US08315360B2
A method of designing a customer interface for a service center, such as an automated speech recognition (ASR) self-service center. Customer activity to an existing service center is monitored, providing customer model, which includes a collection of customer tasks. These tasks are assigned to action-object pairs, which are further assigned to routing destinations. Dialog modules are designed, based on the customer model data, including disambiguation dialogs.
US08315355B2
A method (100) for positioning and operating components (18, 22) of an X-ray C-arm system (10) during repeated angiographic medical procedures.
US08315353B1
A computerized tomographic system configured to acquire short scan data of an object within a single revolution of a detector array about the object over a first angular range of rotation of the detector array about the object, define a temporal subset of the acquired short scan data over a second angular range of rotation of the detector that is less than the first angular range of rotation, generate a mathematical function that is based on the acquired short scan data and the defined temporal subset of data, minimize the mathematical function, and generate an image of the object using the minimized mathematical function and the data acquired over the second angular range of rotation of the detector.
US08315348B2
A method is described for extracting selected time information from a stream of serialized AES digital audio data. A first transition indicative of a first preamble of said stream of serialized AES digital audio data is detected and, upon detection of the transition, a time count initiated. A second transition indicative of a subsequent preamble of said serialized AES digital audio data is subsequently detected and the time count halted. The time separating the first and second transitions is then determined. The separation time, which preferably is determined in the form of a fast clock pulse count, is then transferred to a decoding logic circuit for use in decoding the stream of serialized AES digital audio data.
US08315344B2
The transport format (TF) of a signal may be blindly detected from a reduced set of TF hypotheses. In an example embodiment, a method for the blind detection of a TF of a signal includes filtering a set of transport format hypotheses to identify a reduced set of TF hypotheses using one or more filtering schemes. From the reduced set of TF hypotheses, a TF that is associated with an interfering signal is detected. The TF includes a modulation and a spreading factor for the interfering signal. It may also include a number of channelization codes. In an example implementation, when an interfering signal is to be canceled, symbols carried by the signal are detected using the detected TF. Example filtering schemes include filtering based on system design/operation, filtering based on known configuration information, filtering based on an expected level of interference contribution, and so forth.
US08315343B2
A composite signal including a plurality of component signal streams is processed using QR-decomposition to detect symbols and calculate a decision metric for each of the signal streams (202). Soft serial interference cancellation is performed on the composite signal based on the symbols detected for different ones of the signal streams and a ranking of the signal streams (204). The symbols are re-detected and the decision metric re-calculated for each signal stream based on soft serial interference cancellation results (206). The different decision metric calculations for at least one of the signal streams are compared to determine whether symbol detection is more accurate with or without soft serial interference cancellation (208). The signal streams are decoded using symbols detected based on soft serial interference cancellation results when symbol detection is determined to be more accurate with soft serial interference cancellation (210). Otherwise, the streams are decoded based on the symbols detected using QR-decomposition (210).
US08315337B2
A broadcast receiving system capable of receiving mobile broadcast data and a method for processing broadcast signals are disclosed. The broadcast receiving system includes N number of antenna elements, a demodulator, a transmission parameter detector, and a block decoder. The N number of antenna elements receives each of the broadcast signals. The demodulator demodulates the broadcast signal having greater signal strength among each of the received broadcast signals. The transmission parameter detector detects the transmission parameter. The block decoder symbol-decodes the mobile broadcast service data included in the received broadcast signal in block units, based upon the detected transmission parameter.
US08315322B2
A spectrum coding apparatus capable of performing coding at a low bit rate and with high quality is disclosed. This apparatus is provided with a section that performs the frequency transformation of a first signal and calculates a first spectrum, a section that converts the frequency of a second signal and calculates a second spectrum, a section that estimates the shape of the second spectrum in a band of FL≦k
US08315319B2
A transmitter modulates for each symbol period a plurality of carriers that include a carrier group that consists of a plurality of prescribed carriers, and repeatedly transmits control information in cycles by using the carrier group. The transmitter transmits multiple-bit binary data of the control information in each symbol period, thereby transmitting the control information once in each of the cycles that includes at least one symbol period. The transmitter controls the transmission unit to switch, within the carrier group, for each of the cycles, carriers of bits of the control information, according to a prescribed rule.
US08315312B2
The invention provides an IP stream communicating system having a receiving apparatus which, when a reception IP (Internet Protocol) stream is inputted, performs at a reception processing timing at least FEC (Forward Error Correction) decoding processing that takes place immediately after reception of the reception IP stream, the IP stream receiving apparatus including: a PCR extracting circuit which extracts a PCR (Program Clock Reference) that has been periodically added into the reception IP stream; an RTP (Real-time Transport Protocol) information extracting circuit which extracts RTP information from an RTP header in the reception IP stream; and a sync calculating circuit which generates block sync of the FEC decoding processing based on PCR information extracted by the PCR extracting circuit and the RTP information extracted by the RTP information extracting circuit.
US08315305B2
Image processing systems and methods extract information from an input signal representative of an element of an image and to encode the information in a pulsed output signal. A plurality of channels communicates the pulsed output signal, each of the plurality of channels being characterized by a latency. The information may be encoded as a pattern of relative pulse latencies observable in pulses communicated through the plurality of channels and the pattern of relative pulse latencies is substantially insensitive to image contrast and/or image luminance. A filter can be employed to provide a generator signal based on the input signal and pulse latencies can be determined using a logarithmic function of the generator signal. The filter may be temporally and/or spatially balanced and characterized by an integral along spatial and/or temporal dimensions of the filter that is substantially zero for all values of a temporal and/or a spatial variable.
US08315296B2
A method for testing a radio frequency (RF) receiver may include measuring a plurality of bit error levels for the RF receiver at a given RF frequency. The method may further include applying a Huber function to the measured plurality of bit error levels to generate a bit error ratio (BER) estimate for the RF receiver. The method would also include using the BER estimate to generate a sensitivity for the RE receiver.
US08315289B2
An optical apparatus comprising a gain medium exhibiting polarisation dependent absorption along two axes, the gain medium having a weakly absorbing axis and a strongly absorbing axis, an optical pump source arranged to direct pump light towards a first face of the gain medium such that the pump light entering the gain medium has a component of its polarisation parallel to the weakly absorbing axis, a polarisation modifying apparatus and one or more reflectors which are together arranged to modify the polarisation of pump light which exits the gain medium through a second face of the gain medium, and to direct the pump light with modified polarisation back towards said second face of the gain medium.
US08315282B2
A control system for improving and stabilizing Fourier domain mode locking (FDML) operation. The control system may also provide regulation of FDML operational parameters such as filter tuning, laser gain, polarization, polarization chromaticity, elliptical polarization retardance, and/or dispersion. The control system may be located internal to or external from the FDML laser cavity.
US08315281B2
A wavelength-tunable directly modulated fiber ring laser is provided. Generally speaking, the wavelength-tunable directly modulated fiber ring laser employs an RSOA (reflective semiconductor optical amplifier) and an OTF (optical tunable filter) to construct a novel ring resonant cavity. Additionally, a signal generator can be further employed to transmit modulated signals to the RSOA, whereby generating light wave with the modulated signals, so as to provide tunable wave-length and direct modulation at the same time.
US08315280B2
A multiwavelength laser system for opthalmological applications. The system including a first semiconductor diode laser including a first working beam of a first wavelength; and at least one second semiconductor diode laser having a second working beam of a second wavelength. The second wavelength being different from the first wavelength.
US08315279B2
A system connects a plurality of CSTA Clients to a communications system that supports only one CSTA Client at a time, such as a PBX. The system includes a server or other processor programmed to provide a CSTA dialog with each of the plurality of CSTA Clients, and a single CSTA dialog with the PBX.
US08315276B2
In particular embodiments, an error correction during the transmission of the data word is made possible through the change of the modulation state at pre-defined time points.
US08315272B2
Systems and methods of digital interface translation are described. One embodiment of the invention includes multiple receiver lanes, where at least one of the receiver lanes is configured to receive a data channel at a first data rate and encoded in accordance with an input digital interface standard, an auxiliary channel input configured to receive an auxiliary data channel, and a single transmitter lane configured to output a single data channel at a second data rate and encoded in accordance with an output digital interface standard. In addition, the multilane to single lane digital interface translator is configured to decode the received data into data streams, and interleave the data streams to form packets, the multilane to single lane digital interface translator is configured to insert auxiliary data received via the auxiliary channel input and idle data between the packets to produce an output data stream that is rate matched to the second data rate, and the multilane to single lane digital interface translator is configured to encode the output data stream in accordance with the output digital interface standard.
US08315264B2
A network system employs path health information to select an acceptable path between a source node and destination node within an information handling system (IHS) and/or between a source node within one IHS and a destination node within another IHS. One or more switches may connect these two IHSs together. The network system accesses the path health information to determine the availability of paths for communicating between nodes.
US08315262B2
A method of clock recovery of Time Division Multiplex signal in a packet network, wherein a first Provider Edge receives a timing message from a second Provider Edge and upon reception of said timing message a counter of said first Provider Edge is increased. The first Provider Edge sends to the second Provider Edge encapsulated Time Division Multiplex packet traffic and each packet sent to the second Provider Edge causes the counter to decrease. The first Provider Edge compares value of the counter with an Upper Threshold value and with a Low Threshold value and increases a rate of generation of the encapsulation packets if the counter is above said Upper Threshold or reduces the rate of generation of the encapsulation packets if the counter is below said Low Threshold.
US08315257B2
An apparatus and method for transmitting a voice packet in a wireless communication network are provided. The method includes generating voice data of a fixed length, which includes a voice packet having a length that is determined according to a rate of the voice packet, and a Forward Error Correction (FEC) code, and transmitting the generated voice data through a fixed resource.
US08315255B1
The downstream IP packets of uni-cast services, such as Internet Access or Voice over IP network, are transported over the pseudo wire from service provider nodes at the metro hub to the access edge, whereupon they are converted to be transported on the first mile technology, such as a DSL loop, that serves the subscriber's residence. A television service provider delivers the collection of television channels through the regional network to an intermediate node, herein called the metro edge device. The function of the metro edge for downstream uni-cast traffic is to de-multiplex the downstream pseudo-wires coming on packet trunks from metro hubs, into a greater number of packet trunks leading to access edges. In this invention the metro edge device is operable to unicast individual selected channels to the subscriber's residence by adding copies of the IP packets of the selected channels into the downstream flow of packets in the subscriber's pseudo wire.
US08315251B2
A method, apparatus, and communication network system that allows an endpoint to be simultaneously registered with more than one communications server is described. In one embodiment, the communication network system includes a network, a plurality of communications servers that are coupled to the network, and a plurality of endpoints coupled to the network. Each endpoint is capable of being simultaneously registered with more than one communications server. A communication method for an endpoint involves registering a first logical line of the endpoint with a first communications server, and registering a second logical line of the endpoint with a second communications server. Consequently, flexibility is obtained by allowing an endpoint to choose the registering communications server for each logical line of the endpoint.
US08315239B2
Provided is an apparatus and method for allocating radio resources in a broadband wireless communication system by adaptively grouping the radio resources. In the method, the amount of resources necessary for a transmission of data to a user terminal and the amount of the remaining allocable resources are detected. A resource allocation scheme is selected in consideration of the amount of resources necessary for the transmission of the data to the user terminal and the amount of the remaining resources. A group index of radio resources for the user terminal is determined according to the selected resource allocation scheme. Radio resources corresponding to the determined group index are allocated to the user terminal.
US08315236B2
An apparatus, and an associated method, for facilitating communication operations with a wireless device that is ICS or DTM capable. A message generator is provided, configured to generate a network-terminated message, the network-terminated message including a media feature tag that identifies support of ICS. When transmitted to a network node, the message is detected. And, a wireless-device-terminated message that provides for mapping of a SIP URI into a calling name presentation.
US08315234B2
Methods and apparatus permitting the coexistence of multiple communication links to distinct wireless systems in a client device are disclosed. A wireless device can interface with both a primary communications system and at least one distinct communications system by managing the coexistence of active communications with the multiple communication systems. The wireless device can initially configure communications with the primary communications system for dynamically reconfigurable time multiplexed operation having scheduled periods of inactivity. The wireless device can determine timing and scheduling of communications with the distinct communications systems and can schedule the communications with the distinct communications systems during periods of inactivity in the primary communications system. The periods of inactivity may be limited to the scheduled periods of inactivity or can include unscheduled periods of inactivity occurring during active periods of the time multiplexed operation. The device may also use data priorities of communications to override overlapping communication activity.
US08315222B2
A method for efficiently scheduling virtual resource blocks to physical resource blocks is disclosed. In a wireless mobile communication system that supports a resource block group (RBG) allocation scheme, when consecutively allocated virtual resource blocks are distributively mapped to physical resource blocks, a gap for the distribution is determined to be a multiple of a square of the number of consecutive physical resource blocks constituting an RBG.
US08315219B2
A method is provided for supporting mobility of a Mobile Node (MN) in a multi-hop Internet Protocol (IP) network, in which an MN that has moved from a source Personal Area Network (PAN) to a target PAN, sends a Router Solicitation (RS) message with an option for requesting its profile to a gateway of the target PAN, and receives a Router Advertisement (RA) message from the gateway in response to the RS message. The RA message includes a home prefix of the MN as the requested profile. The method supports mobility of MNs, enables unicast communication, and facilitates efficient use of the network.
US08315215B2
Allocation of a plurality of channels in a wireless network is described. The allocation process has each base station serving the sectors in the network scan each unused channel of the plurality of channels in its served sector. The signal quality of each scanned, unused channel is measured and sorted according to the measured signal quality. The quality-sorted unused channels are then ordered according to a statistical algorithm. An ordered list of available channels is generated according to results of the statistical algorithm ordering. This ordered list is broadcast to each access terminal (AT) registered with the base station. New communication between the base station and its registered ATs is then initiated using one of the unused channels in the ordered list.
US08315214B2
A method and apparatus for discontinuous reception desynchronization detection between an enhanced Node B and a user equipment, the method having the steps of: waiting for a predefined event to occur; and upon the predefined event occurring, sending a message from one of the enhanced Node B and the user equipment to the other of the enhanced Node B and user equipment, wherein the message contains one of a request for discontinuous reception period information or discontinuous reception period information, the discontinuous reception period information or discontinuous reception period information being utilized to detect desynchronization.
US08315212B2
A system and method for determining an information communication path based on energy requirements. Various aspects of the present invention provide a method that comprises identifying a plurality of information communication paths that may be utilized to communicate information (e.g., one or more units of information). A communication path identification module may perform such identification. Respective amounts of energy to communicate the information may be estimated for at least a portion of the identified plurality of information communication paths. A communication energy estimation module may perform such estimation. An information communication path may be selected from the identified plurality of information communication paths based, at least in part, on the estimated respective amounts of energy. A communication path selection module may perform such selection.
US08315201B2
In some embodiments, a method for mitigating interference between wireless networks is disclosed. A network communications controller, such as a piconet controller that is new to an area, can monitor for and receive inter-network transmission from adjacent networks and the controller can monitor the received transmission and detect a synchronization parameter of the adjacent networks. The parameter can be an inter-network synchronization beacon that is transmitter on a narrowband channel. The controller can select an unoccupied narrowband channel to transmit inter-network synchronization information and the selected an unoccupied wideband channel to conduct intra-network transmissions. The wideband channel can be associated with the narrowband channel. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
US08315197B2
In one embodiment, a transmitting node may be configured to transmit a wireless advertisement frame over a computer network, wherein the frame includes a source address of a reachable node being advertised, a destination address to which the reachable node is to be advertised, a transmitter address of the transmitting node, and a receiver address of a wireless access point to which the wireless advertisement frame is to be received. Also, the wireless access point may be configured to receive the wireless advertisement frame from the network, and in response, transmit a reflected wireless advertisement frame having the source address of the reachable node, the destination address to which the reachable node is to be advertised, a transmitter address of the access point, and a receiver address that indicates the reflected frame is to be accepted by any appropriate receiver excluding the transmitting node.
US08315190B2
A method and apparatus for interworking between push-to-talk over cellular (PoC) systems and instant messaging (IM) systems is provided. An interworking entity that behaves like a PoC client to a PoC server and as an IM client to the IM server is provided. The interworking entity may be implemented as part of the PoC server or the IM server. The interworking entity listens to talk bursts from the PoC server and when it receives a talk burst the interworking entity sends the message to the IM client via the IM server. In an embodiment, the interworking entity listens to talk bursts or audio clips from the IM server and when it receives them, stores them in a temporary storage memory and converts them to a streaming format. The interworking entity then requests the floor from the PoC server, and, once the floor is granted, streams the stored audio clip or talk burst to the PoC server. The PoC server then distributes the clips to the PoC clients.
US08315189B2
A method for detecting a target cell by a mobile device, the method comprising storing traversed paths of the mobile device, the stored traversed paths each comprising information to identify cells in a sequence of cells traversed by the mobile device referenced to the target cell, compiling information identifying cells traversed by the device in real time to produce current path information, comparing the current path information to the stored traversed paths and inferring from the comparison a relative proximity of the mobile device to the target cell and adapting a search for the target cell based on the relative proximity.
US08315178B2
Systems and methods for message-based advertising in a wireless communications network are described. A digital message is contained in a data packet set in transit from a terminal of a sender to a terminal of a recipient. At least one of the terminals is implemented as a mobile telephone. The digital message is received through a network connection. A processor determines a context for the digital message and matches the message context to content of advertisements stored in an advertisement database in order to identify at least one relevant advertisement. The data packet set is transmitted to the terminal of the recipient. A processor retrieves the relevant advertisement(s) from the advertisement database and generates a confirmation message containing a delivery status of the data packet set. The confirmation message includes the relevant advertisement and is transmitted to the terminal of the sender.
US08315175B2
Instead of alternatively utilizing only one fabric or the other fabric of a redundant pair, both fabrics simultaneously transmit duplicate information, such that each packet forwarding module (PFM) receives the output of both fabrics simultaneously. In real time, an internal optics module (IOM) analyzes each information chunk coming out of a working zero switch fabric; simultaneously examines a parallel output of a working one duplicate switch fabric; and compares on a chunk-by-chunk basis the validity of each and every chunk from both switch fabrics. The IOM does this by examining forward error correction (FEC) check symbols encapsulated into each chunk. FEC check symbols allow correcting a predetermined number of bit errors within a chunk. If the chunk cannot be corrected, then the IOM provides indication to all PFMs downstream that the chunk is defective. Under such conditions, the PFMs select a chunk from the non-defective switch fabric. Under error-free normal conditions, however, the PFMs select a chunk arbitrarily from a default switch fabric. In this way, each chunk in real time is selected from a non-defective source and is thus guaranteed to be error free. Accordingly, if a switch fabric fails, no information chunks are lost anywhere in the system.
US08315172B2
A mobile communication network includes a plurality of access nodes that can serve different roles in support of a communication session with a mobile station. An access node can serve as a connecting node that receives access requests the mobile station, as an anchor node to anchor a radio packet connection with a core network for the communication session; or as a primary node to store session information for the communication session. One or more monitoring entities monitor the availability of the access nodes and broadcast notification messages to other access nodes when an access node failure is detected. The broadcast message includes the identity of the failed access node. Other access nodes may take action to restore connections and recover session information maintained by the failed access node.
US08315170B2
An apparatus for signaling information in a network environment is provided that includes an access gateway operable to establish one or more packet data protocol (PDP) links on behalf of an end user. The access gateway is operable to communicate a message associated with a change in quality of service, locale, or policy enforcement relating to a selected one of the PDP links to a client services packet gateway (CSPG). The CSPG responds to the message by providing an accounting command for the selected PDP link such that synchronization is achieved between accounting information and a state associated with the selected PDP link.
US08315156B2
A system for distributing network traffic among direct hardware access datapaths, comprising: a processor; one or more activated PNICs; a host operating system; and a virtual machine (VM). Each activated PNIC sends and receives data packets over a network. Each activated PNIC is configured with a virtual function. The VM includes a VNIC and a virtual link aggregator configured to maintain a list identifying each activated PNIC. Virtual function mappings for the VM associate the VM with virtual functions for the activated PNICs. The virtual link aggregator selects the first activated PNIC for servicing a network connection and determines a virtual function for the first activated PNIC. The VNIC for the first activated PNIC uses the virtual function to directly transfer network traffic for the network connection between the VM and the first activated PNIC.
US08315155B2
A method for implementing Automatic Protection Switching (APS) between an active board and a standby board includes detecting Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) data of main services, wherein the SDH data is received by a working port of the active board from a working line. If the SDH data received by the working port is detected as abnormal, SDH data of main services received by a protection port of the standby board is selected from a protection line, and service processing is performed for the SDH data.
US08315150B2
A multipoint-to-point, orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) communication system is provided. The system includes a plurality of remote units and a host unit that includes a demodulator. Each of the remote units transmits an upstream OFDM signal using a multiple access scheme to the host unit demodulator using at least one of a plurality of orthogonal tones within an OFDM waveform. The host unit receives the upstream OFDM signals from a plurality of the remote units. Portions of upstream OFDM signals from at least two of the remote units arrive at the host unit at the same time. The host unit demodulator demodulates the portions and the upstream signals from the plurality of remote units arrive at the host unit synchronized in time and frequency within the OFDM waveform.
US08315141B2
An objective-lens-driving apparatus comprising: a base opposed to a signal surface of an optical disc; an objective-lens holder including an objective lens, first and second focusing coils arranged across the objective lens in a tracking direction of the disc, first and second tracking coils arranged across the first-focusing coil in a tangential direction of the disc, and third and fourth tracking coils arranged across the second-focusing coil in the tangential direction, the objective-lens holder being supported on the base movably in a focusing direction of the disc and the tracking direction; and first to fourth magnets arranged on the base to be respectively opposed in the tangential direction to the first to fourth tracking coils, the first and second magnets each having two poles polarized in the tracking direction, magnetization widths of the two poles with respect to the first-focusing coil in the tracking direction being different from each other.
US08315139B2
Methods and systems are provided for recording micro-holograms in a holographic disk. Disk tilting or disk imperfections may cause counter-propagating recording and reference beams to deviate from the target data position in the disk. In some embodiments, a tracking beam is directed to a tracking position in the disk, and deviation of the tracking beam from the tracking position may indicate tracking and/or focusing errors of the recording and/or reference beams. A detector may generate an error signal in response to such errors. A first servo-mechanical system may actuate a first optical head (e.g., transmitting the reference and tracking beams) to compensate for such errors, and a second servo-mechanical system may actuate a second optical head (e.g., transmitting the recording beam) to follow the actuation of the first servo system, such that an interference of the reference beam and the recording beam may be maintained in the target data position.
US08315132B1
A system and method are provided to detect defects in a data storage medium by sampling data read from the data storage medium. Time referenced samples of data read from the data storage medium are equalized to mediate the effects of channel noise and the equalized samples are decoded by a decoder, such as a Viterbi decoder. The decoded signal is then reconstructed through a reconstruction filter to approximate the equalized signal. The equalized data signal and the reconstructed data signal are then combined and compared in a bit-by-bit deconstruction scheme to determine, based on a variation between the signal elements, that a defect exists on the data storage medium. Additional action is then taken to mediate the effects of attempting to process corrupted data based on the defect by isolating the defective bit.
US08315131B2
In an optical disc apparatus, when a signal to be generated corresponding to an amount of reflected light from an optical disc has a signal level below a threshold level for a period exceeding a reference period, a controller controls an actuator to move an objective lens in a direction such that a distance from the optical disc surface to the objective lens increases. The reference period may be set based on a type of the optical disc and a recording or reproducing speed of the optical disc, or based on a surface deflection of the optical disc.
US08315124B2
A method of modeling seismic wave-field data in order to suppress near-surface and sub-surface related multiple reflection signals is provided. The reflection signals include main primary reflection signals, main random noise signals, main multiple reflection signals, residual primary reflection signals, residual random noise signals, and residual multiple reflection signals. Main random noise signals are separated from the reflection signals using a frequency-wavenumber domain method to provide data having suppressed main random noise. Main primary reflection signals are separated from the data having suppressed main random noise using frequency-wavenumber filtering and weighted median filtering to provide data having suppressed main random noise and main primary reflections. Multiple reflection signals are modeled using parabolic path summation on the data having suppressed main random noise and main primary reflections.
US08315115B2
A method for testing a primary memory of control and regulation electronics of a frequency converter is described. The primary memory includes (i) at least one matrix of memory cells, (ii) means for addressing the at least one memory cell matrix, and (iii) a write/read circuit The method includes examining at least a part of the means for addressing with regard to address errors and examining at least a part of the memory cells with regard to cell errors. The examining steps are performed independently of one another. The examining at least a part of the means for addressing includes examining individual address bits of an n-bit wide address bus in steps that are performed independently of one another. The examining is dependent on use of the primary memory for operation of the frequency converter.
US08315107B2
Embodiments include but are not limited to apparatuses and systems including a main memory array, at least one erase status memory cell associated with the main memory array and configured to store a value indicative of an erase completion status of the main memory array, and a control module operatively coupled to the at least one erase status memory cell, the control module configured to perform operations on the main memory array based at least in part on the value stored in the at least one erase status memory cell. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US08315103B2
Integrated circuit flash memory devices, such as NAND flash memory devices, include an array of regular flash memory cells, an array of dummy flash memory cells and an erase controller. The erase controller is configured to concurrently apply a different predetermined bias voltage to the dummy flash memory cells than to the regular flash memory cells during an erase operation of the integrated circuit flash memory device. Related methods are also described.
US08315097B2
A memory string is configured by a plurality of memory transistors and a spare memory transistor connected in series. Word lines are connected to gates of the memory transistors. A spare word line is connected to a gate of the spare memory transistor. The memory string comprises a first semiconductor layer, a charge storage layer, a plurality of first conductive layers, and a second conductive layer. The first semiconductor layer extends in a perpendicular direction with respect to a substrate. The charge storage layer surrounds a side surface of the first semiconductor layer. The plurality of first conductive layers surround a side surface of the first semiconductor layer with the charge storage layer interposed therebetween, and function as the word lines. The second conductive layer surrounds a side surface of the first semiconductor layer with the charge storage layer interposed therebetween, and functions as the spare word line.
US08315096B2
The state of a volatile memory cell is set by grounding a power supply to the volatile memory cell and driving a first bit line to the volatile memory cell to a first defined state. The first defined state of the first bit line is controllable independently of a defined state of a second bit line to the volatile memory cell. A word line of the volatile memory cell is driven to a word line state, and the power supply to the volatile memory cell is ungrounded.
US08315091B2
A storage device includes a plurality of memory elements and a controller. The controller is configured to receive measured characteristics of the memory elements. The measured characteristics correspond to a plurality of values including a first value stored at a first memory element of the plurality of memory elements and a second value stored at a second memory element of the plurality of memory elements. The controller is configured to test whether at least some of the plurality of values match a particular pattern correlated to a disturb condition at the first memory element. The controller is configured to provide a data value corresponding to the first memory element, where the data value is determined at least in part based on a result of the test.
US08315089B2
A phase change memory device having an improved performance that minimizes cell degradation is presented. The phase change memory device includes: a cell array, a sense amplifier, a write driving unit, and a reference level selecting unit. The cell array has a phase change resistor is configured to read/write data. The sense amplifier is configured to compare a reference voltage with a sensing voltage received from the cell array. The write driving unit is configured to supply a driving voltage corresponding to write data to the cell array. The reference level selecting unit is configured to select a read reference voltage in a read mode so as to output the reference voltage, and to select a reference voltage corresponding to input data in a write verifying mode so as to output the reference voltage.
US08315087B2
An MRAM according to the present invention has a magnetoresistance element 1. The magnetoresistance element 1 has: a first magnetic layer 10 including a first region 11 whose magnetization direction is reversible; a second magnetic layer 30 whose magnetization direction is fixed parallel to a magnetization easy axis direction of the first region 11; and a non-magnetic layer 20 sandwiched between the first magnetic layer 10 and the second magnetic layer 30. A domain wall DW is formed at least one end of the first region 11 of the first magnetic layer 10. The second magnetic layer 30 is formed to overlap with the first region and the above-mentioned one end. At a time of data writing, a write current is applied between the first magnetic layer 10 and the second magnetic layer 30.
US08315084B2
The present disclosure provides a dual port static random access memory (SRAM) cell. The dual-port SRAM cell includes four sets of cascaded n-type metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (NMOSFETs), each set of cascaded NMOSFETs having a pull-down device and a pass-gate device; and a first and second pull-up devices (PU1 and PU2) configured with the four pull-down devices to form two cross-coupled inverters, wherein two of the pass-gate devices are configured to form a first port and another two of the pass-gate devices are configured to form a second port.
US08315083B2
Techniques for reducing a voltage swing are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as an apparatus for reducing a voltage swing comprising: a plurality of dynamic random access memory cells arranged in arrays of rows and columns, each dynamic random access memory cell including one or more memory transistors. The one or more memory transistors of the apparatus for reducing a voltage swing may comprise: a first region coupled to a source line, a second region coupled to a bit line, a first body region disposed between the first region and the second region, wherein the first body region may be electrically floating, and a first gate coupled to a word line spaced apart from, and capacitively coupled to, the first body region. The apparatus for reducing a voltage swing may also comprise a first voltage supply coupled to the source line configured to supply a first voltage and a second voltage to the source line, wherein a difference between the first voltage and the second voltage may be less than 3.5V.
US08315082B2
A resistance-changing memory device has a cell array having memory cells, each of which stores as data a reversibly settable resistance value, a sense amplifier for reading data from a selected memory cell in the cell array, and a voltage generator circuit which generates, after having read data of the selected memory cell, a voltage pulse for convergence of a resistive state of this selected memory cell in accordance with the read data.
US08315064B2
An apparatus for detecting pattern alignment error includes a first conductive pattern disposed over a first insulation member with a power source applied of the first conductive pattern; a second insulation member for covering the first conductive pattern; a second conductive pattern disposed on the second insulation member; a conductive via connected to the second conductive pattern and passing through the second insulation member; and an insulation pattern disposed in the first conductive pattern for detecting an alignment error in response to a position of the conductive via. The apparatus for detecting pattern alignment error can detect the alignment of lower wiring in a device with multi-layer wiring.
US08315062B2
A electronic device includes a housing, a PCB, and a fixing mechanism. The PCB defines a mounting hole. The fixing mechanism includes a connecting member, a latch piece, and a screw. The connecting member is fixed to the housing, and it includes a contact portion contact the PCB and defines a cavity adjacent to the contact portion. The contact portion defines a positioning hole communicating with the cavity. The latch piece is slidably received in the cavity and defines a threaded hole. The screw has a diameter smaller than a width of the positioning hole and extends through the mounting hole and the positioning hole and engages in the threaded hole to fix the PCB to the housing.
US08315060B2
An electronic component module includes a circuit substrate including surface mount components mounted thereon, a resin layer embedding the surface mount components, and a conductor layer provided on a surface of the resin layer, wherein a conductive post is provided on the surface mount component, and an external electrode having a ground potential provided on the surface mount component is conductively connected to the conductor layer through the conductive post, whereby the conductor layer defines a shielding layer.
US08315050B2
An ornament attachment mechanism includes a base, a cover, and a post. The base defines a cavity, a first through hole, and a second through hole. The first through hole is coaxial with the second through hole, and the cavity communicates with the first through hole and the second through hole. The cover defines a recessed portion. The post includes a body and a head. The body passes through the second through hole and the second through hole. The head is received in the recessed portion and is retained by the base and the cover. An electronic device using the ornament attachment mechanism is also provided.
US08315045B2
A portable electronic device includes a housing, a resisting member and a keypad. The housing has a receiving recess running through two sides of the housing. The resisting member is formed on the bottom of the receiving recess. The keypad has a plurality of receiving cavities formed at the bottom surface. The keypad is hold by engagement of a receiving cavity with the resisting member and can slid by pushing of the keypad until another receiving cavity receives the resisting member.
US08315037B2
A dielectric ceramic which improves the lifetime characteristics and dielectric breakdown voltage of a laminated ceramic capacitor includes core-shell crystalline grains which have a core-shell structure and homogeneous crystalline grains which have a homogeneous structure. In this dielectric ceramic, the core-shell crystalline grains and the homogeneous crystalline grains are present at an area ratio in the range of 91:9 to 99:1. Preferably, when the mean grain size for the core-shell crystalline grains is represented by R1 and the mean grain size for the homogeneous crystalline grains is represented by R2, the ratio of R2/R1 is 0.8 or more and 3 or less.
US08315036B2
A ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic body and a plurality of external electrodes disposed at a surface of the ceramic body. The external electrodes include a plating layer containing glass particles each coated with a metal film. The plating layer is formed by co-deposition of a plating metal and the metal-coated glass particles.
US08315033B2
In a capacitor body, a single second capacitor unit is interposed between two first capacitor units. The width direction dimension of each of extended portions of first and second internal electrodes included in the first capacitor unit is larger than the width direction dimension of each of extended portions of third and fourth internal electrodes included in the second capacitor unit. The area of each of the respective portions of a first opposed portion of the first internal electrode and a second opposed portion of the second internal electrode, the respective portions being opposed to each other, is smaller than the area of each of respective portions of opposed portions of the third and fourth internal electrodes, the respective portions being opposed to each other. Thus, a multilayer capacitor has a characteristic that is a combination of a low-ESL characteristic of the first capacitor unit and a high-ESR characteristic of the second capacitor.
US08315027B2
A first overcurrent detecting circuit outputs a first time-up signal when a time period, in which an electric current flowing into the wire harness is greater than the first threshold, reaches a first duration time, which corresponds to a first threshold. A second overcurrent detecting circuit outputs a second time-up signal when a time period, in which an electric current flowing into the wire harness is greater than the second threshold, reaches a second duration time, which corresponds to a second threshold. The second threshold is less than the first threshold. The second duration time is longer than the first duration time. A determination circuit determines that an overcurrent flows into the wire harness and cause a control circuit to deactivate the switching element when inputting at least one of the first and second time-up signals.
US08315024B2
Implementations are presented herein that include an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit. The ESD protection circuit includes a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor has a first terminal that is coupled to a first supply line and a bulk that is coupled to a second supply line. The second transistor has a first terminal that is coupled to the second supply line, a bulk that is coupled to the first supply line and a second terminal that is coupled to a second terminal of the first transistor to define a protected node. The ESD protection circuit further includes a current limiting element that has a first terminal that is coupled to the protected node.
US08315015B2
According to one embodiment, a perpendicular magnetic recording head includes a main pole which generates a recording magnetic field, a return pole which forms a closed magnetic circuit for the recording magnetic field, and a side shield magnetically spaced from the main pole in a cross-track direction in which a point on a trailing edge of the side shield which is closest to the main pole is positioned on a leading side of a trailing edge of the main pole.
US08315011B2
A disk drive device includes a bearing unit and a drive unit. The bearing unit includes: a shaft; a sleeve configured to allow relative rotation, with the shaft as the axis; a flange projected in the radial direction of the shaft and configured to rotate integrally with the shaft; a flange housing space portion provided continuously from the sleeve and configured to rotatably house the flange; a counter plate structured with both a first surface, which faces the end surface in the axial direction of the flange and seals the flange housing space portion, and a second surface that is opposite to the first surface. The projected dimension of the flange is designed to be larger than the wall thickness of the flange surrounding wall portion in the radial direction of the flange, the flange surrounding wall portion defining the flange housing space portion.
US08315008B2
According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device includes a magnetic disk, a magnetic head, a position error signal output module, a vibration pattern detector, an adder, and a head positioning controller. The magnetic head moves over the magnetic disk. The position error signal output module outputs a position error signal based on a difference between a head position of the magnetic head over the magnetic disk and a target position on the magnetic disk. The vibration pattern detector detects a vibration pattern of the magnetic head caused by vibration. The adder adds the position error signal to an offset signal indicating amplitude of the vibration pattern. The head positioning controller moves the head position to the target position based on a result of addition by the adder.
US08314999B1
An optical image lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element with positive refractive power and having a convex object-side surface, a second lens element with negative refractive power, a third lens element with negative refractive power and having a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface, and a fourth lens element with refractive power and having a concave image-side surface.
US08314998B2
Disclosed is an imaging lens that has a wide angle of view, a small size in the diametric direction of a lens system, and a good optical performance. An imaging lens includes a first negative lens having a meniscus shape in which a concave surface faces an image side, a second negative lens having a meniscus shape in which a concave surface faces the image side and including at least one aspheric surface, a third positive lens including at least one aspheric surface, an aperture diaphragm, and a fourth positive lens including at least one aspheric surface, which are arranged in this order from an object side. The imaging lens satisfies the following Conditional expression 1: f2/f<−4.5, where f indicates the focal length of the entire system and f2 indicates the focal length of the second lens.
US08314986B2
A transparent electromagnetic wave-shielding filter, containing a support, a conductive layer provided on the support, and a hard coat layer provided on the conductive layer, wherein the conductive layer is formed by subjecting an emulsion layer which contains a silver halide and a binder and is coated on the support, to exposure and developing process, wherein the hard coat layer is formed by coating a coating liquid for forming the hard coat layer with a solvent on the conductive layer, and wherein the emulsion layer contains a compound soluble in the solvent of the coating liquid for forming the hard coat layer.
US08314979B2
Disclosed are color management methods and systems to adaptively tune colors for one or more image marking devices. Specifically, exemplary embodiments include methods and systems to create profiles for preference color matching. For example, Lab values associated with target node colors can be warped using a predefined function for special regions of interest.
US08314976B2
An image reading apparatus comprising: an automatic document feeding apparatus which conveying a document that has a part written by pigment that becomes colorless when heated and is loaded in a document tray to a sheet discharge location via a conveying path that passes through a prescribed reading out position; a reading section for obtaining an image information by reading out optically from the document which is conveyed by the automatic document feeding apparatus at the reading out position; a storage section for storing the image information obtained by reading the document in the reading section; and a heating unit for heating the document in a temperature of the pigment becomes colorless on a downstream side of the reading out position while the document passing through the conveying path.
US08314973B2
A method and a printing implementing the method for dynamic printer performance tuning. The method includes the steps of processing a page to be printed by a printer description language interpreter to generate a Display List, selecting tuning parameters from the Display List data, analyzing the tuning parameters by a Bayesian analyzer to obtain a score for each tuning parameter, and based on the score of each tuning parameter, adjusting rendering settings of the tuning parameters for printing the page. The steps of training the Bayesian analyzer includes creating a set of training pages, rendering each page to determine best performance settings for each tuning parameter, grouping the pages based on tuning parameter settings, generating Display List data of each page, rendering the training pages in each group to compile training data that are saved for future printing jobs.
US08314959B2
A method of adjusting cycle-up criteria of a device based on estimated noise levels, including obtaining a current estimated noise level, adjusting the cycle-up criteria according to the estimated noise level, comparing at least one signal, from which the noise level is estimated, with at least one target value, calculating the difference between the signal and the at least one target value, calculating the calculated difference between the signal and the at least one target value with the adjusted cycle-up criteria; and initiating a print job if the calculated difference falls within the adjusted cycle-up criteria.
US08314957B2
A processing apparatus enabling initial settings to be easily configured as a user desires e.g. upon purchase of the apparatus without unpacking the apparatus from a shipping carton. The processing apparatus comprises a wireless communication unit operable by an AC power supply or a battery, and an EEPROM operable by the AC power supply or the battery and stores initial settings information for the apparatus. An MCU of the processing apparatus determines whether electric power is currently supplied from the AC power supply or from the battery. Further, the MCU determines whether or not power-on history information on the AC power supply has been stored. When the battery is used and no power-on history information has been stored, the MCU rewrites the initial settings information stored in the EEPROM, based on initial settings information received from a dealer's PC by wireless communication.
US08314955B2
The image forming apparatus decodes a two dimensional code within an image and obtains a password; stores the image in a storage unit if the password thus obtained matches a password entered through an operating section; and when an instruction is given by a user to display the image stored in the storage unit on a display unit of the image forming apparatus, displays the image on the display unit of the image forming apparatus without requesting an entry of the obtained password, and when an instruction is given by a user to display the image stored in the storage unit on a display unit of an external device, other than the display unit of the image forming apparatus, requests re-entry of the password for displaying the image on the display unit of the external device.
US08314947B2
A decoding unit decodes, when original data obtained from an original contains symbolic information that is encoded information of a predetermined operation instruction, the symbolic information to obtain the operation instruction. An executing unit executes an operation indicated by the operation instruction obtained by the decoding unit. A reading unit reads a specific area of the original preassigned for the symbolic information. When the symbolic information is obtained from the specific area, the decoding unit decodes the symbolic information obtained from the specific area.
US08314944B2
An image forming device includes a main body casing, a cover configured to be openable and closable with respect to the main body casing, a sensing unit configured to sense an opening-closing operation of the cover, a forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet, a detecting unit configured to perform a detecting operation to detect a deviation of an image forming position of the image to be formed by the forming unit, an accepting unit configured to accept a print request, and a control unit configured to control the detecting unit to perform the detecting operation in response to the print request being accepted when the sensing unit senses an opening-closing operation of the cover after execution of a previous detecting operation, and thereafter to control the forming unit to form the image in the image forming position corrected to cancel the deviation detected in the detecting operation.
US08314942B1
Embodiments of the present invention provide a handheld device comprising an input/output (I/O) module configured to at least one of print and scan images on a surface adjacent to the handheld device, a position module operatively coupled with the I/O module to determine at least one of a position and a velocity of the handheld device, and a filter coupled to the I/O module to regulate a rate of deposition of a printing substance by the I/O module.
US08314936B2
The present invention provides a quantitative evaluation method of fouling of antifouling properties, a fouling evaluation apparatus, and a production method of optical members, which can be applied to various members, and haves high reproducibility and enable to detect a subtle difference between fouling, and an optical layered body having a property of preventing fingerprints from adhering, an anti-contamination property and a degree of recovery from fouling, and a display product including the optical layered body.The present invention pertains to an evaluation method of fouling, wherein light is radiated to a test sample and scattered light reflected off or passing through the test sample is detected to evaluate a degree of fouling of the surface of the test sample.
US08314931B2
Methods and apparatus for standardizing quantitative measurements from a microscope system. The process includes a calibration procedure whereby an image of a calibration slide is obtained through the optics of the microscope system. The calibration slide produces a standard response, which can be used to determine a machine intrinsic factor for the particular system. The machine intrinsic factor can be stored for later reference. In use, images are acquired of a target sample and of the excitation light source. The excitation light source sample is obtained using a calibration instrument configured to sample intensity. The calibration instrument has an associated correction factor to compensate its performance to a universally standardized calibration instrument. The machine intrinsic factor, sampled intensity, and calibration instrument correction factor are usable to compensate a quantitative measurement of the target sample in order to normalize the results for comparison with other microscope systems.
US08314920B2
An origin of a reference coordinate system is assigned to one of a plurality of center points, and center point coordinates according to the reference coordinate system are assigned to remaining center points, so that reference marks successively correspond to center points of a plurality of microscopes fixed to a base. Beam position detection marks disposed between the reference marks with exposure points of exposure heads fixed to the base are crossed to assign beam coordinates according to the reference coordinate system to the exposure points. Thus, alignment may be easily and accurately performed, and is effective for increasingly larger apparatuses.
US08314913B2
A liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a first insulation substrate; a pixel electrode formed on the first insulation substrate, and including a first subpixel electrode and a second subpixel electrode separated from each other; a second insulation substrate facing the first insulation substrate; a common electrode formed on the second insulation substrate and facing the pixel electrode; and a liquid crystal layer formed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode, and including a plurality of liquid crystal molecules, wherein the first and second subpixel electrodes respectively include a plurality of minute branches, and the minute branches of the first subpixel electrode and the minute branches of the second subpixel electrode are alternately disposed in a unit of at least one minute branch.
US08314911B2
The embodiment of the invention provides a liquid crystal panel, comprising a color filter substrate, an array substrate and a layer of liquid crystal molecules interposed between the color filter substrate and the array substrate. The color filter substrate includes a black matrix, color filters, a protection layer and a common electrode formed a substrate, and cut-off patterns used to decrease motion speeds of impurity ions are formed in the common electrode so as to suppress image sticking.
US08314909B2
A liquid crystal display device 100 includes: a liquid crystal layer 1; a front substrate 3 and a rear substrate 2 between which the liquid crystal layer 1 is held; a pair of electrodes 4, 8 between which the liquid crystal layer 1 is interposed and which are configured to apply a voltage across the liquid crystal layer 1; circular polarizers 15, 16 respectively provided on a front side of the front substrate 3 and a rear side of the rear substrate 2; and first and second alignment films 13, 12 respectively provided between the liquid crystal layer 1 and the front substrate 3 and between the liquid crystal layer 1 and the rear substrate 2. The liquid crystal layer 1 includes, in each of the pixels, a continuous wall 10, a plurality of small sections 14 separated by the wall 10, and a plurality of liquid crystal regions 11, each of which is formed in any one of the plurality of small sections 14. The plurality of liquid crystal regions 11 include first and second liquid crystal regions which have directors 20 in a plane parallel to the liquid crystal layer 1, the directors 20 of the first and second liquid crystal regions are oriented in different directions.
US08314907B2
A liquid crystal display comprises a plurality of pixels, each pixel comprising three or more sub-pixels. A first sub-pixel of the three or more sub-pixels comprises a first transmissive part that has a first transmissive area, and a first reflective part having a first reflective area. A second sub-pixel comprises a second transmissive part that has a second transmissive area, and a second reflective part that has a second reflective area. A third sub-pixel comprises a third transmissive part that has a third transmissive area, and a third reflective part that has a third reflective area. At least two among the first transmissive area, the second transmissive area, and the third transmissive area are different in size. The first reflective area, the second reflective area, and the third reflective area are equal in size.
US08314905B2
The invention provides, as an aspect thereof, a transflective liquid crystal display panel that includes: a first substrate that has a plurality of pixel areas, each of the plurality of pixel areas having a transmissive area and a reflective area; and a second substrate that is provided opposite to the first substrate with a liquid crystal layer being sandwiched therebetween. In the configuration of a transflective liquid crystal display panel according to this aspect of the invention, the second substrate has (1) a color filter that corresponds to a plurality of color components, the color filter that corresponds to the plurality of color components having such an array pattern that corresponds to the plurality of pixel areas, (2) a phase difference layer that is formed on the liquid-crystal-layer-side face of the second substrate so as to correspond to the reflective area, and (3) a member that lowers a light transmission factor, the light-transmission-factor reduction member being formed at a region that at least overlaps, when viewed in plan, the side portion of the phase difference layer.
US08314903B2
Disclosed are a color substrate, a manufacturing method thereof and a liquid crystal display. The color substrate comprises a substrate; black matrices disposed on the substrate; color pixels whose material is fluorescent material disposed alternately among the black matrices; a flat encapsulation layer covering the black matrices and the color pixel; and a built-in polarizer attached to the flat encapsulation layer. The manufacturing method comprises forming black matrices on a substrate, and forming color pixels of fluorescent material among the black matrices; form a flat encapsulation layer; and form a built-in polarizer. The liquid crystal display by using the color substrate of the present invention further comprises a array substrate, a liquid crystal layer and a back light wherein wavelength of light emitted by the back light is shorter than of equal to stimulated luminescence critical wavelength of fluorescent material of the color pixels on the color substrate. In the present invention, the color fluorescent material is used for replacing the color resin material on the color substrate, the lamination mode is changed and the energy loss resulting from light-absorbing of the resin material is decreased, which could increase the light utilization efficiency and improve the visual angle characteristic of the liquid crystal display.
US08314900B2
A backlight module that includes a light guide plate, a point light source having a light emitting surface, a first brightness enhancement film disposed above the light guide plate, and a second brightness enhancement film disposed between the light guide plate and the first brightness enhancement film is provided. The light guide plate has a rectangular pre-display area. A reference line intersects a margin of the rectangular pre-display area in 45 degrees. A normal of the light emitting surface intersects the reference line in a first included angle with ±18 degrees based on the reference line. The first brightness enhancement film has first prism structures extended in a first extending direction intersecting the normal in a second included angle with ±25 degrees based on the light emitting surface. The second brightness enhancement film is disposed between the light guide plate and the first brightness enhancement film.
US08314898B2
A display device includes a first substrate, a heating layer formed on the first substrate, an insulating layer having a first opening formed on the heating layer, at least one switching device, two contact pads formed on the insulating layer, and respectively electrically connected to the scan line and the data line, a capacitor, a passivation layer covering the switching device and the capacitor, and a pixel electrode formed on the passivation layer and electrically connected to the drain of the switching device. The source of the switching device is connected to the data line. The passivation layer has a plurality of second openings exposing the contact pads.
US08314893B2
Embodiments of a remote control and a method are provided for automatically adjusting the volume output of an audio device, such as a television. In one embodiment, the remote control includes a wireless transmitter configured to transmit command signals to the audio device, a microphone configured to monitor sound levels external to the remote control, a memory storing a first threshold, and a controller. The controller is configured to: (i) determine a signal-to-noise ratio as a function of the sound levels detected by the microphone, and (ii) transmit via the wireless transmitter a first command to adjust the volume output of the audio device if the signal-to-noise ratio passes the first threshold.
US08314889B2
A video processing apparatus including a signal receiving part for receiving a video signal with a main channel and a sub channel; a video processing part for performing a video process for the received video signal; a display for displaying a video based on the processed video signal; and a controller for controlling the signal receiving part and the video processing part to display identification information of the main channel and the sub channel of the received video signal and selection of the main channel or the sub channel by a user, receive channel selection information of the selected main channel or sub channel from the user, and receive and process the video signal corresponding to the channel selection information.
US08314881B2
A method of tracking and acting on events related to the delivery of a mail piece is provided. An integrated record associated with an addressee of a mail piece is created. The mail piece is given a unique identifier, is associated with the addressee, and is placed in a mail stream with the date and nature of associated delivery events being recorded. After a predetermined delivery event occurs, a follow-up communication is transmitted to the addressee, and the date of this follow-up communication is recorded. The date of any response by the addressee to the follow-up communication is also recorded. To the integrated record associated with the addressee is added the date and nature of the delivery events associated with the mail piece, the date of the follow-up communication, and the date of any response by the addressee to the follow-up communication.
US08314872B2
A mirror 1a transmits a cyan (Cy) ray and reflects an R ray, and a mirror 1d transmits a yellow (Ye) ray and reflects a B ray. The mirrors 1a and 1d are arranged inside a light-transmitting member 3 and are also tilted so that the light reflected from each of them is further reflected from the interface between the light-transmitting member 3 and the air and then incident on an adjacent photosensitive cell. Photosensitive cells 2a and 2d receive the light rays that have been transmitted through the mirrors 1a and 1d, respectively. No mirrors are arranged over photosensitive cells 2b and 2c. The photosensitive cell 2b receives directly incident light and the light ray reflected from the mirror 1a. The photosensitive cell 2c receives the directly incident light and the light ray reflected from the mirror 1d. Color information is obtained by making computations on the output signals of the respective photosensitive cells.
US08314871B2
A pixel drive circuit includes a plurality of pixel circuits each including a photoelectric converting unit for converting an incident light into an electric charge and accumulating the converted electric charge, the plurality of pixel circuits being arranged in a matrix shape, an address decoder for selecting the pixel circuits to be controlled which are arranged on an identical line, a storage circuit for storing operation information to be executed by the pixel circuits selected by the address decoder, and a control circuit for controlling an operation of the pixel circuits selected by the address decoder in accordance with a storage state of the storage circuit. The control circuit controls a charge discharging operation of discharging an electric charge remaining in the photoelectric converting unit of each of the pixel circuits. The storage circuit holds the storage state until the charge discharging operation is completed.
US08314863B2
An image processing device includes: a blurring correction processing unit configured to perform blurring correction processing on output signals of an imaging device having an RGBW array which includes RGB pixels and white (W) pixels, and generate blurring-corrected signals corresponding to each pixels; and a data conversion unit configured to convert the RGBW array into an RGB array; wherein the data conversion unit executes processing of generating blurring-corrected RGB signals (Rd, Gd, Bd) which are blurring-corrected signals corresponding to RGB that have been estimated from blurring-corrected signals generated by the blurring correction processing unit, and applying the blurring-corrected RGB signals (Rd, Gd, Bd) to determine RGB signals values configuring an RGB array.
US08314858B2
An imaging apparatus connectable to an external device includes a recording instruction module which instructs a recording, an imaging module which generates an image signal from an optical image, a memory module which stores the image signal generated by the imaging module, a connecting module which enables connection of the imaging apparatus to the external device, and a control module which controls wiring into the memory module and effects control of an operation of the recording instruction module or an operation responsive thereto.
US08314856B2
In an imaging apparatus, a continuous shooting speed change controlling section (3) generates an instruction to change a continuous shooting speed (in other words, a recording frame rate) to, for example, 30 fps, 150 fps, or 300 fps. When the continuous shooting speed is changed by the continuous shooting speed change controlling section (3), based on this continuous shooting speed, a frame thinning setting section (4) sets, for example, from which image and by what thinning rate images buffered by a frame buffer (2) are extracted. Then, in accordance with frame thinning information set by the frame thinning setting section (4), a frame thinning processing section (5) extracts, from among the images stored in the frame buffer (2), images traced back a predetermined amount of time at a predetermined acquisition interval.
US08314855B2
A reproducing apparatus includes a recording medium mounting detection unit configured to detect that a detachable recording medium is mounted, and a file analysis unit configured to analyze a file recorded in the recording medium. When the recording medium mounting detection unit detects that the recording medium is mounted, representative information that represents recorded content on the recording medium (a representative image and/or a representative title) is acquired from the recording medium and displayed on a display unit prior to file analysis by the file analysis unit.
US08314845B2
A method and system enables the control of an imaging device by an electronic device located remotely to the imaging device. The method includes displaying a media captured by the imaging device at the electronic device using at least one of Bluetooth basic rate technique and Bluetooth enhanced data rate technique. The method also includes controlling, by the electronic device, properties of the imaging device that are associated with capturing of the media using at least one of Bluetooth low energy technique, the Bluetooth basic rate technique and the Bluetooth enhanced data rate technique, thereby controlling capturing of the media by the imaging device and corresponding display of the media at the electronic device. Further, the method includes controlling of display features of imaging device using at least one of audio video remote control profile and audio video control transport protocol.
US08314844B2
Disclosed herein is an image pickup apparatus, including: an image pickup portion configured to capture an image; a detecting portion configured to detect a manipulation made on a display surface, for the image displayed on a display portion; and a grid and dust removing portion configured to carry out removal of grid and dust an image of which appears on the captured image by executing image processing based on a position about the manipulation detected by the detecting portion.
US08314842B2
An imaging apparatus includes an image capturing unit including an image sensor capable of photoelectrically converting a subject image and configured to generate moving image data based on an output signal of the image sensor, a storage unit configured to store foreign substance information including information relating to at least a position and a size of a foreign substance adhered to an optical element disposed on a front side of the image sensor, a detection unit configured to detect a shake amount of the image sensor, a control unit configured to control an image clipping position on an entire screen of the image sensor according to the shake amount of the image sensor detected by the detection unit, and a recording unit configured to record the foreign substance information and information indicating the image clipping position in association with the moving image data.
US08314832B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for generating stereoscopic images for a user based on one or more images captured by one or more scene-facing cameras or detectors and the position of the user's eyes or other parts relative to a component of the system as determined from one or more images captured by one or more user-facing detectors. The image captured by the scene-facing detector is modified based on the user's eye or other position. The resulting image represents the scene as seen from the perspective of the eye of the user. The resulting image may be further modified by augmenting the image with additional images, graphics, or other data. Stereoscopic mechanisms may also be adjusted or configured based on the location or the user's eyes or other parts.
US08314827B2
In a scanner housing of an optical scanner fixed to a main body housing of an image forming apparatus, an opposite wall is disposed between a support wall on which an optical element is supported and a wall of the main body housing. A space at an extreme end of an inner projection has a distance smaller than distances at all other spaces between the support wall and the opposite wall. A space at an extreme end of an outer projection has a distance smaller than distances at all other spaces between the wall of the main body housing and the opposite wall. The space at the extreme end of the inner projection overlaps with the space at the extreme end of the outer projection as viewed from a direction in which the inner projection and the outer projection project.
US08314826B2
Disclosed are an image forming apparatus capable of correcting a color registration error and a method for correcting the color registration error. The image forming apparatus can include an image receptor, a light scanning unit having a plurality of light sources and one or more beam deflectors, a developing unit, a transfer unit, and a color registration error correction unit configured to generate data about a color registration error based on a change in a light output value of the plurality of light source and to correct the color registration error between visible images formed on the image receptor.
US08314825B2
A laser beam direct imaging apparatus and an imaging method which can precisely determine a back-surface-side position with respect to a front-surface-side position even if any kind of photosensitive material is used. In the laser direct imaging apparatus, a laser beam is deflected toward a main scanning direction (X-axis direction) while a workpiece mounted on a table is moved in a sub-scanning direction (Y-axis direction) so that a pattern is imaged on the surface of the workpiece. Hollow pins are disposed on the table so that the tips of the hollow pins 20 project over the surface of the table by a predetermined distance. The workpiece is sucked onto the table so that indentations (indentations by the tips of the hollow pins) are formed on the back surface of the workpiece. When a pattern is imaged on the back surface, imaging is performed with reference to the indentations.
US08314824B2
An optical scanning apparatus, including an incident system that allows a beam from the light source to enter to deflector; and an imaging system that images the beam deflected by the deflector on a scanning surface, in which the incident system includes a first and second systems, the first system includes first and second elements each having a positive power with rotational symmetry, the light source is positioned at a shorter distance from the front focus position of the first element, the first element is formed integrally as a unit, powers of the second element and the first system, magnifications within main and sub-scanning sections of entire system, and focus movement within the main and sub-scanning sections on the scanning surface when the second element is moved in the optical axis direction are appropriately set.
US08314823B2
A printer comprises a moveable print head such that print elements of the print head are able to print to two streams of media having different physical locations.
US08314814B2
According to one embodiment, an imaging system includes a processing system and a display generator. The processing system is operable to process a signal received from a camera to yield foveal data for a foveal display region and outer data for an outer display region. The outer data have a reduced pixel density with respect to the pixel density of the foveal data. The display generator is operable to generate the foveal display region from the foveal data according to a 1:n mapping ratio, and generate the outer display region from the outer data according to a 1:m mapping ratio, where m is greater than n.
US08314810B2
A system for identifying prior selection of specific display information on an EPG. In one embodiment, a user selects an object on a screen, and upon selection of the object, an attribute of the object (e.g., color, transparency, etc.) is modified. The modified value is saved into memory so the user may later identify that the specific object was selected. Each subsequent selection will modify the attribute further, allowing the user to identity that the object was selected a number of times. In one embodiment, the attribute will continue to be modified until a specific expiration limit has been reached.
US08314804B2
This application describes a system that captures 3D geometry commands from a first 3D graphics process and stores them in a shared memory. A second 3D environment process creates a 3D display environment using a display and display hardware. A third process obtains the 3D commands and supplies them to the hardware to place 3D objects in the 3D environment. The result is a fused display environment where 3D objects are displayed along with other display elements. Input events in the environment are analyzed and mapped to the 3D graphics process or the environment where they affect corresponding processing.
US08314803B2
An arithmetic logic stage in a graphics processor unit pipeline includes a number of arithmetic logic units (ALUs) and at least one buffer that stores pixel data for a group of pixels. Each clock cycle, the buffer stores one row of a series of rows of pixel data. A deserializer deserializes the rows of pixel data before the pixel data is placed in the buffer. After the buffer accumulates all rows of pixel data for a pixel, then the pixel data for the pixel can be operated on by the ALUs.
US08314802B2
There are provided a display apparatus and a control method thereof. The display apparatus includes: a display unit displaying an image; an image processing unit which processes an input image signal of a predetermined initial data bit and provides the processed image signal to the display unit; a storage unit which stores a predetermined coefficient of color temperature; and a controller which controls the image processing unit to convert the input image signal to an image signal of a first data bit bigger than the initial data bit and to multiply the image signal of the first data bit by the color temperature coefficient.
US08314800B2
Three-digital micromirror devices (“DMD”) are used to alter the shape of light that is projected onto a stage. The DMDs each receive a primary color and selectively reflects some light of that color, thereby shaping the light that is projected onto the stage. The control for the alteration is controlled by an image. That image can be processed, thereby carrying out image processing effects on the shape of the light that is displayed. One preferred application follow the shape of the performer and illuminates the performer using a shape that adaptively follows the performer's image. This results in a shadowless follow spot.
US08314791B2
A computer implemented method of determining a view impact of a target structure, the method constituted of: loading a 3D scene; determining a view point and direction of interest of the loaded 3D scene; rendering, without the target structure, a plane of the loaded 3D scene image perpendicular to the determined view point and direction of interest at a distance from the view point distal of the target structure; counting the number of pixels for the rendered plane without the target structure; rendering, with the target structure, a plane of the loaded 3D scene image perpendicular to the determined view point and direction of interest at the distance from the view point distal of the target structure; counting the number of pixels for the rendered plane with the target structure; and calculating the difference between the counted pixels with the target structure and the counted pixels without the target structure.
US08314788B2
An organic light emitting display device capable of displaying an image having a uniform luminance is disclosed. The organic light emitting display device includes a scan driver for supplying a scan signal to scan lines, supplying a control signal to control lines and supplying a light emitting control signal to light emitting control lines. The device also includes a data driver for supplying a data signal to data lines and pixels, each pixel including an organic light emitting diode, a second transistor connected to the scan lines and the data lines, a first transistor connected between a second electrode of the second transistor and the organic light emitting diode, a storage capacitor having one terminal connected to a gate electrode of the first transistor and the other terminal connected to the control lines, and a third transistor connected between a gate electrode and a second electrode of the first transistor.
US08314780B2
A touch device includes a touch pad and a base having an accommodating region and at least one first conductor. The touch pad is received in the accommodating region and subjected to a force to generate a changeable position relative to the base. The touch pad has a touch surface consisting of a plurality of capacitive sensors and at least one second conductor connected with at least one of the capacitive sensors. The second conductor is electrically connected with the first conductor. Capacitances measured from the capacitive sensors are substantially different between the touch surface touched with a conductive object and the second conductor connected with the first conductor, which is connected to a fixed voltage, current or a ground. Therefore, a control unit connected to the capacitive sensors can generate different control signals from the connecting state between the first conductor and the second conductor.
US08314779B2
A controller for detection of touches by a single finger or multiple fingers on a touch panel, the touch panel including a first group of electrodes arranged in a first direction and a second group of electrodes arranged in a second direction, thereby forming a plurality of crossover points. The controller includes: a plurality of signal drivers coupled to the first group of electrodes and configured to excite the first group of electrodes sequentially using a spread spectrum signal; a plurality of signal sensors coupled to the second group of electrodes and configured to detect peaks and troughs of capacitive coupled signals at the second group of electrodes, the detecting being performed simultaneously for the crossover points along a current one of the first group of electrodes that is being excited; and a signal processing device configured to detect the touches on the touch panel and to determine touch positions and touch movements, based on the detected peaks and troughs of the capacitive coupled signals.
US08314768B2
A backlight unit includes light source groups, a converter, a compensator, a detector and a protector. Each of the light source groups includes a light source, and the converter boosts an input voltage to a driving voltage that is supplied to the light source groups. The compensator is connected to the light source groups and compensates a deviation between currents fed back to the compensator from each of the light source groups. The detector is connected between the compensator and the light source groups and detects a maximum voltage from among feedback voltages fed back to the compensator from each of the light source groups. The protector is connected to the detector and receives the maximum voltage, and compares the maximum voltage to a reference voltage to generate a compared result. The protector outputs a protection signal to the converter based on the compared result.
US08314761B2
A processing portion for conversion from RGB to RGBW includes a W generating circuit, a sub-pixel rendering circuit, a W intensity calculating portion which transmits a W intensity setting value to a W generating circuit, and a low power backlight control circuit which expands data on the basis of the RGBW pixels generated by the sub-pixel rendering portion and lowers the backlight in accordance with the amount by which the data is expanded. The inputted RGB data is used as the RGBW data with the W intensity calculated by the W intensity calculating portion. A backlight control signal is generated based on the amount of data expansion in the sub-pixel rendering portion. Deterioration (darkness) of image quality due to a reduction in the brightness of a single color as a result of the conversion from RGB pixels to RGBW pixels is prevented and a reduction in the power is achieved.
US08314757B2
An apparatus for driving light emitting elements includes a constant-current driver arranged for each of arrays of light emitting elements including a constant-current drive element and a current regulator; a first selector configured to select one having a highest signal level from among control signals of the constant-current drivers and output the selected control signal; a second selector configured to select a lowest one from among output voltages of the constant-current drivers and output a signal representative of the selected output voltage; a differential amplifier configured to output an amplified differential signal that is obtained by amplifying a difference between the signals output from the first and second selectors; and a power source circuit configured to control, according to the amplified differential signal, a voltage supplied to a second end of each of the arrays of light emitting elements.
US08314755B2
In an image display device, a transistor formed in each pixel circuit is an N-channel transistor. Each pixel circuit further comprises an enable switch disposed in a current path supplying electric current to a light-emitting element and a supplementary capacitor for controlling changes in voltage of a terminal of a holding capacitor at one end opposite another terminal connected with writing switch. The light-emitting element is connected between the source of a driver transistor for supplying a current to the light-emitting element and a low-voltage side power line, an enable switch is connected between the drain of the driver transistor and a high-voltage side power line, and supplementary capacitor is connected between the drain of driver transistor and a predetermined power line.
US08314754B2
Variation occurs in transistor characteristics. The present invention relates to a signal line driver circuit comprising a plurality of current source circuits respectively corresponding to a plurality of wirings, characterized in that: the plurality of current source circuits each comprise capacitor means and supply means; and the plurality of current source circuits each convert a supplied current into a voltage in accordance with a video signal, and supply a current corresponding to the converted voltage.
US08314748B2
An antenna system includes a heptagonal antenna array having one center antenna element and seven circumferentially surrounding antenna elements offering improved near and far sidelobe rejection, which is well suited for mechanically-gimbaled and time delayed electrical steering antenna applications.
US08314746B2
A wireless encoder for encoding a plurality of wireless communication devices carried by media comprises a shielded enclosure having an exterior surface defining an aperture; a wireless signal generator to excite the shielded enclosure; and a media path along which media carrying a plurality of wireless communication devices travels. The media path passes across the aperture outside the shielded enclosure.
US08314740B2
A magnetic field focusing assembly includes a magnetic field generating device configured to generate a magnetic field, and a split ring resonator assembly configured to be magnetically coupled to the magnetic field generating device and configured to focus the magnetic field produced by the magnetic field generating device.
US08314739B2
A wideband antenna includes a first radiating element and a second radiating element which are substantially in the same shape of a flat plate. A first side of the first radiating element is parallel to a second side of the second radiating element. Moreover, the first and second radiating elements are so arranged as to be shifted from each other with part of the first side facing part of the second side. If the first and second radiating elements thus arranged are moved in parallel so that the first and second sides face each other and are parallel to each other, the first and second sides substantially have line symmetry.Electricity is supplied to the first and the second radiating elements at a predetermined position where part of the first side faces part of the second side.
US08314738B2
A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing, a printed circuit board (PCB) carried within the portable housing, wireless transceiver circuitry carried by the PCB within the portable housing, and an antenna carried by the PCB within the portable housing and connected to the wireless transceiver circuitry. The device may further include a first pair of electrically floating, electrically conductive, spaced apart, antenna beam shaping elements adjacent the antenna and spaced apart therefrom. A second pair of electrically floating, electrically conductive, spaced apart, antenna beam shaping elements may be adjacent the antenna and spaced apart therefrom. The first pair of antenna beam shaping elements may be positioned in an offset relationship relative to the second pair of antenna beam shaping elements.
US08314724B2
In one embodiment, the present invention includes a de-serializer to receive serial data at a first rate and to output a parallel data frame corresponding to the serial data aligned to a frame alignment boundary in response to a phase control signal received from a feedback loop coupled between the de-serializer and a receiver logic coupled to an output of the de-serializer. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US08314695B2
A tracking system includes a global positioning system (GPS) module and a modem for mobile communications both attached to a pet (or other trackee), and a virtual fence (which includes a base station sending a signal to a certain range and a receiver attached to the pet (or other trackee) and receiving the signal sent by a base station when the receiver is within the range of the base station). A portable virtual fence system includes a signal-sending base station, and a signal-receiver worn by a to-be-fenced pet or other trackee. Advantageously, the base station is portable. The size of the virtual fence can be expanded to fit any shaped geometry using signal repeater or transceiver devices. In addition, more than one pet can be tracked using a single virtual fence and base station.
US08314694B2
The present invention is concerned with an alarm system and a method for suppressing redundant alarms in a monitored system. The alarm system comprises a process control unit, an FDI unit, a filter, and an alarm display unit. The process control unit detects anomalies in the monitored system and generates alarms corresponding to them. The FDI unit diagnoses failures in the monitored system and generates a failure-cause-effect graph comprising a list of generated alarms, along with the alarms corresponding to the causes and effects of each listed alarm. The FDI unit dynamically updates the failure-cause-effect graph concurrently with the generation of alarms by the process control unit and the diagnosis of failures by the FDI unit. The filter receives the generated alarms and identifies redundant and not-yet-classified alarms from the received alarms, by using the failure-cause-effect graph. The filter suppresses the identified redundant alarms and passes on non-redundant and the not-yet-classified alarms to the alarm display unit, for display.
US08314691B2
One embodiment of such a method of assisting a driver of a vehicle comprises receiving a command from the driver attesting that the driver has performed one of a plurality of driving requisites; in response to receipt of the command, presenting an audible cue commending the driver for performing one of the plurality of driving requisites; tracking an amount of time that elapses before the command attesting to performance of a respective driving requisite is received; and in response to the amount of time exceeding a threshold for the respective driving requisite, presenting an audible cue intending to remind the driver about the respective driving requisite being tracked that has exceeded the respective threshold.
US08314683B2
A method for responding to incidents includes receiving incident information corresponding to an incident at an incident location. An incident scenario is generated based at least in part on the incident information, where the incident scenario identifies a number of responders for responding to the incident. A responder is identified based at least in part on an incident effectiveness of the responder with respect to the incident, where the incident effectiveness is based at least in part on past performance of the responder. A request for assistance with the incident is sent to a mobile device of the responder.
US08314678B2
A consumable holder for use in an appliance configured to perform an operation cycle related to a consumable in the consumable holder, in response to a cycle structure, has or is enabled to acquire information about the cycle structure. The information about the cycle structure can be communicated to the appliance for use by the appliance to change the cycle structure and thereby change the operation cycle related to the consumable.
US08314665B2
A nano electromechanical integrated circuit filter and method of making. The filter comprises a silicon substrate; a sacrificial layer; a device layer including at least one resonator, wherein the resonator includes sub-micron excitable elements and wherein the at least one resonator possess a fundamental mode frequency as well as a collective mode frequency and wherein the collective mode frequency of the at least one resonator is determined by the fundamental frequency of the sub-micron elements.
US08314662B2
A temperature compensation method for a piezoelectric oscillator including a piezoelectric vibrator having a frequency temperature characteristic with a hysteresis characteristic, and an oscillation circuit which oscillates the piezoelectric vibrator and outputs an oscillation signal, wherein, to a temperature compensation circuit which can calculate a quantity of temperature compensation using frequency temperature information indicating a temperature characteristic of an oscillation frequency of the piezoelectric vibrator and temperature information of the piezoelectric vibrator at the time of oscillation of the oscillation signal, the oscillation signal and the frequency temperature information are outputted, includes: calculating, as the frequency temperature information, an intermediate value between elevated-temperature frequency temperature information of the piezoelectric vibrator that is generated in the case where ambient temperature of the piezoelectric vibrator is elevated, and lowered-temperature frequency temperature information of the piezoelectric vibrator that is generated in the case where the ambient temperature is lowered.
US08314660B2
An apparatus and method for effectively implementing a unit Gm cell includes an input P that receives an input P signal and an input N that receives an input N signal. The unit Gm cell further includes an output P that generates an output P signal that is connected through a first bias resistor to the input N. The unit Gm cell also includes an output N that generates an output N signal that is connected through a second bias resistor to the input P. The unit Gm cell features level-shifting resistors that cause the output P signal and the output N signal to be at different respective voltage levels. A Vcore supply voltage may thus be reduced by a voltage potential across the level-shifting resistors to operate the unit Gm cell with a reduced Vcore supply voltage.
US08314647B2
Embodiments of a dynamic leakage control circuit for use with graphics processor circuitry are described. The dynamic leakage control circuit selectively enables back biasing of the transistors comprising the graphics processor circuits during particular modes of operation. The back biasing levels are controlled by two separate power rails. A first power rail is coupled to an existing power supply and the second power rail is coupled to a separate adjustable voltage regulator. A separate voltage regulator may also be provided for the first power rail. A hardware-based state machine or software process is programmed to detect the occurrence of one or more modes of operation and adjust the voltage regulators for the first and second power rails to either enable or disable the back biasing state of the circuit, or alter the threshold voltage of the circuit within a specified voltage range.
US08314645B2
A signal processing device includes: a wiring unit including a plurality of signal input terminals, wirings extending from the signal input terminals, and a wiring concentration section on which the wirings are concentrated; a plurality of electronic circuit units, each including a device that outputs a signal, an output control section that controls a timing at which the device outputs the signal, and a signal output terminal coupled to the signal input terminal; and a control unit that supplies a reference timing signal to the plurality of electronic circuit units, wherein each of the output control section controls a timing at which the signal is output based on the reference timing signal and phase difference information indicative of a phase difference between the signal and the reference timing signal.
US08314639B2
A frequency divider includes a plurality of logic circuit blocks. Each of the logic circuit blocks has a plurality of control terminals. At least one of the control terminals of one of the logic circuit blocks is arranged to receive an input clock signal having a first duty cycle. At least one of the remaining control terminals of the one of the logic circuit blocks is arranged to couple another one of the logic circuit blocks by a positive feedback. A clock signal at the at least one of the remaining control terminals has a second duty cycle different from the first duty cycle.
US08314636B2
A field programmable gate array (“FPGA”) is provided having integrated application specific integrated circuit (“ASIC”) fabric. The ASIC fabric may be used to implement one or more custom or semi-custom hard blocks within the FPGA. The ASIC fabric can be made up of a “custom region” and an “interface region.” The custom region can implement the custom or semi-custom ASIC design and the interface region can integrate and connect the custom region to the rest of the FPGA circuitry. The custom region may be based on a structured ASIC design. The interface region may allow the ASIC fabric to be incorporated within the hierarchical organization of the FPGA, allowing the custom region to connect to the FPGA circuitry in a seamless manner.
US08314635B2
A method of designing integrated circuits includes providing a first chip and a second chip identical to each other. Each of the first chip and the second chip includes a base layer including a Logic Transistor Unit (LTU) array. The LTU array includes LTUs identical to each other and arranged in rows and columns. The method further includes connecting the base layer of the first chip to form a first application chip; and connecting the base layer of the second chip to form a second application chip different from the first application chip.
US08314630B2
A test section unit provided to a test head body includes a plurality of sockets to be attached with electronic devices to be tested and a performance board as a main substrate. All of the sockets are provided with the performance board without an intervening a socket board.
US08314628B2
The present invention provides a method and device for determining, in a non-destructive way, carrier concentration level and junction depth in a semiconductor substrate, independent from each other, during a single measurement.
US08314627B2
A latent-image measuring device that measures the state of a photoconductor. The latent-image measuring device emits a charged-particle beam to the photoconductor to detects a charged-particle signal obtained through the emission of the charged-particle beam. The latent-image measuring device then exposes the photoconductor a plurality of times to form electrostatic latent images on the photoconductor, and measures an amount of change in latent-image depth while changing a time interval between a plurality of exposures.
US08314609B2
The invention relates to a device for piloting an aircraft, having at least one piloting member which is movable about at least one axis of rotation equipped with at least one contactless angular position sensor including a stator assembly and a rotor assembly which are movable in relation to one another about an axis of rotation, at least one magnetic-field-sensitive element which is radially offset in relation to the axis of rotation, interlinked on one of the assemblies and placed opposite the magnetic structure interlinked on the other of the assemblies, and comprises: a plurality of Hall effect detecting cells, a supply and measuring circuitry which is configured for selecting, for each detecting cell supplied with power, a predetermined value of a compensation coefficient Gk depending on the position in relation to the axis of rotation of this powered detecting cell, and for applying this compensation coefficient value Gk by modifying at least one intensity and/or voltage signal, such that errors caused by the radial offset are corrected.
US08314608B2
In one aspect of the present invention a method of determining a distance to a ferrous material comprises providing a plurality of magnetometers spaced at varying distances from a ferrous material, detecting a ferrous material with each of the plurality of magnetometers individually, establishing one of the plurality of magnetometers as a primary magnetometer, obtaining sensor readings from each of the plurality of magnetometers, forming a first ratio of the differences in the sensory readings of the primary magnetometer to the sensory readings of the other magnetometers, forming a second ratio of the differences in inversely cubed distances to the ferrous material from the primary magnetometer to inversely cubed distances to the ferrous material from the other magnetometers, setting the first ratio and the second ratio equal to each other, and calculating the distance to the ferrous material from the plurality of magnetometers.
US08314603B2
A network cable includes a data cable with cable connectors at opposing ends. A tracer optical waveguide is connected to the data cable, e.g., within the same jacket or by connectors such as heat shrink tubing. The ends of the tracer optical waveguide are physically separate from corresponding ends of the optical waveguide, e.g., the ends of the tracer optical waveguide furcate from the data cable. In use, a light signal is introduced into one end of the tracer optical waveguide, e.g., by Visual Fault Locator, and the light signal is emitted and can be observed from the opposing end, thereby identifying corresponding ends of the tracer optical waveguide, and thus, opposing ends of the connected data cable.
US08314602B2
A converter cell module and a voltage source converter system. The converter cell module includes at least two switching elements, means for energy storage and an autotransformer. The autotransformer is arranged to bypass the converter cell module in the case of failure occurring in the converter cell module.
US08314599B2
A DC-DC converter has an error amplifier, a first control unit and an oscillator. The error amplifier amplifies an error voltage between an output voltage and a set voltage, the output voltage being outputted from an inductance element by feeding an input voltage to an inductance element in a predetermined cycle. The first control unit controls the output voltage to a set voltage by causing a switching operation of a switch element in response to an output of the error amplifier, the switch element forming a path for input voltage feed to the inductance. The oscillator generates a periodical signal at the time of switching the switch element. The oscillator handles an oscillation cycle as a short cycle in comparison to any prior cycles, in response to a drop in the output voltage from the set voltage by an amount equivalent to a first voltage value or more.
US08314596B2
The invention relates to a poly-phase reactive power compensator 1 comprising for each phase a, b, c a reactive power means 3a, 3b, 3c; 2a, 2b, 2c. The poly-phase reactive power compensator 1 further comprises means 21, 22, 23; 31, 32, 33 for transferring susceptance between the phases a, b, c. The invention also provides a control device for controlling the poly-phase reactive power compensator 1.
US08314593B2
A power-saving line interactive UPS has a power switch set, a low-frequency transformer, a full-bridge circuit, a main controller, a charge and discharge mode controller, a rechargeable battery and a high-frequency charging circuit. The high-frequency circuit is connected between an AC power input terminal and the rechargeable battery to convert the AC power into a DC power and charge the rechargeable battery. Therefore, when the AC power is normally supplied and the power capacity of the rechargeable battery is not full, the high-frequency charging circuit is activated to charge the rechargeable battery without charging the rechargeable battery through the low-frequency transformer and the full-bridge switching circuit, thereby effectively reducing overall power consumption.
US08314586B2
The adapting system for a resonant drive appliance includes a circuit for measuring the back EMF induced in the stator coil of the motor following turn-off of the appliance. The frequency of the back EMF signal is determined from the zero crossings of the EMF signal. The determined frequency is then compared with a running average of previous frequency determinations, and the drive frequency of the appliance is adjusted if the difference between the compared frequencies is greater than a threshold value, e.g. 1 Hz.
US08314576B2
Methods and apparatuses for detecting faults and optimizing phase currents in an electromechanical energy converter are disclosed. An example method comprises: measuring a current of a phase of the electromechanical energy converter, modeling the electromechanical energy converter with the current measurement input into a field reconstruction module, calculating a flux linkage of the electromechanical energy converter, comparing the flux linkage with a flux linkage from a no fault electromechanical energy converter, and optimizing the current of the phase of the electromechanical energy converter in response to the comparison. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US08314571B2
Color temperature of a lighting apparatus that includes a first LED that emits a white light with a first color temperature and a second LED that emits a white light with a second color temperature is managed. The two LEDs are connected in parallel anode to cathode so that current flowing in one direction turns on the first LED and current flowing in the opposite direction turns on the second LED. A controller manages a duty cycle of an alternating current flowing through the two LEDs to control the color temperature and/or the brightness of the lighting apparatus.
US08314562B2
A lamp includes a lighting module providing illumination, a control unit, and a detecting unit. The control unit is connected or not connected to the lighting module. The detecting unit is coupled to the control unit. The detecting unit detects operational statuses of the lighting module and sends a detection result to the control unit. The control unit controls the lighting module or an alarm unit to enter an alarm mode based on the detection result. A user can immediately know the operational statuses by the alarm unit and take necessary actions to assure normal operation of the lamp.
US08314555B2
A lamp including a two-sided source plate, a plurality of light sources, a lens, a diffuser plate, and a driver insulator is disclosed. One set of the light sources generates white light and is attached to one side of the source plate. Another set of the light sources generates colored light and is attached to the source plate's other side. The lens encapsulates the white light-generating set, and redirects that white light. The driver insulator and the diffuser plate are each in contact with the source plate's other side. The driver insulator, diffuser plate, and that side of the source plate define a light box region that contains the colored light-generating set of light sources. The driver insulator acts as a reflector, and the diffuser plate acts as a diffuser, such that colored light is dispersed from the light box region through the diffuser plate.
US08314553B2
A discharge lamp comprising a holed metallic structure that serves as a support for an amalgam Bi—In—X—Hg, a method for controlling pressure of mercury within discharge lamps and a process for manufacturing of the lamps are described.
US08314552B2
Phosphor layer arrangement for use with light emitting diodes. In an aspect, a light emitting diode apparatus is provided that includes a least one light emitting diode, an encapsulation covering the at least one light emitting diode, a lens having a phosphor layer formed upon a bottom surface, the lens positioned to cover at least part of the encapsulation, and an air gap between the phosphor layer and the encapsulation. In an aspect, a light emitting diode lamp is provided that includes a package, a least one light emitting diode, an encapsulation covering the at least one light emitting diode, a lens having a phosphor layer formed upon a bottom surface, wherein the lens is positioned to cover at least part of the encapsulation, and an air gap between the phosphor layer and the encapsulation.
US08314542B2
Provided is an organic electroluminescence device. The organic electroluminescence device includes: a first device including a first substrate, a first electrode, a first organic light emitting layer and a second electrode, the first electrode, the first organic light emitting layer and the second electrode being sequentially stacked on the first substrate; a second device facing the first device and including a second substrate, a third electrode, a second organic light emitting layer and a fourth electrode, the third electrode, the second organic light emitting layer and the fourth electrode being sequentially stacked on the second substrate; and a bonding layer bonding the first device with the second device, wherein one of lights emitted from the first and second organic light emitting layers resonates in one of the first device or the second device.
US08314537B2
A bulb-type LED lamp (1) has a bulb (3) mounted on a socket (5). A light source (7), comprising a plurality of LEDs mounted on a PCB (9), is arranged inside the bulb (3). The PCB (9) acts as and/or is connected to cooling means (21). The outer surface (15) of the bulb is formed both by light transmittable surface (22) and/or sub-areas (23) thereof and the cooling means (21), which cooling means extend from inside the bulb into the outer surface of the bulb. Surfaces are mutually flush at locations at the outer surface of the bulb where said surfaces of both the cooling means and the light transmittable sub-areas border each other. The spatial light intensity distribution of the lamp of the invention is significantly improved over the prior art bulb-type LED lamp.
US08314536B2
An inexpensive piezoelectric sensor where noise unlikely occurs and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. A piezoelectric body (2) made of polymeric material, a first electrode-supporting portion (3) disposed at one side of the piezoelectric body (2) and supporting a signal electrode (3b) on a first insulator (3a), and a second electrode-supporting portion (4) disposed at the other side of the piezoelectric body (2) and supporting a ground electrode (4b) on a second insulator (4a) are included, and the first electrode-supporting portion (3) and the second electrode-supporting portion (4) are arranged so that the signal electrode (3b) and the ground electrode (4b) overlap each other in a layering direction.
US08314534B2
An object is to provide a crystal device in which an influence due to an electroconductive adhesive is reduced, and vibration characteristics of a crystal piece are favorably maintained. A configuration is such that in a crystal device including: a container main body having a concavity, with a crystal retention terminal formed in a bottom face of the concavity, and with a mounting terminal that is electrically connected to the crystal retention terminal formed on an outer bottom face; a crystal piece accommodated in the concavity, with an excitation electrode formed on both main faces, and with a support electrode that is electrically connected to the excitation electrode using a connecting electrode, formed on both sides of one end portion, and with the support electrode bonded to the crystal retention terminal with an electroconductive adhesive; and a cover that is connected to an open end face of the container main body and hermetically seals the crystal piece, there is provided a jetty being a main face of the crystal piece, and that protrudes on a periphery of the support electrode, and the jetty is formed integral with the crystal piece.
US08314527B2
A flywheel levitation apparatus and associated method are described for use in a flywheel driven power storage system having a rotor and which provides for an upward vertical movement of the rotor along an axis of rotation. The rotor includes a rotor face defining a cutaway section. A magnetic lifting force is applied to the rotor to at least in part serve in levitating the rotor. The magnetic lifting force exhibits a modified gap sensitivity that is smaller as compared to a conventional gap sensitivity that would be exhibited in an absence of the cutaway section.
US08314515B2
A system corrected programmable integrated circuit is applied to a power supply and includes a comparator unit, a digital output unit and a programming unit. The comparator unit includes an external feedback voltage input end and a reference voltage input end for inputting a feedback voltage and a reference voltage respectively, such that when the feedback voltage equals the reference voltage, the comparator unit transmits a control signal to the digital output unit. When receiving the control signal, the digital output unit stops outputting the reference voltage and the current reference voltage is recorded as a programming voltage for outputting to the programming unit. When receiving the programming voltage, the programming unit programs the programming voltage and transmits the voltage to the reference voltage input end. Accordingly, the present invention automatically detects and compensates a system error to reduce external element, yet still achieving a qualified range of product specification.
US08314509B2
A movable barrier operator system wherein one or more of the various components of the system is configured to operate selectively in at least either of two operational modes. Each operating mode is characterized by a corresponding energy usage profile. The operational status of the system is monitored and operating modes are selected that serve both to substantially ensure proper operation given current likely operational expectations and an overall desire to reduce energy consumption.
US08314500B2
An interconnection structure suitable for flip-chip attachment of microelectronic device chips to packages, comprising a two, three or four layer ball-limiting metallurgy including an adhesion/reaction barrier layer, and having a solder wettable layer reactive with components of a tin-containing lead free solder, so that the solderable layer can be totally consumed during soldering, but a barrier layer remains after being placed in contact with the lead free solder during soldering. One or more lead-free solder balls is selectively situated on the solder wetting layer, the lead-free solder balls comprising tin as a predominant component and one or more alloying components.
US08314499B2
Disclosed are semiconductor die packages, systems, and methods therefor. An exemplary package comprises a patterned conductive layer having a first surface, a second surface, and a first thickness between its first and second surfaces; a semiconductor die disposed over the first surface of the patterned conductive layer and electrically coupled thereto; a plurality of conductive bodies disposed at the second surface of the patterned conductive layer and electrically coupled thereto, each conductive body having a thickness that is greater than the first thickness; and a body of electrically insulating material disposed on the semiconductor die and a portion of the first surface of the patterned conductive layer. A further embodiment farther comprises a second semiconductor die disposed over the second surface of the patterned conductive layer and electrically coupled thereto.
US08314487B2
A semiconductor package includes a curved body and a plurality of semiconductor die. The curved body includes first and second opposing end regions and an intermediate center region. The curved body has a first inflection point at the center region, a second inflection point at the first end region and a third inflection point at the second end region. The center region has a convex curvature with a minimal extremum at the first inflection point, the first end region has a concave curvature with a maximal extremum at the second inflection point and the second end region has a concave curvature with a maximal extremum at the third inflection point. The plurality of semiconductor die are attached to an upper surface of the curved body between the maximal extrema.
US08314486B2
A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: providing a base substrate having a component side; mounting a device over the component side; forming a shield connector on the component side adjacent the device; forming a package interconnect on the component side outside a region having the shield connector and the device; applying an encapsulant around the package interconnect, the shield connector, and the device; and mounting a shield structure on the encapsulant, the shield connector, and the device, with the package interconnect partially exposed.
US08314483B2
A three dimensional (3D) stacked chip structure with chips having on-chip heat spreader and method of forming are described. A 3D stacked chip structure comprises a first die having a first substrate with a dielectric layer formed on a front surface. One or more bonding pads and a heat spreader may be simultaneously formed in the dielectric layer. The first die is bonded with corresponding bond pads on a surface of a second die to form a stacked chip structure. Heat generated in the stacked chip structure may be diffused to the edges of the stacked chip structure through the heat spreader.
US08314480B2
Semiconductor packages that contain multiple stacked chips that are embedded in a pre-molded carrier frame and methods for making such semiconductor packages are described. The semiconductor packages contain a full land pad array and multiple chips that are stacked vertically. The land pad array contains inner terminals that are formed by first stud bumps that are located on a lower die. The land pad array also contains middle terminals that are formed by first conductive vias in a first molding layer embedding the first die. The first conductive vias are connected to second stud bumps that are located on a second die that is embedded in a second molding layer. The second molding layer contains second conductive vias that are connected to a carrier frame, the bottom of which forms the outer terminals of the land pad array. The semiconductor packages therefore have a high input/output capability with a small package footprint, and a flexible routing capability that are especially useful for portable and ultra-portable electronic apparatus. Other embodiments are also described.
US08314471B2
In one embodiment, the present invention includes a semiconductor power device. The semiconductor power device comprises a trenched gate and a trenched field region. The trenched gate is disposed vertically within a trench in a semiconductor substrate. The trenched field region is disposed vertically within the trench and below the trenched gate. A lower portion of the trenched field region tapers to disperse an electric field.
US08314459B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a vertical transistor, a horizontal transistor, a lead, wire-bonding pads, and penetrating electrodes. The semiconductor substrate has first and second surfaces and includes a first surface portion adjacent to the first surface. The vertical transistor includes first and second electrodes on the first surface and a third electrode on the second surface. The horizontal transistor includes first, second, and third electrodes on the first surface. The vertical transistor and the horizontal transistor further include PN junction parts in the first surface portion. The lead is disposed to the first surface and is electrically coupled with the first electrode of the vertical transistor. The wire-bonding pads are disposed on the second surface. The second electrode of the vertical transistor and the first to third electrodes of the horizontal transistor are electrically coupled with the wire-boding pads through the penetrating electrodes.
US08314449B2
A MIS transistor, formed on a semiconductor substrate, assumed to comprise a semiconductor substrate (702, 910) comprising a projecting part (704, 910B) with at least two different crystal planes on the surface on a principal plane, a gate insulator (708, 920B) for covering at least a part of each of said at least two different crystal planes constituting the surface of the projecting part, a gate electrode (706, 930B), comprised on each of said at least two different crystal planes constituting the surface of the projecting part, which sandwiches the gate insulator with the said at least two different planes, and a single conductivity type diffusion region (710a, 710b, 910c, 910d) formed in the projecting part facing each of said at least two different crystal planes and individually formed on both sides of the gate electrode. Such a configuration allows control over increase in the element area and increase of channel width.
US08314441B2
An optoelectronic component having a basic housing or frame and at least one semiconductor chip, specifically a radiation-emitting or -receiving semiconductor chip, in a cavity of the basic housing. In order to increase the efficiency of the optoelectronic component, reflectors are provided in the cavity in the region around the semiconductor chip. These reflectors are formed by virtue of the fact that a filling compound filled at least partly into the cavity is provided, the material and the quantity of the filling compound being chosen in such a way that the filling compound, on account of the adhesion force between the filling compound and the basic housing, assumes a form which widens essentially conically from bottom to top in the cavity, and the conical inner areas of the filling compound serve as reflector.
US08314434B2
A light emitting diode module includes a substrate, at least two spaced apart light emitting diodes formed on the substrate, an insulating layer, and an electrically conductive layer. Each of the light emitting diodes includes a light emitting unit, an n-electrode, and a p-electrode. The light emitting unit has first and second portions. The first portion has an n-type top face and a first stepped side. The second portion has a p-type top face and a second stepped side. The insulating layer is formed on the n-type top face and the first stepped side of the first portion of one of the light emitting diodes, and the second stepped side and the p-type top face of the second portion of the other one of the light emitting diodes. The electrically conductive layer is formed on the insulating layer. A method of making the light emitting diode module is also disclosed.
US08314432B2
The present invention is related to a light emitting device with an insulating layer, which comprises a transparent substrate, a first light emitting unit, a second light emitting unit, an insulating layer and a conducting layer. The first light emitting unit and the second light emitting unit are set up on the transparent substrate, wherein the second light emitting unit has an appearance of a stair structure. The insulating layer is set between the first and the second light emitting units. The conducting layer is on the insulating layer in order to conduct the first and the second light emitting units. Because of the appearance of the stair structure of the second light emitting unit, improving the cladding efficiency of the insulating layer, further improving the insulating efficiency of the insulating layer and avoiding the insulating layer loosing and the leakage between the first and the second light emitting units.
US08314427B2
A display device capable of keeping the luminance constant irrespective of temperature change is provided as well as a method of driving the display device. A current mirror circuit composed of transistors is placed in each pixel. A first transistor and a second transistor of the current mirror circuit are connected such that the drain current of the first transistor is kept in proportion to the drain current of the second transistor irrespective of the load resistance value. The drain current of the first transistor is controlled by a driving circuit in accordance with a video signal and the drain current of the second transistor is caused to flow into an OLED, thereby controlling the OLED drive current and the luminance of the OLED.
US08314423B2
A thin film transistor array substrate and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. In the manufacturing method, a first patterned conductive layer including a plurality of scan lines and a plurality of gates connected with the scan lines is formed on a substrate. A patterned gate insulating layer having a plurality of openings is then formed on the substrate to cover at least a portion of the first patterned conductive layer, and a plurality of dielectric patterns are formed in the openings. A plurality of semiconductor patterns are formed on the patterned gate insulating layer. A second patterned conductive layer is formed on the semiconductor patterns, the patterned gate insulating layer, and the dielectric patterns. A passivation layer is formed on the semiconductor patterns, the patterned gate insulating layer, and the dielectric patterns. A plurality of pixel electrodes are formed on the passivation layer.
US08314416B2
Disclosed are formulations that contain an organic semiconducting compound, a hydrophobic surfactant containing a head group that is a chlorosilane, silazane or thiol group and a tail group that is an alkyl, fluoroalkyl or siloxane group, and a non-alcoholic organic solvent, and their uses in electrically conducting, photoconducting and semiconducting components and devices, for example, in integrated circuitry, organic field effect transistors, thin film transistors, organic photovoltaic devices, radio frequency identification tags and organic light emitting diodes.
US08314415B2
A radiation-emitting semiconductor body includes a contact layer and an active zone. The semiconductor body has a tunnel junction arranged between the contact layer and the active zone. The active zone has a multi-quantum well structure containing at least two active layers that emit electromagnetic radiation when an operating current is impressed into the semiconductor body.
US08314413B2
An optoelectronic device for transmission of an electrical signal of an input electrical current circuit to an output electrical current circuit galvanically isolated from the input electrical current circuit. The device includes a housing. The input electrical current circuit contains, for producing an optical signal, an optical transmitting unit, which is arranged in the housing. The output electrical current circuit contains, for receiving the optical signal, an optical receiving unit, which is arranged in the housing. At least one fuse mechanism is provided in the housing, which interrupts transmission of the electrical signal in the case of an electrical current flow, which lies above a predetermined electrical current level.
US08314406B2
Optical imaging systems and methods use early photons in order to generate processed fluorescent light images of fluorescent material on or within a tissue. The early photons are generated in accordance with a pulsed light source and an early-photon light receiver. The processed fluorescent light images tend to have improved resolution and imaging accuracy compared with fluorescent light images generated with photons beyond the early photons portions.
US08314403B2
Coated tips, as well as related articles, systems and methods are disclosed.
US08314401B2
An electron gun comprises an electron emitter, an electrode surrounding the electron emitter, an extraction electrode, and a double condenser lens assembly, the double condenser lens assembly comprising a magnetic immersion pre-condenser lens and a condenser lens. In combination with a probe forming objective lens, the electron gun apparatus can provide an electron beam of independently adjustable probe size and probe current, as is desirable in electron beam applications. The electron emitter is immersed in the magnetic field generated by a magnetic type pre-condenser lens. When activated, the pre-condenser lens collimates the beam effectively to increase its angular intensity while at the same time enlarging the virtual source as compared with non-immersion case, due to geometric magnification and aberrations of its lens action. The pre-condenser lens is followed by a condenser lens. If the condenser lens is of the magnetic type, its peak magnetic field is far enough away and thus its action does not significantly affect the size of the virtual source. Independent adjustment of the lenses, combined with suitable selection of final probe forming objective aperture size, allows various combination of the final probe size and probe current to be obtained in a range sufficient for most electron beam applications.
US08314400B2
Methods for fabricating three-dimensional PIN structures having conformal electrodes are provided, as well as the structures themselves. The structures include a first layer and an array of pillars with cavity regions between the pillars. A first end of each pillar is in contact with the first layer. A segment is formed on the second end of each pillar. The cavity regions are filled with a fill material, which may be a functional material such as a neutron sensitive material. The fill material covers each segment. A portion of the fill material is etched back to produce an exposed portion of the segment. A first electrode is deposited onto the fill material and each exposed segment, thereby forming a conductive layer that provides a common contact to each the exposed segment. A second electrode is deposited onto the first layer.
US08314399B2
A radiation detector includes a neutron sensing element comprising a neutron scintillating composite material that emits a first photon having a first wavelength and an optical waveguide material having a wavelength-shifting dopant dispersed therein that absorbs the first photon emitted by the neutron scintillating composite material and emits a second photon having a second, different wavelength, and a functionalized reflective layer at an interface between the neutron scintillating composite material and the optical waveguide material. The functionalized reflective layer allows the first photon emitted by the neutron scintillating composite material to pass through and into the optical waveguide material, but prevents the second photon emitted by the optical waveguide material from passing through and into the neutron scintillating composite material. The photons emitted from the neutron sensing element are collected and channeled through the optical waveguide material and into a photosensing element optically coupled to the neutron sensing element.
US08314395B2
A radiation detector includes a semiconductor crystal having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a first electrode electrically coupled with the first surface of the semiconductor crystal to allow current to flow between the first electrode and the crystal, and an insulating layer on the first surface and between the semiconductor crystal and the first electrode so as to create a partially transmissive electrical barrier between the first electrode and the crystal. The insulating layer has a thickness ranging from about 50 nanometers to about 500 nanometers.
US08314378B2
A light source manufacturing apparatus, which manufactures a light source device by adhering a laser device and a wavelength converting device that converts the laser light emitted by the laser device to laser light of a different wavelength, includes a first stage that holds the wavelength converting device, a second stage that holds the laser device, a power meter that measures the amount of laser light emitted by the wavelength converting device, a light receiving device that detects the drive waveform of the laser light, and a controlling unit that changes relative positions of the first stage and the second stage in such a manner that the amount of laser light measured by the power meter is a predetermined value or greater and the drive waveform detected by the light receiving device falls within a reference range.
US08314373B1
A constructable microwave susceptor sheet for holding and cooking a food item in a microwave. The constructable microwave susceptor sheet generally includes an outer panel having a first susceptor layer and a first support layer attached to the first susceptor layer and an inner panel foldably connected to the outer panel for lining an interior surface of the outer panel, wherein the inner panel includes a second susceptor layer and a second support layer attached to the second susceptor layer. The outer panel has a raised platform and a plurality of legs foldably connected to the platform. The outer panel also includes a plurality of retainer flaps vertically extending upward from a perimeter of the platform for retaining a food item thereon. The inner panel seals a plurality of openings extending through the platform which are exposed by the flaps pivoting to a vertical position.
US08314368B2
A silver reflector for reflecting radiation from a lamp in a semiconductor processing chamber is disclosed. The reflector may be a sleeve to be disposed in a lightpipe or part of a lamphead. The silver may be in the form of a coating on the sleeve or the lamphead.
US08314363B2
The invention relates to a motor vehicle heating system comprising a heater (1) that has a heater core (2), through which a fluid flow to be heated can flow and which comprises a plurality of heating elements, and a top part (6) which is placed on the heater core (2) and forms a receptacle for a plug-in connector (10), and comprising a plug-in connector (10) that fits the top part and is used to connect the heater (1) to the electrical system of a motor vehicle, wherein the plug-in connector (10) includes a plurality of contacts, which are situated in a row, for contacting contacts (7) of the heater (1). According to the invention, the plug-in connector (10) includes a plurality of housings (12), each of which encloses one or two contacts of the plug-in connector (10), wherein the housings (12) are interconnected by mechanical adapter elements (13) which enable adjacent housings (12) to be moved toward one another or away from one another to adapt to the position of the contacts (7) of the heater (1).
US08314361B2
Devices for laser machining include a machining head for directing laser light towards a workpiece, the laser light being emitted from a laser light source and directed along an optical beam path and the machining head including one or more focusing optics that are arranged in the optical beam path, a collimator including one or more collimating optics that are arranged in the optical beam path in front of the focusing optics and the collimator having an axis that extends parallel to the main direction of the laser light at the collimating optics, one or more deflecting optics arranged in the optical beam path between the collimating optics and the focusing optics, the deflecting optics configured to deflect the laser light emerging from the collimating optics towards the focusing optics, wherein the machining head is adjustable relative to the collimator along a z-axis, and the axis of the collimator extends under an angle to the z-axis.
US08314359B2
Methods and systems for ultrashort pulse laser processing of optically transparent materials are disclosed. At least one embodiment includes a method for welding materials with ultrashort laser pulses to create a bond through localized heating, at least one material being transparent at a laser wavelength. The ultrashort pulse duration causes nonlinear absorption of the laser radiation, and the high repetition rate of the laser causes pulse-to-pulse accumulation of heat within the materials. The laser is focused near the interface of the materials, generating sufficiently high fluence at the region to be welded. This minimizes damage to the rest of the material and enables fine weld lines. In various implementations the laser is focused near the sub-surface interface between two materials, generating high fluence at the region proximate to the laser focus with minimal modification to the surrounding region, including areas above and below the laser beam waist.
US08314356B2
The invention relates to a spot welding cap changer (1) with a cap puller (2) and two cap magazines (3, 3A), the cap puller (2) having a gripper (20) with spring-loaded, pivotable jaws (21, 22), which in response to a turning and axial pulling-off movement detaches a spot welding cap (K) of a pincer spot welding head introduced into it from a shaft of the pincer welding head in such a way that it is clamped to prevent it twisting, and the cap magazines (3, 3A) holding spot welding caps respectively in a round cap carrier (31) such that they are circularly arranged in a directed and oriented manner and are respectively transported individually one after the other into an access position against a stop (32) by an advancing force (P).
US08314351B2
Methods, systems and devices are described for detecting a position-based attribute of a finger, stylus or other object with a touchpad or other sensor having a touch-sensitive region that includes a plurality of electrodes. Modulation signals for one or more electrodes are produced as a function of any number of distinct digital codes. The modulation signals are applied to an associated at least one of the plurality of electrodes to obtain a resultant signal that is electrically affected by the position of the object. The resultant signal is demodulated using the plurality of distinct digital codes to discriminate electrical effects produced by the object. The position-based attribute of the object is then determined with respect to the plurality of electrodes from the electrical effects.
US08314350B1
A cable entry device for routing low voltage cables through walls. The cable entry device includes a rigid cable frame with a frame body having two ends, an opening therein, and a flexible insert within the opening. The flexible insert includes a membrane extending across the opening of the frame body. An arm extends from each end of the frame body. The arms include oval apertures therein which cooperate with fasteners for mounting the frame body directly to a conventional electrical box or conventional low voltage frame. The membrane includes a hole therein and a plurality of open slots extending radially from the hole. The slots enable the cable entry device to accommodate passage of low voltage cables there through for the purpose of providing a portal for routing the cables through a wall.
US08314347B2
A wiring board with lead pins includes: connection pads formed on a wiring board, and lead pins bonded through a conductive material to the connection pads, wherein each of the lead pins has a head portion that is formed in one end of a shaft portion to be larger in diameter than the shaft portion, the head portions are bonded to the connection pads by the conductive material, a face of the wiring board on which the connection pads are formed is resin-sealed by a first resin to be thicker than the head portions, except portions to which the head portions are bonded, and sides of faces of the head portions to which the shaft portions are connected are sealed to be in close contact with the first resin by a second resin.
US08314345B2
In a semiconductor module having the structure in which a bump electrode provided on a wiring layer is connected to a device electrode provided on a semiconductor device, connection reliability between the bump electrode and the device electrode is improved. An insulating resin layer is provided between the semiconductor device and the wiring layer. The bump electrode, formed integrally with the wiring layer and projected from the wiring layer toward the insulating resin layer, is electrically connected to the device electrode provided on the semiconductor device. Part of the height of the wiring layer on the end side in a bump connection area is lower than that of the wiring in a wiring area extending toward the side opposite to the end side.
US08314343B2
In a multi-layer substrate including a core formed with a plurality of holes capable of containing an electronic part, a bottom insulating resin layer formed on a bottom surface of the core, a top insulating resin layer formed on a top surface of the core, a wiring layer selectively formed on an outer layer of the bottom insulating resin layer or top insulating resin layer, and an electronic part contained in the holes, both of the bottom and top insulating resin layers have a structure that is a combination of a resin which is changed to cohesiveness when heated and which undergoes smaller plastic deformation when heated to a higher temperature and an insulating resin layer which has a thickness sufficient to maintain insulation between the electronic part or a conductor of the core and the wiring layer and which inherently undergoes small plastic deformation, so that the electronic part can be securely and sealed in the holes without using a particular adhesive.
US08314339B2
A printed wiring board includes a first conductive paste forming a wiring pattern, and a second conductive paste including kneaded first conductive material and second conductive material whose particles are finer than those of the first conductive material.
US08314328B1
A solar energy collection device includes a solar converting station housing having a concentrator for aiding in focusing the energy onto a photovoltaic material. The photovoltaic material is applied to a series of cylindrically shaped power cells. A series of the power cells are rotationally assembled to the solar energy collection device. The power cells rotate about the cell axles, providing a cooling process for the photovoltaic material. The rotation can be provided via any number of means. The series of the power cells can be built in a removable assembly, providing a power pack for the end user.
US08314327B2
Novel structures of photovoltaic cells (also treated as solar cells) are provided. The cells are based on nanometer-scaled wires, tubes, and/or rods, which are made of electronic materials covering semiconductors, insulators or metallic in structure. These photovoltaic cells have large power generation capability per unit physical area over the conventional cells. These cells will have enormous applications in space, commercial, residential, and industrial applications.
US08314325B2
A luminescent solar collector comprises a sheet and a light energy converter operatively connected to the sheet, the sheet comprising a thermoplastic polymer and dispersed therein at least two dyes A and B; wherein dye A is a fluorescent dye of Formula (I) and dye B is either a perylene dye of Formula (II) or a diketopyrrolopyrrole dye of Formula (III): wherein R, m, R1, R2, R3, R4, and k are as described herein. The luminescent solar collector has improved output.
US08314322B2
A system and method for remotely generating sound from a musical instrument. In one embodiment, the system includes an input configured to receive a signal representative of the sound of a first musical instrument, an exciter for converting the signal to mechanical vibrations, and a coupling interface for coupling the mechanical vibrations into a second musical instrument. The method for remotely generating sound includes the steps of generating a signal representative of the sound of a first musical instrument, transmitting the signal, receiving the signal at an input, converting the signal to mechanical vibrations, and coupling the mechanical vibrations to a second musical instrument capable of producing sound waves.
US08314318B2
Apparatus and methods for its use are provided that relate to an octave/register key for musical wind instruments that combines (i) a vent formed by alignment of an opening of a core and a sidewall aperture of a sleeve, wherein the core is slidably and coaxially mounted within the sleeve, or a vent formed by alignment of sidewall apertures on an inner chamber slidably mounted within an outer chamber, and (ii) the mechanism to open and close such a vent. The device, upon actuation, vents the wind instrument air column to remove the fundamental pitch frequency, and can be mounted anywhere on the body of a musical wind instrument or onto any existing tone hole key of the instrument.
US08314316B1
A novel bow for playing a violin, including a stick of 12 inches in length, more or less; a string attached to the bow and a ring or the like, suitable for receipt of a musician's finger disposed transversely on the stick so that the musician can play the violin in a variety of attitudes. The stick is selectively adjustable to vary the tension on the string.
US08314305B2
The invention provides seed and plants of pepper hybrid PS09930066 and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid PS09930066 and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another pepper plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
US08314304B2
An inbred pepper line, designated PPL0789 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred pepper line PPL0789, to the plants of inbred pepper line PPL0789 and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing the inbred line PPL0789 with itself or another pepper line. The invention further relates to hybrid pepper seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line PPL0789 with another pepper line. The invention further relates to methods for producing a pepper plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other inbred pepper lines derived from the inbred PPL0789.
US08314302B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1024184. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1024184. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1024184 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety A1024184 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US08314299B2
A novel soybean variety, designated XB16P10 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XB16P10, cells from soybean variety XB16P10, plants of soybean XB16P10, and plant parts of soybean variety XB16P10. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XB16P10 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic, mutant trait, and/or native trait into soybean variety XB16P10, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB16P10. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XB16P10 are further provided.
US08314298B1
A novel soybean variety, designated XR32X10 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XR32X10, cells from soybean variety XR32X10, plants of soybean XR32X10, and plant parts of soybean variety XR32X10. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XR32X10 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic, mutant trait, and/or native trait into soybean variety XR32X10, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XR32X10. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XR32X10 are further provided.
US08314297B1
A novel soybean variety, designated XBP43003 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XBP43003, cells from soybean variety XBP43003, plants of soybean XBP43003, and plant parts of soybean variety XBP43003. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XBP43003 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic, mutant trait, and/or native trait into soybean variety XBP43003, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XBP43003. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XBP43003 are further provided.
US08314289B1
A novel maize variety designated X8K837 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X8K837 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X8K837 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X8K837, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X8K837. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X8K837.
US08314282B2
A process for making ethylbenzene and/or styrene by reacting toluene with methane is disclosed. In one embodiment the process can include reacting toluene with methane to form a product stream comprising ethylbenzene and further processing the ethylbenzene to form styrene in an existing styrene production facility.
US08314280B2
Disclosed is a process for the production of C2 to C3 olefins via the catalytic cracking of feedstocks including C4 and heavier olefins in an integrated reaction/regeneration system.
US08314263B2
In the preparation of aminoorganylsilanes and cyclic aminosilanes by reaction of an organyl amine with a haloorganylsilane, the byproduct halide salt of the amine reactant is decomposed to amine by addition of a base whose halide salt forms a liquid phase at a temperature below 200° C., and the liquid base halide is separated from the reaction mixture.
US08314258B2
Provided are 1) a production process for an acrylic ester derivative capable of being a raw material of a polymer for obtaining a photoresist composition capable of forming a photoresist film which is excellent in a reactivity to acid and a heat stability and is less swollen in developing and which has a refractive index of preferably 1.72 or more in 193 nm and can be patterned, 2) an acrylic ester derivative obtained by the above production process and 3) alcohol and ester which are synthetic intermediates for the above acrylic ester derivative.
US08314257B2
The present invention provides indole derivatives that antagonize prostaglandin D2, and that can be used to treat inflammatory diseases mediated by prostaglandin D2.
US08314255B2
Preparation and use of phthalimide and/or sulphonamide derivatives with nitric oxide donor properties, having activities in increasing gamma-globin gene expression and anti-inflammatory and analgesic activities, effective in the treatment of hematologic diseases which require reducing the TNF-α levels and an exogenous source of nitric oxide, such as sickle-cell disease. The functionalized phthalimide derivatives are designed from the prototypes thalidomide and hydroxyurea.
US08314249B2
The present invention is a process for the preparation of [4-(2-chloro-4-methoxy-5-methylphenyl)-5-methyl-thiazolo-2-yl]-[2-cyclopropyl-1-(3-fluoro-4-methylphenyl)-ethyl]-amine as set forth in formula (I) and new intermediates of the preparation process.
US08314243B2
A process is described for catalytically preparing optionally substituted aromatic or heteroaromatic nitrites of the general formula (I) Ar—CN (I) by reacting the corresponding aryl halides of the general formula (II) Ar—X (II) in which X is chlorine, bromine, iodine, triflate, nonaflate, mesylate or tosylate and Ar is an optionally substituted aromatic or heteroaromatic radical, characterized in that the reaction is performed in the presence of a palladium compound, a phosphine of the general formula (III) or (IV) where R is an alkyl radical and R′, R″ and R′″ are each an alkyl radical or an aryl radical or heteroaryl radical and A is an alkylene or arylene radical, and potassium hexacyanoferrate(II) or potassium hexacyanoferrate(III), optionally in a solvent and optionally with addition of a base.
US08314241B2
Process for the preparation of crystalline anhydrous (R)-2-[[[3-methyl-4-(2,2,2-trifluoroetoxy)-2-piridyl]methyl]sulphinyl]benzimidazole (dexlansoprazole).
US08314240B2
[Object] A compound which is useful as an EP1 receptor antagonist is provided.[Means for Solution] The present inventors investigated EP1 receptor antagonists, and confirmed that a compound having a sulfonamide structure, in which the nitrogen atom of the sulfonamide structure is substituted with 2-fluoropropyl group, 3-fluoro-2-methylpropyl group or the like, has a potent EP1 receptor antagonistic action, thereby completing the present invention. The sulfonamide compound of the present invention has a potent EP1 receptor antagonistic action and can be used as an agent for preventing and/or treating a lower urinary tract symptom or the like.
US08314236B2
A process of production of trazodone or trazodone hydrochloride that comprises: (a) preparing an organic phase comprising trazodone in at least one organic solvent; (b) preparing an aqueous phase comprising at least one basic compound; (c) mixing said aqueous phase with said organic phase; (d) heating at a temperature of at least 40° C. for at least 30 minutes; (e) recovering said trazodone; and, optionally, (f) treating said trazodone with hydrochloric acid to obtain trazodone hydrochloride. Trazodone or trazodone hydrochloride comprising less than 15 ppm of alkylating substances, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising said trazodone hydrochloride.
US08314231B2
Methods for depolymerizing polysaccharides are disclosed. In certain exemplary methods, polysaccharides having a first average molecular weight can be reacted with hydroxyl free radicals to produce polysaccharides having a second average molecular weight lower than the first average molecular weight. The hydroxyl free radicals can be formed by interaction of an oxidant with a catalyst comprising a polydentate ligand complexed with a metal ion. In certain exemplary embodiments, the oxidant can be hydrogen peroxide, and the catalyst can be iron methylglycine diacetate or iron-2,3,4,5,6 pentahydroxyhexanoate.
US08314222B2
The functional analysis of genes frequently requires the manipulation of large genomic regions. A yeast-bacteria shuttle vector is described that can be used to clone large regions of DNA by homologous recombination. Also described is a method for isolating entire genomes, including chloroplast genomes, or large portions thereof, and manipulating the same. Also described are methods for determining minimal genomes, minimal pathway requirements, and minimal organelle genomes.
US08314219B1
C-glycoside keto-amide derivatives, including C-glycoside keto-hydrazones and C-glycoside keto-oximes, may be prepared from plant or animal lipids and saccharides. These C-glycoside keto-amide derivatives are of the formula: wherein: R is a saccharide; Y is independently selected from H or a halogen; m is an integer greater than or equal to 1; X is NH (as in C-glycoside keto-hydrazones) or O (as in C-glycoside keto-oximes); and R2 is an acyl moiety derived from any lipid fatty acid of the formula —C(O)—R3, wherein R3 is a C5 to C22 straight or branched chain hydrocarbon which may be saturated or unsaturated. These C-glycoside keto-amide derivatives have potential applications as surfactants, detergents, liposomes, and bilayers.
US08314214B2
Methods are disclosed for preparing compounds of Formula I: where R1, R3, and R4 are independently hydrogen or C1 to C4 alkyl, and R2 is: where R5 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and C1 to C4 alkyl, or where R6, R7 and R8 are independently hydrogen or C1 to C4 alkyl; or the esters or pharmacologically acceptable salts thereof. The methods can involve converting a suitably functionalized aniline compound to a diazonium salt (which aniline compound can be first formed by reduction of a nitrobenzene) and coupling the diazonium salt with a suitably functionalized benzene compound. The suitably functionalized aniline compound either includes a primary alcohol or aldehyde group, which is then oxidized to a carboxylic acid group, or includes a nitrile or amide group, which is hydrolyzed to a carboxylic acid group. The methods can also involve the direct coupling (via reduction of nitro groups to form an azo linkage) of suitably functionalized nitrobenzenes. The compounds and or their metabolites can be used to treat or prevent various diseases, particularly inflammatory conditions of the GI tract.
US08314213B2
The present invention is directed to the creation of human equivalent CDRs and antibodies containing them by a method of producing an antibody which specifically binds to an antigen.
US08314210B2
The present invention relates to novel compositions and methods for the generation of MHC class II compounds. Such methods are useful in identifying antigen-specific T cells, regulating an immune response and treating subjects suffering from an immune disorder.
US08314207B2
A method of purifying a thermoplastic polymer having at least one dispersed filler, including preparing a polymer melt of the thermoplastic polymer, and filtering the polymer melt, where the dispersed filler is at least partially transformed to a coagulated and filterable form before the filtering step. Also, a device for purifying the thermoplastic polymer, including means for preparing a polymer melt from the thermoplastic polymer, and filter means, and means for generating sound waves, preferably ultrasonic waves.
US08314204B2
The present invention provides a method for producing a high-quality nonconductive or semi-conductive seamless (jointless) tubular polyimide film in a simple, efficient, and economical manner, and the like. More specifically, the invention relates to an electrically non-conductive or electrically semi-conductive seamless tubular polyimide film comprising polyimide having at least two aromatic tetracarboxylic acid derivatives comprising 15 to 55 mol % of asymmetric aromatic tetracarboxylic acid component and 85 to 45 mol % of symmetric aromatic tetracarboxylic acid component and at least one aromatic diamine component, in which, as required, a specific amount of carbon black is dispersed, and relates to a method for producing the same.
US08314200B2
Pt-catalyzed, addition-crosslinking silicone compositions which are self-adhesive at room temperature, develop adhesion rapidly on unpretreated substrates, and contain a functional alkoxy α-silane as an adhesion promoter.
US08314193B2
A branched aromatic ionomer is prepared by co-polymerizing a first monomer having an aromatic moiety and an unsaturated alkyl moiety and a second monomer having an ionic moiety and at least one unsaturated moiety. The ionic moiety may have a cationic group having a valence of +1 or greater. Styrene is among the useful first monomers and sodium methacrylate and zinc dimethacrylate are among the useful second monomers. The branched aromatic ionomers may be used to prepare articles including foamed polystyrene and microwave save dishes and utensils.
US08314189B2
A method for preparing a functionalized polymer, the method comprising the steps of preparing a reactive polymer and reacting the reactive polymer with a heterocyclic nitrile compound.
US08314183B2
A functionalized polymer includes a directly bonded moiety, which can be located at a terminus of the polymer, defined by the formula CR1R2NH—O—]—Si where each R1 and R2 independently is a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbyl group and where the Si atom can be bonded through similar moieties to up to three other polymers and/or to the appropriate number of non-interfering groups. The polymer can be provided by introducing a ketoximesilane compound into a system that includes carbanionic (living) polymer. Such polymers can be used in the production of compositions that include particulate fillers.
US08314179B2
The invention relates to a polymer mixture, especially for decorative surfaces in an automobile interior, that displays an improvement in long-term functionality with respect to the properties of writing sensitivity, soiling and cleaning behavior, abrasion resistance, and antisqueak behavior, both in the delivery condition and in the used condition. The inventive polymer mixture comprises: 0%-50% by weight of at least one aqueous polyurethane dispersion and/or polyester dispersion and/or polyether dispersion and/or polyester-polyacrylate dispersion and/or polyacrylate-polyurethane dispersion and/or polyacrylate dispersion and/or of a dispersion based on at least one of these and/or several other polymers; 1%-60% by weight of at least one aqueous polyurethane dispersion and/or polyesterpolyol dispersion and/or polyetherpolyol dispersion and/or polyacrylatepolyol dispersion and/or of a dispersion based on at least one of these and/or two or more other polymers, the polymer or at least one polymer being functionalized with OH groups and/or NH groups and possessing an OH content or NH content of between 0.3% and 6.0% by weight, based on the nonvolatile fraction of the total amount of the polymers; 0%-40% by weight of at least one nonfunctionalized slip additive; 1%-40% by weight of at least one functionalized slip additive; 0.2%-50% by weight of at least one crosslinker or crosslinker system; 0%-75% by weight of at least one matting agent; 0%-50% by weight of diluent; 0%-50% by weight of other adjuvants, based on the nonvolatile fraction of the total amount of polymers.
US08314175B2
The present invention provides an aqueous composition for recording medium in a form of aqueous dispersion solution comprising a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin (A) having an average saponification degree of 80-89 mol % and an average polymerization degree of 1700-3500, and containing a polyvinyl alcohol having 1,2-diol structural unit on a side chain thereof, represented by a general formula (1); an inorganic microparticle (B); and a boron compound (C). The aqueous composition of the present invention is not likely to become gel and therefore exhibit excellent preservation stability. Furthermore, the aqueous composition provides a recording layer serving as an ink receiving layer/glossy layer satisfied with gloss, ink absorbency, and water resistance. Accordingly, the present invention may also provide an ink-jet recording medium satisfying surface gloss by forming a coating layer of the inventive aqueous composition on a substrate, even when the substrate has water resistance.
US08314173B2
Water-absorbing polymeric particles are produced by polymerizing a monomer solution or suspension comprising at least one unsaturated carboxylic acid and at least one hydroquinone monoether, and coating the polymeric particles with at least one salt of a tervalent metal cation of a carboxylic acid and/or at least one basic salt of a tervalent metal cation.
US08314172B2
An object of the invention is to provide a golf ball excellent in the durability at the normal and low temperatures, flight distance, direction stability and shot feeling on the shots. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising: a core consisting of a center having a diameter of 35 mm or less and a surrounding layer covering the center; at least one intermediate layer covering the core, said intermediate layer having a thickness ranging from 0.5 mm to 1.2 mm and a density of 1.10 g/cm3 or more; and a cover covering the intermediate layer and having a thickness ranging from 0.3 mm to 1.0 mm, wherein the cover is formed of a cover composition that has a slab hardness ranging from 65 to 75 in Shore D hardness and contains as a resin component; (A) a polyamide resin composition having a flexural modulus in a range from 700 MPa to 4,000 MPa and a melt flow rate (240° C., 2.16 kg) of 5.0 g/10 min or more; (B) at least one member selected from the group consisting of an ethylene-(meth)acrylic acid binary copolymer, a metal-neutralized product of the binary copolymer, an ethylene-(meth)acrylic acid-(meth)acrylic acid ester ternary copolymer, and a metal-neutralized product of the ternary copolymer; and (C) a fluidity improving agent.
US08314161B2
Provided are methods for producing a high strength, but easily deformed, polystyrene foam board that can endure repeatedly deformations from its original configuration into more complex curved shapes without damaging the board integrity or substantially reducing its structural strength. Also provided are rigid polystyrene foam boards produced by this method that exhibit improved bending and impact resistance while substantially retaining or improving other properties, for example, the thermal dimensional stability and fire resistance, exhibited by corresponding conventional XPS foam boards. The foamable compositions may incorporate one or more of a variety of polymer processing aids for the purpose of altering the performance of the final foam products, thereby allowing the properties of the final foam product to be customized to some degree.
US08314157B2
Improved method, apparatus and system for treating bilge water and other marine emulsion wastes comprising water and hydrocarbon, and possibly solids in some cases. Microwave Separation Technology (MST) is used to treat a broad class of emulsion wastes associated with, generated by, or carried at sea on, ships or other marine entities (such as drilling platforms, oil spill clean-up systems, etc.). The hydrocarbon component from a marine emulsion waste comprising water and hydrocarbon, and possibly solids in some cases, is concentrated (e.g., the emulsion's water content is reduced) so that the volume of waste material that requires off-loading or out-hauling (or both) is reduced over conventional methods of separating emulsion wastes for disposal. In view of the reductions achieved in process volumes, significant cost savings may be realized. Better compliance with environmental laws and standards may also be realized.
US08314151B2
Provided are novel compositions and analogs which are useful in a number of applications, indications and diseases, as well as for monitoring pharmakinetics and patient management. These compounds and analogs are applicable to treating tumors of the central nervous system, e.g., glioblastoma (GBM).
US08314150B2
The invention relates to phosphorylation inhibitor compounds and methods of identifying and using them. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating cell proliferative disorders, especially cancer.
US08314134B2
The invention relates to compounds of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, clathrate, or prodrug thereof wherein X, Y, A, Z, L and n are defined herein. These compounds are useful as immunosuppressive agents and for treating and preventing inflammatory conditions and immune disorders.
US08314131B2
The present invention comprises a new class of compounds useful for modulating the activity of p38 MAP kinase. The compounds have a general Formula I wherein A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, R1 and R5 are defined herein. The invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions including one or more compounds of Formula I, use of such compounds and compositions for treatment of p38 MAP kinase mediated diseases including rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis and other inflammatory disorders, as well as intermediates and processes useful for the preparation of compounds of Formula I.
US08314130B2
The invention relates to certain compounds including substituted pyridines, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, clathrates, or prodrugs thereof, that are useful as immunosuppressive agents and for treating and preventing inflammatory conditions, allergic disorders, and immune disorders.
US08314129B2
The present invention relates to novel isomers of a metabolite of Iloperidone, their preparation, their use as pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical compositions containing them.
US08314128B2
The invention provides aminotetralin compounds of formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, n, and m are defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof, that are antagonists at the mu opioid receptor. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, methods of using such compounds to treat conditions associated with mu opioid receptor activity, and processes and intermediates useful for preparing such compounds.
US08314125B2
The present invention relates to bicyclic compounds useful as inhibitors of ion channels. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disorders.
US08314124B2
A stable solid pharmaceutical composition consisting essentially of an effective amount of a crystalline salt of formula (II) together with an alkaline-reacting component maintaining the pH preferably above 8, or a salt with a divalent metal cation; and at least one pharmaceutical excipient; said salt of formula (II) being essentially stable during storage at room temperature for a period of at least 3 years. A process for stabilizing the salt of formula (II). A crystalline salt of formula (II) and a process for preparing said salt.
US08314122B2
This invention encompasses to obtain non-convertible solid pharmaceutical formulations of moxifloxacin anhydrous by using of wet granulation with an organic solvent or mixtures of organic solvents.
US08314119B2
The invention relates to compounds that are azaadamantane derivatives, particularly ether- or amine-substituted azaadamantane derivatives and salts and prodrugs thereof, compositions comprising such compounds, methods of using such compounds and compositions, processes for preparing such compounds, and intermediates obtained during such processes.
US08314115B2
A method of treating movement disorders comprises administering to a human or animal subject in need of treatment a therapeutically effective amount of at least one compound according to the following formula: wherein R3 and R4 are each independently selected from the group consisting of lower alkyl, phenyl and lower alkyl substituted phenyl, and R1 and R2 are each independently either a hydrogen atom or a radical of the formula wherein R5 and R6 are each independently selected from the group consisting of H, lower alkyl, phenyl and lower alkyl substituted phenyl, its pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs or metabolites thereof.
US08314111B2
Compounds represented by Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, are inhibitors of mTOR and useful in the treatment of cancer.
US08314110B2
The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I), an optical isomer or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, its preparation and uses, wherein R is defined as herein. Such compounds can be presented as an optical isomer or a racemic mixture. The compounds can be metabolized in vivo to form a pharmacologically active substance as antagonist of neurotransmitters, and can be used for the treatment of the related mental disorders such as schizophrenia.
US08314109B2
Compounds of formula (I): in which: X, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined in the disclosure, or an acid addition salt thereof; and therapeutic use thereof.
US08314108B2
The present invention provides an aminopyrazole compound, more particularly, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a solvate of the salt, that inhibits Chk1 and is useful in the treatment of cancer.
US08314107B2
Disclosed are carboxamide compounds, as well as pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use. One embodiment is a compound having the structure in which R1, R2, R3, R4, D, J, Z, T, p, q, w and x are as described herein. In certain embodiments, a compound disclosed herein activates the AMPK pathway, and can be used to treat metabolism-related disorders and conditions.
US08314101B2
An object is to provide a novel quinoxaline derivative. Another object is to provide a light-emitting element with low driving voltage. Still another object is to provide a light-emitting element with low power consumption. Yet another object is to provide a light-emitting device and an electronic device each having low power consumption by using such a light-emitting element. A quinoxaline derivative is provided which has a structure in which at least one of carbon at a 2-position and carbon at a 3-position of quinoxaline, and carbon of a pyridine ring are bound via an arylene group.
US08314092B2
A dual H1/5-HT2A receptor antagonist of the formula: its uses, and methods for its preparation are described.
US08314089B2
The present invention relates to novel substituted pyrazolamides, methods for their preparation, their use for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, as well as their use for the manufacture of medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, especially of retroviral diseases, in humans and/or animals.
US08314073B2
The present inventors discovered that although suppressing expression of the RecQ1 gene, a RecQ helicase family gene, shows suppressive effects on cell proliferation in cancer cells, such effects are not observed in human TIG3 cells (a normal diploid fibroblast cell line), which are normal cells. Hence, the present inventors discovered that siRNAs against RecQ1 gene have cancer cell-specific cell proliferation-suppressing effects that are mediated by suppression of the expression of said gene.
US08314065B2
The present invention is directed to synergistic therapies for the treatment of vitiligo. Particularly, the invention is directed to a composition for the reduction of wrinkles on skin, the acceleration of wound healing, and the darkening of hair including a peptide and an acceptable carrier. The peptide may be selected from the group consisting of the peptide of SEQ. ID 1, the peptide of SEQ. ID 2, the peptide of SEQ. ID 3, the peptide of SEQ. ID 4, the peptide of SEQ. ID 5, the peptide of SEQ. ID 6, the peptide of SEQ. ID 7, and the peptide of SEQ. ID 8.
US08314061B2
Methods for treating various disorders by orally administering adiponectin or a biologically active fragment thereof are described.
US08314052B2
The present invention relates to methods for generating functional biomolecules. In one exemplary aspect of the invention, generation of functional biomolecules may be performed against multiple targets simultaneously within a single system. In general, a plurality of targets may be disposed within in a single reaction volume and a library of biomolecules, such as a nucleic acid library, may be applied to the reaction volume. The members of the library that do not bind to any of the plurality of targets under given conditions may then be partitioned. The remaining members of the library may then be marked and/or tagged, such as to identify the particular target or targets to which the member of the library binds. The binding members of the library may then be isolated and, by virtue of the marking or tagging, be matched to a particular target or targets.
US08314038B2
A ballistic composite having a front impact surface and a back surface. The composite may include a plurality of layers of woven fabric of polarized ballistic fibers and a metal salt, oxide, hydroxide or hydride polar bonded onto the woven fibers. In addition, a substantially water impermeable coating composition can be applied onto the layers of the woven fibers and/or on the exterior of the composite. In addition, the layers of woven fabric adjacent to the front impact surface can differ in composition from the layers of woven fabric adjacent to the back surface. In addition, the weave fabric making up the composite may have a cover factor of between about 0.6 and about 0.98.
US08314028B2
In a slurry composition and a method of polishing a layer using the slurry composition, the slurry composition includes from about 3 to 20 percent by weight of an abrasive, from about 0.1 to 3 percent by weight of an ionic surfactant, from about 0.01 to 0.1 percent by weight of a nonionic surfactant, from about 0.01 to 1 percent by weight of a polish accelerating agent including an amino acid compound, and a remainder of an aqueous solution including a basic pH-controlling agent and water. The slurry composition including the nonionic surfactant and the polish accelerating agent may be used for speedily polishing a stepped upper portion of a silicon oxide layer, and may also enable a lower portion of the silicon oxide layer to function as a polish stop layer.
US08314024B2
Device fabrication is disclosed, including forming a first part of a device at a first fabrication facility as part of a front-end-of-the-line (FEOL) process, the first part of the device comprising a base wafer formed by FEOL processing, and subsequently performing one or more back-end-of-the-line (BEOL) processes at a second fabrication facility to form an IC, the one or more BEOL processes comprising finishing the forming of the device (e.g., an IC including memory) by depositing one or more memory layers on the base wafer. FEOL processing can be used to form active circuitry die (e.g., CMOS circuitry on a Si wafer) and BEOL processing can be used to form on top of each active circuitry die, one or more layers of cross-point memory arrays formed by thin film processing technologies that may or may not be compatible with or identical to some or all of the FEOL processes.
US08314020B2
Disclosed herein is a method for patterning a metal layer, which includes the following steps. A substrate having a metal layer thereon is provided. A patterned conductive polymeric layer is formed on the metal layer, wherein a portion of the metal layer is exposed by the patterned conductive polymeric layer. The substrate having the patterned conductive polymer layer is disposed in an electrolytic cell, so that the exposed portion of the metal layer is immersed in the electrolytic solution of the electrolytic cell. The anode of the electrolytic cell is electrically coupled to the patterned conductive polymeric layer, while the cathode of the electrolytic cell is immersed in the electrolytic solution. Sequentially, an electrical potential is applied across the anode and the cathode to perform an electrolysis reaction so that the exposed portion of the metal layer is dissolved in the electrolytic solution.
US08314017B2
The present invention is related to a method for manufacturing a low defect interface between a dielectric material and an III-V compound. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a passivated interface between a dielectric material and an III-V compound. The present invention is also directed to a device comprising a low defect interface between a dielectric material and an III-V compound that has improved performance.
US08314010B2
There is provided a method of removing trap levels and defects, which are caused by stress, from a single crystal silicon thin film formed by an SOI technique. First, a single crystal silicon film is formed by using a typical bonding SOI technique such as Smart-Cut or ELTRAN. Next, the single crystal silicon thin film is patterned to form an island-like silicon layer, and then, a thermal oxidation treatment is carried out in an oxidizing atmosphere containing a halogen element, so that an island-like silicon layer in which the trap levels and the defects are removed is obtained.
US08314007B2
A process for fabricating a heterostructure by bonding a first wafer to a second wafer, with the first wafer having a thermal expansion coefficient that is lower than the thermal expansion coefficient of the second wafer, and conducting at least one bond-strengthening annealing step. After the bonding step and before the bond-strengthening annealing step, at least one trimming step is conducted in which the first wafer is at least partially trimmed.
US08314006B2
Provided is a method for manufacturing a bonded wafer with a good thin film over the entire substrate surface, especially in the vicinity of the lamination terminal point. The method for manufacturing a bonded wafer comprises at least the following steps of: forming an ion-implanted region by implanting a hydrogen ion or a rare gas ion, or the both types of ions from a surface of a first substrate which is a semiconductor substrate; subjecting at least one of an ion-implanted surface of the first substrate and a surface of a second substrate to be attached to a surface activation treatment; laminating the ion-implanted surface of the first substrate and the surface of the second substrate in an atmosphere with a humidity of 30% or less and/or a moisture content of 6 g/m3 or less; and a splitting the first substrate at the ion-implanted region so as to reduce thickness of the first substrate, thereby manufacturing a bonded wafer with a thin film on the second substrate.
US08313998B2
According to one embodiment, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device is disclosed. The method can include forming a stacked body by alternately stacking a plurality of insulating layers and a plurality of conductive layers above a substrate and forming a resist film above the stacked body. The method can include plasma-etching the insulating layers and the conductive layers by using the resist film as a mask. The method can include forming a hardened layer in an upper surface of the resist film by plasma treatment using a gas containing at least one selected from a group consisting of boron, phosphorus, arsenic, antimony, silicon, germanium, aluminum, gallium, and indium. The method can include slimming a plane size of the resist film by plasma treatment using an oxygen-containing gas in a state where the hardened layer is formed in the upper surface of the resist film.
US08313996B2
Methods, devices, and systems associated with oxide based memory can include a method of forming an oxide based memory cell. Forming an oxide based memory cell can include forming a first conductive element, forming an oxide over the first conductive element, implanting a reactive metal into the oxide, and forming a second conductive element over the oxide.
US08313984B2
Various semiconductor chip package substrates with reinforcement and methods of making the same are disclosed. In one aspect, a method of manufacturing is provided that includes providing a package substrate that has a first side and a second side opposite to the first side. The first side has a central area adapted to receive a semiconductor chip. A solder reinforcement structure is formed on the first side of the package substrate outside of the central area to resist bending of the package substrate.
US08313975B2
The purpose is manufacturing a photoelectric conversion device with excellent photoelectric conversion characteristics typified by a solar cell with effective use of a silicon material. A single crystal silicon layer is irradiated with a laser beam through an optical modulator to form an uneven structure on a surface thereof. The single crystal silicon layer is obtained in the following manner; an embrittlement layer is formed in a single crystal silicon substrate; one surface of a supporting substrate and one surface of an insulating layer formed over the single crystal silicon substrate are disposed to be in contact and bonded; heat treatment is performed; and the single crystal silicon layer is formed over the supporting substrate by separating part of the single crystal silicon substrate fixed to the supporting substrate along the embrittlement layer or a periphery of the embrittlement layer. Then, irradiation with a laser beam is performed on a separation surface of the single crystal silicon layer through an optical modulator which modulates light intensity regularly, and unevenness is formed on the surface. Due to the unevenness, reflection of incident light is reduced and absorptance with respect to light is improved, therefore, photoelectric conversion efficiency of the photoelectric conversion device is improved.
US08313970B2
Low temperature, multi-layered, planar microshells for encapsulation of devices such as MEMS and microelectronics. The microshells include a planar perforated pre-sealing layer, below which a non-planar sacrificial layer is accessed, and a sealing layer to close the perforation in the pre-sealing layer after the sacrificial material is removed. In an embodiment, the pre-sealing layer has perforations formed with a damascene process to be self-aligned to the chamber below the microshell. The sealing layer may include a nonhermetic layer to physically occlude the perforation and a hermetic layer over the nonhermetic occluding layer to seal the perforation. In a particular embodiment, the hermetic layer is a metal which is electrically coupled to a conductive layer adjacent to the microshell to electrically ground the microshell.
US08313967B1
A method of epitaxial growth of cubic phase, nitrogen-based compound semiconductor thin films on a semiconductor substrate, for example a <001> substrate, which is periodically patterned with grooves oriented parallel to the <110> crystal direction and terminated in sidewalls, for example <111> sidewalls. The method can provide an epitaxial growth which is able to supply high-quality, cubic phase epitaxial films on a <001> silicon substrate. Controlling nucleation on sidewall facets, for example <111>, fabricated in every groove and blocking the growth of the initial hexagonal phase at the outer region of an epitaxial silicon layer with barrier materials prepared at both sides of each groove allows growth of cubic-phase thin film in each groove and either be extended to macro-scale islands or coalesced with films grown from adjacent grooves to form a continuous film. This can result in a wide-area, cubic phase nitrogen-based compound semiconductor film on a <001> substrate.
US08313966B2
Semiconductor micro- and nanotubes allow the incorporation of ordered structures such as quantum wells and quantum dots into them providing the potential for ultralow threshold micro- and nanoscale lasers for use in applications such as future ultrahigh-speed photonic systems as well as quantum information processing. According to the invention a means of manufacturing these with high reproducibility, low processing complexity, and at high densities is provided. Also provided is a means of releasing these micro- and nanotubes with low stress and a method of “pick-and-place” allowing micro- and nanotubes to be exploited in devices integrated on substrates that are either incompatible with the manufacturing technique or where the area of substrate required to manufacture them is detrimental to the cost or performance of the circuit.
US08313964B2
A method for singulation of thick GaN wafers (e.g., 300-400 um) through the use of a double-side laser-scribe process. In a preferred embodiment, the patterned GaN substrate is processed using a laser-scribe on each side of the substrate to form scribe lines. The scribe lines are aligned to each other. In a preferred embodiment, the substrate has not been subjected to a thinning or polishing process for reducing its thickness.
US08313958B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of fabricating microelectronic packages, wherein microelectronic devices of the microelectronic packages may have magnetic attachment structures comprising a magnetic material formed on an attachment structure. The microelectronic device may be aligned on a substrate with a magnetic field and then held in place therewith while being attached to the substrate. The microelectronic device may also be aligned with an alignment plate which magnetically aligns and holds the component in place while being packaged.
US08313956B2
An apparatus for the selective release of a bound species based on the presence of an analyte, the apparatus comprising: a first and second receptor species, the first receptor species linked with a bound species and configured to interact with an analyte to form a first intermediate complex, the bound species for causing increased porosity of a membrane of an in-contact analyte sensor apparatus to correspondingly increase exposure of a sensing element of the analyte sensor apparatus to allow for production of a detectable electrical signal which can be used to sense the presence of the analyte, the second receptor species for interacting with the first intermediate complex to form a second intermediate complex; and a cleaving species, the cleaving species configured to interact with the second intermediate complex to release the bound species for use in sensing the presence of the analyte.
US08313951B2
An assembly determines an analyte concentration in a sample of body fluid. The assembly includes a test sensor having a fluid-receiving area for receiving a sample of body fluid, where the fluid-receiving area contains a reagent that produces a measurable reaction with an analyte in the sample. The assembly also includes a meter having a port or opening configured to receive the test sensor; a measurement system configured to determine a measurement of the reaction between the reagent and the analyte; and a temperature-measuring system configured to determine a measurement of the test-sensor temperature when the test sensor is received into the opening. The meter determines a concentration of the analyte in the sample according to the measurement of the reaction and the measurement of the test-sensor temperature.
US08313949B2
Disclosed are methods for evaluating the potential or activity of a test compound to induce phospholipidosis in a target subject, for managing patient treatment, and for diagnosing a lysosomal storage disorder in a human subject.
US08313944B2
A method resulting in differentiation of T-cells for use in cell therapy includes labeling the T-cells with a first array of antibodies specific for T-cell surface antigens; applying a universal cross-linking agent to the labeled T-cells with the first array of antibodies; labeling the T-cells with a second array of antibodies specific for T-cell surface antigens; and applying a universal cross-linking agent to the labeled T-cells with the second array of antibodies.
US08313943B2
The invention provides a natural killer cell, NK-92, modified to express an Fc receptor on the surface of the cell, such as CD16 (FcγRIII-A), or other Fcγ or Fc receptors. The modified NK-92 cell can be further modified to concurrently express an associated accessory signaling protein, such as FcεRI-γ, TCR-ζ, or to concurrently express interleukin-2 (IL-2) or other cytokines. Additional methods are disclosed for various assays, assessments, and therapeutic treatments with the modified NK-92 cells.
US08313937B2
The present invention features a recombinant DNA molecule which, upon expression in a prokaryotic or eukaryotic host cell, encodes a polypeptide having phytase activity. In preferred embodiments, the recombinant DNA molecule comprises a DNA sequence selected from DNA sequences which have been obtained by variations of the mature wild-type E. coli phytase sequence, wherein at least one amino acid at position 200 or position 207 is mutated as compared to the wild-type sequence, where the recombinant DNA molecule is, upon expression in a suitable host cell, associated with an increased activity of the thus encoded protein in the culture supernatant.
US08313927B2
The present invention is directed to a novel polypeptide, designated in the present application as “UCP4” (SEQ ID NO: 1), having homology to certain human uncoupling proteins (“UCPs”) and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides of the present invention fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides of the present invention, and methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention.
US08313924B2
The present invention relates to novel muteins derived from human tear lipocalin. The invention also refers to a corresponding nucleic acid molecule encoding such a mutein and to a method for its generation. The invention further refers to a method for producing such a mutein. Finally, the invention is directed to a pharmaceutical composition comprising such a lipocalin mutein as well as to various uses of the mutein.
US08313922B2
The present invention relates to an improved process for the production of Daptomycin by fermentation with Streptomyces roseosporus, in the presence of n-decanal or Cuphea oil as sources of the n-decanoyl side chain. These reagents allow to reduce toxicity effects on the bacteria and to avoid the use of solvents in the feeding solution.
US08313909B2
The invention provides specific transgenic rice plants, plant material and seeds, characterized in that these products harbor a specific transformation event at a specific location in the rice genome. Tools are also provided which allow rapid and unequivocal identification of the event in biological samples.
US08313904B2
Characteristics of a chemical or biological sample are detected using an approach involving light detection. According to an example embodiment of the present invention, an assaying arrangement including a light detector is adapted to detect light from a sample, such as a biological material. A signal corresponding to the detected light is used to characterize the sample, for example, by detecting a light-related property thereof. In one implementation, the assaying arrangement includes integrated circuitry having a light detector and a programmable processor, with the light detector generating a signal corresponding to the light and sending the signal to the processor. The processor provides an output corresponding to the signal and indicative of a characteristic of the sample.
US08313900B2
The invention is directed to isolated genomic polynucleotide fragments that encode human SNARE YKT6, human glucokinase, human adipocyte enhancer binding protein (AEBP1) and DNA directed 50kD regulatory subunit (POLD2), vectors and hosts containing these fragments and fragments hybridizing to noncoding regions as well as antisense oligonucleotides to these fragments. The invention is further directed to methods of using these fragments to obtain SNARE YKT6, human glucokinase, AEBP1 protein and POLD2 and to diagnose, treat, prevent and/or ameliorate a pathological disorder.
US08313899B2
The invention is directed to isolated genomic polynucleotide fragments that encode human SNARE YKT6, human glucokinase, human adipocyte enhancer binding protein (AEBP1) and DNA directed 50kD regulatory subunit (POLD2), vectors and hosts containing these fragments and fragments hybridizing to noncoding regions as well as antisense oligonucleotides to these fragments. The invention is further directed to methods of using these fragments to obtain SNARE YKT6, human glucokinase, AEBP1 protein and POLD2 and to diagnose, treat, prevent and/or ameliorate a pathological disorder.
US08313894B2
Methods and compositions for identifying antigens of human lymphocytes are provided herein.
US08313893B2
Disclosed is a method for processing porcine cornea using an aqueous NaCl solution and an aqueous trypsin/EDTA solution to decellularize enucleated porcine cornea. The porcine cornea processed by the method causes neither inflammation nor immune rejection. The porcine corneal stroma decellularized by the method can be recellularized together with host keratocytes after transplantation.
US08313884B2
A process for making toner particles is provided. In embodiments, a suitable process includes adding a defoamer to an emulsion utilized to form toner particles. Utilization of the defoamer allows for a reduction in the overall aggregation/coalescence cycle time and slurry viscosity, while producing a toner with improved GSDs, low coarse and target circularities.
US08313878B2
A toner set has toners used in an image forming method by forming a toner image with toners of several colors and fixing the toner image onto a recording medium. The toners include first and second toners of different colors. The first and second toners contain toner base particles including a binding resin, a colorant and a wax. The colorant of the first toner contains a quinacridone pigment. The wax includes a carnauba wax and a wax other than the carnauba wax. The base particles of the first toner have a mass % Wq1 of carnauba wax and Wo1 of the other wax and the base particles of the second toner have a mass % Wq2 of carnauba wax and Wo2 of the other wax. These mass % values are selected to satisfy the following: Wq1/(Wq1+Wq2)
US08313877B2
A photolithography monitoring mark on a substrate includes a plurality of sets of lines. Individual of the sets include a plurality of substantially parallel lines comprising different widths arrayed laterally outward in opposing lateral directions from an axial center of the set. The different widths decrease in each of the opposing lateral directions laterally outward from the axial center of the set. Other implementations are disclosed.
US08313868B2
A system is provided that combines an oxygen enrichment device (OBOGS) for generating oxygen-enriched air with a fuel cell system that includes, but is not limited to a fuel cell for using the oxygen-enriched air as a reaction gas within the fuel cell, as a result of which the output of the fuel cell is improved while the size and weight of the fuel cell remain the same.
US08313860B2
High capacity primary and rechargeable cells may include a cathode with a lithiated active cathode material and an anode including lithium intercalating carbonaceous material. The cells may also include a separator impregnated with a liquid electrolyte or a solid electrolyte. The ratio of the capacity to reversibly incorporate lithium ions of the cathode to the capacity to reversibly incorporate lithium ions in the form of LiC6 of the carbonaceous material of the anode is equal to or larger than 2:1. During charging a high grade high density substantially non-dendritic lithium metal layer is plated on the anode.
US08313855B2
A storage battery assembly for vehicles includes a plurality of battery cells. Each battery cell includes a closed housing and at least one terminal extending from the housing. Conductive bars are mounted on dedicated terminals. The conductive bars electrically connect the battery cells. At least one circuit board comprises electronic circuitry configured for at least one of monitoring and controlling the battery cells. The terminals have electrically conductive interconnection washers mounted thereon. The interconnection washers extend to a dedicated circuit board and are connected with electronic circuitry on the respective circuit board. The circuit is board connected to at least one interconnection washer located adjacent to the at least one terminal to which the at least one interconnection washer is connected.
US08313851B2
A lithium rechargeable battery including an electrode assembly having a first and second electrodes wound together with a separator interposed between them, a can containing the electrode assembly, and a cap plate coupled to the top opening of the can. The cap plate includes an electrolyte injection hole and a rib formed adjacent to the electrolyte injection hole.
US08313850B1
A method for detecting and responding to a battery thermal event within a sealed battery pack is provided. The method includes the steps of monitoring and characterizing the pressure within the battery pack over time, where identifying a battery thermal event is based on the pressure data fitting a specific curve shape, and performing a preset response when a battery thermal event is identified. The method may additionally monitor for a secondary effect associated with the battery thermal event.
US08313843B2
A light-emitting polymer composition for a light-emitting layer in an organic EL display device includes at least first and second light-emitting polymers having different interfacial characteristics which lower a cohesion between elements of the first and second light-emitting polymers.
US08313831B2
The present invention provides a laminate having a two-layer or three-layer structure including a non-thermoplastic polyimide film and a thermoplastic polyimide layer provided on one or both of the surfaces thereof, the surface of the thermoplastic polyimide layer being surface-treated; a laminate including a polymer film and a layer provided on one or both of the surfaces thereof, the layer including a polyimide resin composition comprising a polyimide resin with a specified structure and a thermosetting component; and a resin film and a laminate including the same which provided one, at least, of surface having a Ra1 value of arithmetic mean roughness of 0.05 μm to 1 μm measured with a cutoff value of 0.002 mm, and a Ra1/Ra2 ratio of 0.4 to 1, Ra2 being a value measured with a cutoff value of 0.1 mm. These laminates can provide a printed circuit board with excellent adhesiveness, on which a micro-wiring circuit can be formed.
US08313830B2
Particle toughened, fiber-reinforced composites include a fiber region and an interlayer region between the fibers. The fiber region includes a plurality of fibers at least partially within a first polymer composition including a first base polymer formulation and a first plurality of toughening particles. The interlayer region includes a second polymer composition including a second base polymer formulation and at least one of the first plurality of toughening particles and a second plurality of toughening particles. Examples of first and second pluralities of toughening particles, respectively, may include core shell rubbers and polyimides. Increasing concentration of the first plurality of toughening particles may improve the composite toughness while preserving thermal properties of the composite, such as weight loss after extended duration exposure to elevated temperature. It is further discovered that the relative placement of the toughening particles influences composite mechanical properties, such as compression after impact (CAI) strength.
US08313829B2
The invention relates to a transparent heatsealable biaxially oriented polyester film including a base layer B and amorphous top layers A on each surface of the base layer B. The invention further relates to a process for producing the film and to the use thereof.
US08313828B2
This invention discloses Lens Precursors and apparatus for generating an ophthalmic lens precursor with at least a portion of one surface free-formed from a Reactive Mixture. In some embodiments, an ophthalmic Lens Precursor is formed on a substrate with an arcuate optical quality surface via a source of actinic radiation controllable to cure a definable portion of a volume of Reactive Mixture.
US08313817B2
A foam mount of an aircraft window has a groove to receive an electro chromic window. The foam mount is painted by placing a blank in the groove to divide the foam mount into a first section designated to face the exterior of the aircraft and an opposite second section. The groove and the first section are coated with an electric conductive paint, and the second section is covered with a decorative paint. The conductive coating on the foam mount and the conductive coating of the electrodes of the electro chromic window provide an RF shielding to prevent electronic signals from personal electronic equipment from passing through the cabin and door windows of the aircraft. A mask is also provided to coat one section of the foam mount while covering the other section.
US08313814B2
A method of producing a cellulose derivative film, the method comprising: forming a film with a solvent cast method from a dope including a cellulose derivative satisfying following conditions (a) and (b): (a) at least one among three hydroxyl groups included in a glucose unit of cellulose is substituted by a substituent of which a polarizability anisotropy Δα represented as following Expression (1) is 2.5×10−24 cm3 or higher: Expression (1): Δα=αx−(αy+αz)/2, wherein αx, αy and αz is as defined in the specification; and (b) when a substitution degree by a substituent of which Δα is 2.5×10−24 cm3 or higher is PA, and a substitution degree by a substituent of which Δα is lower than 2.5×10−24 cm3 is PB, the PA and PB satisfy following Expressions (3) and (4): Expression (3): 2PA+PB>3.0; and Expression (4): PA>0.2.
US08313811B2
An implantable medical device including a plurality of components on a substrate, and a biocompatible multi-layer polymeric coating applied by vapor deposition to conform to and sealingly cover at least a portion of the components and/or the substrate. The coating is applied in at least two pairs of layers, wherein each pair has one layer formed by dissociation of a precursor and then simple deposition of that precursor, and the other layer is formed by at least one of plasma dissociation and excitation of the precursor to form a plasma-enhanced precursor, and then deposition of the plasma-enhanced precursor.
US08313804B2
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for the formation of vaporizing liquid precursor materials. The methods or apparatus can be used as part of a chemical vapor deposition apparatus or system, for example for forming films on substrates. The methods and apparatus involve providing a vessel for containing a liquid precursor and diffusing element having external cross-section dimensions substantially equal to the internal cross-sectional dimensions of the vessel.
US08313800B2
A conductive coating film is formed on a substrate by bringing a conductive material covered with a protective material into contact with a material having anion exchange ability, through such a process wherein an anion exchange layer containing a material having anion exchange ability is formed on a substrate and then a layer containing a conductive material covered with a protective material is formed on the anion exchange layer, or alternatively through such a process wherein a layer containing a conductive material covered with a protective material is formed on a substrate and then an anion exchange layer containing a material having anion exchange ability is formed on the layer containing a conductive material. The anion exchange layer and the layer containing a conductive material may be formed by coating, printing or the like. By using this method, a conductive coating film having excellent adhesion to a substrate can be formed on an ordinary paper substrate, plastic substrate and glass substrate at low temperature in short time.
US08313793B2
The invention relates to read/write methods for information hidden from visual perception and can be used to visualize hidden images of identification of an object, which provide protection against unauthorized reproduction. The surface of the object is first polished. An optically invisible marking image is formed on the polished surface by modifying at least one area of the surface, which changes the surface energy of modified sites. Said marking image is visualized by establishing a meta-stable environment in the vicinity of the aforementioned surface of the object. The marking image is produced in the form of distinguished structures formed by stable phase particles of the meta-stable environment at the sites of the object surface having different surface energy. Prior to performing a visualization process of the optically invisible marking image, the surface containing the modified areas is electrically-charged and cleaned by friction.
US08313792B2
A method for improving the barrier properties of a material. The method includes providing a material, applying a hydrophobic surface coating thereto, and incorporating the material into an absorbent article. The hydrophobic surface coating includes a non-aqueous, solventless, multicomponent silicone composition. The hydrophobic surface coating may be substantially free of aminosilicones.
US08313785B2
The present invention provides a composition comprising between 24% and 45% yeast (based on yeast dry matter content) characterized in that it contains more than 0.75% salt; and that the composition is liquid; and that the composition is biologically stable by maintaining the composition below 10° C.
US08313784B2
A method of using guava extract is disclosed that includes administering guava extract to a mammal to inhibit, prevent or alleviate at least one of a headache, nausea, dry mouth, lack of appetite, shakiness, and fatigue. A composition is also disclosed that includes a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and guava extract.
US08313778B2
The invention relates to novel particulate drug-delivery systems based on a polymer support containing at least one linear, branched or cross-linked polymer in a fraction of over 50 percent by weight in relation to the total weight of the support. The system is characterized in that at least one signal substance for transport through a biological barrier and at least one active ingredient are stored, the support, signal substance and active ingredient having no covalent links and no active-ingredient specific and signal substance specific coordinative links between one another.
US08313777B2
Polymeric nanoparticles with a hydrophobic core and a hydrophilic shell are formed from: 1) N-isopropyl acrylamide (NIPAAM), at a molar ratio of about 50% to about 90%, and preferably 60% for specific delivery routes such as oral or parenteral; either water-soluble vinyl derivatives like vinylpyrolidone (VP) or vinyl acetate (VA), or water insoluble vinyl derivatives like methyl methacrylate (MMA) or styrene (ST), at a molar ratio of about 10% to about 30%; and acrylic acid (AA), at a molar ratio of about 10% to about 30%. The formed nanoparticles may be optionally surface functionalized using reactive groups present in AA, including PEGylation, or conjugation of moieties such as chemotherapeutics, contrasting agents, antibodies, radionucleides, ligands, and sugars, for diagnostic, therapeutic, and imaging purposes. The polymeric nanoparticles are preferably dispersed in aqueous solutions. The polymeric nanoparticles incorporate one or more types of medicines or bioactive agents in the hydrophobic core; on occasion, the medicine or bioactive agent may be conjugated to the nanoparticle surface via reactive functional groups. The polymeric nanoparticles are capable of delivering the said medicines or bioactive agents through oral, parenteral, or topical routes. The polymeric nanoparticles allow poorly water soluble medicines or bioactive agents, or those with poor oral bioavailability, to be formulated in an aqueous solution, and enable their convenient delivery into the systemic circulation.
US08313765B2
The invention provides a biodegradable hyaluronic acid derivative including at least one modified hyaluronic acid repeating unit represented by the formula (HA)-[O(C═O)NH-M]p, wherein HA is a unit including N-acetyl-D-glucosamine and D-glucuronic acid, M is a modifying moiety containing a C2-16 hydrocarbyl group, and p is an integer of 1 to 4.
US08313761B2
A porous silicon implant impregnated with a beneficial substance, such as a micromineral required for healthy physiology, is implanted subcutaneously and is entirely corroded away over the following months/year to release the micromineral in a controlled manner. In a second embodiment the implant may have a large number of holes which contain beneficial substance and which are closed by bio-errordable doors of different thickness so as to stagger the release of the beneficial substance over time as the doors are breached.
US08313750B2
The invention provides a new type of a capsid protein VP1 of human enterovirus 71, named as MEL701-VP1 and functional/structural variants thereof, which is used for protection against enterovirus. The transgenic animal producing the protein, the composition comprising the protein and the method for production thereof are also provided.
US08313745B2
Described herein are methods and compositions that can be used for diagnosis and treatment of cancer.
US08313735B2
A method of making-up a keratinous substrate involving: (a) providing a keratinous substrate; (b) applying a basecoat composition onto the keratinous substrate, the basecoat composition comprising: (i) at least one silicone-polyamide copolymer; (ii) at least one silicone film former; (iii) at least one volatile oil; and (iv) at least one colorant; and (c) applying a topcoat composition over top of the basecoat composition, the topcoat composition comprising: (i) at least one tackifier component having a solubility parameter corresponding to δ; (ii) at least one block copolymer having at least one hard segment and at least one soft segment and wherein at least one of said hard and/or soft segments has a solubility parameter corresponding to δ±2; (iii) at least one solvent; and (iv) optionally, at least one colorant.
US08313734B2
A composition for counteracting malodour due to thiols, with the composition including a polyphenol, a source of polyphenol, a composition comprising polyphenol or mixtures thereof, a base, and optionally, an enzyme, wherein the polyphenol is encapsulated. The polyhenol is preferably a green tea extract and the enzyme is polyphenol (per)oxidase acetone powder.
US08313733B2
The invention provides an antiplaque oral composition that includes an orally acceptable carrier; and an antibacterially effective amount of a compound of structure (I) In the structure, R1 and R2 are independently selected from a lower C1-4 alkyl group and R3 and R4 are independently an alkenyl or alkyl group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms. Also included in the invention are toothpastes or tooth gels that include at least one humectant: at least one abrasive compound; and an antibacterially effective amount of the compound represented by the structure of formula (I). Also provided are methods of inhibiting bacterial growth in the oral cavity of an animal by application of the compound of formula (I).
US08313731B2
The invention relates to new compounds for cancer therapy or diagnosis and more specifically to the use of a non-toxic B subunit of Shiga toxin mutant as a vector for diagnostic products or drugs in over-expressing Gb3 receptor cells, such compounds having the following formula: STxB-Z(n)-Cys-Y(m)-T wherein STxB is the Shiga Toxin B subunit or a functional equivalent thereof, Z(n) wherein n is 0 or 1 and when n is 1, Z is an amino-acid residue devoid of sulfydryl group, or is a polypeptide, Cys is the amino-acid residue for Cysteine, T is a molecule linked by a covalent bound to the S part of Cys, selected in a group comprising: agents for in vivo diagnosis, cytotoxic agents, prodrugs, or enzymes for the conversion of a prodrug to a drug, Y(m) wherein m is 0 or 1 and when m is 1, Y is a linker between T and Cys, said linker being either cleavable or not cleavable for the release of T after the internalization of the hybrid compound into said cells.
US08313730B2
A process for inhibiting symptoms of a subject with celiac disease is provided that includes administration of monoclonal-, or polyclonal-, monomeric, dimeric, or polymeric IgA. Joining secretory component to the IgA limits oral administration degradation. Formulating agents are mixed with the monomeric, dimeric, or polymeric IgA to yield a dosing form of a capsule, tablet, and a suppository. The therapeutic is amenable to enrobement directly through microencapsulation or the dosing form is coated with an enteric coating.
US08313725B2
An in-situ method for nanomixing magnesium aluminate spinel nanoparticles with a uniformly distributed controlled concentration of nanoparticles of an inorganic sintering aid, such as LiF, to produce ready-to-sinter spinel powder. The spinel-sintering aid nanomixture is formed by induced precipitation of the sintering aid nanoparticles from a dispersion of the spinel nanoparticles in an aqueous solution of the sintering aid, followed by separation, drying and deagglomeration of the spinel-sintering aid nanomixed product.
US08313717B2
The present invention relates to the field of atomizing fluids. Some embodiments described herein relate to a nozzle for atomization of one fluid in an exhaust system of a combustion engine or gas turbine, the nozzle comprising an inlet and two or more outlets, arranged so that fluid streams discharged from the two or more outlets impinge at a distance from the two or more outlets so that the fluid streams discharged from at least two of the two or more outlets impinge each other at a specified angle in the range of 70° to 95° so as to provide a spray by atomization of the fluid. The fluid streams may e.g. have a cross section in the order of 0.005 to 0.05 mm2 before impingement.
US08313714B2
Embodiments of the invention provide a method of making non-spherical nanoparticles that includes (a) combining a source of a Group 12, 13, 14, or 15 metal or metalloid; a source of a Group 15 or 16 element; and a source of a quaternary ammonium compound or phosphonium compound; and (b) isolating non-spherical nanoparticles from the resulting reaction mixture. Other embodiments of the invention provide non-spherical nanoparticle compositions, that are the reaction product of a source of a Group 12, 13, 14, or 15 metal or metalloid; a source of a Group 15 or 16 element; and a source of a quaternary ammonium compound or phosphonium compound; wherein nanoparticle tetrapods comprise 75-100 number percent of the nanoparticle products.
US08313712B2
The current invention provide a microfluidic valve having a housing that includes a microfluid control port disposed adjacent to a microfluid exhaust port, where a movable rigid material having a first diameter is disposed in the housing between the microfluid control port and the microfluid exhaust port. The housing further includes a microfluid pressure port having a first microfluid pressure. The microfluid pressure port is connected to the microfluid exhaust port by a microfluid valve orifice having a second diameter, where the first diameter is larger than the second diameter, and when a second microfluid pressure is applied to the control port the moveable rigid material closes the microfluid valve orifice, where the first microfluid pressure is greater than the second microfluid pressure.
US08313710B2
A multilayered optical sensing patch, for the measurement of conditions, such as pH, oxygen level, etc, within containers, is provided. The multilayered optical sensing patch of the present invention is comprised of a heat sealable polymer substrate layer, and a polymeric sensing membrane later attached thereto. The polymer sensing membrane layer is formed of a porous polymer support membrane, and an optical sensing composition (comprising a reactive indicator) covalently bonded thereto. The heat sealable polymer substrate layer is capable of being securely bonded to the inner layer of bioreactor bags, as well as the porous polymer support substrate layer. Further, the porous polymer support membrane layer provides a firm supporting structure for the polymeric sensing layer, thereby protecting the optical sensing composition disposed therein from degradation/damage.
US08313707B2
A product housing for use with a vacuum breaker, a solid product dispenser, and a solid product having a bottom surface comprises a product holder, an overflow outlet, and a flood plane. The product holder has a bottom and is configured and arranged to receive the solid product with the bottom surface proximate the bottom. The bottom of the product holder is positioned proximate above the solid product dispenser and proximate below the vacuum breaker. The overflow outlet is proximate the bottom, and the flood plane is proximate the overflow outlet.
US08313705B2
In one exemplary embodiment, a system for reacting a first feed can include a petroleum fraction having at least about 90%, by volume, with a boiling point of at least about 300° C. The system can include a bubble column reactor. The bubble column reactor, in turn, can include a first inlet for the first feed and a second inlet for a second feed including a gas rich in hydrogen. In addition, the petroleum fraction may be in counter-current flow with respect to the gas rich in hydrogen inside the bubble column reactor.
US08313704B2
A spouted bed device according to the present invention includes a vertically extending cylinder; a decreasing diameter member which is formed on the cylinder, has an inside diameter that decreases progressively downward, and has a gas inlet orifice at a bottom end thereof; and a tubular portion which extends downward from an edge of the gas inlet orifice. A spouted bed is formed in a treatment zone enclosed by a top surface of the decreasing diameter member and an inner wall of the cylinder above the decreasing diameter member.
US08313702B2
A gel manufacturing apparatus adapted to generate gel by making a first solution and a second solution react with each other includes: a flow mechanism adapted to make the second solution flow; an ejection mechanism having a nozzle plate provided with a nozzle adapted to eject the first solution to the second solution made to flow using a droplet ejection method; and a gap plate provided with a through hole communicated with the nozzle, wherein the gap plate is disposed between the flow mechanism and the ejection mechanism.
US08313688B2
An installation for soldering or for heat-treating workpieces (1) under a protective gas atmosphere, includes a workpiece transportation apparatus (2), an entrance (3) into the installation and an exit (4) out of the installation, a combustion-gas or heating-gas stream (B) which is conducted separately from the protective-gas stream (S) and brings the protective-gas stream (S) to operating temperature, and comprising an insulating means (5) which surrounds the installation. A considerable amount of energy is saved in that the combustion-gas or heating-gas stream (B) and the protective-gas stream (S) have approximately corresponding heat capacities and can be conducted through the installation in counterflow.
US08313687B2
There is provided a method of making a balloon having a differential thickness. The method uses a raw tube composed of a thermoplastic polymer which is placed in an asymmetrical mold. The tube is preheated in the mold to a temperature sufficient to soften the material of the tube and inflated with a gas to generally uniformly stretch the material of the tube while allowing the tube to retract lengthwise, thus forming a balloon. The resulting completed balloon has a differential wall thickness wherein the upper region has a thickness of from about 15 to about 30 micrometers and the lower region has a thickness of from about 5 to about 15 micrometers.
US08313672B2
A kind of manufacturing method for dual functions with varistor material and device has one of the characteristics among capacitance, inductance, voltage suppressor and thermistor in addition to surge absorbing characteristic, which microstructural compositions include a glass substrate with high resistance and three kinds of low-resistance conductive or semiconductive particles in micron, submicron and nanometer size uniformly distributed in the glass substrate to provide with good surge absorbing characteristic.
US08313671B2
Disclosed are a heterocyclic compound characterized by being represented by formula (1), and a composition of the compound. Also disclosed is an organic electronic device using the compound. (In formula (1), X1, X2 and X3 each independently represents a sulfur atom or a selenium atom; and R1-R6 each independently represents an aromatic hydrocarbon group, an aliphatic hydrocarbon group, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, an alkoxyl group, a mercapto group, an alkylthio group, a boronic acid group, a nitro group, a substituted amino group, an amide group, an acyl group, a carboxyl group, an acyloxy group, a cyano group, a sulfo group, a sulfamoyl group, an alkylsulfamoyl group, a carbamoyl group, an alkylcarbamoyl group or a hydrogen atom, provided that all the R1-R6 are not hydrogen atoms at the same time.) The compound represented by formula (1) is suitable for use in an organic electronic device such as an organic EL element, an organic transistor element and a liquid crystal element.
US08313666B2
There is provided novel curable ink compositions comprising polymer-coated magnetic metal nanoparticles. In particular, there is provided ultraviolet (UV) curable gel inks comprising at least the coated magnetic metal nanoparticles, one curable monomer, a radiation activated initiator that initiates polymerization of curable components of the ink, a gellant. The inks may also include optional colorants and one or more optional additives. These curable gel UV ink compositions can be used for ink jet printing in a variety of applications.
US08313658B2
The present invention relates to a removal device for removing gas, dirt and/or particles from a contaminating liquid from a liquid in a liquid conduit system. The removal device includes a housing, a supply opening and a discharge opening, a resistance zone, at least one quiet zone and at least one return opening. The quiet zone allows dirt and/or particles of a relatively heavy contaminating liquid to settle to a bottom of the housing, and/or gas bubbles and/or particles of a relatively light contaminating liquid to rise to an upper end of the housing at least one bifurcation opening in the resistance zone and subsequently returns into the main flow at the merge point through the return opening.
US08313656B2
A variable wash flow filter assembly includes guide that is operable to guide a wash velocity control cone between a minimal position and a maximum position. The guide defines at least one activation deltaP window downstream of a conical gap between the wash velocity control cone and a frusto-conical wash filter. The fuel flow through the conical gap and the activation deltaP window is operable to position the wash velocity control cone between the minimal position and maximum position to selectively split a fuel flow through an inlet into a burn flow through a thru flow port and a filtered flow thru the frusto-conical wash filter and filtered flow port.
US08313652B2
The present invention includes a container and a method of separating one or more components of interest bound to magnetic particles using centrifugal forces.
US08313651B2
The present invention discloses a membrane stack comprising a first and second membrane layers, and a spacer layer disposed between said first and second membrane layers, said membrane stack configured such that fluid passes through said membrane stack in a direction substantially perpendicular to the plane of said membrane layers and said spacer layer. The application also discloses a module comprising a membrane as described above, said module having a fluid flow path that is substantially perpendicular to the plane of the major surface of the membrane and spacer layers ins aid membrane stack.
US08313648B2
A method for producing biofuels is provided that includes dewatering intact algal cells to make an algal biomass, extracting neutral lipids from the algal biomass, and esterifying the neutral lipids with a catalyst in the presence of an alcohol. The method also includes separating a water soluble fraction comprising glycerin from a water insoluble fraction comprising fuel esters and distilling the fuel esters under vacuum to obtain a C16 or shorter fuel esters fraction, a C16 or longer fuel ester fraction, and a residue comprising carotenoids and omega-3 fatty acids. The method further includes hydrodeoxygenating at least one of (i) the C16 or shorter fuel esters to obtain a jet fuel blend stock and (ii) the C16 or longer fuel esters to obtain a diesel blend stock. The method further includes supplying the hydrogenation and deoxygenation processes with hydrogen produced from reformed light hydrocarbons or an algae culture.
US08313634B2
The invention relates to various embodiments of an environmentally beneficial method for reducing carbon dioxide. The methods in accordance with the invention include electrochemically or photoelectrochemically reducing the carbon dioxide in a divided electrochemical cell that includes an anode, e.g., an inert metal counterelectrode, in one cell compartment and a metal or p-type semiconductor cathode electrode in another cell compartment that also contains an aqueous solution of an electrolyte and a catalyst of one or more substituted or unsubstituted aromatic amines to produce therein a reduced organic product.
US08313613B2
It is a main object to provide sanitary paper comprising: a base thin paper including 5 to 40 wt % of a treating agent wherein bending rigidity B value is 0.03 to 0.07 g cm2/cm and moisture regain is 4.5 to 6.0 wt %, which are measured at a temperature of 25° C. with a humidity of 40% R.H., and the thin paper includes a fluent liquid state at ordinary temperatures with 70 to 100 wt % of effective ingredient including 1) 80.0 to 97.0 wt % of a moisturizing agent 2) 0.5 to 10.0 wt % of a softening agent selected from anionic surfactants, cationic surfactants, nonionic surfactants, and amphoteric surfactants. 3) 0.001 to 1.0 wt % of a hydrophilic high molecular compound.
US08313609B2
An inventive substrate processing apparatus comprises a substrate holding mechanism which generally horizontally holds a substrate and rotates the substrate about a generally vertical rotation axis, a process liquid supplying mechanism for supplying a process liquid to the substrate held by the substrate holding mechanism, a first guide portion provided around the substrate holding mechanism and having an upper edge portion extending toward the rotation axis for guiding the process liquid scattered from the substrate rotated by the substrate holding mechanism to cause the process liquid to flow down, a second guide portion provided around the substrate holding mechanism outside the first guide portion and having an upper edge portion extending toward the rotation axis as vertically overlapping with the upper edge portion of the first guide portion for guiding the process liquid scattered from the substrate rotated by the substrate holding mechanism to cause the process liquid to flow down, a recovery channel provided outside the first guide portion integrally with the first guide portion for recovering the process liquid guided by the second guide portion, and a driving mechanism for moving up and down the first guide portion and the second guide portion independently of each other.
US08313594B2
A pallet is made from thermoformed polymeric sheets with an attached communications device. A further aspect of the present invention includes a radio frequency identification device attached to an apparatus. In still another aspect of the present invention, a communications device is incorporated into one or more sheets of a pallet or other container prior to forming. Methods of making and using a thermoformed pallet and container having a communications device are also provided.
US08313593B2
A method of heat treating an Ni-base superalloy article is disclosed. The method includes hot-working an article comprising an NiCrMoNbTi superalloy comprising, in weight percent, at least about 55 Ni to produce a hot-worked microstructure; solution treating the article at a temperature of about 1600° F. to about 1750° F. for about 1 to about 12 hours to form a partially recrystallized warm-worked microstructure; and cooling the article. The method also includes precipitation aging the article at a first precipitation aging temperature of about 1300° F. to about 1400° F. for a first duration of about 4 hours to about 12 hours; cooling the article to a second precipitation aging temperature; precipitation aging the article at a second precipitation aging temperature of about 1150° F. to about 1200° F. for a second duration of about 4 hours to about 12 hours; and cooling the article from the second precipitation aging temperature to an ambient temperature.
US08313589B2
An object of the present invention is to provide at a low cost a low-alloy steel having a high strength and excellent high-pressure hydrogen environment embrittlement resistance characteristics under a high-pressure hydrogen environment. The invention is a high-strength low-alloy steel excellent in high-pressure hydrogen environment embrittlement resistance characteristics, which is characterized in that the steel has a composition comprising C: 0.10 to 0.20%, Si: 0.10 to 0.40%, Mn: 0.50 to 1.20%, Cr: 0.20 to 0.80%, Cu: 0.10 to 0.50%, Mo: 0.10 to 1.00%, V: 0.01 to 0.10%, B: 0.0005 to 0.005% and N: 0.01% or less, by mass, with the balance consisting of Fe and unavoidable impurities.
US08313579B2
An apparatus and associated method are provided for treating a workpiece with a cryogenic impingement fluid. A fixture supports the workpiece in an upright position and operably connects an electrical component of the workpiece to a power source in the supported position. A cryogenic impingement fluid applicator sprays a stream of the cryogenic impingement fluid against the supported workpiece and laterally moves the stream in accordance with a predetermined path. A shield deflects the stream of cryogenic impingement fluid to prevent the stream from contacting at least a part of the workpiece as the stream is moved along the predetermined path.
US08313575B2
The invention relates to a pigment preparation containing, as main ingredients: (a) between 5 and 70 wt. % of at least one pigment P which is coated with at least one polymerisable, ethylenically unsaturated compound B; (b) between 0.1 and 15 wt. % of at least one non-ionic surface-active additive C based on polyethers and/or polyglycerines; (c) between 0.1 and 15 wt. % of at least one anionic surface-active additive D based on sulfonates, sulfates, carboxlates, phosphonates, or phosphates; between 10 and 90 wt. % of water and (e) between 0 and 20 wt. % of standard additives, the total weight percentage not exceeding 100 wt. %.
US08313573B2
Disclosed is a mold-releasing agent comprising, as active ingredients, a polyfluoroalkylphosphonic acid represented by the general formula: CnF2n+1(CH2CF2)a(CF2CF2)b(CH2CH2)cP(O)(OH)2 (n: an integer of 1 to 6, a: an integer of 1 to 4, b: an integer of 1 to 3, c: an integer of 1 to 3), or a salt thereof and a polyfluoroalkylphosphonic acid oxyalkylene ester represented by the general formula: CnF2n+1(CH2CF2)a(CF2CF2)b(CH2CH2)cP(O)[O(RO)mR′]d(OH)2−d (RO: a C2-C6 linear or branched oxyalkylene group, R′: a hydrogen atom, a C1-C20 alkyl group, or aralkyl group, n: an integer of 1 to 6, a: an integer of 1 to 4, b: an integer of 1 to 3, c: an integer of 1 to 3, d: an integer of 1 or 2, m: an integer of 1 to 100). This mold-releasing agent comprises, as an active ingredient, a polyfluoroalkylphosphonic acid oxyalkylene ester having a perfluoroalkyl group containing 6 or less carbon atoms, which is said to have low bioaccumulation potential, but exhibits mold release performance equivalent to that of a mold-releasing agent comprising a compound having a perfluoroalkyl group containing 8 or more carbon atoms as an active ingredient.
US08313569B2
An air washer adsorbs outside contaminated air to disks, which have water films formed thereon, and settles contaminants in water in a water reservoir, thus purifying and humidifying air.
US08313568B1
An off gas extraction system provides superior results to other systems for cleaning polluted soil. Off gas is extracted, followed by compression and condensation. Compression and condensation produce an off gas that must be further treated to produce pollutant-free exhaust. A regenerative adsorber cleans the influent gas/air by adsorbing residual chemical vapor and concentrates the removed chemical vapor and reprocesses them. Conventional scrubbers are used on the back end of the system to produce a final exhaust as prescribed by environmental regulation. Methods of accomplishing the same are similarly provided, including unique business methods for conforming extraction plans with current environmental regulations and compliance impact generation based on an evolved knowledge base.
US08313565B2
A cyclonic separator for separating fluids comprises an inlet chamber (6) having means for inducing fluids flowing through the chamber to swirl around an axis, a cyclonic separation chamber (10) connected to receive fluids from the inlet chamber, and an outlet chamber (8) connected to receive fluids from the cyclonic separation chamber. The outlet chamber (8) has a tangential outlet (22) for relatively dense fluids and an axial outlet (24) for less dense fluids. The separation chamber is elongate and has a length L and an inlet diameter D, where L/D is in the range 1 to 10.
US08313560B1
Methods for performing separation of gaseous entities via contacting the gaseous entities with a sorbent material including a porous structured organic film including a plurality of segments and a plurality of linkers arranged as a covalent organic framework, wherein at a macroscopic level the covalent organic framework is a film are described.
US08313556B2
The present disclosure is directed to a system for delivery of a target material and/or energy. The system includes a source configured to provide a mixture containing the target material and a non-target material, a delivery conduit coupled to the source to receive the mixture from the source, and an in-line extraction device concentric to the delivery conduit. The in-line extraction device is configured to selectively extract the target material and/or energy from the mixture in the delivery conduit and to delivery it to a downstream facility.
US08313552B2
A method and an apparatus for the production and the melting of liquid pig iron or of liquid steel intermediate products in a melt-down gasifier, with the introduction of oxygen-containing gas streams through oxygen nozzles into the solid bed. At least one oxygen nozzle has a single gas supply and introduces at least two gas streams. Using plural gas streams from a nozzle reduces the risk of fluidization of the solid bed because the number of gas raceways in materials in the gasifier is increased.
US08313549B2
A filter device comprises a filter element that is comprised of at least two radially nested filter bellows, wherein at least one filter bellows is to be flown through in the radial direction and a flow space for the fluid is formed between the filter bellows. Each filter bellows is embodied as a star-shaped filter with filter folds arranged in a star shape. On at least one end face of the filter element a sealing ring is arranged between a filter bellows and the filter housing.
US08313548B2
A method of designing a gas-solid separator that has an inner cylinder having a closed lower end and an opened upper end, and extending in a vertical direction; an outer cylinder that coaxially covers the inner cylinder from the outside and has a gas vent port formed on the upper end side of the inner cylinder and communicating with an exterior; and a plurality of axially extending long holes formed a side surface on the lower end side of the inner cylinder in a circumferential direction, one of long side edge parts of each of the long holes being provided with a guide blade that protrudes outward and is inclined circumferentially so as to cover the long hole.
US08313539B2
Disclosed is a method of preparing a negative electrode for a rechargeable lithium battery. The steps include vacuum-drying a negative electrode precursor, the negative electrode precursor comprising a negative active material and an aqueous binder. The steps may further include vacuum-drying a lithium cell battery that includes a vacuum-dried negative electrode.
US08313528B1
Some embodiments of the invention disclose an apparatus for achieving rapid mechanical fusion between two adjacent vertebral bodies by positioning a fusion member with one or more channels between the two vertebral bodies. Once the fusion member properly positioned, one or more needles are passed through the fusion member's channels and advanced into the marrow space of the adjacent vertebral bodies. Each needle has a lumen for receiving adhesive material and supplying said material to the marrow space of the adjacent vertebral bodies. The adhesive material is for adhesively bonding the needle to the adjacent vertebral bodies. In some embodiments, a needle also has various surface contours along its shaft, including angled teeth and backfacing ridges.
US08313526B2
The disclosure relates to support frames for prosthetic implantable valves. The support frames may include a plurality of symmetrically arrayed interconnected U-shaped member structures. Preferred support frames are tubular structures enclosing a longitudinal axis and including a plurality of U-shaped member structures facing a distal or a proximal end of the support frame. Each U-shaped member structure may be connected to a single longitudinally adjacent U-shaped member facing in an opposite longitudinal direction, as well as two laterally adjacent U-shaped members.
US08313519B2
A multifunction warming device includes a clinical garment having an inside surface supporting a convective apparatus disposed to provide therapeutic warming of a patient's upper body during surgery. The warming device includes a clinical garment with an elongate convective apparatus supported on the inside of the garment, transversely to the garment, and running between its sleeves. The positioning of the convective apparatus in the clinical garment locates it against the chest of a patient wearing the garment and permits it to be deployed and used on the patient's upper body during and after surgery without removal of the clinical garment from the patient or removal of the convective apparatus from the clinical garment.
US08313511B2
A prosthesis for the replacement of a diseased or traumatized facet of a mammalian vertebra includes a surface that articulates with another prosthetic facet or a natural facet, a portion that replaces at least a bony portion of the diseased or traumatized spine facet which is to be replaced, and an element to attach the prosthesis to the vertebra in a manner that does not require attachment to or abutment against the posterior arch. A method of installing the prosthesis includes the steps of resecting at least a portion of a facet and attaching the prosthesis in a manner that does not require attachment or abutment against the posterior arch.
US08313504B2
The present invention relates to a medical device for placement at a predetermined location within a passageway of the human body, and more particularly, relates to a flexible embolization device which may be delivered by a catheter to a pre-selected position within a blood vessel to thereby embolize a blood vessel or a blood vessel defect, such as an aneurysm or fistula. Specifically, the embolization device comprises an elongated coil having a lumen, the coil and lumen being at least partially embedded in an elongated foam member comprising, in some embodiments, a flexible, biodegradable, water insoluble, open, interconnecting-cell foam material having embolic characteristics, and capable of allowing cell proliferation into the open cell foam interior.
US08313503B2
A seamless, self-expanding implantable device having a low profile is disclosed along with methods of making and using the same. The implantable device includes a frame cut out of a single piece of material that is formed into a three-dimensional shape. The implantable device may comprise an embolic filter, stent, or other implantable structure. The present invention also allows complicated frame structures to be easily formed from planar sheets of starting material, such as through laser cutting, stamping, photo-etching, or other cutting techniques.
US08313500B2
A surgical instrument including an elongate member having opposite ends, and a clevis attached to one end of the opposite ends. The clevis has a pair of spaced arms. The instrument includes a pin extending between the spaced arms of the clevis, and an end effector having a pivot hole receiving the pin extending between the spaced arms of the clevis for pivotal movement relative to the clevis and a control arm for pivoting the end effector about the pin. The instrument also includes an actuator wire having a helical portion connected to the control arm of the end effector.
US08313497B2
An apparatus for placement into an opening formed in a wall of a body lumen to deploy a closure element. The apparatus comprising a housing having a handle portion formed at a distal end, the handle portion configured to be engaged by a user when advancing the housing to deploy the closure element. A locator assembly and a carrier assembly are at least partially received in the housing. The locator assembly can have one or more expansion members that can selectably contact the wall of the body lumen and a proximal end configured to cooperate with a portion of a locator control system operable to expand the one or more expansion members. A triggering system cooperates with the locator assembly and is moveable toward the one or more expansion members of the locator assembly upon the locator control system being operated to expand the one or more expansion members.
US08313477B2
A device and methods for the real-time monitoring of stem cells in a stem cell transplant. The device comprises a linear member and particle detection device configured to occupy the lumen of a catheter while the catheter is in place to administer a stem cell transplant to a delivery site in the body of a patient. Monitoring of the stem cells permits the device to provide signals to a computer processor for the determination of one or more characteristics of stem cells in the stem cell transplant.
US08313474B2
An aqueous solution of polyacrylic acid is placed in a mold, frozen, and freeze-dried to form a sponge-like polyacrylic acid structure. The sponge-like polyacrylic acid structure is compressed by the application of heat and pressure to reduce the thickness and increase the density of the sponge-like polyacrylic acid structure to form a densified polyacrylic acid structure. The densified polyacrylic acid structure is preconditioned by heating to form a wound dressing. The wound dressing can be applied to control severe, life-threatening bleeding from a wound at a wound site of a person.
US08313470B2
The invention relates to an automatic injection device (1) including: a container (6) provided with a needle (8); a housing (3) receiving a container (6) movable relative to the housing (3) between an initial position to an insertion position; a needle shield (12) for receiving the needle (8) and in which the needle (8) is embedded prior to use of the device (1); and, a deshielder (33) coupled to the needle shield (12) by a first connecting arrangement (51) and removably assembled to the distal part of the housing (3) by a second connecting arrangement (44, 45a, 45b, 57). The first and second connecting arrangements are designed so that a rotational movement of the deshielder (33) about the device axis (2) of the device (1) with respect to the housing (3) causes an axial displacement of the needle shield (12) in the distal direction with substantially no rotational movement of the needle shield (12) with respect to the needle (8).
US08313469B2
An I.V. catheter assembly and needle safety device are disclosed which allow for the safe removal of a needle from a catheter assembly. The safety device includes a locking assembly which includes lock housing a rotatable locking member and a locking clip. The needle and the locking member are configured such that withdrawal of the needle from the catheter assembly effects rotation of the locking member. The locking clip is positioned and configured to obstruct rotation of the locking member after the needle has been retracted within the housing to obstruct re-advancement of the needle.
US08313464B2
An injection device (210) is described. A housing (212) receives a syringe and includes a return spring (226) for biasing the syringe from an extended position in which its needle (218) extends from the housing (212) to a retracted position in which the it does not. A drive spring (230) acts on a first drive element (232) and a second drive element (234) acts upon the syringe to advance it from its retracted position to its extended position and discharge its contents through the needle. The first drive element (232) is capable of movement relative to the second (234) once a nominal decoupling position has been reached. A release mechanism is activated when the first drive element (234) is further advanced to a nominal release position, to release the syringe (214) from the action of the drive spring (230), whereupon the return spring (226) restores the syringe (214) to its retracted position. A locking mechanism (337, 375) confines the returned syringe in its retracted position.
US08313462B2
A method and apparatus for pressure infusion and temperature control of infused liquids includes a receptacle for receiving a liquid-filled bag containing intravenous solution or other liquid and an inflatable pressure device. The inflatable pressure device is disposed within a pressure device bag and is positioned proximate the liquid-filled bag in the receptacle. The inflatable pressure device expands within the pressure device bag upon inflation and exerts pressure on the liquid-filled bag. A heating element may be disposed on the inflatable pressure device bag to heat the liquid-filled bag to a desired temperature. The liquid may alternatively be maintained at a desired temperature, while flowing to a patient via a heating assembly disposed along a tube. The heating assembly includes a sleeve having a slot for receiving the tube and a plurality of individually controlled heaters. An infrared sensing device is mounted proximate a drip chamber to ascertain a drip count, while a temperature sensor is disposed within a holder that is positioned toward the entry site on a patient. A heat controller controls the heaters based on a drip count, while a safety controller disables heater operation in response to liquid temperature exceeding the desired temperature. Thus, the safety controller and heat controller, in combination, control the heating assembly heaters based on liquid temperature and flow rate, respectively. Alternatively, the liquid-filled bag may be heated to a desired temperature whereby the heating assembly includes a single heater controlled by a controller to maintain the liquid at the desired temperature during infusion of the liquid into a patient.
US08313455B2
Syringes for holding fluids susceptible to void formation when the syringe and fluid are frozen and thawed before use. The interior surface of the syringe barrel is modified by exposure to a plasma such that the incidence of void formation in the fluid is prevented or, at the least, significantly reduced in comparison with conventional syringes.
US08313444B2
A biopsy device having a translating and rotating cutter is disclosed. The translational speed of the cutter is varied using a variable pitch member. The variable pitch member can include a shaft having a relatively coarse threaded portion for rapid cutter advance and a relatively finer threaded portion for cutter advance during tissue severing.
US08313435B2
Examples for filtering clutter signals from receive signals obtained in a Doppler mode in an ultrasound system are disclosed. The signal processing unit processes received echoes to provide 2-dimensional image data of the target object, the 2-dimensional image data being representative of a 2-dimensional image. A region of interest (ROI) is set on the 2-dimensional image of the target object, The signal processing unit obtains a Doppler mode image pixel data corresponding to the ROI. The signal processing unit sets filter cutoff frequencies based on characteristics of the Doppler mode image pixel data and filter the Doppler mode image pixel data with the set filter cutoff frequencies to output filtered pixel data with clutter signals filtered.
US08313430B1
A surgical access system including a tissue distraction assembly and a tissue retraction assembly, both of which may be equipped with one or more electrodes for use in detecting the existence of (and optionally the distance and/or direction to) neural structures before, during, and after the establishment of an operative corridor to a surgical target site. The tissue retraction assembly has a plurality of blades which may be introduced while in a closed configuration, after which point they may be opened to create an operation corridor to the surgical target site, including pivoting at least one blade to expand the operative corridor adjacent to the operative site. The surgical access system further includes pressure sensing technology to measure the pressure being exerted upon body tissues before, during, and/or after retraction and/or distraction.
US08313417B2
A portable hurdle for use primarily athletes has a base portion operably secured to a bow portion that holds the hurdle to a predefined height when the bow portion is placed in tension by a securing structure. The hurdle lays substantially flat when the bow portion is returned to its neutral position. In one disclosed embodiment, the securing structure is a trap that forms the top of the hurdle. In other disclosed embodiments, the base portion defines the top of the hurdle. An adjustment structure allows for adjustment of the hurdle's height.
US08313413B2
A hybrid vehicle driving device is capable of causing a motor-powered travel of a hybrid vehicle in which only an electric motor is used as a drive force source, by driving the electric motor with electric power from an electric storage device while a rotational driving of an internal combustion engine has been stopped. A control device for the hybrid vehicle driving device includes a rotational drive portion that determines whether or not supply of a lubrication oil to at least a portion of the power transmission device by the lubrication oil supply device is necessary based on a travel distance in the motor-powered travel following a stop of the rotational driving of the internal combustion engine, and rotationally drives the internal combustion engine based on determination as to need for the supply of the lubrication oil.
US08313396B1
A device for quickly picking up numerous tennis balls on a tennis court having a vacuum unit with angled collection members to funnel tennis balls into a location where suction from the vacuum unit draws the balls through tubing and a port into a basket within a chamber of the vacuum unit.
US08313394B2
The present invention is directed to an improved multi-layered core golf ball wherein each core layer comprises its own specific hardness gradient (positive, negative or a combination) in addition to an overall specific hardness gradient from one core layer to the next.
US08313382B2
An operator control interface for configuration of wagering games comprises a control screen for displaying a plurality of available primary wagering games and a plurality of available supplemental features and at least one input device for receiving configuration inputs. At least one controller is operative to (i) in response to a first configuration input received via the at least one input device, add a selected primary wagering game to a first wagering game configuration, (ii) in response to a second configuration input received via the at least one input device, add a selected supplemental feature to the first wagering game configuration, and (iii) cause the control screen to display the first wagering game configuration and an overall payback percentage of the first wagering game configuration.
US08313375B2
The present invention provides a game device (20) that has a touch panel (25), a processor (28), and a RAM (31). The processor (28), from among detected position data output from touch panel (25), stores in RAM (31), as the position of the start point, the position indicated by detected position data output by the start of a continuous touch operation. Also, given that the position indicated by detected position data output immediately before the end of the continuous touch operation is determined as the position of the end point, processor (28) identifies, from among plural input instructions each being associated with plural direction ranges extending radially from a common basal point on the contact face of touch panel (25), an input instruction that is associated with a direction range having a direction from the start point to the end point there within, from among plural direction ranges having the start point as a basal point.
US08313371B1
A system and method for playing component games in a gaming environment, where a component game is a game in which a physical prize, the prize to be won, is rendered in a graphical format and further divided into components (clearly recognizable parts of the graphical image). Individual component prizes are designed to be won by a player during individual game plays, that is, upon the occurrence of specific winning events while playing a chance or fixed-pool game. To win the component game prize, each of the components must be won and the combination redeemed. The component prizes are not intended to be separately redeemable game credits. In particular, the player may play for regular game credits or may choose to play for component prizes or portions thereof, not both. Component games create a highly enticing situation where players can be rewarded for long term play over a variety of machines.
US08313370B2
Video game systems and methods provide one or more software-based skill adjustment mechanisms for video game systems to adjust a difficulty level of the video games based on an existing skill level or game play of a player. The difficulty level of the video games is adjustable to correspond to an existing skill level of the player for removing digital blocks from a digital matrix, clearing digital complete horizontal lines from the digital matrix and/or avoiding game ending conditions. The difficulty level of the video game may be adjusted to facilitate skill-building game play for the player. The difficulty level of the video games is adjustable during game play that is approaching or leading to a game ending condition via software for one or more primary and/or secondary skill adjustment mechanisms. The one or more primary and/or secondary skill adjustment mechanisms include matrix dimension adjustments, line clear adjustments, level and fall speed adjustments, piece adjustments and/or a top-out, lock-out and/or block-out meter.
US08313365B2
Aspects of the present invention provide systems and methods relating to online gaming utilizing virtual playing instruments. The virtual playing instruments may be generated from physical playing instruments. In certain embodiments, the playing instruments include at least one identifier that may identified and stored on a computer-readable medium before and/or during a game. In one such embodiment, computer-executable instructions may utilize the information on the computer-readable medium in conjunction with one or more games. Further aspects relate to determining if a collection of virtual playing instruments is a duplicate of another collection of virtual playing instruments. Further aspects relate to validating the playing instruments and/or systems before, during, and/or after conducting one or more games with the playing instruments.
US08313361B2
A helical bar concave including a grate having helical mounting framework and helical cutouts to form a percent open area having a helical geometry. Configurable and segmented rub bars are mounted in a helical fashion to a cylindrical helical surface of the grate. The helical geometry in combination with configurable rub bars mounted in a helical fashion results in a configurable helical bar concave in which the number or aggressiveness of the threshing surface on the inside radius of the grate may be changed and/or the rub bars may be moved to the outside of the grate to change the percent open area and hence the separation characteristics of the concave.
US08313349B2
A multi-slot connector and a manufacture method thereof are provided. The multi-slot connector includes a housing and a conducting structure. The conducting structure has a body and a terminal portion extending from the body. After extending out from the body, the terminal portion bends to form a first ridge. After bending the first ridge, the terminal portion turns to form a winding portion which winds back toward the body and bends to form a second ridge, wherein the first and second ridges protrude toward different directions. The housing has a first slot and a second slot. When the conducting structure is disposed in the housing, the first ridge and the second ridge are respectively corresponding to the first slot and the second slot.
US08313337B2
An electrical connector includes a plastic base and at least one row of terminals. The plastic base has a connection slot. The at least one row of terminals are disposed in the plastic base. Each of the terminals is formed by bending a plate surface of a metal sheet, and has an elastic arm, a fixing portion and a pin. The fixing portion is fixed to the plastic base, the elastic arm has a connection point disposed in the connection slot, and the pin extends out of the base. A cut surface of the elastic arm forms the connection point, and the elastic arm elastically moves in a plate surface direction when the connection point is pressed.
US08313327B1
Devices for applying orthodontic forces. A device includes an adaptor having a housing section configured to fit directly onto a sheath of a molar band and a tube section having an elongated bore. The device also includes a pin having a head portion and a tail portion, where the tail portion is slidably mounted into the elongated bore of the tube section. The head portion of the pin is adapted to slide into the sheath to thereby detachably lock the adaptor to the molar band.
US08313324B2
A combustion apparatus is provided which includes an incoming fuel supply line that supplies fuel in a plurality of fuel-supply lines to one or more burners, the burners being associated with a combustion volume. A temperature sensor is located in the apparatus so as to yield temperature information relating to a component part of the apparatus, which is to be prevented from overheating The apparatus also includes a control arrangement, which detects the temperature-sensor output and, depending on that output, varies the fuel supplies to one or more of the burners in such a way as to maintain the temperature of the component part below a maximum value, while keeping the fuel in the incoming fuel supply line substantially constant. The control unit preferably also strives to adjust the operating conditions of the apparatus so that pressure oscillations are kept below a maximum value.
US08313313B2
A pumping device (1) by which fluids held in a reservoir tank (9) can be pumped to a spray gun (11) in a metered manner, with a piston rod (5) mounted in a housing (2) in axially movable fashion, with a reciprocating piston (25) attached thereto, with a piston (7, 8) connected to the piston rod (5) and moved between a first and a second housing sections (3, 4), first and second pressure spaces (21,21′, 22, 22′) enclosed with the two housing sections (3,4), two pressure lines (17, 17′) in each of the housing sections (3, 4) such that emerge into one of the pressure spaces (21, 21′ or 22,22′), a working medium (19) pressed through pressure lines (17, 17′) alternately into a pressure space, by means of which the piston (7, 8) is driven, with a diaphragm a central area (14) connected to the piston rod (5), and its outer area (15) connected to the housing (2), and a flexible ring area (16) between the central and outer areas (14, 15), and a pumping space (20) enclosed by the diaphragm (12, 13) and the housing (2), into which the fluid is alternately sucked in or pressed out towards the spray gun (11) by the axial movement of the piston (25), to determine the sealing status of the diaphragm (12, 13) so as to prevent contamination passing between the fluid (10) and hydraulic oil (19), a control space (31) formed between a housing section (3) and a diaphragm (12,13), and can be monitored.
US08313294B2
In order to provide a circulating pump, comprising a stator, a rotor, a bearing device with a convex bearing member and at least one concave bearing shell, via which the rotor is mounted for rotation, and an impeller which is connected non-rotatably to the rotor, which has improved lubrication possibilities and/or with which any axial lifting of the impeller can be prevented in an effective manner, it is provided for a shaft element to be connected non-rotatably to the rotor and non-rotatably to the impeller and for the shaft element to be guided through the bearing member and to be rotatable relative to the bearing member.
US08313291B2
A nozzle segment is disclosed that includes a first platform configured to be connected with a casing of a gas turbine engine, a second platform configured to be connected with the casing, the second platform being disposed apart from the first platform in a radial direction of the gas turbine engine, and a plurality of blades disposed between the first and second platforms and connected thereto, a portion of an inside surface of the first platform or the second platform being scalloped so as to increase a throat area of the nozzle segment in order to increase the nozzle segment's mass flow rate handling capability.
US08313290B2
In a high pressure centrifugal compressor, the occurrence of rotating stall noticeable in a comparatively-low specific speed wheel stage is prevented, thereby high efficient fluid performance is obtained and reliability is improved. The centrifugal compressor has a first vaneless diffuser with a constant flow channel height on the downstream side of an impeller, and a second vaneless diffuser in which the flow channel height decreases in a flow direction from an inlet to an outlet on the downstream side of the first vaneless diffuser. These diffusers are combined with an impeller using thick blades.
US08313289B2
Gas turbine engine systems involving rotor bayonet coverplates and tools for installing such coverplates are provided. In this regard, a representative turbine assembly for a gas turbine engine includes: a turbine disk operative to mount a set of turbine blades; and a coverplate having an annular main body portion and a spaced annular arrangement of tabs extending radially inwardly from the main body portion with open-ended gaps being located between the tabs, the tabs being operative to secure an inner diameter of the coverplate to the turbine disk.
US08313284B2
A centrifugal fan device includes a diverting member the height of which is lower than the height of an interior wall surface of a casing. The diverting member diverts the air flowing to an air outlet into a centrifugal fan side and a side wall side of the diverting member and also diverts the air flowing to the air outlet into a first cover side and a second cover side of the diverting member. As a result, the amount of air blown from the air outlet is dispersed uniformly over the entire area of the air outlet, and a deviation in the amount of air blown out of the air outlet is reduced.
US08313283B2
Provided is a vane tip clearance management structure for a gas turbine which allows a vane tip clearance to be confirmed easily at the time of completing assembly. For this purpose, there are provided: a casing (3) rotatably supporting a rotor (2); stator vane retainer rings (11, 12, and 13) and a turbine vane ring (16) provided to have predetermined clearances from tips of rotor vanes (10 and 15) fitted in multiple steps to the rotor (2) inside in the radial direction of the casing (3); guide frames (26) penetrating the casing (3), the stator vane retainer rings (11, 12, and 13) and the turbine vane ring (16) in the radial direction and being supported by stepped portions (21a, 22a, 23a, and 24a); and rods (25) movably supported by the guide frames (26) and abutting on the tips of the rotor vanes (10 and 15). Clearances (C1 and C2) are measured based on the amounts of movement of the rods (25) relative to the guide frames (26).
US08313282B1
Disclosed is a compact and integrated fan, pump, and heat exchanger system where air-cooling is performed via the fan, liquid cooling is performed via a pump, and heat exchange fins in thermal contact with a fluid channel act as a heat exchanger. Heated fluid is carried inside the fluid channel, where heat therein is conducted to the fins. The air flows around the outside surfaces of the fins so that the heat transfers from the heated fluid into the air stream.
US08313281B2
A process fluid communication system includes a fluid source in communication with a process seal and a gearbox seal to communicate a pumping medium into a turbomachinery housing and a gearbox housing through the process seal and the gearbox seal.
US08313280B2
(A1) A turbofan engine control system is provided for managing a fan operating line. The engine (10) includes a spool having a turbine housed in a core nacelle (12). A turbofan (20) is coupled to the spool (14). A fan nacelle (34) surrounds the turbofan and core nacelle and provides a bypass flow path having a nozzle exit area (40). A controller (50) is programmed to effectively change the nozzle exit area in response to an undesired turbofan stability margin which may result in a stall or flutter condition. In one example, the physical nozzle exit area is increased at the undesired stability condition in which the airflow into the engine creates a destabilizing pressure gradient at the inlet side of the turbofan. A turbofan pressure ratio, turbofan pressure gradient, low spool speed and throttle position are monitored to determine the undesired turbofan stability margin.
US08313274B2
A threadless nut including radially inwardly extending translational retention lugs circumferentially spaced apart and positionable behind lugs of a stud when the nut is coupled to the stud, and radially inwardly extending rotational retention lugs circumferentially spaced apart and positioned adjacent to the translational retention lugs, and positionable adjacent to the stud lugs such that the rotational retention lugs are axially overlappable with respect to the stud lugs when the nut is coupled to the stud, wherein the translational and rotational retention lugs define seats to receive the translational retention lugs and define passages circumferentially between the seats to allow passage of the stud lugs, the rotational retention lugs being axially movable with respect to the stud lugs, and rotatably movable with respect to the stud lugs when the rotational retention lugs are axially moved with respect to the stud lugs so as to axially clear the stud lugs.
US08313272B2
The present invention consists of a packing device for logistics of groups of wind turbine rotor blades, preferably of pairs of blades, including at least two structures, each one having a peripheral frame. For guaranteeing the proper conditions for the logistics, said blades are supported and fastened to the structures by flexible belts stressed by ratchets, being said blade profile partially or entirely enveloped by said flexible belts. And alternatively, the device for logistics of groups of wind turbine rotor blades may include tip protection cover, blades fastening device, such as belts, ropes or chains, and protecting devices on areas of contact between the blades to prevent the friction.
US08313270B2
A cutting tool includes one or more cutting portions, each including an insert pocket having a cutting insert releasably retained therein. The cutting insert has a bottom surface, including a plurality of surfaces, engaging a plurality of walls of the insert pocket in a plurality of sloping and non-sloping engagement regions. These engagement means provide secure and stable clamping of the cutting insert, and prevent displacement of the cutting insert during intensive cutting operations, such as high speed milling, e.g., by significantly decreasing the force exerted on the screw that fastens the cutting insert in the insert pocket.
US08313269B2
Pneumatic particulate material fill systems and methods are disclosed. A particulate material fill system includes a cyclone separator having an inlet adapted to receive pneumatically conveyed particulate material. The cyclone separator has a first outlet adapted to vent air and a second outlet adapted to discharge solids. The particulate material fill system includes a tank adapted to receive solids discharged from the cyclone separator via the second outlet. The tank is adapted for use at atmospheric pressure.
US08313267B2
A landscaping wall includes concrete blocks dry stacked to form a wall. At least one of the blocks has a channel in the lower or upper surface of the block. An accessory mounting bar having a mounting portion and an outer end is positioned in the channel of the at least one block. At least one of an accessory or an accessory holder on the outer end of the mounting bar extends beyond the front face of the at least one block.
US08313265B2
Embodiments disclosed herein relate to barriers for managing and/or controlling water. In an embodiment, a barrier may include a hollow body at least partially defined by a front wall, a back wall, a top portion and a bottom portion. An elongated connection member may be connected to the first end. The connection member may have a tapered free end portion substantially adjacent said top portion and a lower free end portion substantially adjacent said bottom portion of said hollow body such that the connection member virtually extends the entire length of the first end. A connection recess may be formed in the second end. The connection recess may be sized and configured to generally correspond to at least a portion of the connection member. The barrier may further include a foot member attached to the bottom portion, and a fill port and a drain port in fluid communication with the hollow body.
US08313262B2
A device for packaging and delivering a product, notably a cosmetic product, is provided with a body, a supporting cup forming a seat for the product and able to move relative to the body between a storage position and at least one position of use of the product, an operator for operating the supporting cup including a guidance sheath, a casing surrounding guidance sheath and a member for operating the cup. The device also includes structure that, in a designated position, prevents the casing from rotating, interacting with the casing and an actuator for actuating the structure.
US08313257B2
A coating and developing apparatus is provided which requires a smaller occupation space even when it incorporates a substrate inspection unit, while eliminating a disadvantageous layout. A coating film forming part B3 including a plurality of process units and transfer mechanisms A3 and A4, and a developing part B1 including a plurality of process units 31 and a transfer mechanism A1 are vertically arranged in a process block S2. There are disposed in the process block S2 on a side of a carrier block S1, a plurality of vertically arranged transfer units TRS for transferring a substrate W between the same and transfer mechanisms for the respective parts, and a vertically movable transfer mechanism D1 for the transfer unit for transferring a substrate between these transfer units. At least one of the coating film forming part and the developing part includes a substrate inspection unit 43 for inspecting a substrate transferred by the transfer mechanism for the corresponding part.
US08313240B2
In a bearing unit (10), at least one sensor device (20, 21) is locked in a recess (16, 17) formed in a superficial zone of one of the races (11, 12). The stationary race (11) is partially covered with an electrically insulating material (30). An uncovered surface zone (32) is provided for electrically connecting the stationary race (11) to an electrical supply source located outside the bearing unit.
US08313234B2
Horological movement that includes an energy accumulator, wheel units fitted with time indicator members, kinematic connection means creating multiplication or demultiplication ratios between the different wheel units, and a regulator member. The energy accumulator, the wheel units and the regulator member are arranged coaxially. Each wheel unit possesses a shape similar to a cup, each cup having a different diameter to allow it to fit partially one inside the other. The horological movement also has a differential arranged coaxially with the energy accumulator to provide the kinematic connection between the energy accumulator and one of the cups through a main arbour and a main pipe which is fitted coaxially around the main arbour, the pipe being designed to support both the other cup or cups and the said kinematic connection means. One of the cups preferably corresponds to the second wheel unit in which the regulator member is located.
US08313230B2
The present invention is directed to mixers for viscometers and methods of using the same. Such inventions are applicable, for example, to industrial processes such as printing. One embodiment of the invention is directed to a viscosity control system including a viscosity sensor, a mixing element, a shaft fixedly attached to the mixing element, and an actuator interfacing with the viscosity sensor and the shaft. The annular mixing element is oscillatable about an axis lying in a plane tangent to a point on a wall of the mixing element. The shaft is centered about the axis. The actuator receives a signal from the viscosity sensor and rotates the shaft and the mixing element in an oscillating manner about the axis. In some embodiments, the shaft rotates through an angle of less than 360 degrees.
US08313229B2
An agitation system including a motor that is capable of measuring the torque output of the motor required to mix a suspension. The motor is attached to an agitator which is placed in a suspension to be measured. The agitator is placed in the suspension and the agitation system is turned on for a period of time. This period determined by the type of agitator used and the characteristics of the suspension. When the suspension is well mixed and the torque measurement on the agitator becomes stable, the agitation system is stopped. The suspension is allowed to sit without agitation for a period of time and the agitation system is started again. After a period of time the agitation system is started and the amount of torque needed to begin turning the agitator is measured.
US08313225B1
An electronic incense assembly includes a number of electronic incense sticks, a light source, a converging lens, a fiber optic coupler, and a number of fibers. Each of the electronic incense sticks includes a transparent tube having a first end and a second end, a bubble forming at the first end, an opaque coating on the outer surface of a part of the tube adjacent to the first end. The light source is for emitting light. The converging lens is for converging the light. The fiber optic coupler includes an input for receiving the converged light and a plurality of outputs and is configured for transmitting the converged light entering the input to the outputs. The fibers connect to the outputs respectively and extend through the tubes to the bubbles respectively.
US08313221B2
An illuminating system includes a system casing and a plurality of illuminating modules. The system casing has a first air-hole area and a plurality of second air-hole areas. One of the adjacent second air-hole areas keeping a first distance from each other keeps a second distance from the first air-hole area. The other one of the adjacent second air-hole areas keeps a third distance from the first air-hole area. The first distance is smaller than or equal to the second distance and smaller than or equal to the third distance. Each illuminating module disposed at the system casing includes a diversion casing having a third air-hole area and a fourth air-hole area. The third air-hole areas are located within the system casing and communicate with the first air-hole area. The adjacent second air-hole areas are respectively corresponding to and respectively communicate with the fourth air-hole areas of different illuminating modules.
US08313219B2
A ballasted lamp socket for a gas discharge lamp, such as a compact fluorescent lamp, is adapted to replace an Edison screw-in lamp socket in a ceiling mounted light fixture, or a table or floor lamp. The ballasted lamp socket comprises a lamp-receiving portion adapted to be coupled to the gas discharge lamp, an enclosure mechanically coupled to the lamp-receiving portion, a dimming ballast circuit electrically coupled to the lamp-receiving portion and housed within the enclosure, and first and second electrical connections. The ballast portion is adapted to receive an AC line voltage and to generate a high-frequency AC voltage for driving the gas discharge lamp and controlling the light intensity of the gas discharge lamp between a high-end intensity and a low-end intensity. The first and second electrical connections are operable to receive the AC line voltage and to provide the AC line voltage to the ballast circuit.
US08313215B1
A light holder including a suspension tie; a wire cradle attached to the suspension tie; a friction arm attached to the suspension tie; a matrix of knurls extending from the friction arm; and a matrix of concavities aligned with and underlying the matrix of knurls; each knurl among the matrix of knurls having a rhombus shaped periphery and each concavity among the matrix of concavities having a rhombus shaped periphery; each of the rhombus shaped peripheries of the matrices of knurls and concavities having a longitudinal vertex and an oppositely longitudinal vertex, each vertex being acutely angled; the matrices of knurls and concavities corrugating the friction arm and defining an overlying channel grid and an underlying ridge grid.
US08313210B2
An LED indicator lamp includes a shell, at least an LED module, a driving and controlling circuit board, a rechargeable battery and a plurality of solar panels. The shell has indicating words formed thereon. The shell and indicating words have different hues so that the indicating words can be easily recognized. The LED module is received in the shell to lighten the shell and highlight the indicating words. The driving and controlling circuit board is received in the shell to drive and control the LED module to lighten. The rechargeable battery is received in the shell to provide the LED module with electrical power. The solar panels are fixed on an outer surface of the shell to capture sunlight and convert it to electrical power to charge the rechargeable battery.
US08313207B2
A support unit (11) includes a support pin (12) passing through both a sheet opening (21H) and a chassis opening (63H) which are superposed on each other and making contact with a diffusion plate (64), a shield section (13) for covering the sheet opening (21H), and members, such as a latch body (14) and the shield section (13), making the support unit (11) unmovable relative to a backlight chassis (63).
US08313206B2
A lighting device and a method for manufacturing the lighting device are provided. The lighting device comprises a light source module and a plurality of light spreading plates. The light spreading plates are secured onto the light source module by stick objects which are sheathed with hollow caps. The lighting device provides uniform surface light within an ultra thin configuration.
US08313200B2
A light source apparatus adapted to a projection device having a casing and an optical engine base is provided. The light source apparatus includes a shell, a positioning element, a frame, and a light source. The shell is adapted to be disposed in the casing and lean against the optical engine base. The positioning element is assembled to the shell and has two positioning holes. The frame is disposed in the shell and has two positioning pins, wherein the two positioning pins are inserted into the two positioning holes respectively for positioning the frame with respect to the shell. The light source is fixed to the frame. A projection device is also provided.
US08313188B2
An ink jet printing apparatus according to the present invention includes a dryer configured to dry ink on a print medium. The dryer includes a heating unit configured to heat air in the dryer, and an outside air adjustment mechanism configured to adjust the amount of outside air introduced into the dryer. When the outside air adjustment mechanism is controlled so that the outside air introduction amount is increased, before the control of the outside air introduction amount, the heating unit is controlled so that heated air heated by the heating unit is preheated to a second target temperature higher than a predetermined first target temperature for a normal operation. Even if the outside air introduction amount is actually increased to temporarily reduce the temperature of heated air, the temperature of the heated air can be maintained at a value required for sufficient drying.
US08313175B2
A liquid ejecting head that can be of reduced size while maintaining reliability of the terminal connection is provided. According to the liquid ejecting head of the invention, individual element electrode terminals and first side individual electrode wiring terminals of a flexible cable, which are connected to the individual element electrode terminals are arrayed in a direction of a row of pressure chambers, and at least one of a side individual element electrode terminals located in a side portion in a terminal row direction X and a first side individual electrode wiring terminals connected to the side individual element electrode terminals are arranged inclined with respect to a center individual element electrode terminals located in the center portion in the terminal row direction.
US08313174B2
A method binds a substrate having an array of actuators to a diaphragm array in a way that reduces secondary banding in an ink jet printhead that ejects a different color ink from each row of ink jets in the printhead. The method includes cutting a plurality of horizontal channels in a substrate on which a plurality of actuators have been formed, the horizontal channels being cut between rows of actuators on the substrate, and cutting a plurality of vertical channels in the substrate on which the plurality of actuators have been formed, the vertical channels being cut between columns of actuators on the substrate, the vertical channels having a width that is less than a width of the horizontal channels.
US08313171B2
There is provided a liquid jetting head which includes a cavity unit in which a plurality of nozzle rows is formed, a plurality of pressure chambers, and a plurality of common liquid chambers corresponding to the nozzle rows, and a pressure applying mechanism which applies a pressure to the liquid in the pressure chambers. The liquid is supplied to each common liquid chamber, from both end portions in a longitudinal direction of the common liquid chamber, toward a central portion of the common liquid chamber, and a position of an equilibrium point at which a channel resistance of both sides in the longitudinal direction is balanced, is shifted mutually in the longitudinal direction in one of the common liquid chambers and an adjacent common liquid chamber which is adjacent to the one of the common liquid chambers.
US08313168B2
A micro-fluid ejection device defines a print gap from an ejection head to a print media. An ejection zone of the head ejects fluid across the print gap during use. At least one wind baffle adjacent the ejection zone modifies airflow in the print gap as the head scans. In various designs, multiple wind baffles reside on either sides of the ejection zone to provide a cascading airflow effect from one wind baffle to the next. Baffle shapes, spacing and locations define multiple embodiments.
US08313165B2
A maintenance facility for an inkjet printer that has a printhead with an array of nozzles defined in a nozzle face and media feed assembly for moving sheets of print media past the printhead in a media feed direction. The printhead maintenance facility has a wiper member having a contact surface for wiping the nozzle face and a maintenance drive for moving the wiper member over the printhead in a direction parallel to the media feed direction. The contact surface has a nonlinear configuration such that during a wiping operation the contact surface will have two sections simultaneously in contact with the nozzle face.
US08313147B2
A vehicle seat has a base and a seatback pivotably connected to the base. A latch mechanism holds the seatback in an upright position. A seat latch assembly includes a release mechanism operatively connected to the latch mechanism and including a latch handle. The latch handle is rotatable between a first extended position where the latch handle extends outwardly from an outboard lateral side of the seatback, and a second retracted position where the handle is generally flush with the outboard lateral side of the seatback. Movement of the latch handle from one of the first position and the second position to the other one of the first position and second position occurs upon movement of the seatback to one of the upright position and a stowed position to provide more clearance for interior trim of the vehicle.
US08313142B2
A child safety seat assembly comprises a base including a plurality of protruding sidewalls, and a seat movably assembled with the base including a plurality of anchoring slots adapted to retain a portion of a safety belt, wherein seat is movably adjustable between an erected position and a reclined position relative to the base. Some of the anchoring slots can be selectively obstructed by the sidewalls of the base when the seat is adjusted to a different inclination relative to the base. As a result, erroneous operations for securing the seat assembly with a safety belt can be prevented, and the seat assembly can be safer in use.
US08313135B2
A lower structure of a vehicle door includes a door body, a garnish, and an elastic seal. The door body is attached to a door opening of a vehicle body so as to be openable. The garnish covers an outer lower portion of the door body. The elastic seal includes a holding portion that clamps a flange portion at a lower end of the door body. The elastic seal is joined to the garnish. The garnish is supported by the door body via the elastic seal.
US08313126B2
A trash container locking apparatus includes a housing which is secured to a surface of a trash container. The housing includes a pivot member rotatably mounted in an outer wall of the housing for rotation about a pivot axis and having an inner portion inside the housing and an outer portion outside the housing. A latch member is secured to the pivot member inside the housing. A swing arm secured to the pivot member outside the housing and associated with a locking bar which extends over a lid of the trash container. A latch paddle is pivotally mounted in the housing to hang vertically in a latch engaging position when the housing is mounted on the trash container. The latch member and latch paddle have interengaging formations which engage in a locking position to prevent the latch member and associated swing arm from rotating.
US08313121B2
A pneumatic vehicle is provided with an elongate compressed air tank, a chassis assembled with the tank oriented longitudinally in the chassis where the tank is a load-bearing structural chassis member, wheels connected to the chassis, and a powertrain driven by the compressed air and operably connected to one of the wheels. A chassis for a pneumatic vehicle is provided with an elongate compressed air tank, a first series of side support members connected laterally to the air tank, a second series of side support members connected laterally to the air tank, a first side panel connected to the first series of side support members, a second side panel connected to the second series of side support members, wheels connected to the side panels, and a powertrain driven by the air in the compressed air tank and connected to one of the wheels.
US08313114B1
A shopping cart caddy body having a pair of elongated opposing edges and a pair of short edges spanning therebetween. A pair of coupling formations are incorporated proximate each lateral end of the body for affixing the body to a shopping cart. The coupling formation includes a support along each of the two lateral edges and along at least one longitudinal edge. A pair of cup holders are formed into the body, each cup holder being located proximate a respective lateral end of the body. The cup holders are sized, shaped, and located providing clearance for the insertion of a second cart into a cart nesting opening.
US08313108B2
A stiffness control system and apparatus includes one or more stiffness elements which are each activated by a smart actuator including a smart material which may be one of a shape memory alloy (SMA), a magnetorheological (MR) fluid, an electrorheological (ER) fluid, and a piezo-stack. The stiffness control system includes a first and second interface adaptable to transmit input loads and a plurality of stiffness elements. A first stiffness element is operatively connected to the first and second interfaces and is continuously responsive to a change in system operating characteristics including input loads. A second stiffness element is selectively activated by the smart actuator so as to selectively respond to a change in system conditions. The continuous response of the first stiffness element can be selectively combined with the activated response of the second stiffness element to dynamically control system stiffness.
US08313105B2
A female hydraulic coupling member has an elastomer probe seal molded to or abutting a ring-shaped metal base which is adapted to exert a compressive force on the probe seal when exposed to hydraulic fluid pressure. The compressive force causes the seal to expand in a radial direction thereby increasing its sealing effectiveness. A retainer nut for holding the seal in the receiving chamber may have a angled surface which acts to urge the seal in an inward, radial direction when an axial, compressive force is applied to the seal.
US08313099B2
The invention relates to a method for the alignment of a sheet in a direction transverse (cross-track) to its transport direction in a sheet-printing machine, in particular in a digital printing machine, preferably in an electrographically operating printing machine. The object of the invention is to improve, in a simple manner, a method and a device of the aforementioned generic types in view of a first rough alignment of the individual sheet. Referring to the method, this object is achieved in accordance with the invention in that the individual sheet is flipped about a preferably non-physical, mathematical or imagined flipping axis extending in transport direction, and that this flipping produces a transverse offset of the sheet in transverse direction.
US08313089B2
A lift apparatus for lifting a structure includes a base, a bell crank pivotably coupled to the base, a coupling member for engaging a portion of the structure, pivotably coupled to the bell crank device via at least one lift member, and a longeron assembly having a pivoting apex and configured to pivot about the base. The apparatus also includes a biasing device having a first end pivotably coupled to the bell crank device for applying a force thereto, the bell crank device converting the first force to a second force and applying the second force to the coupling member via the lift member for lifting the structure. A movement of the structure is compensated by rotation of portions of the longeron assembly which repositions the apex, the bell crank, and lift arm to maintain the structure in the lifted position.
US08313066B2
According to one embodiment, an intravenous stand for supporting an intravenous fluid container includes a hanger configured to support one or more intravenous fluid containers. A pole, having a first end and a second end, is coupled to the hanger at the first end and a base at the second. A plurality of casters are releasably coupled to the base via a plurality of quick-release members.
US08313042B2
A gas dynamic spray unit is provided that includes gun housing halves secured about a heater assembly. The heater assembly is retained within the gun housing using locating features provided on the heater assembly and the gun housing. An outlet fitting is secured to the heater assembly and supports a nozzle having a venturi that accelerates a carrier gas. The carrier gas is supplied to the nozzle by a passageway. A powder feed passage communicates with the nozzle to provide powdered material to the accelerated carrier gas, which is expelled from a tube. The passageway includes an aperture for leaking carrier gas inside the gun housing to pressurize the gun housing and prevent powdered material from infiltrating the gun housing. A shroud is secured to the gun housing about the tube to prevent damage to the tube and protect the user from contacting the hot nozzle and tube.
US08313040B2
To provide a temperature sensing tube for an expansion valve in which a hunting can be prevented by slowing of a temperature reaction rate of an expansion valve, a ceramic sintered member serving as a heat transfer delay member (3) in a temperature sensing tube (1) is fixed so as not to directly contact with a tubular member (2) by fixing springs (4, 4) provided at both end portions (13, 13), whereby a heat transfer from the tubular member (2) to the ceramic sintered member becomes slow, temperature is not transferred from a mated piping directly via the tubular member, whichever outer surface of the temperature sensing tube 1 contacts with the piping, and a reaction rate with respect to a temperature rise of the expansion valve can be made slow.
US08313033B1
A workstation for electro-optically reading targets in a reading field of view includes an object sensing system that senses an object entering the workstation by directing object sensing light through a window at the object, and detecting return object sensing light returned from the object along an object detection path through the window over an object detection field of view of an object light sensor. A portion of the object sensing light incident on the window is reflected therefrom into the object detection field of view as a virtual hot spot that degrades object sensor performance. An optical element, e.g., an aperture stop, in the object detection path optically modifies the object detection field of view to prevent the virtual hot spot from being detected by the object light sensor.
US08313030B2
A system and method are provided for barcode scanning for a target barcode comprising: receiving color image values for a captured image of the target barcode from at least one color image sensor; and extracting luminosity values for each pixel of the captured image from the color image values to define greyscale image values corresponding to the color image values. Once the luminosity values are defined, they are provided as greyscale image values to a greyscale barcode decoder for subsequent processing thereof.
US08313024B2
A system for reading RFID tags of articles within a cabinet includes a repositionable shelf. The repositionable shelf includes an antenna assembly having three antenna pairs. Each antenna pair has a loop antenna and a figure eight antenna. The antenna pairs are on a PC board. The PC board includes an RJ45 connector which provides both power to the antenna assembly as well as a communication interface for the antenna assembly. The RJ45 connector could be used to provide the RF signals from the antenna to a reader. The system could also include a repositionable divider for placement perpendicular to the repositionable shelf. The repositionable divider also includes a loop antenna and a figure eight antenna.
US08313017B2
The invention relates to an enclosure of the type including a base (6), at least one side wall (7) and an upper lid (8) defining a decontamination volume (9), wherein one of said side walls (7) comprises an access opening (10) to the decontamination volume (9) extending up to the upper lid (8), the upper lid (8) including a cable passage (12) open towards said opening and a cable suspension member (14) through said cable passage. The enclosure includes a blocking flap (13) movable between a cable passage (12) closing position in which the flap (13) tightly closes the cable passage (12), and a cable passage (12) opening position.
US08313013B2
The invention includes an assembly for anastomosis having a clamp being arranged to support a fastener. The clamp can be actuated to join a vessel with the fastener to establish a fluid communication. In some embodiments, the invention includes an assembly having a clamp and a fastener with first and second joinable parts, and the assembly can be adapted to facilitate the alignment of the first and second joinable parts.
US08313010B2
A bifurcated foam pump assembly for use in foam dispensers. A liquid dispensing portion of the foam pump assembly is attached to and disposable/replaceable with a liquid cartridge for the dispenser. The air compressor or air pump portion of the foam pump assembly comprises a portion of the dispenser itself and is attached to the dispenser housing. Upon replacement of a cartridge, the two portions mate and are operative as a foam pump generator. The liquid portion of the foam pump is received within a liquid chamber by gravity, and is subsequently driven from that chamber by air from the air compressor, which drives both the air and liquid through a foam generating member, such as a sponge or mesh. This foam generating member is a part of the liquid portion of the pump, and is replaced with the cartridge.
US08312996B2
A screen assembly for separating solid materials of differing sizes in a material stream, having a support, and a screen arrangement placed upon the support, wherein the support has at least one seal placed on the support, the seal configured to interface with a mounting surface of a shaking apparatus.
US08312977B2
An apparatus is disclosed for producing a frictional and/or form-fitting connection between first and second components which are linearly or rotationally movable relative to one another for transmitting forces and/or force moments that act between the first and second components in a linear and/or rotational manner. The first component surrounds the second component, at least sectionally, with at least one inner wall that faces the second component. The second component features at least one active-face element that can be transferred in a force-loaded manner from a first position, in which the active-face element is spaced apart from the inner wall, into a second position, in which the active-face element produces the frictional and/or form-fitting connection with the inner wall. The invention includes at least one mechanical stressing element for exerting a restoring force upon the active-face element which holds the active-face element in a first position, and a kinematic system acts upon the active-face element opposite to the restoring force and is driven exclusively by a converter material, with the kinematic system transferring the active-face element into the second position.
US08312966B1
A beam anchor. The beam anchor is generally used for attaching to a flanged beam that has been made a part of a structure, to provide fall protection for a worker working on the structure. The beam anchor includes a main cross-member with a beam capturing member at each end. One or both of the capturing members have associated therewith respective yaw restoring mechanisms providing a combined restoring torque for urging the cross-member in counteraction to twisting thereof by a yaw angle in a yaw plane that is substantially parallel to the surface portions. Preferably, a lanyard attachment member is slidably disposed on the cross-member and spring-biased into a relatively centered position between the capturing members.
US08312960B2
Methods and devices for sound isolation are provided. A sound isolation device includes an expandable element and an insertion element. The expandable element is operatively attached to the insertion element. The expandable element includes an expanding medium, where the pressure of the expanding medium is varied to vary a sound isolation across the expandable element.
US08312957B1
A mobile apparatus moves a concrete pump hose over a base surface and has a wheeled frame in which the wheels are pivotable about a generally vertical pivot axis between a longitudinal orientation and a transverse orientation. Each of the front pair of wheels and the rear pair of wheels are coupled to a steering mechanism to permit independent pivotal movement of the respective pairs of wheels to provide four wheel steer of the frame. The hose is supported by front and rear horn members above the base surface and below the frame. An intermediate grappling apparatus engages the hose to affect elevation thereof onto the horn members. The horn members are split between a fixed portion and a pivotally movable portion that pivots away from the fixed portion to permit the hose to be elevated above the horn members. A boom apparatus can substitute for the grappling apparatus.
US08312956B2
A work vehicle is provided having a front wheel assembly and a rear wheel assembly. The front wheel assembly may include a front axle assembly, and the rear wheel assembly may include a rear axle assembly. The vehicle may include a braking system configured to transfer front axle braking torque to the rear axle assembly when the vehicle is positioned on a slope.
US08312953B1
A preferred embodiment of a system for automatically transferring a personal-transportation vehicle, such as a power chair, between a first and a second position proximate a motor vehicle such as a minivan is provided. The system can be used to transfer the personal-transportation vehicle between a first position on a lift and carrier assembly mounted on the motor vehicle, and a second position proximate a door of the motor vehicle, so that the user can transfer to and from the personal-transportation vehicle with minimal physical effort and movement. The system can generate guidance information for the personal-transportation vehicle based on position information generated by sensors located on one or both of the personal-transportation vehicle and the motor vehicle.
US08312948B1
An actuator assembly for use with a transmission drive system having a pair of transaxles where each transaxle includes an electric motor and a brake release pin extending from a brake housing, where the release pins are both moveable from a first, engaged position to a second, released position. The actuator assembly includes a support bracket fastened to each transaxle, a sleeve attached to the support bracket and arranged generally parallel to the axes of the first and second release pins, a rod moveably disposed within the sleeve and extending from each end thereof, a pair of levers engaged to the two release pins and to the rod, a fulcrum attached to the support bracket, and an actuator arm engaged to the rod and pivotable about the fulcrum to longitudinally move the rod within the sleeve, wherein the actuator arm is moveable.
US08312940B2
A tool for use in wellbore drilling that is suitable for use with a drill string for drilling a wellbore having an inner wall. The tool comprises a cylindrical abrasion surface for contacting the inner-wall and generating particles of solid material, and a smearing device coupled with the drill string for applying radial and circumferential force to smear the generated particles onto the inner wall of the wellbore.
US08312939B2
An internally rotating nozzle for facilitating drilling through a subterranean formation is rotatably mounted internally within a housing connected to a hose for receiving high pressure fluid. The rotor includes at least two tangential jets oriented off of center for ejecting fluid to generate torque and rotate the rotor and cut a substantially cylindrical tunnel in the subterranean formation.
US08312938B2
A method and device for installing a tube of a geothermal closed loop system in the ground. A drill rod includes a hook for removably mounting the heat exchange tube for positioning the tube in the hole bored in the ground by the drill bit. The tube may be inserted into the bored hole once the drill is removed therefrom, mounted to the tube and then reinserted into the hole. Alternatively, the tube is mounted to the drill rod as the hole is being bored.
US08312936B2
A power hand tool comprising an elongated housing with a nose portion having an opening concentric with a rotary output shaft, the nose portion being configured to have an accessory device mounted thereon, a shaft lock mechanism including a shaft lock actuator that is located at least adjacent to or on the nose portion and is configured to be moved by a user to engage the output shaft and prevent rotation thereof, the actuator being configured to be disabled from movement to engage the output shaft when an accessory device is mounted on the nose portion.
US08312932B2
To deploy a capillary string through a wellhead to a downhole safety valve, a control port and a retention port are drilled in an adapter between a casing hanger and a gate valve or elsewhere. The capillary string is connected to a first port of a capillary hanger and installed through the wellhead. The capillary hanger is landed on a tubing hanger, and a side port on the capillary hanger communicates with the control port. Because the side port's location may not align with the control port, operators may need to measure how long the capillary hanger should be. A control line connects to the control port in the wellhead's side to communicate with the capillary line, and a retention rod inserts in the retention port to support the capillary hanger.
US08312930B1
A method and apparatus for cleaning a water well is presented. The apparatus utilizes a tool body having a plurality of discharge nozzles for jetting streams of filtered water at high pressure on to the inside wall surface of a casing across a water zone having slots or perforations. The nozzle streams are offset from the tool body imparting a rotational force. A rotary coupling is also utilized to limit the maximum rotation. The apparatus is lowered by a pre-determined length of coiled tubing to cleaning depth after which it is raised at a slow rate across the water zone.
US08312921B2
A method of and apparatus for treating a zone in a well is disclosed. A tube that is permeable to a material is inserted into a wellbore, creating an annulus inside the wellbore. Two zones—the annular region and the formation surrounding the wellbore—may be treated. The method comprises the following steps. (1) A setting section surrounded by a sleeve is placed inside the tube near the zone to treat, the sleeve being expandable and impermeable to the material. (2) The sleeve is inflated inside the tube near the zone to treat, ensuring that a first zone of the tube is impermeable to the material, but leaving a second zone permeable to the material. (3) A treatment fluid is pumped to the zone to treat, the treatment fluid passing into the annulus via the second zone. (4) The zone to treat is treated with the treatment fluid.
US08312912B2
A sunshade assembly includes a housing having a top opening, a winding shaft mounted rotatably in the housing, a sunshade cloth wound around the winding shaft, a pull rod disposed outside the top opening, a frame body disposed below the housing, a gear rack mounted to the frame body and having a top end connected to the pull rod, and a clutch unit meshing with the gear rack and including a pusher that is operable to place the clutch unit in a non-clutching position, where the gear rack is freely movable to permit the sunshade cloth to be wound by the winding shaft, or a clutching position, where the clutch unit applies a retarding force to retard a movement of the gear rack, which prevents the winding shaft from winding the sunshade cloth but permits the pull rod to pull and stop the sunshade cloth at a desired position.
US08312910B2
A curtain or other panel comprising a sheet of material having a plurality of fastener elements spaced along and adjacent the sheet perimeter to be attached to mating fastener elements respectively on a structural member for hanging one edge portion of the sheet from the structural member. The plurality of sheet fastener elements are positioned along and adjacent the sheet perimeter in a quantity and spacing over the entirety of the sheet perimeter to be attached to respective ones of the structural member fastener elements for hanging other edge portions of the sheet from the structural member so that the panel can be hung from the structural member in a variety of alternative origami-like patterns.A structure and method for adding or changing or removing the panels. The mating fastener elements are attached to the lower edge of a pull-down shade or other pull-down member. The shade is pulled down so that the lower edge is at a lower position to allow easy access for adding or changing or removing panels to form the desired Window Origami pattern. Then the shade is raised so that the lower edge is at a desired upper position with the mating fastener elements concealed behind a valence leaving just the Window Origami pattern visible to be enjoyed. Codes and/or other instructions may be provided on the shade for forming one or more Window Origami patterns.
US08312908B2
A device for adjusting the delivery rate of a linear element. The device forms a delivery path for the linear element between an inlet to the device at a delivery rate that is substantially constant and an outlet from the device at a delivery rate that is variable and substantially periodic and varies the length of the path of the linear element in application of a predetermined periodic relationship. The device includes a plurality of pulleys movable in rectilinear translation periodically in sinusoidal manner.
US08312907B2
A fiber bundle arranging device is provided that laminates fiber bundle layers formed of a fiber bundle. The fiber bundle is engaged with arranged pins to have straight parts. The device includes a press roller and a first moving device. The press roller includes a peripheral portion. The peripheral portion of the press roller depresses the straight parts of the fiber bundle engaged with the pins toward the roots of the pins in the vicinity of the pin. The first moving device moves the press roller in the arrangement direction of the pins such that the peripheral portion sequentially intersects the straight parts of the fiber bundle. The peripheral portion is located in the front of the press roller in the moving direction, and the press roller is moved to sequentially intersect the straight parts of the fiber bundle while being inclined such that, toward the front end in the moving direction of the press roller, the distance from the roots of the pins in the laminating direction of the fiber bundle layers increases.
US08312904B2
The invention is based on a valve with a valve body (1) having: an air duct (5) which penetrates the valve body (1), in particular in the axial direction (3), and a valve foot (7) which is formed, in particular in one piece, with the valve body (1), on an end (9) of the valve body (1) which is proximal with respect to a rim edge in the installed position, wherein a distal end (8) of the valve body (1) is provided to engage through a valve hole in the rim edge, and the valve foot (7) is provided for arrangement on a tyre-side side of the rim edge. In order to permit easier removal of the valve (10, 20), in particular even on a side of the rim edge facing away from a tyre, the invention provides for the valve foot (7) to be provided to engage through the valve hole, and for a securing element (13, 23) which is separate from the valve body (1) and which projects over the valve foot (7), in particular in the radial direction, to be arranged at the proximal end (9), said securing element (13, 23) being provided for arrangement on a tyre-side side of the rim edge.
US08312902B2
The invention relates to a filling head with low Reynolds number, consisting of an inner body (2) and an outer body (3), in which one moves axially with respect to the other, there being a space (4) delimited between them that configures the dynamic characteristics that the flow will have, comprising a damping zone A with inlet (5) located on a different axis from that of the outlet (6), a pressure-loss zone B with seated valve (7), a zone C, with low Reynolds number, composed of n channels (10), with n fins (9) greater than 3 and LRHC less than 4, an ogival acceleration zone D and a nozzle (8) or closure zone E with a seal (13).
US08312899B2
A hose consisting of a smooth tubular wall and a rib wound spirally on the smooth tubular wall. The hose includes at least one duct portion and at least one connection portion; in the connection portions, the rib is wound spirally with a narrower pitch than on the duct portions.
US08312891B2
A gas pressure sensor assembly for a gas regulator includes a plurality of selectable inlets, an outlet and a gauge. Each inlet receives pressurized gas from a different one of a plurality of pressurized gas storage containers. The outlet supplies gas to an appliance. The gauge senses a selected gas pressure in an inlet corresponding to the selected gas storage container and visually indicates a pressure of that gas storage container. The gas pressure sensor assembly includes a cooperating member at least partially housed within the gauge, a disc member rotatably responsive to a gas pressure and an sensing device. The sensing device is releasably connected to the gauge, is selectively actuated by movement of the disc member and is configured to provide an audible signal indicative of a generally empty status of the gas storage container.
US08312881B2
A nasal assembly for delivering breathable gas to a patient includes a frame having an integrally formed first connector portion. A nozzle assembly includes a gusset or base portion and a pair of nozzles. At least one inlet conduit is structured to deliver breathable gas into the frame and nozzle assembly for breathing by the patient. A pair of second connector portions are removably and rotatably connected to respective first connector portions of the frame and are in communication with respective inlet conduits, e.g., directly or via angle connectors. A headgear assembly is removably connected to the pair of second connector portions and/or the angle connectors so as to maintain the frame and the nozzle assembly in a desired adjusted position on the patient's face.
US08312865B2
A method for retrofitting an existing EMD 567/645 two-cycle diesel engine to reduce exhaust emissions includes the steps of removing mechanical fuel injectors and associated components and installing of electronic unit fuel injectors and associated components. Also disclosed is a kit for retrofitting an existing EMD 567/645 two-cycle diesel engine to reduce exhaust emissions.
US08312863B2
A system for providing fuel to an engine fuel delivery system and to an exhaust aftertreatment system associated with an engine. The system includes a fuel source, a pump being operable in a first state to pump fuel from the fuel source to the engine fuel delivery system, and the pump being operable in a second state to pump fuel from the fuel source to the exhaust aftertreatment system, wherein the first state corresponds to a first rotational direction of the pump and the second state corresponds to a second rotational direction of the pump.
US08312862B2
An injection system for an internal combustion engine has a prefeed pump for feeding fuel from a fuel tank, a high-pressure pump, which is situated downstream of the prefeed pump, for feeding the fuel into at least two injectors, a fuel distributor which is situated downstream of the high-pressure pump and which is designed to distribute the fuel to the injectors, a pressure control or pressure limiting valve situated downstream of the high-pressure pump and by which the pressure to be produced in the fuel distributor can be adjusted or limited, and a pressure sensor for determining a pressure downstream of the high-pressure pump and upstream of the pressure control or pressure limiting valve, wherein the pressure sensor, the pressure control or pressure limiting valve and the fuel distributor are formed in a high-pressure module, and the high-pressure module is formed as a structural unit with the high-pressure pump.
US08312858B2
A lubrication system and method are disclosed. The system includes a main engine bearing and a crankshaft in operational association with the bearing. The crankshaft includes an end having a cavity with a power transmitting element (e.g., splines). The cavity can receive and engage a mating mechanism to transmit power thereto. The crankshaft further includes a first oil passage that is disposed within the end and a second oil passage that extends from the main engine bearing into the crankshaft. The first oil passage intersects the second oil passage. The system can also include a pump mechanism for circulating lubricating oil from the main engine bearing to the crankshaft through the second oil passage and the first oil passage, and to the cavity to lubricate the power transmitting element. During engine operation, a constant supply of lubricating oil can be provided to the power transmitting element to reduce component wear.
US08312855B2
A mass balancing device (1a, 1b) for a reciprocating piston internal combustion engine is provided, having a first balancing shaft (2a, 2b) and a second balancing shaft (3a, 3b) disposed in the first balancing shaft coaxially thereto. The first balancing shaft (2a, 2b) has at least one bearing point (6a, 7a, 6b, 7b) for a first rolling bearing (16) and the second balancing shaft (3a, 3b) has at least one bearing point (8a, 9a, 8b, 9b) for a second rolling bearing (17). The rolling bearings radially support the balancing shafts in the reciprocating piston internal combustion engine. At least one of the bearing locations is designed as a hollow cylinder having an outer shell surface serving as the bearing seat for the first rolling bearing and an inner shell surface serving as the bearing seat for the second rolling bearing, such that the first rolling bearing and the second rolling bearing overlap one another axially.
US08312838B2
A sleeve is positioned over a radially-expandable rod assembly and a stent is positioned over the sleeve. A mandrel is inserted into the rod assembly to thereby press the sleeve against the inner surface of the stent and expand the stent. A coating (such as a solvent, a polymer and/or a therapeutic substance) is then applied to the outer (abluminal) surfaces of the stent, by spraying, for example. The sleeve advantageously prevents the coating material from being applied to inner (luminal) surfaces of the stent and also allows the coating material to be efficiently applied to the abluminal surfaces.
US08312835B2
A powder spray for lengthy parts includes a booth wall structure comprised primarily of doors. A moveable roof may be raised and lowered to clean powder overspray from the interior surfaces of the booth. A cleaning process may be performed with a sideways extraction mode and a downward extraction mode. The mode change occurs when a bulkhead that travels with the moveable roof blocks the inlet duct to the recovery system. The recovery system may be a cyclone system for example. The doors of the booth are hinged so that they can be positioned for spraying operations and cleaning operations. Live hinge designs are provided and hose stress relief designs are also provided. The roof may carry accumulators for pressurized air that feed cleaning nozzles as the roof descends. In addition, exhaust air may be used to assist cleaning the interior surfaces as the roof descends. All of the energy provided for cleaning and color change may be provided by accumulators.
US08312828B2
The present invention reduces loads and saves steel on topsides and grillage of a catamaran system by creating a lifting force from a barge to the topsides to offset a sagging bending moment of the self-weight on the topsides during transportation. The present invention can reduce the span of the supports on the topsides on the catamaran float-over barges and move the reaction forces toward inner edges of the float-over barges. The lifting force can cause a reduction of stress on the topsides' and grillage's members caused during the topside offloading and transportation. The stress reduction can result in the members withstanding the additional dynamic load caused by a catamaran system without increasing member sizes adequate for an offloading operation. The reduction results in a significant savings, given the size of a typical topsides for a Spar hull or other offshore structure.
US08312825B2
A method of assembling a prosthetic valve using sheets of material, such as pericardium material, polymer or bioengineered film, or other material. The method provides an accurate and repeatable system of making pericardial valves in which sheets or pieces of material are held securely in place relative to each other throughout the steps of assembling the valve. In addition, methods of the present invention include maintaining consistent alignment of the fixtures and pericardium material throughout the valve assembly process and utilize features that make the tooling components easy to assemble and handle. Certain aspects of the invention can be used to help establish a repeatable sewing and cutting technique for creating a pattern shape for valve leaflets, establishing stitch lengths, and determining the exact placement of stitches.
US08312821B2
Disclosed is a system for recycling waste tires, which are industrial wastes, so as to protect our environment against pollution and promote recycling of industrial material. The waste-tire recycling system includes a pyrolyzing unit for pyrolyzing a waste tire by using a pyrolysis reactor, in which a CO or N gas circulates as a carrier gas, a decomposed residue processing unit for crushing a decomposed residue pyrolyzed by the pyrolysis reactor to separate the decomposed residue into carbon and an iron core, an oil collecting unit for cooling and condensing an exhaust gas discharged from the pyrolysis reactor to recover heavy oil from the gas, a carbon processing unit for supplying a heat source to the circulating carrier gas by using a hot exhaust gas generated when the carbon separated from the decomposed residue is burned up, and operating a steam turbine and an absorption refrigerator to generate electricity and cold water, an exhaust gas processing unit for clarifying the exhaust gas discharged from the carbon processing unit to discharge the clarified gas in an atmosphere, and recovering a part of the CO or N gas from the exhaust gas.
US08312819B2
Mechanisms designed to facilitate movement of tray tables or other platforms are addressed. Internal flexible sleeves provide more constant pressure on linearly-moving shafts associated with the tables, reducing or cancelling possible lateral misalignments of the shafts. Outer cases maintain the flexible sleeves in position, and positive stopping features may be employed to prevent extension or retraction of the shafts beyond desired amounts.
US08312811B2
The present invention relates to an explosive device comprising an explosive material, and at least one igniting stimulus configured to ignite the explosive material when activated. The explosive device further comprises a sheet of material provided with at least one hole at least partially filled with the explosive material, each hole forms an opening in a first side of said sheet material and said at least one igniting stimuli is arranged on said first side. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing an explosive device.
US08312806B2
A system for preparing a predetermined amount of beverage suitable for consumption, provided with an exchangeable holder and an apparatus provided with a fluid dispensing device which is detachably connected to the holder for dispensing at least one amount of at least a first fluid such as water under pressure to the exchangeable holder, while the exchangeable holder is provided with at least one storage space which is filled with a second fluid such as a concentrate.
US08312797B2
An opening cutter assembly for forming an opening perforation line in a plastic packaging film by rolling the plastic packaging film between the opening cutter assembly and an anvil roll of a rolling mechanism when the plastic packaging film is fed through the rolling mechanism. The opening cutter assembly includes an opening cutter shaft, at least one opening cutter seat, and at least one opening cutter blade. The opening cutter shaft has at least one containing compartment. The opening cutter seat is installed in and engaged to the containing compartment by a cutter seat mounting mechanism. The opening cutter blade is mounted to each opening cutter seat. When the opening cutter blade gets worn out due to long term operation and must be replaced, simply dismounting the cutter seat mounting mechanism allows the opening cutter seat and the opening cutter blade to be removed from the containing compartment.
