US08203286B2
A lighting panel system includes a lighting panel having a string of solid state lighting devices and a current supply circuit having a voltage input terminal, a control input terminal, and first and second output terminals coupled to the string of solid state lighting devices. The current supply circuit is configured to supply an on-state drive current to the string of solid state lighting devices in response to a control signal. The current supply circuit includes a charging inductor coupled to the voltage input terminal and an output capacitor coupled to the first output terminal. The current supply circuit is configured to operate in continuous conduction mode in which current continuously flows through the charging inductor while the on-state drive current is supplied to the string of solid state light emitting devices.
US08203285B2
A high-brightness LED lamp with battery conservation and solar charging features. The portable, self-contained lamp utilizes one or more high-brightness LEDs to provide area or decorative illumination. A solar cell charging device maintains the rechargeable batteries during the daytime with available ambient light. An electronic control circuit conserves battery power by limiting the period of time that the LEDs are energized during nighttime hours when ambient lighting conditions cannot support the recharging function. A photodetector device allows the control circuit to make this determination.
US08203284B2
Disclosed is a driver that includes a main power supply that has outputs coupled across a string of light emitting diodes to supply a main current. A secondary power supply is coupled to a junction between successive light emitting diodes in the string to supply or withdraw a delta current from the junction. The delta current is at least five times smaller than the main current. A controller controls the secondary power supply to generate the delta current to obtain a desired spectral composition of the mixed light emitted by the string.
US08203279B2
A power supply unit provides a voltage, and a driving current to a series of light emitting diodes. A dimming unit adjusts a duty cycle of an original dimming signal to generate a dimming signal according to the driving current and an ideal current. A current sink coupled to the series of light emitting diodes adjusts a duty cycle of the driving current according to the dimming signal.
US08203278B2
There is provided a power supply for a light emitting diode display using a light emitting diode as a backlight unit that unites a DC power supply provided from outside the light emitting diode display and a driving power supply provided inside the light emitting diode display. A power supply of a light emitting diode display according to an aspect of the invention may include: a power conversion unit converting commercial AC power into at least one driving power having a predetermined voltage level; and a backlight driving unit generating a backlight driving signal using the driving power from the power conversion unit, wherein the power conversion unit and the backlight driving unit are mounted onto one printed circuit board.
US08203277B2
Solid state light sources are compatible with AC phase-cut dimmers. The light sources may have switching mode power supplies having primary and secondary sides that are in first and second circuit parts that are electrically isolated from one another. Information regarding a waveform of input electrical power is extracted in the first circuit part and passed to a controller in the second circuit part by way of a galvanic isolator. Additional isolated paths may be provided to provide bi-directional exchange of information between the first and second circuit parts and/or to provide for the exchange of additional information relevant to control. The signal path from the first side to the second side may have a low latency.
US08203262B2
A light-emitting element is provided, which includes a light-emitting layer and a control layer between a first electrode and a second electrode, wherein the control layer includes a first organic compound and a second organic compound, the first organic compound is included in the control layer more than the second organic compound, the second organic compound has a property of trapping carriers having the same polarity as carriers transported by the first organic compound, and the concentration and the carrier-trapping property of the second organic compound included in the control layer satisfy certain conditions.
US08203259B2
The present invention provides a phosphor, including a constituent having the formula CapSrqMm-Aa-Bb—Ot—Nn:Eur, wherein M selected from the group consisting of beryllium and zinc; A selected from the group consisting of aluminum, gallium, indium, scandium, yttrium, lanthanum, gadolinium and lutetium; B selected from a group consisting of silicon, germanium, tin, titanium, zirconium and hafnium; 0
US08203255B2
The invention relates to piezoelectric sensor arrangements, especially sensor arrangements that can be operated in a measuring fluid, in order to be able to detect, for example, elastic properties of the measuring fluid itself or the presence and/or concentration of analyte molecules in the fluid. According to the invention, the sensor arrangement comprises an acoustic resonator which has a sensitive region and is arranged such that a resonance frequency of the sensor arrangement varies according to properties of the measuring fluid. The acoustic resonator is formed by a piezoelectric thin layer resonator and the sensitive region is produced by means of epitaxy, such that transversally polarized vibration modes can be induced.
US08203252B2
Permanent magnets are mounted within an electrical machine in a pitched saw-tooth pattern around the rotor shaft. This focused flux configuration provides for improved magnet mounting strength without resort to bonding or taping; provides improved rotor and stator cooling by access to the axial generator air flow; and provides for a simpler and more easily manufactured design. A laminated version of this basic structure provides for reduced surface losses and self-heating.
US08203247B2
A stator for an electric rotating machine includes a hollow cylindrical stator core and a stator coil made up of a plurality of wave-shaped electric wires. Each of the electric wires has a plurality of in-slot portions, each of which is received in one of slots of the stator core, and a plurality of turn portions each of which is located outside of the slots of the stator core to connect one adjacent pair of the in-slot portions of the electric wire. The stator coil includes a plurality of radial position shift portions each of which is provided, in one of the electric wires, in one of the turn portions of the electric wire between an apex part of the turn portion and one of the in-slot portions of the electric wire adjoining the turn portion and is radially bent to shift the radial position of the electric wire.
US08203240B2
A rotating electrical machine includes: a stator that including a stator core and a teeth section, with a stator coil wound at the teeth section; a rotor arranged via a clearance at an inner periphery side of the stator and supported in a freely rotating manner; and a distribution unit supported by a resin holder, and including a conductor connected to the stator coil. The rotating electrical machine is cooled by coolant. The stator coil includes a coil end section projecting from an end of the stator in an axial direction. A gap is formed between an end of the stator core and a lower surface of the distribution unit by mounting the distribution unit on an upper part of the coil end section. The gap constitutes a path for the coolant.
US08203238B2
The present invention relates to a linear motor for a linear compressor reciprocating a moving member linearly inside a stationary member to compress refrigerant, and more particularly, to a linear motor for a linear compressor capable of decreasing an iron loss of a flux generated when a current flows in a coil and increasing an inductance. A linear motor for a linear compressor includes an inner stator formed by stacking core blocks in a circumference direction to be insulated from each other, an outer stator formed by arranging core blocks in a circumference direction at a predetermined intervals, and winding a coil around the core blocks, and a plurality of permanent magnets formed between the inner stator and the outer stator with a predetermined gap, and reciprocated linearly due to a mutual electromagnetic force.
US08203237B1
A portable power generating unit charged by an on-board solar panel is herein disclosed, capable of operating small electrical devices for extended periods of time. A solar cell panel is provided on an adjustable arm which swings up from a rectangular enclosure and is capable of being positioned so as to receive a maximum amount of solar energy. Output power from the solar panel is used to charge an internal battery through a charge controller. Power from the battery is conducted thereto a plurality of ports, each comprising an integral voltage regulator, thereby supplying different standard voltages to the ports. Such features allow the portable power generating unit to be used in an outdoor setting to operate electrical devices where conventional electrical outlets are unavailable. The portable power generating unit further comprises a personal locator beacon (PLB) and a flashing strobe light to locate and rescue a user in an emergency situation if required.
US08203236B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for a dual voltage-source inverter system. The systems and methods selectively couple a first voltage source and a second voltage source to an inverter via a controllable switch.
US08203234B2
A power safety system includes a first MOS, a second MOS, a switch and a body controller. The first MOS is connected between a power input and a power output. The second MOSFET is connected between the power output and a charging output. The switch has an end connected to the body of the first MOS, and the opposite end switched between the source and the drain of the first MOS. A body controller controls the switch according to the voltage at the power input and the voltage at the power output, to connect the body of the first MOS to the source or the drain of the first MOS. By switching the switch, the first MOS will have a parasitic diode effective to prevent a reverse current from the power output to the power input.
US08203227B2
A method for retro-fitting wind-energy conversion system includes disconnecting a first set of multiple windings from active circuitry; shorting together the first set of multiple windings; and connecting a second set of multiple windings to the active circuitry.
US08203223B2
A target and method for use in polarized light lithography. A preferred embodiment comprises a first structure located on a reference layer, wherein the first structure is visible through a second layer, and a second structure located on the second layer, wherein the second structure is formed from a photomask containing a plurality of sub-structures oriented in a first orientation, wherein a polarized light is used to pattern the second structure onto the second layer, and wherein a polarization of the polarized light is the same as the orientation of the plurality of sub-structures. The position, size, and shape of the second structure is dependent upon a polarity of the polarized light, permitting a single design for an overlay target to be used with different polarities of polarized light.
US08203218B2
A semiconductor device package is provided. The semiconductor device package includes a package body, a plurality of electrodes, a paste member, and a semiconductor device. The electrodes includes a first electrode disposed on the package body. The paste member is disposed on the first electrode and includes at least one of an inorganic filler and metal powder. The semiconductor device is die-bonded on the paste member.
US08203197B2
Thermal communication of matched transistors formed in lower electrical resistance subregions of first and second active substrate regions is provided by thermally conductive members formed to extend over isolation regions between higher electrical resistance subregions of the first and second regions. In one form, thermal communication is done, with or without contacts, through insulating layers to metal layers formed over the substrate. In another form, thermal communication is done through a polysilicon layer formed over the substrate.
US08203195B2
Optically sensitive devices include a device comprising a first contact and a second contact, each having a work function, and an optically sensitive material between the first contact and the second contact. The optically sensitive material comprises a p-type semiconductor, and the optically sensitive material has a work function. Circuitry applies a bias voltage between the first contact and the second contact. The optically sensitive material has an electron lifetime that is greater than the electron transit time from the first contact to the second contact when the bias is applied between the first contact and the second contact. The first contact provides injection of electrons and blocking the extraction of holes. The interface between the first contact and the optically sensitive material provides a surface recombination velocity less than 1 cm/s.
US08203194B2
Disclosed are an image sensor and a method of manufacturing the same. A metal wiring consisting of a lower metal wiring, an upper metal wiring, and a plug connecting the lower and upper metal wirings, in which the lower and upper metal wiring are made of a transparent conductive film pattern, is formed on a substrate with devices formed thereon, the devices including a photodiode and gate electrodes. Then, a passivation film, a color filter, and a microlens are sequentially formed on the metal wiring. All or a portion of the metal wiring is formed in a transparent conductive film pattern. As such, the metal wiring is formed on the photodiode.
US08203189B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a semiconductor layer, a gate electrode, a source region, a drain region, an element separation insulating film layer and a wiring. The gate electrode include a laminated structure having a gate insulating film formed on the semiconductor layer, a metal or a metallic compound formed on the gate insulating film and a polycrystalline silicon layer formed on the metal or metallic compound. The source region and drain region are formed on a surface portion of the semiconductor substrate and sandwich the gate electrode therebetween. The element separation insulating film layer surrounds the semiconductor layer. The wiring is in contact with the metal or metallic compound of the gate electrode.
US08203183B2
The present invention relates to an electrostatic discharge diode. The electrostatic discharge diode according to exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: an N-type well formed on a substrate; an n− region formed on the N-type well; a plurality of p− regions penetrated and formed in the n− region; a plurality of n+ regions penetrated and formed in a first layer in which the n− region and a plurality of the p− regions are formed; a plurality of n+ regions penetrated and formed in a first layer in which the n− region and a plurality of the p− regions are formed; and a plurality of p+ regions penetrated and formed in the first layer, wherein a first n+ region among a plurality of the n+ regions and a first p+ region corresponding to the first n+ region are penetrated and formed in each other region of the corresponding first p− region among a plurality of the p− regions.
US08203169B2
To provide glass with which a sealing treatment can be carried out at a temperature of at most 400° C. and which does not deteriorate or change in quality for a long time.Glass comprising, as represented by mol % based on oxides, from 27 to 33% of P2O5, from 50 to 70% of SnO, from 0 to 10% of ZnO, from 0.5 to 5% of CaO and from 0 to 5% of B2O3.
US08203161B2
A device includes a semiconductor structure comprising a light emitting layer disposed between an n-type region and a p-type region. A luminescent material is positioned in a path of light emitted by the light emitting layer. A thermal coupling material is disposed in a transparent material. The thermal coupling material has a thermal conductivity greater than a thermal conductivity of the transparent material. The thermal coupling material is positioned to dissipate heat from the luminescent material.
US08203160B2
An LED semiconductor body includes a number of at least two radiation-generating active layers. Each active layer has a forward voltage, wherein the number of active layers is adapted to an operating voltage in such a way that the voltage dropped across a series resistor connected in series with the active layers is at most of the same magnitude as a voltage dropped across the LED semiconductor body. The invention furthermore describes various uses of the LED semiconductor body.
US08203155B2
A multispectral pixel structure is provided that includes a plurality of stacked cavity arrangements for emitting or detecting a plurality of specified wavelengths, wherein each stacked cavity arrangement having a photoactive layer for spectral emission or detection of one of the specified wavelengths. The photoactive layer is positioned within a resonant cavity stack and the resonant cavity stack being positioned between two adjacent mirror stacks. A plurality of coupling-matching layers are positioned between one or more of the stack mirror arrangements for controlling optical phase and coupling strength between emitted or incident light and resonant modes in each of the stacked cavity arrangements.
US08203152B2
The nitride semiconductor device includes an insulating layer and a metal layer formed on a nitride semiconductor layer. The insulating layer makes contact with the nitride semiconductor layer. A separation preventing layer is formed between the insulating layer and the metal layer so as to make contact with each of these layers. The separation preventing layer includes, as a main component, at least one oxide of a metal selected from a group of metals consisting of tungsten, molybdenum, chromium, titanium, nickel, hafnium, zinc, indium and yttrium.
US08203151B2
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes the steps of forming a SiC film, forming trenches at a surface of the SiC film, heat-treating the SiC film with silicon supplied to the surface of the SiC film, and obtaining a plurality of macrosteps to constitute channels, at the surface of the SiC film by the step of heat-treating. Taking the length of one cycle of the trenches as L and the height of the trenches as h, a relation L=h(cot α+cot β) (where α and β are variables that satisfy the relations 0.5≦α, β≦45) holds between the length L and the height h. Consequently, the semiconductor device can be improved in property.
US08203150B2
A buffer layer configured of the same conductive semiconductor layers of two or more layers as a drift layer is installed by epitaxial growth between a first semiconductor layer configuring the drift layer that is a layer in which components of the semiconductor device are made and a base substrate including a silicon carbide single crystal wafer. A step of donor concentration is provided at an interface between the drift layer and the buffer layer, an interface between the semiconductor layers configuring the buffer layer, and an interface between the buffer layer and the base substrate and the donor concentration of the drift layer side is lower than that of the base substrate side, thereby making it possible to convert most basal plane dislocations into threading edge dislocations as compared to the drift layer having one layer or the buffer layer configured of one layer.
US08203143B2
A thin film field effect transistor has at least a gate electrode 2, a gate insulating layer 3, an active layer 4, a source electrode 5-1 and a drain electrode 5-2 on a substrate 1. The active layer includes an amorphous oxide semiconductor including at least In and Zn, a first interface layer 61 is disposed between the gate insulating layer and the active layer such that it is adjacent to at least the active layer, and a second interface layer is disposed on the opposite side of the active layer with respect to the first interface layer such that it is adjacent to the active layer. A content of Ga or Al in the amorphous oxide semiconductor of each of the first interface layer and the second interface layer is higher than a content of Ga or Al in the amorphous oxide semiconductor of the active layer.
US08203139B2
An organic thin film transistor including a substrate having thereon at least three terminals of a gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode, an insulator layer and an organic semiconductor layer, with a current between a source and a drain being controlled upon application of a voltage to the gate electrode, wherein the organic semiconductor layer includes a specified organic compound having an aromatic hydrocarbon group or an aromatic heterocyclic group in the center thereof; and an organic thin film light emitting transistor utilizing an organic thin film transistor, wherein the organic thin film transistor is one in which light emission is obtained utilizing a current flowing between the source and the drain, and the light emission is controlled upon application of a voltage to the gate electrode, and is made high with respect to the response speed and has a large ON/OFF ratio, are provided.
US08203136B2
The invention provides an epitaxial substrate, a semiconductor light-emitting device using such epitaxial substrate and fabrication thereof. The epitaxial substrate according to the invention includes a crystalline substrate. In particular, a crystal surface of the crystalline substrate thereon has a plurality of randomly arranged nanorods. The plurality of nanorods is formed of oxide of a material different from that forms the crystalline substrate.
US08203134B2
Memory cells of a memory device including a variable resistance material have a cavity between the memory cells. Electronic systems include such memory devices. Methods of forming a memory device include providing a cavity between memory cells of the memory device.
US08203127B2
A method and device for generating terahertz radiation comprising a plurality of layers of polar crystal material operative to emit terahertz radiation; the plurality of layers comprising transport layers and divider layers, the plane of the layers being not parallel to the polar axis, the interface between the transport layers and divider layers forming boundaries at which the internal electric polarization terminates leading to charges accumulating at the boundaries, and creation of internal electric fields oriented along the polar axis.
US08203125B2
A LTHC layer for use in radiation induced thermal transfer includes a modified pigment.
US08203120B2
The present invention relates to methods and systems for 4D ultrafast electron microscopy (UEM)—in situ imaging with ultrafast time resolution in TEM. Single electron imaging is used as a component of the 4D UEM technique to provide high spatial and temporal resolution unavailable using conventional techniques. Other embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and systems for convergent beam UEM, focusing the electron beams onto the specimen to measure structural characteristics in three dimensions as a function of time. Additionally, embodiments provide not only 4D imaging of specimens, but characterization of electron energy, performing time resolved electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS).
US08203118B2
A chip-scale ion-trap mass spectrometer driven by a monolithic photodiode array and a method of fabricating the same. A high-voltage photovoltaic source is located in proximity to the ion-trap mass spectrometer structure. The high-voltage photovoltaic source includes monolithically fabricated and serially connected photodiodes. An external light source illuminates the photodiodes to generate a high voltage across the photodiode array. An RF voltage modulation is attained by modulating the light source at a desired RF frequency. The high-voltage photodiode array may be monolithically fabricated in association with the ion-trap mass spectrometer. The photodiode array requires a small area compared to the ion-trap mass spectrometer size as the spectrometer typically possess a very small capacitance and a low power consumption.
US08203117B2
A heated DESI spray device provides improved resolution or control of analyte desorption at a target locus on a sample. Heating controls spot size and enhances resolution in an imaging mode without impairing signal level. Additionally or alternatively the heated DESI spray may control desorption kinetics of a target analyte or otherwise control analyte discrimination in detection mode. One embodiment of the DESI spray is heated by heating nebulizing gas that accompanies the electrosprayed solvent. Another embodiment heats a separate gas stream that transports or directs desorbed material to the ion aperture of an analysis instrument. Heating may reduce size of primary droplets, alter the impact dynamics or the energy delivered by the spray to the surface, reduce size of secondary droplets and/or assure desolvation, improve species selectivity or otherwise affect sampling and enhance the ion signal level.
US08203111B2
A CMOS image sensor in which each column of pixels is connected to a signal line that is coupled to a current source, and each pixel includes a charge amplifier having a common source configuration arranged such that a charge generated by its photodiode is amplified by the charge amplifier and transmitted to readout circuitry by way of the signal line. In one embodiment the charge amplifier utilizes an NMOS transistor to couple the photodiode charge in an inverted manner to the signal line while converting the charge to a voltage through a capacitor coupled between the signal line and photodiode (i.e., forming a feedback of the NMOS amplifier transistor).
US08203101B2
A conveying device A is disposed inside a vacuum chamber B, includes a fixation base 1; a swivel base which is held rotatably with respect to the fixation base 1; linear movement mechanisms 3A, 3B supported by the swivel base 2; and hands 4A, 4B supported by the linear movement mechanisms 3A, 3B; and a transports work W placed on the hands 4A, 4B by operation of the linear movement mechanism 3A, 3B. Radiation plates 62, 63, 65 are provided at appropriate locations on a lower surface side of the swivel base or of the linear movement mechanisms 3A, 3B. The vacuum chamber is provided with heat absorption plates 61, 66 on a wall which faces the lower surface side of the swivel base 2.
US08203097B2
A mechanical apparatus maintains and/or cleans support strips of a workpiece support that forms a support plane for supporting workpieces. The mechanical apparatus includes a transport device for moving the workpiece support along a transport axis X and a service device that has a tool for processing the support strips. The service device is movable by means of a mechanical movement unit along a movement axis Y that is arranged at an angle relative to the transport axis X and/or along a movement axis Z that is arranged at an angle relative to the transport axis X and that is different from the movement axis Y, with the movement of the workpiece support along the transport axis X and the movement of the service device along the movement axis Y and/or along the movement axis Z being controllable in a coordinated manner by means of a control unit.
US08203093B2
A pushbutton for an electronic device includes a pushbutton cap, a pushbutton base, and an adhesive member. The pushbutton cap has a flange extending from an edge thereof. The pushbutton base engages with the flange of the pushbutton cap, thus enveloping the adhesive member between the pushbutton cap and the pushbutton base.
US08203088B2
A close latch interlock assembly is provided for an electrical switching apparatus, such as a circuit breaker, which includes a stored energy mechanism, such as a closing spring. The close latch interlock assembly includes a close D-shaft pivotable between a latched and unlatched positions corresponding to the closing spring being chargeable and discharged, respectively. An actuator is movable between an unactuated position corresponding to the close D-shaft being disposed in the latched position, and an actuated position corresponding to the close D-shaft being movable toward the unlatched position. A release member cooperates with the actuator and is pivotably coupled to the first end of a transfer link. The second end of the transfer link extends toward the close D-shaft. When the actuator is moved toward the actuated position, it moves the release member, thereby moving the transfer link and pivoting the close D-shaft toward the unlatched position.
US08203086B2
A windshield for attaching and detaching to an electronic scale includes a plurality of mechanism for the attaching and detaching. Each of the mechanisms includes a latch which engages a member generally found on conventional electronic seals.
US08203074B2
A transmission line assembly for transmission and distribution of high voltage power which comprises a conductor, a separate messenger member and coupling means. The conductor has a predetermined length. The separate messenger member has a predetermined length. The coupling means couples the messenger to the conductor to the messenger. The messenger member and the conductor remain structurally separate from each other and functionally independent.
US08203061B2
The V type electric guitar footrest (2) which is attached to the lower part of the input socket device (5) consists of an L-sectioned, half triangular component (1) on the lower edge of the V type electric guitar and a triangular stabilizing backrest (3) that is attached to the rear side of the half triangular component (1). An alternative way of stabilizing the V type electric guitar inside the footrest is to attach a pair of retaining straps (4) on the rear side of the L-sectioned, half triangular component (1). A second alternative way of stabilizing the V type electric guitar inside the footrest (without having to use a stabilizing triangular part nor any retaining straps) is to use a U-sectioned (Ia) instead of an L-sectioned half triangular component (1), like the one mentioned in the first application method. In all three application methods of this invention, there is the possibility of adjusting the position of the curved supporting base (2) along the input socket device (5), so that the best possible adjustment for the positioning of the guitar on the guitarist's/user's foot is achieved. This footrest allows the guitarist/user to hold the V type electric guitar like any other regular guitar (when the guitar is used in a sitting position) and to play without getting tired, resulting in a prolonged time of practice/use, in other words in a more efficient performance and ultimate pleasure.
US08203043B2
A novel soybean variety, designated XB27L10 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XB27L10, cells from soybean variety XB27L10, plants of soybean XB27L10, and plant parts of soybean variety XB27L10. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XB27L10 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic, mutant trait, and/or native trait into soybean variety XB27L10, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB27L10. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XB27L10 are further provided.
US08203039B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1016536. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1016536. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1016536 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety A1016536 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US08203023B2
Novel methods of Fischer-Tropsch synthesis are described. It has been discovered that conducting the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis over a catalyst with a catalytically active surface layer of 35 microns or less results in a liquid hydrocarbon product with a high ratio of C5-C20:C20+. Descriptions of novel Fischer-Tropsch catalysts and reactors are also provided. Novel hydrocarbon compositions with a high ratio of C5-C20:C20+ are also described.
US08203014B2
The invention provides operating the dry or solvent fractionation of oils and fats in a crystallizer comprising a crystallization vessel (1,2), an agitator, cooling means and a drive, wherein said drive provides said agitator with an oscillating motion, and/or a rotating motion around an axis, with the proviso that each point of said agitator moves at substantially the same linear speed.The invention also provides a crystallizer comprising a crystallization vessel (1,2) having a polygonal cross-section, an agitator and a drive, wherein said drive provides said agitator with an oscillating motion, and wherein said agitator is not inclined to the moving direction.
US08203012B2
A process for preparing conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) or derivatives thereof from ricinoleic acid, lower alkyl esters of ricinoleic acid, or salts thereof. The CLA is formed by reacting a carboxylic acid, or anhydride, anhydride equivalent, or ester thereof with the ricinoleic acid or derivative to form an intermediate having a carboxylic ester at the 12-hydroxy position of the ricinoleic acid or derivative, and reacting the intermediate with a base to form a cis-9, trans-11 conjugated linoleic acid.
US08203008B2
The present invention is directed to stable lactide particles, more specifically lactide particles which are stable enough to be stored and transported at room temperature and have a quality high enough for use as starting material for polylactic acid. The lactide particles have a surface/volume ratio of the particle is lower than 3000. Preferably the lactide in the particle has an optical purity of at least 95%. The lactide particles are prepared by subjecting lactide to a shaping step comprising extrusion, pastillation, prilling, tabletting, or flaking.
US08203006B2
The present invention relates to the industrial production of vinylene carbonate (VC) by eliminating hydrogen chloride from chloroethylene glycol carbonate (CGC) or solid catalysts in the gas phase, the reaction being carried out over a catalyst bed agitated by thorough mixing.
US08203002B2
Intermediates useful for the preparation of pramipexole and the use thereof in such synthesis.
US08202999B2
The invention relates to compounds of structural formulas (I), (VII) and (XI): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, clathrate, or prodrug thereof, wherein X1, X2, X3, Y, Z, L, R1, R2, R3, R18 and n are defined herein. These compounds are useful as immunosuppressive agents and for treating and preventing inflammatory conditions, allergic disorders, and immune disorders.
US08202990B2
The present invention relates generally to processes of making 4-(9-cyclopentyl-7,7-difluoro-5-methyl-6-oxo-6,7,8,9-tetrahydro-5H-pyrimido[4,5-b][1,4]diazepin-2-ylamino)-3-methoxy-N-(1-methylpiperidin-4-yl)benzamide and Form A of 4-(9-cyclopentyl-7,7-difluoro-5-methyl-6-oxo-6,7,8,9-tetrahydro-5H-pyrimido[4,5-b][1,4]diazepin-2-ylamino)-3-methoxy-N-(1-methylpiperidin-4-yl)benzamide.
US08202986B2
A branched hyaluronic acid, wherein the linear backbone comprises hyaluronic acid in which one or more N-Acetyl-Glucosamine has been deacetylated to Glucosamine, with branching sidechain(s) covalently linked to the primary amine(s) of said deacetylated Glucosamine thus forming a secondary amine(s); a precursor for producing said branched hyaluronic acid; and a method for producing said branching hyaluronic acid.
US08202971B2
A process for preparing compounds of chitosan saccharified with aminosugar, adopts chitosan derivatives, aminosugar derivatives and anhydride derivatives as raw materials to synthesize target products. The process comprises: covalently bonding an anhydride derivative as a bonding arm to an aminosugar derivative, so as to form a monosaccharide derivative having an end group of carboxyl; and then covalently bonding the monosaccharide derivative having an end group of carboxyl to a primary amino group of a chitosan derivative via the carboxyl, so as to form a compound of chitosan saccharified with aminosugar.
US08202969B2
This disclosure provides tyrosine kinase protein and nucleic acid variants, particularly PDGFRA variants, which are activating forms of these molecules and are linked to neoplasms and/or the development or progression of cancer. The disclosure further provides methods of diagnosis and prognosis, and development of new therapeutic agents using these molecules and fragments thereof, and kits for employing these methods and compositions.
US08202955B2
The present invention provides an aqueous fluoropolymer dispersion having good mechanical characteristics and storage stability and containing substantially no fluorinated surfactant. The present invention is related to an aqueous fluoropolymer dispersion comprising a dispersed fluoropolymer particle with an average primary particle diameter of 50 to 400 nm, a surface layer of the dispersed fluoropolymer particle being obtained by emulsion polymerization of a monomer composition consisting of 99.999 to 98 mole percent of tetrafluoroethylene and 0.001 to 2 mole percent of a modifier monomer, a fluorinated surfactant content being not higher than 50 ppm, a fluoropolymer content being 20 to 75% by mass, and a nonfluorinated nonionic surfactant content being 2 to 15% by mass relative to 100% by mass of the fluoropolymer.
US08202952B2
A process for making an ethylene homopolymer in the presence of an oxide-supported chromium catalyst is disclosed. A small amount of an α-olefin contacted with the catalyst before polymerizing ethylene or introduced into an ethylene homopolymerization unexpectedly boosts process productivity. When used at part per million levels, the α-olefin improves productivity while maintaining desirable polymer properties. The invention is particularly valuable for making HDPE resins useful for blow molding applications.
US08202940B2
Bimodal polyethylene compositions and methods for making the same are provided. In at least one specific embodiment, the bimodal polyethylene composition can include a high molecular weight component having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of from about 400,000 to about 950,000. The bimodal polyethylene composition can also include a low molecular weight component having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of from about 3,000 to about 100,000. The high molecular weight component can be present in an amount ranging from about 25 wt % to about 40 wt % of the bimodal polyethylene composition. The bimodal polyethylene composition can also have a percent die swell of less than about 80%.
US08202938B2
Disclosed is a thermoplastic resin composition that includes (A) a polycarbonate resin, (B) a modified acryl-based copolymer resin, (C) a polysiloxane copolymer including an aryl group, and (D) a core-shell graft copolymer.
US08202934B2
Packaged viscoelastic compositions comprising viscoelastic copolymers and a packaging material are disclosed. The viscoelastic copolymers are urea copolymers, which are the reaction product of polyisocyanates and polyamines. The packaged viscoelastic compositions are hot melt processable.
US08202931B2
Organic polysiloxane, adhesive composition comprising the same, and rubber stiffener treated thereby
The present invention relates to a novel polymer, an adhesive composition including the same, and a rubber reinforcing material treated with the same, and more particularly to an organic polysiloxane including a certain repeating unit, an adhesive composition including the same, and a rubber reinforcing material treated with the same.Because the organic polysiloxane and the adhesive composition including the same is superior in reactivity to a hydroxyl group, an amide group, or an amine group, and has high thermal resistance and low stiffness, the composition is preferably used for surface-treating a rubber reinforcing material such as a tire cord and make it possible to provide a rubber reinforcing material such as a tire cord having good properties.
US08202928B2
A silicone composition is provided that is resistant to a hydrocarbon fluid, such as a transmission fluid, and other harsh environments when cured. The silicone composition includes a dihydroxy-terminated silicone fluid, a filler material and amine-cured cross-linking agent, the composition containing substantially no plasticizer, and wherein the cured composition can be utilized as a sealant that is resistant to exposure to transmission fluid and high temperatures for extended periods of time. The silicone composition provides effective sealant properties that withstand the foregoing conditions present in the transmission fluids. Methods of making and using the cured silicone sealants made from the present compositions are also provided.
US08202921B2
The invention provides aqueous resin emulsion containing a resin obtained by reaction of a composition containing at least: at least one polyhydric alcohol having at least two hydroxyl groups, at least one polyetherpolyol having a molecular weight of 400 to 8000 g/mol, at least one monobasic carboxylic acid, and at least one polybasic carboxylic acid having at least two carboxyl groups or its anhydride, to form a resin and the resin emulsion is modified by providing basic groups. The invention further relates to a process for preparing a resin, to a resin as obtained by the process and to a coating film obtained from the resin emulsion.
US08202896B2
Compounds, compositions and methods are provided for the prophylaxis and treatment of infections caused by viruses of the Pneumovirinae subfamily of Paramyxoviridae and diseases associated with such infection.
US08202893B2
One aspect of this disclosure relates generally to lipid compounds that exert diverse effects in the endocannabinoid system, such as regulating CB1 and CB2 receptor or moderating other bio-macromolecules within the endocannabinoid system. Some of the compounds showed improved receptor binding affinity, and/or improved receptor subtype selectivity, and improved bio-stability. Some of the compounds exhibit activities to regulate the enzymes that moderate the bio-disposal of endogenous cannabinoids, such as the fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH). Some of the compounds exhibit activities to inhibit the anandamide transporter. Other aspects of the invention are pharmaceutical preparations employing these ligands and methods of administering therapeutically effective amounts of the preparations to provide a physiological effect.
US08202891B2
The invention provides compounds of the formula: in salt or zwitterionic form or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1-6, a, Z and Q are as defined in the specification. These compounds are muscarinic receptor antagonists. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, processes for preparing such compounds and methods of using such compounds to, for example, treat pulmonary disorders such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma.
US08202889B2
The present invention relates to methods of inhibiting bacterial IMPDH comprising administering compounds of formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising said compounds. These compounds, and compositions thereof, are useful in treating bacterial infections.
US08202888B2
The present invention relates to piperidine sulphonamide derivatives of formula wherein Ar1, Ar2, R1, R2, m and n are as defined in the description and claims, or pharmaceutically suitable acid addition salts thereof. The compounds of formula I are orexin receptor antagonists and the related compounds can be useful in the treatment of sleep apnea, narcolepsy, insomnia, parasomnia, jet lag syndrome, circadian rhythms disorder or sleep disorders associated with neurological diseases.
US08202878B2
The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a pharmaceutical composition of formula (I), and related methods for treating or preventing metabolic diseases or conditions.
US08202877B2
The present application relates to novel aminopyrimidinamides, to processes for their preparation and to their use for controlling animal pests, especially arthropods, in particular insects.
US08202876B2
The invention provides a novel class of compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods of using such compounds to treat or prevent diseases or disorders associated with abnormal or deregulated kinase activity, particularly diseases or disorders that involve abnormal activation of the Abl, ARG, BCR-Abl, BRK, EphB, Fms, Fyn, KDR, c-Kit, LCK, PDGF-R, b-Raf, c-Raf, SAPK2, Src, Tie2 and TrkB kinases.
US08202873B2
The present invention provides selective 5-HT7 receptor antagonist compounds of Formula I and their use in the treatment of migraine, persistent pain, and anxiety: where A and B are each independently —C(H)═ or —N═, provided that at least one of A and B is —N═, n is 1-3, m is 0-3, and R1-4 are as defined herein.
US08202866B2
The present invention is directed to a compound of formula I, and processes for the manufacture of said compounds as well as medicaments containing said compound. The compounds according to this invention show anti-proliferative and differentiation-inducing activity and are thus useful for the treatment of diseases such as cancer in humans or animals.
US08202856B2
The invention relates to compounds of formula I: wherein R1, R2,Ra, Rb, X have the meanings given in claim 16. The compounds are useful e.g. in the treatment of autoimmune disorders, such as multiple sclerosis.
US08202839B1
The invention discloses a pharmaceutical composition of bioactive nanoparticles composed of chitosan, poly-glutamic acid, and a bioactive agent for oral delivery. The chitosan-based nanoparticles are characterized with a positive surface charge and enhanced permeability for oral drug delivery.
US08202838B2
The present invention relates to methods for the treatment of headache and headache disorders. The methods comprise administration of an oxytocin peptide for the treatment of primary and secondary headaches or trigeminal neuralgia.
US08202834B2
The present invention provides methods and compounds for regulating fat metabolism and achieving fat homeostasis in a subject. Methods and compound for regulating body weight, reducing body fat, and inducing weight loss are also provided, as are methods and compounds for treating or preventing obesity and for preventing or treating conditions associated with altered fat metabolism including, e.g., obesity, diabetes, atherosclerosis, etc.
US08202832B2
The present invention relates to a nano-clay composite and a composition for fabricating the same. The nano-clay composite of the invention is formed by compounding a composition comprising a polymer, a surfactant, a polymer modification component, and micro/nano powders. The nano-clay composite is flexible to completely adhere to cleaning surfaces to remove unwanted materials via the release of surfactant, as well as the scrubbing effect produced by the friction between micro/nano powders and the surface.
US08202830B2
A cleaning composition for removing soils includes an aluminum salt, a hydroxydicarboxylate, an alkalinity source and optionally, a surfactant system. The cleaning composition has a pH of between about 9 and about 14.
US08202821B2
Provided is a thermal recording material superior in color development sensitivity, and having good preservation properties such as in heat resistance, moisture resistance, water resistance and the like.A thermal recording material comprising a support and a thermal recording layer comprising a colorless or pale basic leucodye and a developer to develop color of the basic leucodye, wherein the aforementioned developer comprises a first developer which is a condensate or condensed composition represented by the following formula (I) and a second developer other than the first developer, and the proportion of the first developer to the total amount of the developers is not less than 2 wt % and less than 50 wt %: wherein R is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a lower alkyl group, an alkoxyl group, a cyano group, a nitro group, an aryl group or an aralkyl group, R in the number of m may be the same or different, m is an integer of 0 to 3, n is an integer of 0 to 3, and X and Y are each a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aryl group.
US08202820B2
A mixed anatase-rutile phase, non-stoichiometric titania photocatalyst material is a highly reactive and is a UV and visible light responsive photocastalyst in the as-deposited condition (i.e. without the need for a subsequent thermal treatment). The mixed phase, non-stoichiometric titania thin film material is non-stoichiometric in terms of its oxygen content such that the thin film material shows a marked red-shift in photoresponse.
US08202818B2
The present invention relates to a catalyst composition for preparing carbon nanotube and a process for preparing carbon nanotube using the same. More particularly, this invention relates to a process for preparing carbon nanotube by the chemical vapor deposition method through the decomposition of lower saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbons using a multi-component metal catalyst composition containing active metal catalyst from Co, V, Al and inactive porous support. Further, the present invention affords the carbon nanotube having 5˜30 nm of diameter and 100˜10,000 of aspect ratio in a high catalytic yield.
US08202811B2
To provide a manufacturing apparatus of a semiconductor device, which does not use a stepper in a manufacturing process in the case where mass production of semiconductor devices is carried out by using a large-sized substrate. A thin film formed over a substrate having an insulating surface is selectively irradiated with a laser beam through light control means, specifically through an electro-optical device to cause ablation; accordingly, the thin film is partially removed, thereby processing the thin film in a remaining region into a desired shape. The electro-optical device functions as a variable mask by inputting an electrical signal based on design CAD data of the semiconductor device.
US08202809B2
A semiconductor device manufacturing method includes: forming a layer on a heated substrate by supplying source gas into a process vessel; changing the layer into an oxide layer by supplying gases containing oxygen and hydrogen to the heated substrate in the process vessel under a pressure lower than atmospheric pressure; and forming an oxide film on the heated substrate by alternately repeating the forming of the layer and the changing of the layer while purging an inside of the process vessel therebetween. In the forming of the layer, the source gas is supplied toward the substrate through a nozzle at a side of the substrate, and inert or hydrogen-containing gas is supplied together with the source gas through the nozzle toward the substrate, such that the velocity of the source gas flowing parallel to the substrate is greater than the velocity of the inert gas flowing parallel to the substrate in the purging of the process vessel.
US08202800B2
A method of forming a through silicon via (TSV) structure includes forming an interconnect pad over a substrate. An under layer is formed over the interconnect pad. A vertical conductive post is formed at least partially through the substrate. At least one dummy structure is formed at least partially through the under layer. A top pad is formed over the dummy structure and the vertical conductive post. The top pad covers a wider area than a cross section of the vertical conductive post. The interconnect pad is electrically connected to the top pad. The dummy structure connects the top pad and the under layer thereby fastening the top pad and the interconnect pad.
US08202791B2
A method for fabricating an integrated circuit device is disclosed. The method includes providing a substrate; forming a first hard mask layer over the substrate; patterning the first hard mask layer to form one or more first openings having a first critical dimension; performing a first implantation process on the substrate; forming a second hard mask layer over the first hard mask layer to form one or more second openings having a second critical dimension; and performing a second implantation process.
US08202786B2
A method for manufacturing semiconductor devices is disclosed. A semiconductor wafer is provided having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. A first glass substrate is provided which has at least one of cavities and openings at the bonding surface. The first glass substrate is bonded to the first surface of the semiconductor wafer such that the metal pads are arranged within respective cavities or openings of the first glass substrate. The second surface of the semiconductor wafer is machined. At least one metallization region is formed on the machined second surface of the semiconductor wafer.
US08202784B2
A semiconductor device having high aspect ratio isolation trenches and a method for manufacturing the same is presented. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a first insulation layer, and a second insulation layer. The semiconductor substrate has a second trench that is wider than a first trench. The first insulation layer is partially formed within the wider second trench in which the first insulation layer when formed clogs the opening of the narrower first trench. A cleaning of the first insulation layer unclogs the opening of the narrower first trench in which a second insulation layer can then be formed within both the first and second trenches.
US08202782B2
A method of manufacturing a transistor (300), the method comprising forming a gate (101) on a substrate (102), forming a spacer (201) on lateral side walls of the gate (101) and on an adjacent portion (202) of the substrate (102), modifying material of the spacer (201) so that the modified spacer (301) covers only a lower portion (303) of the lateral side walls of the gate (101), and providing source/drain regions (301) in the modified spacer (301).
US08202780B2
A method for manufacturing a FinFET device includes: providing a substrate having a mask disposed thereon; covering portions of the mask to define a perimeter of a gate region; removing uncovered portions of the mask to expose the substrate; covering a part of the exposed substrate with another mask to define at least one fin region; forming the at least one fin and the gate region through both masks and the substrate, the gate region having side walls; disposing insulating layers around the at least one fin and onto the side walls; disposing a conductive material into the gate region and onto the insulating layers to form a gate electrode, and then forming source and drain regions.
US08202772B2
Semiconductor devices and methods of making the devices are described. The devices can be junction field-effect transistors (JFETs). The devices have raised regions with sloped sidewalls which taper inward. The sidewalls can form an angle of 5° or more from vertical to the substrate surface. The devices can have dual-sloped sidewalls in which a lower portion of the sidewalls forms an angle of 5° or more from vertical and an upper portion of the sidewalls forms an angle of <5° from vertical. The devices can be made using normal (i.e., 0°) or near normal incident ion implantation. The devices have relatively uniform sidewall doping and can be made without angled implantation.
US08202750B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor laser having an end face window structure, by growing over a substrate a nitride type Group III-V compound semiconductor layer including an active layer including a nitride type Group III-V compound semiconductor containing at least In and Ga, the method includes the steps of: forming a mask including an insulating film over the substrate, at least in the vicinity of the position of forming the end face window structure; and growing the nitride type Group III-V compound semiconductor layer including the active layer over a part, not covered with the mask, of the substrate.
US08202748B2
A manufacturing method of a liquid crystal display apparatus, including disposing a pair of substrates to face each other, on which no surface alignment control films are formed; sealing a liquid crystal to which a polymerizable compound is added, between these substrates; polymerizing the polymerizable compound by irradiating UV rays when no voltage is applied; and forming a polymer near the surfaces of the substrates. The anchoring energy for the liquid crystal molecules on the substrate surface is controlled by controlling the composition, the adding amount and the polymerizing conditions of the polymerizable compound.
US08202745B2
A submount for mounting an LED chip includes a substrate, a die attach pad configured to receive an LED chip on an upper surface of the substrate, a first meniscus control feature on the substrate surrounding the die attach pad and defining a first encapsulant region of the upper surface of the substrate, and a second meniscus control feature on the substrate surrounding the first encapsulant region and defining a second encapsulant region of the upper surface of the substrate. The first and second meniscus control features may be substantially coplanar with the die attach pad. A packaged LED includes a submount as described above and further includes an LED chip on the die attach pad, a first encapsulant on the substrate within the first encapsulant region, and a second encapsulant on the substrate within the second encapsulant region and covering the first encapsulant. Method embodiments are also disclosed.
US08202739B2
A semiconductor device is formed by implanting recess markers in a material during deposition and using the recess markers during etching of the material for precise in-situ removal rate definition and removal homogeneity-over-radius definition. An embodiment includes depositing a layer of material on a substrate, implanting first and second dopants in the material at first and second predetermined times during deposition of the material, etching the material, detecting the depths of the first and second dopants during etching, calculating the removal rate of the material in situ from the depths of the first and second dopants, and determining from the removal rate a stop position for etching. Embodiments further include depositing a layer of material on a substrate, laterally implanting a first dopant and a second dopant in the material at a predetermined depth during deposition of the material, etching the material, detecting the positions and intensities of the first and second dopants during etching, and calculating lateral homogeneity of the material in situ from the intensities of the first and second dopants. Embodiments further include in situ corrective action for the removal process based on the determined removal rate and lateral homogeneity.
US08202723B2
Described are vaccines comprising recombinant vectors, such as recombinant adenoviruses. The vectors comprise heterologous nucleic acids encoding at least two antigens from one or more tuberculosis-causing bacilli. Also described is the use of specific protease recognition sites linking antigens through which the encoded antigens are separated upon cleavage. After cleavage, the antigens contribute to the immune response in a separate manner. The recombinant vectors may comprise a nucleic acid encoding the protease cleaving the linkers and separating the antigens. Also described is the use of genetic adjuvants encoded by the recombinant vectors, wherein such genetic adjuvants may also be cleaved through the presence of the cleavable linkers and the specific protease.
US08202722B2
For heating or cooling a sample contained in a vessel portion through a heat transfer member held in contact with the vessel portion, there is used the vessel portion, which has a part formed of an elastic member, expands and contracts for injection and discharge of the sample, is closed other than a connecting port with a channel connected to the vessel, and expands and contracts for injection and discharge of the sample. The vessel portion expands correspondingly to the injection when the sample is injected through an inflow path serving as the channel into the vessel portion contracting in a non-contacting state with the heat transfer member. A predetermined amount of sample is injected into the vessel portion so as to expand the vessel portion, and the vessel portion comes into contact with the heat transfer member. The vessel portion is heated or cooled through the heat transfer member.
US08202714B2
Provided are a novel microorganism and a method for purifying 2,6-naphthalene dicarboxylic acid with high purity using the microorganism. The microorganism is Pseudomonas sp. Strain HN-72 isolated from soil and has the ability to convert 2-formyl-6-naphthoic acid contained as an impurity in a crude naphthalene dicarboxylic acid, which is an oxidation product of 2,6-dimethylnaphthalene, to 2,6-naphthalene dicarboxylic acid. The Pseudomonas sp. strain HN-72 has excellent effects in producing high-purity 2,6-naphthalene dicarboxylic acid in high yield.
US08202713B2
Pythium, when cultured with crude glycerol as a carbon source, produces useful polyunsaturated fatty acids such as eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA). The crude glycerol is pretreated to remove soaps and methanol. An exemplary Pythium species for use in the production of EPA is Pythium irregulare.
US08202711B2
The present invention relates to a process for producing efficiently glutamic acid derivatives (including salts thereof) such as monatin by converting a substituted α-keto acid of formula (1) into a glutamic acid derivative of formula (2) in the presence of an enzyme catalyzing conversion of the same.
US08202690B2
A novel cancer marker is provided. A method for detecting cancer using a level of BMCC1 gene expression as an indication is provided, in which the cancer is selected from the group consisting of prostate cancer, lung cancer, gastric cancer, bladder cancer, and uterine cancer.
US08202684B2
An embodiment of the invention provides a method for manufacturing a probe sheet in which a probe tip can be arranged at a predetermined accurate position without the need for troublesome positional adjustment operations of the probe tip in coupling operations of each contactor and a probe sheet main body. It is a method for manufacturing a probe sheet comprising a probe sheet main body having conductive paths and a plurality of contactors formed to be protruded from one surface of the probe sheet main body and connected to the conductive paths. The manufacturing method comprises the steps of forming a plurality of the contactors on a base table by sequentially depositing on the base table metal materials for a plurality of contactors from their respective probe tips toward base portions with use of a photolithographic technique, forming on the base table the probe sheet main body to be coupled with the base portion of each contactor held on the base table, and separating the contactors from the base table integrally with the probe sheet main body.
US08202680B2
Various lithography methods are disclosed herein. In an example, a method includes forming a resist layer over a substrate; forming a coating material layer that includes one of an acid and a chelate compound over the resist layer; and exposing the resist layer and the coating material layer to radiation, wherein during the exposing, the one of the acid and the chelate compound in the coating material layer substantially neutralizes any quencher that diffuses into the coating material layer from the resist layer.
US08202673B2
A method is disclosed in which a plurality of variable shaped beam (VSB) shots is used to form a desired pattern on a surface. In this method some shots within the plurality of shots overlap each other. Additionally, the union of any subset of the plurality of shots differ from the desired pattern. In some embodiments, dosages of the shots vary with respect to each other. In other embodiments, an optimization technique may be used to minimize shot count. In yet other embodiments, the plurality of shots may be optionally selected from one or more pre-computed VSB shots or groups of VSB shots. The method of the present disclosure may be used, for example, in the process of manufacturing an integrated circuit by optical lithography using a reticle, or in the process of manufacturing an integrated circuit using direct write.
US08202644B2
An electrochemical storage cell is disclosed. The cell includes a core having a cathode sheet, an anode sheet, and a separator sheet. The core is located snuggly within a shell having an open end. An end cap assembly is provided to close the open end. A terminal in electrical communication with one of the cathode sheet and the anode sheet extends through the end cap from an interior portion of the electrochemical storage cell to an external portion thereof. A protection cover that generally conforms to the outermost portions of the end cap assembly is provided and includes a first cover half having a first mating structure and a second cover half having a second mating structure for engagement with the first mating structure. The first and second cover halves are adapted for assembly with one another about the terminal.
US08202639B2
A fuel cell (FC) comprising a stack (A) of bipolar plates and ion exchange membranes arranged alternately, the stack (A) being clamped between two endplates (B and C), the stack (A) comprising feed and return ducts for the fluids required for the operation of the cell, said fluids comprising at least one fuel gas, the ducts communicating with a fluid management system comprising elements for controlling certain operating parameters, elements for recycling gases not consumed by the cell and elements for eliminating the water produced by the cell, said installation comprising connections for feeding gases to the cell, in which the fluid management system is at least partly integrated inside one of the endplates.
US08202632B2
An anthracene derivative represented by the general formula (G1) is provided. The anthracene derivative represented by the general formula (G1) is a novel anthracene derivative having a wide band gap. Further, the anthracene derivative has a large energy gap and can be very suitably used as a material for a light-emitting element which exhibits blue light emission.
US08202628B2
The present invention is a fusion-bonded product having a high-strength part, comprising: a first preform (2a) constituted by integrally, frictionally pressure-welding a first low-carbon steel part (L1) made of low-carbon steel containing less than 0.45% of C and a high-carbon steel part (H) made of high-carbon steel containing not less than 0.45% of C; and a second preform (2b) having a second low-carbon steel part (L2) made of second low-carbon steel containing less than 0.45% of C; wherein the high-carbon steel part (H) of the first preform (2a) is provided with a high-strength part (9) that has been previously formed into a desired shape and quenched, the second low-carbon steel part (L2) of the second preform (2b) has been previously formed into a predetermined shape, and the first low-carbon steel part (L1) of the first preform (2a) and the second low-carbon steel part (L2) of the second preform (2b) are bonded to each other by fusion welding.
US08202627B2
The invention provides a method and system for electrolytically coating an article. The method includes providing an article to be coated and disposing the article in an electrolytic cell. The cell includes an anode, a cathode in operable communication with the article, and an electrolyte bath. During electrolysis, the electrolyte bath comprises cobalt ions, phosphorous acid, and tribological particles selected from the group consisting of refractory materials, solid lubricants and mixtures thereof dispersed therein. The method further includes applying steady direct electric current through the anode, the electrolyte bath and the cathode to coat the article with cobalt, phosphorous and the tribological particles. An improved composition of matter is also provided that may be used as a coating, or the composition may be electroformed on a mandrel to form an article made from the composition of matter.
US08202622B2
The present invention is a circuit connecting material used for the mutual connection of a circuit member in which electrodes and insulating layers are formed adjacent to each other on the surface of a board, and a circuit member in which electrodes and insulating layers are formed adjacent to each other on the surface of a board, with the edge parts and of the insulating layers being formed with a greater thickness than the electrodes on the basis of the main surfaces, wherein this circuit connecting material contains a bonding agent composition and conductive particles that have a mean particle size of 1 μm or greater but less than 10 μm and a hardness of 1.961 to 6.865 GPa, and this circuit connecting material exhibits a storage elastic modulus of 0.5 to 3 GPa at 40° C. and a mean coefficient of thermal expansion of 30 to 200 ppm/° C. at from 25° C. to 100° C. when subjected to the curing treatment.
US08202614B2
Additive particles may be employed in sufficient amounts to impart superhydrophobicity to a coating system in which the additive particles are incorporated. The additive particles include carrier microparticles and a dense plurality of nanoparticles adhered to the surfaces of the carrier microparticles (e.g., preferably by electrostatic deposition or covalent bonding). The additive particles are advantageously incorporated into a coating material (e.g., a polymeric material) in amounts sufficient to render a substrate surface superhydrophobic when coated with the coating material. The substrate may be rigid (e.g., glass, ceramic or metal) or flexible (e.g., a polymeric film or sheet or a fabric). In some preferred embodiments, both the microparticle and nanoparticles are formed of silica and are surface treated with a hydrophobic treatment so as to impart superhydrophobic properties thereto. Especially preferred are particles treated with silicone fluid comprised of a polysiloxane and/or a perfluoro silane having between 1 and 40 carbon atoms.
US08202613B2
Disclosed are multilayer pellets comprising a core of a first material comprising a first thermoplastic resin and a sheath layer of a second material comprising a second thermoplastic resin, the sheath layer surrounding the core, wherein (i) the first thermoplastic resin has a melt index, measured at a temperature of 230° C. and a load of 21.2 N, of 200 g/10 min or more, provided that the melt index of the second thermoplastic resin measured at a temperature of 230° C. and a load of 21.2 N is different from that of the first thermoplastic resin or (ii) the first thermoplastic resin is a modified thermoplastic resin having a structure originating in a compound having an unsaturated group.
US08202612B2
A heat-sealable, peelable, coextruded composite polymeric film comprising a substrate layer of polymeric material having on a surface thereof a heat-sealable layer, wherein said heat-sealable layer comprises a copolyester of least one aromatic dicarboxylic acid, at least one aliphatic dicarboxylic acid and one or more glycol(s); the thickness of said heat-sealable layer is in the range of from about 0.3 to about 3 μm; and the heat-sealable layer comprises one or more wax(es) is described.
US08202603B2
An elastic sheet structure including a fixing section, a body section perpendicularly connected to the fixing section, an elastic section, and two support sections is provided. The elastic section perpendicularly connects to the body section so that a portion of the elastic section is substantially parallel to the fixing section. Two support sections perpendicularly connect to two opposite sides of the body section. The support sections are supported by the fixing section, and are higher than the body section concurrently with respect to the fixing section. The elastic section is located between and movable with respect to the two support sections, and a top of the elastic section is higher than a top of each support section concurrently with respect to the fixing section.
US08202600B2
A sheet of an artificial leather substrate contains an upper-layer nonwoven fabric A (1) and a base nonwoven fabric B (2). The upper-layer nonwoven fabric A (1) is a wet-laid nonwoven fabric having a density of 0.30 to 0.50 g/cm3 and being produced with synthetic fibers in which the component fibers have a fineness of 0.005 to 1.1 dtex, a fiber length of 3 to 10 mm and a weight per unit area of 20 to 150 g/m2, and the base nonwoven fabric B (2) is a layer of a nonwoven fabric having a density of 0.15 g/cm3 or more and less than 0.28 g/cm3 and being produced with synthetic fibers in which the component fibers have a fineness greater than that of the component fibers of the upper-layer nonwoven fabric A and 4.5 dtex or less, a fiber length of 2 to 15 mm and a weight per unit area of 50 to 400 g/m2. The upper-layer nonwoven fabric A (1) and the base nonwoven fabric B (2) are layered, made into a single body by entanglement of the component fibers of both layers and impregnated with an elastic polymer. Thus, artificial leather having a texture similar to natural leather and a substrate for use therein are provided at low cost.
US08202585B2
An inkjet printing system, comprises an inkjet printer, an ink composition, and an inkjet recording media comprising a support, and coated on the support in order from the support, a porous base layer and a porous uppermost layer, each with particular limitations The inkjet recording media and printer system is manufacturable using low-cost materials in an efficient process requiring only a single coating and drying step and that gives images with excellent gloss, color density, and image quality.
US08202579B2
A composition having a polyurethane, a hydrophilic polyisocyanate, a wetting agent, and a fluoropolymeric additive can be disposed on a substrate such as a fabric to provide water-repellant characteristics. The urethane-coated substrate can then be fabricated into a water storage container.
US08202565B2
A flux spraying system controls a flux sprayer to selectively spray soldering flux onto a printed circuit board (PCB) by a fixture. The fixture is disposed between the PCB and the flux sprayer, and comprises a plurality of openings corresponding to target areas of the PCB. The flux spraying system comprises a statistic module, a calculation module, and a control module. The statistic module records attributes of the fixture to determine spraying areas on the fixture. The calculation module calculates movement parameters of the flux sprayer, a movement length during a movement period and spraying segments of the flux sprayer, and spray duration of the flux sprayer based on the movement length during one movement period and the spraying segments of the flux sprayer. The control module directs the flux sprayer to coat the target areas of the PCB through the openings of the fixture.
US08202564B2
The present disclosure provides a method for forming a color pattern on a medical device.
US08202559B2
An improved method of preparing vegetables intended for microwave cooking allows a hot, cooked vegetable to be easily removed from an enveloping film. The vegetables are cleaned and seasonings and cooking aids such as oils are optionally applied to the vegetable. Then the prepared vegetables are enclosed by and sealed into a plastic film. The film protects the vegetable from excess desiccation and provides a “built-in” container for microwave cooking. The film includes an opening system for safely releasing the vegetable after cooking. A tear-strip includes an edge or tab for grasping so that the film can be opened by a simple pull.
US08202553B2
Methods for preparing improved Panax Notoginseng saponin fraction from a Sanchi extract and its use in pharmaceutical compositions for treating or preventing a blood circulation disorder.
US08202547B2
The present invention constitutes dialysate formulations that are suitable for use in preparing dialysate solutions for use in batch and/or proportioning systems and for improving dialysis efficiency by reducing or preventing clotting of the dialysis flow paths. The dialysate chemical formulations for one batch of dialysate comprise an acid concentrate stored in a first vessel, and a citrate-containing bicarbonate concentrate stored in a second vessel. The contents of the first and second vessels are emptied into a dialysate preparation tank and mixed with water to form a batch quantity of dialysate solution. Alternately, a dry acid and/or a dry citrate-containing base concentrates are dissolved separately in measured quantities of water to form liquid concentrates which are then used in conjunction with a proportioning machine to generate on-line a final dialysis solution stream.
US08202540B1
The invention relates to superfine microparticles and nanoparticles and a process for their gentle preparation with exclusion of water or minimization of water and/or exclusion of plasticizers and/or reduced temperature load, in which a matrix material is subjected to a high-pressure homogenization process in an anhydrous or water-poor medium and/or at low temperatures, preferably room temperature (20° C.) and in particular below the freezing point of water, which leads to a gentle particle reduction with minimization of the impairment of the chemical stability of the homogenized material.
US08202528B2
Implantable medical devices with elastomeric block copolymer coatings are disclosed.
US08202523B2
The invention provides various high mannose glycosylated polypeptides that are useful in a vaccine formulations. The invention also provides methods for making such glycosylated polypeptides and its uses in eliciting HIV-neutralizing antibodies.
US08202521B2
The present invention provides methods and compositions for modulating an immune response in a subject, comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of an A35R protein or active fragment thereof of vaccinia virus or other poxvirus.
US08202512B2
A combination of chemical agents reduces reductive stress by limiting the accumulation of high-energy electrons potentially available to the electron transport chain. A method of metabolic uncoupling therapy comprises: analyzing a specific physiologic process involving reductive stress; identifying a plurality of MUT agents that modulate metabolic pathways by influencing electron flux; and formulating a combination of MUT agents that limits the accumulation of high-energy electrons potentially available to the electron transport chain.
US08202507B2
The invention provides methods for labeling vitamin B12 with 14C, 13C, tritium, and deuterium. When radioisotopes are used, the invention provides for methods of labeling B12 with high specific activity. The invention also provides labeled vitamin B12 compositions made in accordance with the invention.
US08202506B2
A porous, crystalline material is described having the framework structure of ZSM-12 and a composition involving the molar relationship: X2O3:(n)YO2 wherein X is a trivalent element, Y is a tetravalent element and n is less than about 45, e.g., less than about 40, wherein the average crystal size of the material is less than about 0.1 micron, which material is substantially free of impurities. The material is made by: (a) preparing a mixture capable of forming said material, said mixture comprising sources of alkali or alkaline earth metal (M), an oxide of trivalent element (X), an oxide of tetravalent element (Y), hydroxyl (OH−) ions, water, and an organic monoquaternary ammonium cation directing agent (R) and an organic diquaternary ammonium structure blocking agent (R′); (b) maintaining the mixture under sufficient conditions until crystals of said material are formed; and (c) recovering the crystalline material from step (ii). The material can be used as a hydrocarbon conversion process catalyst.
US08202505B2
An aligned carbon nanotube bulk structure capable of attaining high density and high hardness not found so far. The aligned carbon nanotube bulk structure has a plurality of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) applied with a density-increasing treatment, and having alignment in a predetermined direction, the structure has a degree of anisotropy of 1:3 or more between the direction of alignment and the direction vertical to the direction of alignment, and the intensity by irradiating X-rays along the direction of alignment is higher than the intensity by irradiating X-rays from the direction vertical to the direction of alignment at a (002) peak in X-ray diffraction data, and the degree of alignment thereof satisfies predetermined conditions.
US08202503B2
Particular aspects provide novel devices and methods for accurately measuring total ammonia (NH3 plus NH4+) in a solution (e.g., freshwater and saltwater) by spatially proximate, simultaneous and continuous quantitative measurement of solution pH and ammonia. The devices overcome prior art inaccuracies relating to non-homogeneous sampling, and to spatial, temporal and thermal sampling discontinuities. Particular embodiments provide a combination pH and ammonia measuring device, comprising: a submersible member; a submersible non-bleeding ammonia-sensing portion attached to the submersible member and suitable to provide for a continuous visual indicator of solution ammonia concentration; a submersible non-bleeding pH-sensing portion attached to the submersible member and suitable to provide for a continuous visual indicator of solution pH; visual ammonia and pH indicator comparison means suitable for comparative quantitative determination of solution ammonia concentration and pH. Additional aspects provide novel ultra-sensitive devices and methods using same for measuring ammonia in air or solution.
US08202502B2
The invention provides hydrophobic surface-treated silica particles having (1) a ratio T2:T3 of about 0.4 or more, wherein T2 is the intensity of a peak having a chemical shift in the CP/MAS 29Si NMR spectrum centered within the range of −56 ppm to −59 ppm, and wherein T3 is the intensity of a peak having a chemical shift in the CP/MAS 29Si NMR spectrum centered within the range of −65 ppm to −69 ppm, and (2) a ratio (T2+T3)/(T2+T3+M) of greater than about 0.05, wherein M is the intensity of a peak having a chemical shift in the CP/MAS 29Si NMR spectrum centered within the range of +7 ppm to +18 ppm. The invention also provides a method of preparing hydrophobic surface-treated silica particles.
US08202501B2
The invention relates to a method for preparing a synthetic talc composition. According to said method, a kerolite composition is subjected to an anhydrous thermal treatment carried out at a pressure lower than 5 bar, from over a few hours up to over a few days, at a treatment temperature higher than 300° C. The invention also relates to a synthetic talc composition prepared in this way, the synthetic talc particles of the composition being exclusively of chemical formula —(Si4)Mg3O10(OH)2— and identifiable, during X-ray diffraction, by the presence of a characteristic diffraction peak located at a distance of between 9.40-9.68 and corresponding to a plane (001). Said synthetic talc particles also have a thermally stable crystalline structure of stacked laminae, which is very similar to that of a natural talc and has a particle size smaller than approximately ten micrometers.
US08202496B2
A molecule is separated from a liquid sample containing said molecule and at least one additional molecule having a larger hydrodynamic diameter than the hydrodynamic diameter of the molecule to be separated, by means of a separation device comprising a substrate, at least one circulation channel arranged in said substrate, and at least one nanotube associated with said molecule to be separated and formed on a free surface of the substrate. Separation is achieved by means of the internal channel of a nanotube, such as a carbon nanotube, presenting an effective diameter chosen in predetermined and controlled manner. The effective diameter of the internal channel is chosen such as to be larger than the hydrodynamic diameter of the molecule to be separated and smaller than the hydrodynamic diameter of the additional molecules of larger hydrodynamic diameters.
US08202489B2
A disposable cassette, preferably for use in analysis technology, has at least one first part in which channel structures are cut out in the surface and a second part covering the first part in a sealing manner, with engagement regions for actuator elements being provided at pre-determined points. The first part and/or the second part are constructed of a rigid material and have a flexible material region associated therewith, with the rigid material and the flexible material region being manufactured in one piece using two-component injection molding technology.
US08202470B2
An indurating furnace has a heating station and an air passage leading to the heating station. A draft of preheated recirculation air is driven through the passage toward the heating station, and is mixed with fuel gas to form a combustible mixture of preheated recirculation air and fuel gas that ignites in the passage. This is accomplished by injecting the fuel gas into the passage in a stream that does not form a combustible mixture with the preheated recirculation air before entering the passage.
US08202466B2
An integrally plastic outlet pipe and making process thereof includes the steps of: a. preparing a mold; b. mold closing at the first opposite position; c. injection molding a semi-finished first part member; d. opening mold to take out a semi-finished upper cover of the wasted second part member; e. mold closing at a second opposite position; f. hot pressing a finished outlet pipe of a third part member and injection molding the semi-finished first part member and the semi-finished upper cover of the second part member; g. mold opening to obtain a finished integrally plastic outlet pipe of the third part member; h. mold closing at the first opposite position again; i. hot pressing the finished outlet pipe and rejection molding the semi-finished first part member and the semi-finished upper cover of the second part member; j. opening mold to acquire a finished integrally plastic outlet pipe.
US08202465B2
A molding process that involves applying heat (17) to a mold billet (12) located in a mold cavity (11) defined by steel inserts (15). A layer (19) of material having a low thermal conductivity of 1-2 BTU/hour/square foot/inch/F.° at 450° F. is positioned contiguously to at least one of the inserts (15) so that a portion (13) of the mold billet (12) in the vicinity of the low thermal conductivity material layer (19) remains cooler than portions of the mold billet that are remote from the layer of material (19). Also, a mold apparatus comprising a mold cavity (11) defined by steel inserts (15) wherein each of the inserts (15) rests on a bed (19) of low thermal conductivity material which is comprised of 38-48 weight-% calcium carbonate, 27-38 weight-% polymerized unsaturated polyester resin, and 20-30 weight-% fiberglass. The mold billet (12) may be configured in the shape of an aircraft landing system brake disc preform (33).
US08202464B2
A method cycle of a method for layerwise production of a tangible object (5) comprises the successive steps of: solidifying a predetermined area of a layer (10) of a liquid (3), said liquid layer adjoining a construction shape (6), so as to obtain a solid layer (14) having a predetermined shape; separating said solid layer from said construction shape; and moving the separated solid layer and the construction shape to a predetermined position relative to one another for letting the liquid flow-in between the separated solid layer and the construction shape. Reduced pressure is applied to at least one fluid, such as the liquid (3).
US08202461B2
A flow element (50) for use with flexible needles and flexible needle assemblies (10) to minimize flow occlusion within a flexible needle (15) is provided. The flow element (50) is particularly suited for uses with a flexible needle (15) for minimizing incidence of post-dural puncture headache. The flow element (50) includes a body having an internal flow path for conducting a fluid through a flexible needle, and an anti-restriction member (56). The anti-restriction member (56) includes an elongated body (58), a proximal end (70) coupled to the body within the internal flow path, and a distal end (60) for positioning at least a portion of the elongated body within a flexible needle. A flexible spinal needle assembly (10) for minimizing flow occlusion through an internal flow path of a flexible needle (15) by unintended kinking that is potentially caused by ligament or muscle layer movements is also provided, hi other embodiments, a flexible spinal needle assembly (10), a flexible spinal needle assembly kit, a method for installing a flexible spinal needle assembly, and a process for producing a flow element are provided.
US08202458B2
The present invention relates to a method for producing profile parts, each having an L-shaped cross-section, or an assembled profile part having, in particular, a T-shaped cross-section. For this purpose a lay-up made of composite fiber material is initially placed on a forming tool. In a further step, the lay-up is deformed by the forming tool to form a profile having a preferably U-shaped cross-section, the profile thus exhibiting the book effect at each opposite end. In a further step, the profile is preferably cut in the longitudinal direction in order to produce two profile parts. The idea on which the invention is based is to allow the layers in the lay-up to shift during the deformation process and subsequently to produce a substantially right-angled chamfered end on the profile parts by means of a cutting process. The disadvantageous formation of corrugations and complex clamping of the lay-up are thus avoided.
US08202445B2
The invention provides a metal polishing composition that is used in chemical mechanical polishing in production of a semiconductor device, and includes an oxidizing agent, an abrasive grain, and at least one compound selected from compounds represented by the following formula (I) and the following formula (II). The invention also provides a chemical mechanical polishing method that uses the metal polishing composition. In formula (I), R1 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, and Ph represents a phenyl ring. In formula (II), R2 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, and Ph represents a phenyl ring.
US08202442B2
New protective coating layers for use in wet etch processes during the production of semiconductor and MEMS devices are provided. The layers include a primer layer, a first protective layer, and an optional second protective layer. The primer layer preferably comprises an organo silane compound in a solvent system. The first protective layer includes thermoplastic copolymers prepared from styrene, acrylonitrile, and optionally other addition-polymerizable monomers such as (meth)acrylate monomers, vinylbenzyl chloride, and diesters of maleic acid or fumaric acid. The second protective layer comprises a highly halogenated polymer such as a chlorinated polymer which may or may not be crosslinked upon heating.
US08202435B2
A method for selectively etching areas of a substrate is described. The method includes providing in a process chamber a substrate containing a first material having a film deposition surface and a second material having an etch surface. The method further includes forming a gas cluster ion beam (GCIB) from a pressurized gas containing a deposition-etch gas, and exposing the substrate to the GCIB to remove at least a portion of the second material from the etch surface and deposit a thin film on the film deposition surface of the first material. According to some embodiments, the deposition-etch gas may contain silicon (Si) and carbon (C), and it may possess a Si—C bond.
US08202432B2
The wastewater treatment system includes a tank having first and second partition walls dividing the tank into first, second and third chambers. An inlet port is formed through the first chamber and an outlet port is formed through the third chamber. A first port is formed through the first partition wall for controlling fluid flow from the first chamber to the second chamber, and a second port is formed through the second partition wall for controlling fluid flow from the second chamber to the third chamber. Oils and sludge are removed from the wastewater in the first chamber. Anaerobic bacteria within the second chamber then removes organic material from the water. The water is stored in the third chamber is irradiated by germicidal ultraviolet light before discharge from the third chamber.
US08202427B2
Porous, ferro- or ferrimagnetic, glass particles are described that selectively bind molecules of interest, especially nucleic acid molecules; under appropriate conditions. Methods of preparing the porous, ferro- or ferrimagnetic, glass particles and their use for identifying or separating molecules of interest are also described. Kits comprising the porous, ferro- or ferrimagnetic, glass particles are also provided.
US08202417B2
New chiral stationary phases (CSPs) based on chiral selectors covalently bound on a solid support were prepared. Chiral selectors were obtained from enantiomerically pure aromatic amines and 3,5-dinitrobenzoic acid and then linked to the support surface through the allylic double bond. Such obtained materials allow enantioseparation of racemates or enantiomerically enriched compounds. These chiral stationary phases can be used as fillings in chromatographic columns for enantiomer separation of naproxen type drugs and other similar non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) by means of high performance liquid chromatography on both the analytical and preparative scale.
US08202399B2
The invention provides a process for comminuting coal or other fuel solids in a shear field, and for optionally coating the solids with catalysts for combustion, liquefaction, and or gasification during the milling process. The process further provides for control of water content in the solids may be controlled before, during and after the milling in order to obtain micronized solids with fine hydration layers. The output fuel solids from the process can burn at low temperatures, avoiding emissions of nitrogen oxides, and they also have improved properties for surfactant-free suspension in either water or oil media, as well as for liquefaction and gasification.
US08202396B2
A clothing for structuring a wet fibre web (1′) in a press section of a tissue papermaking machine is described which has a three-dimensional woven structure forming elevations (62) and depressions (63), said elevations, like the depressions, are repeated and distributed to form a pattern of polygonal, geometrically similar smallest unitary surfaces (64), each of said unitary surfaces having an area a and covering a plurality of depressions with the mean depth d. According to the invention, the area a and the mean depth d of each unitary surface (64) are adapted in relation to each other in such a way that, calculated by the length unit mm, their ratio is equal to or greater than 30 mm, wherein a is selected within the range of 1.0-3.0 mm2 and d is selected within the range of 0.03-0.09 mm. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing a creped tissue paper web by using said structuring clothing.
US08202395B2
A creping doctor device for the scraping off and creping of a running paper web from a rotating cylinder, comprising a holder device arranged to be able to support a continuous, or divided, longitudinally moveable doctor blade, which doctor blade is arranged to have a length that exceeds at least twice the length of said cylinder and is provided with a scraping surface and a contact line and/or contact surface, which contact line and/or contact surface is intended to bear against the jacket surface of said rotating cylinder at a certain linear load, said doctor blade comprising a supporting part and a wear part that is moveable in relation to the supporting part.
US08202394B2
In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device with plasma generated in a process chamber by impressing radio-frequency power, a level of a radio-frequency power for each step is switched over in response to processing in each step upon applying a plurality of processing steps to a semiconductor substrate while holding the semiconductor substrate, and thereby the plurality of steps are carried out successively.
US08202389B2
A composite board comprising a first layer having an orientation and a second layer bonded to the first layer where the second layer comprises a plurality of wooden veneer structures, each wooden veneer structure is substantially perpendicular to the orientation of the first layer.
US08202385B2
The invention relates to a head for application of carbon-fibre strips that has at least two spools (1) conveying respective carbon-fibre strips for the selective feed of said strips and in order thus with said strips to make up the width of the stripping for application. These spools (1) are arranged on a master roller (5) formed by independent sections that are actuated individually by respective rotary transmissions.
US08202383B2
A method for forming a porous PTFE layer includes steps of: combining one or at least two unburned porous PTFE films and a support body that can withstand a heating condition in the following process (a rod or plate shaped support body made of mesh or the like is preferable) by using a predetermined means in such a manner that a slip can be prevented in a heating treatment in the following process; and heating the matter resulted from the above process at a temperature of at least 150° C. and less than the melting point of the PTFE film for the range of 5-120 minutes (preferably at a temperature in the range of the melting point of a thermoplastic resin fiber to 320° C. for the range of 10-60 minutes in the case in which the thermoplastic resin fiber or the like is used in the process).
US08202380B2
A method of manufacturing a hollow core door is disclosed, as well as a corresponding hollow core door. The method includes the steps of providing a solid flat door skin, moisturizing the flat skin, applying a conditioning resin thereto, pre-heating the flat door skin, and thereafter pressing the flat door skin between a pair of heated platens in a press in order to reform the flat skin into a molded skin including a plurality of panels defined therein. The press continuously closes in order to reform the flat skin into the molded skin, with the rate of press closure being a function of the determined hardness of the flat skin to be reformed. The resulting door skins have an improved bond strength, and are efficiently manufactured.
US08202378B2
An apparatus and method adapted to enhance the structural performance of a desired connection and provide a readily perceivable indication of predetermined limitations having being reached prior to actual failure of a connection. A method for enhancing structural performance of a desired structure by preventing fracture propagation.
US08202377B2
A percussion primer composition including at least one explosive, at least one nano-size non-coated fuel particle having natural surface oxides thereon, at least one oxidizer, optionally at least one sensitizer, optionally at least one buffer, and to methods of preparing the same.
US08202374B2
A surface temperature of a slab is decreased down to 600° C. or lower between start of continuous casting (step S2) and start of slab reheating (step S3). The surface temperature of the slab is held at 150° C. or higher between the start of the continuous casting (step s2) and the start of the slab reheating (step S3). The surface temperature of the slab in the slab reheating (step S3) is set to not lower than 1080° C. and not higher than 1200° C.
US08202371B2
A method for rinsing crockery in a dishwashing machine is disclosed. The dishwashing machine includes a circulation pump, a water heater, an upper spray arm and a lower spray arm both alternatively fed by the circulation pump. The method includes the step of heating of the rinsing circulated water up to a maximum predetermined value. The method further includes the step of interrupting the feeding of the lower spray arm when a threshold water temperature is reached so that only the upper spray arm is fed by the circulated water.
US08202370B2
To provide a method for removing an acidic deposit containing a sulfur compound, whereby the terminal point of the cleaning state can be ascertained simply and efficiently without necessity to visually directly observe the cleaning state or to observe the behavior of the pH value of the cleaning fluid. A method for removing an acidic deposit containing a sulfur compound, which comprises contacting the acidic deposit with a prescribed amount of an aqueous cleaning fluid, characterized in that the concentration of sulfate ion (SO42−) in the aqueous cleaning fluid is measured, and the contact with the aqueous cleaning fluid is terminated after the increase per hour of the measured value becomes 15 not more than 10%.
US08202361B2
The invention relates to an aqueous pigment preparation containing (A) at least one organic and/or inorganic pigment, (B) a dispersant of formula (I), (II), (III) or (IV) or mixtures of the dispersants of formula (I), (II), (III) or (IV), (C) optionally wetting agents, (C) optionally other surfactants and/other dispersants, (E) optionally at least one organic solvent or at least one hydrotropic substance, (F) optionally other additives commonly used to produce aqueous pigment dispersions.
US08202351B2
A process for gas purification or separation intended to produce a gas mixture containing mainly hydrogen and, to a minor extent CO, it being imperative for the CO content to remain below a set value is presented. This invention particularly relates to adsorption processes and even more particularly to processes of the PSA (“Pressure Swing Adsorption”) type.
US08202342B2
This invention is directed to systems, devices and methods for treating organic-containing sludges and converting such sludges to high value fertilizers containing both inorganic and organic fertilizer components, which creates an inorganically-augmented bioorganic fertilizer. The invention describes methods to create a thixotrophic or paste-like material via the application of mixing energy to the organic sludge followed by an alkaline treatment and a subsequent ammoniation. The invention further describes a method to increase the plant nutrient content in the organic containing product to a level which permits the finished granular fertilizer product to compete in the commercial agricultural fertilizer marketplace. Further, the invention reduces odors associated with said organic-containing sludges.
US08202340B2
Various high performance, high efficiency filter media are provided that are cost effective and easy to manufacture. In particular, various filter media are provided having at least one layer with a waved configuration that results in an increased surface area, thereby enhancing various properties of the filter media. The filter media can be used to form a variety of filter elements for use in various applications.
US08202333B2
In a shutdown method for a reforming apparatus, shutdown is carried out without exhausting untreated carbon monoxide as it is, the durability of catalyzer is inhibited from being lowered despite the repetition of start-up and shutdown, the shutdown is carried out without lowering the durability of a reforming section, and the shutdown is carried out with a little loss in energy. A control device for the reforming apparatus commences purge of residual gas in the reforming apparatus by stopping the supply of reforming fuel to the reforming section, by stopping the supply of reforming water to an evaporator section, and by supplying the reforming water remaining in the evaporator section to the reforming section while evaporating the reforming water by the utilization of the remaining heat of the reforming apparatus and flows oxidizing air for a predetermined period of time only from the time point of the commencement of the purge.
US08202331B2
When odorant injection systems are inactive, they may accumulate unwanted vapors in the pump mechanism and associated tubing. In order to restart the odorant injection system, it is best to purge the unwanted vapors from the odorant pumps. The present pump purge system facilitates purging of unwanted vapors from odorant injection systems in an environmentally friendly fashion. The pump purge system purifies these vapors before they are vented to atmosphere. In addition, the pump purge system accumulates liquid odorant which is a byproduct of the purging process and stores it in a tank to reduce the likelihood of improper disposal. As an option, the pump purge system may also include a liquid odorant recapture system. The liquid odorant recapture system uses high pressure gas to return accumulated liquid odorant to the odorant injection system to be reused. This liquid odorant recovery system ensures environmentally responsible behavior.
US08202325B2
An orthopedic device is provided which comprises two components that are mounted so as to be pivotable relative to one another. The relative movement of the two components is transmitted as unidirectional mechanical energy by means of a transmitting mechanism which includes an energy accumulator connected to a generator. The mechanical energy is thereby converted to electric power.
US08202324B2
A case for modular neck components for hip implants. The case may include indicators based on independent variables associated with physical characteristics of the implant, including leg length, offset, and anteversion. During surgery, the surgeon may be confronted with a need to change a preoperatively-chosen modular neck. For example, the surgeon may desire a change in at least one of the variables, e.g., leg length, offset, and/or anteversion. The case allows the surgeon to quickly and easily select a different modular neck based on an evaluation of one of the variables without requiring reevaluation of the other variables. A method described herein may include preoperative planning in which a template including a grid coordinate system is used, which advantageously provides an intuitive system for the surgeon both preoperatively and during surgery.
US08202322B2
The subject invention provides a modular six-degrees-of-freedom spatial mechanism for spinal disc prosthesis, with up to three rotational and up to three translational degrees-of-freedom within the entire workspace of a Functional Spinal Unit (FSU). The prosthetic disc mechanism consists of up to three independent cylindrical joints, each joint providing one linear and one rotational degree of freedom. The superior and inferior vertebral plates of the device anchor to the superior and inferior vertebrae of an FSU and the device maintains an inseparable mechanical linkage between those vertebrae for all normal motions and positions of the FSU. The device utilizes resilient spring elements, components that self-adjust in position and orientation, in conjunction with a fiber reinforced boot and toroidal belt, as well as a unique hydraulic damping system to accommodate dynamic and static forces and sudden shocks on the FSU. The device can adjust to maintain the appropriate, but changing, intervertebral spacing during normal FSU motion. Scaling, conjoined with cushioned, joint-limit stops, allows the device to realize almost any nominal spinal articulation, from the cervical to lumbar regions.
US08202313B2
An expandable medical device having a plurality of elongated struts, the plurality of elongated struts being joined together by ductile hinges to form a substantially cylindrical device which is expandable from a cylinder having a first diameter to a cylinder having a second diameter. The plurality of struts and ductile hinges are arranged to improve the spatial distribution of the struts which is particularly important when delivering beneficial agents with the struts. The improved strut arrangement expands to a substantially parallelogram shape for improved beneficial agent distribution to the surrounding tissue. A beneficial agent may be loaded into openings within the struts or coated onto the struts for delivery to the tissue.
US08202312B2
An intravascular stent especially suited for implanting in curved arterial portion. The stent retains longitudinal flexibility after expansion. The stent is formed of intertwined meander patterns forming triangular cells. The cells are adapted to provide radial support, and also provide longitudinal flexibility after expansion. The cells also provide increase coverage of a vessel wall. The stent has a reduced crimped profile due to the differing lengths of adjacent structural members within the cells, resulting in loops which are not aligned around the circumference of the stent. Also, this stent may contain a second type of square cells, which are adapted predominately to minimize flaring of the stent ends and to provide additional stiffness.
US08202308B2
A depth cooling implant system having a probe device implanted inside a targeted area of the brain, such as the medial temporal lobe, for the treatment of epilepsy is disclosed. The probe device includes a heat pipe having a sensor for detecting the temperature of surrounding brain tissue as well as a plurality of recording electrodes for monitoring EEG activity of the brain. Further, the heat pipe defines a proximal portion in operative engagement with a cooling chip that provides a nearly instantaneous cooling effect to the heating pipe in order to immediately cool the targeted area of the brain when an epileptic seizure is detected. The probe device is operatively associated with a probe controller having a computer and battery arrangement that may be implanted in the patient in order to monitor brain activity and selectively activate the cooling chip for cooling the medial temporal lobe in response to an epileptic seizure.
US08202307B2
The present invention relates to a phototherapy equipment, provided with at least one super LED of high luminous radiation, whose application is the treatment of hyperbilirubinemia, constituted by a luminous source formed by a split compact and elongated housing, provided, in its lower and front portion, with a cover containing internally adjustable lenses having one or more phototherapic sources with very high luminous irradiation at blue spectral range, more accurately in the wavelength of 450 nm, containing in the upper part a fan and electrically connected with a microprocessed circuit, which is able to be adjusted through control and programming actuators, having its functions monitored by means a display and a connector for any sensor, or digitized through a connection with a microcomputer.
US08202303B2
Pedicle screws with a closure device for receiving and securing a rod made up of a flexible plastic, for stabilization of a vertebral column. The pedicle screws include a screw-in part, a head part with a U-shaped recess formed by two arms and into which the rod to be held is insertable. The U-shaped recess is closable by a locking element. A clamping screw, put into the locking element, presses an insert on the rod and clamps the latter between a first clamping surface and a second clamping surface. The insert is provided with stop faces by which the clamping action against the rod, transmitted to the insert by the clamping screw during the clamping step, is limited. An optimal connection between rod and pedicle screw is thereby obtained.
US08202290B2
A trocar system includes an obturator handle defining a handle axis and having an axial bore and an obturator cartridge adapted for releasable mounting to the obturator handle. The obturator cartridge includes a cartridge frame and an elongate obturator extending from the cartridge frame and at least partially positionable within the axial bore of the obturator handle. The elongate obturator includes an image transmitting member and having an obturator blade mounted adjacent the image transmitting member. The obturator blade is adapted for movement relative to the image transmitting member between an initial condition and a deployed position. A trigger is mounted to the obturator handle and adapted for releasable operative coupling to the obturator blade. The trigger is movable to cause movement of the obturator blade from at least the initial condition to the deployed position thereof. The obturator cartridge includes a longitudinal opening extending through the cartridge frame and the elongate obturator. The longitudinal opening is adapted to receive an endoscope.
US08202285B2
An athertome assembly comprises a series of spanning and descending members extended between a segmented base and a cutting surface. This athertome assembly configuration provides both flexibility and structural strength which facilitates the implantation of medical devices.
US08202278B2
A sterile drape, system, and method for draping portions of a telerobotic surgical system are provided. In one embodiment, a sterile drape includes an exterior surface adjacent to a sterile field for performing a surgical procedure, and an interior surface forming a cavity for receiving the non-sterile portion of a robotic surgical system, such as a manipulator. The drape further includes an integral cuff including a permanently turned-up fold of the exterior and interior surfaces at an open end of the cavity and a marker on the permanently turned-up fold designating a sterile side and a non-sterile side of the drape.
US08202277B2
A small gauge surgical instrument assembly is shown with advantages such as diminished “play” at the tip. A surgical instrument assembly is also shown with support along a length of the instrument that can be selected by the surgeon. In particular, very small and flexible instruments for vitreous surgery are shown with selectable stiffness, thus providing control as well as access to all parts of the vitreous cavity. Embodiments as shown are safer, and increase the variety of cases for which these instruments can be used.
US08202268B1
An apparatus and process using a high-power, short-pulsed thulium laser to output infrared laser pulses delivered through an optical fiber, for cutting and ablating biological tissue. In some embodiments, the pulse length is shortened sufficiently to keep inside the stress-confined ablation region of operation. In some embodiments, the pulse is shortened to near the stress-confined ablation region of operation, while being slightly in the thermal-constrained region of operation. In some embodiments, the laser is coupled to a small low —OH optical fiber (˜100 μm diameter). In some embodiments, the device has a pulse duration of about 100 ns for efficient ablation; however in some embodiments, this parameter is adjustable.
US08202255B2
A dose display mechanism for a drug delivery device is disclosed. The display mechanism has an elongated dose setting dial with both an external helical thread and external linear grooves extending from one end to the other end. A counter ring is mounted surrounding the setting dial. The counter ring has ribs on its inner surface which engage the grooves and permit the counter ring to move axially along the setting dial but prevent it from rotating relative to the setting dial. Indicia, in the form of digits, are arranged helically on the outer surface of the dose setting dial. The digits are spaced at a pitch which corresponds to the pitch of the external helical threads.
US08202253B1
A catheter insertion apparatus with visual indication of needle penetration of a blood vessel and placement of the catheter cannula within the blood vessel, using blood vessel pressure to indicate needle penetration by the presence of blood within a transparent chamber within the apparatus and the displacement of a plunger to create a negative pressure on the cannula and thus allowing blood to be visible within the catheter hub thereby indicating the introduction of the cannula into the blood vessel.
US08202252B2
The present disclosure is directed to a surgical portal apparatus for use during a minimally invasive procedure. In one aspect, the apparatus includes a housing and a portal member extending distally from the housing, defining a longitudinal axis. The apparatus also has an iris seal including a plurality of leaf members, disposed within the housing. The leaf members are adapted for pivoting relative to the housing, to control the dimensioning of a passage in response to the insertion of a surgical object. The leaf members are not directly linked to each other to provide for off-axis movement of the surgical object. The apparatus further includes an actuation mechanism, including a motor and a sensor, operatively connected to the leaf members and adopted for movement upon the introduction of the surgical object.
US08202251B2
An access device places a medical article within a body space of a patient. The device has a needle that includes an elongated body and a needle hub. The device further includes a dilator and a medical article. A track can extend in a proximal direction from the dilator. The needle hub can slide along at least a portion of the track between a first position and a second position. The device can further include a locking mechanism operably disposed between the track and the needle hub so as to inhibit further axial movement of the needle in the proximal direction when the needle hub is in the second position. The device can further include a guidwire that can bend such that the guidewire can both pass through the needle hub at one end and attach to the needle hub at another end.
US08202245B2
Medical devices and methods of making the devices are described. In some embodiments, a method of making a medical device includes addressing a member including a polymer with energy above an ablation threshold of the polymer, and using the member to make the medical device.
US08202238B2
A thin film integrated circuit which is mass produced at low cost and a method for manufacturing a thin film integrated circuit according to the invention includes the steps of: forming a peel-off layer over a substrate; forming a base film over the peel-off layer; forming a plurality of thin film integrated circuits over the base film; forming a groove at the boundary between the plurality of thin film integrated circuits; and introducing a gas or a liquid containing halogen fluoride into the groove, thereby removing the peel-off layer; thus, the plurality of thin film integrated circuits are separated from each other.
US08202237B2
A portable human body pulsating apparatus has an air pulse generator mounted on a pedestal having wheels to facilitate movement of the apparatus on a surface. The pedestal has an upright piston and cylinder assembly operable to adjust the elevation of the air pulse generator. A reversible thoracic therapy garment is connected with a hose to an air pulse generator which can be selectively located adjacent opposite sides of a person receiving therapy.
US08202232B2
The invention relates to a lancing system having a lancet carrier tape (3) supporting a plurality of lancets (4), a transport means (5, 11, 17) serving to move the lancet carrier tape (3) in a feed or transport direction along a transport path and to thereby move lancets (4) of the lancet carrier tape (3) one after the other to a puncturing position, and a lancing drive (6) for causing a lancet (4) that occupies a puncturing position to perform a puncturing movement. It is provided according to the invention that during a puncturing movement the lancing drive (6) moves a lancet (4), that has been brought to a puncturing position, in the puncturing direction together with a portion of the lancet carrier tape (3) on which that lancet (4) is supported and that once a lancet (4) has been moved to the puncturing position at least one element of the transport means (5, 11, 17), arranged behind the puncturing position in the transport direction, performs a movement before or during the puncturing movement of that lancet (4).
US08202230B2
An oral care implement includes a collection system for oral fluids. Some embodiments of the implement may include an oral care region having a wearable oral member having a thickness that is reduced during use, a reservoir for retaining an oral fluid, a receiver coupled to the oral member for receiving an oral fluid, and a fluid pathway in communication with the receiver to provide the oral fluid to the reservoir.
US08202222B2
An ultrasonic image scanning system for scanning an organic object includes a 2D array probe constructed with transducer elements in both azimuth and elevation dimension. There is a multiplexer disposed in one dimension to route the transducer elements to system front-end channels, while the other dimension can sum into the first dimension with various element number.
US08202213B2
A medical device for examination or treatment based on a reference point, includes: a virtual endoscopic image generation section configured to generate a virtual endoscopic image of a bronchus from a plurality of different line-of-sight positions using three-dimensional image data of the bronchus of a subject that is obtained in advance; an image retrieval section configured to retrieve a virtual endoscopic image highly similar to an endoscopic image of the bronchus picked up by an image pickup section arranged at a distal end portion of an insertion section; a reference-point setting section configured to set a reference point based on a line-of-sight position of the highly similar virtual endoscopic image; and a relative-position calculation section configured to calculate a relative position of a treatment instrument to the reference point.
US08202211B2
The invention relates to a controllable stomach band (1) comprising a non-extendible rear (4) and a chamber (2) which is arranged on the stomach-side of the rear (4) and is used to control the restriction of the stomach by the supply or discharge of a liquid or a fluid into or out of the chamber (2). The aim of the invention is create one such stomach band (2), with which, during a corresponding rise in pressure in the stomach-restricting chamber (2), triggered for example by the passage of a swallowed bolus, the stomach can be temporarily enlarged to enable the bolus to pass easily and liquid to flow out via the stomach opening. To this end, a pressure chamber (6) is provided outside the rear (4), said pressure chamber being connected to the stomach-restricting chamber (2) by means of a pressure valve (5).
US08202203B2
One embodiment of a portable acrobatic training apparatus (I) with which to support and instruct athletes learning back handsprings having opposing flat vertical ends (16), a resilient arcuate uppermost surface (10), a flat horizontal base (12), and a convex near surface (14). Said trainer apparatus is of approximate elliptical shape, rests on its base until intentionally activated by user, is self-limiting rotationally, and returns to start position automatically following each usage.
US08202195B2
The pinion gear assembly thus includes a first and a second pinion gear arranged with generally parallel axes of rotation. A first and a second washer, referred to herein as stationary washers, are provided. Each of the washers has two openings spaced to generally align with two predetermined, spaced mounting locations on the planet carrier member. The first and the second washers are positioned on opposing sides of the first and second pinion gears, with the axes of rotation of the first and second pinion gears generally centered at the respective spaced openings of the washers. Because the stationary washer spans the two pinion gears, which are secured to the carrier member, the stationary member is operatively connected at two locations to the carrier member, eliminating the need for anti-rotation features and corresponding carrier features.
US08202187B2
A crank-CVT transmission which has a freewheel device connected to an output shaft of the transmission. The device selectively enables and blocks a relative rotation between the device and the output shaft. The transmission further has a switching unit adapted to switch the device and an internal shaft, which can be connected to the output shaft and by a connecting element to a differential. The internal shaft can be displaced in the axial direction of the output shaft. The transmission further has an actuator interacting with the switching unit and adapted to initiate the switch of the device. The actuator has a first mechanism adapted to displace the internal shaft in the axial direction, disconnecting the internal shaft from the differential a second mechanism adapted to drive the switching unit. The second mechanism is coupled to the first mechanism and is driven after the first mechanism.
US08202180B1
A device for use in launching and catching flying discs includes a frame having a handle section and an open forked section. The opened forked section includes a pair of opposing forks wherein each fork has a distal end and a proximal end with the distal end being free and the proximal end adjoining the proximal end of the opposing fork. Flexible material such as nylon netting is strung between the opposing forks in a manner which enables the formation of a relatively deep elongated channel having an open end so that a forceful swing of the device will cause a flying disc placed in the channel to roll in the channel and out through the open end of the channel at a high rate of speed. A method of using the device to launch a flying disc as well as a novel flying disc are also disclosed.
US08202179B2
A golf ball having a plurality of dimples formed on its outer surface, the outer surface of the golf ball being divided into plural areas with dimples configured such that the golf ball is spherically symmetrical as defined by the United States Golf Association (USGA) Symmetry Rules, and such that the golf ball exhibits a lift coefficient (CL) of less than about 0.295 over a range of Reynolds Number (Re) from about 120,000 to about 180,000 and at a spin rate of about 5,000 rpm.
US08202175B2
A golf club head of this invention includes a head body, a weight member attached to the head body, and a fixing unit to fix the weight member at one of a plurality of attachment positions of the head body. The plurality of attachment positions are located on a virtual cylindrical surface having the axis of a shaft to be mounted to the golf club head as a center.
US08202174B2
A golf club includes a golf club head that is generally constructed as a perimeter weighted golf club head and comprises a perimeter body, a hosel, at least one truss member and a face. The truss member extends between portions of the perimeter body to tune the vibration and deflection response of the golf club head in response to a golf ball impact.
US08202172B1
A child's rocking toy provides a body, the body having a lower convex surface and an upper concave surface with a peripheral edge. The upper concave surface has a lower portion with a seat and a seating surface. A handle, handles or a steering wheel is mounted to the upper concave surface at a position next to the peripheral edge. The seating surface is placed in a position well below the peripheral edge and closer to the bottom of the body.
US08202169B2
A transmission system including a damper having a hysteresis package and a flange, wherein the flange includes a first set of splines, an input shaft having a second set of splines arranged about an interior of the input shaft, wherein the first set of splines form an engagement with the second set of splines for transferring torque between the input shaft and the flange, wherein grease is included between the first and second sets of splines for lubricating the engagement of the input shaft and the flange, and a grease trap mounted to the flange located between the input shaft and the hysteresis package for restricting the grease from traveling radially down the flange and into the hysteresis package.
US08202165B2
A tournament feature is herein disclosed. This tournament feature allows asynchronous participations in which, upon or after the tournament feature ending, scores resulting from participations are evaluated to determine a winner to be awarded a prize. In an embodiment, a method of providing the tournament feature comprises conducting a wagering game on a gaming machine; monitoring activity on the gaming machine; generating a tournament participation invitation based on said activity monitoring; detecting the invitation on the gaming machine; providing a tournament participation on the gaming machine, comprising conducting a tournament play sequence depending on which a tournament score is obtained; storing the score with a plurality of scores throughout conduct of the tournament feature; evaluating stored scores after the end of the tournament feature to determine a winning score; and awarding a prize to the player who entered the winning score.
US08202162B2
An impact emulator that provides impact effects to a player of a video game system is provided. The video game system has a magnetic field generator that is able to produce magnetic field to generate a force on a magnet on a remote controller. The amount of magnetic field to be produced is depending on the relative movement of the remote controller and a target element.
US08202160B2
A method for playing a wagering game allows an opportunity to achieve a progressive award. A wager input is received from a player for playing the wagering game. A triggered progressive game includes player-selectable elements, each of the player-selectable elements being capable of association with a progressive-winning outcome. An outcome is assigned to each of the player-selectable elements, wherein a probability that the outcome is a progressive-winning outcome depends upon an amount of the wager input. The player-selectable elements are displayed.
US08202143B1
A poultry paw cutting apparatus can include a conveyor that conveys a plurality of shackles. Each of the shackles can be adapted to hold a poultry paw. A chain can receive the poultry paws from the shackles at a first location and can convey the poultry paws substantially in unison with the shackles to a second location. The poultry paws can be released from the shackles at the second location. A paw cutting station can be positioned along the chain. A first guide member can be located along the chain substantially between the second location and the paw cutting station. The first guide member can be adapted to press the poultry paws against the chain. A method of cutting a poultry paw is also disclosed.
US08202132B2
A pair of confronting and spaced contact surfaces of a predetermined conductive material are electrically interconnected by a spring-type contact that is between the surfaces. The contact has an anchored end secured to one of the surfaces, an opposite free end, and a plurality of blades unitary with and extending between the ends and each having a bowed section engaging a respective contact surface. These bowed sections of the contact extend in opposite directions toward the contact surfaces and form contact points engageable with the respective contact surfaces. A coating on each of the contact points is of a material matched to the conductive material of the contact surfaces.
US08202130B2
A data cable including an electrical line with a plurality of line leads, an electrical shield, a molded piece including first counterpart form-locking elements and a housing enclosing the molded piece, wherein the housing has a central opening. The data cable further including a plug connector disposed on an end of the data cable, wherein the plug connector is electrically connected to the shield, wherein the plug connector includes a bush that is enclosed by the molded piece. The bush includes a deep-drawn tube and a bead with second form-locking elements which with the counterpart form-locking elements form a first form-locking connection, wherein an outer contour of the molded piece and an inner contour of the central opening of the housing form a second form-locking connection.
US08202127B2
An electrical connector includes an insulated housing and a plurality of contact loaded in the insulated housing. The insulated housing defines an uninterrupted longitudinal slot extending in a first direction and through a mating face in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction the slot having a first and a second inner side faces facing to each other. The first inner side defines a groove extending through the mating face in the second direction. Each contacts includes a retaining portion retained in the insulated housing, a contacting portion exposing in the slot and a tail portion. The contacting portions defines a mating orientation along which the contacting portions contact with corresponding contacts of a counter electrical connector intended to be inserted in the slot. The plurality of contacts includes a first group and a second group of contacts lined along the first side face of the slot at opposite sides of the groove, and a third group, a forth group and a fifth group of contacts lined along the second side face. The third group of contacts are aligned with the groove, the forth group of contacts faces to the first group of contacts and the fifth group of contacts faces to the second group of contacts in a third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions.
US08202126B2
A connector comprising an insulative housing that has a top, a bottom, a first side, a second side wherein all four sides are connected to form a mating face and a board-mounting end; a plurality of terminals supported in the housing and terminating at the board-mounting end wherein each terminal further comprises a contact portion configured to establish electrical contact with a complementary mating connector, a solder tail that extends out of the housing at the board-mounting end, a body portion that is disposed intermediate the contact portion and the solder tail and which interconnect them together; and at least one solder bracket coupled to the housing wherein a major portion of the solder bracket lies within the profile of the housing.
US08202118B2
A differential connector has a plurality of rows. Each row includes a plurality of signal conductors provided as differential pairs. Each signal conductor has a first contact end connectable to a printed circuit board, a second contact end, and an intermediate portion having a first width. For each differential pair, one first contact end lies along a first line parallel to the plurality of rows and the other first contact end lies along a second line parallel to and spaced from the first line. The differential connector further includes a plurality of ground conductors, with each ground conductor corresponding to a differential pair. Each ground conductor has a first contact end connectable to the printed circuit board, a second contact end, and an intermediate portion having a second width that is at least twice the first width.
US08202117B2
An electrical connector (100) includes a first contact module (21), a second contact module (22), and a shielding plate (3) disposed adjacent to the second contact module. The first contact module includes a first insulative body (211) and a number of first contacts (212) mounted on the first insulative body. Each of the first contacts includes a first contact portion (213) extending beyond the first insulative body. The second contact module includes a second insulative body (221) and a number of second contacts (222) mounted on the second insulative body. Each of the second contacts includes a second contact portion (223) extending beyond the second insulative body. A shield plate is disposed adjacent to a side of the second contact module, and the first insulative housing is disposed adjacent to an opposite side of the second insulative housing. The electrical connector is devoid of shield between the first contact module and the second module.
US08202111B2
A connector with which a cable assembly with suppressed generation of a noise during high-speed signal transmission can be formed, and a cable assembly using the connector. The connector includes: a substrate; multiple signal terminals provided parallel to each other on one surface of the substrate; and a ground layer provided on another surface of the substrate Each of the signal terminals and the ground layer are disposed in such a manner that at least a portion of the ground layer and at least a portion of each of the signal terminals are superposed on each other with the substrate therebetween. Multiple holes are formed in the portion of the ground layer superposed on each of the signal terminals. A largest diameter of each of the holes is smaller than a distance between the centers of the signal terminals adjacent to each other.
US08202108B2
An FPC connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1) which has a bottom wall (10) and a pair of end walls (12) thereby forming a mating room (15) with a mating opening (14) located at a front face thereof, a plurality of terminals (2) disposed within the housing and having a contacting portion (210) extending into the mating room and at least one positioning portion (18) substantially located at a corner of the mating opening (14) and partially located upon the bottom wall (10) with a cantilever-shaped configuration.
US08202104B2
The present invention relates to an electric socket having at least two insertion holes of upper lid, a base with two axles, two insertion objects, a touch tone loop and a movable element. The insertion object has two elastic plates and two contact plates, the contact plates respectively have a contact portion; the touch tone loop comprises two movable plates and two fixture plates. The movable plates respectively have a contact portion; the fixture plates respectively have a contact portion corresponding to the contact portion of the contact plates, and a contact portion corresponding to the contact portion of the movable plates. The movable element has two bars, two blocks and two elastic elements. The bar has an end connected to the movable plate and the other end thereof connected to the block. By using an assembly of a insertion object, a touch tone loop and a moveable element to control contact or non-contact of the contacting portion of the touch tone loop with the contact portion of the insertion object for connection or non-connection of the loop formed by the insertion object, the fixture plate and the movable plate, and thereby achieve prevention of electric shock by accidentally plugging wrong object.
US08202099B2
A system for teaching reading to very young children and first-time English students provides and uses one or more sets of instructional alphabetic letters, double-consonant phonemes, a relatively larger group of three-letter words of only short-vowel sounds, a relatively smaller group of three- and four-letter words with long-vowel sounds, and specifically designed subsets and/or combinations thereof, where the separate letters and words in the set is fewer than 100. The words in the instructional set are particularly selected to avoid phonetic confusion, ease pronunciation, engage student interest, provide teaching leverage based on each subset, and accelerate learning. In one embodiment, a particular 48-word instructional word set is distributed onto eight, 3-D, instructional blocks in a manner that preserves the subset-based teaching method. In other embodiments, the system can be presented on flashcards, magnets, printing on clothing or wallpaper, and through instructional computer software (home, internet, or PDA).
US08202095B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for creating a cognitive function index. In one aspect, a method includes receiving first information concerning a person, the first information specifying the person's responses, and lack thereof, for components of a cognitive test administered to the person; generating a cognitive function score for the person by comparing the first information with second information concerning a group of people to whom the cognitive test has been administered; converting the cognitive function score to a value in an index comprising a range of values, wherein a first portion of the range corresponds to a cognitively impaired zone, a second portion of the range corresponds to a cognitively normal zone, and a third portion of the range corresponds to a zone of uncertainty defined by a confidence interval centered on a mid-point of the index; and providing the indexed value for the person.
US08202093B2
A method of teaching pronunciation is provided which includes communicating by a voice portal server to a user a model word and detecting a response by the user to the voice portal server. The method also includes comparing the response word to the model word and determining a confidence level based on the comparison of the response word to the model word. The method further includes comparing an acceptance limit to the confidence level and confirming a correct pronunciation of the model word if the confidence level one of equals and exceeds the acceptance limit.
US08202087B2
Vibratory tip (100) including a body (110) having a first end (111) adapted to be mechanically coupled rigidly with a surgical handpiece (101) generating vibrations and a second end to which there is fixed a tool holder (112) intended to reproduce the vibrations transmitted by the handpiece. The tip furthermore includes a tool (120) with a working area (121). The tool (120) is freely rotatably mounted relative to the tool holder (112), which allows the tool to adjust itself automatically in order to remain in contact with the tooth and position the working area on the entire periphery of the tooth with a single tip. The tool preferably includes two working areas to improve keeping and guiding the tool on the surface of the tooth to be treated.
US08202084B2
A method for preventing coagulation in an exhaust pipe of a boiler is provided. The method includes proportionally controlling combustion based on a quantity of supplied fuel with respect to an amount of air supplied to a burner, determining whether to enhance a heating power of a burner, based on a temperature of ambient air introduced into a blower, the temperature of the ambient air being sensed by an air temperature sensor, and enhancing the heating power of the burner to increase a temperature of exhaust gas, when it is determined that the sensed temperature is equal to or lower than a predetermined temperature.
US08202069B2
A fuel pump includes a case member defining a fuel passage, an inlet, and an outlet. A pump portion is provided in the fuel passage for pumping fuel from the inlet to the outlet. A motor portion is provided in the case member for driving the pump portion. A positive electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal are provided for conducting electricity to the motor portion. A holder being insulative is provided inside the case member. The holder is mounted with the positive electrode terminal and the negative electrode terminal. The positive electrode terminal and the negative electrode terminal are resin-molded.
US08202067B2
Oil pump for hermetic refrigerating compressor comprising a tubular sleeve having an upper portion affixed to at least one of the parts of crankshaft and rotor, and a lower portion having a lower end immersed in the lubricant oil, said tubular sleeve being provided with an inner surface presenting, along at least part of its longitudinal extension, at least one helical groove upwardly extending from the lower end; and a pump body disposed inside the tubular sleeve and defining, with the adjacent helical groove of the tubular sleeve, a lubricant oil ascending channel, said pump body presenting a lower end portion mounted to one of the parts of shell, cylinder block and stator, so as to be freely displaced within the tubular sleeve, in radial directions orthogonal to the crankshaft and rotatively locked in relation to the rotor.
US08202065B2
A high pressure fuel pump encompasses at least one delivery chamber and one high pressure outlet. in addition, a pressure limiting valve with a valve that is actuated by a pressure differential is provided that can open from the high pressure outlet to the delivery chamber. On a high pressure side of a valve seat of the pressure limiting valve, it is advantageous that a throttle device is provided, whose free cross section is at most approximately equal to a desired maximum opening cross section of the pressure limiting valve.
US08202064B2
A liquid pump includes an electronically controlled throttle inlet valve to control pump output. With each reciprocation cycle, a plunger displaces a fixed volume of fluid. When less than this fixed volume is desired as the output from the pump, the electronically controlled throttle inlet valve throttles flow past a passive inlet check valve to reduce output. As a consequence, cavitation bubbles are generated during the intake stroke. Cavitation damage to surfaces that define the inlet port passage are avoided by a specifically shaped and sized cavitation flow adjuster extending from the valve member of the passive inlet check valve. By positioning the cavitation flow adjuster in the inlet port passage, a flow pattern is formed in a way to encourage cavitation bubble collapse away from surfaces that could result in unacceptable cavitation damage to the pump.
US08202063B2
A pressure washer includes an engine having a vertical shaft and a pump designed to be powered by the engine. Additionally, the pressure washer includes a base plate, where the engine is coupled to the base plate with a first set of fasteners and the pump is independently coupled to the base plate with a second set of fasteners. The base plate is designed to allow the engine to be unfastened and removed from the base plate without also unfastening the pump.
US08202060B2
A compressor having a high pressure slide valve assembly is disclosed. The slide valve assembly includes: a volume slide valve mechanism, the mechanism slidably movable to control compressor volume ratio and power input to the compressor. The assembly also includes a capacity slide valve mechanism that is in operational association with the volume slide valve mechanism, the capacity slide valve mechanism slidably movable to control compressor capacity. At least one of the volume slide valve mechanism and the capacity slide valve mechanism includes at least one groove or channel, and the at least one groove or channel provides for lubrication to ensure relative movement between the slide mechanisms in a high pressure environment. A method of controlling compressor volume ratio, power input and capacity in a compressor operating in a high pressure environment is also disclosed.
US08202057B2
An oil-free scroll compressor prevents wraps from being broken and provides improved reliability. The oil-free scroll compressor includes an orbiting scroll member and fixed scroll members, and has compression channels into which water is injected each formed between the intake port and exhaust port provided in the fixed scroll member. The oil-free scroll compressor includes temperature sensors each of which detects temperature in the compression channel, regulating valves each of which controls ratio of the amount of the water to be injected into the respective compression channels to the total amount of the water to be injected into the compression channels, and controller which controls the opening degrees of the regulating valves such that a difference between the detected temperatures from the compression channels is small.
US08202053B2
An apparatus includes an optical portion disposed on a carrier portion. The optical portion includes an optical path of and a magneto-sensitive element within the optical path. A light source is disposed on the carrier portion in operative communication with a first end of the optical path, and a photo-detector is disposed on the carrier portion in operative communication with a second end of the optical path.
US08202048B2
The invention concerns a method of operating a wind turbine, wherein for a reduction of a wind load impacting on the wind turbine the rotational speed of the rotor and/or the electrical power output of the wind turbine are reduced depending on a deviation of the wind speed from the average wind speed. Moreover the invention concerns a wind turbine comprising a calculating unit adjusted for executing the inventive method.
US08202037B2
Disclosed is a steam turbine comprising an exterior housing and an interior housing. The exterior housing and the interior housing are provided with a fresh steam supply duct. A rotor that encompasses several impeller blades and a thrust-compensating piston is rotably mounted within the interior housing. The interior housing is equipped with several guide blades that are disposed such that a flow duct comprising several blade stages, each of which comprises a series of impeller blades and a series of guide blades, is formed along a specific direction of flow. The interior housing is further equipped with a recirculation duct which is embodied as a pipe that communicates between a space located between the interior housing and the exterior housing and the flow duct downstream of a blade stage. The interior housing is additionally equipped with a supply duct that is configured as a pipe which communicates between the space located between the interior housing and the exterior housing and an antechamber of the thrust-compensating piston located between the thrust-compensating piston of the rotor and of the interior housing.
US08202034B2
A robot according to this invention includes a driving mechanism, a first arm rotatably connected to the driving mechanism, a second arm rotatably connected to the first arm, and an X-shaped end effector rotatably disposed at the distal end of the second arm. Of the four distal ends of the end effector, two distal ends include holding units which can hold substrates in one direction, and the remaining two distal ends include holding units which can hold substrates in the opposite direction.
US08202033B2
The present invention features, in preferred aspects, a cowl cross member mounting unit that includes an adjustment bolt for suitably absorbing a tolerance occurring when a vehicle body panel and a cowl cross member are suitably coupled with each other, and a cap maintaining the coupling between the adjustment bolt and a fixing nut.
US08202029B2
The cargo bar of the invention includes a telescoping rod composed of an outer tube and an inner tube. One end of a toothed rail is fastened on the inner tube and the other end thereof longitudinally extends along the outer tube so that the toothed rail can move with the inner tube. An iron assembly, which is composed of a housing and a U-shaped bracket, is fixed at one end of the outer tube. The U-shaped bracket accommodates the toothed rail and pivotally connects a handle. A plurality of cogs are formed on the pivotal end of the handle. When the handle is closed, the cogs engage with the toothed rail so as to jam the inner tube. That is, the total length formed by the two tubes stays fixed. When the handle is opened, the cogs disengage with the toothed rail so as to make the inner tube become adjustable.
US08202017B2
A hitch for connecting a movable object to a rigid rod which includes a semi-rigid main substrate including a plurality of grooves, a flexible element fixedly formed over the main substrate including a first portion for gripping a rigid rod, a clamp connected to the first portion of the flexible element. The clamp includes a lever that couples the clamp to at least one of the plurality of grooves of the main substrate such that the first portion can grip the rigid rod.
US08202016B2
A grill brush having a brush handle with a handle end and a brush end, the brush head having a fluid reservoir, a brush handle conduit and a valve located therein; a reservoir cap removeably attached to the handle end of the brush handle; the valve being in fluid communication with the reservoir; the brush handle conduit being in fluid communication with the valve; a brush head; a bristle holding member; a brush bristle surface located on the bristle holding member; a brush head conduit located in the brush head, and in fluid communication with the brush handle conduit; a plurality of groups of bristles emanating from the brush bristle surface; a plurality of orifices located on the brush bristle surface, and in communication with the brush head conduit; and a scraper is provided herein.
US08202014B2
A recording apparatus includes a recording head, a holding tray on which a first recording material is set and which is configured to be advanced and retracted in a linear path between a first position wherein it opposes the recording head and a second position wherein it is retracted from the first position, a reverse transporting portion for transporting a second recording material which is set under the second position while reversing the second recording material in a U shape, and a path forming member for guiding the reversed, another recording material to the linear path after the recording material is bypassed above the second position.
US08202012B2
An electro-optical connector including a first connector end and a second connector end. The first connector end is coupled to a first electro-optical device. The second connector end coupled to a second electro-optical device. The second connector is flexibly coupled to a connector base so a second connector face can move flexibly with respect to a first connector face. A force mechanism on at least one connector end applies a force on an interface between the first connector end and the second connector end. The force is applied when the first connector face is within a predefined proximity of the second connector face. A mechanical guide on the connector end can align the first connector face with the second connector face when the force mechanism applies the force. The connector end for the force mechanism or the mechanical guide can be the first connector end or the second connector end.
US08201995B2
Aspects of a method and system for a temperature sensing crystal Integrated circuit with digital temperature output are provided. In this regard, an indication of temperature may be generated in an integrated circuit (IC) comprising a memory, a crystal or crystal oscillator, and at least a portion of an analog-to-digital converter. The temperature indication may be digitized via the analog-to-digital converter. Operation of one or more circuits may be controlled based on the digital temperature indication. The digital temperature indication may be communicated over a communication bus. An analog portion of the analog-to-digital converter may be integrated in the IC and may comprise, for example, a delta-sigma modulator. A digital portion of the analog-to-digital converter may be external to the IC and may comprise, for example, a digital filter.
US08201994B2
A system and method for performing thermal stress testing of photovoltaic solar cells is presented. The system and method allows rapid testing of photovoltaic solar cells under controllable thermal conditions. The system and method presents a means of rapidly applying thermal stresses to one or more photovoltaic solar cells in a consistent and repeatable manner.
US08201993B2
The invention relates to a method for operating a sensor, in particular a sensor made of ceramic material. Said sensor is heated to a shock-resistance temperature which is higher than a specific temperature.
US08201992B2
New sensors and methods for qualitative and quantitative analysis of multiple gaseous substances simultaneously with both high selectivity and high sensitivity are provided. The new sensors rely on a characteristic difference in energy between the interaction of a particular substance with a catalyst coated heat transfer device (HTD) and a non-catalyst coated (or one coated with a different catalyst) reference HTD. Molecular detection is achieved by an exothermic or endothermic chemical or physical reaction between the catalytic surface of the sensor and the molecule, tending to induce a temperature change of the sensor. Both high temperature and non-destructive low temperature detection are possible. The magnitude and rate of endothermic or exothermic heat transfer from a specific molecule-catalyst interaction is related to molecular concentration.
US08201991B2
In a frequency corrector, a counter divides a clock signal CK to be input into a fraction of a natural number larger than one to generate a signal having a clock frequency. The counter corrects the number of clock pulses of the signal having the clock frequency in response to a correction signal to output a first frequency-divided signal. A frequency divider circuit divides the first divided signal to output a unit time signal having another frequency and another frequency-divided signal Db composed of plural frequencies. A correction timing generator decodes the both divided signals to detect a correction timing for the first divided signal, and generates plural correction timing signals different in timing from each other. A correction signal generator generates the correction signal in response to the correction timing signals and correction values to provide the correction signal to the counter.
US08201983B2
An illuminating device includes a tubular light guide, a plurality of light-emitting devices, and a base. The tubular light guide has a light input edge and an inner space. The light-emitting devices are distributed at the light input edge to provide lights into the tubular light guide. The base supports the light-emitting devices and the tubular light guide. The base also has an electronic circuit to provide power to the light-emitting devices. The base has at least one air circulation hole for connecting an outer space with the inner space.
US08201981B2
The invention relates to a projection module for a headlight. The module generates light distributions with light sources switchable independently. In order to generate a first distribution, light from a first group is coupled into an optical element in the beam path. The optical element has a reflecting underside having a contour corresponding to the bright-dark boundary. The light coupled out from the optical element is projected by a lens for generating the first distribution. A further light group is additionally activated in order to generate a second distribution. The light emitted by this group illuminates a region of the light distribution above the bright-dark boundary. Part of the light from this group is coupled into the optical element, mixes there with the light from the first group and is then coupled out together to generate an unsharp bright-dark boundary.
US08201980B2
A vehicle headlamp is provided with: a fixed reflector having reflecting surfaces, a respective one of which is made of a parabola-based free curved face; movable reflectors having reflecting surfaces, a respective one of which is made of a parabola-based free curved face; and semiconductor-type light sources, a respective one of which has a light emitting chip shaped like a planar rectangle. When the movable reflectors are positioned in a first location, a light distribution pattern for low beam is obtained on the reflecting surfaces of the fixed reflector. When the movable reflectors are positioned in a second location, light distribution patterns for high beams are obtained on the reflecting surfaces of the fixed reflector and the movable reflector. As a result, the vehicle headlamp enables downsizing, weight reduction, power saving, and cost reduction.
US08201963B2
A flashlight including a photovoltaic power source adapted to convert incident light energy to electrical energy and wherein the flashlight is configured such that the flashlight is induced to orient the photovoltaic power source to face upwards when the flashlight is placed on a generally horizontal surface. The flashlight can include a rechargeable battery pack so as to have a hybrid power supply. Also, a method of powering a flashlight including attaching at least one solar cell to a body of a flashlight, connecting the at least one solar cell to a battery such that electrical output of the solar cell can charge the battery, and connecting a switch and a lamp to the at least one solar cell and the battery such that a user can actuate the switch to connect the battery to the solar cell for charging of the battery or to the lamp for generation of light from the flashlight.
US08201960B2
A children's book light comprises a head, the head including a light source for illuminating at least one page of a book; a body, the body including a page holder for holding open a page of the book; and a flexible neck, the flexible neck connecting the head to the body. Preferably, the head represents the head of a fictional character or an animal. Preferably, the page holder includes a pair of arms capable of holding the book open to a selected page. Preferably, the flexible neck is constructed of metal, most preferably, gooseneck tubing. Preferably, the light source includes a light emitting diode (LED), and the body includes at least one battery, the at least one battery electrically connected to the LED situated in the head via wiring, the wiring passing through the flexible neck from the battery to the LED. Preferably, the flexible neck is structured and arranged to allow the head to move relative to the body. Preferably, when the head is moved downwardly relative to the body, a portion of the flexible neck retracts into the head. Preferably, the body includes a detachable book mark, the detachable book mark separately useable. Preferably, the children's book light includes a switch located in the head that can be toggled by squeezing the head.
US08201959B2
A light unit and a display apparatus having the light unit are provided. The light unit comprises a light emitting module comprising a light emitting diode and a connection terminal; a module connection member comprising a module terminal protruding to be electrically connected to the connection terminal of the light emitting module; and a bottom cover comprising the module connection member and the light emitting module.
US08201955B2
A photographic light diffusing device is provided. A cowl is adapted to be mounted on a photographic light source, the cowl including an opening through which the photographic light source is visible when the cowl is mounted on the photographic light source. The cowl may also include at least one movable flap and a filter slot for a gel filter.
US08201951B2
Herein is presented a catadioptric projector by combining a commodity digital projector with additional optical units. By using specially shaped reflectors and/or refractors, a catadioptric projector can offer an unprecedented level of flexibility in aspect ratio, size, and field of view. Also presented, are methods to reduce projection artifacts in catadioptric projectors, such as distortions, scattering, and defocusing. By analysis of projection defocus of reflector and thin refractor based catadioptric projectors, it is shown that defocus blur can be interpreted as spatially-varying Gaussian blurs on an input image. Kernels are measured directly from a light transport matrix, T, and de-convolution is applied to optimize an input image. Practical uses of catadioptric projectors in panoramic and omni-directional projections are also demonstrated.
US08201938B2
An eyeglasses frame includes a frame front comprising end pieces, and temples coupled to the end pieces. At least one temple defines a slot for receiving a decorative or functional accessory. The accessory has a hook fastener that is inserted into the slot to removably attach the accessory to the temple.
US08201937B2
An apparatus includes: an opening and closing mechanism that opens or closes an opening section of the apparatus; a first movable body that is moved in accordance with the operation of opening and closing the opening section by the opening and closing mechanism; a movement detector that detects the movement amount of the first movable body; a controller that determines whether or not the opening section is closed, on the basis of the detected movement amount; a second movable body disposed in the apparatus and movable; and a movement transmitting mechanism which moves the first movable body in accordance with the movement of the second movable body in a state in which the opening section is closed, and does not move the first movable body in accordance with the movement of the second movable body in a state in which the opening section is opened.
US08201929B2
A plurality of ink cartridges are installed to be arranged in a vertical direction. A carriage reciprocates in the vertical direction. An ink-jet head has nozzle rows arranged, in a row in the vertical direction, to be parallel mutually, and the ink cartridge is connected to the nozzle row via a tube. There is provided a vertically long and a stylish liquid jetting apparatus which can be installed vertically even in a narrow area.
US08201924B2
A liquid dispenser includes a liquid supply channel, a liquid dispensing channel including an outlet opening, and a liquid return channel. A liquid supply provides liquid under pressure from the liquid supply channel through the liquid dispensing channel to the liquid return channel. A selectively actuatable diverter member imparts heat energy directly to a first portion of the liquid to divert a second portion of the liquid toward outlet opening of the liquid dispensing channel.
US08201922B2
A method of applying an ink-repellent film includes flowing an inert gas to the interior of each of the nozzles in a nozzle plate from the rear surface to the front surface of the nozzle plate; applying a film of an ink-repellent material on the surface of the nozzle plate so as to form a film; and drying the film of the ink-repellent material.
US08201912B2
A liquid jet recording apparatus adjusts the pressure of liquid jetted from a jetting portion toward a recording medium. The liquid jet recording apparatus has a pressure sensor provided in a tube between a liquid storing portion and a roller tube pump. The pressure of the liquid which flows through the tube is measured, and a pressure value is sent to a control portion. The pressure value is compared with lower limit values and upper limit values stored in a definition file stored in the control portion, and a corresponding drive signal is sent to a drive portion to drive the roller tube pump in a forward or a reverse direction to adjust the pressure of the liquid in the jetting portion.
US08201911B2
A recording apparatus includes: a recording device which includes recording elements by performing deposition of ink droplets including main droplets forming main dots on a recording medium and satellite droplets accompanying the main droplets and forming subsidiary dots; a dot pattern storage device which beforehand stores a plurality of dot patterns; and a dot pattern selector device which selects the dot patterns from the dot pattern storage device, wherein when one pixel satisfies i+j≦k, where i is a main dots total number to be recorded for the pixel, j is a subsidiary dots total number to be recorded for the pixel and k is a number of the main dots to be recorded for the pixel by the recording elements of one type, then the dot pattern selector device selects certain dot patterns for the pixel.
US08201910B2
When a linear pattern is drawn on a non-permeable medium by ejecting droplets of liquid onto the non-permeable medium by using an inkjet method, drawing of the linear pattern is started from a middle portion of the linear pattern.
US08201908B2
A fluid ejecting apparatus includes: a first nozzle line that includes a plurality of first nozzles that are aligned in a predetermined direction, first fluid being ejected from the first nozzles; a second nozzle line that includes a plurality of second nozzles that are aligned in the predetermined direction, second fluid being ejected from the second nozzles; a movement mechanism that moves the first nozzle line and the second nozzle line relative to a target medium in a movement direction, the movement direction being orthogonal to the predetermined direction; a transportation mechanism that transports the target medium relative to the first nozzle line and the second nozzle line in the predetermined direction; a controlling section that performs control for repeating image formation operation and transportation operation; and a group of nozzles that are not the first nozzles nor the second nozzles.
US08201901B2
An apparatus including sliding supports and particularly sliding supports having two elongate members of channel section which slide one within the other. The apparatus addresses the problem of using such sliding supports in an orientation where the channels of the elongate members open vertically rather than horizontally. The sliding support preferably includes a damping mechanism for resisting relative sliding movement of the elongate members. The sliding support also preferably includes a mechanism for defining one or more intermediate positions between extended and shortened positions of the sliding support.
US08201898B2
A track belt for a snow vehicle includes a belt body, a first lug, outer end circumferential regions, and contacting portions. The first lug is disposed at a central portion in a right/left direction of the belt body. The outer end circumferential regions are provided at both end portions in the right and left directions of the belt body, and include second lugs each having a height from the outer circumferential surface being no more than a half of a height of the first lug, or do not include lugs protruded from the outer circumferential surface of the belt body. The contacting portions are provided at the inner circumferential surface such that positions of the contacting portions in the right/left direction overlap with the outer end circumferential regions and are arranged to contact a rotating wheel member that opposes a snow surface across the belt body.
US08201893B1
A quick-change tool holder has an enlarged forward end, a rearwardly extending shank, and an axial bore extending through the enlarged forward end and the shank with the bore having a diameter sized to receive the shank of a cutting tool. A second blind hole extends into the side surface of the enlarged forward end. An extraction device, such as the shank of a worn tool, is inserted into the blind hole. Where the extraction device is a worn tool, the cutting end of the tool is hit with a hammer to remove the tool from a base block mounting.
US08201885B2
A seating arrangement for a passenger-carrying vehicle, especially aircraft. The arrangement provides a plurality of seating positions, a seating position comprising a seat and a footwell. The footwell of a first seating position is located beside the seat of a second seating position, the second seating position being located generally forward of the first seating position. Each seat is operable into a reclined state in which a leg-supporting component of the seat projects into the associated footwell. A tray assembly is associated with each console, the tray assembly being deployable from a stowed state in or on the console in which it is disposed generally parallel with a ground surface on which the seating arrangement rests during use.
US08201882B2
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 of the vehicle seat, a connecting arm having a weight and a pin, and provided rotatably to the pressure-receiving member, and a swinging member provided rotatably to the frame, and including a rib which is formed with a cutout capable of receiving the pin. 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 of the vehicle seat, the connecting arm moves along with the rotation of the pressure-receiving member so that the pin of the connecting arm pushes either one of an edge of the rib and a cutout of the rib while entering the cutout, to rotate the swinging member.
US08201878B2
A seat arrangement is provided that includes, but is not limited to a first and a second vehicle seat, which are disposed adjacent to one another in a seat row and of which the first vehicle seat has a backrest, which can be pivoted from a substantially upright usage position in the seat direction forward into a substantially horizontal non-usage position. The backrest, includes, but is not limited to at least one height-adjustable cushion portion which, in the non-usage position of the backrest, can be moved by means of a four-bar mechanism having four articulation axes from a lower armrest non-usage position into an upper first armrest position to form an armrest for the second vehicle seat. The articulation axes extend transversely to the seat direction and are inclined with respect to a horizontal transverse to the seat direction. In an alternative embodiment, the articulation axes extend in the seat direction in the non-usage position of the backrest.
US08201859B2
A door handle assembly for a door substrate having an aperture, said door handle assembly comprising: a bell crank capable of pivoting about an axis, the bell crank including a first arm, a second arm and a base therebetween; a door handle that operatively engages the second arm of the bell crank, wherein a free end of the second arm extends upward and outward away from the base such that the free end of the second arm sweeps around a generally conical shape as the bell crank pivots about the axis; means for securing the door handle to the bell crank including a pin and notch assembly, wherein the pin is inserted through an aperture in the door handle and engages a notch located on the second arm; and a plurality of ribs formed on one or more surfaces of the bell crank.
US08201857B2
A door lock includes a bracket fixed to a door. An engaging member is pivotably mounted to the bracket. A draw member includes a first end pivotably connected to the engaging member and a second end operably connected to a retractor. A linking rod is connected between the draw member and an operative member mounted to the door such that operation of the operative member causes movement of the linking rod and pivotal movement of the draw member, which in turn, urges the retractor to move a latch bolt from an extended position to a retracted position. A follower is coupled to the first end of draw member to move therewith. An adjusting member is in threading connection with the follower and rotatable to move the follower relative to the engaging member to adjust a position of the second end of the draw member relative to the retractor.
US08201855B2
The pipe fitting comprises a plastic body (2) and a reinforcement ring (3) around the outside of the plastic body (2). The reinforcement ring (3) holds the body expansion under control. The reinforcement ring (3) is positioned at the distance (d) from the front end of the pipe fitting (1).
US08201854B2
A ferrule for use in a fluid transfer assembly having a fluid conduit includes a frusto-conical seal portion having a first cylindrical bore sized and configured to slidably receive a fluid conduit. The seal portion is formed from a first material suitable to seal the fluid conduit within a first fitting without substantially deforming the fluid conduit. A frusto-conical collet portion is mated with the seal portion and includes a second cylindrical bore in substantial alignment with the first cylindrical bore. The collet portion includes at least one axial finger extending along the tapered end that is configured to be biased into locking engagement with the fluid conduit. The collet portion is formed from a second material that substantially prevents deformation of the fluid conduit when the finger is biased into locking engagement with the fluid conduit.
US08201852B2
A coupler for joining a pipe to another pipe, a tee, or other fitting, and more particularly, to a coupler which provides positive retention of the gasket about the circumference of the coupler sufficiently to precisely position and hold the gasket during placement about pipe ends and/or fittings to be coupled, and which provides controlled circumferential compression of the gasket during coupling, for positive sealing when the coupler is closed, while allowing one handed handling and operation during placement and coupling, such that the other hand can be used for supporting a pipe to be coupled, and which is operable for releasing and breaking loose the coupler and associated gasket from a pipe during uncoupling.
US08201847B2
A safety arrangement includes an airbag housing, a cover and pair of horn contacts for actuating a vehicle horn. The airbag housing mounts to a steering wheel frame. The cover is resiliently mounted on the housing and spaced therefrom such that the cover may be depressed towards the housing to close the horn contacts. The housing and cover are hooked to one another for preventing subsequent disconnection of the cover from the housing upon release of the cover to open the horn contacts. A stop is mounted to one of the cover and the housing for movement between a operable position, in which the stop arrests relative movement of the cover and housing towards one another so as to prevent un-hooking of the cover from the housing, and an assembly position, in which the cover may be depressed sufficiently far towards the housing to allow un-hooking of the cover from the housing and consequent disconnection of the housing and cover upon release of the cover.
US08201846B2
A backrest recline adjustment assembly includes a stationary seat, a rotary seat, and a driving component. The stationary seat is connected to a stroller frame, and is provided with a first positioning unit. The rotary seat is connected to a backrest unit and has a second positioning unit, a groove formed thereon, and a first cam surface formed in the groove. The driving component is disposed in the groove of the rotary seat and provided with a second cam surface. The driving component is movable to drive sliding movement of the second cam surface relative to the first cam surface, thereby moving the rotary seat against biasing action of a resilient component from a securing position, where the rotary seat is positioned relative to the stationary seat, to a releasing position, where the rotary seat is rotatable relative to the stationary seat.
US08201844B1
Disclosed is a self-locking hitch pin for joining a hitch device to a receiver hitch in a quick and easy manner using a single, self-contained mechanism. The hitch pin is comprised of shaft with a locking member on one end and a handle and weight on the other end and a spring and retainers to keep the hitch pin in place. The self-locking hitch pin allows for single-handed installation and securing of a hitch device to a receiver hitch with no pin or locking mechanism to be lost or dropped. The self-locking hitch pin can be inserted into the hitch orifice, have pressure applied to the spring, rotate the hitch pin allowing gravity to engage the locking member and then release pressure on the spring coupling both devices together.
US08201842B1
The limb elevating accessory can attach itself onto an existing wheelchair and provide a means to support and elevate a limb of an end user seated therein. The limb elevating accessory includes a base support that attaches onto the frame of the wheelchair, and also attaches to an upper support. The upper support has a plurality of holes from which a stirrup or support attaches to support an arm or a leg thereon. The base support also includes an adjustable hook that hooks at a second location to the frame of the wheelchair in order to further stabilize the accessory upon the wheelchair.
US08201841B2
A bicycle comprising a front triangle and a rear wheel having a rear wheel axis, a rear wheel suspension system further comprising a link further comprising a first pivotal axis for connection to said front triangle and a second pivotal axis for connection to a rear wheel swingarm, wherein the distance from said second pivotal axis to a first vertical plane decreases during a first portion of suspension compression and increases during a second portion of suspension compression; and wherein said first vertical plane is defined as a plane which is perpendicular to the ground and offset in the direction of the rear wheel with respect to the first and second pivotal axis. During the first portion of suspension compression and during the second portion of suspension compression the front triangle remains stationary with respect to the first vertical plane.
US08201823B2
A rotatable pick roller and a rotatable separating roller are formed integrally with a roller case. A retard roller opposes the separating roller and rotates in a direction opposite to that of the separating roller. A lift detecting sensor is mounted on the roller case. When a first sheet and second sheet that are stapled together are accidentally placed on a sheet table, the pick roller picks-up the first sheet and feed it in the gap between the retard roller and the separating roller, the second sheet abuts with the retard roller so that a portion of the first sheet and the second sheet gets lifted. The lift detecting sensor detects the lifted portion and stops rotations of the rollers.
US08201818B2
A sheet feeding apparatus is provided with a sheet feeding device 60, a first air blow device 40 to blow air towards a side edge of a sheet bundle and a sheet side regulation member 71. The sheet side edge regulation member is provided with an air outlet 72 to blow air towards the side edge of the sheet bundle and an exhaust outlet 73 to exhaust air accumulated between a sheet separated from the sheet bundle and the sheet bundle.
US08201812B2
A viscous fluid-sealed damper (1) having a shaft receiving section (2c) in which an installation shaft (3) with a swollen head (3b) is fitted and also having a separation wall (2). At least a portion of the separation wall (2) is constructed from an elastic separation membrane, and the separation wall (2) continues to the periphery of the upper edge of the shaft receiving section (2c) such that the shaft receiving section (2c) extends inward. Viscous fluid is sealed inside the separation wall (2). A positioning section (2f) for positioning the shaft receiving section (2c) is provided at that position of a bottom face (2a) of the separation wall section (2) that faces the shaft receiving section (2c). The viscous fluid-sealed damper can be assembled with good work efficiency and is unlikely to be damaged during assembly.
US08201805B1
A hydraulic jack apparatus includes a platform that has a front side, a back side and a pair of lateral sides. A pair of vertical supports is attached to and extends upwardly from the platform. A horizontal support is attached to the front side and extends forward thereof. A pair of wheels is provided. Each of the vertical supports has one of the wheels rotatably coupled thereto. The wheels have a lowermost edge positioned above a bottom side of the platform. A lift assembly is attached to the platform. The lift assembly is abutted against and lifts a mobile home.
US08201802B2
A formwork element (1) with a lining skin (2) and, arranged on an edge or close to an edge of the lining skin (2), at least one metal edge web (3) or outer frame or carrier (4) supporting the lining skin (2) comprises identification means in the form of a transponder (6) which is arranged in a depression (7) of an edge web (3) or outer frame or carrier (4) on its surface which is directed away from the lining skin (2) and which, in the use position, is directed towards an adjacent formwork element. This depression (7) encloses the transponder (6) laterally and on one face such that only one surface is accessible to the outside for a detector since the depression (7) is closed on that side of the edge web (3) or frame or carrier (4) situated in the direction towards the center of the lining panel or the formwork element (1). The transponder (6) is held in the depression (7) by means of a polymer and/or adhesive compound (8).
US08201800B2
A rearview mirror assembly comprises a two-ball connector having at least one pivot ball thereon, a receiver having a plurality of fingers defining a ball receiving area, and a spring forming a circle. The spring is placed around the fingers of the receiver and the at least one pivot ball is placed into the ball receiving area of the receiver. The two-ball connector can be made of a high strength material and formed on a screw machine. The receiver does not experience a weight loss changing the torque force between −40° Celsius and 85° Celsius, thereby substantially maintaining the torque force at a substantially constant level between −40° Celsius and 85° Celsius.
US08201796B2
A corner protector comprising a guard, strap, and plate or rod are disclosed. The first portion and second portion of the guard are substantially orthogonal to the top portion, and to each other. The first portion and second portion meet to define a corner protrusion. The guard has interior extending ribs that are substantially vertical and maintain contact with the guard. The strap has at least one connection member on each end to allow the corner protector to be adjusted vertically. The plate or rod has at least one locking member for creating a locking mechanism with the connection member.
US08201793B1
A habitat mount for a wall mounted taxidermy mannequin includes a habitat piece having a three dimensional first side with the appearance of one or more natural elements and an opposing generally planar second side. A tab extends outwardly from and generally parallel to a plane defined by the second side of the habitat piece. The tab is sized and shaped to mount directly to a rear side of the wall mounted taxidermy mannequin.
US08201781B2
An electronic display and lighting arrangement for viewing by, and illumination for, a person in a resting position includes: an electronic display assembly including a first carriage movable along a translation axis, a first pivot arm coupled to the first carriage with the first pivot arm pivotable about a first pivot axis, and an electronic display coupled to the first pivot arm; and a lighting assembly including a second carriage movable in a direction parallel to the translation axis, and a light coupled to the second carriage and adjustably positionable by movement of the second carriage. The electronic display is adjustably positionable both along the translation axis by movement of the first carriage, and about the first pivot axis by movement of the first pivot arm about the first pivot axis.
US08201777B2
An external door for use in accessing a cargo area of an aircraft fuselage. The door includes a locking system, a latching system, a lock monitoring system, an uplock used to secure the door in an open position, and an actuating system that assists in at least one of opening and closing the door. The locking system works by interfering with the movement of the latching system components. The locking system includes a monitoring device that prevents the aircraft from being pressurized in case of a malfunction in the locking system. The latching system includes a handle locking system that prevents operation of the latch handle by accident or by ground loading or flight forces. The systems of the door are preferably manually operated, and utilize rigid members.
US08201775B2
The invention relates to a decompression element for pressure equalization in a cabin of an aircraft, with a decompression element frame, a flap, and a hinge element or at least one bearing element for fitting the flap to the decompression element frame. The hinge element or the bearing element can be produced from a plastics material. A decompression device for decompressing a cabin area includes a decompression device frame, a first opening which enables a flow to take place between a line of an air-conditioning system of the aircraft and the interior space of the decompression device, a second opening which enables a flow to take place between the cabin area and the interior space of the decompression device, and a third opening receiving the decompression element with the flap.
US08201774B2
An electromagnetic control for the landing gear of an aircraft includes a hub to be fixed to a frame of an aircraft landing gear. A rotor rotates with a tire on the aircraft landing gear. Permanent magnetic disks are associated with the rotor, and interspersed with disks on the hub. Some of the disks on the hub are electromagnetic disks supplied with electric power, and some of the plurality of disks on the hub are made of high electric conductivity material.
US08201772B2
A method is disclosed for suppressing an external acoustic signature of an aircraft having at least one pair of non-intermeshing multiple-blade rotors. During operation of the aircraft, the at least one pair of rotors are rotated in an asymmetrically indexed manner that causes the blades of one of each pair of rotors to be consistently out of phase from the blades of the other of each pair of rotors. The selected amount in degrees of asymmetrical indexing is equal to the desired phasing in degrees divided by a number of blades of one of the rotors.
US08201765B2
Methods and arrangements to lyse a biological sample are described. The arrangements comprise a lysis tube containing the sample, one or more electromagnets generating a magnetic field, and one or more permanent magnets inside the lysis tube. The permanent magnets move and lyse the sample when a magnetic field is generated by the electromagnets.
US08201762B2
A machine for noduling of metal scrap that can upon conversion be used for comminuting such scrap. Frequently machines for comminuting are constructed by a bipartite frame solely for cleaning purpose. One part is solidly fixed to a foundation while the other one is fixed to the first one by hinges and a locking device, so that it can be turned away from the first part of the frame. To further develop such machines that an exchange of worn components is possible and that simply by conversion and by saving of time, one sort of usage can easily be transferred to another one, the complete rotor-block is mounted together with its bearings on a swivelling arm that can be turned away from the frame of the machine in order to enable free access to the interior of the machine.
US08201756B2
A fluid delivery device including a fluid reservoir, a pump in fluid communication with the reservoir, an electric motor, a bladder in fluid communication with the pump, the bladder including at least in part, an elastic portion, a nozzle valve in fluid communication with the bladder, the nozzle being adjustable from an open mode to a closed mode, and from a closed mode to an open mode, a pressure release valve in fluid communication with the bladder and the fluid reservoir; and an electronic control unit for controlling delivery of the fluid. The invention also encompasses a method of delivering a treating fluid in a fine mist, including powering-up a fluid delivery device, comparing a signal being received from an ambient light sensor to predetermined trigger values consistent with dusk and dawn ambient light conditions, and dispensing treating fluid for a selected duration period on the basis of the signal being received from the ambient light sensor.
US08201753B2
An actuator module including a piezoactuator, for example for a piezoinjector for metering fuel in an internal combustion engine, is proposed. The piezoactuator has piezoelements stacked one above another between an actuator head and an actuator foot and is provided with at least one elastomer layer enclosing the piezoelements. The elastomer layer is enveloped by a corrugated bellows or by telescopic tubes, composed of a material that is diffusion-impermeable with respect to a fuel to be metered by the piezoinjector. The corrugated bellows or the telescopic tubes have on their periphery grooves which can absorb expansions of the elastomer layer or of the piezoactuator.
US08201749B2
A method is provided for facilitating communications between a computer device and a smart card reader having an associated smart card. The computer device includes a smart card resource manager and a smart card reader service, the smart card reader service acting as a relay for commands between the smart card resource manager and the smart card reader. The method comprising the smart card reader service: (a) receiving from the smart card resource manager a first command for placing the smart card in a first state and relaying the first command to the smart card reader; (b) receiving a second command from the smart card resource manager for placing the smart card into a second state and a third command from the smart card resource manager for placing the smart card into the first state; and (c) determining if the smart card was in the first state prior to receiving the second command, and (i) if the smart card is determined to have been in the first state then forgoing relaying the second command and the third command to the smart card reader, and (ii) if the smart card is not determined to have been in the first state, then relaying the second command and the third command to the smart card reader.
US08201748B2
A precursor for a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag includes a conductive lead frame with at least three segments, an RFID Integrated Circuit (IC) with at least two antenna terminals, and at least two jumpers. The RFID IC is mounted on at least one of the segments. The antenna terminals are electrically coupled to at least two of the segments, and the jumpers electrically couple the segments such that the coupled segments form a two-turn coil between the antenna terminals of the RFID IC.
US08201747B2
A payment card comprises a store of issuer-defined pre-generated cryptograms that are loaded only once into the Card by a perso-bureau or issuer. An on-board and autonomous electronic display of the personal account number (PAN), card verification value (CVV), or expiration date (EXP) is auto-sequenced through the stored cryptograms. Each value displayed to the user is unique, and useful in a financial transaction only once. The Card thus requires no changes in behavior on the part of the User, because the existing merchant infrastructure is already equipped to collect PAN+CVV+EXP data for user verification and transaction authorization.
US08201746B2
An on-chip antenna fabricated on a chip for wireless communication is disclosed. The on-chip antenna includes a first dielectric layer arranged on a surface of the chip of the radio frequency identification tag, a grounded shielding layer arranged on the first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer arranged on the grounded shielding layer, and a planar antenna arranged on the second dielectric layer above the grounded shielding layer. A radio frequency identification tag with an on-chip antenna and a method of fabricating an on-chip antenna on a chip for wireless communication are also disclosed.
US08201727B1
Computer-based methods, computer readable media, and computer program products for offering upsell items to conferees accessing a conferencing platform utilizing, for example, an electronic communications device. Various aspects of the methods can include conducting one or more conferee-initiated primary transactions related to accessing the conferencing platform. The method then obtains data relating to the primary transaction, which data can include data representing the identity of the conferee and the subject matter of the primary transaction. The method then selects the upsell item as a result of or in response to the conferee-initiated primary transaction by, first, utilizing the data representing the identity of the conferee to obtain at least a second data element relating to the conferee. The method then utilizes, at least in part, the primary transaction data, including the identity of the subject matter of the primary transaction, along with the second data element, to determine the upsell item for offer to the conferee. Finally, the upsell item is offered to the conferee in real time with the primary transaction.
US08201718B1
A modular pilot kneeboard system with detachable and interchangeable side pockets and accessories is herein disclosed. Each side edge of a main base plate is equipped with a zipper edge that allows add-on pieces, each with a mating zipper edge, to be zippered onto the main base plate and folded over like a conventional binder. Such side pieces are envisioned to provide pockets, straps, compartments and the like to hold additional items such as flight calculators, GPS systems flashlights, pens, and virtually any item a pilot may need quick access to during a flight. These items can attach by the aforementioned zippers, hook-and-loop fasteners, snaps, elastic bands, clips and the like.
US08201714B2
A pressurized aerosol sprayer and method of making a pressurized aerosol sprayer are disclosed. In one embodiment the aerosol sprayer includes an aerosol sprayer actuator attached to an aerosol container, wherein the sprayer actuator includes an actuator housing, a trigger piece having a trigger and operatively associated with the actuator housing to activate the release of fluid from the container, a nozzle in fluid communication with the container, and a trigger loop encircling the trigger.
US08201711B2
An individual hydration unit includes a bag having a first chamber and a second chamber, the first chamber is connected with a first hose and the second chamber is connected with a second hose. A regulator is connected to the first and second hoses and connected to a third hose. The regulator includes a cylindrical body which has a first passage, a second passage and a third passage. An operation rod is rotatably inserted in the body and includes two first paths, two second paths, a third path and two fourth paths. The first, second, third and fourth paths are in communication with each other. By rotating the operation rod, the first, second and third passages are controlled to be opened and/or closed so as to mix the liquids in the two chambers as desired. A connection assembly is attached to the body for convenience of carried.
US08201705B2
A safety dish forms a secure food container and has a dish for holding food, a cover for enclosing the dish and food, and a lock mechanism for securing the cover to the dish to prevent unauthorized access to the food and/or tampering with the food. A key or correct input of a combination is required to access the food contents of the container. The safety dish preferably includes a handle and is formed from dishwasher-safe and microwave-safe materials.
US08201690B1
End user filled protective packaging with self-sealing air bubbles includes a bubble layer, a valve layer and a valve cover layer. A plurality of bubble cell patterns are formed on the bubble layer with adhesive, glue or heat sealing. The valve layer is attached to bubble layer. A plurality of check valves are formed on the valve layer with adhesive, glue or heat sealing. An air opening is formed through each one of the plurality of check valves to inflate the plurality of bubble cells. The valve cover layer is attached to the valve layer. A row with at least one bubble cell is filled with air by applying a source of air at an entrance of the check valve. Inflation of the at least one bubble cell causes the valve layer and valve cover layer to contact each other to seal the check valve.
US08201689B2
A package is described having two blanks of a sheet material joined along edges to form one or more enclosed compartments to retain a urinary catheter. The joined edges provide at least one peeling zone permitting separation of two foil walls. A gripping means is provided to allow a firm grip relative to the peeling zone.
US08201669B2
An amplitude sensitive damper apparatus that is provided with an amplitude sensitive valve unit may include a plug coupled to a piston rod to form a spring groove with the piston rod in a predetermined section, a spool member configured and dimensioned to cover the spring groove and slidably coupled to the piston rod to move up and down along the piston rod, wherein the spool member includes a supporting portion that protrudes toward the piston rod from a middle portion of an inner surface of the spool member, upper and lower elastic members that are mounted inside the spring groove to support the supporting portion of the spool member upwards and downwards respectively along the piston rod, and an amplitude sensitive valve that is integrally mounted on an outer surface of the spool member to generate a damping force when the spool member is moving.
US08201668B2
A device for decelerating or braking a moving mass includes a movably guided coupling member for pressing a brake lining against a braking surface and a brake actuator, filled with hydraulic liquid and connected to the coupling member, for generating a pressure force that can be passed into the brake lining through the coupling member. The brake lining is connected to a pressure transducer that can be fastened on a frame of the mass to be decelerated or braked through a connecting device. The pressure transducer has a hydraulic liquid-filled supporting cylinder and a supporting piston interacting therewith. The supporting cylinder communicates with a brake cylinder through hydraulic lines. This allows an improved adjustment of deceleration or braking. For this purpose, a regulating device adjusts the brake force depending on a predetermined theoretical value.
US08201665B2
An exemplary magnetic coupling device (30) useful for coupling elevator doors includes a core (40) having an exterior surface. An active portion (48) of the surface is configured to direct a magnetic flux associated with the core in a desired direction for facilitating elevator door coupling. An interruption (80) in the exterior surface near the active portion (48) is configured to establish a relatively high magnetic saturation in the core in a vicinity of the interruption (80).
US08201662B2
Electric motor driven lubrication pump control system and method for turbomachine windmill operation
A system and method are provided to selectively control lubricant supply flow to a rotating machine that is installed in an aircraft having ram air turbine that is movable between at least a deployed position and a stowed position. A controller determines at least when the ram air turbine is in the deployed position, and determining when rotational speed of the rotating machine exceeds a predetermined value. The electric motor driven lubrication pump is at least selectively energized to control the measured lubricant pressure to a predetermined minimum pressure at least when the ram air turbine is deployed and the rotational speed exceeds the predetermined value.
US08201660B2
A valve suitable for closing an orifice (36) of a structure (10) of a silencer (1) for a motor vehicle exhaust line, includes a closing component (44) which is connectable to the structure (10) and capable of adopting a position for closing the orifice (36). The closing component (44) is capable of rising by bending from its closure position. The closing component (44) includes a closure plate (54) capable of closing the orifice (36) and at least one connection plate (56) capable of connecting the closure plate (54) to the structure (10), the closure plate (54) and the or each connection plate (56) having differing thicknesses and/or being made of materials having differing mechanical characteristics.
US08201651B2
A vehicle air intake system includes a grille disposed along the front portion of an engine compartment, a hood disposed over the engine compartment and a bulkhead cover disposed in the engine compartment below the hood. The bulkhead cover has a bulkhead cover intake port and a deflector disposed along and extending forwardly from a lower portion of the bulkhead cover intake port to circuitously redirect airflow passing from the grille to the bulkhead cover intake port.
US08201645B2
In one aspect of the present invention, a downhole tool string component has a first and second threaded end on a mandrel, the first threaded end attached to a first sleeve and the second threaded end attached to a second sleeve. An intermediate sleeve assembly is disposed circumferentially around the mandrel and intermediate the first and second threaded ends, and the intermediate sleeve assembly is primarily isolated from stress of the first or second sleeve.
US08201633B2
A circulating tool for use in drilling a bore hole, the tool including a plurality of pistons which, by the activation of fluid pressure, move between a first configuration in which a side port of the tool is covered by a piston and a second configuration in which two adjacent pistons separate across the port to allow fluid to jet from the port. In the first configuration, the tool has a continuous cylindrical bore to allow the passage of other tools through the tool, while a flapper valve closes the bore in the second configuration to achieve maximum jetting of fluid from the tool. A third or intermediate configuration is also described so that the tool is operable to switch multiple times between the configurations via an indexing mechanism.
US08201625B2
Methods of generating radial survey images of a borehole and methods of orienting downhole operational tools are disclosed. The disclosed techniques are used to generate a radial survey of the borehole in the form of one or more rose-plots and/or a radial image of the borehole and surrounding area that can be used to properly orient downhole operational tools in the desired direction. The tool string includes, from the top to bottom, a telemetry module, a non-rotating centralizer, a motor module, an imaging sonde used to survey the borehole, a rotating centralizer and a downhole operational tool. The motor module can be used to rotate the imaging sonde to generate the radial survey and then rotate the downhole operational tool to the desired direction based upon a review of the radial survey.
US08201623B2
A positioning tool engages a profile with retaining members such as dogs so that a pulling force can be applied for a predetermined time as a signal that the tool is at the proper location. The time delay is a fluid system that drives fluid through a narrow restriction. The restriction is variable to allow unloading of the resistance from the fluid system while the dogs are still adequately supported. As a result the dogs are released from the profile without regional overstressing. A lock can prevent the tool from resetting to limit its use to locating at a single location. The lock holds the hydraulic system in a defeated position so that even if the dogs engage another profile when locked they will immediately exit that profile.
US08201622B2
A protection sleeve (12) for locking over a seal (72) in a wellbore is described. The sleeve (12) is adapted for releasable engagement to a running tool (14) and has a locking mechanism (28) comprising first and second tubula members and a collet (56) is provided. One tubular member includes a profile adapted to mate with a profile of the seal (72). The sleeve (12) may be located on a work string (14), including a rotary drill string, and the invention also relates to methods of running in, setting, carrying out an intervention operation and retrieving the sleeve in a single run. The invention has particular application in Through Tubing-Rotary Drilling (TTRD).
US08201616B2
A radiator fin of a heat sink has a shape of a portion of a circle with a small radius which is not overlapped with a circle with a large radius when two circles with different radiuses are overlapped with each other such that centers of the two circles are in a single circle, as a cross sectional shape. An arrangement of radiator fins of a heat sink on a radiator plate, includes at least two radiator fins provides to at least one radiator plate such that centers of inner and outer arcs of circles forming the radiator fins are on a reference line, and an outer arc of one of two adjacent radiator fins moves within a track of an inner arc of the other radiator fin or an inner arc of one radiator fin moves out of a track of an outer arc of the other radiator fin.
US08201615B2
A device for storing and discharging heat that employs thermal energy storage materials (TESM) and related methods of manufacturing the device. The device includes a housing, an array of capsules within the housing, and TESM contained in the capsules. The device exhibits a high initial power density. The TESM is encapsulated between metal plies. The metal plies may have a thickness on the order of 10−1 to 102 μm. The capsules may have a thickness from 0.5 mm to 20 mm. The volume fraction of TESM in the housing may be 0.5 or more. The housing includes an inlet, an outlet, and one or more flow paths for flowing a heat transfer fluid through the housing. The flow paths and the capsules are arranged so that the device has the required average initial power density.
US08201613B2
A method for manufacturing a railcar coupler knuckle includes providing cope and drag mold portions having internal walls defining at least in part perimeter boundaries of a knuckle mold cavity; positioning a first internal core within either the cope mold or the drag mold portions, the first internal core configured to define a kidney cavity and a pivot pin hub as a single void within the knuckle; positioning a second internal core within either the cope mold portion and the drag mold portion, the second internal core configured to define a finger cavity; closing the cope and drag mold portions with the two internal cores therebetween; and at least partially filling the mold cavity with a molten alloy, the molten alloy solidifying after filling to form the knuckle, wherein the first internal core defines the kidney cavity and the pivot pin hub of the coupler knuckle, and wherein the second internal core defines the finger cavity of the knuckle.
US08201612B2
A process for manufacturing a single-crystal turbomachine nozzle guide vane including an airfoil between two platforms is disclosed. The process includes pouring molten metal into a shell mold followed by directional solidification from a single crystal provided by a single-crystal grain provider device placed in the mold and having a predetermined orientation coinciding with the vertical. The volumes of the mold forming the platforms are oriented in a plane parallel to the vertical direction of the single crystal. The single-crystal grain providing device emerges in a grain duct forming a connection between the device and the lower ends of the platforms. The grain duct is shaped to present two branches for feeding the platforms and a web-shaped volume extending between the feed branches, the platforms and a lower edge of the airfoil. The upper edge of the volume forming the airfoil is inclined to the horizontal direction.
US08201609B1
A panelless shutter is provided, the panelless shutter including a window frame and a plurality of louvers horizontally mounted within the window frame in a parallel configuration, each louver having a first end and a second end. The panelless shutter also includes a louver mechanism comprising a plurality of rotatable members slideably retained within a track and a gear shaft operably coupled to each rotatable member, wherein the rotatable members are coupled to the first end of each louver of the plurality of louvers and the gear shaft rotates each of the plurality of louvers substantially simultaneously. The shutter further includes a louver retainer rotatably securing the second end of each louver of the plurality of louvers, the louver retainer allowing the rotation and vertical sliding of each louver.
US08201605B2
The present invention provides a device for transferring image-forming layers from a transfer foil to printing sheets. The device includes a coating device for applying the image-forming layer of the transfer foil to an image area on the printing sheet that has been provided with an adhesive patter such that the image-forming layer is separated from a carrier layer of the transfer foil.
US08201603B2
Provided is a pneumatic tire: in which a film made of a thermoplastic resin or a thermoplastic elastomer composition obtained by blending an elastomer in a thermoplastic resin is used for an inner liner layer; and which is improved in its internal pressure holding performance while maintaining its durability satisfactorily. The pneumatic tire according to the present invention is a pneumatic tire in which: a carcass layer including multiple reinforcing cords is laid between paired bead parts; and the carcass layer is wound up around each of bead cores from the inner side to the outer side of the tire. In the pneumatic tire, an inner liner layer including a film made of the thermoplastic resin or the thermoplastic elastomer composition obtained by blending the elastomer in the thermoplastic resin is disposed on a tire inner cavity side of the carcass layer, the inner liner layer is wound up around each bead core from the inner side to the outer side of the tire, and the winding-up height (L-TUH) of the inner liner layer is set at 25% or more of the sectional height (SH) of the tire.
US08201602B2
Disclosed herein is a head cover for golf clubs. The head cover includes an open-and-shut frame, a head cover body, and a locking unit. The open-and-shut frame includes wings which are opened by elastic force of elastic means. The head cover body accommodates the open-and-shut frame therein, and includes an entrance and a receiving space for receiving the golf club. The locking unit is secured to the outer surface of the middle portion of the head cover body, thus closing the entrance of the head cover body opened by the open-and-shut frame.
US08201601B2
A system for machining a work piece. The system includes a router device for routing out a part of the work piece with a router bit and a holding device for holding the work piece while being routed. The router device includes a first reference element and a second reference element positioned substantially perpendicular to the first reference element, both reference elements being arranged so as to guide the holding device in a lateral direction during machining of the work piece. The holding includes a clamping arrangement and a guiding arrangement. The guiding arrangement includes a first guiding element and a second guiding element substantially perpendicular to the first guiding element for guiding the holding device along the first guidance reference and the second reference element. The clamping arrangement is arranged for clamping the work piece with a clamping force being exercised substantially in the lateral direction.
US08201593B2
An apparatus comprising a body of a filling head provided with actuators controlled by a control logic unit, the control logic unit being mounted on the body, the body being provided with seats for the actuators and with further seats for receiving solenoid valves arranged for operating the opening and/or the closing of said actuators. The body comprises passages for electric connecting elements between the control logic unit and the actuators and/or the solenoid valves, the electric connecting elements comprising contact elements connected to the control logic unit.
US08201586B2
To prevent a burr, produced from the joint portion by welding between a liquid agent container and an injection unit, from interfering with a boring member inserted into a jig communication passage when the boring member is inserted into the jig communication passage to prevent the obstruction of the piercing action through a sealing member by the edge of the boring member. In the sealing pump-up device 10, a tubular inner annular member 104 is integrally formed on the inner peripheral side of a joined portion 37 in an injection unit 20 so as to surround, from an outer peripheral side, a boring member 62 held in a jig insertion hole 44, and a burr housing unit 106 consisting of an almost cylindrical space is formed between the outer annular member 28 of a liquid container 18 and the tubular inner annular member 104, whereby it is possible to guide the tip end side of a burr 110, extending from the joint portion between the outer annular member 28 and a joined portion 37 toward the inner peripheral side, from moving toward the boring member 62 side of the burr 110 by means of the tubular inner annular member 104.
US08201581B2
The present invention provides a waste for an item of sanitary ware generating grey water, the waste comprising: (i) an inlet for admitting grey water; (ii) first and second outlets configured to discharge grey water, the first outlet being arranged to connect to a drainage system, and the second outlet being arranged to connect to a recycling system; (iii) a valve configured to selectively direct water to the first outlet or the second outlet, the valve being located between the inlet and the first and the second outlets, wherein the valve is operable between the first and the second positions, the valve connecting the inlet to the first outlet in the first position and the valve connecting the inlet to the second outlet in the second position; and (iv) a plug dimensioned to fit the inlet and configured to operate the valve by manipulation of the plug.
US08201579B2
A conveying chamber hose for a device for conveying fluid is embodied in an elastic manner, has an inlet and an outlet and has the smallest resistance in the area of the inlet.
US08201556B2
There is provided a sheet driver for use in a medicament dispenser including a medicament carrier having a plurality of pockets for containing medicament wherein said pockets are spaced along the length of and defined between first and second sheets secured to each other and separable by drivable pulling action, the sheet driver comprising a base; ascending from the base, a shaft defining a rotational axis; on the base, a drive surface for receipt of drive to rotate the base about the rotational axis; about the shaft, a torsion spring defining first and second spring legs; mounting about the shaft and the torsion spring for rotation about the rotational axis, a hub defining a hub surface for receipt of a sheet of the medicament carrier. A first leg receiver of the base receives the first spring leg of the torsion spring and a second leg receiver of the hub receives the second spring leg of the torsion spring such that relative rotation of the base and the hub results in tensioning of the torsion spring.
US08201553B2
A solar hot water system is provided, comprising an ambient temperature sensor, a controller, a valve, a water storage tank, having an inlet and an outlet, and at least a first solar panel, having an inlet in fluid communication with the water storage tank outlet and an outlet in fluid communication with the water storage tank inlet. When the temperature sensor indicates to the controller that the ambient temperature is above a predetermined level, the controller controls the valve to direct flow from the water storage tank outlet to the solar panel inlet and from the solar panel outlet to the water storage tank inlet. When the temperature sensor indicates to the controller that the ambient temperature is below a predetermined level, the controller controls the valve to direct flow from the solar panel inlet to the valve and so to atmosphere.
US08201550B2
A grill base is pivotally attached at a first end to a folding stand with three pivoting U-shaped supports and a center pivot. Two of the supports rest on the ground on casters or wheels. The third support slides and locks within L-shaped slots below the second end of the grill base held horizontally for cooking. An inserted charcoal tray is used to cook. The supports pivot together and stand vertically on the castors. The grill base pivots down parallel to the supports so that all are vertical for storage and transport.
US08201547B2
The proposed invention is a new bolt and gas release valve mechanism for a projectile launching device, such as a paintball marker, that uses significantly less gas per shot than prior art devices. The open gas chamber between the projectile, such as a paintball, and the gas release mechanism is eliminated thereby requiring much less gas to be used for each launch of a given projectile. Thus, only the launching gas to propel the projectile is needed and not the additional gas required to fill the chamber in the bolt directly behind the projectile. This enables desirably smaller gas supply tanks to be used during use to launch the same number of projectiles. Also, with the present invention, more projectiles can be launched using the same gas supply tank.
US08201539B2
A carburetor cover includes a first portion with a flanged portion extending from an outer edge of the first portion. The first portion includes a plurality of spaced holes and a first opening for receiving a fastener of a carburetor. The spaced holes of the first surface have diameters that are greater than 2 mm and less than 8 mm. A side wall includes a plurality of spaced holes having diameters that are greater than 2 mm and less than 8 mm. One end of the side wall is connected to the flanged portion. Another end of the side wall is configured to be mounted on a surface of the carburetor. Airflow is received directly by the first portion and the side wall without passing through a filter medium. Airflow flows through the carburetor cover directly to an engine without passing through a filter medium.
US08201536B2
An engine assembly may include an engine block, first and second cylinder heads, and a first and second intake manifolds. The engine block may include a first bank defining a first set of cylinders and a second bank defining a second set of cylinders. The first cylinder head may be fixed to the first bank and the second cylinder head may be fixed to the second bank. The first intake manifold may be fixed to the first cylinder head and may include a first acoustic tuning mechanism in communication with the first intake manifold. The second intake manifold may be fixed to the second cylinder head and may include a second acoustic tuning mechanism in communication with the second intake manifold.
US08201535B2
An air intake device for a vehicle is provided. The air intake device includes a housing that defines a plenum and is configured for mounting on a vehicle. The air intake device also includes an air scoop that is movably coupled to the housing. The air scoop is movable between a stowed position and a deployed position. The air intake device also includes a valve assembly coupled to the air scoop. The air scoop defines at least one ram air inlet port having a flow area. The at least one ram air inlet port is positioned to receive ram air and is in fluid communication with the plenum when the air scoop is in the deployed position. The valve assembly is operable for varying the flow area of the at least one ram air inlet port.
US08201533B2
A lash adjuster includes a plunger inserted into a body and defining a pressure chamber in the body, and a spacer. The plunger is moved axially when a working fluid flows into or out of the pressure chamber so that a volume of the pressure chamber is increased or reduced. The plunger has a bottom wall defining the pressure chamber, a peripheral wall rising from an outer periphery of the bottom wall and an outer peripheral surface having an annular groove located at a height position confined in a thickness range of the bottom wall. When fitted in the groove, the spacer has a plate width equal to a separating distance between a groove bottom and an inner peripheral face of the body to fill a gap between the body and the plunger. The spacer has a flow path through which the working fluid introduced into the pressure chamber leaks.
US08201527B2
An auxiliary-device arrangement for a cylinder-deactivation multi-cylinder internal combustion engine includes an auxiliary-device driving member and an auxiliary device. The cylinder-deactivation multi-cylinder internal combustion engine is capable of deactivating at least one deactivated cylinder by keeping an intake valve and an exhaust valve closed while at least one operating cylinder is operating. The auxiliary-device driving member is provided adjacent to an operating cam of a valve operating cam shaft which is provided in the at least one operating cylinder. The auxiliary device has an operating member via which the auxiliary device contacts the auxiliary-device driving member.
US08201524B2
A device for controlling opening of a cooling circuit control valve system of an internal combustion engine, containing a coolant, which is automatically opened under effect of a cooling liquid being heated to a standard temperature. The control performs an early controlled opening of the control valve system of a cooling circuit located upstream of a heat exchanger before the temperature of the cooling liquid reaches a set temperature value for activating the opening of the control valve system, which is itself lower than the standard temperature, the controlled opening being performed only when the control valve system is first opened.
US08201513B2
The boat hull has an exterior lower surface with at least one step surface therein. A channel extends from the step surface to the bow of the boat, with an opening at the bow, permitting air to flow along the channel. A movable member is positionable within the channel, wherein the movable member and can be positioned at selected locations therealong, defining an adjustable additional step for the hull.
US08201511B1
A method of reducing skin friction drag on a marine hull comprising imparting ultrasonically-induced cavitation at a boundary layer at the hull-water interface. The includes providing a sonification plate on at least a portion of a wettable area of the hull to establish a boundary layer interface between the sonification plate and the water medium, and energizing the sonification plate to produce microcavitation bubbles at the boundary layer interface whereby to alter the Reynolds number, kinematic viscosity, and coefficient of friction. The sonification plate is hermetically sealed and includes an array of ultrasonic transducers, which may be mounted on an interior or exterior surface of the hull. The energizing step nucleates microcavitation bubbles upon entrained gases and/or particulate matter residing in the water medium.
US08201500B2
A powder charged rock cracker cartridge (1) comprises a substantially cylindrical outer sleeve (2) with an end wall in a first end (3); a plug (4) which, enclosing said outer sleeve, is inserted into and is secured in an opposite second end of the outer sleeve; a main chamber (5) in the outer sleeve (2) between said end wall and said plug, which main chamber is filled with a blasting powder charge (6); a substantially cylindrical inner sleeve (7), which is coaxial with the outer sleeve (2), is connected to said plug, and extends into the charge of blasting powder in the main chamber; and a central through hole (8) in said plug which communicates with the inner sleeve, which is closed in its inner end, which is inserted into the blasting powder charge. The hole in the plug and the inner sleeve in combination form a priming chamber (9) having a shape corresponding to the outer shape of a detonator (10), which can be trigged electrically and comprises an igniting powder charge. The inner sleeve has an inner wall (13) consisting of a plastic material. The thickness of the plastic wall and plastic material are selected such that the plastic wall in less than 25 ms (milliseconds) is penetrated by the pressure and the flame of fire which are formed when the detonator is ignited, thereby igniting the blasting powder charge.
US08201491B2
A hot beverage maker has a stand, fresh water reservoir, a removable tank, and a spring-biased actuator means for dispensing brewed beverages. The tank includes a reservoir portion and the reservoir portion is adapted to hold a brewed liquid so that the tank comprises a fluid bucket when removed from the hot beverage maker. The tank is placed on a platform in a mating relationship so as to engage a warmer plate to keep the contents of the tank warm. The hot beverage maker produces a brewed beverage that is stored in the tank. The dispenser actuator may be engaged by a vessel for holding a hot beverage in order to commence the dispensing of the brewed beverage from the tank.
US08201490B2
A hydraulic actuator has an armored section having concentric cylinders and an unarmored section having a cylinder with a frangible piston and a frangible upper gland nut. The hydraulic actuator may have leakage vents adapted to prevent leakage between hydraulic systems used to power the cylinders. The hydraulic actuator also may have a gland seal for sealing an end of the cylinder of the unarmored section and a sensing port adapted for allowing detection of fluid leaking due to damage of the gland seal.
US08201488B1
A conformable self-healing ballistic armor protective structure has a shell formed of a laminated cloth material having outer and inner lamellae. The outer lamella of the laminated material is a ballistic cloth and the inner lamella is a soft, conformable self-healing, rubber compound. The shell is filled preferably with multiplicity of ceramic particles disposed in a fluid.
US08201481B2
There is a tool configured to tack a coupling device to a surface including a handle configured to permit a user to grasp the tool. The tool also includes a shaft member coupled to the handle and including a spring-loaded mechanism, configured to provide a force to tack a coupling device to a surface and to release the coupling device to the surface. In addition, the tool includes a head member coupled to the shaft member and configured to receive and hold a coupling device head in preparation for tacking. The head member includes a head body, a magnet disposed within the head body, and a socket member extending from the head body and including a curved socket bottom adjacent the magnet and a rim having a beveled cross-section; wherein the head member includes a gap between the magnet and the coupling device.
US08201478B2
A gear box has a housing and a direct current motor inside of the housing. A rotatable output shaft extends through a wall of the housing and is rotatably driven by the motor via a gear train. The gear box can be used to dispense ice from a refrigerator/freezer. The motor drives the output shaft in one direction to dispense ice cubes. The motor also drives the output shaft in an opposite direction to crush ice and dispense the crushed ice. The gear box has a low-profile height. The gear train is located in front of a motor shaft of the motor and has a maximum height which does not exceed a maximum height of the motor. The motor shaft is perpendicular to the input gear of the gear train and to the output shaft of the gear box.
US08201475B2
A steering column assembly for a motor vehicle is adjustable in both rake and telescope directions and then locked in a convenient setting by a driver. The locking mechanism for the telescope and rake adjust is motor actuated in response to activation of a toggle switch. The motor can be proximate or remote from the locking mechanism and the steering column assembly. A transmission operates on a rotating cam principal which alternately cycles a clamp of the locking mechanism between locked and unlocked conditions. A drive shaft extends between the motor and the locking mechanism and can be either rigid or flexible. Locking the steering column assembly in an adjusted position can be accomplished either by compressing a capsule bracket against a compression bracket, or via interlocking engagement of pawls with corresponding teeth in respective slots in the capsule and compression brackets.
US08201467B2
Electromechanical actuators (EMAs) include an output disposed at a location that is axially central between two EM devices. The EMAs include either one or two motors and an output mechanism. The motors are adapted to be energized and are operable, upon being energized, to either generate torques about a first axis or drive forces along a first axis. The output mechanism is responsive to the torques or forces to translate along a second axis that is perpendicular to the first axis.
US08201463B1
A fixture for measuring clamping forces applied by lift truck clamps has a frame and two or more load measuring assemblies which are adjustably mounted for optimal positioning between the clamps. Actual force measurements are compared to acceptable values and composite feedback is provided using at least two measurements and two comparisons. The system is particularly useful for measuring force balance for clamps having pivotable platens.
US08201459B2
A flowmeter is disclosed. The flowmeter includes a vibratable conduit, and a driver connected to the conduit that is operable to impart motion to the conduit. A sensor is connected to the conduit and is operable to sense the motion of the conduit and generate a sensor signal. A controller is connected to receive the sensor signal. The controller is operable to detect a single-phase flow condition and process the sensor signal using a first process during the single-phase flow condition to generate a validated mass-flow measurement. The controller is also operable to detect a two-phase flow condition and process the sensor signal using a second process during the two-phase flow condition to generate the validated mass-flow measurement.
US08201456B2
The present invention is a measuring cell comprising a base body. Layered upon the base body is a measurement membrane having a first measuring element, a measurement device, and an intermediate membrane. The intermediate membrane is arranged between the measurement membrane and the base body, and a second measuring element is arranged thereon. When a pressure force is applied to the cell, the measurement membrane is directed outward and undergoes deformation with respect to the intermediate membrane as well as the base body. The deformation causes the measuring capacitance formed by the measuring electrodes to change according to the pressure applied.
US08201447B2
Measuring a fill level or limit state is performed using an electromagnetic vibrating system, in which a transmission signal(s) is generated. A vibrating body (20) is excited into a state of vibration by the transmission signal (s); and by means of the reception signal (e) that is then produced by the vibrating body (2) the transmission signal (s) is modified for at least one subsequent excitation of the vibrating body (2), while a natural frequency (fe) of the vibrating body—or a magnitude (te) dependent on the natural frequency (fe)—is determined from the reception signal (e), and the transmission signal (s) is thereby modified.
US08201433B2
A die on which a fabricated body to be press-formed is mounted includes a mounting surface on which the fabricated body is mounted, a punch that forms a hole in the fabricated body, a first receiving portion that at least partially receives the punch, and a second receiving portion which is formed in the mounting surface and receives a deformed portion of the fabricated body that is formed by the pressure of the punch on the fabricated body.
US08201432B2
A plate workpiece processing machine includes a workpiece support, a tool punch holder, a tool die holder, a tool drive, multiple tool punches, and multiple tool dies. Various tool punches and tool dies have tool heads of differing heights. The tool punch holder is positionable based on the tool head height of a tool punch secured to the tool punch holder and/or the tool die holder is positionable based on the tool head height of a tool die secured to the tool die holder.
US08201427B1
A lock housing for a security drawer is disclosed. The lock drawer system includes a cabinet drawer having a front wall including a front surface and a rear surface and a combination lock on the drawer with a combination lock dial. The drawer includes a lock housing defining an enclosure within which the dial can fit and extend through. The lock housing also includes a combination lock dial window. The system integrates a keyed locking bolt extending through the housing and to the drawer and is removable therefrom.
US08201426B2
An application for a safe or strong box attaches to a larger, heavy object and provides improved security to its contents from unwanted removal. The safe or strong box has a revolving door that, when a proper code/combination/biometric is provided, rotatably opens to expose the contents. In one embodiment, the safe/strong box interfaces to, for example, a bedding system using a barbed plate that readily inserts between a box spring and a mattress, but due to the barbs, is difficult to remove without lifting the mattress from the box spring making it at least difficult to remove by, for example, children in the home. In some embodiments, sound dampening devices are provided to provide a quiet retraction of the revolving door, so as to not alert an intruder when the occupant is retrieving a weapon such as a pistol.
US08201423B1
Locks for luggage, travelcases, briefcases and the like that can be operated by setting a combination or by using a key include an indicator to provide a signal in response to use of the key. The locks retain relatively movable components in latched engagement when locked, and permit relative movement of the components when unlocked. In some embodiments, the indicator provides a visual signal if an associated travelcase has been opened for inspection by unlocking the associated lock using a key; and, in some embodiments, the indicator can be reset upon entry of a proper combination.
US08201420B2
An apparatus for manufacturing a float glass, including a float bath for storing a molten metal on which a molten glass flows, wherein the molten metal flows in the float bath, comprises a discharge slot having substantially the same size as width of the molten glass to discharge a molten metal crashing against a wall of a downstream end of the float bath and dross floating on the molten metal, and formed through the wall substantially parallel to a traveling direction of the molten glass; connecting channels for communicating the discharge slot with both sides of the float bath; and dross collecting members for collecting the dross.
US08201417B1
An interchangeable jewelry mounting system that allows for the attachment and detachment of gems from a jewelry setting. This system is provided with a gem mount that has a gem permanently secured to the mount. This mount contains an internal safety catch that, when engaged secures the gem mount to the jewelry setting. The jewelry setting is provided with latches that engage pins on the gem mount to ensure that the internal safety catch does not disengage prematurely.
US08201416B2
A method and a system of temperature-control for an electronic component are provided, in which a plurality of temperature sensors is disposed in each area of the electronic component. The temperature-control method includes obtaining a plurality of sensed temperature values; looking up a temperature-control table recording the relationship between a temperature-control threshold and a temperature-control operation set for each area; selecting the temperature-control operation corresponding to sensed temperature values greater than the temperature-control thresholds depending on the temperature-control table; and starting the temperature-control operation to make the sensed temperature values being lower than or equal to the temperature-control thresholds.
US08201413B2
An exhaust liner assembly including an interface between moveable parts includes a seal liner having a plurality of slots. The size of each slot varies with the circumferential position of the liner assembly to provide a stable cavity pressure within the interface to create a stable barrier about the entire circumference of the exhaust liner assembly.
US08201409B1
The present invention is a heat recovery fluid to be used in a closed loop, hot dry rock system, where the fluid remains in a liquid state flowing down from the surface in an annular, downflow conduit to a terminal end heat exchanger. At the terminal end heat exchanger, the heat recover fluid partially vaporizes as a result of indirect heat transfer locally from the geological formation, resulting in a dual-phase fluid or vapor stream flowing out from the terminal end heat exchanger to an axial, return upflow conduit. In one embodiment, the upflow conduit is separated by a single wall from the downflow conduit. When the upflow conduit bears a dual-phase fluid, it has been found that the degree of vaporization of the heat transfer fluid does not result in substantial separation of the vapor and remaining liquid, i.e., which could result in plugging or slug flow in a sloping upward direction, but instead produces a stable flow regime for return of the heated heat recovery fluid to the surface. At the surface, vapor is separated from a liquid phase of the heat transfer fluid from the upflow conduit or is directed as a single vapor stream. Said vapor phase stream can be used directly in a turbine or said separated liquid and vapor phases can indirectly transfer heat to a water or light hydrocarbon liquid, vaporizing it as a working fluid for driving a turbine for electrical power production.
US08201407B2
A drive unit and a method for the operation thereof. The drive unit has an internal combustion engine in operative connection with a driven shaft and a reciprocating piston expansion engine in an operative connection with a crankshaft. The driven shaft is mechanically connected to the crankshaft by a clutch in such a way that torque is transmitted from the crankshaft to the driveshaft. The reciprocating piston expansion engine has at least one cylinder, and a fluid is guided from a fluid supply into an interior of the at least one cylinder at least occasionally via an inlet valve and a bypass valve which is arranged in parallel with the inlet valve.
US08201405B2
A crossover for ducting exhaust produced by an engine. The crossover includes a front inside passage and rear outside passage. The front inside passage is configured to direct exhaust from one or more cylinders associated with a front of the engine to an inside volute of a turbocharger turbine. The rear outside passage is configured to direct exhaust from one or more cylinders associated with a rear of the engine to an outside volute of the turbocharger turbine. The inside volute is closer to the rear of the engine than the outside volute is.
US08201401B2
A passive valve assembly for a vehicle exhaust system includes an exhaust component that defines an exhaust gas flow path and a vane that is positioned within the exhaust gas flow path. The vane is positioned at an initial start position and is movable between a closed position to provide a minimum exhaust gas flow and an open position to provide a maximum exhaust gas flow. The start position is orientated at a negative angle relative to the closed position.
US08201397B2
An SCR catalyst is provided in an exhaust pipe of an engine and a urea solution addition valve is provided upstream of the SCR catalyst in the exhaust pipe. An ECU controls urea solution addition quantity of the urea solution addition valve based on ammonia adsorption quantity to the SCR catalyst. The ECU calculates the ammonia adsorption quantity in the SCR catalyst based on time-series data of an ammonia balance between ammonia supply to the SCR catalyst accompanying the urea solution addition of the urea solution addition valve and ammonia consumption in the SCR catalyst. The ECU calculates NOx quantity introduced into the SCR catalyst or a parameter correlated with the NOx quantity and performs initialization of the ammonia adsorption quantity at timing decided based on a result of the calculation.
US08201394B2
For example, according to one representative embodiment, an apparatus for reducing NOx emissions in an engine exhaust includes a NOx reduction target module configured to determine a NOx reduction requirement. The apparatus also includes a tailpipe NOx module configured to determine a sensed amount of NOx exiting the engine system and a signal correction algorithm module configured to determine a corrected amount of NOx exiting the engine system based at least partially on the sensed amount of NOx exiting the engine system. The apparatus also includes a feedback ammonia target module configured to determine a feedback ammonia addition requirement. The feedback ammonia addition requirement includes an amount of ammonia added to the exhaust gas stream to achieve the NOx reduction requirement in response to the corrected amount of NOx exiting the engine system. The apparatus also includes a reductant target module that is configured to determine a reductant injection requirement.
US08201393B2
The invention relates to an exhaust-gas aftertreatment device, comprising a control unit (4) for controlling a diaphragm pump (2) that draws a urea/water solution out of a circuit and pumps it, via a pressure filter (3), to a metering unit comprising an atomizing nozzle for atomizing the urea/water solution into an exhaust-gas stream.In advantageous developments, the metering unit comprises a metering valve, including an atomizing nozzle, a pressure and temperature sensor, a heating means and a return baffle.
US08201388B1
A header height sensor (102) for an agricultural harvester has an elongate sensor arm (112), a reversing joint (114) and a rotary sensor (116) mounted to a bracket (106) that is fixed to a point (100) of a harvesting head. The reversing joint includes a housing (152) that limits the deflection of the sensor in a lateral direction.
US08201386B2
The present invention includes following the steps of:In a first step, first and second breast milk absorbent pads 2(i), 3(i) are fed onto wrapping sheet web 29. In a second step, the first breast milk absorbent pad 2(ii) is fed so as to be displaced from a transverse center line 32 toward an upper end 30 by ¼ of a dimension H thereof as measured in a longitudinal direction Y, and the second breast milk absorbent pad 2(ii) is fed so as to be displaced from a transverse center line 32 toward an lower end 30 by ¼ of a dimension H thereof as measured in a longitudinal direction Y. In a third step, the first and second breast milk absorbent pads 2, 3(iii) are respectively folded back from the upper and lower ends 30, 31 toward the transverse center line 32 in two-ply fashion. In a fourth step, the upper and lower ends of the wrapping sheet web 29 are folded back toward the transverse center line 32. In a fifth step, a joint zone 20 is formed between the first and second breast milk absorbent pads 2, 3(v) and these two pads 2, 3(v) is cut apart along a cutting line 33.
US08201385B2
A covering substrate which is inexpensive to manufacture and adhere to a container yet provides a hygienic environment at a top portion of the container as well as provides multiple promotional or advertising surfaces. A covering substrate capable of being bonded to a rim of a container, the container including a top wall and the rim extending beyond the top wall defining a top portion of the container, the covering providing a hygienic environment at the top portion of the container, including a substrate, a heat seal coating laminated to the substrate and disposed for bonding the substrate to the container substantially along the perimeter of the rim, and a bondable material layered in part to the substrate opposite the heat seal coating, a portion of the bondable material defining a tab therein substantially contained within the perimeter of the substrate.
US08201384B2
A beam-like structural component (2) made up of individual parts connected to each other, comprising at least one flange (9) and at least one web (1), which structural component is easy to produce and exhibits high load-bearing capacity and torsional rigidity, is characterized in that the web (1) is formed by web members (6) extending transversely to the longitudinal extension of the web (1), with web members (6) forming a linear longitudinal area (4, 5) extending across the length of the web (1) and with, in each case, two adjacent web members (6) extending toward different narrow edges (7, 8) of the flange (9) starting from the longitudinal area (4, 5) of the web (1) so that one web member (6) rests against the flange (9) with one side of the web (1) and the adjacent web member (6) rests against the flange (9) with the opposite side of the web (1) and the web members (6) exhibit the shape of an “S” (FIG. 1E).
US08201377B2
Laminated flooring planks include decorative motifs, mechanically embossed-in-registration surface textures, recessed perimeters, and locking mechanisms. By arranging portions of the decorative motifs along edges of a flooring plank, a periodic flooring pattern larger than an individual plank can be formed by placing identical planks adjacent to one another in a horizontal direction and adjacent in a vertical direction.
US08201364B1
A rigid component is formed of a plurality of coupled cylinders. Each cylinder has a circular cross sectional configuration with an axis, a top, a bottom, first and second sides and a slit. The coupled cylinders have parallel axes and include an upper plane with the axes in a common upper plane and a lower plane with the axes in a common lower plane. The slits face downwardly in the upper plane and upwardly in the lower plane. The slits receive a side of each of its adjacent cylinders. The cylinders are secured with respect to each other by the resilience of the cylinders at their slits holding the sides of the cylinders passing through the slits.
US08201360B2
A method of covering a potted plant or a floral grouping with a floral sleeve. The sleeve has, in one embodiment, a plurality of randomly positioned overlapping folds disposed in a sidewall of the sleeve. The sleeve optionally has a detachable upper portion.
US08201350B2
A machine bucket may include a wrapper. The wrapper may form a portion of a receptacle for holding material. The wrapper may include a curved upper portion defining an arc. The curved upper portion may have a central angle value (θU) of between approximately 129.5° and 130.5°. The wrapper may also include a curved lower portion defining an arc. The curved lower portion may have a central angle value (θL) of between approximately 29.5° and 30.5°.
US08201348B2
A shoe stud and receptacle, the shoe stud including a ground-engaging part and the two components are adapted to be secured together by a multi-start threaded connection comprising a screw-threaded spigot on one of the two components adapted to be inserted with rotation into a screw-threaded socket on the other component, and a locking means of the components which is arranged to become interengaged to resist unscrewing of the assembly, the locking means comprising a primary locking means and at least one secondary locking member, the primary locking means comprising a ring of posts extending axially from one of the components and a ring of teeth on the other component, the posts engaging between the teeth, and wherein the or each secondary locking member is adapted to engage with a post to maintain the interengagement of the primary locking means.
US08201347B2
A shoe construction enables a user to attach or interchange shoe components for improving function and or appearance of the shoe construction. The shoe construction includes a base, a cover, a top attachable component, and two fasteners. The base includes a series of fastener-receiving apertures. First fastening structure surrounds the fastener-receiving apertures. The cover includes a second fastening structure matable with the first fastening structure. The top attachable component includes component ends, each of which has an end aperture and a third fastening structure, which third fastening structure surrounds the end apertures. The fasteners fasten the component ends to the base member via the end apertures and fastener-receiving apertures. The cover covers the first fastening structure, the component ends, and the fasteners. The first, second, and third fastening structures function to prevent rotation of the component ends about axes extending through the fasteners.
US08201345B2
A method for operating a cleanout cycle to remove treating chemistry dispensed within a dispenser dryer.
US08201342B2
Baby scales include a housing, a weighing tray associated with the housing and configured to hold a baby, a display and a measuring device configured to support the weighing tray and to determine a weight of the baby. The measuring device includes an electric length measuring device configured to measure a length of the baby. The display is disposed on the housing and configured to show the determined weight of the baby.
US08201336B2
A retractable knife includes an elongate handle and a blade holder slidingly mounted within the handle for sliding movements between a retracted position and an extended position. The blade holder is configured for receiving. A manually operable blade lock is formed on the holder and including a release member rotatably mounted on the blade holder. The release member having a first portion projecting beyond the handle and positioned to be actuated by a finger of a user while holding the handle. A second portion is movable with the first portion between a locking position in which the second portion is received with a notch of a blade and a releasing position in which the second position is removed from the blade notch to a position outside the notch of the blade. A spring normally rotates the release member to move the second portion to the locking position. Actuation of the release member by the finger of the user to overcome the spring moves the second portion to the releasing position and releases the blade.
US08201333B2
Universal master boards and methods of making flush door skins and doors from the universal master boards are disclosed. The universal master boards each have an expansive surface with a graphic design of at least first depressions and second depressions in at least first and second surface regions, respectively. The first depressions simulate a first wood grain pattern, and the second depressions simulate a second wood grain pattern aligned in a different direction than the simulated first wood grain pattern. The universal master boards may be cut and demarcated selectively to establish different assortments of simulated wood patterns and different ornamental features, such as stiles and rails.
US08201327B2
A process is provided for manufacturing a multielectrode that may be used to record a bioelectrical potential difference at a detection site. The manufacturing process may comprise manufacturing a carrier from multiple thin layers of an insulating material. The manufacturing process may further comprise providing at least one recording electrode of a set of electrode pairs on at least one of the layers of the carrier. Each recording pair may include one active electrode surface and a different reference electrode surface. Also, the manufacturing process may further comprise folding, fastening, and gluing the layers of the insulating material to one another.
US08201311B1
A piezoelectric layer is coupled to a bottom electrode in a method of fabricating a piezoelectric resonator. A bottom metal layer of a top electrode is deposited on the piezoelectric layer. The bottom metal layer is patterned and etched. A top metal layer of the top electrode is deposited on the etched bottom metal layer. The top metal layer is patterned and etched. An interconnect metal layer is deposited on the etched top metal layer and the piezoelectric layer such that the interconnect metal layer isolates the bottom metal layer from subsequent etch steps.
US08201310B1
A co-molded plastic pinch clip with certain portions thereof formed from different materials. The clip is adapted to be secured to the body of a hanger, to a clothesline, or any other suitable element. The clip comprises a pair of complementary jaw members formed of a relatively hard plastic material joined together by a bridge-like member. The bridge-like member is joined, at each end, to the middle portion of each of the complementary jaw members by means of a living hinge. A substantially rigid, resilient member engages and presses against the outer surfaces of the complementary jaw members to maintain the relative positions thereof and, as well, force them into engagement at one end. Each jaw member includes a relatively soft plastic pad on the opposite sides of the opposite ends thereof such that a pair of soft plastic pads are disposed in abutting relationship at the inner engagable ends of the clip and a pair of soft plastic pads are disposed at the outer pressable ends of the clip.
US08201299B2
A tool for cleaning surfaces, comprising a body with a substantially cylindrical shape, on a face of which there are distributed along at least a path clumps of bristles inserted into corresponding holes made on said face, the axis of each of said holes is inclined in relation to a perpendicular to the surface of said face, on a plane substantially tangential to said at least a path, or on a plane substantially radial to said path, or on both said planes.
US08201284B2
A collapsible portable toilet having an expanded and a compressed state. The toilet has a seat and a base. The seat is connected to a top of a collapsible assembly and the base is connected to the bottom of the collapsible assembly. The toilet has a cover that is cylindrical and surrounds the collapsible assembly. The cover contains a coil that is resilient to the expended position. The cover has a plurality of fasteners for holding the toilet in a compressed state. In the expanded state a plurality of segments extend toward the ground or supporting surface. The stop arm is insertable into the collapsible assembly to secure the toilet in an expanded state. The toilet utilizes a disposable inner bag for use in the interior of the toilet. The toilet is fittable within a carrying bag when in a compressed state.
US08201282B2
A flush mechanism for use in a urinal. The flush mechanism includes a flush reservoir pivotally mounted within a flush frame. The flush mechanism receives water from an inlet above the flush reservoir. The flush reservoir is pivotable from a fill position to a flush position whereby the water is dispensed to a manifold within the urinal for flushing of the urinal. The flow of water into the flush reservoir and the actuation of the flush reservoir may be directed by a controller.
US08201281B2
A trapping device for trapping non-dispersing cloths in a toilet bowl is disclosed. The trapping device comprises a strap, a plurality of hooks, and an adjustment buckle. The trapping device may be installed in a trapway of the toilet bowl. The strap has a first end, a second end, and a middle portion, wherein the second end includes a plurality of adjustment holes, and the middle portion is rounded. The plurality of hooks is attached to an inner wall of the strap, wherein the hooks extend at approximately 45-60 degrees away from the strap. The adjustment buckle is attached to the first end of the strap, wherein the second end of the strap slides through the adjustment buckle to adjust the diameter of the strap.
US08205267B2
When an image processing apparatus outputs an image to a display apparatus, the image processing apparatus confirms display conditions on the designated display apparatus. After the confirmation, the image processing apparatus reads an image of a document according to the display conditions. The image to be outputted is a different image from an original image, i.e., the image to be outputted is restricted. The image processing apparatus transmits the restricted image to the display apparatus. The display apparatus displays the restricted image differing from the original image. By restricting the image to be displayed depending on the display apparatus, the security can be improved and leakage of confidential information can be prevented.
US08205266B2
Software license management systems are provided in which a license to use a software product is represented by a data token. The systems have a software controller for controlling use of the software product at a user device, and a license management server for communicating with the software controller via a data communications network. The software controller allows use of the software product at the user device substantially only during a use period associated with a current data token supplied to the software controller by the license management server. An exchange token can be supplied to another, similar software controller when necessary to transfer the license, e.g. in the event of a breakdown. The software controller is adapted to supply either the current data token, or the exchange token, to the license management server to be exchanged for a new data token.
US08205262B2
A system for disrupting malware includes a transform function and its inverse transform function which, when applied serially to an original bit pattern will return the original bit pattern, but when applied in solo will result in a bit pattern which is different than the original bit pattern, a preprocessor configured to apply the transform function in order to transform each benign program received from the computer-readable medium from an architecturally standardized form into a locally-specific form prior to storage of the program code in the program memory; a postprocessor configured to apply the inverse transform function in order to inversely transform all programs prior to their execution, such that previously transformed benign programs are converted back to the architecturally standardized form and malicious programs are rendered dysfunctional for their intended purpose. A method includes operations for serially transforming and inversely transforming authorized programs, but only inversely transforming unauthorized programs.
US08205256B2
An apparatus and method of detecting an intrusion code is provided. The apparatus for detecting an intrusion code includes: a set value input unit in which a set value differentiated for each group is input; an immune database generation unit which generates an immune database, based on the set value; and an intrusion code determination unit which determines whether data corresponds to an intrusion code, based on the generated immune database.
US08205255B2
A system to prevent content spoofing by detecting phishing attacks is provided. The system checks each webpage visited by a user and determines if the page is legitimate. To determine if a page is legitimate, the system employs fingerprints to check how similar the browsed page is with respect to an original page. If the similarity between browsed page and the original page is found to be more than a preset threshold, then the browsed page is considered to be a spoofed page. Access to the spoofed page is then either denied and/or an alarm is triggered.
US08205242B2
A system and method to generate and maintain controlled growth DAG are described. The controlled growth DAG conveys information about objects captured by a capture system.
US08205237B2
A media work may be associated with an action by (a) extracting features from the media work, (b) determining an identification of the media work, based on the features extracted, using a sub-linear time search, such as an approximate nearest neighbor search for example, and (c) determining an action based on the identification of the media work determined. The media work may be an audio work. The features extracted from the work may include (A) a frequency decomposition of a signal of the audio work, (B) information samples of the audio work, (C) average intensities of sampled windows of the audio work, and/or (D) information from frequencies of the audio work.
US08205233B2
In a television system in which at least program title information for programs which are to be transmitted in the future is transmitted in advance to form a channel guide listing, apparatus is provided for searching the listing for specific user-entered information, and upon successful conclusion to the search, the apparatus schedules the tuning of the desired program, or in the alternative, notifies the viewer of the availability of the program. In those instances where descriptive text accompanies the program listing, apparatus of the invention performs a search of the text for a particular text string which may relate to the title, the star, the director, or the context of the program, among other search criteria.
US08205231B2
An apparatus for effectively managing a personal schedule and broadcasting programs includes a schedule management unit for managing a personal schedule, a broadcasting program management unit for managing basic information of broadcasting programs, an interface unit which receives an input signal, and a control unit which finds a first broadcasting program which overlaps with the personal schedule, searches for basic information for the first broadcasting program, and provides a first list including a title of the first broadcasting program, the basic information, and a display component for performing a control operation in response to an input signal.
US08205227B1
A method is provided to designate visual content that is accessible from a computer readable storage device and that correspond to programs distributed according to a predetermined schedule comprising: comparing attribute information of a respective program metadata record with respective attribute information of multiple respective content metadata records to measure similarity between corresponding attributes; determining respective program-content attribute match scores for each of the compared content metadata records as a function of the measure of similarity between the program attributes of the respective compared program metadata record and corresponding visual content attributes of respective content metadata records and of relative weighting of respective attribute comparisons; and selecting a respective visual content based upon the determined program-content attribute match score.
US08205226B2
A method and system are provided for allocating a dynamic advertisement according to audience ratings. The method includes selecting an advertisement broadcast to be transmitted based on broadcast viewing information of users and a transmission condition, and providing the selected advertisement broadcast.
US08205220B2
An optical disc drive to prevent entry of dust through a front side of a tray and includes a housing including a first opening, a shielding member disposed to shield the first opening at a distance from a front side of the housing, and including a second opening, and a tray inserted in the first and the second openings to shield the second opening and loaded into and unloaded from the housing. Thus, since sponge or padding is not dedicatedly used, cost can be saved. In addition, since the manufacturing process is simplified, productivity can be improved.
US08205215B2
Events captured at an application are compared to event correlation instances, wherein an event correlation instance represents a relationship between events of components of the application. The event of a plurality of events that is a potential root cause event of the plurality of events is determined. The potential root cause event and component associated with the potential root cause event are outputted.
US08205210B2
A method, apparatus and system for adaptably distributing video server processes among processing elements within a video server such that video server operation may be adapted in a manner facilitating rigorous timing constraints.
US08205208B2
The illustrative embodiments described herein provide a computer-implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for scheduling grid jobs. In one embodiment, a process identifies information describing available resources on a set of nodes on a heterogeneous grid computing system to form resource availability information. The process identifies a set of static scheduling policies for a set of static schedulers that manage the set of nodes. The process also identifies a static scheduling status for a portion of the set of static schedulers. The process creates a dynamic grid scheduling policy using the resource availability information, the set of static scheduling policies, and the static scheduling status. The process also schedules a set of grid jobs for execution by the available resources using the dynamic grid scheduling policy.
US08205202B1
A computer system that comprises computers, front-end applications, a messaging service, and an enterprise integration application is disclosed, each of the applications and the messaging service executing on at least one of the computers. The messaging service places service requests transmitted from the front-end applications on queues based on the type of the service requests. The enterprise integration application comprises business logic modules, each business logic module dedicated to acting on one type of the service requests and comprising at least one interface thread, at least one handling thread, and at least one management thread. The interface threads retrieve service requests from the queue associated with the type of service request associated with the business logic module. The handling threads act on the service requests retrieved by the interface thread. The management thread creates additional interface threads and handling threads as more are needed by the business logic module.
US08205198B2
An exemplary method for controlling a workflow is provided. The method includes: setting a check-status schedule and a reminder timer for each task of the workflow process; checking whether any task of the workflow process is in an incomplete state according to the check-status schedule; obtaining an operator name and a task assigned time of the task remained in the incomplete state; calculating a time difference between a current time and the task assigned time and calculating a remainder by utilizing modular arithmetic; and generating an alarm signal and sending the alarm signal to inform a corresponding operator to perform the task remained in the incomplete state if the remainder is greater than zero and not greater than the check-status schedule. A related system is also provided.
US08205197B2
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for granting hypervisor privileges. An installation module installs a monitor hypervisor wherein only the monitor hypervisor is granted the hypervisor privileges by the computer. An authentication module authenticates a second hypervisor. An eviction module evicts the monitor hypervisor if the second hypervisor is authenticated. The installation module further installs the second hypervisor after the monitor hypervisor is evicted so that only the second hypervisor is granted hypervisor privileges by the computer.
US08205194B2
Methods and systems for updating a virtual machine image. The virtual machine image may be stored as a collection of one or more virtual hard disk files. The virtual machine image is rendered to file-system data. Rendering the virtual machine image to file-system data may comprise mounting the virtual machine image's virtual hard disk drives. An analysis engine is invoked to scan the exposed file-system data to determine the update status of software constructs of the virtual machine image and data indicative of the scanning may be stored. The virtual machine image may be updated while inactive or may be deployed and activated in a protected environment for updating.
US08205190B2
A method of patching at least one function of an executing program, comprising determining when the at least one function is not being executed; and replacing original code in the at least one function with patched code.
US08205186B1
A method and system for incremental updating of instrumentation logic in integrated circuit designs. During debugging of a circuit design, instrumented signals are modified without rerunning synthesis and place and route. According to an embodiment, instrumentation logic is incrementally changed by the following operations: Building a list of available signals, modifying one or more instrumented signals, connecting or disconnecting the modified signals, and rerouting the modified signals.
US08205181B1
A circuit analysis tool is provided, enabled with software instructions, for minimizing circuit crosstalk. The instructions provide a first circuit connected to an output mode, having a last gate with a plurality of inputs and an output. The instructions calculate a first circuit victim net delay range (timing window) having a minimum delay (Vmin) and a maximum delay (Vmax). A second circuit is provided having an output connected to the output node to supply an aggressor net delay range (A1) having a minimum delay (A1min) and a maximum delay (A1max). The aggressor net delay range at least partially overlaps the victim net delay range. Without increasing the value of Vmax (critical path timing), the first circuit victim net delay range is shrunk, thereby minimizing crosstalk between the first and second circuits without an increase in first circuit maximum signal delay.
US08205175B2
An algorithmic programming language approach to system design enables design, synthesis, and validation of structured, system-level specifications, and integrates system-level design into the rest of the design process. The algorithmic programming language design approach includes various techniques and tools, which can be used in combination or independently. For example, the design approach includes techniques and tools for simplifying specification of a design unit interface in a programming language specification and/or simplifying specification of synchronization and sub-design unit concurrency for a design unit. According to a first aspect of the design approach, design occurs at the algorithmic level of abstraction. According to a second aspect, the design approach leverages existing simulation technology for validation at various stages of the design flow. According to a third aspect, a design tool synthesizes a structured, programming language specification into a lower-level specification, such as a VHDL specification.
US08205168B1
A layout can identify placement of a plurality of content units of a document across one or more pages with each page representing a display area for displaying the content of the document. A scrollbar definition can be generated so as to identify a plurality of equally-sized segments of a scrollbar track, with each segment corresponding to a respective one of the pages of the document. The definition can identify a scrollbar thumb having a body that fills a segment. A scrollbar can be rendered based on the definition. The scrollbar definition can be updated to identify a different number of segments of the scrollbar based on a new number of pages in a new layout generated in response to a change in the size of the display area.
US08205156B2
Described herein are processes and devices that determine a high contrast setting on a client. One of the devices described is a high contrast mode detector. The high contrast mode detector creates an object in a web document and assigns a pre-determined value to a displayable property of the object. The predetermined value is different than a high contrast value that the client would use to display the web document object if a high contrast setting is enabled. The high contrast mode detector associates the object with the web document. The client generates a computed value used to display the object. If high contrast mode is enabled, the client applies the high contrast value as the computed value, otherwise the client applies the pre-determined value. The high contrast mode detector compares the pre-determined value to the computed value and detects the high contrast setting based on the comparison result.
US08205152B2
The present invention relates to a method, terminal, and computer program for presenting a markup language document which contains a frameset. The method comprises the steps of interpreting the instructions in the document so that no scrollbars are displayed in the individual frames. The frames may be displayed in a reformatted manner, e.g., with expanded dimensions and/or reformatted contents. Such reformatting of the displayed frames does not require any revision of the markup language document.
US08205141B2
A system and method are provided for generating virtual lane (VL) forward error correction (FEC) overhead (OH) in a communication multi-lane distribution (MLD) protocol transmitter, and for recovering data words from virtual lanes with FEC OH in an MLD protocol receiver. The transmission method accepts an Optical Transport Network (OTN) frame with n consecutively ordered payload chunks of data words, at a first data rate. Each payload chunk is assigned to a virtual lane data word (VLDW) in an MLD frame of n consecutively ordered VLDWs. The assignment order of payload chunks to VLDWs is rotated at the start of each MLD frame. VLDWs are joined into VLDW groups, where each VLDW group includes at least one VLDW. FEC blocks are calculated for VLDWs, creating ordered VL codewords (VLCWs). Then, the VLCWs are multiplexed to maintain a consistent assignment of VLCW order to physical transmission lanes and transmitted.
US08205133B2
An error corrector with a high use efficiency of a memory includes a memory, a bus device, an input buffer and an error correction module. The memory stores data. The bus device controls a memory access. The input buffer receives and temporarily stores a coded blockcode data, and writes the coded blockcode data in the memory through the bus device. The error correction module reads the coded blockcode data in the memory through the bus device and decodes it in rows and columns to thereby obtain decoded data and check bytes. The error correction module writes the decoded data in the memory through the bus device and discards the check bytes.
US08205129B2
A base station (103) operates a hybrid retransmission scheme for a communication to a first subscriber unit (101) over a communication channel of an air interface of a cellular communication system. The base station (103) comprises a retransmission parameter controller (209) which sets a transmission parameter, such as a transmit power or an error correcting scheme, for a transmission of the communication in response to an operating point for the retransmission scheme. A CQI processor (203) determines a channel quality indication for the communication channel and a variation processor (205) determines a variation measure of a variation of the channel quality indication. The variation measure can for example be a rate of change. An operating point controller (207) sets the operating point in response to the variation measure. The invention may allow improved setting of transmission parameters for initial transmissions thereby providing higher throughput, reduced resource consumption and reduced delay.
US08205118B2
Software components “self-scrub” to improve software reliability, serviceability and availability (RAS). Each component designates a routine to perform a component level consistency check on major data structures and to verify the state of component. This is performed as an on-going task during the life of the component. The component registers an entry point with the system to receive notification of scrubbing parameter changes. The entry point is also called with the request to perform component-scrubbing operations. The entry point functions are responsible for executing within limitations on central processing unit (CPU) usage and memory footprint when performing scrubbing operations.
US08205116B2
Systems and methods for managing problems that are determined to be chronic problems with network devices or circuits are disclosed. The systems and methods receive data indicating a problem with a network device or circuit and determine based on the data a first action to be performed on the network device or circuit. Upon determining that a recurring problem exists for the network device or circuit, a rule set is used to determine if the data indicates a chronic problem. Upon determining that a chronic problem exists for the network device or circuit, the rule set is used to determine a monitoring period for the network device or circuit. Further, within the monitoring period a performance indicator that indicates that the network equipment or circuit is performing acceptably or unacceptably is used to determine further actions for the network device or circuit.
US08205115B2
A system and method for testing a computer divide test programs in a test file into hardware test programs and software test programs. A test server selects one or more test programs from the divided test file according to test parameters of the computer. The test server generates a test command for testing test items of the computer. The computer executes the test command. The test server analyzes test results and stores analyzed results into a predefined storage path.
US08205113B2
Among other aspects disclosed are a method and system for processing a batch of input data in a fault tolerant manner. The method includes reading a batch of input data including a plurality of records from one or more data sources and passing the batch through a dataflow graph. The dataflow graph includes two or more nodes representing components connected by links representing flows of data between the components. At least one but fewer than all of the components includes a checkpoint process for an action performed for each of multiple units of work associated with one or more of the records. The checkpoint process includes opening a checkpoint buffer stored in non-volatile memory at the start of processing for the batch. For each unit of work from the batch, if a result from performing the action for the unit of work was previously saved in the checkpoint buffer, the saved result is used to complete processing of the unit of work without performing the action again. If a result from performing the action for the unit of work is not saved in the checkpoint buffer. The action is performed to complete processing of the unit of work and the result from performing the action is saved in the checkpoint buffer.
US08205110B2
A system may be employed for allowing the synchronous operation of an asynchronous system. The system may be a system that may include multiple clusters. The clusters may include asynchronous clock domains and may also receive a global clock signal through a global clock grid that may overlay the system. Furthermore, a method may be employed for synchronizing asynchronous clock domains within a cluster. The method of synchronizing may include providing a global clock that corresponds to a global clock grid to each cluster. Additionally, the method of synchronizing may include accounting for the mismatch between the asynchronous clock domains by employing logic in a block.
US08205099B2
In a Power over Ethernet (POE) system, a power source equipment (PSE) device configured to deliver power to one or more powered devices (PDs) over a plurality of Ethernet transmission lines. The PSE interface includes a multi-port transmission line connector capable connecting to multiple Ethernet transmission lines, and a power source equipment (PSE) controller module integrated with the multi-port transmission line connector. The PSE controller module is capable of semi-automatic mode and legacy detection of one or more of the PDs that are coupled to the Ethernet transmission lines. The PSE controller module includes a plurality of PSE controllers corresponding to the Ethernet transmission lines, including a master PSE controller and plurality of slave PSE controllers coupled to the master PSE controller. The master PSE controller controls the slave PSE controllers, so as to provide power management to said corresponding PD devices, without an external microcontroller. In another embodiment, the PSE controller(s) inside the connector are configured for fully automatic mode, and include the feature of independent power management.
US08205091B2
Systems and methods for operation upon a data processing device for handling secure data stored on the device. The device is configurable to communicate over a data channel with an external security information source. User identification information is received from the external security information source which identifies a user of the device. The device, based upon the received user identification information, determines whether the secure data stored on the device is to be accessed by a user of the device.
US08205085B2
The invention provides a key update system for a multihop network system including an authentication management device that manages keys using a hierarchical structure. That device constructs key information having a hierarchical structure in accordance with the structure of the multihop network. In addition, that device determines respective encryption keys for encrypting the keys based on the key information, and the communication terminals obtain the respective keys. In this system, that device includes a key tree management portion that constructs and manages the key information; an encryption portion that encrypts the keys using the keys included in the key information; and a transmission portion that transmits the encrypted keys. Each communication terminal includes a receiving portion that receives the encrypted keys; a key management portion that manages the keys that need to be held and stored by the given communication terminal; and a decryption portion that decrypts the encrypted keys.
US08205083B2
A system for providing program information has a user terminal, a recording medium capable of reading information therefrom and writing information thereto through a command issued by the user terminal, and a server connected to the user terminal via a network, and provides program information from the server to the recording medium. The recording medium has a first control unit that performs a first mutual authentication operation with a first storage unit capable of writing program information thereto and the user terminal, and that executes a command to write program information to the first storage unit only if the first mutual authentication operation is successful. The user terminal performs a second mutual authentication operation with the server, obtains program information transmitted from the server if the second mutual authentication operation is successful, and issues a command to write the program information to the first storage unit of the recording medium.
US08205082B2
Disclosed is domain upgrade method in Digital Rights Management (DRM) capable of reducing network resources by simplifying signal procedures at the time of transferring changed domain keys. A device joining after domain upgrade is provided with only a domain key of a domain generation after the domain upgrade, but is not provided with a domain key of the previous domain generation. Accordingly, even if the joining device is mal-operated or is hacked, contents before upgrade are prevented from being illegally used or leaking out.
US08205081B2
Some embodiments of the invention are directed to, among other things, systems, computer readable media, methods and any other means for verifying the authenticity of a client device. In some embodiments, a token is issued by one or more remote media servers that allows the client device to download video, media or other data from one or more remote media servers.
US08205076B1
This specification describes technologies relating to imparting real-time priority-based network communications in an encrypted session. In general, aspects of the subject matter described can be embodied in methods that include establishing, based on cryptographic information in a reserved, random-data portion of a handshake communication, a session, receiving parameter values relating to a sub media stream, included in a header of a network communication, storing the parameter values, obtaining state information and a data payload included in a second network communication, identifying, from the state information, a purpose of the second network communication, and whether a header of the second network communication includes one or more new values corresponding to one or more of the parameters, updating one or more of the stored values based on the one or more new values, and processing the data payload based on the identified purpose and the stored parameter values.
US08205071B2
A method, device and system for moving a rights object. The method includes receiving a first move request message including a reqID element indicating a first device ID and a nonce element indicating a random value generated by the first device; receiving a second move request message including a reqID element indicating a first device ID and a nonce element indicating a random value generated by the first device; comparing the reqID element and nonce element of the first move request message with the reqID element and nonce element of the second move request message; and determining whether or not a rights object is moved from the first device to a second device based upon the comparison.
US08205070B2
Systems and methods are provided for using a NAND-type non-volatile memory (“NVM”), such as NAND flash memory, to store NV pre-boot information for a bootloader (e.g., a second state bootloader) or an operating system. The NV pre-boot information can include, for example, environment variables storing the configuration or state of an electronic device. In some embodiments, an electronic device including the NAND-type NVM may allocate a portion of the super blocks in the NAND-type NVM to storing the NV pre-boot information. The electronic device may store a redundant copy of the NV pre-boot information into the allocated portion of each IC die of the NAND-type NVM.
US08205064B2
In certain systems, local requests require corresponding associated information to be present in order to be serviced. A local memory stores some of the associated information. There is latency associated with retrieval of associated information that is not immediately available. Logic operates for each local request to access the local memory to ascertain whether the associated information corresponding to the local request is present. If the associated information is present, a request is placed in an output request queue to service the local request. If the associated information is not present, a request is placed on a bypass path to retrieve the associated information. Requests issue from the bypass path with priority over requests from the output request queue. Useful work is thereby done during the latency of associated information retrieval. The arrangement is useful in a TLB in an MMU.
US08205062B2
A method for managing memory in a system for an application, comprising: assigning a first block (i.e., a big block) of the memory to the application when the application is initiated, the first block having a first size, the first block being assigned to the application until the application is terminated; dividing the first block into second blocks (i.e., intermediate blocks), each second block having a same second size, a second block of the second blocks for containing data for one or more components of a single data structure to be accessed by one thread of the application at a time; and, dividing the second block into third blocks (i.e., small blocks), each third block having a same third size, a third block of the third blocks for containing data for a single component of the single data structure.
US08205056B2
A memory controller has an interface to convey, over a first set of interconnect resources: a first command that specifies activation of a row of memory cells, a second command that specifies a write operation directed to the row of memory cells, a bit that specifies whether precharging will occur in connection with the write operation, a code that specifies whether data mask information will be issued in connection with the write operation, and if the code specifies that data mask information will be issued, data mask information that specifies whether to selectively write portions of write data associated with the write operation. The memory controller interface further conveys, over a second set of interconnect resources, separate from the first set of interconnect resource, the write data.
US08205043B2
A system and method provides a single system image for a clustered storage network including techniques for processing data access commands between storage appliances over the cluster interconnect. The system is configured such that the cluster is assigned a single world wide nodename. Requests coming to the cluster from client initiators are directed to one or the storage appliances in the cluster, i.e. the “receiving” storage appliance. Commands received by the receiving storage appliance are examined to determine LUN value(s) in the request. If the LUN value is associated with a local storage device, the request is processed by the receiving storage appliance. If the LUN value is not associated with the receiving storage appliance, the request is conveyed over the cluster interconnect to the partner storage appliance to be processed and the appropriate data written or retrieved.
US08205029B2
In one embodiment, the present invention includes an apparatus having an adapter to communicate according to a personal computer (PC) protocol and a second protocol. A first interface coupled to the adapter is to perform address translation and ordering of transactions received from upstream of the adapter. The first interface is coupled in turn via one or more physical units to heterogeneous resources, each of which includes an intellectual property (IP) core and a shim, where the shim is to implement a header of the PC protocol for the IP core to enable its incorporation into the apparatus without modification. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US08205027B2
A computer software system is disclosed for facilitating a user's replacement or insertion of devices in a computer server network system. The system allows a user to swap or add peripheral devices while the system is running, or in a “hot” condition, with little or no user knowledge of how the system carries out the “hot swap” or “hot add” functions. The system, which consists of a graphical user interface (GUI) and associated computer software modules, allows the user to select a desired peripheral device location within a server, and then provides the modular software structure to automatically execute a series of steps in the hot swap or hot add process. Each step is prompted by the user from the GUI, to invoke commands to instruct a network server through its operating system and hardware to suspend the appropriate device adapters, if necessary, power down the desired device slot or canister, allow the user to replace or insert a new device, and finally restart the adapters and the slot power. The system requires very little detailed input from the user other than identifying the particular peripheral device slot within the server to be maintained.
US08205025B2
A method of buffered reading of data is provided. A read request for data is received by a buffered reader, and in response to the read request, a main memory input buffer is partially filled with the data by the buffered reader to a predetermined amount that is less than a fill capacity of the input buffer. Corresponding computer system and program products are also provided.
US08205024B2
In a data processing system, a plurality of agents communicate operations therebetween. Each operation includes a request and a combined response representing a system-wide response to the request. Latencies of requests and combined responses between the plurality of agents are observed. Each of the plurality of agents is configured with a respective duration of a protection window extension by reference to the observed latencies. Each protection window extension is a period following receipt of a combined response during winch an associated one of the plurality of agents protects transfer of coherency ownership of a data granule between agents. The plurality of agents employing protection window extensions in accordance with the configuration, and at least two of the agents have protection window extensions of differing durations.
US08205023B1
A device includes a group of resources, where each resource is to determine a priority rank position, among the group of resources, based on which other resources of the group of resources are available. The device also includes a group of requestors of the resources, where each requestor is to determine a priority rank position, among the group of requestors, based on which other requestors are active and based on each active requestor's priority. The device also includes a processing component to receive the priority rank position from each resource and the priority rank position from each requestor; assign pairs of the resources and the requestors based on the priority rank position of each resource and the priority rank position of each requestor; and assign work to resources of the group of resources based on the pairs.
US08205019B2
Methods and apparatus for performing Direct Memory Access (DMA) transfers of sets of data and results of performing logical operations on the sets of data are disclosed. In one aspect, a method may include receiving a data structure that specifies DMA transfers of sets of data and a DMA transfer of a logical operation, such as an exclusive OR, on the sets of data. In response to receiving the data structure, the DMA transfers of the sets of data, and the DMA transfer of the logical operation performed on the sets of data may be performed.
US08205011B2
A communication system includes a transmitting device and a receiving device. The transmitting device compresses input data according to quality of service assigned to the data, and transmits the compressed data. The receiving device receives the data transmitted from the transmitting device, decompresses the data according to the quality of service assigned to the data, and outputs the decompressed data.
US08205008B2
An online resource server for allowing device control and access to digital content through pluggable user interfaces (PUI). Features of various embodiments of the system can also include: a system of access rights for resources; user types and their meaning; determination of mandatory and optional properties of resources; an algorithm for ranking of resources based on weights given in a resource query; registration of a PUI upon upload resulting in a unique resource name (URI); user interface socket descriptions for device classes, and extensibility of the socket descriptions through naming conventions; a universal Control Hub as a Service; an ability to allow content owners to protect their intellectual property by keeping the (protected) media over HDMI separated from the control network; an ability to track usage data and dynamically adjust the PUI without the need for user intervention; and enhanced technical support, including remote diagnostics of the consumer electronics equipment.
US08204994B1
A method for providing network services includes the ability to dynamically and flexibly configure resources in a network server platform to service classes and sets of network traffic. According to one aspect, a programmable network server platform can be configured to bind multiple traffic classes in a mixture of inline and tap modes to a group of CPUs. Traffic having the associated classes can be configured to pass directly through while sending a copy down to one or more CPUs, as well as load balanced to a group or sub group of CPUs. According to another aspect, different applications or configurations can be run on different groups or sub groups of CPUs allowing complete flexibility.
US08204992B2
Embodiments of a distributed index mechanism for indexing and searching for presence information in peer-to-peer networks. In one embodiment, a distributed index may be used to store presence information in a decentralized manner on a plurality of peer nodes. In one embodiment, a notification service may be implemented on top of the distributed index to notify peers of other peers joining a peer-to-peer session. Participating peers may query the distributed index to detect the presence of other participating peers registered in the distributed index. One embodiment of a distributed index of presence information may be implemented in peer-to-peer networks implemented according to a peer-to-peer platform including one or more peer-to-peer platform protocols for enabling peer nodes to discover each other, communicate with each other, and cooperate with each other to form peer groups and share network resources.
US08204987B2
User input defining criteria for including a multimedia presentation event in an event report is received. The criteria include a maximum retention period, a threshold presentation duration, and a report condition. When a user receives a multimedia program for a time at least as great as the threshold presentation duration, data indicating receipt of the multimedia program is stored. The receipt data is used to determine whether the receipt of the multimedia program meets the report condition. Access to the event report is provided to a user in response to a user input. The event report indicates receipt of the multimedia program if the receipt data meets the report condition. The receipt data is purged when an age of the receipt data equals or exceeds a maximum retention period.
US08204983B2
Methods, apparatuses, and techniques for adjusting a level of monitoring of the activity of users in an online community are described. Aspects include a triggering mechanism being activated by a community member in response to inappropriate activity by another community member. Receiving a time based history of community members activity around a time of the triggering mechanism being activated. Recreating the community activity from the time based history. Evaluating activities of the community members to determine if there was inappropriate activity and if there is inappropriate activity by an offending community member applying online resources to track the activities of the offending community member.
US08204981B1
A method of managing telecommunications services is disclosed which involves storing product data defining a plurality of telecommunications products, each product definition representing a service which may be provided to users of the applications and telecommunications network and comprising one or more service parameters defining characteristics of the service. The networked resource of application servers connected through telecommunications networks is rolled out and enhanced based on the product definition, the market forecast demand for the products and trends derived from actual, historical take-up of the products. Services are provisioned in accordance with the product definitions in the product data. The performance of the network in relation to the provisioned services is measured, and the product data and the product definitions are modified in dependence on the measured performance.
US08204980B1
Systems and methods are provided for selecting a path for an I/O in a storage area network. In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving path configuration information for paths associated with a host device connected to the storage area network, a listing of components within the storage area network, and a notification of a component failure within the storage area network. The method may also comprise correlating the received path configuration information, the received listing of components, and the received notification of component failure to determine one or more paths associated with the host device affected by the component failure. The method may further comprise transmitting to the host device an alert for the one or more affected paths.
US08204977B1
Systems and methods for media access analytics are disclosed herein. When media content such as a video is accessed, typically by a referring link, the referrer can be identified. The referrer can be classified as an internal referrer, an external referrer, a viral referrer, or into another of a set of predefined classes. Statistics associated with access to the media content can be generated according to an associated class of referrer and presented to a user associated with the media content (e.g., a user who uploaded the video) or another authorized party.
US08204969B2
A device includes a software agent that discovers a controller. Current state information indicating upgradeable files currently installed on the device is maintained. The agent sends the current state information to the controller, and the controller sends the current state information to a repository, via the Internet. The repository determines upgradeable files currently installed on the device based on the current state information, and checks for file updates for the upgradeable files. The repository sends file update information to the controller. The file update information includes file update locations. The controller sends the file update information to the agent, and the agent requests the controller to retrieve file updates. The controller retrieves each file update from its file update location on the Internet. The controller sends a notification to the agent when the file updates are retrieved, and the agent retrieves the file updates from the controller.
US08204960B2
In a system and a method of electronic data exchange for retrieving information used to carry out processes, at least one application is used to retrieve the information, and the application retrieves situation-specific information.
US08204955B2
A method and system are provided for remotely analyzing multimedia content, in particular video, and extracting information from such multimedia content. The system analyses, e.g. a video file by way of an FTP, file upload or streaming data etc., and configuration settings specified in one embodiment by a separate entity at one of multiple server entities. The system also comprises one or more remote server entities utilizing data storage and data processing capabilities. In one embodiment the client sends a video source and configuration settings over a network, the remote server accepts the video source, generates configuration settings, and a data processing module analyzes the video content to extract data from the video.
US08204947B2
A method for popping an E-mail is disclosed, the method includes: obtaining a mail popping parameter of a first mailbox; determining whether the mail popping parameter meets a mail popping rule of the first mailbox; triggering to pop an E-mail of the first mailbox according to information of the first mailbox when the mail popping parameter meets the mail popping rule of the first mailbox; popping the E-mail of the first mailbox into a mail server corresponding to a second mailbox according to the information of the first mailbox. A system and server for popping an E-mail is also disclosed. By embodiments of the present invention, the E-mail of the first mailbox can be popped into the second mailbox automatically without the participation of a user, so that the user can receive the E-mail of the first mailbox through the second mailbox without waiting after logging on the second mailbox.
US08204942B2
An electronic assistant handles instant messages sent to a user when the user is away or offline. The electronic assistant may respond intelligently and helpfully to inquiries regarding the user's away or offline status, may take messages for delivery to the away or offline user, and may intelligently forward messages to the user, as appropriate.
US08204941B1
A presence management system comprising a communication system configured to transmit a first update message indicating a first presence status of a user for a first service, and transmit a second update message indicating a second presence status of the user for a second service, and an access control system configured to receive the first and second update message, process the first and second update messages to determine a preferred service for the user of the first and second services, and transmit a third update message to a presence system indicating the user and the preferred service for the user wherein the presence system updates a presence indicator for the user to indicate the preferred service.
US08204938B2
A system and method for immediate and delayed real-time communication activities using availability data from and communications through an external instant messaging system, that operates to obtain aggregated user online presence information through its own client software, through interception of client-server communications between an external instant messaging client and server, and through other available interfaces to user account information on such external instant messaging systems. The system operates to gather user online presence information in part by intercepting communications between an instant messaging client and the Internet. The aggregate presence data, as well as other information describing the availability of a user, is used to intelligently route real-time communications, such as instant messages and phone calls. The disclosed system further implements a technique for waiting for changes in a user's availability status, and for performing actions on a user's behalf in response to such changes in availability status.
US08204935B2
A multimedia collaboration system that facilitates more efficient, free-flowing collaboration sessions. The role of the presenter can be exchanged among participants in a collaboration session. The multimedia collaboration system is configured so that control of a collaboration session can be exchanged freely between participants in the collaboration session. The multimedia collaboration system enables participants in the collaboration session to determine the pace and course of the session.
US08204925B2
System and method for controlling/analyzing a process by solving a system of linear equations in real-time. Linear equations that model the process are stored. In an off-line stage a partitioning strategy is determined based on the linear equations, including determining groups of values for recursively partitioning a set of values measured and/or computed from the process. In an on-line stage: current process data are received from the process, including measurements from the process, and composing a set of values; the linear equations are recursively solved for a first group of the set, where the first group partitions the set into respective subsets of values, and where the recursively solving produces solved values for respective first groups of the set/subset of values; the linear equations are solved for remaining unsolved values in the set, thereby producing solved values for the set, which are stored and are useable to control/analyze the process.
US08204915B2
Various exemplary embodiments disclose an apparatus and method for generating a database that maps metadata to peer-to-peer (P2P) content and, more particularly, to a database that an Internet Service Provider (ISP) can build to correlate metadata with P2P traffic. The database may collect metadata having a key that uniquely corresponds to particular P2P content. An ISP may use the database to identify malware in P2P files and tag P2P traffic that seeks to exchange material in violation of applicable copyright laws.
US08204914B2
An example method to process multi-dimensional data is provided. Example operations include detecting a request to generate a multi-dimensional data structure and determining that the multi-dimensional data structure is to include a multi-dimensional key figure. A first dimension of the key figure may be based primarily on a first characteristic and a second dimension of the key figure may be based primarily on a second characteristic. The method may further include augmenting a set of members associated with the second characteristic with a NULL member and generating a value for each dimension of the key figure. A value of the key figure may be determined by a pair made up from a member of the first characteristic and a member of the second characteristic. The key figure, the first characteristic, and the second characteristic may be then arranged into the requested multi-dimensional data structure.
US08204910B2
A media player may be adapted to manage presence information distribution and access to facilitate media communication between compatible devices. Devices connecting in an ad-hoc or other network topology include a plurality of presence settings that determine how or if the device appears to be available for communication to other devices over the network. Additionally, the presence settings identify other, specific devices or groups of devices that may communicate with a device. By comparing the presence settings of a sending device with the settings of a receiving device, the receiving device may determine a presence state for all devices within communication range.
US08204903B2
Semantic queries are expressed and executed within a relational database. This can be done by defining semantic rules applied to execute the semantic queries using table valued functions and common table expressions, and then simply calling the defined table valued functions to execute the queries.
US08204894B2
An object of this invention is to provide a method of controlling a server apparatus for disclosing image data with a representation effect to a third party without any operation of a user, a program for causing a computer apparatus to execute the method, a storage medium which stores the program, and a computer apparatus. The server apparatus which stores image data received from the user via a network in a memory sets a representation effect used to disclose image data. The server apparatus creates page information for displaying the image data with the representation effect, and notifies a third party of the URL of the page information. The third party can browse the image data with the representation effect on the basis of the URL.
US08204889B2
System, method, and computer-readable medium for seeking representative images in an image set. Text features of each of the plural images are extracted. Diversity data of the image set is obtained based on the text features. A representative score of each of the plural images is calculated based on the diversity data. One or more of the images in the image set is selected as a representative image based on the representative score of the corresponding images.
US08204882B2
A number of data sets are recorded, including substrings. Sub-search strings are generated from a predetermined search string in the same manner as the substrings are generated from the complete strings. This procedure results in the provision of a searching method, which can be conducted with a small storage location requirement and with short computing times.
US08204881B2
Embodiments of the invention provide for various methods and apparatuses for searching bodies of knowledge, such as previously indexed source documents reachable over a network, search results from previous searches, and results from performing meta-searches. Search criteria is received from a client, and the bodies of knowledge are searched based on the search criteria, and search results provided responsive to said searching. Search results may be configured to have associated distillation triggers, where selecting a trigger causes its associated search result to be distilled in real-time. Distilled search results can be indexed into portions of the source document for focused entry, and can also be grouped and analytically presented on mid-menus to allow the user to review distilled data in summary form. Results may also have associated status symbols indicating by symbol a particular topic area to which a result is related, and by opacity or other indicator the apparent relevance of a result to the particular topic area. Search and viewing preferences may be determined according to psychometrics, user selection of a default user category, through a question/answer session, or based on monitoring user activity which incrementally defines a profile.
US08204880B2
A system and process that groups identical values that are adjacent to one another within a column of a table. The system provides this functionality through an application and backend implementation independent module. Custom grouping information for a table or columns within a table can be stored for retrieval each time a table is open or displayed. A user can manage the customizations through a centralized portal.
US08204879B2
System and method for aggregation and monitoring of multimedia data stored in a decentralized way for triggering upcoming class action events, whereas source databases of the network node are accessed by a filter module, and for at least one rating parameter in connection with assigned search key words and/or the assigned source databases with respect to a time-based rating and an exposure-based frequency rating a scorecard is generated with found data sets, and a parameterization module, based on the scorecard for the respective rating parameter with respect to their exposure-based frequency a variable frequency value is generated at least partially dynamically, which variable frequency value corresponds to network class action frequency variations, with respect to time, and a tracing unit based on a generated assigned distribution of the variable frequency values a predefined exposure threshold is triggered.
US08204877B2
A point of interest (POI) search device includes: a static POI data storage means for storing therein a static POI data registered in advance; an added POI data storage means for storing therein an added POI data added or changed; a deleted POI data storage means for storing therein a deleted POI data for identifying a POI data which is not subjected to a search anymore, among the static POI data; a search keyword setting means; a computation switch means for computing the number of POI data matching the search keyword from among the static POI data and switching a computation processing of computing the number of POI data according to the computed number of POI data; and a POI search means for computing the number of POI data, using at least the static POI data and the added POI data according to the switched computation processing.
US08204876B2
Systems, methods, media, and other embodiments associated with dynamically ranging over a set of materialized views to determine whether to associate a materialized view with a query at execution time are described. One example system may include a materialized view creation time logic that is configured to identify a materialized view, to create a containment expression, and to relate the containment expression to the materialized view. The example system may also include an execution time logic that is configured to receive a query having a bind variable. The execution time logic may dynamically range over materialized views to determine whether to use a materialized view(s) to process the query having the bind variable.
US08204868B1
A method and system for improving performance with single-instance-storage volumes by leveraging data locality is provided. A client provides a set of fingerprints generated from data segments to be saved to a single-instance storage volume and receives the information on whether a data segment exists on the single-instance storage volume and where it is stored if a data segment exists. Based on its received information, the client determines if a number of non-sequential accesses of a computer-readable medium for the set of segments from the single-instance-storage volume exceeds a predetermined threshold. If so, the client provides the whole set of data segments for storage within the single-instance storage volume regardless of whether or not the data segments are duplicate data segments. These sent data segments will be stored contiguously within the single-instance storage volume while the duplicates will be removed from their previous stored locations.
US08204866B2
A deduplication algorithm that provides improved accuracy in data deduplication by using aggregate and/or groupwise constraints. Deduplication is accomplished using only as many of these constraints that are satisfied rather than be imposed inflexibly as hard constraints. Additionally, textual similarity between tuples is leveraged to restrict the search space. The algorithm begins with a coarse initial partition of data records and continues by raising the similarity threshold until the threshold splits a given partition. This sequence of splits defines a rich space of alternatives. Over this space, an algorithm finds a partition of the input that maximizes constraint satisfaction. In the context of groupwise aggregation constraints for deduplication all SQL (structured query language) aggregates are allowed, including summation.
US08204860B1
A method, computer readable medium, and a system for reconstituting a virtual snapshot of files in a file virtualization system includes forming at a file virtualization device a virtual snapshot that includes a plurality of physical snapshots associated with one or more file storage devices participating in the virtual snapshot, receiving a request for performing an operation on one or more physical snapshots in the plurality of physical snapshots, providing the one or more physical snapshots in response to the request for performing the operation when the one or more physical snapshots exists in the virtual snapshot, and reconstituting the virtual snapshot by including the one or more physical snapshots to form a reconstituted virtual snapshot in response to the request for performing the operation when the one or more physical snapshots do not exist in the virtual snapshot.
US08204858B2
A method, device, and system for resetting snapshots are provided. The reset of a snapshot incorporates the traditional snapshot delete and snapshot create operations into a single operation. Additionally, a snapshot created under the reset operation may receive an array partition from a snapshot being deleted under the same snapshot reset operation thereby retaining its identifying characteristics.
US08204855B2
In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for synchronizing a server and an on-demand database service. These mechanisms and methods for synchronizing a server and an on-demand database service can enable embodiments to synchronize a larger amount of data. The ability of embodiments to provide such feature can enable more effective synchronization of a user-level sharing entity database with a multi-user on-demand database service.
US08204852B2
A customized, specialty-oriented database and index, of a subject matter area and methods for constructing and using such a database are provided. Selection and indexing of articles is done by experts in the topic with which the database is concerned. As a result, articles are indexed in a manner that allows facile, rapid retrieval of highly relevant articles with few or no false positives with much reduced database maintenance cost through frugal limitation of number of documents in the database, number of terms in a Master Index, and number of codes assigned to each document. A thesaurus allows indexing and search in accordance with terminology familiar to different anticipated groups of users (e.g. doctors, patients, nurses, technicians, and the like). Key articles collections and rapid access to documents therein are also provided.
US08204849B2
A method for interfacing products with a web browser comprises retrieving a product profile, the product profile associated with one product. An agent type is determined based, at least in part, on the product profile. Data is retrieved from the product based on the agent type and processed such that the data is accessible by the web browser.
US08204846B1
A method of providing information related to a weather phenomenon includes obtaining a plurality of model tracks corresponding to a weather phenomenon from at least one forecast center. A probabilistic description of one or more characteristics of the weather phenomenon is determined based on a statistical analysis of the model tracks corresponding to the weather phenomenon. An electronic representation of the probabilistic description is provided.
US08204841B2
A method and system for transforming a starting list into a selection list by employing a configurable rule. Parameters of an item being processed by an application are received. A starting list of elements is generated. Each starting list element specifies a corresponding function performed by the application. A rule set of a set of rule sets stored in a rule set table is identified. The rule set table associates the rule set with values that specify corresponding functions performed by the software application. The rule set is identified by a determination that the associated values comprise a maximal subset of the starting list elements. A rule stored in a rule database table is identified based on the rule set and the parameters. The rule is applied to generate a selection list comprising a proper subset of the starting list. The selection list is displayed on a display device.
US08204834B2
A system and computer-implemented method for modeling estate disposition are disclosed. One embodiment receives balance sheet inputs, estate planning document inputs and timing/event inputs. Conveyance and tax logic are applied to the inputs. Flowcharts illustrating the disposition of the estate based on the inputs are generated. Tax and liquidity analysis based on the inputs are also generated.
US08204831B2
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for processing data. The method, apparatus and article of manufacture preferably comprise the steps of: (a) receiving a record having a plurality of identifiers into a computer system, the record corresponding to an entity; (b) encrypting one or more of the identifiers in the record to form an encrypted record; (c) applying one or more encrypted variants to the encrypted record based on the encrypted identifiers and pre-computed encrypted synonyms; and (d) comparing the encrypted record to previously stored data using the encrypted identifiers and the encrypted variants in order to the match or associate the encrypted record with the previously stored data.
US08204820B2
A comprehensive, web-enabled computer system and method is provided for producing analytical data related a project bid management system. Transactional data related to the bid and project are entered into the computer system through an on-line bid, project requisition and payment process. Using the transactional data stored within the system, virtually any type of analytical data related to single or multiple projects performed by one or more vendors for one or more buyers can be generated.
US08204818B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products. First auction bids of a first type and second auction bids of a second type for placement of content items are received. Each of the first and second auction bids received including a corresponding bid price. The first auction bids are assigned to bid positions according to the corresponding bid prices. The second auction bids are assigned to bid positions according to a profit measure associated with each of the second bids and the bid positions. The assigned positions of the first and second bids define results of an auction for the placement of the content items.
US08204817B2
System and methods for a price feed generation are described. According to an example method described herein, upon receiving market information including a plurality of linear prices and order quantities, a reference price level is selected and a price feed message is generated to include the reference price level and the plurality of order quantities. The price feed message is then provided to client terminals.
US08204804B2
This invention relates to an expense reporting system for viewing and manipulating a user's financial transaction data and a method for associating financial transaction data with a user's project data. The system includes a user's financial transaction data hosted in a data storage unit, addressable on a network, and accessible by a remote user on a user interface unit having a user input means and a display; and an expense reporting module having a graphical user interface (GUI) that allows a user to define project category data and associate representations of the user's financial data with the user-defined project category data.
US08204803B2
In at least one embodiment of the present invention, a computer implemented method of financial reporting using a multi-company accounting system is provided. The method comprises specifying at least one distinct Natural Account Segment per report line of a plurality of report lines of the financial report via input from an interface user into the multi-company accounting system to define a report setup. The Natural Account Segment defines a specific type of one of an asset, liability, owner equity, revenue and expense account. The report lines are arranged into a tree view with the multi-company accounting system. The tree view defines a hierarchical format for the financial report and is displayable on a display of a computer arrangement.
US08204797B2
In a consumer information system, a method of comparing products and services including providing product specific information, providing merchant specific information on the specified product, providing merchant specific business information, providing product specific information collected by third parties, providing merchant specific information collected by third parties, applying weighting factors to the information provided, producing an aggregate value for each merchant based on the weighting factors as applied to the information provided, and producing a ranking of the merchants offering the specified product based on the aggregate value for each merchant. The system provides for consumers to select a set of standardized weighting factors or to modify the standardized weighting factors or to create their own weighting factors. The system provides detailed information to consumers on the breakdown of factors influencing the rating.
US08204788B1
Systems and methods are disclosed for purchasing an item that typically requires financing, such as an automobile, online. The methods and systems integrate various online purchasing aspects to provide consumers with a single, one-stop solution for completing an online purchase. In one implementation, the methods and systems provide an online buying application that allows a consumer to apply for a loan online and to have a lender fulfill the loan substantially in real time online. The online buying application then allows the user to research and select a product online, and to find and contact a participating dealer of the product online. The participating dealer may then interact with the lender directly online to complete the purchase of the product. The online buying application may also automatically process any documents connected to the purchase as well as apply any business rules to the purchase.
US08204783B2
Media properties selection method and system based on expected profit from profile-based ad delivery
An automatic system facilitates selection of media properties on which to display an advertisement, responsive to a profile collected on a first media property, where a behavioral-targeting company calculates expected profit for an ad correlated with the profile and arranges for the visitor to be tagged with a tag readable by the selected media property. The profit can be calculated by deducting, from the revenues that are expected to be generated from an ad delivered based on the collected profile, at least the price of ad space at a media property where the BT company might like to deliver ads to the profiled visitor. When the calculated profit is positive (i.e., not a loss), the BT company arranges for the visitor to be tagged with a tag readable by the selected media property through which the BT company expects to profit.
US08204781B2
A system is disclosed that provides computer-aided processing of a rebate on a product. The system includes a rebate processing center communicating over a network with a manufacturer, a distributor, and a consumer. The rebate processing center maintains a promotion table and a transaction table in order to facilitate processing of product rebates and to offer the consumer a choice of disbursement options.
US08204767B2
A computerized method of administering a benefit plan providing systematic withdrawal payments during a liquidity period and annuity payments when the systematic withdrawal payments cease. The method includes steps of storing data relating to the plan, and performing a sequence of steps during the liquidity period to determine an account value, and initial and current benefit payments. The method further includes the steps of determining the account value to be annuitized at the end of the liquidity period, and determining and paying initial and current annuity payments during the annuity period. The method may be used when the benefit plan is a straight life annuity benefit plan, or a life annuity benefit plan having either a death benefit, a surrender benefit, or both.
US08204765B2
A system and method for automating and standardizing an appeals process, facilitating both business-to-business (i.e., insurance companies to providers) and business-to-consumer (i.e., insurance companies to patients) relationships, and educating users on the healthcare industry and patient rights. The system and method provides automated and standardized electronic communication for any business with a regulated or contractual appeals or grievance process. In one application, the system and method provide electronic communication between patients, providers, and insurance plans; convenient access to an “anytime” appeals process; and an efficient follow-up and appeals status tracking. There are standardized forms for the appeal, and the provider appeal format is compatible with current billing forms. The system includes an on-line web site with the ability to manage “behind the scenes” the overall appeals process, including data collection, data management, correspondence generation, process status tracking, and individualized client accounts.
US08204762B2
The software of the present invention provides a means for creating a file of unpaid claims for a service provider. The software is used to create one or more queries to compare information in the file of claims against records in a benefit provider's database to determine the eligibility status of the claim. A file is created containing each claim for which a matching record in the benefit provider's database is found, and the information from that matching record. A report can be generated from the file of matching claims and benefit provider records, so the claims can be submitted for payment by the service provider.
US08204760B2
A method of facilitating patient examinations in a medical office includes the following steps performed via a handheld device: identifying an examination location of a patient; identifying one or more medical procedures to be performed, wherein the one or more medical procedures are selected from the group consisting of: laboratory analysis of biological samples obtained from the patient, diagnostic tests on the patient, patient vaccinations and/or injections, and preparing a medical prescription; displaying a patient examination summary, wherein the displayed summary includes patient identification information, patient location information, patient health status information, and a list of identified medical procedures; and communicating wirelessly the patient examination summary to a nurse station computer within the medical office.
US08204755B2
Example embodiments allow for the creation, distribution, and use of flexible media formats. Example embodiments may allow individual content files to be rendered in multiple formats and versions. In addition, example embodiments may provide for granular rights management, which may allow users to access content files on a feature-by-feature basis.
