to obtain at least one region of film overlap, and heat sealing the resulting overlapped film sections to each other to provide at least one sealed region of the package, the sealed region being subsequently openable by manually separating the overlapped film sections, effective without substantial tearing of the film at or around the sealed region.
US08062719B2
The present invention relates to a material intended for forming or printing images, comprising a support and at least one hydrophilic binder-based layer, and its manufacturing method, said method enabling the gelation process of the hydrophilic binder to be controlled. The material according to the invention is characterized in that in at least one of said hydrophilic binder-based layers, said hydrophilic binder is gelated by complexation with a complexing agent present on a heat-sensitive polymer or copolymer, that is hydrophobic at temperatures higher than its lower critical solution temperature LCST to protect the complexing agent, and water-soluble at temperatures less than its LCST to make the complexing agent accessible, the LCST of the heat-sensitive (co)polymer being higher than the setting temperature of said hydrophilic binder. The material according to the invention can be used as photographic material or as material taking aqueous ink compositions applied by the inkjet printing technique.
US08062718B2
An artificial Christmas tree includes a central trunk broken into at least two separate portions including a fixed trunk portion and at least one rotating trunk portion. The fixed trunk extends up from an underlying base. Rotating trunks rotatably attach at midpoints thereof at least indirectly to an upper end of the fixed trunk. Limbs are pivotably attached to the rotating trunks with optional lights coupled thereto. These limbs pivot between a perpendicular orientation extending from the rotating trunks and a collapsed configuration closer to a centerline of the rotating trunks. The rotating trunks can be pivoted from a first collapsed configuration with a first end above a second end to a deployed configuration with the second end above the first end. During such pivoting, the limbs attached to the rotating trunk transition between a collapsed to a deployed configuration automatically. A wheeled base and cover further facilitate storage and deployment.
US08062716B2
A thin film forming method for plasmatizing a mixture gas, the mixture gas being made up of a monomer gas and an oxidizing reactive gas, and for forming a thin film on a surface of a substrate, the thin film being made of an oxide. The method includes forming a first thin film by plasmatizing the mixture gas while varying a supply flow amount ratio of the monomer gas with respect to the reactive gas and forming a final thin film by increasing the supply flow amount ratio of the monomer gas with respect to the reactive gas after the forming of the first film.
US08062708B2
The present invention relates to masking techniques and apparatuses, and in particular, to a method and apparatus for masking a flexible substrate to be coated with one or more material layers. The method involves flexing a substrate to provide a curved surface and providing a flexible sheet on the curved surface to properly apply a coating on the surface of the substrate. The apparatus includes a substrate and a flexible sheet. An elastic material, such as a spring pin, or an off-axis roll-down bar may be used to create the tension used to flex the substrate and or flexible sheet.
US08062703B2
A method of producing nanoparticles comprises effecting conversion of a nanoparticle precursor composition to the material of the nanoparticles. The precursor composition comprises a first precursor species containing a first ion to be incorporated into the growing nanoparticles and a separate second precursor species containing a second ion to be incorporated into the growing nanoparticles. The conversion is effected in the presence of a molecular cluster compound under conditions permitting seeding and growth of the nanoparticles.
US08062699B2
Disclosed is a surface-penetration reinforcing agent that is used to effectively repair a damaged reinforced concrete structure. The surface-penetration reinforcing agent includes a silicate compound, an acrylate monomer, an amine compound and a silane compound as reactants. Further disclosed is a method for repairing a damaged reinforced concrete structure using the surface-penetration reinforcing agent depending on the aging grade of the reinforced concrete structure. According to the repair method, the surface-penetration reinforcing agent can be used to efficiently repair a damaged reinforced concrete structure depending on the aging grade of the reinforced concrete structure classified by whether or not the reinforcing bars are corroded in damaged portions of the concrete and the degree of carbonation in the concrete.
US08062689B2
The present invention includes a method for improving milk production in a ruminant. An amount of ruminally digestible starch in relation to the dry matter of a feed is manipulated to include a first selected ratio of ruminally digestible starch in relation to the dry matter of the feed which is fed to the ruminant during a first time interval after parturition. After the first time interval, the amount of ruminally digestible starch component in the dry matter of the feed is adjusted to a second ratio, lower than the first ratio, and fed to the ruminant.
US08062688B2
Nutritional food oil compositions containing all of the essential fatty acids and the highly recommended omega-3 fatty acid DHA in correct proportions making it convenient and easy for consumers to supplement their diets with these fatty acids in the proper amounts, thereby deriving the health benefits of these fatty acids. A nutritional food oil composition is provided comprising alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) and linoleic acid (LA), wherein the ratio of the amount of ALA to LA in the composition by weight is in the range of 1.5:1 to 6:1, and together the ALA and LA comprise at least 65% by weight of the composition, and docahexaenoic acid (DHA) from an algal source in an amount greater than 0.5% by weight of the composition.
US08062677B2
Provided herein are compositions for the administration of chromium that include at least two components: a hydrophilic chromium complex and a lipophilic chromium complex, and methods of using the same. Also provided are compositions for the administration of chromium that include a first “fast-acting” chromium complex and a second “slow-acting” chromium complex, wherein the first chromium complex is absorbed more quickly than the slow-acting chromium complex, and methods of using the same. Also provided herein are methods for treating, preventing, and improving conditions associated with cardiometabolic syndrome, by identifying a subject in need of treatment, prevention, or improvement of a condition associated with cardiometabolic syndrome, and providing a therapeutically effective amount of a composition comprising a fast-acting chromium complex and a slow-acting chromium complex, to the individual.
US08062675B2
A method of enriching mesenchymal precursor cells including the step of enriching for cells based on at least two markers. The markers may be either i) the presence of markers specific for mesenchymal precursor cells, ii) the absence of markers specific for differentiated mesenchymal cells, or iii) expression levels of markers specific for mesenchymal precursor cells. The method may include a first solid phase sorting step utilising MACS recognising expression of the antigen to the STRO-1 Mab, followed by a second sorting step utilising two colour FACS to screen for the presence of high level STRO-1 antigen expression as well as the expression of VCAM-1.
US08062674B1
A composition for killing insects in which the main active ingredient is whey permeate.
US08062673B2
A method for embolization treatment was developed in which microspheres with novel properties are administered in a mammal. The microspheres are made using a novel process that results in microspheres with new combined properties of high density, low fracture, high swell capacity, rapid swell, and deformability following swell. These microspheres form occlusions with high durability, withstanding over 100 mm Hg (13.3 kPa) of pressure.
US08062668B2
A method of delivering a therapeutic agent by providing a cross-linked polymer encapsulating the therapeutic agent to a site in a patient. The degradation rate of the cross-linked polymer is correlated with a local concentration of an indicator, and the therapeutic agent is released as the cross-linked polymer degrades.
US08062657B2
Ophthalmically therapeutic materials, such as liquid-containing compositions and polymeric drug delivery systems, include a therapeutic component that includes an Glucocorticoid Derivative which, upon delivery to the posterior segment of a mammalian eye, does not significantly diffuse to the anterior segment of said eye. Methods of making and using the present materials are also described.
US08062656B2
The invention provides NO-releasing polymers and low molecular weight NO-releasing compounds which may be used to for the treatment of medical conditions associated with NO-deficiency. The NO-releasing polymers or the low molecular weight NO-releasing compounds may also be incorporated into medical devices. The invention further provides methods of controlled release of NO for the treatment of diseases and disorders associated with NO-deficiency, wherein the treatment includes systemic or local administration of the NO-releasing polymers or the low molecular weight NO-releasing compounds.
US08062649B2
An antimicrobial hydroalcoholic composition comprising hydroalcoholic solvent system comprising a lower alcohol and water in a weight ratio of at least about 50:50; a thickener system comprising at least one cationic or nonionic polymeric thickener that is solid at ambient temperature; and a secondary antimicrobial agent.
US08062645B2
The present invention relates to the field of vaccination against Salmonella in animals, particularly avian animals. The present invention also encompasses kits and uses of Salmonella immunogenic compositions or vaccines. The present invention further relates to methods and compositions comprising at least one primo-administration of an attenuated immunogenic composition or vaccine, comprising a pharmaceutically or veterinarily acceptable excipient, diluent or vehicle and at least one attenuated Salmonella, administered to an avian animal before at least one boost-administration of an inactivated immunogenic composition or vaccine, comprising a pharmaceutically or veterinarily acceptable excipient, diluent or vehicle, and at least one inactivated Salmonella.
US08062643B2
The present invention related to methods for treating neurological-urological conditions. This is accomplished by administration of at least one neurotoxin.
US08062635B2
The present inventors succeeded in constructing bispecific antibodies, which bind to both the blood coagulation factor IX/activated blood coagulation factor IX and blood coagulation factor X, and functionally substitute for blood coagulation factor VIII/activated blood coagulation factor VIII which enhances the enzymatic reaction.
US08062633B2
The present invention relates to a formulation useful to control Listeria monocytogenes that comprises three new lactic acid bacteria, namely Carnobacterium maltaromaticum ATCC® PTA-9380, C. maltaromaticum ATCC® PTA-9381 and Enterococcus mundtii ATCC® PTA-9382 together with the bacteriocin nisin. This formulation is obtained from Inactivated Fermentates (IF) of these strains plus nisin and is designed to be used in the food industry. This formulation is used as an agent with tested antagonistic and bactericidal action against the pathogen Listeria monocytogenes, the microorganism that causes listeriosis, a food-borne disease, in humans. Based on this formulation, 2 surface sanitizing products can be obtained, a liquid and a solid. Both surface sanitizers can be applied to sanitize equipments, devices, working surfaces, gutters and drainages, especially in the food industry.
US08062621B2
A method of manufacturing titanium dioxide particles can produce titanium dioxide particles where a rare earth element is substituted at the titanium sites from which it is possible to highly efficiently take out fluorescence attributable to the rare earth element The method of manufacturing titanium dioxide particles doped with a rare earth element comprises a step of preparing a liquid precursor containing a titanium source and rare earth metal source, the doping ratio of the rare earth element in the liquid precursor being within a range not less than 0 at % and not more than 5.0 at %, a step of generating thermal plasma and a step of providing the liquid precursor into the thermal plasma
US08062610B2
For analysis of small quatities of target analytes in an environment, the gas flow can be delivered to a suitably fast analyzer and their concentration determined in a time period whose duration is dependent on the analyte, its concentration and the phase separation properties. A device having a sorbent bed that is essentially concentric with a passage way containing thermal fluid is used to concentrate the target analyte.
US08062606B2
The invention relates to coated reactors resistant to acid corrosion, the production method thereof and the use of same in processes in superacid media. More specifically, the invention relates to a reactor comprising an inner metal wall having a fluoropolymer coating anchored thereto using a perforated sheet positioned between the inner metal wall and the fluoropolymer coating. The surface of the sheet that is in contact with the metal wall of the reactor has a sufficient roughness in order to form a free space (for gases) between same and the metal wall of the reactor. In addition, the reactor is provided with a device for maintaining the pressure in the free space below that in the reactor.
US08062601B2
An exemplary emission treatment system for reducing gases from the exhaust of an engine includes an exhaust passage for transporting the exhaust from the engine. A selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst is disposed within the passage, and an oxidation catalyst is disposed in the passage upstream of the SCR catalyst. The oxidation catalyst has noble metal, with at least 90 wt. % of the metal comprising palladium (Pd).
US08062598B2
The present invention refers to a volatile substance diffuser based on permeable membrane with a closure where a solid wall is applied to or separated from the membrane to stop or allow evaporation, respectively. The shape of the membrane is adapted to compensate possible vacuum inside the container.
US08062590B1
Methods and apparatus for the sanitization, detoxification, disinfection, high level disinfection, or sterilization of both the interior and exterior surfaces of at least one object, including interior lumens, channels and cavities within the object. A coupler and interface may be secured to an object to disinfect the inner channels or cavities therein. An object support device may be used to support the object. The pair of support devices may include outlets for deploying aerosols for the application of applied agent. The applied agent may be in the form of any gas, vapor, plasma, aerosol, or other form. The temperature of the object may be lowered to condensate applied agent thereupon. The object may also be washed. Complete sanitization, disinfection, or sterilization of objects in a simple chamber, or in more complex configurations that include, glove box units, processors with built in interfaces for specialty applications, and other application specific designs.
US08062580B2
An apparatus for recycling metals from metal ions containing waste solution includes a conveying device, a reducing agent supplier and a solution supplier. The conveying device includes a first ferromagnetic conveyor belt, a first roller, and a second roller. The first and second rollers are substantially horizontally arranged, and the second roller is arranged at a lower position relative to the first roller and spaced from the first roller. The ferromagnetic conveyor belt is wrapped around the first and second rollers. The reducing agent supplier is used for supplying a reducing agent onto the first conveyor belt, the ferromagnetic conveyor belt is capable of conveying the reducing agent from the second roller to the first roller. The solution supplier is configured for supplying the waste solution onto the first conveyor belt.
US08062571B2
A resin sealing device includes a lower die, an upper die which is arranged over the lower die, on a lower surface side of which a concave portion is provided, and to a bottom surface peripheral portion of the concave portion of which a projection portion projecting toward an opening portion side of the concave portion to raise partially a bottom surface is provided, and a protection film provided on a lower surface side of the upper die and adhered along a concave surface of the concave portion by adsorbing, wherein the stacked wiring substrate is sealed with a resin by making a fused resin flow into a cavity including a space between the stacked wiring substrate from a resin supplying portion, in a state that the stacked wiring substrate in which a plurality of wiring substrates are stacked via connection bumps is arranged and sandwiched between the lower die and the concave portion of the upper die.
US08062564B2
Method for fabricating a structure in the form of a plate, and structure in the form of a plate, in particular formed from silicon, including at least one substrate, a superstrate and at least one intermediate layer interposed between the substrate and the superstrate, in which the intermediate layer comprises at least one base material having distributed therein atoms or molecules termed extrinsic atoms or molecules which differ from the atoms or molecules of the base material, and in which a heat treatment is applied to said plate so that, in the temperature range of said heat treatment, the intermediate layer is plastically deformable and the presence of the selected extrinsic atoms or molecules in the selected base material causes the irreversible formation of micro-bubbles or micro-cavities in the intermediate layer.
US08062560B2
A composite lithium compound having a mixed crystalline structure is provided. Such compound can be formed by heating lithium, iron, phosphorous and carbon sources with a lithium metal compound. The resulting mixed metal crystal can exhibit superior electrical property and is a better cathode material for lithium secondary batteries.
US08062553B2
Electrically conductive dispersions of high pH polyaniline/perfluorosulfonic acid or perfluoroalkylene sulfonamide polymers are provided. Also provided are films made with such dispersions having enhanced electrical conductivity. Devices are provided with at least one layer comprised of a film that is baked at a temperature above 100° C. Further provided are processes for making films and layers for devices comprising such films.
US08062552B2
The invention relates to platinum-metal oxide composite particles and their use as electrocatalysts in oxygen-reducing cathodes and fuel cells. The invention particularly relates to methods for preventing the oxidation of the platinum electrocatalyst in the cathodes of fuel cells by use of these platinum-metal oxide composite particles. The invention additionally relates to methods for producing electrical energy by supplying such a fuel cell with an oxidant, such as oxygen, and a fuel source, such as hydrogen.
US08062548B2
An object of one embodiment of the present invention is to provide a polishing slurry which can reduce dishing and erosion of a to-be-polished semiconductor wafer. The polishing slurry contains an oxidizing agent and two or more kinds of abrasive grains for polishing, i.e., fumed silica and colloidal silica. A ratio (selectivity ratio) between a polishing rate of a metal film such as a tungsten film and a polishing rate of an insulating film (oxide film) such as a SiO2 film can be adjusted by changing a mixing ratio between fumed silica and colloidal silica, and dishing and erosion of the semiconductor wafer can be thus reduced.
US08062545B2
An antifreeze composition having improved thermal stability is provided. In one embodiment, the antifreeze concentrate composition comprises from 50 to 99.8 wt. % of a glycol-based freezing point depressant selected from the group of: alkylene glycols, glycol monoethers, glycerins, and mixtures thereof; 0.01 to 10 wt. % of at least one of a 2-ethylhexanoic acid, isononanoic acid and 3,5,5-trimethylhexanoic acid; and 0.01 to 5 wt. % of at least one of octanoic acid, nonanoic acid, decanoic acid, undecanoic acid, dodecanoic acid, neodecanoic acid, benzoic acid, 2-hydroxybenzoic acid, p-terbutylbenzoic acid, and mixtures thereof. In one embodiment, the composition is employed as a concentrate in admixture with 10 to 90 wt. % water. In one embodiment no more than one dicarboxylic acid is used as an additive. In another embodiment no dicarboxylic acid is present.
US08062543B2
Provided is a refrigerating machine oil which contains a base oil mainly containing at least one substance selected from the group consisting of a mineral oil, a synthetic alicyclic hydrocarbon compound, and a synthetic aromatic hydrocarbon compound and having a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. of 1 to 8 mm2/s. The refrigerating machine oil is applied to refrigerators including a sliding part formed of an engineering plastic or including an organic coating film or an inorganic coating film. The refrigerating machine oil enables to improve energy-saving performance due to its low viscosity, has a low frictional coefficient and good sealing property, and is suitably used in various refrigeration applications, especially in closed-type refrigerators.
US08062542B2
Light-polarizing solid coating composition, optical lens comprising same, and method for making same
The light-polarizing solid coating composition which comprises (i) particles of at least one magnetic material suspended in a solvent, is characterized in that it comprises (ii) at least one dichroic dye compound.Application to ophthalmic optics.
US08062528B2
A method and components for heating and hydrating foods and beverages using an exothermic and pressure generating chemical reaction are described. The exothermic reaction can be initiated by water, spark, electrical impulse, squib, friction, or shock to heat non-potable water and force the water through a membrane filter, thereby producing heated, potable water.
US08062525B2
The process according to the invention for treating water in a treatment plant comprising a reaction chamber in which a biodegradable material present in the water is biodegraded at least partly by microorganisms, in the course of which, at least temporarily, water is transferred out of the reaction chamber into a separating chamber and the biodegradable material and the microorganisms are separated at least partly from the water therein, a return stream comprising biodegradable material and at least some of the microorganisms flowing out of the separating chamber into the reaction chamber via a recycle line, is characterized in that at least some of the following substances: a) the biodegradable material and b) the microorganisms are treated with ozone (O3), an amount of 15 to 150 milligrams of ozone per kilogram of dry substance of the biodegradable material and of the microorganisms being added per hour in the reaction chamber.
US08062523B2
A coreless and spirally wound non-woven filter element is provided. The filter element includes at least one band of base media having a selected porosity and an interlay having a different porosity within at least one band of base media. The presence of the interlay in the filter element can create additional surface area within the contiguous construction of a filter element for filtration. This interlay can also create the ability to change direction of flow and to increase the deposition of specifically sized contaminants.
US08062518B2
A water reaction tank for reacting water containing suspended solids with a flocculant includes a housing having an input, an output, and a water flow path between the input and the output. The flow path has a mixing section and a reaction section. Sealable flocculant ports are provided for inserting a flocculant into the mixing section of the housing. Each of the mixing section and the reaction section contains baffles. The mixing section baffles encourage turbulent flow to increase contact with the flocculant, and the reaction section baffles encourage turbulent flow and increase the length of the water flow path.
US08062517B2
A method and system for removing from an aqueous system which is contaminated therewith: (1) mercury present as colloids, ions and/or organically bound compounds, and (2) hydrocarbons solubilized, dispersed, and/or emulsified in the said system. Pursuant to the invention the aqueous system to be treated (such as “produced water”) is passed successively through three filtration stages. The first filtration stage is provided with absorption media which effects reduction/removal of dispersed organically bound mercury species and of the dispersed and partially dissolved hydrocarbon phases, as well as of some colloidal mercury and other dissolved metallic species. The second filtration stage utilizes a salt modified reticulated granular filtration media for reduction/removal of slightly dissolved hydrocarbon phases, mercury in colloidal and ionic form and other dissolved metals. The third filtration stage is a polishing stage, which serves to further reduce by electroless or voltaic reduction residual elemental mercury and/or residual colloidal and ionic mercury. At this third stage metallic mercury is incorporated into a metallic matrix from which the mercury may preferably be recovered.
US08062515B2
Pretreatment method and apparatus to remove matrix ions from a liquid sample, prior to separation of the sample analytes (e.g. by chromatography), by flowing the liquid sample into a sample compartment and stopping the flow. The sample compartment has a wall comprising an ion exchange membrane having exchangeable ions of the same charge as the matrix ions to be removed. A regenerant liquid stream flows through a regenerant flow compartment on the other side of the membrane from said parked liquid sample. Matrix ions in the parked liquid sample are transported across the membrane into the regenerant flow compartment. Suppression may be performed electrolytically and/or chemically. A concentrator column may also be used.
US08062511B2
A process for extracting bitumen from oil sand, comprising: mixing oil sand with process water to produce an oil sand slurry containing bitumen, sand, water and entrained air; conditioning the oil sand slurry; optionally flooding the conditioned oil sand slurry with flood water to dilute the slurry, if required; introducing the slurry into a primary separation vessel wherein separate layers of primary bitumen froth, middlings and sand tailings are formed; removing a portion of the primary bitumen froth from the primary separation vessel and recycling the portion of primary bitumen froth to that step of the process upstream of the primary separation vessel to join and mix with the feed stream moving to the primary separation vessel; and thereafter retaining said feed stream in said primary separation vessel to produce primary bitumen froth.
US08062504B2
A method of reducing asphaltene and particulate induced fouling during the thermal processing of petroleum oils utilizes resin extracts from HSDP crude oils to disperse and solubilize asphaltenes and disperse inorganic particulate contaminants such as salts and iron oxide. The extracts are essentially maltene fractions which may be separated from the HSDP crude by a process of extraction from a precipitated asphalt fraction using light paraffinic solvents such as n-heptane.
US08062482B2
A method for removing acetaldehyde from a mixture of methyl acetate, methanol and acetaldehyde includes: (a) feeding the mixture of methyl acetate, methanol and acetaldehyde to a distillation column; (b) distilling the feed mixture of methyl acetate methanol and acetaldehyde at a pressure of 10 psig or more to generate an overhead vapor stream enriched in acetaldehyde as compared with the feed mixture and a residue stream depleted in acetaldehyde as compared with the feed mixture; and (c) withdrawing the residue stream depleted in acetaldehyde from the distillation column.
US08062477B2
A method of forming a moulded and printed product from pulp material including the steps of: forming a pre-form mould to have one or more planar surfaces, compound conjoined planar surfaces and/or two dimensional curved surfaces; transferring an amount of pulp slurry material to the pre-form mould; forming a moulded pre-form from the transferred pulp slurry material; applying printing to the planar and/or dimensional curved surfaces in a pre-distorted configuration; and moulding the printed pre-form to a different final shape whereby the printed surfaces retain the printing without running and the printing conforms to a desired post distortion configuration.
US08062476B2
A preparation of high strength paper by incorporating a polymeric film into the paper web during the paper making process is provided. The polymeric film is either a cold water soluble film or hot water soluble film or water insoluble hydrophilic film or non soluble non hydrophilic film or a combination of cold+hot+cold water soluble film or cold+hot water soluble film or cold+non soluble hydrophilic film or cold+non soluble hydrophilic film+cold water soluble film or cold+non soluble non hydrophilic film or cold+non soluble non hydrophilic film+cold water soluble film or slit strips of one or many of these combinations woven or intertwined offline and incorporated into the paper during the paper making process. Zone coating or discreet printing or zone extrusion striping or formation of hot water soluble film on preformed cold water soluble film which is then inserted into paper during the paper making process, thus using cold water soluble film as a carrier is also provided. The combination of the water soluble film(s) may be plain or wholly or partially perforated.
US08062471B2
Provided is an apparatus and a method for heating fluid in a proximity head. A fluid source supplies fluid to a channel within the proximity head. The fluid flows in the channel, through the proximity head, to an outlet port located on a bottom surface of the proximity head. Further, within the proximity head is a heating portion that heats the fluid. Various methods can heat the fluid in the heating portion. For example, the fluid can be heated via resistive heating and heat exchange. However, any mechanism for heating fluid in the proximity head is possible. After heating the fluid, the proximity head delivers the heated fluid through the outlet port to a surface of a semiconductor wafer. An inlet port proximately disposed near the outlet port vacuums the heated fluid to remove the heated fluid from the surface of the semiconductor wafer.
US08062469B2
The present invention relates to an inexpensive adhesive resin composition which is applicable even to a base material having a poor bonding property. The adhesive resin composition comprises (A) a polymer having no radical-polymerizable double bond and (B) a radical generating agent in which the radical generating agent (B) is present in an amount of 0.1 to 10 parts by weight on the basis of 100 parts by weight of the polymer (A). In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the adhesive resin composition further comprises (C) a radical-polymerizable monomer wherein the monomer (C) is present in an amount of 0.1 to 10 parts by weight on the basis of 100 parts by weight of the polymer (A). The radical-polymerizable monomer (C) is a glycidyl group-containing monomer, and the glycidyl group-containing monomer is 4-hydroxybutyl acrylate glycidyl ether.
US08062468B2
The invention relates to compositions containing at least one solid epoxide resin A, at least one polymer B of formula (1), at least one thixotropic agent C made from a urea derivative and at least one curing agent for epoxide resins D activated by high temperatures. The compositions are particularly suitable for use as adhesives. Low-temperature impact-resistant adhesives can be produced for use in particular as structural adhesives.
US08062467B2
Two-component adhesives (K), which includes two components K1 and K2. Component K1 includes at least one epoxy resin A with more than one epoxy group per molecule on average; at least one epoxy adduct B with more than one epoxy group per molecule on average that is an epoxy adduct of type B1 and optionally combined with an epoxy adduct of type B2; at least one reaction product F between an epoxy adduct B and a compound C, which has at least two isocyanate groups, in addition to at least one curing agent D for epoxy resins, which is activated by increased temperature. The component K2 comprises a compound E, which includes at least two isocyanate groups.
US08062462B2
A system and a method for joining non-transparent parts (1, 2) by means of an electromagnetic radiation curable adhesive comprises at least one at least partly transparent element (3) inserted between the parts (1, 2) to be joined together such that electromagnetic radiation beamed into the element (3) initiates curing of a film of adhesive applied to the element (3) and/or to a non-transparent part (1, 2).
US08062455B2
The instant invention relates to compositions comprising a benzoxazine resin and an advancement resin based on bisphenol A diglycidyl ether and bisphenol S and, optionally, ferrocene and aluminium trihydrate. Such compositions are, when cured to form polymeric networks, difficultly inflammable and resistant to high temperatures. Such compositions may especially be used in the production of printed wiring boards.
US08062446B1
A method of making an outer shell, the method comprising: (a) providing first and second sheets, each of the first and second sheets being made of a layer of high-density polyethylene, polypropylene, polyurethane or polycarbonate extruded with a layer of non-woven fabric; (b) providing a third sheet made of high-density polyethylene foam, polypropylene foam, polyurethane foam or polystyrene foam, the third sheet having top and bottom sides; (c) affixing a first layer of adhesive film on the top side of the third sheet; (d) affixing a second layer of adhesive film on the bottom side of the third sheet; (e) placing the third sheet between the first and second sheets such that the first layer of adhesive film of the third sheet contacts the layer of non-woven fabric of the first sheet and the second layer of adhesive film of the third sheet contacts the layer of non-woven fabric of the second sheet; (f) stitching together the first, second and third sheets in order to form a composite sheet; and (g) thermoforming the composite sheet for forming the outer shell wherein the outer shell has a shape suitable for a hockey or lacrosse leg pad, shoulder pads or elbow pad.
US08062445B2
A method of making a radio frequency identification (RFID) device includes temporarily adhering an RFID interposer to an antenna, and subsequently ultrasonically welding the interposer leads to the antenna. The temporary adhering may involve use of any of variety of suitable adhering materials, such as an adhesive, wax, or even water. The adhering and the ultrasonic welding may be parts of a process that involves mostly continuous movement of an antenna web that has multiple antennas on it. The adhering material temporarily holds the interposer in place prior to the ultrasonic welding, which is important in a process that involves a moving web. The adhering may be such that there is no material between the conductive material interposer leads, and conductive material of the antenna. This allows the ultrasonic welding to proceed without any need to push intervening material aside.
US08062441B2
There are provided a high hardness, high corrosion resistance and high wear resistance alloy, wherein the alloy is an aging heat treated Cr(chromium)-Al(aluminum)-Ni(nickel)-base alloy, the proportion of a mixed phase of (α phase+γ′ phase+γ phase) precipitated at grain boundaries of γ phase grains in a metal structure in the cross section of the alloy is not less than 95% in terms of area ratio, and the intensity ratio as measured by X-ray diffractometry of the alloy is not less than 50% and not more than 200% in terms of Iα(110)/[Iγ(200)+Iγ′(004)]×100, and a component comprising this alloy, a material for an alloy which can form this alloy, and a process for producing this alloy. The present invention can provide a Cr—Al—Ni-base alloy possessing excellent corrosion resistance, hardness, wear resistance, releasability, fatigue strength, and planishing property in a molding face, a component comprising this alloy, a material for an alloy which can form this alloy, and a process for producing this alloy.
US08062438B2
Provided is a hot-rolled thin steel sheet having a thickness of less than 6 mm and having high strength showing a tensile strength of 440 MPa or more, excellent formability, and excellent strength and toughness after heat treatment and a method of manufacturing the same. A steel base material containing 0.10 to 0.20% of C, and Si, Mn, Al, P, S, and N adjusted to suitable amount ranges, and 0.01 to 0.15% of Ti and 0.0005 to 0.0050% of B is hot rolled so as to have a finishing temperature of finish rolling of 820 to 880° C.; after the completion of the rolling, the hot-rolled thin steel sheet is cooled to a surface temperature range of 550 to 650° C. at a surface cooling rate of 15 to 50° C./s; and the hot-rolled thin steel sheet is coiled at the temperature range.
US08062433B2
A panel spacer and a dishwasher using the panel spacer are provided. The dishwasher has a door and a control panel located a predetermined distance from the door. The panel spacer includes a spacer cover installed between the door and the control panel, and at least one spacer body coupled to the spacer cover. The spacer body fills a gap between the door and the control panel together with the spacer cover.
US08062431B2
A method of cleaning at least one of grime and built-up ice off a rotor blade of a wind turbine includes, in an exemplary embodiment, positioning a rotor blade in an immobile position in a downward orientation substantially parallel to the tower, positioning a tank containing a cleaning solution directly below the rotor blade, and positioning a plurality of lifting arms adjacent the tank. The plurality of lifting arms are attached to an elliptical spray head with at least one pipe connected to the elliptical spray head and to a pump operatively coupled to the tank. The method also includes raising the lifting arms to lift the elliptical spray head to a predetermined position along a longitudinal axis of the rotor blade, pumping cleaning solution from the tank to the elliptical spray head, spraying the cleaning solution onto an outer surface of the rotor blade to clean the rotor blade, and collecting the spent cleaning solution in the tank.
US08062416B2
The invention provides a process for preparing uncoated, readily dispersible C.I. Pigment Red 112 by azo coupling in a microreactor, which comprises precipitating the coupling component in an upstream microreactor and coupling the precipitated coupling component in finely divided form to the diazo component in a microreactor.The C.I. Pigment Red 112 of the invention features low dispersion harshness in alkyd resin varnish, and a PCB content of below 25 ppm.
US08062414B2
The present invention relates to a coating liquid for forming an amorphous silica-based coating film with a low dielectric constant of 2.5 or below and the Young's modulus of 6.0 GPa or more and having excellent hydrophobic property, and to a method of preparing the same. The coating liquid may contain a silicon compound obtained by hydrolyzing tetraalkyl ortho silicate (TAOS) and specific alkoxysilane (AS) in the presence of tetraalkyl ammonium hydroxide (TAAOH), or may contain a silicon compound obtained by hydrolyzing or partially hydrolyzing tetraalkyl ortho silicate (TAOS) in the presence of tetraalkyl ammonium hydroxide (TAAOH), mixing the reaction product with specific alkoxysilane or a hydrolysate or a partial hydrolysate thereof, and hydrolyzing all or a portion of the mixture according to the necessity. In addition, the coating liquid is prepared by mixing components described above at a specific ratio and under specific process conditions.
US08062406B2
A process for producing metallic ultra-fine powder, which can use a raw material which is spread over a wide range, and control freely the grain size of the metallic powder to be produced, at low cost and high safety. The process for producing the metallic ultra fine powder consists of using a burner and a furnace which can generate a high temperature reductive atmosphere, and an apparatus for separating gas which is generated in the furnace from powder to recover the powder. The burner has a function of blowing a powdery metallic compound as a raw material into a high temperature reductive flame. The raw material powder is efficiently heated in airflow of a high temperature reductive flame, thereby being reduced rapidly into metallic ultra-fine powder. At this time, the grain size of the metallic ultra-fine powder is controlled by adjusting the oxygen ratio (i.e. the ratio of amount of the burning-assist gas supplied to the burner to the amount of the burning-assist gas required for completely burning the fuel).
US08062405B1
A value-added granulated organic fertilizer produced from poultry litter and biosolids using agglomeration techniques with a pin mixer. The granulated organic fertilizer includes granules biosolids, a nitrification inhibitor, such as dicyandiamide, and a binding agent, such as lignosulfonate, urea formaldehyde, or water. The nitrogen concentration of the granulated organic fertilizer is increased by being fortified with urea. The poultry litter and biosolids formulated into the granulated organic fertilizer aid in flowability, storage, and spreading, while value-added plant nutrient ingredients provide an environmentally safer fertilizer than fresh poultry litter, municipal biosolids and/or many commercially available products commonly used in urban and agricultural systems. The binding agents change the fertilizer granule water soluble phosphorus and nitrogen concentrations and reduce fines and dust. The nitrification inhibitor reduces nitrogen losses via leaching and denitrification, while biosolids decrease water soluble and total phosphorus concentrations in runoff water for environmental protection.
US08062404B2
A filter insert insertable seal-tightly into a filter housing has a filter element having end faces. At least one of the end faces of the filter element is engaged by a reinforcement clamp provided with a sealing element. The reinforcement clamp and the sealing element together form a single integral component. The sealing element has an outer sealing section that is connected to the reinforcement clamp so as to be movable relative to the reinforcement clamp.
US08062384B2
Provided herein are methods, apparatuses and systems for fabricating photovoltaic cells and modules. In certain embodiments, the methods, apparatuses and systems involve coating ferromagnetic substrates with thin film solar cell materials and using magnetic force to constrain, move or otherwise manipulate partially fabricated cells or modules. According to various embodiments, the methods, apparatuses and systems provide magnetically actuated handling throughout a photovoltaic cell or module fabrication process, from forming photovoltaic cell layers on a substrate to packaging the module for transport and installation. The magnetically manipulated processing provides advantages over conventional photovoltaic module processing operations, including fewer mechanical components, greater control over placement and tolerances, and ease of handling. As a result, the methods, apparatuses and systems provide highly efficient, low maintenance photovoltaic module fabrication processes.
US08062383B2
To provide an azo pigment composition having extremely good hue and extremely good light fastness and showing excellent tinctorial strength (color density) and, preferably, to provide an azo pigment composition further containing an azo pigment having characteristic X-ray diffraction peaks at different positions or a tautomer thereof An azo pigment composition which contains at least one azo pigment represented by the following formula (1) and having characteristic peaks at Bragg angles (20±0.2°) of 7.2° and 25.9° in X-ray diffraction with the characteristic Cu Kα line, or a tautomer thereof: .
US08062381B2
The invention relates to a liquid detergent concentrate composition comprising an emulsion having an aqueous phase and an oil phase, the composition comprises based on the whole concentrate 1 to 50 wt-% of one or more alkalinity source, 1 to 60 wt-% of a guerbet alcohol ethoxylate of the formula R1—(OC2H4)n—OH, wherein R1 is a branched C8 to C10 alkyl group and n is from 2 to 10, 1 to 30 wt-% of a linear alkoxylated fatty alcohol of the formula R2—(OC2H4)x—(OC3H6)y—OH, wherein R2 is a linear C10 to C16 group and x is from 3 to 7 and y is from 3 to 7. 0.01-10 wt-% of one or more crosslinked or partly crosslinked polyacrylic acid Q or polymethacrylic acid or mixtures thereof and the rest up to 100 wt-% is water.
US08062374B2
An interbody fusion implant with deployable bone anchors includes a support member, a monolithic body that accommodates the support member, and a longitudinal hole along a vertical length of the support member. The support member includes a first end and a second end. The second end includes two flanges. The flanges are configured to dig into an endplate of a vertebral body. The flanges of the support member provide a location fixation on an implantation of the interbody fusion implant into the vertebral body. The support member may also include at least one of a clip shaped support member and an I-shaped support member. The I-shaped support member may allow a rigidity and a support in flexion-extension through a living-hinge positioned in a middle of the I-shaped support member. The longitudinal hole sustains loads imported on the interbody fusion implant and allows the interbody fusion implant to flex freely.
US08062370B2
An intervertebral prosthesis, in particular for the cervical spine, includes a first cover plate to be connected to a first vertebral body, second cover plate to be connected to the second vertebral body, and a prosthesis core which forms an articulation with the second cover plate. The prosthesis core is held by seat of the first cover plate which is designed as a guide device. The core can be pushed into the guide device from the ventral side in the anterior-posterior (AP) direction relative to the first cover plate. A limit-stop plate is provided on the ventral edge of the first cover plate. This limit-stop plate is displaceable in a slide guide between a locking position and a nonlocking position.
US08062363B2
A method and apparatus for tendon repair includes an elongated member of a generally tubular shape having two barbed sections with oppositely directed barbs and a middle portion between the barbed sections. The barbs are cut from the tubular body leaving a mesh-like body of interconnected struts. The middle portion is also formed of interconnected struts. A needle and suture is connected at both opposite ends of the elongated member and used to pull the barbed sections into respective ends of a severed tendon. The barbs bite into the tendon tissue to hold the ends together. The sutures are preferably cut off at the tendon surface at a location spaced from the rejoined ends. One or more of the tendon repair devices may be used to repair each tendon, optionally with perimeter stitching at the rejoined ends.
US08062357B2
A method for endovascularly replacing a patient's heart valve including the following steps: endovascularly delivering an anchor and a replacement valve supported within the anchor to a vicinity of the heart valve in a collapsed delivery configuration, the anchor having grasping elements adapted to grasp tissue in a vicinity of the heart valve; expanding the anchor, thereby rotating the grasping elements; and grasping the tissue with the rotating grasping elements.
US08062356B2
A method for percutaneously replacing a heart valve of a patient. In some embodiments the method includes the steps of percutaneously delivering a replacement valve and an expandable anchor to a vicinity of the heart valve in an unexpanded configuration; expanding the anchor to a deployed configuration in which the anchor contacts tissue at a first anchor site; repositioning the anchor to a second anchor site; and deploying the anchor at the second anchor site.
US08062340B2
A spinal fixation system is provided that includes a coupling member and a locking device that is operable to fix an elongate member in the coupling member. There is also provided insertion instruments configured to install and remove various components of the spinal fixation system. In one form, the coupling member includes opposing side wall portions having a resilient portion on at least one of the side wall portions that cooperates with the locking device for being inserted into the coupling member via resilient flexing of the resilient portion. The coupling member and locking device also preferably include cooperating structure therebetween to define a plurality of distinct positions of the locking device in the coupling member.
US08062338B2
An adjustable transverse connector connects orthopedic stabilization rods that may be parallel or skewed in orientation relative to each other The connector may include two sections that are joined together by a fastener. The connector may be adjustable in many ways. The overall length of the connector may be adjustable. The rod openings of the connector may be partially rotatable about a longitudinal axis of the connector. The two sections of the connector may be angulated. The connector may include cam locks that securely attach the connector to the rods. Rotating a cam lock may extend a rod engager into a rod opening. The rod engager may be a portion of the cam lock. The extension of the rod engager into a rod opening may push a rod against a body of the transverse connector to form a frictional engagement between the connector, the rod, and the rod engager.
US08062332B2
A surgical needle includes an elongated needle body defining a longitudinal y-axis along which the needle body extends and transverse x and z-axes. The needle body includes a central shaft portion, a first suture end portion for attachment to a suture and a second needled end portion for penetrating tissue. The needled end portion has three sides which intersect to define three cutting edges and terminate at a needle point. At least one side includes a pair of planar surface portions arranged in oblique relation to define a general concave appearance to the one side. The needled end portion further defines an enlarged transition portion adjacent the central shaft portion with at least an x-dimension greater than a corresponding x-dimension of the central shaft portion.
US08062327B2
A blood filter delivery system for delivering a filter into a vein includes an introducer and a push rod with a spline member disposed along the push rod. The spline member has a main body, first and second boss portions spaced apart along the longitudinal axis to provide a gap for retaining anchor member of the filter during delivery via the introducer.
US08062325B2
An implantable medical device detachment system is provided with a carrier member having a compressible portion at a distal end thereof. The compressible portion is moved to a compressed condition to allow an engagement member of the system to releasably engage an implantable device, such as an embolic coil. The carrier member and associated implantable device are fed through a body vessel to a target location, where the device is disengaged from the engagement member. The compressible portion then moves from the compressed condition to an elongated condition to completely separate the implantable device from the engagement member.
US08062312B2
The invention, in various embodiments, provides systems, devices, and methods for treating urinary incontinence.The invention also provides a driver and methods for advancing needles, cannulas, and other medical devices through the pubic bone. The driver may be used in connection with a driver frame assembly for proper positioning and stabilization of the driver, and with other devices for creating a cavity in the urethral floor and for positioning medical devices therein. The invention also provides simple connections for attaching a suture to a device within the cavity in the urethral floor or in the vagina, and also for attaching sutures to the pubic bone.
US08062311B2
An apparatus for applying clips to tissue, comprises a plurality of clips, each of the clips including a proximal end having a pair of opposed jaws and a distal end including a linking feature, where the clips are linked to one another to form a clip chain with a linking feature of a distal-most one of the clips being gripped between the jaws of an immediately proximal one of the clips and a control linkage coupled to a proximal-most one of the clips for applying tension and compression to the clip chain in combination with a magazine containing the clip chain, the magazine including an abutment surface sized to prevent passage distally therebeyond of a clip having received between its jaws a linking feature of an immediately distal clip and an opening location within which the jaws of a clip are permitted to open to release a linking feature therefrom.
US08062307B2
Devices and methods for removing an obstruction from a blood vessel are described. The devices are deployed in a collapsed condition and are then expanded within the body. The devices are then manipulated to engage and remove the obstruction.
US08062305B2
A surgical portal apparatus for permitting introduction of a surgical object within tissue includes a portal member defining a longitudinal axis and having leading and trailing ends. The portal member includes an outer wall defining a longitudinal opening dimensioned for reception of a surgical object. At least one projection is disposed on the outer wall of the portal member and extends in at least a radial direction relative to the longitudinal axis. The at least one projection is dimensioned and configured for engaging tissue to resist movement of the portal member within tissue. The at least one projection defines a recess for receiving tissue portions adjacent thereto. A plurality of projections is spaced about the outer wall of the portal member. At least two of the projections are circumferentially spaced relative to the longitudinal axis and/or at least two of the projections are longitudinally spaced relative to the longitudinal axis.
US08062302B2
Disclosed herein are methods, compositions and tools for repairing articular surfaces repair materials and for repairing an articular surface. The articular surface repairs are customizable or highly selectable by patient and geared toward providing optimal fit and function. The surgical tools are designed to be customizable or highly selectable by patient to increase the speed, accuracy and simplicity of performing total or partial arthroplasty.
US08062301B2
A method for performing a high tibial, dome osteotomy to adjust the lateral and/or angular disposition of the tibial plateau relative to the lower portion of the tibia, the method comprising: forming an arcuate osteotomy cut in the tibia to subdivide it into upper and lower portions; manipulating the upper and lower portions to adjust their lateral and/or angular dispositions relative to one another; forming a pair of keyholes along the osteotomy cut; forming a keyhole slot to connect the two keyholes; forming a fixation hole in the tibia for each keyhole; providing an implant comprising a pair of keys connected by a bridge, each key comprising a bore for receiving a fixation screw therein; inserting the implant so that the keys are disposed in the keyholes, and so that the bores of the keys are aligned with the fixation holes; and inserting fixation screws through the bores of the keys and into the fixation holes of the keyholes so as to stabilize the upper and lower portions of the tibia.
US08062300B2
A device for modifying tissue in a patient may include: an elongate body having a rigid proximal portion and a flexible distal portion having first and second major surfaces; a proximal handle coupled with the proximal portion of the body; one or more tissue modifying members disposed along the first major surface of the distal portion of the body; a guidewire coupled with and extending from the distal portion of the body; and a distal handle removably couplable with the guidewire outside the patient.
US08062298B2
A device for modifying tissue in a patient may include: an elongate body having a rigid proximal portion and a flexible distal portion having first and second major surfaces; a proximal handle coupled with the proximal portion of the body; one or more tissue modifying members disposed along the first major surface of the distal portion of the body; a guidewire coupled with and extending from the distal portion of the body; and a distal handle removably couplable with the guidewire outside the patient.
US08062293B2
A ball joint for use with an external fixator has a sleeve in engagement with a rod of a strut for the external fixator. A ring insert and a blocking element are provided, having a combined circumferential surface being able to be introduced into a hole of a ring of an external fixator. The ring insert and blocking element have complementary wedge surfaces allowing a relative radial displacement therebetween to enlarge the diameter of the combined circumferential surface for blocking the ball joint inside the hole. Additionally the sleeve comprises a spherical hollow ball portion with concentrical inner and outer spherical portions, wherein the outer spherical portion engages a complementary spherical socket of the blocking element and wherein the inner spherical portion is engaged by a ball nut. A connection element extends through the sleeve, blocking element and ring insert, wherein a radial displacement and axial displacement of the ring insert and blocking element are activated by the connection element.
US08062291B2
An electrosurgical return electrode is disclosed. The return electrode includes a return electrode pad having a patient-contacting surface configured to conduct electrosurgical energy and a sensor circuit coupled to the return electrode pad. The sensor circuit is configured to monitor at least one of a return electrode pad property and a tissue property to generate sensor data. The return electrode also includes a control circuit coupled to the return electrode pad and to the sensor circuit. The control circuits configured to receive and process sensor data from the sensor circuit and relay the processed sensor data to an electrosurgical energy source.
US08062287B2
The invention relates to a device comprising an ingestible capsule which measures at least one body parameter and starts a drug release program upon predefined changes in the body parameter.
US08062286B2
A system in accordance with embodiments of the present invention includes a cannula interconnected to a collection vessel by a flexible conduit. The collection vessel can comprise one or more syringe bodies. The syringe bodies are provided with tissue removed from a body using the cannula by a tissue transfer channel. As a result, multiple syringe bodies can be loaded with tissue, without requiring manual handling of that tissue. Alternatively or in addition, a collection bag can be provided for receiving tissue removed from a body using a cannula. The tissue collection bag can include a filter. A collection vessel comprising a collection bag can be used in combination with a collection vessel comprising one or more syringe bodies.
US08062280B2
A port assembly includes a housing with an opening and a bore therethrough, a slit septum disposed in the bore to control access through the opening, a base joined to the housing and having a membrane attached thereto, a perforator having a first end abutting the slit septum and a second end aligned with the membrane, and a resilient member disposed between the perforator and the base. The port assembly may be used in a fluid container that includes a receptacle for retaining a fluid, and at least one conduit in communication with the receptacle. The at least one conduit may be defined, at least in part, by the port assembly.
US08062279B2
The present invention is directed to a disposable absorbent article. The disposable absorbent article has a longitudinal centerline, a lateral centerline, an outer surface and an inner surface. The absorbent article is folded before use along the lateral direction. The disposable absorbent article comprises a liquid pervious topsheet, a liquid impervious backsheet, an absorbent core disposed therebetween, and an elasticized outer leg cuff. The elasticized outer leg cuff is disposed adjacent to a longitudinal side edge of the absorbent article. The elasticized outer leg cuff has a base and a gasket cuff supported by the base at a joint of the base to the gasket cuff. The gasket cuff is provided with elasticity and has a top gasket cuff surface, an inner cuff extending laterally inwardly from the joint and an outer cuff extending laterally outwardly from the joint. Before use of the absorbent article, the elasticized outer leg cuff is folded laterally inwardly onto the inner surface of the absorbent article such that the top gasket cuff surface faces upwardly.
US08062274B2
The invention relates to a system for withdrawing body fluid from a body part via a withdrawal site located on the surface of the body part, with at least one sensor for detecting at least one variable dependent on the location or state of the withdrawal site, and with an evaluation unit for evaluating the at least one variable detected by the at least one sensor and for triggering a reaction, dependent on the value of the detected variable, in the system for withdrawing body fluid, said reaction serving to prepare the system for puncturing the surface of the body part, and with at least one puncturing device for creating an opening in the body at the withdrawal site. The invention further relates to an integrated analysis system, to a method for configuring a system for withdrawal of body fluid, and to a method for selecting a menu item from a menu for controlling a system for withdrawing body fluid from a body part.
US08062273B2
A wound treatment apparatus is provided for treating tissue damage, which comprises a fluid impermeable wound cover sealed over a site for purposes of applying a reduced pressure to the site. The apparatus also includes a cover with protrusions on its surface for purposes of monitoring pressure at the site. An absorbable matrix may be placed in the site of a wound to encourage tissue growth into the matrix. Temperature of the site may be monitored using a layer of temperature sensitive material and temperature sensors connected to an alarm and recording device. A vacuum pump supplies suction within the wound cover over the treatment site. A portable version of the wound treatment apparatus is also provided. Finally, a method for treating wounds using reduced pressure is provided.
US08062265B2
A device for selectively protecting a needle includes an adapter holding the needle and a guard engaging the adapter for relative movement therebetween. Further, the device includes a means for guiding movement between the adapter and the guard. Structurally, the guiding means includes a “V” shaped slot in the guard and a radially-extending boss on the adapter. The boss is received in the slot to limit relative movement between the guard and the adapter. Specifically, in a first position of the device, the boss is in a first leg of the slot and the needle partially extends beyond the guard. In a second position, the boss is held at the apex of the slot and the needle fully extends beyond the guard. In a third position, the boss is in the second leg of the slot and the needle is retracted into the guard to protect the needle.
US08062262B2
An extravascular system may include a fluid path and a gas vent in communication with the fluid path. A method of venting a medical device may include providing a closed extravascular system having a fluid path, providing a gas vent in communication with the fluid path, venting gas from the extravascular system through the gas vent, and maintaining closure of the extravascular system during and after venting.
US08062257B2
An improved pump, reservoir and reservoir piston are provided for controlled delivery of fluids. A motor is operably coupled to a drive member, such as a drive screw, which is adapted to advance a plunger slide in response to operation of the motor. The plunger slide is removably coupled to the piston. A method, system, and an article of manufacture for automatically detecting an occlusion in a medication infusion pump is provided. The electrical current to an infusion pump is measured. Based on a series of measurements of one or more variables, the infusion pump detects whether there is an occlusion in the system.
US08062254B2
Embodiments disclosed herein generally describe a medication delivery system. The medication delivery system includes a barrel, a plunger assembly, a dosage selection device, and a force producing element. The plunger assembly is disposed within the barrel. The force producing element can force the plunger assembly from the barrel. The user can select one or two or more dosages with a dosage selection device. The user selects the dosage; then the medication delivery system delivers the same dosage repeatedly. Further, with the force producing element, the user need only depress the plunger assembly into the barrel and does not need to extract the plunger assembly. This allows the user to use only one hand with the medication delivery system.
US08062253B2
A medical device is provided comprising a transcutaneous device unit and a reservoir unit. The transcutaneous device unit comprises a transcutaneous device for transporting a fluid through a skin portion of a subject, and a mounting surface adapted for application to the skin of the subject. The reservoir unit comprises a reservoir adapted to contain a fluid drug, the reservoir comprising an outlet means allowing the transcutaneous device to be arranged in fluid communication with an interior of the reservoir, and an expelling assembly for expelling a fluid drug out of the reservoir and through the skin of the subject via the transcutaneous device. The transcutaneous device unit and the reservoir unit further comprise coupling means allowing the reservoir unit to be secured to the transcutaneous device unit in the situation of use. By this arrangement a two-unit system is provided which can be used in a convenient and cost-effective manner.
US08062243B2
An orthotic device for a joint of the human body, at which a body part pivots, includes first, second and third members. A first connection joins the first member and the second member and defines a first axis about which the first member and the second member pivot through an adjustable range of angular motion. A second connection joins the second member and the third member, defines a second axis substantially parallel to the first axis about which the second member and the third member pivot through a second range of angular motion, and includes a limit to plantar flexion about the second axis.
US08062242B2
A hinge assembly is provided for an orthopedic knee brace. The knee brace includes upper and lower support arms. The hinge assembly includes a hinge plate and first and second gear members pivotally connected to the hinge plate. The first gear member is coupled for rotation with the upper support arm and has an articulation surface adjacent a surface of the upper support arm. The second gear member is coupled for rotation with the lower support arm and has an articulation surface adjacent a surface of the lower support arm. The hinge assembly allows medial/lateral articulation of the upper and lower support arms in a plane substantially perpendicular to a plane of rotation of the first and second gear members.
US08062240B2
The present invention relates to a massage device. In one embodiment, the massage device includes a massage assembly and a transmission assembly for driving the massage assembly to provide massage effects. The massage assembly include a pair of massage members. Each massage member has a driving member having an eccentric wheel and an eccentric block, a massage bracket engaged with the driving member and a plurality of massage heads attached to the massage bracket.
US08062235B2
The present invention relates to a health monitoring device for measuring blood or tissue indicators and a strip cassette. The device comprises a body having first and second openings, a piercing means being connected to the body and having a piercing head, the piercing means being arranged to extend from the first opening and cockable and releasable for piercing the skin with the piercing head, and a space, into which a number of sensor strips can be arranged so that the strips can be brought out from the body one at a time. The device further comprises a shutter that is functionally connected to the body and has a first position arranged to tightly close the first and second openings, and a second position for allowing one sensor strip to be pushed from the first opening into sampling position and for exposing the first and second openings.
US08062219B2
An apparatus, and related method, for determining one or more association variables is described. The apparatus includes at least one processor, at least one memory, and at least one program module stored in the memory configured to be executed by the processor. The program module includes instructions for selecting a subset of temporal onsets in a set of temporal onsets, instructions for determining a statistical relationship between the subset of temporal onsets and a pattern of occurrence of a variable, and instructions for identifying the variable as a migraine variable in accordance with the statistical relationship. The subset of temporal onsets includes one or more onsets corresponding to one or more migraines experienced by at least one individual, and the set of temporal onsets includes the subset of temporal onsets and one or more temporal onsets corresponding to one or more additional headaches experienced by at least the one individual.
US08062213B2
An endoscope has a shaft having a distal end, the distal end terminates in an endoscope head having at least one light inlet and at least one channel for passing a flushing medium, the endoscope head having a body, a segment of the body being able to be detached from the body, the segment having a deflecting element arranged at a distance in front of a mouth of the at least one channel for passing the flushing medium, the deflecting element serves for guiding the flushing medium emerging the channel towards the light inlet, the segment being received captively and in a defined position on the body and being secured thereon by means of a holder.
US08062210B2
An encapsulated endoscope system in accordance with the present invention comprises: an encapsulated endoscope that rotates to develop a thrust; a controller that moves the encapsulated endoscope in an intended direction of advancement; an imaging unit incorporated in the encapsulated endoscope; and an image processing unit that receives image data sent from the imaging unit, and produces an image, which results from rotation of the received image data, according to the rotational phase of the encapsulated endoscope.
US08062206B2
An apparatus for repairing cystocele including an adjustable support member, a pair of superior support arms continuously knitted with said support member, and a pair of inferior support arms continuously knitted with said support member, wherein the distance between the pair of superior support arms and pair of inferior support arms can be increased or decreased by modifying the shape of the support member.
US08062201B2
A sheet finishing apparatus includes first and second conveyance devices for conveying a sheet on a sheet conveyance path, a folding roller device for folding the sheet disposed between the first and second conveyance devices, a folded sheet conveyance path for conveying a folded sheet from the folding roller device, and first and second stopper devices. The first and second stopper devices are respectively disposed downstream and upstream of the sheet conveyance path relative to the folding roller device. The first stopper device positions and aligns a leading edge of the sheet, and guides the sheet conveyed by the first conveyance device to the folding roller device, and the second stopper device positions and aligns a trailing edge of the sheet, and transfers the sheet reversely by the second conveyance device to the folding roller device.
US08062194B2
The present invention is directed to an ergonomic exercise sash which is contoured to fit a torso of a user. Weight members may be placed in a plurality of pockets of the sash to increase the resistance and intensity of exercise.
US08062192B1
A portable stationary bicycle trainer comprises a main frame having a top end and a bottom end and having handlebars attached to the top end thereof. A support member having a first end and a second end is connected at its first end to the main frame. A plurality of pedals are rotatably engaged to the main frame at a position adjacent to the first end of the support member. An arcuately shaped base having varied topography that simulates outdoor variable-grade terrain is connected to the bottom end of the main frame and the second end of the support member. The portable stationary bicycle trainer simultaneously provides the user with leg exercise and core muscle strength training.
US08062190B2
A stationary exercise bicycle including a base frame, a seat supporting assembly, a seat assembly being movably mounted on the seat supporting assembly to be guided along a path inclined at a selected angle related to the ground surface. The stationary exercise bicycle further comprises an assistance member attached to the seat assembly for providing an elevation force for a seat position adjustment. The present invention provides a stationary exercise bicycle with a benefit of quick, easy and convenient seat position adjustment, a benefit of grabbing a heart rate grip or touching a control console comfortably, a benefit of reducing abdomen compression of a user, and a benefit of an elevation force for assisting a seat position adjustment.
US08062186B2
An exercise machine includes a pair of support members having front ends connected to a crank unit for turning along with the crank unit and rear ends moving along a reciprocating path due to the guidance of a pair of guide members. A pair of foot members are each mounted on the respective support member. Each foot member moves through a substantially elliptical path, and each foot member at least partially overhangs the other foot member during at least a portion of travel along the substantially elliptical path.
US08062185B2
An exercise device includes one or more foot supports movable along an arcuate path defined around a point of rotation. The arcuate path is divisible into machine defined user selectable arc segments and the movement of the foot support(s) is limited to the machine defined user selected arc segment. The exercise device can include a frame, a linkage movably engaged with the frame, a foot support movably engaged with the linkage, a crank arm movably engaged with the frame, a motor operative to move the crank arm location with respect to the frame, and a drive linkage movably engaging the linkage.
US08062179B2
Method for exiting an engine-idle driving mode in a heavy land vehicle having an automatic transmission. The engine-idle driving mode is established in the vehicle when the engine is running substantially constantly at idle speed and a gear is engaged propelling the vehicle at a corresponding substantially constant, relatively slow vehicle speed. The method includes receiving a driver request, when in engine-idle driving mode, to accelerate from the prevailing substantially constant, relatively slow vehicle speed. The engine torque requirement is assessed for delivering the requested acceleration that can be developed from the engine while maintaining the automatic transmission in the same gear in which engine-idle driving is taking place. The requested acceleration is delivered by increasing the engine's torque output and without downshifting the automatic transmission.
US08062167B2
The present invention relates to a carrier cup of a planet carrier that improves strength thereof and reduces noise occurring in an automatic transmission by changing an interior circumferential shape of a leg. The carrier cup of a planet carrier according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention at which pinion gears are mounted such that the pinion gears are rotatably supported thereby may include a carrier plate provided with a carrier hole for mounting a carrier shaft and a plurality of pinion holes for mounting the pinion gears, and a plurality of legs extending perpendicularly from one side surface of the carrier plate, wherein radial thickness of the leg is changed along a circumferential direction thereof.
US08062164B2
Multi-stage transmission having six or seven forward gears and three reverse gears comprises three planetary gear sets (P1, P2, P3), six rotatable shafts (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6), as well as six shifting elements (03, 04, 13, 14, 15, 35, 36, 46), whereby the shaft (1) is permanently connected to input element (An) and to the sun gear of the second planetary gear set (P2), the shaft (2) is permanently connected to the output element (Ab) and the ring gear of the third planetary gear set (P3), the shaft (3) is permanently connected to the ring gear of the second planetary gear set (P2), the shaft (4) is permanently connected to the web of the third planetary gear set (P3), the shaft (5) is permanently connected to the ring gear of the first planetary gear set (P1), to the web of the second planetary gear set (P2), and to the sun gear of the third planetary gear set (P3), the shaft (6) is permanently connected to the web of the first planetary gear set (P1), whereby the sun gear of the first planetary gear set (P1) is connected torque-proof to a transmission housing (G), whereby the shafts (3), (4) can be connected via a brake (03, 04) to a transmission housing (G), and whereby the clutch (14) detachably connects the shaft (1) to the shaft (4), the clutch (36) detachably connects the shaft (3) to the shaft (6), the clutch (46) detachably connects the shaft (4) to the shaft (6), and whereby a further clutch (35, 13, 15) is provided, via which the shaft (3) is detachably connected to the shaft (5), the shaft (1) is detachably connected to the shaft (3), or the shaft (1) is detachably connected to the shaft (5).
US08062143B1
A sand bunker construction having different porous layers that are built up upon the ground and internal drainage. The first layer is a layer of aggregate. The aggregate is gravel having an aggregate size large enough to avoid displacement from rain and irrigation spray. A porous matrix is placed upon the first layer. The porous matrix is made from gravel aggregate that is coated with a binding agent, such as asphalt, tar, or cement. The binding agent is added in amounts only sufficient to bind the aggregate. The result is a porous matrix having numerous voids between the various pieces of aggregate. A covering of sand is applied over the porous matrix. The sand fills the top voids in the porous matrix and buries the porous matrix. Due to the rough texture and porosity of the porous matrix, the porous matrix holds the sand in place and greatly inhibits erosion.
US08062142B2
A collaborative play toy generally includes a plurality of satellite assemblies capable of a first movement and a second movement, and a center assembly coupled to the plurality of satellite assemblies. The center assembly is configured to move in response to the first movement of a first satellite assembly and to create a second movement in a second satellite assembly.
US08062141B2
A metal clinch fastener has portions thereof selectively hardened to enable use of the fastener with metal members of differing hardness values. The selective hardening of the fastener enables mounting with application of required forces for piercing and/or plastic deformation of the metal member without undesirable deformation or distortion of the fastener. The screw thread region or zone of the fastener has a relatively lesser hardness suitable and may be pre-threaded or later threaded by engagement with a thread forming screw.
US08062139B2
A fixed constant velocity universal joint with eight balls achieves improvement in cage strength by increasing a smallest outer diameter of a cage and improvement in joint strength at a high operating angle by ensuring required inner spherical area and spherical surface angle in an outer member regardless of the smallest outer diameter of the cage. In the fixed constant velocity joint of the present invention, among eight frontal sections adjacent to an inner spherical surface on an outer member opening side, present between adjacent ball grooves formed on the inner spherical surface, and forming a smallest inner diameter of an outer member opening, any one or any two mutually opposing frontal sections are retracted from the smallest inner diameter in an outward radius direction by a distance required to allow insertion of the cage through the one or two frontal sections (cylindrical surfaces or planar surfaces) in a state in which a cage axial line is perpendicular to an outer member axial line.
US08062138B2
A torsional vibration damper includes a primary element with at least one primary driver, a secondary element with at least one secondary driver, at least one spring device between the primary and secondary drivers for resiliently elastic coupling of the primary and secondary elements, and at least one end block arranged on an end side of the spring device. The primary element is rotatable relative to the secondary element from a neutral position into a first position, in which the primary driver is supported only on the spring device, and from the first position onward into a second position, in which the primary driver is supported on the spring device and on the end block. In the first and second positions of the primary element, torque of the torsional vibration damper can be transmitted exclusively directly between the primary driver and spring device.
US08062133B2
The position of a mobile gaming object within a video gaming environment is determined using at least one combined Radio Frequency (RF) signal. Each combined RF signal includes at least a pair of RF signals that have a known relationship therebetween. Based on signal information representative of properties of the combined RF signal as received and the known relationship, respective distances between the mobile gaming object and a plurality of transmitter/receivers can be determined. The position of the mobile gaming object within the video gaming environment is then determined from the distances.
US08062131B2
In the state where a card having a hole or a cut-out portion of a predetermined shape is placed on a touch panel of a game apparatus, a player performs an input operation along the hole or the cut-out portion. Then, the input operation is detected. It is determined whether or not the input operation on the touch panel has been performed using the card, based on the detected input track and determination information for determining whether or not the input operation has been performed along the hole or cut-out portion of the card which is placed on the touch panel. In accordance with the determination result, an event is generated. Thus, a novel input system, as a combination of a touch panel and a card, for generating an event which influences the progress of the game is realized.
US08062113B2
Of a region in a tabular form having a plurality of entries and squares related to the entries, a portion thereof including a square designated by a player is displayed on a screen. Next, information about an entry related to the designated square is obtained. The obtained entry is displayed in association with a display position of the designated square.
US08062108B2
A self-closing vent intended for use in attics, crawl spaces, joist cavities, exterior walls, interior walls, or other structural element which allows for the free flow of air from outside a building to interior spaces during normal use. The vent includes a damper blade pivotally connected to, and disposed within, the vent housing, which is held in an open position by a temperature sensitive fusible link. Two, and preferably three, permanent magnets provide the force for driving the damper blade into a closed and locked position. A first magnet disposed in a side of the vent housing and a second magnet disposed on the damper blade are disposed with opposing (repelling) polarities when the damper blade is held in the open position. A third magnet disposed proximate the back of the vent housing is oriented so as to attract the magnet disposed on the damper blade. Thus, when the fusible link is broken by high temperatures, the first magnet propels the damper blade toward the closed position, and the third magnet attracts the damper blade to assist in putting it into a fully closed position. The third magnet and second magnet then cooperate to effect a secure closure, which is supplemented by mechanical locks disposed in the vent housing.
US08062100B2
A water supplying device of a hand-held power tool has a water-conveying line and a valve arrangement arranged in the line for controlling the water flow through the line. The valve arrangement has a control valve with a valve body adjustable across a positioning travel. The opening cross-section of the control valve, as a function of the positioning travel, has a progressive characteristic line. An arrangement for actuating the water supplying device has an actuator that is separate from additional control elements of the power tool.
US08062099B2
It is an object of the invention to provide an effective technique for improving the gripping characteristics in a hand-held power tool. To solve the problem, a representative power tool is provided to include a motor that drives a tool bit, a cylindrical housing that houses the motor, a motor actuating parts that actuates the motor, a cylindrical cover that is connected to one end of the housing in its longitudinal direction and houses the motor actuating parts. A grip to be held by a user of the power tool is defined by the housing and the cylindrical cover. A plurality of projections are formed on the outer surface of the grip in a circumferential direction of the grip and that each projection extends between the housing and the cover in the longitudinal direction of the power tool.
US08062097B2
A method of grinding a workpiece with a grinding wheel is provided wherein the shape of the wheel is distorted in a predetermined manner during grinding by changing the speed of rotation of the wheel. This deformation of the wheel during grinding is employed to impart a desired shape to the surface of the workpiece. A grinding wheel is also provided which is asymmetric in side view to adapt it for use in accordance with the method.
US08062083B2
A line cutter 1 is fitted at a propeller 2 on a shaft 3 carried in a stern tube 4. Clamped to the shaft immediately in front of the propeller is a rotatable cutting blade unit 11 comprising a split hub 12, having two halves 121, 122, one of which carries one rotating blade 14 and the other of which carries two further blades 15. Bolts 16 clamp the halves to the shaft. A split collar 17 is clamped together and to the hub by bolts 17a at a machined groove 17b in the hub to provide a location groove 18 for a stationary cutting blade unit 21. This assembly has a single blade 22 integral with a half ring 23. A second half ring 24 is clipped by interlocking formations 23a, 23b to the first half ring. The two half rings are accommodated in the location groove 18, with the interposition of thrust washers 18a, 18b.
US08062079B2
The invention relates to a connector clamp having a housing and a current bar disposed thereon, and having a receiving unit for receiving a conductor, and having a clamping unit with a clamping spring held in the housing for clamping the conductor against the current bar in order to conduct an inserted conductor to the current bar in an electrically conductive manner. An activation unit is provided that acts on the clamping spring in order to open the clamping unit. The activation unit is provided with an indicator unit for indicating a clamping state of the clamping unit. The activation unit is coupled in terms of movement to the clamping unit. The receiving unit is disposed spatially between a fixed section of the clamping spring and the activation unit so that the indicator unit indicates the clamping state of the clamping unit independently of the spatial position of the housing.
US08062077B2
Provided is a push-type connector having a structure for preventing an operational error of a lever member of the connector by an operator. A first operating part 35a of a first lever member 3a at a first position is positioned anterior to a second operating part 35b of a second lever member 3b at a third position, in relation to the pushing direction of the lever. Further, first operating part 35a of first lever member 3a projects further than second operating part 35b of second lever member 3b in the direction toward the front end of the lever or the operator side. Therefore, second lever member 3b is not likely to be an obstacle to the operation of first lever member 3a, and first lever member 3a is not likely to be an obstacle to the operation of second lever member 3b.
US08062075B2
A power connector includes a main body, a first conductive terminal, a second conductive terminal, a third conductive terminal, and an insulating separation member. The first conductive terminal, the second conductive terminal and the third conductive terminal are disposed within the main body and arranged in a non-parallel manner. The insulating separation member is disposed within the main body, and arranged between the first conductive terminal, the second conductive terminal and the third conductive terminal for separating at least two of the first conductive terminal, the second conductive terminal and the third conductive terminal from each other.
US08062069B2
A spark free connector that includes a case with removable end covers, each end cover having at least one cable gland; an internal board disposed inside the case and including a first connector connected to a line and a return line, and a second connector serially connected to the line and the return line via a magnetically switchable reed switch; and a magnet that is movable relative to the reed switch to magnetically operate the reed switch.
US08062057B1
Disclosed herein is a branch connecting structure for a hoistway cable. The structure includes a hoistway cable having a plurality of communication wires in a sheath. A branch cable connects each communication wire to a hall button or an indicator. A terminal block covers a first surface of the hoistway cable, and includes wire terminal members integrally having an input terminal and an output terminal. A branch block covers a first surface of the branch cable, and includes branch terminal members integrally having an input terminal and an output terminal. A first support block covers a second surface of the hoistway cable, and is compressed against the terminal block to be coupled thereto. A second support block covers a second surface of the branch cable, and is compressed against the branch block to be coupled thereto. A cover covers outer circumferences of the terminal block and the branch block.
US08062051B2
An electrical communication system includes at least one electrical connector system that includes a header connector configured to mate with a receptacle connector through a back panel. The connector system includes a latch that releasably mates the header and receptacle connectors. The receptacle connector is mounted to a substrate, such as a printed circuit board, and the header connector is connected to a power cable assembly. The power cable assembly includes a faston that electrically connects a power cable to the electrical contacts of the header connector.
US08062049B2
A connector assembly for mating with a multi-port electrical connector includes a shielded housing having a plurality of discrete shielded plug chambers and a plurality of plugs received in corresponding plug chambers. Each of the plugs are shielded from one another by the shielded housing, and the plugs are configured for simultaneous mating with the multi-port electrical connector, wherein each plug is received in a different port of the electrical connector. The connector assembly also includes a latch assembly coupled to the shielded housing. The latch assembly engages the shielded housing and is configured to engage the multi-port electrical connector to electrically common the shielded housing and the multi-port electrical connector.
US08062047B1
A connector soldered to a PCB has an insulating housing of which two opposite ends are recessed to form a pair of holding recesses, terminals mounted in the insulating housing with soldering portions projected out of a bottom of the insulating housing, a supporting member and a positioning member. The supporting member has a base slice having a bottom thereof extending horizontally to form a supporting slice which has a through slot and a pair of receiving slots. The positioning member has two soldering portions soldered with the PCB and a linking portion of inverted-U shape connecting the two soldering portions. The linking portion has two arms inserted in the corresponding receiving slots. The height of the linking portion is bigger than the thickness of the supporting slice to form intervals between the supporting slice and the positioning member to achieve an up-and-down movement of the positioning member.
US08062045B2
A cover/boot and a system of covers/boots for placement in sealed relation over a connector or pair of connectors that is or are adapted to terminate a cable or splice together a pair of cables, preferably cables that carry signals received by a receiving apparatus on a cell tower. The covers include a cable end that sealingly receives a cable therein, an elongated body that provides secure cover to a cable connector, and an end that abuts a bulkhead or sealingly engages with a second cover when used in a splicing application.
US08062044B2
A port terminator includes an outer nut, which may be either electrically conductive or non-electrically conductive, and an electrically conductive ground insert. A portion of the ground insert captures a ground portion of a termination resistor, while a deformable portion of the ground insert makes electrical contact with a connection end of an equipment port when the port terminator is screwed onto the equipment port. The deformable portion can take the form of a flexible brim or a plurality of petals. The petals preferably alternate between flat petals and biased petals. The ground insert permits the port terminator to make a uniform RF seal on an equipment port even with a range of tightening torques.
US08062042B2
An electrified framework system for bringing power and/or signal to electrically powered devices is provided. The system includes at least one longitudinally extending electrified bus bar. The bus bar has a housing which includes a pair of conductors positioned therein. Each conductor has a mating surface which provides a continuous conductive path for attachment of devices. The system also includes a means to bring electricity to the conductors without interfering with the mating surface of the conductors and thereby creating an unavailable point for electrical connection.
US08062033B2
Endodontic instruments for use in performing root canal therapy on a tooth are disclosed. In one form, the instruments include an elongate shank having a cutting edge extending from a distal end of the shank along an axial length of the shank. The shank comprises a titanium alloy, and the shank is prepared by heat-treating the shank at a temperature above 25° C. in an atmosphere consisting essentially of a gas unreactive with the shank. In another form, the endodontic instruments have an elongate shank having a cutting edge extending from a distal end of the shank along an axial length of the shank. The shank consists essentially of a titanium alloy selected from alpha-titanium alloys, beta-titanium alloys, and alpha-beta-titanium alloys. The instruments solve the problems encountered when cleaning and enlarging a curved root canal.
US08062032B2
Described herein are various embodiments of an apparatus, system, and method for maxillo-mandibular fixation. For example, according to one representative embodiment, an apparatus for maxillo-mandibular fixation includes a plurality of connectors, a fixation belt, and a release. The connectors include one or more anchors configured to attach to bone and a fixation belt attachment. The fixation belt includes a plurality of fasteners each fastener attachable to a fixation belt attachment and a flexible mesh disposed between the plurality of fasteners. The release is disposed on the fixation belt and has an engaged position restricting movement between the plurality of fasteners and a disengaged position allowing movement between the plurality of fasteners.
US08062031B2
An orthodontic appliance including labial and lingual bodies having teeth-contacting surfaces for acting against targeted anterior teeth of a patient and associated labial and lingual components incorporating spring-loaded biasing means for causing the labial and lingual bodies to act in generally opposed directions and in unison against the surfaces of the targeted anterior teeth. Bands for attaching the appliance to molars and a lingual support component also are provided. The foregoing is applied to a fixed spring aligner, a habit appliance and a bonded crossbite appliance, as well as appliances having new and improved labial and lingual components. The habit appliance includes a labial component to pull anterior teeth into an ideal position, and the aligner and crossbite appliances include labial and lingual components for applying corrective forces to the respective labial and lingual surfaces of the anterior teeth.
US08062027B2
The industrial burner comprising a mixing chamber, which is provided with at least one opening into a furnace room, through which opening at least a partially-mixed fuel flow from the mixing chamber dispenses into the furnace room during operation. A combustion air supplier, through which the mixing chamber is supplied with combustion air during operation, and a fuel supplier, with which fuel is introduced into the mixing chamber, are provided. The fuel supplier can switch between a first and a second operation state, wherein in the first operation state, fuel is introduced into the mixing chamber at a first angle, and in the second operation state, fuel is introduced into the mixing chamber at substantially the same axial position with respect to the opening as in the first operation state and at a second angle with respect to the axial direction of the mixing chamber.
US08062016B2
An injection molded article with which a sheet-like material, such as a decorative sheet, is integrated is manufactured without causing damage to the sheet-like material. A molten resin injected into a mold cavity, passes smoothly a peripheral edge of the mold cavity, and flows into a groove portion without accumulating in the vicinity of the peripheral edge. When cooling the molten resin, the temperature of the molten resin in the groove decreases more quickly than the temperature of the molten resin in the mold cavity, because the volume of the groove portion is smaller. As a result, the viscosity of the molten resin in the groove portion and in the vicinity of the peripheral edge of the mold cavity is increased rapidly, preventing a further volume of the molten resin from flowing into the groove portion. The sheet-like material in the vicinity of the peripheral edge is covered by the resinous material of diminished fluidity and protected against exposure to heat and/or pressure of the molten resin.
US08062012B2
An apparatus and a method for changing the shape of seals is provided. The apparatus includes an elastomer member that applies force onto the seal to change the size of the seal. An embodiment of the invention includes returning the seal to its original diameter by deforming the elastomer that is positioned about at least a portion of the seal.
US08061996B2
A blade for a wind turbine includes a total backward twist of between approximately 6 degrees and approximately 15 degrees between an outer approximately 1 percent to 10 percent of a rotor radius of the blade; and an approximate planform distribution within the following ranges r/Rc/R(LE)c/R(TE) .960.60 to 0.65%−1.42 to −1.34% .9680.54 to 0.59%−1.31 to −1.34% .9740.39 to 0.58%−1.36 to −1.22% .98060.13 to 0.57%−1.45 to −1.06% .9856−0.23 to 0.56% −1.56 to −0.74% .9906−0.76 to 0.55% −1.74 to −0.24% .9956−1.44 to 0.54% −1.99 to 0.23% 1.00−2.17 to 0.54% −2.27 to 0.44% where “r/R” is an approximate normalized distance outward from a center of rotation of the blade along a span of the blade; and “c/R(LE)” and “c/R(TE)” are approximate relative positions of a leading (LE) and trailing edge (TE) of a chord “c” expressed as a percentage of a distance outward from the center of rotation at each r/R.
US08061992B2
A rigid hydraulic control shaft for conveying a fluid from a hydraulic valve to a hydraulic chamber of a propeller comprises a main segment. The main segment has a hollow rigid outer tube and a solid rigid inner bar. The inner bar has an outer periphery and at least one longitudinal groove disposed along the outer periphery. The outer periphery is configured to move in rotation and translation with an inner periphery of the outer tube. The main segment is configured to move in rotation and in translation with a piston disposed adjacent to the hydraulic chamber.
US08061991B2
A rotorcraft blade is provided with a rigid attachment filler (1) and with a spar (40) that extends from a root (51) of the blade to a free end (52) of the blade, the attachment filler (1) having top, bottom, front, rear, left side, and right side faces (2, 3, 4, 5, 7, and 6). The spar (40) then includes a succession of fiber layers (31, 32, 33) that hold the attachment filler (1) captive at the root (51) of the blade, the spar (40) being secured to the top, bottom, front, rear, and left side faces (2, 3, 4, 5, and 7) of the attachment filler (1).
US08061986B2
A wind turbine blade has a suction side surface and a pressure side surface. A plurality of dynamic vortex elements are formed on at least one of the suction side or the pressure side surfaces. The vortex elements are activatable between a first retracted position that is inwardly recessed relative to a neutral plane of the surface on which they are formed and a second extended position that is outwardly protruding relative to the neutral plane of the surface.
US08061981B2
In a blade intended to be exposed to a gas flow at high speed during operation of a flow machine comprising the blade, the blade includes a front end designed to face towards the incoming gas flow and a rear end. The front end is provided with a concave area that is such that during operation a stagnation point for the incoming gas flow arises at a distance in front of an outer blade surface that defines the concave area and such that the outer blade surface is thereby at least partially protected from the incoming gas flow.
US08061972B2
A closure device for a compressor having at least one access opening, wherein the closure device includes a plug portion disposeable at least partially within and configured to substantially obstruct the at least one access opening, a head portion having a shoulder surface extending generally radially outwardly with respect to the plug portion, wherein the head portion is generally disposeable against an inner surface of the compressor and configured to maintain the plug portion disposed within the at least one access opening during compressor operation, and a retainer member having a bracket engageable with an outer surface of the compressor and a threaded rod extending between the bracket and the plug portion, wherein the retainer member is configured to retain the plug portion disposed within the at least one access opening.
US08061965B2
A ring structure with a metal design for a moving blade of axially flowed through compressor and turbine stages, particularly in gas turbine engines is provided. The ring structure includes a circular ring-shaped outer wall, a circular ring-shaped inner wall, which is located at a short radial distance from the moving blade tips, and includes a joining structure provided in the form of hollow chamber structure between the outer wall and the inner wall. The outer wall is provided in the form of a closed, mechanically stable housing wall of the compressor or turbine stage, and the joining structure provided in the form of hollow chamber structure is joined in a fixed manner to the outer wall and to the inner wall, for example, by soldering, diffusion welding or other joining techniques. The inner wall is provided in the form of a closed, mechanically stable structure, which serves as a run-in lining for the moving blade tips and which is made of a metal woven fabric and/or of a metal felt.
US08061963B2
A wind turbine system includes a kite positioned upstream to a turbine to direct wind to the turbine, thereby increasing revolutions per minutes and power output of the turbine.
US08061958B2
A method of adjusting any deviations of plate material in the lateral and longitudinal directions including: measuring positions on a first long side of a plate, rotating the plate thereby removing the difference between first and second points; measuring a position on a second long side of the plate, calculating the position of the center line in the lateral direction based on first, second and third points; adjusting the deviation of the positions by moving the plate in the lateral direction and matching the center line with the targeted center line; measuring a fourth position on a short side of the plate and calculating the position of the center line based on the position of the fourth point; and adjusting the deviation by moving the plate in a longitudinal direction and matching the center line in the longitudinal direction with the targeted center line.
US08061943B1
A load leveler for different widths of open semi-trailers preferably includes a load support member, a plurality of vertical support members and two adjustable stakes. Each vertical support member is attached under the load support member. A stake receiver is preferably secured to each end of the load leveler with welding. The stake receiver is sized to receive an outer perimeter of the adjustable stake. The adjustable stake includes a receiver portion and a stake portion. The stake portion is sized to be received by a stake pocket in an open semi-trailer. The receiver portion is sized to be received by the stake receiver. At least one of the adjustable stake is fractionally rotated to accommodate different distances between stake pockets. A chain tie is preferably attached to a top of the stake receiver to retain a tie down chain.
US08061936B2
A broach (20) includes a rough broach section (32) having toothed broach inserts (38) and guides (40) that provide rough broaching of gear teeth, and a shave ring section (34) of the broach includes annular shave rings (60) having internal teeth (62) for providing final shaving of the gear teeth and also having guides (70) that maintain the gear radially centered during the final shaving.
US08061932B1
A hydraulic boat lift assembly will raise and lower a boat cradle remotely, and will securely lock the cradle in an uppermost storage position. The lift as provided with a manual mechanism for unlocking the cradle from its uppermost storage position for operation when the hydraulic system is not available. The lift has a support frame that is mountable on the outside of the transom of a boat with hydraulic connections to a hydraulic system and controls within the boat. A lift mechanism connected to the support frame raises and lowers a cradle that supports a small boat or tender. The lift mechanism includes one or more hydraulic lift cylinders. In a retracted position of the lift cylinder, the cradle is elevated above the water in a storage position when the boat is under way. To ensure security of the tender, the lift mechanism employs a lock cylinder that prevents inadvertent motion of the lift cylinder from the retracted position by mechanical and hydraulic mechanisms. The lock cylinder must be deliberately unlocked by the hydraulic system before the lift cylinder will lower the cradle. A manual unlock mechanism is provided for use when the hydraulic system is unavailable and the tender must be launched.
US08061931B2
A tack emulsion pre-coating system for use in hot mix asphalt plant paving which comprises providing a triangular-shaped tack emulsion cart deployed ahead of a paver, and configured to operate under a conveyor from a transfer vehicle supplying the paver with HMA, where the cart comprises a forward spray bar which sprays tack emulsion on a surface located between the wheels of the paver so as not to leave tracks and with rear spray bars for spraying tack emulsion behind the wheels, but not behind a central area between the wheels of the paver.
US08061924B2
In the case of a clamping element for connecting a motor shaft to a transmission via a hub (3), in particular transmission component, such as transmission drive shaft, sun wheel, clutch or the like, with at least one fixing element (7) being inserted radially in the clamping element, the fixing element (7) is at the same time to form both a tangential element for securing the clamping element (R1, R2) against rotation and an axial element for securing the clamping element (R1, R2) with respect to the hub (3).
US08061921B2
Disclosed herein is an insert-molded ball joint which is configured such that rotational frictional torque of a ball stud is kept below the appropriate level, pull-out strength of the ball stud is increased, and play of the ball stud is minimized. The ball stud has a spherical head. The spherical head of the ball stud is rotatably inserted into the ball seat. The housing covers the ball seat and a portion of the spherical head that is exposed from the ball seat. The upper end of the ball seat is disposed higher than the center of the spherical head. The housing includes a head support which covers the spherical head. A ball seat grease groove is formed in the inner surface of the ball seat. Housing grease grooves are formed in the head support in a vertical direction and meet the upper end of the ball seat.
US08061913B2
A machine having a card processing assembly. The card processing assembly has a card drive and a heating device. The heating device is operable to cause a human-readable symbol to be viewable on a data card.
US08061907B2
A manifold for holding spliced optical fibers contained within fiberoptic ribbons in a secure and motionless manner. The manifold includes a “clamp” made from soft durometer material (SDM) such as high strength silicone mold-making rubber or dry polymer gel that has been partially sliced to a depth of about 75%. The manifold permits ease of insertion of a spliced optical fiber by itself, or a fiber associated with a ribbon, into, and removal from, an SDM-slice without disturbing other fibers, or ribbons, respectively, that are held in other slices in the manifold. In a particular embodiment SDM fills a four-sided hard plastic box to overflow. Slices in SDM are parallel to each other. The box has a hinged cover to exert pressure on overflow SDM material when the cover is closed to increase enveloping force on splice-junctions of embedded bare-glass optical fibers and on the ribbons containing those fibers. The ribbons, containing their embedded fibers, exit the box, left and right, via angled or skewed cut-outs in the side walls of the box.
US08061906B2
Connector for the termination of optical transmission media including a connector housing and at least one connector inner part arranged therein, which includes a ferrule with a bore for receiving the optical transmission media, wherein the ferrule is arranged in the connector inner part so that it can be moved axially against the force of a spring, wherein the connector inner part is joined to the connector housing by a snap connection, wherein the connector housing has at least one opening into which a locking tab engages when in the installed position, wherein the locking tab is a triangular elevation, extending radially, in longitudinal section in axial direction, on a cylindrical part of the connector inner part.
US08061905B2
A multi-level cell (MLC) dual-personality extended fiber optic flash drive includes a MLC dual-personality extended fiber optic Universal Serial Bus (USB) plug connector connected to a dual-personality extended fiber optic flash drive and being removably connectable to a host. The connector is adaptable to receive electrical data and optical data. A transceiver, located on the flash drive, is operative to convert received electrical data to optical data or to convert received optical data to electrical data.
US08061899B2
A flexible storage bag for storing food items and the like is provided with a separation material positioned to cover an aperture disposed in and/or a one-way valve element attached to the storage bag. The separation material may be a non-woven material. When latent air remaining in the interior volume of the storage bag is exhausted through the aperture and/or one-way valve element, the air passes through the separation material. The separation material functions to remove liquids that may be entrained in the exhausting air. In an embodiment, the separation material may be treated with a low surface energy substance to improve the liquid removal function. In another embodiment, the separation material may be provided as a plurality of layers or as part of the one-way valve element.
US08061894B2
To provide a temperature detection circuit and a semiconductor device capable of accurately detecting temperatures. A temperature detection circuit 10 includes a group of diodes 11 connected in series, a constant current source I1 connected to the group of diodes 11, a BGR circuit 13, an amplifier 14 for amplifying the BGR voltage, an adder 12 for subtracting a comparison voltage VD generated by the group of diodes 11 from a reference voltage serving as an output of the amplifier 14, a voltage current converter 15 for converting the output voltage of the adder 12 into the current, and a resistor R2 for converting its output current into the voltage. The reference voltage VA2 is a BGR voltage VBGR amplified by the same voltage as the comparison voltage VD at a predetermined temperature T1.
US08061892B2
Device and methods are provided for assessing a temperature exposure history of a sample that is comprised of a nonmetallic material. To assess the temperature exposure history, the pre-exposure and post-exposure electronic states of the sample are compared. Changes in the electronic state of the sample are indicative of the temperature exposure history.
US08061890B2
A mixing element is constructed for installation in a fluid-conducting conduit having an inlet opening of a first cross-section and an outlet opening of a larger second cross-section which is arranged in a plane disposed substantially normal to the main direction of flow. The mixing element has a cross-sectional design which increases substantially continuously from the first cross-section to the second cross-section. Flow-dividing layers are arranged in the mixing element such that a precise fitting of the mixing element into the substantially continuously expanding fluid-conducting means is made possible.
US08061888B2
The present invention is directed to a multi-compartment autoclave using inter-compartment dividers having one or more underflow openings for passing a feed stream between compartments.
US08061884B2
Various embodiments of corner-coupled backlights are described, where one or more white light LEDs are optically coupled to a truncated corner edge of a solid rectangular light guide backlight. The one or more LEDs are mounted in a small reflective cavity, whose output opening is coupled to the truncated corner of the light guide. The reflective cavity provides a more uniform light distribution at a wide variety of angles to the face of the truncated corner to better distribute light throughout the entire light guide volume. To enable a thinner light guide, the LED die is positioned in the reflective cavity so that the major light emitting surface of the LED is parallel to the top surface of the light guide. The reflective cavity reflects the upward LED light toward the edge of the light guide.
US08061882B2
The invention comprises devices and methods for coupling a light source to a display illumination device. In one embodiment, an illumination device includes a light guide comprising a front surface, a back surface, a light coupling section configured to receive optical energy from a light source in to the light guide through said front surface or said back surface at an angle about normal to the optical energy receiving surface, and further configured to direct light through said light guide, and a light turning section configured to redirect out of the light guide at least a portion of the light received from said light coupling section, said redirected light at an angle about normal to the optical energy receiving surface.
US08061878B1
A combined vehicle and associated rear-lighting system includes a vehicle provided with a steering system having a first sensor coupled thereto, and a propulsion system having a second sensor coupled thereto. Such first and second sensors detect a plurality of vehicle operating parameters associated with the steering and propulsion systems during driving conditions respectively. A rear-lighting system coupled to a rear bumper of the vehicle and emits a plurality of light rays along the rear pathway extending rearwardly away from the rear bumper of the vehicle. Notably, the rear-lighting system may be communicatively coupled to the steering and propulsion systems respectively. In this manner, the rear-lighting system is responsive to the vehicle operating parameters such that the light rays are synchronously and uniformly oscillated in a direction corresponding to a travel route and a travel speed of the vehicle respectively.
US08061877B2
An exemplary prism sheet includes a transparent main body. The transparent main body includes a first surface and a second surface. The first surface and the second surface are on opposite sides of the main body. The first surface of transparent main body is flat. The second surface defines a plurality of parallelogram microstructures. Each parallelogram microstructure defines four adjacent triangular pyramid depressions.
US08061876B2
An illumination device comprises a light reflecting plate, a circuit board, and a point like light source, the light reflecting plate or a combination of the light reflecting plate and the circuit board forming a receiving concave portion. The point like light source is arranged in the receiving concave portion, wherein a brightness of a light emitted from the point like light source is to be up to 30000 cd/m2, when an incident angle of the light emitted from the light source is zero and 350 mm apart from the light source, and a part or all of the light emitted from the point like light source is reflected from an inner face of peripheral walls of the receiving concave portion and supplied as an illumination.
US08061870B2
A seat light and plaque holder including a seat light base having a downwardly angled mounting surface and an upwardly angled mounting surface with a first plurality of LEDs mounted on the downwardly angled mounting surface and a second plurality of LEDs is mounted on the upwardly angled mounting surface. A light cover is attached to the seat light base having a row marker positioned thereon to be backlit by the second plurality of LEDs and an end portion of a length selected to shield the downwardly angled first plurality of LEDs from view of persons walking up or down an aisleway while directing illumination towards an aisleway.
US08061869B2
A modular luminaire which uses LED light sources. The basic frame comprises two end pieces compressed together by through bolts. At least one elongated heat sink is compressed between the end pieces. Each heat sink may bear a plurality of LEDs mounted on a printed circuit board which may have an integral metallic backplate, and is installed on one of the heat sinks with a layer of heat conductive grease therebetween. The heat sinks have fins projecting in three directions, the fourth direction being accounted for by the LEDs, and are rotatable about their longitudinal axes to adjust direction of light propagation. The heat sinks are arrayed in an arc, so that the outside heat sinks shield observers from direct glare from opposed heat sinks. Heat sinks may be extruded to form cooling fins and slots which may receive fasteners such as screws.
US08061862B2
Provided is a backlight assembly which includes integral power supply sockets and ground sockets, in which the number of parts is reduced in addition to the manufacturing cost. The backlight assembly includes a lamp including a lamp tube and an electrode that protrudes beyond either end of the lamp tube, a power supply socket including a first plate that has a first guide groove through which the electrode is inserted and a plate spring that is disposed on one side of the first plate and fixes the electrode in the first guide groove by pressurizing the electrode, and a bottom chassis containing the lamp and the power supply socket therein, in which the first plate and the plate spring are formed of a conductive material.
US08061856B2
The present invention provides a projection apparatus, comprising: a light source; a spatial light modulator for modulating the incident light emitted from the light source; a spatial light modulator control unit for generating, from an inputted image signal, a control signal for driving the spatial light modulator; and a light source control unit for receiving data corresponding to the control signal for controlling the light source to operate in one of three states consisted of a driven state, a stopped state and a standby state on the basis of the data.
US08061852B2
The image projection apparatus includes an exhaust air outlet through which an exhaust air flows out from an inside of the apparatus to an outside thereof, an air inlet through which an external air flows in from the outside of the apparatus to the inside thereof, a temperature detector which detects a temperature of the external air flowing into the inside of the apparatus through the air inlet, and a controller which performs a protection operation when one of a predetermined temperature corresponding to a temperature of the exhaust air and a predetermined temperature change caused by flowing in of the exhaust air through the air inlet is detected by the temperature detector. The apparatus enables quick detection of a state in which the exhaust air outlet is blocked to perform the protection operation.
US08061849B2
A lens module includes a seat, a lens holder and a thermal dissipation structure. The seat includes a base plate and two sidewalls perpendicularly formed on a surface of the base plate. The lens holder is mounted on the seat between the two sidewalls. The thermal dissipation structure is mounted on the seat and thermally conducts with the lens holder for cooling the lens holder.
US08061847B2
A lightweight, compact image projection module has a laser package having a common exit port, and a plurality of lasers mounted in the package and operative for emitting a plurality of laser beams of different wavelengths through the common exit port. An optical assembly focuses the laser beams exiting the common exit port, and includes a common focusing lens through which the laser beams pass along respective paths that are in angular misalignment. An optical corrector element in at least one of the paths corrects the misalignment to produce aligned beams. A scanner sweeps the aligned beams in a pattern of scan lines, each scan line having a number of pixels. A controller causes selected pixels to be illuminated, and rendered visible, by the aligned beams to produce the image.
US08061845B2
A viewing angle can be broadened without causing degradation in resolution of a three-dimensional image by a retinal scanning display. An image display system includes a projector which displays an image in a first region by projecting an image onto a screen, and a retinal scanning display which displays an image in a second region provided in the first region by projecting the image onto a pupil of a user. A position for displaying a three-dimensional content out of the image to be displayed in the first region is determined. The three-dimensional content is displayed on the retinal scanning display when the position falls within the second region, while the three-dimensional content is displayed on the projector when the position falls outside the second region.
US08061831B2
The present invention pertains to a yellow ink for inkjet printing and, in particular, to a yellow ink containing a combination of specific yellow colorants, namely Direct yellow 169 and Acid Yellow 79. The present invention further pertains to ink set having this yellow ink. The ink and ink set are particularly advantageous for printing on plain and photo glossy paper.
US08061823B2
A printhead assembly of a body and printhead is provided. The body has a first side, a second side opposed to the first side, the second side having a channel connected to a fluid supply, a recess separately defined in the second side, a plurality of passages defined through the body from the channel to the first side, and a plurality of fluid openings defined through the body from the first side to the recess, the fluid openings being individually connected to the channel via the passages. The printhead has fluid inlets connected to ejection nozzles, the printhead being received in the recess so that the fluid inlets interface with the fluid openings.
US08061812B2
An ejection nozzle arrangement is provided having a fluid chamber having a wall and a fluid port, an arm extending through an aperture in the wall, a dynamic structure cantilevered from the wall adjacent the aperture, a static structure cantilevered from the wall adjacent the dynamic structure. The arm is connected to the dynamic and static structures at a point distal from the aperture such that thermal expansion of the dynamic structure moves the arm upwards in the chamber to eject fluid from the chamber through the port.
US08061810B2
A fluid ejector head includes a die with a plurality of fluid ejector units, each fluid ejector unit comprising a pumping actuator having a drive electrode, and a manifold that contacts the first side of the die to define a module volume in fluidic communication with a drainage volume. The module volume is defined in part between the manifold and at least a portion of plurality of fluid ejector units, and the drainage volume is located apart from the fluid ejector units. The module volume, in comparison to the drainage volume, has a greater ratio of interior surface area to volume or has a greater percentage of interior surface area covered by a non-wetting coating.
US08061804B2
A method of moving a cap apart from a printhead within a short period of time without damaging a printing apparatus when the cap sticks to the printhead. A cap moving unit is driven to try to move the cap apart from the printhead. When a detection unit for detecting that the cap has moved apart from the printhead detects that the cap has not moved apart from the printhead, it is controlled to slightly reciprocate the carriage while driving the cap moving unit. When the detection unit detects that the cap has moved apart from the printhead under this control, the slight reciprocation of the carriage is forcibly stopped.
US08061797B2
An image recording apparatus having a both-side printing function for ejecting ink to record images on a first face and a second face of a recording medium is provided. The image recording apparatus includes: a conveying unit which conveys the recording medium; a driving unit which drives the conveying unit; a conveying path along which the recording medium is conveyed; a holding unit which is provided on the conveying path and holds a part of the recording medium; and a controller which controls the image recording apparatus to enter a power saving mode of interrupting power supply to at least the driving unit in a state that the recording medium is held by the holding unit, after the image is recorded on the first face of the recording medium but before the image is recoded on the second face of the recording medium.
US08061790B2
An appliance, such as a refrigerator, includes a drawer mounted within a cabinet for movement between an opened position and a closed position. A driving mechanism, including an electric motor and a transmission assembly, connects to the drawer for driving the drawer between the opened position and the closed position. The driving mechanism has an engaged state wherein the drawer is power driven by the driving mechanism between the opened and closed positions and a disengaged state wherein the drawer is manually movable between the opened and closed positions.
US08061785B2
A hub device for a disc brake, fastened by a fastening portion to a vehicle wheel. A number of external ridges (splines) hold the brake disc in the circumferential direction of the hub. The brake has in it a central hole with grooves running axially for cooperation with the ridges. The ridges each have a portion protruding away from the fastening portion and forming a gap between them and the outer shell surface of a portion (which points away from the fastening portion) of a bearing socket (which is supported by the fastening portion) of the hub device. The protruding portions are adapted to support a brake disc. The invention also relates to a brake disc and a vehicle having the device.
US08061784B2
A retention assembly, comprises a carbide bolster comprising a cavity formed in its base end. A shaft comprises an inserted end disposed within the cavity. The shaft is disposed within a hollow shank which comprises a first end contacting the bolster and a loaded end in mechanical communication with the shaft. The inserted end is interlocked to an inner surface of the cavity through a casting.
US08061780B2
A cushion for a seat of good appearance. The cushion for a seat comprises a three-dimensional cover constituted of a front surface portion, a substantially U-shaped rear surface portion arranged oppositely to the front surface portion while spaced apart therefrom, a circumferential surface portion arranged between the front surface portion and the rear surface portion while connecting at the edge thereof with the edge of the front surface portion and the edge of the rear surface portion, a stripe portion extending downward from the upper edge of an opening in the rear surface portion to close the opening, a first pair of teeth tapes fixed to the opposite side edges of the stripe portion, and a second pair of teeth tapes provided at the opposite side edges of the circumferential surface portion corresponding, in position, to the opposite side edges of the stripe portion and engaging with or disengaging from the first pair of teeth tapes so that the opening is closed or opened by the stripe portion, and a foamed resin pad molded integrally with each component of the cover, excluding the stripe portion, in the cover.
US08061778B2
A chair arm adjustment device according to embodiments of the present invention includes an arm pad base slidably coupled to the arm support, the arm pad base sliding substantially horizontally in two degrees of freedom with respect to the arm support within a range of motion of the arm pad base with respect to the arm support, and an arm brake assembly coupled with the arm pad base, the arm brake assembly moveable between a locked position in which the arm brake assembly substantially inhibits movement of the arm pad base relative to the arm support and an unlocked position in which the arm brake assembly does not substantially inhibit movement of the arm pad base relative to the arm support, wherein the arm brake assembly moves from the unlocked position to the locked position at any position of the arm pad base within the range of motion.
US08061767B2
There is disclosed a seating system which may included a left seat and a right seat independently supported by left and right suspensions systems, respectively. The left and right suspension systems may provide independent vertical, lateral, azimuthal, and longitudinal roll motion of the left and right seats.
US08061750B1
A carry strap is disclosed. The carry strap includes an object engagement strap formed with a small loop on the object engagement strap first end, an end loop formed on the object engagement second end, and a handle. The end loop is configured so that it may pass through the small loop so that the object engagement strap forms an object loop for engagement with an object. The handle is affixed to the object engagement strap at handle connections. The carry strap may be engaged with objects of nearly any shape and size, depending on the specific embodiment of the carry strap. In an alternative embodiment, a rigid member may be affixed to a portion of the handle and/or end loop to increase comfort and ease of use.
US08061747B2
One embodiment of the present invention relates to a system for lifting a vehicle. Another embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for lifting a vehicle. Another embodiment of the present invention relates to a structure with an integrated cable, strap, chain or the like for the purpose of vehicle lifting.
US08061738B2
A seal member has a configuration including a ring-shaped main body portion, an inner peripheral lip portion protruding from a ring inner peripheral portion of the main body portion and an outer peripheral lip portion protruding from a ring outer peripheral portion of the main body portion. The inner peripheral lip portion takes an O-ring shape deformable in a protruding direction. The outer peripheral lip portion takes a structure deformable in a direction different from an extending direction, corresponding to a pressure in a sealed area. The member preferably seals when in communication with a plurality of spaces separated from an external space, the plurality of spaces from an external environment.
US08061737B2
A guard system for a coupling that connects a first component to a second component in a pressurized machinery system includes a coupling guard moveable between an open position, which allows access to an internal region of the coupling, and a closed position, which forms a seal surrounding the coupling from the first component to the second component. The system also includes a guide for directing movement of the coupling guard.
US08061735B2
Embodiments disclosed herein provide a vehicle with a protective panel. In one embodiment, the vehicle comprises a frame to which components of the vehicle are attached. At least one fender is attached to the frame. An opening is located on the at least one fender. At least one of a headlight and a light assembly is disposed at the opening. A suspension system is attached to the frame, and the suspension system comprises at least one wheel disposed adjacent the opening. A protective panel is attached to the at least one fender and is located adjacent the at least one wheel and the opening. The protective panel includes an upper panel and a lower panel. The upper panel is joined to the lower panel by a living hinge so that at least one of the upper panel and the lower panel is movable between and open position and a closed position.
US08061734B2
An example airbag assembly includes an airbag having an airbag opening and a duct adjacent the airbag opening. A tether is configured to move the duct between a first position and a second position. The duct communicates a first flow from the duct through the airbag opening in the first position. The duct communicates a second flow from the duct through the airbag opening in the second position. The first flow is greater than the second flow.
US08061729B2
A bicycle frame provided with increased stiffness in one direction without increasing the stiffness in another direction. In particular, a bicycle frame is provided that increases the stiffness in the lateral direction while not increasing the stiffness in the vertical direction.
US08061727B2
An apparatus including a frame; a drive wheel coupled to the frame; a first and a second foot link operably coupled to drive wheel to transfer power to said drive wheel so as to propel the apparatus, each including a foot receiving portion for receiving an operator's foot, a front end, and a rear end; and an adjustable stride length mechanism operable to change a stride length of an operator's foot positioned on the foot receiving portion of the foot link.
US08061716B2
A locking joint seal includes a ring-shaped body made from poly tetra fluoroethylene and having a first end and a second end. The first and second ends each include mutually engageable first and second locking features. The first locking feature including a first axially extending portion overlapping a second axially extending portion of the second locking feature in an assembled condition.
US08061700B2
A clamp apparatus to hold an object to a worktable includes a guiding pole mounted to the worktable, a pressing member connected to the guiding pole, a supporting pin extending from the pressing member towards the worktable, and a resilient member connected between the guiding pole and the worktable. the pressing member is rotatable related to the worktable between a first position and a second position. The pressing member forces the object against the worktable and the supporting pin passes through the worktable in response to restoring of the resilient member when the pressing member is moved to the first position. The supporting pin abuts against the worktable to keep a disengagement of the pressing member from the object overcoming restoring of the resilient member when the pressing member is moved to the second position.
US08061696B2
A shock-absorbing spring for vehicles has a deformed egg-shaped cross section different from a conventional round cross section. In comparison to the conventional spring under a same length, the invention has a lighter weight and a longer spring travel. Moreover, stress can be uniformly distributed toward two sides of the cross section of the invention so that the invention can bear more stress and lengthen its service life.
US08061689B2
A flexible membrane disk diffuser having an improved arrangement for sealing the membrane to the diffuser body. An enlarged sealing bead on the circumference of the membrane fits in an annular channel on the diffuser body. A retainer ring threads onto the diffuser body to compress the sealing bead against a base surface of the channel. A discontinuity on the base surface provides an effective seal with the bead without requiring undue tightening force of the retainer ring. The discontinuity may take the form of a ridge or a rut on the base surface of the channel.
US08061683B2
Manual valve operators having a locking device are described. An example manual operator includes a lever rotatably coupled to a locking plate and has a handle that pivots between a first position to prevent rotation of the lever relative to the locking plate and a second position to enable rotation of the lever relative to the locking plate. A lockout member is removably coupled to the handle. The handle has an aperture to receive at least a portion of the lockout member. The lockout member engages a portion of the lever to prevent the handle from pivoting between the first and second positions to prevent rotation of the lever relative to the locking plate when the lockout member is coupled to the handle.
US08061680B1
Disclosed are a height-adjustable inter-form concrete mold supporting system and method for in situ concrete construction. The system has a support member detachably disposed on a base plate. An inter-form truss is adjustably attached to the support member and holds formwork brackets to define concrete pour width. A plurality of like assemblages and attached formwork define concrete pour length and height of the monolithic concrete slab-on-grade foundations or flooring in situ.
US08061678B2
When locking a medical imaging device detector in position to generate a medical image, an articulating arm includes top and bottom portions, coupled to a gantry and to a distal portion that is coupled to a detector. The top and bottom portions each include an over-the-center bell crank locking mechanism with a shank couple to a central handle. Each shank includes a pair of flanges that are coupled to a pair of actuators by both a pivot pin and a spring mechanism. Each actuator is coupled to a crank. When the handle is rotated to a locked position, a sliding lock extends to lock the articulating arm in position relative to the gantry, and a lever arm is extended to cause a shaft to rotate. Rotation of the shaft actuates a sliding pin linkage, which urges a pair of pins outward to lock the articulating arm in position relative to the detector.
US08061677B2
A support for machinery, and for isolating vibration from the machinery, comprises a plurality of mounts, each mount comprising an elastomeric block for completely supporting the static load of the machinery, and active isolation means comprising inertial shakers arranged to maintain essentially a zero stiffness of the mount to excited structural resonances over a desired frequency band above said mount resonant frequency, and to modify the transmission of out of balance forces to the hull. A control system coupled to the inertial shakers includes a means for applying damping force signals, such as to dampen structural resonances, to inhibit the onset of resonant vibration.
US08061676B1
A chair member is in a generally planar configuration in a horizontal plane. The chair member has a distal end with a receptive section or linear edge for being contacted by a lower extent of a chair leg. A wall member has a vertical section positionable in contact with an adjacent wall. Each wall member has a horizontal section extending away from the adjacent wall and facing the chair member. An extension assembly has a distal end coupled to the chair member. The extension assembly has a proximal end coupled to the wall member.
US08061665B2
A framing bracket is provided. The framing bracket includes a frame having a leg extending from a support arm. The framing bracket also includes a locking bracket attached to one end of the frame and an anchoring bracket attached to a second end of the frame. The locking bracket is affixed to the frame at a non-normal angle relative to a longitudinal axis extending through the leg such that the locking bracket is locked to a framing member of a building and the anchoring bracket supports the second end of the leg against the framing member when the framing bracket is removably attached to the framing member and the framing bracket is in a locked position.
US08061659B2
Using at least one pressure sensor in an emptying pipe or a feed pipe between emptying valves at the outlets from tanks and feed valves for feeding nozzles, to detect the pressure waves that result form opening and closing a feed valve, and then following operation of said valve, detecting the damping or disappearance of the pressure waves, indicating that the transition between the liquid propellant component and the pressurization gas is going past said pressure sensor, and thus that the tank is completely empty. This detection of complete emptying is a step in a method of managing propellant that makes it possible to allocate the remaining propellant to a residual lifetime for the satellite in orbit and/or to re-orbiting or de-orbiting the satellite.
US08061651B2
An energy management system for lighter-than-air vehicles which includes a reactor means for generating energy, storage means for storing the reactants used in the reactor means, and an integrated pipeless reactant and power distribution means.
US08061649B2
An aircraft engine assembly including an engine, an engine suspension pylon, and a heat exchanger system including a second outlet located between the box and the engine, aft from the aft engine suspension. Furthermore, the exchanger in the heat exchanger system is at least partially arranged inside an aft aerodynamic fairing of the suspension pylon, the aft aerodynamic fairing being located entirely aft from the aft engine suspension.
US08061647B1
An airship includes a substantially rigid keel with a balloon suspended from a fore of the keel and a balloon suspended from the aft of the keel. Motor booms extend laterally from the keel between the fore and the aft. Motors with propellers thereon are coupled to the end of each motor boom. The balloons are preferably coupled to the keel through cradles which support portions of the balloon above the keel and restrain the balloons to pivoting motion in a fore and aft pitching direction. A deployment system is disclosed including filing of the balloons within balloon deployment bags on the ground, and then opening the bags at time of launch. The keel and other structural elements can be in the form of a truss, rigid hollow cylindrical tubes, or air beams and stressed skin sheets, or combinations thereof. The airship achieves high altitude controlled flight above the stratosphere.
US08061640B2
A plurality of chipper inserts that may be installed on a hammermill rotor in place of the hammer inserts to selectively convert the rotor to a chipper. The chipper inserts include drum surfaces that cooperatively define a chipper drum. The chipper inserts may include cutter inserts that have a cutter disposed in a cutter pocket. The chipper drum may be a generally continuous cylindrical interrupted essentially only by the cutter pockets. The cutters and cutter pockets may be positioned in essentially any desired pattern around the drum. The chipper inserts may include a left cutter insert, a center cutter insert, a right cutter insert and three different size spacer inserts. The different types of cutter inserts and spacer inserts may be installed about the rotor with at least one left cutter insert mounted on the left end of the chipper drum and at least one right cutter insert mounted on the right end of the chipper drum. The chipper inserts may be configured in quadrant sections, such that it takes four inserts to extend around the rotor.
US08061633B2
A vial and impactor combination for use in a cryogenic mill is disclosed. The impactor includes a steel or similar core, and a surrounding exterior of polycarbonate or similar inert material. The vial is made preferably of polycarbonate with endcaps also made of polycarbonate.
US08061631B2
A showerhead for personal hygiene is provided that includes a spray face in fluid communication with a cavity by way of a plurality of nozzle apertures. The cavity receives water from a water supply. A spray selector controls fluid flow between the cavity and the nozzle apertures. A battery-electric motor or a kinetic energy storing spring is provided as a power supply for an actuator that provides mechanical communication between the power supply and the selector to move the selector and thereby alter the fluid spray pattern from the spray face. A user interface provides a user with selective control over movement of the actuator and the movement of the selector to sequentially provide multiple spray patterns from the spray face without intermediate manual intervention between the multiple spray patterns emitted from the spray face.
US08061627B2
A flexible track system includes at least one track section that includes a main body comprising two opposed side portions and a running surface extending between the two opposed side portions. The two opposed side portions extend at an angle from the running surface. Grooves are formed within the main body to allow flexion of the main body. One or more sets of a plurality of members are formed on, protrude from, and extend in a lengthwise direction along the main body. A constraining section engages a corresponding set of the members. End stops may secure the constraining sections to the main body of the track section. Force is applied to the track section to achieve a desired form or position. The grooves expand or contract in accordance with the applied force, and the constraining sections conform to and retain the applied position even after removal of the force.
US08061623B2
The inventive plastic card (1) is provided with electric contacts (4) and an electric circuit (3) incorporated therein and is embodied in such a way that it is foldable (6) and insertable from the fold side into the plug socket of an external reading device. The reliable application of the card contacts to the plug socket contacts, in particular of an UBS socket, is secured by the fold flexibility and the selection of a number of parallel folds.
US08061621B2
An integrated circuit device and method. A substrate having contacts has a plurality of capacitors thereon. A plurality of fusible links selectively connect the plurality of capacitors to one another and selected ones of the capacitors to the contacts. In this manner, for example, the capacitance value can be adjusted to tune an antenna mounted on the substrate during testing of the integrated circuit device.
US08061619B2
A transaction card includes a single layer substrate and an account identifier. The single layer substrate is formed of a transparent polymer resin mixed with a fluorescent dye such that the single layer substrate exhibits an edge-glow characteristic. The single layer substrate is one of transparent and translucent. The account identifier is connected to the single layer substrate and links the transaction card to at least one of an account and a record. The account identifier is machine readable by a point-of-sale terminal. Stored-value card assemblies, methods of encouraging purchase and facilitating use of a stored-value card and other embodiments are also disclosed.
US08061616B2
An apparatus, system, and method for aiming and reading a target object. The apparatus includes a barcode reader for reading the target object. The apparatus also includes an aiming sight coupled to the barcode reader. The aiming sight is used for aiming the target object and thereby directing the barcode reader to read the target object. The aiming sight can either be used independently or can be used along with an aiming pattern generator present in the barcode reader, in order to read the target object.
US08061601B1
Systems and techniques for linking electronic shelf labels to and unlinking electronic shelf labels from a system. When a printed overlay for an electronic shelf label is prepared, a radiofrequency identification (RFID) tag is affixed as part of the overlay. The RFID tag provides an identifier associated with a product. When an ESL to which the overlay is affixed is to be linked, the RFID tag is read at substantially the same time the ESL is interrogated, and the product associated with the RFID tag identifier is associated with the ESL. When an ESL is to be unlinked, a communication including an identifier for the ESL is provided to a central data processor, with the communication having characteristics indicating that the ESL is to be unlinked. When a communication is received from an ESL, the characteristics of the communication are evaluated to determine if the ESL is designated for unlinking.
US08061598B2
Data storage and access systems enable downloading and paying for data such as audio and video data, text, software, games and other types of data. A portable data carrier has an interface for sending and receiving data, data memory for storing received content data, and payment validation memory for providing payment validation data to an external device. The carrier may also store a record of access made to the stored content, and content use rules for controlling access to the stored content. Embodiments store further access control data and supplementary data such as hot links to web sites and/or advertising data. A complementary data access terminal, data supply computer system, and data access device are also described. The combination of payment data and stored content data and use rule data helps reduce the risk of unauthorized access to data such as compressed music and video data, especially over the Internet.
US08061589B2
A method is described that involves creating a private key and a public key cryptographic key pair, generating a unique and random identifier for a voter's vote and accepting an election vote from said voter. The vote and identifier are electronically signed with the private key to create a digital signature. The vote and identifier are provided in a human readable format to the voter.
US08061583B2
A device for mounting an array of solder balls to a plurality of substrates of integrated circuits, comprising: a first plate for receiving a first substrate in a loading position; said first plate adapted to translate laterally from a substrate loading position to a flux receiving position; said first plate further adapted to rotate 180° from the substrate loading position to a such that the first plate is in a solder ball receiving position, and; mounting solder balls to the first plate.
US08061581B2
The invention relates to a method of connecting of strips to an endless strip with a clamping arrangement (110, 120) with a clamping device (110-r, 120-r) on the inlet side and a clamping device (110-1, 120-1) on the outlet side, a cutting arrangement (155) with an upper cutter (150) and a lower cutter (130) and with a joining arrangement, wherein in a first step the clamping devices are opened and two strip ends are introduced, and in a subsequent step in the next step the strip ends are introduced, and in a subsequent step in the next step the strip ends are cut by means of the cutting arrangement, before they are moved into a joining position and are joined there.
US08061580B2
A method of forming and assembling at least two parts together that may be metal, ceramic, or a combination of metal and ceramic parts. Such parts may have different CTE. Individual parts that are formed and sintered from particles leave a network of interconnecting porosity in each sintered part. The separate parts are assembled together and then a fill material is infiltrated into the assembled parts using a method such as capillary action, gravity, and/or pressure. The assembly is then cured to yield a bonded and fully or near-fully dense part that has the desired physical and mechanical properties for the part's intended purpose. Structural strength may be added to the parts by the inclusion of fibrous materials.
US08061571B2
A collapsible trailer container for automobiles, comprising a rectangular enclosure having a base member and four vertical panels pivotally connected to the base member such that the panels can be pivotally moved to made them rest in a stacked configuration above the base member. The container also comprises two tubes, each connected to each side edge of each of the four vertical panels, and a pin inserted through the tubes when aligned, for locking the panels in a vertical position to form the enclosure with open top.
US08061562B2
An automatic discharge device includes a housing having a top portion and a base portion, wherein surfaces defining a recess are provided therebetween for securely holding a container. At least one gear is disposed substantially between the recess and a rear panel of the housing. A drive motor is in association with the at least one gear. An actuator arm is also provided. Activation of the drive motor and the at least one gear provides for movement of the actuator arm between at least one of a pre-actuation position and a discharge position along a path that has a directional component parallel to a longitudinal axis of the recess.
US08061557B1
A golf ball dispenser which attaches to the exterior surface of a golf bag that is upright, rectangular, and capable of holding a plurality of golf balls, is herein disclosed. The dispenser is made of a durable yet flexible plastic material. Stored balls are added through the top of the dispenser through an upper opening. The balls can either be inserted one (1) at a time or in “as-purchased” quantities. In use, to remove a golf ball, the lowest ball is forced upward through a flexible retaining tab, thus releasing the ball through a bottom aperture. The dispenser is attachable to a golf bag with a fastening means.
US08061555B2
An automatic product vending machine is provided where the user can withdraw the selected product directly from the machine, the storage area for the products is a rack and the dispensing device of the single product is a frame on which a pusher is mounted which causes the selected product to fall into a tray, which positions the product at an opening which permits its withdrawal by the user.
US08061543B2
A closure for a container opening according to one embodiment comprises a plug including a series of projections and being constructed and arranged to be received within the container opening and an overcap constructed and arranged for being attached to the plug so as to close off an interior of the plug and create an assembly. The projections being constructed and arranged for interfit with a specialized wrench socket for threadedly advancing the plug into the container opening.
US08061537B2
A tool holder is adapted for attachment to a C-shaped suspension bar. In at least one embodiment, the tool holder includes a hook device for suspending an object and a fastening device which enables the hook device to be releasably attached to the suspension bar. The fastening device includes a first and a second portion for retaining engagement with the web of the suspension bar and its respective flanges. The first portion forms the upper portion of the fastening device, when mounted, to which portion the hook device is fixedly attached either directly or indirectly. The second portion of the fastening device is pivotally attached to the first portion via a joint, which, with the tool holder in its mounted state, is oriented parallel with and located between the flanges of the suspension bar.
US08061536B2
Disclosed is a tool box set fastener, which include a first fastening structure, which has mounting base fixedly fastened to a vertical wall or upright support and a coupling unit formed integral with the mounting base, and a second fastening structure, which is connectable to a tool box set to secure the tool box set to the first fastening structure and has a coupling base connectable to the coupling unit of the first fastening structure.
US08061535B2
A devices cage comprises a first wall having m parallel channels across a length of the first wall and a second wall having n parallel channels across a length of the second wall. In some embodiments, n is at least equal to m. Each parallel channel is equal to a diameter of a head of a drive mounting screw. The first wall comprises at least one bridge positioned across each m parallel channel and at least one clamp spring integrally coupled to a top of each m parallel channel. The second wall also comprises at least one bridge positioned across each n parallel channel. Each end of the m parallel channel extends at an inwards slant toward a center of the first wall. The inwards slant terminates at a circular area around configured in a dome shape with a flat top.
US08061533B2
Materials prepared from polydienes, such as poly(cyclohexadiene), and hydrophilic polymers, such as poly(alkylene oxide), are described. Methods of making the materials and their use in fuel cell membranes, batteries, breathable chemical-biological protective materials, and templates for sol-gel polymerization are also provided. The materials can be crosslinked and sulfonated, and can include copolymers and polymer blends.
US08061526B2
The flow director apparatus according to the present invention in such bins include a plurality of the flow directors which are pivotally mounted or mountable beneath said plurality of diverter gates and to said upper end of said frame so as to depend a free end of each flow director of said plurality of said flow directors downwardly from said upper end into an entrance cavity of said bin defined by said upper end of said frame. Each flow director is elongate and has a base end opposite said free end. Each flow director pivotally is mounted or mountable to said upper end of said frame at said base end of the flow director.
US08061524B2
A device and method for transporting and handling catalyst for a chemical reactor.
US08061520B2
The present disclosure provides a medical device package including a container for receiving a medical device and a self-puncturabie port.
US08061508B2
Secondary system for cleaning a belt running between conveyor pulleys comprised of a frame bar on which cleaning blades are mounted, two bracket assemblies to which the frame bar is adjustably mounted, and an adjustment system mounted on the external sides of the bracket assemblies. Bracket assemblies each can include a pair of slotted arms over which two or more clamps are joined together. Each bracket assembly can include an inner tube member that telescopes into two outer tube members and an upper member that can be adjustably clamped to the inner tube and a lower tube member to which the frame bar is mounted and attached to the upper member by the adjustment system. Frame bar and bracket assemblies have rectangular cross-section so that when mounted to each other, rotational movement of frame bar about its longitudinal axis is prohibited. This rotational prohibition is independent from the adjustment system.
US08061500B2
An alignment device to align a plate for electronic circuits comprises transport members able to transport the plate along a transport axis, at least from an entrance position to an alignment position defining an alignment plane. The device also comprises mobile members provided with: first movement members able to move the mobile members in a first direction directed along a first axis substantially perpendicular to the alignment plane so as to associate the mobile members with the plate; second movement members able to rotate the plate, associated with the mobile members, around the first axis; and at least third movement members able to move the plate, associated with the mobile members, in a second direction, directed along a second axis substantially transverse to the first axis and substantially co-planar with the transport axis.
US08061497B2
A disk clutch or brake, with inner and outer disk carriers that respectively carry inner and outer disks. The inner and outer disks are arranged axially in alternation next to one another. At least one of the inner and outer disk carriers have radial openings through which coolant flows toward the disks. The inner and/or outer disk carrier have a toothed component, which is fixed to and at least partially axially and radially encompasses a basic component. The inner or outer disks are fixed toothed component to prevent relative rotation while allowing axial displacement. Radial openings are formed in the basic and toothed components to enable a flow of coolant.
US08061495B2
An apparatus for coupling power from shore power to a rubber tire gantry (RTG) crane comprises a power junction trolley and optionally an RTG crane. The power junction trolley receives power through a high voltage cable or alternatively through an inductive power coupling and alternatively outputs a low AC or a low DC voltage through a flexible power cable for connection to an RTG crane. A guiding apparatus directs the power junction trolley along a selected path so as to reduce a control accuracy requirement for the RTG crane. The RTG crane may move from a selected path to another selected path without interrupting a high voltage connection. The power junction trolley optionally determines its position relative to a selected path comprising a guide rail in some embodiments and a guide wire in others. Embodiments of the power junction trolley are alternately self-propelled or towed by the RTG crane.
US08061486B2
An elevator system has a hoistway (4) and an elevator car (2) arranged to travel vertically within the hoistway, the hoistway is provided with a sensing arrangement such as an infrared curtain (10, 12) for detecting the presence of a person on top of the car as the car approaches the top of the hoistway (8). The elevator system is arranged to limit further upward movement of the car in the event that a person is detected.
US08061481B2
A preferred embodiment suspension trauma relief strap assembly for use with a full body harness includes a pair of straps connectable in two configurations. The first configuration is formed by engaging a hook of one strap with one of a plurality of closed loop arrangements of the other strap to form a sling upon which a person donning the full body harness may stand. The second configuration is formed by engaging the hook of the one strap with one of the plurality of closed loop arrangements of the one strap and engaging the hook of the other strap with one of the plurality of closed loop arrangements of the other strap to form two slings upon which a person donning the full body harness may stand.
US08061477B2
Apparatus and methods described herein provide for the management of noise associated with a duct. A sound-dampening apparatus is provided consisting of a duct through which a fluid flows, such as an air duct. A flexuous cord is helically wound around the inner or outer surface of the duct at a pitch corresponding to a selected acoustical frequency range associated with the fluid flow through the duct.
US08061472B2
Embodiments disclose a non-roll foam EarTip that may provide for fingertip press-in insertion, improved comfort, simplicity of use, flatter attenuation and/or improved hygienic properties, by way of non-exclusive example. A hollow foam body typically encompasses a shorter stem of more rigid material, and in some embodiments the foam body has a tighter skin on the inner and outer surfaces. In some embodiment, the EarTip is an earplug formed of polyurethane foam with a dense skin on the inner and outer surfaces of the hollow body, and having a plurality of splines in the cavity.
US08061466B2
A wheel tractor scraper having a rear wheel drive assist, the wheel tractor scraper includes a tractor portion pivotally coupled to a rear scraper portion, the rear scraper portion having a bowl for hauling material and a fluid powered work tool configured to assist in loading the bowl, the work tool powered by a fluid pump connected to a fluid operated work tool motor. The rear wheel drive assist includes a fluid operated drive motor coupled to the rear wheels of the machine, a diverter valve having a first position at which fluid flow is delivered from the pump to the work tool motor and a second position at which fluid flow is delivered from the pump to the drive motor, and a controller being configured to control the diverter valve to engage the rear wheel drive assist. The machine may be operated by engaging the pump and work tool motor, and then actuating the diverter valve to the second position to divert flow from the work tool motor to the drive motor.
US08061450B2
A percussion drilling assembly for drilling through earthen formations and forming a borehole. In some embodiments, the drilling assembly includes a retainer sleeve having an upper end with an outer diameter and a tubular casing engaging the retainer sleeve. The tubular casing includes a first, second, and third tubular portion. The first tubular portion engages the upper end of the retainer sleeve at a first end having an outer diameter substantially equal to the outer diameter of the retainer sleeve. The second tubular portion is connected to the first tubular portion at a first end and has a second end with an outer diameter that differs from the outer diameter of the retainer sleeve. The third tubular portion is coupled to the second tubular portion. The first and third tubular portions each have a length configured to enable gripping of the tubular casing using tongs.
US08061445B2
A system for pumping fluid (e.g., but not limited to, drilling fluid), the system having pump apparatus; including a plurality of removable pump modules; and, in certain aspects, removable valve cartridges for such modules.
US08061440B2
A computer usable medium including computer usable program code for determining an oilfield parameter for a drilling operation. The computer usable program code when executed causing a processor to identify first decision factors and second decision factors about the drilling operation, where each of the first decision factors is contained within first nodes, and where each of the second decision factors is contained within second nodes, where the first and second nodes contain common nodes. The computer usable program code further causing the processor to associate the first nodes to create a first belief network and associate the second nodes to create a second belief network, associate the common nodes of the first belief network with the common nodes of the second belief network to form a multinet belief network, and generate at least one oilfield parameter from the multinet belief network.
US08061438B2
The invention relates to a hand tool machine (2), in particular a drilling and/or percussion hammer, with a housing (4) and a vibration-damped handle (10) elastically supported relative to the housing (4) with two essentially parallel legs (20, 22) and a coupling element (44 or 46) between each leg (20 or 22) and the housing (4) that is pin-jointed to the leg (20 or 22) and the housing (4). The coupling elements (44, 46) are connected to each other by a connector (48) that synchronizes the movements of the coupling elements (44, 46).
US08061434B2
A method for controlling the operation of a pressure fluid operated percussion device and to a pressure fluid operated percussion device. The method includes influencing the shape of a stress wave by setting a suitable clearance between a transmission piston and a tool. The percussion device is provided with a device for setting the clearance between the transmission piston and the tool.
US08061433B1
A manually operated device or tool for manipulating or working the earth or soil. A preferred embodiment possesses an elongated digging rod having an adjustable handle assembly configured to quickly locate and fasten to a plurality of predetermined set points located on the elongated digging rod. The apparatus compensates for the incremental deepening of a hole as the digging activity progresses so to enable a user to better maintain a preferred, upright, working posture. This is accomplished by adjusting the elongated digging rod, given a substantially constant handle assembly height, to consecutively lower settings corresponding to the increasing hole depth.
US08061431B2
Pressure cycle operated apparatus and methods. A method of actuating a firing head includes the steps of: reciprocably displacing an actuator piston of the firing head, the displacing step including the piston being alternately pressure balanced and unbalanced; and igniting a combustible material in response to the piston displacing step. A method of generating electricity includes: reciprocably displacing a piston, the displacing step including the piston being alternately pressure balanced and unbalanced; and generating electricity in response to the piston displacing step. A firing head includes an actuator piston separating at least two chambers; a check valve which permits one-way flow between the chambers; a flow restrictor which restricts flow between the chambers; a biasing device which biases the piston toward one of the chambers; and a firing pin releasing device which releases a firing pin in response to displacement of the piston.
US08061423B2
An assembly for use in a wellbore formed in an earth formation, comprising an expandable tubular element and an outer structure having first and second portions arranged at a distance from each other, the portions being restrained to the tubular element in a manner that the distance changes as a result of radial expansion of the tubular element, the outer structure further having a third portion arranged to move radially outward upon said change in distance between the first and second portions, wherein said radially outward movement of the third portion is larger than the radially outward movement of the tubular element as a result of radial expansion of the tubular element.
US08061422B2
A method for enhancing the production of liquid hydrocarbons from oil-wet, fractured reservoirs comprising injecting a surfactant solution into the reservoir, pressurizing the reservoir, maintaining the pressure, and recovering liquid hydrocarbons. In an embodiment, the method comprises closing production wells for a period to maintain reservoir pressure and surfactant exposure within the matrix.
US08061411B2
A heat dissipation device removing heat from an electronic device includes a base plate, a fin set in thermal connection with the base plate, a fixing member and two fans. The fixing member includes a driving part coupled to a top of the fin set, two mounting parts located at two opposite sides of a circumference of the fin set and two connecting arms extending outwardly from the driving part and connecting with the two mounting parts. The two fans, respectively mounted on the two mounting parts of the fixing member and located at two opposite sites of the circumference of the fin set, are driven to rotate around the circumference of the fin set by the driving part and generate two streams of airflow which flow through the fin set that are non-intersecting.
US08061402B2
An apparatus for positioning a tape preform as a layer onto a substrate during the manufacture of a layered resistive device is provided. The apparatus includes at least one positioning member, wherein the positioning member defines a proximal end portion and a distal end portion. The apparatus also includes a contact member adapted to engage the tape preform against the substrate. The contact member and the distal end portion of the positioning member are configured to position the tape preform onto the substrate.
US08061398B2
A non-pneumatic tire comprising side cavities that are staggered with respect to laterally opposing side cavities, and laterally extending tread grooves that are either in substantial radial alignment with the cavities or substantially offset relative to the cavities. The tread grooves have at least one wall that is angled with respect to the radial direction, i.e., the direction relative to the tire's axis of rotation. The wall may be an open angle having an angle of 5° to 65° relative to the radial direction. Also provided are processes for making such tires and to off-the-road (OTR) vehicles employing such tires.
US08061370B2
A nail protector and method includes a cover portion dimensioned to fit over a nail of a digit to form a gap with the nail, and a bump formed on an underside of the cover portion and configured to contact skin adjacent to the nail without contact with the nail. A lateral portion is hingedly connected to the cover portion to create at least a partial enclosure for receiving the digit without passing over the nail. A biasing device is configured to secure and bias the at least one lateral portion against the digit. The biasing device extends in an opposite longitudinal direction from a distal end of the cover portion to support the cover portion and maintain the gap.
US08061361B2
A smoking article comprises: a combustible heat source; an aerosol-generating substrate downstream of the combustible heat source; and a heat-conducting element around and in contact with a rear portion of the combustible heat source and an adjacent front of the aerosol-generating substrate. The aerosol-generating substrate extends at least about 3 mm downstream beyond the heat-conducting element.
US08061360B2
A system and method for performing tissue therapy may include applying a reduced pressure to a tissue site of a patient. A fluid parameter associated with applying a reduced pressureto the tissue site may be sensed. An audible fluid leak location sound may be generated in response to sensing the fluid parameter. The audible fluid leak location sound may be altered in response to sensing that the fluid parameter changes. By altering the audible fluid leak location sound in response to sensing a change of the fluid parameter, a clinician may detect location of a fluid leak at the drape by applying force to the drape. The force applied to the drape may be a clinician pressing a finger onto an edge of the drape.
US08061357B2
Whole-nose nasal respiratory devices and methods of making and using whole-nose nasal respiratory devices are described and illustrated herein. These devices are typically configured to be adhesively secured to a subject so that they engage both of the subject's nostrils and allow airflow from both nostrils to communicate with an airflow resistor. The airflow resistor is configured so that it inhibits exhalation through the nostrils more than it inhibits inhalation through the nostrils.
US08061349B2
An improved gas-fired burner for a fireplace. The gas-fired burner includes a substantially sealed enclosure. This enclosure, or “heat tank,” may be of any desired shape, but is preferably of a rectangular, box-like shape. The enclosure includes an inlet port for the ingestion of relatively cold air into the enclosure, and two exit ports, for the exhaust of relatively warm air. The enclosure has a front and a back end, and both the inlet and exit ports may be secured to the back end of the enclosure.
US08061344B2
A dust collector is provided for use with a SLAB saw, especially suited for dry-cutting a channel within pavement or similar exterior surface. The collector includes telescoping upper and lower housings, an open front and lower base to receive a portion of a circular saw into the interior of the housing, and an exhaust outlet, for attaching to a vacuum duct, so as to exhaust dust-laden air from the interior of the housing. The housing includes a pivot mount, pivotally mounting the unit to a slab saw. Also provided is a system, including the dust collector with a circular saw and optionally a vacuum source and dust filter unit or units. Also provided is a method for dry-cutting a trench or channel within pavement or similar hard outside surface, which is particularly suitable for laying of cable such as fiber optic cable. The method may include the step of cutting through the pavement into the underlying hard-packed substrate.
US08061337B2
An ignition coil device mounted on the cylinder head of an internal combustion engine. The ignition coil includes: a cylindrical pipe inserted into a plug hole while a first clearance is formed between the cylindrical pipe and the plug hole; a coil tower arranged over the cylindrical pipe; a seal member arranged below the coil tower for sealing the plug hole; and a cover arranged between the seal member and the coil tower. The seal member is formed with an air bleeding hole extending from the first clearance to a side of the coil tower. The air bleeding hole includes a protruding opening. A circumferential wall portion is positioned on the outer circumference side of the protruding opening while a second clearance is formed between the cover and a periphery of the protruding opening.
US08061332B1
A robust, combined fuel rail and wiring harness shield assembly, for each bank of cylinders of an IC engine, comprising a rectangular multi-planar plate having an integral longitud-inal mid-rib on one side, longitudinally bored as a fuel distribution manifold to EFI injectors mounted in generally angled bores spaced along the rib. In cross-section the assembly is generally T-shaped, and is preferably constructed of extruded aluminum. Flanking each side of the mid-rib are wings, one of which includes an angled flange. The mid-rib, wing and associated flange form a wiring management channel. The flange is angled down at approximately 135° on the outboard side of the cylinder bank so that it points vertically downwardly. In operation, assembly pairs are connected to a flexible fuel inlet line in series or parallel, with one (series plumbed) or both (in parallel plumbed systems) assembly longitudinal bores having a threaded plug at the distal end.
US08061329B2
An economical method for controlling a lift pump operating as part of a direct injection fuel system is described. According to the method, at least two distinct operating modes are provided.
US08061326B2
A system for converting the energy created by the ignition of fuel in one or more cylinders of an internal combustion engine to rotational power, having a piston within each of its cylinders, includes one or more first connecting rods, each rotatingly affixed at a first end to the corresponding piston, a master crank to which each such first connecting rod is rotatingly attached at a second, a load crank and one or more second connecting rods, the number corresponding to the number of first connecting rods, each second connecting rod rotatingly affixed at one end to the master crank, and at the other end to the load crank. The second connecting rods may be of the same length as that of the first connecting rods, or of different length.
US08061315B2
A variable valve actuating apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes: a control shaft rotatably supported through a bearing to a body of the engine, and arranged to rotate about a center axis to control an operating state of an engine valve, the control shaft including; a control cam having a center which is off the center axis of the control shaft in a first direction; and a journal portion rotatably supported by the bearing, the journal portion having a center axis which is off the center axis of the control shaft in a second direction different from the first direction of the control cam.
US08061311B2
A variable valve actuating apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes an intake valve operating angle varying mechanism, an intake valve timing varying mechanism, and an exhaust valve timing varying mechanism. Before startup of the engine, the intake valve operating angle varying mechanism holds an intake valve operating angle at an intermediate value, the intake valve timing varying mechanism holds intake valve opening and closing timings most advanced, and the exhaust valve timing varying mechanism holds exhaust valve opening and closing timings most retarded.
US08061310B2
A valve timing control apparatus for an internal combustion engine, including a drive rotary member that is rotated by the crankshaft, a driven rotary member that transmits rotational force input from the drive rotary member, to the camshaft, and an electromagnetic mechanism that acts to vary a relative rotational phase between the drive rotary member and the driven rotary member. After an ignition switch is turned off and the engine is stopped, the electromagnetic mechanism acts to produce detent torque and hold the relative rotational phase between the drive rotary member and the driven rotary member in a predetermined phase position by the detent torque.
US08061306B2
Recovery collar for pets comprising a disk-shaped flexible base body which comprises an opening, characterised in that the base body in the region of the opening is connected to a resilient soft sleeve, which encloses a portion of the neck of the pet.
US08061305B2
A leash handle includes a grip, a mounting post, and a mid-section provided with an integrated storage compartment. The grip is configured for convenient gripping in one hand by a user. The mounting post is configured for connection to the looped end of a strap leash. A manually openable door or wall element provides access to the storage compartment.
US08061301B1
An air filter assembly is provide in conjunction with a cat litter receptacle that includes a supporting structure for a filter element. The filter element is formed of a porous structure incorporating activated ingredients specifically adapted for deodorizing unpleasant odors. The activated ingredients include activated carbon, carbon fiber, and zeolite, as well as combinations of carbon and zeolite.
US08061291B2
A geostationary anchoring and riser arrangement in a vessel comprises a rotating body (11), which is mounted in a vertical shaft (6) in the vessel (1) by axial and radial annular bearings (31, 32). Above the upper axial and radial bearing (31, 32) is mounted a dynamic primary seal (35), thereby establishing a dry space above the bearings, in the shaft (6). Under the bearing is mounted a secondary seal (41). A fluid manifold (28) is placed in the dry shaft space.
US08061290B2
An assembly for covering an opening of a vehicle, and particularly a boat, comprising a base frame having a pair of guide rails with a stop at a forward end and a continuous peripheral sealing surface; a movable panel slidably attached to the guide rails and configured to substantially cover the opening in a closed position, the panel having a sealing surface that substantially conforms to the base frame peripheral sealing surface in the closed position; the slidable panel attachment comprising a pair of mirror image slide assemblies on a front panel portion and a pair of mirror image rear brackets on a rear panel portion; the rear brackets being pivotably attached to the guide rails; and the slide assemblies having a panel raising mechanism comprising a drive slide and a locator disposed within guiderails, and a raising lever disposed between the drive slide and the guide rails and configured to raise the panel to an open position, a closing position, and a sealing position.
US08061289B2
A catamaran lifting apparatus is disclosed for lifting objects in a marine environment. The apparatus includes first and second spaced apart barges. First and second frames span between the barges. The frames are spaced apart and connected to the barges in a configuration that spaces the barges apart. The first frame connects to the first barge with a universal joint and to the second barge with a hinged connection. The second frame connects to the second barge with a universal joint and to the first barge with a hinged connection. The hull arrangement provides flexibility in a quartering sea state due to the universal joint and hinge placement between the frames and the hulls. Each frame extends upwardly in an inverted u-shape, providing a space under the frame and in between the barges that enables a marine vessel to be positioned in between the barges and under the frames.
US08061283B2
An emissions recycling system is used on a vehicle towing an agricultural implement to enrich the fertility of the soil. The system includes an exhaust collector for collecting exhaust emissions from the internal combustion engine of the towing vehicle and an exhaust distribution system for injecting at least a portion of the exhaust emissions collected by the exhaust collector into the ground worked by the ground working tools of the agricultural implement. Fertility of the soil is enriched by bioactivity within the soil's micro flora which consumes the greenhouse gas and emissions.
US08061281B1
A garden seeder having a seed bin; a seed wheel having a plurality of circumferentially attached seed dispensing cups; a first axle mounting the seed wheel within the seed bin for orbital movements of the seed cups through scooping and dispensing positions; a ground wheel; a second axle mounting the ground wheel upon the seed bin; a Geneva drive connecting the seed wheel to the ground wheel for translating rotation of the ground wheel to intermittent orbital motions of the seed dispensing cups through the seed scooping and seed dispensing positions; and a handle connected operatively to the seed bin.
US08061271B2
An inertial igniter including: a housing; a striker mass movable relative to the housing; a biasing element for biasing the striker mass towards a percussion primer; one or more movable members each having one or more stops, the one or more stops having a first position for preventing a portion of the striker mass from striking the percussion primer and a second position allowing the portion of the striker mass to strike the percussion primer; wherein the movable members move the one or more stops to the second position when subjected to a predetermined acceleration profile.
US08061266B2
A device for heating food includes a housing and a plurality of heated shelves or trays supported on the housing. Each tray includes a heater and a temperature sensor. The heater is operable to heat the tray and the temperature sensor is capable of sensing the temperature of the tray. A controller is coupled to each heater and each temperature sensor, and the controller is configured to operate the heater as a function of the tray temperature.
US08061245B2
Woodworking machines and safety methods for use with those machines are disclosed. The machines include a detection system adapted to detect one or more dangerous conditions between a person and the cutting tools, and a reaction system associated with the detection system. The reaction system is configured to retract the cutting tool at least partially away from the cutting region upon detection of a dangerous condition by the detection system.
US08061243B2
A tool holder having a number of tool receptacles which are provided in a parent body and into which a respective cutting tool can be inserted with a fastening shank and can be clamped in the tool receptacle via a clamping device. The clamping device in this case comprises a clamping bolt which extends laterally through a bore in the parent body up to the tool receptacle and has at its outer end a bolt head which can be actuated via a setting tool. The bolt head is in this case locked by a locking element which is attached to the parent body in the region of the bore and which forms a stop for the bolt head.
US08061238B2
A tool for removing a cap from a pest control device includes a hub and at least four fingers depending from the hub in circumferentially spaced relationship with each other to cooperatively define a socket for receiving the cap within the tool. The fingers are resiliently moveable transversely outward relative to the hub upon receiving the cap into the socket whereby the fingers are biased transversely inward against a sidewall of the cap when the cap is received in the socket. A plurality of stops extends from fewer than all of the fingers laterally inward of the socket. The stops are adapted for contacting a top of the cap upon receipt of the cap within the socket such that the fingers and stops cooperate to orient the tool on the cap.
US08061237B2
A method of manufacturing razor blades from a strip material includes reducing the thickness of a lengthwise-extending blade edge region of the strip material.
US08061233B2
A method for carrying out gearshifting of a bicycle derailleur through an actuation device is described that utilizes a mobile mechanical member to control the derailler. Every gearshifting operation corresponds to a movement of predetermined amount of the mobile member. The method is carried out by the steps of an active initial movement of the mobile member for a first amount equal to only a portion of the amount of the movement corresponding to gearshifting; and an automatic final movement of the mobile member for a second amount equal to the remaining portion of the amount of the movement corresponding to gearshifting. Devices capable of implementing such a method are also described.
US08061231B2
A transmission shift device for a transmission having a range group transmission and a shift lever with a superimposed H-shaped shift pattern in which a shift and selector shaft is operatively connected at one end with the shift lever and at the other end with a shift mechanism. A blocking device, which is actuated by, prevents or makes inadvertent transmission gear shifts in a range group detectable to the driver so that the shift and selector shaft is independently shiftable from a first shift gate to a shift gate of the next two lower gears. The transmission shift device prevents undesired incorrect gearshifts in a range group shift as well as making it possible to downshift across several gearsets by making the force of displacing the shift and selector shaft changeable over the regulated distance to the shift gear of the next lower gears.
US08061227B2
A small slider unit having a size effectively reduced in the longitudinal direction is equipped with a rail 22; a slide table 23 moving on the rail 22; a screw shaft 26 coupled to the slide table 23 and situated parallel to the rail 22; a motor M for rotating the screw shaft 26; a coupling member 31 for providing the coupling between a rotating shaft 32 of the motor M and the screw shaft 26; and a bearing 29 supporting the screw shaft 26. The screw shaft 26 is rotated by driving the motor M, whereupon the rotation of the screw shaft 26 moves the slide table 23 in the axis direction of the rail 22. The screw shaft 26 has a holding portion 27a, and the bearing 29 is held between the holding portion 27a and the coupling member 31.
US08061226B2
A device for use with a gyroscopic stabilizer for use in an assembly that is moveably connected to a vehicle. The gyroscopic stabilizer has a gyroscope, a skew motor, and a skew motor velocity servo-control system. The gyroscopic stabilizer can control a skew of the assembly based on a torque signal to maintain the assembly in an intended position. The skew motor velocity servo-control system can control the skew motor. The skew motor can move the gyroscope. The gyroscope can provide the torque signal. The device comprises an assembly position determining system, a detector, a state estimator and an output portion. The assembly position determining system can generate an assembly position signal based on one of a position of the assembly, a position of the gyroscopic stabilizer, a position of the gyroscope, a position of the skew motor and a position of the skew motor velocity servo-control system. The detector can detect a skew of one of the assembly, the gyroscopic stabilizer, the gyroscope, the skew motor and the skew motor velocity servo-control system and to generate a skew signal. The state estimator can provide an error signal based on the skew signal. The output portion can provide an output signal to the gyroscopic stabilizer. The output signal is based on the assembly position signal and the error signal.
US08061223B2
A testing apparatus (100) for testing a touch screen used in an electronic device is described. The testing apparatus includes a base (20), a testing device (13), a holding mechanism (10), and a control module (12). The testing device includes a testing platform (131) carrying the touch screen, a positioning board (133) and testing members (135) positioned on the positioning board. The holding mechanism is operatable to hold the touch screen on the testing platform during the testing members testing the touch screen. The control module can control the testing members to test the touch screen.
US08061221B2
A sampling apparatus for taking a liquid sample includes an inlet, a sample housing defining a sampling chamber for the liquid sample, and a sampling tube through which, in use, a flow of liquid to be sampled flows from the inlet into the sampling chamber. The sampling tube extends a predetermined distance within the sampling chamber, and defines a fluid pathway between the inlet and the sampling chamber.
US08061219B2
A flow rate device for measuring the flow rate of a fluid flowing through a wellbore is disclosed. The flow rate device includes a differential pressure conduit, a flow restrictor insert and a differential pressure measurement device. The differential pressure conduit is locatable in the wellbore, defines an internal bore, and is adapted to include a restriction having a cross-sectional area to increase the velocity of fluid flowing through the differential pressure conduit to create a differential pressure. The differential pressure conduit defining first and second pressure measuring stations axially spaced along the differential pressure conduit. The flow restrictor insert is located in the restriction to reduce the cross-sectional area of the restriction. The flow restrictor insert defines an internal bore having a cross-sectional area less than the cross-sectional area of the restriction. The flow restrictor insert also has a pressure measuring port aligned with the second pressure measuring station. The differential pressure measurement device has at least one pressure sensor for detecting the pressure at the first pressure station, and for detecting the pressure at the second pressure station to generate a signal indicative of the flow rate of the fluid.
US08061218B2
An upstream hole is formed at the upstream end of a detector main body of a liquid flow detector for detecting liquid flow, and a downstream hole is formed at the downstream end, with a liquid flow channel comprising a liquid flow detection channel, discharge channel, and, optionally, intermediate flow channel, being formed between the upstream hole and downstream hole. A mobile body which is optionally, spherical, moves with the flow of liquid, and is arranged inside the liquid flow channel. The diameter of the liquid flow detection channel is smaller than the diameter of the discharge channel, and the diameter of the mobile body is slightly smaller than the diameter of the liquid flow detection channel. The shape of the peripheral edge part of the upstream hole and the downstream hole is optionally elliptical.
US08061214B2
The subject invention relates to an apparatus and process for testing various parameters and properties of high strength flexible, fabric laminates. In particular, the apparatus comprises a machine using individually controlled loads to test various material parameters.
US08061209B1
An apparatus and a process for determining the mass required for a wire damper ring to produce the maximum amount of damping in a certain rotary machine. The testing apparatus includes a test piece with an inward facing annular groove and a plurality of expander segments each with the top or outer half of a wire damper ring segment secured to and extending outward to fit within the annular groove. A mandrel with an outer surface having a slight slope is passed through a central opening of the expander segments and displaces the ring segments radially outward and into the annular groove at varying loads. The apparatus is set to vibrating and a piece of the test piece is observed for vibrations. The load applied to the damper ring segments is varied until the vibration is at a minimum. The applied load can now be correlated with the mass required for the damper ring to produce similar damping capability.
US08061208B2
A non-destructive examination pipe scanner that employs a main carriage on which a sensor is mounted, a tensioner carriage and an idler carriage. The main carriage and the tensioner carriage are positioned around the pipe at spaced locations and connected on either side by a spring band. The idler carriage is slidably supported by the spring band in between the main carriage and the tensioner carriage. The sensor on the main carriage collects data about a circumferential weld on the pipe as the main carriage drives the tensioner carriage and the idler carriage around the circumference. The tensioner carriage has a variable length connection that adjusts the tension on the spring band to urge the main carriage, idler carriage and tensioner carriage into contact with the surface of the pipe.
US08061188B2
A check is made to determine whether the capacitance value measured at a specific point in time corresponds to a capacitance value of a calculated further capacitance profile or the measured capacitance value is within two tolerance ranges.
US08061184B2
A method to amplify the pressure effects of very small flows, or very small leaks, in contained fluid systems, and the effects of small leaks in fluid systems that have small flows such as would occur in a combustible gas system with lighted pilot lights or a contained water system with a drip watering system, while not affecting the normal operation of such fluid systems, and without interfering with the function of such small flows.
US08061177B2
Computer-implemented processes for making refractory metal pots, including: cutting an a refractory metal ingot into a first workpiece; subjecting the first workpiece to multiple upset forgings, annealings in a vacuum or inert gas to a temperature sufficiently high to cause at least partial recrystallization, forging-backs, and rollings to form a plate; wherein the forged, annealed workpiece undergoes a reduction in thickness after at least one rolling pass and is turned between at least one pass, to form the plate; and deep drawing the plate to form a pot; wherein dimensions of at least one workpiece or plate suitable for processing into a pot are pre-determined with a computer-implemented finite element modeling assessment method.
US08061171B2
The present invention provides a method and machine for producing a slotted wound core (50). The machine includes a punch arrangement (16) arranged to punch apertures in a length of material (12a), a mandrel (22) for receiving the punched material, a control means and a mandrel indexing means. The positioning of the punch arrangement (16) and the mandrel (22) is fixed and the mandrel (22) is arranged to be rotated by the mandrel indexing means after each operation of the punch arrangement so that a roll of punched material is formed on the mandrel (22). The mandrel (22) is rotated by an amount (&ggr;) determined by the control means. The control means determines the indexed amount so that selected apertures punched in the length of material align with one another when the material (12a) is rolled onto the mandrel (22) so that the aligned apertures form respective slots (52) of a desired configuration in the core (50).
US08061169B2
The present invention provides a locking system that is more secure and theft resistant than traditional key and cylinder systems. A hidden locking system is provided where access to the locking mechanism is hidden from view and cannot be rotated or engaged by screwdrivers, pens or other common tools. In another aspect the present a primary and all related secondary locking systems on an object such as a bicycle. In a further aspect the present invention provides lockup in applications where large and bulky key and cylinder systems are not possible or practical.
US08061166B2
A door lock with transmission mechanism, in which a main lock is installed at the side of the door, and an auxiliary lock is installed at each side of the main lock respectively, whereof the main lock has a main lock-tongue, and each of the two auxiliary lock has an auxiliary lock-tongue, whereby the main lock-tongue drives the auxiliary lock-tongue in each of the two auxiliary locks to move together corresponding to the rotation of door handle.
US08061161B2
A molten glass dropping nozzle including: a molten glass flow path therein for flowing molten glass; and a plurality of openings of the flow path, the plurality of openings being provided on a front end of the molten glass dropping nozzle, wherein the molten glass flowing out of the plurality of openings is stored in the front end and falls as one molten glass drop.
US08061158B2
A system for use with a consumable beverage includes a container having a mouth. A lid is detachably engaged with the container. A collar is adapted to be seated in the mouth of the container. The collar defines an opening therein. A thermal energy storing member is detachably engagable with the opening in the collar and/or the lid. A collar for supporting an end of a thermal energy storing member; a lid for a container adapted to engage a thermal energy storing member; and method of providing a chilled consumable beverage are each separately detailed herein.
US08061148B2
The present invention generally relates to containers and more specifically, to a portable temperature-controlled container. The temperature-controlled container is used for maintaining articles at a controlled temperature. The container includes a housing unit defining a storage chamber for receiving the articles, a cooling system mounted to the housing unit, wherein the cooling system includes a cold side assembly system in heat transfer communication with the interior of the chamber, a hot side assembly system in heat transfer communication with the outside of the storage chamber and a thermoelectric module supplied with an electrical power source.
US08061117B2
System, methods and apparatus for dynamic control of mixing of diluent and fuel at desired diluent-to-fuel ratios to obtain low level of undesirable emissions in a combustion system are described.
US08061115B2
A harvesting machine includes a harvesting header with a header frame, a cutterbar assembly attached to the header frame along the length thereof and configured to cut a crop, and a draper assembly positioned behind the cutterbar assembly. The draper assembly includes a center draper that delivers crop material to a feeder house of the harvesting machine and oppositely spaced side drapers that deliver crop material to the center draper. The center draper includes a draper frame swingably supported on the header frame at a pivot to project forwardly therefrom and a draper belt supported on the draper frame to present a rearwardly moving run for conveying the crop rearwardly. The center draper includes a counterbalance mechanism coupled between the header and draper frames to counteract the weight of the center draper about the pivot.
US08061111B2
A method of loading a plurality of articles in a container. The method can include providing a container having a body and defining an interior chamber, providing a stack of articles comprising snack pieces having a convex surface, inserting the stack of articles at least partially into the interior chamber, and reorienting the leading article by forcing the leading article against the inner surface such that the convex surface of the article cooperates with the inner surface.
US08061100B2
Self supporting roofing plate for pitched roofs having purlinless roofing construction is disclosed. This particular roofing plate allows for the rafters of the purlinless construction to be spaced apart as twice as allowed when using best known prior art products, thus significantly reduces costs and labor of the complete roofing construction.
US08061098B2
A roof/wall structure includes a substantially rigid substrate and a waterproof membrane adhesively joined to an outer surface of the substrate. The membrane includes a layer of thermoplastic or elastomeric waterproof material, a layer of cushion material bound to an inner surface of the layer of waterproof material, and a pressure sensitive adhesive bound to a side of the layer of cushion material remote from the layer of waterproof material and bound to the substrate.
US08061097B2
An insulated siding panel comprises a foam insulation layer, an attachment member, and optionally a veneer layer. The foam insulation layer comprises a front face, a rear face, a tongue along a first end edge, a groove along a second end edge, and a slot defined in the rear face. The attachment member comprises an attachment rail and a member extending transversely from the attachment rail. The member of the attachment member is inserted into the slot of the foam insulation layer. When present, the veneer layer is attached to the front face of the foam insulation layer. When joined with other insulated siding panels, the interlocking occurs along the foam insulation layers to form an unbroken layer of insulation.
US08061087B2
A support assembly for supporting a retrofit roof to be installed above an existing roof made of preformed panels. Elongated support assembly members are positioned along the roof line to provide additional points of attachment for the new roof, while at the same time forming a substantially even plane for new rood panels. Some of the support members fit in the channels between the ridges of the preformed panels, which can be R-panels or standing seam panels. Transverse top members secure the channel-mounted members in place, while strapping members positioned atop the top members form additional lateral support for the new roof.
US08061084B2
A seal profile for the closing edge of a door includes a body and at least one chamber defined within the body. A deformation sensor is disposed within the at least one chamber. At least one sealing lip defines proximal and distal ends, the proximal end being attached to a surface of the body. The at least one chamber is disposed substantially centrally and on an end region of the body. The at least one sealing lip extends outwardly from the end region of the body from a location adjacent to the at least one chamber. The at least one sealing lip protrudes obliquely with respect to the end region. The distal end of the at least one sealing lip extends further from the end region than the at least one chamber.
US08061083B2
A drive apparatus for opening and closing a window glass provided in a door having an inner panel is disclosed. The drive apparatus includes a motor provided in the door and a regulator that receives drive force from the motor and selectively open and close the window glass. The door noise includes motor operating noise and vibration transmission noise that is generated when vibration of the motor is transmitted to the inner panel via the regulator. The motor is configured such that a first-order frequency component in vibration of the motor is greater than any other nth component (n is an integer greater than or equal to two), so that the first-order frequency component in the door noise is greater than any other nth frequency component (n is an integer greater than or equal to two).
US08061079B2
A method for selecting conifer trees is disclosed. This method relates to the early measurement of tree characteristics for selecting trees most likely to exhibit certain traits as they mature. This method can be used for implementing silvicultural treatments, thinning or further breeding.
US08061068B1
A decorative article that is attached to a nursing bra strap as an indicator of which breast an infant last fed from or will feed from next. The decorative article is suspended pendant like from a parrot clasp and is moved from a strap fastener on one nursing bra strap to the other as a nursing breast system indicator.
US08061063B2
A plow, including a center blade and a wing blade coupled to each end of the center blade. Each wing blade is pivotally connected to the center blade about an axis. The plow includes a first pair of wear strips, with one wear strip coupled to the first end of the center blade and the other wear strip coupled to one wing blade. A second pair of wear strips is included, with one wear strip coupled to the second end of the center blade and the other wear strip coupled to the other wing blade. A wing pivot tube is coupled to the wing blades and center blade at each end of the center blade. The wing blade, wear strips, and wing pivot tube at each end of the center blade minimize a gap between the blades throughout the range of movement of each wing blade.
US08061055B2
Web stabilizer particularly for one-sided flotation of a running web. The device includes two discharge slots which allow for increased draw down force, which flattens machine direction wrinkles in a floating web. There is a primary discharge slot and a second discharge slot spaced from and stepped down from the primary discharge slot, a first web support surface between the primary discharge slot and the secondary discharge slot, and a second web support surface downstream of the secondary discharge slot in the direction of web travel. An integral blower provides a supply of air that is uniformly distributed to the primary and secondary slots. Air discharged from the primary slot is gathered into the air stream of the secondary slot and creates an increased air cushion to provide greater support to the web and thereby remove machine direction web wrinkles caused by higher tension in light weight webs.
US08061052B2
The present invention relates to an “S” shaped detection test piece for comprehensively detecting the precision of the numerical control milling machine and the detection method thereof. The detection test piece consists of an “S” shaped equal thickness edge strip (1) and a rectangular base (2), respectively forming two “S” shaped curves in two different planes and the projections of which in the base plane (3) cross each other and have open and close angle (α) states formed at the intersection. The tube vernier calipers is directly used in the detection method to measure the thickness of the “S” shaped edge strip (1) and analyze and decide the five-axis coordinated precision according to the thickness of the upper and lower parts and different areas of edge strip (1); and the RTCP function of machine tool, the validity of post-processing programs and the spatial motion precision of machine tool are further analyzed and decided according to smoothness of the tool path of the combining site of the detection base plane (3) and the edge strip (1) and smoothness of the edge strip profile.
US08061048B2
An apparatus for azimuth measurements is provided. The apparatus comprises a housing and a plurality of gyro sensors aligned in the housing. Each of the plurality of gyro sensors has an input axis for angular velocity measurements. There is provided a drive unit for rotating each of the plurality of gyro sensors about a rotation axis. Each of the plurality of gyro sensors changes orientation of the input axis with the drive unit.
US08061047B2
Methods and related systems are described for downhole positioning of sensors such as accelerometers, gyroscopes, tiltmeters and geophones. The sensor or sensors are mounted within the spherical rotor of a spherical motor such that the device can be actively positioned in one or more orientations by activating the spherical motor.
US08061046B2
A laser instrument is disclosed. The laser instrument having a laser unit, and a sliding bearing device with a joint socket and a sliding unit, where the sliding unit has a convex surface in the shape of cylinder section and the joint socket has a concave surface in the shape a hollow cylinder section such that the convex surface can engage in the concave surface and the laser unit tilts in a swivel plane during a relative movement between the convex surface and the concave surface.
US08061040B2
A dry shaver unit includes a housing and a cutter blade assembly mounted in the housing. The cutter blade assembly includes a cutter blade and cooperating shear blade arrangement. The thickness of the shear blade varies over its surface, such that the spacing between a portion of the skin engaging surface of the shear blade and the opposite face thereof is increased as compared with the spacing required to achieve a “close shave”. The cutter blade assembly is mounted in the housing such that a plurality of portions of the shear blade having different thicknesses are simultaneously available for application to a surface to be shaved.
US08061037B2
A method for casting monitored pilings and a pour diverter used in connection with the method is provided. The method includes positioning a plurality of pile strands in a form, and then connecting a suspension assembly having at least one sensor to at least one of the pile strands so that the at least one sensor is located in a piling core area. A pour diverter, having a generally V-shaped configuration, is positioned over the suspension assembly. Concrete is poured into the form over the pour diverter so that a flow of the concrete into the form is split and flows down on either side of the suspension assembly until the at least one sensor is covered. The pour diverter is then removed to finish the casting. Preferably, provisions are provided on the pour diverter for holding or covering an antenna assembly during the pour, prior to it being placed into the concrete forming the piling.
US08061036B1
A method for making window with a decorative polymer panel assembly. The method can include forming a polymer grille by cutting a design into a polymer with a low-moisture content. The polymer grille can have a frame portion and a design portion. A seal can be contiguously disposed about a perimeter of the frame portion. A grille assembly can be formed by disposing a translucent panel on each side of the seal, forming an air space with the polymer grille disposed within the air space. The grille assembly can be pressed, heated and cooled, forming the decorative polymer panel assembly. The decorative polymer panel assembly can be disposed within a frame which can be disposed within an opening of a structure.
US08061031B2
An impeller assembly is for a fluid machine, such as a compressor, and includes a first, main body and a second body. The main body includes a first section providing at least a substantial portion of either an impeller disc or an impeller cover and a second section spaced generally axially from the first section and providing a portion of the other one of the disc or the cover. A plurality of integrally formed blades extend between and connect the main body first and second sections such that the main body is generally of one piece construction. A plurality of flow channels are defined between the blades and a plurality of access openings extend into the flow channels. The second body provides a remainder of the disc or cover and is attachable to the main body to substantially form an impeller and to close all of the access openings.
US08061023B2
A semiconductor package that includes a conductive can, a power semiconductor device electrically and mechanically attached to the inside surface of the can, and an IC semiconductor device copackaged with the power semiconductor device inside the can.
US08061022B2
A method for manufacturing a hybrid printed circuit board having two kinds of wiring boards. The circuit board has method has a first wiring board having a first terminal and, a second wiring board wherein a dent wherein the first wiring board is fitted and equipped with a second terminal is formed, and forming the same plane as the first wiring board. The board also has an insulating adhesive material disposed around the first terminal, and a conductive adhesive joining the first terminal with the second terminal.
US08061014B2
A method for assembling an ultrasonic surgical assembly includes the steps of substantially simultaneously removably coupling an ultrasonic-driving-wave-signal generating circuit to an ultrasonic surgical handle body and removably inserting an ultrasonic-movement-producing distal end of a rotatably free ultrasonic transducer into the ultrasonic surgical handle body. An ultrasonic waveguide is inserted into the ultrasonic surgical handle body opposite the ultrasonic-movement-producing distal end. The ultrasonic waveguide is rotated with respect to the ultrasonic transducer to fixedly couple the ultrasonic waveguide to the ultrasonic-movement-producing distal end of the ultrasonic transducer.
US08061013B2
A micro-electromechanical resonator includes an electrically-trimmed resonator body having at least one stiffness-enhanced semiconductor region therein containing metal-semiconductor lattice bonds. These metal-semiconductor lattice bonds may be gold-silicon lattice bonds and/or aluminum-silicon lattice bonds. A surface of the resonator body is mass-loaded with the metal, which may be provided by a plurality of spaced-apart metal islands. These metal islands may be aligned along a longitudinal axis of the resonator body. A size of the at least one stiffness-enhanced polycrystalline semiconductor region may be sufficient to yield an increase in resonant frequency of the resonator body relative to an otherwise equivalent resonator having a single crystal resonator body that is free of mass-loading by the metal.
US08061008B2
Golf club heads are releasably engaged with shafts so that the club heads and shafts can be readily interchanged and/or so that the shaft position with respect to the club head can be readily changed. Assemblies for connecting the club head and shaft may include: a shaft adapter, a shaft retainer, and a club head having an interior chamber. The club head and shaft may be changed by releasing the securing system and exchanging the original parts with different parts. Furthermore, the shaft may be bent or otherwise extend at an angle from the shaft adapter so as to allow adjustment of the shaft position with respect to the club head.
US08061004B2
The test strip stabilizes skin prior to incision by a lancet tip. The innovative test strip includes a pair of skin contacting tabs that apply pressure linearly to the skin to stretch the skin taut. Beneficially an incision by a lancet tip to an accurate depth can be formed on the taut skin. Moreover, pressure from the tabs is applied linearly to the skin which results in a higher ratio of pressure to surface that can be reached as compared to applying pressure laminarily to skin. Some manufacturing techniques of the skin contacting tabs include cutting or stamping through all of the layers and test area of the test strip to form these tabs. These techniques increase the manufacturing efficiency and cost savings associated with test strips and integrated lancet testing devices. Contamination from other sampling events is eliminated since the test strips are disposed of after each use.
US08061003B2
Methods for repairing and restoring water manifold pipes, particularly locomotive diesel motor water manifolds exhibiting excessive corrosion around at least one water port. Exemplary methods include inserting a pipe segment into a selected water port and using the inserted pipe segment as a build-up or brazing form. Braze material is applied in one layers around and against the inserted pipe segment. Excess braze material and the pipe segment are thereafter removed in order to restore the manifold pipe to an original dimension.
US08060998B2
A device for processing a supple porous textile piece having at least one first surface and one second surface adjacent to the first surface, the process being carried out on the second surface and not on the first surface The device includes a departure area and an arrival area for placing the textile piece. The departure area is equipped with a non-porous mobile mask with a shape corresponding to the first surface. The device also includes a processing area equipped with processing means, a pick-up head with a suction plate having a shape corresponding to that of the mask. The pick-up head being moveable among the departure area, the processing area, and the arrival area.
US08060995B2
A closing system having an item to be closed and opened, a clasp, and a receiver. The clasp has an anchoring end and a lace end, where the lace end is adapted to hold a part of the item and the anchoring end includes a first part and a second part that are movable away from and toward one another. The receiver includes a first receptacle and a second receptacle for engaging the first and second parts, respectively, where the receiver is a removably attachable mechanism. The clasp is removably joinable to the receiver when the first and second parts are engaged with the first and second receptacles and, when the first and second parts are disengaged with the first and second receptacles, the clasp is separable from the receiver. The first and second parts are movable away from one another and the receiver is removably attached to the item.
US08060993B2
A fastening member used for, e.g., a disposable absorbent article is disclosed. The fastening member extends in a longitudinal direction and in a lateral direction and has a lateral centerline. The fastening member comprises a base panel and a shaped tab extending laterally from the base panel. The shaped tab has a longitudinal centerline, a lateral centerline, a distal portion and a proximal portion. The shaped tab has a contour edge comprising a shaped upper edge and a shaped lower edge. The shaped upper edge and the shaped lower edge are symmetric with respect to the longitudinal centerline of the shaped tab when relatively shifted in the longitudinal direction and are asymmetric with respect to the lateral centerline of the fastening member.
US08060992B2
A docking seal system has a first flexible enclosure with a first coupling seal and a second flexible enclosure with a second coupling seal. Each of the coupling seals has first and second sealing strips. A first zip slide is engageable with the first and second sealing strips of the first coupling seal and a second zip slide is engageable with the first and second sealing strips of the second coupling seal so that the respective first and second coupling seals can be opened and closed. The first and second zip slides are each combined with a respective portion of a coupling slide to form respective combined slides. When the combined slides are combined together, the respective portions of the coupling slides mate together to form the coupling slide, the coupling slide engaging or disengaging the first and second coupling seals so as to dock or separate the first and second flexible enclosures from one another.
US08060986B1
The chain saw handle apparatus provides for removable attachment to a chain saw handle wherein the elongate arm of the apparatus is disposed above or lateral to the center of gravity of the chain saw and the lower section of the apparatus attached medially to the chain saw handle. The apparatus provides needed leverage for starting and operating the chain saw while reducing fatigue typically experienced in the operation thereof.
US08060977B2
A vacuum cleaner and accessory tool. The vacuum cleaner has a first magnet feature and a first mounting feature. The accessory tool has a second magnet feature and a second mounting feature. One of the first and second mounting features is shaped to wrap partially around the other of the first and second mounting features to mount the accessory tool to the vacuum cleaner. When the accessory tool is mounted, the first magnet feature is adjacent the second magnet feature. The accessory tool and vacuum cleaner may be devoid of snap fitment features that frictionally engage to mount the accessory tool to the vacuum cleaner.
US08060973B2
A textile sheet element having selectively applied arrays of surface projection elements defining raised zones across an active surface for cleaning and/or personal care, The textile sheet element is adapted for use by itself and/or for attachment to a user manipulated support with or without a handle such as a mop head or the like.
US08060972B2
A toothbrush which comprises a handle comprising at least three longitudinally elongate flexible spines arranged at the apexes of a polygon, the space between the spines containing an elastomer material which links the spines.
US08060962B2
A taping tool apparatus having an elongated hammer portion that has a central axis and a striker portion, the striker portion having a striking plane perpendicular to the hammer portion central axis; a blade affixed to the hammer portion so that no part of the blade crosses the striker portion striking plane; and a handle affixed to the elongated hammer portion perpendicular to the central axis, whereby a user applying mud to fill indents in drywall with the taping tool can rotate the apparatus a quarter turn to hammer down any raised nails encountered without the blade striking the drywall.
US08060959B2
A child enclosure apparatus that includes a hub assembly, a base assembly having four base legs in an X-shaped configuration, a side structure having four side posts, an upper assembly having four pairs of upper arms with each pair connected with medial latch connectors, lower corner assemblies, each having a pair of plates that are pivotally mounted to a side post and a pair of base legs, upper corner assemblies, each having two pair of plates that are configured at a right angle to each other, and cables extending from the base assemblies, through the side posts and being connected to the upper arms and to the latch connectors. The enclosure apparatus is operated by linear movement of the hub assembly, either by a motor assembly or manually, to cause simultaneous movement of the base legs, the upper arms and the latch connectors between opened and folded positions by tensioning the cables. The lower corner assemblies are pivotally connected to the side posts and the base legs so as to prevent unintended opening of the enclosure from a folded position.
US08060958B1
A powered lift apparatus for lifting and transporting a human body above a ground surface is disclosed, and comprises a base, a mast extending upwardly from the base, and a crane member pivotally mounted on the mast and movable with respect to the base. The apparatus further comprises a hydraulic drive mechanism configured to move the base over the surface and a hydraulic lifting mechanism configured to move the crane member with respect to the base. The apparatus also comprises a single hydraulic power source assembly connected to and powering both the hydraulic drive mechanism and the hydraulic lifting mechanism. The hydraulic power source assembly includes a control assembly configured to direct hydraulic power from the hydraulic power source assembly to the hydraulic drive mechanism and hydraulic lifting mechanism under user control.
US08060953B1
A combined automatic toilet self-cleaning and user hygienic system, comprising a housing assembly, an electrical system, a liquid matter system, a turbine assembly, and a manifold assembly comprising a first at least one cut out. The manifold assembly is partially housed within a manifold. The manifold assembly has ducting for air to flow originating from the turbine assembly. The manifold assembly further comprises a bidet for liquid matter to exit originating from the liquid matter system. A toilet seat assembly has mounting brackets to mount onto the manifold assembly and a cover assembly has a mounting frame to mount onto the manifold assembly. The cover assembly has a second at least one cutout for air to flow originating from the turbine assembly. The cover assembly further has a third at least one cutout for the liquid matter to exit originating from the liquid matter system.
US08065739B1
A method and apparatus for detecting policy violations in information content containing data in a character-based language is described. In one embodiment, the method includes identifying a policy for protecting source data having a tabular format. The source data contains one or more data fragments in the character-based language. The method further includes receiving information content having at least a portion in the character-based language, and determining whether any part of the information content, including the portion in the character-based language, violates the policy.
US08065736B2
A system and method for using asynchronous changes to memory to detect malware is disclosed. The technology initially receives a memory buffer location to be evaluated, the memory buffer location possibly having at least a portion of malware therein. The technology then performs a plurality of double fetches to the memory buffer location. The technology additionally compares a plurality of responses to the plurality of double fetches, wherein a plurality of similar responses to the plurality of double fetches indicates the portion of malware is not present and wherein at least two distinct responses to the plurality of double fetches indicates the portion of malware is present.
US08065734B1
A method includes creating an intercept function for a tracked Dynamic Link Library (DLL) function of a Dynamic Link Library (DLL) being loaded into a suspicious module. Further, the import address table entry for the tracked DLL function is replaced with the respective address of the intercept function. In this manner, a call from the suspicious module to the tracked DLL function is intercepted by the intercept function. The suspicious module is associated with the thread presently executing and the call is passed to the tracked DLL function. Accordingly, any actions associated with the thread are attributed to the suspicious module instead of to a process containing the suspicious module.
US08065731B1
The present invention relates to a method for containing propagation of a malware in a communication network having a plurality of communication nodes. The method steps include obtaining communication statistics from a traffic trace of the communication network, generating a weighted graph from the communication statistics to represent a communication pattern in the communication network, partitioning the weighted graph based on a pre-determined criteria into at least a first sub-graph representing a first portion of the communication network and a second sub-graph representing a second portion of the communication network, identifying a separator vertex from a plurality of vertices of the weighted graph, the separator vertex connecting the first sub-graph and the second sub-graph, the separator vertex representing a separator node of the plurality of communication nodes, and providing a security patch to the separator node for preventing propagation of the malware between the first portion of the communication network and the second portion of the communication network.
US08065728B2
A malware prevention system monitors kernel level events of the operating system and applies user programmable or preprepared policies to those events to detect and block malware.
US08065727B2
In one embodiment, a method includes identifying at least one parameter as being associated with a service provided to an entity, as for example a subscriber. The service is arranged to service the entity. The method also includes monitoring the parameter to determine if accessibility to the service by the entity is compromised, and invoking a notification mechanism to send a notification to the entity if it is determined that the accessibility to the service by the entity is compromised. The notification indicates that the accessibility to the service is compromised.
US08065726B2
The present disclosure provides a method for scalable anti-replay windowing. According to one exemplary embodiment, the method may include receiving at least one data packet having at least one new sequence number. The method may also include comparing the at least one new sequence number to an anti-replay window configured to prevent packet replay, the anti-replay window having at least one existing sequence number. The method may further include shifting the contents of the anti-replay window by varying the location of a starting index and an ending index. Of course, additional embodiments, variations and modifications are possible without departing from this embodiment.
US08065716B2
A content player receives a content carrier, which includes a first computer readable medium and a second computer readable medium, and determines whether a valid license exists for accessing content or a segment of content carried in the first computer readable medium. The first computer readable medium includes a first authorization token, and the second computer readable medium includes a second authorization token. The first and second authorization tokens or some portions thereof are associated with each other and are associated with the segment of content. The content player uses at least the first and second authorization tokens in determining whether to grant access to the segment of content.
US08065713B1
A system and method for providing access management to secured items through use of a plurality of server machines associated with different locations are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a local server can be dynamically reconfigured depending on a user's current location. Typically, a local server services only those users that are local to the local server. When a user moves from one location to another location, upon detecting a new location of the user who has moved from a previous location, the local server for the new location can be reconfigured to add support for the user, while at the same time, the local server for the previous location is reconfigured to remove support for the user. As a result, security is enhanced while the access management can be efficiently carried out to ensure that only one access from the user is permitted at any time across an entire organization, regardless of how many locations the organization has or what access privileges the user may be granted.
US08065702B2
The a method and apparatus is disclosed for collecting information about network (Internet) users for determining advertising to be presented to the users. User profiles may be determined, and advertising is selectively provided by comparing user personal information in such profiles with a desired demographic profile. The advertising may be presented in combination with the users playing games. User responses to advertising are used for evaluating advertising effectiveness. Test marketing of products, and advertisements may be performed.
US08065696B2
In an implementation of control-based content pricing, a content server distributes media content to a client device in response to a request from the client device to receive the media content. A valuation application allocates a cost to the client device when the media content is distributed to the client device. The content server receives a view control input from the client device that indicates how the media content is to be rendered and the valuation application adjusts the cost according to the view control input and how the media content is to be rendered.
US08065690B2
A system and method for managing a remote procedure call (RPC) system in a distributed system is disclosed. The distributed computing system is typically implemented as a client server model. A server implements several procedures and offers these procedures as services to clients in the distributed computing system. A server handles multiple RPC requests from multiple clients. A client sends an RPC request to a server; the server processes the requested procedure, and sends a reply back to the client.
US08065681B2
A method, information processing node, and a computer program storage product are provided for performing synchronization operations between participants of a program. Each participant includes at least one of a set of processes and a set of threads. Each participant in a first subset of participants of a program updates a portion of a first local vector that is local to the respective participant. Each participant in a second subset of participants of the program updates a portion of a second local vector that is local to the respective participant. The participants in the second subset exit the synchronization barrier in response to determining that all of the participants in the first subset have reached the synchronization barrier.
US08065676B1
An automated provisioning system provisions computing resources for shared services in a resource-on-demand system. A number of virtual machines needed for a virtual machine production pool for a period of time to satisfy the computing demand for the shared services is determined from a policy. Also, a number of unassigned virtual machines needed for a virtual machine buffer pool is determined from the policy. Servers and virtual machines are automatically provisioned for the virtual machine production pool and the virtual machine buffer pool based on the determined number of virtual machines needed for the virtual machine production pool, the determined number of unassigned virtual machines needed for the virtual machine buffer pool, and a changing computing demand of the shared services during the period of time.
US08065667B2
Techniques for extracting content from a rendered page are provided. In one approach, a tool allows a user to specify executable code (e.g., JavaScript) to be inserted into a file (e.g., HTML file). The code-injected file is interpreted and the executable code is executed, including, optionally, any executable code already in the file. Content is subsequently generated and provided to another application for further processing.
US08065659B1
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that extends a scripting language native to a web browser to facilitate executing scripts within a web browser. During operation, the system receives a first command from a root script to initialize a first worker script within a web browser. In response to the first command, the system: creates a first operating-system thread, wherein the first operating-system thread is associated with a first message queue; starts a first worker script-engine using the first operating-system thread; receives a first message at the first message queue to execute the first worker script; and in response to the first message, executes the first worker script within the first worker script-engine.
US08065658B1
An automated tool for partitioning the source code of a software system at heuristic architectural boundaries identified by a bug-reporting process, and for representing the architecture of the software system as a set of visual attributes without constraining the representation to any particular predefined architectural style. The attributes are visualized applying multi-dimensional mapping techniques to software components to generate visual maps of the relationships and interactions among software components that cannot be easily understood or assimilated in a non-graphical form.
US08065645B2
A latch conversion circuit which is to be added to a basic logic circuit to obtain a latch circuit having an extremely small through delay amount is prepared in advance. Moreover, provided is means for obtaining a latch circuit position whereat the shifting of the clock edge, such as skew or jitter, can be absorbed to the maximum extent possible, and for forming a latch circuit by adding the latch conversion circuit to the basic logic circuit located at the obtained point. Accordingly, a latch circuit which is not, to the extent possible, affected by skew or jitter can be designed.
US08065639B2
An IC designing method includes planning placement of a first isolated-power supplied region operating between common ground and power bus lines during a normal operation, and second/third isolated-power supplied regions each operating between the common ground bus line and first/second isolated power lines and supplied with potentials different from the common power supply, planning placement of first electrostatic protection circuits connected between the common ground power bus lines and between the common ground bus line and the first/second isolated power lines, and second electrostatic protection circuits connected between the first/second isolated power lines and the common power bus lines, judging presence of a signal transmission between non-adjacent regions among the first to third isolated-power supplied regions, and amending the circuit to insert a buffer circuit powered by the common power bus line in a transmission path when the signal transmission is present.
US08065635B2
A method for resizing a pattern to be written by using lithography technique includes calculating a first dimension correction amount of a pattern for correcting a dimension error caused by a loading effect, for each small region made by virtually dividing a writing region of a target workpiece into meshes of a predetermined size, based on an area density of the each small region, calculating a second dimension correction amount in accordance with a line width dimension of the pattern to be written in the each small region, correcting the first dimension correction amount by using the second dimension correction amount, and resizing the line width dimension of the pattern by using a corrected first dimension correction amount, and outputting a result of the resizing.
US08065632B2
An information setting display apparatus and its control method are capable of displaying many setting items and setting contents on a small screen without degrading visual recognition and operation performance in a whole setting process and without sacrificing visual recognition of a setting item to be actually set. The apparatus displays setting items in one column and displays each of displayed setting items and corresponding setting contents in one row; in response to a selection of any one of the displayed setting items, displays the selected setting item by expanding the selected setting item, and displays the setting items not selected, by compressing the setting items not selected; and in response to a selection of any one of the setting contents corresponding to the selected setting item, displays the selected setting content by expanding it to a greater degree than the setting contents corresponding to the setting items not selected.
US08065625B2
A GUI evaluation system includes: an expression information extracting section for extracting an expression element on a plurality of evaluation target screens based on information capable of specifying a restriction on input into an input component; a data input expression specifying section for comparing respective expression elements extracted by the expression information extracting section among input components different in restriction on input to specify an expression element indicative of the restriction on input; and a data input expression determining section for determining that a restriction expression indicative of an input restriction is consistent when, among expression elements specified by the data input expression specifying section, there is a common expression element on the same input restriction on the plurality of evaluation target screens, or that a restriction expression indicative of an input restriction is inconsistent when there is no common expression element.
US08065621B2
The present invention discloses a system and a method for creating, editing, reusing and presenting of scenarios. The scenario may comprise events, where each event nay comprise instance and/or class components. The system may comprise a processor and a GUI that is object oriented. The GUI may allow a user to graphically edit, create and define operations upon scenarios, events and events' components; and static and dynamic presentations of the scenario, the events that are associated with the scenario and the events' components. The processor may enable translating the graphical operations into programming code to be executed by a computer. The system may enable a multiplicity of users to reuse and customize template scenarios where upon downloading a template scenario the system may replace all the instance components with their associated class components.
US08065620B2
A method for defining a composite web page is disclosed which includes identifying a web page referencing at least one associated element. The method further includes analyzing the web page to determine a list of the associated elements and presenting the list to a user. A user selection of one or more associated elements from the list is received and registered for later retrieval. A method for presenting a composite web page is also disclosed. Systems and computer-readable storage media for defining and presenting a composite web page are also disclosed.
US08065619B2
A method and apparatus for customizing content presented to individual users or user segments is provided. There may be three components, a web portal and toolbar component, a modeling component, and a scoring component. The web portal and toolbar component presents content items and collects data. The web portal and toolbar component generates user event data based on the user actions. The user event data is forwarded to the modeling component. The modeling component generates content scoring functions based on user event data and attributes of content items. Content scoring functions may be unique to individual user segments. The content scoring functions based on content features generate probability a content item will be viewed. The scoring component decides which content items are placed in a portal. The scoring component uses the scoring functions generated by the modeling component to rank content items in real time.
US08065618B2
Systems and techniques are described for a computer program product that can provide an interaction center (IC) manager's graphical user interface on an interconnected display device. The graphical user interface includes an overview area displaying at least one user-selected statistic that relates to a user-selected group of interaction center agents being monitored and a detailed area displaying a list of each of the user-selected group of interaction center agents being monitored and further displaying for each of the listed agents at least one user-selected monitored statistic relating to the listed agents.
US08065613B2
An image pickup apparatus in which when a decision button is depressed, a transfer confirmation screen is displayed without recording a selection record, and, when a shortcut button is depressed, a selection record is recorded and the transfer confirmation screen is not displayed. When one of image data recorded in a storage medium is selected by an operation of a user, a reproduction module executes reproduction for display of the image data, and upon a user transfer instruction and acceptance of the instruction by a queue, a communication module transfers image data to an external apparatus. When one of other image data recorded in the storage medium is selected by a user operation in the course of a transfer process of the image data by the communication module, the reproduction module executed a reproduction process on the selected other image data.
US08065611B1
A system and method for associating a document with a concept are provided. One or more idea-electronic document associations is identified, wherein each idea-electronic document association is based on a user performance criteria relative to the electronic document and the idea. At least one of the one or more electronic documents is identified with a concept based on the one or more idea-electronic document associations, wherein the concept is related to the one or more ideas.
US08065609B2
A survey document is provided on a server, for delivery to a client on a network, having questions and potential answers in a format defining branches of the questions. Programming instructions are also provided on the server for delivery to the client on the network. The instructions are for causing the client to render questions on a user interface from the survey document. The questions initially rendered include a first one of the questions. The instructions are also for causing the client to branch to and render on the user interface second or third ones of the questions responsive to the survey document and an answer received for the first question.
US08065594B2
Data to be more robustly transmitted within 8VSB broadcast DTV signals are turbo coded using parallelly concatenated convolutional coding (PCCC) and incorporated within the segments of data fields, the bytes of which are convolutionally interleaved before trellis coding and 8VSB symbol mapping. Packing the PCCC into payload fields of MPEG-2-compatible null data packets and Reed-Solomon coding the packets to generate the segments of data fields, the bytes of which are convolutionally interleaved, conditions legacy DTV receivers to disregard PCCC components not useful to them. Transversal packing turbo-coded Reed-Solomon codewords into the payload fields of MPEG-2-compatible null data packets increases the capability of those turbo-coded Reed-Solomon codewords to overcome burst errors. Repeated transmissions of the transversally packed turbo-coded Reed-Solomon codewords in whole or in part allows them to overcome protracted deep fades encountered during mobile reception of 8VSB DTV signals.
US08065591B2
The invention relates to a method of transmitting digital data packets protected by error correction packets and more precisely the manner of inserting these correction packets into the data packet stream so as to increase the correction effectiveness of the error correction method while limiting the latency introduced into the transmission. The packets are set out in matrix form, error packets are computed on lines and columns and are inserted regularly into the stream at a sufficient distance from the data packets that they protect.
US08065588B2
Formulaic flexible collision-free memory accessing for parallel turbo decoding with quadratic polynomial permutation (QPP) interleave. A means is presented by which any desired number of parallel implemented turbo decoding processors can be employed to perform turbo decoding that has been performed using a QPP interleave. This approach is presented to allow an arbitrarily selected number (M) of decoding processors (e.g., a plurality of parallel implemented turbo decoders) to perform decoding of a turbo coded signal while still using a selected embodiment of a QPP interleave. In addition, a collision-free memory mapping, MOD,C,W) provides more freedom for selecting the particular quadratic polynomial permutation (QPP) interleave (π) that satisfies a parallel turbo decoding implementation with any desired number of parallel implemented turbo decoding processors. This memory mapping allows collision-free reading and writing of updated information (as updated using parallel implemented turbo decoder) into memory banks.
US08065584B2
There is provided a method of transmitting data words. The method includes (a) scrambling a first occurrence of a data word to produce a first scrambled data word, (b) block encoding the first scrambled data word to produce a first code word, (c) scrambling a second occurrence of the data word to produce a second scrambled data word, and (d) block encoding the second scrambled data word to produce a second code word, where the second code word and the first code word are different from one another.
US08065572B2
An integrated circuit configured for at-speed scan testing of memory arrays. The integrated circuit includes a scan chain having a plurality of serially coupled scan elements, wherein a subset of the plurality of scan elements are coupled to provide signals to a memory array. Each scan element of the subset of the plurality of scan elements includes a flip flop having a data input, and a data output coupled to a corresponding input of the memory array, and selection circuitry configured to, in an operational mode, couple a data path to the data input, and further configured to, in a scan mode, couple to the data input one of a scan input, the data output, and a complement of the data output. The scan elements of the subset support at-speed testing of a memory array coupled thereto.
US08065571B2
A tester that generates various data patterns to assure that link receivers and transmitters are functioning properly (i.e., are functioning according to a relevant network specification) across the entire storage area network. In various embodiments, this tester may be used in Fibre Channel type SANs or in fiber connectivity (FICON) type SANs.
US08065570B1
Testing an integrated circuit (IC) having numerous terminals coupled to numerous digitally controlled impedance (DCI) modules, where the numerous DCI modules control configurable impedances of the numerous terminals. The IC further includes a control circuit having outputs coupled to enable inputs of the numerous DCI modules, where operating the IC in a test mode configures the control circuit to selectively couple a control signal to the enable terminals of the numerous DCI modules. One DCI module of the numerous DCI modules can be enabled at a time facilitating testing of the configurable impedances of the I/O terminals.
US08065567B1
A computer-implemented method for recording behavioral information of an unverified component is described. Interactions between a first process and an unverified component loaded in the first process are monitored. A fault is detected from the monitored interactions. Information associated with an event is sent to a proxy module loaded in a second process. The execution of the event in the second process is verified. Information associated with the behavior of the unverified component during the execution of the event is recorded.
US08065564B2
First and second processing units execute the same control program to the same input data in parallel. An input/output unit generates the input data and receives one of two output data executed by the first and second processing units. A channel selection unit sends the input data to the first and second processing units and sends the one to the input/output unit by selecting the one from the two output data. In the first and second processing units, a control cycle synchronization unit generates a control cycle signal at a control cycle, a processor executes the control program, a data memory stores operation data including the input data, intermediate data being executed and output data executed by the processor. A diagnostics unit generates summary information by compressing the operation data and comparatively decides whether the summary information matches the other summary information of the other processing unit every control cycle.
US08065555B2
A method and a processor may include storing a first set of data in a data array in a cache unit substantially concurrently to reading a second set of data from the data array, and using the second set of data to generate error correction data corresponding to the first set of data. A method or processor may include reading an entry from a cache in a processor and executing two or more error detection mechanisms on the entry substantially concurrently.
US08065550B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a mode register set for establishing information on a delay time, a delay time calculator for calculating an I/O path delay time of a data clock on a basis of a unit period of a system clock, and a delay locked clock generator for reflecting in the data clock a value of subtracting an output of the delay time calculator from the information established in the mode register set.
US08065544B2
Activation of an external sensor coupled to an electronic device will change the frequency of a low power oscillator in the electronic device that runs during a low power sleep mode of the electronic device. When a change in frequency of the low power oscillator is detected, the electronic device will wake-up from the low power sleep mode. In addition, when a change in frequency from an external frequency source is detected, the electronic device will wake-up from the low power sleep mode.
US08065535B2
A semiconductor integrated circuit includes an external terminal input with an external power supply voltage, a plurality of field effect transistors connected between the external terminal and an internal power supply line and a control circuit input with potentials of spots where voltage drops from output points of the output transistors are substantially the same in the internal power supply line, and controlling the plurality of field effect transistors according to the potential being input.
US08065531B2
The invention relates to a method of determining a plaintext M on the basis of a cipher C and using a secret key d, wherein the secret key d is used in binary form, wherein the plaintext M is determined in each iteration step i for the corresponding bit di and a security variable Mn is determined in parallel therewith, and then a verification variable x is determined by means of a bit-compatible exponent of the secret key d.
US08065527B2
A system and method for embedding a written signature into a secure electronic document is disclosed. The method includes forming a placeholder electronic document containing content to be attested to by a signature. A signing individual can be selected from a signer list. A signature tag can be placed into the placeholder electronic document at a selected signature location. The signature tag is associated with the signing individual and defines the signature location for the signing individual to sign. The placeholder electronic document can be secured to form a secure electronic document having content configured to be uneditable. A signature can be captured with a signature capture device configured to enable the signing individual to write the signature to be embedded into the secure electronic document at the location indicated by the signature tag to mimic a real world experience of signing paper documents.
US08065516B2
A magnetic disk drive is provided capable of reducing a processing load even in a mode of, for example, reproduction during recording. In one embodiment, a magnetic disk drive includes a storage unit for storing certificate information that relates to the magnetic disk drive and corresponds to a root key of a certification organization. The certificate information is used on the host side to perform authentication processing of the magnetic disk drive.
US08065515B2
In one embodiment, a method comprises detecting, by a router, an unsolicited first router advertisement message from an attachment router that provides an attachment link used by the router, the first router advertisement message specifying a first IPv6 address prefix owned by the attachment router and usable for address autoconfiguration on the attachment link; detecting, by the router, an unsolicited delegated IPv6 address prefix from the attachment router and that is available for use by the router; and automatically selecting by the router a second IPv6 address prefix based on concatenating a suffix to the delegated IPv6 address prefix, including dynamically generating the suffix based on a prescribed distributed hash operation executed by the router, the second IPv6 address prefix for use on at least one ingress link of the router.
US08065514B2
A system and method for enabling access to user-level data is described. One embodiment includes accessing a user-level portable executable (PE) file. In this embodiment, the boot-loader registry of a computer is modified during an installation period to include a reference to the user-level PE file. The operating system uses the reference during an early boot-time to image the PE file into memory as a boot-file.
US08065503B2
Methods, systems and computer programs for distributing a computing operation among a plurality of processes and for gathering results of the computing operation from the plurality of processes are described. An exemplary method includes the operations of pairing a plurality of processes such that each process has a maximum of one interaction partner, selecting half of the data located at a process, dividing the selected half of the data into a plurality of data segments, transmitting a first data segment resulting from the dividing operation from the process to the interaction partner of the process, receiving a second data segment at the process from the interaction partner, concurrently with the transferring and receiving operations, performing a computing operation on a third data segment previously received from a previous interaction partner and a fourth data segment from the data segments, and iterating over the transmitting, receiving and computing operations until all the data segments have been exchanged.
US08065500B2
A device for processing information and the working method of the same are provided. The device for processing information comprises: a memory in which logic for driving a firmware is stored; a connector for connecting the memory to an external device; and a control unit for providing an interface with a host, for communicating with the host through the connector, and for reading and recording data on the memory. The control unit comprises: a first storing device in which a routine for calling the firmware logic stored in the memory is stored; and a processor for executing the firmware logic, stored in the memory, using the routine stored in the first storing device.
US08065499B2
A computer system includes multiple processing threads that execute in parallel. The multiple processing threads have access to a global environment including different types of metadata enabling the processing threads to carry out simultaneous execution depending on a currently selected type of lock mode. A mode controller monitoring the processing threads initiates switching from one type of lock mode to another depending on current operating conditions such as an amount of contention amongst the multiple processing threads to modify the shared data. The mode controller can switch from one lock mode another regardless of whether any of the multiple processes are in the midst of executing a respective transaction. A most efficient lock mode can be selected to carry out the parallel transactions. In certain cases, switching of lock modes causes one or more of the processing threads to abort and retry a respective transaction according to the new mode.
US08065496B2
To reduce the number of bits required for LRU control when the number of target entries is large, and achieve complete LRU control. Each time an entry is used, an ID of the used entry is stored to configure LRU information so that storage data 0 stored in the leftmost position indicates an ID of an entry with the oldest last use time (that is, LRU entry), for example as shown in FIG. 1(1). An LRU control apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention refers to the LRU information, and selects an entry corresponding to the storage data 0 (for example, entry 1) from the LRU information as a candidate for the LRU control, based on the storage data 0 as the ID of the entry with the oldest last use time.
US08065495B2
An information processing apparatus for recording data onto a recording medium, includes an access controller for outputting, to a medium-specific controller, record data input from an application and directed to the recording medium. The access controller performs a read-modify-write (RMW) operation by verifying whether one of a record start position and a record end position of the record data input by a logical sector unit from the application is different from a delimitation position of a physical sector as an access unit of the recording medium, acquiring the record data by the physical sector unit and storing the record data onto a memory if one of the record start position and the record end position is different from the delimitation position, updating logical sector data as part of stored physical sector data with the input record data, and outputting the updated physical sector data to the medium-specific controller.
US08065493B2
A memory controller (SMC) is provided the for coupling a memory (MEM) to a network (N). The network (N) comprises at least one network interface (PCIEI) having network interface buffers (TPB, FCB) for implementing a flow control across the network (N). The memory controller (SMC) comprises a buffer managing unit (BMU) for managing the buffering of data from the network (N) to exchange data with the memory (MEM) in bursts. The buffer managing unit (BMU) furthermore monitors the network interface buffers (TPB, FCB) in order to determine whether sufficient data is present in the network interface buffers (FCB) such that a burst of data can be written to the memory (MEM) and whether sufficient space is available in the network interface buffers (TPB) such that a burst of data from the memory (MEM) can be buffered in the network interface buffers (TPB). The buffer managing unit (BMU) controls the access to the memory (MEM) according to according to the data and/or space in the network interface buffers (FCB, TPB).
US08065491B2
A method and apparatus for providing optimized strong atomicity operations for non-transactional writes is herein described. Locks are acquired upon initial non-transactional writes to memory locations. The locks are maintained until an event is detected resulting in the release of the locks. As a result, in the intermediary period between acquiring and releasing the locks, any subsequent writes to memory locations that are locked are accelerated through non-execution of lock acquire operations.
US08065482B2
A size storage unit stores therein a block size of a memory element. A buffering unit executes buffer processing configured to store data received from a RAID (Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive/Independent Disks) controller into a buffer, and to write the data stored in the buffer into the memory element. A stripe-size receiving unit receives a stripe size that indicates a size of a unit of access at time of access to the memory element by the RAID controller. Writing processing is configured to write data received from the RAID controller into the memory element without executing the buffer processing by the buffering unit, when the stripe size is n times of the block size (n is a positive integer).
US08065479B2
Methods and associated structures for utilizing write-back cache management modes for local cache memory of disk drives coupled to a storage controller while maintaining data integrity of the data transferred to the local cache memories of affected disk drives. In one aspect hereof, a state machine model of managing cache blocks in a storage controller cache memory maintains blocks in the storage controller's cache memory in a new state until verification is sensed that the blocks have been successfully stored on the persistent storage media of the affected disk drives. Responsive to failure or other reset of the disk drive, the written cache blocks may be re-written from the copy maintained in the cache memory of the storage controller. In another aspect, an alternate controller's cache memory may also be used to mirror the cache blocks from the primary storage controller's cache memory as additional data integrity assurance.
US08065472B2
A system includes a non-volatile mass storage unit, e.g., a flash memory device and/or a hard drive unit for instance. A memory device is used as a high speed data buffer and/or cache for the non-volatile storage unit. The memory device may be non-volatile, e.g., magnetic random access memory (MRAM) or volatile memory, e.g., synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM). By buffering and/or caching the write data, fewer accesses are required to the mass storage device thereby increasing system performance. Additionally, mechanical and electrical degradation of the mass storage device is reduced. Certain trigger events can be programmed to cause data from the memory device to be written to the mass storage device. The write buffer contents may be preserved across reset or power loss events. The mass storage unit may be a data transport layer, e.g., Ethernet, USB, Bluetooth, etc.
US08065469B2
Methods for extending the service life of a data storage device and devices operable to perform those methods are presented. A master lookup table block may comprise lookup table blocks and store an erase count indicator for each lookup table block. Each lookup table block may be associated with a logical zone of a memory and comprise entries. Each entry may be associated with a logical block and comprise an erase count for a physical block corresponding to that logical block. A physical block erasure may be performed on a first physical block in the memory. The physical block erasure may be tracked by incrementally increasing a first erase count. An actual erase count may be determined for the first physical block. The entry for a logical block corresponding to the first physical block may be exchanged with another entry within a different lookup table block when the actual erase count for the first physical block exceeds a threshold. The different lookup table block may have a lower erase count indicator relative to that of the lookup table block comprising the entry for the logical block corresponding to the first physical block.
US08065465B1
One embodiment of the invention sets forth a control crossbar unit that is designed to transmit control information from control information generators to destination components within the computer system. The control information may belong to various traffic paradigms, such as short-latency data traffic, narrow-width data traffic or broadcast data traffic. The physical connections within the control crossbar unit are categorized based on the different types of control information being transmitted through the control crossbar unit. The physical connections belong to the following categories: one-to-one (OTO) connections, one-to-many (OTM) connections, valid-to-one (VTO) connections, valid-to-many (VTM) connections wire-to-one (WTO) connections and wire-to-many (WTM) connections.
US08065457B2
A method for delayed memory access request arbitration includes dispatching a first memory access request to a memory controller and dispatching a second memory access request to the memory controller in response to an anticipated completion of a memory access operation represented by the first memory access request. Another method includes receiving a first memory access request at a bus interface unit at a first time, dispatching a second memory access request to a memory controller at a second time subsequent to the first time, receiving a third memory access request at the bus interface unit at a third time subsequent to the second time, dispatching the third memory access request to the memory controller at a fourth time subsequent to the third time and dispatching the first memory access request to the memory controller at a fifth time subsequent to the fourth time.
US08065451B2
A device includes a universal serial bus (USB) port comprising a data terminal and a power terminal to receive power from a remote USB port. The device includes a controller coupled to the data terminal of the USB port to provide a USB initialization signal.
US08065448B2
A DMA control system includes: a plurality of DMA control units that are controlled in a manner that, while one of the plurality of DMA control units use a transmission path, the other DMA control units other than the one of the plurality of DMA control unit are prevented from using the transmission path; and a transfer instruction unit that defines transfer amounts of DMA transfers for the respective DMA control units and gives transfer instructions thereto. The transfer instruction unit, when the transfer instruction unit gives a transfer instruction to a first DMA control unit of the plurality of the DMA control units, defines a transfer amount for the first DMA control unit and gives the transfer instruction thereto in accordance with a state of utilizing a second DMA control units of the plurality of the DMA control units.
US08065445B1
A method of accessing a peripheral device can include determining whether the peripheral device is busy. The method can include selectively providing to a processor, according to whether the peripheral device is busy, either a driver or a program. The driver, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to offload the operation to the peripheral device. The program, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform the operation in lieu of the peripheral device performing the operation.
US08065444B2
Method and system for latency-independent peripheral device identification. The computer system receives an interrupt from a peripheral device via a communications port. In response, an interrupt notification message is posted to alert a notification handler, and compliant peripheral class is determined. The voltage on a device may sense pin of the communications port for this determination. If the interrupt is indicative of the compliant peripheral class and the communications port is inactive, the port is opened, and an inquiry is sent and a response is received. If a response is received within a predetermined time period, an identification notification message is posted based on the response including information for classifying the peripheral device, so that a software handler registered with the operating system can handle the identification notification message when the software handler receives it. Thus, no time-critical interrupt response requirement is imposed for its successful operation.
US08065440B2
Device images, for example IDE mass storage device images, may be enabled and disabled without disrupting a host system. In one embodiment, the invention includes a memory device register to indicate the presence of a memory device to a computer system, a switch coupled to the memory device register to set the memory device register to indicate the presence of a memory device, and an external interface coupled to the switch to operate the switch.
US08065433B2
A hybrid Butterfly Cube (“BCube”) architecture is described herein. The BCube architecture is a server-centric network architectural design, and includes a plurality of servers. Each of the plurality of servers may have multiple network ports and serve not only as an end host, but also an intermediate relay node for other servers. The BCube architecture further includes a plurality of switches which are arranged in multiple levels. Each switch has a certain number of network ports for connecting to the servers. The BCube architecture provides multiple parallel paths between any two servers. A packet source routing protocol and a BCube source routing (BSR) protocol are used to determine which path is used for routing a packet between any two servers.
US08065431B2
A method of data management for efficiently storing and retrieving data in response to user access requests. The method includes receiving a request from at least one client for a title not resident in a storage server, where the title includes a play track having a plurality of chapters. The retrieval from a secondary storage device of play track portions proximate chapter delineation points is initiated, and bandwidth capacity and quality-of-service (QoS) parameters associated with the secondary storage device is determined. In the case of a client request to begin presentation of the title at one of the chapters, streaming of retrieved portions of the play track chapter to the client is initiated, masking latency associated with the secondary storage device is provided, and retrieval of at least unretrieved portions of the play track chapter and subsequent play track portions from the secondary storage device is initiated.
US08065430B2
In a situation where a host computer or storage system is an initiator and the storage system or another storage system is a target, when the initiator intends to check LUs in the target, if the initiator judges that the number of delay ACKs is set to more than one, it simultaneously issues the same number of check commands—SCSI Inquiry LUN#a and LUN#b—as the number of delayed ACKs, or check commands in multiples of the number of delayed ACK, to the target; and, when receiving check results—SCSI Data-In—in response to the check commands from the target, sends an acknowledgement to the target. Accordingly, when the number of delayed ACKs set in the TCP in the initiator is more than one, the initiator simultaneously issues check commands to the target designating the same number of LUs as the number of delayed ACKs, and the responses will not be influenced by the delayed ACK.
US08065428B2
Methods and arrangements for facilitating and streamlining patch management in “road warrior” and analogous contexts. Particularly, there are broadly contemplated herein, in accordance with at least one presently preferred embodiment of the present invention, methods and arrangements for facilitating determinations of suitable times for enabling system updates and/or downloads.
US08065423B2
Method and system for assigning access control levels in providing access to networked content files
A method and system for assigning access control levels when granting access to resources includes a client node, a collection agent, and a policy engine. The client node requests access to a resource. The collection agent gathers information about the client node. The policy engine receives the gathered information and assigns one of a plurality of levels of access responsive to application of a policy to the received information and transmits the information.
US08065421B2
Publicly accessible linking information is to establish a trusted relationship between reciprocally linked entities controlling web resources, such as websites or web logs. A method of establishing a trust relationship between two entities identifying a user-installed link to a second web resource in a first web resource. Next, the method determines when a reciprocal link is made in the second web resource directed to the first web resource and creates a trust relationship between the entities based on the reciprocal link.
US08065399B2
A testing system provides automated testing of one or more network infrastructures. The testing system may automatically reconfigure one or more devices within a network infrastructure and then conduct testing on the newly configured network infrastructure. Test results may be used to diagnose network anomalies and to compare performance or other characteristics of various network configurations. In one embodiment, the testing system tests a communication channel between a front-end and back-end mechanism where data traffic is encoded between the front-end and back-end mechanism.
US08065387B2
A method of establishing communications with one or more devices located in an environment using a wireless communication device is disclosed. The wireless communication device comprises a short-range transceiver that is able to communicate with a short-range transceiver located in the environment. A communication is received from the short-range transceiver of the wireless communication device that includes a request to establish communications with one or more device located in the environment. A request is transmitted to an environment directory server to determine if a user associated with the wireless communication device has permission to access any of the devices in the environment. A response is received from the environment directory server in response to the request. A communication is made to the short-range transceiver of the wireless communication device indicating whether the device can communicate with any of the devices in the environment.
US08065386B2
A method is disclosed for providing requested contents and unrequested associated contents to a client computer system. A website server receives a request from the client computer system to send a web page for display on the client computer system. A provider examines the requested web page's content, identifies related content, and includes the related content in the web page, which is then sent to the client computer system for display.
US08065385B2
An item data management server having the capability to transfer information and records via a physical item data record of an item data management server. The physical item data record transfer and/or cloning facilitates ready maintenance and upkeep of the inventory of physical items to other users to facilitate community/trade, and also provides a feature for providing information relating to the physical items to third-party service providers, such as insurers, and to governmental authorities, such as in the event of theft, to aid in the recovery of the physical items, et cetera.
US08065384B2
Aspects of the present invention relate to systems, methods and devices for imaging device event notification, administration and subscription. Some aspects relate to a subscription application executable on a remote computing device, wherein the subscription application may generate and send a subscription request. Some aspects may limit notification subscription to authorized credential holders. Some aspects relate to event notification message formats and destinations.
US08065383B2
A system and a method to provide a personalized feed to a user. Information regarding the user is obtained from the user via customization content. The customization content indicates various categories of content for the user to select from. In response to the user selecting his or her categories of interest, a feed personalization module selects content pieces whose associated categories match the user selected categories. The feed personalization module then provides a personalized feed including these content pieces to the user. The personalized feed is provided to the user via a unique identifier assigned to the user. Using the unique identifier, the user's actions with respect to the provided feed is tracked. The feed is further re-personalized according to the user's actions. The feed is also re-personalized based on an input from the user indicating the relevance of the feed to the user's interests.
US08065380B2
An information processing system in which a warning is generated in advance when a macro including unsupported functions is executed, realizing improved usability for users. A multi-function apparatus and a server holding at least one macro indicative of a procedure for executing at least one function are connected to each other via a network. A macro referring section provided in the multi-function apparatus acquires a macro held by the second information apparatus. An unsupported function checking section provided in the server detects functions that cannot be realized by the first information apparatus from among functions included in the macro. A warning information providing section provided in the second information apparatus creates warning information relating to the detected unsupported functions and transmits the warning information to the multi-function apparatus. A warning section provided in the multi-function apparatus notifies a user of the transmitted warning information.
US08065377B2
A system and method for configuring access to an electronic mailbox based on limited configuration parameters received from a user. A database stores configuration conventions for a mail domain. A mailbox interface module receives configuration information from a user that is limited in the configuration parameters required for accessing the electronic mailbox. The module retrieves configuration conventions for the mail domain from the database and generates sets of potentially valid configuration parameters based on the retrieved configuration conventions and user supplied configuration information for accessing the mailbox.
US08065373B2
Various aspects relate to using structured messages within one or more systems that implement instant messaging function in a distributed computing environment. In particular, structured information may be encoded and embedded in unstructured instant messages and communicated among one or more computer systems, networks, applications or other entities. In one aspect, instant messaging may be leveraged as middleware for application integration. Other aspects relate to using structured message information to perform functions in a distributed instant messaging system. For example, structured message information may be used to control the display of instant message information to a user, or may be used to control how the instant message information is distributed, processed, or otherwise handled by a receiving system, application or process. Other aspects relate to an interface for displaying information relating to a number of instant messaging conversations to a user. Further, aspects relate to using instant messaging in a trading environment.
US08065371B1
Software is executed on a wireless device for presenting a response aggregation drawn upon a message having at least two desired recipients. The software of presenting at least two message-structure item questions via the wireless device and receives input requesting response aggregation drawn upon the message having at least two desired recipients and transmits the message to at least one of the at least two desired recipients using the wireless device.
US08065370B2
Embodiments of proofs to filter spam are presented herein. Proofs are utilized to indicate a sender used a set amount of computer resources in sending a message in order to demonstrate the sender is not a “spammer”. Varying the complexity of the proofs, or the level of resources used to send the message, will indicate to the recipient the relative likelihood the message is spam. Higher resource usage indicates that the message may not be spam, while lower resource usage increases the likelihood a message is spam. Also, if the recipient requires a higher level of proof than received, the receiver may request the sender send additional proof to verify the message is not spam.
US08065369B2
The subject invention provides a unique system and method that facilitates contact- or people-based organization of messages. A list of contacts can be generated based on the people or groups who have communicated with the user (mailbox owner) via email or otherwise. To view desired messages, a user can select one or more contacts that participated in the desired messages as either a recipient or sender. Following the selection, messages between the selected contacts and the user can be displayed in a window. Any items or information shared in the messages can be viewed in a separate window. A link can be maintained between any shared item and its message of origin. The user can also view messages that include third parties. The contact list is dynamic and due to limited display space, contacts communicating the most frequently with the user can be listed on a top level.
US08065368B2
Methods and Systems for configuring secure templates for an application and network management system to provide network security. A template for an application and network management system is configured with first information for determining whether at least one message received by the template should or should not be processed by the template. The template is configured with second information for processing data associated with at least one received message. The template is configured with third information for preventing the communication of at least one received message to other templates for the application and network management system.
