US08204496B2
An in-vehicle wireless communications device executes an emergency report operation to transmit an emergency report signal from a wireless communications unit to a wireless communications network. During this emergency report operation, integrated electric currents from an in-vehicle battery to an in-vehicle wireless communications device reach a predetermined value, which generates an interrupt. Even at this time, stopping of an operation power from the in-vehicle battery to the wireless communications unit is suspended until the emergency report operation is normally finished.
US08204493B2
A base station control portion selects one or multiple signals in accordance with the state of radio waves from signals received through multiple communication paths. A wireless communication apparatus communicates with a wireless terminal and a wired communication network at multiple frequencies. In response to a request for software upgrading from a network management device, the wireless communication apparatus selects one frequency, controls the state of transmission waves of a wireless interface such that a communication path in which a communication service is being provided can be switched to another communication network without interruption, rewrites software for each wireless interface to software received through a wired interface in advance, and returns the state of transmission waves of the wireless interface. Thus, the software can be upgraded without blackouts of the communication service to the wireless terminal.
US08204491B2
A method in a mobile communication device and a network for transmitting, receiving, and processing a user-accessible contact information data entry in a contact information storage medium (214). User-accessible contact information data, such as a telephone book entry, is transmitted by a sender's device to the mobile communication device (202) with particular restrictions on the entry that trigger a processor (212) to carry out instructions (226, 224, 222) to restrict annunciation, transmission, and/or modification of the telephone book entry and also to trigger instructions (218) to delete all or part of the telephone book entry upon fulfillment of an expiration criterion specified by the sender's device.
US08204483B2
Systems and methods are provided for identifying an electronic file that is accessible by a communications node to be transmitted to a recipient. A communications device sends an identification of the electronic file. The communications node receives the identification of the electronic file, identifies the electronic file based on the identification, and accesses the electronic file for transmission to the recipient. The electronic file is not transmitted from the communications device to the communications node.
US08204482B2
Wireless data services such as wireless email are becoming common, and in particular, “always-on” systems, where new email is automatically forwarded by the service provider to the wireless device. The problem is that there is no effective mechanism for implementing “always-on” systems when the user is moving around a network, or from one network to another. The invention addresses this problem by generating a session key at the service provider's system for a given data session, and returning this session key to the mobile device. Each time the mobile device communicates with the service provider, it enters this session key into a field that will simply pass through the communication network to the service provider. This allows the service provider to manage the data session, preparing proper accounting records and directing the deletion of stale data sessions on network resources.
US08204478B2
A system for setting security in a wireless network system using a cluster function. An access point stores a list of candidate terminals of each neighboring access point. When an arbitrary terminal sends an access request, the access point determines whether or not the terminal is authenticated using the stored list of candidate terminals, and transmits an authentication success message to the requesting terminal if the requesting terminal is authenticated. The terminal performs hand-over to the access point without performing authentication upon receiving the authentication success message from the access point in response to the access request. Thus, the hand-over time of a Wi-Fi phone is reduced in an environment based on Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) that is one of the strongest wireless LAN security policies, so that the safety and mobility of wireless LAN services can be improved at the same time.
US08204475B2
Methods and devices for preventing unauthorized use of mobile devices allow users to create a mobile device identification number (MDIN) which must be entered before mobile devices can access a new removable memory unit. Upon activation a mobile device may check an identifier of an installed removable memory unit to determine if the memory unit has been changed. If the mobile device determines that the memory unit is new, it may prompt the user to enter the MDIN. If the entry made by the user matches the MDIN stored in secure memory, the mobile device will access the new memory unit and function normally. However, if the entry does not match the MDIN stored in memory the mobile device may not access the new memory unit, thereby denying use of the mobile device. Example removable memory units include Subscriber Identity Modules, Universal Integrated Circuit Cards, and Removable User Identity Modules.
US08204466B2
Methods and systems that utilize AC-coupled filtering to reduce DC offset, with aspects dynamically correcting instantaneous DC offset generated from the AC-coupled filtering. A DC offset correction circuit for an radio frequency (rf) receiver comprises a switchable high pass filter receiving a downconverted rf signal. The switchable high pass filter has N selectable corner frequencies, where N is greater than two.
US08204460B2
A method for precise transmit power adjustment in a wide personal area network (WPAN) is provided that includes coarse adjusting a power level of the radio signal by adjusting a gain setting of an amplifier that is used to power the radio signal, and fine adjusting the power level of the radio signal by adjusting a voltage level of an information signal that is provided to the amplifier so that the power level of the radio signal approaches a maximum allowable power level.
US08204459B2
A radio device includes an amplifier and first and second independently operable variable voltage supply inputs to the amplifier, providing a consistent output power range for the radio device across widely varying temperature conditions.
US08204448B2
A first amount of bandwidth is allocated to a first wireless device to send signal quality information to a base station. Based on a first indicator of wireless link conditions associated with the first wireless device, and a second indicator of wireless link conditions associated with a second wireless device, a second amount of bandwidth is allocated to the first wireless device to send signal quality information to the base station.
US08204447B2
An application processor of a distributed architecture for monitoring mobile communication in a wireless communication network is claimed. Systems and methods enable receiving reporting data related to events that occur in a wireless network from the perspective of the wireless device. The data management system is capable of generating a data reporting profile and communicating with a wireless device. The application processor is capable of monitoring and reporting a plurality of conditions within the wireless device and sending and receiving communications from the data management system. The baseband processor is capable of monitoring and reporting plurality of conditions on the wireless network and sending and receiving communications with the application processor. Both the application processor and the baseband processor monitor and report the conditions of the device and the network by applying a series of logical rules found within the data reporting profile.
US08204444B2
An adjustable filter is responsive to a control signal to change a frequency response of the adjustable filter based on at least one of a geographic location, frequency spectrum information, and a status of a secondary internal radio. The control signal may shift a center of the pass band from a first center frequency to a second center frequency and/or change a pass band bandwidth from a first bandwidth to a second bandwidth. A transmitter includes an adjustable filter responsive to a control signal and controller configured to select a frequency response of the adjustable filter by generating the control signal based on a geographical location. In one aspect, the geographical location indicates a region of operation of the receiver and the frequency response is selected in accordance with the region.
US08204442B2
Methods and apparatus are described for mitigating intercell interference in wireless communication systems utilizing substantially the same operating frequency band across multiple neighboring coverage areas. The operating frequency band may be shared across multiple neighboring or otherwise adjacent cells, such as in a frequency reuse one configuration. The wireless communication system can synchronize one or more resource allocation regions or zones across the multiple base stations, and can coordinate a permutation type within each resource allocation zone. The base stations can coordinate a pilot configuration in each of a plurality of coordinated resource allocation regions. Subscriber stations can be assigned resources in a coordinated resource allocation region based on interference levels. A subscriber station can determine a channel estimate for each of multiple base stations in the coordinated resource allocation region to mitigate interference.
US08204435B2
A modular wireless headset includes earpiece(s) and microphone(s), where the earpiece and microphone may be physically separate devices. The earpiece renders inbound radio frequencies received from a host device audible. The earpiece may include a receiver module, data recovery module, and speaker module. The receiver module may convert inbound RF signals into low intermediate frequency (IF) signals. The data recovery module recovers audio signals from the low IF signals. The speaker module renders the audio signals audible. The microphone converts received audio signals into outbound RF signals, where the outbound RF signals are transmitted to the host device. The microphone includes an audio input module and a transmitter module. The audio input module is operably coupled to convert received analog audio signals into digital audio signals. The transmitter module is operably coupled to convert the digital audio signals into the outbound RF signals.
US08204431B2
In an image forming apparatus, when a first sheet discharger discharges a sheet bearing an image in a first direction from a proximal end to a distal end of the image forming apparatus, a post-processing device performs post-processing including at least one of stapling, punching, stamping, and sorting of the sheet discharged from the first sheet discharger. After a second sheet discharger discharges the processed sheet in a second direction opposite to the first direction in which the first sheet discharger discharges the sheet bearing the image, a sheet stacker stacks the sheet discharged from the second sheet discharger. A sheet conveyance path is provided between the first sheet discharger and the second sheet discharger. An opening is provided between the sheet stacker and an image reader so that the sheet discharged from the second sheet discharger can be retrieved from the sheet stacker in the second direction.
US08204401B2
An image forming apparatus, including: an exterior portion having a first panel and a second panel that are opened/closed when an internal mechanism for image formation is taken outside; and an opening/closing interlocking device that makes the second panel open/close in connection with an opening/closing operation of the first panel.
US08204377B2
System, apparatus and method of optical communication are provided for performing digital compensation of the self-phase modulation (SPM) effect experienced by a polarization-division multiplexed (PDM) orthogonal frequency-division multiplexed (OFDM) signal in fiber transmission by compensating a complex digital waveform representing one orthogonal polarization component of the optical PDM-OFDM signal based on both digital waveforms representing two orthogonal polarization components of the PDM-OFDM signal. The compensation of the digital waveform may be further based on an anticipated mean total nonlinear phase shift experienced by the signal during fiber transmission due to SPM. The compensation may be divided into pre-compensation at the PDM-OFDM transmitter and post-compensation at the PDM-OFDM receiver. The fiber transmission link preferably includes a pre-dispersion compensation module, distributed inline dispersion compensation modules, and a post-dispersion compensation module arranged in a judiciously chosen manner.
US08204373B2
An image pickup apparatus includes a motor, a shutter charge mechanism which rotates the motor in a first direction to perform a charge operation of a shutter, a flash pop-up mechanism which rotates the motor in a second direction to move a flash to an up state, a state detector which detects the up state of the flash, a clutch mechanism which cuts off a transmission between the motor and the flash pop-up mechanism when the motor rotates in the first direction, and cuts off a transmission between the motor and the shutter charge mechanism when the motor rotates in the second direction, and a controller which controls the motor to rotate in the first direction to drive the shutter charge mechanism when the state detector detects the up state of the flash after the motor rotates in the second direction to drive the flash pop-up mechanism.
US08204366B2
A method, apparatus and program for recording and playing back content data, method, apparatus and program for playing back content data, and method, apparatus and program for recording content data. The recording and playback apparatus is configured to record content data including a content and play back the content of the content data at a position specified by first relative time information indicating a relative time with respect to a start position of the content. A record start time information generator generates record start time information. A stream playback control table generator generates a stream playback control table associated with a stream resource record in a content data recording unit. Based on the content start time information and the record start time information, a relative time information correction unit corrects relative time information, of a segment to be played back, identified by a metadata manager based on segment metadata. A read controller controls a reading process according to the relative position information corresponding to the corrected relative time information identified by the metadata manager.
US08204364B2
According to a conventional technique for reproducing a frame of a small image change amount at a high speed and a frame of a large image change amount at a low speed, there are cases in which a proper high-speed reproduction representing the outline of the moving picture image data is not necessarily carried out. There is provided reproduction speed control means controlling the reproduction speed of summary reproduction based on a scene feature amount of a plurality of frames. A plurality of summary reproductions having different reproduction characteristics are enabled so that a user can easily grasp the outline of the moving picture image data, while suppressing fluctuation in reproduction speed.
US08204360B2
A recording apparatus for recording video data to a record medium is disclosed, that comprises an encoding means for encoding video data in a group structure of a plurality of frames corresponding to a compression-encoding process in a combination of an inter-frame predictive encoding process and a motion compensative process, a transforming means for transforming the data structure of encoded video data that is output from the encoding means into a file structure that can be processed by a computer software program without a dedicated hardware portion so that moving pictures and so forth are synchronously reproduced, and a recording means for recording data having the file structure to a record medium, wherein the file structure has a first data unit and a second data unit, the second data unit being a set of the first data units, and wherein at least one data structure is matched with the first data unit.
US08204358B2
At least one of a recorded image signal data, recorded audio signal data, and recorded image signal multiplex data, and reproduction information data describing the information about reproduction of at least one of the recorded image signal data, the recorded audio signal data, and the recorded image signal multiplex data or an arbitrary combination thereof, are stored. In this reproduction information data, the user can describe and edit by freely and easily combining the image data, audio data, and image/audio multiplex data. The CPU reads out image data and audio data from the storage means according to the reproduction information data, and decodes them, and converts the data format if necessary, and reproduces the image and audio in synchronism by using synchronization control means.
US08204354B2
A system and method for controlling a digital video recorder on a cable network. Signaling associated with the answering or initiation of a digital telephone call by a digital telephone subscriber is used to issue commands to a digital video recorder (DVR). A signal is generated by an MTA when the telephone is enters an “off-hook” state and sent to the DVR to initiate recording of a program being viewed by the called party. When the phone goes “on-hook”, the called party resumes watching the program from exactly where it was interrupted. The MTA may be connected directly to the VTD/DVR and the telephone state is determined by the DVR from information provided by the MTA. Alternatively, a soft switch monitors signaling from the MTA indicative of the state of the called telephone. A telephone state message comprising the telephone state information is then sent over an out-of-band channel/path to a DVR client within the VTD. The DVR client uses the telephone state information to control a DVR.
US08204342B2
An image processor includes a frequency transform unit performing frequency transform on a first pixel block as a target block, and a pre-filter performing prefiltering with a region which overlaps with plural unit regions for processing by the frequency transform unit as a unit region for processing, before frequency transform is performed. The pre-filter performs prefiltering on a second pixel block being a predetermined number of pixels each larger horizontally and vertically than the first pixel block as a target block. The pre-filter performs prefiltering sequentially on a plurality of second pixel blocks aligned horizontally. The number of pixel signals in a vertical direction within a group of pixel signals continuously inputted to the pre-filter for prefiltering is equal to the number of rows in the second pixel block.
US08204321B2
A method of coding a digital image includes subdividing the image into image blocks formed by a plurality of pixels, and processing each image block of the image, by determining a skip-mode prediction block in respect of the current image block being processed, calculating a difference between the image block being processed and the skip-mode prediction block, and comparing the calculated difference to a predetermined threshold. The calculation of the difference between the current image block being processed and the skip-mode prediction block includes: calculating a plurality of pixel-by-pixel differences between a pixel of the current image block and a corresponding pixel of the skip-mode prediction image block; associating a respective quantized value with each pixel-by-pixel difference; and cumulating the quantized values.
US08204314B2
A method and system for generating a spatial signature for a frame of a video object. The method includes obtaining a frame associated with a video object, and dividing the frame into a plurality of blocks. The plurality of blocks corresponds to a plurality of locations respectively, each of the plurality of blocks includes a plurality of pixels, and the plurality of pixels corresponds to a plurality of pixel values respectively. Additionally, the method includes determining a plurality of average pixel values for the plurality of blocks respectively. Each of the plurality of blocks corresponds to one of the plurality of average pixel values. Moreover, the method includes processing information associated with the plurality of average pixel values and determining a plurality of comparison values for the plurality of blocks respectively based on at least information associated with the plurality of average pixel values.
US08204312B2
Apparatus and method for extracting from a moving image a scene in which an intended person appears by simple operations are provided. A moving image editing apparatus identifies a person as an extraction target based on an instruction of a user, tracks a face of the extraction target to thereby select a scene in which the extraction target appears in a moving image, and extracts a partial moving image containing the selected scene from the moving image.
US08204308B2
An image processing apparatus generates a 3-value image from a 2-value image, wherein the first and second values from the 2-value image indicate foreground and background regions of an input image, and the third value indicates an unknown region of predetermined width at the boundary therebetween. A ratio image is generated from the input image and the 3-value image, having a fourth value indicating the ratio of the first value. The 3-value image is updated by defining a predetermined range near a pixel in the 3-value image corresponding to a pixel in the ratio image whose fourth value is greater than a minimum value and less than a maximum value, and then sets all pixels within the defined range to the third value. If the updated 3-value image is determined to be identical or nearly identical to the pre-update 3-value image, then the updated 3-value image is output.
US08204307B2
A method of imaging a coding pattern disposed on a surface of a substrate. The method comprises the steps of: (a) positioning a nib of an optical reader on the surface and capturing an image of a portion of the coding pattern; (b) locating at least nine target elements in the imaged portion; (c) observing a perspective distortion of the target elements due to a 3D orientation of the reader relative to said surface; (d) calculating a 2D perspective transform using the target elements; and (e) determining a position of the nib on the surface using the 2D perspective transform and local tag data contained in the imaged portion. The imaged portion of the coding pattern has a diameter of at least one tag diameter and less than two tag diameters. The coding pattern is specially adapted for the method.
US08204303B2
Colorant recipes for spot colors, or colors associated with vector graphic objects, are transformed to compensate for spatial variation in a rendering device. Inverted Jacobians of color production performance can be used to transform color deviations into colorant recipe changes. The colorant recipe changes are applied to original colorant recipes to provide the transformed colorant recipes. Jacobians can be determined by exercising a system model according to perturbations of the colorant recipes. Alternatively, test patches or strips based on perturbed original colorant recipes can be rendered and measured and the Jacobians can be based on such measurements. Alternatively, spatially dependent tone reproduction curves can be used to transform the colorant recipes associated with the vector graphic objects. Image processing systems can include a spatial variation information determiner, a spatial compensation information determiner and a colorant recipe transformer.
US08204297B1
Methods and systems for classifying defects detected on a reticle are provided. One method includes determining an impact that a defect detected on a reticle will have on the performance of a device being fabricated on a wafer based on how at least a portion of the reticle prints or will print on the wafer. The defect is located in the portion of the reticle. The method also includes assigning a classification to the defect based on the impact.
US08204286B2
A radiation image detecting system includes an image detecting information storing section storing thereon an image detecting condition under which a radiation image judged by a reader of the radiation image to be inappropriate is detected in association with a site whose radiation image is detected under the image detecting condition judged inappropriate, an image detecting information designating section designating, before a radiation image of an examined subject is detected, an image detecting condition under which the radiation image of the examined subject is detected and a site of the examined subject which is image-detected, and a warning section issuing an warning to a user when the image detecting condition designated by the image detecting information designating section falls within a predetermined range including an image detecting condition stored on the image detecting information storing section in association with the site designated by the image detecting information designating section.
US08204285B2
A method for processing image data includes representing the image data as a model having a spatial dimension, a time dimension, and an energy dimension; providing an objective function that is a function of energy factors, time factors, and image coefficients included in the model; and determining values of the energy factors, the time factors, and the image coefficients that minimize a difference between the optimal value of an objective function and a value of the objective function, the values of the energy factors, the time factors, and the image coefficients defining a solution.
US08204278B2
According to an aspect of an embodiment, a method for detecting a subject in an image, comprising the steps of: dividing said image into a plurality of regions; calculating a similarity between a feature of one of said regions and the feature of another of said regions; determining a distribution of said similarities corresponding to said regions; and detecting the subject in the image by determining correlation of said distribution with a shape of said subject.
US08204267B2
There is thus provided an earphone having a hoop band (100) for receiving at least one electroacoustic reproduction transducer. The hoop band has at least two hoop band portions (110, 120) which respectively include an angle, wherein at least two of the hoop band portions (110, 120) are rotatably connected together. The hoop band also has at least one adjusting unit (20) for adjusting and fixing the angle, wherein the adjusting unit is coupled to the first and second hoop band portions (110, 120).
US08204263B2
Disclosed is method of generating an audible signal in a hearing aid by estimating a weighting function of received audio signals, the hearing aid is adapted to be worn by a user; the method comprises the steps of: estimating a directional signal by estimating a weighted sum of two or more microphone signals from two or more microphones, where a first microphone of the two or more microphones is a front microphone, and where a second microphone of the two or more microphones is a rear microphone; estimating a direction-dependent time-frequency gain, and synthesizing an output signal; wherein estimating the direction-dependent time-frequency gain comprises: obtaining at least two directional signals each containing a time-frequency representation of a target signal and a noise signal; and where a first of the directional signals is defined as a front aiming signal, and where a second of the directional signals is defined as a rear aiming signal; using the time-frequency representation of the target signal and the noise signal to estimate a time-frequency mask; and using the estimated time-frequency mask to estimate the direction-dependent time-frequency gain.
US08204254B2
An amplifier is provided using digital potentiometer integrated circuits to control the tone of a vacuum tube preamplifier allowing digital control of the analog signal path of the amplifier. Using digital potentiometer integrated circuits to control the tone of a vacuum tube preamplifier results in an amplifier that preserves the unique tone quality of a vacuum tube amplifier that offers the flexibility, versatility, and user-friendly features of a digitally controlled amplifier, such as the ability to save and recall amplifier settings. The amplifier of the present invention is especially applicable for use with musical instruments such as for example, electric guitars.
US08204252B1
Systems and methods for adaptive processing of a close microphone array in a noise suppression system are provided. A primary acoustic signal and a secondary acoustic signal are received. In exemplary embodiments, a frequency analysis is performed on the acoustic signals to obtain frequency sub-band signals. An adaptive equalization coefficient may then be applied to a sub-band signal of the secondary acoustic signal. A forward-facing cardioid pattern and a backward-facing cardioid pattern are then generated based on the sub-band signals. Utilizing cardioid signals of the forward-facing cardioid pattern and backward-facing cardioid pattern, noise suppression may be performed. A resulting noise suppressed signal is output.
US08204248B2
A system locates a speaker in a room containing a loudspeaker and a microphone array. The loudspeaker transmits a sound that is partly reflected by a speaker. The microphone array detects the reflected sound and converts the sound into a microphone signal. A processor determines the speaker's direction relative to the microphone array, the speaker's distance from the microphone array, or both, based on the characteristics of the microphone signals.
US08204243B2
A vehicle enunciator includes a storage device having sound data, a vehicle speed portion, an accelerator portion, and at least one speaker. The vehicle enunciator may be configured or attached to a vehicle, such as an electric car. The vehicle speed portion detects the speed of a vehicle, while the accelerator portion detects the position of the accelerator pedal of the vehicle. Using the outputs from the vehicle speed portion and accelerator portion, the sound data from the storage device is adjusted with regards to frequency and amplitude, respectively. At least one speaker then produces sound based upon the adjusted sound data.
US08204240B2
An apparatus and method for artificial reverberation having one or more input summing nodes receiving an input signal and which each feed a first series of delay elements and the output of which is thereafter summed, weighted, and fed back to the input summing nodes. Also, a feedback summing node which further feeds a second delay element which feeds an output with a signal which has multi-dimensional or multi-delay reverberation relative to the input signal. An alternative embodiment further feeds one or more of the first delay element outputs weighted via an output gain to an output summing node which also sums the output of the second delay element and provides a summed output having a multi-dimensional or multi-delay reverberation. The embodiment is easily and economically implemented via conventional integrated electronic circuits, a combination of analog and digital electronics, digital signal processors, microprocessors, micro-controllers, or computer algorithms.
US08204231B2
A cryptographic key management method and device are provided by which cryptographic keys of multiple nodes can be managed easily and stably. A system includes at least one first node and a plurality of second nodes connected to the first node, and the first node individually generates and consumes a cryptographic key with each of the second nodes connected to the first node itself. A cryptographic key management device in such a system has a monitor that monitors the stored key amounts of cryptographic keys of the individual second nodes, stored at the first node, and a key management control section that performs key generation control on the first node, based on the stored key amounts.
US08204224B2
The present invention provides systems and methods for securing communications in a wireless network by utilizing the inherent randomness of propagation errors to enable legitimate users to dynamically create a shared symmetric secret key. In one embodiment, the invention provides a system with two computers each having a wireless network adapter. The sending node encodes the frames, transmits the frames, determines if the frames were correctly received, retransmits the frames if they were not correctly received, stores the frames that were not retransmitted, and uses the stored frames to generate a secret key. The receiving node receives the encoded frames, determines if the frames were retransmitted, stores at least one of the frames that was not retransmitted, and uses the stored frames to generate the same secret key as the receiving node.
US08204216B2
A method for processing an application packet for transmission includes receiving a plurality of segments of the application packet in a byte stream, the byte stream including a plurality of blocks, creating a plurality of superblocks within the byte stream by grouping a number of the plurality of blocks within the byte stream, and creating first pseudorandom bits for the plurality of superblocks. The method also includes determining a block number and a superblock number for a beginning of each of the plurality of segments, determining a block number and a superblock number for an ending of each of the plurality of segments in the byte stream.
US08204215B2
A method of encrypting data is provided. The method includes dividing data in packet units into N data blocks; generating an initial counter value using a random number used for generating an encryption key for encrypting the data blocks; generating N counter values by increasing the initial value by a predetermined value N times and encrypting the N counter values using the encryption key; and performing an exclusive OR operation on the N encrypted counter values and the N data blocks.
US08204208B2
A method of administering a priority service is provided in a telecommunications network (20). The priority service provides higher priority handling of calls employing the service as compared to calls not employing the service for purposes of call completion. The method includes: obtaining at least one authentication credential from a user placing a call over the network (20); verifying a validity of the obtained credential; designating the call for priority handling if the credential is valid, otherwise designating the call for non-priority handling if the credential is invalid; and, attempting to complete the call over the network (20) in accordance with the designated handling.
US08204202B2
A method for playing a Ring Back Tone (RBT) in an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) is disclosed. The method includes: after the network receives an RBT playing request, obtaining the current status information of the called user; determining an RBT ID corresponding to the called user ID and the current status information of the called user according to the corresponding relationship; and playing the RBT to the calling user. A system and Multimedia Ring Back Tone Application Server (MRBT AS) for playing an RBT in the IMS network are also provided. An RBT may be selected and played to the calling user according to the current status of the called user.
US08204197B2
A method and system for conference call scheduling using e-mail. The method and system can receive and parse an e-mail received from a conference moderator, containing scheduling and participant information and schedule a conference call with minimal further user intervention. In essence, the method and system can operate as a virtual administrative assistant to identify and collect telephone contact information for each of the proposed conference call participants, using a customizable hierarchy of internal and external sources of contact information. In this manner, the conference moderator does not need know telephone contact information for each conference call participant.
US08204194B2
A method of determining information relating to one or more users of one or more communication devices in a communication system comprising receiving a request for information, retrieving data relating to an association between communication devices and users identified in the request, obtaining presence information relating to communication devices in the communication system, and supplying the information, the information being determined in part on the obtained presence information and in part on the retrieved association data.
US08204192B1
A call documentation system (10) stores a call log of calls for a user in a call log database (30). The user can prepare a note (22) and the system associates the note with an entry in the call note database (30). Typically, notes are stored in a log notes database (32) which is linked to the call note database (30) through a database manager (29). Notes can be shared with other users.
US08204189B2
An appliance having a diagnostic capability includes a tone generator, a controller, a data collection function, memory for storing the collected data, and a transmitter. The transmiter transmits a stream of data derived from the stored data using a carrier signal. The carrier signal is switched on and off according to bits in a stream of data derived from the stored data. The transmission also includes interleaving each bit for transmission with an off period of the carrier. Each off period of the carrier has a duration of at least 100 milliseconds.
US08204188B2
A facsimile controlling device for facsimile security can receive or block a fax transmitted from a registered fax number. In addition, the facsimile controlling device for facsimile security may allow a transmission document to undergo authentication before being transmitted to the outside or may block the transmission document from being transmitted to a registered number.
US08204186B2
Methods, systems, computer program products, and methods of doing business by selectably mixing one or more sound files with a telephone caller's voice message, either as background for that message or embedded within the message. Or, the mixing may occur within a telephone conversation between parties. The disclosed techniques enable alleviating some of the problems that result from distance communication (as contrasted to face-to-face communication). In particular, context information (such as emotional context) can be provided through appropriate use of background sound and/or embedded audio files. The disclosed techniques may also make communication through voice mail exchange more enjoyable and/or increase its productivity.
US08204181B2
A method for providing voice telephony services can include the step of receiving a call via a telephone gateway. The telephone gateway can convey call identifying data to a resource connector. A media port can be responsively established within a media converter that is communicatively linked to the telephone gateway through a port associated with the call. A call description object can be constructed that includes the call identifying data and an identifier for the media port. The call description object can be conveyed to a telephony application server that provides at least one speech service for the call. The telephony application server can initiate at least one programmatic action of a communicatively linked speech engine. The speech engine can convey results of the programmatic action to the media converter through the media port. The media converter can stream speech signals for the call based upon the results.
US08204178B1
A method to prevent TTY/TDD (teletypewriter/telecommunications device for the deal) probing and unwanted TTY/TDD tone generation on voice gateways comprises detecting a PSTN textphone in a call path, if any; and providing visual clues to an end user, thereby avoiding generation of unwanted text by the end user. The visual clues may be in the form of a dialog box on a computer, warning messages on a phone, and/or the like.
US08204174B2
Systems and methods for detecting an image of an object by use of X-ray beams generated by multiple small area sources are disclosed. A plurality of monochromator crystals may be positioned to intercept the plurality of first X-ray beams such that a plurality of second X-ray beams each having predetermined energy levels is produced. Further, an object to be imaged may be positioned in paths of the second x-ray beams for transmission of the second X-ray beams through the object and emitting from the object a plurality of transmission X-ray beams. The X-ray beams may be directed at angles of incidence upon a plurality of analyzer crystals for detecting an image of the object.
US08204171B2
A system and method for CT image acquisition with increased slice acquisition and minimal image data degradation is provided. The system includes an x-ray projection source positioned that projects a cone beam of x-rays from a focal spot of the x-ray projection source toward an object and a plurality of detector modules positioned on the rotatable gantry to receive x-rays attenuated by the object. Each of the detector modules includes a module frame having a top surface that includes a plurality of facets formed thereon constructed so as to be oriented at differing angles relative to the focal spot and a plurality of sub-modules positioned on the plurality of facets to receive the x-rays attenuated by the object and to convert the x-rays to electrical signals, with each sub-module being oriented at an angle relative to the focal spot based on a respective facet on which the sub-module is mounted.
US08204159B2
Circuitry for decoding data from a pulsed signal received on a single line, the circuitry comprising receiving means for receiving a first edge and a second edge on the single line, the first and second edges being separated by a time period, the time period representing said data; decode circuitry comprising determining means arranged to determine a value of the time period and decoding means arranged to decode said data based on said determined value of the time period; a memory arranged to store a reference value; and calibration means for calibrating said decode circuitry based on a comparison between said determined value of the time period and said reference value, wherein the determining means comprises a plurality of sampling units for sampling said pulsed signal at different times, and selection means for selecting the output of one of said sampling units to decoded.
US08204153B2
A clock recovery circuit has a boundary detection circuit detecting a boundary in an input signal in accordance with a first signal, and performs recovery of a clock by controlling the timing of the first signal in accordance with the detected boundary. The clock recovery circuit has a boundary detection timing varying circuit and a variation reducing circuit. The boundary detection timing varying circuit dynamically varies boundary detection timing in the boundary detection circuit by applying a variation to the first signal, and the variation reducing circuit reduces a phase variation occurring in the recovered clock in accordance with the dynamic variation of the boundary detection timing performed by the boundary detection timing varying circuit.
US08204141B2
A cyclic delay diversity (CDD) technique in a multiple-antenna broadband wireless communication system is provided. An apparatus in the multiple-antenna broadband wireless communication system includes: a controller for selecting at least one sub-carrier to which CDD is applied; at least one shifter for shifting a phase of a signal mapped to the at least one selected sub-carrier; and an operator for converting the signal, which is mapped to the at least one selected sub-carrier and whose phase is shifted, and other signals mapped to the remaining sub-carriers into time-domain signals.
US08204135B2
A digital broadcasting transmission and/or reception system having an improved reception performance and a signal-processing method thereof. A digital broadcasting transmitter comprises a TRS encoder for to TRS-encode a MPEG-2 transmission stream having null data for inserting a Known data and a TRS parity at predetermined positions, randomizer to input and randomize data stream from the TRS encoder, a null packet exchanger to replace the null data for inserting the Known data to the known data, and an encoder for encoding a data streams to which the Known data is inserted. Accordingly, the present invention detects the known data from a signal received from a reception side and uses the detected known data for synchronization and equalization and further uses the TRS parity for correcting error of the received signal, so that the digital broadcasting reception performance can be improved at poor multipath channels.
US08204133B2
Provided is a method and apparatus for encoding and decoding multi-view video data. The encoding method includes: decomposing each view image of the multi-view video into an overlapped region and a non-overlapped region, the overlapped region being overlapped with other view image and the non-overlapped region not being overlapped with other view image; generating a stitched image by combining the non-overlapped region of each view image and a middle view image; encoding the stitched image using a first encoding algorithm; and encoding the overlapped region of each view image, using a second encoding algorithm. Further, the decomposing step includes the steps of estimating disparity information for each view image, based on a predetermined view image; and decomposing each view image into said overlapped region and said non-overlapped region using the estimated disparity information.
US08204132B2
Disclosed is an H.264 decoder equipped with multiple operation units, and a method for decoding compressed image data using same. The decoder comprises a plurality of operation units that successively perform a Variable Length Decoding (VLD) operation, an Inverse Transform & DeQuantization (ITDQ) operation, and an intra PREDiction & inter PREDiction (PRED) operation with respect to a macroblock for which each operation unit is to perform a decoding operation, on receiving information on a macroblock, for which each operation unit is to carry out the decoding operation, with reference to a synchronization information storage unit. When the VLD, ITDQ, and PRED operations have been completed with respect to all macroblocks, the synchronization information storage unit is initialized, and the multiple operation units perform Deblocking Filter (DF) operations with respect to macroblocks for which the operation units are to carry out the DF operations respectively, and then, complete decoding of compressed image data currently received.
US08204125B2
Scalable Video Coding is recently attracting attentions due to its high flexibility. The current H.264/AVC scalable extension has adopted the Motion Compensated Temporal Filter (MCTF) framework to provide temporal scalability. In this paper, described is another fast motion estimation (ME) algorithm based on the MCTF framework. Simulation results show that the herein described algorithm can reduce the encoding complexity significantly while maintaining similar bit rate and PSNR, comparing with existing fast ME algorithms implemented in the reference software.
US08204120B2
A method of performing an intra prediction coding with respect to a plurality of blocks included in an image frame is provided. The method of performing an intra prediction coding includes confirming whether a neighboring pixel that is referred to in an intra prediction of a block exists in the current frame, if the neighboring pixel referred to in the intra prediction exists, reading the color difference signal value of the pixel referred to in the intra prediction from the current image frame, if at least one neighboring pixel referred to in the intra prediction does not exist, reading the color difference signal value of at least one pixel from the previous image frame and performing the intra prediction with reference to the read color difference signal value of the pixel.
US08204102B2
Systems and methods for performing channel equalization in a communication system are presented. More particularly, embodiments of the disclosed method and apparatus are directed toward systems and methods for performing channel equalization in an OFDM system. One example of a method of negating the effects of IQ imbalance can include the operations of transmitting a channel estimation string across a channel. The channel estimation string comprises a plurality of known channel estimation symbols. The method further includes logically inverting predetermined symbols within the known channel estimation string; transmitting a second channel estimation string across the channel, the second channel estimation string including the logically inverted predetermined symbols; and estimating the IQ image noise based on received first and second channel estimation symbols.
US08204101B2
A noise estimation apparatus and method thereof includes an evaluation circuit, a first calculation circuit, a second calculation circuit, and a mean calculation circuit. The evaluation circuit is utilized for determining which constellation point on a constellation diagram each received symbol in a communication signal corresponds to for purposes of generating a relevant evaluated symbol and outputting an evaluated signal. The first calculation circuit is for generating an error output signal according to the communication signal and the evaluated signal, wherein the error output signal includes a plurality of error calculation values. The second calculation circuit is utilized for adjusting at least a portion of the plurality of error calculation values of the error output signal in order to output an adjusted error output signal. The mean calculation circuit is utilized for averaging the adjusted error output signal in order to generate a noise estimation result.
US08204097B2
Provided is an ultra-wideband pulse generator using a digital scheme. The ultra-wideband pulse generator and a method for generating an ultra-wideband pulse therein can easily generate various ultra-wideband pulses having a random center frequency and bandwidth according to digital control schemes in a pulse-based ultra-wideband wireless communication system. The ultra-wideband pulse generator includes: a pulse waveform converting block for converting digital pulse waveform information on a desired ultra-wideband pulse into pulse waveform information having positive and negative signs; an unit pulse generating block for multiplying the converted pulse waveform information by a preset short-width pulse and amplifying the resulting pulses according to gain information of the desired ultra-wideband pulse; a pulse waveform arranging block for arranging the amplified pulses at predetermined delayed intervals; and a pulse waveform shaping block for summing the arranged pulses into a single pulse and integrating the single pulse to output the desired ultra-wideband pulse.
US08204093B2
A method of manufacturing a surface emitting laser element of a vertical cavity type comprises sequential accumulation that accumulates a reflecting mirror of a multilayered film layer at a lower side of the substrate, and accumulates semiconductor layers onto the reflecting minor at the lower side that comprises an active layer and a contact layer. The process includes forming a first layer of dielectric substance on the contact layer, forming an electrode of an annular shape on the contact layer that has an open part to be arranged for the first layer at an inner side of the open part, and forming a second layer of dielectric substance to cover the first layer and a gap formed between the first layer and the electrode of the annular shape. The accumulated semiconductor layers are etched to form a mesa post, using the electrode of the annular shape as a mask.
US08204082B2
An apparatus and method for enhancing the infrastructure of a network such as the Internet is disclosed. A packet interceptor/processor apparatus is coupled with the network so as to be able to intercept and process packets flowing over the network. Further, the apparatus provides external connectivity to other devices that wish to intercept packets as well. The apparatus applies one or more rules to the intercepted packets which execute one or more functions on a dynamically specified portion of the packet and take one or more actions with the packets. The apparatus is capable of analyzing any portion of the packet including the header and payload. Actions include releasing the packet unmodified, deleting the packet, modifying the packet, logging/storing information about the packet or forwarding the packet to an external device for subsequent processing. Further, the rules may be dynamically modified by the external devices.
US08204080B2
Techniques for negotiating Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) sessions over an Ethernet network include receiving configuration data that indicates a first node is connected to a second node thorough an Ethernet network that supports Ethernet frame payload sizes larger than 1500 octets. Request data is received at the first node from the second node. The request data indicates a request for PPP communications between the first node and the second node using a requested PPP payload size greater than 1492 octets. A particular PPP payload size greater than 1492 octets is determined. Response data is sent from the first node to the second node. The response data indicates that the particular PPP payload size greater than 1492 octets is to be used for PPP communications between the first node and the second node. These techniques allow better utilization of Ethernet Jumbo, Giant and Baby Giant frames.
US08204071B2
A method of allocating frequency ranges to at least one communication device is provided. The method comprises determining available frequency ranges within a plurality of frequency ranges, combining the available frequency ranges to at least one combined logical frequency range, and allocating the at least one combined logical frequency range to the at least one communication device.
US08204065B2
Improved techniques are disclosed for providing network address translation (NAT) in a session initiation protocol (SIP) based application. For example, a method for use in a router for performing NAT on a SIP message associated with a session being initiated between a first device and at least a second device, wherein the first device is part of a first network and the second device is part of a second network, includes the following steps. A SIP message is obtained from the first device, wherein a header field of the SIP message includes a local address and local port number usable by the first device on the first network. A port number to be associated with the session being initiated is randomly selected. The randomly selected port number is usable on the second network. An association (e.g., a binding) is generated between the randomly selected port number and a global address usable on the second network, the local address and the local port number. The local address and the local port number are substituted in the header field of the SIP message with the global address and the randomly selected port number thereby generating an address-translated SIP message. The address-translated SIP message is sent to the second device on the second network. The randomly selected port number may serve as a unique identifier for the session being initiated.
US08204056B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for recording media communication. An exemplary method comprises the steps of: receiving an incoming communication from a first communication device; routing the incoming communication to a second communication device in a call center; transmitting media communications associated with the incoming media communication between the first communication device and the second communication device through a media application server; duplicating the media communications via the media application server; transmitting the duplicated media communications via the media application server; and recording the duplicated media communications.
US08204052B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products for dynamically coordinating collection and distribution of presence information are disclosed. According to one method, presence information is collected for a presentity. An event manager is selected from a plurality of event managers and is dynamically assigned to the presentity. The presence information is then communicated to the assigned event manager.
US08204051B2
An apparatus for use in a first packet switching device that transmits outgoing data packets to a second packet switching device over N heterogeneous data links. The first packet switching device comprises N packet queues for storing outgoing data packets. The apparatus selects one of the N heterogeneous data links to transmit a first outgoing data packet. The apparatus comprises a controller that calculates a packet delay value for each one of a subset of S of the N heterogeneous data links. The packet delay (PD) value for each data link is determined as a function of i) a propagation delay (D) of the data link; ii) a packet size (PS) of the first outgoing data packet; iii) a queue size (QS) of a packet queue associated with the data link; and iv) a bandwidth (BW) of the data link.
US08204049B2
Benes networks include an input stage having a plurality of input ports, an input connection stage configured to connect output signals of the input stage, an add connection stage configured to connect outputs of the input connection stage and to connect inputs of add ports corresponding in number to the number of the plurality of input ports, a drop connection stage configured to connect outputs of the add connection stage, to output some outputs to a next stage, and to output some outputs to drop ports, an output connection stage configured to connect the some outputs of the drop connection stage to an output side, and an output stage configured to output the outputs of the output connection stage to output ports.
US08204045B2
The Fiber Channel standard was created by the American National Standard for Information Systems (ANSI) X3T11 task group to define a serial I/O channel for interconnecting a number of heterogeneous peripheral devices to computer systems as well as interconnecting the computer systems themselves through optical fiber and copper media at gigabit speeds (i.e., one billion bits per second). Multiple protocols such as SCSI (Small Computer Serial Interface), IP (Internet Protocol), HIPPI, ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) among others can concurrently utilize the same media when mapped over Fiber Channel. A Fiber Channel Fabric is an entity which transmits Fiber Channel frames between connected Node Ports. The Fiber Channel fabric routes the frames based on the destination address as well as other information embedded in the Fiber Channel frame header. Node Ports are attached to the Fiber Channel Fabric through links.
US08204044B2
A method is performed by one or more network elements for voice-over-IP (VoIP) communications. The method includes receiving a request from a first mobile device to invite a second mobile device to participate in a VoIP session. The second device may be identified in the request by a network identifier. The network identifier is related to a mobile IP (MIP) address of the second device and a second IP address. An invitation is sent to the MIP address of the second device which may include a MIP address of the first device and a first IP address. A response to the invitation may be received from the second device. The response may be modified to include a first IP header that includes the MIP address of the second device and a second IP header to include the second IP address. The modified response is forwarded to the first device. After receipt of the modified response, the first device is configured to establish an IP connection for VoIP communication with the second device.
US08204043B2
A method includes receiving a first media-content packet associated with a first session within a Session over Internet Protocol (SoIP) network. The first media-content packet is associated with a quality-of-service parameter. A transmission priority value associated with the first media-content packet is identified based on a value of the quality-of-service parameter. A priority indicator associated with the first media-content packet and/or a second media-content packet is modified based on the transmission priority value. The priority indicator indicates a priority to transmit the first media-content packet and/or the second media-content packet over a connection within the first session and/or a connection within a second session.
US08204041B2
The present invention relates to a method for transmitting user data via a dialed connection in a radio communication network, characterized in that the user data are transmitted as dedicated data packets upon controlled release. A dedicated push-to-talk domain is provided which is hosting push-to-talk service network nodes (PTT SNN) and application servers (AS).
US08204029B2
A system and method are provided in which access point (AP) devices in a wireless local area network (WLAN) are typed or configured into one of three measurement and reporting roles: Monitor-Mode AP (MMAP), Portal AP (PAP), a Border AP (BAP) or an Interior AP (IAP). APs are assigned specific link measurement requirements according to their assigned type or role. In general, MMAPs and PAPs have the greatest measurement and reporting responsibilities, BAPs have less measurement and reporting responsibilities than PAPs and IAPs have the least measurement and reporting responsibilities. The APs generate measurements that are supplied to appropriate equipment to facilitate handover decisions with respect to a dual-mode wireless client device that roams between the WLAN and another network or vice versa. As a result, link measurements are only performed by APs in locations where such measurements are necessary for handover service, thus reducing the overall processing load on the WLAN infrastructure.
US08204027B2
Methods, system, and products are disclosed for administering requests for data communications connections in a wide area network that include receiving, according to a data communications protocol, by a receiver from a sender, a request for a data communications connection, wherein the sender has a network address on a sender's network and the receiver has a network address on a receiver's network; characterizing the sender as local with respect to the receiver's network if the sender's network is the receiver's network; characterizing the sender as remote with respect to the receiver's network if the sender's network is not the receiver's network; and responding to the request in dependence upon a value of a location response flag and in dependence upon the characterization of the sender's network with respect to the receiver's network.
US08204020B2
A method and apparatus for mapping a resource unit in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes obtaining a frequency partition (FP) count (FPCT), an size of FPi (FPS) for i>0, and subband (SB) count of FPi (FPSC) for i>0 (where FPi is an ith FP), obtaining a value KSB,FPi indicating an SB count for FPi and a value KMB,FPi indicating a miniband (MB) count for FPi on the basis of the FPCT, the FPS, and the FPSC, and mapping an SB PRU including a plurality of contiguous physical resource units (PRUs) and an MB PRU including a plurality of contiguous PRUs to each FP in a granularity of a PRU set on the basis of the values KSB,FPi and KMB,FPi. Each FP can obtain a frequency selective scheduling gain based on the SB and a frequency diversity gain based on the MB.
US08204017B2
Provided is a radio communication base station device which can prevent lowering of use efficiency of a channel communication resource for performing a frequency diversity transmission when simultaneously performing a frequency scheduling transmission and the frequency diversity transmission in a multicarrier communication. In the device, a modulation unit (12) executes a modulation process on Dch data after encoded so as to generate a Dch data symbol. A modulation unit (22) executes a modulation process on the encoded Lch data so as to generate an Lch data symbol. An allocation unit (103) allocates the Dch data symbol and the Lch data symbol to respective sub carriers constituting an OFDM symbol and outputs them to a multiplexing unit (104). Here, when a plurality of Dch are used for a Dch data symbol of one mobile station, the allocation unit (103) uses Dch of continuous channel numbers.
US08204015B2
The application discloses a method and apparatus for dynamic spectrum allocation to a secondary communication system seeking to operate within the spectrum of a regulated primary communication system. The method includes clustering a plurality of secondary devices based on an operating frequency utilized by each of the secondary devices. The method then includes assigning sensing opportunities to the plurality of clustered secondary devices. The method then includes, receiving sensing information from each of the clustered secondary devices. The sensing information indicates at least one of an occupied channel frequency and an unoccupied channel frequency in the spectrum. The method further includes determining at least one spectrum opportunity, in the spectrum, that is unoccupied by each of a plurality of primary devices based on the received sensing information, and allocating the at least one spectrum opportunity to at least one of the secondary devices.
US08204011B2
A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving packet data between a UE and an Enhanced Node B (ENB) using a Hybrid Auto Repeat Request (HARQ) scheme in a mobile communication system. The method includes the steps of receiving configuration information from an ENB, the configuration information including a first Maximum Retransmission Limit (MRL) value to be applied to data that is transmitted over a persistent resource, and when data to be transmitted by the UE is quasi-real time data, transmitting a first data packet to the ENB by using the persistent resource and applying the first MRL value the first data packet, which is configured from the quasi-real time data.
US08204006B2
Methods and systems have been provided for communicating digital voice data. According to various embodiments of the invention, a user interface is provided at a network device in the presence of DSP resources. Selection is made by the user interface about whether to use the DSP resources. Based on the selection, the digital voice data is communicated. Selection of bypassing a DSP resource is made by default if no DSP resources are present.
US08204003B2
Methods and apparatus for mobile station transmissions in response to network acknowledgment polling are disclosed. An example method in a mobile station disclosed herein comprises receiving a poll from a network, the poll requesting piggy-backed ACK/NACK (PAN) information, and transmitting a control message in response to the poll if a previously transmitted data block is associated with a tentative acknowledgment state, the control message including acknowledgment information.
US08204001B2
A method for preventing overload in telecommunications networks with IMS by always-on for a call generated by a user, in which process the user makes a PDP Context request and a GGSN of said network provides a free IP address to him or her and the PDP Context becomes active. An S-CSCF of the network creates a record in which an association between the IP address and a characteristic identity of the IMS network is included. When the GGSN is going to deactivate the PDP Context for having been inactive for a preestablished time, an indication of such deactivation is sent to the IMS client which maintains the characteristic IMS identity-IP address association and marks it as fictitious. When the user generates a new call, the IMS client informs the UMTS terminal about the characteristic IMS identity-IP address association marked as fictitious, and the UMTS terminal sends a PDP Context request message, in which message the IP address of the IMS association is included.
US08203981B2
Disclosed is a wireless sensor network with a linear structure capable of bidirectional communication. The wireless sensor network includes a plurality of nodes linearly connected from a sink node to a terminal node by connecting each node to a single upper-level node and a single lower-level node, each node has an active period for transmitting/receiving data to/from its upper-level node and lower-level node, the active period includes a downstream duration for transmitting data/commands from the sink node to the terminal node and an upstream duration for transmitting data/commands from the terminal node to the sink node, and each of the upstream and downstream durations sequentially includes RX, TX, and ACK intervals, so that bidirectional communication between the sink node and the terminal node can be performed within a single active period.
US08203973B2
A system and method of a multimedia Push-To-Talk (PTT) over Cellular (PoC) box service is provided which can reflect dynamic requests of a user using a function for interworking with a PoC server and an Extensible Markup Language (XML) Document Management Server (XDMS) in a PoC system. In a method for providing the PoC box service, the PoC XDMS stores various information about a type of media to be stored by a PoC user, a PoC box type, and a connection address after a service request expires. An associated service is implemented by Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) technology between the PoC server and a PoC client and by interworking with the PoC server and the XDMS.
US08203972B2
A method and system for compressing a tree with a plurality of nodes that each may be associated with a node identifier and a parent node identifier. The method may comprise for each node in the tree determining whether the current node is to be deleted, if the current node is to be deleted updating a list of deleted nodes such that the node identifier of the current node may be stored; a parameter representing a number of nodes currently having been deleted from the tree may be stored, such that the parameter is associated with the node identifier of the current node, and updating the node identifier and the parent node identifier of the current node as a function of the list of deleted nodes. Each node in the tree is visited only once.
US08203954B1
A technique dynamically applies a link utilization based policy to traffic traversing links in a computer network. According to the novel technique, a link utilization threshold is assigned to one or more links. The link utilization threshold may be, for example, a maximum amount of traffic for an individual link, or a maximum difference between links (e.g., for load balanced traffic). The link utilization of the one or more links may be monitored, such as, e.g., by an optimized edge routing (OER) process. In the event that the link utilization surpasses the threshold, the link is considered to be out-of-policy (OOP), and traffic may be redirected to other available links accordingly in order to bring the link back in policy (“IN-POLICY”).
US08203942B2
A communications resource management system. The system includes a first module for prioritizing incoming messages and a second module for steering the messages in response to the prioritization by the first module. The first module assigns a message priority to each message based on a plurality of parameters such as mission mode, message type, and timeliness factor. The second module selects the most optimal communications resource for the message with the highest message priority by assigning a transmitter priority to each communications resource based on a plurality of factors such as estimated message arrival time, availability, and waveform compatibility. The message with the highest message priority is steered to the communications resource with the highest transmitter priority at the moment the message is sent. The first and second modules are each implemented using decision tree logic.
US08203940B1
In general, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products for adapting data rate in a communication system. A receiving device receives a data transmission at an initial data rate. The device determines, based on an error rate of the data transmission at the initial data rate, that a first criterion is satisfied for requesting an increase in the data transmission. The device requests that a transmitting device increase the data transmission from the initial data rate to the first subsequent data rate. The device determines, based on an error rate of the data transmission at the first subsequent data rate, whether a second criterion is satisfied for maintaining the first subsequent data rate. The device maintains, if the second criterion is determined to be satisfied, a state of the device for receiving the data transmission at the first subsequent data rate.
US08203936B2
A gateway unit for mutually connecting subscriber network, public switched telephone network (PSTN) and packet communication network, comprising subscriber network interface connected to subscriber network, PSTN interface connected to line exchange network, exchange unit exchange-connecting communication path among subscriber network, PSTN and packet communication network, control unit controlling connecting state of communication path at exchange unit, signal conversion unit converting form of signal transmitted and received between exchange unit and packet communication network into forms suitable for communication protocol of packet communication network and communication protocol of subscriber network, respectively, switching unit for route-controlling to transmit signal which is output from signal conversion unit toward destination in packet communication network, and information communication unit mediating information communications among subscriber network interface, PSTN interface, control unit, signal conversion unit and switching unit by using general-purpose local area network (LAN).
US08203928B2
Systems and methods are provided for determining a number of spatial channels to use to transmit a data packet from a source node to a destination node. This determination can be made based on a Probability of Channel non-Correlation (PCC) function that is generated and updated by the source node based on feedback from the destination node. The PCC function indicates a probability of whether a plurality of spatial channels are non-correlated.
US08203926B2
An optical pickup apparatus comprises: a first laser diode that generates a first laser beam having a first wavelength; a second laser diode that generates a second laser beam having a second wavelength longer than the wavelength; a third laser diode that generates a third laser beam having a third wavelength longer than the first wavelength and shorter than the second wavelength; an objective lens having an inner, outer, intermediate regions on an incident surface, the first laser beam being condensed on a signal recording layer of a first optical disc by condensing actions of the inner and outer regions, the second laser beam being condensed on a signal recording layer of a second optical disc by condensing actions of the inner and intermediate regions, the third laser beam being condensed on a signal recording layer of a third optical disc by condensing actions of the inner and intermediate regions.
US08203920B2
An information recording apparatus (1) is provided with: a recording device (102) for recording information onto an information recording medium (100) by irradiating the information recording medium with a recording laser beam (L); a controlling device (103) for recording calibration data onto the information recording medium by using the recording laser beam in which the power is adjusted gradually; and a detecting device (107) for detecting with a push-pull signal after the recording of the calibration data, the recording of the calibration data being ended if the push-pull signal exceeds a predetermined range, an optimum power of the recording laser beam being determined from a jitter amount included in a reproduction signal.
US08203918B2
A low pass filter unit generates a slice level for digitizing the signal based on the track state from the signal. When a tracking servo is in invalid state, a sample hold unit holds a slice level sampled at a predetermined timing. A comparison unit compares the signal based on the track state to the slice level and generates a mirror signal. When the tracking servo becomes in an invalid from valid state, the low pass filter unit uses the slice level held in the sample hold unit.
US08203916B2
A control unit accesses a memory. The memory includes a plurality of blocks. The control unit includes a batch buffer, a batch controller and a multiplexer. The batch buffer stores a batch which includes a designated block index. The batch controller fetches the designated block index from the batch buffer. The multiplexer selectively outputs a sequential block index or the designated block index as an active index according to a control signal. And a designated block of the memory is accessed according to the active index.
US08203909B1
Method and apparatus for detecting and locating underwater obstacles in the path of a ship or boat. The apparatus includes a pulsed wide-angle sonar projector (100) controlled by a digital signal processor (400) that emits sound pulses at frequencies of 30 kHz and less that can penetrate sediment-laden water hundreds of meters or more ahead of the ship or boat. The projector generates echoes from submerged objects. A vector sound-intensity probe (200) receives the echoes and transmits them to the digital signal processor. The digital signal processor determines the location of submerged obstacles ahead of the ship or boat from the echoes received by the probe. This information is displayed on an output device (500). The sonar projector and vector sound-intensity probe are contained separately in streamlined housings aimed in the forward direction under the bow of the ship or boat. The processor, output device and other electronics are located on board the ship or boat.
US08203901B2
Memory devices and methods are described, such as those that include a stack of memory dies and an attached logic die. Method and devices described provide for configuring bandwidth for selected portions of a stack of memory dies. Additional devices, systems, and methods are disclosed.
US08203899B2
Various embodiments of the present invention are generally directed to a method and apparatus for sensing a programmed state of a memory cell, such as a spin-torque transfer random access memory (STRAM) cell. A first read current is applied to the memory cell to generate a first voltage. A second read current is subsequently applied to the memory cell to generate a second voltage, with the second read current being proportional in magnitude to the first read current. A comparison is made between the first and second voltages to determine the programmed state of the memory cell.
US08203896B2
A memory chip and method for operating the same are provided. The memory chip includes a number of pads. The method includes inputting a number of first test signals to the pads respectively, wherein the first test signals corresponding to two physically-adjacent pads are complementary; inputting a number of second test signals, respectively successive to the first test signals, to the pads, wherein the first test signal and the second test signal corresponding to each of the pads are complementary; and outputting expected data from the memory chip if the first test signals and the second test signals are successfully received by the memory chip.
US08203886B2
Memory devices and methods are disclosed, such as those facilitating an assignment scheme of reference cells throughout an array of memory cells. For example, one such assignment scheme assigns reference cells in a staggered pattern by row wherein each column contains a single reference cell. Additional schemes of multiple reference cells assigned in a repeating or a pseudo-random pattern are also disclosed.
US08203877B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array, a data memory circuit, a power generation circuit, and a controller. In the memory cell array, a plurality of memory cells which store two-or-more-bit data are arrayed in a matrix. When data is written to all memory cells connected to selected word lines, the controller performs a write operation with a write voltage obtained by adding the step-up voltage to the write voltage until a write count indicating a number of times by which writing is performed reaches a first write count. When the first write count is exceeded, the controller controls whether the step-up voltage is to be added or not, for each write operation.
US08203871B2
Spin torque magnetic logic devices that function as memory devices and that can be reconfigured or reprogrammed as desired. In some embodiments, the logic device is a single magnetic element, having a pinned layer, a free layer, and a barrier layer therebetween, or in other embodiments, the logic device has two magnetic elements in series. Two input currents can be applied through the element to configure or program the element. In use, logic input data, such as current, is passed through the programmed element, defining the resistance across the element and the resulting logic output. The magnetic logic device can be used for an all-function-in-one magnetic chip.
US08203864B2
A method of programming a carbon nanotube memory cell is provided, wherein the memory cell comprises a first conductor, a steering element, a carbon nanotube fabric, and a second conductor, wherein the steering element and the carbon nanotube fabric are arranged electrically in series between the first conductor and the second conductor, and wherein the entire carbon nanotube memory cell is formed above a substrate, the carbon nanotube fabric having a first resistivity, the method including applying a first electrical set pulse between the first conductor and the second conductor, wherein, after application of the first electrical set pulse, the carbon nanotube fabric has a second resistivity, the second resistivity less than the first resistivity. Other aspects are also provided.
US08203863B2
A nonvolatile memory cell may include a bidirectional switch having a first threshold voltage when a forward current is applied to the bidirectional switch and a second threshold voltage when a reverse current is applied to the bidirectional switch; and a variable resistor connected to the bidirectional switch in series. A state of resistance of the variable resistor may be controlled according to voltage applied to the variable resistor. A sum of a magnitude of the first threshold voltage and a magnitude of the second threshold voltage may be greater than a write voltage that is used to perform a write operation on the variable resistor.
US08203862B2
An apparatus and associated method for generating a reference voltage with dummy resistive sense element regions. A first resistance distribution is obtained for a first dummy region of resistance sense elements and a second resistance distribution is obtained for a second dummy region of resistive sense elements. A user resistive sense element from a user region is assigned to a selected resistive sense element of one of the first or second dummy regions in relation to the first and second resistance distributions.
US08203859B2
A high frequency device for supplying a high frequency power to a load, the high frequency device includes: an oscillating unit that can vary an oscillation frequency; a high frequency power supplying unit that serves as a power source by amplifying an oscillation signal output from the oscillating unit for supplying the high frequency power to the load; a reflected-wave information calculating unit that calculates reflected wave information on a reflected wave power, and outputs the reflected wave information; a frequency control unit that controls the oscillation frequency of the oscillating unit so as to lower the reflected wave information; an impedance adjusting unit that is disposed at a downstream of the high frequency power supplying unit in a power supplying direction, and that has at least one variable reactance element which can be controlled; and an element control unit that controls the variable reactance element of the impedance adjusting unit so as to lower the reflected wave information.
US08203857B2
A booster device for increasing a voltage at a voltage supply point of a power supply circuit for supplying a driving voltage to an electronic control circuit is provided. The power supply circuit includes a series-connected circuit having a diode, a resistor, and a capacitor which is connected to a DC power supply. One end of the capacitor is connected to a ground and a connection point of the resistor and the capacitor serves as the voltage supply point. The booster device includes a clamp circuit, an oscillation circuit, and a booster circuit that increase a voltage output from the DC power supply. When the voltage at the voltage supply point falls below a predetermined threshold voltage, the booster device supplies the increased voltage at the voltage supply point.
US08203848B2
Provided is a simplified structure of a circuit device in which a power element generating a large amount of heat is incorporated. The circuit device according to the present invention includes: a circuit board whose surface is covered with an insulating layer; a conductive pattern formed on the surface of the insulating layer; a circuit element electrically connected to the conductive pattern; and a lead connected to a pad formed of the conductive pattern. Furthermore, a power element is fixed to the top surface of a land portion formed of a part of the lead. Accordingly, the land portion serves as a heat sink, thereby contributing to heat dissipation.
US08203847B2
Provided is a memory device comprising a circuit assembly including a flexible substrate and at least one flash memory chip mounted thereupon. The flexible substrate has upper and lower surfaces and a flash memory chip is preferably mounted on at least one the upper and lower surfaces. The flash memory chip may be configured as one of a thin small outline package (TSOP) package device, a very small outline package (WSOP) package device, and a chip on board (COB) device. The memory device may further comprise a hollow housing body having a hollow interior compartment sized and configured to receive the circuit assembly therewithin. A universal series bus (USB) connector may be mounted on a free end of the flexible substrate and is preferably configured to electrically connect the memory device to an electric device.
US08203836B2
A cover structure is disposed at the electronic device. The electronic device includes a frame with an opening and a power supply. The cover structure includes a cover and a pivotal portion. The cover includes an inner surface, an outer surface, and a touch portion. The pivotal portion includes a pivotal part and a trigger. The pivotal part is located on the inner surface. The trigger is located at the opening of the frame and connected with the pivotal part. The touch portion corresponds to the opening. When the touch portion is pressed, the pivotal part drives the trigger to trigger the power supply to drive the electronic device.
US08203834B2
A flat panel display apparatus includes a flat display panel including first and second substrates facing each other with a display unit therebetween, the first substrate extending beyond the second substrate, a portion of the first substrate extending beyond the second substrate defining a protruding portion, an outermost edge of the protruding portion defining a protruding edge of the first substrate, and corners of the protruding portion being chamfered, and a bezel surrounding the flat display panel.
US08203830B2
A battery cover assembly for a portable electronic device is disclosed including a base member, a cover member rotatably attached with the base member, a connecting body, a protruding post, a sleeve, and an elastic member. The connecting body guides the rotation of the cover member about the axis of the protruding post. A sleeve rotates along with the cover member and can maintain the cover member at any position relative to the base member during rotation of the cover member. The elastic member can disengage the sleeve from the base member.
US08203827B2
A solid electrolytic capacitor that comprises an anode, a dielectric layer overlying the anode; and a cathode that contains a solid electrolyte layer overlying the dielectric layer. The anode comprises a porous, sintered body that defines a surface. The body is treated so that the surface contains a non-metallic element having a ground state electron configuration that includes five or more valence electrons at an energy level of three or more (e.g., phosphorous).
US08203823B2
A metal capacitor in which an electric conductivity is significantly improved is provided. The metal capacitor includes: a metal member 11 including a plurality of grooves 11a; a metal oxide film 12 being formed on the metal member 11; a sealing electrode member 13 being formed on the metal oxide film 12 to fill in the plurality of grooves 11a; and an insulating layer 14 being formed on the sealing electrode member 13 and the metal oxide film 12 to insulate the metal member 12 and the sealing electrode member 13.
US08203821B2
A multi-function electroshock gun includes a gun body that includes a barrel and a grip extending from the barrel, and a firing mechanism mounted in the gun body and operable to propel a projectile that is fired through the barrel. The multi-function electroshock gun further includes an electroshock unit that includes a battery mounted in the gun body, a set of exposed electrodes fixedly mounted to the gun body, and a discharge module. The discharge module is coupled electrically to the battery and the exposed electrodes and is capable of being activated to generate an electrical output signal at the exposed electrodes for administering electric shock by contact. The multi-function electroshock gun also includes a trigger mechanism mounted on the gun body and operable to activate the discharge module.
US08203816B2
A circuit breaker is disclosed that provides a warning that the current through the circuit breaker exceeds a warning threshold. The circuit breaker comprises: a switch that carries a current I; an indicator for alternatively indicating: (i) that the current I has not exceeded IW, and (ii) that the current I has exceeded IW; and an actuator in series with the switch that: (i) causes the indicator to indicate that the current I has exceeded IW when and only when the current I has exceeded IW, and (ii) opens the switch when and only when the current I exceeds IT; wherein 0
US08203799B2
A lens component of the present invention is made by cementing a lens LA and a lens LB having a refracting power smaller than a refracting power of the lens LA, and satisfies predetermined conditional expressions. Moreover, in an image forming optical system of the present invention which includes a lens group B having a negative refracting power, a lens group C having a positive refracting power and which moves only toward an object side at the time of zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end, and one or two more lens groups additionally, one of the lens components of the present invention is used in the lens group B.
US08203797B2
This invention provides a photographing optical lens assembly from an object side toward an image side in order including a first lens element with negative refractive power having a concave image-side surface, a second lens element with positive refractive power having the object-side surface and the image-side surface being convex, a third lens element with negative refractive power having a concave image-side surface and both surfaces thereof being aspheric. An aperture stop is positioned between the first and the second lens elements. An electronic photo sensor is positioned at the image plane. There are three lens elements with refractive power in the photographing optical lens assembly.
US08203789B1
An optical assembly for double passing a transmission grating may include a prism having first, second and third surfaces. A transmission grating may be bonded to the first surface. A first mirror coating may be bonded to the second surface and a second mirror coating to the third surface. The first, second and third surfaces, the transmission grating and the first and second mirror coatings are configured such that light of a predetermined wavelength entering the prism that is incident on the transmission grating is diffracted a first time by the transmission grating towards the second surface, reflected from the second surface to the third surface, reflected from the third surface back to the transmission grating, and diffracted a second time by the transmission grating as the light exits the prism.
US08203787B2
An optical device includes a first optical member and a second optical member formed of a medium having a refractive index greater than 1, and a multiple layer film section. The multiple layer film section has a structure in which at least two types of thin film layers namely a first thin film layer and a second thin film layer which has a refractive index higher than a refractive index of the first thin film layer, are stacked alternately. The first optical member and the second optical member are joined by an adhering means (an adhesive), and satisfy a predetermined condition. At the multiple layer film section, from a light incident, a light in a first wavelength band is let to be reflected, and a light in a second wavelength band which is shorter than the first wavelength band, and a light in a third wavelength band which is longer than the first wavelength band is let to pass (to be transmitted).
US08203786B2
Methods and apparatus for a display system include a frame and one or more screen panels. Each panel has an inwardly disposed face and an outwardly disposed face. An adhesive layer couples to respective portions of each inwardly disposed face. At least one of the adhesive layers couples the one or more screen panels to the frame.
US08203782B2
Exemplary embodiments provide an image interferometric microscope (IIM) and methods for image interferometric microscopy. The disclosed IIM can approach the linear systems limits of optical resolution by using a plurality of off-axis illuminations to access high spatial frequencies along with interferometric reintroduction of a zero-order reference beam on the low-NA side of the optical system. In some embodiments, a thin object can be placed normal to the optical axis and the frequency space limit can be extended to about [(1+NA)n/λ], where NA is the numerical-aperture of the objective lens used, n is the refraction index of the transmission medium and λ is an optical wavelength. In other embodiments, tilting the object plane can further allow collection of diffraction information up to the material transmission bandpass limited spatial frequency of about 2n/λ.
US08203779B2
A readout circuit for an image sensor is disclosed. At least one column amplifier (CA) generates a CA reset signal when the column amplifier is reset. A capacitor and a switch are configured to receive a column of the image sensor. A multiplexer is coupled between (a) the capacitor and the switch and (b) an input of the column amplifier. A correlated double sampling (CDS) circuit is used for controllably receiving an output of the column amplifier.
US08203759B2
The quality of an image read from a degraded image of an original document can be improved. Hence, a specific pixel of an image is selected, and additional information to be added to the image is generated from the position information and color information of the selected pixel. The image of an original document is read, position information and color information added to the original document are extracted, and the color information of a pixel corresponding to the position information is acquired from the read image. The color of the read image is corrected based on the extracted color information and the acquired color information.
US08203757B2
A method for improving printing quality of a digital image using error diffusion screening including the steps for each pixel in a digital image: a) initialize weighted error diffusion value; b) translate first value (220) of each pixel of the digital image to a second value (916); c) translate the second value of each pixel of the digital image to create a third value (920); d) translate the third value of each pixel of the digital image by adding the error diffusion value (216) to create a fourth value (224); e) generate a quantization value for each pixel in the digital image by using at least one threshold value; f) perform geometrical distribution in space of the first quantization (924) utilizing a first pixel mask (1604) and possibly a second pixel mask for setting pixels in designated areas defined by the pixel masks; and g) update said error diffusion value and go to step (b) till all the pixels of the digital image are treated.
US08203756B2
A method for characterizing the color response of an imaging device, the method includes reproducing a color on the imaging device based on a set of device color coordinates; measuring spectral values for the reproduced color with a spectral measurement device controlled by a digital processing system; calculating a first set of tristimulus values from the spectral values; defining a set of human observer color matching functions, the set of human observer color matching functions being functions of the first set of tristimulus values of the reproduced color; calculating a second set of tristimulus values from the spectral values using the defined set of human observer color matching functions; and associating the reproduced device color coordinate with the second set of tristimulus values.
US08203753B2
An image processing apparatus sets a print parameter with which stability of colors can be achieved in continuous printing. The number of prints is obtained. The print parameter is adjusted, and stability of colors in the case where the number of prints are printed in a continuous manner is evaluated. Based on the evaluation result, the print parameter is set.
US08203748B2
A printed material is electrically read, and electrical data of the printed material is input as a reference comparison image. The feature amount of a region to be processed containing a page image contained in the reference comparison image is extracted. A target comparison image corresponding to the reference comparison image is retrieved from a storage medium by using the extracted feature amount. The retrieved image is processed.
US08203744B2
A method of connecting an image forming apparatus (IFA) to a network and assigning the IFA a network address, selecting a map file image from a plurality of map file images, the selected map file image corresponding to a regional location of the IFA, outputting the selected map file image, selecting a location on the map file image which corresponds to a physical location of the IFA, and storing the location and the network address. An IFA configured to implement the method.
US08203741B2
In a printing system in which a digital camera (DSC) and PD printer apparatus are directly connected via a USB, and image data is transmitted from the DSC to the PD printer apparatus and printed, Capability of the PD printer apparatus is transmitted from the PD printer apparatus to the DSC after communication procedures are established by an application (NCDP) installed in the PD printer apparatus and DSC. The PD printer apparatus is caused to execute print operation in accordance with print conditions set by the DSC on the basis of the transmitted Capability.
US08203738B2
The present invention provides an image forming device terminal for enhancing the productivity of the image forming process such as printing. An image forming device terminal for instructing execution of a printout process on an image forming device capable of executing an authentication print printing, includes a selection accepting unit which accepts a selection of an image forming device for executing the printout process from a plurality of image forming devices; a determination unit which classifies the selected image forming device to a first type image forming device or a second type image forming device based on whether or not the selected image forming device is a default set image forming device; and a generating unit which generates job data as a printout process of not the authentication print printing in a case where the selected image forming device is the first type image forming device, and generates job data as a printout process of the authentication print printing in a case where the image forming device is the second type image forming device.
US08203733B2
An image processing apparatus according to an aspect of the invention includes a first storage unit, a second storage unit, a control unit, and a construction unit. A program of at least one module including a buffer module among modules of an image processing unit is stored in the first storage unit. An image processing program and a shared library can be additionally stored in the second storage unit. The image processing program is used to perform image processing and a program of a module generation unit is registered in the shared library. The control unit instructs at least one module in the image processing unit to perform image processing during construction of the image processing unit. The construction unit constructs the image processing unit.
US08203730B2
An information processing device for executing content reproduction processing includes: a content reproduction processing unit for executing data transformation processing for replacing a part of configuration data of input content to be reproduced with transformation data, and executing processing for reproducing the reproduction content; and a parameter generating unit for providing the content reproduction processing unit with a parameter to be applied in the data transformation processing; wherein the content reproduction processing unit has a configuration for obtaining a parameter identifier that is different for each segment set as a sectioning region of reproduction content, and outputting a parameter calculation request accompanied by the parameter identifier to the parameter generating unit; and wherein the parameter generating unit has a configuration for providing the content reproducing unit with a parameter corresponding to a segment, in response to the parameter calculation request from the content reproducing unit.
US08203728B2
A print device includes a print data acquisition unit that acquires print data having a plurality of signature attachment areas defined thereon, each signature attachment area having electronic signature data produced therefor and attached thereto, a range data acquisition unit that acquires data indicative of a range of a print target area defined on the print data, and a verification unit that verifies, before completion of acquisition of the print data by the print data acquisition unit, the electronic signature data attached to the signature attachment area containing at least a part of the print target area.
US08203723B2
An image forming apparatus is supplied which enables print medium to be simply taken out even if an interval between a print processing section and an image reading section is not sufficiently secured. In the image forming apparatus, an image reading section is furnished on the upside of a print processing section; an ejection opening is furnished between the image reading section and the print processing section for ejecting a medium that has been printed; a loading part is furnished between the image reading section and the print processing section and is used for loading the ejected medium. The loading part includes a body part, a movement member that is movable from the body part, and a guide section that guides the movement member to move from the body part along upward slant direction with respect to a horizontal plane.
US08203717B2
The invention relates to a sensor for the determination of the rotational speed of a shaft. To provide a sensor improved with respect to known tachometers, it is proposed that the sensor has a stationary part (20) and a part (22) co-rotating with the shaft (16), wherein the stationary part (20) has a laser light source (24), a first optical coupler (26), an optical detector (28) and an evaluation unit (30) which determines the rotational speed from the detector signals and the rotating part (22) has a light guide coil (32) which is rotationally fixedly connected to the shaft (16) and is wound concentrically to the shaft (16) and the ends (34 and 36) of the light guide coil (32) are guided to an end face so that, on the one hand, the light (40) of the light source (24) can be coupled into both ends (34 and 36) and two light components run around in opposite directions in the light guide coil (32) and, on the other hand, the light components can be decoupled from the two ends (34 and 36) for the superimposition of the light components on the detector (28) so that, on a rotation of the shaft (16), the detector signals can be detected while exploiting the Sagnac effect from the phase shift, dependent on the rotational speed, of the two light components running around in opposite directions.
US08203715B2
A sensor and method for remotely determining a presence of a particular substance based on spectral data of the particular substance is disclosed. The sensor includes a sampling module configured to detect radiation from a particular substance using an interferometer, wherein the sampling module includes a control module that is configured to guide and measure spacing of samples taken by the sampling module; a focal plane module configured to detect and convert an interference pattern produced by the interferometer into a series of digital samples; a reference spectra modification module configured to modify reference spectra by modifying according to the measured spacing of samples and an instrument line shape of the sampling module; an estimation module configured to receive the converted series of digital samples and transform the non-uniformly spaced digital samples into frequency space using band centers determined from reference spectra as modified by the instrument line shape of the sampling module; a comparison module configured to compare the transformed digital samples against a database of known chemical signatures; and a determination module configured to determine the presence of the particular substance based on the results of the comparison.
US08203704B2
The present disclosure relates to a sensor having a set of photodetectors that are arranged at various locations to enable the measurement of blood glucose. The photodetectors are arranged across multiple locations. For example, the detector may comprise multiple photodetector arrays that are arranged to have a sufficient difference in mean path length to allow for noise cancellation and noise reduction. Walls may be used in the detector to separate individual photodetectors and prevent mixing of detected optical radiation between the different locations on the measurement site. A window may also be employed to facilitate the passing of optical radiation at various wavelengths for measuring glucose in the tissue.
US08203702B1
Method/system locate external articles using source, detector (PSD), entrance aperture, and magnifying/reducing afocal element—expanding FOR>90°, or refining precision. Between (1) source or detector and (2) aperture, at least one plural-axis-rotatable mirror addresses source/detector throughout FOR. ½- to 15-centimeter mirror enables ˜25 to ˜45 μradian beam divergence. Aperture, afocal element, and mirror(s) define source-detector path. Mirror(s) rotate in refractory- (or air/magnetic-) bearing mount; or mirror array. Auxiliary optics illuminate mirror back, monitoring return to measure (null-balance feedback) angle. To optimize imaging, auxiliary radiation propagates via splitters toward array (paralleling measurement paths), then focusing on imaging detector. Focal quality is developed as a PSF, optimized vs. angle; stored results later recover optima. Mirror drive uses magnet(s) on mirror(s). “Piston” motion yields in-phase wavefronts, so array dimensions set diffraction limit. Also: destructive reply; scaling optimizes acceleration vs. thickness; passive systems.
US08203700B2
This disclosure relates to a method that includes receiving infrared adsorption absorption information for a sample, processing the infrared adsorption absorption information for the sample to determine an identity of the sample, generating a reference signature for the identified sample, and distributing the reference signature for the identified sample to a plurality of handheld measurement devices via cellular connections with the handheld measurement devices.
US08203699B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide methods to produce a high performance, feature rich TOF system, phase-based or otherwise using small TOF pixels, single-ended or preferably differential, as well as TOF systems so designed. IC chip area required for pixels is reduced by intelligently off-loading or removing from within the pixel certain components and/or functionality. In some embodiments during a single TOF system capture period, analog values from each pixel are repeatedly sampled and converted to digital values, which are combined and manipulated on the sensor chip. Combining this plurality of values enables appropriately compact data from the sensor chip. Embodiments of the present invention implement a TOF system with high ambient light resilience, high dynamic range, low motion blur and dealiasing support, while advantageously reducing pixel area size relative to prior art TOF pixels.
US08203688B2
A liquid crystal display includes: a transparent first substrate placed on the display plane side; a transparent second substrate opposed to the first substrate; a cholesteric liquid crystal that is placed between the first and second substrates and whose selective reflection color is yellow; and a reflector for white/blue display opposed to the second substrate. The angular dependence of scattered light intensity of the reflector for white/blue display is equivalent to the angular dependence of scattered light intensity of the cholesteric liquid crystal.
US08203684B2
A liquid crystal module includes a liquid crystal cell, a board and a base film mounted on the board. Electrodes are aligned on an edge of the liquid crystal cell. Terminals are aligned on an edge of the base film. The terminals include first terminals and a second terminal. The first terminals, is connected to the electrodes by a thermally compression bond, and is disposed so as to be applied a correction before the thermally compression bond. The correction is a offset by which the first terminals correspond to the electrodes after the thermally compression bond. The second terminal is disposed so as to correspond to first one of the electrodes before the thermally compression bond.
US08203682B2
A display substrate includes a first switching element, a second switching element, a first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode, a main storage electrode and a sub-storage electrode. The first switching element is connected to a data line and a first gate line. The second switching element is connected to the data line and a second gate line adjacent to the first gate line. The first pixel electrode is electrically connected to the first switching element. The second pixel electrode is electrically connected to the second switching element. The main storage electrode is disposed in an area between the first pixel electrode and the second electrode to overlap with first ends of the first and second pixel electrodes. The sub-storage electrode is spaced apart from the first and second gate lines.
US08203681B2
An IPS mode LCD device is disclosed. The LCD device includes gate and data lines perpendicular to each other on a first substrate defining a pixel region. A thin film transistor is formed at an intersection portion of the gate and data lines. A common line is in parallel to the gate line. An outermost common electrode extends from the common line and is formed in the outermost portion of the pixel region. The outermost common electrode has a width below 8 μm. Common electrodes are formed in the pixel region and contact the common line. Pixel electrodes are formed in the pixel region and contact a drain electrode of the thin film transistor. Each pixel electrode is alternately formed with each common electrode. A liquid crystal layer is between the first substrate and an opposite second substrate.
US08203673B2
An elliptical polarizer with excellent viewing angle characteristics is provided which comprises at least a first polarizer, a first optical anisotropic layer, a second optical anisotropic layer, and a third optical anisotropic layer, laminated in this order, wherein the first optical anisotropic layer satisfies [1] 50≦Re1≦500, the second optical anisotropic layer satisfies [2] 0≦Re2≦20 and [3] −500≦Rth2≦−30, and the third optical anisotropic layer satisfies [4] 100≦Re3≦180 wherein Re and Rth indicate the retardation values in the plane and thickness direction, respectively, of each of the optical anisotropic layers.
US08203663B2
A liquid crystal device includes a first substrate, an optically transparent second substrate, a liquid crystal layer provided between the first and second substrates, a plurality of light reflecting pixel electrodes provided between the first substrate and the liquid crystal layer, pixels including the pixel electrodes, a translucent electrode provided between the second substrate and the liquid crystal layer, and a reflective layer. The reflective layer is provided close to the first substrate rather than the pixel electrodes so as to overlap, in plan view, at least a part of a gap between the first pixel electrode of the pixel electrodes and the second pixel electrode adjacent to the first pixel electrode, and the cross-section of the reflective layer in a direction where the first and second pixel electrodes are adjacent to each other has a concave surface that is dented toward a side opposite to the liquid crystal layer.
US08203662B2
Provided is a thin-film transistor (TFT) substrate. The TFT substrate includes: an insulating substrate; a semiconductor pattern which is formed on the insulating substrate, the semiconductor pattern having a top surface and a bottom surface; a source electrode and a drain electrode which are disposed on the top and bottom surfaces of the semiconductor pattern, respectively; a gate electrode which is disposed alongside the semiconductor pattern with a gate insulating film interposed therebetween; a data line which is connected to the source electrode and extends in a first direction; a gate line which is connected to the gate electrode and extends in a second direction; and a pixel electrode which is connected to the drain electrode and is formed in a pixel region.
US08203657B2
A mobile entertainment system includes a video system designed for reducing energy consumption. The video system includes a battery permitting proximity charging of the video system. A supporting structure supports the video system within a vehicle.
US08203653B2
An analog video receiver implemented in an integrated circuit device. The analog video receiver includes an amplifier to amplify an analog video signal having a desired carrier frequency, and a mixing circuit to mix the amplified analog video signal with a complex sinusoid having a frequency substantially equal to the carrier frequency.
US08203650B2
An inter-field pull-down pattern detecting circuit determines whether an input video signal is a first pull-down signal or a second pull-down signal, on the basis of input plug information and a pattern of the consecutive inter-field correlation levels, obtained from an inter-field correlation determination circuit. A counter counts the number of times the pattern detecting circuit determines that the input video signal is the first pull-down signal. The counter is reset to “0” when the input video signal is determined to be other than the first and second pull-down signals. When the count of the counter exceeds a preset value, the input video signal is finally determined to be the first pull-down signal.
US08203646B2
A camera module includes a casing, a camera unit installed inside the casing for capturing images, a signal transmission unit installed inside the casing and coupled to the camera unit for transmitting signals corresponding to the images captured by the camera unit to a graphic controller of a portable electronic device, a shooting button installed on the casing and coupled to the camera unit for actuating the camera unit to capture images, and a fixing mechanism for fixing the casing inside a slot on the portable electronic device in a detachable manner.
US08203642B2
An imaging apparatus includes an imaging device receiving light from an object through an imaging lens at a predetermined imaging plane and performing photoelectric conversion of an object image to generate a captured image; a phase-difference detector for receiving the light from the object and generating a phase-difference detection signal corresponding to a focus level of the object image; an evaluation-value calculator for calculating a predetermined evaluation value corresponding to a contrast of the object image on the basis of the captured image; and a determining unit for selecting an optimum AF method from among a plurality of AF methods in which the phase-difference detection signal obtained by the phase-difference detecting unit and the predetermined evaluation value based on the captured image are used selectively or in combination, the optimum AF method being selected in accordance with image-capturing conditions of the object.
US08203637B2
A method for writing to a pixel, the method includes: activating an input transistor and a second transistor; wherein the second transistor is coupled to a second node and the input transistor is coupled between the second node and a photo-detector; inactivating the second transistor; compensating for second node voltage change resulting from the inactivating of the second transistor by providing a feedback signal to a pixel node that is capacitively coupled to the second node via at least one pixel capacitance; repeating, until a control criterion is fulfilled, the stages of: inactivating the input transistor, and measuring a pixel output signal; and operating the input transistor in a weakly conductive mode and providing to the pixel a feedback signal that is responsive to a result of the measurement of the pixel output signal.
US08203631B2
A solid-state imaging device includes: a pixel array section having a two-dimensional array of pixels each having a photoelectric conversion section; a memory storing pixel data output from the pixel array section; a correction section reading the pixel data from the memory, and performing a correction process on the pixel data; a control section controlling writing and reading of data into and from the memory; an external interface to output the pixel data subjected to the correction process; and a test-data output section outputting test data. The control section writes the test data in a same writing sequence as a sequence of writing the pixel data output from the pixel array section into the memory, and reads the test data in a same reading sequence as a sequence of reading the pixel data output from the pixel array section from the memory, and outputting the pixel data via the external interface.
US08203627B2
A zoom lens system includes a variator lens group, a compensator lens group and a third lens group. The compensator lens group is arranged to only partially compensate for movement of the variator group. In order to provide further compensation for the zoom lens, an image enhancer implement wavefront coding and artifact reduction techniques. The compensator group may be fixed or alternatively, its movement relative to the variator may be effected by a simple cam mechanism.
US08203614B2
An image processing apparatus includes a first image acquisition section that acquires a first image of an object at illumination-off time, a second image acquisition section that acquires a second image of the object at illumination-on time, a difference image generation section that generates a difference image based on a difference between luminance of each of pixels constituting the first image and luminance of each of pixels constituting the second image, a high-luminance area extraction section that extracts an image area constituted by pixels having a luminance value which is equal to or more than a predetermined luminance value from the difference image, and a movement determination section that determines a movement amount of the object between image take timing of the first image and image take timing of the second image based on the image area.
US08203606B2
A method of assessing the quality of metal parts, for example through detection of defects in a metal part induced by processing the metal part, comprises acquiring a thermal image of the metal part after processing the metal part, determining a difference image by comparing the thermal image to a reference image, the difference image being related to temperature differences between temperature data represented by the thermal image and by the reference image, and determining a gradient image using the difference image, the gradient image representing temperature difference gradients within the difference image. An example apparatus comprises a camera, such as a thermal camera, an image processor, and an output device such as a display.
US08203596B1
A panoramic imaging system that uses a second imager, in addition to a full field imager, that provides zoom capabilities with minimal moving parts. The second imager provides the ability to focus on and identify objects of interest that are detected by the full field imager. A steerable beam splitter can be provided to direct images to the full field imager and the zoom imager. The panoramic imaging system can be used in a number of different areas, for example surveillance or reconnaissance systems or in a sense and avoid type of collision avoidance system for aircraft including unmanned aerial vehicles.
US08203571B2
The disclosed implementations relate generally to 3D histograms and other user interface elements for color correcting digital images. A color correction method includes: generating a user interface for display on a display device, the user interface including a display area; generating a three-dimensional cube representing a color space for display in the display area; and generating a plurality of spheres for display within the cube, where the spheres are sized to represent pixel densities in a digital image.
US08203569B2
Registers 32a-32d hold data for pixels interleaved. An operator 34 reads the pixel data from the registers and processes the pixel data in accordance with a program code. The operator 34 writes the result of the process back to the registers via a cache 38 or writes it in a memory. Program counters PC0-PC3 provided in association with the number of pixels interleaved store the addresses of instructions in a program for the respective pixels. An instruction loader 76 alternately reads from the program counters. An incrementer 74 increments the count of the program counters. The instructions in the program for the pixels are alternately loaded and interleaved on a pixel by pixel basis, before being supplied to the operator 34 and the like.
US08203564B2
Techniques for supporting both 2-D and 3-D graphics are described. A graphics processing unit (GPU) may perform 3-D graphics processing in accordance with a 3-D graphics pipeline to render 3-D images and may also perform 2-D graphics processing in accordance with a 2-D graphics pipeline to render 2-D images. Each stage of the 2-D graphics pipeline may be mapped to at least one stage of the 3-D graphics pipeline. For example, a clipping, masking and scissoring stage in 2-D graphics may be mapped to a depth test stage in 3-D graphics. Coverage values for pixels within paths in 2-D graphics may be determined using rasterization and depth test stages in 3-D graphics. A paint generation stage and an image interpolation stage in 2-D graphics may be mapped to a fragment shader stage in 3-D graphics. A blending stage in 2-D graphics may be mapped to a blending stage in 3-D graphics.
US08203559B2
Ray tracing scenes is accomplished using a plurality of intersection testing resources coupled with a plurality of shading resources, communicative in the aggregate through links/queues. A queue from testing to shading comprises respective ray/primitive intersection indications, comprising a ray identifier. A queue from shading to testing comprises identifiers of new rays to be tested, wherein data defining the rays is separately stored in memories distributed among the intersection testing resources. Ray definition data can be retained in distributed memories until rays complete intersection testing, and be selected for testing multiple times based on ray identifier. A structure of acceleration shapes can be used. Packets of ray identifiers and shape data can be passed among the intersection testing resources, and each resource can test rays identified in the packet, and for which definition data is present in its memory. Test results for acceleration shapes are used to collect rays against acceleration shapes, and closest detection ray/primitive intersections are indicated by sending ray identifiers to shading resources.
US08203548B2
A driving circuit of a display device is provided. In a first time period of a data writing period, a control section of the driving circuit effects control so as to short-circuit a first node which is set to a target gradation potential and a node (second node) adjacent to the first node, and such that a line (second line) between the second node and a hold capacitor of a pixel is connected in parallel to a line (first line) between the first node and the hold capacitor of the pixel. Further, in a second time period following the first time period, the control section controls switching element groups so as to cancel short-circuiting between the first node and the second node, and such that the second line is not connected in parallel to the first line.
US08203540B2
A liquid crystal display (LCD) device (100) having an integrated touchscreen includes a built-in probe signal source behind the liquid crystal (LC) layer (20). The probe signal source may include a pair of light sources (82 and 84) modulated at first and second frequencies (f1 and f2), respectively. A pair of probe light sensing devices (92 and 94) may also be implemented behind the LC layer, each configured to measure the intensities of the first and second frequencies, respectively. The probe light sensing devices are designed to detect user contact with the touchscreen surface by sensing a reflection of the probe light signals from the touchscreen surface. Using the multiple intensity measurements from each probe light sensing device, the location of the point of contact on the touchscreen surface is determined.
US08203505B2
The present invention relates to a method and a device for presentation of content-rich information portions and content-poor information portions, such as list type information on a display. The method performs obtaining of information for presentation on an information presentation unit, monitors a rotational motion around an axis of rotation of an information presentation device, monitors the position of a seam of the information presentation unit, and presents information on the information presentation unit in dependence of the monitored rotational motion and in dependence of the monitored position of the first and second ends, such that content-rich information is presented on the information presentation unit and that content-poor information is presented across the first and second ends of the information presentation unit.
US08203503B2
Sensor independent display characterization system spectrally characterizes a display system to measure radiant power emitted by the display system that displays a video image to a trainee pilot during sensor stimulation. A sensor spectral response for each wavelength produced by the stimulated sensor is determined. A stimulated luminance for each color level of the displayed image or for a range of color levels is computed. A color look up table that maps computed stimulated luminance to a set of stimulating color values is generated. When a trainee pilot looks at the displayed image using a sensor having a sensor response that was used in computing the stimulated luminance, the pilot will see an image that was created by simulated spectral rendering. The displayed image is an accurate, display and sensor independent image that the pilot can see during the real flight.
US08203494B2
A testing method of a multiband antenna is provided. The testing method includes the following steps. Firstly, whether a testing angle of a multiband antenna is less than a default value is determined, and if the testing angle is less than a default value, then the testing frequency is set equal to a first default frequency according to the frequency table so as to obtain a first testing result corresponding to the first default frequency when the multiband antenna is at the testing angle. Next, whether the testing frequency needs to be changed is determined, and if the testing frequency needs to be changed, then the testing frequency is set equal to a second default frequency according to the frequency table so as to obtain a second testing result corresponding to the second default frequency when the multiband antenna is at the testing angle.
US08203487B2
A six-degree-of-freedom (6DOF) tracking system adapts aspects of Ultra-Wideband (UWB) measurement and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) inertial measurements within a unique tightly coupled fusion algorithm to accurately and efficiently measure an object's position as well as orientation. The principle of operation of the system protects against the negative effects of multipath phenomenon and non-line-of-sight (NLOS) conditions, allowing a more robust position and orientation tracking system.
US08203475B2
A parallel, multi-stage noise shaping (MASH) delta-sigma (ΔΣ) modulator reduces the required operating frequency by predicting the inputs to later stages of a serial MASH modulator to be multiples of the MASH input. An Nth order parallel MASH ΔΣ modulator generates N outputs (one from each stage) in a single modulator cycle. Accordingly, the Nth order parallel MASH ΔΣ modulator may be operated at 1/N the frequency of a corresponding prior art Nth order serial MASH ΔΣ modulator.
US08203470B2
A digital decoding method and apparatus for receiving a compression coded digital signal in predetermined transmission units for decoding is disclosed. The decoding apparatus includes an initialization unit for initializing a probability of occurrence based on information multiplexed into data constituting the transmission unit, when decoding of the transmission unit is started, a binarization unit for generating a binarization rule determined based on a type of decoded data, a probability of occurrence generation unit for providing the probability of occurrence of symbol generated by the binarization rule, and a decoding unit for executing arithmetic decoding based on the probability of occurrence thus generated.
US08203463B2
A meter data collection system in which a licensed narrowband frequency channel is used to wake up carrier-sensed, battery-powered meter reading devices (MRDs) is disclosed herein. In the meter data collection system disclosed herein, an unlicensed wideband channel is used to transmit data replies from the MRDs to a mobile data collection device. In another embodiment disclosed herein, a meshed network of MRDs communicating on the unlicensed channel is combined with a roaming interrogator that uses the licensed channel to send commands or to perform on-demand reads.
US08203451B2
A tag detects a condition, and selectively operates a portion of its circuitry in first and second modes as a function of information regarding the selected condition, the portion consuming less power in the second mode than the first mode, and being capable of wireless communication according to one of a cellular telephone network communication protocol, a satellite communication protocol, and a wireless computer network communication protocol. According to a different aspect, a tag carries out geofencing analysis, and selectively operates a portion of its circuitry in first and second modes as a function of results of the geofencing analysis, the portion consuming less power in the second mode than in the first mode, and being capable of wireless communication according to one of a cellular telephone network communication protocol, a satellite communication protocol, and a wireless computer network communication protocol.
US08203438B2
An alarm suspend system utilizes an alarm trigger responsive to physiological parameters and corresponding limits on those parameters. The parameters are associated with both fast and slow treatment times corresponding to length of time it takes for a person to respond to medical treatment for out-of-limit parameter measurements. Audible and visual alarms respond to the alarm trigger. An alarm silence button is pressed to silence the audible alarm for a predetermined suspend time. The audible alarm is activated after the suspend time has lapsed. Longer suspend times are associated with slow treatment parameters and shorter suspend times are associated with fast treatment parameters.
US08203426B1
A physical access control system is disclosed which includes a network, at least one access controller, a producer device, and a consumer device. Each access controller generates status and event information associated with a controlled physical barrier. The producer device includes producer logic which collects and stores the status and event information. The consumer device includes consumer logic which periodically polls the producer logic via the network to retrieve the status and event information from the producer device. The producer logic and the consumer logic communicate via the network according to a commonly accepted message syndication protocol, such as the RSS protocol or the Atom Publishing Protocol or the like. The use of a commonly accepted message syndication protocol simplifies communications, avoids proprietary configurations and facilitates integration, such as combining systems or adding new devices and the like.
US08203424B2
A method and system for walk-away locking of a vehicle. The vehicle may be automatically locked when an occupant walks away from the vehicle in a passive manner. The automatic locking capabilities may be incorporated within an energy conservation strategy that allows one or more vehicle components and a fob to enter a sleep mode or otherwise become inactive at particular intervals when signals necessary to automatically locking the vehicle are less likely.
US08203422B2
To provide a glazed metal film resistor device excellent in TCR characteristics with using an economical base body containing glass by reducing affection to TCR characteristics caused by glass contained in the base body. The resistor device comprises base body 11 containing glass, first protective film 12, which does not contain glass, formed on a surface of base body 11, and thick film resistor 13 formed on first protective film 12. By forming first protective film 12 on a surface of base body 11 containing glass and insulating base body 11 containing glass against thick film resistor 13 of ruthenium oxide as primary component, affection of glass contained in base body 11 to thick film resistor 13 of ruthenium oxide can be suppressed, and change of TCR value from original value of thick film resistor itself can be suppressed.
US08203420B2
Subminiature surface mount chip fuses include two part housings enclosing a fuse element and prefabricated end caps. The housing ends are shaped to restrict freedom of movement of the fuse element ends as the end caps are assembled to the housing. The end caps may include features to positively secure them in place and restrict relative movement of the end caps relative to the housing. Holes may be provided in the end caps that allow solder flow from a location exterior to the end caps to flow interior to the end caps to establish electrical connection with the fuse element.
US08203419B2
An inductor includes a conductive track forming at least three inductor turns. The conductive track has a plurality of track sections. The inductor also includes at least two groups of crossing points, each crossing point comprising a location at which the conductive track crosses over itself. The crossing points of each group collectively reverse the order of at least some of the track sections in the inductor, such that inner track sections of the conductive track cross over to become respective outer track sections, and such that outer track sections of the conductive track cross over to become respective inner track sections.
US08203413B2
[Problems] To realize a structure that is substantially highly reliable, that solves a problem of a wire break accompanied by an application of an external force to a terminal and at the same time solves a problem of a wire break caused by heat effects during dip soldering, without causing a strength reduction of the terminal, cost increase, and wire thinning.[Means for Solution] A winding component in which a terminal 12 is disposed in a protruding manner to a bobbin 14 provided with a winding portion, and a winding end is connected to the terminal, wherein a resin protrusion 40 is formed integral with the bobbin at a foot of the terminal, the resin protrusion is shaped with a part of its circumference notched so that a side surface of the terminal partially juts out, and a wire material that is wound around the resin protrusion a plurality of times comes into contact with the terminal and is to be connected by dip soldering.
US08203410B2
An assembly includes a toroidal induction component, a potting cup, and potting material. The toroidal induction component includes a conductive winding, where at least ends of the conductive winding define a lead set of the toroidal induction component. The potting cup is configured to accept the toroidal induction component and its lead set. Techniques for forming the assembly are also described.
US08203408B2
A leading-out device of a reactor is directly connected to an active part of the reactor and comprises an U-shaped insulating plate, a metal voltage-sharing shield insulating layer covering outside the U-shaped insulating plate and a surrounding insulating layer covering outside the metal voltage sharing shield insulating layer, wherein an oil gap is formed between the surrounding insulating layer and the metal voltage-sharing shield insulating layer. An iron core reactor comprises the leading-out device.
US08203400B2
A broadband filter filtering noise over a first conductive wire, a second conductive wire, and a third conductive wire includes a differential-mode filtering circuit connected to both the first conductive wire and the second conductive wire and a common-mode filtering circuit connected to both the first conductive wire and the second conductive wire. The differential-mode filtering circuit includes two inductors and two capacitors for filtering differential-mode noise of different frequencies. The common-mode filtering circuit includes two inductors and six capacitors filtering common-mode noise of different frequencies.
US08203398B2
One aspect of the invention includes a directional coupler having a coupling factor in the forward direction determined from the equation Cf=Cf·ejφCf, a coupling factor in the reverse direction determined from the equation Cr=Cr·ejφCr, an isolation in the forward direction determined from the equation If=If·ejφIf, and an isolation in the reverse direction determined from the equation Ir=Ir·ejφIr, wherein at least one condition is met from among the group consisting of: (1) the absolute value of Δφ=φCr+φCf−(φIr+φIf) being less than or equal to 20°, K = C f C r * I r I f ( 2 ) is less than or equal to 1.6, and (3) Cf=Cr and If=Ir.
US08203396B2
The present invention provides a thin film balun capable of preventing a resonant frequency from being increased to a high frequency, and thus realizing a preferable passage characteristic. A thin film balun 1 includes: an unbalanced transmission line 2 having a first coil portion C1 and a second coil portion C2; and a balanced transmission line 3 having a third coil portion C3 and a fourth coil portion C4 which are magnetically coupled with the first coil portion C1 and the second coil portion C2, respectively. The first coil portion C1 is connected to an unbalanced terminal T0, and the second coil portion C2 is connected to a ground terminal G (ground potential) via a capacitor D (C component). The third coil portion C3 is connected to a balanced terminal T1 and the fourth coil portion C4 is connected to a second balanced terminal T2. The capacitor D is provided, in a plan view, in an area S1 between the outer end of the unbalanced terminal T0 and the outer end of the ground terminal G.
US08203394B2
A beamforming RF vector modulator is provided. The beamforming RF vector modulator includes a first amplification part for amplifying an input single RF signal and outputting differential RF signals of different phases; an RF signal converter for receiving the differential RF signals and outputting four signals I+, I−, Q+, and Q− of different phases, the RF signal converter comprising a polyphase filter which is virtually opened by resonance of an output terminal comprising a transmission line load; a Variable Gain Amplifier (VGA) part comprising a I VGA which varies an amplitude and a polarity of the signals I+ and I−, and a Q VGA which varies the amplitude and the polarity of the signals Q+ and Q−according to a control signal; and an RF signal synthesizer for synthesizing an output current of the I VGA and an output current of the Q VGA.
US08203392B2
A circuit may comprise an amplifier powered by a first supply voltage, with a first input of the amplifier coupled to a stable reference voltage, and the output voltage of the amplifier provided as a designated supply voltage to an oscillator configured to produce a periodic signal having a specified frequency. The circuit may further include a control circuit coupled to a second input of the amplifier, to the output of the amplifier, and to ground, and configured to control the rate of change of the output voltage of the amplifier with respect to temperature. This rate of change may be specified according to a characterization of the oscillator over supply voltage and temperature, and may result in stabilizing the specified frequency across temperature. The periodic signal may therefore be unaffected by variations in the first supply voltage, and the amplitude of the periodic signal may be proportional to the stable reference voltage.
US08203391B2
A low-price, compact oscillating device having a good temperature characteristic of a frequency intermediate between a temperature compensated crystal oscillator (TCXO) and an oven-controlled crystal oscillator (OCXO) is provided. The oscillating device having a TCXO is provided with a base on which the TCXO is mounted, that is formed into a box shape having a recess, with a plane area substantially equal to that of the TCXO; and a semiconductor chip including a temperature control circuit, a temperature sensor, and a heating element, mounted in the recess. An opening of the recess is provided in a surface opposite a surface in which the temperature compensated crystal oscillator is mounted, and sealed by a cover. A temperature of the TCXO can be kept constant to provide a oscillating device having an excellent temperature characteristic of a frequency compared with the single TCXO.
US08203389B1
A spin transfer oscillator (STO) device is disclosed with a giant magnetoresistive (GMR) junction comprising a magnetic resistance layer (MRL)/spacer/magnetic oscillation layer (MOL) configuration, and a MR sensor including a sensing layer/junction layer/reference layer configuration. MOL and sensing layer are magnetostatically coupled and separated by a conductive spacer. MRL has perpendicular magnetic anisotropy while MOL and sensing layer have a Mst (saturation magnetization×thickness) value within ±50% of each other. When a magnetic field is applied perpendicular to the planes of the MOL and a high density current flows from the conductive spacer to the MRL, a MOL oscillation state with a certain frequency is induced. Consequently, the sensing layer oscillates with a similar RF frequency and when a low density current flows across the MR sensor, an AC voltage signal is generated to determine the sensing layer frequency that can be varied by adjusting the applied field.
US08203386B2
Various embodiments relate to a reconfigurable integrated digital Chireix out-phasing power amplifier for use in high power base stations is described and a related method of said design. The power amplifier may include a power transistor circuitry having plurality of power transistors and shunt-series circuitry (L1C1, L2C2), a broadband combiner having Chireix compensation elements, and an impedance matching filter. The power transistor circuitry, the broadband combiner, and the impedance matching filter are integrated in a unified package. In one embodiment, the power amplifier is implemented in a real switch-mode to facilitate integration of the Chireix compensation elements so as to make the Chireix power amplifier tunable. A method of driving Chireix power amplifier structure is also described.
US08203373B2
An apparatus is provided that uses a first level shifter for performing a voltage shift of a low level input signal of a first voltage domain to a high level output signal of a second voltage domain. The first level shifter comprises a storing element in the second voltage domain, an input stage coupled to the storing element for providing a signal state to be stored in the storing element and a feedback loop from an output of the storing element to the input stage for controlling the input stage in response to a transition of a high level output signal of the storing element.
US08203370B2
A Schmitt trigger comprises first and second circuitry. The first circuitry receives an input voltage and provides an output voltage at either a logical “low” or a logical “high” voltage level responsive to the input voltage and a first bias voltage. The second circuitry connects to the first circuitry to generate a second bias current for generating the output voltage. The second bias current is larger than the first bias current. The Schmitt trigger operates in a low power mode of operation using only the first bias voltage to maintain the logical “low” voltage level or the logical “high” voltage level at a substantially constant level. In a high power mode of operation the Schmitt trigger uses the second bias voltage during transition periods between the logical “low” voltage level and the logical “high” voltage level.
US08203369B2
The present invention relates to a gigitaol phaselocked loop DPLL (300, 400) having a phase-to-digital P2D (60) with an enhanced bang-bang phase detector BBPD. Such a P2D (60) comprises a BBPD (62), an additional digital circuit (200) including a sign detector (210), a counter (220) and a mapping function (230), and a summer block (64). During the locking process, the BBPD (62) may-output a repeating value, namely a string of data bits of same polarity value either “+1” or “−1”. The polarity sign is detected by the sign detector (210), and the data string length is determined by the counter (220) that is reset to zero whenever the BBPD output changes sign. The mapping function (230) is configured for mapping the data string length in input to the phase correction level in output Its output is added to that of the BBPD (62) through the summer block (64), such that the phase correction level is increased to enhance the locking process whenever a data string is detected.
US08203362B2
Apparatus and methods are provided for generating output signals representative of bits of serial data. A transmitter comprises a plurality of delay elements, driver circuitry, and bypass logic coupled between the plurality of delay elements and the driver circuitry. The plurality of delay elements delay serialized data, resulting in delayed serialized data, and the driver circuitry generates an output signal representative of a first bit of the delayed serialized data. The bypass logic is configured to selectively bypass one or more delay elements of the plurality of delay elements to provide the first bit of the delayed serialized data to the driver circuitry.
US08203361B2
A circuit system has a first and a second circuit sub-system, and a bidirectional bus, the first circuit sub-system having a first control circuit that receives a control signal for controlling the direction of the bidirectional bus, and controls the first sub-system to be either of a transmitting or a receiving state based on a state of the control signal, a first sending unit that receives the control signal, and outputs as a first control signal, and a second sending unit that receives the control signal, and outputs as a second control signal, the second circuit sub-system having a first receiving unit that receives the first control signal, a second receiving unit that receives the second control signal, and a second control circuit that controls the second sub-system to assume either the transmitting or the receiving state on the basis of the first and the second control signal.
US08203349B2
A proximity and contact sensor (10) is provided with a sensor element (11) and a detection circuit (16). The sensor element is provided with a matrix (13) in which coil-shaped carbon fibers (12) are dispersed. A high-frequency oscillation circuit (19) of the detection circuit (16) supplies the sensor element with a high-frequency signal. A detector (22) in the detection circuit (16) receives an output signal from the sensor element (11) and detects proximity of an object (24). In one example, the coil-shaped carbon fibers (12) are contained in the matrix by 1 to 20% by weight. In another example, a high-frequency oscillation circuit generates a high-frequency signal of 100 to 800 kHz.
US08203327B2
A device for counting oscillations of an oscillating temporal signal. The device comprises means for counting all the alternate crossings of a positive threshold value and of a negative threshold value by a monitored time signal.
US08203315B2
In a method for operating a power semiconductor circuit a power semiconductor chip is provided which includes a power semiconductor switch with a first load terminal and with a second load terminal. Further, a first temperature sensor which is thermally coupled to the power semiconductor switch and a second temperature sensor are provided. The power semiconductor switch is switched OFF or kept switched OFF if the temperature difference between a first temperature of the first temperature sensor and a second temperature of the second temperature sensor is greater than or equal to a switching-OFF threshold temperature difference which depends, following an inconstant first function, on the voltage drop across the power semiconductor switch between the first load terminal and the second load terminal.
US08203309B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a battery pack and a battery system capable of reducing unnecessary power loss upon reducing the variation in the state of charge that has occurred between a plurality of secondary batteries in an assembled battery in which the secondary batteries are connected in series-parallel. The battery pack and the battery system include a switching element Q11 for opening/closing the charging path of a battery pack B1, a switching element Q12 for opening/closing the discharging path of the battery pack B1, a switching element Q21 for opening/closing the charging path of a battery pack B2, and a switching element Q22 for opening/closing the discharging path of the battery pack B2. When the battery pack B1 is charged, the switching elements Q12, Q21 are turned OFF and the switching element Q11 is turned ON until the secondary batteries B11, B12 are fully charged. When the battery pack B2 is charged, the switching elements Q22, Q11 are turned OFF and the switching element Q21 is turned ON until the secondary batteries B21, B22 are fully charged.
US08203307B2
An electrical component, such as, for example, a radio, MP3 player, audio component, battery charger, radio/charger, MP3 player/radio, MP3 player/charger, or MP3 player/radio/charger. The electrical component includes a housing and an electrical circuit supported by the housing. In some aspects, the electrical component is an audio component and the electrical circuit is an audio circuit. In other aspects, the electrical component is a battery charger and the electrical circuit is a charging circuit. In further aspects, the electrical component is an MP3 player and the electrical circuit is a MP3 circuit. In yet further aspects, the electrical component is an combination of any or all of a radio, battery charger, and MP3 player and the electrical component can include any combination or all of the audio, radio, and MP3 circuits. A battery may be connectable to the housing and electrically connectable the electrical circuit.
US08203303B2
At least two asynchronous AC induction electrical machines in series connection with the power source are respectively made with the main winding and control winding for operating the electrical machines, wherein the individually driven loading operations of the two electrical machines in cross-interlockingly series connection being series connected with the power source are led by the changes of individual electrical machine driving loading statuses to appear variable impedance operation so as to change the end voltage ratio between individual electrical machines in cross-interlockingly series connections.
US08203301B2
A temperature monitoring system consists of a multielement thermopile, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), first and second microcontrollers (MCUs), a first stepping motor, a second stepping motor, a plurality of microswitches and a monitoring apparatus. The multielement thermopile is connected to the ADC linked with the first MCU, and the first MCU is further connected to the first stepping motor with microswitches for vertical motion control, and the second stepping motor with microswitches for horizontal motion control. At the same time the first MCU can be connected to the second MCU and the second MCU is linked with the monitoring apparatus. A hot spot occurring in electrical heating equipment or a smoldering source hidden in upholstery can be identified and proper measures can be performed, in case of extremely high temperature, so as further to prevent a fire.
US08203300B2
A method of closed-loop controlling determines a first feedback variable by sampling a control variable and a second feedback variable by averaging the control variable, compares the first and second feedback variables with a command variable, and sets the control variable on the basis of the comparing result so that the control variable follows a command variable.
US08203298B2
A system and method for a motor management system includes a computer readable storage medium and a processing unit. The processing unit configured to determine a voltage value of a voltage input to an alternating current (AC) motor, determine a frequency value of at least one of a voltage input and a current input to the AC motor, determine a load value from the AC motor, and access a set of motor nameplate data, where the set of motor nameplate data includes a rated power, a rated speed, a rated frequency, and a rated voltage of the AC motor. The processing unit is also configured to estimate a motor speed based on the voltage value, the frequency value, the load value, and the set of nameplate data and also store the motor speed on the computer readable storage medium.
US08203293B2
The motor drive apparatus to perform vector control having excellent control performance on a motor includes an A/D converter which acquires currents flowing through a u-phase, a v-phase and a w-phase of the motor, a vector control unit which performs vector control on the motor based on d-axis motor current and q-axis motor current acquired by coordinate-converting the digitalized currents, a motor parameter and a desired angular speed of a motor rotor, a PWM generator which generates a PWM signal to drive the motor based on a motor voltage acquired by the vector control unit, and a parameter estimation unit which estimates a motor resistance, a d-axis motor inductance and a q-axis motor inductance in a direct current excitation state based on maximum peak values and minimum peak values of a d-axis motor voltage and a q-axis motor voltage and estimates a motor inductive voltage constant in a forced commutation control state.
US08203276B2
The present invention relates to providing an improved phase controlled dimming LED driver circuitry, system and a method thereof, which is configured to enable dimming intensity of light generated by a light source, said phase controlled dimming driver circuitry being connected to a phase control dimmer that provides to it a regulated alternating current (AC) signal, wherein said phase controlled dimming driver circuitry does not include a microprocessor and pulse width modulates its output current, provided to said light source, at a frequency unrelated to the AC signal frequency. Further, the phase controlled dimming driver circuitry applies amplitude modulation (AM) and pulse width modulation (PWM) substantially simultaneously to the output current provided to the light source.
US08203273B1
A ballast circuit includes a filament cutback circuit to reduce a pre-heat voltage after the lamp filaments have been pre-heated. The filament cutback circuit includes a filament cut-back inductive component magnetically coupled to the resonant inductive component in the inverter to receive a filament cutback control voltage associated with an AC voltage for powering the lamps. During the pre-heating period, the filament cutback control voltage is not high enough to charge a chargeable component to a switch threshold level. However, during lamp ignition, the filament cutback control voltage is increased and charges the chargeable component to the switch threshold level. This causes a switch device to operate in a conductive switch state and the filament cutback circuit suppresses the pre-heat voltage.
US08203268B2
A discharge lamp configured to suppress temperature increases in the electrode on the opening part side of a reflective mirror is described. The discharge lamp includes an F electrode and an R electrode having shapes before forming the melt electrodes that satisfy at least one of the following conditions (a) to (c): (a) The diameter of the core wire of the F electrode is d1f, and the diameter of the core wire of the R electrode is d1r, then d1f>1.2×d1r; (b) The wire diameter of the coil of said F electrode is d2f, and the wire diameter of the coil of the R electrode is d2r, then d2f>1.2×d2r; (c) the number of windings of the coil of the F electrode is nf, and the number of windings of the coil of the R electrode is nr, then nf>1.2×nr.
US08203256B2
A tuning-fork type crystal vibrating piece (20) is comprised of a base portion (23) comprising a piezoelectric material, a pair of parallel vibrating arms (21) with a designated thickness (D3) and width (W3) extend from the base portion, and a pair of weight portions (28) are formed by enlarging the width (W4) of the distal ends pair of vibrating arms. A cross-section of the pair of weight portions is formed symmetric with a central axis which is center of the pair of vibrating arms, and at least one portion of the pair of weight portions has a thickness which is less than the designated thickness (D3).
US08203245B2
A motor rotor has: a rotor yoke; a plurality of magnet fixing sections formed on the lateral surface of the rotor yoke; segment magnets respectively fixed to the magnet fixing sections and extending in the axial direction of the rotor yoke; and a plurality of projections which are provided, on the rotor yoke, at each boundary section located between each of the adjacent magnet mounting sections, and which protrude outward from the rotor yoke; and a pair of end claws are formed by bifurcating the end of each projection into two prongs, and each of the end claws is locked to the outer surface of each of the segment magnets.
US08203235B2
A power supply includes a rectifier that converts an alternating current input voltage to a first direct current voltage. An inverter that converts the first direct current voltage to an alternating current output voltage. A first set of output terminals that receives the alternating current output voltage. A second set of output terminals that receives the first direct current voltage. A charging circuit that charges a backup power source based on the first direct current voltage. The rectifier receives a second direct current voltage from the backup power source based on the power supply operating in a predetermined condition.
US08203232B2
A system configured to facilitate wireless communications between different ground planes is provided. The system may rely on bi-directional communications between galvanically isolated components to support any number of operations, including but not limited operations associated with supporting wireless message communications between three or more isolated ground planes, such as but not limited to supporting communications between three or more ground planes included within an onboard vehicle charger.
US08203231B2
In order to relieve the power supply system of commercial aircraft of one absolutely essential load, specifically a galley with heating and cooling appliances, the appliances are provided with at least one autonomous power supply device which can be handled without any problems and is installed in a galley trolley (1) of standardized dimensions, preferably with a fuel cell (2) together with its fuel tanks (3, 4) and voltage converters (5) in order to be replaced at the same time by catering lifting loaders in the course of galley supply and disposal. Instead of or in addition thereto, an autonomous, mobile power supply unit such as this can also be installed in one of the standardized baggage or cargo containers for accommodation in the cargo bay of the aircraft, and then in particular also to feed electrical heating and cooling appliances in other containers.
US08203230B2
A wind energy system is provided, with the wind energy system having a tower; a machine nacelle; a lower yaw bearing; and an upper yaw bearing; the lower yaw bearing and the upper yaw bearing being arranged to pivotably connect the machine nacelle to the tower of the wind energy system. Further, a yaw bearing system for use in a wind energy system and a method for operating a wind energy system are provided.
US08203228B2
An aerogenerator is provided. The aerogenerator includes an impeller which is rotated by the wind. A rotatable shaft, a rotatable plate and a rocker arm mount the impeller to a support structure so that the impeller is rotatable, and convert the rotating motion of the impeller into linear motion. A rod is connected with the rocker arm and is reciprocated linearly. A magnet is provided on the rod and has magnetic force. An induction coil is provided outside the reciprocating magnet and interacts with the magnet to create an induced voltage. A transform unit transforms the induced voltage of the induction coil to an electric current. An electricity storage unit stores the electric current of the transform unit.
US08203225B2
These inventions related to systems and methods for producing, shipping, distributing, and storing hydrogen. In one embodiment, a hydrogen production and storage system includes a plurality of wind turbines for generating electrical power; a power distribution control system for distributing, and converting the electrical power from the wind turbines, a water desalination and/or purification unit which receives and purifies seawater, and an electrolyzer unit that receive electrical power from the power distribution system and purified water from the desalination units and thereby converts the water into hydrogen and oxygen. After its production, hydrogen is stored, transported, and distributed in accordance with various embodiments.
US08203222B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a semiconductor chip, and first and second insulations. The substrate has at least a first region and a second region. The semiconductor chip structure covers the first region. The first insulation covers the second region. The first insulation has a first thermal expansion coefficient approximately equal to that of the semiconductor chip structure. The second insulation covers the semiconductor chip structure and the first insulation so that the semiconductor chip structure and the first insulation are sandwiched between the substrate and the second insulation. The second insulation has a second thermal expansion coefficient approximately equal to that of the substrate.
US08203221B2
There is provided a semiconductor device which has been improved in adhesion between leads and a sealing resin (molding resin), and thus does not undergo peeling therebetween, and has high reliability.The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip, a plurality of leads including a metal as a main constitutional material, electrically connected with the semiconductor chip, and a resin for sealing the semiconductor chip, wherein the plurality of leads each have an outer lead portion exposed from the resin and an inner lead portion embedded in the resin, and the resin contains an aromatic compound having a benzene ring and/or a compound having a cyclohexane ring, and the benzene ring and/or the cyclohexane ring contained in the resin and a metal atom which is a main constitutional material of a surface material of the inner lead portion are arranged so as to be superposed one on the other at an interface at which the surface material of the inner lead portion and the resin are in contact with each other.
US08203216B2
A layered chip package includes a main body and wiring, the wiring including a plurality of wires disposed on a side surface of the main body. The main body includes a main part and a plurality of terminals. The main part includes a plurality of layer portions stacked. The terminals are disposed on at least either one of the top and bottom surfaces of the main part and electrically connected to the wires. Each of the layer portions includes a semiconductor chip. The plurality of wires include a plurality of common wires and a plurality of layer-dependent wires. In at least one of the layer portions, the semiconductor chip is electrically connected to the plurality of common wires and is selectively electrically connected to only the layer-dependent wire that the layer portion uses, among the plurality of layer-dependent wires.
US08203213B2
Methods for packaging microelectronic devices and microelectronic devices formed using such methods are disclosed herein. One aspect of the invention is directed toward a method for packaging a microelectronic device that includes coupling an active side of a microelectronic die to a surface of a support member. The microelectronic die can have a backside opposite the active side, a peripheral side extending at least part way between the active side and the backside, and at least one through-wafer interconnect. The method can further include applying an encapsulant to cover a portion of the surface of the support member so that a portion of the encapsulant is laterally adjacent to the peripheral side, removing material from a backside of the microelectronic die to expose a portion of at least one through-wafer interconnect, and applying a redistribution structure to the backside of the microelectronic die.
US08203207B2
Provided are electronic device packages and their methods of formation. The electronic device packages include an electronic device mounted on a substrate, a conductive via and a locally thinned region in the substrate. The invention finds application, for example, in the electronics industry for hermetic packages containing an electronic device such as an IC, optoelectronic or MEMS device.
US08203206B2
An electrical device includes a plurality of interconnects passing through a plane. The interconnects have a longitudinal axis substantially perpendicular to the plane and including an arrangement pattern which reduces or eliminates cross-talk between nearest neighboring interconnects, wherein the interconnects include a first differentially driven signal conductor pair and at least one other signal conductor, and the arrangement includes the at least one other signal conductor disposed at a substantially same distance from each conductor of the first differentially driven signal conductor pair.
US08203202B2
A semiconductor chip module including a plurality of semiconductor chips, each provided on the side face thereof with a part of connection terminals coupled with a circuit pattern formed on the front face, the chips being stacked and bonded. The stacked element in the lowermost layer is a semiconductor chip or an interposer dedicated for attachment to an external attachment board and having a plurality of electrode elements (e.g., solder balls) arranged on a face on the attachment side, with each electrode element connected to any one of the connection terminals by a circuit pattern. Connection terminal portions on the side faces of the respective semiconductor chips and the stacked element in the lowermost layer are interconnected by a wiring pattern extending over the side faces.
US08203201B2
A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: forming a paddle, an inner post adjacent to the paddle, a jumper pad, and an outer post, with the jumper pad between the inner post and the outer post; mounting an integrated circuit over a paddle first side, the paddle first side co-planar with the outer post; connecting a first jumper interconnect between the integrated circuit and the jumper pad; connecting a second jumper interconnect between the jumper pad and the outer post; and forming an encapsulation over paddle, the integrated circuit, the first jumper interconnect, the jumper pad, and the second jumper interconnect.
US08203200B2
A leadframe design for a diode or other semiconductor device that reduces stress on the device and provides increased heat dissipation is provided. According to various embodiments, the leadframe has a contoured profile including a recessed area and a raised surface within the recessed area. The surface supports the device such that the edges of the device extend past the surface. Also provided are device assemblies including the novel leadframes. In certain embodiments, the assemblies include one or more leadframes attached via a solder joint to a device. According to various embodiments, the leadframes are attached to the front side of the device, back side of the device or both. In particular embodiments, the device is a bypass diode for one or more solar cells in a solar module.
US08203188B2
An apparatus is disclosed to increase a breakdown voltage of a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a first heavily doped region to represent a source region. A second heavily doped region represents a drain region of the semiconductor device. A third heavily doped region represents a gate region of the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a gate oxide positioned between the source region and the drain region, below the gate region. The semiconductor device uses a split gate oxide architecture to form the gate oxide. The gate oxide includes a first gate oxide having a first thickness and a second gate oxide having a second thickness.
US08203187B2
A 3D memory device includes an array of semiconductor body pillars and bit line pillars, dielectric charge trapping structures, and a plurality of levels of word line structures arranged orthogonally to the array of semiconductor body pillars and bit line pillars. The semiconductor body pillars have corresponding bit line pillars on opposing first and second sides, providing source and drain terminals. The semiconductor body pillars have first and second channel surfaces on opposing third and fourth sides. Dielectric charge trapping structures overlie the first and second channel surfaces, providing data storage sites on two sides of each semiconductor body pillar in each level of the 3D array. The device can be operated as a 3D AND-decoded flash memory.
US08203186B2
A semiconductor device includes a first-type internal stress film formed of a silicon oxide film over source/drain regions of an nMISFET and a second-type internal stress film formed of a TEOS film over source/drain regions of a pMISFET. In a channel region of the nMISFET, a tensile stress is generated in the direction of movement of electrons due to the first-type internal stress film, so that the mobility of electrons is increased. In a channel region of the pMISFET, a compressive stress is generated in the direction of movement of holes due to the second-type internal stress film, so that the mobility of holes is increased.
US08203184B2
A semiconductor integrated circuit includes: a well 35 of a first conductivity type formed on a substrate 37; a first external terminal 10, a second external terminal 11, and a third external terminal 12 provided above the substrate 37; a first protection circuit 20 provided on an electrical path between the first external terminal 10 and the second external terminal 11; a second protection circuit 21 provided on an electrical path between the second external terminal 11 and the third external terminal 12; and a third protection circuit 22 provided on an electrical path between the third external terminal 12 and the first external terminal 10. A guard ring 40 is formed continuously in the well to surround at least two circuits among the first, second, and third protection circuits 20, 21, and 22, formed on the well 35.
US08203182B2
A FinFET (100) comprises a fin-shaped layer-section (116) of a single-crystalline active semiconductor layer (104) extending on an insulating substrate layer (106) along a longitudinal fin direction between, a source layer-section (122), and a drain layer-section (124) of the single-crystalline active semiconductor layer (104). Furthermore, two separate gate-electrode layers (138.1, 138.2) are provided, which do not form sections of the single-crystalline active semiconductor layer, each of the gate-electrode layers facing one of the opposite side faces of the fin-shaped layer-section (116). Each gate-electrode layer is connected with a respective separate gate contact (154, 156). The gate-electrode layers, as seen in a cross-sectional view of a plane that is perpendicular to the longitudinal fin-direction, are arranged on the substrate layer (106) between the respective side face of the fin-shaped layer section and a respective contact-post layer section (118, 120) of the single-crystalline semiconductor layer (104).
US08203181B2
A semiconductor device having a semiconductor body, a source metallization arranged on a first surface of the semiconductor body and a trench including a first trench portion and a second trench portion and extending from the first surface into the semiconductor body is provided. The semiconductor body further includes a pn-junction formed between a first semiconductor region and a second semiconductor region. The first trench portion includes an insulated gate electrode which is connected to the source metallization, and the second trench portion includes a conductive plug which is connected to the source metallization and to the second semiconductor region.
US08203179B2
Devices are disclosed, such as those having a memory cell. The memory cell includes an active area formed of a semiconductor material; a first dielectric over the semiconductor material; a second dielectric comprising a material having a perovskite structure over the first dielectric; a third dielectric over the second dielectric; and a gate electrode over the third dielectric.
US08203177B2
A flash memory device includes a substrate; a cell stack having a semiconductor layer for providing junction areas and channel areas and an interlayer isolation layer for insulating the semiconductor layer, wherein the semiconductor layer and the interlayer isolation layer are repeatedly stacked; an array of gate columns, the gate columns penetrating through the cell stack, perpendicular to the substrate; and a trap layered stack introduced into an interface between the gate columns and the cell stack to store charge.
US08203174B2
An image sensor and a method for fabricating the same are provided. The image sensor includes a first conductive type substrate including a trench formed in a predetermined portion of the first conductive type substrate, a second conductive type impurity region for use in a photodiode, formed below a bottom surface of the trench in the first conductive type substrate, and a first conductive type epitaxial layer for use in the photodiode, buried in the trench.
US08203165B2
Provided is a ceramic package for headlamp, and a headlamp module having the same. The ceramic package for headlamp includes a body part, a pair of internal electrodes, and an electrode exposing part. The body part has a cavity formed therein. The cavity is upwardly opened to expose a light emitting diode mounted on a mounting part. The pair of internal electrodes in the body part is electrically connected to the light emitting diode. The electrode exposing part is stepped at either side of the body part to upwardly expose the internal electrode to the outside.
US08203159B2
A method of fabricating an optoelectronic device, comprising growing an active layer of the device on an oblique surface of a suitable material, wherein the oblique surface comprises a facetted surface. The present invention also discloses a method of fabricating the facetted surfaces. One fabrication process comprises growing an epitaxial layer on a suitable material, etching the epitaxial layer through a mask to form the facets having a specific crystal orientation, and depositing one or more active layers on the facets. Another method comprises growing a layer of material using a lateral overgrowth technique to produce a facetted surface, and depositing one or more active layers on the facetted surfaces. The facetted surfaces are typically semipolar planes.
US08203154B2
A device (10) comprises a semiconductor diode (12) and a switchable element (14) positioned in stacked adjacent relationship. The semiconductor diode (12) and the switchable element (14) are electrically connected in series with one another. The switchable element (14) is switchable from a low-conductance state to a high-conductance state in response to the application of a low-density forming current and/or a low voltage.
US08203153B2
Embodiments of the invention include a substrate comprising a host and a seed layer bonded to the host, and a semiconductor structure comprising a light emitting layer disposed between an n-type region and a p-type region grown over the seed layer. A variation in index of refraction in a direction perpendicular to a growth direction of the semiconductor structure is disposed between the host and the light emitting layer.
US08203144B2
A semiconductor device includes a metal oxide channel and methods for forming the same. The metal oxide channel includes indium, gallium, and zinc.
US08203135B2
A semiconductor device, a semiconductor module, an electronic apparatus and methods of fabricating and manufacturing the same are provided. The semiconductor device includes a lower interconnection formed on a substrate, a plurality of control patterns formed on the lower interconnection, a plurality of lower contact plug patterns formed on the control patterns, a plurality of storage patterns formed on the lower contact plug patterns, a plurality of upper electrodes formed on the storage patterns, and a plurality of upper interconnections formed on the upper electrodes. The lower contact plug patterns each include at least two contact holes having different sizes, a plurality of sidewall patterns formed on inner sidewalls of the two contact holes and wherein the sidewall patterns have different thicknesses from one another. The semiconductor device further includes a plurality of electrode patterns conformably formed on the inside of the sidewall patterns and having size errors less than 10%, and a plurality of filling patterns formed inside the electrode patterns and completely filling the inside of the contact holes.
US08203130B2
An image sensor module may include an image sensor, a variable thickness member and a lens member. The image sensor may include a light receiver configured to receive a light. Further, a driving voltage may be applied to the image sensor. The variable thickness member may be arranged on the image sensor adjacent to the light receiver. Further, the variable thickness member may have a variable thickness along an optical axis of the light in accordance with the driving voltage through the image sensor.
US08203128B2
A radiation source container comprising: a radiation source capsule (1); a radiation source holder (4) having an aperture (B) that emits unidirectionally radiation emitted from a radiation port A of the radiation source capsule, that provides screening such that no leakage of radiation takes place except from this aperture, and that fixes this radiation source capsule (1) in a manner that is difficult to attach or detach; a container (7) that accommodates the radiation source holder (4) and that has an irradiation window (C) that transmits radiation emitted from the aperture; an attenuation plate (3) provided between the radiation port of the radiation source capsule and the irradiation window, that attenuates beforehand the amount of radiation emitted; a shutter (6) provided between the attenuation plate (3) and the irradiation window (C) and that screens the radiation emitted from the irradiation window; and a capsule cover whereby, when the recommended use period in respect of the sealing performance of the radiation source capsule (1) has expired, the attenuating plate (3) is removed and the radiation port of the radiation source capsule (1) is resealed with the same material properties and the same thickness as the attenuating plate (3).
US08203124B2
Embodiments of a sterilization apparatus and methods of using a sterilization system are disclosed in the present application. The sterilization apparatus can take the form of a sterilization chamber comprising a top wall, a bottom wall, end walls and side walls which define the interior of the chamber. Throughout the interior of the chamber, multiple ultraviolet light emitting diodes (UVLEDs) irradiate energy at wavelengths for destroying pathogenic substances and achieving an efficient level of sterilization. A UV transparent plate located within the interior of the chamber can support one or more target devices, and can be proportionally sized to accommodate placement of a target device for the simultaneous and uniform distribution of UV sterilizing energy to the surfaces of a target. The sterilization chamber can provide the necessary decontamination and sterilization measures to effectively eliminate any residual biological contaminants on the exposed or hard-to-reach crevices or features of a medical device. Furthermore, one or more interior surfaces of the chamber may comprise a UV reflective material for distributing UV radiation upon substantially all surfaces of a target.
US08203121B2
A radiation detector stand has a first support having a plurality of first trenches to which a plurality of radiation detectors for detecting a radiation are inserted, and a second support arranged in parallel to the first support. The first trenches are arranged at a predetermined interval corresponding to an interval of arranging the radiation detectors. The second support has a plurality of second trenches to which the radiation detectors are inserted, and the second trenches are arranged at the predetermined interval.
US08203113B2
An illumination apparatus includes; a first solid-state light source, a second solid-state light source, a first arrangement member provided with a first arrangement surface, a second arrangement member provided with a second arrangement surface, an optical unit configured to reduce a dispersion angle of a light beam. The first solid-state light source emits a light beam having a first directivity. The second solid-state light source emits a light beam having a second directivity greater than the first directivity. A distance from the second arrangement surface to the second light-entering surface is longer than a distance from the first arrangement surface to the first light-entering surface.
US08203112B2
A device includes an electron emission source array including a plurality of electron emission sources, a photoelectric conversion film disposed to face the electron emission source array, and an intermediate electrode provided between the electron emission source array and the photoelectric conversion film, and an intermediate electrode current detector that applies a positive potential, relative to a potential of the electron emission source array, to the intermediate electrode and detects a current flowing in the intermediate electrode.
US08203107B2
A cooking implement having a resilient cooking surface made of silicone and maintained at tension. The cooking surface includes a plurality of holes and a support device having a curved periphery disposed about the periphery of the cooking surface to stretch and maintain the cooking surface at tension. The support device is configured to support the cooking surface at a distance above a ground surface.
US08203094B2
Electronic devices are provided with switch assembly input components that can have adhesives adhered to the side and/or bottom surfaces of support plates for retaining switches between the adhesives and the tops of the support plates. The switch assembly input components can include buttons with one or more absorption elements for receiving impact energy, reducing the impact energy, and transferring the reduced impact energy onto the switches.
US08203087B2
A key assembly used in an electronic device includes a printed circuit board (PCB) including two optical couplers, a key body and a supporting assembly. The key body is rotatably supported on the PCB and includes a circular disk and a plurality of teeth. The plurality of teeth extend from periphery edge of the circular disk toward the PCB and are spaced apart from each other. The supporting assembly supports the key body on the PCB. When the key body is rotated, the plurality of teeth interact with the two optical couplers to generate one or more control signals to control corresponding one or more operations of the electronic device.
US08203082B2
A printed circuit board includes a first layout layer, a second layout layer, a copper foil layer, a first via and a second via. The first layout layer has a first signal line and a second signal line, each of which has a curved first portion. The second layout layer has a third signal line and a fourth signal line, each of which also has a curved first portion. The curved first portions of the first signal line, the second signal line, the third signal line and the fourth signal line are coupled to the first via and the second via. In this case, the curved first portions of the first signal line, the second signal line, the third signal line and the fourth signal line cooperatively generate spiral inductance characteristic.
US08203078B1
A conduit with a self-adhesive backing used to route and organize electrical or electronic cables along wall surfaces is herein disclosed. The conduit comprises a trapezoidal-shaped enclosure available in multiple widths from approximately two (2) inches up to six (6) inches. The smaller size would be used for one (1) or two (2) cables while the larger size conduit could be used with up to ten (10) cables. The rear or flat side of the conduit would be fastened to the wall surface using a pre-applied double-sided foam adhesive tape. The tape would be covered with a common release paper which would be peeled off just before application. The back section of the conduit would also be pre-split down the center to aid in the installation of wires and cable during initial installation. The conduit comprises a flexible material such as plastic or rubber to allow routing along irregular wall surfaces and can be cut to length with regular household scissors. It is envisioned the conduit may be introduced in multiple colors to match various decors and can also be painted to match existing wall surfaces.
US08203077B2
A cord organizer includes a cover plate and a cord retaining member. The cover plate includes a central portion having a plurality of openings defined therethrough. The openings include a fastener opening, and a receptacle opening. The cover plate further includes a curved, end portion curved inwardly away from a back side of the cover plate, having a slit defined therethrough, and at least one male fastening member extending from the back side of the cover plate. The cord retaining member includes a female fastening opening, and a strap portion. The strap portion of the cord retaining member is capable of passing through the slit of the curved, end portion, and the cord organizer is configured to allow the strap portion to be secured after an end of the strap has passed through the slit of the curved, end portion.
US08203065B2
A percussion instrument is configured for minimizing space used for set up for use. The percussion instrument uses a belt member stretched between one of two upper stretching members and a lower stretching member, to form a striking surface. By using the elasticity of the belt member, the striking surface can simulate the tension sensation of a conventional acoustic percussion instrument. By forming the belt member in a band shape, the width dimensions of the striking surface can be small relative to conventional circular shaped striking surfaces.
US08203060B1
This invention provides a device for keeping a stringed musical instrument, such as a guitar, in tune while playing same with the use of a capo. The device comprises a bar of lightweight molded plastic material or the like having a bevel on one side and a hook end at the top. The device is positioned whereby the hook end is over the top portion of a guitar neck and the beveled side is under the strings on a fret. The string clamp portion of a capo is placed over the device after it is positioned. The device in place prevents the strings from stretching which would cause the guitar to get out of tune if the device was not in place.
US08203053B1
Basically, this invention provides for an inbred corn line designated NPID4571, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line NPID4571 with plants of another corn plant. The invention relates to the various parts of inbred NPID4571 including culturable cells. This invention also relates to methods for introducing transgenic transgenes into inbred corn line NPID4571 and plants produced by said methods.
US08203049B2
The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 09R796B2R2. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 09R796B2R2. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the cotton variety 09R796B2R2 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 09R796B2R2 with itself or another cotton variety and plants produced by such methods.
US08203037B2
A soybean cultivar designated S070137 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S070137, to the plants of soybean S070137, to plant parts of soybean cultivar S070137, and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar S070137 with itself or with another soybean variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to soybean cultivars, or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean variety S070137, to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S070137, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing the cultivar S070137 with another soybean cultivar.
US08203036B2
A soybean cultivar designated 306601347 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 306601347, to the plants of soybean 306601347, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 306601347, and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 306601347 with itself or with another soybean variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to soybean cultivars, or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean variety 306601347, to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 306601347, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing the cultivar 306601347 with another soybean cultivar.
US08203034B2
The invention provides seed and plants of the lettuce line designated PS06519080. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of lettuce line PS06519080, and to methods for producing a lettuce plant produced by crossing a plant of lettuce line PS06519080 with itself or with another lettuce plant, such as a plant of another line. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of a plant of lettuce line PS06519080, including the gametes of such plants.
US08203029B2
The present invention comprises methods and compositions for making a silver-containing antimicrobial hydrophilic material. More particularly, the present invention comprises methods and compositions for stabilized silver antimicrobial devices comprising a matrix comprising a polymer network and a non-gellable polysaccharide, and an active agent. The matrix may be formed into any desired shape for its desired uses.
US08203027B2
Biogases such as natural gas and other gases capable of being biologically derived by digestion of organic matter are converted to a clean-burning hydrocarbon liquid fuel in a continuous process wherein a biogas is fed to a reaction vessel where the biogas contacts a liquid petroleum fraction and a transition metal catalyst immersed in the liquid, vaporized product gas is drawn from a vapor space above the liquid level, condensed, and fed to a product vessel where condensate is separated from uncondensed gas and drawn off as the liquid product fuel as uncondensed gas is recycled to the reaction vessel.
US08203024B2
A method for torrefying biomass comprises using an oxidation catalyst to combust gas produced by torrefaction, and thereby produce combustion flue gas. The method also comprises introducing the combustion flue gas into a torrefaction reactor and/or a cooler.
US08203021B2
Processes for making monoammonium succinate (MAS) and/or succinic acid (SA) from either a clarified diammonium succinate (DAS)-containing fermentation broth or a clarified MAS-containing fermentation broth include (a) distilling the broth to form an overhead that includes water and optionally ammonia and a liquid bottoms that includes MAS or SA; (b) cooling and/or evaporating the bottoms and optionally adding an antisolvent to the bottoms to attain a temperature and composition sufficient to cause the bottoms to produce a solid portion that contains MAS or SA in contact with a liquid portion; (c) separating the solid portion from the liquid portion; and (d) recovering the solid portion.
US08203016B2
The use of specific compounds of the Formula 1 (and also corresponding mixtures) in particular as cosmetic agents for the inhibition of the substance P-induced release of histamine from mast cells is described.
US08203011B2
The present invention provides a 3′,4′,5-trimethoxy flavone derivative and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, preparation thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment and prevention of dry eye syndrome comprising the same as an active ingredient.The 3′,4′,5-trimethoxy flavone derivative and its pharmaceutically acceptable salt inhibit corneal damage through excellent stimulatory action on mucus secretion in the conjunctiva and therefore may be effective as a prophylactic or therapeutic agent for dry eye syndrome.
US08203010B2
In general, the invention features compounds useful for the synthesis of analogs of halichondrin B, such as eribulin or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, e.g., eribulin mesylate. Exemplary compounds are of formula (I), (II), or (III):
US08203007B2
The invention described herein provides a novel lactide monomer derivative and process for preparing the lactide monomer derivative. The monomer derivative of the invention is bifunctional in nature, and can be employed a variety of efficient synthesis processes to prepare various polymers. Further, the bifunctional monomer derivative can be used to prepare various intermediate-stage compounds and polymers, which in turn can be used to synthesize other compounds, polymers, copolymers and composites. The lactide monomer derivative has a bifunctional norbornene spiro lactide structure, spiro[6-methyl-1,4-dioxane-2,5-dione-3,2′-bicyclo[2.2.1]hept[5]ene], and structure as follows: and stereoisomers thereof. The lactide monomer derivative is bifunctional in that either 1) the norbornene ring, 2) lactide ring, or 3) both, can be opened and used in polymer synthesis for the backbone or the reactive branch for other polymeric syntheses.
US08203005B2
The invention describes a novel technical process and novel intermediates useful for the manufacture of enantiomerically pure 8-aryloctanoic acids of the formula I which are pharmaceutically active compounds as rennin inhibitors.
US08202994B2
The present invention relates to processes for preparing pentarylene- and hexarylenetetracarboximides of the general formula (I) or (Ia) or mixtures thereof, to pentarylene and hexarylenetetracarboximides having a high degree of substitution, and to their use.
US08202992B2
Provided is a method for the synthesis of N-protected bis-3,6-[4-aminobutyl]-2,5-diketopiperazine including the step of heating a solution of ε-amino protected lysine in the presence of a catalyst selected from the group consisting of sulfuric acid, phosphoric acid, and phosphorus pentoxide.
US08202977B2
The application relates to a pestivirus, designated PMC virus, that is associated with porcine myocarditis syndrome, and the gene and protein sequences derived therefrom. The application further relates to detection methods, vaccine therapeutics, and diagnostic methods using the PMC virus or gene/protein sequences derived therefrom.
US08202974B2
The invention relates to the therapeutic use of stabilized oligoribonucleotides as immune modulatory agents for immune therapy applications. Specifically, the invention provides RNA-based oligoribonucleotides with improved nuclease and RNase stability and that selectively induce immune modulatory activity through TLR7.
US08202967B2
The present invention relates to novel hemagglutinin H5 proteins, nucleic acids and vectors encoding for those as well as vaccines comprising any of such H5 proteins, nucleic acids or vectors encoding for those H5 proteins. Moreover, the present invention also relates to the medicinal use of any of such compositions in humans and animals.
US08202953B2
A catalyst composition comprising a zirconium complex of a polyvalent aryloxyether and an alumoxane, polymerization processes employing the same, especially the continuous, solution polymerization of ethylene and one or more C3-30 olefins or diolefins to prepare copolymers having reduced cocatalyst by-product content, are disclosed.
US08202950B2
Process for producing a multimodal polyethylene in at least two loop reactors connected in series. In the process 20-80 wt % of a high molecular weight (HMW) polymer is made in suspension in a first reactor and 20-80 wt % of a low molecular weight (LMW) polymer is made in suspension in a second reactor, one polymer being made in the presence of the other in either order. The ratio of the average activity in the LMW reactor to the average activity in the HMW reactor is from 0.25 and 1.5, where average activity in each reactor is defined as the rate of polyethylene produced in the reactor (kgPE/hr)/[ethylene concentration in the reactor (mol %)×residence time in the reactor (hours)×feed rate of catalyst into the reactor (g/hr)], residence time being defined as the mass of the polymer in the reactor (kg)/the output rate of polymer from the reactor (kg/hr), and the volumes of the two reactors differ by less than 10%.
US08202949B2
A system and method for measuring pressure and flow rate of polymer slurry circulating in a loop reactor. For flow rate measurement, the loop reactor has a pressure tap on an outside radius of an elbow of the loop and a pressure tap on an inside radius of the elbow. The pressure taps incorporate diaphragms. Sensing legs couple the pressure taps with a differential pressure meter configured to provide a signal indicative of the flow rate of the polymer slurry. For pressure measurement, pressure taps without diaphragms at the loop reactor wall may be disposed at various points along the loop reactor, the pressure taps coupled to pressure sensing lines. A diluent flush line having a screen disposed therein may provide diluent to the pressure taps. The screen may reduce fouling of the pressure tap and sensing line with solids from the reactor.
US08202943B2
A fluidity-improving agent containing 0.5 to 99.5 parts by mass of a polymer (A) which is obtained by polymerizing a monomer mixture (a) containing 0.5 to 99% by mass of (a1) an aromatic vinyl monomer, 0.5 to 99% by mass of (a2) a phenyl(meth)acrylate or a phenyl(meth)acrylate containing a substituent in a phenyl group, and 0.5 to 5% by mass of (a3) a vinyl monomer including a functional group (X), and 0.5 to 99.5 parts by mass of a polymer (B) which is obtained by polymerizing a monomer mixture (b) containing (b1) a phenyl(meth)acrylate or a phenyl(meth)acrylate containing a substituent in a phenyl group with a compound including a functional group (Y) reactive with the functional group (X), where the total of the polymer (A) and the polymer (B) is 100 parts by mass.
US08202941B2
A heat-shrinkable film. The film comprising at least one layer having at least one propylene-based polymer comprising 60 wt % to 98 wt % propylene derived units and 2 wt % to 40 wt % one or more other alpha olefins, the propylene-based polymer having: a triad tacticity of 70% or more, a heat of fusion of less than 80 J/g, a weight average molecular weight (Mw) as measured by GPC of from 70,000 to 250,000. The layer also comprises at least one thermoplastic resin and at least one hydrocarbon resin.
US08202935B2
The invention provides dispersing resins for solids, obtainable by full or partial reaction of A) one or more amino-functional polymers with B) one or more polyesters of the general formula (I)/(Ia) T-C(O)—[O-A-C(O)]x—OH (I) T1-O—[C(O)-A-O—]y—Z (Ia) and C) one or more polyethers of the general formula (II)/(IIa) T2-B—Z (II) T-O—B—Z (IIa).
US08202926B2
The invention provides a dispersant for an aqueous dispersion of negatively charged or chargeable solid particulates which comprises a compound having an anchoring moiety linked to a polymeric hydrophilic moiety, the anchoring moiety containing at least one basic group and having an overall basicity and the polymeric moiety having a lower affinity for the particulate surface than the anchoring moiety. The invention also provides a coating composition containing the dispersant, an inkjet recording element containing the dispersant and methods of coating or reducing viscosity using the dispersant.
US08202923B2
This invention encompasses rubber modified asphalt cement compositions, as well as systems, apparatuses, methods for preparing, as well as methods for using rubber-modified asphalt cement compositions.
US08202920B2
Discussed are heat-curable epoxy resin compositions containing at least one epoxy resin with, on average, more than one epoxide group per molecule, at least one curing agent for epoxy resins, which is activated by an increased temperature and at least one terminally blocked polyurethane prepolymer. Said epoxy resin compositions are particularly suitable for use as one-component, heat-curable adhesives and are characterized by excellent mechanical properties, high glass transition temperatures and high impact resistance.
US08202915B2
Improved design of a catalytic method and reactor for the production of methanol at equilibrium conditions whereby methanol as it is formed is separated from the gaseous phase into the liquid phase within the reactor without reducing the catalytic activity of the methanol catalyst. This is achieved by adjusting the boiling point or temperature of a liquid cooling agent being in indirect contact with the catalyst particles and by providing a specific ratio of catalyst bed volume to cooling surface area. Thereby, condensation of methanol as it is formed in the gaseous phase takes place for the most at the cooling surface arranged evenly distributed within the reactor and if at all within a very limited region of the catalyst bed.
US08202914B2
The present invention provides a process for decreasing or eliminating unwanted hydrocarbon and oxygenate products caused by FTS reactions in a syngas treatment unit by utilizing heat exchangers and optionally associated pipes that are substantially fabricated of a metal material selected from the group consisting of iron, nickel, cobalt, carbon steel or stainless steel and having deposited on the metal surfaces that will come in contact with the coldbox overhead gas stream an inert coating selected from the group consisting of silicon based materials, zinc based materials, tin based materials, chromium based materials, polymers, ceramics and mixtures thereof for heating up gas streams having a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide and obtained from a front end purification unit/cold box unit.
US08202912B2
A drug in a solubility-improved form is combined with a concentration-enhancing polymer in a sufficient amount so that the combination provides substantially enhanced drug concentration in a use environment relative to a control comprising the same amount of the same solubility-improved form of drug without the concentration-enhancing polymer.
US08202911B2
In one aspect, the present invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of general formula (I), wherein R1-R6, Ra-Rc, Q, Y1, Y2 and n are as defined herein, whereby the composition is formulated for administration to a subject at a dosage between about 0.1 mg/kg to about 50 mg/kg of body weight. In another aspect, the present invention provides a method for treating breast tumor metastasis in a subject comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of the inventive composition described directly above and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, adjuvant or vehicle.
US08202909B2
The present invention provides a method for treating a central nervous system disorder in a mammalian subject, which comprises administering an effective amount of a 11-deoxy-prostaglandin compound to a subject in need thereof. The invention also provide novel 11-deoxy-prostaglandin compound.
US08202899B2
Compounds of Formula (I) where R1 and R2 are as defined herein, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are useful in the treatment and prevention of various disorders mediated by kinases.
US08202892B2
Cosmetic composition comprising at least one compound from advanced glycation end products (‘AGEs’) and/or precursors thereof as an agent for skin treatment, especially for protection and/or care of the skin. The present invention further provides a cosmetic composition comprising at least one compound from the group of the AGEs and/or precursors thereof, wherein the AGEs are prepared by reacting sugars with the amino acids lysine and/or arginine.
US08202890B2
Disclosed is a compound usable as a pest control agent and has excellent pest control activity. A compound represented by formula (I) has excellent pest control activity. The compound or an agriculturally or horticulturally acceptable salt thereof is thus useful as a pest control agent.
US08202872B2
The invention relates to compounds of formula I having pharmacological activity towards the sigma receptor, to processes of preparation of such compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and to their use for the treatment and or prophylaxis of a disease in which the sigma receptor is involved.
US08202869B2
Anxiety disorders, such as panic disorder, agoraphobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, social phobia, post-traumatic stress disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, specific phobia, or the like, are treated by administering an effective amount of at least one adenosine A2A receptor antagonist to a patient in need thereof, optionally in combination with an anxiolytic(s) other than the adenosine A2A receptor antagonist.
US08202867B2
Disclosed are hydrates and polymorphs of 4- [[(7R)-8-cyclopentyl-7 -ethyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-5-methyl-6-oxo-2-pteridinyl]amino]-3-methoxy-N-(1-methyl-4-piperidinyl)-benzamide: as well as, processes for preparing them and their use as pharmaceutical compositions with antiproliferative activity.
US08202864B2
Compounds of formula (I) wherein R1 is 2-indanyl, R2 is 1-methylpropyl, R3 is a group selected from 2,6-dimethyl-3-pyridyl or 4,6-dimethyl-3-pyridyl, R4 represents methyl and R5 represents hydrogen or methyl or, R4 and R5 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached represent morpholino and pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof are described, as are for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in medicine, particularly their use as oxytocin antagonists.
US08202862B2
The invention relates to compounds of the formula to processes for the preparation thereof, and to the use thereof for treatment and/or prophylaxis of cardiovascular diseases and tumour diseases.
US08202860B2
Methods and compositions for the treatment and/or prophylaxis and/or suppression of primary and/or secondary tumors of the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord, eyes) in mammalian subjects are disclosed, wherein an effective dose of a methylol transfer agent such as Taurolidine and/or Taurultam and/or a bioequivalent is administered to a mammalian subject suffering from, or at risk of growth of, tumors of the central nervous system. Furthermore, methods for local application of Taurolidine and/or Taurultam and/or a bioequivalent in solution are disclosed using microdialysis methods, irrigation methods, implantion methods and angiographic methods.
US08202858B2
The present invention concerns compounds inter alia according to general formula 1a. Compounds according to the invention are vasopressin V1a receptor antagonists. Pharmaceutical compositions of the compounds are useful as treatment of dysmenorrhoea.
US08202855B2
Disclosed herein is a compound comprising a formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a prodrug or a metabolite thereof; Y is A is —(CH2)6—, cis —CH2CH═CH—(CH2)3—, or —CH2C≡C—(CH2)3—, wherein 1 or 2 carbon atoms may be substituted with S or O; or A is —(CH2)m—Ar—(CH2)o— wherein Ar is interarylene or heterointerarylene, the sum of m and o is from 1 to 4, and wherein one CH2 may be substituted with S or O; and D is aryl or heteroaryl. Methods of use are also disclosed.
US08202851B2
Antisense oligonucleotides for treating and/or preventing at least one of asthma, allergy, hypereosinophilia, general inflammation and cancer are provided. The oligonucleotides are directed against nucleic acid sequences coding for a receptor selected from the group consisting of a CCR3 receptor and a common sub-unit of IL-3, IL-5 and GM-CSF receptors.
US08202850B2
The invention relates to the therapeutic use of oligonucleotides as immunostimulatory agents in immunotherapy applications. More particularly, the invention provides immunomers for use in methods for generating an immune response or for treating a patient in need of immunostimulation. The immunomers of the invention comprise at least two oligonucleotides linked at their 3′ ends, internucleoside linkages or functionalized nucleobase or sugar to a non-nucleotidic linker, at least one of the oligonucleotides being an immunostimulatory oligonucleotide and having an accessible 5′ end.
US08202849B2
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the treatment of prostate cancer. In certain embodiments, the invention relates to compositions and methods for the inhibition of prostate cancer cell growth, comprising inhibiting the activity of Stat5 in prostate cancer cells.
US08202848B2
The present invention relates to the identification of miRNAs that are involved in the process of neuromuscular synaptic maintenance and regeneration following injury or disease. Modulation of these miRNAs is proposed as treatment for spinal cord injury and neurodegenerative disease.
US08202841B2
Some embodiments relate to analogs of peptides corresponding to class I MHC-restricted T cell epitopes and methods for their generation. These analogs can contain amino acid substitutions at residues that directly interact with MHC molecules, and can confer improved, modified or useful immunologic properties. Additionally classes of analogs, in which the various substitutions comprise the non-standard residues norleucine and/or norvaline, are disclosed.
US08202836B2
The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I); variants or derivatives thereof, or salts or solvates thereof. The present invention also relates to the use of such compounds to control appetite, feeding, food intake, energy expenditure and calorie intake, particularly in the treatment of obesity.
US08202835B2
The invention provides methods for the treatment of disease and promotion of healing that include providing a therapeutically effective amount of a mammalian antimicrobial peptide (AMP) or analog thereof, in particular a cathelicidin or cathelicidin fragment or cathelicidin analog, thereby treating the disease in the subject in need thereof. The invention also provides specific analogs or fragments of cathelicidin that function as agonists, as do endogenous cathelicidins, or as either dominant negatives or as inhibitors to endogenous cathelicidin or to other endogenous AMPs or that compete with pro-inflammatory agents or fragments of AMPs on cognate receptors without inducing disease.
US08202831B2
The present invention relates to detergent compositions comprising a variant of a parent xyloglucanase.
US08202815B2
In one embodiment, a catalyst composition comprises from about 5 weight percent to about 70 weight percent of silica-alumina; from about 30 weight percent to about 90 weight percent alumina; and from about 0.01 weight percent to about 2.0 weight percent of a group VIII metal. In another embodiment, a method for processing hydrocarbons comprises hydro-treating the hydrocarbons in the presence of a catalyst composition, wherein the catalyst comprises from about 5 weight percent to about 70 weight percent silica-alumina; from about 30 weight percent to about 90 weight percent alumina; and from about 0.01 weight percent to about 2.0 weight percent of a group VIII metal.
US08202813B2
An optical element is formed by vacuum-sintering a molded body of ceramic particles having an average particle diameter of 1 μm or more and 10 μm or less and including LnxAlyO[x+y]×1.5 (Ln represents a rare-earth element, 1≦x≦10, and 1≦y≦5). Ln preferably includes at least one kind selected from La, Gd, Yb, and Lu. The optical element preferably has a refractive index of 1.85 or more and 2.06 or less, and an Abbe number of 48 or more and 65 or less. The obtained optical element has optical properties of high refractive index and low dispersibility.
US08202810B2
A method for forming a single damascene and/or dual damascene, contact and interconnect structure, comprising: performing front end processing, depositing copper including a copper barrier, annealing the copper in at least 90% N2 with less than 10% H2, performing planarization, performing in-situ low-H NH3 plasma treatment and low Si—H SiN etch stop layer deposition, and performing remaining back end processing.
US08202802B2
The present method includes: forming a device isolation region in a substrate dividing the device isolation region into first and second diffusion regions; forming a target film to be processed on the substrate; forming a hard mask layer and a first resist layer on the film; forming a first pattern on the first resist layer; etching the hard mask layer using the first pattern as a mask; forming a second resist layer on the hard mask layer; forming a second pattern including a first space on the second resist layer isolating the first pattern; forming a third pattern including a second space shrunk from the first space on the hard mask layer by carrying out size conversion etching by using the second pattern formed on the second resist layer as a mask; and etching the film to be processed by using the third pattern formed on the hard mask layer.
US08202781B2
A semiconductor device includes vertical pillar transistors formed in respective silicon pillars of a silicon substrate. The gates of the vertical pillar transistor are selectively formed on a single surface of lower portions of the silicon pillars, and drain areas of the vertical pillar transistors are connected with one another.
US08202774B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a first select transistor, first stepped portion, and a first contact plug. The first select transistor is formed on a side of an upper surface of a substrate and has a first multi-layer gate. The first stepped portion is formed by etching the substrate adjacent to the first multi-layer gate of the first select transistor such that the first stepped portion forms a cavity in the upper surface of the substrate. The first contact plug is formed in the first stepped portion.
US08202771B2
A manufacturing method of an organic semiconductor device including an organic semiconductor transistor formation process, wherein the process includes: an organic semiconductor layer formation step of using a substrate to form an organic semiconductor layer made of an organic semiconductor material on the substrate; a passivation layer formation step of forming pattern-wise on the organic semiconductor layer a passivation layer having an ability of shielding vacuum ultraviolet light and an organic semiconductor layer patterning step of irradiating vacuum ultraviolet light to the passivation layer and to the organic semiconductor layer to etch the organic semiconductor layer corresponding to a part where the passivation layer is not formed.
US08202770B2
A semiconductor structure of a display device and the method for fabricating the same are provided. The semiconductor structure is formed on a substrate having a TFT region and a pixel capacitor region thereon. A TFT, including a gate electrode, a source electrode, a drain electrode, a channel layer, and a gate insulating layer, is formed on the TFT region of the substrate. A pixel capacitor is formed on the pixel capacitor region, wherein the pixel capacitor comprises a bottom electrode formed on a bottom dielectric layer, an interlayer dielectric layer formed on the bottom electrode, a top electrode formed on the interlayer dielectric layer, a contact plug passing through the interlayer dielectric layer and electrically connected to the top and bottom electrodes, a capacitor dielectric layer formed on the top electrode, a transparent electrode formed on the capacitor dielectric layer and electrically connected to the drain electrode.
US08202765B2
A system and method system for achieving mechanical and thermal stability in a multi-chip package. The system utilizes a lid and multiple thermal interface materials. The method includes utilizing a lid on a multi-chip package and utilizing multiple thermal interface materials on the multi-chip package.
US08202760B2
In manufacturing a device using an organic TFT, it is essential to develop an element in which a channel length is short or a channel width is narrow to downsize a device. Based on the above, it is an object of the present invention to provide an organic TFT in which characteristic is improved. In view of the foregoing problem, one feature of the present invention is that an element is baked after an organic semiconductor film is deposited. More specifically, one feature of the present invention is that the organic semiconductor film is heated under atmospheric pressure or under reduced pressure. Moreover, a baking process may be carried out in an inert gas atmosphere.
US08202758B2
The present invention provides a thin film transistor array panel which includes a substrate, gate lines formed on the substrate, polycrystalline semiconductors formed on the gate lines, data lines formed on the polycrystalline semiconductors and including first electrodes, second electrodes formed on the polycrystalline semiconductors and facing the first electrodes, and pixel electrodes connected to the second electrodes.
US08202747B2
A process for arranging a powder layer comprising a powder on a substrate surface of a substrate. A substrate having a substrate surface is provided, and a mixture comprising the powder and an adhesion promoter is applied on the substrate surface. The adhesion promoter is removed and the powder layer is fixed on the substrate surface.
US08202744B2
Provided are a wafer through silicon via (TSV) forming method and equipment therefor. The wafer TSV forming method includes the operations of arranging a wafer having a front surface having a circuit area patterned thereon; recognizing locations of bond pads in the circuit area of the front surface of the wafer by using an image recognition camera, and converting the recognition of the locations into bond pad location information with respect to a back surface of the wafer; flipping the wafer; forming etching holes with middle depth in the back surface of the wafer by using a laser in a manner to match the locations of the bond pads by using the bond pad location information from the image recognition camera; and performing a plasma isotropic etching on the back surface having formed therein the etching holes with middle depth, thereby forming TSVs penetrating the bond pads.
US08202741B2
A compliant bonding structure is disposed between a semiconductor device and a mount. In some embodiments, the device is a light emitting device. When the semiconductor light emitting device is attached to the mount, for example by providing ultrasonic energy to the semiconductor light emitting device, the compliant bonding structure collapses to partially fill a space between the semiconductor light emitting device and the mount. In some embodiments, the compliant bonding structure is plurality of metal bumps that undergo plastic deformation during bonding. In some embodiments, the compliant bonding structure is a porous metal layer.
US08202740B2
A semiconductor device for SiP or PoP for downsizing, a method of manufacturing it, and a testing method suitable for SIP and PoP in which the simplification of a system and the enhancement of its efficiency are achieved are provided. A first semiconductor device including a first memory circuit determined as non-defective and a second semiconductor device including a second memory circuit and a signal processing circuit carrying out signal processing according to a program, determined as non-defective are sorted. The sorted devices are assembled as an integral semiconductor device. On a board for testing, a clock signal equivalent to the actual operation of the semiconductor device is supplied. A test program for conducting a performance test on the first memory circuit is written from a tester to the second memory circuit of the second semiconductor device. In the signal processing circuit, a performance test is conducted on the first memory circuit according to the written test program in correspondence with the clock signal. The result of failure/no-failure determination in this performance test is outputted to the tester.
US08202737B2
A magnetic memory device and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The magnetic memory device includes a plurality of gates formed on a semiconductor substrate, a source line connected to a source/drain region shared between the gates neighboring with each other, a plurality of magnetic tunnel junctions connected to non-sharing source/drain regions of the gates on a one-to-one basis, and a bit line connected to the magnetic tunnel junctions. The magnetic memory device applies a magnetic memory cell to a memory so as to manufacture a higher-integration magnetic memory, and uses the magnetic memory cell based on a transistor of a DRAM cell, resulting in an increase in the availability of the magnetic memory.
US08202734B2
A test device and method for determining the presence or absence of an analyte in a fluid sample, the test device including a support bearing a mark thereon, and a matrix defining an axial flow path. In operation, an observation area in the test device becomes transparent, thereby allowing the user to view a mark that is present on a support that is disposed beneath the observation area. Typically, the mark on the underlying support is configured as a minus (−) sign. In the absence of analyte in the sample, the test device presents a negative result as a minus (−) signal. In the presence of analyte in the sample, however, the mark operates in concert with a perpendicular test line on the observation area to present a positive result as a plus (+) signal that is visible to the user.
US08202729B2
A system for automatically testing a fluid specimen, e.g., urine, to indicate the presence of specified chemical components in the specimen. The system preferably utilizes an assaying device comprised of a collection cup and a cap which carries at least one test strip. The device includes an integrated aliquot delivery mechanism actuatable to wet the test strip with an aliquot delivered from the fluid specimen. The assaying device is configured to operate in conjunction with an electronic reader device capable of actuating the aliquot delivery mechanism and reading the reaction of the test strip. A preferred reader device defines a keyed receptacle for accommodating a complementary shaped cup housing in a particular orientation. The reader device is comprised of a camera for capturing the image of a test strip, an actuator for actuating an aliquot delivery mechanism, and a microprocessor/controller for (1) controlling the camera and actuator and (2) processing the image.
US08202727B2
This invention discloses a cloning system and more particularly a system for sequentially cloning a plurality of heterologous nucleic acid sequences to assemble a chimeric construct of interest. The cloning system employs a marker sequence, which confers an identifiable characteristic on host cells in which it is contained, to chaperone individual insert nucleic acid sequences into recipient constructs that do not comprise the marker sequence but comprise other nucleic acid sequences for inclusion in the chimeric construct. Recombinant constructs into which one or more insert nucleic acid sequences have been introduced with the chaperone marker sequence are isolated by introducing recombinant constructs into host cells and identifying hosts cells with the identifiable characteristic.
US08202719B2
Diagnostic in-vitro devices for use in the assaying of biological fluids are provided which include cover plates or backing strips which exhibit hydrophilic properties to assist in transport of the biological fluid or retention of same within the device. Exemplary diagnostic devices include lateral flow devices, microfluidic devices and microtiter plates. The devices may also be comprised of low fluorescent material in order to facilitate any diagnostic determination by use of fluorescent emissions. Hydrophilic properties may be imparted to the cover plates or backing strips by physical or chemical treatment thereof. The cover plates or backing strips may exhibit heat sealable or pressure sensitive properties.
US08202717B2
Disclosed are compositions and methods relating to growth of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV) using non-simian cells. In a particular example, porcine alveolar macrophage cells are described as having a capability of supporting infectivity and reproduction by PRRSV. Cells and cell lines of the invention are disclosed in connection with applications relating to PRRS disease, including vaccine technologies.
US08202715B2
The invention relates to a DNA sequence that encodes a polypeptide with lysophospholipase activity and was isolated from Aspergillus and sequences derived therefrom, polypeptides with lysophospholipase activity encoded by these sequences as well as the use of these polypeptides for improving the filterability of syrups consisting of wheat starch and for related applications.
US08202707B2
The present invention relates to a continuous method of producing a mash extract by decoction mashing, said method comprising: a. mixing a first malt enzyme source with an aqueous liquid to obtain an aqueous malt enzyme suspension; b. separately, mixing a second enzyme source with one or more starch-containing adjuncts to obtain a decoction suspension while maintaining temperature conditions that do not cause significant gelatinization of the starch; c. subjecting the decoction suspension to a first heat treatment at 60-85° C. to simultaneously partially gelatinize and enzymatically degrade the starch; d. subjecting the decoction suspension to a second heat treatment at a higher temperature than the first heat treatment to gelatinize the starch at an increased rate and to a higher extent; e. combining the heated decoction suspension obtained from the second heat treatment with the aqueous malt enzyme suspension from step a. to obtain a mash; f. maintaining the mash at 35-85° C. for at least minutes; and g. removing spent grain from the heated mash to produce a mash extract. The present method is very robust and easy to control. Furthermore, the method yields a mash extract of constant quality.
US08202699B2
Use of a biological photoreceptor as light-controlled ion channel for the alteration of the ion conductivity of a membrane by means of light. The photoreceptor used comprises an apoprotein and a light-sensitive polyene covalently bound to the apoprotein, said polyene interacting with the apoprotein and functioning as a light-sensitive gate.
US08202695B2
Bacterial virulence is repressed by compositions and methods for activating permanently a repressor of virulence factors. Compositions provided contain at least one non-metabolizable analog of guanine, guanosine, isoleucine and valine.
US08202694B2
The present invention relates to a composition comprising an oligonucleotide mixture. Moreover, the present invention relates to the use of said oligonucleotide mixture for diagnosing different HPV genotypes in a sample of a subject. Further encompassed is a method for diagnosing different HPV genotypes in a sample of a subject and a kit carrying out said method.
US08202692B2
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for cancer diagnostics, including but not limited to, cancer markers. In particular, the present invention provides gene expression profiles associated with thyroid cancers. Genes identified as cancer markers using the methods of the present invention find use in the diagnosis and characterization of thyroid cancer. In addition, the genes provide targets for cancer drug screens and therapeutic applications.
US08202683B2
A method for forming a pattern of a semiconductor device is provided. Specifically, in a method for manufacturing a NAND flash memory device using a spacer patterning process, a dummy pattern, which is not used in an actual device operation, is additionally formed in a peripheral circuit region when a photoresist pattern for forming a string pattern is formed in a cell region. As a result, the edge photoresist pattern is prevented from being bent, and a critical dimension difference between the center region and the edge region of the photoresist pattern is not generated, thereby improving a margin of DOF to obtain a reliable semiconductor device.
US08202679B2
An oxime ester compound of formula (I) useful as a photopolymerization initiator. A photopolymerization initiator having the oxime ester compound as an active ingredient is activated through efficient absorption of light of long wavelength, e.g., 405 nm or 365 nm, to exhibit high sensitivity. In formula (I), R1 and R2 are each R11, OR11, COR11, SR11, CONR12R13, or CN; R11, R12, and R13 are each hydrogen, a C1-C20 alkyl group, C6-C30 aryl group, a C7-C30 arylalkyl group, or a C2-C20 heterocyclic group; R3 and R4 are each R11, OR11, SR11, COR11, CONR12R13, NR12COR11, OCOR11, COOR11, SCOR11, OCSR11, COSR11, CSOR11, CN, halogen, or a hydroxyl group; a and b is each 0 to 4; X is oxygen, sulfur, selenium, CR31R32, CO, NR33, or PR34; and R31, R32, R33, and R34 each have the same meaning as R1.
US08202672B2
A method for fracturing or mask data preparation or proximity effect correction of a desired pattern to be formed on a reticle is disclosed in which a plurality of variable shaped beam (VSB) shots are determined which can form the desired pattern. Shots within the plurality of VSB shots are allowed to overlap each other. Dosages of the shots may also be allowed to vary with respect to each other. The union of the plurality of shots may deviate from the desired pattern. The plurality of shots may be determined such that a pattern on the surface calculated from the plurality of shots is within a predetermined tolerance of the desired pattern. In some embodiments, an optimization technique may be used to minimize shot count. In other embodiments, the plurality of shots may be optionally selected from one or more pre-computed VSB shots or groups of VSB shots.
US08202669B2
A precursor electro-catalyst composition for producing a fuel cell electrode. The precursor composition comprises (a) a molecular metal precursor dissolved or dispersed in a liquid medium and (b) a polymer dissolved or dispersed in the liquid medium, wherein the polymer is both ion-conductive and electron-conductive with an electronic conductivity no less than 10−4 S/cm (preferably greater than 10−2 S/cm) and ionic conductivity no less than 10−5 S/cm (preferably greater than 10−3 S/cm). Also disclosed is an electro-catalyst composition derived from this precursor composition, wherein the molecular metal precursor is converted by heat and/or energy beam to form nanometer-scaled catalyst particles and the polymer forms a matrix that is in physical contact with the catalyst particles, coated on the catalyst particles, and/or surrounding the catalyst particles as a dispersing matrix with the catalyst particles dispersed therein when the liquid is removed. The fuel cell comprising such a composition in an electrode exhibits a superior power output.
US08202667B2
A fuel cell device includes a housing containing a fuel processor that generates fuel gas and a fuel cell having electrodes forming an anode and cathode, and an ion exchange electrolyte positioned between the electrodes. The housing can be formed as first and second cylindrically configured outer shell sections that form a battery cell that is configured similar to a commercially available battery cell. A thermal-capillary pump can be operative with the electrodes and an ion exchange electrolyte, and operatively connected to the fuel processor. The electrodes are configured such that heat generated between the electrodes forces water to any cooler edges of the electrodes and is pumped by capillary action back to the fuel processor to supply water for producing hydrogen gas. The electrodes can be formed on a silicon substrate that includes a flow divider with at least one fuel gas input channel that can be controlled by a MEMS valve.
US08202666B2
A unit cell assembly, stacked in a plurality to form a fuel cell, includes: a separator; a unit cell constituent member disposed at a first region on one face of the separator; a seal member which is formed of an elastic member and bonded to a second region surrounding the first region on one face of the separator, and which is integrated with at least part of a peripheral edge of the unit cell constituent member; and a first insulating portion having insulating properties and provided at least on part of a peripheral edge of the separator.
US08202657B2
A power generator comprising a hydrogen generator and a fuel cell stack having an anode exposed to hydrogen from the hydrogen generator and a cathode exposed to an ambient environment. Hydrophobic and hydrophilic layers are used to promote flow of water away from the cathode. A diffusion path thus separates the fuel cell cathode from the hydrogen generator. In one embodiment, water vapor generated from the fuel cell substantially matches water used by the hydrogen generator to generate hydrogen.
US08202649B2
Alkali (or other active) metal battery and other electrochemical cells incorporating active metal anodes together with aqueous cathode/electrolyte systems. The battery cells have a highly ionically conductive protective membrane adjacent to the alkali metal anode that effectively isolates (de-couples) the alkali metal electrode from solvent, electrolyte processing and/or cathode environments, and at the same time allows ion transport in and out of these environments. Isolation of the anode from other components of a battery cell or other electrochemical cell in this way allows the use of virtually any solvent, electrolyte and/or cathode material in conjunction with the anode. Also, optimization of electrolytes or cathode-side solvent systems may be done without impacting anode stability or performance. In particular, Li/water, Li/air and Li/metal hydride cells, components, configurations and fabrication techniques are provided.
US08202645B2
A battery cell assembly and a method for assembling the battery cell assembly are provided. The battery cell assembly includes first and second rectangular ring-shaped panel members and at least one battery cell. The first and second rectangular ring-shaped panel members are configured to easily couple together to hold the battery cell therebetween.
US08202642B2
An object of the invention is to provide a current collector for a non-aqueous secondary battery in which the strength of the current collector is sufficient in forming an electrode plate and an active material can be efficiently disposed on the protrusions of the current collector, and to provide an electrode plate for a non-aqueous secondary battery and a non-aqueous secondary battery using the same. The invention relates to a current collector for a non-aqueous secondary battery, including a metal foil for carrying at least a positive electrode active material or negative electrode active material. Protrusions are formed in a predetermined arrangement pattern on at least one face of the metal foil and at least tops of the protrusions are not compressed. The arrangement pattern includes: a row direction in which the protrusions are aligned linearly at an equal pitch; and a column direction in which row units comprising a group of the protrusions aligned in the row direction are aligned in parallel at a predetermined interval. The respective protrusions of any one of the row units are displaced in the row direction from the protrusions of another row unit that is adjacent in the column direction. The invention also pertains to an electrode plate for a non-aqueous secondary battery and a non-aqueous secondary battery using the same.
US08202626B2
A brass-plated steel wire for reinforcing rubber articles capable of surely improving adhesiveness between brass-plated steel wire and rubber and a method for manufacturing the same.
US08202625B2
An extruded hollow section that can be fabricated in fewer production man-hours, and furthermore, is stable in quality. With the extruded hollow section, parallel parts each having a width in one direction within a section vertical to the direction of extrusion, being constant along the direction of extrusion, are integrally formed with tilt parts each having a width in the one direction, varying along the direction of the extrusion, wherein the parallel parts are integrally formed with the tilt parts. The extruded hollow section is made of a light metal.
US08202620B2
The invention refers to the fields of chemistry and mechanical engineering, relates to a permanent coating, which have a functionalization of the surfaces for the avoidance or reduction of ice growth on this surface. The object of the present solution is to disclose a permanent coating that is durable and reliably inhibits and/or prevents an icing of the surface. The object is attained through a permanent coating of surfaces for inhibiting and/or preventing icing down to ambient temperatures of −10° C., in which the coating comprises polymers with main chains and side chains, wherein the polymer main chains are hydrophobic and the side chains are hydrophilic and the polymer main chains have entered into a chemical and/or chemically-coordinative and/or physical interaction with the surface to be coated and the side chains are arranged on the polymer main chain essentially in the direction away from the surface and at least do not permanently interact with one another.
US08202607B2
An intermediate transfer media, such as a belt, that includes a nano diamond.
US08202589B2
Provided is an oral pouch product having a coated seam, having a porous pouch wrapper; an inner filling material enclosed within first and second opposed layers of the porous pouch wrapper; at least one seam holding a portion of said first and second opposed layers of said porous pouch wrapper together; and a first coating comprising a releasable ingredient applied to an outer surface of said seam. Also provided is a method for making the oral pouch product.
US08202588B2
A structure for use in high temperature applications is provided. The structure may include an inner ceramic matrix composite (CMC) material (12). At least a portion of this CMC material includes waves that define a first wavy surface (140 and an opposed second wavy surface (16). A ceramic insulation material (18) may be bonded with the first wavy surface and includes a distal surface (20) for exposure to a high temperature environment. A core material (22) is bonded with at least a portion of the second wavy surface. One or more cooling channels (24) are disposed in the core material. An outer CMC material (26) may be joined to a portion of the inner CMC material. The core material is a material different than a matrix material of the inner CMC material.
US08202586B2
The present invention provides an ink-jet recording material containing: a support; and at least two ink-receiving layers of an ink-receiving underlayer and an ink-receiving top layer, the ink-receiving layers containing a pigment and a binder and being disposed on the support; characterized in that the ink-receiving top layer contains: a finely agglomerated pigment with an average particle diameter of 0.008 to 0.7 μm, selected from the group consisting of a silica, an alumina, and an alumina hydrate; and a coarse-grained pigment with an average particle diameter of 1 to 30 μm, the coarse-grained pigment being contained in an amount of 1 to 15 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the finely agglomerated pigment.
US08202578B2
A coated fiber cement article in the form of an unattached fiber cement board substrate having a first major surface at least a portion of which is covered with a crush resistant final topcoat composition comprising a multistage latex polymer, and a method for making a crush resistant coated fiber cement article by coating a fiber cement board substrate with such a composition and stacking the coated boards.
US08202577B2
A method for producing an artificial leather sheet includes (i) coating a solution including an elastic polymer (B) on a substrate layer for forming a composite layer on a surface of the substrate layer, wherein the substrate layer includes ultra fine fibers and an elastic polymer (A), and the substrate layer has ultra fine fiber naps on one surface, the fineness of the ultra fine fibers is 0.0001 to 0.05 dtex, the composite layer includes ultra fine fiber naps and an elastic polymer (B), the ultra fine fiber naps are connected to the fibers constituting the substrate layer, and the elastic polymer (B) is joined to the ultra fine fibers, (ii) pressing the surface of the sheet with an emboss roll for forming hills, and (iii) then coating the top portions of the hills with a solution consisting mainly of an elastic polymer (C).
US08202570B2
Provided are a process for producing a membrane/electrode assembly for a polymer electrolyte fuel cell and a process for producing a polymer electrolyte fuel cell, capable of achieving a high output voltage in a wide current density range.At least one of an anode and a cathode in a membrane/electrode assembly for a polymer electrolyte fuel cell is formed through a catalyst layer forming step of applying a first coating fluid containing a catalyst and an ion exchange resin, onto a substrate to form a catalyst layer; a gas diffusion layer forming step of applying a second coating fluid containing carbon fibers and an ion exchange resin, onto the catalyst layer to form a gas diffusion layer to serve as an outermost layer of the membrane/electrode assembly for the polymer electrolyte fuel cell; and a peeling step of peeling the substrate off from the catalyst layer. The membrane/electrode assembly for the polymer electrolyte fuel cell is disposed between two separators each having a gas channel formed on a surface thereof so that surfaces of the outermost layers are adjacent to the respective separators, whereby the gas diffusion layer is adjacent to the separator.
US08202569B2
Methods and feedstock compositions for preparing porous electrodes as contained in lithium ion and lithium polymer batteries that comprise an electrolyte composition are described. The methods are characterized by depositing on a substrate a feedstock having a soluble pore former, precipitating at least a portion of the soluble pore former from the feedstock, and dissolving the solid pore former from the electrode using at least a portion or constituent of the electrolyte composition. The feedstock compositions are characterized by a pore former that forms a two-phase system with at least one constituent of the electrolyte composition. The feedstock does not contain materials that are not also substantially contained in the lithium ion battery.
US08202566B2
A system of metalization in an integrated polymer microsystem. A flexible polymer substrate is provided and conductive ink is applied to the substrate. In one embodiment the flexible polymer substrate is silicone. In another embodiment the flexible polymer substrate comprises poly(dimethylsiloxane).
US08202562B2
The present invention relates to a composition comprising 0.1-10 w/w % immunoglobulin (Ig), 4-14 w/w % saturated fatty acids, 4-14 w/w % mono-unsaturated fatty acids and 0-5 w/w % poly-unsaturated fatty acids, wherein the weight percentages are based on the content of dry matter in the composition. In particular it relates to the use of said composition as a feed and/or a food composition.
US08202560B2
A beverage forming system that includes a capsule for containing beverage ingredients and having an outer surface; a capsule-based beverage producing device provided with a member for injecting a liquid under pressure into the capsule, a member for draining a beverage from the capsule, and an enclosing member transferable from an opened state to a defined closed state, in which the enclosing member encloses the outer surface of the capsule; and a sealing member associated with the capsule and which is compressible when engaged by the enclosing member in the closed state, wherein the sealing member is effective to compensate for the clearance between the enclosing member and the capsule which would otherwise exist when the enclosing member is in its defined closed state. Also, a method for producing a beverage using such a system.
US08202555B2
A natural pharmaceutical preparation for treating hypoproteinemia, includes at least one member selected from the group consisting of a drug of increasing human serum albium, a drug of improving and enhance immunity, a drug of treating hepatitis B, a drug of treating Hepatitis C, a drug of treating acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), a drug of treating Tuberculosis, a drug of treat Fibrosis, a drug of treating hydrothorax, a drug of easing pain, a drug of stopping diarrhea, a drug of arresting coughing, a drug of reducing inflammation, and a drug of increasing urine.
US08202554B2
An extract of the family Dioscoreaceae useful for preventing or treating the peripheral neuropathy; and a pharmaceutical composition or food composition comprising the extract are provided. In addition, a pharmaceutical composition or food composition useful for preventing or treating the peripheral neuropathy comprising a compound isolated from the extract of the family Dioscoreaceae is provided.
US08202548B2
A method of making a composition having the property of being able to store chlorine dioxide includes mixing an aqueous chlorine dioxide solution with a superabsorbent, water-soluble polymer that is substantially unreactive with chlorine dioxide and permitting a mixture formed thereby to form one of a gel and a solid composition. A method of delivering chlorine dioxide includes providing a gel or solid composition as described and degelling the gel or dissolving the solid composition to dispense the chlorine dioxide therefrom. A method of disinfecting a target such as water, wastewater, or a surface comprises delivering chlorine dioxide as above and permitting the polymer to precipitate out of the mixture. Aqueous chlorine dioxide is then recovered and applied to the target.
US08202542B1
A sustained release formulation for opioid drugs is described. The formulation contains an opioid-ion exchange resin complex having a hybrid coating. The hybrid coating contains a cured polyvinylacetate polymer and a pH-dependent enteric coating layer mixed therein. Also provided are methods of making and using same.
US08202541B2
A human or animal dietary supplement composition comprising one or more long chain (C24-C36) primary alcohols (policosanols) dispersed in food-grade oils or fats where the policosanol particle size is substantially less than ten (10) microns. The composition (Nanocosanol™) is effective and convenient for supporting blood lipid health.
US08202531B2
A drug depot implantable at or near a target tissue site beneath the skin of a patient is provided, the drug depot comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a drug and at least one surface adapted to receive one or more anchoring members so as to limit movement of the drug depot at or near the target tissue site, wherein at least one region of the drug depot is capable of releasing the therapeutically effective amount of the drug over a period of at least one day. In some embodiments, the drug depot provided can include an effective amount of at least analgesic and at least one anti-inflammatory agent at or near a target site, and can reduce, prevent or treat inflammation and/or pain, particularly postoperative pain.
US08202530B2
A coating for a medical device, particularly for a stent, is described. The coating comprises a polymer and a biologically responsive compound. The coating can also contain a drug to provide enhanced therapeutic effect.
US08202527B2
This invention relates to a method of controlling surface insect pests of turf using bifenthrin and imidacloprid.
US08202526B2
The invention relates to a prophylactic article with a carrier element, which comprises at least in part a natural or synthetic elastomer, and with a combination of active substances that is contained in microcapsules, wherein the microcapsules are arranged at least in part in and/or on the carrier element. The combination of active substances contains at least one skin care agent, at least one preservative, at least one odor-inhibiting agent and at least one antioxidant.
US08202513B2
The present invention relates to compounds useful in the modulation of potassium channel activity in cells, in particular the activity of Kv1.3 channels found in T cells. The invention also relates to the use of these compounds in the treatment or prevention of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, including multiple sclerosis, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and methods for their preparation.
US08202510B2
The invention provides a method for diagnosing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in a subject, a method for assessing the effectiveness of a drug in treating ALS, and a method for determining the site of onset of ALS in a subject. Each method comprises (a) obtaining a sample from the subject, (b) analyzing the proteins in the sample by mass spectroscopy, and (c) determining a mass spectral profile for the sample. In some embodiments, the method comprises comparing the mass spectral profile of the sample to the mass spectral profile of a positive or a negative standard.
US08202504B2
A method for manufacturing carbon nanotubes of the present invention includes the steps of: preparing a metal complex which contains at least one metal selected from a group consisting of iron, cobalt and nickel and an organic compound: and forming carbon nanotubes which contain metal therein by using the organic compound as a carbon source, wherein the carbon nanotubes are formed by putting the metal complex into a heating vessel which has a substance capable of converting electromagnetic energy into heat, and by heating the metal complex using heat which is generated by the heating vessel when electromagnetic energy is applied to the heating vessel. As the metal complex used in a method for manufacturing carbon nanotubes of the present invention, nickel stearate or nickel benzoate can be named, for example. According to the method for manufacturing carbon nanotubes of the present invention, it is possible to manufacture carbon nanotubes using an inexpensive heating device within a short time.
US08202492B2
Fluidic connectors, methods, and devices for performing analyses (e.g., immunoassays) in microfluidic systems are provided. In some embodiments, a fluidic connector having a fluid path is used to connect two independent channels formed in a substrate so as to allow fluid communication between the two independent channels. One or both of the independent channels may be pre-filled with reagents (e.g., antibody solutions, washing buffers and amplification reagents), which can be used to perform the analysis. These reagents may be stored in the channels of the substrate for long periods amounts of time (e.g., 1 year) prior to use. Prior to connection of the fluid connector and the substrate, the fluid path may be filled with a sample (e.g., blood). The sample may be obtained, for example, by pricking a finger of a user until blood is drawn from the finger into the fluid path (e.g., by capillary forces). Upon connection of the fluidic connector and the channels of the substrate, the sample can pass through a reaction area within the first channel of the substrate. This process can allow components of the sample to interact with components disposed in the reaction area. Afterwards, reagents from the second channel can flow to the reaction area via the fluid path, allowing components in the reaction area to be processed (e.g., amplified to produce detectable signal). Components in the reaction area can then be determined using various methods of detection.
US08202486B2
The invention provides a device, system, and method for isolating one or more sample components of a sample material following separation of the sample material into a plurality of sample components. The device includes first and second pinching channels, a separation channel extending between the first and second pinching channels, a collection leg that includes a collection well, and a waste leg, all of which are in fluid communication with a switching region. In the method, a sample material is separated into a plurality of separated components in the device. and one or more of the separated components are isolated in the collection well. The separated components are constrained and elongated in the switching region by first and second buffer streams.
US08202483B2
In at least part of a catalyst layer of a particulate filter, a second catalyst part is exposed on the surface of the catalyst layer to overlie a first catalyst part, the first catalyst part contains Pt-carried activated alumina particles, the second catalyst part contains ZrNd-based mixed oxide particles containing a rare earth metal M and at least one of the first catalyst part and the second catalyst part further contains CeZr-based mixed oxide particles containing a rare earth metal R.
US08202480B2
An apparatus is disclosed for converting heavy hydrocarbon feed into lighter hydrocarbon products. The heavy hydrocarbon feed is slurried with a particulate solid material to form a heavy hydrocarbon slurry and hydrocracked in a slurry hydrocracking unit to produce vacuum gas oil (VGO) and pitch. A first vacuum column separates VGO from pitch, and a second vacuum column further separates VGO from pitch. As much as 15 wt-% of VGO can be recovered by the second vacuum column and recycled to the slurry hydrocracking unit. A pitch composition is obtained which can be made into particles and transported without sticking together.
US08202476B2
A heat exchanger system is disclosed. The heat exchanger system may be comprised of a front plate and a base plate, wherein piping is fitted with spray nozzles that direct a spray of the cooling fluid on a backside of the front plate. The front plate is preferably fabricated out of aluminum bronze alloy.
US08202472B2
A method for controlling a ladle to pour molten metal into a mold. The method comprises producing a mathematical model describing a relationship between a measured electrical voltage supplied to a servomotor for tilting the ladle and a flow rate of the molten metal flowing out of the ladle when the ladle is tilted; solving an inverse problem of the mathematical model; estimating the flow rate of the molten metal using a state observer having an exponential damping that uses an extended Kalman filter, based on the measured electrical voltage and a weight of the molten metal poured into the mold; processing the flow rate of the molten metal and a target flow rate of the molten metal with a gain-scheduled PI controller; obtaining a target electrical voltage to be supplied to the servomotor; and controlling the servomotor based on the target electrical voltage.
US08202459B2
A process for producing a thermoplastic resin molded product, comprising: a placement step of placing a thermoplastic resin particle composition 6A into a cavity 22 of a rubber die 2 made of a rubber material; a particle heating step of irradiating the thermoplastic resin particle composition 6A in the cavity 22 with electromagnetic waves having wavelengths ranging from 0.78 to 2 μm through the rubber die 2, thereby heating to melt the thermoplastic resin particle composition 6A; a filling step of filling a thermoplastic resin 6 in a molten state into a space 220 left in the cavity 22; and a cooling step of cooling a thermoplastic resin 6 in the cavity 22 thereby obtaining a thermoplastic resin molded product.
US08202448B2
A liquid-crystalline polyester resin composition is provided including a liquid-crystalline polyester obtained by polymerizing monomers of an aromatic hydroxycarboxylic acid in the presence of an imidazole compound. The composition also includes a mica which is a muscovite and has a volume average particle diameter of 40 μm or less and a specific surface area of 6 m2/g or less, the amount of the mica being 15 to 100 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the liquid-crystalline polyester. The liquid-crystalline polyester resin composition has melt fluidity sufficient to be molded into a connector having an ultra-thin wall thickness portion. The resulting connector has sufficiently suppressed warp and sufficient soldering resistance.
US08202447B2
The present invention provides a method for producing a liquid crystal composition which mixes two or more liquid crystal compounds, namely, a method for producing a liquid crystal composition, including conducting agitation or ultrasonic irradiation of two or more liquid crystal compounds without applying external heat, wherein at least one of the liquid crystal compounds has a melting point higher than 40° C., and a temperature at a start of the agitation or ultrasonic irradiation is not more than 40° C. The production method of the present invention enables a highly reliable, high-quality liquid crystal composition to be produced without the necessity for large-scale equipment such as a pressure reduction apparatus or heating apparatus. Accordingly, this method is extremely practical for the production of liquid crystal compositions that require a high level of reliability.
US08202446B2
A mixture and method for the storage and delivery of a gas are disclosed herein. In one aspect, there is provided a mixture comprising: an ionic liquid comprising an anion and a cation, at least a portion of the gas that is disposed within and reversibly chemically reacted with the ionic liquid, and optionally an unreacted gas. In another aspect, there is provided a method for delivering a gas from a mixture comprising an ionic liquid and one or more gases comprising: reacting at least a portion of the gas with the ionic liquid to provide the mixture comprising a chemically reacted gas and an ionic liquid and separating the chemically reacted gas from the mixture wherein the chemically reacted gas after the separating step has substantially the same chemical identity as the chemically reacted gas prior to the reacting step.
US08202437B2
The invention relates to a process for producing a photonic crystal which consists of a material of high refractive index, comprising the following process steps: a) providing a polymer structure with crosslinked air pores, whose surface has empty interstitial sites, b) applying a homogeneous, isotropic thin coating material to the surface of the polymer structure, c) introducing a high-index material, d) opening up a route to the polymer or to the coating material applied in step b), e) removing the layer applied in step b), f) removing the polymeric structure.
US08202433B2
In one embodiment, an apparatus for reducing adherence in a micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) device comprises a substrate. A MEMS is disposed outwardly from the substrate. The MEMS comprises structures and corresponding landing pads. Dibs are disposed outwardly from the substrate. Each dib has a surface with depressions. An adherence-reducing material is disposed within each depression. The adherence-reducing material reduces adherence between at least a portion of a structure and a corresponding landing pad.
US08202431B2
A method and apparatus involving at least two distinct adsorbent media for adsorptive removal of impurities from a metal deposition composition such as an electroless or electrolytic deposition composition.
US08202423B2
A melt filter for cleaning a plastic melt issuing from an extruder has a wheel rotatable about an axis and having an outer rim and a plurality of spokes forming an annular array of axially open spaces, a pair of housing plates axially sandwiching and completely covering the wheel and forming offset from the axis a melt passage extending axially through the wheel at the spaces, and removable filter elements braced axially against the wheel at the spaces between the spokes and angularly movable with the wheel with the melt flowing through the filter elements when same are aligned with the passage. One of the plates being formed with an edge cutout. A part on the one housing plate that can cover and close the cutout during normal operation of the melt filter can open and uncover the cutout for changing the filter element aligned axially with the cutout.
US08202416B1
A face plate has a passageway positionable in a skimmer opening of a pool. An arcuate short diverter plate is coupled to a side edge of the face plate. An arcuate long diverter plate in a generally S-shaped configuration is coupled to a side edge of the face plate spaced from the short diverter plate. The diverter plates have closely spaced regions for forming a restricted flow path for water to be skimmed to increase water speed and skimming effectiveness. The long diverter plate has an arcuate region with a vertical axis of rotation co-extensive with an axis of a pool well.
US08202408B2
A sensor electrode for the detection of nucleotides in a biological sample is described. The sensitivity of the electrode is enhanced by the nanostructured sensor architecture that increases the available surface area of the electrode. The electrode detects nucleotides using standard electrochemical methods.
US08202405B2
There is disclosed an inlet and outlet end-box design for mercury cathode chlor-alkali electrolysis cells of extended lifetime, comprising a composite mechanical structure consisting of a carbon steel bottom entirely supporting the mechanical solicitations, a plastic cover, and a hydraulic head device for washing the mercury and the amalgam. The device is partially extractable thereby allowing the withdrawal of foreign materials accumulated during operation with no need for opening the end-boxes.
US08202392B2
Processes for applying a coated or uncoated film onto at least one geometrically defined surface of a lens substrate which comprises: providing a liquid hot melt adhesive (HMA) composition; providing a film having two opposite main surfaces; providing a lens substrate having at least one geometrically defined surface; and applying the film to the lens substrate surface using the HMA.
US08202373B2
A warewash machine includes a rinse sump and a wash sump. A controllable deflector, under control of a control module, directs wash agent dispensed during a wash phase to the wash sump, directs rinse agent to the wash sump for a predetermined period of time after initiation of an auxiliary rinse phase, and directs the rinse agent to the rinse sump after the predetermined period of time and for a remaining duration of the auxiliary rinse phase. The controllable deflector directs water dispensed during a final rinse phase to the rinse sump such that the water combines with the rinse agent therein. The rinse agent is re-used during at least one subsequent auxiliary rinse phase.
US08202372B2
The invention relates to the use of polycarbonate-, polyurethane-, and/or polyurea-polyorganosiloxane compounds, or precursor compounds thereof containing specific reactive groups, in the treatment of hard surfaces. The treated surface is protected from soiling and/or the removal of soil from the surface is facilitated.
US08202369B2
Methods and apparatus for creating and controlling transient cavitation are disclosed. An example method includes selecting a range of bubble sizes to be created in a liquid and selecting characteristics for an acoustic field to be applied to the liquid. The method further includes creating gas bubbles of the selected range of bubble sizes in the liquid, creating an acoustic field with the selected characteristics and subjecting the liquid to the acoustic field. In the example method, at least one of the range of bubble sizes and the characteristics of the acoustic field is selected in correspondence with the other so as to control transient cavitation in the liquid for the selected range of bubble sizes. Particularly, the methods and apparatus may be used for the cleaning of a surface, such as a semiconductor substrate.
US08202367B2
An atomic layer growing apparatus includes a film forming chamber (101) in which the vapor phase growth of a film is performed, a substrate table (102) having a heating mechanism accommodated in the film forming chamber (101), and an exhaust mechanism (104). The atomic layer growing apparatus also includes a material supply unit (105) including a material vaporizer (151), two buffer tanks, i.e., a buffer tank A (152a) and buffer tank B (152b), a fill valve A (153a) and supply valve A (154a) of the buffer tank A (152a), a fill valve B (153b) and supply valve B (154b) of the buffer tank B (152b), an injection control valve (155), and a control unit (156) which controls the opening/closing of each valve.
US08202359B2
An image quality improvement treatment liquid is disclosed that improves quality of an image formed on a medium by reacting with color materials in ink and agglutinating the color materials upon contact with the ink including water and color materials to be ionized in water or color materials to be ionized in water due to absorption with components having ionic characteristics in water. The image quality improvement treatment liquid includes at least one of cationic components and components capable of acidizing water, at least one of nonionic surfactant and amphoteric surfactant as a foaming agent, and water-insoluble fatty acid.
US08202355B2
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for removing chemical sterilant molecules from a medium, such as a carrier gas. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a housing that defines an internal cavity. The housing has an inlet and an outlet fluidly communicating with the internal cavity. An electrode is dimensioned to be received in the internal cavity of the housing. The electrode is made of a material that is chemically active with respect to molecules of a chemical sterilant and conductive to electricity. The electrode is connected to a source of an electrical charge such that an electrical field gradient is formed in a region of space surrounding the electrode. The electrical field gradient is operable to force the chemical sterilant molecule toward the electrode.
US08202353B2
A separation, purification and recovery method of SF6, HFCs or PFCs is disclosed, which comprises a step for forming a gas hydrate including components in addition to SF6, HFCs or PFCs. It is possible to separate and recover fluoro-gas at a much lower cost as compared to a conventional method for thereby obtaining an economical effect and preventing an emission of SF6, HFCs or PFCs which corresponds to Non-CO2 having a higher earth warming index, which leads to preventing an earth warming phenomenon. So, the present invention might be widely applied.
US08202350B2
Aspects of the invention include a method and apparatus for reversibly sorbing a target gas. In one embodiment, an apparatus for reversibly sorbing a target gas is disclosed. The apparatus includes an inlet, a multi-channel monolith coupled to the inlet, the multi-channel monolith including a plurality of channels, each one of the plurality of channels includes one or more walls, wherein at least one of the one or more walls of at least one of the plurality of channels is porous and wherein one or more of the plurality of channels contain a sorbent and an outlet coupled to the multi-channel monolith.
US08202347B2
A manufacturing process for a remelt block containing aluminum designed for making aluminum alloy for the aircraft industry in which scrap containing mainly aluminum alloys used in the aircraft industry is supplied during a supply stage, the scrap is melted in a smelting furnace in order to obtain an initial molten metal bath during a smelting stage, the initial molten metal bath is subjected to purification by fractional crystallization in order to obtain a solidified mass and a bath of residual liquid during a segregation stage, and the solidified mass is recovered in order to obtain a remelt block during a recovery stage. The invention is particularly useful for the recycling of aluminum alloys used in the aircraft industry as it makes it possible to purify scrap of series 2XXX or series 7XXX alloys for iron and silicon, without eliminating additive elements such as zinc, copper and magnesium.
US08202346B1
A method for filtering molten magnesium or magnesium alloys is provided. The method includes the steps of: providing an organic foam; impregnating the organic foam with a slurry comprising metal particles; heating the impregnated organic foam to a temperature sufficient to volatilize the organic foam thereby forming a porous metal foam comprising no more than 0.5 wt % nickel; sintering the porous metal foam; passing molten magnesium or magnesium alloy through the porous metal foam thereby forming purified molten magnesium or magnesium alloy; and cooling the purified molten magnesium or magnesium alloy.
US08202345B2
A method for producing a substantially metallic iron-containing product from iron oxide. The metallic iron produced according to the invention is non-pyrophoric and may be safely shipped and handled without additional process steps. The method of the invention is simple, economical, and produces high quality metallic product which may be used as a feed for Electric Arc Furnace (EAF), Blast Furnaces and Cupolas among other applications.
US08202326B2
A hair dye composition containing an organic compound having not more than 4 carbon atoms, which has both of a —SH group and a —NH2 group and does not have a —COOH group, and also containing at least one member selected from aromatic compounds in which given substituents are each attached to meta positions of a mononuclear benzene ring structure and α-naphthol as a coupler of an oxidation dye intermediate, in which the blending amount of each member as the coupler is in a range from 0.01 to 0.5% by mass. An oxidation hair dye composition containing the hair dye composition. Wherein the hair dye composition and the oxidation hair dye composition are capable of preventing a change in the color tone of the hair dyeing even during long-term storage are provided.
US08202319B2
Article of manufacture comprising a substrate and a coating layer. The coating layer comprises at least one coating material, and is stably affixed to the substrate to form a stable, coated surface. The coated surface has a texture that mimics the topography of mammalian keratinous tissue and demonstrates at least one physical property representative of mammalian keratinous tissue, selected from the group consisting of a total surface energy of from about 15 mJ/m2 to about 50 mJ/m2, a dispersive component of the surface energy of from about 15 mJ/m2 to about 50 mJ/m2, a polar component of the total surface energy of from about 1 mJ/m2 to about 14 mJ/m2, a zeta-potential at a pH of about 5.0 of from about −40 mV to about 30 mV, and combinations thereof.
US08202318B2
A graft construct formed of a plurality of single tendon strands or soft tissue grafts placed together so that at least a portion of one of the single tendon strands is wrapped around a portion of another of the single tendon strands by employing suturing, for example. The graft construct is provided with at least two regions, one region formed of at least a plurality of tendon strands tied together, and the other region formed of loose segments of the plurality of tendon strands.
US08202317B2
A self supporting breast implant includes a generally cone shaped partially absorbable medical mesh support member and a silicone shell defining a hollow core that is preferably filled or partially filled with a silicone gel. The support member is made of a polypropolene/poliglecaprone monofilament and may be attached to a patient's tissue by sutures or by absorbable hooks.
US08202316B2
A saline-filled breast prosthesis has enhanced performance by virtue of having tactile characteristics approximating those of gel-filled implants. The invention retains all the benefits of the recognized safety profile, straight-forward construction, and broad clinical indications for saline implants. An enhanced implantable mammary prosthesis comprises a shell, a slurry filler compartment interior to the shell containing slurry filler, a fluid compartment, the fluid compartment being deformable from a neutral profile under pressure from the slurry filler and which recoils to the neutral profile when not under pressure, a reservoir, the reservoir being disposed external to the shell, the reservoir and fluid compartment being fluidically coupled by a port, and a limiting membrane region disposed between the fluid compartment and the reservoir.
US08202314B2
A holder for a flexible leaflet prosthetic aortic heart valve that is less bulky than earlier holders and minimizes obstructions to vision and working space around the valve to facilitate implantation thereof. The holder may have a central hub and three outwardly extending legs that connect directly and exclusively to tips of the commissures of the aortic heart valve for better tactile feedback when parachuting and seating the valve in the annulus. The legs are sized so that they do not overlap the commissure tips and therefore afford a better view of the sewing ring adjacent the commissures. The legs may be narrow in the midsection or split into two rails to increase visibility of the valve leaflets. The hub may be vaulted axially upward relative to the outer ends of the legs to further increase visibility of the valve. A more secure engagement between the central hub and a delivery handle is also provided to ensure the holder/handle connection does not become loose during suture placement through the sewing ring and fewer handle revolutions are required to screw in and unscrew the handle from the holder.
US08202309B2
A kit includes an implantable treatment element (13) which can be radially deformed between a retracted state and a deployed state, and a sheath (15) for maintaining the treatment element (13) in its retracted state. The kit also includes a member (19) for pulling the treatment element (13) into the sheath (15), which includes a sleeve (17) for receiving the treatment element (13) which can slide in relation to the sheath (15) between an expanded position for receiving the treatment element (13) and a compressed interposed position between the treatment element (13) and the sheath (15). The treatment element (13) is substantially axially fixed in relation to the receiving sleeve (17) when the sleeve (17) moves between its receiving and interposed positions. The kit can be used to insert endoprostheses into a blood vessel.
US08202304B2
A device and method for use in spinal surgery are provided.
US08202298B2
An apparatus and method for stabilization of a cranial cruciate ligament deficient stifle in canines using a suture-button construct. The method includes the steps of drilling a femoral hole across a distal femur, passing a needle with a pull-through suture strand of a suture-button construct through the femoral hole, and applying a tensile force to the pull-through suture strand and a suture tape or strand of the construct such that a first button of the suture-button construct lies sideways for passage through the femoral hole, advancing the first button through the femoral hole by pulling the pull-through suture strand until the first button exits the femoral hole, drilling a tibial hole and passing the needle with the pull-through suture strand through the tibial hole, applying a tensile force to the pull-through suture strand and the suture tape or strand of the construct such that the first button lies sideways for passage through the tibial hole, flipping the first button to engage the first button against the medial tibial cortex and subsequently cutting and removing the pull-through suture strand, pulling free ends of the suture tape or strand to advance a second button of the suture-button construct and to seat the second button against the femur, and securing the second button against the femur.
US08202287B2
A method and apparatus for precisely controlling particle movement relative to a phacoemulsification needle tip is provided. The design monitors actual vacuum present and calculates a pulse shape amplitude waveform proportional to the amount of measured vacuum. An increase in vacuum indicates that the handpiece/needle is becoming occluded by a large particle. The present design determines whether additional power is required to bump or move a large particle away from the needle tip. The present design may employ a control loop that senses and continuously monitors vacuum. The design may dynamically vary the amount of ultrasonic energy delivered to the surgical area in response to the observed actual vacuum, and can actively vary the amount of power delivered to the surgical area based on the size of the particle and the resultant vacuum realized.
US08202286B1
An anatomically correct tongue scraping tool has a blade holder mounted at one end of an elongated handle and a replaceable blade selectively and rigidly engaged within the blade holder. A scraping portion of the blade extends outwardly from the blade holder and terminates with a smoothly integrated curvilinear edge having curve segments including: two spaced apart, concave segments, a convex segment, and two spaced apart, approximately circular segments which join the curvilinear edge with sides of the blade, wherein, the convex segment separates the concave segments and is positioned medially on the curvilinear edge.
US08202283B2
The present disclosure relates to a clip manufactured according to a method which can be used to engage body tissue for the purpose of closing wounds. Such clips are generally annular in shape and have radially inwardly extending tines. The present disclosure first forms a precursor which, in one embodiment, has the tines extending radially outwardly from the annular body and then forms the clip by inverting the precursor such that the tines extend radially inwardly. In an alternate embodiment, the precursor is formed with an over-sized lateral dimension and then compressed inwardly to bring the tines closer together and to reduce the lateral dimension of the precursor. Such clips may be manufactured from a superelastic alloy such as nickel-titanium, in which case the inverted or compressed precursor must be heated and quenched to heat set the clip in its final shape.
US08202281B2
A system for securing a device in tissue, having a sheath having a plurality of side openings; a rotatable element disposed within the sheath; and a plurality of curved projections extending from the rotatable element, wherein rotation of the rotatable element within the sheath pushes distal ends of each of the curved projections outwardly through one of the plurality of openings and into the tissue.
US08202266B2
Equipment for use in changing a catheter, preferably of the type used for drainage of the urinary tract. The urinary catheter is used as an aid in emptying the urinary bladder in conditions where this cannot be done in the normal manner. The equipment of the present invention includes a sleeve mounting unit which is mounted to an indwelling catheter, and which has a branch member formed in one piece therewith and extending at an acute angle therefrom, for reception of an elongated sleeve having a longitudinal slit. The sleeve is positioned on the branch member and then progressively advanced onto the catheter, causing the slit to become enlarged as the sleeve surrounds the upstream portion of the catheter in a yielding manner. The catheter may then be quickly removed through the sleeve and a new catheter inserted in its place.
US08202258B2
The invention relates to a plastic needle.The plastic needle of the invention is made of a polyarylethercetone polymer.The invention finds industrial applicability in particular in medical and analysis fields.
US08202256B2
A medication dispensing device with a housing and a member wherein the member is moveable in a distal direction is useful in delivering medication to a patient. A fluid container can be used with the device and often has a moveable piston at one end and an outlet at the other. The member receives a force from a user and drives the piston in the distal direction to expel medication. A intermediate system is disposed between the member and the piston including a gear set that has a pinion in meshed engagement with a rack. The system allows the member to move a greater distance than the piston moves thereby increasing the force on the piston.
US08202240B2
Method and apparatus for separating plasma from blood in a membrane separator and further separator the separated plasma into desired plasma proteins in a plasma separator fluidly connected to the membrane separator to receive the separated plasma.
US08202236B2
A method of measuring pressure for a cell in a pneumatic compression device may include performing an inflate/exhaust cycle including, for one or more cells of a plurality of cells in a pneumatic compression device, inflating a cell to a target pressure, wherein the target pressure is based on at least a desired pressure, measuring a pressure of the cell, determining an overpressure value associated with the cell based on at least the measured pressure, determining a subsequent target pressure associated with the cell based on at least the measured pressure and the overpressure value, deflating the cell, and inflating the cell until the subsequent target pressure is achieved.
US08202229B2
A surgical device is disclosed. The surgical device comprises an outer sleeve, a cutting element, a spool, a piston, and a spring. The cutting element extends from the outer sleeve at the distal end of the outer sleeve. The cutting element comprises an outer cannula and an inner cannula. The spool is engaged with the outer cannula. The piston is engaged with the inner cannula. A spring is positioned between the spool and the piston. The spool is translated distally to translate the outer cannula towards the distal end. And the piston translates the inner cannula towards the distal end to sever tissue.
US08202227B2
The body of a pressure sensing component includes a pressure sensor, a first opening, and a first pair of electrical contacts. A cap of the pressure sensing component comprises a second opening, a wiper seal, and a second pair of electrical contacts. The cap is rotatable relative to the body. When the cap is in a first rotational position, the first and second openings are in fluid communication with each other; and the first pair of contacts are not coupled with the second pair of contacts. When the cap is in a second rotational position, the seal isolates the first opening from the second opening; and the first pair of contacts are coupled with the second pair of contacts. The pressure sensing component may be coupled with a syringe and needle to externally adjust and monitor the pressure of fluid in an implanted gastric band system.
US08202226B2
Methods and systems that incorporate automated or manual control of ventilation and kinetic rotation therapy are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, an artificial ventilator is used to artificially ventilate one of the patient's lungs, the status of the artificially ventilated lung is determined by measuring one or more ventilation status measures, and one or more of the ventilation status measures is used to provide feedback for controlling the positioning of the patient. In some exemplary embodiments, the feedback is used for automated control of the positioning of the patient, while in other exemplary embodiments, the feedback is used as guidance for manual control of the positioning of the patient.
US08202221B2
Multiresolution decomposition of image data before scan conversion processing is hierarchically performed, low-frequency decomposed image data and high-frequency decomposed image data with first to n-th levels are acquired, nonlinear anisotropic diffusion filtering is performed on output data from a next lower layer or the low-frequency decomposed image data in a lowest layer, and filtering for generating edge information on a signal for every layer is performed from the output data from the next lower layer or the low-frequency decomposed image data in the lowest layer. In addition, on the basis of the edge information on each layer, a signal level of the high-frequency decomposed image data is controlled for every layer and multiresolution mixing of the output data of the nonlinear anisotropic diffusion filter and the output data of the high-frequency level control, which are obtained in each layer, are hierarchically performed.
US08202219B2
A method for the assessment of various properties of bone is provided. The method includes applying a pair of ultrasound transducers to skin on opposite sides of the bone and generating an ultrasound signal and directing the signal through both the bone to obtain a bone output signal. The method further includes establishing a set of parameters associated with the bone output signal and then further processing the parameters in order to obtain the desired bone property. Two novel parameters are also disclosed, namely the net time delay (NTD) and mean time duration (MTD) parameters. An apparatus for the assessment of various properties of bone is also provided. The apparatus includes a pair of ultrasound transducers which may be single-element transducers or array transducers in any combination. The apparatus further includes various computer hardware components and computer software for generating and directing the ultrasound signal, establishing the parameter set and performing the processing. In addition, an apparatus that is battery powered, handheld, and portable and operates in real time is also provided.
US08202200B2
A clutch control device providing an engagement feeling which conforms to a state of a vehicle without requiring a correction of an engagement position even when a clutch is worn. A clutch control device includes a vehicle state detection part for detecting a state of a vehicle, an actuator control part for controlling the actuator, a target torque decision part for deciding a target friction torque value Tt to be generated by the clutch in response to a time which elapses from a point in time that the engagement of the clutch starts as well as in response to a state of the vehicle, and a target oil pressure decision part for deciding a target oil pressure value Pt corresponding to the target friction torque value Tt. The actuator control part controls the actuator so as to set an oil pressure value to the target oil pressure value Pt.
US08202199B2
A rapid acceleration control apparatus has a rapid acceleration prime mover rotational speed control section and a rapid acceleration start clutch capacity control section. The rapid acceleration prime mover rotational speed control section executes a rapid acceleration start prime mover rotational speed control that control a rotational speed of the prime mover to a target rotational speed required to achieve the rapid acceleration start when a rapid acceleration start condition exists in which both an accelerator and a brake are simultaneously operated while the vehicle is stopped. The rapid acceleration start clutch capacity control section executes a rapid acceleration start clutch capacity control that decreases a connection capacity of the clutch during the rapid acceleration start prime mover rotational speed control executed by the rapid acceleration prime mover rotational speed control section to suppress heating of the clutch due to the rapid acceleration start primer mover rotational speed control.
US08202198B2
A vehicle includes a front-wheel drive (FWD) transmission having a case, a selectable one-way clutch (SOWC) indexed to the case, pressurized fluid, and a valve body assembly (VBA). The VBA has a piston in communication with the fluid, a return spring, and an actuator plate in continuous contact with or connected to each of the piston and a shift lever of the SOWC. Fluid moving the piston and plate in one direction locks the SOWC to enable a reverse mode, and the spring moves the piston and the plate in another direction to unlock the SOWC in a forward mode. A method prevents spin losses in the FWD transmission by positioning a two-mode SOWC within a case, positioning a VBA adjacently and externally to the case, and admitting pressurized fluid into the VBA to engage the SOWC only during a reverse operating mode.
US08202194B2
A front wheel drive transmission is provided having an input member, an output member, four planetary gear sets, a plurality of coupling members and a plurality of torque transmitting devices. Each of the planetary gear sets includes a sun gear member, a planet carrier member, and a ring gear member. The torque transmitting devices include clutches and a brake arranged within a transmission housing. Each of the clutches and the brake are located within specific areas defined by the planetary gear sets and the housing walls.
US08202190B2
A transmission is provided having an input member, an output member, four planetary gear sets, a plurality of coupling members and a plurality of torque transmitting devices. Each of the planetary gear sets includes first, second and third members. The torque transmitting devices include clutches and brakes.
US08202177B2
Based on a surface shape appearing at a predetermined point moment by moment during rotation of a golf ball having numerous dimples on its surface, a data constellation regarding a parameter dependent on a surface shape of the golf ball is calculated. Preferably, the parameter is a distance between an axis of the rotation and the surface of the golf ball. Another preferable parameter is a volume of space between a surface of a phantom sphere and the surface of the golf ball. Based on a maximum value and a minimum value of the data constellation, a fluctuation range is calculated. By dividing the fluctuation range by a total volume of the dimples, an evaluation value is calculated. This value is calculated for each of PH rotation and POP rotation.
US08202173B2
A golf club having a shaft, a club head and a connection region structure provides an angled connection of the shaft to the club head. The connection region structure includes a first end, a second end and a bore extending from the first end toward the second end. The first end has an opening to receive the distal end of the shaft. The second end is opposite to the first end and includes a mounting surface. The bore receives the distal end of the shaft and defines a longitudinal axis. The mounting surface is at a non-zero angle to a perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the bore. Further, the mounting surface abuts the first surface of a shaft-attachment structure that projects from a main body of the club head.
US08202167B2
A method of providing an interactive game through playback of video, the method comprising the steps of providing a video player with a processor, the processor capable of accepting user input, drawing graphics or text on top of video playback, and controlling playback of sounds; providing media with a primary video stream for standard playback, and game instructions working in cooperation with the video stream, and an edit decision list; reading the edit decision list into the CPU and playing the portions of the video stream as instructed by the edit decision list; and superimposing other graphics onto the video to create an interactive game experience.
US08202161B2
Embodiments of the invention provide a virtual game instructor. According to various embodiments of the invention, the virtual game instructor is configured to provide a convenient and easy to follow tutorial instruction session for completing various game movements. Embodiments of the invention provide players with the ability to accurately compare their movements in real-time with the virtual instructor, thus facilitating learning and performing even complex game moves more easily.
US08202159B1
Systems and methods for embedding and tracking revenue from fully operational games into third party websites are disclosed.
US08202157B2
One embodiment of the present invention provides for determining a first gaming session; determining a rank of the first gaming session; determining at least one gaming session, each at least one gaming session of the first set having a respective rank that is not higher than the rank of the first gaming session, determining data corresponding to the at least one gaming session; determining at least one bonus based on the data; and applying the at least one bonus to the first gaming session.
US08202156B2
In use, the player would insert his or her player card at the EGM (10). The system checks to see if any multiplier currently applies to the machine and player. The multiplier is available as a token and can communicate to the guest via display on the EGM (10). The multiplier would be displayed using a conditional message feature of the display. Session points would accumulate at the “multiplied” rate and are displayed as such on the EGM display. Alternately, an assurance message is available to be displayed frequently that shows the-current multiplier. When the player removes his or her card, the session is posted to the patron management system. Casino personal can then review the session detail by accession the history of the player at a workstation capable of querying the player tracking system (40). The session multiplier and points earned by the multiplier are listed within the record.
US08202151B2
Disclosed is gaming apparatus, which may be a gaming system and a method of gaming implemented on gaming apparatus. A plurality of linked gaming machines are monitored for the occurrence of a first event. The number of occurrences of the first event for each gaming machine is recorded. On the occurrence of a second event, a bonus is awarded on each said gaming machine on which at least one monitored occurrence of the first event has occurred, the bonus award being dependent on the number of occurrences of the first event.
US08202145B2
A pressurized storage system for a service truck body or the like which pressurizes the storage compartment thereof by means of an air blower located above the storage compartment.
US08202140B2
A wafer polishing carrier apparatus and a chemical mechanical polishing equipment employing the same includes a drive rotary union rotating on an axis and receiving a flow of fluid through a first conduit in a sealed-up state; driven rotary unions revolving on their own axis at different sides of the drive rotary union, and receiving the flow of fluid from the drive rotary union through a second conduit in a sealed-up state; a carrier attached to an end part of the driven rotary union to adsorb/detach a wafer using a fluid pressure provided through a third conduit connected through the second conduit; and a filter filtering pollution material in the fluid flowing in and out of the third conduit on the periphery of the carrier to prevent the pollution material from escaping external to the carrier, the pollution material generated from rotation of the drive rotary union and driven rotary unions.
US08202135B2
In an apparatus for controlling an outboard motor mounted on a stern of a boat and having an internal combustion engine to power a propeller, a drive shaft that connects the engine and the propeller, and a torque converter that is interposed between the engine and the drive shaft and is equipped with a lockup clutch, it is configured to have a planing determiner that determines whether the boat is planning and a clutch ON unit that makes the lockup clutch ON when the boat is determined to be planing. With this, it becomes possible to appropriately make the lockup clutch ON after completing acceleration, thereby improving speed performance.
US08202133B1
A probe connector includes a positioning shell having a barrel of which a bottom is sealed up by a base board and a top is opened freely, a probe pin having a connecting portion movably inserted in the barrel and a touching portion extending upward from a top of the connecting portion, an elastic element assembled between the connecting portion and the base board, and a pedestal body having an inserting space opened thereon. A top periphery edge of the barrel is shrunk inward to form a blocking eave blocking the connecting portion in the barrel, with the touching portion projecting upward out of the positioning shell. A bottom of the base board protrudes downward to form a positioning pillar. The pedestal body is removably assembled under the base board by means of the positioning pillar inserted in the inserting space.
US08202123B1
A connector includes an insulating housing, a plurality of terminals assembled in the insulating housing, and a shielding shell curved from a metal plate to show a substantially rectangular tubular shape with a receiving space therein. Two free ends of the metal plate are acted as a pair of jointing plates end-to-end jointed with each other. Two end edges of the jointing plates jointed together each have a portion bent downward beyond a level plane of the jointing plates and then extended overstride the joint of the jointing plates to form a reinforcing portion. The reinforcing portion of one jointing plate is superposed against a bottom face of the other jointing plate and further welded with the other jointing plate together to ensure the jointing plates firmly jointed with each other. The insulating housing with the terminals is inserted rearward in the receiving space of the shielding shell.
US08202119B2
An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1) defining a USB port (11) including a tongue portion (12) defining four first recesses (121) receiving four first terminals and one second recess (122) for receiving one second terminal. The four first terminals and the second terminal are arranged side-by-side at a same side of the tongue portion. The second terminal includes a second contact beam having a width smaller than that of a first contact beam of the first terminal.
US08202115B2
A wire harness includes a plurality of cables arranged in parallel, and a connector including a housing to which end portions of the plurality of cables are connected. An air-tight block includes two closing parts, an insertion part, a press receiving part, and an air escape opening part that opens from a cable insertion hole between the closing parts toward an outside of the air-tight block. Air-tightness between the air-tight block and the cables is maintained by a first step that a melting member is vibrated and pressed to the press receiving part to have a melt resin, which is poured into a gap between the closing parts, and a periphery of the cables is covered with the melt resin, a second step that the air escape opening part is closed, and a third step that the cables are pressed by the melt resin poured into the gap.
US08202112B2
A connector system includes a first connector and a mating second connector. The first connector includes a housing, at least a first terminal and a plurality of further terminals. The second connector includes a housing, at least a second terminal configured for mating at least with the first terminal of the first connector. The second connector further includes at least one shorting member configured for interconnecting at least one set of at least two further terminals of the first connector.
US08202102B2
An earth terminal is disclosed. The earth terminal includes a fixing member fixed to a vehicle body by a bolt, a barrel member to which an earth wire is inserted and fixed, and a cut member for connecting the fixing member and the barrel member, in which the cut member is broken or disengaged by bending. Since the cut member is bent and broken, if necessary, the earth wire is easily and conveniently disengaged from the vehicle body to enhance a disengaging performance of a wire harness.
US08202101B2
An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, at lease one contact mounted to the insulative housing and a fusible element mounted to the contact. The contact includes a body portion and a mounting portion extending from the body portion. The mounting portion includes a support portion and first and second tails bent from the support portion along opposite directions in order to form a discrete receiving slot. The first and the second tails are substantially perpendicular to the body portion. The fusible element is received in the receiving slot and is in line with the body portion of the contact for reliable fixation.
US08202091B2
Non-customized dental treatment trays used to provide a desired treatment are formed from elastomeric silicone or silicone-like material. They may be injection molded from a two-part liquid silicone composition or a silicone-like TPE material (e.g., preferably SEBS and/or VERSAflex thermoplastic elastomer). The dental treatment trays possess high adaptability, flexibility, softness, and elastic elongation while also exhibiting resiliency in order to readily conform to the ridges, depressions and contours of a person's teeth during use. The trays possess a greater ability to adhere to a person's teeth compared to non-elastomeric thermoplastic materials. Due to their high adaptability and conformability, the non-customized dental trays behave like a semi-custom dental tray when placed over conformed to a person's teeth, particularly when used in combination with a sticky, viscous treatment composition.
US08202090B2
An artificial tooth apparatus for dispensing medicating agents to the body through the patient's jaw bone comprising a mechanical movement and kinetic mainspring winder, a tourbillon mechanism, a electronic regulator, and a pump mechanism arranged and configured to allow any medicating agent to be dispensed from the apparatus in a highly controlled and regulated manner according to input received by the electronic regulator and the patient's specific pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic attributes. Multiple artificial teeth or a comprehensive bridge with several chambers may be used in cases where a polypharmaceutical approach is needed.
US08202089B2
The supra-osseous dental implant has a laminar elongated plate with a central, substantially rigid part extending perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the elongated plate. An upright extending shank is fixed to the central part. A dental prosthetic can be fixed to the shank. The plate also has two lateral anchoring parts extending by two thin arms from each side of the central part. The arms are malleable and flexible relative to the central part such that the plate can bridge over a jawbone in a transverse direction to the bone crest. The anchoring parts are a vestibular anchoring part and a lingual or palate anchoring part. The anchoring parts have holes and recesses for positioning at least two anchoring screws in the lingual or palate side of the jaw bone and at least four anchoring screws in the vestibular side.
US08202088B2
A two-part dental implant includes distal and proximal implant portions which in an interconnected condition at least indirectly adjoin each other at a connecting location and have mutually facing surfaces in the region of the connecting location. A sealing body is provided between the mutually facing surfaces of the distal and proximal implant portions. The sealing body has sealing surfaces which face towards the mutually facing surfaces and which in the interconnected condition of the two implant portions bear sealingly against the mutually facing surfaces thereof. In addition, mutually facing abutment surfaces are provided between the distal and proximal implant portions. These mutually facing abutment surfaces bear against each other in the final assembled dental implant and limit the degree of approach of the two mutually facing surfaces of the implant portions between which the sealing body is arranged. The abutment surfaces define a minimum spacing of the two mutually facing surfaces of the implant portions, which is bridged over by the sealing body. The sealing body is at least partially comprised of an elastic material.
US08202073B1
A housing has a cylindrical side wall with an upper end and an open lower end. A circular disk with an aperture closes the upper end. A circular pusher plate is reciprocable within the housing between a raised orientation adjacent to the circular disk and a lowered orientation. A drive rod has lower and upper ends and a central extent extending through the aperture. The upper end is spaced above the disk. The drive rod has threads at its upper end and a nut removably coupled to the upper end. A handle has an interior end attached to the housing. The handle has an exterior end extending away from the housing. A coil spring encompasses the central extent of the drive rod. The bottom end of the spring contacts the disk. The top end of the spring contacts the nut.
US08202070B2
A positive displacement rotary machine with a body having an internal spherical cavity, a rotor, and a ring working cavity formed by the body and the rotor. The working cavity is functionally divided into bypass and propulsion halves. A separator embodied in the form of a wobble plate is mounted in the working cavity at an angle to the rotor. A piston with a sealable through-slot for the separator passage is mounted in a slot made in the rotor. Multiple openings made through the separator in the propulsion half of the cavity make the separator transparent for the working medium flow. The openings are small enough so the separator seals the through-slot of the piston. The configuration allows for one input port and one output port on the opposite sides of the separator in the bypass half to make the supply steady.
US08202068B2
A capacity varying device for a scroll compressor may include a fixed scroll and an orbiting scroll both located in a casing, a low pressure passage formed by an orbiting motion of the orbiting scroll that communicates with a suction side, an intermediate pressure passage formed by the orbiting motion of the orbiting scroll that communicates with an intermediate pressure side, a rotating device rotatably coupled to the fixed scroll and having a connection passage therein, and an operating device mounted at the fixed scroll and configured to rotate the rotating device such that the low pressure passage and the intermediate pressure passage are connected to each other or disconnected from each other via the connection passage of the rotating device. Accordingly, a capacity for compressing gas may be varied, a size of the device may be reduced due to a compact configuration and structure for varying the capacity, and also a fast response to the varying of the capacity may be provided.
US08202066B2
The invention relates to a piston engine comprising one or more air/gas-compressing cylinder-piston units, a crank mechanism connected to the piston in the said cylinder or cylinders for movement of the piston in the cylinder, which crank mechanism is drivingly connected to a rotor in an electric motor. The invention also relates to a coupling and a simple connection for a counterweight.
US08202059B1
A system for pressurizing fluids is provided. The system includes a container with an open end and a closed end. The container contains the fluids to be pressurized. The system further includes a dynamic seal capable of expanding to facilitate sealing of the open end of the container. The system also includes a tube arrangement passing through the dynamic seal into the container. The tube arrangement facilitates passage of a first pressurizing medium to pressurize the fluids.
US08202047B2
A fan module latching device includes a bezel, a base adapted for enclosing a fan, and a handle assembly rotatably retained between the bezel and the base. The handle assembly has a rearwardly depending cam member and a frontwardly extending handle for actuating the handle assembly between a neutral position and an actuated position. A module latch, attached to the base, includes a cam follower and at least one latching tab, the cam follower engaging the cam member such that when the handle assembly is in the neutral position the latching tab is extended outwardly with respect to the base and when the handle assembly is in the actuated position the latching tab is retracted inwardly with respect to the base.
US08202046B2
A centrifugal pump including a motor connected to a volute housing. The volute housing is configured to receive a pumping mechanism that includes an impeller rotatably connected to the motor. The volute housing may also include a removeable cover that provides access to the interior of the volute housing and to components of the pumping mechanism. In one exemplary embodiment, the removeable cover is connected to the volute housing by fasteners, such as bolts. By removing the cover, the impeller, wear plate, and other components of the pumping mechanism may be disassembled and, if necessary, serviced, without the need to remove the motor from the volute housing. In another exemplary embodiment, a gasket having an integrated flapper valve is secured between the cover and the volute housing. The flapper valve is positioned to align with a fluid inlet formed in the cover and acts as a check valve, substantially preventing fluid within the volute housing from exiting through the inlet.
US08202044B2
A fluid-flow machine has a main flow path, in which at least one row of blades (1) is arranged, and a shroud (2) embedded in a cavity (3) of a component, with the component and the blades being in rotary movement relative to each other. The shroud (2), as referred to an axial direction of the fluid-flow machine is arranged between two reference points (A) and (B) at the periphery of the main flow path of the fluid-flow machine and projects beyond a rectilinear connection of the reference points (A) and (B) into the flow path in at least one location of the circumference and in at least one of the areas of the leading or trailing edge of the appertaining blade row.
US08202043B2
Gas turbine engines and related systems involving variable vanes are provided. In this regard, a representative vane assembly for a gas turbine engine includes: a first inner diameter platform; a first outer diameter platform spaced from the first inner diameter platform; and a variable vane airfoil rotatably attached to and extending between the first inner diameter platform and the first outer diameter platform such that at least a portion of the vane airfoil extends beyond a periphery of at least one of the first inner diameter platform and the first outer diameter platform.
US08202035B2
The invention concerns an installation and a method for automatically processing individual hand-held bags between two storage areas, the bags respectively having a base surmounted by two opposed lateral flanks, said bags being adapted to rest in equilibrium on their base, said bags being transferred from one storage area to the other via a longitudinal transfer platform, as claimed in the invention, the installation comprises: means for forming rows of bags resting on their base on one of said storage areas; means for driving each of said rows in translation in a first direction over said longitudinal transfer platform; and means for driving each of said rows of bags supported by said platform in translation in a second direction substantially perpendicular to said first direction to transfer said row of bags to the other storage area.
US08202028B2
A generator set is provided with both a pin-on mount mechanism and a clamp-on mount mechanism for mounting the generator set to a container. Both the pin-on mount mechanism and the clamp-on mount mechanism are selectively positionable in either a deployed for use position or a stowed position. When the clamp-on mount mechanism is in the deployed for use position, the pin-on mount mechanism is positioned in a stowed position. When the pin-on mount mechanism is in the deployed for use position, the clamp-on mount mechanism is positioned in the stowed position.
US08202027B2
There is provided a water treatment pad for a drilling tool capable of being fixed quickly and firmly. The present invention provides a water treatment pad for a drilling tool, which is installed on a drilling surface of an object to be drilled when a hole is drilled in the object by using the rotating drill tool while machining water is supplied. The water treatment pad includes a substantially cylindrical pad body having a drain in the side surface thereof and mounted in a manner that surrounds the drilling tool, and a cylindrical diffuser ring detachably fixed in the pad body in a manner that surrounds the drilling tool to accelerate a fluid therein and release the fluid to the outside. On the end surface of the diffuser ring which comes into contact with the drilling surface, convex-shaped blades the transverse cross section of which has an airfoil profile tilting in the rotative direction of the drilling tool are arranged in an aligned manner. On a plane defined by the distance between the adjacent blades and the heights of blades, the relationship between the area (Ss1) on the inner surface side of diffuser ring and the area (S2) on the outer surface side of diffuser ring is S1
US08202025B2
A metal cutting system with a tool holder, a shim, an insert with a top depression, a top piece and a clamp. A rake face cooling channel for fluid delivery is formed between the top piece and the depression in the insert. A primary discharge slot at the end of the rake face cooling channel delivers fluid from below the cutting edge of the insert. A second cooling channel for delivery of fluid to the flank face is formed between the insert and the shim or is formed between the shim and the tool holder with a portion of the cooling channel passing through the shim.
US08202021B2
A method of cold in-place recycling of asphalt to remediate distressed roads. Asphalt particles obtained by milling the existing asphalt are limited by screening to a maximum size of about one inch length. Asphalt particle size may be established by limiting tooth spacing of the road milling equipment milling head to about 5/16 inch or 8 millimeter spacing intervals. A predetermined proportion of portland cement, water, and asphalt emulsion are added to generate asphalt particles. Portland cement may be deposited onto the existing asphalt prior to milling. The resulting combination is mixed to generate a recycled mix, which may then be discharged onto the road being remediated and further processed, such as by screeding, compacting, and sealing.
US08202020B2
A traffic control assembly for marking roadways or other marking areas is shown generally having a base, a stake, a pin, a collar, and a flexible marker that extends substantially vertically from the base when in a non-impacted and non-deformed state. The pin passes through pin holes in the stake, collar, and marker when the traffic assembly is installed. The traffic control assembly has fewer parts and is thus easier to install and replace. The pin is in contact with the base to provide support to the stake and prevent it from listing when the assembly is struck by a vehicle.
US08202011B2
A printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) carrier for enclosing an optical transceiver PCBA. The PCBA carrier includes a base portion including one or more first connection members, the base portion being configured to receive an optical transceiver PCBA and a top portion including one or more second connection members configured to couple to the first connection members to thereby secure the top portion to the base portion, the top portion being configured to reside above the optical transceiver PCBA when the first and second connection members are coupled. The PCBA carrier is further configured to enclose the optical transceiver PCBA when the base and top portions are coupled to provide a solid structure for the optical transceiver PCBA without the need for a separate optical transceiver module housing.
US08202010B2
A connector component for optical fibers has good dimensional accuracy and parallelism. The connector component includes a base material. The base material is provided with at least two holes for inserting and fixing optical fibers therein. The base material is made of quartz glass. Inner components are arranged for forming holes for inserting optical fibers in a die for forming an outer form of the connector component with a dimensional accuracy equal to or less than 2 μm. Slurry is poured into the die, the slurry including quartz powder, a resin binder, a dispersant, water and a curing agent. The poured slurry is cured and heated under vacuum so as to vitrify the cured slurry to obtain the quartz glass.
US08202009B2
An MPO type optical fiber adapter according to the present invention is provided. The main body of the MPO type adapter is unitary thereby avoiding the prior art problem that the stresses cause the two halves of the adapter to separate from each other after time.
US08202000B2
A large capacity waste disposal bag includes loops attached to it. One set of loops may be used to raise and lower the bag during transportation. Another set of loops may be connected to adjacent loops to support and maintain the bag in an upright, open position. In another embodiment, a large capacity waste disposal bag includes pockets attached to it. When support members are inserted into the pockets the bag is supported and maintained in an upright, open position.
US08201997B1
An imaging temperature sensing system having at least one imaging component and at least one temperature sensing component, thus providing means for implementing temperature sensing and imaging within a single device.
US08201988B2
An apparatus is presented for the mixing of a feed fluid with a process fluid between two adsorbent beds. The apparatus creates a space for mixing and redistributing a fluid mixture between the two adsorbent beds, where a process fluid is received from the upper adsorbent bed, and a distributor box passes the feed fluid to space between the adsorbent beds and mixes the feed fluid with the process fluid. The mixture is then redistributed and passed through to the lower adsorbent bed.
US08201975B1
A LED lighting fixture with a rotating terminal block is revealed. The LED lighting fixture includes a housing with a connection hole on one end. Positioning teeth are arranged at an inner edge of the connection hole and a rotating shaft sleeve with a stop flange against the connection hole is mounted in the connection hole. Moreover, positioning teeth corresponding to the positioning teeth of the connection hole are disposed on an inner side of the stop flange. A threaded segment threaded with a terminal block for connection and positioning is set on an outer edge of the rotating shaft sleeve. Thus the housing can be rotated directly and the positioning teeth of the housing and the positioning teeth of the rotating shaft sleeve are engaged and locked with each other so as to make the housing rotate around the terminal block. Therefore, the lighting angle is adjusted optimally.
US08201972B2
A decorative tree has a trunk, a plurality of double limbs and individual limbs connected to the trunk, and controlling electronics. Each double limb includes two individual limbs joined at a branch joint. Each individual limb has a plurality of flexible lamp stems and a molded branch formed around a structural rod. The lamp stem has two insulated wires, has a stiffening rod wrapped in a smooth sheath, and terminates in a molded lamp holder that supports an LED. Each lateral lamp stem connects to the molded branch at a molded branch fork and the tip lamp stem connects to an end of the stiffening rod. The controlling electronics provide an operating signal to the LED, which preferably causes the LED to sequentially emit more than one color in a repeated sequence.
US08201970B2
An LED lamp includes a lamp seat, an illuminant module mounted on the lamp seat, an envelope covering the illuminant module, a waterproof cushion sandwiched between the lamp seat and the envelope and a pressing frame pressing the envelope toward the lamp seat. A plurality of protrusions protrude vertically and downwardly from the pressing frame. Outer faces of sidewalls of the lamp seat slant outwardly and upwardly relative to each other. A plurality of fasteners extend through the protrusions horizontally and are fastened on the sidewalls of the lamp seat, whereby the envelope is urged to tightly press the waterproof cushion toward the lamp seat.
US08201967B2
For general lighting applications, a semiconductor chip produces near ultraviolet (UV) electromagnetic energy in a range of 380-420 nm, e.g. 405 nm. Semiconductor nanophosphors, typically doped semiconductor nanophosphors, are remotely positioned in an optic of a light fixture. Each phosphor is of a type or configuration that when excited by energy in the 380-420 nm range, emits light of a different spectral characteristic. The nanophosphors together produce light in the fixture output that is at least substantially white and has a color rendering index (CRI) of 75 or higher. In some examples, the fixture optic includes an optical integrating cavity. In the examples using doped semiconductor nanophosphors, the visible white light output exhibits a color temperature in one of the following ranges along the black body curve: 2,725±145° Kelvin; 3,045±175° Kelvin; 3,465±245° Kelvin; and 3,985±275° Kelvin.
US08201965B2
A modular light fixture having a construction that enables the same fixture to be used for standard on/off operation under control of a wall-mounted switch in a circuit by itself and/or with other fixtures and to be upgraded in “plug and play” fashion to operate independently of other fixtures in the same circuit and/or for stepped dimming. The modular construction of the fixture also allows for safety and ease of maintenance in that ballasts can be replaced without quickly and conveniently without exposing an electrician or maintenance worker to the internal wires of the fixture. The construction of the fixture also provides temperature management by isolating the temperature-sensitive components of the fixture from high temperatures while placing the lamps of the fixture in an enclosure, or shroud, in which temperature is contained so that the lamps operate efficiently. In the event the passive thermal management provided by the construction of the fixture is not enough to maximize the operating efficiency of the fixture and/or the service life of its components, the fixture is upgradeable, again in plug and play fashion, to provide active thermal management.
US08201961B2
A rotatable headlamp includes a light head, a rechargeable power source, a mounting arrangement and a rechargeable dock. The light head includes a light housing having a light window, and a LED light source supported in the light housing to align with the light window. The mounting arrangement is movably coupled with the light housing to selectively adjust a light projecting orientation of the LED light source through the light window. The rechargeable dock, which is adapted for electrically connecting with an external power supply, has a docking cavity detachably receiving the light head to charge the rechargeable power source. A rotating member is further provided for detachably mounting to the mounting panel for selective adjusting the light projecting angle in three-dimensional manner.
US08201957B2
A lamp-based scent releasing system includes a housing with light holes, a lamp holder fixedly mounted inside the housing, a lamp bulb installed in the lamp holder, a power cable connected to the lamp holder for connection to an electric outlet to obtain the necessary working voltage for the lamp bulb, a heat-transfer tray fastened to the top open of the housing and holding an aromatic substance, and a heat-resistant protective cup surrounding the lamp bulb inside the housing and having radiation holes for guiding radiation heat from the lamp bulb toward the heat-transfer tray to heat the aromatic substance to release a scent.
US08201945B2
A 2D/3D switchable display system is disclosed having a selector for selecting a two-dimensional (2D) or a three-dimensional (3D) image processing path. A first processor processes image data through the two-dimensional image processing path; a second processor, independent of the first processor, processes image data through the three dimensional image processing path. An important feature is the provision of a first set of at least three emitters having corresponding first wavelengths, and a second set of at least three emitters having corresponding second wavelengths. A controller that during a 2D operation activates both first and second sets of emitters to present a single image, while during a 3D operation activates the first set of emitters to present a first image having one half of stereo image information and activates the second set of emitters to present a second image having a second half of stereo image information.
US08201944B2
A method for measuring the dynamic behavior of an optical system is aimed at rendering the dynamic behavior of the optical system objectively detectable. To this end, the optical system to be measured is stimulated by stimuli whereby causing it to react, and the reaction is detected by means of a wave front analysis.
US08201935B2
The image recording method includes ejecting an ink to form an image on the surface of a recording layer of a recording medium; and then applying a glossiness imparting liquid on the surface of the recording medium. The ink includes a particulate colorant, a surfactant and water, and has a solid content of not lower than 6% by weight. The recording layer is located overlying a substrate including cellulose pulp as a main component and includes an inorganic pigment and a styrene-butadiene copolymer. The surface of the recording medium bearing the recording layer absorbs the ink in an amount of from 1 ml/m2 to 10 ml/m2 before coating the glossiness imparting liquid when the ink absorbing amount is measured with a dynamic scanning absorptometer at a contact time of 500 ms.
US08201932B2
An ink supplying and collecting apparatus includes a case, ink cartridges detachably attached to the case, and a collecting container detachably attached to the case. The ink cartridges supply ink to a recording head of a printer via ink supply tubes. The collecting container collects ink drained from the recording head via an ink drain tube. The case is located outside of and is separate from the printer. Thus, the sizes and shapes of the ink cartridges and the collecting container can be freely designed.
US08201930B2
A liquid supply device includes a liquid supply passage which supplies a liquid from an upstream side on which the liquid is supplied from a liquid supply source to a downstream side on which the liquid is consumed. A pump is provided with a pump chamber in the liquid supply passage. A displacement member forms a part of a wall surface of the pump chamber and is displaceable to increase or decrease the volume of the pump chamber. An urging member urges the displacement member in a direction decreasing the volume of the pump chamber. A displacement mechanism displaces the displacement member in a direction increasing the volume of the pump chamber against an urging force of the urging member upon driving the displacement mechanism. Upon stopping the drive of the displacement mechanism, the pump chamber remains in a pressurized state by the urging force of the urging member.
US08201918B2
An ink injecting apparatus includes a nozzle that is used for injecting ultraviolet-curable ink to a medium, an irradiation unit that includes an irradiation face for irradiating an ultraviolet ray to the ultraviolet-curable ink adhering to the medium, and a rotary body that has a holding area for holding the medium and a non-holding area on a circumferential face, rotates with the circumferential face facing the irradiation face, and includes a touch member that moves to a position for touching the irradiation face and is brought into touch with the irradiation face in the non-holding area in accordance with rotation of the rotary body for removing the ultraviolet-curable ink adhering to the irradiation face.
US08201907B2
A recording apparatus includes: a recording head having a recording element row in which multiple recording elements are disposed, with recording elements at dispersed positions in the recording element rows as blocks; a scanning unit configured to scan the recording head in a main scanning direction; a time-division driving unit configured to drive the recording elements in increments of blocks; a storing unit configured to store recording data; an obtaining unit configured to obtain information relating to the inclination of the recording element row relative to the main scanning direction; and a changing unit operable to change, in increments of individual recording elements, the storage position in the main scanning direction of recording data stored in the storing unit that is to be provided to recording elements of a group, which is configured of consecutive recording elements in each block in the recording element row, based on the obtained information.
US08201895B2
The invention relates to an architecture for powering aircraft brakes for an aircraft having at least two undercarriages, each having a certain number of wheels (L1, L2; R1, R2), each of the wheels being fitted with a brake having a certain number of electromechanical braking actuators (1, 2, 3, 4). The architecture has at least four power supply units that power groups of actuators taken from complementary groups of wheels.
US08201891B2
A leg rest and exercise apparatus constructed of an elongated planar member having concave depressions in one end thereof for receiving the legs of a user. The opposite end of the planar member has an irregular surface, preferably a plurality of protrusions, for engaging a support surface to prevent the apparatus from sliding during use.
US08201890B1
An adjustable seat system includes a pair of chairs aligned with each other so that a front side of one chair faces a backside of another of the chairs. Each of the chairs includes a seat having a plurality of legs. The seat includes a pair of lateral walls and a seat cushion positioned between the lateral walls. The seat cushion has a rear edge and a front edge. A backrest is attached to the seat. A drive mechanism is mechanically coupled to the seat cushion. The drive mechanism is actuated in a first direction to lift the rear edge upwardly or actuated in a second direction to lower the rear edge downwardly to an approximately horizontal orientation. A seat control is electrically coupled to the drive mechanism and is actuated to selectively actuate the drive mechanism in a first direction or a second direction.
US08201887B2
A fitting is provided that has a first fitting part and a second fitting part that can be rotated about a rotation axis relative to the first fitting part, wherein both fitting parts are held rotatably to one another in the axial direction by means of a retaining ring. For this purpose, a retaining ring overlaps the second fitting part in the axial direction, and is firmly connected to the second fitting part at that location, and pretensions the first fitting part against the second fitting part by means of a stop that is tilted inward against the radial direction. Such a fitting can be produced in a particularly cost-effective manner.
US08201881B2
A clutch mechanism for a vehicle seat is provided. The clutch mechanism includes a pressure-receiving member rotatably assembled to a frame of a seatback, a connecting arm having a weight and provided rotatably to the pressure-receiving member, a first swinging member provided rotatably to the frame, wherein while inertia force occurring due to a crash of a vehicle from behind acts on the weight, when the pressure-receiving member rotates upon receipt of a seatback load of a passenger, the connecting arm causes the first swinging member to rotate; and a second swinging member provided rotatably to the frame of the seatback, and configured to rotate along with the rotation of the first swinging member. The second swinging member is held in a state achieved when the first swinging member rotates by a predetermined angle even when the first swinging member rotates by an angle larger than the predetermined angle.
US08201877B2
An adjustable chair (1) includes a control unit (2) having an on/off switch (24), an extending operation button (22), and a retracting operation button (23); a reciprocating unit (3) having a limit member (34), a screw-type slide (33) threadedly put on a lead screw (32) and adapted to move between the limit member (34) and a DC motor (31), and a linkage; and two foot, seat, and back adjustment units (4) disposed in the arms (12) respectively, each foot, seat, and back adjustment units (4) having a linkage so that pressing the extending operation button (22) will tilt a seat (14) and a back (13), and extend a foot rest (11).
US08201875B2
A vehicle sub-frame structure including a forward zone, extending substantially in the transverse direction towards the front of the vehicle. The forward zone has a first set of hinges and supports a radiator. A middle zone, including a pair of left and right members, extends substantially longitudinally and carries a second set of hinges. A rear zone includes a beam and is disposed substantially in the transverse direction. Both ends of the beam are attached to the sub-frame structure.
US08201869B1
A tailgate assembly for connection to a vehicle body includes a first panel portion configured for hinged connection to the vehicle body, as well as a second panel portion hinged to the first panel portion. The second panel portion is configured to be pivoted from a first position in which the second panel portion is generally parallel with the first panel portion to a second position in which the second panel portion is generally perpendicular to the first panel portion to reduce a first height of the tailgate. In some embodiments, the tailgate assembly further includes a third panel portion hinged to the second panel portion and configured to be pivoted between a stowed position in which the third panel portion extends generally parallel with the second panel portion and a use position in which the third panel portion extends generally perpendicular to the second panel portion.
US08201863B1
A feces collection system capable of collecting and containing animal feces (either solid or semi solid) for direct disposal or bagged disposal. Disposal of the collected feces may be done through the rear or top disposal hatches. The collection can be done on various depths of grass or gravel as the lower scoop is automatically or manually adjustable. The collection blade rotor has a repeating pattern of three variably sized and shaped blades. The system has a built in water jet cleaning system with an adjustable stream. For ease of steering the device is lightweight, has an extending, pivotable handle and rotatable rear wheels.
