US08248030B2
A device for monitoring a rechargeable battery having a number of electrically connected cells includes at least one current interruption switch for interrupting current flowing through at least one associated cell and a plurality of monitoring units for detecting cell voltage. Each monitoring unit is associated with a single cell and includes a reference voltage unit for producing a defined reference threshold voltage and a voltage comparison unit for comparing the reference threshold voltage with a partial cell voltage of the associated cell. The reference voltage unit is electrically supplied from the cell voltage of the associated cell. The voltage comparison unit is coupled to the at least one current interruption switch for interrupting the current of at least the current flowing through the associated cell, with a defined minimum difference between the reference threshold voltage and the partial cell voltage.
US08248029B2
A hand held charger for a plurality of different manufacturers electronic hand devices capable of supplying electrical capacity in devices from the 3.6 to 4.2 volt range and capable of operating on lithium or rechargeable Li-Ion batteries, the charger having a sensing means to determine which type of batteries are presently installed in the charger, the charger having both a mini-USB and 3/32 stereo-mono input and a USB and 3/32 stereo-mono output, as well as incorporating a flashlight LED and capacity indicia indicator.
US08248028B2
The charging pad 10 is provided with a position detection controller 14 that supplies position detection signals to position detection coils 30, and detects induction coil 51 position from echo signals output from the induction coil 51. The device housing a battery 50 is provided with a series capacitor 55 connected in series with the induction coil 51, a parallel capacitor 56 connected in parallel with the induction coil 51, and a switching circuit 57. When the position detection controller 14 is issuing position detection signals, the parallel capacitor 56 is connected to the induction coil 51. When power is transmitted from the power supply coil 11 to the induction coil 51, the parallel capacitor 56 is not connected to the induction coil 51 and induction coil 51 AC is output to a rectifying circuit 53 through the series capacitor 55.
US08248004B2
A machine tool is provided that has a linear drive by means of which a movement unit connected in motion with a functional unit is movable in two axis directions of a movement plane. The linear drive includes two drive units. The primary parts or the secondary parts of the two drive units are attached to the movement unit. The primary part or the secondary part of the one drive unit is disposed in that case on that side of the movement unit which, perpendicularly to the movement plane of the movement unit, is opposite the side of the movement unit provided with the primary part or the secondary part of the other drive unit.
US08247991B2
The lighting delay circuit can keep a light being on for a predetermined time then turn off the light. The circuit comprises a thermistor to sense temperature around the light when the light is on, an electronic switch controlled by the thermistor, and a relay controlled by the electronic switch to turn off the light when the electronic switch is turned on.
US08247978B2
An illumination device includes a light source, an AC power source and a balance sensing switch. The AC power source is adapted for supplying an alternating current to the light source. The balance sensing switch is connected between the light source and the AC power source for automatically cutting off an electrical connection between the light source and the AC power source when the illumination device topples down.
US08247974B2
The present invention aims to provide a small-sized high-efficiency high pressure discharge lamp that exhibits favorable light intensity distribution properties and is less likely to cause breakage of an arc tube. The present invention is a high pressure discharge lamp 101 comprising: an arc tube 110 that includes; a light-emitting part 111 having a substantially spherical shape and having mercury enclosed therein; and a pair of sealing parts 112 extending from opposite sides of the light-emitting part 111; and a pair of electrodes 130 that are arranged in the arc tube 110 such that an end of each electrode is sealed by a respective sealing part and the other ends of the electrodes oppose each other in the light-emitting part. The enclosed mercury has a density of 0.2 to 0.4 [mg/mm3] inclusive. A distance W from a contact point S to a center O is 3.0 to 5.0 [mm] inclusive. A distance CO from a contact point TO to the center O is 1.5 to 3.0 [mm] inclusive. The distance CO and a distance CM satisfy a relation CM/CO≧0.8, and a minimum thickness X [mm] and a maximum outer diameter D [mm] satisfy a relation X/D≧0.2.
US08247961B2
A field emission cathode device includes an insulative substrate, a number of cathode electrodes, and a number of liner electron emission units. The insulative substrate has a top surface and a bottom surface. The insulative substrate defines a number of openings. The cathode electrodes are located on the bottom surface. Each of the linear electron emission units has a first portion secured between the insulative substrate and one corresponding cathode electrode and a second portion received in one corresponding opening.
US08247959B2
Disclosed herein are solid state illumination systems which provide improved color quality and/or color contrast. The systems provide total light having delta chroma values for each of the fifteen color samples of the color quality scale that are preselected to provide enhanced color contrast relative to an incandescent or blackbody light source, in accordance with specified values which depend on color temperature. Illumination systems provided herein may comprise one or more organic electroluminescent element, or they may comprise a plurality of inorganic light emitting diodes, wherein at least two inorganic light emitting diodes have different color emission bands. Methods for the manufacture of illumination systems having improved color quality and/or color contrast are also provided.
US08247958B2
A dispenser cathode which is comprises an emission surface, a reservoir for material releasing, when heated, work-function-lowering particles, and at least one passage for allowing diffusion of work-function-lowering particles from said reservoir to said emission surface, and emission surface comprising at least one emission area and at least one non-emission area covered with emission-suppressing material and surrounding each emission area, said non-emission area comprising at least one passage connecting said reservoir with said non-emission area and debouching within a diffusion length distance from an emission area for allowing diffusion of work-function-lowering particles from said reservoir to said emission area.
US08247954B2
A vibratory device includes an elastic plate and a piezoelectric diaphragm. The elastic plate includes a fixable portion, a vibratory portion, and a connection portion. The fixable portion is fixed to a fixation member. The vibratory portion is spaced away from a fixable surface of the fixable portion that faces the fixation member and arranged substantially in parallel with the fixable surface. The connection portion connects a first end of the fixable portion in its planar direction and a first end of the vibratory portion in its planar direction. The piezoelectric diaphragm is disposed on a surface of the vibratory portion that is adjacent to the fixable portion. In a direction N normal to the surface of the vibratory portion adjacent to the fixable portion, at least part of the second piezoelectric diaphragm does not overlap the fixable portion.
US08247953B2
A piezoelectric oscillator part capable of suppressing oscillation that leaks from a piezoelectric oscillator to a substrate side is obtained. The piezoelectric oscillator part has a piezoelectric oscillator held on a substrate by first and second conductive holding members. The first conductive holding member is arranged proximal to a first end of the substrate. A terminal electrode connected to the first conductive holding member is arranged proximal to a second end of the substrate opposite the first end. The first conductive holding member and the terminal electrode are electrically connected by a wiring electrode.
US08247951B2
A small-sized piezoelectric power generation device is provided which can generate electric power even with vibrations at low frequencies. The piezoelectric power generation device includes a piezoelectric element formed in a spiral shape and having a center-side end fixed to a first fixing member and an outer-side end fixed to a second fixing member. The piezoelectric element includes a first piezoelectric body formed in a spiral shape and polarized in a radial direction of the piezoelectric element from one side toward the other side. The first and second fixing members are arranged such that the second fixing member is displaceable relative to the first fixing member in a tangential direction x, whereas the second fixing member is restricted from displacing relative to the first fixing member in a perpendicular direction y.
US08247950B2
Disclosed is a flexible energy conversion device, comprising a first flexible substrate, a transparent electrode disposed on the first flexible substrate, a first nanostructure disposed on the transparent electrode and comprising a transition metal oxide or semi-metal oxide, a second nanostructure disposed on the first nanostructure, a second flexible substrate disposed on the second nanostructure, and a sealing layer for sealing the first flexible substrate an the second flexible substrate. A method of manufacturing the flexible energy conversion device is also provided.
US08247949B2
A surface acoustic wave sensor device includes a main body and a liquid controller disposed external to the main body. The main body includes a sample chamber, a surface acoustic wave sensor connected to the sample chamber, a first disposal chamber connected to the surface acoustic wave sensor and channels connecting the sample chamber, the surface acoustic wave sensor and the first disposal chamber. The liquid controller controls flow of a sample through the main body.
US08247947B2
A coupling structure for coupling piezoelectric material generated stresses to an actuated device of an integrated circuit includes a rigid stiffener structure formed around a piezoelectric (PE) material and the actuated device, the actuated device comprising a piezoresistive (PR) material that has an electrical resistance dependent upon an applied pressure thereto; and a soft buffer structure formed around the PE material and PR material, the buffer structure disposed between the PE and PR materials and the stiffener structure, wherein the stiffener structure clamps both the PE and PR materials to a substrate over which the PE and PR materials are formed, and wherein the soft buffer structure permits the PE material freedom to move relative to the PR material, thereby coupling stress generated by an applied voltage to the PE material to the PR material so as change the electrical resistance of the PR material.
US08247943B2
A radial gap motor/generator has a thin annular array of magnets mounted for rotation to a stator in a radially spaced relation to at least one thin annular induction structure fixed to a stationary stator may be air or liquid cooled. Further, the motor has at least radial gap between a magnetic core and the array and may include multiple gaps and multiple annular induction structures to increase the overall power density of the system.
US08247940B2
A rotary electric machine includes a stator having stator windings; and a rotor rotatably disposed in the stator, said rotor having a rotor core provided with a plurality of magnets and a plurality of magnetic auxiliary salient poles formed between poles of the magnets. In this rotary electric machine: a magnetic air gap is provided in an axial direction of the rotor in a position shifted in a circumferential direction from a q axis passing through a center of the magnetic auxiliary salient pole within the magnetic auxiliary salient pole; and an amount of shifting the magnetic air gap from the q axis in the circumferential direction differs according to a position of the magnetic air gap in the axial direction so as to cancel torque pulsation in energization caused due to the magnetic air gap.
US08247938B2
A rotor for an electrical machine includes an elongate rotor core assembly comprising a rotor core and a plurality of permanent magnets arranged in a plurality of rings around the rotor core. A composite sleeve resides around the rotor core assembly. The sleeve includes an outer layer and a segmented layer beneath the outer layer. The outer layer includes a plurality of discrete, non-overlapping circumferential bands of composite material positioned orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of the rotor core assembly.
US08247937B2
A V1 semiconductor module has a coil terminal, which is directly connectable to a lead wire of a coil. As a result, the number of parts required to connect electronic parts is reduced. Further, since no printed circuit board is required, the coil terminal can be shaped in any size without being limited in correspondence to the thickness of a copper film of the substrate. The coil terminal and control terminals, which are connected to the printed circuit board having a control circuit for controlling current supply to the coil, are provided on different wall surfaces of a resin part. Thus, the coil and the printed circuit board can be readily connected to the coil terminal and the control terminals, respectively, resulting in simplification of the device.
US08247934B2
The electric rotating machine includes a rotor relatable around a rotating shaft disposed horizontally, a stator core formed with slots, and a stator coil constituted of in-slot portions each of which is accommodated in a corresponding one of the slots, and turn portions each of which connects corresponding adjacent two of the in-slot portions at a position outside the stator core. The turn portions form a coil end projecting axially outward from an end surface of the stator core at each of both axial end sides of the stator core. The coil end is formed in a cylindrical shape including an axial end surface of a flat shape, and inner and outer peripheral surfaces of a circular shape. The electric rotating machine further includes a coolant supply section to supply coolant to an upper part of the outer peripheral surface of the coil end.
US08247933B2
A permanent magnetic machine includes a stator body having a first end, a second end, and a plurality of generally radial slots formed therein for accepting a set of windings having a first set of end-turns at the first end and a second set of end-turns at the second end. The stator body has a plurality of channels adjacent to the slots and extending from the first end of the stator body to the second end of the stator body, wherein the channels are configured to allow the flow of a cooling fluid therethrough. A plurality of nozzles in fluid communication with the plurality of channels are configured to spray the cooling fluid onto the first and second set of end turns.
US08247930B2
An acoustic exciter comprises a suspension made of an elastic material, which is coupled to the opening part of a frame, and a vibrator to which a voice coil disposed in the magnetic gap of a magnetic circuit connected to the suspension is coupled. An elastic body is so disposed between the frame and the vibrator as to be pressed against the frame and the vibrator. Thereby, the exciting efficiency of the vibrator can be increased, and the performance and tone quality of the acoustic exciter can be improved.
US08247929B2
An electrical bypass device for a battery is provided for isolating and bypassing a defective battery module made up of secondary cells to allow the battery to continue operating under slightly degraded conditions. The bypass device comprises a first actuator and a second actuator which trigger when a module becomes defective. The actuators each comprise a first, second and third terminal. The first and second terminals are electrically connected to the output terminals of the secondary cells, and the third terminal can be switched between the first and the second terminal. Switching over of the third terminal of an actuator occurs when the actuator is triggered. Triggering (intentional or inadvertent) of one of the actuators leads automatically to triggering of the other actuator if the latter has not triggered.
US08247921B2
A power supply apparatus for sliding door includes a flat cable for electrically connecting devices on a side of vehicle body to the devices on a side of a sliding door mounted on the vehicle body so as to be able to be slid, a vehicle body side fixing portion for fixing the flat cable on the vehicle body; and a door side fixing portion for fixing the flat cable on the sliding door, wherein the flat cable is extracted from the vehicle body side fixing portion and the door side fixing portion in the substantially same direction which is substantially parallel to the sliding directions of the sliding door, and the width direction of the flat cable is maintained to be substantially vertical.
US08247913B2
A method for operating a wind energy installation and a system for implementing the method. An oblique incident flow value, which represents the difference between the wind direction and the direction of a rotor axis of the wind energy installation, and a load value, which represents the load state of the wind energy installation, are determined. A total load value is determined based on the load value and the oblique incident flow value. The rotor rotation speed is reduced when the total load value is above a first limit value. The wind energy installation is shut down when, in addition, a second limit value is exceeded. The method makes it possible to react objectively to oblique incident flows and can reduce a load on a wind energy installation without causing large yield losses.
US08247912B2
The invention herein described consists of a system destined to harness wind resources, transferring wind power to the ground station group on the surface, the process being performed through the tensioning and unwinding of the cable group connecting the airborne group to a reeler in the said ground station group. Through the control group the resultant force vector of the aerodynamic forces tensioning the cable can be significantly altered. This change in aerodynamic forces can be done in order to create two different phases which define the cyclic movement performed by the system: a work phase, where the resultant force vector is of greater magnitude and tensions the cable, unwinding it at the ground station group and thus producing power; and a recovery phase (which requires power from the system) when the cable is rewound in order to bring the airborne group back to its original position. Because the work produced in the work phase is of greater magnitude than the work required during the recovery phase, the system generates positive net power, which can then be introduced in the electrical grid, or stored as any other form of energy such as chemical or mechanical.
US08247911B2
Provided is a bonding structure of a bonding wire and a method for forming the same which can solve problems of conventional technologies in practical application of a multilayer copper wire, improve the formability and bonding characteristic of a ball portion, improve the bonding strength of wedge connection, and have a superior industrial productivity. A bonding wire mainly composed of copper, and a concentrated layer where the concentration of a conductive metal other than copper is high is formed at a ball bonded portion. The concentrated layer is formed in the vicinity of the ball bonded portion or at the interface thereof. An area where the concentration of the conductive metal is 0.05 to 20 mol % has a thickness greater than or equal to 0.1 μm, and it is preferable that the concentration of the conductive metal in the concentrated layer should be five times as much as the average concentration of the conductive metal at the ball bonded portion other than the concentrated layer.
US08247906B2
An integrated circuit structure includes a chip including a substrate and a power distribution network. The power distribution network includes a plurality of power through-silicon vias (TSVs) penetrating the substrate, wherein the plurality of power TSVs forms a grid; and a plurality of metal lines in a bottom metallization layer (M1), wherein the plurality of metal lines couples the plurality of power TSVs to integrated circuit devices on the substrate.
US08247903B2
A semiconductor device includes an insulating film formed on a substrate; an interconnect layer including a plurality of interconnects formed in the insulating film; and a pad formed on the insulating film. In a region containing at least a part of a section below the pad, a narrow spacing region is formed, where a spacing between the adjacent interconnects is shorter than that in a section outside the region containing at least a part of the section below the pad.
US08247894B2
An integrated circuit package system includes: providing a stackable integrated circuit package system having a base encapsulation and a recess therein; stacking a top integrated circuit package system, having a top encapsulation with a protruding portion, with the stackable integrated circuit package system with the protruding portion aligned and matched within the recess; and connecting the top integrated circuit package system and the stackable integrated circuit package system.
US08247883B2
An embodiment is a method and apparatus to construct a shielded cable, wire, or circuit. A first insulator layer is deposited on a first conductor or semiconductor layer. A second conductor or semiconductor layer is deposited on the first insulator layer. A second insulator layer is deposited on the first insulator layer. The second insulator layer covers the second conductor or semiconductor layer and defines a shielded region. A third conductor or semiconductor layer is deposited on the first conductor or semiconductor layer. The third conductor or semiconductor layer covers the first and second insulator layers. At least one of the first, second, and third conductor or semiconductor layers, and the first and second insulator layers is deposited by printing.
US08247881B2
A device that includes a signal generating unit having a surface that can receive photons, a first metal structure located on the surface of the signal generating unit, and a second metal structure located on the surface of the signal generating unit. The second metal structure being spaced apart from the first metal structure.
US08247880B2
A magnetic memory device and a method of fabricating the same. The magnetic memory device includes a free layer, a write element, and a read element. The write element changes the magnetization direction of the free layer, and the read element senses the magnetization direction of the free layer. Herein, the write element includes a current confinement layer having a width smaller than the minimum width of the free layer to locally increase the density of a current flowing through the write element.
US08247872B2
Provided is an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit including a multi-finger transistor. The multi-finger transistor includes a plurality of drains and a plurality of sources alternately arranged in parallel, and a plurality of gate electrodes arranged between the drains and the sources. The drains are electrically coupled to an input/output pad through a plurality of first finger patterns which are coupled to a plurality of first contact patterns. The sources are electrically coupled to a specific voltage line through a path which comprises a plurality of second finger patterns coupled to a plurality of second contact patterns. The number of the first contact patterns corresponding to the drains is gradually reduced as the distance to the voltage line becomes shorter.
US08247871B2
A memory device and a method of forming the memory device. The memory device comprises a storage transistor at a surface of a substrate comprising a body portion between first and second source/drain regions, wherein the source/drain regions are regions of a first conductivity type. The storage transistor also comprises a gate structure that wraps at least partially around the body portion in at least two spatial planes. A bit line is connected to the first source/drain region and a word line connected to the gate structure. The memory device does not require an additional capacitive storage element.
US08247870B2
A method for integration is disclosed herein. The method includes forming an N-type double drain (NDD) layer, and fabricating at least one transistor from a controller circuitry and a transistor switch on a single chip. The controller circuitry is operable for controlling the transistor switch.
US08247862B2
A method is provided for enhancing charge storage in an E2PROM cell structure that includes a read transistor having spaced apart source an drain diffusion regions formed in a semiconductor substrate to define a substrate channel region therebetween, a conductive charge storage element formed over the substrate channel region and separated therefrom by gate dielectric material, a conductive control gate that is separated from the charge storage element by intervening dielectric material, and a conductive heating element disposed in proximity to the charge storage element. The method comprises performing a programming operation that causes charge to be placed on the charge storage element and, during the programming operation, heating the heating element to a temperature such that heat is provided to the charge storage element.
US08247860B2
A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes: a substrate; a stacked body with a plurality of dielectric films and electrode films alternately stacked therein, the stacked body being provided on the substrate and having a step in its end portion for each of the electrode films; an interlayer dielectric film burying the end portion of the stacked body; a plurality of semiconductor pillars extending in the stacking direction of the stacked body and penetrating through a center portion of the stacked body; a charge storage layer provided between one of the electrode films and one of the semiconductor pillars; and a plug buried in the interlayer dielectric film and connected to a portion of each of the electrode films constituting the step, a portion of each of the dielectric films in the center portion having a larger thickness than a portion of each of the dielectric films in the end portion.
US08247858B2
A semiconductor storage device and method of manufacturing same at a lower cost by without forming a photolithographic resist. Second impurity regions are arranged in such a manner that second impurity regions adjacent along the column direction are joined together. A select gate electrode is arranged into a ring shape so as to surround the second impurity regions, and is electrically connected to a word line. A first control gate electrode is arranged into a ring shape on the outer peripheral side of the select gate electrode, and a second control gate electrode is arranged into a ring shape on the inner peripheral side of the select gate electrode. A pair of first and second bit lines corresponding to every row are placed on the memory cells of the device, a first bit line is electrically connected to one of first impurity regions that are adjacent along the row direction, and a second bit line is electrically connected to the other of the first impurity regions that are adjacent along the row direction.
US08247857B2
A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes: a semiconductor member; a memory film provided on a surface of the semiconductor member and being capable of storing charge; and a plurality of control gate electrodes provided on the memory film, spaced from each other, and arranged along a direction parallel to the surface. Average dielectric constant of a material interposed between one of the control gate electrodes and a portion of the semiconductor member located immediately below the control gate electrode adjacent to the one control gate electrode is lower than average dielectric constant of a material interposed between the one control gate electrode and a portion of the semiconductor member located immediately below the one control gate electrode.
US08247856B2
A semiconductor device includes a first transistor, a second transistor, an insulation interlayer pattern and a capacitor. The first transistor is formed in a first region of a substrate. The first transistor has a pillar protruding upwardly from the substrate and an impurity region provided in an upper portion of the pillar. The second transistor is formed in a second region of the substrate. The insulation interlayer pattern is formed on the first region and the second region to cover the second transistor and expose an upper surface of the pillar. The insulation interlayer pattern has an upper surface substantially higher than the upper surface of the pillar in the first region. The capacitor is formed on the impurity region in the upper portion of the pillar and is electrically connected to the impurity region.
US08247854B2
Disclosed is a CMOS image sensor and a manufacturing method thereof. According to an aspect of the present invention, each pixel of CMOS image sensor includes a photo detector that includes an electon Collection layer doped with a concentration of 5×1015/cm3 to 2×1016/cm3; and a transfer transistor that is connected to the photo detector and is formed of a vertical type trench gate of which the equivalent oxide thickness is 120 Å or more.
US08247851B2
A manufacture method is provided for forming a semiconductor device. The method includes: forming a plurality of gate electrodes through etching a conductive film deposited on a semiconductor substrate; forming a first nitride film to cover the gate electrodes; partially exposing the semiconductor substrate in a region between adjacent two of the gate electrodes through performing an etch-back process on the first nitride film; thermally oxidizing a residual of the gate electrode film remaining in the region between the adjacent two of the gate electrodes to change the residual into an thermal oxide film; and forming a contact in the region between the adjacent two of the gate electrodes.
US08247848B2
An n-type region as a charge storage region of a photodiode is buried in a substrate. The interface between silicon and a silicon oxide film is covered with a high concentration p-layer and a lower concentration p-layer is formed only in the portion immediately below a floating electrode for signal extraction. Electrons generated by light are stored in the charge storage region, thereby changing the potential of the portion of the p-layer at the surface of the semiconductor region. The change is transmitted through a thin insulating film to the floating electrode by capacitive coupling and read out by a buffer transistor. Initialization of charges is executed by adding a positive high voltage to the gate electrode of a first transfer transistor such that the electrons stored in the charge storage region are transferred to the n+ region and generation of reset noise is protected.
US08247844B2
An isolation layer for suppressing a leakage current is provided at least between a channel layer and a buffer layer formed under the channel layer in the buffer layer.
US08247832B2
A light emitting diode includes a heat conductive substrate and a light emitting structure formed on the substrate. A transparent conductive layer is formed on the light emitting structure and an electrode pad is deposited on the transparent conductive layer. The light emitting diode further comprises a metal layer and a buffer layer set between the light emitting structure and the transparent conductive layer. The metal layer is set on the central portion of the top surface of the light emitting structure away from the substrate and forms a Schottky connection with the light emitting structure. The buffer layer surrounds the metal layer and forms an ohmic connection with the light emitting structure.
US08247826B2
Provided is an organic light emitting display device sealed maintaining durability by preventing permeation of oxygen and moisture and improving impact resistance. The light emitting display device includes a first substrate; a second substrate disposed facing toward the first substrate; an emission unit disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and comprising a plurality of light emitting devices; a first sealant disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and surrounding the emission unit and combining the first substrate and the second substrate; a first region formed between around a flat portion of the first sealant and a margin of the second substrate; a second region formed between around a corner of the first sealant and a margin of the second substrate; a second sealant disposed in the first region; and a third sealant disposed in the second region.
US08247821B2
A pre-molded support mount of lead frame-type for an LED light module includes an insulative substrate and a lead frame embodied inside the insulative substrate and provided with a positive electrical contact and a negative electrical contact, which are exposed out of the insulative substrate. A plurality of LED chips can be mounted on the pre-molded support mount and electrically connected in series or in parallel through the lead frame. The pre-molded support mount has the advantage of being capable of simplifying manufacturing process and saving manufacturing costs in production of the LED light module.
US08247814B2
The present invention provides a manufacturing process using a droplet-discharging method that is suitable for manufacturing a large substrate in mass production. A photosensitive material solution of a conductive film is selectively discharged by a droplet-discharging method, selectively exposed to laser light, and developed or etched, thereby allowing only the region exposed to laser light to be left and realizing a source wiring and a drain wiring having a more microscopic pattern than the pattern itself formed by discharging. One feature of the source wiring and the drain wiring is that the source wiring and the drain wiring cross an island-like semiconductor layer and overlap it.
US08247805B2
A material for an organic photoelectric device, the material including a compound including a pyridine moiety, the compound being a bipolar organic compound including both a hole transporting unit and an electron transporting unit, the compound being represented by the following Formula 1:
US08247795B2
Interfused nanocrystals including two or more materials, further including an alloy layer formed of the two or more materials. In addition, a method of preparing the interfused nanocrystals. In the interfused nanocrystals, the alloy layer may be present at the interface between the two or more nanocrystals, thus increasing the material stability. A material having excellent quantum efficiency in the blue light range may be synthesized.
US08247793B2
Provided are a ZnO-based thin film and a ZnO-based semiconductor device which allow: reduction in a burden on a manufacturing apparatus; improvement of controllability and reproducibility of doping; and obtaining p-type conduction without changing a crystalline structure. In order to be formed into a p-type ZnO-based thin film, a ZnO-based thin film is formed by employing as a basic structure a superlattice structure of a MgZnO/ZnO super lattice layer 3. This superlattice component is formed with a laminated structure which includes acceptor-doped MgZnO layers 3b and acceptor-doped ZnO layers 3a. Hence, it is possible to improve controllability and reproducibility of the doping, and to prevent a change in a crystalline structure due to a doping material.
US08247791B2
A compound semiconductor light emitting element is provided with a substrate which is provided on a side of one electrode; a plurality of columnar crystal structures of nanometer scale extending in a vertical direction on the substrate; and another electrode which interconnects top portions of the plurality of columnar crystal structures. On the substrate are provided a first region, and a second region having a step between the first region and the second region and having a substrate thickness greater than that in the first region; a porous first mask layer is formed on the surface of the first region on the substrate; and the plurality of columnar crystal structures are formed by sequentially layering an n-type semiconductor layer, a light emitting layer, and a p-type semiconductor layer, in the first and second regions on the substrate.
US08247790B2
A light emitting device (LED) may include a first semiconductor layer; an active layer formed on the first semiconductor layer and configured to generate first light having a first wavelength; a second semiconductor layer, formed on the active layer; and a plurality of semiconductor nano-structures arranged apart from each other and formed on the second semiconductor layer. The nano-structures may be configured to at least partially absorb the first light and emit second light having a second wavelength different from the first wavelength.
US08247789B2
Some embodiments include a memory cell that contains programmable material sandwiched between first and second electrodes. The memory cell can further include a heating element which is directly against one of the electrodes and directly against the programmable material. The heating element can have a thickness in a range of from about 2 nanometers to about 30 nanometers, and can be more electrically resistive than the electrodes. Some embodiments include methods of forming memory cells that include heating elements directly between electrodes and programmable materials.
US08247774B2
A method for adjusting output ratio of an optic sensor includes the following steps: measuring and obtaining a response spectrum of the optic sensor; analyzing optic response ratios of the response spectrum at different wavelengths; designing a ratio of light reception areas of the optic sensor, the design being carried out in accordance with three aspects of “the response spectrum” “a fixed proportional relationship being present between multiplication of the optic response ratio and the light reception area and an output of light current” and “a proportional relationship being present between the light reception area and the output of the light current”; and obtaining light current outputs of identical proportions (such as 1:1:1) or in a desired ratio (meaning any arbitrary ratio other than 1:1:1, such as 1:2:1, 1:2:3, or 3:4:5) in accordance with the design of the previous step.
US08247767B2
Techniques, apparatus and systems for detecting particles such as muons. In one implementation, a monitoring system has a cosmic ray-produced charged particle tracker with a plurality of drift cells. The drift cells, which can be for example aluminum drift tubes, can be arranged at least above and below a volume to be scanned to thereby track incoming and outgoing charged particles, such as cosmic ray-produced muons, while also detecting gamma rays. The system can selectively detect devices or materials, such as iron, lead, gold and/or tungsten, occupying the volume from multiple scattering of the charged particles passing through the volume and can also detect any radioactive sources occupying the volume from gamma rays emitted therefrom. If necessary, the drift tubes can be sealed to eliminate the need for a gas handling system. The system can be employed to inspect occupied vehicles at border crossings for nuclear threat objects.
US08247765B2
The invention relates to a method and device for measuring gaseous substances, in which the method comprises the stages:ionization of the sample gas in a gas flow,leading of the ionized gas flow through an elongated ion-mobility measuring chamber in the cross-section defined by it,filtering out of ions from the ionized gas flow at a distance from the measuring electrodes, permitting the passage of only the ions travelling from the flow cross-section at the selected point,separation of ions with a different ion mobility, with the aid of a transverse static electric field and at least one measuring-electrode pair arranged along the wall of the measuring chamber.
US08247764B2
A method and an apparatus are described to focus sharply a wide range of particle sizes for particles suspended in a relatively high flow rate of carrier gas. The particles are accelerated through a continuously converging ladder of smooth contractions, each designed such that: (i) the flow remains laminar at substantial Reynolds numbers; (ii) a certain band of particle sizes is focused in each contraction, without substantial defocusing of larger particle focused in one or several preceding contractions; (iii) the form, length, and ratio of entry to exit diameter of each contraction, as well as the number of consecutive contractions are chosen such that all particles within a given relatively wide range of sizes are focused at the end of the ladder of contraction steps into a relatively narrow focal region. The focusing apparatus coupled to a collector device constitutes a new type of virtual impactor, termed a focusing virtual impactor, which can also be used as a powerful particle concentrator.
US08247761B1
A photoluminescent marking that includes a photoluminescent layer and at least one functional overlayer is disclosed. The photoluminescent layer comprises at least one type of photoluminescent material. The at least one functional overlayer is adapted to selectively filter wavelengths of radiation to enhance the daylight observability of a final emission signature of the marking or to prevent the observability with the naked eye of a printed message on the marking. Also methods of making and using the inventive photoluminescent marking are disclosed.
US08247753B2
Provided is a high-effective concentration photovoltaic solar tracking device and method; and, more particularly, to a concentration photovoltaic solar tracking device and method, which maximize concentration efficiency by concentrating solar light using a Fresnel lens and moving a solar panel based on focus information formed when the concentrated solar light is irradiated on a photodiode.
US08247752B2
A microwave cooking appliance includes first and second side mounted microwave systems, each including an associated antenna. Drive structure is provided to establish an oscillating operation for each of the antennae, wherein the angles through which the antennae rotate are configured to assure that the cooking appliance operates in favorable mode patterns. In accordance with the invention, the antenna preferably only oscillates through less than or equal to 180° and, most preferably, approximately 150°.
US08247750B2
A construct for preparing a food item in a microwave oven includes a plurality of heating regions including an inner heating region and an outer heating region. The inner heating region includes a susceptor including a plurality of annular microwave energy transparent areas, and the outer heating region includes a plurality of susceptor projections extending radially from the susceptor of the inner heating region.
US08247748B2
An induction heating cooker includes a cooking container heating coil, an inverter circuit to supply high-frequency current to the heating coil, an infrared ray sensor to detect radiation from the container, an electric power integrating section to integrate heating electric power from the inverter circuit, and a heating control section to control an inverter circuit output. If the power integrating section has less than a predetermined value when an increase in the output of the infrared ray sensor has a first value after start of heating, the cooker shifts to a first heating control mode and, if equal to or more than the predetermined value, shifts to a second heating control mode. The power, in the first heating control mode, is reduced to a second amount of power lower than the first amount and, in the second heating control mode, is a third amount larger than the second amount.
US08247745B2
The temperature of shelves used in a food holding cabinet are measured using a transistor. The voltage across a PN junction being known to be temperature dependent, the shelf temperature can be inferred from a calculated temperature of a PN junction of a transistor thermally coupled to a heated or refrigerated shelf. No calibration of the measurement device is required since the PN junction voltage, current and temperature relationship is well known.
US08247734B2
A laser processing method which can accurately cut an object to be processed along a line to cut is provided. A modified region 7 formed by multiphoton absorption forms a cutting start region 8 within an object to be processed 1 along a line 5 along which the object is intended to be cut. Thereafter, the object 1 is irradiated with laser light L2 transmittable through an unmodified region of the object 1, so as to generate fractures 24 from the cutting start region 8 acting as a start point, whereby the object 1 can accurately be cut along the line 5 along which the object is intended to be cut. Expanding an expandable film 19 having the object 1 secured thereto separates individual chips 25 from each other, which can further improve the reliability in cutting the object 1 along the line 5 along which the object is intended to be cut.
US08247726B2
An arc chute assembly is provided for an electrical switching apparatus. The electrical switching apparatus includes a housing and separable contacts enclosed by the housing. An arc is generated in response to the separable contacts being separated. The housing includes a number of arc chambers each having a first side and a second side disposed opposite and spaced apart from the first side. The arc chute assembly includes a plurality of first arc plates extending outwardly from the first side of a corresponding one of the arc chambers toward the second side of the corresponding one of the arc chambers, and a plurality of second arc plates extending outwardly from the second side of the corresponding one of the arc chambers toward the first side of the arc chamber. None of the arc plates engages the opposing side of the arc chamber.
US08247722B2
A push button switch device includes a push button disposed on a cover constituting an outer surface of an equipment body and light-transmissible, a switching element behind the push button so that its operation axis substantially corresponds with a central axis of the push button, light sources around the switching element to illuminate the push button and operated by the push button, and an incidence surface on a rear surface of the push button so that light from the light sources is incident on it and including a concave curved surface located so as to face the light sources and a convex curved surface located outside and continuous to the concave curved surface. The push button has a recess in a central rear surface so as to be located inside the incidence surface and a light scattering surface on an inner surface of the recess so as to scatter light.
US08247715B2
A circuit breaker, comprising a locking device, a secondary cover and a tripbar operatively associated with the locking device. The locking device comprises a lock assembly and a piston assembly operatively coupled with the lock assembly. A through hole for the lock assembly is provided in the secondary cover. The lock assembly has a locked position and an unlocked position, and the piston assembly has a work position and a rest position respectively corresponding to the locked and unlocked positions. The piston assembly is configured to prevent the tripbar from moving to a relatch position when it is in the work position, such that the circuit breaker cannot be turned on. The locking device is configured to be installed on the circuit breaker through the through hole.
US08247709B2
A product according to one embodiment includes a metal panel having a main portion and a knockout portion formed therein, the knockout portion being coupled to the main portion by at least one web of metal contiguous to both the knockout portion and the main portion, the at least one web allowing detachment of the knockout portion from the main portion, wherein the knockout portion includes at least one member insertable in one or more apertures in the main portion for allowing re-coupling the knockout portion to the main portion after detachment therefrom.
US08247702B2
An integrated circuit mounted board includes a printed wiring board and an integrated circuit bare chip mounted on the printed wiring board. The printed wiring board includes a metal base, an insulating member made of an insulating material and disposed on the metal base, and a wiring pattern disposed on the insulating member. The wiring pattern includes an electrode part to which the integrated circuit bare chip is electrically coupled. The insulating member includes an under region being opposite to the electrode part. The metal base includes a metal substrate and a metal portion protruding from the metal substrate. The metal portion is buried in the under region of the insulating member.
US08247700B2
A wired circuit board has a metal supporting board, an insulating layer formed on the metal supporting board, a conductive pattern formed on the insulating layer and having a pair of wires arranged in spaced-apart relation, and a semiconductive layer formed on the insulating layer and electrically connected to the metal supporting board and the conductive pattern. The conductive pattern has a first region in which a distance between the pair of wires is small and a second region in which the distance between the pair of wires is larger than that in the first region. The semiconductive layer is provided in the second region.
US08247699B2
A flex circuit comprises a base film, a first adhesive layer coupled with the base film, at least two signal traces coupled with the first adhesive layer, and at least one dummy trace positioned between the two signal traces and coupled with the first adhesive layer. The flex circuit comprises a second adhesive layer coupled with the signal traces, the dummy trace, and the first adhesive layer, and a cover film coupled with the second adhesive layer.
US08247697B2
Provided is an anisotropic conductive film having enhanced adhesion strength to a circuit member and attaining high conduction reliability; a joined structure; and a method for producing the joined structure. The conductive film electrically connects a first circuit member with a second circuit member having a nitrogen atom containing film on a surface thereof facing the first circuit member, the conductive film including a first layer which is to be located at a first circuit member side, and a second layer which is to be located at a second circuit member side, wherein the first layer comprises a cationic curing agent and a first thermosetting resin, and the second layer comprises a radical curing agent and a second thermosetting resin, and wherein at least one of the first and second layers comprises conductive particles, and the difference in maximum exothermic peak temperature between the first and second layers is within the range up to 20° C.
US08247693B2
A light switch cover plate with small but powerful neodymium (NIB) magnets, or other forms or types of strong magnets, located on the back or just beneath the surface of the cover. The magnets may be located 1 to 2 inches below the openings for the light switch, although other locations are possible. A user may easily and conveniently place common items such as keys, pocketknives, sunglasses, and the like, on the cover plate merely by touching them to the lower portion in the vicinity of the magnets.
US08247690B2
A housing for an electronic device includes a main body, a cover, and a sliding control. The main body defines a plurality of restricting grooves. The cover has a plurality of engaging members. The sliding control is slidably positioned on the cover, and fixedly to the engaging members. When the sliding control slides relative to the cover, the engaging members engage in the restricting grooves of the main body, thus fixing the cover to the main body.
US08247680B2
A light energy conversion material that includes a porous material including an electron donor in a skeleton thereof; and an electron acceptor disposed in at least one portion among a pore, the skeleton and the outer circumference of the porous material.
US08247672B2
A muffler mechanism that reduces the volume of an acoustic piano without altering the feel of the piano to a human pianist. One embodiment includes a highly configurable piano muffler kit that may be mounted into pianos of various models. The muffler mechanism includes a cushioning member, which muffles the sound of the hammer striking the string and reduces the volume of the sound made by the string's vibration. The muffler mechanism also includes shims that may be used to position the cushioning member between a hammer let-off position and the string. This may allow for muffled piano playing without a noticeable change in the resistance of the keys. The muffler mechanism is mounted using brackets with a relatively small footprint. This allows the piano muffler to be installed without removing all of the dampers.
US08247671B1
A novel maize variety designated PH1380 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH1380 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH1380 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH1380 or a locus conversion of PH1380 with another maize variety.
US08247665B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV516216. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV516216, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV516216 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV516216 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV516216.
US08247663B1
A novel maize variety designated PHEKJ and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PHEKJ with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PHEKJ through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PHEKJ or a trait conversion of PHEKJ with another maize variety. Inbred maize varieties derived from maize variety PHEKJ, methods for producing other inbred maize varieties derived from maize variety PHEKJ and the inbred maize varieties and their parts derived by the use of those methods.
US08247657B1
The present invention is in the field of soybean cultivar 04RM148034 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean cultivar 04RM148034 and its progeny, and methods of making 04RM148034.
US08247655B2
The present invention discloses rucola plants, including an E. sativa plant, with cytoplasmic inherited male sterility (CMS) for hybrid breeding purposes. The present invention includes plants that comprise CMS-cytoplasm from cauliflower (B. oleracea var. botrytis) transferred to E. sativa by a wide interspecific cross.
US08247652B2
The present invention relates to populations of trangenic plants encompassing a substantial part of all codogenic gene segments of a donor organism, and to biological material derived therefrom, plasmid collections and populations of transformed host organisms with which plants can be transformed in a suitable manner. There are also described methods for generating the plants and the material, and the use of the plants and of the material for functional studies. The codogenic gene segments are integrated into the genome of the plants. For example, there are described a population of plants of the species Arabidopsis thaliana into whose genome the codogenic gene segments from Saccharomyces cerevisiae are integrated, and their morphological analysis under normal conditions and stress conditions.
US08247647B2
Transgenic plants that express CIVPS or intein modified proteins, compositions of matter comprising them, products of diverse applications made from the transgenic plants, methods to construct the transgenic plants containing CIVPS or intein modified genes, methods to express CIVPS or intein modified proteins in plants, and methods of using the transgenic plants.
US08247642B2
A fluid management device for use in a mammalian body has at least one fluid transport element capable of interfacing with a mammalian body element to provide a substantially uninterrupted fluid conduit. The fluid conduit provides a fluid path between at least one fluid transport element and the storage element. A distal portion of the at least one fluid transport element is capable of extending away from the fluid storage element.
US08247641B2
An improved absorbency material for absorbency applications comprised of a cellulosic fibrous material wherein said cellulosic fibrous material such as pulp is a cold alkali solution treated material at a treatment temperature of less than about 50° C.; a process for improving absorbency and other characteristics of said pulp.
US08247638B2
An absorbent article includes an absorbent body in contact with a moisture activatable shrinking yarn in the form of a metering string. The metering string includes a hanging portion that is at least initially visible to a user when the absorbent article is in use. By observing the change in length of the hanging portion, a user wearing the absorbent article can determine how saturated the absorbent article has become. The metering string may be used with absorbent articles such as tampons and diapers.
US08247613B2
The present invention provides methods and compositions useful for the elimination of latent HIV reservoirs that persist despite HAART. The methods and compositions overcome this latent barrier by inducing the replication of HIV in latently infected T cells while preventing the spread of the newly produced virions to uninfected cells by providing HAART simultaneously. Compositions of the invention comprise an activator of latent HIV expression, such as prostratin, and an inhibitor of histone deacetylase, such as TSA. A surprising finding of this invention is that the inhibitor of the histone deacetylase synergizes the effect of prostratin thus, allowing administering to a patient a lower, non-toxic dose of prostratin.
US08247606B2
An improved process for preparing Cilastatin Sodium including dissolving Cilastatin acid in a solvent using an organic base, adding sodium salt of a week acid and isolating Cilastatin Sodium.
US08247604B2
A method of replacing a first dispersion medium in a starting slurry composed of the first dispersion medium and a terephthalic acid crystal with a second dispersion medium. The starting slurry is tangentially fed to a vertically extending cylindrical portion of a cyclone-shaped nozzle disposed at an upper portion of a replacement tank of a dispersion medium replacement apparatus, from a tangential direction of the cylindrical portion. The fed starting slurry moves circularly along an inner wall of the cylindrical portion. The slurry circularly moving is then discharged from an opening which is disposed at a vertically lower end of the cylindrical portion and dispersed in a second dispersion medium which is fed from a lower portion of the replacement tank. The replaced slurry composed of the terephthalic acid crystal and the second dispersion medium is mainly discharged from the lower portion of the replacement tank, and the first dispersion medium is mainly withdrawn from the upper portion of the replacement tank.
US08247599B2
The present invention is directed to phosphonic acid compounds useful as serine protease inhibitors, compositions thereof and methods for treating inflammatory and serine protease mediated disorders.
US08247595B2
There is provided an organic sulfur compound having an excellent controlling effect on harmful arthropods represented by the formula (I): wherein, R1 represents a C3-C10 alkenyl group optionally substituted with at least one halogen atom, a C3-C10 alkynyl group optionally substituted with at least one halogen atom, or the like, R2 represents a cyano group or the like, R3 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or a C1-C4 alkyl group, R4 represents a C1-C5 fluoroalkyl group, and n represents 0, 1 or 2.
US08247592B2
Disclosed is a method of storing a fluorine-containing disilanol compound represented by the following formula (3) in the presence of a tertiary amine in such an amount that a molar ratio of the tertiary amine to a silanol group of the fluorine-containing disilanol compound ranges from 0.001 to 20, HO—Z—R1—Rf—R1—Z—OH (3) wherein Rf is a divalent fluorinated hydrocarbon group or a divalent fluorinated polyether group, R1 may be the same with or different from each other and is a substituted or unsubstituted divalent hydrocarbon group which may have at least one atom selected from the group consisting of oxygen, nitrogen, silicon, and sulfur atoms, and Z is a group represented by the following formula (2) —SiR2R3— (2) wherein R2 and R3 may be the same with or different from each other and are monovalent organic groups.
US08247572B2
Compounds of the formula: are described wherein: A1 is ascorbic acid, dehydroascorbic acid, ascorbyl-2-phosphate, an analog thereof, or a salt thereof; L is a linking group coupled to A1 at the C5 or C6 position thereof; and B1 is an active agent such as an imaging agent or therapeutic agent (e.g. a bisphosphonate), along with pharmaceutically acceptable salts and prodrugs thereof. The compounds are useful for, among other things, improving cartilage uptake of active agents administered for joint diseases such as osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, and for improving gastrointestinal absorption of bisphosphonates.
US08247566B2
The present invention belongs to the field of pharmaceutical industry and relates to novel crystalline omeprazole sodium ethanol solvate and to the process for its preparation, which acts as intermediary compound to the processes for its conversion into different crystalline forms, first of all to a known omeprazole sodium form A, with low amount of residual solvents, i.e. less than 0.5% by weight of residual solvent.The present invention also relates to novel crystalline omeprazole sodium form E and crystalline omeprazole sodium form F as well to the processes for their preparation as well, both with considerably low levels of residual solvents.Omeprazole sodium form A and both novel crystalline forms omeprazole sodium form E and form F are useful for the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders.
US08247562B2
The invention concerns a compound of the formula (I) wherein Ring A is heterocyclyl; m is 0-4 and each R1 is a group such as hydroxy, halo, trifluoromethyl and cyano; R2 is halo and n is 0-2; and each R4 is a group such as hydroxy, halo, trifluoromethyl and cyano; p is 0-4; and R3 is amino or hydroxy; or pharmaceutically-acceptable salts or in-vivo-hydrolysable ester or amide thereof; processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the treatment of diseases or medical conditions mediated by histone deacetylase.
US08247561B2
Methyl-2-pentamethylenediamine and methyl-3-piperidine are prepared by hydrogenation of methylglutaronitrile in the presence of a catalyst including cobalt, chromium, and nickel, especially a catalyst based on Raney cobalt doped with nickel and chromium.
US08247559B2
The invention provides an efficient method for preparing 3-endo-(8-azabicyclo[3.2.1]oct-3-yl)benzamide by hydrogenation, under controlled conditions, of an amino-protected 3-(8-azabicyclo[3.2.1]oct-2-en-3-yl)benzamide intermediate in which the amino-protecting group is removable by catalytic hydrogenation.
US08247545B1
There is described is a process for the isolation and purification of nucleic acids such as plasmid or genomic DNA from cells or other sources, wherein a) the cells containing nucleic acids are digested and cell debris is removed, or other samples containing nucleic acids are treated with anion exchangers, namely, in buffer solutions of low ionic strength, b) thereafter, the nucleic acids are desorbed from the anion exchanger using a buffer of high ionic strength, in order to be subsequently c) treated in said buffer of high ionic strength or in the presence of lower alcohols and/or poly(ethylene glycol) with a mineral support material, with adsorption of the nucleic acid to the surface of the mineral support materials, whereupon d) desorption of the nucleic acid is effected using water or a buffer solution of low ionic strength. The device for operating the inventive process consists of a hollow body (1) with an inlet opening (7) and an outlet opening (8), wherein in the hollow body (1), between two securing means (5, 6), a powdered first material based on silica gel (10) is arranged, and a second material (11) is placed between the first material (10) and the outlet opening (8), the first and second materials (10, 11) having different adsorption characteristics for nucleic acids.
US08247538B2
Disclosed herein is a method for the preparation of radioisotope-labeled compounds using CNT. It comprises filling the carbon nanotube with a radioisotope; and labeling a physiologically active material with the radioisotope charged in the carbon nanotube. Taking advantage of CNT, the method can prepare a radioisotope-labeled compound invention at a high yield and in a simple manner. Also, the radioisotope, when remaining unreacted, can be recovered by the filtration of the CNT, thereby achieving the prevention of radioactive contamination and the reduction of radioactive waste. Further, the radioisotope-labeled compound is useful as a contrast medium for imaging the hepatobiliary system.
US08247536B2
Conjugates of a Factor VIII moiety and one or more water-soluble polymers are provided. Typically, the water-soluble polymer is poly(ethylene glycol) or a derivative thereof. Also provided are compositions comprising the conjugates, methods of making the conjugates, and methods of administering compositions comprising the conjugates to a patient.
US08247529B2
The present invention provides compositions including neoplasia targeting peptides as well as methods of using the neoplasia targeting peptides in diagnosing, detecting, treating, monitoring treatment, and analyzing cancer or cancer cells in vivo and in vitro.
US08247524B2
The present invention relates to a supramolecular polymer comprising quadruple hydrogen bonding units within the polymer backbone, wherein at least a monomer comprising a 4H-unit is incorporated in the polymer backbone via at least two reactive groups up to four reactive groups, provided that the 4H-units are not covalently incorporated in the polymer backbone through one or more silicon-carbon bonds. The invention also relates to processes for preparing such supramolecular polymers and their use in personal care applications, surface coatings, imaging technologies, biomedical applications, (themo)reversible coatings, adhesive and sealing compositions and as thickening agents, gelling agents and binders.
US08247523B2
Disclosed herein is a method for producing a purified 2-aryl-3,3-bis(4-hydroxyaryl) phthalimidine of formula (I) wherein R1 is hydrogen or a C1-25 hydrocarbyl group and R2 is a hydrogen, a C1-25 hydrocarbyl group, or a halogen, and wherein the method comprises dissolving a crude phthalimidine compound in an aqueous base solution; precipitating the dissolved, crude phthalimidine compound from the aqueous base solution by adding an acid in an amount effective to lower the pH of the solution to 9.0 to 12.0, to provide a semicrude phthalimidine compound; and isolating the semicrude phthalimidine compound from the aqueous base solution, to provide the purified 2-aryl-3,3-bis(4-hydroxyaryl)phthalimidine of formula (I), and having a phenolphthalein compound content of less than 2,500 ppm, based on the weight of the purified 2-aryl-3,3-bis(4-hydroxyaryl)phthalimidine. Subsequent trituration with aqueous methanol and recrystallization from isopropanol can result in product having levels of phenolphthalein derivatives that are not detectable.
US08247522B2
A process for producing non-solid-stated polyester polymer particles having one or more properties similar to polyester polymer particles that have undergone solid-state processing.
US08247518B2
A multi-layer polymer film for printing and copying of the present invention comprising a two-layer polymer base film composed of layer A and layer B laminated on one side of the layer A, the layer B containing a filler in an amount of 50 to 3000 ppm and the layer A containing no filler or a filler in an amount of at least 1000 ppm and less than the B layer; an image receiving layer coated on the exposed surface of the layer A; and an antistatic layer coated on the exposed surface of the layer B, wherein the layer A having the image receiving coating layer and the layer B having the antistatic coating layer have average degrees of surface roughness (Ra) ranging from 10 to 60 nm and 50 to 150 nm, respectively, exhibits improved properties in terms of runnability, printing, optical (haze), antistatic, friction coefficient and anti-blocking properties, which can be advantageously used as an OHP film.
US08247514B2
A silylated polyurethane composition containing polyester based polyurethane prepolymer. The silylated polyurethane composition when partially silylated is especially useful for pressure sensitive adhesives where it imparts superior adhesive and cohesive performance thereto.
US08247502B2
Provided is an addition reaction-curable silicone pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, including: (A) a specific diorganopolysiloxane consisting of (A1) a linear diorganopolysiloxane having two or more alkenyl groups, and (A2) a linear diorganopolysiloxane having SiOH groups at the terminals and containing no alkenyl groups, (B) a specific organopolysiloxane containing M units, Q units and SiOH group-containing siloxane units, (C) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane containing three or more SiH groups, (D) an addition reaction retarder, (E) a platinum group metal-based catalyst, and (F) a specific organopolysiloxane containing T units and D units. A cured product layer formed from a cured product of this composition can be peeled from a release film with minimal peeling force, and exhibits excellent adhesion to silicone rubbers. The composition is ideal for use within a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape including a substrate and an aforementioned cured product layer laminated to at least one surface of the substrate.
US08247499B2
A water-absorbing polymer structure is disclosed, whose surface has been brought into contact with a combination of a metal salt and an oxide of a metal. The invention also relates to a process for treating the surface of water-absorbing polymer structures whereby the surface of water-absorbing polymer structures is brought into contact with a combination of a metal salt and an oxide of a metal at a temperature of from about 50 to about 300° C. The present invention further relates to the water-absorbing polymer structures obtainable by this process, a composite comprising a water-absorbing polymer structure and a substrate, chemical products such as foams and fibers comprising water-absorbing polymer structures or a composite, and the use of a combination of an oxide of a metal and of a metal salt for treatment of the surface of super-absorbing polymer structures.
US08247494B2
A rubber composition comprising: a cured rubber; and thermoplastic resin, where the thermoplastic resin is in the form of discrete domains dispersed within a continuous phase of the cured rubber, and where the cured rubber includes silicon-containing crosslinks.
US08247485B2
Fibrous basic magnesium sulfate-containing pellets comprising an olefin polymer and fibrous basic magnesium sulfate in a weight ratio of 80:20 to 20:80 and further comprising a nucleating agent in an amount of 0.3 to 8 weight parts based on 100 weight parts of the olefin polymer and in an amount of 0.2 to 4 weight parts based on 100 weight parts of the fibrous basic magnesium sulfate are favorably employable for producing molded fibrous basic magnesium sulfate-containing propylene polymer products which show high flexural modulus, high flexural strength and high yield strength in tension as well as excellent thermal stability.
US08247479B2
The invention, relates to azo-compounds of formula (I), wherein >N—O—R substituted 2,2,6,6-tetraalkyl-piperidyl groups are present. These azo-compounds have excellent flame retardant properties, either if applied alone, or combined with other compounds, having flame retardant properties.
US08247462B2
A process (10) for co-producing power and hydrocarbons includes in a wet gasification stage (70), gasifying coal to produce a combustion gas (86) at elevated pressure comprising at least H2 and CO; enriching (72) a first portion of the combustion gas with H2 to produce an H2-enriched gas (88); and generating power (77) from a second portion of the combustion gas. In a dry gasification stage (16), coal is gasified to produce a synthesis gas precursor (36) at elevated pressure comprising at least H2 and CO. At least a portion of the H2-enriched gas (88) is mixed with the synthesis gas precursor (36) to provide a synthesis gas for hydrocarbon synthesis, with hydrocarbons being synthesized (20, 22) from the synthesis gas. In certain embodiments, the process (10) produces a CO2 exhaust stream (134) for sequestration or capturing for further use.
US08247461B2
An ophthalmic solution comprising a polyethoxylated glyceride in the range of 0.001 to about 10 percent by weight and a buffer agent. These solutions impart surprising comfort and wearability to contact lenses. At the same time the solutions provide good preservative capacity and do not increase protein deposit.
US08247455B2
The present invention relates to compounds having the formula: salts thereof; compositions comprising one or more of the compounds and/or salts thereof; methods of using; and methods of making.
US08247450B2
The present invention is directed to a methods and compositions for enhancing the probability that a subject will become pregnant. The method comprises administering to a subject a pharmaceutical composition comprising an effective amount of a linoleic acid active agent, e.g., linoleic acid, a polyunsaturated fatty acid analog thereof, etc. Also provided are kits that find use in practicing the subject methods. The subject methods and compositions find use in a variety of different applications, including but not limited to the treatment of infertility conditions.
US08247442B2
The invention relates to azetidinyl, pyrrolidinyl, piperidinyl, and hexahydroazepinyl compounds of Formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs, or solvates thereof, wherein R1-R3 and Z are defined as set forth in the specification. The invention is also directed to the use compounds of Formula I to treat, prevent or ameliorate a disorder responsive to the blockade of calcium channels, and particularly N-type calcium channels. Compounds of the present invention are especially useful for treating pain.
US08247425B2
The present invention provides a compound of formula I: wherein X−, R1, and R2 are as defined herein, and compositions thereof.
US08247424B2
The invention relates to novel fredericamycin derivatives, to drugs containing said derivatives or the salts thereof, and to the use of the fredericamycin derivatives for treating diseases, especially cancer diseases.
US08247419B2
The invention described herein relates to methods of identifying and treating individuals with protein tyrosine kinase associated disorders that have, or may, become resistant to treatment with a kinase inhibitor such as imatinib due to a gain-of-function mutation in KIT tyrosine kinase.
US08247410B2
The present invention relates to purine compounds that are useful as kinase inhibitors. More particularly, the present invention relates to purine compounds, methods for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and uses of these compounds in the treatment of proliferative conditions or disorders. These compounds may be useful as medicaments for the treatment of a number of proliferative conditions or disorders including tumors and cancers as well as other disorders or conditions related to or associated with PI3 and/or mTOR kinases.
US08247391B2
The present invention relates to a gel composition, comprising first and second gel-forming moieties which bind reversibly to one another to form a gel. The binding of the moieties is sensitive to the level of an analyte, and either or both of the gel-forming moieties are attached to cross-linked particulate entities such that the interstices between the entities allow gel-sol and sol-gel transformation, and yet are not so small that the analyte cannot diffuse therethrough. The invention also provides drug delivery systems and sensors for detecting an analyte utilizing such a gel.
US08247387B2
The present invention relates to methods and compositions that decrease intraocular pressure (IOP) of the eye. The compositions of the invention comprise short interfering nucleic acid molecules (siNA) including, but not limited to, siRNA that decrease expression of genes associated with production or drainage of intraocular fluid. The compositions of the invention can be used in the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of an eye conditions displaying increased IOP such as glaucoma, infection, inflammation, uveitis, and diabetic retinopathy. The methods of the invention comprise the administration to a patient in need thereof an effective amount of one or more siNAs of the invention.
US08247384B2
Methods and compositions comprising combinations of one or more anti-connexin agents and one or more other agents useful for the promotion and/or improvement of wound healing and/or tissue repair.
US08247381B2
The present invention provides branched water-soluble polymers that allow two or more water-soluble polymers to be conjugated to another species. The branched polymers provide access to therapeutic agents that are conjugated at a single site to two or more water-soluble polymers. The branched polymers are based upon branch points that are simple branched alkyl structures, reactive side-chain amino acids and small peptides of reactive side-chain amino acids, and saccharides. Also provided is a method for preparing mono-disperse poly(ethylene glycol) of a well-defined and determinable molecular weight, and a method for the rational end-functionalization of poly(ethylene glycol). Conjugates of the branched water-soluble polymers with diverse species, e.g., peptides, lipids, glycolipids and small molecules are also provided.
US08247375B2
This invention relates to polypeptides which bind to EGFR family receptors and to applications of those polypeptides in medicine, veterinary medicine, diagnosis diagnostics and imaging.
US08247373B2
The present invention relates to lactoferrin compositions and methods of using the compositions to treat wounds. The compositions can be administered alone or in combination with other standard wound healing therapies.
US08247366B2
An azeotrope-like composition consisting essentially of 1,1,2,3-tetrachloropropene and hydrogen fluoride is provided, as well as methods that involve such an azeotrope-like composition.
US08247355B2
The invention discloses method of treating a subterranean formation of a well bore, the method comprising: providing a treatment fluid comprising: an aqueous base fluid; a viscosity enhancer; and a viscoelastic surfactant, wherein the enhancer is acid in the aqueous base fluid and co-operates with the viscoelastic surfactant to enhance viscosity compared to viscoelastic surfactant alone in the aqueous base fluid; and introducing the treatment fluid into the well bore.
US08247354B2
A fault current limiter and a method for the production thereof has a superconducting device (1; 21; 31; 41; 51; 61; 71; 72) comprising a sequence of superconducting elements (2a-2f), each with an electrically conducting substrate (3a-3d), a superconducting film (5a-5d) and an electrically insulating intermediate layer (4a-4c) provided between the substrate and the superconducting film. The superconducting films (5a-5d) of adjacent superconducting elements (2a-2f) of the sequence are electrically connected, in particular in series, wherein the electrically conducting substrate (3a-3d) of each superconducting element (2a-2f) of the sequence is electrically insulated from each electrically conducting substrate (3a-3d) of those adjacent superconducting elements (2a-2f) within the sequence whose superconducting films (5a-5d) are electrically connected in series with the superconducting film (5a-5d) of said superconducting element (2a-2f). The superconducting elements (2a-2f) are connected in a ring shaped fashion.
US08247352B2
Methods of inhibiting ethylene production in a plant are provided that involve contacting a plant or plant part with an inhibitor of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid oxidase (ACCO). The methods can be used to delay fruit and vegetable ripening, flower opening, or senescence of cut flowers. Also described are kits including an ACCO inhibitor and a floral preservative.
US08247342B2
A highly active supported chromium catalyst composition for ethylene and other olefins polymerization and also for ethylene copolymerization with efficient incorporation of comonomer, produces polymers with superior spherical morphology, improved bulk density and almost 0% fines. The catalyst composition component includes at least one chromium compound, mainly chromium acetylacetonate, or chromium hexaflouroacetonylacetonate, or chromium diethylmalonate. One magnesium compound, or aluminum compound, metal alkoxy compound and defined polymer particles mainly chloromethylated cross linked styrene-DVB copolymer or polyvinylchloride. The catalyst composition, when used in conjunction with an organoaluminum compound or a mixture of organoaluminum compounds, can be used for olefin polymerization to produce medium or high density polyethylene and copolymers of ethylene with alpha-olefins having about 3 to 18 carbon atoms.
US08247341B2
Disclosed are procatalyst compositions having an internal electron donor which includes a silyl glutarate and optionally an electron donor component. Ziegler-Natta catalyst compositions containing the present procatalyst compositions exhibit strong activity and produce propylene-based olefins with high isotacticity.
US08247337B2
An alumina sintered article comprising 99.3 mass % or more Al in terms of Al2O3, strontium and silicon is disclosed. The alumina sintered article also comprises alumina crystal grains and an oxide crystal comprising aluminum, silicon, strontium located at a triple pocket surrounded by three or more alumina crystal grains. The alumina sintered article improves dielectric loss in the megahertz to gigahertz bands while maintaining corrosion resistance, mechanical properties of alumina.
US08247335B2
Disclosed are water-dispersible fibers derived from sulfopolyesters having a Tg of at least 25° C. The fibers may contain a single sulfopolyester or a blend of a sulfopolyester with a water-dispersible or water-nondispersible polymer. Also disclosed are multicomponent fibers comprising a water dispersible sulfopolyester having a Tg of at least 57° C. and a water non-dispersible polymer. The multicomponent fibers may be used to produce microdenier fibers. Fibrous articles may be produced from the water-dispersible fibers, multicomponent fibers, and microdenier fibers. The fibrous articles include water-dispersible and microdenier nonwoven webs, fabrics, and multilayered articles such as wipes, gauze, tissue, diapers, panty liners, sanitary napkins, bandages, and surgical dressings. Also disclosed is a process for water-dispersible fibers, nonwoven fabrics, and microdenier webs. The fibers and fibrous articles have further applications in flushable personal care and cleaning products, disposable protective outerwear, and laminating binders.
US08247334B2
A moisture-vapor-permeable and water-resistant fiber involves a layer of base fabric, a moisture-vapor-permeable layer, and a water absorption layer. The moisture vapor permeable layer is obtained by coating or laminating the inner side of the fabric with a moisture-vapor-permeable resin, which prohibits the penetration of the water droplets but allows the penetration of the moisture vapor molecules. The moisture absorption layer with intricate and colorful design is composed of binding resin blended with fiber powder and/or inorganic powder, and which is dot-coated or dot-printed onto the inner side of the moisture-vapor-permeable and water-resistant layer. The fiber powder or inorganic powder is highly hydrophilic and highly absorbent in its moisture absorption ability, which, when the clothes are fabricated, can prevent the penetration of raindrops but allows the transmission of the evaporated vapor of sweat through the fabric. Moreover, it is capable of absorbing plentiful amount of sweat.
US08247328B2
The invention provides a method of chemically-mechanically polishing a substrate comprising at least one layer of single crystal silicon carbide. The method utilizes a chemical-mechanical polishing composition comprising a liquid carrier, an abrasive, a catalyst comprising a transition metal composition, and an oxidizing agent.
US08247327B2
The invention provides chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP) compositions and methods for polishing a silicon-containing substrate. A method of the invention comprises the steps of contacting a silicon-containing substrate with a polishing pad and an aqueous CMP composition, and causing relative motion between the polishing pad and the substrate while maintaining a portion of the CMP composition in contact with the surface of the substrate to abrade at least a portion of the substrate. The CMP composition comprises a ceria abrasive, a polishing additive bearing a functional group with a pKa of about 4 to about 9, a nonionic surfactant with an hydrophilic portion and a lipophilic portion wherein the hydrophilic portion has a number average molecular weight of about 500 g/mol or higher, and an aqueous carrier, wherein the pH of the composition is 7 or less. The method reduces defects on the wafers, particularly local areas of high removal. The method is also useful for polishing dielectric silicon-containing substrates at a high rate relative to semiconductor silicon-containing substrates.
US08247323B2
A silicide film is formed between a ferroelectric capacitor structure, which is formed by sandwiching a ferroelectric film between a lower electrode and an upper electrode, and a conductive plug (the conductive material constituting the plug is tungsten (W) for example). Here, an example is shown in which a base film of the conductive plug is the silicide film.
US08247322B2
A method for forming a semiconductor structure includes forming a dielectric layer over a substrate. A first non-conductive barrier layer is formed over the dielectric layer. At least one opening is formed through the first non-conductive barrier layer and within the dielectric layer. A second non-conductive barrier layer is formed over the first non-conductive barrier layer and within the opening. At least a portion of the second non-conductive barrier layer is removed, thereby at least partially exposing a top surface of the first non-conductive barrier layer and a bottom surface of the opening, with the second non-conductive barrier layer remaining on sidewalls of the opening. A seed layer and conductive layer is then formed and a single polishing operation removes the seed layer and conductive layer.
US08247318B2
The present invention provides a method of providing a desired catalyst electron energy level. The method includes providing a donor material quantum confinement structure (QCS) having a first Fermi level, and providing an acceptor QCS material having a second Fermi level, where the first Fermi level is higher than the second Fermi level. According to the method the acceptor is disposed proximal to the donor to alter an electronic structure of the donor and the acceptor materials to provide the desired catalyst electron energy level.
US08247294B2
A constant distance can be maintained between source/drain regions without providing a gate side wall by forming a gate electrode including an eaves structure, and a uniform dopant concentration is kept within a semiconductor by ion implantation. As a result, a FinFET excellent in element properties and operation properties can be obtained. A field effect transistor, wherein a gate structure body is a protrusion that protrudes toward source and drain regions sides in a channel length direction and has a channel length direction width larger than that of the part adjacent to the insulating film in a gate electrode, and the protrusion includes an eaves structure formed by the protrusion that extends in a gate electrode extending direction on the top surface of the semiconductor layer.
US08247288B2
A bypass capacitor is directly integrated on top of a MOSFET chip. The capacitor comprises multi layers of conductive material and dielectric material staking on top of each other with connection vias through dielectric layer for connecting different conductive layers. The method of integrating the bypass capacitor comprises repeating steps of depositing a dielectric layer, forming connection vias through the dielectric layer, depositing a conductive layer and patterning the conductive layer.
US08247283B2
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes the steps of (a) forming a gate electrode on a silicon substrate, through a gate insulating film; (b) forming a lamination of an insulating film and a sacrificial film having different etching characteristics on the silicon substrate, covering the gate electrode, and anisotropically etching the lamination to form side wall spacers on side walls of the gate electrode and the gate insulating film; (c) implanting impurities into the silicon substrate on both sides of the side wall spacers; (d) etching the silicon substrate and the sacrificial film to form recesses in the silicon substrate, and to change a cross sectional shape of each of the side wall spacers to approximately an L-shape; (e) epitaxially growing Si—Ge-containing crystal in the recesses; and (f) depositing an insulating film containing stress, covering the side wall spacers.
US08247280B2
A method of fabricating a semiconductor device is provided that includes providing a semiconductor substrate having a first portion and a second portion, forming a first transistor in the first portion of the substrate, the first transistor being operable at a first voltage, and forming a second transistor in the second portion of the substrate, the second transistor being operable at a second voltage greater than the first voltage. The formation of the second transistor includes forming an extended feature of the second transistor with a photomask that is used to adjust a threshold voltage of the first transistor.
US08247276B2
In a thin film transistor, an increase in off current or negative shift of the threshold voltage is prevented. In the thin film transistor, a buffer layer is provided between an oxide semiconductor layer and each of a source electrode layer and a drain electrode layer. The buffer layer includes a metal oxide layer which is an insulator or a semiconductor over a middle portion of the oxide semiconductor layer. The metal oxide layer functions as a protective layer for suppressing incorporation of impurities into the oxide semiconductor layer. Therefore, in the thin film transistor, an increase in off current or negative shift of the threshold voltage can be prevented.
US08247275B2
Non-planar transistors, such as FINFETs, may be formed on the basis of a globally strained semiconductor material, thereby preserving a high uniaxial strain component in the resulting semiconductor fins. In this manner, a significant performance enhancement may be achieved without adding process complexity when implementing FINFET transistors.
US08247273B2
A semiconductor device includes at least one thin-film transistor 116, which includes: a crystalline semiconductor layer 120 including a region 110 to be a channel region and source and drain regions 113; a gate electrode 107 for controlling the conductivity of the region 110 to be a channel region; a gate insulating film 106 arranged between the semiconductor layer 120 and the gate electrode 107; and source and drain electrodes 115 connected to the source and drain regions 113, respectively. At least one of the source and drain regions 113 contains an element to be a donor or an acceptor and a rare-gas element, but the region 110 to be a channel region does not contain the rare-gas element. The atomic weight of the rare-gas element is greater than that of the element to be a donor or an acceptor. The concentration of the rare-gas element in the at least one region as measured in the thickness direction thereof decreases continuously from the upper surface of the at least one region toward its lower surface.
US08247270B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor component of the present invention has: obtaining a semiconductor wafer having stud electrodes formed on a functional surface thereof, and a circuit board having solder bumps on one surface and having electrode pads on the other surface thereof; bonding the semiconductor wafer and the circuit board, while providing a resin layer having a flux activity between the semiconductor wafer and the circuit board, and so as to bring the stud electrodes into contact with the solder bumps, while penetrating the resin layer having a flux activity, to thereby obtain a bonded structure; applying a solder material onto the electrode pads of the bonded structure; and dicing the bonded structure to obtain a plurality of semiconductor components.
US08247265B2
The present invention provides an optoelectronic memory device, the method for manufacturing and evaluating the same. The optoelectronic memory device according to the present invention includes a substrate, an insulation layer, an active layer, source electrode and drain electrode. The substrate includes a gate, and the insulation layer is formed on the substrate. The active layer is formed on the insulation layer, and more particularly, the active layer is formed of a composite material comprising conjugated conductive polymers and quantum dots. Moreover, both of the source and the drain are formed on the insulation layer, and electrically connected to the active layer.
US08247262B2
A method for performing a CMOS Image Sensor (CIS) silicide process is provided to reduce pixel contact resistance. In one embodiment, the method comprises forming a Resist Protect Oxide (RPO) layer on the CIS, forming a Contact Etch Stop Layer (CESL), forming an Inter-Layer Dielectric (ILD) layer, performing contact lithography/etching, performing Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) at a pixel contact hole area, annealing for silicide formation at pixel contact hole area, performing contact filling, and defining the first metal layer. The Resist Protect Oxide (RPO) layer can be formed without using a photo mask of Cell Resist Protect Oxide (CIRPO) photolithography for pixel array and/or without silicide process at pixel array. The method can include implanting N+ or P+ for pixel contact plugs at the pixel contact hole area. The contact filling can comprise depositing contact glue plugs and performing Chemical Mechanical Polishing (CMP).
US08247259B2
On an epitaxy substrate (1), a layer structure (5, 6, 7) provided for light-emitting diodes or other optoelectronic components using thin-film technology is produced and provided with a first connecting layer (2), which comprises one or a plurality of solder materials. A second connecting layer (3) is applied over the whole area on a carrier (10) and permanently connected to the first connecting layer (2) by means of a soldering process.
US08247257B2
A method for providing a semiconductor material for photovoltaic devices, the method includes providing a sample of iron disilicide comprising approximately 90 percent or greater of a beta phase entity. The sample of iron disilicide is characterized by a substantially uniform first particle size ranging from about 1 micron to about 10 microns. The method includes combining the sample of iron disilicide and a binding material to form a mixture of material. The method includes providing a substrate member including a surface region and deposits the mixture of material overlying the surface region of the substrate. In a specific embodiment, the mixture of material is subjected to a post-deposition process such as a curing process to form a thickness of material comprising the sample of iron disilicide overlying the substrate member. In a specific embodiment, the thickness of material is characterized by a thickness of about the first particle size.
US08247255B2
A process and associated system for vapor deposition of a thin film layer on a photovoltaic (PV) module substrate is includes establishing a vacuum chamber and introducing the substrates individually into the vacuum chamber. The substrates are pre-heated as they are conveyed through the vacuum chamber, and are then conveyed in serial arrangement through a vapor deposition apparatus in the vacuum chamber wherein a thin film of a sublimed source material is deposited onto an upper surface of the substrates. The substrates are conveyed through the vapor deposition apparatus at a controlled constant linear speed such that leading and trailing sections of the substrate in a conveyance direction are exposed to the same vapor deposition conditions within the vapor deposition apparatus. The vapor deposition apparatus may be supplied with source material in a manner so as not to interrupt the vapor deposition process or non-stop conveyance of the substrates through the vapor deposition apparatus.
US08247254B2
System and method for forming solar cell structures using a foundry compatible process. According to an embodiment, the present invention provides a method for manufacturing a solar cell. The method includes providing a substrate. The substrate includes a support region. The method also includes transferring a photovoltaic material overlying the support region of the substrate. The photovoltaic material is characterized by a first thickness. The method further includes forming an emitter region on the photovoltaic material by a diffusion process. The emitter region is characterized by a first impurity type. In addition, the method includes forming a mask overlaying the emitter region. The mask exposes at least a first contact region. The method also includes forming the first contact region within the first thickness of the photovoltaic material. Furthermore, the method includes doping the first contact region with a second impurity type.
US08247246B2
A technique for forming a TFT element over a substrate having flexibility typified by a flexible plastic film is tested. When a structure in which a light-resistant layer or a reflective layer is employed to prevent the damage to the delamination layer, it is difficult to fabricate a transmissive liquid crystal display device or a light emitting device which emits light downward.A substrate and a delamination film are separated by a physical means, or a mechanical means in a state where a metal film formed over a substrate, and a delamination layer comprising an oxide film including the metal and a film comprising silicon, which is formed over the metal film, are provided. Specifically, a TFT obtained by forming an oxide layer including the metal over a metal film; crystallizing the oxide layer by heat treatment; and performing delamination in a layer of the oxide layer or at both of the interface of the oxide layer is formed.
US08247245B2
A pixel structure is disclosed. The pixel structure includes a substrate, a first data line having at least one end formed on the substrate, a first insulation layer overlying the first data line and exposing a part of the end of the first data line, a shielding electrode disposed on the first insulation layer and overlapped with the first data line, a second data line formed on the first insulation layer and electrically connected to the exposed end of the first data line, a second insulation layer overlying the shielding electrode and the second data line, and a pixel electrode formed on the second insulation layer and overlapped with the shielding electrode. The invention also provides a method for fabricating the pixel structure.
US08247240B2
Performing high-resolution determination of the relative shift of the spectral properties of a biosensor. The shift in the resonance peak of the biosensor is indicative of the amount of material bound to the surface of the biosensor. A preferred biosensor is a Guided Mode Resonant Filter Biosensor (GMRFB). In one aspect of the invention, curve fitting is used to determine the relative location of the spectrum of the unexposed biosensor with respect to those spectra that are altered (e.g., shifted) by the presence of materials bound to the surface of the biosensor. In an alternative embodiment, the cross correlation function is used to detect spectral peak offsets between a reference spectrum and a spectrum measured from an exposed biosensor. In yet another alternative, maximal likelihood estimation techniques are used to determine the spectral shift or offs.
US08247239B2
A method for introducing standard gas into a sample vessel is generally disclosed comprising providing a vessel containing a sample gas and a receptacle with a vessel port, such as sampling needle, pressurizing the vessel with a carrier gas, and introducing a volume of standard gas into the flow path of the carrier gas being used to pressurize the vessel when the vessel port of the receptacle is located within the vessel. In some embodiments, a rotary valve is loaded with the standard gas, and the valve is brought into fluid communication with the flow path of the carrier gas when the vessel port is within the vessel.
US08247237B2
An indicating desiccant comprises a silica-based material having impregnated thereon a source of iron and a source of bromide, the source of iron being present in an amount up to 2.0 percent by weight, calculated as Fe with respect to weight of the silica-based material, and the source of bromide being present in an amount such that the weight ratio of Br to Fe is at least 0.1:1.
US08247231B2
The present invention relates to methods of producing an antigenic response in which an antigen is contacted to an antigen-presenting cell, wherein the improvement comprises contacting the antigen-presenting cell with an A1 adenosine receptor activating agent in an amount sufficient to increase the antigenic response of the antigen-presenting cell to the antigen. The present invention further provides methods, compositions, combination therapies, imaging techniques, and diagnostic kits that may improve the diagnosis, prognosis, and/or survival of cancer patients, pathogen-infected patients, and infectious or non-infectious immune-deficient patients.
US08247227B2
A method of generating a population of dendritic cell (DC) precursors includes obtaining a population of progenitor cells from a subject and culturing the progenitor cells in a culture medium. The culture medium can include Flt3 ligand and interleukin-6 and be free of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor.
US08247224B2
The present invention describes a recombinant construct for detection of halogenated aromatic hydrocarbon compounds. A method for detecting halogenated aromatic hydrocarbon compounds using the recombinant construct is also described.
US08247223B1
The methods are disclosed to introduce catalysts and fluids into an apparatus and/or media to effect remediation of contaminants, improve soil fertility and permeability, control undesirable pests, or create useful chemicals or food. Aerobic metabolism of compounds in a media is facilitated through the transfer of fluids, such as air. The apparatus and methods provide an environment for select organisms, including refugia and nutrient substrate. The biodegradable composition of the apparatus is partially transformed by catalytic treatment. Catalysts or remediation agents are produced in-situ, for specific applications that provide a range of retention, activation, activity, and release profiles.
US08247218B2
A sensing element for measuring extracellular potential including a substrate, a well provided in a substrate, a guide section provided on the wall of the well, and a detective electrode formed at a lower surface of the substrate. The guide section is for guiding drug. The well is provided at the bottom with a depression, and a first throughhole penetrating through the depression and the lower surface of the substrate. The well is for mixing a subject cell, a culture solution and the drug together. The above-configured sensing element accurately measures a change generated by a subject cell.
US08247214B2
A method is provided for detecting, measuring or controlling particles and/or electromagnetic radiation, comprising providing a deformable material containing a deformable aperture defining a path for particles or radiation, adjusting the deformable aperture to a prescribed geometry and/or size by deforming the deformable material to change at least one of the parameters of the path defined by the deformable aperture, and causing the particle or radiation to be detected, measured or controlled to enter the deformable aperture. The method includes the step of monitoring the geometry and/or size of the deformable aperture and controlling the adjustment of the size of the deformable aperture in response to such monitoring. The required apparatus is easily fabricated from inexpensive materials. Furthermore the deformable aperture can be tuned to the appropriate geometry post fabrication, and the ability to adjust the aperture geometry renders it capable of discriminating a plurality of differently sized particles.
US08247203B2
A method for recovering inorganic salt during processing of a lignocellulosic feedstock is provided. The method comprises pretreating the lignocellulosic feedstock by adding an acid to the feedstock to produce a pretreated lignocellulosic feedstock. A soluble base is then added to the pretreated lignocellulosic feedstock to adjust the pH and produce a neutralized feedstock. The neutralized feedstock is then enzymatically hydrolyzed to produce an enzyme hydrolyzed feedstock and a sugar stream. Inorganic salt is recovered from either a stream obtained from the lignocellulosic feedstock prior to the step of pretreating, a stream obtained from the pretreated lignocellulosic feedstock, a stream obtained from the neutralized feedstock, a stream obtained from the sugar stream, or a combination of these streams. The inorganic salt may be concentrated, clarified, recovered and purified by crystallization, electrodialysis drying, or agglomeration and granulation, and then used as desired, for example as a fertilizer.
US08247193B2
A method of producing an α-L-aspartyl-L-phenylalanine-β-ester by forming the α-L-aspartyl-L-phenylalanine-β-ester from L-aspartic acid-α,β-diester and L-phenylalanine using an enzyme or enzyme-containing substance that has an ability to selectively link L-phenylalanine to an α-ester site of the L-aspartic acid-α,β-diester through a peptide bond.
US08247191B2
A disposable cassette for blood analysis includes a housing having an upper panel and a sampling section having a filling inlet; at least one pair of chambers in a form of depression of the upper panel of the housing and sealed by a diaphragm; portions of the diaphragm over the chambers being flexible; and one or more channels adapted to interconnect the pair of chambers; one of the chambers containing a predetermined amount of a reagent for blood analysis; and a sample outlet disposed next to and connected to the chamber containing the reagent, the sample outlet including an outlet cavity recessed from the upper panel, a divider disposed therein, and a cover covering the outlet cavity; the sample outlet sealing the reagent to the chamber containing the reagent. Further disclosed is the method of using the disposable cassette for measurements of hematology parameters on a blood analyzer.
US08247190B2
This invention relates to altered forms of members of the RNase A superfamily. An RNase A can be modified to be cytotoxic by altering its amino acid sequence so that it is not bound easily by the ribonuclease inhibitor while still retaining catalytic properties. While earlier work had identified some modifications to RNase A that would result in cytotoxicity, the use of the FADE algorithm for molecular interaction analysis has led to several other locations that were candidates for modification. Some of those modifications did result in RNase A variants with increase cytotoxicity.
US08247186B2
Isolated monoclonal antibodies are disclosed herein that specifically bind a cell surface antigen expressed on the human pancreatic endocrine cells or a subset thereof, and/or a precursor thereof. Isolated monoclonal antibodies are also disclosed herein that specifically bind a cell surface antigen expressed on human pancreatic exocrine cells or human ductal cells. Humanized forms of these antibodies, and functional fragments of these antibodies, are also disclosed. The antibodies can be conjugated to an effector molecule, or a detectable marker. These antibodies are of use to detect and/or isolate pancreatic cells or a subset thereof. Methods of treating a pancreatic tumor are also disclosed.
US08247183B2
Based on the observation of the cooperation of osteopontin (OPN) and matrixmetalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) in the promotion of the metastatic phenotype, therapies and diagnostic assays are disclosed for the treatment of a tumor that overexpresses OPN, such as hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), for example metastatic HCC. In one example, methods of treating a tumor include administration of an agent that reduces cellular invasion resulting from the interaction between a fragment of OPN (OPN-5kD) generated by MMP-9 cleavage and CD44 receptor. Examples of such agents include fragments of OPN-5kD and antibodies specific for OPN-5kD. Therapeutic compositions are also provided that include such agents. Also provided are methods of diagnosing or prognosing a tumor, for example by detecting expression of OPN-5kD peptide or OPN-c mRNA in a biological sample obtained from the subject. Also provided are antibodies that specifically bind OPN-5kD.
US08247163B2
Lithographic printing plates can be prepared with enhanced contrast between the image and background by coloring the imaged or exposed regions using a coloring fluid containing a water-insoluble colorant (dye or pigment) and an organic solvent that swells the imaged regions sufficiently for the colorant to be embedded or diffused therein.
US08247162B2
A method of forming a pattern and a photoresist composition, the method including forming a photoresist film on a substrate by coating a photoresist composition thereon, the photoresist composition including a polymerized photoresist additive, a polymer including an acid-labile protective group at a side chain, a photoacid generator, and a solvent; exposing the photoresist film; and forming a photoresist pattern by developing the photoresist film using an aqueous alkali developer, wherein the polymerized photoresist additive includes a hydrophilic repeating unit having an aliphatic hydrocarbon backbone and a side chain containing an oxygen heteroatom in a heterocyclic ring substituted with at least three hydroxyl groups, and a hydrophobic repeating unit having an aliphatic hydrocarbon backbone and a side chain containing a fluorinated aliphatic hydrocarbon group.
US08247161B2
A resist composition for immersion exposure including: a base component (A) which exhibits changed solubility in an alkali developing solution under the action of acid; an acid-generator component (B) which generates acid upon exposure; and a fluorine-containing resin component (F); dissolved in an organic solvent (S), the fluorine-containing resin component (F) including a structural unit (f1) containing a fluorine atom, a structural unit (f2) containing a hydrophilic group-containing aliphatic hydrocarbon group, and a structural unit (f3) derived from an acrylate ester containing a tertiary alkyl group-containing group or an alkoxyalkyl group.
US08247160B2
A resist composition including a base component that exhibits changed solubility in an alkali developing solution under the action of acid, and an acid generator consisting of a compound represented by general formula (b1). In formula (b1), Y1 represents a fluorinated alkylene group of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, X represents an aliphatic cyclic group of 3 to 30 carbon atoms, R11′ to R13′ each represents an aryl group or alkyl group, provided that at least one of R11′ to R13′ is an aryl group having a substituent represented by general formula (b1-0), and two alkyl groups among R11′ to R13′ may be bonded to each other to form a ring with the sulfur atom in the formula. In formula (b1-0), R52 represents a chain-like or cyclic hydrocarbon group, and f and g each represents 0 or 1.
US08247156B2
A process for making a latex emulsion suitable for use in a toner composition includes contacting at least one crystalline polyester resin with an organic solvent and a stabilizing agent to form a resin mixture, adding a neutralizing agent, and deionized water to the resin mixture, removing the solvent from the formed latex, and continuously recovering latex particles.
US08247152B2
A method for reducing wear upon an electro-photographic printer drum includes the steps of determining a non-image region of a page to be printed, applying a halftone pattern of toner to a portion of the printer drum corresponding to the non-image region, and rotating the printer drum against a cleaning blade, the halftone pattern of toner providing lubrication between the drum and the cleaning blade.
US08247138B2
In at least one embodiment, the present invention provides an electrically conductive fluid distribution plate and a method of making, and system for using, the electrically conductive fluid distribution plate. In at least one embodiment, the plate comprises an electrically conductive fluid distribution plate comprising a metallic plate body defining a set of fluid flow channels configured to distribute flow of a fluid across at least one side of the plate, a metal-containing adhesion promoting layer having a thickness less than 100 nm disposed on the plate body, and a composite polymeric conductive layer disposed on the metal-containing adhesion promoting layer.
US08247135B2
The invention is a flexible, micro-fabricated fuel cell and fuel cell stack that can be helically wound or bend into cylindrical shapes. The electrolyte is a proton exchange membrane (PEM) upon which can be printed, by ink jet means, the anode and cathode electrodes and the current collectors that convey current to or from the edges of the PEM which has a thickness on the order of 0.001 to 0.010 inch. Pluralities of the series connected fuel cell stacks can be arranged in electrical and physical parallel with one another to provide what are batteries of fuel cell stacks that can be connected by manifolds to sources of fuel and oxidizer. The invention is directed to a thin, light-weight, flexible fuel cell assembly that can be produced in ambient conditions using standard micro-fabrication techniques, such as thick film printing and ink jet deposition. Thick film printing techniques, screen printing or ink jet printing, are used to deposit porous current collectors on either side of the membrane.
US08247130B2
A hydrogen electrode constituted of a mixed phase composed of an oxide sinter having particles of at least one member selected from Ni, Co, Fe, and Cu on a surface part thereof and coated wholly or partly with a film having mixed conductivity and a sinter having ionic conductivity is formed on a surface of an electrolyte having oxygen ion conductivity.
US08247125B2
The invention relates to a fuel cell stack (10) of a fuel cell system that is to be hermetically sealed off from the environment after operation is ended so that only a finite amount of air oxygen remains in the fuel cells, thus preventing the fuel cells from excessively aging. According to the invention, locking means (26, 28; 32, 34) are provided that are disposed on or in an end plate (14) or distributor plate of the fuel cell stack (10). The locking means (26, 28; 32, 34) are therefore thermally coupled to the end plate (14) and may freeze up at cold ambient temperatures. In a preferred embodiment, the locking means (26, 28; 32, 34) comprise an elastomer body (32, 34) able to cover and uncover a channel (44, 46) in the plate (14).
US08247116B2
Electrode of lithium ion battery, method for making the same, and lithium ion battery using the same
An electrode of a lithium ion battery includes a current collector, an electrode material layer disposed on a top surface of the current collector, and a protective film located on a top surface of the electrode material layer. A composition of the protective film is at least one of AlxMyPO4 and AlxMy(PO3)3, M represents at least one chemical element selected from the group consisting of Cr, Zn, Mg, Zr, Mo, V, Nb, and Ta, and a valence of M is represented by k, wherein 0
US08247111B2
An opening part of a battery casing is sealed by a sealing unit into which a negative electrode terminal plate, a negative electrode current collector joined to the negative electrode terminal plate, and a gasket are integrated. The gasket includes a boss part through which the negative electrode current collector passes, an outer peripheral part in contact with the opening part of the battery casing, and an annular part arranged between the boss part and the outer peripheral part, and a part of the annular part is formed into a thin part serving as a safety valve. The negative electrode current collector has a body diameter of 1.8 mm or smaller and includes at the end part thereof a collar part. The ratio of the outer diameter of the boss part to the outer diameter of the collar part is 4.0 or smaller.
US08247110B2
A battery cover latching mechanism is provided. The battery cover latching mechanism includes a body member defining a battery receiving space, a battery cover attached to the body member to cover the battery receiving space, and a button assembly. The battery cover including a clamping portion. The button assembly includes a button. The button includes a latching portion. The latching portion releasbly locks the latching portion to the clamping portion.
US08247108B2
An alkaline primary battery of the present invention includes a positive electrode containing at least one of manganese dioxide and nickel oxyhydroxide; a negative electrode containing zinc; a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; an alkaline electrolyte; a battery case for housing the positive electrode, the negative electrode, the separator, and the alkaline electrolyte; a sealing plate for sealing the opening portion of the battery case; a resin-made gasket disposed between the battery case and the sealing plate; and a negative electrode current collector inserted in the negative electrode and the gasket. Between the battery case and the gasket, a sealing agent is applied. The sealing agent includes a mixture of a hot-melt resin with a weight average molecular weight of 1000 to 3000 and a softening point of 95 to 160° C.; and polybutene with a number average molecular weight of 300 to 700 and a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. of 10 to 1000 mm2/S.
US08247105B2
A power supply includes a battery and a battery holder. The battery includes a positive electrode protruding outwardly and a negative electrode opposite the positive electrode. The battery holder includes a housing to receive the battery defining a latching groove in an inner surface thereof; an elastic member fixed in the housing and resisting the negative electrode of the battery; a protecting member positioned in the housing including an insulated fixing sheet, a plurality of extending portions extending from a side surface of the fixing sheet, and a latching portion formed on the extending portion engaging the latching groove of the housing. A positive conductive sheet is fixed in the fixing sheet and contacts the positive electrode of the battery.
US08247099B2
A gas exhaust structure of a battery includes a rupture valve formed in a battery body, and a pipe unit composed by integrating a coupling pipe and an exhaust pipe with each other. A one-side opening of the coupling pipe is coupled to the rupture valve. The exhaust pipe is coupled to an other-side opening of the coupling pipe, guides gas that spouts out from an inside of the battery body through the rupture valve and the one-side opening of the coupling pipe, and exhausts the gas to an outside. The exhaust pipe is arranged to be offset with respect to the rupture valve without allowing an extended line that passes through a center of the rupture valve and a centerline of the exhaust pipe to be perpendicular to each other.
US08247095B2
A discrete track perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) disk and a method of fabricating the disk are described. The PMR disk may include a heat sink layer disposed above a substrate, intermediate layers disposed above the heat sink layer, and a magnetic recording layer disposed above the intermediate layers. The magnetic recording layer may have raised and recessed areas, where a heat conductive material may be disposed within one or more of the recessed areas.
US08247091B2
An organic electroluminescent device is provided and has at least one organic layer between a pair of electrodes. The organic compound contains a compound represented by the following formula (I): Z1 and Z2 each represents a nitrogen-containing aromatic 6-membered ring coordinating to platinum atom at the nitrogen atom, Q represents a nitrogen-containing aromatic 5-membered ring having one or two nitrogen atoms, L1 and L2 each represents a single bond or a divalent group, and n represents 0 or 1.
US08247077B2
In at least one embodiment of the present invention, a material intended for personal protective equipment is disclosed, wherein the material includes at least four different layers, the layers being: an outer first layer of a material comprising at least one polymer, which material is self-extinguishing; a second layer of a fiber material, which fiber material is self-extinguishing; a third layer being adhesive; and an inner fourth layer being a barrier laminate; wherein all at least four different layers individually are attached to layers located next to them. Furthermore, a protective suit including a material according to the present invention and the use of such a material for the production of personal protective equipment are also described. Moreover, a chemical and flash fire escape protective suit is disclosed, including a material according to the present invention, the suit meeting all of the basic requirements according to NFPA 1991, the suit having a minimum breakthrough time of at least 480 minutes for the chemicals according to NFPA 1991 when tested in accordance with EN 374-3 and ASTM F 739 with breakthrough criterion of 0.1 μg/cm2*min, the suit passing the permeation resistance test which lasts more than 180 minutes after flexing and abrasion according to NFPA 1991 and the suit passing the flame test according to ASTM F 1358 and the garment material flame test and the whole suit flash over test according to NFPA 1991 optional flash fire escape.
US08247073B2
Disclosed herein are a nanocrystal, a method for preparing the nanocrystal, and an electronic device comprising the nanocrystal. The nanocrystal comprises a semiconductor nanocrystal core, a non-semiconductor buffer layer surrounding the semiconductor nanocrystal core, and a shell surrounding the buffer layer.
US08247052B2
Certain embodiments of the present technology provide a cable comprising a conductor and a cable layer. The cable layer comprises a polypropylene material. The cable layer and/or the polypropylene material comprise a crystalline fraction crystallizing in the temperature range of 200 to 105° C. determined by stepwise isothermal segregation technique. The crystalline fraction comprises a part, wherein, during subsequent melting at a melting rate of 10° C./min, the part melts at or below 130° C. and the part represents at least 20 percent by weight of the crystalline fraction. In certain embodiments, the part melts at or below the temperature T=Tm−3° C., wherein Tm is the melting temperature of the cable layer and/or the polypropylene material, and the part represents at least 45 percent by weight of the crystalline fraction. Certain embodiments provide methods and processes for manufacturing the cable described above and herein.
US08247043B2
The invention provides a recording medium capable of inhibiting occurrence of undertrapping, lowering the visibility of scratches on the outermost surface of the recording medium and inhibiting occurrence of a mottled pattern when recording is conducted. The recording medium has a substrate and an ink receiving layer provided on the substrate, wherein the arithmetic average roughness Ra of the outermost surface of the recording medium as prescribed by JIS B 0601:2001 is 1.1 μm or more and 2.5 μm or less, and the skewness Rsk of a roughness curve of the outermost surface of the recording medium as prescribed by JIS B 0601:2001 is 0.1 or less.
US08247037B2
A coating for metals containing a polysilazane solution or a mixture of polysilazanes of the general formula (I) —(SiR′R″-NR′″)n— (1) wherein R′, R″ and R′″ are identical or different and independently represent hydrogen or an optionally substituted alkyl, aryl, vinyl or (trialkoxysilyl)alkyl radical, wherein n is a whole number and n is dimensioned in such a way that the polysilazane has a number-average molecular weight of 150 to 150 000 g/mol, in a solvent and at least one catalyst. The invention also relates to a method for the production of the coating.
US08247028B2
A method of controlling the flow resistance of a fluid disposed on a surface of a substrate. The method comprises contacting a fluid with a plurality of cells on a substrate and adjusting amounts of a surfactant and a medium in the fluid to thereby form a foam layer contacting the walls of the cells. Each of the cells has at least one dimension that is less than about 1 millimeter and is configured to hold the medium therein. Each of the cells has walls that laterally enclose an area of a surface of the substrate and has a top opening. Bubbles of the foam layer have fluid walls that include a surfactant, are filled with the medium, and remain substantially stationary on the top openings of the cells for a period on average of at least about 1 minute.
US08247026B2
Disclosed is a method for producing an optical film composed of a transparent resin and a metal oxide, which film has high light transmittance and light diffusion property even it is formed thin. Also disclosed is such an optical film. Specifically disclosed is a method for producing an optical film having a total light transmittance of not less than 70% and a haze value of not less than 20%, which comprises a step (A) wherein a metal compound to form a metal oxide through a sol-gel reaction is subjected to a sol-gel reaction in a solvent; a step (B) for providing a solution containing a transparent resin as a solute; a step (C) for mixing the mixture obtained in the step (A) with the solution obtained in the step (B); and a step (D) wherein the mixture obtained in the step (C) is applied or spread over a substrate or container and then heated for evaporating the solvent, thereby forming a film thereon.
US08247023B2
A method for making a thermionic electron source includes the following steps: (a) supplying a substrate; (b) forming a first electrode and a second electrode thereon; and (c) spanning a carbon nanotube film structure on a surface of the first electrode and the second electrode with a space defined between the thermionic emitter and the substrate.
US08247019B2
The present invention provides an apparatus and a method for modifying a structure such as a medical device through the selective application of a coating. A coating sleeve may comprise an elastomeric wall that may be permeable or impermeable to a coating material and may be porous so as to allow for patterned coating of the device. The coating sleeve may contain surface protrusions that facilitate manipulation by providing sites for grasping and pulling. In operation the coating sleeve may be fitted on the device prior to application of a coating and removed subsequent to application of the coating.
US08247018B2
The present invention relates to method for quality control of surface coated objects used independently or in conjunction with product authentication; methods for assuring proper product handling; methods for assuring that product contents' match product's label, comprising the use of microparticulate taggants having different detectable physical properties, wherein each combination of properties is used as an encoding bit to create codes.
US08247005B2
The invention relates to a process for cosmetic treatment, including the reduction of superficial and deep wrinkles, using ferutinine from Ferula spp extracts.
US08247004B2
The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for treating skin disorders, including enhancing the healing of wounds for diabetic patients. Specifically, this invention relates to the use of the extracts of Plectranthus amboinicus and Centella asiatica for improving skin disorders, including enhancing the healing of wounds for diabetic patients, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the extracts of Plectranthus amboinicus and Centella asiatica as well as a wound dressing comprising the same. The invention also provides a method for preparing the crude extract and extract of Plectranthus amboinicus.
US08247003B2
Disclosed are novel protective compositions for dermal papilla cells. In an embodiment the protective compositions of the present invention comprise 0.25% w/w or above of compositions comprising at least 10% w/w and above of 1-O-galloyl-β-D-glucose (β-glucogallin). In an embodiment, the said protective composition additionally comprises 50% to greater than 50% gallates including mucic acid 1,4-lactone 5-O-gallate, mucic acid 2-O-gallate, mucic acid 6-Methyl ester 2-O-gallate, mucic acid 1-Methyl ester 2-O-gallate and ellagic acid. In another embodiment the invention also encompasses synergistic protective compositions comprising the said protective compositions and 0.5% concentrate of liquid endosperm of Cocos nucifera, for dermal papilla directed towards helping the dermal papilla cells to form sufficient numbers and to retain a healthy morphology conducive for hair growth.
US08247000B2
The present invention provides, among other things, compositions and methods suitable for the treatment of hyperphosphatemia based on phosphate-binding magnesium salts. In some embodiments, the present invention provides compositions and methods suitable for the treatment of hyperphosphatemia based on the combination of phosphate-binding magnesium and calcium salts.
US08246997B2
The present invention relates to topical compositions containing solid particles that are stabilized via encapsulation into a cross-linked silicone matrix. The solid particles are preferably formed of a metal oxide, such as zinc oxide or titanium dioxide, and the cross-linked silicone matrix is preferably formed by cross-linking a silicone having branched reactive alkoxyl moieties in the presence of a stannous carboxylate cross-linking agent. The stabilized particles of the present invention can readily be used either alone or in combination with other skin care actives to form topical compositions with improved stability and performance.
US08246995B2
Methods and materials for delivering biologically active molecules to cells in vitro or in vivo are provided. The methods and materials use carbon nanotubes or other hydrophobic particles, tubes and wires, functionalized with a linking group that is covalently bound to the nanotubes, or, alternatively, to the biologically active molecule, such as a protein. The biologically active molecule is preferably released from the nanotube when the complex has been taken up in an endosome.
US08246992B2
The present invention provides a combination product which comprises: (1) a polyaldehyde obtained by introducing an aldehyde group into a branched glucose in a β-1,3-glucan, and (2) a polyamine obtained by increasing the molecular weight of a poly-L-lysine. The combination product according to the present invention is useful as a material for a tissue adhesive hydrogel which can be used as a hemostatic agent or the like which exhibits low risks for viral infections and the like, high biodegradability and biocompatibility, excellent safety, a good adhesion rate and a good adhesion strength.
US08246990B2
The present invention relates to new hydrogel materials using water gellants that are comprised by hydrophilic polymers to which hydrogen bonding units are covalently attached. Optionally, the hydrogel contains additional ingredients or additives. These new reversible hydrogels can easily be fine-tuned in their mechanical performance and functionality and are especially suitable for cosmetic and biomedical applications.
US08246986B2
Aqueous drug coatings including at least one insoluble drug, wherein the insoluble drug accounts for about 85 wt % to about 97 wt % of the drug coatings are described. Such drug coatings may include only one insoluble drug, two or more insoluble drugs, or one or more insoluble drugs in combination with one or more soluble drugs.
US08246975B2
It is intended to provide a drug delivery system which makes it possible to solve the existing technical problems and is easily usable in practice. A drug, which comprises an organic compound or an inorganic compound and has been magnetized by modifying a side chain and/or crosslinking side chains, is induced by a magnetic force into target tissues or an affected part.
US08246971B2
Disclosed are pharmaceutical and cosmetic compositions containing aromatic aldehyde compounds. Some of the disclosed compositions are useful as topical therapeutics for treating inflammatory dermatologic conditions. Some of the compositions are useful in transdermal and other systemic dose forms for treating other inflammatory conditions in mammals.
US08246969B2
Disclosed are pharmaceutical and cosmetic compositions containing aromatic aldehyde compounds. Some of the disclosed compositions are useful as topical therapeutics for treating inflammatory dermatologic conditions. Some of the compositions are useful in transdermal and other systemic dose forms for treating other inflammatory conditions in mammals.
US08246966B2
The present invention provides cell free preparations of protozoan microsomes, wherein the cell free preparation of protozoan microsomes demonstrate the ability to translocate a protozoan polypeptide into the microsome, methods of preparing cell free preparations of protozoan microsomes, and methods of using cell free preparations of protozoan microsomes.
US08246962B2
Novel influenza viruses A/Canine/Korea/01/07 (H3N2), A/Canine/Korea/02/07 (H3N2) and A/Canine/Korea/03/07 (H3N2) are disclosed. A vaccine composition comprising at least one of the viruses, a method for preventing or treating diseases resulting from influenza virus infection by administering the vaccine composition, and an assay kit for detecting the viruses are also disclosed.
US08246961B2
A powder composition of a functional oil material is obtained by drying an emulsion composition comprising at least one functional oil component and (i) at least one water-soluble encapsulating agent selected from saccharide containing at least two sugar units including a fructose unit or (ii) at least one water-soluble encapsulating agent selected from saccharides containing at least one galactose unit and one fructose unit. Food compositions, cosmetic compositions and pharmaceutical compositions are provided which contain the powder composition described above.
US08246960B2
The present invention concerns methods and compositions for making and using bioactive assemblies of defined compositions, which may have multiple functionalities and/or binding specificities. In particular embodiments, the bioactive assembly is formed using dock-and-lock (DNL) methodology, which takes advantage of the specific binding interaction between dimerization and docking domains (DDD) and anchoring domains (AD) to form the assembly. In various embodiments, one or more effectors may be attached to a DDD or AD sequence. Complementary AD or DDD sequences may be attached to an adaptor module that forms the core of the bioactive assembly, allowing formation of the assembly through the specific DDD/AD binding interactions. Such assemblies may be attached to a wide variety of effector moieties for treatment, detection and/or diagnosis of a disease, pathogen infection or other medical or veterinary condition.
US08246959B1
The invention provides novel dendritic cell-associated lectin-like (DCAL-1) molecules, compositions and therapeutic methods of use. In one aspect, the invention provides isolated nucleic acid molecules that are capable of remaining hybridized to SEQ ID NO:1 or SEQ ID NO:3, including nucleic acid molecules that encode DCAL-1 polypeptides. In another aspect, the invention provides DCAL-1 polypeptides and portions thereof which are useful to stimulate T cell proliferation. In another aspect, the invention provides antibodies that specifically bind to DCAL-1 which are useful for promoting maturation of dendritic cells and for stimulating an immune response in vivo. In another aspect the invention provides methods of stimulating an immune response in an animal comprising introducing into the animal an anti-DCAL-1 antibody of the invention.
US08246952B2
A method for increasing or monitoring apoptosis in tumor cells by the co-administration of ionizing radiation and an anti-integrin antibody. Increasing apoptosis reduces tumor growth in vivo and in a cell culture model. The antibody is directed against the beta-1 integrin subunit and is inhibitory of beta-1 integrin signaling. Other molecules having an inhibitory effect on beta-1 integrin, either in signaling or in binding to its cognate extracellular receptors may also be used. The present method is particularly of interest in treatment of tumor cells associated with breast cancer, wherein radiation is currently used alone. The present method further contemplates a monoclonal antibody suitable for human administration that may further comprise a radioisotope attached thereto.
US08246947B2
Methods of treating patients for conditions such as breast augmentation, soft tissue defects, and urinary incontinence, are described. The methods include removing adipose tissue from a patient, processing a portion of the adipose tissue to obtain a substantially isolated population of cells comprising disaggregated adipose-derived stem cells, mixing the concentrated population of adipose-derived cells comprising disaggregated adipose-derived cells with a portion of unprocessed, intact, non-disaggregated adipose tissue to form a composition, and administering the composition to the patient from which the adipose tissue was removed.
US08246945B2
The present invention provides methods and compositions for treating or preventing allergic reactions, particularly anaphylactic reactions. Methods of the present invention involve administering microorganisms to allergic subjects, where the microorganisms contain a recombinant version of the protein allergen. The recombinant version can be wild-type or may include mutations within IgE epitopes of the protein allergen. Preferably the compositions are administered rectally. Particularly preferred microorganisms are bacteria such as E. coli. Any allergen may be used in the inventive methods. Particularly preferred allergens are anaphylactic allergens including protein allergens found in foods, venoms, drugs and latex. The inventive compositions and methods are demonstrated in the treatment of peanut-induced anaphylaxis.
US08246936B2
A hair cosmetic product having a two agent hair cosmetic which contains a first agent containing an alkali agent and a second agent containing hydrogen peroxide, wherein at least one of the first and second agents contains a surfactant; and a foamer vessel which discharges a mixed liquid comprising the first and second agents in the form of foam. Another hair cosmetic product having a two agent type hair cosmetic which contains a first agent that includes an alkali agent and a second agent that includes hydrogen peroxide, and which is used after mixing the first and second agents immediately prior to use, and a foamer vessel from which a mixed liquid of the first and second agents is discharged in the form of foam.
US08246932B2
Composition of non-radioactive traceable metal isotope-enriched nanoparticles, and methods of their use for determining in-vivo biodistribution are provided. The methods comprise the steps of: (a) introducing the nanoparticles into the biological material, wherein the nanoparticles comprise at least one inorganic core, and the inorganic core comprises at least two metal isotopes in a predetermined ratio; wherein at least one metal isotope is enriched non-radioactive traceable metal isotope and (b) determining the distribution of the nanoparticles in the biological material based on the predetermined ratio of the metal isotopes.
US08246921B2
One exemplary embodiment can be an alkylation unit. The alkylation unit can include at least one alkylation reaction zone having an alkylation catalyst, at least one cooler communicating with the at least one alkylation reaction zone, a settler communicating with the at least one alkylation reaction zone and the at least one cooler, a fractionation zone receiving an effluent from the settler passing through a line, and a boot coupled to a substantially horizontal portion of the line. Generally, the boot receives an effluent portion rich in the alkylation catalyst.
US08246919B2
A rack for a plurality of capped tubes, including a frame having a longitudinally extending bottom base member having a row of spaced open top recesses adapted to receive the capped tubes. Vertical supports at the ends of the row of recesses fix a cover member above the base member. The cover member has openings therethrough smaller than the capped tubes. A wall is along one longitudinal side between the base member and the cover member, with the other longitudinal side between the base member and the cover member being open. Support fingers extend horizontally from the wall toward the open longitudinal side and are vertically aligned between the recesses to secure capped tubes in a generally vertical direction in a longitudinally extending vertical plane. The base member and cover member are vertically spaced a distance sufficient to permit tipped capped tubes to be moved into the frame with the tipped tubes then dropped into the recesses and tipped back to an upright vertical position.
US08246917B2
The present invention relates to a nanoscale or microscale particle for encapsulation and delivery of materials or substances, including, but not limited to, cells, drugs, tissue, gels and polymers contained within the particle, with subsequent release of the therapeutic materials in situ, methods of fabricating the particle by folding a 2D precursor into the 3D particle, and the use of the particle in in-vivo or in-vitro applications The particle can be in any polyhedral shape and its surfaces can have either no perforations or nano/microscale perforations The particle is coated with a biocompatible metal, e g gold, or polymer e g parvlene, layer and the surfaces and hinges of the particle are made of any metal or polymer combinations.
US08246906B2
A method for antimicrobial treatment (e.g. antimicrobial treatment of food packaging and equipment) comprising applying to microbes a composition containing a diluting solvent (e.g., water), an antimicrobially-active solvent having a density different from the density of the diluting solvent, and an optional cosolvent, surfactant, or additional antimicrobial agent, wherein the amount of antimicrobially-active solvent or additional antimicrobial agent is sufficiently high and the amount of cosolvent or surfactant is sufficiently low so that the composition will provide greater than a 1-log order reduction in the population of bacteria or spores of Bacillus cereus within 10 seconds at 60° C. Preferred methods of the invention employ compositions containing an additional antimicrobial agent such as peroxyacetic acid. Compositions for use in the method can be prepared as concentrates, and used full strength or in diluted form.
US08246903B2
Refractory metal powders are dehydrided in a device which includes a preheat chamber for retaining the metal powder fully heated in a hot zone to allow diffusion of hydrogen out of the powder. The powder is cooled in a cooling chamber for a residence time sufficiently short to prevent re-absorption of the hydrogen by the powder. The powder is consolidated by impact on a substrate at the exit of the cooling chamber to build a deposit in solid dense form on the substrate.
US08246902B2
A method for manufacturing a plate-type heat pipe includes providing a mold including a first cavity and a plurality of second cavities and depositing cores into the mold. Each core has a first portion in the first cavity and a second portion in a corresponding second cavity. First and second metal powder are filled into the mold. The cores are then removed from the mold to form a green piece by the first and second metal powder, which has first and second chambers therein. The green piece is sintered, whereby the first metal powder forms an outer wall of the heat pipe and the second metal powder forms a wick structure. The heat pipe has a heat absorbing portion having the first chambers and fins having the second chambers communicating with the first chambers.
US08246893B2
A method of molding a microneedle using a mold apparatus that includes the use of high frequency acoustic energy, such as ultrasonic energy.
US08246865B2
The flame retardant viscose is obtained by adding silica to the viscose and subsequently fixing the silica to the fiber, such that the final flame retardant fiber will have regenerated cellulose and a silica polymer providing the fibers with flame retardant properties. Conventionally, the regeneration of the viscose mixture is carried out using zinc sulphate, while the final phase of washing of the fiber is accomplished using sulphuric acid. Both zinc and sulphuric acid are highly contaminating products from the environmental point of view. The invention consists, on the one hand, of replacing the zinc sulphate with aluminum sulphate and, on the other, of replacing the sulphuric acid with hydrogen peroxide or oxygenated water, this minimizing the contaminating effect of the process to an extraordinary extent.
US08246864B2
The ecological flame retardant composition is adapted to protect materials that are flammable. No bromine or borax components are included in the composition. The composition has at least one of i) a mixture of ammonium sulphate and disodium hydrogen phosphate and ii) a mixture of water, ammonium sulphate and disodium hydrogen phosphate.
US08246863B2
Metal ion conducting ceramic materials are disclosed having characteristics of high ion conductivity for certain alkali and monovalent metal ions at low temperatures, high selectivity for the metal ions, good current efficiency and stability in water and corrosive media under static and electrochemical conditions. The metal ion conducting ceramic materials are fabricated to be deficient in the metal ion. One general formulation of the metal ion conducting ceramic materials is Me1+x+y−zMIIIyMIV2−ySixP3−xO12−z/2, wherein Me is Na+, Li+, K+, Rb+, Cs+, Ag+, or mixtures thereof, 2.0≦x≦2.4, 0.0≦y≦1.0, and 0.05≦z≦0.9, where MIII is Al3+, Ga3+, Cr3+, Sc3+, Fe3+, In3+, Yb3+, Y3+, or mixtures thereof and MIV is Ti4+, Zr4+, Hf4+, or mixtures thereof.
US08246862B2
The invention provides semi-conductive, static dissipative polymeric compositions comprising: an insulating polymeric resin; a first antistatic particulate material having a relatively low threshold percolation wt % concentration, wherein the first antistatic particulate material is present in the composition at from 50-150% of its threshold percolation wt % concentration; and a second antistatic particulate material having a relatively higher threshold percolation wt % concentration, wherein the second antistatic particulate material is present in the composition at from 1-110% of its threshold percolation wt % concentration. The invention enables forming semi-conductive, static dissipative polymeric compositions having volume resistivity easily controllable within the range of from about 104 ohm-cm to about 1011 ohm-cm. The invention further provides castable semi-conductive, static dissipative polymeric compositions wherein the insulating polymeric resin is formed from castable compositions.
US08246857B2
The present invention relates to a chemical composition comprising (a) a glycoside component A comprising at least one glycoside of the formula R(OG)x wherein R is an aliphatic hydrocarbon radical having 1 to 25 carbon atoms or is a radical of formula R1(OR2)m which does not have more than 25 carbon atoms and wherein n=0 to 24 and R1 and R2 are aliphatic hydrocarbon radicals; G is the residue of a saccharide moiety selected from the group consisting of fructose, glucose, mannose, galactose, talose, gulose, allose, altrose, idose, arabinose, xylose, lyxose, ribose and alkoxylated derivatives thereof; and x is 1 to 30; (b) an aspartate component B comprising at least one polymerisation product of aspartic acid, optionally in form of a copolymerisate with fatty acids, polybasic carboxylic acids, anhydrides of polybasic carboxylic acids, polybasic hydroxycarboxylic acids, monobasic polyhydroxycarboxylic acids, alkoxylated alcohols, alkoxylated amines, amino sugars, carbohydrates, sugar carboxylic acids and polymers thereof. The invention further relates to the use of such chemical compositions as corrosion inhibitor.
US08246852B2
An improved refrigerant composition, or a kit for an improved refrigerant composition, for use in air conditioners comprising a refrigerant, wherein the refrigerant comprises a hydrofluorocarbon having a GWP of less than about 10 and an ODP of about zero, which is present at a concentration of at least about 50% by weight of the refrigerant composition; a lubricant wherein the lubricant is a polar, oxygenated lubricant; and an acid scavenger comprising a siloxane, an activated aromatic compound, or any mixtures thereof.
US08246841B2
The invention provides a method for the separation of solids from a semi-solid viscous mass, the method comprising treating a solids-containing semi-solid viscous mass in an apparatus comprising a separating member incorporating a substantially flat solid surface and a supporting member, wherein the separating member is adapted to selectively impart directional momentum to the solids, thereby facilitating separation of the solids from the semi-solid viscous mass. Preferably the separating member comprises a substantially flat solid surface adapted for vibrational motion, the vibrational motion causing the solids material to be displaced from the remainder of the semi-solid viscous mass.
US08246836B2
Process for treating substances contaminated by heavy metals, according to which a calcium phosphate gel is produced and is brought into contact with the contaminated substances.
US08246825B2
A filter assembly for filtering particulate contaminants from a fluid comprises: a generally cylindrical filter unit with one end closed and the other end open; a filter head comprising a generally cylindrical sleeve extending generally horizontally an open end for receiving the open end of the filter unit with that has a vent port aligned with a vertical axis through an upper portion of the sleeve and a drain port aligned with the vertical axis extending through a lower portion of the sleeve; and a coupling for securing the open end of the filter unit to the filter head to seal the sleeve vent and drain ports; wherein loosening the coupling allows the filter unit to slide away from the filter head sufficiently to establish fluid communication between the sleeve vent and drain ports.
US08246822B2
An apparatus for treating waste water comprises a mixing chamber including mixing members therein for mixing waste water and treatment chemicals therein and a separating chamber at the outlet of the mixing chamber for separating the flocculated contaminants and to provide a supply of clarified water. In a preferred embodiment, the chemicals are injected at sequential locations along an injection tube for sequential mixing of the chemicals with one another in the injection tube prior to the chemicals being injected and mixed into the mixing chamber for mixing with the waste water.
US08246807B2
A coating which improves the wear performance of a part is described. The coating is applied over an article such as a part or a workpiece using an electroplating process. The coating broadly includes a cobalt material matrix with a hardness of at least 550 HV and a plurality of carbide particles distributed throughout the cobalt material matrix. The cobalt material matrix may be a cobalt-phosphorous alloy. The particles interspersed throughout the matrix may be chrome carbide or silicon carbide particles.
US08246805B2
Disclosed herein is a micro-fluidic chip including a hollow area into which a charged droplet is introduced, and an electrode configured to be provided toward the hollow area. Movement direction of a droplet in the hollow area is controlled based on electric force acting between a charge given to the droplet and the electrode.
US08246800B2
A gas sensor for detecting a predetermined gas component in a measurement gas includes a sensor element in which an opening of a first gas inlet and an opening of a second gas inlet for introducing the measurement gas from an outside are provided at one end. The openings are elongated and substantially rectangular. A sum of sizes in a lateral direction of the openings is greater than or equal to 8 μm and less than or equal to 60 μm, and a sum of areas of the openings is greater than or equal to 0.02 mm2 and less than or equal to 0.1 mm2. The sizes in the lateral direction and the areas of the openings are set to be within a preferable range so that the water droplets attached on the forward end surface can be prevented from entering into the sensor element through the openings.
US08246796B2
An apparatus for recharging a fuel cell cartridge and methods for recharging a fuel cell cartridge are disclosed. An example recharging apparatus may include a housing having a fuel cell cartridge holder. A water reservoir may be disposed in the housing and may have water disposed therein. The recharging apparatus may also include an electrolysis chamber for converting water into hydrogen and oxygen. The electrolysis chamber may be in fluid communication with the water reservoir. The electrolysis chamber may include a hydrogen passage for passing hydrogen from the electrolysis chamber to the fuel cell cartridge holder. The recharging apparatus may further include a vacuum pump at least selectively in fluid communication with the fuel cell cartridge holder. In some instances, the vacuum pump may be used to evacuate residual hydrogen and/or other gases or materials from the fuel cell cartridge and/or determine if the fuel cell cartridge is leaky and requires replacement.
US08246791B2
A method and apparatus for separating draw solution solutes and product solvent from a draw solution using a plurality of distillation columns is disclosed. In one embodiment, the draw solution is used in a Forward Osmosis (FO) water desalination process. In this embodiment, the draw solution is directed to the plurality of distillation columns in parallel while the energy stream (heat) is directed to the plurality of distillation columns in series such that the efficiency of heat use is improved and in turn the cost of the heat is reduced.
US08246790B2
The present invention provides a (meth)acrylic acid collecting method for collecting a (meth)acrylic acid from a mixed gas that includes an organic byproduct, a steam, and a (meth)acrylic acid that are generated in a production reaction of the (meth)acrylic acid, which includes the steps of a) contacting the mixed gas that includes the organic byproduct, the steam, and the (meth)acrylic acid with a (meth)acrylic acid absorption solvent to obtain a gas that includes the organic byproduct and the steam and the (meth)acrylic acid containing solution while the gas and the (meth)acrylic acid containing solution are separated from each other; b) contacting the gas that includes the organic byproduct and the steam that are obtained in the step a with the organic byproduct absorption solvent to obtain the gas that includes the steam and the organic byproduct containing solution while the gas and the organic byproduct containing solution are separated from each other; c) supplying the gas that includes the steam that is obtained in the step b into the production reaction of the (meth)acrylic acid; and d) obtaining the (meth)acrylic acid from the (meth)acrylic acid containing solution that is obtained in the step a while the (meth)acrylic acid and the (meth)acrylic acid containing solution are separated from each other, and a (meth)acrylic acid collecting device.
US08246788B2
A biomass torrefaction system is provided which enables a continuous torrefaction process that involves the introduction of biomass particles into a rotating reactor drum having a low oxygen environment. The particles are conveyed through the drum by a heated gas stream and simultaneously torrefied thereby. Gas exiting the drum is recirculated back to a heat source for reheating the gas prior to reentering the drum. A method of biomass torrefaction is also provided.
US08246782B2
An apparatus for transferring a wet paper web from a press nip to a drying cylinder of a papermaking machine, and for structuring the web, includes an impermeable transfer belt that passes through the press nip along with the paper web, and a permeable structuring fabric for transfer of the web onto the drying cylinder, the structuring fabric being arranged in a loop within which a suction transfer device is disposed. A web-contacting surface of the belt has a non-uniform distribution of microscopic-scale depressions, and a suction zone of the transfer device includes a transfer point spaced a distance D from the press nip. The belt is arranged to bring the web into contact with the structuring fabric in the suction zone for a length L, such that suction is exerted on the paper web to transfer the paper web from the belt onto the structuring fabric at the transfer point.
US08246780B2
Compositions and processes that preserve and enhance the brightness and improve color of pulp or paper when applied during different stages of the papermaking process are identified. The composition and method maintains and/or enhances brightness, prevent yellowing, and enhances the performance of paper products. Used in combination with optical brighteners and/or chelants the described agents produce a synergistic effect not previously identified in the paper process.
US08246778B2
A method is described controlling enzymatic decomposition of peroxide comprising contacting a composition containing a peroxide decomposing enzyme with an aldehyde functional polymer added in an amount effective to control the enzyme. There also is a method described for bleaching cellulose pulp, such as recycled paper pulp or other pulps, with an aldehyde functional polymer introduced in an amount effective to control peroxide decomposing enzymes present in the pulp being bleached. Paper products containing the aldehyde functional polymer used to control peroxide decomposing enzymes in a bleaching treatment of cellulose pulp are also provided.
US08246775B2
The disclosure concerns a method, an apparatus and a system for producing or equipping paperboard such that information carriers can be implanted between two layers of material, together with a piece of paperboard material produced in this way and a package. In particular, the disclosure concerns the implantation of an information carrier in corrugated paperboard, taking into account cuts that are subsequently to be made in the transverse direction, the distance of the position at which the cross-cuts are made from the position at which the information carriers are applied, and the movement executed by the web of material between the application position and the cross-cutting position.
US08246774B2
A resin bonding method according to the present invention is a resin bonding method for bonding a first resin and a second resin including (I) a step of irradiating spaces containing oxygen molecules with vacuum ultraviolet light having a wavelength of 175 nm or less, the spaces being in contact with surfaces of the first and second resins; and (II) a step of, after the irradiation, subjecting the surfaces to temperature rise while the surfaces are in contact with each other, to bond the first resin and the second resin together with the surfaces serving as bonding surfaces. In the step (I), the surfaces of the first and second resins may be further irradiated with the vacuum ultraviolet light. In this case, a light amount of the vacuum ultraviolet light having reached the surfaces is preferably, for example, 0.1 J/cm2 or more and 10 J/cm2 or less.
US08246757B2
Pyrolysis methods for disassociating an organic mass, or coating from an article, by placing the article in an air tight processing chamber, circulating a gaseous mixture of ambient air and at least 40% water vapor from an opening, through the processing chamber and out of an exhaust port, and maintaining the processing chamber at a temperature above 650 degrees Fahrenheit for a sufficient time to disassociate the organic material. A batch oven and a continuous processing oven including entrance and exit air closures that utilize the pyrolysis methods are described.
US08246755B2
In an example embodiment, a wet system delivers a flow of cleaning foam through a channel in a proximity head to a meniscus interfacing with a semiconductor wafer. The wet system diverts a sample of the flow from the channel through a transparent cell that is connected to the channel by an input passage that leads from the channel to the transparent cell and by an output passage that leads from the transparent cell back to the channel. The wet system illuminates the sample in the transparent cell with an LED from the top or the back and captures an image of the illuminated sample with a CCD camera. The image shows a morphological attribute of the cleaning foam such as bubble diameter or spacing. The wet system generates a statistical characterization from the morphological attribute and adjusts other attributes of the cleaning foam based on the statistical characterization.
US08246749B2
Disclosed is a substrate processing apparatus, including a reaction tube to process a substrate therein, wherein the reaction tube includes an outer tube, an inner tube disposed inside the outer tube, and a support section to support the inner tube, the inner tube and the support section are made of quartz or silicon carbide, and a shock-absorbing member is provided between the support section and the inner tube.
US08246746B2
The present invention is directed to new laser-related uses for single-crystal diamonds produced by chemical vapor deposition. One such use is as a heat sink for a laser; another such use is as a frequency converter. The invention is also directed to a χ(3) nonlinear crystalline material for Raman laser converters comprising single crystal diamond.
US08246744B2
By specifying an initial oxygen concentration in a silicon single crystal and a concentration of thermal donors produced according to a thermal history from 400° C. to 550° C. that the silicon single crystal undergoes during crystal growth, a nucleation rate of oxygen precipitates produced in the silicon single crystal while the silicon single crystal is subjected to a heat treatment is determined. Further, by specifying the heat treatment condition of the silicon single crystal, an oxygen precipitate density and an amount of precipitated oxygen under a given heat treatment condition are predicted by calculation.
US08246741B2
The invention relates to a composition comprising at least one plasticizer for a hydraulically setting composition and at least one polyalkylene glycol. The invention also relates to a process that uses the composition for improving the processibility, in particular for extending the processing time, of hydraulically setting compositions.
US08246737B2
Disclosed is a cellulose ester optical film containing cellulose ester, a polymer (a) below and a compound (b) below: (a) a polymer obtained by copolymerization of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer having in the molecule a partial structure represented by formula (1) below with at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer, and (b) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by formula (2) below and a compound represented by formula (3) below,
US08246728B2
A compressed air-supply device for a utility vehicle includes a valve housing and an exchangeable air-drying cartridge. The air-drying cartridge has a filter device which cleans the air flowing from the valve housing into the air-drying cartridge. The filter device separates the pre-filter area facing the valve housing from the post-filter area that faces the air-drying cartridge and in which foreign particles captured by the filter device are collected. A non-return valve is provided parallel to the filter device, which prevents air flowing from the pre-filter area to the post-filter area but allows the air flow from the post-filter area to the pre-filter area. The non-return valve is arranged in the valve housing.
US08246725B2
A nitric oxide delivery system, which includes a gas bottle having nitrogen dioxide in air, converts nitrogen dioxide to nitric oxide and employs a surface-active material, such as silica gel, coated with an aqueous solution of antioxidant, such as ascorbic acid. A nitric oxide delivery system may be used to generate therapeutic gas including nitric oxide for use in delivering the therapeutic gas to a mammal.
US08246723B2
An apparatus for capture of CO2 from the atmosphere comprising an anion exchange material formed in a matrix exposed to a flow of the air.
US08246721B2
The invention relates to a method for purifying a supply gaseous flow containing at least 5 vol. % of N2O and oxygen, in which: (a) the gaseous flow is contacted with a main adsorbent (3) including at least one zeolite exchanged at more than 50% by one or more metal cations and having an N2O adsorption capacity, as measured under 1 bar and at 200° C., of more than 80 Ncm/g in order to adsorb at least a portion of the N2O from said flow and to produce a purified gaseous flow; and (b) recovering a purified gaseous flow having an N2O content lower than the N2O content of the supply gaseous flow contacted with the main adsorbent during step (a).
US08246709B2
A device and a method for connecting housing sections (5a, 5b, 5c) of soot particle filters uses a yoke-like clamping U-bolt (17) which has, disposed along the two longitudinal sides thereof, gripper-like bulges (29), for the mutual alignment and pressing against one another of end regions of adjacent housing sections (5a, 5b, 5c), which end regions are joined together without overlapping. A sealing tape (31), disposed at the inside of the clamping U-bolt (17), seals the gap between mutually adjoining housing sections (5a, 5b 5c) when the clamping U-bolt (17) is tightened.
US08246705B2
A grease containment apparatus to remove grease and other contaminants from hot air exiting a kitchen area through a vent system which includes a vertical separator.
US08246703B2
An air filter system and an air filter therefor are provided for use in a building with first and second zones separated by a wall-door system having a wall with a door therein. Weatherstripping is mounted between side and upper edges of the door and a door frame in the wall and between the lower edge of the door and the threshold region of the floor to substantially seal against air flow between the door edges and the door frame and floor when the door is closed. An air flow permitting opening is provided in the wall-door system, sized to permit a controlled amount of airflow between the first and second zones when there is a pre-determined pressure differential between said zones. An air filter is mounted in such opening.
US08246702B2
The invention relates to a filter device (10), in particular for filtering intake air of an internal combustion engine. The filter device (10) comprises a separator that is embodied in particular as a cyclone preseparator (26), moreover a main filter element (36) exchangeably arranged in a housing compartment (68) of the filter housing (12), as well as a secondary filter element (38) that in the flow direction of the fluid to be cleaned is arranged downstream. The housing compartment (68), for facilitating premounting of the main filter element (36) therein, comprises insertion stays (64). The main filter element (36) is embodied in particular as a double bellows filter, comprising a first radially inwardly positioned filter bellows (40) and a second radially outwardly positioned filter bellows (42) surrounding it. Upon closing of a servicing cover (18) that closes the housing compartment (68) a sealing force is generated that acts onto the main filter element (36) and is maintained in the closed state of the servicing cover (18).
US08246700B1
An improved process to reduce emissions converts carbon dioxide from the flue gas exhaust from heat or power generators, into synthetic gas which is in-turn reintroduced back into the generator as fuel, is herein disclosed. Hot flue and exhaust gases from power generators, which contain carbon dioxide, would be blown into a gasification reactor, which contains coal, wood chips or other carbon based fuels substances. The process utilizes gasification technology to create a thermochemical reaction between the carbon dioxide and the fuel via a high temperature and no-oxygen atmosphere to produce synthetic gas. The synthetic gas includes carbon monoxide and hydrogen which is then fed back into a heat or power generator as fuel. The process may include two (2) or more reactors, thereby allowing one (1) reactor to be loaded or unloaded while synthetic gas continues to be produced by the other reactor. The synthetic gas may also be further converted into vehicle fuels and other useful chemicals.
US08246696B2
The invention discloses synergistic combinations of surfactants blends and cleaning composition. In certain embodiments a surfactant system is disclosed which includes extended anionic surfactants, linker surfactants, and a multiply charged cation component. This system forms emulsions with, and can remove greasy and oily stains, even those comprised of non-trans fats. The compositions may be used alone, as a pre-spotter or other pre-treatment or as a part of a soft surface or hard surface cleaning composition.
US08246695B2
An artificial foot has a connecting part for a lower leg part, and a base foot part rotatably connected to the connecting part via an ankle joint. The base foot part extends rearwards of the ankle joint in a heel section and forwards of the ankle joint in a midfoot section. A forefoot part is rotatably connected to the midfoot section. In order to allow an automatic adaptation of the foot to varying heel heights while ensuring a good stability, an articulated connection transmits the angular position of the connecting part in relation to the base foot part in a proportional manner to the angular position of the forefoot part in relation to the base foot part.
US08246693B2
A releasable attachment system is provided for use with a bone anchored post and related external prosthesis such as a prosthetic limb or the like, wherein the attachment system includes a safety release mechanism designed to release or break away when encountering an excess mechanical load. The bone anchored mounting post is implanted for direct affixation to patient bone, and carries or is connected to a fixator structure protruding through soft skin tissue and the like at the end or stump of an amputated limb for mechanical connection to the external prosthesis. The safety release mechanism accommodates substantially normal patient movement throughout a corresponding range of substantially normal mechanical loads, but releases in the presence of an excess load to prevent undesirable fracture failures.
US08246690B2
Ureteral stents having at least a portion of a proximal end of the ureteral stent constructed with a material that dissolves after being exposed to a bodily fluid for a period of time are disclosed herein. At least a portion of the proximal end portion of the elongate member includes a dissolving portion configured to dissolve in response to being exposed to a bodily fluid for a period of time. The elongate member also includes a non-dissolving portion that includes the entire retention member of the distal end portion and is substantially stable in the bodily fluid of the urinary tract of the patient. In some embodiments, a medial portion of the ureteral stent is also constructed with one or more dissolving materials. In some implementations, the proximal and/or the medial portions of the ureteral stent are constructed using various combinations of dissolving and non-dissolving materials.
US08246674B2
The present invention relates to an endoprosthesis having a plurality of web rings coupled by connectors, which include two or more essentially parallel struts and a foot extension protruding from one of the struts. An endoprosthesis constructed according to the principles of the present invention provides an elevated degree of scaffolding to a body lumen while retaining an acceptable degree of flexibility.
US08246673B2
There is provided a support adapted for location exteriorly of a blood vessel, the support being locatable around the blood vessel and shaped to be in morphological relationship with the blood vessel, in which the support is formed from a settable material and the support is capable of being formed into a tube; and a method of morphometric analysis of a patient's blood vessel using an imaging scanner which method has the steps of: (i) obtaining a diametral cross-sectional image of the blood vessel; (ii) obtaining a pseudo-transverse cross-section image of the blood vessel; and (iii) processing the images from steps (i) and (ii) to construct a morphometric model of the blood vessel.
US08246671B2
Removable cardiac implants, applicators for inserting, repositioning and/or removing them, and methods of using them are described. In particular, removable or repositionable ventricular partitioning devices are described. Systems including removable implants and applicators for inserting and/or removing them are also described.
US08246667B2
This invention concerns a system for dermatological treatment including an energy source suitable for biochemically activating healing and including at least one means of interaction between the energy source and the patient. The means of interaction is composed of a continuous adhesive support suitable for placement close to the area to be treated, the support having a means of identification and interacting without contact with a sensor allowing the energy source to function only when the distance between the sensor and the means of identification is less than a threshold value. The invention also concerns such a continuous adhesive support and a method of dermatological treatment.
US08246655B2
Implant apparatuses are provided for being inserted between adjacent vertebral bone portions and maintaining mechanical engagement with the vertebral bone portions. The implant apparatuses are generally constructed to be inserted in an insertion orientation and pivoted between the vertebral bone portions to an implanted orientation. The implant apparatuses are further secured in the implanted orientation to maintain engagement with the adjacent vertebral bone portions.
US08246644B2
Apparatus for the removal of lens tissue includes a first instrument for inserting into a lens capsule and removing a cataract therein, the first instrument including a lumen for aspiration of cataract tissue and irrigation fluid from the lens capsule and manipulate the cataract until cataract is removed. The second instrument includes an irrigation port for introducing the irrigation fluid into the lens capsule.
US08246636B2
Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for closing a patent foramen ovale. Some of the disclosed apparatuses include an elongate body having a proximal end and a distal end, with first and second suture clasp arms adapted to hold end portions of a suture when in an extended position. A first suture catch mechanism is slidably housed in the elongate body and moves in a proximal-to-distal direction to engage the suture end held by the first suture clasp arm, and a second suture catch mechanism is slidably housed in the elongate body and moves in a distal-to-proximal direction to suture end held by the second suture clasp arm. The first suture clasp arm can be positioned around the septum primum to deliver a suture thereto, and the second suture clasp arm can be positioned around the septum secundum to deliver a suture thereto.
US08246629B2
A delivery device for a monomer may include an elongate container designed to enclose one or more ampoules containing the monomer. The elongate container may include: a connection at a first end of the elongate container for delivering the monomer to a mixing device, pre-filled with a polymer, for preparation of bone cement composition under vacuum; a cap at a second end of the elongate container; at least one air inlet aperture in a wall of the elongate container; and a manually actuatable element for opening the one or more ampoules. The manually actuatable element may include: a knob; a draw rod; and one or more spikes. The knob may be in threaded engagement with the draw rod. An end of the draw rod may extend past the one or more ampoules. Turning the knob may cause the one or more spikes to penetrate the one or more ampoules.
US08246628B2
An apparatus and methods for delivery of reinforcing materials to a weakened or fractured bone is disclosed. An apparatus for delivering a reinforcing mixture to a bone including a tube having a proximal end, a distal end, and a longitudinal axis therebetween, wherein the tube has at least one inner lumen capable of allowing a bone reinforcing mixture to pass therethrough; a balloon engaging the tube wherein the balloon expands from a substantially deflated state to a substantially inflated state upon the bone reinforcing mixture entering the balloon; and at least one light guide extending through the tube into the balloon to guide a light into the balloon.
US08246626B2
A guide for cutting a bone comprising an anterior portion and a distal portion orientated at about a right angle to the anterior portion. The distal portion includes a guiding side, a distal surface at the guiding side, a box-cut shaped opening defined by the guiding side, a plurality of first cutting surfaces disposed at the guiding side at an acute angle relative to the distal surface of the guiding side operable to guide a cutting device to the bone to form chamfer cuts in the bone, and a second cutting surface disposed at the guiding side at least about a right angle to the distal surface operable to guide a cutting device to the bone to form a posterior cut in the bone.
US08246625B2
An instrument is provided for reduction of a rod or other elongated member into an implant, such as a bone screw. In one embodiment, such an instrument includes a rod adjusting assembly pivotably attached to an implant holding assembly. The implant holding assembly can be pivotably connected to an implant, and the rod adjusting assembly is operable to move a rod toward or away from the implant holding assembly. In that embodiment, several motions are possible by the instrument so that relatively small or large movements of a rod with respect to an implant may be made.
US08246618B2
An endoscopic forceps includes a housing having a shaft attached thereto with a longitudinal axis defined therethrough and an end effector assembly disposed at a distal end thereof. The end effector assembly includes first and second jaw members disposed in opposing relation relative to one another and moveable from a first, open position to a second, closed position for grasping tissue therebetween. Each of the jaw members includes a proximal flange adapted to communicate with a drive assembly for moving the jaw members between the first and second positions. One or both of the of the jaw members has a curved knife channel defined therein having a proximal end that is offset from the longitudinal axis defined through the shaft. A knife guide is assembled to an outer surface of one of the proximal flanges of the jaw members on the same side as the proximal end of the knife channel and defines a knife path therein configured to guide a knife into the knife channel for translation therethrough.
US08246616B2
An electrosurgical system includes an electrosurgical generator including at least one source of radio frequency (RF) power, and a plurality of output connections, only one of the output connections at any one time being active in that it is able to receive radio frequency power from the source. The generator includes selection means adapted to change the active output connection, and a controller adapted to control the supply of radio frequency power from the source to the active output connection. The system also includes a plurality of electrosurgical assemblies, each including an electrosurgical instrument and a cable connecting the electrosurgical instrument to one of the output connections. The electrosurgical assemblies each include a handswitch adapted to send a signal to the selection means to change the active output connection. The selection means is such that a signal sent from the handswitch of the active instrument can cause the selection means to change the active output connection to a different output connection, but a signal sent from the handswitch of an instrument other than the active instrument does not immediately cause the selection means to change the active output connection to a different output connection.
US08246612B2
The disclosed technology can be embodied within optical heads or other optical systems adapted for providing a selected dermatologic treatment (e.g., temporary hair growth management). This technology uses a scanner to mechanically change an orientation of an optical element, such as a light pipe, to facilitate the conveyance of light energy to multiple target/treatment locations on a patient's skin.
US08246609B2
Method and system for modifying a refractive profile associated with an eye having a recipient cornea. The method includes obtaining a corneal tissue inlay from a donor cornea, forming a recipient bed in the recipient cornea, and positioning the corneal tissue inlay into the recipient bed to correct the refractive profile of the eye with the refractive profile of the corneal tissue. The system includes a laser assembly outputting a pulsed laser beam, and a controller coupled to the laser assembly. The controller directs the laser assembly to incise a corneal tissue inlay from a donor cornea, form a recipient bed in the recipient cornea having a contour matching the contour of the inlay, register the inlay with the recipient bed, determine a position of the inlay, and determine a position change for the inlay based on the position of the inlay to align the refractive profile of the inlay with the refractive profile of the eye.
US08246602B2
Devices, systems and methods for delivering one or more drugs to one or more internal body locations (such as the cerebrospinal fluid) are disclosed. In various aspects, the systems and methods may involve catheters having infusion sections with permeable membranes and one or more tracking elements that may be used to place the infusions sections on the catheters in selected locations such as the spinal region.
US08246598B2
An absorbent article including an absorbent chassis and a pair of back ears. The absorbent chassis includes a liquid impermeable outercover and an absorbent body disposed on said outercover. A least a portion of each back ear is substantially flush with the chassis back waist edge.
US08246589B2
Precision lid retracting eyedropper device with a hollow, rigid housing having an upper aperture that allows a push button topped piston to enter the housing where the piston can impinge on a resilient tubular member that is part of a pump assembly. The housing also includes a solution storing chamber that feeds solution to the pump assembly. A solution exit tube attached to the outgoing portion of the pump assembly emanates from the bottom part of the housing and can be directed towards the user's eye. Integral downwardly facing resilient legs are placed just above and below the user's orbital ridge so that when the legs are squeezed and released, the user's eye lids are forced open allowing the user to dispense a precise amount of solution into his or her eye.
US08246587B2
An infiltration cannula and method of using the infiltration cannula during an infiltration procedure are disclosed herein. The infiltration cannula includes: a tubular needle and a hub. The tubular needle has a proximal end and a distal end. The tubular needle also has a plurality of apertures disposed in a pattern about the distal end. The apertures are configured to infiltrate fluid into the subcutaneous tissue of a patient. The hub is configured to be held by a person performing the infiltration procedure. The hub has a first end and an opposing second end. The first end is attached to the proximal end of the tubular needle and the second end includes a connector configured to connect to an input source for receiving the fluid to be infiltrated into the subcutaneous tissue of the patient. The fluid flows from the connector, through the hub and into the tubular needle.
US08246582B2
A transdermal transport device includes a reservoir for holding a formulation of an active principle, and a needle with a bore extending along the length of the needle from a first end of the needle to a second end of the needle. The second end is substantially aligned to a plane parallel to a body surface of a biological body when the device is placed on the body surface. The device also includes an actuator which pumps the formulation through the bore of the needle between a target area of the body and the reservoir.
US08246578B2
A puncture device includes a first base plate; a second base plate; a base plate connection part having flexibility and connecting the first base plate and the second base plate in a horizontal direction; an adhesive means provided to surfaces in a same direction of the first base plate and the second base plate; and a puncture needle moving means provided in the first base plate and movably supporting a puncture needle. The puncture needle is supported away from a surface of the adhesive means a given distance and movable substantially in parallel to the surface of the adhesive means.
US08246577B2
A lock for an injection device including a threaded rod, wherein the lock includes one of an anti-rotation or claw-type securing element engageable in cooperative anti-rotation elements or claws of the injection device to prevent rotation of the threaded rod relative to the injection device.
US08246575B2
An apparatus is disclosed for introducing surgical instruments into a body cavity. The apparatus includes a series of interconnected segments configured to pivot relative to one another allowing an end effector to be steered into position. The apparatus is also capable of achieving a rigidized state wherein the interconnected segments are in high frictional contact with one another providing a stable platform for the manipulation of tissue. Tensile elements are attached to the end effector and a control member such that an operator may use the same control member to both rigidize the instrument and also to thereafter control the end effector.
US08246567B2
The invention relates to a calculation and control system for determining whether a patient intended to follow several sessions of hemodialysis treatment falls or not within one group among several groups of hypertension-affected patients, the system comprising: a) means for determining the value of at least one parameter representing the mass interdialytic evolution of the patient, for at least two sessions, b) means for determining the value of at least one parameter representing the plasmatic conductivity of the patient for at least two sessions, c) means for determining the value of a parameter representing the ionic mass transfer of the treatment for at least two sessions, d) programmed means for determining whether the patient falls or not within a group of hypertension-affected patients as a function of the interdialytic mass evolution of the patient, and/or of the plasmatic conductivity and/or of the ionic mass transfer.
US08246566B2
A system or method controls total fluid loss (TFL) in a patient undergoing hemofiltration therapy administered through an extracorporeal circuit by frequently calculating and storing a retrievable value representing TFL. At session start or restart, the value is read to determine whether TFL is out of tolerance, and if so, fluid balance is restored before administering a prescribed therapy. The TFL value is calculated during therapy by measuring fluid added to the circuit and fluid removed from the circuit, and the result is stored as an updated value. If TFL drifts out of tolerance fluid flow rates may be temporarily changed until a desired fluid balance is restored. The system may include a microprocessor based advanced controller receiving the fluid measurements as feedback for regulating substitution fluid and filtrate flow rates, and updating the TFL, value in non-volatile memory.
US08246554B2
Motion of fingers of a subject is dynamically analyzed to provide an estimation index in a hardness of a muscle used in the motion of the fingers. A processing part calculates a speed and acceleration of two fingers on the basis of the motion data of the fingers obtained by a tapping detecting unit, calculates a ratio between the speed and the acceleration, and calculates as an estimation index a mechanical impedance regarding extending force of the fingers and a mechanical impedance regarding opening and closing force of the fingers by applying the calculated ratio to a predetermined equation based on a muscle dynamic model.
US08246546B2
A method and apparatus for monitoring fluid balance status of a subject are disclosed. A hemoglobin measure indicative of hemoglobin concentration in the blood of a subject and at least one physiological parameter responsive to blood volume changes in the subject are determined and concurrent behavior of the hemoglobin measure and the at least one physiological parameter is indicated to a user, thereby to give an indication of fluid balance status of the subject. The cause and/or reliability of the fluid balance status may also be indicated.
US08246537B2
According to the present invention, a capsular endoscope having at least an image pickup optical system, an illumination unit, an image pickup portion, and a circuit board comprises a marker shooting unit that indwells a marker member in a body cavity. Consequently, a predetermined marker is indwelled in a desired region such as a lesion discovered using the capsular endoscope so that the region can be readily rediscovered during reexamination.
US08246524B2
An exercise device with an arc shaped track having a concave side that is mounted upon a support structure that supports the arc shaped track at a position in which the concave side of the arc faces downward and in which the arc shaped track can be fixed at a location centered above a user's head to extend to each side of the user. When in use, a track follower engages the track and moves along a length of the track to follow a course defined by the arc shape of the track. A handle is coupled to the track follower to be gripped by the user's hand to guide the user's side to side bends. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.
US08246520B2
A method for controlling the axle coupling clutch of an all wheel drive vehicle is provided. A determination is made to confirm that a coupling clutch operating property is at a predetermined entrance value. If the determination concludes that the coupling clutch operational property is at a predetermined entrance value, a signal is sent to an engine controller to modify engine torque output.
US08246517B2
A controller stops a fuel injection when a vehicle is in a specified decelerate condition where the vehicle likely stops and an automatic stop requirement is generated. An input shaft and an output shaft of a shift transmission mechanism are directly connected with each other through a direct connector so that a driving power is transmitted from an engine to a driving shaft through a power transmitter which permits a sliding between an input shaft and an output shaft thereof. When a restart requirement is generated before the vehicle is completely stopped, the engine is restarted under a condition where the input shaft and the output shaft of the shift transmission mechanism are connected with each other by a direct connector. When the restart requirement is not generated before the vehicle is completely stopped, the input shaft and the output shaft are disconnected when the vehicle is completely stopped.
US08246515B2
A method for generating manual shift request for controlling the automatic transmission of an automotive vehicle comprises:generating an up shift request (24) when the movement of the accelerator pedal of the vehicle matches a predefined pattern for requesting an up shift (22), andgenerating a down shift request (28) when the movement of the accelerator pedal of the vehicle matches a predefined pattern for requesting a down shift (26).
US08246514B2
A transmission device that is built into a power output device outputting power to a drive shaft in combination with a power source and that includes an automatic transmission that changes a shift speed by switching an engagement state of at least one friction engagement element and transmits power from the power source to the drive shaft, the transmission device includes an engagement pressure regulating device and a control unit.
US08246509B2
A method for operating a drive train of a motor vehicle. The drive train comprising a hybrid drive with an internal combustion engine and an electric motor, a transmission arranged between the hybrid drive and a drive output, and a clutch arranged between the internal combustion engine and the electric motor. The internal combustion engine is started by engaging the clutch only when the electric motor is providing drive power. In this situation when shifting gears in the transmission with interruption of the traction force, immediately after the gear change and during a load build-up phase of the shift operation, the internal combustion engine is started by the electric motor without traction force interruption. The clutch is controlled to partially engage to start the combustion engine and then it is completely disengaged before reaching a synchronous speed between the combustion engine and the electric motor.
US08246501B2
A hybrid electro-mechanical transmission connectable with multiple power sources includes an output member and a stationary member. The transmission also includes a first planetary gear set having a first, second, and third node, and a compound planetary gear arrangement having a fourth, a fifth, a sixth, a seventh and an eighth node. The power sources include an engine, a first motor/generator and a second motor/generator. The engine and the first motor/generator are each operatively connected to the first planetary gear set. The second motor/generator is operatively connected to each of the first and the second planetary gear sets. The output member is operatively connected to the compound planetary gear set. Thus configured, the transmission provides under-drive, direct-drive, over-drive, and reverse gears for launching and propelling the vehicle.
US08246499B2
A hybrid drive unit that includes an input shaft connected to an engine; an output shaft connected to wheels; a first rotary electric machine; a second rotary electric machine connected to the output shaft; a power distribution device that distributes a rotational driving force of the input shaft to the output shaft and to the first rotary electric machine; a second rotary electric machine fixing device that selectively fixes a rotor of the second rotary electric machine; and a transmission cutoff device capable of cutting off transmission of rotation between the output shaft and the second rotary electric machine at least in a state when the rotor of the second rotary electric machine is fixed.
US08246481B2
Putters and putter heads better camouflage the main body of the head and/or highlight the alignment aid. The top surface of the head (when viewed from a ball address orientation) may be finished in a non-reflective, matte finish, optionally, in a dark color and/or in a color or colors selected so as to blend into or match the color of a golf green. At least some portion of the shaft member may be colored and finished in this same manner. These features help in visualization of the alignment aid (which also may be designed to help in alignment). If desired, the club head and/or shaft color and finish may be customized based on the greens at a specific golf course, greens in a specific geographical region, greens of a specific grass type, greens at a specific time of year or under specific conditions, etc.
US08246477B2
A gear joint with finished surfaces and other enhancements that allows the gear joint to accommodate higher loads. In particular, in one embodiment, the invention is a ball gear system including a ball gear having a spherical surface, a ring gear configured to receive the ball gear therein and be rotationally coupled thereto, and a thrust plate. The thrust plate is configured to be positioned adjacent to the ball gear to take up thrust forces transmitted thereto. The thrust plate has a recess configured to closely receive the spherical surface therein, and the spherical surface has a surface roughness of less than about 10 Ra in microns.
US08246468B2
A network browser and wagering game toolbar (“toolbar”) are described herein. The network browser has a main display area that can display content. The toolbar can be in, or a part of, the network browser. The network browser and the toolbar can receive and display content. Specifically, the toolbar can receive and display wagering game content from a wagering game network as the main display area can receive and display content originating outside the wagering game network. In some embodiments, the toolbar can present content originating from one or more wagering game player accounts that provide audience participation in, or related to, wagering game activity presented on the toolbar.
US08246445B2
A gaming device including an award wheel having multiple sections including a plurality of award symbols and at least one terminator symbol, a section indicator, a spin initiator and a processor connected to the award wheel and the spin initiator. The player, or the gaming device, spins the award wheel using a spin initiator. The gaming device provides an award to the player, if the section indicator indicates that the player obtained an award. The player continues to spin the award wheel until the section indicator indicates that the player obtained a terminator, which ends the bonus game and the player receives the total accumulated award.
US08246438B2
A gaming device method and apparatus are disclosed, and are accomplished by a slot machine that provides the result of a spin, or a game, to the player in two steps. In the first step, the machine provides partial, or incomplete information related to the occurring symbols during a game. The player is permitted to place, or change, his or her wager after said partial or incomplete information is made visible to the player. Upon depositing, or increasing a wager, the machine provides the complete result of a spin to the player, and a win determination is made.
US08246434B2
Each player who is participating in the video poker tournament plays a designated group of video poker hands. The designated group of video poker hands comprises preselected starting hands so that each tournament participant plays the same starting hands. After the group of video poker hands has been completed, the player with the highest score or highest amount of accrued credits is awarded a prize. Besides awarding a prize to the player with the highest score, other lesser prizes could be awarded to other players who have high scores. Prizes could also be awarded to players who achieve a final score of at least a certain level.
US08246431B2
A method of providing and managing bets is provided. One or more particular race participants in a race event are determined. For each intermediate point within a race event, one or more particular possible positions of race participants at that intermediate point are determined. A bet comprising a plurality of bet components is generated, one or more of the bet components being defined by the particular race participants and the particular possible positions of race participants determined for at least one of the intermediate points. Intermediate race results are received for each intermediate point identifying the actual positions of the particular race participants at that intermediate point. A result of at least one bet component is determined based at least in part on the particular race participants, the particular possible positions of race participants determined for at least one intermediate point, and the received intermediate race results for at least one intermediate point.
US08246406B2
A fin box for a water craft including: a fin box body having an elongated slot open at a first surface of the fix box and extending to a closed base of the fin box; a peripheral flange extending outwardly from the slot and defining an area of the first surface around the slot; the peripheral flange having a second lower surface and a third upper surface both offset vertically from the first surface and extending laterally from the fin box body, the second lower surface and said third upper surface further comprising a left and right side, each said left and right side surfaces extending transversely from the body portion to peripheral extremities of said peripheral flange, wherein at least one surface of said peripheral flange forms a transverse angle of taper with an axial median vertical plane of the fin box body.
US08246405B2
A sports board comprises a top surface for supporting a rider, a bottom surface, a leading edge portion and a following edge portion with a central axis extending between the leading edge portion and the following edge portion, a first side edge portion and a second side edge portion located on respective first and second lateral sides of the central axis of the sports board. The lateral width of the sports board between the first side edge portion and the second side edge portion may be equal to, or greater than, the distance between the leading edge portion and the following edge portion. A first-side part of the bottom surface may be inclined upwardly towards the first edge portion, and a second-side part of the bottom surface may be inclined upwardly, in a lateral direction, towards the second edge portion.
US08246400B2
A steering apparatus for a propulsion device includes a swivel portion, a motor, a lock portion, and a lock release mechanism. The motor is arranged to generate a driving force to turn the propulsion device main body in right and left directions. The lock portion is provided in a transmission path of the driving force. The lock portion is arranged to transmit a force from an upstream side to a downstream side thereof and to be locked when a force is applied from the downstream side to thereby prevent a turning of the propulsion device main body in the right and left directions. The lock release mechanism is provided in the transmission path at the downstream side relative to the lock portion. The lock release mechanism is arranged to shut off or stop a transmission of force to the upstream side thereof to thereby prevent application of the force to the lock portion.
US08246395B2
An electrical contact is provided. The contact includes a mating end, a mounting end, and an intermediate portion extending between the mating end and the mounting end. A shield attachment area is located on the intermediate portion. The shield attachment area has a top, a bottom, and a pair of sides extending between the top and the bottom. A notch is formed in at least one of the top or the bottom of the shield attachment area. The notch is configured to align the pair of sides during stamping and forming of the shield attachment area. The notch aligns the pair of sides such that the sides are stamped and formed in a substantially parallel configuration.
US08246390B2
An integral bonding attachment includes an insulated section of a conductive wire with an exposed, uninsulated section. A sleeve covers the insulated and uninsulated sections of the conductive wire, and the sleeve includes a flattened section encasing at least a portion of the uninsulated wire section to form a generally integral structure with the core of the conductive wire. At least one generally tubular section is positioned at an end of the flattened section to engage the insulated section of the conductive wire. An aperture may pass simultaneously through the inner core and flattened sleeve section for attaching the integral bonding attachment to a structure.
US08246389B2
An electrical connector (100) includes a paddle board including a first through third faces (310, 311, 312), a number of conductive pads (341-344, 351-356) formed in the second and third faces, a number of conductive sections (321-328), and a number of conductive members (331-338). A selected first conductive section (321) is electrically connected with a selected first conductive member (331) via a first conductive pad (351). A selected second conductive section (322) is electrically connected with a selected second conductive member (332) via a selected second conductive pad (352). A selected third conductive section (323) is electrically connected with a selected third conductive member (333) via a selected third conductive pad. The selected third conductive pad is coupled with the selected first conductive pad.
US08246381B1
A disk drive adapter which includes an enclosure, a circuit board, and two mounting pieces extending forwards. A first connector provides connections which match the I/O connections of the disk drive, as the disk drive is securely latched and held between the mounting pieces.
US08246367B2
A connecting structure reduces noise effects on an electronic device when hot docking the electronic device to mitigate against malfunctions. When a first electronic device having a first EMI shield is docked with a second electronic device having a second EMI shield, an ESD contact portion, which is connected to the second EMI shield and has higher in impedance than an EMI connecting portion, comes in contact with the first EMI shield earlier than the EMI connecting portion. Electrostatic charge carried on the first EMI shield moves slowly to the second EMI shield due to the high impedance of the ESD contact portion.
US08246366B2
An electrical card connector includes an insulative housing, a number of contacts and a push-push mechanism. The push-push mechanism includes a slider, an elastic member for driving the slider and a locking arm fixed to the slider. The locking arm includes a hook protruding into a card receiving space for locking with the card when the card is fully inserted into the card receiving space at a card locking position. When the card is ejected under a normal speed, the locking arm can be outwardly deformed to disengage from the card at a card release position. When the card is ejected under an abnormal speed faster than the normal speed, the slider gets over the card release position where the locking arm is restricted by a stop member to prevent the hook from releasing the card.
US08246359B2
Receptacle connectors and male plug connectors having a reduced size in at least one direction can be provided. One example reduces height by not including a center contact tab or tongue, but instead places contacts on an insulator that is adjacent to a bottom portion of the receptacle. Another example may reduce width by reducing contact pitch, and may use a particular shape of contact to achieve god signal quality. Receptacle connectors and male plug connectors can also provide support for one or more new high-speed communication standards, such as USB 3.0 and DisplayPort. Methods can provide one or more standardized connector components to speed connector design and manufacture of new electronic devices such as media players, thus reducing their time to market.
US08246358B2
A contact device enables a contact method for RIUP operations relative to a backplane. The contact device includes first and second contact portions, each including first and second spaced-apart contact arms. The first and second contact portions are located relative to each other on the backplane such that when the contact device is in a first operative condition, the respective first contact arms abut each other and define a first electrical conduction path and the second contact arms are spaced from each other. The device is selectively movable to a second operative condition when an associated circuit board or other removable device is inserted into a slot defined between the second contact arms such that outer ends of the respective first contact arms of the first and second contact portions are moved apart and are separated by the removable device and the outer ends of the second contact arms are electrically connected through the associated removable device so that a second electrical conduction path is defined by the respective second contact arms. A contact method using the contact device and a backplane including the contact device are disclosed.
US08246357B2
An electrical connector. In one embodiment of the present invention, the electrical connector includes a first main body, including a first insulating body and a first conductive member set fixed to the first insulating body, in which each conductive member of the first conductive member set includes a first internal connecting portion; and a second main body, including a second insulating body and a second conductive member set fixed to the second insulating body, in which each conductive member of the second conductive member set includes a second internal connecting portion, and the second internal connecting portion of each conductive member of the second conductive member set is in contact with the first internal connecting portion of the corresponding conductive member of the first conductive member set respectively. The second main body is movably mounted on the first main body and is capable of rotating relative to the first main body, and during rotation, each of the second internal connecting portions is maintained in contact with the corresponding first internal connecting portion.
US08246354B2
A new apparatus, system and method for fall prevention training is provided that delivers, studies and analyzes the biomechanics of a disturbance event, such as a slip or trip incident, so that an appropriate response can be executed by the person to reduce or eliminate the number of falls experienced. The apparatus includes a platform that delivers a disturbance event in less than about 500 ms and preferably in the range of about 100 ms to about 200 ms. The method includes a unique protocol for fall prevention training using the apparatus. The disturbance event can create instability in the joint of the individual. An individual's walking gait can be monitored with the portions thereof detected. A disturbance event can be triggered when a given portion of the walking gait is detected. Also, the disturbance even can be triggered manually, at preset intervals or according to preset script.
US08246353B2
The device of the present invention includes one or more blanks in the form of flattened tubes, erected into tubular components and assembled together to simulate the shape of furniture pieces and which may be draped with a fitted cover to mock the desired furniture piece.
US08246345B2
A burner having an inlet (10) and a mixing path (20) is designed such that the inlet (10) has a rectangular cross section. The mixing path (20) adjacent thereto has a round cross section and a larger diameter, thus forming four transitional steps (25). The transitional steps (25) form four secondary vortices, thus improving the distribution of the fuel in the radial direction. The burner provides combustion with low emission of hazardous substances, and with low emission of nitrogen oxides.
US08246341B2
A mold rotator with a first section and a second section that are engaged approximately perpendicularly to each other to produce a base and an L-shaped platform for receiving the article. The base of the article rotator may have a curved section at the intersection of the first section and the second section and the article rotator may rotate on its curved section between a first position wherein the article rotator is supported on its first section and a second position wherein the article rotator is supported on its second section. Further, the article rotator allows an article to be safely rotated simply by lowering the article onto the article rotator so that the article rotator automatically rotates approximately 90° from a first position and a second, rotated position. The article rotator may include a stabilizing system wherein the article rotator can be stabilized at both a first position and second position which is approximately 90 degrees from the first position. The stabilizing system may include one or more conduits for transferring a material between the first and second sections of the article rotator so that material will stabilize the article rotator at the section in which the material is positioned to prevent the article rotator from inadvertently rotating. The material of the stabilizing system may be transferred by gravity and the material of the stabilizing system may be a fluid.
US08246336B2
An injection molding machine includes a hydraulic driving system providing hydraulic power; a molding system configured for molding a workpiece; and an injection system configured for injecting a molten material to the molding system with the hydraulic power. The injection system includes a cylinder and a piston movably received in the cylinder. The cylinder is surrounded by one of an alternating current-charged coil of wire and a closed-loop coil of wire, and the piston is surrounded by the other, whereby the piston receives acceleration for movement in the cylinder.
US08246328B1
A seal section for use with a downhole pumping system includes a rotatable shaft, a seal section head and a mechanical seal chamber inside the seal section head. The mechanical seal chamber is bounded by a floor and a wall. The mechanical seal chamber includes a trench disposed in the floor that is configured to entrap solid particles in the mechanical seal chamber at a distance spaced apart from the mechanical seal.
US08246327B2
A duel-cylinder reciprocating rocking piston-type compressor is disclosed with side foot mounts resulting in reduced compressor vibration and noise. An optimum vertical height for the foot mounts as well as an optimum lateral or axial position along the compressor body relative to the piston connecting rod are also disclosed. Specifically, the side foot mounts are mounted to the housing at a height falling in the range of 0.5 times the height of the drive shaft to about 1.5 times the height of the drive shaft. Further, an elevated o-ring gland or gasket is disclosed for sealing the heads to the valve plates. Still further, and improved valve plate design is disclosed that includes substantially flat valve plates, monolithically connected together through a raised central portion that defines tubes or passageways connecting the intake and output chambers associated with each cylinder. The result is a compressor with a shorter vertical height, that is lighter and that produces less noise and vibration without compromising output.
US08246324B2
A piezoelectric fan assembly includes a case defining an air outlet, a fan arranged in the case, and a guide plate mounted in the case and encircling the fan. The fan includes a mandrel positioned in the case, two swing members mounted to the mandrel and each including a piezoelectric element, a circular connecting portion connected to the at least one swing member, and a number of fan blades mounted to the connecting portion to generate airflow by the swing members in response to the piezoelectric element receiving alternating current power. A wind channel is formed between the case and the guide plate. A number of openings are defined in the guide plate corresponding to the fan blades. The guide plate is to transfer airflow from the number of fan blades to the air outlet via the wind channel, through the number of openings.
US08246322B2
A positioning and retaining element has a cylindrical rotary belt of substantially constant thickness, having an inner diameter substantially equal to the outer diameter of the stator to be capable of being mounted substantially coaxial clamped about the stator. The positioning and retaining element also has a number of support members projecting radially from the belt outwards and having each a support surface on the housing of the compressor, the support surfaces being located on the lateral surface of a fictitious rotary cylinder of same axis as the other belt and of diameter substantially equal to the inner diameter of the housing, such that the positioning and retaining element can be mounted clamped inside the housing.
US08246321B2
A micropump includes: a tube unit including a tube which has elasticity, and one portion of which is disposed in an arc shape, a plurality of fingers, which are disposed radiating from a direction of a center of the arc shape of the tube, and a guide frame, which holds the tube and the plurality of fingers; and a control unit including a cam, which sequentially presses the plurality of fingers in a direction in which a liquid flows, a drive force transmission mechanism, which transmits a torque to the cam, and a control circuitry, which carries out a control of a motor which drives the drive force transmission mechanism, wherein the tube unit and the control unit are attached stacked one on the other, and are detachable.
US08246318B2
Provided is a water-cooled air compressor which is capable of restraining lowering of the performance of a plate type compressor for heat-exchanging compressed air from a compressor body, with cooling water due to clogging of gaps between plates in the heat-exchanger by dust or the like, incorporating a first solenoid valve and a second solenoid valve connected respectively in a cooling water supply pipe line and a cooling water discharge pipe line of the heat-exchanger, an air feed pipe line connecting between a compressed air supply pipe line on the outlet side of the heat-exchanger and the cooling water discharge pipe line, a third solenoid valve and a check valve connected in the air feed pipe line, a discharge pipe line connected in a discharge pipe line 18 so as to branch therefrom, a fourth solenoid valve connected in the discharge pipe line, and a control device for controlling opening and closing of the first to fourth solenoid valves.
US08246315B2
A system and method for pumping an underground drip includes a pump barrel housing with a plunger and an elongated stroke actuator cylinder sealed to the pump barrel that vertically reciprocates the plunger. The pump barrel and plunger are preferably vented to avoid vacuum lock during pumping. The plunger pumps the fluid located in the drip upwardly to a low pressure tank or a pressurized surface vessel. A ball valve may be screwed onto the siphon line to allow for insertion and removal of the pump barrel and seals the siphon line if the pump is removed. A stuffing box seals the pump barrel to the upper end of the siphon line to prevent air from entering the system. The stuffing box also allows the pump depth to be easily adjustable by sliding the pump in until the pump tags bottom and then tightening at any point needed.
US08246310B2
A turbomachine fan including blades mounted in slots at the periphery of a rotor disk, and inter-blade platforms having radial lugs for fastening to corresponding lugs of the disk is disclosed. Each platform is fastened to the disk by a pin inserted into orifices in the lugs of the platform and into corresponding orifices in the lugs of the disk.
US08246306B2
A nozzle in which an airfoil includes a pressure surface and a suction surface that join at substantially opposing chordal ends of the airfoil to form a leading edge of the airfoil and a trailing edge of the airfoil. A trailing edge passage is defined through the airfoil through which coolant flows. The trailing edge passage is proximate to the trailing edge of the airfoil and has a contoured shape that conforms to that of the trailing edge.
US08246303B2
A system for actively controlling the span-wise rotational twist of a hollow beam along its longitudinal axis, including a hollow beam structure having a leading edge and a trailing edge region, the beam being split along its length, an actuator arranged between split surfaces of the beam, the actuator adapted to move the split surfaces in a longitudinal direction relative to each other, inducing a twist in the beam. In one embodiment, the actuator is a plurality of thermal expansion material blocks alternating with mechanical compression blocks, the thermal expansion material blocks being heated to cause expansion in the spanwise longitudinal direction. Other alternative actuators include a rotary actuators such as a threaded screw, piezoelectric or magnetostrictive blocks, a hydraulic actuator, or a pneumatic actuator. In an embodiment, the beam is an airfoil shape.
US08246297B2
An cooling arrangement for a turbine shroud provides an air stream directed from a passage extending through a radial wall to impinge on a surface in an area of a back side of the turbine shroud, the surface defining a plane which improves the attack angle of the air stream to the surface.
US08246269B2
An improved surface seeded exposed particulate concrete and method of making the improved surface seeded exposed particulate concrete is disclosed. Small particulate is sprayed over the upper surface of the concrete. The particulate may be sprayed using a material sprayer. The particulate may be uniformly sprayed to distances exceeding twenty feet. The particulate is mixed into a cement paste derived from the concrete mixture using floats. A surface retarder is then applied to cover the concrete surface. Subsequently, any surface film is washed from the surface of the concrete and the concrete is cured. The result is a surface seeded particulate with an exposed surface that is flat and is suitable for high traffic areas. The resultant surface may resemble stone, granite or marble.
US08246266B2
A first linkage component including a ball socket having a concave profiling and a second linkage component including a projection having a convex profiling received in the concave profiling of the ball socket. A sliding plate carried between the ball socket and projection having a convex profiling conforming to the concave profiling of the ball socket and a concave profiling conforming to the convex profiling of the projection. The convex profilings of the projection and sliding plate have a larger radius of curvature than the concave profilings of the sliding plate and the ball socket. A connecting rod connects the first linkage component, the second linkage component, and the sliding plate together. Wherein the larger radius of curvature of the convex profiling of the sliding plate and projection causes the projection and sliding plate to be further received in the ball socket after abrasive wear to prevent play between components.
US08246263B2
A pull-behind floor finish applicator wherein a peristaltic pump is employed in conjunction with disposable conduit tubing obviate any clean up of the pump. This applicator is adaptable to receiving bag in the box floor finish, thus reducing cleaning time. The applicator employs a minimum number of disposable parts thus making it economical to produce. A mop is employed to apply floor finish to easily accessible areas in one instance, yet allows the mop to be used independently for application of floor finish to not so easily accessible areas.
US08246254B2
A bearing structure includes a radial bearing for rotatably supporting an end of a rotary shaft while the rotary shaft receives a thrust load. The rotary shaft has an outer periphery. The bearing structure is characterized by comprising a rolling body supported in the radial direction of the rotary shaft within the bearing, a support portion for rotatably supporting the rolling body, an extended portion extending from the support portion toward the axial direction of the rotary shaft. The support portion is fit over an outer periphery of the rotary shaft. The extended portion is press-fitted over the outer periphery of the rotary shaft.
US08246253B2
A rolling bearing has a metallic member sealing member at one axial end thereof. The sealing member has a first cylinder section including a first cylinder section facing surface which is in contact with an outer peripheral surface of an inner ring, a second cylinder section connected to the first cylinder section and including a second cylinder section facing surface which faces the outer peripheral surface of the inner ring, and a flange section connected to the second cylinder section via a bend section. In a state before the sealing member is press fitted in the bearing, a radial position of the second cylinder section facing surface is closer to the flange section than a radial position of the first cylinder section facing surface. The rolling bearing has another metallic member sealing member at another axial end thereof.
US08246247B2
In a rotor for a gantry of a computed tomography apparatus, as well as a manufacturing method for such a rotor, the rotor is manufactured as to contain shaped bodies (at least in segments of the rotor) produced from a composite material. By the integration of such shaped bodies with high strength and rigidity, the rotor can be stabilized in a targeted manner in the regions in which high stress values that arise upon rotation of the rotor.
US08246224B2
Microprocessor-controlled light emitting diode (LED) arrays are built into an extruded tubular lens within a mast that is connected to a base assembly. A means of mounting, which may be an adjustable clamp, permits the base assembly to be connected to a seat post or other mounting point on a bicycle or other vehicle. The tubular lens allows for substantial dispersion of light, and various light patterns produced by the arrays may be selected and those patterns alternated automatically to achieve greater visibility of the vehicle to surrounding motorists. A handle within the base assembly allows a rider to lower the mast from its vertical operating position easily and pivotally up to 90 degrees parallel to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle frame to facilitate mounting and dismounting the vehicle.
US08246222B2
An electronic reader includes a housing and an LED display assembly housed in the housing. The housing defines a hollow space and includes a recess. The LED display assembly includes an LED display panel, a film having a first surface and a second surface, a double-faced adhesive tape and a PCB fixed on the housing. The two surfaces of the double-faced adhesive tape are affixed on the PCB and first surface of the film respectively. The second surface of the film is affixed on the inner surface of the LED display panel. The hollow space is smaller than the LED display, and the recess is used for receiving the LED display panel.
US08246220B2
A light emitting diode (LED) array comprises an array of LEDs mounted to a substrate. The LEDs emit light in a direction generally perpendicular to the substrate. An optical sheet is disposed over the LEDs. At least a portion of light entering one side of the optical sheet from the LEDs is guided within the optical sheet in a direction generally parallel to the substrate. Light extraction features direct light from the optical sheet in a generally forward direction. Such an array is useful for several applications, including space lighting, direct information display and backlighting of liquid crystal displays. The light spreading effect of the optical sheet reduces the amount of black space between LED pixels.
US08246216B2
A lens has an optical body member with a first end, a second end, and an outer surface, the outer surface being shaped to provide total internal reflection. The optical body member further has an interior open channel extending longitudinally from the first end to the second end thereof. The optical body member further has a plurality of refractive surface regions disposed in the second end thereof and around the second opening of the interior open channel. The optical body member also has a plurality of protrusions extending from the first end of the optical body member. The protrusions are disposed circumferentially around the first opening of the interior open channel and are arranged to center the optical body member and to maintain the optical body member at a predetermined position with respect to the light source. In a light apparatus having an LED emitter disposed on a substrate, the protrusions can fit into notches in the substrate.
US08246204B2
A lighting assembly can comprise a cover and mounting assembly configured to receive and support a board-mounted LED. The cover and mounting assembly can comprise an outer surface with an opening corresponding to each board-mounted LED while otherwise covering the board of the LED. The cover and mounting include mounting points on its underside along with contact points positioned so that when the board-mounted LED is secured with the cover and mounting assembly, wires on the underside are brought into electrical connection with contacts of the board of the LED.
US08246201B2
The invention relates to a specific printed circuit (7) comprising independent etched blocks (4) or segments in series of four such that, on a series circuit comprising five LEDs, the four blocks serve as the positioning and connection points for the welding of the pins of the LEDs, said pins being welded in an anode-to-cathode series, or the reverse depending on the direction of the current, i.e. eight electrodes in isolated blocks, such as to ensure that the connection is powered and the LEDs are fixed correctly in series of five. According to the invention, the square or rectangular blocks have a large surface (2) such that the successive holes do not tear the film of epoxy copper. In addition, said blocks are disposed along a path and a successive diagram (21) defines the symbol or pattern to be represented by the LEDs (12) which are disposed and aligned on the other decorated face of the epoxy. The incoming or outgoing bases, which supply the positive (20) or negative (3) power, or the opposite depending on the direction of the LEDs, can comprise the outgoing or incoming base that is common to other series, by means of suitable etching. The negative is always at the center of the pattern. The circuit is divided into three connection zones, A, B, C, and is powered by external contact springs. The invention is intended for the series powering of a longilineal distribution of five LEDs in series, or a multiple thereof.
US08246198B2
An LED lamp includes a housing, multiple LEDs received in a first end portion of the housing, an envelope having a first end portion inserted in the housing and having a second end portion extending beyond a second end portion of the housing, and a reflector covering the second end portion of the envelope and having a reflective surface facing the LEDs. The LEDs encircle the first end portion of the envelope. The second end portion of the envelope spaces a distance from the second end portion of the housing to define a window at the second end portion of the envelope. Light generated by the LEDs permeates the envelope and impinges on the reflective surface, and the light is reflected by the reflective surface to emit out of the housing from the window, thereby illuminating an annular region around the housing.
US08246195B2
A light emitting diode (LED) side marker lamp, comprising a punching panel with a coating, a water-proof light source module, and a through hole. The water-proof light source module is disposed below the punching panel, and the through hole is disposed on the punching panel and operates to allow light to be emitted from the water-proof light source module. A traditional cover is not needed, and the punching panel is used to replace the cover and colors thereof match with those of buildings, which improves decoration effect of the invention; secondly, as the LED side marker lamp fails, only the water-proof light source module needs to be replaced, which is convenient for maintenance and reduces cost; finally, the number of light source modules can be varied, which is flexible in use.
US08246188B2
An illuminating device capable of decreasing not only in-plane luminance unevenness in the front face direction but also in-plane luminance unevenness when viewed from a diagonal direction is provided. Where an occupancy ratio of a return light generation section in which light from respective linear light sources vertically entering a light incident surface of an optical sheet is entirely reflected by a surface of a convex section and return light oriented toward a reflecting plate is generated out of a first region R1 when the optical sheet is viewed from the normal line direction of a face is K1; and where an occupancy ratio of a return light generation section in which light from the respective linear light sources vertically entering the light incident surface of the optical sheet is entirely reflected by a surface of convex sections and return light oriented toward the reflecting plate is generated out of a second region when the optical sheet is viewed from the normal line direction of the face is K2, and K1 is larger than K2.
US08246186B2
A light-guide board assembly includes a light-guide board, a shielding board disposed on the light-guide board, and a plurality of light-guide poles. The light-guide board defines a plurality of engaging holes, a plurality of light-focusing slots and a plurality of channels. One end of each light-guide pole is received in a corresponding engaging hole. The light-focusing slots focus light to strengthen the light emitted from the light-guide slots. Each engaging hole communicates with one adjacent engaging hole or an adjacent light-focusing slot through a channel.
US08246177B2
The lighting unit includes the DMDs (80R), (80G), and (80B). The lighting unit also includes: the prisms (50) and (60) combining the light emitted from the DMDs (80R), (80G), and (80B); and the light modulating optical device (90G). The incident light including the green component light and the yellow component light enters the light modulating optical device (90G). The light modulating optical device (90G) transmits the green component light and changes a transmittance of the yellow component light depending on a change of a molecular state. Light having emitted from the light modulating optical device (90G) enters the DMD (80G), which corresponds to the incident light.
US08246170B2
A display apparatus that displays an image on a retina of a user, the display apparatus comprising: an image output unit (100) which includes a light source (101, 110), a wavefront shape change unit (102, 109), and a scan unit (103, 108) and is configured to output display light for displaying the image; and a deflection unit (104, 107) configured to deflect, toward an eye of the user, the display light outputted by the image output unit (100). The deflection unit (104, 107) has a deflection characteristic of suppressing image distortion caused by a change in relative position of the deflection unit (104, 107) with respect to a pupil of the user.
US08246169B2
An ophthalmic imaging apparatus comprises: a laser emitter that includes an ultrashort pulse light source and emits a laser beam with a tunable wavelength in a predetermined visible wavelength range; an irradiation optical system that includes a scanner for scanning the laser beam two-dimensionally and irradiates the laser beam emitted from the laser emitter to a predetermined portion of an examinee's eye; a light receiving optical system including an apertured plate placed in a substantially conjugate position of a focal point of the laser beam on the predetermined portion and a light receiving element for receiving the laser beam reflected by the predetermined portion and passed through the apertured plate; a controller that controls the laser emitter to continuously change a central wavelength of the laser beam in a predetermined visible wavelength range and controls the scanner in association with the wavelength change of the laser beam to two-dimensionally change an irradiation position of the laser beam; a memory that stores a light reception signal of the light receiving element associated with the wavelength change of the laser beam and the irradiation position change of the laser beam; and a display, the controller being adapted to display an image of the predetermined portion on the display based on the light reception signal stored in the memory.
US08246168B2
Novel polymers for biomedical use, especially rigid gas permeable contact lenses that are based on bulky side-chain siloxane cross linkers. The siloxanes, either alone, or as copolymers with bulky and non-bulky mono-functional polymerizable siloxanes, fluoro monomers, such as hexafluoroisopropyl methacrylate, and hydrophilic monomers, result in transparent, high oxygen permeable polymers possessing excellent lathing and milling characteristics.
US08246163B2
A support rod is mounted to maintain straightness of a support surface of a printer. The support rod is used to preload the support surface in a direction opposite of an expected transverse load upon the support surface. The preloading supplied by the support rod counteracts a bending force on the support surface resulting from the expected transverse loading.
US08246155B2
A fixer includes an aqueous vehicle, and at least one film-forming material selected from amine copolymers, polyamines, alkyl phenols, polycarboxylates, carboxylated acrylic copolymers, dendrimers, silicone polymers, acrylic acid copolymers, polystyrene sulfonates, polyvinyl sulfonates, dehydroxanthan gum, celluloses, cyclodextrin polymers, polymers having a terminal hydrophobic hydrocarbon group, polymers having a polyalkylene oxide group linked to a urethanyl group via a polyoxyalkyl amine group, polymers having a polyalkylene oxide group linked to a urethanyl group via a quaternized polyoxyalkyl amine group, polymers having a polyalkylene oxide group linked to a urethanyl group via a quaternized polyamine, and combinations thereof.
US08246150B2
The present invention provides an ink tank in which ink is unlikely to leak from an air communication hole even with variation in the internal pressure of the ink tank or an external impact on the ink tank. Specifically, ink attached to a rib or trapped in a groove may disperse to the vicinity of a projecting portion. In this case, first, a first groove is provided at a predetermined distance from the projecting portion, enabling a reduction in the possibility that the ink disperses from the groove or a remoter area to the projecting portion. Second, even if the dispersing ink enters an area surrounded by the groove, a second groove formed in the area allows the dispersing ink to be trapped therein.
US08246148B2
A liquid discharge device is provided with a printed circuit board. The printed circuit board is formed with a connection area where a plurality of connection terminals to be connected with a plurality of input terminals of a discharge head, and a pair of extending portions oppositely extending from the connection area, the pair of extending portions being bent with respect to the connection area to form a C-like cross section so that end portions of the pair of extending portions face each other. A plurality of positioning members configured to position the end portions of the pair of extending portions so that the end portions of the extending portions face each other, the plurality of positioning members being configured to be movable along the surface of the liquid discharge head with maintaining a positional relationship among the plurality of positioning members.
US08246143B2
An image recording apparatus wherein a first rack gear is not meshed with a second pinion gear when the second pinion gear faces a first moving end of a slide cam or when the second pinion gear faces a second moving end of the cam, and is meshed with the second pinion gear when a portion of the cam which faces the second pinion gear is displaced between the first and second moving ends, wherein a second rack gear is meshed with a third pinion gear over an area of the cam between the first and second moving ends, wherein teeth of a tooth chipped gear are partly chipped such that the second pinion gear faces the area of the cam, and wherein the second pinion gear is rotated relative to the third pinion gear due to play at least until the tooth chipped gear is meshed with a drive gear.
US08246131B2
An inkjet printer includes an inkjet cartridge, an inkjet head, a controller, a viscosity adjustment device and a viscometer. The inkjet cartridge is filled with ink. The inkjet head is connected to the inkjet cartridge. The catcher plate is opposite to the inkjet head, and connected to the cartridge. The viscometer is configured for determining a viscosity of ink in the inkjet cartridge. The viscosity adjustment device is configured for adjusting viscosity of ink in the inkjet cartridge. The controller is electrically connected to the inkjet head, the viscometer, and the viscosity adjustment device, respectively.
US08246130B2
A door assembly of a refrigerator, preventing damage from occurring on a handle holder thereof. The door assembly includes a door opening and closing the refrigerator, a handle provided on a side of the door, a plurality of handle holders each having an end fixed to the door and another end attached to the handle, and a supporting member provided on each of the handle holders and preventing damage from occurring on the handle holder.
US08246129B2
A carrier includes a tray for accommodating a data storage device, a bracket fixed to the tray, a retaining member pivotably attached to the bracket at a first end of the retaining member, a lever member pivotably mounted to the bracket, and a first resilient member located between the retaining member and the lever member. A latch protrudes out from the lever member. When the retaining member is pivoted to engage with the bracket, the first resilient member urges the lever member to pivot, thereby the latch of the lever member engaging with a chassis of an electronic device. A second end of the retaining member releasably engages with the bracket.
US08246128B2
A trigger sensor can trigger an electric furniture drive depending on a movement of the furniture part to be driven by the furniture drive caused by a user. The trigger sensor includes at least one actuator which can be moved by the furniture part into an assembly position, and the trigger sensor can capture movements of the furniture part along at least two directions which are orthogonal to each other. The trigger sensor has at least one actuator which captures each of the at least two directions.
US08246125B2
An enclosure of an electronic device includes a rear plate and a cover. A support piece is located on a top edge of the rear plate. A first and second cutouts are defined at a conjunction portion of the rear plate and the support piece. Each of the first and second cutouts includes a first portion defined in the rear plate and a second portion defined in the support piece. A first elastic piece connects to the rear plate and extends into the second portion of the first cutout. A second elastic piece connects to the support piece and extends into the first portion of the second cutout. A distorted piece is located on a rear edge of the cover. The cover is placed on the support piece to abut the first elastic piece in a first direction, which is perpendicular to the cover. The distorted piece abuts the rear plate to urge the second elastic piece in a second direction, which is parallel with the cover.
US08246103B2
An automotive air deflector is substantially V-shaped with a pair of opposed wing panels configured such that impinging air is directed around the deflector. The deflector is configured for placement at various locations on a vehicle, including on the front end of the vehicle, on the rear end of the vehicle, and in front of the tires of the vehicle. The air deflector is constructed of a lightweight material that is sufficiently rigid for the service environment but is flexible enough to be configured in varying shapes so as to accommodate being placed on various types of vehicles and in the various locations on those vehicles. By reducing turbulence and providing for the smooth flow of air around the vehicle, the air deflector reduces the effect of aerodynamic drag, and thus improves the fuel efficiency of the vehicle, thereby leading to reduced vehicle operating costs.
US08246102B2
A method of operating a door return device for a vehicle door having a travel path including an easy-reach position and a fully open position. A housing is coupled to one of the door or the door frame and has a chamber containing a working fluid. A link is coupled to the other one of the door or the door frame and is movable into and out of the housing in response to travel of the door. An end-damping piston slides in the chamber and includes a fluid passage between opposite sides. A return spring is disposed between the end-damping piston and one longitudinal end of the chamber. When the return spring is substantially unloaded then the end-damping piston is positioned relative to the one longitudinal end such that the door is away from the fully open position at least as far as the easy-reach position.
US08246100B2
Disclosed herein are active material based closure hinge assemblies, latch assemblies, and alignment methods. In one embodiment, a closure assembly is disclosed. The assembly includes a first hinge portion having one end attached to a closure, a second hinge portion attached to the first hinge portion having one end attached to a vehicle body, and an active material configured to provide the first hinge portion with up to six degrees of freedom relative to second hinge portion upon receipt of an activation signal and less than or equal to two degrees of freedom in the absence of the activation signal.
US08246097B2
A holding device is provided for holding articles of daily use. The holding device can be arranged in an interior space of a motor vehicle and includes, but is not limited to a holding element and at least two mounting elements in which the holding element is fastened. The mounting elements can be arranged within a rail system arranged within the interior space of the motor vehicle in such a manner that the mounting elements can be mounted freely movable within the rail system independent of each other. Because of this it is possible to make available a holding device for the holding of articles of daily use which can be arranged in an interior space of a motor vehicle and is characterized by high functionality at the same time.
US08246093B2
A blade handling apparatus includes a mount frame; a stinger boom carried by the mount frame; and a lift block assembly including a lift block carried by the stinger boom; a pair of rod housings carried by the lift block; a pair of push rods slidably carried by the pair of rod housings, respectively; and a pair of blade lock pins carried by the pair of rod housings, respectively, and engaged by the pair of push rods, respectively.
US08246088B2
A striker cover completely conceals a striker and includes a first cover portion and a second cover portion. The first cover portion pivots with respect to the striker, and the second cover portion pivots with respect to the first cover portion. A spring element biases the first cover portion to pivot away from the striker. The second cover portion may be biased by inertia or a spring element to pivot toward the striker.
US08246073B2
An airbag arrangement for a vehicle occupant restraint system is provided. The airbag arrangement comprising an airbag folded into an airbag package, a cover that may be evacuated and encloses the airbag package, a gas generator for inflating the airbag, a receptacle formed by a section of the cover enclosing the airbag package and in which at least one section of the gas generator is housed. The airbag comprising an opening, which forms an inlet to an inflatable area of the airbag and in which the receptacle is arranged at least sectionally or into which the receptacle projects. The gas generator is formed as a tubular gas generator. The opening has a hollow cylindrical area in which the receptacle is arranged, or the opening is formed as a hole in an airbag layer which forms a chamber of the airbag.
US08246061B2
A sub-frame mount for a suspension may include a frame structure having an upper plate and a lower plate, a front mounting portion provided at a front portion of the frame structure, and connected to a vehicle body through a first mount bolt, and a rear mounting portion provided at a rear portion of the frame structure, and connected to the vehicle body through a second mount bolt, wherein the respective rear mounting portion includes, a first hole formed at the upper plate, a second hole corresponding to the first hole and formed at the lower plate, width of the second hole corresponding approximately to the width of the body of the second mount bolt, and a third hole connected to the second hole so that a head of the second mount bolt can pass through the third hole.
US08246057B2
A vehicle has a straddle-type seat disposed on a frame. The straddle-type seat has at least one seating portion. A steering device is disposed forwardly of the seat. Left and right side supports are disposed laterally of the seating portion. The side supports have respective support surfaces facing laterally inwardly. The left and right support surfaces move in a direction of a current lateral acceleration of the vehicle in response to a current lateral acceleration of the vehicle. The left and right support surfaces move in a direction of a current rotation of the steering device in response to a current degree of rotation of the steering device. The support surfaces move in a direction of the longitudinal centerline of the vehicle when a force is exerted thereon in a direction opposite a current lateral acceleration of the vehicle. A method of supporting a rider is also described.
US08246051B1
An electronic scoring display for tennis includes a display box connected to support pole affixed to a tennis net support post. The display box has identically opposed faces that include numeric light emitting diode displays for completed game scores and LED indicators for completed sets. Switches control each players completed game displays from 0 to 9 in a circular rotation. A switch controls both completed set indicator lights in a circular sequence of all possibilities. A switch reverses each players respective score information on the display.
US08246044B2
A sheet feeding device that feeds sheets by a sheet feeding unit from a sheet feeding cassette storing the sheets, in which positions of rotation centers of a lifting plate and a lifting plate pressing member are varied from each other in such a manner that a rotation track of an edge of an opening of the lifting plate pressing member and a rotation track of a vertical surface of an engaging member provided on the lifting plate intersect with each other, so that the edge is engaged with the vertical surface at the intersection position of the rotation tracks to restrict rotation of the lifting plate when the lifting plate moves upward before a lifting operation of the lifting plate pressing member.
US08246042B2
A method of calibrating stack height sensing in a media stack height monitoring system in an image forming machine includes sensing the angular position of a pick mechanism arm, generating electrical signals having levels correlated to the pick mechanism arm angular positions that correspond to different stack height levels, measuring and storing at least one value corresponding to the level of the electrical signal at least at one of two calibration points: “full load” and “stack out” conditions of the media stack, estimating either the amount or percent of media sheets remaining in the media stack corresponding to measured and stored value of the electrical signal level at the at least one calibration point, and indicating either of the amount or percent of media sheets remaining in the media stack.
US08246028B2
A telescopingly adjustable clamp for securing an object to a support may include an anchor rod with a plurality of circumferentially extending grooves which define at least one barrier wall. A positioning member defines a receptacle that receives a portion of the anchor rod and allows motion of the anchor rod relative to the positioning member in the receptacle. The positioning member includes a positioning tab that projects into the receptacle and is sized and shaped to be received in one of the grooves. The positioning member supports a clamping member that extends generally radially outwardly from the longitudinal axis of the anchor rod. Relative movement of the anchor rod and the positioning member changes the distance between the clamping member and the object.
US08246014B2
A water gate rail hinge and latch includes a hinge unit, a hinge portion, a wooden rail unit, a connective unit and a moveable latch. The hinge unit includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is connected with a fixed wooden rail and the second portion is connected with a moveable wooden rail. The first portion and second portion are connected by the hinge portion, which includes several clockwise rotational pieces and several counterclockwise rotational pieces. The wooden rail unit includes the fixed wooden rail and the moveable wooden rail. With such design, the fixed wooden rail and the moveable wooden rail may be opened and closed.
US08245997B2
Drill stand (1) including a base plate (2), a carriage (3) arranged to be able to carry a drill motor and a drill column (4) which is pivotally mounted to a front part (5) of the base plate. The drill column is supported by a back support (7) located in a longitudinal direction rear of the drill column and is pivotally mounted to a back part (8) of the base plate, and a back side of the drill column facing the back support (7) is arranged as a track (10) having lateral wings (11, 11′), a right side wing (11) and a left side wing (11′). A clamping arrangement fastened to both of the back support and the track (10) enabling them to be fixed to each other in different positions along the track by clamping.
US08245996B1
A retractable license plate bracket for a motor vehicle is herein disclosed, comprising a means for a license plate to fold down under the motor vehicle. In this manner, sport cars, show cars, cars with low ground clearance and similar motor vehicles can display license plates for motoring purposes on the road, yet allow the license plate to essentially disappear when at shows or for aesthetic purposes.
US08245992B2
A hanger that enables an easy alignment at the time of hanging a display main body on a wall, and a display including the same are provided. The hanger includes a projecting portion that is attached to a rear surface of the display main body, and a support member that is fixed to a wall surface and connected to the projecting portion so as to support the display main body. The projecting portion includes a shaft that sticks out from the rear surface and a stopper that is attached to a tip of the shaft. The support member includes a connector to be connected to the projecting portion and a temporary holder on which the projecting portion is placed temporarily before the projecting portion and the connector are connected. The temporary holder is located at a position adjacent to the connector and formed so as to be caught between the stopper and the rear surface when the projecting portion is placed temporarily.
US08245989B2
A device support structure is provided. Two corresponding sides of a base of the device support structure extend upwards vertically from the base to form a first sidewall and a second sidewall. The base includes a configuration portion adjacent to the two sidewalls, which includes a front seat and a rear seat. A plurality of hook members are configured on the front seat for hooking a network device disposed on the front seat. Two sides of the network device are supported by the two sidewalls. A stopping member is configured on the front end of the base for abutting against a front end of the network device configured on the front seat. A device latching portion is configured on the rear seat for guiding and fixing a power adapter of the network device to the rear seat.
US08245984B2
The invention relates to a device for shifting switch rails (6) associated adjustably with stock rails (7) or mobile frog tongues in railroad switches, configured as a latch or vertical clasp closure, comprising locking catches (4) which are activated by means of a cam or slide rod (5a, 5b), and closure pieces (3) and tongue attachments (2), wherein each locking catch (4) is pivotably supported in a tongue attachment (2) and the switch rail (6) is connected detachably to the tongue attachment (2). An improved and simpler adjustment option is to be created for such a device. For this, the cam or slide rod (5a, 5b) is vertically height-adjustable via a multi-edge body (9) mounted detachably in both closure pieces (3).
US08245975B2
The invention relates to a vehicle window consisting of a transparent composite material, wherein the composite material comprises fibers and a matrix material such that the vehicle window is capable of withstanding structural loads occurring in the window region and can substantially provide the window function even in spite of damage to the vehicle window (damage-tolerant), the fibers and the matrix material being transparent and substantially having the same refractive index. The invention proposes vehicle windows which are damage-tolerant, load bearing, cost-saving, easy to handle and require less installation space than conventional vehicle windows.
US08245968B2
For retrieval of a hovering aircraft, a cable, bar, or similar fixture is suspended in an approximately horizontal orientation across the retrieval area between two well-separated supports. The aircraft slowly flies into this fixture, which then slides along the aircraft in a direction approximately parallel with the aircraft's thrust line. This leads to the aircraft becoming fastened to the fixture by an interceptor or aircraft capturer, which in alternative embodiments are respectively on the aircraft or the fixture or both. Thrust is then reduced, and the aircraft comes to rest hanging from the fixture for subsequent removal. Retrieval is thus accomplished with simple and economical apparatus, light and unobtrusive elements on the aircraft, low risk of damage, and only moderate piloting accuracy.
US08245964B2
A multiple tool attachment system is adapted to be attached to demolition equipment. The system includes a universal body attached to the demolition equipment. A series of tools are independently attachable to the universal body. The universal body includes a guide slot extending longitudinally along the universal body. Each tool generally includes a pair of pivotable jaws adapted to be pivotably attached to the universal body with at least one linkage extending from the universal body and attachable to each jaw of the tool. When the tool is a shear, one blade has a slot which accepts the other blade and provides blade relief along the cutting inserts. Additionally, one blade has a hook shape to draw material toward the throat of the jaws.
US08245957B2
A swivel nozzle mechanism used with a high pressure fluid washer attaches to an output wand, typically through a flexible hose, to direct a high pressure fluid from the washer to a directed target. The swivel nozzle mechanism attaches to a distal end of the wand and is controllable by a handle mechanism attached to the wand which enables the rotation of a spray nozzle about an axis, normal to the wand axis, at the distal end of the wand. The handle controls the direction of rotation of the spray nozzle and has a plurality of stable operating points resistant to movement and thereby providing for prolonged use at a fixed position.
US08245948B2
A co-generation system is provided that includes a heat exchanger that heats water; a heat transfer path connected with the water heat exchanger that transfers heat; a hot water storage tank connected with the water heat exchanger and the water circulation path; a hot water storage water supply apparatus that supplies water in the hot water storage tank to the water circulation path; a water supply path connected with the water circulation path; a water supply apparatus that supplies water to the water supply path; and a hot water supply heat exchanger bypassing apparatus that bypasses the water supplied to the water circulation path from the hot water storage tank through the hot water supply heat exchanger. With the co-generation system, so constructed, effective water boil heat is increased, as supplying the cold water supplied from the water service and the hot water supplied from the hot water storage tank to the hot water supply heat exchanger properly and heat exchanging with the heat medium, such as an anti-freeze solution, passing through the hot water supply heat exchanger.
US08245945B2
A method and system for attaching a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag to an ordnance is provided. By tailoring the packaged tag and electronics to accommodate existing ordnance body cavities the integrity of the bomb casing is maintained. Likewise, fin assemblies also remain intact and are mounted in a conventional manner to the tagged ordnance. Numerous ordnance types, to include the mark (MK) 80 series general purpose bombs and equivalents are compatible with the tagging method and system described herein. Set screw mounted tail assemblies of various fin configurations are readily assembled onto the metal body casings of tagged ordnances. A curved dipole antenna provides access to external query signals and transmission of tag locating signals. As described herein, tag antennas can mount between ordnance assembly parts, adding to the ease of retrofitting existing ordnance inventory for a RFID tag localizing system.
US08245932B2
A method of reading at least one bar code carried by a substrate, the method including: a) generating, especially in an automatic manner, when presenting the bar code to a system for reading the bar code, at least one authentication cue related to an intrinsic physical characteristic of the substrate and independent of the data contained in the bar code, and b) allowing the reading of the bar code, only in the event of a positive authentication of the substrate or reading the bar code regardless of the result of the authentication of the substrate and in the event of negative authentication of the substrate, preventing access to just one part of the data contained in the bar code and/or to any data that may be associated with the bar code, and which is stored on a separate data medium from the substrate.
US08245931B2
Provided are an information display system and a dot pattern printing sheet used for the same, which are capable of easily displaying information only by reading a dot pattern, easy for update of the information, and excellent in durability and abrasion resistance to prevent deterioration of the dot pattern formed on a print surface. The information display system includes: a dot pattern printing sheet including a dot pattern having coordinate position code information, which is printed on an outer sheet thereof so as to be low in visibility and optically readable; optical reading means for optically reading the coordinate position code information; information transfer means for transferring the coordinate position code information read by the optical reading means to a server device; the server device for outputting associated information that is accumulated in advance in association with the coordinate position code information; and information display means for displaying the associated information output from the server device.
US08245927B2
A client system receives a request for a set of unique security codes and also receives product data associated with a product on which the security codes are to be printed. The client sends at least some of the product data to a host system and receives a batch identifier from the host. The host stores received product data with the batch identifier. The client generates the set of security codes and then provides the codes to be printed on the product. After the products enter the stream of commerce, the host can receive an authentication request including a security code, and in response the host will verify that the security code is valid and return to the requestor the authentication result and at least part of the product data associated with the batch identifier.
US08245914B1
An automated banking machine operates responsive to data read from data bearing records. The data corresponds to user card data received from a cell phone. The machine generates and displays a random number correlated with a time period. The machine user inputs the displayed random number into their phone. A software application in the phone encrypts the selected card data along with the inputted random number. The phone then displays a bar code image containing the encrypted data. The machine includes a bar code reader to read the displayed image. The machine can decrypt the random number and the card data from the read image. The random number is used to verify the current banking transaction session. The process replaces physical insertion of a card yet allows secure input of card data.
US08245908B2
A teaching method of a transmission control unit (TCU) allows one to transmit specific property data of a transmission manufactured in a transmission production line to a vehicle assembly line where the TCU and the transmission are assembled, and input the data to the TCU in a very inexpensive and simple fashion. The method also allows the TCU that controls a CVT to appropriately initialize kiss-point pressure of the CVT that uses a wet-type multi-disc clutch, instead of a torque converter, and is equipped with a solenoid valve directly controlling the wet-type multi-disc clutch, such that it makes it possible to allow the TCU to stably and appropriately control the CVT to be controlled, with the property data about the CVT which is restrictively transmitted.
US08245905B2
A ballot receptacle is provided with frame having an opening through which ballots are deposited into a receptacle and a sliding closure cooperating with the frame to seal the opening. A tamper evident seal is used to lock the closure in a sealed arrangement and thereby secure the ballots in the receptacle.
US08245903B2
Two thin-walled jackets a joined by preparing end faces of the jackets by plastically deforming and upsetting microprojections thereon and thereby forming the metal of the upset microprojections into annular beads on inner surfaces of the respective jackets. Then the end faces are abutted while centering the jackets on each other relative to their external diameters. The end faces are then spot welded together in a plane where the end faces abut and then joined with a continuous main weld having a width equal to between four and six times the thickness of the wall of the jackets. Heat is then extracted from the welded jackets starting at a distance not exceeding times the wall thickness from a joint center line where the end faces abut.
US08245899B2
A surgical fastener apparatus including a handle, an elongated shaft having a proximal end attached to the handle and a distal end extending therefrom. An end effector comprising a pair of jaws pivoted at a proximal end thereof and movable between an open and closed position, and a cartridge containing a plurality of surgical fasteners, the cartridge attached to the end effector. An electrically powered actuator for deploying the surgical fasteners. An electrically activated reverse mechanism for moving the elongated member from a distal most position within the end effector to a proximal position, the electrically activated reverse mechanism moves the elongated member proximally after the elongated member has moved to the distal most position by moving the trigger to the open position, and wherein after activation of the reverse mechanism proximal movement of the elongated member can be stopped by returning the trigger to its closed position.
US08245894B2
A collapsible cup holder is provided. The collapsible cup holder is adapted to be coupled to a shopping cart and is rotatable between a retracted and deployed configuration. The cup holder includes a back with a top portion and a bottom portion. A top ring is rotatably coupled to the top portion and a base is rotatably coupled to the bottom portion. A strut extends between the top ring and the base and is rotatably coupled to both such that rotation of either the top ring or the base causes corresponding rotation of the other.
US08245880B1
A dispensing closure with a rotational stop that limits the rotation of the closure and generally prevents removal of the closure from the container. The dispensing closure may include a cap body operably engaging a fitment and a container finish. When the cap body is rotated about the container finish, the interior abutment surface of the recessed squeeze pad engages a lug stop located on the container finish so as to limit the rotation, thereby preventing removal of the cap body from the container finish.
US08245876B2
A container for storing and dispensing wipes that includes an extendable orifice. The orifice is extendable into the storage space of the wipes container to position an opening in close proximity with the top of a stack of wipes stored in the container. The extendable orifice may also act to reduce moisture loss in the case of wet-wipes and reduce the occurrence of fall-back.
US08245875B2
A plastic container having a container body and a permanently attached container lid is provided. The container lid is attached to the container body by a living hinge such that the entire plastic container is a one-piece construction. The container lid is pre-curved such that in an open state the container lid is curved. However, when the container lid mates with the container body in a closed state, at least a portion of the container lid that was previously curved becomes substantially planar such that portions of the lid remain biased into the container body.
US08245870B2
A drinking container has a bottle with an open top, a cap assembly attachable to the bottle to cover the open top, and a drinking spout with a top opening on the cap assembly. A spout cover is removably fitted on the top opening of the drinking spout. A flexible tether is connected to the spout cover and to the cap assembly or the bottle. The tether is looped unto itself permitting the spout cover and a portion of the tether to be extended to reach the top opening and to be retracted withdrawing the spout cover to a position remote from the drinking spout.
US08245867B2
A container and closure assembly is provided that defines an opening and has a lip positioned around the opening. The lip defines an inner surface, an outer surface, and a top surface. The container and closure assembly also includes a closure to attach to the container. The closure includes a top portion, a first skirt extending from the top portion, and a second skirt extending from the top portion. The closure also includes a latch and a hinge connected to the latch. The latch includes an actuator extending from the connection location and a follower portion extending from the connection location. The follower portion of the latch includes a blocking structure. Movement of actuator causes movement of blocking structure. The latch is movable between a first position in which the blocking structure is positioned in contact with the lip and a second position in which the blocking structure is spaced from the lip.
US08245862B2
An electrical box with recessed faceplate having a one-piece recessed faceplate (2) and adapted to accommodate a two-piece recessed faceplate (25). A rear portion (8) contains channels (9) on the top (5), bottom (6), and sides (7). A connecting wall (1503) attaches the rear portion (8) to the front portion (11). The connecting wall (1503) extends beyond the rear portion (8) and preferably contains one or more apertures (19, 20) to accommodate releasable fasteners such as screws (10). These apertures (19, 20) and the channels (9) assure that no screws (10) or analogous components or another type or releasable fastener are exposed within the box (1). The two-piece recessed faceplate (25) has an inner portion (45) and an outer portion (24) which slide along each other in order to enable the box (1) to be mounted at different distances from the mounting surface. Optionally, a removable cover (39) extends across the mouth (3) of the faceplate (2, 25). An extender (47) is also available for converting traditional electrical boxes (46) into a box that can accommodate a recessed faceplate (2, 25). And an alternative electrical box (600) holds switches (619) and is L-shaped.
US08245859B2
An equipment rack system, in accordance with one embodiment, comprising an outer rack support tube; a first receiving member coupled to the outer support tube; an inner locking tube positioned within the outer support tube, the inner locking tube including a first tube latching member; and a first equipment shaft block adapted to fit with the first receiving member, the first equipment shaft block including a latching slot that engages with the first tube latching member when the inner locking tube is in a locked position.
US08245855B2
The invention relates to a thread system (1) for installing in drinking water systems and other liquid-guiding systems (T), said thread system having a multidimensional structure formed by at least one thread (200) which exhibits a germicidal activity in a damp environment due to oligodynamic metal parts in the thread. According to the invention, the thread system (1) is provided with a first surface structure (10), and a plurality of spacer thread elements (11) extends perpendicularly to the surface structure (10) in such a way that the thread system (1) forms an elastically deformable three-dimensional spacer structure, the thread (200) with the germicidal activity being arranged in the surface structure (10) and/or in the region of the spacer thread elements (11). The elastic properties enable the same thread system (11) to be used for a plurality of different drinking water systems. A volume unit of the thread system (1), which is larger than the spatial volume in the assembly region of the drinking water system, is introduced into the assembly region in a compressed manner. The thread system (1) is then left to expand, and sticks, with the surface structure (10) and the fibrous spacer sections (11), to the wall sections of the drinking water system (T) which define the spacial volume.
US08245854B2
A filter paper insert for a brewed beverage includes a filter paper shaped to form a cone-shaped filter having a side wall, a closed bottom and an upper filling opening. The side wall has three parallel, circumferential zones of increasing permeability in a direction from the closed bottom to the upper filling opening.
US08245852B2
Embodiments of the invention provide a pre-filter assembly for use with a pump. The assembly includes a housing having an intake channel and an outlet channel. The intake channel includes an intake flange around a first circumference and a ribbed surface to facilitate sealing. The outlet channel includes a bottom portion and an outlet flange around a second circumference. The intake flange and the outlet flange are on opposite sides of the housing. The assembly also includes a basket positioned in the housing. The basket has a bottom side and is positioned above the bottom portion of the outlet channel to form a chamber. The basket is positioned in closer proximity to the intake channel than to the outlet channel. In addition, the assembly includes a securing device with a lid having ridges and a clear top to permit the user to view the contents of the basket. The securing device also includes a locking ring with slots and openings to permit the user to view the contents of the basket.
US08245847B2
The present invention pertains to a plastic container configured to hold food or food related products, including cheese. The container includes upper and lower container walls separated by an integral annular stacking bead and an integral container bottom featuring an exterior side having a plurality of annular and radial reinforcing ribs. The lower container wall features vertical ribs defined by smooth curves that span at least ninety-five percent of the lower container height. The stacking bead is inwardly offset from the upper wall of the container in order to facilitate the nesting of the container within the lower portion of another container and to prevent the containers from being wedged within one another when they are nested. The arrangement of the annular and radial ribs on the exterior side of the container bottom provide increased strength to the container and prevent the container from deforming when filled.
US08245838B2
An apparatus, in particular a code reader, for the recording of images of objects (14) moved on a conveyor device (12), wherein the apparatus includes a line sensor (10), in particular a line camera, which can scan objects line wise for the generation of image data of the surfaces, as well as a speed determination device (26; 30), which can determine the speed of movement of the objects (14) with respect to the line sensor (10) or their conveyed distance. At the same time an evaluation unit (26) is provided, which is adapted to match the recording frequency of the line sensor (10) to the speed of movement.
US08245836B2
A belt scraper (10) includes a blade mount (12) of a stiff resiliency flexible material to which a scraper blade (16) can be mounted or is mounted. The blade mount (12) has a front (18), a rear (20) and two sides (22) and defines at least one securing passage (24) extending transversely through the blade mount (12) through the sides (22) of the blade mount (12) for receiving a securing member to secure the blade mount (12) to a carrier of a belt cleaner.
US08245834B2
A transport system of this disclosure includes a transporter for forming a plurality of transport paths from a transport source to a transport destination and transporting a work via a transport path selected from the plurality of transport paths, a controller for controlling the transport, and a reader for, when the work has arrived at a branch point in the transport path, reading out, from a storage medium, transport path information representing a transport direction of the work at the branch point in the transport path, the storage medium being provided on the work and storing the transport path information. The controller controls the transport to transport the work in the transport direction of the work at the branch point represented by the transport path information read out by the reader.
US08245829B2
A wear compensating device, including: at a first axial end, an annularly-shaped base element; an index trigger element connected to the base element; a first annularly-shaped element, at least partially rotatable with respect to the base element, engaged with the index trigger element, and at least partially rotatable with respect to the index trigger element; and at a second axial end, opposite the first axial end, a second annularly-shaped element with a first ramp, the second annularly-shaped element engaged with the first annularly-shaped element and rotatable with respect to the first annularly-shaped element. In response to a specified amount of displacement by a portion of the index trigger element, the first and second annularly-shaped elements are rotatable to change a circumferential position of the first ramp.
US08245825B2
A remote cinching device 14 comprising a resiliency mechanism 15 and 16, a force-transferring device 17, and a cinching device 28, 30, 32 enhances luggage, totes, briefs, and other transport and/or storage devices. The resiliency mechanism biases the luggage in an open condition, while the cinching device, located remotely from the areas undergoing the highest levels of expansion force (the top and bottom ends of an upright luggage case, for example), allows effective, easy, and visually pleasing compression of the case once it has been closed. The cinch is carried by force-transferring structures 17, by which the act of cinching is made even more efficient.
US08245820B2
This invention relates to an improvement on Automatic Brake Adjuster with flexible reference point wherein one-way lock mechanism and clutch mechanism are integrated in one part and located on the worm shaft with the provision of isolating the one way lock mechanism and regulator worm gear wheel from heavy clutch spring load by a thrust sleeve arrangement for independent function. one-way lock mechanism is meant for sensing the excess lining clearance and adjusting the slack between the brake lining and brake drum whereas the clutch mechanism is to ignore the excess stroke of brake actuator due to elasticity in the foundation brake parts of a vehicular braking system.
US08245810B2
The invention provides a buggy engine anchorage structure, which is characterized primarily by the fixing of the engine on a vehicle frame in a horizontal manner, where the output end of the engine is perpendicular to the rear wheel axle, and the output end of the engine and the rear wheel axle are perpendicular to each other to carry out a power linkage through a power output conversion structure by the output end of the engine, which enables the power at the output end of the engine to be transmitted through the power output conversion structure to the rear wheel axle. Accordingly, the engine fixed on the frame horizontally no longer squeezes the space of the vehicle operator and the passengers. Additionally, the engine and the frame can be then integrated into a single piece, which substantially avoids the vibrations due to the engine as the vehicle is moving.
US08245806B2
In some embodiments, systems and methods provided herein relate to a riding mower including a plurality of user support components coupled to a main frame and a suspension component coupled to the plurality of user support components such that movement of the plurality of user support component parallels each other. The mower may include a seat that can be moved such that operational components (e.g., a mower engine, battery, pump, or steering control) are more accessible.
US08245805B2
A vehicle cab tilting device for a vehicle with a tiltable cab, a chassis and pivot means which connect the cab to the chassis, in which the cab can be tilted through an angle with respect to the chassis between a driving position and a forwardly tilted position. The tilting device comprises a pump (1) having at least one pump port (2) for delivering pressurized hydraulic fluid, a reservoir for hydraulic fluid (3), and a hydraulic tilting cylinder (20) for tilting the cab, which tilting cylinder has a first and a second connection port (21, 22). The tilting cylinder is a multistage telescopic hydraulic tilting cylinder with an outer telescopic part (30), at least one intermediate telescopic part (40), and a central telescopic part (50), each intermediate telescopic part and the central telescopic part being displaceable with respect to one another and to the outer telescopic part.
US08245803B2
A wheel assembly with an in-wheel motor, which transmits rotational output of an output shaft of a motor to a wheel via a counter gear, is provided with an oil pump that is driven by rotational output of the counter gear and an oil flow path that leads oil from the oil pump to the motor.
US08245789B2
An apparatus for connecting an outer tubular (236) and an inner tubular (218) on a well platform by applying a crimping force to the outer tubular (236) when the outer tubular (236) is disposed about the inner tubular (218) and the inner tubular (218) is suspending from the well platform. The apparatus includes a support assembly (244) operably associated with the well platform and a crimping assembly (242) operably associated with the support assembly (244). The crimping assembly (242) is operable to mechanically deform the outer tubular (236) into contact with the inner tubular (218).
US08245781B2
Formation testing via performing a first pumpout process to draw formation fluid at a wellbore position into the formation tester, discharging a treatment fluid from the formation tester into the formation at the same position, and drawing another formation fluid sample from the formation at the same position into the formation tester.
US08245772B1
An improved rotating head that utilizes a box assembly that stores at least one locking element that allows for movement of the locking balls within the box assembly such that a liner inserted into the box assembly biases the locking elements to a locked position to couple the box assembly and the outer barrel. An integrated wear surface of the present invention seals the bearing elements to extend the life of the rotating head and reduce downtime caused by necessary maintenance of the rotating head.
US08245767B2
Heat transmission units are known wherein ribs for improving the cooling efficiency extend along the whole length of the flow path of the radiator. According to the invention, it is proposed, while keeping the constructional space at the same size, to provide a larger cooling surface in a first portion, which has a higher temperature gradient, and which is accomplished by a large number of ribs arranged therein, and to omit such ribs or to reduce their number in a region that has a lower temperature gradient, i.e. in a second portion. In this manner, the overall efficiency of such a heat transmission unit is improved.
US08245765B2
A heat dissipation device dissipating heat from a heat-generating electronic element, includes a canister filled with a phase-changeable working fluid, a housing hermetically fixed to a top of the canister and communicating with the canister, a fan located above a top of the housing, an impeller comprising a driving member received in the housing and an axle which extends through a center of the driving member. The axle has a lower end extending downwardly through a bottom of the housing to a center of the top of the canister and an upper end extending upwardly through a top of the housing to engage the fan. The working fluid is heated by the heat-generating electronic element and vaporized into the housing to engage the driving member to rotate and drive the fan to rotate synchronously.
US08245764B2
The invention relates to a cooling system for a computer system, said computer system comprising at least one unit such as a central processing unit (CPU) generating thermal energy and said cooling system intended for cooling the at least one processing unit and comprising a reservoir having an amount of cooling liquid, said cooling liquid intended for accumulating and transferring of thermal energy dissipated from the processing unit to the cooling liquid. The cooling system has a heat exchanging interface for providing thermal contact between the processing unit and the cooling liquid for dissipating heat from the processing unit to the cooling liquid, Different embodiments of the heat exchanging system as well as means for establishing and controlling a flow of cooling liquid and a cooling strategy constitutes the invention of the cooling system.
US08245762B2
A heat dissipation assembly for dissipating heat from a first heat source and a second heat source includes a heat sink, a fan, a supporting member, and a deflecting panel. The heat sink includes a base and a plurality of heat dissipation fins disposed on the base. The base is in contact with the first heat source for thermally conducting the heat generated by the first heat source. The fan and the supporting member are attached at opposite sides of the heat dissipation fins. The supporting member is a pivotable rod. The deflecting plate is attached to the pivotable rod and is pivotable relative to the heat dissipation fins. The deflecting plate is capable of deflecting airflow from the fan towards the second heat source to dissipate heat generated by the second heat source.
US08245759B2
An apparatus and method for quiescently filling of a ladle with molten material and transferring of the molten material from the ladle is disclosed, wherein the molten material is transferred from the ladle to a casting mold to minimize turbulence in the molten material to minimize defects in a desired cast object.
US08245758B2
The invention provides a method for manufacturing a coulomb damped disc brake rotor, including the steps of: (A) providing a mold having the general shape of the coulomb damped disc brake rotor; (B) placing a coulomb damper insert having a generally annular body and at least one tab extending generally radially from the generally annular body, wherein the at least one tab operates to locate the coulomb damper insert within the mold, and wherein the at least one tab at least partially defines an orifice with its major axis generally coincident with the periphery of the coulomb damped disc brake rotor; and (C) causing casting material to enter the mold to substantially encapsulate the coulomb damper insert with the casting material to form a rotor cheek of the coulomb damped disc brake rotor. A coulomb damper insert and coulomb damped disc brake rotor are also disclosed.
US08245751B2
A substrate bonding apparatus and method are provided. The substrate bonding apparatus may include a board having a receiving surface opposite to a substrate fixed at one side thereof, a plurality of chucking members located between the receiving surface of the board and the substrate, and a substrate separation device to separate the substrate from the chucking members. The substrate separation device includes a pusher for pushing the substrate to separate the substrate from the chucking members, and a base plate installed at the receiving surface of the board, the base plate having an installation space to install the pusher formed therein. The pusher protrudes out of the base plate through an inlet and outlet port located at one end of the installation space to pressurize the substrate.
US08245747B2
Inflation valve having a tube and designed for use in an assembly consisting of a tire and a wheel, the valve having: (i) snap-in mechanism that enable the valve to be fixed in a cylindrical hole of circular cross-section formed in a rim of the wheel; (ii) mechanism suitable for receiving a torque intended to rotate the valve in the hole; (iii) an attachment piece provided with a mechanism for attaching the valve to a unit designed to be fitted inside the tire; the mechanism the valve to be attached to the unit being such that the attachment piece is separated from the unit when the valve is rotated in the hole in a predetermined rotation direction.
US08245743B2
A method of effecting an improved adhesive bond between a rubber surface and a device adhered thereto is disclosed. In pneumatic tires, monitoring devices are more securely adhered to the innerliner of the tire utilizing a room temperature vulcanizable adhesive wherein curing is facilitated in the presence of moisture. The innerliner formulation is prepared by incorporating a material which has incomplete compatibility with the rubber of the innerliner formulation, and which has hygroscopic properties which thereby tends to attract moisture.
US08245734B2
A method for manufacturing a one-piece axle tube housing with localized sections of increased wall thickness includes providing a tube blank, inserting a mandrel having a reduced diameter profile, passing the tube through an extrusion die to conform the tube to the shape of the mandrel; and extraction of the mandrel from the tube to cause outward deformation of the tube at specific locations. A further reducing step may be used to form the final desired profile, including reduced inner and outer diameters along sections of the axle tube housing.
US08245731B2
A fluid transport/containment apparatus includes a fluid-bearing module and an actuation module. The fluid-bearing module includes a substrate and fluid transport/containment elements distributed therein, with one or more of the fluid transport/containment elements having microfluidic dimensions. The actuation module is detachably secured to the fluid-bearing module such that the actuation elements are operatively interfaced with the fluid transport/containment elements.
US08245722B2
An inflation nozzle includes a first part having a first threaded passage defined centrally therethrough and a connection ring is threadedly connected to a first end of the first part. An insertion is formed on a second end of the first part and is engaged with a first chamber of a central member which is received in a second part. The central member is connected with a tire pump. The first passage is sized to be connected with a French valve and the connection ring is sized to be connected with an American valve.
US08245713B2
A convertible isolation pod for an individual patient formed from sealable flexible plastic sheeting including an air intake grommet at the head end and an air exhaust grommet at the foot end of the pod each of the grommets being equipped with a valve to provide unidirectional air flow within the pod where the air is filtered to remove contaminants.
US08245705B2
The invention provides an inhaler for dispensing medicament. The inhaler comprises auxiliary energy provision means for providing auxiliary energy for aerosolizing medicament; energy release means for releasing auxiliary energy from the auxiliary energy provision means; feed means for feeding a dose of medicament, characterized in that the inhaler comprises control means for controlling a time interval between aerosolization of the medicament and a user's inhalation. The inhaler is operable, in use, to aerosolize medicament using the auxiliary energy, and harness the user's inhalation to deliver the aerosolized medicament to the user.
US08245703B2
A burner ring for a gas burner, the burner ring including an outer circumference and an inner circumference, a distribution chamber having gas outlets to the outer circumference of the burner ring, a transfer ignition groove that is outwardly open on one side and extends between the inner circumference of the burner ring and the outer circumference of the burner ring, a gas conducting channel into which the transfer ignition groove opens at least partially, and at least one gas supply opening between the distribution chamber and the gas conducting channel, wherein the gas conducting channel and the transfer ignition groove are arranged mutually symmetrically, and wherein the at least one gas supply opening is offset in a region of the gas conducting channel at an angle relative to the transfer ignition groove.
US08245698B2
A valve for controlling volume flows of fuel supply systems of internal combustion engines has a conduit having an inlet and an outlet defining a flow direction. A bypass opening is provided in the conduit. A sleeve is slidably arranged in the conduit and covers in one position the bypass opening completely. The sleeve has an axial through bore that connects the inlet and the outlet. An elastic element that is arranged in the conduit and exerts onto the sleeve a force that is directed toward the inlet. A counterforce is generated by the flow resistance of the sleeve that counteracts the force of the elastic element.
US08245696B2
The invention relates to an area of intersection between a high-pressure chamber and a high-pressure duct. To increase the strength in the area of intersection, it is possible to round the area of intersection. The area of intersection includes at least one planar area or an area that is curved markedly less than the remaining area of intersection. The planar area may also be embodied as only nearly planar. The high-pressure chamber and the high-pressure duct are also called functional chambers. By means of the planar or nearly planar area, an intersection geometry is created, in which tensile stresses of the functional chambers that occur upon subjection to pressure are not superimposed directly and add up as they do in conventional intersection geometries. By means of the planar area in the area of intersection, it is attained that in the intersection geometry of the invention, under pressure, local pressure stresses or markedly reduced tensile stresses occur in an inner wall of the high-pressure chamber and are then superimposed with the tensile stresses in an inner wall of the high-pressure duct. Since with the intersection geometry of the invention, a tensile stress has only a reduced tensile stress or in the best case a pressure stress superimposed on it, the total is less and hence the maximum stress that occurs is reduced markedly.
US08245695B2
A high vapor pressure liquid fuel (e.g. LPG) injection system is provided that keeps the fuel liquid at all expected operating temperatures by use of a high pressures pump capable of at least 2.5 MPa pressures. The fuel can be injected directly into the cylinder or into the inlet manifold of an engine via axial or bottom feed injectors and also could be mixed with a low vapor pressure fuel (e.g. diesel) to be injected similarly. The fuel, mixed or unmixed, can be stored in an accumulator under high pressure assisting in keeping the engine running during fuel changeovers and injection after a period of time as in re-starting the engine. The same injectors can be used to inject any of the fuels or mixtures of them.
US08245692B2
Methods and systems are provided for identifying and differentiating knock and pre-ignition using a plurality of knock sensors distributed along an engine block. By dynamically adjusting cylinder-specific assignment of the knock sensors for knock detection and pre-ignition detection based on operating conditions of each cylinder, knock and pre-ignition is more reliably identified and distinguished.
US08245687B2
A connecting rod and methods for making the same are disclosed. A connecting rod may include a shaft extending between a piston pin end and a crankshaft pin end. The piston pin end generally defines a bore opening extending along an axis. The connecting rod further includes a bore surface formed integrally with the piston pin end and extending about an inner circumference of the bore opening. The bore surface may define a plurality of dimples that extend axially along the bore surface. The bore opening further may further include profiled surfaces adjacent opposing ends of the bore opening.
US08245679B2
A variable valve timing apparatus has a case, a rotor, and a magneto-rheological fluid. The magneto-rheological fluid gives variable braking force to the rotor. The rotor is connected with a phase adjusting mechanism. The phase adjusting mechanism adjusts a phase of an internal combustion engine according to braking force. A sealing device is disposed between the case and the rotor. In one embodiment, the sealing device has a magnet and a plurality of flux guide members. In other embodiment, a diaphragm which acts as a damper mechanism for absorbing an internal pressure change is disposed on a fluid chamber in which the magneto-rheological fluid is kept.
US08245678B2
A variable valve timing control apparatus of an internal combustion engine has a drive rotary member, a driven rotary member, and an electric motor which rotates with the drive rotary member and changes a rotational phase of the driven rotary member relative to the drive rotary member through a current application to a coil. The electric motor is covered with a cover member with a clearance interposed therebetween, and a bearing member is installed between an outer periphery of the electric motor and an inner periphery of the cover member for rotatably supporting the electric motor. The bearing member defines a space portion between an end surface, in a rotation shaft direction, of the electric motor and an opposing inner end surface of the cover member, and the space portion is supplied with lubricating oil by a lubricating oil supplying mechanism.
US08245677B2
The present invention relates to an insert element (3) for transmitting a force for a camshaft adjustment system. The insert element (3) has a first region (1) with an end surface (4) for receiving the force, and a second region (2) for conducting away the force. The end surface (4) is arranged in such a manner that it has, by means of a locking element (7), at least one force transmission point for receiving the force. The second region (2) is arranged in such a manner that it has, by means of a stator element (6), a force transmission surface for conducting away the force.
US08245665B2
An on demand food and water dispenser for pets comprises a base structure, having a base floor and a surrounding substantially vertical base wall structure, capable of holding water; a food bowl, having a bowl floor and a surrounding substantially vertical bowl wall structure attached to the base floor within the base structure but not contacting the base wall structure, the bowl capable of holding food; and a dual-chambered container attached within the base structure but not contacting the base wall structure, capable of receiving, storing and dispensing on demand from a first chamber dry pet food into the food bowl and on demand from a second chamber water into the base structure. The base structure receives dispensed water from the second chamber to create a water-filled moat that inhibits crawling insects from accessing the food bowl or food stored in the first chamber of the dual chambered container.
US08245658B2
There are disclosed systems and methods for supporting cargo tanks within the hold of a liquefied gas carrier by establishing a series of spaced-apart pedestals along the longitudinal axis of a tank, said pedestals positioned in conjunction with the ship's structural components. These pedestals are of wood or other suitable thermal insulating and load bearing material fixed to the tank below its circumferential diameter along both the starboard and port tank sides. The pedestals rest on structural longitudinal stringers laying port and starboard in the horizontal plane and fixed and supported by the ship's hull structure. Longitudinal and transverse pedestal movement is controlled by stops attached to the stringers at one or more of the pedestals. The stops contact the pedestals via bearing pads which constrain the pedestal in one direction but permit its movement in another.
US08245652B2
A medical worktable has a base, a lifting device and a platform device. The base has a lower casing and an upper casing detachably connected to the lower casing. The lifting device is adjustably mounted on the base and has a pressurized air cylinder, an inner tube and an outer tube. The pressurized air cylinder is mounted in the upper casing and is securely mounted on the lower casing. The inner tube is mounted around the pressurized air cylinder and abuts the cylinder shaft. The outer tube is mounted around the inner tube and is securely mounted on a mounting board of the pressurized air cylinder. The platform device is mounted on the lifting device, is opposite to the base and has a mounting seat and a platform. The mounting seat is securely connected to the inner tube. The platform is mounted on a top of the mounting seat.
US08245648B2
A guided vehicle transportation system is described in the application. The system includes guard wheels and a guard rail positioned along a center line of a guide track. The guard rail has a groove in which the guard wheels are received with a predetermined clearance between the periphery of the guard wheels and side walls of the groove. The guard rail has a flange extending toward the groove at the top of each side wall. The vehicle has first arms extending in longitudinal direction and being attached rotatably at a central part of an axle provided for suspending each pair of front wheels and rear wheels, and the guard wheels are attached rotatably and directly to the both end parts of the first arms or attached rotatably to both end parts of second arms each of which is attached to a corresponding end part of the first arms.
US08245639B2
An igniter fixing structure includes a plurality of igniter bodies having an ignition portion and an electroconductive pin, each of the igniter bodies being fixed, by a resin, to a peripheral edge of a port formed in a plate-like portion serving as a fixing object, the number of the port being the same as that of the plurality of the igniter bodies, and a single retainer as a support member for the plurality of igniter bodies.The retainer has a plurality of support portions each having a hole for passing the electroconductive pin therethrough and a connection plate portion that connects the plurality of support portions, at least the support portions are embedded in the resin in a state in which the electroconductive pin passes through the hole, and at least the connection plate portion is disposed to abut against the plate-like portion.
US08245637B2
A device and a method for separating printing plates from a stack uses a lifting device for lifting the printing plates and at least one separating element to be moved under the lifted printing plates. The structurally simple device is able to react flexibly to different printing plate formats and, at the same time, avoids damage to a surface to be imaged of the individual printing plates. In order to avoid such problems, the device includes at least three separating elements which, as they move under a lifted printing plate at any time, are continuously disposed at distances from one another having a ratio that always remains constant.
US08245632B1
The egg-boiling device includes a plurality of stackable trays that each contains a plurality of egg cradles. Each egg cradle is capable of supporting an egg in an upright position during the boiling process. Each tray has a handle key way that enables a corresponding handle to engage each tray for movement of the tray into or out of a cooking pot.
US08245631B2
A forming machine includes a drum having an outer heating surface, a reservoir disposed below the drum and having a surrounding wall with a top edge that can contact the outer heating surface and that has a profile conforming to that of the outer heating surface, an applying disk disposed inside the reservoir and having perforations, and a rotary shaft extending into the reservoir to rotate the applying disk and movable upwardly or downwardly to raise or lower the applying disk. The reservoir is movable between non-contact and contact positions, where the top edge is spaced below and moves upward to abut against the outer heating surface, respectively. The applying disk is movable between pre-applying and applying positions, where the applying disk is lowered into the reservoir for dipping into the dough and is raised for applying the dough to the outer heating surface, respectively.
US08245628B2
A coffee machine comprising an instantaneous electric heater for heating water, which is transported from a storage tank and conducted under pressure after the heating process into a brewing chamber to prepare the coffee, said chamber comprising an outlet nozzle for discharging the prepared coffee. The machine also comprises at least one sensor for recording an electric measured value that correlates to the temperature of the heated water and a control system for controlling the pump output of the pump and/or the heating output of the instantaneous heater in accordance with the measured value. The device permits a blockage of the nozzle to be identified and safely removed. The control system shuts off the pump output and/or the heating output if the measured value exceeds predefined thresholds and blocks a restart of the pump output and/or heating output for a specified blocking period by activating blocking elements.
US08245625B2
A gas pressure mechanism that receives and supplies gas pressure to a semi or automatic shotgun during the shotgun's reloading operation. The gas pressure mechanism includes twin body members having a front cylinder in fluid communication with a rear cylinder. Each rear cylinder includes a rear gas port disposed in communication with the interior of the shotgun barrel such that gases of combustion is bled through the rear gas ports from the interior of the barrel to the interior of the rear cylinders. Similarly, each front cylinder includes a front gas port disposed in communication with the interior of the shotgun barrel at a location to effectively recoil and counter-recoil the shotgun's piston or breech bolt to its rear most position. The rear cylinders, are situated immediately in front of the shotgun's shell chamber such that the rear gas ports capture and receive the gas pressure developed immediately behind the shell load as it travels through the barrel after firing.
US08245619B2
A blast-resistant panel may include a layer of a pre-cured elastomeric material having a predetermined thickness, a body portion, and a plurality of flanges, each of the plurality of flanges having a substantially equal width and depending away from a same side and at approximately equivalent right angles to the body portion. The blast-resistant panel may also include a plurality of fastener elements for securing the cured elastomeric material layer to a surface of a structure through the plurality of flanges of cured elastomeric material.
US08245614B2
A table saw includes a base assembly, a table assembly supported by the base assembly, a saw assembly having a blade extending through the table assembly, and a riving knife assembly connected to the saw assembly. The riving knife assembly has a removable riving knife, and a riving knife locking mechanism for locking the riving knife in the riving knife assembly. A handle is mounted to the base assembly or the table assembly, and is connected to the riving knife locking mechanism for releasing the riving knife without using additional tools.
US08245608B2
A method for making a mold core for molding lenses of optical fiber connector, is provided. The method includes: providing a first fixture and a mold block, the first fixture defining a first cavity therein, a center of the first fixture located within the first cavity and deviated from a center of the first cavity; providing a lathe comprising a rotatable spindle and a drill bit aligning with the rotatable spindle; installing the blank in the first cavity of the first fixture, and mounting the first fixture to the spindle; machining a first mold cavity in the blank using the drill bit; reinstalling the blank in the first cavity by revolving the blank 180 degrees; and machining a second mold cavity in the blank using the drill bit, thereby obtaining a mold core having the first and the second mold cavities.
US08245607B2
A combination of an implement-storing tool-handle and a sliding cover for the tool handle where the implement-storing tool-handle heel comprises one or more first apertures in the cover allows extension of a telescopic implement such as a pick-up magnetic wand stored in the handle heel when the cover is in any of one or more first predetermined positions. The sliding cover for the implement-storing tool-handle heel may further comprise one or more second apertures in the cover conformed to allow retrieval of a bit stored in the handle only when the cover is in any of one or more second predetermined positions, where the second predetermined positions coincide with one or more of the first predetermined positions.
US08245606B2
An adjustable torque wrench includes a driving shank pivotally coupled to a tubular lever and biased with a compression spring, an adjusting screw for adjusting a compression force of the compression spring, and a barrel attached to the adjusting screw and rotated in concert with the adjusting screw and having a graduation aligned with a window of the tubular lever for allowing the graduation of the barrel to be seen through the window of the tubular lever, a control ferrule is slidably engaged with the adjusting screw for rotating the adjusting screw to adjust the compression force of the compression spring, and a lock device attached to a handle for selectively anchoring the control ferrule to the handle.
US08245600B2
An insulated container for holding a beverage container, such as a bottle or a can, is disclosed. An insulation liner is provided in the container. The insulated container incorporates a bottle opener into the sidewall of the container. The bottle opener has a lip and a leverage surface. A magnet is provided on the leverage surface, to hold the cap after it has been removed from the bottle.
US08245599B2
A transmission apparatus that can transmit power via different inputs, and release power via specific outputs where the transmission apparatus is connected to a first input and a second input, both of which produce a forward rotation and a rearward rotation, and a first output. A first transmission device is connected to the first input and the first output and is driven to turn by the first input, wherein the first transmission device further has a one way transmission member to transmit the forward rotation of the first input to the first output, and a second transmission device connected to the second input and the first output and is driven to turn by the second input, wherein the second transmission device has a one way transmission member to transmit the forward rotation of the second input to the first output.
US08245596B2
A park brake includes a brake lever that is movable about a pivot. A release mechanism is associated with the brake lever and includes a pawl adapted to contact and lock with a sector. A trigger is linked with the pawl and is moveable to change a moment of the pawl relative to the sector allowing selective movement of the brake lever.
US08245587B2
A deployment system for spatial appendages, such as, for example, solar generators, comprises at least one two-phase deployment articulation line, furnished with two rotation spindles. The deployment system comprises a synchronization mechanism for the two rotation spindles so that when the driving spindle rotates during a first deployment phase, the driven spindle does not rotate, and then, when the driving spindle rotates during the second deployment phase, the driven spindle rotates in a manner synchronized with the driving spindle.
US08245582B2
The invention relates to a method of measuring a gas flow velocity using an ultrasonic gas flow meter, wherein said ultrasonic gas flow meter includes a horizontal piping through which gas can flow in a flow direction and which has a central axis, at least one pair of measurement paths of equal length spaced apart, extending parallel to one another in separate horizontal planes and inclined to said flow direction, wherein each horizontal plane of a pair of measurement paths is vertically offset by an equal predefined distance from said central axis, wherein an ultrasonic transducer is arranged at each end of said measurement path and each ultrasonic transducer is adapted to selectively act as an ultrasonic transmitter and an ultrasonic receiver, the method comprising the steps of measuring a flow velocity of said gas in a measurement path arranged in an upper region of said piping, measuring a flow velocity of said gas in a measurement path arranged in a lower region of said piping and using the results of these two measurements to predict if a liquid is present in said piping during said measurement.
US08245561B2
The invention relates to a hydraulically driven pressing device (1) comprising a piston (5) and a cylinder (4) for acting on pressing jaws (8, 8′, 8′), wherein the piston shaft (11) at any rate is connected to acting means (12). To further improve a pressing device of the type in question such that the same device can be used to carry out pressing operations requiring different levels of pressing power, it is proposed that an adjustable stop (33) be provided in the direction of displacement of the hydraulic piston (5) in order to achieve different end positions for the hydraulic piston (5) during the piston return stroke. A method of pressing a fitting with a tube is also described.
US08245560B2
The present invention relates to crimping pliers designed and arranged for manually crimping a work piece. Such crimping pliers comprise two manually operated hand levers coupled by a transfer mechanism with two crimping jaws. A closing mechanism is designed and arranged for being operated independent on said hand levers. Upon activation of the closing mechanism the crimping jaws are moved from an open state in a partial movement in a further closed starting state. The crimping jaws are secured in the starting state against returning into said open state. Starting from said starting state the crimping jaws are movable in an additional partial movement towards each other upon manipulation of the hand levers.
US08245545B2
A motor controller includes a power converter energizing a motor based on a commutation signal, the motor including a rotor provided with a permanent magnet and a coil-wound stator; an estimator estimating rotor rotational speed and rotational position; a controller outputting the commutation signal to the power converter, the commutation signal taking a predetermined energization pattern based on a command rotational speed during startup, and being outputted based on the rotational position estimated by the estimator during position estimation; a current detector detecting current flowing in the coil winding; an input power calculator calculating input power of the motor by voltage applied to the coil winding and the current detected by the current detector; an output power calculator calculating output power of the motor by the rotational speed estimate; and a rotational abnormality determiner determining occurrence of rotational abnormality based on comparison of the input power with the output power.
US08245540B2
A method of cutting glass that prevents uncontrolled crack propagation when high background stress is present, either in the form of thermal residual stress, external mechanical stress or a combination thereof. The method includes masking an edge of the glass by blocking the beam using highly reflective or absorptive material located near the glass surface, or deposited on the surface in a form of a thin film (or highly reflective paint) to prevent uncontrolled crack initiation and propagation starting from the glass edge. The initiation of the laser scoring is located at a predetermined distance from the glass edge. Yet another aspect of the invention embodies stopping propagation of the vent at the exiting end of the score line.
US08245539B2
Methods of producing a glass sheet comprise the step of fusion drawing a glass ribbon along a draw direction into a viscous zone downstream from a root of a forming wedge. The method further includes the steps of drawing the glass ribbon into a setting zone downstream from the viscous zone and an elastic zone downstream from the setting zone. The method also includes the step of creating a vacuum to force the entire lateral portion of the glass ribbon to engage an anvil portion of a breaking device in the elastic zone. The method still further includes the steps of forming a score line along the lateral portion of the glass ribbon and breaking away a glass sheet from the glass ribbon along the score line while the entire lateral portion is forced against the anvil portion by the vacuum.
US08245524B2
A distributed refrigeration appliance system in a residential kitchen and other locations in a dwelling including multiple separate refrigeration appliance modules, a central cooling system and a cooling circuit. The system can also include one or more satellite stations having a heat exchanger and arranged for supplying chilled air to one or more refrigeration appliance modules. One or more refrigeration appliance modules can include a thermal cascade cooling device to cool the module to lower temperatures than the cooling circuit can attain. One or more refrigeration appliance modules can be refrigeration/storage modules that can provide refrigerated, unconditioned or heated storage space. The central cooling system can be a vapor compression system having a refrigerant circuit connecting the modules. Alternately, the central cooling system can cool a secondary cooling medium circuit. The refrigeration system can also have more than one refrigeration machine providing cooling to the secondary refrigeration loop.
US08245519B1
A film cooling hole for an air cooled turbine airfoil, the film cooling hole including an inlet metering section and a diffusion section that opens onto a surface of the airfoil and has a bean shaped cross section. The diffusion section has a 10×10×10 expansion on the side walls and the downstream wall, and the sides are smoothly and continuously contoured to be without sharp corners. The bottom wall includes a convex middle portion and two concave outer end portions that have the same radius of curvatures. The shape of the film cooling hole allows for the hole to be formed from a laser beam cutting process instead of the EDM electrode process. Because of the larger zones formed in the sides, vortex flow formation under the film stream is minimized to produce a more effective film with lower shear mixing of the hot gas vortices with the cooling air.
US08245518B2
A gas turbine engine has an engine casing component, such as a mid turbine frame system, which may includes an outer case surrounding a spoke or strut casing. Load transfer spokes of the spoke casing extend between the outer case and an inner case of the spoke casing. A bearing housing supported by the engine casing may include a fuse arrangement for isolating bearing seizure loads from the engine casing. A seal arrangement may be provided to centralize the rotors after the fuse fails. The mid turbine frame may be provided to have a desired flexibility through the configuration of the casing and bearings in design.
US08245511B2
A turbocharger system for an internal combustion engine includes a turbocharger with a utility pedestal extending between the turbocharger and hard point associated with the cylinder block. The utility pedestal includes a mounting pad for attaching the combined turbocharger and pedestal assembly to an engine, as well as internal oil and coolant supply passages for supplying the turbocharger with coolant and lubricating oil under pressure.
US08245500B2
A method and apparatus for reducing the percentage of nitrogen dioxide and nitrogen monoxide in an exhaust gas stream of an internal combustion engine, comprising the steps of injecting a hydrocarbon compound and optionally hydrogen into the exhaust gas stream; passing the exhaust gas through a first catalyst for selective reduction of a portion of the nitrogen oxides to nitrogen, ammonia, and N-containing species; passing the exhaust gas through a second catalyst for selective reduction of a portion of the nitrogen oxides with ammonia to molecular nitrogen; sensing ammonia concentration in the exhaust gas stream after passage through either or both of the first and second catalysts; and controlling by a controller in a feedback loop the injecting to an amount of hydrocarbon that will produce a predetermined concentration of ammonia and nitrogen oxides at the sensor that will lead to high NOx conversion.
US08245496B2
Control and/or drive device for a flying body for ejecting hot gas streams of a combusted fuel combination of at least a first and second component. Device includes a first hollow chamber body structured and arranged to contain first component, a second hollow chamber body structured and arranged to contain second component, a controllable fuel valve arranged between first hollow chamber body and second hollow chamber body to control feed of first component to second hollow chamber body, and a plurality of outlets structured and arranged to eject respective hot gas streams for influencing a flight path of flying body. Second hollow chamber body is formed as a combustion chamber for combusting the at least first and second components within second hollow chamber body to generate respective hot gas streams, and plurality of outlets are connected to the second hollow chamber body.
US08245494B2
A gas turbine engine comprises: a combustor with an aft end exhaust nozzle that discharges along an axis of the combustor; an eductor with a housing that circumscribes the combustor that has a sideward eductor inlet that intakes generally normal to the combustor axis and an aft end eductor outlet that circumscribes the combustor exhaust nozzle and exhausts along the combustor axis; and an eductor distribution shield mounted within the eductor housing between the eductor inlet and the combustor with a deflection surface that deflects the intake of the eductor inlet around the combustor.
US08245493B2
Ambient air is compressed into a compressed ambient gas flow with a main air compressor. The compressed ambient gas flow having a compressed ambient gas flow rate is delivered to a turbine combustor and mixed with a fuel stream having a fuel stream flow rate and a portion of a recirculated gas flow to form a combustible mixture. The combustible mixture is burned and forms the recirculated gas flow that drives a turbine. The recirculated gas flow is recirculated from the turbine to the turbine compressor using a recirculation loop. At least one emission level is measured by at least a first emission sensor in the recirculated gas flow and at least a first control signal is generated. The fuel stream flow rate is adjusted based on the at least a first control signal to achieve substantially stoichiometric combustion.
US08245486B2
A protective wrapping system for an object is disclosed that is comprised of a flexible, hardened material for wrapping around the object, a flexible magnetic strip adhered to either end that enables the system to adhere to ferromagnetic materials, and a series of holes that are placed through the material and the magnetic strips to protect it from scrapes and puncture damages when being moved.
US08245476B2
A system of fastening elements that attach to the building surface, including a backband with cambered support surfaces and catches, to support vinyl log siding slats with interlocking edges, and provide a log appearance to the building.
US08245475B1
An environmentally friendly building system for promoting long term carbon capture and sequestration of roofing and siding by utilizing recycled/upcycled, collapsed, preformed, and post consumer plastic material. The system includes a plurality of tiles. The plurality of tiles interlock with each other to form overlapping courses of laterally staggered roofing or siding. Each tile includes a bottle and a cap connector. The cap connector of each tile caps off the bottle of an associated tile, and hooks into the bottle laying on top thereof so as to hold the overlapping courses of the laterally staggered roofing or siding in place. The bottle of each tile is made from recycled/upcycled, collapsed, preformed, and post consumer plastic material for promoting the long term carbon capture and sequestration of the laterally staggered roofing or siding so as to be environmentally friendly.
US08245468B2
A flexible, extruded plastic wall structure with a hollow core is presented along with a method of making the same. The wall structure has an overall flat back wall, an overall front wall and at least one support wall extending between and confined to the interior surfaces of the overall back wall and the overall front wall; the overall back wall, the overall front wall and the at least one support wall having a generally uniform thickness and defining at least two defined spaces. The wall structure includes sections, where the rear wall of each section is flat from the bottom of the wall structure to the top of the wall structure. The hollow wall structure has a front wall having vertically disposed sections with different contours. The method includes using extrusion die for heating and extruding plastics using a multi-functional insert within the die and air pressure to create a hollow core in the wall structure. The hollow core allows less material to flow though the die so that the die stays hotter and the flow of the extruded plastic is not impeded. The resulting extruded plastic wall structure is comprised of a generally thick portion, a generally thin portion and a profile on the face or front of the wall structure.
US08245464B2
A device for tensioning a dual-skin flexible wall capable of interaction with at least one rigid mount, the device being mounted at the opposite edges of two skins to be retained by the rigid mount. The device includes a cord designed to interact with a groove formed in the rigid mount, and an inflatable bead capable of spacing the two skins away from and parallel to each other. Once inflated, the inflatable bead has a substantially cylindrical shape and remains confined outside the volume occupied by the rigid mount.
US08245460B2
A supporting clasp which supports a securing member for securing a roof-installed object to be installed on a roof includes a bottom portion having a substantially rectangular shape which is secured onto a roof material through a base member, plate-form installing pieces which extend to the upper side from two sides of the bottom portion, which are opposed to each other, and which enable the securing member to be installed on upper edges of the installing pieces, and plate-form holding pieces which extend to the upper side from two sides of the bottom portion, which are substantially perpendicular to the two sides from which the installing pieces extend, so as to be higher than the installing pieces, are coupled to the installing pieces in a continuous manner at lower positions with respect to the upper edges of the installing pieces, and are capable of holding the securing member in a state where upper portions of the holding pieces with respect to the installing pieces nip the securing member.
US08245452B2
A riser formed from a plurality of curved cylindrical segments with vertical side edges having mating vertically tapered projections and slots brought into interlocking engagement to pull confronting surfaces together as the tapered elements become increasingly mechanically engaged. The segments are assembled by a sliding engagement of the protruding mating element of one segment into the vertically tapered slot of an adjacent segment. When sufficient segments are joined together horizontally to complete a ring except for a last adjacent pair of vertical side edges, the ring is warped to align the protruding mating element of the last adjacent pair of vertical side edges with an opposite end of the adjacent tapered slot. Thus aligned, the final protruding mating element and tapered slot are then slipped together while un-warping the joined segments forming the remainder of the ring until the top and bottom ends of all the segments are aligned. A cover has a flexible spider on a lower surface that can be locked into a groove or other feature on an inside surface of the curved riser segments.
US08245436B2
This invention includes a Remotely-operated Electronic Rotatable Decoy Stand designed to support and impart rotational motion to a male turkey decoy. The remotely-operated electronic rotatable decoy stand is removably coupled to a male turkey decoy and is controlled directly by a human observer through activation of an electronic emitting remote fob. When operated, the fob imparts a single signal to the rotatable decoy stand. Upon receipt of the signal, the rotatable decoy stand rotates the coupled decoy at a rotational speed equal to that of a male turkey when presenting and rotating in its natural strutting display. Bi-directional rotation of the decoy is dependent upon the signal direction chosen by the human observer. When positioned in a location likely to be observed by the turkey, the rotational motion provides a method of attracting turkeys. Multiple Remotely-operated Electronic Rotatable Decoy Stands can be non-mechanically electronically linked to and controlled by a single electronic emitting remote fob.
US08245435B2
A bird repellent apparatus having an integral base member and a plurality of prongs. The base member, by means of a plurality of tabs having holes for receiving screws or other fasteners, can be affixed to virtually any desired surface. The plurality of prongs with sharp tips presents an impossible barrier to birds that would otherwise land or perch on the surface to which the present invention is affixed. The combined base member and prongs are formed from injection molded plastic structure that also provide the tabs having holes to secure the base member to the underlying surface.
US08245432B2
An adjustable recoil reducing shooting rest disclosed. The shooting rest may be adjusted to absorb differing amounts of recoil from various rifles to prevent rifle bounce that may add to aim inaccuracy. The user may also adjust both the horizontal and vertical aim of the rifle to consistently aim at the same location after multiple shots. The shooting rest may be secured to an unmodified support surface, and the rest consistently supports the butt stock of the rifle regardless of the vertical angle of the rest.
US08245424B2
An alternating sign assembly includes a sheet of light permeable material comprising a front surface and a rear surface; a front design that includes a front design layer; a silhouette pattern including light-restricting imaging material, said front design being superimposed on or forming a part of the silhouette pattern, said silhouette pattern subdividing said sheet into a plurality of discrete areas of said imaging material and/or a plurality of discrete areas devoid of said imaging material; a switchable front source of artificial illumination of said front design; a rear design disposed rearwardly of the front design; and a switchable rear source of artificial illumination of said rear design. The sources of illumination may be alternately turned on to make the front and rear designs alternately visible to an observer in front of the assembly.
US08245418B2
The present invention relates to articles with cavities capable of receiving objects as a result of extending an opening into a cavity capable of receiving the objects. For example, the opening in an article of footwear can be extended into the toe box to allow for the easier insertion and removal of a foot. The present invention also relates to systems that permit the article to be secured to the object after it has been inserted.
