US08325862B2
A wireless communication apparatus having a plurality of antennas 11-1 to 11-M and for diversity-combining signals received by the antennas 11-1 to 11-M, includes a first combining unit (23, 24) for combining received power of the antennas 11-1 to 11-M based on a first algorithm; a second combining unit (21-1 to 21-M, 22, 23) for combining received power of the antennas 11-1 to 11-M based on a second algorithm, which is different from the first algorithm; a determination unit 15 for determining whether there is a delayed wave based on the received signals; and a control unit 16 for selecting either one of the first combining unit (23, 24) and the second combining unit (21-1 to 21-M, 22, 23) depending on a determination result by the determination unit 15 and controlling a selected combining unit to combine received power of the antennas 11-1 to 11-M. Thus, it is possible to reduce the influence of multipath fading and maintain a constantly stable reception condition even when the number of reception antennas is small.
US08325861B2
A circuit includes a frequency synthesizer, N phase mixers coupled to the frequency synthesizer, a plurality of receivers, and a calibration circuit. The frequency synthesizer is to receive a reference clock signal and is to output a primary clock signal. A respective phase mixer in the N phase mixers is to output a respective secondary clock signal having a corresponding phase. A respective receiver in the plurality of receivers is coupled to two of the N phase mixers, and at a respective time is to receive data in accordance with the respective secondary clock signal from one of the two phase mixers coupled to the respective receiver. The calibration circuit is to calibrate a secondary clock signal output by a respective phase mixer in the N phase mixers by adjusting the phase of the secondary clock signal of the respective phase mixer.
US08325853B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a system for clock synthesis or data timing recovery. No analog continuous time oscillator is required, all the building blocks of a Frequency Locked Loop/Phase Locked Loop belonging in the digital discrete time domain. From a system-level perspective, the system is characterized by its strong non-linear behavior due to the intrinsic nature of some building blocks. This inherent non-linearity is responsible for some unusual, attractive property of the complete system. The system is able to multiply the input frequency clock by an arbitrarily large factor, ensuring in any case the convergence of the algorithm in two reference clock cycles.
US08325835B2
A Non-Continuous Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (NC-OFDM) system may be provided. The NC-OFDM system, including: a sensing unit to determine whether to use at least one frequency band; a band control unit to disable a subcarrier with respect to a frequency band in use as a result of the determination; a pruning determination unit to determine whether a number of points where the subcarrier is disabled is greater than a threshold value; a pruning retrieval unit to retrieve a pruning path generated by the disabling of the subcarrier, when the number of points is greater than the threshold value; and a Fourier transform unit to perform a Fast Fourier transform (FFT) or Inverse FFT (IFFT) by applying the pruning path to the subcarrier.
US08325831B2
An integer frequency offset estimation scheme in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM)-based system is disclosed. A receiving apparatus for receiving a signal according to an OFDM includes an OFDM symbol acquisition module for acquiring at least two consecutive OFDM symbols, a symbol operation module for operating upon pilot symbols and/or data symbols belonging to frequency bands determined according to a plurality of candidates for integer frequency offsets among a plurality of pilot symbols and a plurality of data symbols included in the acquired OFDM symbols, and an integer frequency offset estimation module for selecting a final integer frequency offset among a plurality of candidates for integer frequency offsets according to magnitudes of operation values obtained by the symbol operation module, wherein the frequency bands determined according to the candidate for integer frequency offsets are obtained by frequency-shifting preset frequency bands at which all pilot symbols are transmitted according to the candidate for integer frequency offsets.
US08325827B2
A transmitting device, a receiving device, and a communication method are for transmitting and receiving data modulated on frequency subcarriers of an OFDM communication system. An OFDM burst includes a preamble part and payload data part, whereby the preamble includes a section of pilot symbols mapped onto every n-th frequency subcarrier and signaling data mapped onto the frequency subcarriers between the frequency subcarriers with the pilot symbols. A first channel estimation on the basis of the received pilot symbols is performed, the result of which is used to reconstruct the entire section of the received preamble as a training pattern for an accurate channel estimation, which is used for a channel equalization of the received payload part.
US08325816B2
A moving picture decoding method including a prediction mode, including: in said prediction mode, in which prediction mode motion vector information of a current block in a current frame is not transmitted from an encoding side: selecting, from among multiple candidate reference frames, a frame(s) to be referenced to in the prediction mode; and determining motion vector information to be used in the prediction mode; and performing prediction processing using the selected reference frame and the determined motion vector, wherein when candidate blocks within a current frame and adjacent to a current block include blocks that use backward reference frames, a backward reference frame having a smallest index number is selected as the backward reference frame for the current block from the backward reference frames that said blocks using the backward reference frames have, wherein determining motion vector information to be used for the current block in the prediction mode, based on availability of motion vector(s) of predetermined adjacent blocks and the current block belonging to the current picture and the predetermined adjacent blocks are decoded earlier than the current block.
US08325814B2
An apparatus for processing a video signal and method thereof are disclosed, by which duplication of inter-view pictures is eliminated to decode the video signal, by which a global motion vector of a current picture is generated based on relevance between inter-view pictures to decode the video signal, and by which motion information for a current picture is obtained based on relevance between inter-view pictures to perform motion compensation. The present invention includes extracting attribute information for a current block or attribute information for a current picture from the video signal, extracting motion skip information for the current block, and generating motion information for the current block using motion information for a reference block according to the attribute information and the motion skip information.
US08325812B2
A motion estimator for generating an interpolation frame based on current and previous frames is provided. The motion estimator includes: a first candidate motion vector calculating unit which divides the current frame into plural blocks and generates plural first candidate motion vector groups, each group including a first candidate motion vector for each of the blocks calculated based on a previous motion vector previously estimated; a second candidate motion vector calculating unit which calculates plural second candidate motion vectors for each of the blocks, each of the second candidate motion vectors being calculated based on a respective first candidate motion vector included in each of the first candidate motion vector group; and a final motion vector deciding unit which selects a final motion vector for each of the blocks from among the second candidate motion vectors, the interpolation frame being generated based on the final motion vector.
US08325805B2
A video encoding/decoding apparatus and method for color images include a first motion prediction unit that generates a first prediction residue image of an input image on a basis of a first motion prediction result of the input image. An image information detection unit sets a predetermined color component of an R-G-B image to a reference color component and determines whether the input image is a Y-Cb-Cr image or an R-G-B image and whether a color component is the reference color component. A second motion prediction unit performs motion prediction for the first prediction residue image and generates a second prediction residue image if the input image is the R-G-B image and the color component of the input image is not the reference color component.
US08325800B2
A method of encoding an input video stream comprising a video component and an audio component is disclosed. The input video stream is split into a plurality of segments, each comprising a plurality of frames. Each of the segments is encoded as a low bit rate layer, a high bit rate layer, and one or more intermediate bit rate layers. The bit rate of the low bit rate layer is selected such that a network streaming the segment will always be able to stream the segment encoded as the low bit rate layer. The bit rate of the high bit rate layer is selected such that the segment is able to be decoded and played back at or above a quality threshold. The bit rates of the intermediate bit rate layers are produced by applying a bit rate factor to another bit rate.
US08325799B2
If a reference frame displayed at the reproduction side immediately before a current image frame to be encoded is an inter encoding image frame, a quantization control device (999) appropriately corrects the level (quantization value) of an intra encoding so as to visually reduce I-frame flicker caused by a difference between the inter encoding noise characteristic of the inter encoding image frame and the noise characteristic of the current intra encoding.
US08325796B2
A method for decoding compressed video information is disclosed. The video information can include a plurality of frames each having a plurality of blocks. The method includes reading from the video information a segment map that associates blocks in the frame with four segment identifiers. Each segment identifier is associated with one or more segment parameters, such as quantization parameters, loop filter type, loop filter strength and sub-pixel interpolation filter. The blocks in each segment are then decoded using the associated segment parameters. Segment parameters can persist to following frames unless overwritten by a subsequent frame. A frame can also include a bit suppressing segmentation, in which case default parameters are used for all blocks in the frame.
US08325793B2
An apparatus including a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit may be configured to generate an equalized signal in response to an input signal and an equalizer parameter signal. The equalizer parameter signal generally causes a cancellation of pre-cursor inter-symbol interference from a plurality of symbols in the input signal. The second circuit may be configured to generate (i) the equalizer parameter signal, (ii) a control signal and (iii) a data output signal in response to the equalized signal. The control signal generally causes an adjustment of the equalizer parameter signal. The adjustment of the equalizer parameter signal generally causes a decrease in the pre-cursor inter-symbol interference from the symbols.
US08325788B2
A method for performing data transmission between a transmitter and a receiver. The method includes the steps of generating a feedback message at the receiver in response to data received from the transmitter, assigning an identifier for the feedback message, storing the feedback message in association with the identifier in the receiver, transmitting the feedback message and the identifier to the transmitter, determining, at the transmitter, transmission format for data to be transmitted to the receiver based on the feedback message received from the receiver; and transmitting data and a control message, by the transmitter, using the determined transmission format, with the control message comprising the identifier of the feedback message based on which the transmission format is determined.
US08325783B2
What is disclosed is a method of operating a communication system. The method includes receiving a request to initiate a communication session with a wireless communication device, wherein the request indicates an application type. The method also includes determining a spreading code based on the application type, and transferring the spreading code to the wireless communication device. The method also includes receiving communications for the communication session encoded with the spreading code and decoding the encoded communications based on the spreading code.
US08325780B2
A spreading code generating apparatus carries out M-sequence multiplication and zero value addition of generated orthogonal codes to obtain channel identification codes, and then carries out inverse Fourier transform of the channel identification codes to generate spreading codes and inverse spreading codes. A transmitting apparatus and a receiving apparatus store the spreading codes and the inverse spreading codes generated by the spreading code generating apparatus, respectively, and use a single code respectively selected from the stored codes to carry out spread spectrum communication.
US08325769B2
A method of transmitting a data stream over a communication channel, the method comprising: providing symbol sets having different numbers of symbols; modulating data in the data stream that warrant different degrees of protection against noise onto symbols from symbol sets having different numbers of symbols, wherein which symbol set given data in the stream is modulated onto is independent of symbol sets onto which other data in the data stream is modulated onto; and transmitting the symbols.
US08325753B1
ACK messages by access points are suppressed when those access points receive messages from wireless stations for which those access points should not respond. This might occur in wireless communication systems based upon 802.11 protocols in which seamless mobility is desired, with a system controller that assigns wireless stations to specific access points. The access point examines an incoming message from a wireless device to decide whether or not to suppress a responsive ACK message to that wireless device. An access point may suppress an ACK message by suppressing the generation of the ACK, or by suppressing the transmission of a generated ACK. Mechanisms for suppressing an ACK message include setting the ACK transmission to a relatively unpowered transmitting antenna; interrupting a PHY-layer element during receipt of an incoming frame; and limiting entries in a key cache table to suppress ACK messages in response to encrypted incoming frames.
US08325750B2
Embodiments of the invention provide an accelerated system and methods for gathering business information, augmenting that information to conform to requirements for sharing the information and for synchronizing, managing and publishing the information across the supply chain. A control module business gathers information from a variety of enterprise wide systems and stored via an acceleration engine. The information is published to a data pool and registered by the data pool with a registry. One or more embodiments of the user interface component comprise declaratively defined interfaces that are not hardcoded in a source code program. The server interface is capable of utilizing declaratively defined interface definitions for data pool specific messages and data attributes that are not hardcoded in a source code program. Declaratively defined user and server interfaces allow for modification of the interface without altering the source code.
US08325746B2
An apparatus and method are provided for optimizing the link-state information that is to be broadcast in a routing domain of a communication network for QoS rule-based link-state routing. The routers include any device capable of implementing the routing primitives. The apparatus and method involve pruning the link-state information using local neighborhood information that has been discovered. The local link-state is pruned so that the QoS optimal paths are preserved for link-state routing. Pruning of the potential optimal paths is carried out to minimize the information broadcast to the intra domain routers in an autonomous system/routing domain. The apparatus and method also involve broadcasting the selected link-state information.
US08325739B2
The invention concerns a gateway device comprising means for connection to a first device and means for connection to a second device for obtaining a network address as a function of a network resource identifier provided by the second device, and means for providing a false network address in response to a network resource identifier provided by the first device in case a real network address cannot be provided. The means for providing a false network address are adapted to provide a distinct false network address for a distinct network resource identifier—when the real address becomes available, a request made on the distinct false address allows the first device to obtain the corresponding real network address. The invention also concerns an associated process.
US08325738B2
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for providing web-based phone services. Phone calls are initiated by a user control on a web page. A calling module uniquely identifies the telephone call and initiates calling by a dialer. Once the telephone call is established, auxiliary functions such as call monitoring, recording, transfer, or conference calling may be initiated for the call. Additional controls corresponding to the auxiliary functions may provided on the web page or a related web page. The web pages used to provide the user controls may stateless web pages.
US08325736B2
A hierarchy of schedules propagate minimum guaranteed scheduling rates among scheduling layers in a hierarchical schedule. The minimum guaranteed scheduling rate for a parent schedule entry is typically based on the summation of the minimum guaranteed scheduling rates of its immediate child schedule entries. This propagation of minimum rate scheduling guarantees for a class of traffic can be dynamic (e.g., based on the active traffic for this class of traffic, active services for this class of traffic), or statically configured. One embodiment also includes multiple scheduling lanes for scheduling items, such as, but not limited to packets or indications thereof, such that different categories of traffic (e.g., propagated minimum guaranteed scheduling rate, non-propagated minimum guaranteed scheduling rate, high priority, excess rate, etc.) of scheduled items can be propagated through the hierarchy of schedules accordingly without being blocked behind a lower priority or different type of traffic.
US08325726B2
A network device receives a packet with a multicast nexthop identifier, and creates a mask that includes addresses of egress packet forwarding engines, of the network device, to which to provide the packet. The network device divides the mask into two portions, generates two copies of the packet, provides a first portion of the mask in a first copy of the packet, and provides a second portion of the mask in a second copy of the packet. The network device also forwards the first copy of the packet to an address of a first egress packet forwarding engine provided in the first portion of the mask, and forwards the second copy of the packet to an address of a second egress packet forwarding engine provided in the second portion of the mask.
US08325723B1
A method and apparatus for dynamic traffic management with packet classification have been disclosed where packet size, variation, and count may be used to select credit or packet based arbitration.
US08325722B2
A local communication apparatus for communicating with another apparatus via a relay apparatus receives communication interface information that has been transmitted by the other apparatus, acquires information relating to the communication rate of the local apparatus, compares the received communication interface information with the acquired information relating to the communication rate of the local apparatus, and switches over a connection-destination relay apparatus based upon result of the comparison.
US08325710B2
An adapter and method for coupling an inline powered communications device to a primary network and to a secondary network, the communications device configured for having an assigned device identification and configurable for using an assigned network address for use in routing data over at least one of the networks. The adapter and method comprise a first port for connecting to the communications device to facilitate the communication of the data and inline power between the adapter and the communications device, the inline power for use in operating the communications device. The adapter and method comprise a second port for connecting to the primary network to facilitate the communication of the data between the primary network and the communications device via the first port, the second port coupled to the first port, and a third port for connecting to the secondary network to facilitate the supply of the inline power between the secondary network and the communications device via the first port, the second port coupled to the first port. The adapter and method also comprise a power coupling module configured for providing a transmission path of the inline power between the first port and the third port when the inline power is unavailable from primary network via the second port.
US08325708B2
A method and apparatus is provided for communication between a first terminal capable of using both a Circuit Switched (CS) call and an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) session, and a second terminal capable of using the IMS session, in a communication system supporting a Combined CS call and IMS session (CSI service). If the second terminal sends a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) request (INVITE) message to originate a voice service or a multimedia service including the voice service with the first terminal, a CSI Application Server (AS) of an IMS domain managing the first terminal separates a voice service-related component included in the request message from a multimedia service-related component, and generates and sends first and second request messages to the first terminal. Upon receipt of first and second response messages corresponding to the first and second request messages from the first terminal, the CSI AS generates a combined response message and sends the combined response message to the second terminal.
US08325694B2
Embodiments described herein provide a user with the ability to download a selected attachment document that is associated with a message received on a mobile device. Attachment data corresponding to the selected attachment document can be downloaded according to at least one of a native application attachment content handling option and a client-server attachment content handling option.
US08325683B2
A communication device enables transmitting remaining packets to a terminal during a handover, with reduced inter-cell interference and with improved throughput. The communication device allocates a plurality of frequency bands each to different terminals for wireless communication. A power booster increases transmission power of one of the frequency bands, and a frequency band allocator allocates the frequency band with the increased transmission power to a terminal that is performing a handover. Thus, the communication device can transmit the remaining packets to the terminal with the increased transmission power.
US08325681B2
A call transfer method, system, and device are provided. The method includes obtaining information that the mobile switching center (MSC) of a called user equipment (UE) executes a call transfer service, and instructing the MSC of the called UE to send a call request to a third party UE according to the call originating process of the called UE.
US08325675B2
A data processing method when the handover or change appears between systems includes the source data forwarding network element forwards the data to the user plane anchor network element; the user plane anchor network element forwards the data to the target side processing network element. A data processing method when the handover or change appears between systems is also provided by the present invention, which includes: the user plane anchor network element receives the message indication, transmits the data to at least one of the source data forwarding network element and the target side processing network element; the user plane anchor network element updates the route of the user plane, and transmits the data to the target side processing network element according to the updated route of the user plane. A data processing method when handover or change appears between GERAN/UTRAN systems under the Direct Tunnel solution is provided by the present invention, which can be applied to the Direct Tunnel solution.
US08325670B2
Method, apparatus and computer-readable medium for asymmetric frequency division duplexing operation
A method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for performing asymmetric frequency division duplexing (FDD) are provided. The method includes allocating a first bandwidth for an uplink portion of an FDD data transmission; and allocating a second bandwidth for a downlink portion of the FDD data transmission; wherein the first bandwidth and the second bandwidth have different sizes.
US08325667B2
A user equipment terminal for transmitting an uplink control channel to a base station according to a single carrier scheme includes a reception determining unit configured to determine reception of data, which are transmitted from the base station according to scheduling, and generate a reception determination result as first control information; and a control information multiplexing unit configured to assign the first control information to a first radio resource positioned at an end of a system band and assign second control information, which is transmitted with a radio resource dedicated to the user equipment terminal, to a predetermined position in a second radio resource adjacent to the first radio resource, to multiplex the first control information and the second control information into the uplink control channel. The present invention also relates to a base station and an uplink control channel configuration method.
US08325661B2
Support for multiple wireless access technologies at a common terrestrial radio access network is described herein. By way of example, wireless resources can be reserved in a manner that facilitates transmission of control and reference signals to advanced or emerging-technology user terminals (e.g., LTE-A), while mitigating adverse affects on legacy user terminals (e.g., LTE Release 8). As such, information designated for LTE-A terminals can be embedded in predetermined reserved locations, which exploit known standardized behavior of legacy terminals in expecting information at specific locations. Such reserving of resources can occur typically without the legacy terminals being affected, mitigating or avoiding performance degradation for legacy terminals.
US08325656B2
The present invention relates to a base station arrangement (20) in a communications system supporting high speed packet data communication, comprising a base station protocol entity for a protocol handling high speed control signalling and physical resource allocation for high speed data communication, quality handling means (27) adapted to receive and handle channel condition related information from mobile user stations, encoding means for encoding data packets to be transmitted to mobile user station, and transmission control means comprising a scheduling means (28) communicating with a hybrid automatic retransmission system (HARQ) (221, . . . , 22n) and being adapted to control transmission of data packets using said channel condition related information and data packet buffering means (231, . . . , 23n). The base station protocol entity further comprises a control plane entity supporting an extended control plane for control plane signalling messages comprising specific control messages handling means (26), adapted to provide a specific probing or information control message and to send said message to a mobile user station.
US08325655B2
A method for establishing a multi-carrier HSDPA channel and method for transmitting multi-carrier downlink packet data are provided. The method for establishing a multi-carrier HSDPA channel includes: A. determining number of HSDPA channel resources of a cell; B. selecting N carriers in the cell according to the number of channel resources determined in step A, wherein the N carriers form the HSDPA channel resources; C. allocating the HSDPA channel resources to be HS-DSCHs, uplink and downlink control channels; D. allocating, by a network, an HS-DSCH to be used by a user terminal, one or more HS-SCCHs and one or more mate HS-SICHs to be monitored by the user terminal, when the user terminal initiates an HSDPA request and the request is allowed. The method may be applied to multi-carrier downlink packet data transmission, to enhance peak transmission rate of user packets, optimize the resources, thereby improving system throughput.
US08325651B2
The present invention concerns a method for relaying symbols transferred by a source to a destination in a wireless cellular telecommunication network, the symbols being relayed by a relay, the relay receiving symbols. The relay: receives symbols, successfully decodes the symbols, generates symbols that have been previously transferred by the source, generates symbols that have not previously been transferred by the source, combines the generated symbols into combined symbols, transfers the combined symbols to the destination.
US08325650B2
The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for reducing transmission delay on a radio interface in a communication network, comprising a communication network node (15) transmitting packet data to one or more user equipments (18) over said radio interface. A number of transmission attempts needed for transmitting said packet data estimating, based on which a number of re-transmissions of said first packet data to perform is determined. The determined number of re-transmission is proactively transmitted before an ACK or NACK message is received from the user equipments.
US08325647B2
Each of n signal transition detection sections detects a transition of the signal level of at least one of a first input signal or a second input signal corresponding to the signal transition detection section. A time-division control section outputs a control pulse according to a system clock when a signal transition is detected by at least one of the n signal transition detection sections. Each of n output switching sections outputs either the first or the second input signal corresponding to the output switching section as a multiplexed signal according to the control pulse.
US08325646B2
A method for resource scheduling in a wireless system, applicable to a multi-hop network, includes a MS acquiring bandwidth granted by an MS synchronous station, and transmitting data to the MS synchronous station with the bandwidth. Each node between the MS and an MMR-BS acquires bandwidth granted by the superordinate node of the node between granting the bandwidth to the subordinate node of the node and receiving the data from the subordinate node, and transmits the data to the superordinate node of the node with the bandwidth granted by the superordinate node of the node after receiving the data from the subordinate node.
US08325639B2
An IP telephone system according to the present invention includes a plurality of communication devices T1, T2 allowed to mutually communicate through a network (IP network); a server for executing a connection starting process of communication between the communication devices, as well as for controlling communication data transmitted and received between the server and the communication devices during the communication between the communication devices; and a data transmission and reception controller for mutually switching, upon input of a predetermined command, a communication mode between a standard communication mode and a power-saving communication mode in a condition that communication connection is established between the communication devices upon execution of the connection starting process. The sound data is transmitted and received between the communication devices and the server in the standard communication mode. Transmission and reception between the communication devices and the server is stopped with respect to the sound data below a predetermined level while being continued with respect to the sound data beyond the predetermined level received in the power saving communication mode.
US08325638B2
Policy and charging control (PCC) is a framework within a Third or Fourth Generation (3G/4G) network that allows operators to authorize and enforce policy, Quality of Service (QoS), and charging control over communication sessions by mobile devices. PCC mechanism is used to determine the type QoS based on a request received from a User Equipment (UE) or network. PCC is one important element within System Architecture Evolution (SAE) architecture to allow the network to perform policy and charging control. A mechanism is provided so that PCC can allow packet flow optimization. Thereby, the network can detect Internet Protocol (IP) flows based on operator defined criteria and can perform policy and QoS control.
US08325635B2
The present invention is related to methods and systems for reducing or canceling echoes during fax communications. In an embodiment, during a fax call, a first fax signal from a first fax device intended for a second fax device is detected. Based at least in part on detecting the first fax signal from the first fax device or on the termination of the first fax signal, an echo audio packet is muted, wherein the echo audio packet is at least partly the result of the first fax signal being transmitted over a network, the network including at least a data network.
US08325634B2
Provided are a method and apparatus for transceiving an asymmetric point-to-point moving signal and securing an uplink channel using a horizontal blanking interval (HBI) in which a video signal transceiving apparatus can combine a plurality of HBIs and a plurality of active lines (ALs) into a single section, and when auxiliary data exists in a corresponding HBI, can change an order of the HBI to the last and transmit map information including arrangement information to a video signal display apparatus, and the video signal display apparatus can receive the map information and analyze the received map information to thereby acquire an uplink channel using HBI excluding auxiliary data and transmit control signal data via the acquired uplink channel.
US08325633B2
Methods, parallel computers, and computer program products are disclosed for remote direct memory access. Embodiments include transmitting, from an origin DMA engine on an origin compute node to a plurality target DMA engines on target compute nodes, a request to send message, the request to send message specifying a data to be transferred from the origin DMA engine to data storage on each target compute node; receiving, by each target DMA engine on each target compute node, the request to send message; preparing, by each target DMA engine, to store data according to the data storage reference and the data length, including assigning a base storage address for the data storage reference; sending, by one or more of the target DMA engines, an acknowledgment message acknowledging that all the target DMA engines are prepared to receive a data transmission from the origin DMA engine; receiving, by the origin DMA engine, the acknowledgement message from the one or more of the target DMA engines; and transferring, by the origin DMA engine, data to data storage on each of the target compute nodes according to the data storage reference using a single direct put operation.
US08325627B2
A method of adaptively scheduling communications in a wireless mesh network including a plurality of network nodes includes generating a network routing scheme based on a topology of the wireless mesh network, generating a communication schedule for the wireless mesh network, and automatically updating the communication schedule in response to detecting a change in a transmission requirement of at least one of the plurality of network nodes. The act of generating a communication schedule includes defining a communication timeslot of a predefined duration and defining a plurality of superframes as repeating cycles of a certain number of consecutively scheduled communication timeslots.
US08325625B2
A service provider interface protocol, when embedded into a network-capable device, can automatically connect the device to a wired or wireless network. This automatic device connectivity can include automatic logging on, automatic authentication and seamless, automatic data upload to, or download from, another location on the network. Configuration parameters for the automatic authentication, upload and download locations and other related device configurations can be stored within the network server-side management system.
US08325621B2
According to the present invention, a method in a base station is provided for predicting interference contribution, when scheduling an uplink data packet transmission from a first user equipment. The first user equipment is connected to the base station. The first user equipment is in the neighbor of a neighboring cell served by a neighboring base station. The method comprises the steps of: Obtaining signal strength measurements regarding the first user equipment. The signal strength measurements are based on a signal between the first user equipment and the neighboring base station; Receiving a resource scheduling request regarding the first user equipment for the uplink data packet transmission; Scheduling uplink resources for the requested uplink data packet transmission; Determining transmission power to be used for the scheduled uplink resources, and: Estimating an interference prediction contribution based on the determined transmission power and the obtained signal strength.
US08325617B2
A digital telecommunications system, a method of reconnecting branches to a softswitch in a communications network and a program product for reconnecting branches to a softswitch in a communications network. A softswitch manages communications between devices at network endpoints, e.g., session initiation protocol (SIP) devices. When a branch is disconnected from the softswitch, the softswitch manages reconnects, prioritizing reconnects when multiple branches request reconnecting.
US08325614B2
A system, apparatus, and method are provided for connecting, configuring and testing new wireless devices and applications. For example, one embodiment of a computer-implemented method for enabling a trial wireless device comprises: automatically pre-provisioning one or more trial SIM cards for operation on a particular wireless cellular network on behalf of a prospective customer; automatically pre-configuring a trial wireless machine-to-machine (“M2M”) device on behalf of the prospective customer; wherein the trial M2M device includes testing and monitoring program code which, when the trial M2M device is connected to a computer system, performs the operations of: automatically connecting to the wireless cellular network execute a plurality of test operations for testing the SIM card and the trial M2M device, the test operations including determining whether the SIM card is correctly provisioned for the wireless network; determining whether the trial M2M wireless device is operating properly; and determining the existence of wireless data connectivity.
US08325604B1
A system and method for upstream transmission and the media access control of upstream transmission of groups of fixed sized cells, such as ATM cells in a point to multipoint optical network, such as a passive optical network. The upstream media access control scheme is responsive to grouping information reflecting a parameter of a group of fixed sized cells. The parameter may reflect the length of the relevant payload of the group the fixed sized cells.
US08325603B2
A method and apparatus for dequeuing data are disclosed. The method includes: obtaining storage addresses of packets in each queue, and dequeuing, by multiple dequeue processing engines, the packets in each queue in parallel according to the storage addresses of the packets in each queue. Multiple dequeue processing engines dequeue the packets in multiple queues in parallel, and thus the data dequeue efficiency and performance are improved.
US08325602B2
A method and system to manage network traffic congestion in networks with link layer flow control is provided. The system comprises a physical queue monitor configured to monitor a state of a physical queue at a network device, a link layer flow control activator configured to activate link layer flow control based on the state of the physical queue, a proxy queue control module, a proxy queue monitor to monitor the state of the proxy queue, and a transport layer flow control activator. The proxy queue control module may be configured to update a state of a proxy queue based on the state of the physical queue. The proxy queue monitor may be configured to monitor the state of the proxy queue. The transport layer flow control activator may be configured to activate transport layer flow control based on the state of the proxy queue.
US08325601B2
Sending a single data stream from a sending endpoint to a receiving endpoint, wherein both of the sending endpoint and the receiving endpoint each have multiple physical interfaces connecting the sending and receiving endpoint to multiple networks, respectively, is provided. The single data stream is partitioned into multiple data packets. A physical interface is designated on the sending side and the receiving side in accordance with a data capacity throughput of each of the multiple physical interfaces. Different portions of the partitioned data packets are then sent over different ones of the multiple physical interfaces in accordance with the designation. The single data stream is then reconstructed by combining received partitioned data packets into the single data stream in accordance with header information. An acknowledgment is sent to the sending endpoint indicating an amount of data received on each multiple physical interface, including any changes in the data capacity throughput.
US08325599B2
A communication device 1 has a first protocol analysis section 11 that analyzes a status of a transmission signal Vs received at a transmission signal receiver 10. A transmission controller 14 determines a communication available period and a communication unavailable period based upon the analysis result. When the communication available period is determined, the transmission controller 14 allows a second protocol signal transmitter 12 to transmit a packet in accordance with a second protocol to a signal line Ls. With this result, it is possible to transmit a relatively large amount of data while suppressing noise influence caused by a varying condition of a carrier, in contrast to a prior system in which the transmission signal is superimposed only by a simple determination of the carrier condition. Thus, it is possible to share the signal line Ls with the time-division multiplexing transmission system and improve reliability of data transmission.
US08325596B2
A method and system for detecting radio link (RL) failures between a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) and a Node-B are disclosed. When signaling radio bearers (SRBs) are supported by high speed uplink packet access (HSUPA), an RL failure is recognized based on detection of improper operation of at least one of an absolute grant channel (AGCH), a relative grant channel (RGCH), a hybrid-automatic repeat request (H-ARQ) information channel (HICH), an enhanced uplink dedicated physical control channel (E-DPCCH) and an enhanced uplink dedicated physical data channel (E-DPDCH). When SRBs are supported by high speed downlink packet access (HSDPA), an RL failure is recognized based on detection of improper operation of at least one of a high speed shared control channel (HS-SCCH), a high speed physical downlink shared channel (HS-PDSCH) and a high speed dedicated physical control channel (HS-DPCCH).
US08325584B2
According to one embodiment, a write-once type information storage medium comprises an organic dye based recording material having sensitivity at a wavelength of 405 nm and at a recording wavelength in the range of 600 nm to 700 nm, wherein, when absorbance of a maximum absorption wavelength in the vicinity of 405 nm is defined as 1, the absorbance is 5% or more at any wavelength in the range of 600 nm to 700 nm.
US08325583B2
An optical disk drive system associated with a laser diode is described. The optical disk drive system comprises a current generator for receiving input signals; a current switch coupled to receive timing signals; a current driver coupled to receive output signals from the current switch and the current generator, the current driver further comprising a driver with wave shape control selected from the group consisting of a laser diode read driver and a laser diode write driver, wherein the driver with shape control is operative for transmitting at least one output signal that is a scaled version of at least one of the output signals received from the current generator, wherein the current driver is operative for transmitting at least one output signal driving the laser diode.
US08325579B2
A combination optical disc (1) is disclosed, which contains at least two information layers (10, 11) of at least two different storage formats selected from for example CD, DVD, BD. Information is stored on the disc (1) concerning the storage format of the layers (10, 11). According to an embodiment of the invention, each of the formats contains information indicating that a second, or even third, format is present on the same disc. Now a device may select a Format different from the one detected during start up. Alternatively, all formats present on a single disc are identified by an identifier on the disc. Such art identifier may be located in the BCA area, a chip (4) on disc or in a bar code on the disc itself.
US08325576B2
A configuration for reading out disc management information easily without errors from a disc in which recording is conducted with data recording densities of a plurality of kinds. An optical disc includes a plurality of data recording areas in which information is recorded with data recording densities which are different from each other. Information of the data recording densities in the data recording areas is recorded in a management information recording area (a BCA area or a PIC area) by using a unique format which does not depend upon the data recording densities of the data recording areas. The divided data recording areas are disposed in the same plane of the disc, or disposed over a plurality of recording layers.
US08325575B2
An information storage medium and a recording/reproducing apparatus and method, the information storage medium includes: an area for recording information regarding a predetermined function applied thereto, wherein the information regarding the predetermined function includes specific information in which set information regarding the predetermined function is set by a recording/reproducing apparatus that can recognize the predetermined function, and common information set by the recording/reproducing apparatus that can recognize the predetermined function based on corresponding information dependent upon the set information so that a recording/reproducing apparatus that cannot recognize the predetermined function can use the predetermined function. Accordingly, a recording/reproducing apparatus that cannot recognize a predetermined function can properly use a medium having the predetermined function.
US08325567B2
Provided is a thermally-assisted magnetic recording head capable of setting the near-field light (NFL-) emission point to be sufficiently close to the write-field-generating portion. The head comprises a magnetic pole, a waveguide propagating light, and a NFL-generator coupled with the light in surface plasmon mode. The NFL-generator comprises a propagation edge extending to the NFL-generating end surface, at least a portion of the propagation edge being opposed to the waveguide with a distance, and the magnetic pole has a surface contact with a surface portion of the NFL-generator including no propagation edge. Therefore, the distance between the magnetic-pole end surface and the NFL-generating end surface becomes zero. The propagation edge is not contacted with the magnetic pole. Accordingly, the surface plasmon can propagate along on the propagation edge without being absorbed by the pole. Thus, the NFL-emission point is ensured to be at the end point of the propagation edge.
US08325564B1
An acoustic source for use in a saltwater environment includes a transducer for projecting acoustic energy. The transducer is positioned within a semi-permeable membrane. The volume around the transducer within the membrane is filled with water having a lower concentration of a solute such as salt. When positioned in the saltwater environment, an osmotic pressure is created within the membrane. This osmotic pressure acts to suppress cavitation such as that which could be generated by the transducer. In further embodiments a support structure is used to support the membrane and the transducer could be an array of transducers.
US08325562B2
A survey method giving improvements in weapons fire location systems is disclosed. In an urban system with a distributed array in the midst of many buildings that block signal paths or create echoes, methods are provided to measure signal propagation. A survey or tour of the covered region uses a moving signal source to probe propagation inside the region. Survey results may indicate where more or fewer sensors are needed. Survey results plus current measured noise gives prediction of instantaneous system sensitivity. In addition, multipath propagation may be used to determine a location even when only one or two sensors detect the signal. In such exemplary cases, triangulation may be replaced or augmented by pattern recognition. Further, signals of the survey need not be acoustic impulses such as gunfire, but may be RF signals, or coded continuous signals so that gunfire-like sounds would not disturb citizens in the area.
US08325559B2
A system and method of processing seismic data obtained using a plurality of towed single-component receivers in a marine environment is described, the towed single-component receivers configured to measure compressional P waves. The method comprises retrieving seismic data from a storage device, the seismic data comprising P-P data and shear mode data, wherein the P-P data and shear mode data were both received at the towed single-component receivers configured to measure compressional P waves to generate the seismic data. The method further comprises processing the seismic data to extract SV-P shear mode data and generating shear mode image data based on the extracted shear mode data.
US08325556B2
A memory-array decoder operably coupled to a memory array comprising a sequence of rows and receiving as input a plurality of address bits includes first and second decoder stages. The first decoder stage selects one or more first rows by decoding a first subset of the address bits, and the second decoder stage selects one or more second rows based on locations, within the sequence, of one or more third rows different from the one or more second rows.
US08325551B2
A semiconductor memory device comprises a memory cell array comprising a plurality of memory banks. The semiconductor memory device performs refresh operations on the memory cell array using a normal refresh operation mode and a self-refresh operation mode. In the normal refresh operation mode, the semiconductor memory device performs refresh operations using an external high power supply voltage, and in the self-refresh operation mode, the semiconductor memory device performs refresh operations using an internal high power supply voltage. In the self-refresh operation mode, the refresh operations are performed in units of memory banks or memory bank groups.
US08325547B2
A test apparatus that tests a memory under test, comprising an address fail memory that stores address fail data for each address; a block fail memory that stores block fail data for each block; a reading section that reads the address fail data from the address fail memory for each block; a row fail counter that, for each row address in a group including a plurality of the blocks in the memory under test, counts the fail cells indicated by the address fail data; and a column fail counter that counts the fails cells for each column address.
US08325544B2
Provided is a synchronous dynamic random access memory (DRAM) semiconductor device including multiple output buffers, a strobe control unit and multiple strobe buffers. Each of the output buffers is configured to output one bit of data. The strobe control unit is configured to output multiple strobe control signals in response to an externally input signal. The strobe buffers are connected to the output buffers and the strobe control unit, and each of the strobe buffers is configured to output at least one strobe signal. At least some of the strobe buffers are activated in response to the strobe control signals, and the output buffers are activated in response to the strobe signals output by the activated strobe buffers.
US08325537B2
To provide a semiconductor memory device including a mode register in which a mode signal is set, a data amplifier that amplifies read data read from a memory cell array, a data bus onto which the read data amplified by the data amplifier is transmitted, a data input/output circuit that outputs a signal on the data bus to outside, and a mode signal output circuit that outputs the mode signal set in the mode register onto the data bus. Because the mode signal is not caused to interrupt halfway along the data input/output circuit, but supplied onto the data bus that connects the data amplifier to the data input/output circuit, no collision of the read data with the mode signal occurs in the data input/output circuit.
US08325524B2
The chip area of a semiconductor device including a nonvolatile memory is reduced. The semiconductor device includes a first memory cell and a second memory cell which are formed on the principal surface of a substrate, and arranged adjacent to each other. In a principal surface of the substrate, active regions which are electrically isolated from each other are arranged. In the first active region, the capacitor element of the first memory cell is arranged, while the capacitor element of the second memory cell is arranged in the fourth active region. In the second active region, the respective write/erase elements of the first and second memory cells are both arranged. Further, in the third active region, the respective read elements of the first and second memory cells are both arranged.
US08325517B2
Disclosed is a program method of a non-volatile memory device. The program method includes performing a least significant bit (LSB) program operation, during which an LSB program number is stored, and performing a most significant bit (MSB) program operation in a threshold voltage state order determined according to the LSB program number.
US08325516B2
A split gate memory cell. First and second well regions of respectively first and second conductivity types are formed in the substrate. A floating gate is disposed on a junction of the first and second well regions and insulated from the substrate. A control gate is disposed over the sidewall of the floating gate and insulated from the substrate and the floating gate and partially extends to the upper surface of the floating gate. A doping region of the first conductivity type is formed in the second well region. The first well region and the doping region respectively serve as source and drain regions of the split gate memory cell.
US08325514B2
A phase change memory device includes a plurality of programming current driving blocks each of which is configured to provide a corresponding phase change memory cell with a programming current corresponding to input data and a programming current adjusting block commonly connected to the plurality of programming current driving blocks and configured to generate a control voltage to adjust the programming current.
US08325511B2
Bias circuitry for a static random-access memory (SRAM) with a retain-till-accessed (RTA) mode. The memory is constructed of multiple memory array blocks, each including SRAM cells of the 8-T or 10-T type, with separate read and write data paths. Bias devices are included within each memory array block, for example associated with individual columns, and connected between a reference voltage node for cross-coupled inverters in each memory cell in the associated column or columns, and a ground node. In a normal operating mode, a switch transistor connected in parallel with the bias devices is turned on, so that the ground voltage biases the cross-coupled inverters in each cell. In the RTA mode, the switch transistors are turned off, allowing the bias devices to raise the reference bias to the cross-coupled inverters, reducing power consumed by the cells in that mode.
US08325500B2
An inverter filter is for a plurality of phases. The inverter filter includes a node; a differential mode filter including for each of the phases a first terminal, a second terminal, an inductor electrically connected between the first terminal and the second terminal, and first capacitor electrically connected between the inductor and the node. The inverter filter also includes a third terminal structured to be grounded, and a common mode filter. The common mode filter includes a resistor, and a second capacitor electrically connected in series with the resistor between the node and the third terminal.
US08325499B2
A method is provided for minimizing a double-frequency ripple power exchanged between a load and an energy source, the energy source delivering electrical power to the load through a single-phase power conditioner, and the power conditioner being coupled to an energy storage device. The method includes determining a phase shift of an AC output signal of the power condition and an average AC output power of the power conditioner. The average AC output power may be a predetermined value or a calculated value based on sensed or measured signals. The method further includes generating an AC signal at an energy storage device. The generated AC signal has an amplitude that is a function of the average AC output power and a phase shift substantially equal to 45 degrees minus an amount that is dependent on the determined phase shift. In some embodiments, the phase shift may be determined to be of a non-zero value.
US08325498B2
An integrated circuit for use in a power supply includes a drive signal generator, a short on time detector, and an oscillator. The drive signal generator generates a drive signal in response to a clock signal. The short on time detector provides an output indicating that consecutive on times of the drive signal are short on times. An on time of the drive signal is a short on time if a switch current of the switch exceeds a current limit after a leading edge blanking period and if the on time of the switch is less than or equal to a sum of the leading edge blanking period and a current limit delay time period. The oscillator generates the clock signal and changes a frequency of the clock signal from a first frequency to a lower second frequency in response to the output of the short on time detector.
US08325496B2
Provided is a switching power supply device capable of effectively improving power supply efficiency with a small number of parts. The switching power supply device includes: a switching circuits (S1 to S4) for converting DC input power into AC power, a transformer (T) having a primary winding to which the AC power is supplied, first rectifiers (D21, D22) for rectifying the AC power induced by the secondary winding of the transformer into DC power, second rectifiers (D31, D32) having anodes connected to cathodes of the first rectifiers, and a capacitor (C) connected between the cathodes of second rectifiers and a predetermined potential node and functioning as an auxiliary power source of a predetermined load (F). Surge generated at the cathodes of the first rectifiers (D21, D22) of the secondary side during switching is supplied to the capacitor (C) via the second rectifiers (D31, D32). The load (F) uses power charged in the capacitor as an operation power source.
US08325493B2
An alignment pin is provided. The alignment pin includes an alignment member that is configured to extend from a surface of a circuit board. The alignment member has a flange that engages an electronic module. The flange aligns and retains the electronic module on the circuit board. A coupling member extends from the alignment member. The coupling member is configured to be through hole mounted to an aperture in the circuit board. The coupling member has a retention feature that creates a press-fit between a surface of the aperture and the coupling member. The coupling member has a cross-sectional width at the retention feature that is greater than a diameter of the aperture. The retention feature accommodates a press-fit with apertures having different diameters.
US08325491B2
A device for fastening an electronic module on a mounting rail and an electronic module fastened with the device on a mounting rail are provided. The device has a displaceable nose, encompassing a profile of the mounting rail together with a stationary nose provided on the back of a housing of the electronic module. The displaceable nose is configured as a clamping profile of a slide. By plugging in mechanical anchorings, the device is mounted in recesses of the housing on the back of the electronic module. The device has a spring mechanism provided to support the electronic module on the housing. A clamping force of the device on the mounting rail results from a force to the slide applied by the spring mechanism. An end of the slide opposite of the displaceable nose protrudes beyond the housing of the electronic module for the manual displacement of the displaceable nose.
US08325490B2
Manufacturing circuits with reference plane voids over vias with a strip segment interconnect permits routing critical signal paths over vias, while increasing via insertion capacitance only slightly. The transmission line reference plane defines voids above (or below) signal-bearing plated-through holes (PTHs) that pass through a rigid substrate core, so that the signals are not degraded by an impedance mismatch that would otherwise be caused by shunt capacitance from the top (or bottom) of the signal-bearing PTHs to the transmission line reference plane. In order to provide increased routing density, signal paths are routed over the voids, but disruption of the signal paths by the voids is prevented by including a conductive strip through the voids that reduces the coupling to the signal-bearing PTHs and maintains the impedance of the signal path conductor.
US08325484B2
A heat-dissipating apparatus is installed on a circuit board which includes a board body formed with a plurality of apertures, a heat-generating element, and a lock member having an engaging hole. The heat-dissipating apparatus includes a base plate and a plurality of fastening elements. The base plate is abutted against the heat-generating element, and includes an engaging hook for engaging the engaging hole, and a plurality of through holes corresponding in position to the apertures. A plurality of connecting elements are disposed below the board body and correspond in position to the apertures. Each fastening element extends through a respective through hole, and is engaged to a respective connecting element after extending through a respective aperture. A plurality of spring members are respectively sleeved on and bias the fastening elements to move away from the base plate.
US08325482B2
A cooling apparatus for server rack is disclosed, which is disposed above at least one server rack. The cooling apparatus for server rack includes a fan module disposed at a back end above the least one server rack, a heat exchanger module disposed at a front end above the least one server rack, and an air guide connecting the fan module and the heat exchanger module. A hot air exhausted from the back end of the least one server rack is extracted by the fan module and is sent to the heat exchanger module through the air guide, and the hot air is cooled by the heat exchanger module, and a cool air is exhausted from the front end of the least one server rack.
US08325480B2
Heat sinks for distributing a thermal load are disclosed that include: a bottom plate; a front top plate; a back top plate; and a plurality of heat-dissipating fins connected to the bottom plate, the front top plate, and the back top plate, wherein the front top plate and the back top plate are separated by a predetermined distance.
US08325478B2
The present disclosure is generally directed to efficiently cooling converter and inverter components of a drive system. Present techniques relate to a motor drive duct system that facilitates efficient cooling and access to motor drive components. The motor drive duct system includes duct channel paths that are parallel and adjacent to one another. The duct system includes a converter section that houses a converter heat sink, an inverter section that houses an inverter heat sink, an exhaust section, and an air inlet section. The converter section and the inverter section are configured to be attached and detached from each other at end sections that are angled to receive one another. Further, the inverter section, converter section, and air inlet section are configured to roll into and out of a cabinet, which facilitates access to field wiring.
US08325474B2
A computer component mounting assembly includes a base plate, a carrier configured to receive a vibration sensitive computer component, and a vibration isolation system including three isolators connecting the carrier to the base plate. The three isolators are spaced at different angular positions around a central point, and the vibration isolation system is configured such that the vibration isolation system has a rotational natural frequency about the central point of less than 45 Hz.
US08325473B2
According to one embodiment, an information processing terminal may include a partition wall dividing an inner room of a housing into a first space and a second space. The information processing terminal may further include a support member subdividing the second space into a third space and a fourth space with a ventilation path defined therebetween, the support member supporting the partition wall. Further, the information processing terminal may include a power supply located in the third space defined by the support member, and a mother board configured to allow a processing unit to be mounted thereon in the first space. A cooling fan may be provided in the information processing terminal to have a rotating blade that extends across the first space and the second space defined by the partition wall.
US08325469B2
A user-interface device comprises a plurality of indication elements (3), each provided with a visual indication (4), mounted on a structure (5). The indication elements (3) comprise identification means (9b, 10, 11, 11′) adapted for co-operating with detection means (6, 7) of the device (1), for unique identification the indication elements (3). The identification means (9b, 10, 11, 11′) comprise an electrically conductive layer (10) on a respective side face (6b) of the indication element (3) and an electrically insulating layer (9b) superimposed on the electrically conductive layer. The detection means (6, 7) comprise one or more contact elements (7) set up against a respective a side face (6b) of the indication element (3). The electrically insulating layer (9b) has one or more windows (11) for exposure of respective local portions of the underlying electrically conductive layer (10), each window (11) being made in a position substantially corresponding to a respective contact element (7).
US08325466B2
A solid electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element from which an anode lead projects forward and having a surface on which a cathode layer is formed, an exterior resin covering the capacitor element, and anode and cathode terminals including, respectively, an anode and cathode terminal surfaces which are exposed from a bottom surface of the exterior resin. The anode terminal is formed from one metal plate, and includes a terminal part forming the anode terminal surface, a folded part folded back at a side edge of the terminal part and arranged over a top surface of the terminal part, and an upright part bent vertically to the top surface of the terminal part at a front edge or a rear edge of a tip end part of the folded part. A tip end part of the anode lead is electrically connected to a tip end of the upright part.
US08325460B2
Disclosed are a humidity sensor and a fabricating method thereof. The humidity sensor includes a substrate, an anodic aluminum oxide layer formed on the substrate and having a plurality of holes, and electrodes formed on the anodic aluminum oxide layer, in order to improve sensitivity and accuracy of the humidity sensor. Further, the fabricating method of a humidity sensor includes preparing an aluminum substrate, forming an anodic aluminum oxide layer by oxidizing the aluminum substrate, and forming electrodes on the anodic aluminum oxide layer.
US08325458B2
An electroadhesive gripping device or system includes a plurality of electroadhesive gripping surfaces, each having electrode(s) and each configured to be placed against respective surface regions of a foreign object, such that one or more electroadhesive forces can be provided between the electroadhesive gripping surfaces and the foreign object. Such electroadhesive forces operating to hold the foreign object against the electroadhesive gripping surfaces while the foreign object is held or moved by the electroadhesive gripping system. The electroadhesive gripping surfaces can be arranged onto a plurality of continuous fingers, and various gripping surfaces on each finger can be coupled together and manipulated with respect to each other by an actuating component, such as a cable actuator. A variable voltage can be delivered to the electrodes to control the amount of electroadhesive force generated, such that only a portion of a foreign object is held or moved.
US08325454B2
An over heating detection circuit and an interrupter circuit are disclosed for interrupting electrical power from a power source receptacle to a load upon the detection of an over heating condition of an electrical plug. A heat sensitive device monitors the temperature of the electrical plug. The over heating detection circuit is connected to the heat sensitive device for detecting an over heated condition in the electrical plug. The interruption circuit includes a disconnect switch connected to the over heating detection circuit for disconnecting electrical power upon the detection of the over heated condition in the electrical plug.
US08325453B2
Short-circuit protection in switched output stages is described to protect switching output stages from excessive output current in short-circuit conditions which may cause device damage. Design techniques to attain this goal include measuring currents in switching transistors by placing a scaled transistor in parallel thereto, combined with circuitry for making drain voltages substantially equal. The various techniques for short-circuit protection comprise (a) using a transistor and an operational amplifier in combination, (b) using a single transistor in place of the operational amplifier, (c) using a circuit to generate over-current detection signals, (d) providing over-current detection signals to a driver in order to reduce the output current, (e) using an inverter to feedback regulate output current, (f) using a switch to bypass the current regulator during normal operation, and (g) automatically opening this switch in an over-current situation.
US08325445B2
A head-slider. The head-slider includes a magnetic-recording head and an air-bearing surface. The air-bearing surface includes air-bearing portions, shallow-recessed surfaces, and a deep-recessed surface. Air-bearing portions are configured to fly nearest to a magnetic-recording disk; shallow-recessed surfaces have a first depth from the air-bearing portions; the deep-recessed surface has a second depth, larger than the first depth, from the air-bearing portions. Air-bearing portions and shallow-recessed surfaces are configured to generate positive pressure; and, the deep-recessed surface is configured to generate negative pressure. A shallow-recessed surface is disposed near a leading edge of the head-slider; air-bearing portions are preceded and abutted by the shallow-recessed surface; a plurality of small leading-end pads are disposed near a leading edge, and at least at each side of the shallow-recessed surface near lateral sides, of the head-slider; and, a leading-end deep-recessed surface is disposed at a leading side of the leading-end pads.
US08325440B2
A magnetic head incorporates: a medium facing surface; a coil; a pole layer; first and second shields disposed to sandwich the pole layer therebetween; a first gap layer disposed between the first shield and the pole layer; a second gap layer disposed between the second shield and the pole layer; and a substrate. The first shield is located closer to the substrate than the second shield. The magnetic head further incorporates an antireflection film disposed between the first shield and the first gap layer or between the first gap layer and the pole layer. The pole layer is formed by frame plating.
US08325439B2
A sequential data storage medium, such as for example and without limitation a magnetic tape, comprising a sequence of plurality of servo patterns encoded therein, which provide lateral position information and LPOS information. Each servo pattern comprises a first burst comprising a first pulse, a second pulse, a third pulse, a fourth pulse and a fifth pulse and a second burst comprising a sixth pulse, a seventh pulse, an eighth pulse, a ninth pulse and a tenth pulse. The widths of the plurality of pulses, in combination with the spacings between the plurality of pulses, encode two bits of data.
US08325438B2
When a disk device corresponding to a logical volume is started, a disk system determines and starts a disk device and a fan to be started, while comprehensively considering heat quantity generated by the disk device to be started, the cooling capacity of the fan, and the electric power consumption of the fan or the electric power consumption of the disk device.
US08325425B2
A high-performance zoom lens system which is compact and has a wide view angle at a wide-angle limit and a high zooming ratio in a balanced manner, in order from an object side to an image side, comprising a first lens unit having positive optical power, a second lens unit having negative optical power, a third lens unit having positive optical power, and a fourth lens unit having positive optical power, wherein the first lens unit is composed of at most two lens elements, the second lens unit is composed of two lens elements, the third lens unit is composed of three lens elements, in order from the object side to the image side, including an object side lens element having positive optical power, a lens element having negative optical power, and an image side lens element having positive optical power, and the conditions: −2.0
US08325420B2
A sub-millimeter solid immersion lens (SIL), comprises a body of a high-index material transparent to electromagnetic radiation in a frequency band to be observed, the body having a flat bottom surface which receives an object to be observed, and the body further having a first upper surface whose limits approximate a zone of a spherical segment and a second upper surface defined by an upper bound of the zone of the spherical segment which prevents passage of electromagnetic radiation in the frequency band to be observed. The SIL may be incorporated into an array, according to other aspects. A method of making a SIL comprises: providing a substrate layer of a high-index material transparent to electromagnetic radiation in a frequency band to be observed, having a lower surface through which an object is observed; etching a surface of the substrate layer to form a first upper surface whose limits approximate a zone of a spherical segment; etching a surface of the substrate layer to form a second upper surface; treating the second upper surface to prevent transmission of the electromagnetic radiation in the frequency band to be observed; and treating the lower surface to absorb electromagnetic radiation in the frequency band to be observed, leaving untreated a hole defined therein to form a sampling port at which the object is positioned.
US08325405B2
The present invention provides a vibration-actuated micro mirror device comprising a substrate having a swinging frame and a reflection mirror, and a vibration part having a first and a second vibration structures coupled to the substrate, wherein the first vibration structure is driven to generate a first complex wave formed by a first and a second wave signals while the second vibration structure is driven to generate a second complex wave formed by a third and a fourth wave signals, and the first and the third wave signals are formed with the same frequency and phase while the second and the fourth wave signals are formed with the same frequency but opposite phases. The first and the second complex waves actuate the substrate such that the swinging frame is rotated about a first axis while the reflection mirror is rotated about a second axis.
US08325404B2
Logical operations are implemented using polarization-based logic level representation. An input polarized beam is split into a first beam and a second beam. The first beam is polarized at a first relative polarization angle and the second beam is polarized at a second relative polarization angle. The ratio of the amplitudes of two perpendicular polarization components of the input polarized beam is one or nearly one and the difference between the first relative polarization angle and the second relative polarization angle is 180 degrees or nearly 180 degrees. The relative polarization angle of the input polarized beam equals or nearly equals either the first relative polarization angle or the second relative polarization angle.
US08325399B2
In a control method for an image reading system comprising an image scanning apparatus selectively reading an original as a reflective or transmissive original, an image processing apparatus receiving image data read by the image scanning apparatus and executing image processing of the image data, an operating unit, and a display unit. The control method includes determining whether the original is the reflective or transmissive original, executing reading of the reflective or transmissive original based on the determination result, processing the read image data, displaying details of processing executed and the image processing, and inputting an instruction to change the details of displayed processing. When the change instruction input instructs change of a process under execution or having been already executed, the image processing is executed again from the changed process.
US08325386B2
The transfer of a duplicate electronic document between image forming devices is done with an electronic document that is formed of only resolution-independent vector data and the like, and a normal printing of the duplicate electronic document or printing of different resolution is performed by developing the vector data. In high-quality printing of the duplicate electronic document, a Fill Map included in the original document the information indicating the location of an electronic document of copy source that is embedded in a metadata specifies is obtained, and this printing is made using the Fill Map.
US08325384B2
A method and apparatus for controlling registration sensors are provided, in which a transfer unit transfers an electrostatic latent image onto a printing medium, at least one registration sensor senses image alignment errors by irradiating light to the transfer unit to sense reflected light, a sensor data storage unit stores characteristics data of the respective registration sensors, and a sensor control unit controls the registration sensors based on the characteristics data of the respective registration sensors, wherein the registration sensors are placed into the transfer unit. Accordingly, time for performing an algorithm of color registration can be reduced, and registration can be achieved correctly in a short time, irrespective of a set frame of the image forming apparatus.
US08325372B2
A printing system comprised of a printer, a plurality of processing nodes, each processing node being disposed for processing a portion of a print job into a printer dependent format, and a processing manager for spooling the print job into selectively sized chunks and assigning the chunks to selected ones of the nodes for parallel processing of the chunks by the processing nodes into the printer dependent format. The chunks are selectively sized from at least one page to an entire size of the print job in accordance with predetermined splitting factors for enhancing printer printing efficiency.
US08325366B2
An image forming apparatus including: a data storage device that stores a user registration information item and/or user group registration information item as address book data; a communication processing section that receives a registration request message described in XML so as to include a plurality of user registration information items and/or user group registration information items; a SOAP processing section that extracts, when the communication processing section receives the registration request message from a client apparatus, each of the plurality of user registration information items and/or user group registration information items that are specified in the registration request message; and a control section that registers the user registration information item and/or user group registration information item that are extracted from the SOAP processing section in the address book data.
US08325363B2
A printer is provided with a receiving device, a storage device, a printing device, a cancel input device and an invalidating device. The receiving device is configured to receive a print command. The storage device is configured to store an association of print data and a print command receiving time at which the print command has been received by the receiving device. The printing device is configured to print the print data. The cancel input device is configured to input a cancel command. The invalidating device is configured to invalidate printing of the print data associated with the print command receiving time that is earlier than a cancel input time at which the cancel command has been input.
US08325359B2
A swipe printer comprising: (a) a printhead for printing a graphic image and a position-coding pattern onto a surface; (b) an ink supply containing a first ink for printing the graphic image and a second ink for printing the position-coding pattern; (c) an image sensor positioned for imaging portions of the surface on which the printhead has printed during a swipe of the surface, each imaged portion containing part of the position-coding pattern printed by the printhead during the swipe; and (d) a processor for determining absolute positions of the swipe printer using the parts of the position-coding pattern. The processor is configured to use the absolute positions for controlling an output of the printhead during the swipe.
US08325358B2
An image forming apparatus is supplied enabling print request user to identify whether the requested print data needs an approval or not so as to judge how to treat the corresponding print matter. In the image forming apparatus, an approval request portion sends an approval request electronic mail for requesting an approval of print allowance about an input image to an approval person terminal; an approval allowance/disallowance judging portion judges whether the print allowance is approved or not on the basis of a reply electronic mail output from the approval person terminal; if the print allowance is approved, an image compounding portion compounds an approval image onto the input image.
US08325353B2
An image processing apparatus is installed with service software for controlling settings of a plurality of devices that performs functions related to image processing. The image processing apparatus is also installed with an application that issues instruction information indicating an instruction related to at least one of the functions. The image processing apparatus includes a specifying unit that specifies service software corresponding to the instruction based on the instruction information and specifies setting information to be set for the service software, and a sending unit that sends the setting information to the service software specified by the specifying unit.
US08325348B2
A laser interferometer system for measuring roll angle around the direction of linear displacement comprises a light source of a frequency stabilized input beam (15) with two linear orthogonally polarized components which may or may not be of the same frequency, a polarizing beam splitting prism, two quarter-wave retardation plates, a corner cube retroreflector, a prism assembly, attached to the mechanical apparatus whose roll angle of travel is to be measured, a wedge mirror assembly, a polarizer, a photoelectric detector, and a phase meter; the light source emits a frequency-stable incident beam and generates a stable electric reference signal; under the actions of the polarizing beam splitting prism, quarter-wave plate and corner cube retroreflector, the incident beam travels twice through and then reflected twice by the wedge mirror assembly, and finally exits from the polarizing beam splitting prism. The polarizer mixes the orthogonal components of the output beam and the photoelectric detector generates an electric signal and then the phase meter compares the phase difference of said electric measurement signal with said electric reference signal, then the roll angle of travel can be measured. The advantage of present invention is: the system has simple structure but with high measurement precision, it can be applied to the precision geometrical measurement and the establishment of precision benchmark metrology in wide high-tech fields such as military industry, aerospace engineering and digital controlled machine tools.
US08325340B2
Method and apparatus for testing of LCD cells is disclosed. An LCD cell under test (14, 30) may be mounted to translatable table (40) between polarization state generator (10) and polarization state analyzer (16). For each location on cell (14, 30) to be tested, a variety of known polarization states (22) are launched through LCD cell (14, 30) and detected by polarization state analyzer (16). Electrical signals representative of polarization states are acquired by computer (18). Within computer (18), a model (58, 60) of polarization properties of LCD cell (14, 30) is developed based on estimations of what physical parameters of LCD cell (14, 30) are believed to be. RMS differences between simulated polarization properties and measured polarization properties are minimized by iteratively refining (60) modeled physical cell properties, at which point cell thickness and other physical parameters of the LCD cell may be deduced.
US08325338B1
There is disclosed a system comprising Raman spectroscopy used to detect key characteristics of ice formation on aircraft wings and engines in real time. This disclosure provides a method and apparatus for early detection of icing. The disclosed apparatus is suitable for use in aircraft, boats, oil rigs, wind turbines, and the like.
US08325331B2
A method for obtaining an incident angle θi is provided. The method is used in a panel having at least one icon, wherein the at least one icon has a plurality of protrusions, and a light-emitting source is disposed under the at least one icon. The method includes steps of obtaining a distance W between two centers of two bottoms of two trenches formed at two sides of one of the plurality of protrusions; obtaining a half of the distance W; obtaining a vertical distance H between the light-emitting source and a center of the distance W; and performing an inverse trigonometric function operation for the half of the distance W over the vertical distance H so as to obtain the incident angle θi.
US08325321B2
The present invention relates to a lithography system for projecting an image or an image pattern on to a target such as a wafer. Energy that is accumulated in the target by the projection of the image or image pattern is removed from said target, such that expansion by local and/or overall heating is limited to a relevant pre-defined value, and wherein such heat removal is realised by the use of a phase transition in a heat absorbing material that is brought into thermal contact with said target. As a further elaboration, such material may be applied in combination with a further material having a superior coefficient of heat transport, and may be incorporated in an emulsion comprising a material having a superior coefficient of heat transfer. Said material may e.g. be adhered to a bottom face of the target, and may also be included in a frame.
US08325309B2
An electronic device is disclosed. In some embodiments, the electronic device includes a liquid-crystal display (LCD) and a plurality of driver integrated circuits (ICs) coupled to the LCD. The driver ICs may be disposed near non-central locations along a side of the LCD, and in some embodiments, one of the driver ICs may be a master driver IC and the other driver IC or driver ICs may be slave driver ICs.
US08325307B2
A liquid crystal display includes: a liquid crystal layer is interposed between a first substrate and a second substrate; a first electrode having a linear portion formed in the first substrate facing the liquid crystal layer; a second electrode having a linear portion formed adjacent to the first electrode; an insulating film disposed on the first electrode and the second electrode; a third electrode disposed on the insulting film correspond to the linear portion of the first electrode; and a fourth electrode disposed on the insulting film correspond to the linear portion of the second electrode. In the liquid crystal display, a voltage different from those of the second electrode and the third electrode is applied to the first electrode, and the first electrode and the second electrode are partially notched in the width direction of the linear portion in at least one side edge of the linear portion.
US08325302B2
In a visible-light blocking member, an infrared sensor including the visible-light blocking member, and a liquid crystal display including the infrared sensor, a visible-light blocking member is a structure including amorphous germanium or a compound of amorphous germanium and has higher transmittance for a wavelength of an infrared ray region than for a wavelength of a visible light region. Accordingly, sensitivity to infrared rays may be increased by applying the visible-light blocking member to the infrared sensor.
US08325301B2
A liquid crystal display (LCD) device comprises a substrate, and red, green, blue (RGB) color filters. The RGB color filters are spaced from one another with a predetermined gap therebetween on the substrate, and define RGB sub-pixels. The LCD device further comprises black matrixes disposed at each space between the RGB color filters, and barriers disposed at each interface among the RGB sub-pixels such that the barriers control a path of light that passes through a corresponding sub-pixel.
US08325293B2
A method for producing a light scattering film is provided and includes: casting onto a support a dope containing at least a thermoplastic resin and light transmitting particles to provide a casted film, and peeling and drying the casted film to prepare a light transmitting base material; applying an coating solution containing at least a curable compound, a polymerization initiator, and a solvent onto the light transmitting base material and drying the solvent; and curing the curable compound to form a cured layer. At least one surface of the light transmitting base material has an asperity shape, the light transmitting particles have an average primary particle size greater than 2.5 μm but not greater than 12 μm, the cured layer has an average thickness of 0.1 μm or greater but not greater than 10.0 μm, and the cured layer satisfies the specific formulae.
US08325292B2
A backlight unit having a LED light source which includes a light guide plate partitioned in areas having a tapered shape formed of a thick and thin portion. The light guide plate forms a thick and thin portion repeated at certain intervals, and the repeated thick portions and the repeated thin portions gradually decrease in thickness. The LED light source is attached to a lateral side of thick portions. Grooves are formed in the light irradiation direction of the LED light source and in a direction perpendicularly intersecting the light irradiation direction. Each of the grooves is formed in an concave shape. There is a relation 0.2/30<=W/D<0.1 where D denotes the distance between the light guide plate and a light diffusion plate, and W denotes the width of each of the grooves. An inclination angle θ relative to the center of each of the grooves is between 9 and 15 degrees inclusive.
US08325291B2
A display device capable of minimizing the width of a bezel is presented. The display device includes a display panel displaying an image; a first frame having a first surface configured to support the display panel and a second surface on which a first coupling mechanism is formed; a second frame having a second coupling mechanism and engaged with the first frame; an optical member interposed between the first frame and the second frame; a receptacle including four side-wall parts and a bezel part extended from the side-wall parts to an inside thereof, and receiving the display panel, the first frame, and the second frame therein, wherein the first coupling mechanism and the second coupling mechanism comprise a first fixing projections and a first fixing holes into which the first fixing projections are inserted.
US08325277B2
A display apparatus includes a display; a receiver which receives a broadcasting signal including a program with a data format; an image processing part which processes the received program according to an available data format; and a controller which controls the image processing part to display a message informing that both data formats are not matched on the display if the data format of the received program is not matched with the available data format to be processed by the image processing part.
US08325276B2
Various disclosed embodiments included systems and methods which allow two persons in different locations to enjoy a synchronized and shared viewing experience of original content that has been edited differently for broadcast in each location. Closed captioning text data to identify synchronization points in the broadcasts and used to provide synchronization services between the two broadcasts.
US08325268B2
An image processing apparatus includes an image processing circuit. The image processing circuit is configured by an image processing portion for performing an image process on a first image so as to generate a third image, an image composing portion for composing the first image and the third image, and an addition-ratio calculating portion for calculating a degree of composition of a composing process between the first image and the third image by the image composing portion based on a difference signal from a difference calculating portion.
US08325266B2
A thin camera having sub-pixel resolution includes an array of micro-cameras. Each micro-camera includes a lens, a plurality of sensors of size p, and a plurality of macro-pixels of size d having a feature of size q. The feature size q smaller than p and provides a resolution for the micro-camera greater than p. The smallest feature in the micro-cameras determines the resolution of the thin camera. Each macro-pixel may have any array of m features of size q, where q=d/m. Additional micro-cameras may be included to increase power.
US08325264B2
An imaging apparatus includes: a first display panel unit for executing display toward a user side; a second display panel unit for executing display toward a subject side; an imaging processing unit for subjecting incident light from the subject side to photoelectric conversion to obtain a captured image signal; a recording processing unit for executing a recording process to a recording medium regarding the captured image signal obtained at the imaging processing unit; and a control unit for controlling the display states of the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit for each of a plurality of various types of operation periods changing along with the operation of the imaging processing unit or the recording processing unit, and executing display control wherein the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit can have different display content during at least a single operation period.
US08325260B2
It is an object of the present invention to provide a solid-state imaging apparatus that outputs digital signals at high speed. A solid-state imaging apparatus is provided that includes plural analog-to-digital converters that convert analog signals obtained by photoelectric conversion into digital signals, plural digital memories that store the digital signals converted by the analog-to-digital converters, plural block digital output lines that are provided to correspond to blocks of the plural digital memories and to which the digital signals stored in the plural digital memories included in the blocks are output, a common digital output line that outputs the digital signals output from the plural block digital output lines, buffer circuits that buffer the digital signals output from the block digital output lines, and block selecting units that can switch the block digital output lines electrically connected to the common digital output line.
US08325257B2
A solid-state image pickup device includes a plurality of common output lines receiving signals from a plurality of pixels, a plurality of column amplifier units amplifying the signals, a plurality of storage capacitors storing the amplified signals, a first transistor controlling electrical conduction between the output node of the column amplifier unit and the input node of a storage capacitor, a switch switching current for operating the column amplifier unit between a first current and a second current smaller than the first current, and a controller inhibiting, while the second current is flowing through the column amplifier unit, a potential at the output node of the column amplifier unit from approaching an off-state voltage supplied to a gate of the first transistor in an OFF state of the first transistor.
US08325255B2
A solid-state imaging device includes: a pixel section having pixels performing photoelectric conversion arranged in a matrix form; a pixel signal reading unit including an AD converting part that reads pixel signals in a unit of pixels, and compares a reference signal as a ramp waveform with the pixel signals to perform AD conversion; a clamp unit clamping the signal line with a clamp voltage such that the pixel signals are held at or greater than a set voltage; a correction bias circuit generating a clamp voltage according to a clamp voltage set value supplied and supplies the clamp voltage to the clamp unit; and a correction bias selecting unit selecting the clamp voltage set value such that the clamp voltage is generated in association with slope determining information for determining a slope of the reference signal, and supplies the clamp voltage set value to the correction bias circuit.
US08325254B2
A solid-state imaging device includes an effective pixel portion in which a plurality of pixels including photoelectric conversion elements are arrayed; and a nonconductive interpixel light-shielding film that is placed in the effective pixel portion and that shields areas between the pixels.
US08325246B2
An imaging method is provided. The method includes the steps of: amplifying an imaging signal obtained from an image sensor for converting imaging light into an imaging signal; carrying out nonlinear processing on the amplified signal; adding a predetermined plurality of frames of the imaging signal subjected to the nonlinear processing per frame; and carrying out the variable setting of amplification gain of each frame on the basis of a signal accumulation period of each frame in the plurality of frames subjected to the addition.
US08325230B1
A system and method for illuminating a seat and a system and method for displaying information in response to audience feedback. The system includes a camera for capturing an image of the auditorium and a computer for receiving the captured image. The computer analyzes the image to detect seats in the auditorium. The computer maps seats within the captured image to determine a specified seat. The system also includes a projector for illuminating the specified seat. The system also may display information based on audience feedback. The system includes a camera for capturing an image of audience members and a computer for receiving and analyzing the captured image. A query is presented to the audience members which requires a visual response. The computer compiles the visual responses to form a result of the query. Information based on the result is then display by a projector to the audience members.
US08325222B2
Apparatus, systems and methods of providing respective video signals to at least two viewers using a common display are disclosed. An image from a first video signal corresponding to a left perspective of a scene and an image from a second video signal corresponding to a right perspective of the scene are alternately displayed with the display. A first shuttered filter is synchronized to the display such that the first filter is shuttered when the left perspective image is displayed and a second shuttered filter is synchronized to the display such that the second filter is shuttered when the right perspective image is displayed, thereby alternately providing left and right perspective images for perception as a 3D images. In addition, display of one or more images from an additional video signal on the display is synchronized with shuttering of one or more additional shuttered filters.
US08325215B2
A conferencing application executing on a computerized appliance from a machine-readable medium, the computerized appliance coupled to one or more networks is provided, the application including functionality for responding to requests to join a conference, and for enabling requesters as participants, functionality for receiving and rendering text, voice or video data from each registered participant as text, voice or video data to be transmitted to individual ones of other participants, functionality for controlling which received text, voice or video data is transmitted to which participants, and functionality for receiving and executing instructions from a trust authority.
US08325211B2
Systems and methods are provided for aligning a video clock with the raster output scanner start-of-scan signal in printing systems. A system and method is proposed to align the pixel clock to an asynchronous reference signal generated in the raster output scanner. The proposed system and method adjusts a phase for a static phase value while performing a dynamic phase shifting for the start-of-scan signal alignment.
US08325208B2
A method for processing image data, the image data including a plurality of sub color data corresponding to a plurality of unit pixels in a row direction, wherein each unit pixel includes N sub color data having different colors, wherein N is a natural number greater than or equal to 2, includes; storing one sub color datum of the plurality of the sub color data corresponding to the unit pixels via dividing the plurality of the sub color data one by one into an individual sub color datum corresponding to a single pixel, and reading the stored sub color data, binding up the stored sub color data two by two, and storing two sub color data bound up with each other.
US08325207B2
A frame rate adjuster is utilized for adjusting a frame rate of a display according to the brightness of a frame. The frame adjuster comprises a frame counting circuit, a brightness-counting circuit, a brightness-determining circuit, and a frame rate selecting circuit. The frame counting circuit is utilized for determining if gray-level data of the frame are all transmitted and accordingly generating a frame trigger signal. The brightness counting circuit is utilized for generating a plurality of brightness-counting numbers according to the gray-level data of the brightness of the frame. The brightness-determining circuit is utilized for outputting a brightness-determining signal according to the frame trigger signal and the plurality of the brightness-counting numbers. The frame rate selecting circuit is utilized for selecting a reference frame rate among a plurality of reference frame rates so as to adjust the frame rate of the display.
US08325205B2
The present invention is directed to the realistic three-dimensional presentation of images in scenes, and is particularly useful for easily illustrating how artwork would appear on a surface in a scene, such as on a billboard. In one embodiment, image files are provided for use in an imaging application, such as ADOBE® PHOTOSHOP® CS2. The files permit the placement of artwork on scene background, and include embedded surface data that instructs the imaging application to alter the appearance of the artwork according to its placement within the scene. Also described are methods of generating image files for use as templates, and the use of the image files.
US08325203B1
In a graphics pipeline of a graphics processor, a method for caching pixel data. The method includes receiving a graphics primitive for rasterization in a raster stage of a graphics processor and rasterizing the graphics primitive to generate a plurality of tiles of pixels related to the graphics primitive. A subpixel sample group related to each of the plurality of tiles is determined. The plurality of tiles and the corresponding plurality of subpixel sample groups are stored into a frame buffer memory. A set of tiles and a set of corresponding subpixel sample groups from the frame buffer memory are stored in a rasterization cache, wherein the rasterization cache is configured for access by the raster stage to enable a subpixel anti-aliasing operation.
US08325202B2
The present invention provides an image processing device, a color correction table generation device, a display device, an image processing method, a color correction table generation method, a color adjustment method of a display device, and an image processing program capable of color matching to preferred colors of which excessive emphasis in chroma is suppressed. There are provided a chroma limit setting section for setting a chroma limit based on a optimal color, and a color correction table generation section for generating a color correction table by making a correspondence between an input color and an output color having chroma no greater than a chroma limit. The color correction table is stored in a color correction table storage section. The color correction execution section executes color correction along the color correction table so that the projector outputs a color with chroma no greater than the chroma limit.
US08325199B2
An image processing apparatus includes a characteristics acquisition unit that acquires some of color reproduction characteristics of additive color mixing applied in a display; and a transform method determination unit that determines a transform method from one color gamut of an input color space to another color gamut used by an output device, based on the color reproduction characteristics acquired by the characteristics acquisition unit.
US08325196B2
A method of up-scaling a first structure of samples representing a first property, the first structure having a source resolution, into a second structure of samples representing the first property, the second structure having a target resolution, on basis of a third structure of samples representing a second property, the third structure having the source resolution and on basis of a fourth structure of samples representing the second property, the fourth structure of samples having the target resolution, the method comprising: assigning weight factors to respective first samples of the first structure of samples on basis of differences between respective third samples of the third structure of samples and fourth samples of the fourth structure of samples; and computing the second samples of the second structure of samples on basis of the first samples of the first structure of samples and the respective weight factors.
US08325194B1
One embodiment of the invention sets forth a control crossbar unit that is designed to transmit control information from control information generators to destination components within the computer system. The control information may belong to various traffic paradigms, such as short-latency data traffic, narrow-width data traffic or broadcast data traffic. The physical connections within the control crossbar unit are categorized based on the different types of control information being transmitted through the control crossbar unit. The physical connections belong to the following categories: one-to-one (OTO) connections, one-to-many (OTM) connections, valid-to-one (VTO) connections, valid-to-many (VTM) connections wire-to-one (WTO) connections and wire-to-many (WTM) connections.
US08325183B2
Systems and Methods are provided for determining a position of an addendum mesh node disposed between a part mesh boundary and a binder mesh boundary with respect to a first plane. The method includes selecting a first point on the part mesh boundary and a second point on the binder mesh boundary having positions with respect to the first plane that are disposed on a control line which also intersects the position of the addendum mesh node with respect to the first plane, identifying a plurality of control points having positions with respect to the first plane that are disposed on the control line, and generating an interpolated curve that intersects the first point, the second point, and the plurality of control points. The method further includes adjusting the position of at least one of the plurality of control points with respect to a second plane that is substantially orthogonal to the first plane and repeating the step of generating the interpolated curve until the interpolated curve is tangentially correlated to the first point and to the second point. Finally, a position on the interpolated curve is identified that corresponds to the position of the addendum mesh node with respect to the first plane.
US08325175B2
Liquid crystal display device and method for driving the same, which has a gate high voltage generating circuit for preventing flickering of a gate high voltage. The liquid crystal display device includes a gate high voltage generating circuit for generating a gate high voltage by using n (where n is a natural number greater than unity) pumping units and supplying the gate high voltage through an output line, and a voltage stabilizing unit for generating a gate high voltage within a range of a highest preset value by using an output voltage of the (n−1)th pumping unit in a case the gate high voltage generated at the gate high voltage generating circuit exceeds the highest preset value.
US08325171B2
An exemplary display device includes multiple pixels, first through third gate lines and a data line. The pixels include first through third pixels. The first through third gate lines respectively are electrically coupled with the first through third pixels and for deciding whether to enable the first through third pixels. The first pixel is electrically coupled to the data line to receive a display data provided by the data line. The second pixel is electrically coupled to the first pixel to receive a display data provided by the data line through the first pixel. The third pixel is electrically coupled to the second pixel to receive a display data provided by the data line through both the first pixel and the second pixel. A display driving method adapted to be implemented in the display device also is provided.
US08325161B2
A stylus includes a main body and a holding member. The holding member connects to the main body. With the holding member being rotatable relative to the main body, a distance between an end of the holding member and the main body is changeable. The stylus is convenient to be used and taken along.
US08325155B2
A touch panel is provided. The touch panel includes a plurality of pixels, wherein each pixel includes M*N sub-pixels, at least m sub-pixels each include at least one photo sensitive area and at least one effective display area, the other n sub-pixels each include only at least one effective display area, and M≧2, N≧1, m≦M, m+n=M and m≧0. A first color filter film is disposed over a photo sensor of the photo sensitive area and a second color filter film is disposed over the effective display area, wherein the color of the first and the second color filter films are different at the at least m sub-pixels. The photo sensors at the same column are electrically connected by a signal readout line, wherein only one signal readout line is disposed at every M column of the sub-pixels.
US08325138B2
A hand-held pointing device for manipulating an object on a display is disclosed. The device is constructed from at least one accelerometer and at least one linear input element. The accelerometer or accelerometers generate a pitch signal and a roll signal. These pitch and roll signals are used to determine a position on a display.
US08325134B2
A gesture recognition method includes detecting multiple pointers in close proximity to a touch surface to determine if the multiple pointers are being used to perform a known gesture. When the multiple pointers are being used to perform a known gesture, executing a command associated with the gesture. A touch system incorporating the gesture recognition method is also provided.
US08325122B2
A liquid crystal display including a timing controller generating a source output enable signal that controls the drive of an input data, and a data driving circuit modulating the input data to generate a modulation data, sequentially outputting the input data and the modulation data, and adjusting output periods of the input data and the modulation data based on a gray scale level of the input data.
US08325097B2
An embodiment of the present invention is an apparatus, comprising a tunable antenna including a variable reactance network connected to the antenna a closed loop control system adapted to sense the RF voltage across the variable reactance network and adjust the reactance of the network to maximize the RF voltage. The variable reactance network may comprise a parallel capacitance or a series capacitance. Further, the variable reactance networks may be connected to the antenna, which may be a patch antenna, a monopole antenna, or a slot antenna.
US08325092B2
A microwave antenna having an electrically nonconductive substrate with a top and bottom side. A radiator array having a plurality of rows of radiator patches is disposed on the top side of the substrate while an input feed line and power divider network are disposed on the bottom side of the substrate. The power divider network includes a plurality of ends wherein each end is adapted for electrical connection through a via formed through the substrate to the end of its associated row in the radiator array. An electrically conductive layer is disposed over a portion of the top side of the substrate so that the electrically conductive layer overlies the power divider network and shields the power divider network from the radiator array.
US08325088B2
In general, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products. Data representing a plurality of power management profiles for a battery-operated wireless computing device are stored on the device. The power management profiles correspond to different power consumption levels. Each power management profile defines a feature for determining a geographic location of the device from among a plurality of features that are available for determining the geographic location of the device, and a frequency for employing the feature to determine the geographic location of the device. A first battery level of the device is determined. If the determined battery level is lower than a first predetermined amount, the device switches from a first power management profile having a first consumption level to a second power management profile having a second consumption level that is lower than the first consumption level.
US08325086B2
Methods and systems to detect navigation signals, including to identify up to multiple range-Doppler hypotheses from each of j range-Doppler correlation grids based on a relatively low first threshold, generate navigation solutions from combinatorial sets of k of the identified hypotheses, evaluate the navigation solutions to identify plausible solutions, iteratively and combinatorially augment the plausible solutions with additional hypotheses from grids that are not represented in the corresponding k-hypotheses based navigation solutions, replace plausible solutions with corresponding augmented plausible solutions when appropriate, and select one of a plurality of plausible solutions as a best plausible solution, j and k being positive integers. Where a grid energy peak exceeds a second threshold, a corresponding hypothesis may be identified as a sole hypothesis for the corresponding navigation signal. The relatively low first threshold permits detection of weaker signals. Subsequent evaluations effectively transform a per-navigation-signal false alarm rate to per-navigation-solution false alarm rate.
US08325083B2
According to one embodiment, an radar apparatus includes a signal processor, a transmitting unit, an antenna, a first receiving unit, and a second receiving unit. The signal processor generates first or second pulses, and generates a control signal having first or second states. The transmitting unit converts the first and second pulses into first and second transmission pulses. The antenna radiates the first and second transmission pulses and receives reflection pulses to generate a reception signal. The first receiving unit includes first and second receiving circuits which processes the reception signal to generate first and second processed signals, respectively, and outputs one of the first and second processed signals depending on the state of the control signal. The second receiving unit processes the one of the first and second processed signals.
US08325079B2
A radar absorbing composite includes a (CNT)-infused fiber material disposed in at least a portion of a matrix material. The composite absorbs radar in a frequency range from about 0.10 Megahertz to about 60 Gigahertz. The CNT-infused fiber material forms a first layer that reduces radar reflectance and a second layer that dissipates the energy of the radar. A method of manufacturing this composite includes disposing a CNT-infused fiber material in a portion of a matrix material with a controlled orientation of the CNT-infused fiber material within the matrix material, and curing the matrix material. The composite can be formed into a panel which is adaptable as a structural component of a transport vessel or missile for use in stealth applications.
US08325078B1
A controller for remotely controlling an installer/remover of electrical equipment with a body connected to a lid, two L-shaped opposing face plates in the body, a battery beneath a first face plate along with a timer circuit board and a plurality of relays. The controller can include a circuit breaker, a power on/off switch for energizing the timer circuit board, a plug for providing current, a plug with transmission means to provide power and control signals to the installer/remover of electrical equipment, a remove momentary push button, and an install/momentary push button. The controller can also include a current controller.
US08325075B2
A digital-to-analog converter of a data driver and a converting method thereof, in which information corresponding to a lower bit is converted into an analog signal through control of current transmission paths and control of a transconductance ratio. Input data corresponding to a lower bit is converted into an analog signal through control of current transmission paths and control of a transconductance ratio between a delta current generation section and an output buffer amplifier. As a consequence, not only the area of a data driver can be significantly reduced, but also the delta current generation section can be realized even without using a common node feedback circuit, whereby an additional increase in area is not caused.
US08325072B2
A digital-to-analog converter converts a digital input signal into an analog output signal. The digital-to-analog converter includes an input selector configured to input the digital input signal and an output terminal configured to output the analog signal. An array of current source cells is provided. Each current source cell includes a current source transistor having a gate terminal and a source terminal, a current source switch for coupling the source terminal to the output terminal based on the digital input signal, and a compensation capacitor configured to compensate a capacitive feedback between the gate terminal and the source terminal when the source terminal is coupled to the output terminal. At least one of the current source cells further includes a calibration circuit configured to detect a voltage variation at the gate terminal and provide a compensation voltage for the compensation capacitor.
US08325069B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus for a scalable processor architecture for variety of string processing application are described. In one such apparatus, n input first in, first out (FIFO) buffer stores an input stream. A plurality of memory banks store data from the input stream. A re-configurable controller processes the input stream. And an output FIFO buffer stores the processed input stream.
US08325068B2
A curve-shaped touch-sensitive keyboard comprises a keyboard casing in form of a curve surface, in which upper and lower ends of the keyboard casing are warped upwards along a whole length of the keyboard casing to form two convex sections and a concave section is formed between the two convex sections; a key region disposed on an upper surface of the concave section, in which the key region is composed of a plurality of keys and each of the keys is provided with a trigger sensor; and a printed circuit board provided within the keyboard casing, in which a plurality of electronic sensors are mounted on the printed circuit board and each of the electronic sensors corresponds to one of the keys. With the present keyboard, accidental touches on the keys could be avoided effectively.
US08325063B2
A system and method for recording data associated with a parking space. The data may be received a portable electronic device, such as a cell phone. The data may be received from a computer readable medium associated with the parking space, such as a bar code. The data may also be received from a wireless signal associated with the parking space, such as a Bluetooth wireless signal. The data may contain such information as the location of the parking space within the parking area. Other information may be included in the data, such as parking rate information for the parking space. A feature may included wherein the data may be transmitted to a server wherein the data may be stored in a storage device. The system and method may also allow payment for the parking space using the personal electronic device and the server.
US08325062B2
Managing traffic signal preemption at a plurality of intersections. In one approach a security level code that specifies one of a plurality of security levels for at least one jurisdiction is input. The security level controls which emitter codes are allowed to preempt traffic signals at the intersections in the jurisdiction. A set of emitter codes for the plurality of intersections in the jurisdiction is determined in response to the security level code. The set of emitter codes is downloaded to a plurality of preemption controllers at the plurality of intersections in the jurisdiction. Each preemption controller accepts a preemption request only if the preemption request contains an emitter code indicated by the downloaded set of emitter codes as being allowed to preempt traffic signals at the intersections in the jurisdiction.
US08325060B2
Meter nodes in a power line carrier (PLC) network may reliably communicate with an access point by alternate routes using additional media where available. A utility network may include one or more subnetworks. Each subnetwork may include one or more meter nodes and an access point configured to communicate with the meter nodes using PLC. Meter nodes operate as relays for other meter nodes to communicate with the access point. Some or all meter nodes may be configured to communicate using a power line carrier communications link and another communications link. The network may also include a node external to the subnetwork, e.g., a utility server. The access point may be configured to communicate with the node external to the subnetwork in addition to the meter nodes.
US08325056B2
A system for underwater communications through a region between a transmit antenna and a receive antenna using electromagnetic signals. When the system is in an inactive mode, the region is occupied by water. When the system is in an active mode, fluid having a reduced conductivity is introduced into the region to provide transmission of electromagnetic signals with a lower attenuation and thereby facilitate a higher data transfer rate for a given range of communication between the transmit antenna and the receive antenna.
US08325052B2
An over-current protection apparatus includes a first connector connected to a power supply, a second connector connected to a motherboard. A non-inverting input terminal of a comparator receives a voltage from a power supply and compares the received voltage with a preset voltage, when the received voltage is greater than the preset voltage. The comparator outputs a high level signal to control a first electrical switch to be turned on and a second electrical switch to be turned off. A clock pin of a flip-flop receives a high level signal from the second electrical switch, and an output terminal of the flip-flop outputs a low level signal to a third electrical switch, to control the third electrical switch to be turned off. A control pin of a first connector is disconnected to a control pin of a second connector and the power supply does not provide voltages to a motherboard.
US08325048B2
The present invention provides a device for non-invasive monitoring thermal stress of a user. The device is capable of monitoring the internal body temperature and changes in the internal body temperature of a user. Also, the device is capable of alerting a user when the user is in danger of thermal stress.
US08325045B2
An RFID system includes an RFID antenna assembly configured to be positioned on a product module assembly of a processing system. The product module assembly is configured to releasably engage at least one product container. A first RFID tag assembly configured to be positioned on the at least one product container. The at least one product container is configured to position the first RFID tag assembly within a detection zone of the RFID antenna assembly whenever the product module assembly releasably engages the at least one product container.
US08325042B1
An Integrated Circuit (IC) for an RFID tag contains at least two demodulators, each having an RF input port configured to receive and demodulate an RF input signal, with one or more of the RF inputs being a differential signal, and with at least two of the RF input ports electrically isolated from each other. The RFID IC contains two or more envelope detectors for recovering analog modulation envelope signals from the RF signals, and one or more slicers to convert the modulation envelopes to at least one digital signal. The analog signals from the two envelope detectors may be first combined, then converted to a digital signal. Alternatively, the analog modulation envelopes may be first converted to digital signals then combined in a digital combiner. Alternatively, the analog modulation envelopes may be converted to separate digital signals without being combined.
US08325032B2
A miniature life-saving device for an emergency situation is disclosed. The device, for example, is useful for a trapped person under a mound of debris created by a fallen building during an earthquake or a terrorist attack. The device comprises a communication unit, a sensory unit and a power supply system. The power supply system may be a battery. The power supply system may also be a kinetic-to-electrical-energy converter. The device may be embedded in a person's clothes or accessories. The device may be operated in an extremely low power mode in a sustaining mode of operation for receiving an external signal only. The sensory unit, comprising an accelerometer/gyroscope and/or an infrared/temperature sensor, measures the survivability of the person and transmits the measured data to an external rescue station after receiving an authorized signal. The device may also be operated collaboratively with a handheld electronic device.
US08325028B2
An interior rearview mirror system for a vehicle includes a mirror mounting button adhesively attached at an in-cabin surface of a vehicle windshield, and an interior rearview mirror assembly including a mirror head and a mirror support. The mirror head includes a mirror reflective element and a mirror casing, and the mirror support includes a mirror mount that is configured to mount the interior rearview mirror assembly to the mirror mounting button at the in-cabin surface of the vehicle windshield. A forward facing camera is disposed at the mirror support and has a field of view through the vehicle windshield when the interior rearview mirror assembly is normally mounted at the mirror mounting button at the in-cabin surface of the vehicle windshield. The forward facing camera is a CMOS camera, and the forward facing camera captures images for a collision avoidance system of the equipped vehicle.
US08325025B2
A geo-fence is defined and established automatically based on a current location of an asset along with some range or distance, avoiding the need for a user to manually specify a location by drawing a perimeter, specifying a point location, or by any other means. Once established, the geo-fence can be activated so as to notify the owner of the asset and/or some other entity of movement of the asset beyond the boundary specified by the geo-fence. In one embodiment, the geo-fence can be automatically activated upon certain conditions, or can be manually activated, or any combination thereof.
US08325010B2
A multidimensional addressing network for a power system comprising a number of substantially identical modules monitoring a plurality of surge suppressors. Each module may be uniquely selected or identified based at least in part on its physical relationship with the base plates and other modules.
US08325009B2
An unlocking device for automobiles that is able to be mounted on the interior of an automobile's rear window to facilitate reentry inside the automobile once a driver is locked out. The unlocking device is rectangular in shape and is mounted on the glass with suction cups. It is a stand alone module that is non evasive of the oem electronics of the automobile. The device is designed to receive dtmf tones from a cellphone operating in bluetooth mode. The device is universal in nature in that it is designed to enable unlocking for any automobile manufacturer's vehicle that uses an oem keyfob transmitter.
US08325008B2
A universal transmitter capable of transmitting a plurality of signals at a plurality of different modulations and frequencies which provides a simplified programming setup so that multiple signal configurations (including code format, modulation format and frequency) can be programmed quickly and easily. The transmitter comprises a signal configuration input which an operator can use to select a desired signal configuration for transmission, a controller for interpreting the selected signal configuration, storing it to memory, retrieving it when the appropriate user input is depressed, and outputting it to a transmitter circuit capable of transmitting the selected signal configuration received from the controller at a predetermined modulation and frequency, and at least one user input for actuating the transmitter and identifying to the controller what signal configuration is to be transmitted by the transmitter.
US08325005B2
A chip resistor having first and second opposite ends includes a rigid insulated substrate having a top surface and an opposite bottom surface, a first electrically conductive termination pad and a second electrically conductive termination pad, both termination pads on the top surface of the rigid insulated substrate, a layer of resistive material between the first and second electrically conductive termination pads, and a first and a second flexible lead, each made of an electrically conductive metal with a solder enhancing coating. The first flexible lead attached and electrically connected to the first electrically conductive termination pad and the second flexible lead attached and electrically connected to the second electrically conductive termination pad. Each of the flexible leads has a plurality of lead sections facilitating bending around the end of the chip resistor.
US08325000B2
A magnetic component may include a core including an upper collar, a lower collar, and a spool portion around which a lead wire is wound and external terminals which are directly disposed on the lower collar and to which both ends of the lead wire are connected. The external terminals may include a terminal end fixing portion. The terminal ends of the lead wire may be positioned by the terminal end fixing portions, and may be connected to the external terminals.
US08324992B2
An electromagnetic contactor includes a fixed core into which a bobbin of an electromagnetic coil is inserted and fitted, a movable core, a movable insulating base, a retracting spring, a fixed insulating base, and a supporting mechanism. The supporting mechanism is inserted into a through-hole formed in a thickness direction of the fixed core, and is configured in such a manner that a buffer spring is arranged between both ends of a supporting member that is arranged so as to protrude from the through-hole and a lower surface of the coil bobbin. An elastic member is provided between the fixed insulating base and a lower surface of the fixed core.
US08324990B2
A waveguide assembly comprising at least two waveguide components. The waveguide assembly comprising a first waveguide portion and a second waveguide portion each comprising an interior surface and an exterior surface. The interior surface of the first waveguide portion defining a first portion of a first microwave component and a first portion of a second microwave component. The interior surface of the second waveguide portion defining a second portion of the first microwave component and a second portion of the second microwave component. The first waveguide portion and the second waveguide portion being adapted for being coupled together to form the waveguide assembly such that, when coupled together, the waveguide assembly comprises at least the first microwave component and the second microwave component.
US08324982B2
A passive equalizer circuit incorporated at a front-end of an integrated receiver circuit uses passive components that are distributed between inside and outside of an integrated circuit package. The passive equalizer circuit has off-chip components that are placed on a printed circuit board and on-chip components that are fabricated on a common integrated circuit die as a receiver chip. The on-chip components include one or more variable resistors for adjusting a degree of equalization. The off-chip components include one or more resistors for fine tuning input impedance matching of the integrated receiver circuit.
US08324978B2
A crystal oscillator clock circuit which facilitates switching its output between an internally generated clock signal and an externally generated clock signal. A feedback loop detects the presence of an externally generated clock signal applied to an output pin of a crystal oscillator circuit and powers down the internally generated clock signal. As a result, the crystal oscillator clock circuit simply passes the externally generated clock signal as its output signal.
US08324975B2
A measurement system for capturing a transit time, phase, or frequency of energy waves propagating through a propagation medium (702) is disclosed. The measurement system comprises two different closed-loop feedback paths. The first path includes a transducer driver (726), a transducer (704), a propagation structure (702), a transducer (706), and a zero-crossing receiver (740). The series and parallel resonance of the transducer (704) does not overlap the series and parallel resonance of the transducer (706). A second path includes a transducer driver (1126), a transducer (1104), a propagation medium (1102), a reflecting surface (1106), and an edge-detect receiver (1140). Each positive closed-loop path maintains the emission, propagation, and detection of energy waves in the propagation medium (702, 1102). In either path, a propagation tuned oscillator maintains positive closed-loop feedback of the system that sustains detection, emission, and propagation of energy waves or pulses in a medium.
US08324969B2
A variable gain amplifier device (100) with improved gain resolution is achieved. The device includes a programmable gain amplifier (PGA) (110), an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) (160), an automatic level control (ALC) algorithm means (176), and a delta-sigma modulator (180). The PGA (110) is capable to receive and to amplify an analog input signal (154) to thereby generate an analog output signal (164). The PGA (110) includes an amplifier (160) and a switchable resistor network (120). The ADC (170) is coupled to the PGA (110) and is capable to convert the analog output signal (164) to a digital signal (174). The ALC algorithm means (176) is coupled to the ADC (170) and is capable to generate a control code (178) by processing the digital signal (174). The delta-sigma modulator (186) is coupled to the ALC algorithm means (186) and is capable to generate a pulse-density modulated (PDM) signal (182) by processing the control code (178). The PDM signal (182) is fed back to the PGA (110) to control the switchable resistor network (120).
US08324968B2
An amplifier circuit is provided to be switchable between a single end output configuration and a differential output configuration without increasing a circuit area. When first and fourth switches are turned off and a second switch is turned on, a load circuit functions as an active load on a differential pair and a first output terminal is internally disconnected. The amplifier circuit is provided with a single end output configuration and differentially amplifies input voltages inputted to input terminals and outputs an imbalanced signal from a second output terminal. When the first and fourth switches are turned on and the second switch is turned off, the load circuit functions as a load on the differential pair and the first output terminal is internally connected. The amplifier circuit is provided with a differential output configuration and differentially amplifies the input voltages inputted to the input terminals and outputs balanced signals from the output terminals.
US08324962B2
Apparatus and methods for demodulation are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving an input signal having a frequency that varies in relation to a state of the signal, calculating a sine and cosine of a phase control signal, generating a first signal proportional to the sine of a product of a first quantity and the frequency of the input signal, generating a second signal proportional to the cosine of a product of the first quantity and the frequency of the input signal, and summing a product of the first signal and the cosine of the phase control signal with a product of the second signal and the sine of the phase control signal to generate a demodulator output for resolving the state of the input signal. In certain implementations, the phase control signal is controlled so as to reduce a frequency error of the input signal.
US08324953B1
A system for processing an input signal, the system including: (a) a hardware memory module configured to store a lookup table; and (b) a signal processing module, configured to clip the input signal to provide a second signal that does not exceed a magnitude threshold, wherein the signal processing module is configured to clip the input signal by processing the input signal using at least one filtering parameter that is retrieved from the lookup table using at least one lookup table index which is selected in response to the input signal.
US08324951B1
A dual data rate flip-flop circuit for reducing single event upset errors in the flip-flop circuit including two or more latch circuits connected in parallel. The latch circuits each have a clock input, data input, and latch circuit output. The dual data rate flip-flop circuit also includes a C-element, which has a plurality of inputs and a C-element output. The outputs of the latch circuits are provided to inputs of the C-element, and a keeper circuit is connected to the C-element output. An output buffer inverter connects to the C-element output and has an output corresponding to the dual data rate flip-flop circuit output.
US08324942B2
In an exemplary aspect of the invention, a clock signal amplifier circuit includes an amplifier circuit, a first switch part, and a second switch part. The amplifier circuit amplifies a clock signal. The first switch part controls ON/OFF of the amplifier circuit according to a select signal. The second switch part opens and closes complementarily to the first switch part according to the select signal. The amplifier circuit receives a test clock signal used in a test mode operation state through the second switch part. Further, the amplifier circuit outputs a signal generated by amplifying an input signal serving as the clock signal, or the test clock signal, according to the select signal.
US08324938B2
A self-timed implementation of single-stage and two-stage self-timed trigger circuits with single-rail data input is provided. This is achieved by a circuit containing storage unit with element indicating transition termination, single-rail data input, control input, data output, and indication output, into which a conversion unit is added which converts single-rail data input and control input signals and has data input, control input, data output and control output. An additional feedback output allows for speeding-up transition of device, which is a source of the single-rail data input of the trigger.
US08324937B2
Methods for differential pair conductor routing in a logic circuit. One embodiment includes a method for differential pair conductor routing in a logic circuit, by routing conductors of a first line width to obtain a first routing for a first logic library, wherein vertical and horizontal paths are separated such that vertical and horizontal conductors do not short, wherein connections between the vertical and horizontal paths are provided by vias, separating conductor paths in the first routing into differential paths by splitting the conductors of a first line width into spaced parallel conductors of a second line width, where the second line width is smaller than the first line width, separating the vias into pairs of vias, and replacing the first logic library with a differential logic library.
US08324934B1
In one embodiment of the invention, a programmable device, such as an FPGA, has a programmable input buffer with a VCCIO-powered buffer stage for high-voltage signaling and a VCC-powered buffer stage for low-voltage signaling. In addition to a main driver section, the VCCIO-powered buffer stage has a mixed-mode section for handling multiple different over-drive and multiple different under-drive conditions, a hysteresis section for providing multiple different trip-point hysteresis modes of operation, and a level-shifting section with look-ahead circuitry that enables the main driver section to be implemented with low-power, high-threshold devices, while still enabling the VCCIO-powered buffer stage to operate with low skew and high speed.
US08324927B2
An input/output (I/O) cell including one or more driver-capable segments and one or more on-die termination (ODT) capable segments. The I/O cell may be configured as an output driver in a first mode and Thevenin equivalent termination in a second mode.
US08324924B2
Techniques and technology are provided to enable the testing of a programmable integrated circuit from within the programmable integrated circuit itself. In various implementations of the invention, a hardware verification module is added to the programmable integrated circuit by the manufacturer. Once the programmable integrated circuit is programmed to have a desired functionality, the hardware verification module may be activated and used to apply tests and receive responses from the programmable integrated circuit to verify its functionality.
US08324922B2
An integrated circuit includes switching circuits for selectively connecting the bond pads to functional core logic and isolating the bond pads from second conductors, and the switch circuits for selectively connecting the bond pads to the second conductors to provide bi-directional connections between the bond pads on opposite sides of the substrate and isolating the bond pads from the functional core logic.
US08324914B2
Techniques for characterizing a molecule are described herein. In one example, a portion of the molecule is trapped in a nanopore, a variable voltage is applied across the nanopore until the trapped portion of molecule is moved within the nanopore, and the molecule is characterized based on the electrical stimulus required to affect movement of at least a portion of the trapped portion of the molecule within the nanopore.
US08324912B2
This invention relates to a measurement tool and method of use, and in particular to a measurement tool for use in determining a parameter of a stationary or moving fluid. The measurement tool has been designed primarily for use in borehole formation testing. The measurement tool can measure the dielectric constant of a fluid within a pipe or surrounding the tool. The pipe or wall between the tool and the fluid is electrically insulating. The tool has pair of capacitor plates mounted adjacent to the pipe or wall, a signal generator which can deliver an alternating electrical signal to at least one of the capacitor plates, and a detector for measuring a signal dependent upon the electrical capacitance between the capacitor plates. The measurement tool can additionally measure the electrical resistivity of the fluid.
US08324911B2
A non-conductive composite doubler is fabricated for application to an electrically conductive surface of a structure by: forming the composite doubler; placing an array of capacitive gap thickness sensors between the doubler and the structure surface; measuring the gap thickness between the doubler and the structure surface in a plurality of areas over the surface of the structure; using the gap thickness measurements to shape a layer of adhesive to essentially match the contour of the structure surface; and, applying the layer of adhesive to the doubler.
US08324910B2
A touch sensor assembly. The touch sensor assembly may include a housing, at least one touch sensor and a sensor cover. The sensor cover may identify a touch area associated with each touch sensor. The housing may form a water tight cavity for the sensor cover and the touch sensor when coupled to an housing cover. A raised dome may be provided, e.g. on the sensor cover or another element, to provided tactile feed back. LEDs may be provided for illuminating the touch areas and/or sensing ambient light. A controller may control the illumination level of the LEDs in response to sensed ambient light. Adjacent key suppression algorithms are also provided.
US08324908B2
An electrical connection defect detection device to detect whether an electrical connection between an under-test pin of an under-test device and a signal line of a circuit board is normal is provided. The electrical connection defect detection device comprises a signal provider providing a test signal to the under-test pin through the signal line, a detection module and an electrode board comprising a detection surface and at least one array of through holes. The detection surface contacts a surface of the under-test device to make the detection module detect a capacitance value associated with the electrode board, the under-test pin and the signal line larger than a threshold value when their connection is normal. The through holes are placed along the edges of the electronic board and are electrically connected to a ground potential to perform a capacitive shielding.
US08324901B2
An upconverter has a low noise amplifier, a two port mixer and an antenna. The two port mixer comprises a first port to receive from the low noise amplifier an amplified input signal to be upconverted and a second port to receive a local oscillator signal and to output the amplified, upconverted signal at upper and lower sideband frequencies. The low noise amplifier is coupled to the first port; and the antenna is coupled to the second port.
US08324899B2
An MRI coil system (34) comprises a local RF coil assembly (36) which includes one or more RF coil elements (38). An electronic circuit (88) is operatively connected to the RF coil elements (38), which electronic circuit (88) at least converts electrical signals into optical signals. A first connector (112) is in operative communication with the electronic circuit (88). A detachable cable (40) includes a second connector (120), which selectively mates with the first connector (112) and connects the coil elements (38) and the electronic circuit to an external device.
US08324890B2
A transmission clutch position sensor includes two Hall sensors located at opposite ends of a flux concentrator outside the casing of the transmission to sense a magnetic field generated by a magnet attached to the clutch piston. To reduce sensitivity to magnet-to-sensor gap tolerances, a ratio of the voltage of one Hall sensor to the sum of the voltages from both Hall sensors is used to correlate to the piston and, hence, clutch position.
US08324886B2
A system includes a plurality of power supply units to be tested, an electric load, a power meter, a multimeter, and a computer. Each of the plurality of power supply units has an input terminal connected to an AC power source via a switch module and an output terminal capable of outputting a plurality of power rails to an output bus via the switch module. The electric load is connected to the output bus for receiving the plurality of power rails. The power meter is configured for measuring an input power of each of the plurality of power supply units. The multimeter is configured for measuring an output power of each of the plurality of power supply units. The computer configured to calculate a conversion efficiency of each of the plurality of the power supply units.
US08324884B2
The invention provides a method for DC voltage measurement. First, an input DC voltage is received. A temporary disturbance signal is then added to the input DC voltage to obtain a disturbed signal, wherein an amplitude of the temporary disturbance signal is greater than precision level of an analog-to-digital converter. The disturbed signal is then converted from analog to digital with the analog-to-digital converter to obtain a plurality of samples with different values. An average value is then derived from the samples. Finally, the average value is output as a measurement value of the input DC voltage.
US08324881B2
A circuit for generating a band gap reference voltage (VREF) includes circuitry (I3×7) for supplying a first current to a first conductor (NODE1) and a second current to a second conductor (NODE2). The first conductor is successively coupled to a plurality of diodes (Q0×16), respectively, in response to a digital signal (CTL-VBE) to cause the first current to successively flow into selected diodes. The second conductor is coupled to collectors of the diodes which are not presently coupled to the first conductor. The diodes are successively coupled to the first conductor so that the first current causes the diodes, respectively, to produce relatively large VBE voltages on the first conductor and the second current causes sets of the diodes not coupled to the first conductor to produce relatively small VBE voltages on the second conductor. The relatively large and small VBE voltages provide differential band gap charges (QCA-QCB) which are averaged to provide a stable band gap reference voltage (VREF).
US08324880B2
A driving circuit includes a dead-time detecting circuit, a duty-cycle controlling circuit, and a switch controlling circuit. The dead-time detecting circuit is coupled to an output of a power switch set for detecting a switching voltage on the output of the power switch set and accordingly outputting a dead-time detecting signal. The output of the power switch set is coupled to the first end of an inductive load, and the second end of the inductive load provides an output voltage. The duty-cycle controlling circuit is coupled to the second end of the inductive load for generating a set/reset signal according to the output voltage. The switch controlling circuit controls the power switch set to be away from a dead state according to the set/reset signal and the dead-time detecting signal.
US08324879B2
Current switching point determination devices use two comparators with fixed threshold values. A power inverter control device for switching point determination is provided which includes a filter circuit and a subsequent single comparator. By this arrangement, the time event is independent of the amplitude and for sufficiently small frequencies also of the frequency.
US08324877B2
A voltage down converter includes a voltage comparator for comparing a first reference voltage and an internal voltage to provide a first driving signal; a driving signal controller coupled with the voltage comparator, the driving signal controller configured to generate a second driving signal in response to an external voltage and selectively providing any one of the first and second driving signals; and a voltage supply coupled with the driving signal controller, the voltage supply configured to receive the selectively provided first and second driving signals, wherein the voltage supply is activated in accordance with the first or second driving signal, thereby providing the internal voltage.
US08324866B2
A charging system including: a processor that includes a containing part for selectively containing either one of a secondary battery of a first type and a secondary battery of a second type capable of being rapidly charged with an electrical quantity greater than that of the secondary battery of the first type, and that carries out processing using, as a power source, the secondary battery contained in the containing part; and a feeder for feeding power to the processor so as to charge the secondary battery, wherein the processor includes: a determination part for determining whether or not the contained secondary battery needs to be charged; a battery detection part for detecting the type of the contained secondary battery when it is determined that the secondary battery needs to be charged; and a transmission part for transmitting, to the feeder, a feed instruction.
US08324862B2
A charge redistribution circuit (2) for an energy storage unit (1) with several storage elements (4) which are connected in series comprises several charge redistribution control units (5) for monitoring and redistributing the load, each of which is assigned an energy storage sub-group (3) of storage elements (4). The charge redistribution control units (5) take the energy used for their own supply in each case from the sub-group (3) assigned to them, and are thus supplied with a voltage which is higher than the voltage of the individual storage element (4) and lower than the voltage of the energy storage unit (1). The charge redistribution circuit (2) is established in such a manner that a monitoring and—when necessary a charge redistribution is achieved for each individual storage element (4).
US08324860B2
The distributed charging system is for charging an energy storage device of an electrical vehicle operated within an operation region where a number of station or parking areas are arranged at intervals. The system contains a plurality of charging stations and fast charging devices where a charging station is provided at each station or parking area and at least a fast charging device is provided at each charging station. When the electrical vehicle is parked at a station or parking area, the electrical vehicle's energy storage device is quickly charged by the fast charging device there. Therefore, there is no additional and dedicated time spent for charging while the capacity, cost, weight, and size of the energy storage device could be reduced, making the electrical vehicle less costly, more compact, and with more extended operation time and distance.
US08324859B2
A method and system provide for the cooperative charging of electric vehicles. By using power line communications, chargers of the electric vehicles who are serviced by the same distribution transformer can form self-contained local area networks due to the nature of power line communications (PLCs). Alternatively, or in addition to the PLCs, other communication networks, such as the Internet and local area networks, may be used as part of the communications infrastructure for the chargers. After the chargers of the electric vehicles are coupled to one another through power line communications or traditional communications networks, they can form a logical token ring network. According to this token ring network, a predetermined number of tokens can be assigned within the token ring network for permitting chargers with tokens to charge respective electric vehicles while chargers without tokens must wait until they receive a token to initiate charging.
US08324858B2
The invention relates to systems and methods for charging a vehicle. A vehicle and charging station can be designed such that an electric or hybrid vehicle can operate in a fashion similar to a conventional vehicle by being opportunity charged throughout a known route.
US08324853B2
A vehicle wiper controller includes a wiper drive circuit which drives a wiper. An operation switch is manipulated in a plurality of manipulation directions or to a plurality of operation mode positions when a manipulation force is applied thereto. A wiper operation control unit electronically controls the operation of the wiper and sets the wiper to an operation mode corresponding to the manipulation of the operation switch. A control signal hold circuit, discrete from the wiper operation control unit, transmits a control signal to the wiper drive circuit when the operation switch is manipulated in a predetermined first manipulation direction or when the operation switch is manipulated to a predetermined first operation mode position. The control signal hold circuit sets a hold state for holding the transmission state of the control signal.
US08324849B2
A motor control apparatus includes a sensing module, a phase modulating module, a duty cycle modulating module and a driving module. The sensing module detects a motor to generate a sensing signal. The phase modulating module receives the sensing signal and generates a phase modulation signal in accordance with the sensing signal. The duty cycle modulating module receives the phase modulation signal and generates a duty cycle modulation signal in accordance with the phase modulation signal. The driving module receives the duty cycle modulation signal and generates a motor control signal for controlling the motor in accordance with the duty cycle modulation signal.
US08324836B2
A lighting device includes a first lighting source, a second lighting source, and a controller. The first lighting source yields a first illumination pattern. The second lighting source yields a second illumination pattern. The patterns overlay to yield a third illumination pattern. The controller shifts available power between the first lighting source and the second lighting source.
US08324832B2
A driving circuit for driving a light source includes a power converter, a controller and a voltage-controlled current source. The power converter is coupled to the light source, and receives an input voltage from a power source and provides an output voltage to the light source. The power converter includes a switch coupled in series with the light source. The controller is coupled to the power converter and controls a power of the light source by controlling the switch. The voltage-controlled current source is coupled to the controller and provides a first current. The controller controls the switch based on the first current.
US08324831B2
A light emitting diode (LED) illuminating system includes an LED lamp, a sensor, a memory, a controller, an AC/DC convertor, a DC/DC convertor and a current detector. The sensor detects a temperature around the LED illuminating system. The memory stores the detected temperature and a comparison table. The controller finds an optimized working voltage in the comparison table, according to the detected temperature. The AC/DC converter outputs a DC power with the optimized working voltage. The DC/DC converter converts the DC power into another DC power and supplies the another DC power to the LED lamp. The current detector detects a current variation of the another DC power. The controller stabilizes a current of the another DC power output by the DC/DC converter to the LED lamp, according to the current variation.
US08324830B2
A method of color control for a backlight utilizing colored light emitting diodes (LEDs), the method constituted of: providing a plurality of colored LED strings constituted of at least three different colors; lighting each of the plurality of colored LED strings to provide a backlight; providing a period wherein none of the colored LED strings are lit; obtaining during the provided period when none of the colored LED strings are lit, an indication of an ambient light; obtaining during the provided period when the colored LED strings are lit, an indication of the optical output of the colored LED strings; and controlling the lighting of the provided plurality of colored LED strings responsive to the received indication of ambient light and the received indication of the output of the colored LED strings. Preferably, the method is performed in cooperation with an on-board color sensor.
US08324828B2
The frequency of the alternating current to be supplied to the high-pressure discharge lamp is switched among a first frequency, a second frequency greater than the first frequency, and a third frequency smaller than or equal to the first frequency. In the switching, a period A, in which the alternating current of the third frequency is supplied, occurs at the beginning of each of the predetermined time intervals. A remainder of each of the predetermined time intervals includes a period B, in which the alternating current of the first frequency is supplied, and a period C, in which the alternating current of the second frequency is supplied, the periods B and C being alternately repeated, so as to control the period A to be longer than the period B and to have a length corresponding to a predetermined number of cycles, ranging from 5.5 to 50 cycles inclusive.
US08324823B2
The disclosure relates to an AC LED dimmer and dimming method thereof. The AC LED dimmer includes a rectifier receiving AC voltage from an AC voltage source and full-wave rectifying the AC voltage; a direct current (DC)/DC converter receiving the full-wave rectified voltage from the rectifier, generating a full-wave rectified stepped-up voltage, and generating a pulse enable signal; a pulse width modulation controller receiving the full-wave rectified stepped-up voltage and generating a pulse width modulation signal to dim an AC LED in response to the pulse enable signal; a switch driving the AC LED under control of the pulse width modulation signal, and an electromagnetic interference (EMI) filter to be connected between the AC voltage source and the switch to eliminate electromagnetic interference from the AC voltage source. Accordingly, the dimmer can perform an efficient and linear dimming function and suppress harmonics.
US08324819B2
In one aspect, the present invention is directed to an electric appliance control for turning off an electric appliance operating in an indoor space, the electric appliance control comprising: a light sensor, for continuously sensing the light intensity in the indoor space; a fall detector, for detecting a fall in the light intensity sensed by the light sensor, wherein the fall being a negative relative change in light intensity during a period of hundredths of second; a switch, for disconnecting the electrical power supply to the electric appliance; and a control unit, for activating the switch to disconnect the power supply upon detecting a fall in light intensity by the fall detector.
US08324818B2
A display device includes: a display panel; an optical detector which includes an optical sensor formed by a thin film transistor for detecting external light and a capacitor connected between a pair of electrodes of the optical sensor; a switch which turns on or off a charging operation of the capacitor; an optical sensor controller which controls the switch to be turned on or off and measures illumination of the external light on the basis of a time period during which the switch is turned off and a voltage of the capacitor becomes a value not more than a threshold value; and a controller which controls brightness of the display panel on the basis of an output of the optical sensor controller, wherein after the optical sensor controller detects a fact that the voltage of the capacitor becomes the value not more than the threshold value, the optical sensor controller turns on the switch after a predetermined time.
US08324809B2
A microwave tube including: a) an electron gun capable of producing a beam of electrons in the form of a hollow axisymmetrical cylinder in repetitive operation; and b) a body in which the beam is intended to propagate, the body ending with a collector and being provided with means for applying an axial magnetic field for guiding the beam and, upstream from the collector, with a resonant structure crossed by the beam, intended to group the electrons into a succession of packets (P). The resonant structure is formed with two coupled cavities which follow along the axis (Z) of the beam, the coupling being achieved via an inter-cavity region crossed by the beam, this structure having axial symmetry the axis of which is that of the beam and being dimensioned so that the transformation of the electrons in packets is accomplished at a frequency which is that of the π resonant mode of the resonant structure.
US08324802B2
An organic electroluminescence device having a layer of an organic light emitting medium which comprises (A) a specific arylamine compound and (B) at least one compound selected from specific anthracene derivatives, spirofluorene derivatives, compounds having condensed rings and metal complex compounds and is disposed between a pair of electrodes and an organic light emitting medium comprising the above components (A) and (B) are provided. The organic electroluminescence device exhibits a high purity of color, has excellent heat resistance and a long life and efficiently emits bluish to yellowish light. The organic light emitting medium can be advantageously used for the organic electroluminescence device.
US08324798B2
Disclosed herein are lighting apparatuses having a light source, a first phosphor, and a second phosphor, wherein the lighting apparatuses exhibit increased R9 values. In some embodiments, the light source is configured to emit radiation having a wavelength of peak emission between about 495 nm and about 500 nm. The first phosphor may have a first wavelength of peak emission between about 495 nm and about 600 nm. The second phosphor may be represented by the formula RE2-x-yCaMg2Si3O12:Cex,Ay. In an embodiment, RE is a rare earth metal; A is a co-dopant, x is greater than 0 and less than about 1.0; and y is greater than 0 and less than about 0.2. Also disclosed are phosphor compositions including the first phosphor and the second phosphor, and methods of using the same.
US08324794B2
The present invention provides a plasma display device that has light emission properties with short persistence where green light has a persistence time of 3.5 msec or less, that is excellent in luminance, luminance degradation resistance, and color tone, and that is suitable for, for example, a stereoscopic image display device. The present invention provides a plasma display device including a plasma display panel in which a pair of substrates at least whose front side is transparent are disposed to oppose each other so as to form a discharge space between the substrates, barrier ribs for dividing the discharge space into a plurality of discharge spaces are disposed on at least one substrate, electrode groups are disposed on the substrates so as to produce discharge in the discharge spaces divided with the barrier ribs, and a green phosphor layer that emits light by the discharge is provided, wherein the green phosphor layer includes a mixed phosphor containing a short persistence Mn2+-activated green phosphor with a 1/10 persistence time of more than 2 msec but less than 5 msec and either a Ce3+-activated green phosphor or an Eu2+-activated green phosphor that has a light emission peak in a wavelength range of not less than 490 nm and less than 560 nm.
US08324792B2
The invention relates to a pre-chamber spark plug with a housing which, at its forward end, comprises a pre-chamber with a plurality of openings, an insulator arranged in the housing, a center electrode which is surrounded by the insulator and supports an ignition electrode arranged in the pre-chamber which comprises a plurality of electrode arms, wherein the electrode arms each comprise a rear section which extends in a transverse direction in relation to the longitudinal direction of the center electrode and a forward section which extends along a pre-chamber wall and forms a spark gap between itself and the pre-chamber wall. It is provided according to the invention that the electrode arms are embedded in the center electrode and project from a lateral surface of the center electrode. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method according to the invention.
US08324787B2
An electroacoustic transducer assembly and probe for emitting and receiving acoustic radiation beams. The transducer assembly comprising a plurality of transducer elements, each one composed of an electroacoustic element, arranged side by side and spaced apart along a row having a first end. Starting from transducer element proximate to the first end, adjacent transducer elements are constructed and arranged create an electroacoustic pair. A first element of the electroacoustic pair is constructed and arranged to only transmit acoustic pulses and a second element of the electroacoustic pair is constructed and arranged to only receive acoustic pulses. Each electroacoustic pair share a common connection line which branches off into a transmit branch connected to the first element and a receive branch connected to the second element.
US08324779B2
A motor having a rotor and a stator is disclosed. The rotor is a consequent-pole rotor having a rotor core, a plurality of magnets, and a plurality of salient poles. The stator includes a plurality of teeth. A first auxiliary groove is formed in a surface of each salient pole that is opposed to the teeth. Each first auxiliary groove has first and second side surfaces facing each other in the circumferential direction. The first side surface is closer to a circumferential center of the salient pole than the second side surface. When the angle from the circumferential center line to the first side surface of each salient pole about the axis of the rotor is represented by KC1, the opening angle between the circumferential ends of the distal end of each tooth about the axis is represented by KA, and the opening angle between the circumferential ends of each salient pole about the axis is represented by KB, the following expression is satisfied: KC1=KA−KB/2.
US08324778B2
The invention relates to a permanent magnet rotor, which has a rotor shaft, a rotor stack fixed on the rotor shaft, accommodating pockets provided in the rotor stack and permanent magnets positioned in the accommodating pockets. The accommodating pockets are sealed by means of an adhesive film, as a result of which the permanent magnets are fixed in the accommodating pockets and at the same time the ingress of particles into the accommodating pockets and the discharge of particles out of the accommodating pockets is prevented.
US08324776B2
A spindle motor includes a shaft arranged in an upward/downward direction along a central axis; a base member including a substantially cylindrical holder portion arranged around the central axis; a bearing unit arranged radially inward of the holder portion; and a rotating portion arranged above the base member to rotate about the central axis. The rotating portion preferably includes a mounting surface on which a disk is to be mounted. An adhesive containing an electrically conductive material and an adhesive containing an externally stimulated curing material and/or an anaerobic curing material are arranged in a clearance space defined between an inner circumferential surface of the holder portion and an outer circumferential surface of the bearing unit. The adhesive containing the electrically conductive material is arranged above the adhesive containing the externally stimulated curing material and/or the anaerobic curing material.
US08324775B2
A brush DC motor with reduction mechanism includes: a brush DC motor including a motor case, a stator section and a rotor section having a substantially cylindrical core, the stator section and the rotor section being received in the motor case; and a first reducing section drivable by the motor. The first reducing section includes a first sun gear, an external ring gear positioned around the sun gear and several planetary gears held between the external ring gear and the sun gear and engaged with the sun gear and the external ring gear. The first reducing section further includes a planetary carrier for locating the planetary gears in their true positions. Multiple parallel linear splines are formed on a circumference of the core at intervals. One end of the core with the splines formed on the circumference of the end serves as the sun gear of the first reducing section.
US08324766B2
A heat-dissipation structure for a motor. The heat-dissipation structure comprises a shaft, a seat and a rotator. The rotator coupled to the seat by the shaft comprises a housing and a cover. The housing comprises an inner side connected to the shaft and a bottom comprising at least one through hole. The cover is connected to an exterior of the bottom of the housing and a distance is formed between the cover and the housing, so that the cover prevents objects from entering the through hole.
US08324764B2
An electric motor has a stator in which an armature is disposed. The armature has a lamination stack having slots in which magnet wires are wound. An armature shaft extends coaxially through the lamination stack and a commutator is disposed on the armature shaft to which ends of the magnet wires are electrically coupled. The magnet wires are at least partially encased in thermally conductive plastic. When the thermally conductive plastic is molded, a balancing feature is formed of the thermally conductive plastic. In aspects, the balancing feature can include a layer of the plastic from which plastic can be removed during balancing; one or more balancing rings adjacent axial sides of the lamination stack from which plastic can be removed to balance the armature; or one or more balancing rings having one or more pockets therein in which one or more weights are disposed to balance the armature.
US08324755B2
A power management system connectable to a primary power source and a secondary power source, and a method of operating the power management system. A transfer switch is electrically connected to the primary and secondary power sources, and a plurality of branch circuits are electrically connected to the transfer switch. The plurality of branch circuits includes a plurality of electrical outlets. The system includes a controller wirelessly coupled to a plurality of portable receptacles, which are coupled between respective electrical outlets and managed devices. The controller manages the receptacles, and consequently the managed devices, during the second power source powering the transfer switch.
US08324749B2
An accumulator is provided in an oil circuit of the pressure supply device and has a gas chamber for storing the pressure generated by the oil pump. A gas pressure judgment unit judges a soundness on the gas pressure of the gas chamber of the accumulator. A pitch movement judgment unit judges whether the pitch movement is performed soundly by the oil pressure accumulated in the accumulator if the gas pressure judgment unit judges that the gas pressure is sound. A start judgment unit judges a start condition to start the gas pressure judgment unit every predetermined period or when a start switch is operated.
US08324748B2
A generator is provided including a rotatable pressure vessel with an inner and outer surface. Electromagnets are disposed on the inner surface of the pressure vessel. A biasing structure is configured to rotate within, and independently of, the pressure vessel and extends at least partly along a lengthwise dimension of the pressure vessel. The biasing structure has an axis of rotation that is within the circumference of the pressure vessel, and may be substantially parallel and coincident with a center axis of the pressure vessel. The biasing structure has a center of gravity at a radius away from the center axis of the pressure vessel. Armature coils are disposed on an outer portion of the biasing structure, and are positioned such that a relative motion between the electromagnets and the plurality of armature coils induces a current in the armature coils when a current is applied to the electromagnets. A transfer mechanism is configured to transfer electrical current from first electrical conductors connected to the armature windings to an outside of the pressure vessel.
US08324746B2
A system and method for variable drive of a propeller or fan of a gas turbine engine. The gas turbine engine has a combustor and a turbine arranged to be driven by a combustion product from the combustor. The variable drive system comprises a primary shaft arranged for transmission of torque from said turbine to the propeller; an electric generator arranged to be driven by said turbine; and an electric motor arranged to be driven by the output of said generator. A clutch is mounted between the propeller and the primary rotor and is operable to mechanically disconnect the shaft from the propeller so that the propeller can be driven by any or any combination of the turbine and/or electric motor. The invention may be applied to a turboprop or turbofan engine having a gearing between the shaft and propeller or fan and may be particularly suited to unmanned aerial vehicle propulsion.
US08324734B2
A memory device comprising a plurality of tunnel junctions (TJs) includes a bottom wiring layer; a top wiring layer; a plurality of TJs contacting the bottom wiring layer and the top wiring layer; and a plurality of tunnel junction vias (TJVs) contacting the bottom wiring layer and the top wiring layer, wherein the plurality of TJVs each have a lower resistance the each of the plurality of TJs, wherein the plurality of TJVs comprise at least one concave surface, and wherein the at least one concave surface of the plurality of TJVs is configured to trap etched material during formation of the TJVs so as to reduce the resistance of the plurality of TJVs.
US08324727B2
Disclosed are low profile discrete electronic component structures that are suitable for placement and use in a vertical interconnection mode either within an electronic interconnection substrate, between interconnection substrate and electronic component or within an IC package.
US08324722B2
A packaging device for matrix-arrayed semiconductor light-emitting elements of high power and high directivity comprises a metal base, an array chip and a plurality of metal wires. The metal base is of highly heat conductive copper or aluminum, and a first electrode area and at least one second electrode area which are electrically isolated are disposed on the metal base. The array chip is disposed on the first electrode area, on which multiple matrix-arranged semiconductor light-emitting elements and at least one wire bond pad adjacent to the light-emitting elements are disposed. The light-emitting element is a VCSEL element, an HCSEL element or an RCLED element. The metal wires are connected between the wire bond pad and the second electrode area to transmit power signals. Between the bottom surface and the first electrode area is disposed a conductive adhesive to bond and facilitate electrical connection between the two.
US08324716B2
A method and apparatus are provided for multi-chip packaging. A multi-chip package (100) includes a substrate (105) and a plurality of semiconductor dice (110, 120, 130). A first semiconductor die (110) is physically coupled to an upper face of the substrate (105), the first semiconductor die (110) being a smallest one of the plurality of semiconductor dice (110, 120, 130).
US08324703B2
An in situ approach toward connecting and electrically contacting vertically aligned nanowire arrays using conductive nanoparticles is provided. The utility of the approach is demonstrated by development of a gas sensing device employing the nanowire assembly. Well-aligned, single-crystalline zinc oxide nanowires were grown through a direct thermal evaporation process at 550° C. on gold catalyst layers. Electrical contact to the top of the nanowire array was established by creating a contiguous nanoparticle film through electrostatic attachment of conductive gold nanoparticles exclusively onto the tips of nanowires. A gas sensing device was constructed using such an arrangement and the nanowire assembly was found to be sensitive to both reducing (methanol) and oxidizing (nitrous oxides) gases. This assembly approach is amenable to any nanowire array for which a top contact electrode is needed.
US08324702B2
A solid-state imaging device includes a photoelectric conversion section which is provided for each pixel and which converts light incident on a first surface of a substrate into signal charges, a circuit region which reads signal charges accumulated by the photoelectric conversion section, a multilayer film including an insulating film and a wiring film, the multilayer film being disposed on a second surface of the substrate opposite to the first surface, and a transmission-preventing film disposed at least between the wiring film in the multilayer film and the substrate.
US08324697B2
A magnetic layer that includes a seed layer comprising at least tantalum and a free magnetic layer comprising at least iron. The free magnetic layer is grown on top of the seed layer and the free magnetic layer is perpendicularly magnetized. The magnetic layer may be included in a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) stack.
US08324696B2
Provided are an ultrafast magnetic recording element and a nonvolatile magnetic random access memory using the same. The magnetic recording element includes a read electrode, a magnetic pinned layer formed on the read electrode, and an insulating layer or a conductive layer formed on the magnetic pinned layer. The magnetic recording element includes a magnetic free layer formed on the insulating layer or the conductive layer, in which a magnetic vortex is formed, and a plurality of drive electrodes applying a current or magnetic field to the magnetic free layer. According to the magnetic recording elements, the magnetic recording element with a simple structure can be realized using a magnetic layer with a magnetic vortex formed, and the magnetic recording element can be accurately driven with low power using a plurality of drive electrodes.
US08324693B2
A thin film transistor of the present invention has an active layer including at least source, drain and channel regions formed on an insulating surface. A high resistivity region is formed between the channel region and each of the source and drain regions. A film capable of trapping positive charges therein is provided on at least the high resistivity region so that N-type conductivity is induced in the high resistivity region. Accordingly, the reliability of N-channel type TFT against hot electrons can be improved.
US08324692B2
A method of fabricating an integrated inductor device includes providing a silicon substrate and forming a thickness of an insulating layer overlying the silicon substrate. The insulating layer includes a dummy structure within a portion of the thickness. The method includes forming an inductor having a first portion and a second portion. The first portion includes a spiral coil of conductor lines. The method also includes exposing the dummy structure by forming an opening in the insulating layer and removing the dummy structure to form a cavity underlying the inductor to reduce a dielectric constant and to increase a Q value of the inductor. The method includes using aluminum or copper for the dummy structures. The method includes dry etching the insulator and wet etching the dummy structure. The method also includes forming the inductors using aluminum or copper.
US08324691B2
An inverter for driving a motor includes a plurality of power semiconductor devices. The plurality of power semiconductor devices include a resistance electrically connected between a collector and an emitter of an IGBT element. Each of the power semiconductor devices forms any one of a U-phase arm, a V-phase arm and a W-phase arm of the inverter. As a result, a discharge resistance is built in the inverter, and therefore, it is not required to prepare the discharge resistance separately. Thus, the number of components required for a motor drive apparatus can be decreased and the number of operation steps can be reduced.
US08324688B2
The present disclosure provides ESD protection devices that can effectively cope with electrostatic stress of microchips for high voltage operation. The ESD protection device includes protection device includes: a high voltage P well formed in a semiconductor substrate, an N-drift region formed in the high voltage P well, an anode N+ diffusion region and an anode P+ diffusion region formed in the N-drift region, a buffer N+ diffusion region formed in the N-drift region and separated a predetermined distant from the anode N+ diffusion region, a buffer N-ballistic region surrounding the buffer N+ diffusion region, an anode N-ballistic region surrounding the anode N+ diffusion region and the anode P+ diffusion region, a cathode N+ diffusion region and a cathode P+ diffusion region formed in the high voltage P well and separated a predetermined distance from the N-drift region, a MOSFET gate disposed on the semiconductor substrate between the cathode N+ diffusion region and the N-drift region, and a capacitor electrode disposed on the semiconductor substrate between the anode N+ diffusion region and the buffer N+ diffusion region.
US08324684B1
A planar, monolithic, high-voltage (HV), integrated circuit (IC) includes power field-effect-transistors (FETs) and/or bipolar power-transistors having an HV diffusion connection. The HV IC further includes several types of HV, low-current (LC) FETs including depletion and/or enhancement mode transistors and/or HV-LC bipolar transistors. The HV-LC transistors are integrated into the HV-high-current (HC) or power transistor structure in various combinations by sharing their HV diffusion connections, which enables increased design versatility while minimizing die area. Isolation and buried diffusion structures provide higher operating voltage and/or enhanced depletion FET shut-off. HV-LC IGFET body and/or bipolar transistor base regions are either isolated from or connected to the grounded isolation diffusion further enhancing design versatility.
US08324683B2
An oxide termination semiconductor device may comprise a plurality of gate trenches, a gate runner, and an insulator termination trench. The gate trenches are located in an active region. Each gate trench includes a conductive gate electrode. The insulator termination trench is located in a termination region that surrounds the active region. The insulator termination trench is filled with an insulator material to form an insulator termination for the semiconductor device. The device can be made using a three-mask or four-mask process.
US08324681B2
A stacked non-volatile memory device comprises a plurality of bit line and word line layers stacked on top of each other. The bit line layers comprise a plurality of bit lines that can be formed using advanced processing techniques making fabrication of the device efficient and cost effective. The device can be configured for NAND operation.
US08324669B2
A process for manufacturing a MOS device includes forming a semiconductor layer having a first type of conductivity; forming an insulated gate structure having an electrode region, above the semiconductor layer; forming body regions having a second type of conductivity, within the semiconductor layer, laterally and partially underneath the insulated gate structure; forming source regions having the first type of conductivity, within the body regions; and forming a first enrichment region, in a surface portion of the semiconductor layer underneath the insulated gate structure. The first enrichment region has the first type of conductivity and is set at a distance from the body regions. In order to form the first enrichment region, a first enrichment window is defined within the insulated gate structure, and first dopant species of the first type of conductivity are introduced through the first enrichment window and in a way self-aligned thereto.
US08324656B1
Embodiments of integrated circuits for mitigating against electrostatic coupling are described. In an embodiment, first gate dielectrics are respectively located over first active regions. First isolation regions are respectively located between the first active regions. Second gate dielectrics are respectively located over second active regions. Second isolation regions are respectively located between the second active regions. In an embodiment, the first active regions are approximately 20 to 80 percent shorter in height/thickness than the second active regions. In another embodiment, the first isolation regions extend above an uppermost surface of the first gate dielectrics while providing gaps between the first isolation regions and sidewalls of the first active regions for receipt of material used in formation of conductive lines. In yet another embodiment, active area stripes are narrower in width at p-base regions and n-base regions than at cathode regions and anode regions respectively thereof.
US08324650B2
Disclosed are a light emitting device and a method of fabricating the same. The light emitting device includes a substrate; first and second light emitting cells, each including a first semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second semiconductor layer; and a connector located between the first and second light emitting cells and the substrate, to electrically connect the first and second light emitting cells to each other. The connector extends from the second semiconductor layer of the first light emitting cell, across the substrate, and through central regions of the second semiconductor layer and active layer of the second light emitting cells, to contact the first semiconductor layer of the second light emitting cell.
US08324642B2
Exemplary systems and methods for LED light engines include an LED package with electrical leads, each lead forming a compliant portion for making electrical and mechanical connection upon insertion into a receptacle of a circuit substrate. In an illustrative example, the electrical and mechanical connections may be formed upon the insertion of the compliant portion into the receptacle and without further process steps involving solder. Various examples may further include an elongated thermal dissipation member extending from a bottom of a package that contains the LED, where the elongated thermal member (e.g., tab) may be in substantial thermal communication with the LED die. As an example, the tab may provide a substantially reduced thermal impedance for dissipating heat from the LED die. Upon insertion into a circuit substrate, the LED package may be releasable by mechanical extraction without applied heat to facilitate repair or replacement, for example.
US08324634B2
A semiconductor device comprises a substrate, a conductive layer deposited on a substrate and an epitaxial layer deposited on the conductive layer. The conductive layer is patterned to include a first pattern. The first pattern includes a major surface and a plurality of grids defined in the major surface. The major surface includes a plurality of first lines and a connecting portion. The connecting portion is connected to an electrode. The epitaxial layer covers the grids and the first lines between the adjacent grids.
US08324632B2
An LED array chip (2), which is one type of a semiconductor light emitting device, includes an array of LEDs (6), a base substrate (4) supporting the array of the LEDs (6), and a phosphor film (48). The array of LEDs (6) is formed by dividing a multilayer epitaxial structure having a N-sided polygonal cross-section where N is an integer equal to or larger than 6. The phosphor film (48) covers an upper surface of the array of the LEDs (6) and a part of every side surface of the array of LEDs (6). Here, the part extends from the upper surface to the light emitting layer.
US08324631B2
A SiC semiconductor substrate is disclosed which includes a SiC single crystal substrate, a nitrogen (N)-doped n-type SiC epitaxial layer in which nitrogen (N) is doped and a phosphorus (P)-doped n-type SiC epitaxial layer in which phosphorus (P) is doped. The nitrogen (N)-doped n-type SiC epitaxial layer and the phosphorus (P)-doped n-type SiC epitaxial layer are laminated on the silicon carbide single crystal substrate sequentially. The nitrogen (N)-doped n-type SiC epitaxial layer and the phosphorus (P)-doped n-type SiC epitaxial layer are formed by using two or more different dopants, for example, nitrogen and phosphorus, at the time of epitaxial growth. Basal plane dislocations in a SiC device can be reduced.
US08324618B2
The present invention provides a TFT that has a channel length particularly longer than that of an existing one, specifically, several tens to several hundreds times longer than that of the existing one, and thereby allowing turning to an on-state at a gate voltage particularly higher than the existing one and driving, and allowing having a low channel conductance gd. According to the present invention, not only the simple dispersion of on-current but also the normalized dispersion thereof can be reduced, and other than the reduction of the dispersion between the individual TFTs, the dispersion of the OLEDs themselves and the dispersion due to the deterioration of the OLED can be reduced.
US08324617B2
The organic electroluminescence element includes a substrate and an anode metal layer above the substrate. The anode metal layer includes an inner region between a pair of outer regions. A metal oxide layer is above the inner region and the outer regions of the anode metal layer. An insulating layer is above the metal oxide layer and the outer regions of the anode metal layer. A hole transport layer is above the metal oxide layer and the inner region of the anode metal layer. An organic luminescent layer is above the hole transport layer. A cathode layer is above the organic luminescent layer for injecting electrons into the organic luminescent layer. A thickness of the metal oxide layer on the inner region of the anode metal layer is greater than a thickness of the metal oxide layer on the outer regions of the anode metal layer.
US08324605B2
A method for manufacturing a memory device, and a resulting device, is described using silicon oxide doped chalcogenide material. A first electrode having a contact surface; a body of phase change memory material in a polycrystalline state including a portion in contact with the contact surface of the first electrode, and a second electrode in contact with the body of phase change material are formed. The process includes melting and cooling the phase change memory material one or more times within an active region in the body of phase change material without disturbing the polycrystalline state outside the active region. A mesh of silicon oxide in the active region with at least one domain of chalcogenide material results. Also, the grain size of the phase change material in the polycrystalline state outside the active region is small, resulting in a more uniform structure.
US08324594B2
A charged particle beam apparatus can be constructed with a smaller size (resulting in a small installation space) and a lower cost, suppress vibration, operate at higher speed, and be reliable in inspection. The charged particle beam apparatus is largely effective when a wafer having a large diameter is used. The charged particle beam apparatus includes: a plurality of inspection mechanisms, each of which is mounted on a vacuum chamber and has a charged particle beam mechanism for performing at least an inspection on the sample; a single-shaft transfer mechanism that moves the sample between the inspection mechanisms in the direction of an axis of the single-shaft transfer mechanism; and a rotary stage that mounts the sample thereon and has a rotational axis on the single-shaft transfer mechanism. The single-shaft transfer mechanism moves the sample between the inspection mechanisms in order that the sample is placed under any of the inspection mechanisms. The rotary stage positions the sample such that a target portion of the sample can be inspected by the inspection mechanism under which the sample is placed, and the inspection mechanisms inspect the sample.
US08324588B2
A detection system and methods are described for determining whether a target contains a selected substance or device such as an explosive device, illegal drugs, dangerous chemicals, or the like. According to some embodiments, a detection system is comprising a radiation source and one or more detectors. The detection system in this directs radiation from a distance and towards a target suspected to contain a dangerous device or substance. A response is detected from the target. The response is compared to one or more templates that represent known explosives, drugs, dangerous chemicals, or the like. A score may be generated that corresponds to a similarity between the targeted and known substances. When the score indicates that the target substance is likely to be dangerous or contraband, then an alarm or other indication may be generated in some embodiments.
US08324586B2
A configurable flat panel multi resolution X-ray detector is disclosed herewith. The detector comprises: a detector array having a plurality of rows and columns of detector elements; scan electronics designed to activate the detector array for reading data from the detector array and readout electronics associated with the scan electronics to read the data from the detector elements. At least one of the detector array, scan electronics and readout electronics is configured to achieve multi resolution.
US08324585B2
A digital detector of a digital imaging system is provided. In one embodiment, a digital detector includes a detector array disposed in a housing and configured to generate image data based on received radiation. The digital detector may also include a battery configured to be disposed within a receptacle of the housing and to supply operating power to the detector array. In one embodiment, the battery or the detector may provide for wireless data communication. In certain embodiments, a tethered plug configured to be disposed within the receptacle may be provided. In one such embodiment, the tether may be rotatable relative to the plug. Additional systems, methods, and devices are also disclosed.
US08324580B1
A digital photosensor that includes a photomultiplier tube (PMT) including a power distribution circuit, the PMT outputting an analog signal in response to received light; an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) to receive the analog signal and to generate a digital signal; and a non-transitory memory storing manufacturing parameters of the PMT and operational parameters of the PMT, the operational parameters being calculated by a parameter calculation unit during operation of the PMT, wherein the PMT, the ADC, and the memory are integrated into a single housing.
US08324572B2
A radiometric measuring arrangement for measuring fill level of a fill substance in a container includes: arranged one above the other in measurement operation on a first side of the container, two or more radiometric radiators, which, in measurement operation, send radioactive radiation through the container, and which, in measurement operation, are arranged in a measuring position in the interior of the container in a pressure resistant, protective tube protruding laterally into the container; and, arranged on a second side of the container lying opposite to the radiators, at least one detector, which serves to receive radiation intensity penetrating through the container as a function of fill level and to convert such into a fill level dependent, electrical signal. The measuring arrangement permits achievement of a highly linear dependence of total detected radiation intensity on fill level. At least in protective tubes, above which at least one further radiator is located, above the radiator of such a protective tube, an absorber is arranged, which serves to absorb radiometric radiation upwardly radiated by the radiator of such protective tube, when such radiator is located in the measuring position.
US08324570B2
A system and sampling probe adaptable to an ultrasonic surgical instrument applies irrigation fluid and ultrasonic or vibrational energy to a target, and aspirates material desorbed from the target into a pick-up conduit. A suction source at the distal end of the conduit may aspirate the material released from the target with the irrigation fluid, thus efficiently sampling a broad range of materials from an arbitrary target to produce an analyzable effluent analyte stream which may be ionized and provided to the inlet of an ion-type analysis instrument, or may be fed directly to an instrument such as a flow cytometer, IR or fluorescence spectrophotometer, or other analyzer. Carrier gas may be provided to more effectively transport the desorbed material, and the probe may be incorporated into a robotic device to automatically carry out surface imaging or to effect sampling in hazardous environments.
US08324567B2
An ion spectrum analysing apparatus (1) comprising an electric field generation arrangement (3, 4, 5) which, in use, is operative to accelerate ions into a flight tube (7), and further comprising a detector (6), and recording apparatus (8) which is operative to record data representative of the spatial distribution of scattered ions impacting on the detector, and in use the recording apparatus is triggered at multiple times to record spatial distribution data relating to respective times-of-arrival of the ions.
US08324565B2
An interface for use in a mass spectrometer is disclosed. The interface comprises a first ion funnel comprising a first inlet and a first outlet, and a first axis between the first inlet and the first outlet. The interface further comprises a second ion funnel in tandem with the first ion funnel, the second ion funnel comprising a second inlet and a second outlet, and a second axis between the second inlet and the second outlet. The first axis and the second axis are offset relative to one another. A mass spectrometer comprising the interface and a method are disclosed.
US08324563B2
A container includes a housing and a cover which may be wholly or partially removed to open the container. A foil seal is used to seal the joint between the housing and the cover. The foil seal is internal to the container. The foil seal separates during opening of the cover, respective parts of the foil seal remaining with the housing and the cover. The foil seal may be a metal or metal-containing foil, for example being an aluminum, steel, or titanium foil, or a metalized plastic foil. A cutter, such as a serrated edge, may be positioned to facilitate cutting of the foil seal during cover opening. The container may be part of a seeker assembly with the housing being a seeker housing, and the cover being a removable or hinged cover that protects an optical seeker during some portions of flight, such as during launch of a spacecraft.
US08324562B2
A fiber scanning system is provided comprising a housing (102) with a fiber (13), the fiber (13) comprising a fixed part and a free end, the fixed part being attached to a bottom of the housing (102) and the fiber (13) extending parallel to the wall of the housing (102). At least one electrical coil (12) is attached to the wall at a position in between the fixed part and the free end of the fiber (13), a winding of the electrical coil (12) being in a plane parallel to the fiber (13). A magnet (11) is attached to the fiber (13), such that the electrical coil (12) may induce a force on the magnet (11). The magnet (11) is attached to the fiber (13) at a position just before or after the electrical coil (12), a width of the magnet (11) being such that the magnet (11) extends over the electrical coil (12).
US08324561B2
A photodetecting device 1 includes an integrating sphere 20 for observing light to be measured generated according to irradiation of a sample with excitation light and a sample holder 60 removably attached to the integrating sphere 20, the integrating sphere 20 has an excitation light introducing hole 201 for introducing the excitation light and a sample introducing hole 205 for introducing a cell C held by the sample holder 60, the sample holder 60 is locked to the sample introducing hole 205 and holds the cell C for accommodating the sample, and the cell is disposed so that an entrance surface of the cell C, through which the excitation light enters the cell C, inclines relative to the surface perpendicular to the optical axis L of the excitation light.
US08324558B2
The device (10) according to the invention for counting and detecting flat products (14) comprises a light source (16) having an illumination beam profile (24), an optical sensor (18) having a detection beam profile (30) and an evaluation unit (20) connected to the optical sensor (18). The detection beam profile (30) overlaps the illumination beam profile (24) in a detection region in which a section (33) of a surface profile of the flat products (14) is illuminated, the section being at least partially delimited by the illumination beam profile (24). A detection signal generated by the optical sensor (18) is fed to the evaluation unit (20), which determines therefrom the number of flat products located in the detection region.
US08324557B2
The invention relates to an optoelectronic sensor having a transmitter (12) for the transmission of transmitted light (22), a receiver (14) for the reception of the transmitted light (28) and for the provision of an electronic received signal (I), an evaluation unit (16) for the recording of the received signal (I) and for the outputting of a detection signal when an opaque object (36) to be detected enters into the transmitted light beam. To provide an improved sensor with which in particular objects can be detected in an improved manner on which only some of the transmitted light is incident, it is proposed that the transmitted light profile (22) defines a detection zone extending transversely to the transmitted beam direction between the transmitter and receiver or reflector (26) and is received by the receiver (14), with a free beam path, via the reflector or directly by the receiver (14) and that the evaluation unit (16) has means for the determination and adjustment of a recognition threshold value (S) and that the detection signal can be output when the received signal (I) is beneath the recognition threshold value (S).
US08324553B2
A chip-stacked image sensor obtained by embodying an image sensor cell in two chips and combining the chips with each other is provided. The chip-stacked image sensor includes first and second semiconductor chips. The first semiconductor chip includes a plurality of image signal sensing cells for generating image charges corresponding to image signals sensed by at least four photodiodes and outputting the generated image charges through at least two common terminals and a plurality of image charge transmission pads. The second semiconductor chip includes a plurality of image signal conversion cells for converting the image signals into electrical signals and a plurality of image charge receiving pads. Here, the image charges generated by the image signal sensing cells are transmitted to corresponding image signal conversion cells via the plurality of image charge transmission pads and the plurality of image charge receiving pads.
US08324552B2
An image sensing system for a vehicle includes an imaging sensor having an array of light sensing photosensor elements. The imaging sensor views through the windshield of the equipped vehicle at a region of the windshield that is swept by a windshield wiper of the equipped vehicle. The imaging sensor is operable to capture image data and is operable to capture frames of image data at a plurality of exposure periods. The image sensing system identifies objects in the forward field of view of the imaging sensor via processing of the captured image data by an image processor. The objects identified by the image sensing system may include at least one of (i) headlights of approaching vehicles, (ii) taillights of leading vehicles, (iii) lane markers on a road being traveled by the equipped vehicle, (iv) traffic signs, (v) traffic lights, (vi) stop signs and/or (vii) caution signs.
US08324547B2
A solar tracking and concentration device, including at least one reflecting unit, a receiving unit, a controlling device, and a sensing device, is provided. The reflecting unit having a reflecting surface reflects and concentrates sunlight. The receiving unit having a receiving surface is used to receive the sunlight reflected and reflected by the reflecting unit. The receiving unit and the reflecting unit face each other. According to the position and the time of the reflecting unit, the controlling device controls a rotation angle of the reflecting unit. The sensing device on the receiving unit may detect an inclination direction of the reflecting unit and output a first feedback signal to the controlling device to calibrate a direction of the reflecting unit facing the sun.
US08324543B2
A semi-active laser (SAL) sensing system is provided that uses a lightpipe to pass received reflected laser light from an aperture to a detector. The lightpipe facilitates further miniaturization of the SAL sensing system by taking the place of a larger lens system that would otherwise be required. For example, the use of the lightpipe in a missile or guided projectile can facilitate the placement of the SAL sensing system with other sensors in the limited available space at the front of the missile. In one embodiment, the lightpipe is formed from cladded optical fibers that are bundled together, shaped, and fused together. The core material from the optical fibers are then dissolved away, leaving the outer cladding. This remaining outer cladding remains fused together, and maintains its shape, thus forming a lightpipe that can be used in a SAL sensing system.
US08324535B2
A ceramic heater comprising a rod-like ceramic member in which a metallized layer is formed on at least a part of an outer surface of the ceramic member, and a tubular metal fitting in which at least a part of the ceramic member is inserted, the inner surface of the tubular metal fitting and the metallized layer being brazed through a brazing member. The ceramic member has a small diameter portion in a region which is located closer to a first end of the ceramic member than the metallized layer and which is inside the tubular metal fitting. A part of the space between the small diameter portion and the inner surface of the tubular metal fitting is filled with the brazing member, the inner surface facing to the part of the small diameter. Consequently, even under severe conditions, such as a high temperature and/or a high pressure, a highly durable brazing structure, such as the ceramic heater, including a brazed portion which has high welding reliability can be obtained.
US08324534B2
A case for holding an iron having a heating element coupled to a handle, the handle coupled to an electrical cord having a plug, the apparatus comprising: a sleeve having an opening for receiving the heating element; a pair of flaps each coupled to the surface of the sleeve, the flaps forming a cavity from one portion of the perimeter of the opening to another portion of the perimeter of the opening, the cavity being such that the electrical cord can be wrapped around the sleeve and secured by removably coupling the flaps around the electrical cord.
US08324532B2
A vehicle includes a rear window and a defroster assembly including heating lines extending across the rear window. A protective barrier at least partially covers the heating lines. The protective barrier includes a film that provides a barrier between the heating lines and sulfur gases generated by components of the vehicle.
US08324527B2
A system for welding a tub of a railroad tank car includes a manipulator boom adapted to move with respect to the interior surface of the tank shell. A hybrid laser arc welding head mounted to the manipulator. A supplemental gas metal arc welding head includes dual wires of welding material and is mounted to the manipulator adjacent to the hybrid laser arc welding head. An inductive heating coil is mounted adjacent to the supplemental gas metal arc welding head. The hybrid laser arc welding head welds a seam of the railroad tank car shell with the supplemental gas metal arc welding head following to generally complete filling of a resulting weld joint with welding metal. The supplemental gas metal arc welding head is followed with the inductive heating coil to provide heat to normalize the resulting weld joint.
US08324526B2
The repair of cracks according to the state of the art comprises the fact that defects located on the inside must be worked outward in order to be able to be welded closed. The method according to the invention proposes not to work out cracks located on the inside, but to melt the crack located on the inside utilizing a flux agent.
US08324521B2
An improved bellows for use in a vacuum interrupter includes a plurality of corrugations extending along a central axis, with each convolution including a convolution element and a support element. Each convolution element has a convolution length along the central axis and a convolution height perpendicular to the central axis. In a first embodiment, the convolution height of the various corrugations increases between two ends of the bellows. In an embodiment, the bellows height increases gradually between the two ends, and in another embodiment the convolution height increases in a stepwise fashion. The convolution length can likewise change gradually or stepwise between the ends of the bellows. The convolution height alternatively can remain the same throughout a bellows, but the convolution length may change.
US08324517B2
A pen transcription system and method for locating a moveable signal source are disclosed. The transcription system includes a base having a planar base surface, first and second acoustical sensors that detect an acoustical signal emitted by a moveable signal source, the acoustical sensors being mounted on the base and separated from one another. The difference in time of detection between an EM signal and the acoustical signals is measured to determine the position of the moveable source. The acoustical sensors include a housing surrounding a detector. The housing has an aperture having a width that is less than the wavelength of said acoustical signal divided by 6.28 and a height that is substantially equal to an integer multiple of a wavelength of an interfering acoustical signal.
US08324516B1
A rapid mount cable entry device for routing low voltage cables through walls including an assembly of a low voltage frame, a flexible slotted insert, and a retainer ring that holds the assembly securely together. The low voltage frame includes a plate with an opening therein defining an inner periphery at the opening and mounting fasteners with attached clamp arms for securing the frame to a wall. The slotted insert includes a flexible panel with 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. The slots define flaps that close around the cables after they are inserted therein, thus closing the area around the periphery of the inserted cables. The cable entry device can be quickly secured to a wall as wall preparation time is minimal.
US08324507B2
A composite metallic particle made by coating a surface of a base material sheet with a composite metallic thin film layer that contains at least one of a resin layer and a wax layer and at least one of a metal layer and a metal compound layer and step 2 for removing the composite metallic thin film layer from the sheet. The resultant composite metallic particles and conductive ink can be used in a conductive substrate producing apparatus, formed into a pattern on the conductive substrate by screen printing, an ink jet method, or some other liquid-based process.
US08324499B2
A three-dimensional thin-film solar cell 100, comprising a three-dimensional thin-film solar cell substrate comprising a plurality of single-aperture or dual-aperture unit cells with emitter junction regions 522 and doped base regions 530, emitter metallization regions 525 and base metallization regions 532. Optionally, the three-dimensional thin-film solar cell may be mounted on a rear mirror for improved light trapping and conversion efficiency.
US08324491B1
A lip-reed wind instrument composed substantially, or in part, of carbon fiber reinforced composite laminate and an associated method to fabricate the instrument. Carbon fiber reinforced composite laminate is used to construct the tubular sidewalls of the instrument and is beneficial to the musical character. The high stiffness and low density of carbon fiber reinforced composite laminate increases the frequency of the instrument's vibration mode shapes allowing a favorable cooperation with musical pitch. The result is an instrument having improved projection as well as a brilliant timbre. The associated fabrication method describes the specialized tooling and the techniques to construct the laminate features of the instrument. The construction methods together with the improvements result in an instrument of higher precision allowing consistent play qualities for instruments of like design.
US08324479B1
A novel maize variety designated PH134K and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH134K with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH134K through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH134K or a locus conversion of PH134K with another maize variety.
US08324474B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH832456. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH832456, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH832456 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH832456.
US08324465B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1023169. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1023169. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1023169 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety A1023169 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US08324456B2
The present invention provides a method for Agrobacterium-mediated gene transfer into a plant material, which comprises inoculating an Agrobacterium into the plant material in the presence of a powder. In the method of the present invention, the powder at least does not affect living tissues and has one or more properties selected from the group consisting of: being insoluble in water; having an affinity for living tissues; having adsorption properties; and having a surface polarity. The present invention also provides a method for producing a transformed plant, which comprises using the gene transfer method of the present invention.
US08324452B1
A novel maize variety designated X95A928 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 X95A928 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X95A928 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X95A928, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X95A928. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X95A928.
US08324451B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH417706. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH417706, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH417706 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH417706.
US08324445B2
Absorbent articles having a pouch for the collection of bodily waste are generally disclosed. The pouch can generally be located on or within the wearer contacting surface of an absorbent article. The pouch can have an opening ready to receive the bodily waste or can include a pouch opening mechanism. Additionally, a pouch closing mechanism can be included within the absorbent article to close the opening of the pouch upon collection of the bodily waste.
US08324442B2
A method for producing isoprene comprising an aqueous medium including genetically modified host cells capable of producing isoprene, where the resulting isoprene composition is processed through at least one separation and/or purification process to provide an isoprene enriched composition and a system for doing the same.
US08324431B2
The invention relates to a process for preparing 2,4-dihydroxyphenyl 4-methoxybenzyl ketones of the formula (I) by Friedel-Crafts acylation in hydrogen fluoride (HF).2,4-Dihydroxyphenyl 4-methoxybenzyl ketones of the formula (I) in which R1 and R2 are each hydrogen, chlorine, fluorine, bromine, iodine, CF3, methyl, optionally substituted alkoxy, —OCF3, —C(CH3)3, —CH2(CH3)2, —CH(CH3)2, R3 is hydrogen, Cl, F, Br, optionally substituted alkyl, optionally substituted alkoxy, —C(CH3)3, and X is hydroxyl, F, Cl, Br, optionally substituted alkoxy, are obtained in high yield and high purity by reacting phenylacetic acid derivatives of the formula (II) with phenols of the formula (III) in liquid hydrogen fluoride (HF).
US08324424B2
The invention relates in general terms to a process for preparing to a process for purifying an alkyl methacrylate, comprising the steps of: A. providing an alkyl methacrylate with an impurity: B. adsorbing at least some of the impurity onto a purifying solid to obtain an ultrapure alkyl methacrylate, to a process for preparing an ultrapure alkyl methacrylate, to an apparatus for preparing alkyl methacrylates, to a process for preparing a polymer based at least partly on alkyl methacrylates, to the use of an alkyl methacrylate obtained according to the invention in chemical products, and to chemical products comprising an alkyl methacrylate obtained according to the invention.
US08324422B2
The enhydrazone esters for treating asthma, allergy, and inflammation relate to the use of two cyclohexenone derivatives and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof in the treatment of asthma, allergies, and inflammation. The esters have the formula: wherein R is ethyl or methyl. Administration of the esters inhibits the degranulation of eosinophils, the degranulation of mast cells, and the release or expression of tumor necrosis factor-α, thereby alleviating the debilitating symptoms of asthma, allergic reactions, and inflammatory responses.
US08324417B2
The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of alkyl esters of (S)-2-amino-5-cyclopropyl-4,4-difluoropentanoic acid, which are intermediates useful in the synthesis of (S)—N-(1-cyanocyclopropyl)-5-cyclopropyl-4,4-difluoro-2-((S)-2,2,2-trifluoro-1-(4-fluorophenyl)ethylamino)pentanamide and related compounds, which are compounds that are cysteine protease inhibitors.
US08324415B2
A suite of polymer/zeolite nanocomposite membranes. The polymer backbone is preferably a film forming fluorinated sulfonic acid containing copolymer, such as a Teflon type polymer, a perfluorinated polymer, or a perfluorinated polymer with sulfonic groups. The zeolites formed in accordance with the present invention and which are used in the membranes are plain, phenethyl functionalized and acid functionalized zeolite FAU(Y) and BEA nanocrystals. The zeolite nanocrystals are incorporated into polymer matrices for membrane separation applications like gas separations, and in polymer-exchange-membrane fuel cells. For the purpose of developing zeolite-polymer nanocomposite membranes, the zeolite nanocrystals are size-adjustable to match the polymer-network dimensions.
US08324414B2
Methods of forming single source precursors (SSPs) include forming intermediate products having the empirical formula ½{L2N(μ-X)2M′X2}2, and reacting MER with the intermediate products to form SSPs of the formula L2N(μ-ER)2M′(ER)2, wherein L is a Lewis base, M is a Group IA atom, N is a Group IB atom, M′ is a Group IIIB atom, each E is a Group VIB atom, each X is a Group VIIA atom or a nitrate group, and each R group is an alkyl, aryl, vinyl, (per)fluoro alkyl, (per)fluoro aryl, silane, or carbamato group. Methods of forming polymeric or copolymeric SSPs include reacting at least one of HE1R1E1H and MER with one or more substances having the empirical formula L2N(μ-ER)2M′(ER)2 or L2N(μ-X)2M′(X)2 to form a polymeric or copolymeric SSP. New SSPs and intermediate products are formed by such methods.
US08324412B2
The present invention relates to a method for the reliable and reproducible preparation of 4-[17β-methoxy-17α-methoxymethyl-3-oxoestra-4,9-dien-11β-yl]benzaldehyde (E)-oxime (asoprisnil) on the pilot and manufacturing scale. Asoprisnil, which is prepared by this method, is distinguished by a very good physical stability and is therefore particularly suitable for the manufacture of solid pharmaceutical forms (tablets, coated tablets, etc.).
US08324409B2
The present disclosure provides methods to make liquid fuels from renewable, carbon neutral precursors. Specifically, methods to prepare 2,5-dimethylfuran from a source of fructose or other carbohydrates using a one-pot synthesis are provided. In some embodiments, the disclosed methods avoid the isolation of intermediates, and employ “green” reagents like formic acid and acetic acid.
US08324396B2
The present invention relates generally to compounds represented in Formula I, pharmaceutical compositions comprising them and methods of treating of diseases or disorders related to the function of the calcium sensing receptor. The invention also relates to processes for making such compounds and to intermediates useful in these processes.
US08324386B2
Disclosed is a series of somatostatin-dopamine chimeric analogs which retain both somatostatin and dopamine activity in vivo. An example is: 6-n-propyl-8β-ergolinglmethylthioacetyl-D-Phe-c(Cys-Tyr-D-Trp-Lys-Abu-Cys)-Thr-NH2.
US08324383B2
Methods of making polymorphs of the benzoate salt of 2-[[6-[(3r)-3-amino-1-piperidinyl]-3,4-dihydro-3-methyl-2,4-dioxo-1(2h)-pyrimidinyl]methyl]-benzonitrile.
US08324374B2
Disclosed is a novel process which has low facility load, requires a reduced amount of energy, is highly safe, and enables to produce a monosaccharide such as glucose and xylose by decomposing a cellulose-based substance under conditions where a substance used for decomposing the cellulose-based substance (e.g., a solvent, a catalyst) can be separated, collected and re-used readily. Also disclosed is a novel process for producing ethanol from the monosaccharide through ethanol fermentation. Specifically disclosed is a process for producing a monosaccharide, which comprises disaggregating/finely pulverizing a cellulose-based substance, mixing the resulting material with a phosphate solution to disperse the resulting material in the phosphate solution, and decomposing cellulose in the solution at a temperature of 100° C. or lower while irradiating with ultraviolet ray optionally in the presence of titanium dioxide.
US08324366B2
This invention relates to new compositions comprising at least one of a single or double stranded oligonucleotide, where said oligonucleotide has been conjugated to a lipophile and to which the conjugated oligonucleotide has been preassembled with lipoproteins. These compositions are effectively in delivering oligonucleotides to mammalian tissue where they effect gene silencing.
US08324350B2
The invention provides an isolated, dual-specific antibody, or an antigen-binding portion thereof, which is specific for human IL-1α and human IL-1β. The dual specific antibodies of the invention also neutralize both human IL-1α and human IL-1β. The invention also provides domain antibodies (dAbs) specific for human IL-1α and human IL-1β.
US08324347B2
Methods of using halogenated peptides as internal standards for liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry, and novel halogenated peptides useful for the same, are disclosed. In particular, methods of using halogenated peptides as internal standards in proteomic analyses, as well as methods of using halogenated peptides to conduct quality control assessments of and/or to calibrate liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry systems are disclosed.
US08324343B2
The invention provides methods of extracting a biodegradable polyester with a supercritical fluid effective to obtain a purified biodegradable polyester, such as a purified biodegradable poly(lactide-glycolide) (PLG). The supercritical fluid can be carbon dioxide at an elevated pressure, or can be carbon dioxide with one or more cosolvents. Methods for carrying out stepwise purification of the biodegradable polyester at multiple pressures or multiple temperatures, or both, are also provided. When the polyester is PLG, a purified PLG copolymer is obtained having a narrowed molecular weight distribution with respect to the unpurified polyester. The purified PLG copolymer can have a polydispersity index of less than about 1.7, less than about 2% monomers, and less than about 10% oligomers. The purified PLG copolymer can exhibit a reduced initial burst effect when incorporated into a controlled release formulation such as a flowable implant adapted to be injected into body tissues.
US08324341B2
The present invention provides an agent serving as oxidant and dopant in which it does not generate precipitates in a state of an alcohol solution for a certain period of time and the oxidizing power is not too strong. By using the same, the present invention provides a conductive polymer having a high conductivity and heat resistance. By using the same, the present invention provides a solid electrolytic capacitor reliable under a high temperature condition. The present invention provides an agent serving as oxidant and dopant for conductive polymer production, the agent serving as oxidant and dopant comprising: a ferric salt of acids comprising a benzene sulfonic acid derivative represented by formula (1) and sulfuric acid. “R” represents an alkyl or alkoxy group having a carbon number of 1 to 4. More than 90 mole % of the benzene sulfonic acid derivative have R at the para position with respect to the SO3H group. Sulfuric acid is contained at 0.05 to 1.5 mass % in the acids. An alkali metal and alkali earth metal as an inorganic alkali component are included at a total content of 300 ppm or less (based on mass). ammonia and an amine as an organic alkali component are included at a total content of 0.01 mole % or less. A pH value is 1.5 to 3.0 when the agent serving as oxidant and dopant is made into an aqueous solution at a concentration of 8 mass %.
US08324326B2
An epoxy resin composition for encapsulating a semiconductor chip according to this invention comprises (A) a crystalline epoxy resin, (B) a phenol resin represented by general formula (1): wherein R1 and R2 are independently hydrogen or alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and two or more R1s or two or more R2s are the same or different; a is integer of 0 to 4; b is integer of 0 to 4; c is integer of 0 to 3; and n is average and is number of 0 to 10, (C) a (co)polymer containing butadiene-derived structural unit or its derivative, and (D) an inorganic filler in the amount of 80 wt % to 95 wt % both inclusive in the total epoxy resin composition.
US08324318B2
A thermoplastic composition including a combination of a polycarbonate, an impact modifier, an aromatic vinyl copolymer, and a polyester carbonate and/or a polycarbonate polysiloxane copolymer having excellent thermal and mechanical properties as well as good adhesion to both a polymer superstrate and certain types substrates is disclosed. Also disclosed are articles and multilayer films including the tie layer composition.
US08324315B2
An aqueous aromatic polyurethane elastomeric article is fabricated by an aqueous aromatic polyurethane dispersion, prepared by polyurethane prepolymers comprising wholly aromatic diisocyanates, especially toluene diisocyanate (TDI). And, a method of fabricating the elastomeric article is provided.
US08324314B2
A composition for imparting surface properties to substrates comprising a polymer of at least one polyurethane having at least one urea linkage prepared by: (i) reacting (a) at least one diisocyanate, polyisocyanate, or mixture thereof, having isocyanate groups, and (b) at least one fluorinated compound selected from the formula (I): Rf1-L-X (I) wherein Rf1 is a monovalent, partially or fully fluorinated, linear or branched, alkyl radical having 2 to 100 carbon atoms; optionally interrupted by 1 to 50 oxygen atoms; wherein the ratio of carbon atoms to oxygen atoms is at least 2:1 and no oxygen atoms are bonded to each other; L is a bond or a linear or branched divalent linking group having 1 to about 20 carbon atoms, said linking group optionally interrupted by 1 to about 4 hetero-radicals selected from the group consisting of —O—, —NR1—, —S—, —SO—, —SO2—, and —N(R1)C(O)— wherein R1 is H or C1 to C6 alkyl, and said linking group optionally substituted with CH2Cl; X is an isocyanate-reactive group selected from the group consisting of —OH, —N(R)H, and —SH; and thereafter (ii) reacting with (c) water and (d) 0.05 to about 2.0% by weight of an isocyanate-reactive fluorinated particulate component, based on a total dry weight of the composition.
US08324312B2
A rubber latex composition is disclosed having reduced allergenicity. Methods for producing a rubber latex composition having reduced allergenicity are also disclosed.
US08324309B2
The present invention provides a low viscosity block copolymer for non-wovens construction adhesives of the formula [A−(A/B)]nX, wherein A represents an aromatic vinyl compound and (A/B) represents a polymer block obtained by random copolymerization of a mixture of a aromatic vinyl compound and butadiene in a weight ratio in the range of from 2:98 to 30:70, wherein n is an integer in the range of from 1 to 5, and wherein X is the remainder of the coupling agent.
US08324303B2
A surge-resistant and abrasion resistant flexible insulating enamel has resin in an amount of 12 wt % to 76 wt % per 100 wt % by weight of the enamel, an organic solvent in an amount of 20 wt % to 80 wt % per 100 wt % by weight of the enamel, polyethylene oxide (PEO) intercalated clay in an amount of 0.005 wt % to 16 wt % per 100 wt % by weight of the enamel, and polysilicic acid in an amount of 0.995 wt % to 16 wt % per 100 wt % by weight of the enamel. The clay and polysilicic acid have high dielectric constant to absorb, evenly disperse and evacuate surges, preventing an insulating layer made by the insulating enamel from being damaged from the surge. PEO provides the insulating layer having good flexibility and adhesion.
US08324289B2
A flexible polyurethane foam excellent in the vibration characteristics and the load-deflection characteristics, a process for producing the flexible polyurethane foam stably and inexpensively, and a seat for an automobile excellent in posture-stability performance and supported feeling with little bottom-hitting feeling, are provided.When a polyoxyalkylene polyol and a polyisocyanate compound are reacted in the presence of a urethane-forming catalyst, a blowing agent and a foam stabilizer, a predetermined amount of a compound of the following formula (1) is used: wherein the average of n is from 13 to 2,100.
US08324285B2
Provided are methods of treating an open cell polyimide foam product to produce a treated polyimide foam product having a property of repelling water or oil. The method includes the steps of: selecting a polyimide foam product having an external surface area and an open cell structure that has an interior surface area, wetting the exterior surface area and the interior surface area with a chemical treatment fluid comprising a treatment chemical that has a property of repelling water or oil, and distributing the treatment chemical onto at least a portion of the interior surface area sufficient to modify a surface property of the interior surface. Also provided are treated polyimide foam products that have an open cell polyimide foam substrate with an interior surface area and a treatment chemical on at least a portion of the interior surface area. The treatment chemical renders the interior surface hydrophobic or oleophobic.
US08324279B2
The present invention is directed to methods of modulating the activity of an isoform of manganese superoxide dismutase which is useful for the treatment of diseases such as heart failure.
US08324276B2
This invention relates to the use of a fatty acid composition comprising at least (all-Z omega-3)-4,7,10,13,16,19-docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), or derivatives thereof, and (all-Z omega-3)-5,8,11,14,17-eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), or derivatives thereof for manufacturing of a medicinal product or a food stuff for the treatment and/or prevention of amyloidos-related diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, as well as treatment/prevention of cognitive dysfunction.
US08324270B2
A method of treating or preventing age-related retinal dysfunction involves administering to a patient a pharmaceutically effective amount of a synthetic retinal derivative repeatedly over a duration of at least about 3 months. Effective synthetic retinal derivatives include 9-cis-retinyl esters, 11-cis-retinyl esters, derivatives and congeners thereof, and combinations thereof. Suitable ester substituents include carboxylates of C1-C10 monocarboxylic acids and C2-C22 polycarboxylic acids.
US08324268B2
The present invention relates to novel substituted furancarboxamides, methods for their production, their use for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases, as well as their use for the production of medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, especially retroviral diseases, in humans and/or animals.
US08324266B2
Compositions, methods and systems are provided for pulmonary or nasal delivery of two or more active agents via a metered dose inhaler. In one embodiment, the compositions include a suspension medium, active agent particles, and suspending particles, in which the active agent particles and suspending particles form a co-suspension within the suspension medium.
US08324264B1
Certain multi-cyclic compounds and compositions thereof are useful for reducing or inhibiting the growth of bacterial biofilms and for controlling bacterial biofilm infections. Such compounds and compositions are also useful in methods for reducing or inhibiting the growth of biofilms and for controlling bacterial biofilm infections involving biofilms.
US08324262B2
The present invention features compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods for treating trauma, ischemia, stroke, degenerative diseases associated with cellular necrosis, and other conditions. Screening assays for identifying compounds useful for treating these conditions are also described.
US08324257B2
This invention relates to inhibitors of mitotic kinesins, particularly KSP, and methods for producing these inhibitors. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the inhibitors of the invention and methods of utilizing the inhibitors and pharmaceutical compositions in the treatment of various disorders.
US08324256B2
Described herein are tri-functional compounds useful in the production of ophthalmic lenses. The compounds are composed of UV absorber having a polymerization initiator directly or indirectly bonded to the ultraviolet absorber, and an olefinic group directly or indirectly bonded to the ultraviolet absorber. Also described herein are polymers and ophthalmic lenses produced from the tri-functional compounds described herein.
US08324249B2
The invention relates to tetrahydropyridinyl and dihydropyrrolyl compounds of Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs, or solvates thereof, wherein X, Y, Z, R1, R2, m, and n are defined as set forth in the specification. The invention is also directed to the use of compounds of Formula (I) to treat a disorder responsive to the blockade of calcium channels, and particularly N-type calcium channels. Compounds of the present invention are especially useful for treating pain.
US08324248B2
The present invention relates to a compounds of formula I wherein A, Ar1, Ar2, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, m, n, o, p, s, t, and u are as defined herein or to a pharmaceutically active salt, a racemic mixture, an enantiomer, an optical isomer or a tautomeric form thereof. the present compounds are high potential NK-3 receptor antagonists for the treatment of depression, pain, psychosis, Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, anxiety and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
US08324242B2
The present invention relates to modulators of ATP-Binding Cassette (“ABC”) transporters or fragments thereof, including Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator, compositions thereof, and methods therewith. The present invention also relates to methods of treating ABC transporter mediated diseases using such modulators.
US08324237B2
The invention includes processes mainly for the treatment of a inflammatory diseases, such as inflammatory bowel disease, arthritis, atherosclerosis, asthma, allergy, inflammatory kidney disease, circulatory shock, multiple sclerosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, skin inflammation, periodontal disease, psoriasis and T cell-mediated diseases of immunity, including allergic encephalomyelitis, allergic neuritis, transplant allograft rejection, graft versus host disease, myocarditis, thyroiditis, nephritis, systemic lupus erthematosus, and insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. The processes involve treating a patient with a pharmaceutical composition containing an active ingredient that inhibits the activity of sphingosine kinase.
US08324233B2
The present invention relates to co-crystals of pyrimethanil and dithianon, which, in a X-ray powder diffractogram at 25° C. show at least three of the following reflexes: 2θ=7.46±0.20 2θ=9.98±0.20 2θ=13.28±0.20 2θ=23.09±0.20 2θ=24.38±0.20 2θ=27.01±0.20 a process for their preparation and their use for the preparation of compositions for crop protection.
US08324231B2
A compound having Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein X, R, R and R are as defined in the specification; pharmaceutical compositions thereof; and methods of use thereof. The compounds of Formula I are inhibitors of Casein kinase II (CK2) pathways.
US08324228B2
Disclosed are compounds of the formula I: wherein R1, R2, V, W, X, Y and Z are as defined herein. The compounds can be used in the treatment of disorders mediated by the cannabinoid receptors, such as, for example, inflammation.
US08324214B2
The subject matter of the present invention are compounds corresponding to formula (I): in which: X is an unsubstituted or substituted divalent (C1-C5)alkylene radical; RI is an —NR8R9 group; or an unsubstituted or substituted piperidin-3-yl or piperidin-4-yl radical; R2 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an Alk group or an OAlk group; R3 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an Alk group or an OAlk group; R4 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an Alk group, a hydroxyl or an OAlk group; and R5 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an Alk group, a hydroxyl or an OAlk group.
US08324213B2
In its many embodiments, the present invention provides a novel class of biaryi spiroaminooxazoline analogues as modulators of α2C adrenergic receptor agonists, methods of preparing such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more such compounds, methods of preparing pharmaceutical formulations comprising one or more such compounds, and methods of treatment, prevention, inhibition, or amelioration of one or more conditions associated with the α2C adrenergic receptors using such compounds or pharmaceutical compositions.
US08324209B2
Pesticide compositions and their use in controlling pests are provided.
US08324198B1
The invention relates to compounds of formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 as defined herein. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treating bacterial infections using compounds of formula (I).
US08324197B2
Trans-platinum compounds comprising carboxylato groups are disclosed, with anti-cancer usefulness. The carboxylato groups participate in solubilizing trans-platinum compounds to which they are attached.
US08324186B2
The present invention comprises compounds of Formula (I). wherein: X, R1, R2, R3, and R4 are as defined in the specification. The invention also comprises a method of preventing, treating or ameliorating a syndrome, disorder or disease, wherein said syndrome, disorder or disease is type II diabetes, obesity and asthma. The invention also comprises a method of inhibiting CCR2 activity in a mammal by administration of a therapeutically effective amount of at least one compound of Formula (I).
US08324180B2
Provided herein are compounds used to inhibit the deamination enzyme responsible for the inactivation of therapeutic compounds, and methods of using them.
US08324178B2
Methods for treating or preventing cardiomyopathy in a subject by administering an α1 adrenergic receptor agonist, wherein the treatment does not result in increased blood pressure are provided.
US08324166B2
This invention relates to NAP-like and SAL-like peptide mimetics, polypeptides, or small molecules derived from them, and their use in the treatment of neuronal dysfunction, neurodegenerative disorders cognitive deficits, neuropsychiatric disorders, and autoimmune disease.
US08324165B2
The invention provides pharmaceutical polypeptide compositions that promote proteoglycan synthesis, and promote the activity of chondrocyte cells, thereby treating arthritis. Methods of providing these compositions to treat arthritis are also provided.
US08324163B2
The present invention relates to treating a tissue in a mammal from the effects of reperfusion using flagellin.
US08324155B2
The present invention discloses compounds of formula I and II or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, or prodrugs thereof: which inhibit serine protease activity, particularly the activity of hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS3-NS4A protease. Consequently, the compounds of the present invention interfere with the life cycle of the hepatitis C virus and are also useful as antiviral agents. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the aforementioned compounds for administration to a subject suffering from HCV infection. The invention also relates to methods of treating an HCV infection in a subject by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compounds of the present invention.
US08324151B2
Methods are disclosed for treating sepsis and septic shock using a combination of ghrelin and growth hormone, and for using ghrelin to reduce organ and tissue injury and improve survival after combined radiation exposure and sepsis.
US08324134B2
To provide a manufacturing method of a superconducting radio-frequency acceleration cavity used in a charged particle accelerator enabling the manufacturing with few waste amounts of the niobium material at low cost in a short time, the manufacturing method has each of the steps of (a) obtaining an ingot made from a disk-shaped niobium material, (b) slicing and cutting the niobium ingot into a plurality of niobium plates each with a predetermined thickness, by vibrating multiple wires back and forth while spraying fine floating abrasive grains with the niobium ingot supported, (c) removing the floating abrasive grains adhered to the sliced niobium plates, and (d) performing deep draw forming on the niobium plates and thereby obtaining a niobium cell of a desired shape.
US08324125B2
This invention relates to the use of nano-organocatalysts, and, more specifically, to the use of magnetic nanomaterial-supported organocatalysts. It is an object of the present invention to provide “green” catalysts and protocols. According to one embodiment of the invention, a nano-organocatalyst in the form of a magnetic nanomaterial-supported organocatalyst is provided. According to other embodiments of the invention, glutathione and cysteine are provided as organocatalysts and magnetic nanomaterial-supported glutathione and magnetic nanomaterial-supported cysteine are provided for use as nano-organocatalysts. According to another embodiment of the invention, a method of using a recyclable magnetic nanomaterial-supported organocatalyst using a totally benign aqueous protocol, without using any organic solvent in the reaction or during the workup, is provided. According to a further embodiment of the invention, a recyclable magnetic nanomaterial-supported organocatalyst for various organocatalytic reactions, including but not limited to Paal-Knorr reactions, aza-Michael addition and pyrazole synthesis, is provided.
US08324122B2
The object of the invention is an aroma-therapeutic bedding set comprising a filling consisting of fibre fleece layers, made of natural or synthetic fibres or a mixture thereof, or fibres placed in an outside ticking, and containing preferably evenly distributed dried and cut herbs embedded in the fibres, or between the layers and embedded in the fibres of the layers.
US08324121B2
A roof covering includes a roofing mat formed from fibers of a fiber material. The fibers are coated with a sizing. The roof covering also includes a coating material that coats the mat. The coating material is based on an organic material. The sizing includes a sulfur-containing material that bonds to the fiber material. The sulfur-containing material has sulfur groups that form cross-links with the organic material. In another embodiment, the coating material contains sulfur added to the organic material. The sizing includes a bonding material that bonds to the fiber material and that bonds to the sulfur. The sulfur forms cross-links with the organic material.
US08324117B2
A method of forming a dielectric layer on a further layer of a semiconductor device is disclosed. The method comprises depositing a dielectric precursor compound and a further precursor compound over the further layer, the dielectric precursor compound comprising a metal ion from the group consisting of Yttrium and the Lanthanide series elements, and the further precursor compound comprising a metal ion from the group consisting of group IV and group V metals; and chemically converting the dielectric precursor compound and the further precursor compound into a dielectric compound and a further compound respectively, the further compound self-assembling during said conversion into a plurality of nanocluster nuclei within the dielectric layer formed from the first dielectric precursor compound. The nanoclusters may be dielectric or metallic in nature. Consequently, a dielectric layer is formed that has excellent charge trapping capabilities. Such a dielectric layer is particularly suitable for use in semiconductor devices such as non-volatile memories.
US08324116B2
A substrate treating method comprising a step of preparing a semiconductor substrate (W, 11) which has an oxide film (13, 14) containing at least one of a rare earth oxide and an alkaline earth oxide, at least a portion of the oxide film (13, 14) being exposed, and a rinse step of supplying the oxide film (13, 14) on the semiconductor substrate (W, 11) with a rinse liquid made of an alkaline chemical or an organic solvent. Preferably, the alkaline chemical is an alkaline aqueous solution having a pH of more than 7. Further, preferably, the organic solvent is a high concentration organic solvent having a concentration of substantially 100%.
US08324115B2
A semiconductor chip (1) is provided having an adhesion-promoting-layer-free three-layer metallization (2). The three-layer metallization (2) has an aluminum layer (4) applied directly on the semiconductor chip (1), a diffusion barrier layer (5) applied directly on the aluminum layer (4), and a solder layer (6) applied directly on the diffusion barrier layer (5). Ti, Ni, Pt or Cr is provided as the diffusion barrier layer (5) and a diffusion solder layer is provided as the solder layer (6). All three layers are applied by sputtering in a process sequence.
US08324101B2
Semiconductor dice comprise at least one bond pad on an active surface of the semiconductor die. At least one blind hole extends from a back surface of the semiconductor die opposing the active surface, through a thickness of the semiconductor die, to an underside of the at least one bond pad. At least one quantity of passivation material covers at least a sidewall surface of the at least one blind hole. At least one conductive material is disposed in the at least one blind hole adjacent and in electrical communication with the at least one bond pad and adjacent the at least one quantity of passivation material.
US08324099B2
A method of fabricating a landing plug in a semiconductor memory device, which in one embodiment includes forming a landing plug contact hole on a semiconductor substrate having an impurity region to expose the impurity region; forming a landing plug by filling the landing plug contact hole with a polysilicon layer, wherein the landing plug comprises a first region, a second region, a third region, and a fourth region, wherein the first region is disposed beneath the second region and doped with a first doping concentration, the second region is disposed above the first region and below the third region and is not doped, the third region is disposed above the second region and below the fourth region and is doped with a second doping concentration that is lower than the first doping concentration, and the fourth region is disposed above the third region and is doped with a third doping concentration that is higher than the first doping concentration; and annealing the resulting product formed with the landing plug.
US08324098B2
A via is formed on a wafer to lie within an opening in a non-conductive structure and make an electrical connection with an underlying conductive structure so that the entire top surface of the via is substantially planar, and lies substantially in the same plane as the top surface of the non-conductive structure. The substantially planar top surface of the via enables a carbon nanotube switch to be predictably and reliably closed.
US08324093B2
Embodiments of a method for fabricating a semiconductor device are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of providing a partially-completed semiconductor device including a first feature formed in a porous material, wet cleaning the partially-completed semiconductor device with an aqueous cleaning solvent, exposing the partially-completed semiconductor device to a liquid chemical that forms an azeotropic mixture with water, and inducing evaporation of the azeotropic mixture to remove residual water from within the porous material absorbed during the wet cleaning step.
US08324091B2
During a manufacturing sequence for forming a sophisticated high-k metal gate structure, a cover layer, such as a silicon layer, may be deposited on a metal cap layer in an in situ process in order to enhance integrity of the metal cap layer. The cover layer may provide superior integrity during the further processing, for instance in view of performing wet chemical cleaning processes and the subsequent deposition of a silicon gate material.
US08324081B2
An electrically insulative conformal coating is applied at least to the active (front) side and one or more sidewalls of the die during wafer processing. Also, a die has an electrically insulative conformal coating applied to at least the active (front) side and sidewalls. Also, assemblies include a stack of such die, electrically interconnected die-to-die; and assemblies include such a die or a stack of such die, electrically interconnected to underlying circuitry (for example in a substrate or a circuit board).
US08324075B2
The invention relates to a method for recycling a substrate with a step-like residue in a first region of its surface, in particular along the edge of the substrate, which protrudes with respect to the surface of a remaining second region of the substrate, and wherein the first region comprises a modified zone, in particular an ion implanted zone, essentially in a plane corresponding to the plane of the surface of the remaining second region of the substrate and/or chamfered towards the edge of the substrate. To prevent the negative impact of contaminants in subsequent laminated wafer fabricating processes, the recycling method comprises a material removal step which is carried out such that the surface of the substrate in the first region is lying lower than the level of the modified zone before the material removal. The invention also relates to a laminated wafer fabricating method using the recycled substrate and to a recycled substrate in which the surface of a first region lies lower than the surface of the second region.
US08324073B2
A method for producing an electro-mechanical microsystem including movable mechanical parts, said method including a phase of releasing at least one movable mechanical part, wherein the releasing phase includes the following steps: formation of at least one porous zone in a first wafer of a semiconductor material; formation of at least a pattern of a material that makes at least one movable mechanical part on a front face of the first wafer and at least a partial encapsulation of the pattern in a sacrificial layer; release of the movable mechanical part through a rear face of the first wafer throughout the porous zone, using a solvent of the sacrificial layer.
US08324072B2
A process for treating a semiconductor-on-insulator type structure that includes, successively, a support substrate, an oxide layer and a thin semiconductor layer. The process includes formation of a silicon nitride or silicon oxynitride mask on the thin semiconductor layer to define exposed areas at the surface of the layer which are not covered by the mask, and which are arranged in a desired pattern; and application of a heat treatment in a neutral or controlled reducing atmosphere and under controlled conditions of temperature and time to induce at least a portion of the oxygen of the oxide layer to diffuse through the thin semiconductor layer, thereby resulting in the controlled reduction in the oxide thickness in the areas of the oxide layer corresponding to the desired pattern. The mask is formed so as to be at least partially buried in the thickness of the thin semiconductor layer.
US08324064B2
Methods are disclosed for forming an improved varactor diode having first and second terminals. The methods include providing a substrate having a first surface in which are formed isolation regions separating first and second parts of the diode. A varactor junction is formed in the first part with a first side coupled to the first terminal and a second side coupled to the second terminal via a sub-isolation buried layer (SIBL) region extending under the bottom and partly up the sides of the isolation regions to a further doped region that is ohmically connected to the second terminal. The first part does not extend to the SIBL region. The varactor junction desirably comprises a hyper-abrupt doped region. The combination provides improved tuning ratio, operating frequency and breakdown voltage of the varactor diode while still providing adequate Q.
US08324063B2
An annular step portion provided to a periphery of a wafer housing portion is provided to an area with which an area of 1 to 6 mm from a boundary line with a chamfered surface of a wafer rear surface toward a wafer center comes in contact. As a result, it is possible to produce an epitaxial wafer having no scratch in a boundary area between the rear surface and the chamfered surface, and to eliminate particles generated due to a scratch in a device process.
US08324059B2
A method of fabricating a semiconductor structure, in which after an etching process is performed to form at least one recess within a semiconductor beside a gate structure, a thermal treatment is performed on the recess in a gas atmosphere including an inert gas before a silicon-containing epitaxial layer is formed in the recess through an epitaxy growth process.
US08324048B2
A method of making a metal capacitor includes the following steps. A dielectric layer having a dual damascene metal interconnection and a damascene capacitor electrode is provided. Then, a treatment is performed to increase the dielectric constant of the dielectric layer surrounding the damascene capacitor electrode. The treatment can be UV radiation, a plasma treatment or an ion implantation. Accordingly, the metal capacitor will have a higher capacitance and RC delay between the dual damascene metal interconnection and the dielectric layer can be prevented.
US08324038B2
A method of removing a spacer, a method of manufacturing a metal-oxide-semiconductor transistor device, and a metal-oxide-semiconductor transistor device, in which, before the spacer is removed, a protective layer is deposited on a spacer and on a material layer (such as a salicide layer) formed on the source/drain region and a gate electrode, such that the thickness of the protective layer on the spacer is smaller than the thickness on the material layer, and thereafter, the protective layer is partially removed such that the thickness of the protective layer on the spacer is approximately zero and a portion of the protective layer is remained on the material layer. Accordingly, when the spacer is removed, the material layer may be protected by the protective layer.
US08324031B2
A method of forming a device is presented. The method includes providing a structure having first and second regions. A diffusion barrier is formed between at least a portion of the first and second regions. The diffusion barrier comprises cavities that reduce diffusion of elements between the first and second regions.
US08324026B2
A semiconductor component having wetable leadframe lead surfaces and a method of manufacture. A leadframe having leadframe leads is embedded in a mold compound. A portion of at least one leadframe lead is exposed and an electrically conductive material is formed on the exposed portion. The mold compound is separated to form singulated semiconductor components.
US08324022B2
A method for manufacturing a three-dimensional, electronic system includes: providing a first integrated circuit structure in a first substrate, wherein the first integrated circuit structure has a first contact pad at a first main side of the first substrate; providing a second substrate with a second main side; forming a vertical contact area in the second substrate; after step (c) forming a semiconductor layer on the second main side of the second substrate; forming a semiconductor device of a second integrated circuit structure in the second substrate with the semiconductor layer; removing the substrate material from a side of the second substrate opposite the second main side, so that the vertical contact area at the opposite side is electrically exposed; arranging the first and second substrates on top of each other aligning the vertical contact area with the contact pad, so that an electrical connection between the first and second integrated circuit structures is produced via the vertical contact area and the contact pad.
US08324019B2
A method of minimizing crosstalk in an IC package including (A) routing a first signal between first pads and a first trace layer in an congested area, (B) routing the first signal between the first and second trace layers in an non-congested area, (C) routing the first signal between the second trace layer and first pins in the non-congested area, (D) routing a second signal between second pads and the first trace layer in the congested area, (E) routing the second signal between the first and the second trace layers in the congested area and (F) routing the second signal between the second trace layer and second pins in the non-congested area, wherein (i) all of the first and second pins are arranged along a line and (ii) the first pins are offset from the second pins by a gap of at least two inter-pin spaces.
US08324007B2
A method manufactures an electronic device comprising a MEMS device overmolded in a protective casing. The MEMS device includes an active surface wherein a portion of the MEMS device is integrated, and is sensitive, through a membrane, to chemical/physical variations of a fluid. Prior to the molding step, at least one resin layer is formed on at least one region overlying the active surface in correspondence with the membrane. After, at least one portion of at least one resin layer is removed from at least one region, so that in the region an opening is formed, through which the MEMS device is activated from the outside of the protective casing.
US08324005B2
A semiconductor structure includes a first layer of a nitride semiconductor material, a substantially unstrained nitride interlayer on the first layer of nitride semiconductor material, and a second layer of a nitride semiconductor material on the nitride interlayer. The nitride interlayer has a first lattice constant and may include aluminum and gallium and may be conductively doped with an n-type dopant. The first layer and the second layer together have a thickness of at least about 0.5 μm. The nitride semiconductor material may have a second lattice constant, such that the first layer may be more tensile strained on one side of the nitride interlayer than the second layer may be on the other side of the nitride interlayer.
US08324004B2
A GaN based III-V nitride semiconductor light-emitting device and a method for fabricating the same are provided. In the GaN based III-V nitride semiconductor light-emitting device including first and second electrodes arranged facing opposite directions or the same direction with a high-resistant substrate therebetween and material layers for light emission or lasing, the second electrode directly contacts a region of the outmost material layer exposed through an etched region of the high-resistant substrate. A thermal conductive layer may be formed on the bottom of the high-resistant substrate to cover the exposed region of the outmost material layer.
US08324003B2
A thin film transistor display panel includes gate wiring formed on an insulation substrate and including gate lines, and gate electrodes and gate pads connected to the gate lines; a gate insulation layer covering the gate wiring; a semiconductor pattern formed over the gate insulation layer; data wiring formed over the gate insulation layer or the semiconductor pattern and including source electrodes, drain electrodes, and data pads; a protection layer including a Nega-PR type of organic insulating layer formed all over the semiconductor pattern and the data wiring, wherein the thickness of the Nega-PR type of organic insulating layer in both the gate and data pad regions is smaller than in the other regions; and a pixel electrode connected to the drain electrode. When exposing the Nega-PR type of passivation layer in the pad region during a photolithography process, a photomask having a lattice pattern made of a metal such as Cr that has a line width of less than the resolution of a light exposer is used. Thus, the resulting post-etch height of the passivation layer can be selectively controlled so as to provide reduced effective thickness in the pad regions.
US08323991B2
A device and method are provided for detecting stress migration properties of a semiconductor module mounted in a housing. A stress migration test (SMT) structure is formed in the semiconductor module. An integrated heating (IH) device is formed within or in direct proximity to the SMT structure. The SMT structure includes a first interconnect region in a first interconnect layer, a second interconnect region in a second interconnect layer, and a connecting region electrically connecting the interconnect regions through a first insulating layer. The IH device includes a heating interconnect region through which a heating current flows. The heating interconnect region is within or outside the first or second interconnect region or connecting region. When the heating current is applied, a measurement voltage is applied to the SMT structure, and a current through the SMT structure is measured to detect stress migration properties of the semiconductor module.
US08323988B2
The use of a monolayer or partial monolayer sequencing process, such as atomic layer deposition (ALD), to form a zirconium substituted layer of barium titanium oxide (BaTiO3), produces a reliable ferroelectric structure for use in a variety of electronic devices such as a dielectric in nonvolatile random access memories (NVRAM), tunable dielectrics for multi layer ceramic capacitors (MLCC), infrared sensors and electro-optic modulators. In various embodiments, structures can be formed by depositing alternating layers of barium titanate and barium zirconate by ALD on a substrate surface using precursor chemicals, and repeating to form a sequentially deposited interleaved structure of desired thickness and composition. Such a layer may be used as the gate insulator of a MOSFET, or as a capacitor dielectric. The properties of the dielectric may be tuned by adjusting the percentage of zirconium to titanium to optimize properties such as a dielectric constant, Curie point, film polarization, ferroelectric property and a desired relaxor response.
US08323985B2
The invention relates to a mixing method for mixing at least one small quantity of liquid, in which a quantity of liquid is applied in a reaction region and at least one surface sound wave is reacted with the quantity of liquid. The invention relates further to a mixing device for mixing at least one quantity of liquid for performing the method of the present invention, a use of the device, and a method of analysis for bond strengths on surfaces.
US08323983B2
Methods of using mass spectrometry and in particular matrix assisted laser desorption-ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry to analyze, or otherwise detect the presence of or determine the identity of intact ions of undigested, unfragmented covalently stabilized supramolecular target-ligand-complexes, as well as the use of these methods in various biological application such as characterization of antibodies, drug discovery, and complexomics including automated or higher throughput applications.
US08323976B2
Alterations utilizing nanoparticles. Certain embodiments of the invention are methods of delivering a substance to a target using a delivery-aid which includes nanoparticles. Those nanoparticles may be nanocarbon particles. Other embodiments are methods of delivering nanoparticles to a target involving placing a mask between a source of ballistic delivery of nanoparticles and the target. Other embodiments include irradiating a target to cause localized heating of the region of the target in which the nanodiamonds or OLC particles are present. Other embodiments utilize nanoparticles to make cells competent for genetic transformation. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.
US08323972B2
An isolated mammalian internal mammary artery-derived cell is disclosed. Furthermore, methods of isolating the mammalian internal mammary artery-derived cell are disclosed. The cell is useful in tissue engineering technologies, specifically in vascular tissue engineering.
US08323965B2
Multiple myeloma (MM) is a clonal B cell malignancy and remains essentially incurable by conventional anti-tumor therapy. Patients with MM have a median survival of only three years. MM is characterized by proliferation and accumulation of mature plasma cells in the bone marrow (BM) leading to bone destruction, BM failure, anemia, and reduced immune function. The identification of MHC Class I, HLA-A2, associated peptides presented on multiple myeloma cells is an important step in developing immunotherapies for MM. Presented here are methods for creating activated T lymphocytes that are cytotoxic to both peptide loaded T2 target cells and multiple myeloma cell lines.
US08323962B2
The present invention provides molecules, including IgGs, non-IgG immunoglobulins, proteins and non-protein agents, that have increased in vivo half-lives due to the presence of an IgG constant domain, or a portion thereof that binds the FcRn, having one or more amino acid modifications that increase the affinity of the constant domain or fragment for FcRn. Such proteins and molecules with increased half-lives have the advantage that smaller amounts and or less frequent dosing is required in the therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic use of such molecules.
US08323952B2
Methods and compositions for the production of ethanol from lignocellulosic starting materials are provided herein. Embodiments provide yeast cells of the genus H. polymorpha with one or more modifications, including, for example, an inactive acid trehalase gene, overexpression of xylulokinase, and/or overexpression of heat-shock protein 104.
US08323945B2
Alpha-amylases from Bacillus subtilis (AmyE), variants thereof, nucleic acids encoding the same, and host cells comprising the nucleic acids are provided. Methods of using AmyE or variants thereof are disclosed, including liquefaction and/or saccharification of starch. Such methods may yield sugars useful for ethanol production or high fructose corn syrup production. In some cases, the amylases can be used at low pH, in the absence of calcium, and/or in the absence of a glucoamylase.
US08323943B2
The screening method for an anticancer drug comprises selecting a compound which blocks the kinase activity of TNIK, or blocks the combination of TNIK with β-catenin/TC4 transcription complex.
US08323939B2
Active surface coupled polymerases, surfaces that include such polymerases, and methods of making and using surface-attached polymerases are provided.
US08323936B2
The invention relates to a process for the enantioselective enzymatic reduction of secodione derivatives. The secodione derivative is reduced with an oxidoreductase/dehydrogenase in the presence of NADH or NADPH as a cofactor. The secodione derivative is used in the reaction batch at a concentration of ≧10 g/l and the oxidized cofactor NAD or NADP formed by the oxidoreductase/dehydrogenase is regenerated continuously.
US08323935B2
Engineered strains of the oleaginous yeast Yarrowia lipolytica capable of producing greater than 50 weight percent of eicosapentaenoic acid [“EPA”], an ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid, in the total oil fraction are described. These strains over-express heterologous Δ9 elongases, Δ8 desaturases, Δ5 desaturases, Δ17 desaturases, Δ12 desaturases and C16/18 elongases, and optionally over-express diacylglycerol cholinephosphotransferases. Preferred gene knockouts are described, as are methods for producing EPA within the host cells and products comprising EPA from the optimized Yarrowia lipolytica strains.
US08323933B2
The present invention relates to a vector for transformation using transposon genes, microorganisms transformed by the vector, and a method for producing L-lysine using the microorganisms.
US08323925B2
A protein kinase C inhibitor that binds β-amyloid and its peptide derivatives with the same function are disclosed. These may be useful in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, for example as pseudo vaccines comprising antibodies, or as part of fusion proteins which are able to pass through cell membranes or through the blood-brain barrier. Methods of using the PKC inhibitor and its peptide derivatives for treating Alzheimer's disease are also disclosed.
US08323920B2
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that measures single cell mechanics using a scanning probe microscope. During operation, the system positions a modified probe of the scanning probe microscope above a cell which is located on a surface, wherein the modified probe is configured with a geometry for compressing the cell. The system then comprises the cell against the surface using the modified probe, thereby causing the cell to deform. Next, the system extracts mechanical properties of the cell from cell deformation behavior and cell response to the compression force.
US08323907B2
Disclosed are two (2) proteins in the Type IV Secretion System (TIVSS) in Anaplasma phagocytophilum (namely, virB10 and virB11) useful in the ELISA detection of Anaplasma pathogen. The recombinant expression of virB10 and virB11 and their use as kits for ELISA are also disclosed.
US08323905B2
The present invention provides a convenient and highly sensitive method of determining sGPVI present in plasma; this is accomplished by establishing a plurality of mouse hybridomas that produce antibody against GPVI and combining the antibodies produced therefrom. Provided thereby are a novel platelet activation marker, a reagent and method for determining this novel platelet activation marker, and novel applications of this marker in, for example, the diagnosis of diseases associated with platelet activation/vascular endothelial injury.
US08323904B2
A kit and a method are provided for easily measuring the concentration of an active ingredient of a termite insecticide persisting in soil, particularly on site where a termite insecticide was actually applied. A kit of the present invention comprises 1) an extraction unit for extracting, with an solvent, a termite insecticide active ingredient from an object of measurement and 2) a reaction unit including a reaction container for encapsulating an identifying antigen, a fixing member for immobilizing an antibody against an active ingredient, and a sealing member capable of fitting to the reaction container. The kit optionally includes 3) a detection unit for visually or optically detecting a change depending on the concentrations of the active ingredient in the object of measurement, and 4) a dilution unit for diluting the sample solution to a certain ratio.
US08323901B2
This invention relates to novel nucleic acid-based probes and methods for detecting Plasmodium parasites in biological samples as well as detecting different Plasmodium parasites selectively from one another.
US08323894B2
Methods are provided for identification of genes that are imprinted. In another embodiment methods are provided for identification and analysis of genes whose expression shows allelic imbalance. The expression products transcribed from genes that are present in the genome as two or more alleles may be distinguished by hybridization to an array designed to interrogate individual alleles. Genes whose transcription products are present in amounts that vary from expected are candidates for allelic imbalance, imprinting and imprinting errors.
US08323874B2
A multi-layer, positive-working lithographic printing plate precursor can be imaged with infrared radiation and processed in a single step using a single processing solution that has a pH greater than 6 and up to about 11. This single processing solution both develops the imaged precursor and provides a protective coating that need not be rinsed off before lithographic printing.
US08323873B2
A photosensitive adhesive composition comprising: (A) a polyimide having a carboxyl group as a side chain, whereof the acid value is 80 to 180 mg/KOH; (B) a photo-polymerizable compound; and (C) a photopolymerization initiator.
US08323871B2
An antireflective hardmask composition layer including a polymer having Si—O and non-silicon inorganic units in its backbone. The polymer includes chromophore and transparent moieties and a crosslinking component. The antireflective hardmask composition layer is employed in a method of forming a patterned material on a substrate.
US08323865B2
Toners are provided which may be suitable for use in cold fusing pressure apparatus. The toners include low molecular weight amorphous resins having low softening points and low molecular weights, compared with resins utilized in conventional emulsion aggregation toners for low melt fusing applications.
US08323862B2
An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a photoconductive layer and, provided on the photoconductive layer, a surface layer containing a hydrogenated amorphous silicon carbide. A ratio of the number of carbon atoms (C) to the sum of the number of silicon atoms (Si) and number of carbon atoms (C), C/(Si+C), in the surface layer is from 0.61 or more to 0.75 or less, and the sum of atom density of the silicon atoms and atom density of the carbon atoms in the surface layer is 6.60×1022 atom/cm3 or more.
US08323851B2
A fuel cell stack that includes a non-permeable shim plate positioned between a composite unipolar plate and a terminal plate at both ends of the stack, where the shim plate is made of a non-corrosive material, such as stainless steel, titanium or sealed graphite. Because the shim plate is non-permeable, it prevents cooling fluid that diffuses through the unipolar plate from contacting the terminal plate, which would otherwise corrode the terminal plate. The shim plate can be coated with a conductive material, such as gold, platinum, ruthenium oxide or mixtures thereof, to reduce its contact resistance.
US08323844B2
FC current control in a fuel cell operation system can be roughly divided into two parts. The first part executes a total air feed amount calculation step, an FC air amount calculation step, and a bypass air amount calculation step. These steps are executed by using a stoichiometry map and a pumping hydrogen amount map. The second part calculates a control valve open amount instruction value and a bypass valve open amount instruction value according to the calculated FC air amount and the bypass air amount. Here, a control valve open amount map and the like are used. When generated power is output from the fuel cell stack by these instruction values, the actual FC current value is compared to the FC current instruction value and the control valve open amount is corrected according to a difference between them.
US08323841B2
A system and method for controlling the bleed valve in an anode recirculation loop of a fuel cell system. The system uses a model to determine the concentration of hydrogen in the recirculated gas by calculating the volume flow of the recirculated gas through a fuel cell stack, a pressure drop across the anode inlet and outlet of the stack, and the density of the recirculated gas, and using a measured temperature of the recirculated gas and a measured pressure drop across a recirculation pump.
US08323835B2
A battery includes a housing, an anode and a cathode within the housing, the anode having a first portion and a second portion adjacent to each other, a current collector at least partially disposed in the anode, a separator between the anode and the cathode, and an anode portion separator at least partially disposed in the anode and between the first and second portions of the anode.
US08323833B2
Provided are an anode for a battery comprising: (a) an anode active material, (b) TiO2, and (c) a styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR), and a lithium secondary battery comprising the same. By using titanium oxide and SBR together with an anode active material as the anode components in the present invention, increase in the anode resistivity during the high-temperature storage and reduction in the battery capacity by the resistivity are inhibited, thereby the overall performances of the battery can be improved.
US08323826B2
A battery casing 10 includes a plurality of cylindrical accommodation parts 12a to 12d accommodating a plurality of electrode assemblies 20, and connecting parts 13a to 13c connecting the accommodation parts 12a to 13d adjacent to each other. The inner circumferences of the accommodation parts 12a to 12d have substantially the same shape as the outer circumferences of the electrode assemblies. The connecting parts 13a to 13c are formed along the side surfaces of the accommodation parts 12a to 12d. Each electrode assembly 20 is formed by winding a positive electrode plate 21 and a negative electrode plate 22 with a separator 23 interposed therebetween to be in a cylindrical shape. The plurality of electrode assemblies 20 are accommodated in the accommodation parts 12a to 12d with substantially no gap left.
US08323824B2
A laminate type battery includes a laminate battery case and an electrode assembly. The laminate battery case includes two laminate films each having a metal layer and plastic layers provided on both faces of the metal layer, and has a welded portion in which peripheral edges of the two laminate films are welded to each other. The electrode assembly is enclosed in the laminate battery case, and has a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate, and a separator disposed therebetween. An internal gas pressure sensing portion, in which the inner plastic layer of each of the laminate films is absent and the metal layers are in contact with each other so as to be in an electrically conductive state, is formed in a portion of the welded portion. A voltage detection hole, in which the outer plastic layer is absent and the metal layer is exposed, is formed in a surface of each of the two laminate films.
US08323816B2
Electrochemical cells having molten electrodes comprising an alkaline earth metal provide receipt and delivery of power by transporting atoms of the alkaline earth metal between electrode environments of disparate alkaline earth metal chemical potentials.
US08323815B2
An optimized electrochemical cell comprised of a housing divided into two chambers, a first chamber containing a protogenous, ion-conducting liquid and a positive high density electrode including a first active material and a porous binder, surrounded by a surface in which the porosity level increases towards the surface, a second chamber containing an aprotic, ion conducting liquid and a negative high density electrode including a second active material and a porous binder, surrounded by a surface in which the porosity level increases towards the surface. A symmetric, strong, highly porous, microporous polymer membrane divides the housing into the first and second chamber. The porosity level of the polymer membrane is 25% greater than the porosity level at the surface of the positive and negative high density electrodes.
US08323811B2
A lead acid storage battery according to the present invention comprises a battery container for housing a plurality of cells, a middle lid for covering the battery container, and an upper lid for covering the middle lid, wherein, on the upper surface of the middle lid, a gas discharging port for discharging the gas generated inside of the cell and an electrolyte recirculating port for recirculating the moisture to be discharged along with the gas within the cell are formed as corresponding to each cell. A plurality of exhaust chambers separated by an exhaust chamber partition are formed in a space surrounded by the middle lid and the upper lid, and a mechanism for collectively exhausting the gas discharged from the gas discharging port to the outside of the battery by interconnecting the plurality of exhaust chambers is comprised.
US08323807B2
The present invention provides a process for producing an alumina coating comprised mainly of α crystal structure on a base material.
US08323803B2
An imaging member is disclosed having a surface layer comprising a heat-sensitive material whose surface compatibility to printing agents, such as toners and inks, can be substantially reversed in response to small changes in temperature. The imaging member is suitable for use in lithographic and printing applications, permitting reversible switching between compatibility states of printing agents, such as between hydrophilic and hydrophobic states or oleophilic and oleophobic states, and enabling rapid production of images on a recording medium. The heat-sensitive material comprises an acrylamide polymer and a silicon material.
US08323800B2
The present invention relates to a method of bonding a gold surface to a second surface which comprises heating a hybrid organic-inorganic melting gel >50° C., applying the melting gel to either the gold surface or the second surface. The melting gel is heated to above 130° C. until the melting gel has cured sufficiently to bond the surfaces together. The invention also relates to a combination of a gold surface and a second surface that is bonded together with a hybrid organic-inorganic melting gel. In another aspect of the invention the hybrid organic-inorganic melting gel is heated to a workable viscosity and cast into a film, sheet, block or lens. The cast gel is cured or partially cured and then applied between the gold surface and the second surface. Additional uncured melting gel may be applied. The construct is heated to above 130° C. until the melting gel has cured sufficient to bond the surfaces together.
US08323798B2
An entry sheet comprising polymer material for drilling printed circuit boards is provided. The entry sheet is suitable for use with a broad range of diameters, including commonly available drill diameters. The entry sheet comprises an adhesive epoxy configured to, among others, resist drill deflection, resist mechanical damage, and reduce to dust such that the entry sheet may increase drilling accuracy, protect printed circuit board from damage, minimize entry burrs, and may addresses other issues such as fliers, bird nesting, and the like.
US08323796B2
A composite article includes a substrate and a protective layer on the substrate. The protective layer includes a non-oxide ceramic matrix and a refractory phase within the non-oxide ceramic matrix.
US08323795B2
The invention relates to solids powders comprising particles having an average particle size of 0.1 to 50 μm with predominantly a core-shell structure, wherein the core comprises at least one water-insoluble fatty acid salt and the shell at least one anionic, cationic or non-ionic emulsifier, and the solids powder when introduced into water or at least one polar organic solvent or a mixture comprising water and at least one polar organic solvent, at a temperature of 23° C. while exposed to a mechanical force, forms a complete dispersion within 60 minutes or less.
US08323794B2
Injectable hydrogel microspheres are prepared by forming an emulsion where hydrogel precursors are in a disperse aqueous phase and polymerizing the hydrogel precursors. In a preferred case, the hydrogel precursors are poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate and N-isopropylacrylamide and the continuous phase of the emulsion is an aqueous solution of dextran and a dextran solubility reducer. The microspheres will load protein, e.g., cytokines, from aqueous solution.
US08323791B2
A polyamide filament is disclosed. The filament includes a polyamide resin. The resin is obtained from mixing crystalline polyamide (A) with another polyamide (B). Crystalline polyamide (A) is obtained by a polycondensation reaction of metaxylenediamine and adipic acid. Crystalline polyamide (A) comprises from 5 to 50 wt. % of the resin. Polyamide (B) comprises from 50 to 95 wt. % of the resin. The filament is heated to 160 to 200° C. under a constant length condition at an initial load of 20 mg/d. After heating, a thermal contraction stress of the filament is not reduced in a cool-down region not greater than 80° C.
US08323785B2
A reduced weight, reduced density gypsum panel that includes high expansion vermiculite with fire resistance capabilities that are at least comparable to (if not better than) commercial fire rated gypsum panels with a much greater gypsum content, weight and density.
US08323780B1
A coating for an object having identifying indicia disposed thereon. An ink layer contacts at least a portion of the identifying indicia. The ink layer obscures the portion when exposed to light within a predetermined wavelength range, and the ink layer reveals a predetermined area of the portion when exposed to light outside of the predetermined wavelength range.
US08323775B2
The disclosure relates to a layer (1) for reducing air resistance of a forward-moving object, which layer comprises a pattern of surfaces (2) rising in a first direction R, and—channels (3) running between the surfaces in a second direction at an angle to the first direction. A flow is brought about on a micro-scale in the channels which damps the occurrence of turbulence in the main flow over the surface, thereby reducing air resistance.
US08323772B2
A photon-alignment optical film includes a film substrate on which at least one layer of core/shell nanoparticles is coated. The core/shell nanoparticle layer includes a plastic substance, which is photo curable or heat curable, and a plurality of core/shell nanoparticles, which is uniformly distributed in the plastic substance. Light energy is used as a driving force to induce electrical potential of the same polarity on the surfaces of the core/shell nanoparticles to make the core/shell nanoparticles rearranged in the form of a matrix due to repulsion induced between like electrical polarity. Spacing between the particles, which is relatively constant, allows light to pass therethrough. The plastic substance is cured by light or heat to have the core/shell nanoparticles set in position to thereby form the optical film. Such an optical film features both diffusion and brightness enhancement.
US08323766B2
A honeycomb structure includes at least one honeycomb unit having a longitudinal direction. The honeycomb unit includes SOx storage agent, inorganic particles, inorganic binder, and a partition wall extending along the longitudinal direction to define plural through holes. An expression Y≧−26X+40000 (0
US08323757B2
An artificial Christmas tree with an array of imitation animal antlers incorporated into the tree to serve as additional branches. The purpose of the incorporated animal antler branches is to provide structural support to the tree so that the device can hold a multitude of Christmas ornaments. The antlers serve as strong branches and can support the weight of several heavy Christmas ornaments at once on each animal antler branch, while providing an ornamental and novel looking tree device for supporting hanging articles and Christmas decoration. Each antler has plurality of elongated prongs, allowing a user to place many ornaments on a single antler without resulting in deflection thereof. The antlers strength keeps the branches from drooping under the weight of the decorations, which leaves the Christmas tree aesthetically pleasing to the eye and particularly attractive for animal hunters and enthusiasts.
US08323756B2
A display device for spreading a turkey's tail feathers in a fan-like display is provided. The device consists of an elongated shank having two opposing ends, and two quill clips located one at each of the two opposing ends of said shank having grooves that snap onto the quills near the base of two or more of the turkey's outer tail feathers located to either opposite side of the hub. When installed, the device is invisible to view. An adjustable joint may be provided to enable adjusting a version of the shank having two arms to a certain angle to optimize the turkey fan display. A mounting mechanism may further be provided for mounting an object to the turkey fan display such as the beard, or a pole for use of the fan as a decoy in the field.
US08323748B2
A method for forming a layer of an LED phosphor material includes disposing a first surface in a proximity of a powder that includes an LED phosphor material, forming electrostatic charges on the first surface, and forming a layer of the LED phosphor material on the first surface at least partially by using the electrostatic charges. In an embodiment, the method includes disposing the first surface in an interior of a chamber and forming an airborne distribution of the powder in the interior of the chamber in a vicinity of the first surface. In another embodiment, the method includes providing a reservoir of the powder and applying to said phosphor powder an electrostatic charge opposite to that of said electrostatic charge on the first surface.
US08323737B2
The present invention provides for sequential chemical vapor deposition by employing a reactor operated at low pressure, a pump to remove excess reactants, and a line to introduce gas into the reactor through a valve. A first reactant forms a monolayer on the part to be coated, while the second reactant passes through a radical generator which partially decomposes or activates the second reactant into a gaseous radical before it impinges on the monolayer. This second reactant does not necessarily form a monolayer but is available to react with the monolayer. A pump removes the excess second reactant and reaction products completing the process cycle. The process cycle can be repeated to grow the desired thickness of film.
US08323730B2
The invention relates to a device for applying adhesive threads to a substrate (30). Said device comprises an rotatable application head (18) encompassing at least one adhesive discharge nozzle (18A) located at a radial distance (b) from the axis of rotation (18D) of the application head (18), a shaft (18B), and at least one adhesive supply duct (18C) which extends from an adhesive supply unit (20) to the at least one adhesive discharge nozzle (18A) via the shaft (18B). A rotary drive unit (12, 15, 14) rotates the application head (18) about the shaft (18B) thereof while an adhesive supply unit (20) and/or a valve assembly (22) control/s impingement of the adhesive supply duct (18C) of the application head (18) with adhesive. The invention further relates to a method for applying adhesive threads to a substrate as well as products made therefrom.
US08323727B2
A method for manufacturing a magnetic write head that has a trailing magnetic shield with a tapered write pole trailing edge, a non-magnetic step layer and a Ru bump and an alumina bump formed at the front of the non-magnetic step layer. The process forms a Ru/alumina side wall at the sides of the write pole, such that the Ru side wall is closest to the write pole. The Ru is removed more readily than the alumina during the ion milling that is performed to taper the write pole. This causes the Ru portion of the side wall to taper away from the write pole rather than forming an abrupt step. This tapering prevents dishing of the trailing edge of the write pole for improved write head performance.
US08323720B2
The disclosure provides a process for producing a ready-to-eat (RTE) fruit food product, comprising: obtaining a quantity of granulated fruit meal; and forming the fruit meal into a predetermined shaped product, comprising: applying a heat sufficient to cause the fruit meal to become tacky; and applying a compressive force to the tacky fruit meal to form the predetermined shape. In one embodiment, the process can use a mold to form the predetermined shape. Importantly, the fruit food product can be formed into a stable predetermined shaped product independent of baking the product. The heat sufficient to cause the fruit meal to be come tacky generally causes the fruit meal to be between 80° F. (27° C.) to 200° F. (93° C.). For example, the compressive force can between 1 pound force (0.4 kilograms) to 16 pounds force (7.3 kilograms) for an exemplary 2 inch (5 cm) cookie/biscuit.
US08323719B2
A foaming composition includes a powdered carbohydrate-free soluble composition which includes protein particles having a plurality of internal voids containing entrapped pressurized gas. In one form, the foaming composition is produced by subjecting the particles to an external gas pressure exceeding atmospheric pressure prior to or while heating the particles to a temperature of at least the glass transition temperature and then cooling the particles to a temperature below the glass transition temperature prior to or while releasing the external pressure in a manner effective to trap the pressurized gas within the internal voids.
US08323705B2
The invention relates to products, including foods such as confectionary and pet foods, comprising nut skins or polyphenol-containing nut skin extracts. Exemplary nut skins are peanut and almond skins. The products may also contain cocoa polyphenol and/or L-arginine, and are useful for inducing vasodilation.
US08323704B2
The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of antioxidant activity rich extracts from tuberous roots of Decalepis hamiltonii and the use of said extract as anti-oxidant, free radical scavenger, the extract is having an anti-oxidant activity in the range of 4 to 47% and also it can serve as better antioxidant since it can prevent more than one type of free radicals unlike other synthetic antioxidants which can quench only one type of radical.
US08323700B2
The present invention relates to a method for making bone particles from bone of a variety of sizes and a workpiece forming and holding device for use with the method. The workpiece forming device includes a base and a base frame attached to the surface of the base. An apparatus for forming a solidified mass of bone and immobilization medium is also provided which includes the workpiece forming device and a detachable former member enclosing the base frame. Bone is immersed in an immobilization medium within such workpiece forming device, which is solidified to form a solidified mass of bone and immobilization medium and then subdivided to provide particles of bone in association to with immobilization medium. The immobilization medium may be optionally removed to leave bone particles suitable for use in orthopedic applications including implants.
US08323697B2
The present invention relates to granules for application to the leaf surface, and to a process for their preparation. The invention furthermore relates to the use of these granules for foliar penetration or the formulation of baits.
US08323696B2
Nanoparticles that activate complement in the absence of biological molecules are described. The nanoparticles are shown to specifically target antigen presenting cells in specifically in lymph nodes, without the use of a biological molecule for targeting. These particles are useful vehicles for delivering immunotherapeutics. Surface chemistries and chemical formulations for the nanoparticles are described.
US08323691B2
Rapid and accurate determination of the formulation orientation of multi-layer capsule-shaped tablets with respect to different internal formulation layers proximate to the opposite narrow and rounded ends of the tablets is required. By including an appropriate color scheme in multi-layer osmotic tablets, detection of the formulation orientation is achieved by detecting the color at a spot location on a side of the tablet corresponding to one or another formulation layer or to one or another interface of two formulation layers depending on the formulation orientation of the tablet.
US08323689B2
The invention relates to a solid oral dosage form comprising a pharmaceutically active ingredient in combination with an enhancer which enhances the bioavailability and/or the absorption of the active ingredient. Accordingly, a solid oral dosage form comprises a drug and an enhancer wherein the enhancer is a medium chain fatty acid ester, ether or salt or a derivative of a medium chain fatty acid, which is, preferably, solid at room temperature and which has a carbon chain length of from 6 to 20 carbon atoms. Preferably, the solid oral dosage form is controlled release dosage form such as a delayed release dosage form.
US08323684B2
The invention relates to a TTS with backing layers that guarantee a high wear comfort and that facilitate application in regions of the human body that are subject to great mechanical loads, especially the large joints of the extremities. The inventive backing layers overcome the disadvantages with respect to reduced absorption of the active substance by the skin that are typically associated with such backing layers. The inventive systems are preferably used for the local of systemic administration of anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving active substances.
US08323682B2
An appetite suppressant composition that is effective for the control of mammalian weight and methods of administration of the composition of the invention are provided. The composition is a cellulose product prepared with ethanol preferably with added sweetener, spice(s), salt and protein for oral administration to a patient.
US08323680B1
A nutritional or therapeutic composition for oral administration which comprises a naturally occurring precursor that is metabolised to a compound having anandamide activity for use as a medicament or nutritive product. In addition the invention includes a method of production of the composition, use of the composition in the manufacture of a nutritional composition for the treatment or prevention of a behavioral disorder; and a method of treatment or prevention of a behavioral disorder which comprises administering an effective amount of the composition. In a preferred embodiment the composition comprises a triacylglycerol having palmitate and arachidonate attached to its backbone wherein arachidonate is at the sn-1 and sn-2 positions.
US08323670B2
Provided are topical compositions comprising opioid antagonists, such as naltrexone or naloxone, or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, and methods for treating skin conditions, such as those caused by human papillomavirus, therewith.
US08323667B2
The present disclosure relates to surface proteins of Moraxella catarrhalis and their ability to interact with epithelial cells via cell-associated fibronectin and laminin, and also to their ability to inhibit the complement system. These surface proteins are useful in the preparation of vaccines. The present disclosure also provides peptides interacting with fibronectin, laminin and the complement system.
US08323661B2
The invention relates to novel insertion sites useful for the integration of HIV DNA sequences into the MVA genome, and to the resulting recombinant MVA derivatives.
US08323651B2
The present application relates to isolated proteins, particularly monoclonal antibodies, in particular CDR-grafted, humanized antibodies which bind to RAGE protein. Specifically, these antibodies have the ability to inhibit the binding of RAGE to its various ligands. The antibodies or portions thereof of described in the present application are useful for treating a disease or disorder characterized by or induced by pathophysiological ligands of RAGE, for example misfolded proteins like amyloid β and advanced glycation-end-products.
US08323647B2
The invention discloses an isolated antibody that selectively binds to the C-terminal part of Abeta and is humanized or fully human. The antibody of the invention is capable of preventing oligomerization of Abeta. Furthermore, a method of diagnosis comprising the steps of: (i) Labelling an antibody; (ii) Administering an effective dose of said antibody intranasally or systemically to a subject; and (iii) Detecting the concentration and/or presence of the labelled antibody in body parts of the subject is disclosed.
US08323646B2
The present invention relates to engineered antibodies immunospecific for human interleukin-13 (IL-13) protein or fragment thereof, as well as methods of making and using thereof, including therapeutic indications.
US08323641B2
The present invention is directed to nanoparticulate active agent compositions comprising lysozyme as a surface stabilizer. Also encompassed by the invention are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a nanoparticulate active agent composition of the invention.
US08323638B2
Disclosed is a method of treating a wound comprising applying a composition to a wound site on a patient in need of wound treatment, wherein the composition comprises mitotically inactive allogeneic cells that secrete one or more biologically active molecules selected from the group consisting of GM-CSF, VEGF, KGF, bFGF, TGFβ, angiopoietin, EGF, IL-Iβ, IL-6 IL-8, TGFα, and TNFα, and wherein the cells are keratinocytes or fibroblasts, or mixtures thereof.
US08323634B2
Described herein are compositions and methods for treating, preventing and ameliorating diseases and conditions characterized by a lower than normal white blood cell count, such as leukopenia and neutropenia. The compositions and methods include recombinant human albumin-human granulocyte colony stimulating factor. Pharmaceutical formulations including the recombinant fusion protein, and methods of making such formulations are also described.
US08323630B2
The present invention is directed to the provision of multi-dose, self-preserved ophthalmic compositions. The compositions possess sufficient antimicrobial activity to satisfy USP preservative efficacy requirements, as well as similar preservative standards (e.g., EP and JP), without requiring the presence of conventional anti-microbial preservative agents, such as benzalkonium chloride. The compositions are effectively preserved by a balanced ionic buffer system containing zinc ions at a concentration of 0.04 to 0.9 mM, preferably 0.04 to 0.4 mM. One aspect of the balanced buffer system is limitation of the amount of buffering anions present to a concentration of 15 mM or less, preferably 5 mM or less. In a preferred embodiment, the compositions also contain borate or, most preferably, one or more borate/polyol complexes. The use of propylene glycol as the polyol in such complexes is strongly preferred. Limiting the amount of divalent metals other than zinc and the amount of ionized salts present has also been determined to be important to maximize the antimicrobial activity of the balanced buffer systems.
US08323629B2
An external preparation for skin has a pH value of 2.0-5.0 and comprises: (a) 1.0-7.0 mass % of at least one of the members selected from α-hydroxy acids, (b) 0.1-3.0 mass % of a crosslinked type N,N-dimethylacrylamide-2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid sodium salt copolymer, and (c) 0.1-3.0 mass % of an associating thickener constituted of a compound of the formula (1): R1—{(O—R2)k—OCONH—R3[—NHCOO—(R4—O)n—R5]h}m (1) wherein R1 represents a hydrocarbon group, R2 and R4 represent alkylene groups having 2-4 carbon atoms, which may be identical or different, or a phenylethylene group, R3 represents a hydrocarbon group, which may have a urethane bond, R5 represents a branched chain or secondary hydrocarbon group, m is a number of at least 2, h is a number of at least 1, k is a number within the range of 1-500, and n is a number within the range of 1-200.
US08323628B2
The present invention relates to long-wearing, non-aqueous based cosmetic compositions, and related dermatological, pharmaceutical or hygiene compositions. The present invention provides a non-aqueous based composition comprising one or a mixture of two or more emulsifiers.
US08323625B2
The present invention provides products comprising cocoon-shaped rutile-type titanium dioxide, i.e., cosmetics which have high UV blocking ability, provide a good feel upon use without leaving squeakiness or graininess on the skin, and also give a natural bare skin appearance without causing white masking, due to adequate tinting strength and covering power, as well as external additives for toner which are excellent in prevention of filming on a photosensitive member and inhibition of aggregation between toner particles. The present invention is directed to rutile-type titanium dioxide having a cocoon-shape, as well as cosmetics comprising this titanium dioxide, and external additives for toner comprising this titanium dioxide which is hydrophobically treated.
US08323621B2
Cyclen-based chelates can be used as contrast agents for multi-modal imaging of tissue cells. The cyclen-based chelates are preferably polyazamacrocyclic molecules formed from 1,4,7,10 tetraazacyclododecane (“cyclen”) having varying chelating ions, phosphoester chains, and light harvesting moieties. By changing the chelating ion, phosphoester chain length and/or the light harvesting moiety different imaging techniques, such as MRI, CT, fluorescence and absorption, x-ray and NIR, may be employed to image the tissue cells. Additionally, the cyclen-based chelates may be conjugated to provide for site-specific delivery of the cyclen-based chelate to the desired tissue cells. The cyclen-based chelates may also be delivered to the tissue cells by attaching the cyclen-based to a polymeric delivery vehicle. Although these cyclen-based chelates have a wide variety of application, the preferred use is for imaging of cancer cells, such as brain cancer, for improving resection of a cancerous tissue.
US08323619B2
Compounds of formula (I) RA—CO—N(R2)—(CR12)n—N(R5)—RB and salts or optical active isomers thereof, wherein each R1 independently are the same or different and denotes a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a C1 to C4 straight of branched alkyl group or a C1 to C4 straight of branched oxyalkyl group; R2 denotes a hydrogen atom or a C1 to C4 straight of branched alkyl group; R5 independently are the same or different and denotes a acyl moiety; RA and RB independently are the same or different and denote a triiodinated phenyl group, preferably a 2,4,6-triiodinated phenyl group further substituted by two groups R3 in the 3 and 5 positions wherein each R3 are the same or different and denote a hydrogen atom or a non-ionic hydrophilic moiety, provided that at least one R3 group in the compound of formula (I) is a hydrophilic moiety; and n denotes a positive integer of 1 to 6. The invention also relates to the use of such diagnostic compositions as contrast agents in diagnostic imaging and in particular in X-ray imaging, and to contrast media containing such compounds.
US08323618B2
The present invention provides biomimetic contrast agents, dual functional contrast agents effective for therapeutic gene delivery and magnetic nanoparticles which comprise functionalized iron oxide nanoparticle cores, one of an inert gold layer, a layer of inert metal seeds or a silica layer and, optionally, one or both of an outer gold-silver nanoshell or a targeting ligand attached to the inert gold layer or the gold-silver nanoshell. Also provided are methods of in vivo magnetic resonance imaging, of treating primary or metastatic cancers or of ablating atherosclerotic plaque using the contrast agents and magnetic particles. In addition, kits comprising the biomimetic contrast agents, dual contrast agents and magnetic nanoparticles.
US08323615B2
A method for processing multi-phasic dispersions is provided. The method comprises providing a multi-phasic dispersion, the dispersion including dispersed and continuous phases, the dispersion comprising solid microparticles, providing a non-solvent, combining the multi-phasic dispersion and the non-solvent, and selectively effecting migration of the dispersed phase into or through the non-solvent such that the microparticles are separated from the dispersion.
US08323613B2
The manufacture of titanium dioxide by oxidation of titanium tetrachloride in a plug flow reactor, wherein the titanium tetrachloride is introduced into the reactor in at least two stages and is used exclusively in liquid form. The total quantity of liquid TiCl4 used is split up in several stages. A small quantity is added in the first stage in order to start combustion despite using the liquid phase. In the first phase, the activation energy required is provided solely via the preheated oxygen. In all other stages, the activation energy is provided by the preheated oxygen and the reaction enthalpy of TiCl4 oxidation released in the upstream stages.
US08323605B2
The invention relates to a process for the production of P4O6 of high purity by reacting oxygen, or a mixture of oxygen and an inert gas, with gaseous or liquid phosphorus to generate said reaction product in a reaction unit. The reaction product is kept in the reaction unit at an average temperature in the range of 1600 and 2000 K by removing the heat created by the exothermic reaction of phosphorus and oxygen. A residence time of at least 1 second of the reaction product passing the reaction unit is maintained. The reaction product is then conventionally cooled in a quenching unit connected with the reaction unit. The final reaction product contains P4O6 with a very low content of elemental phosphorus.
US08323597B2
Provided are a catalyst for removing mercury metal, which has high activity for a long time even in an exhaust gas containing SO2, and a method for oxidizing mercury metal using the catalyst. A method for purifying exhaust gas, including bringing an exhaust gas containing mercury metal into contact with a catalyst containing titanium oxide as a first component and a sulfate or phosphate of nickel (Ni), manganese (Mn) or vanadium as a second component, at a temperature of from 100° C. to 200° C., and thereby oxidizing the mercury metal.
US08323594B2
Monomelic materials are described, comprising inorganic nanoparticles having covalently bonded to their surface at least one polymerizable organic moiety, preferably an ethylenically unsaturated organic moiety. These monomeric materials combine desirable properties of the inorganic particulate material and of the organic monomer, in addition to having the unique properties of nano-sized particles.
US08323590B2
A process and apparatus are presented for the removal of carbon monoxide from ethylene streams. The removal of carbon monoxide before selective hydrogenation protects the catalyst in the selective hydrogenation reactor. Carbon monoxide levels are controlled with the water gas shift process to convert the carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide, with the carbon dioxide removed in an acid gas removal process.
US08323589B2
A pyrolysis process is provided. The process includes the steps of: depositing a quantity of waste into a porous container, the porous container adapted to allow a convective stream of substantially anaerobic gas to flow therethrough; inserting the porous container into a pyrolysis thermal processor; sealing the thermal processor; circulating the convective stream of gas through the pyrolysis thermal processor; heating the waste according to a first time-temperature profile to pyrolyze the waste and form a carbonaceous char; and cooling the carbonaceous char by circulating the convective stream of gas through a cooler. An oil product and a gaseous hydrocarbon product are produced during the pyrolysis. The carbonaceous char is further processed to form a carbon black product and a recyclable metal product.
US08323585B2
A fluid aspirating/dispensing member includes a sample cavity for sample acquisition and a sealable cavity that, once sealed, permits the separation of particles from the remainder of a fluid sample within the sample cavity after centrifugation or other separation means. The fluid aspirating/dispensing members, either individually or as part of an array, increase the efficiency of sample processing before analysis by a clinical analyzer.
US08323579B2
An S storage catalyst 2 is equipped with a catalytic supporter, a catalytic metal being supported on this catalytic supporter and oxidizing SO2 to SO3, and an S storage material being supported on the catalytic supporter and storing S components therein. This S storage catalyst 2 has an exhaust-gas-inlet-side high-concentration portion 2A in which the S storage material is supported on the catalytic supporter in a high concentration, and an exhaust-gas-outlet-side low-concentration portion 2A in which the S storage material is supported on the catalytic supporter in a low concentration that is lower than that of the high-concentration portion. In accordance with this S storage catalyst 2, it is possible to maintain the S storing performance favorably, even in a case where exhaust-gas temperatures are low, while keeping the material cost from rising steeply.
US08323576B2
A detector for detecting vapors emitted from analytes includes a housing, a pump and a sensing assembly. The housing has an inlet, an outlet and an enclosed sensing volume therebetween. The pump communicates with the housing for moving a carrier sequentially through the enclosed sensing volume at a predetermined flow rate. The sensing assembly senses the vapors of the analyte delivered by the carrier as the carrier passes through the housing. The sensing assembly includes a sensing unit constructed of an amplifying fluorescent polymer, a source of excitation, a detector, and a convertor assembly.
US08323559B2
A crucible includes a composite of least two materials. The two materials are selected from a group consisting of alumina, calcia, yttria, erbia, gadolinia, magnesia, hafnia, and zirconia in a composition that has better resistance to reaction with hafnium from a molten hafnium-containing alloy than a nominal crucible composition of 70 wt % magnesia and 30 wt % alumina.
US08323550B2
Bridge decking panels are cast in a form that has at least one and preferably two or more channel-forming sheets attached to the bottom wall of the form and extending from wall to wall. Each sheet is dimensioned to receive an anchor plate assembly and form a channel in the cast concrete between runner bars.
US08323543B2
A screw formed of cortical bone for use in the human body with an implant having a screw hole for receiving at least a portion of a screw therethrough, includes a shaft with a thread along at least a portion of its length. The thread has an outer diameter dimensioned to pass through the screw hole in the implant. The trailing end of the screw is configured to cooperatively engage at least a portion of the screw hole of the implant so as to prevent the screw from linear motion along the mid-longitudinal axis of the shaft in a direction opposite to the direction of insertion when the screw is threaded through the screw hole to attach the implant to a bone portion of the human body. The screw is formed substantially of cortical bone of a single cortical thickness.
US08323534B2
Disclosed are electrochromic materials containing a film-forming polymer with a Tg less than 100° C.; a plasticizer; an electrochromophore; an electron mediator; and a salt. Also disclosed are electrochromic devices using such electrochromic materials that can provide light-filtering, color-modulation, or reflectance-modulation in variable transmittance windows, variable-reflectance mirrors and other dynamic glazing applications.
US08323533B2
The present invention relates to a composition for preparing a curable resin, comprising a) a compound represented by Formula 1; b) glycidyl (meth)acrylate; c) acid monoanhydride; and d) a solvent, a curable resin manufactured by the composition, and an ink composition comprising the same. The curable resin has a low viscosity and excellent flow properties, and the ink composition is excellent in terms of storage stability, heat resistance and chemical resistance.
US08323532B2
A lamellar-type oxide, in particular used as active material of a positive electrode for a lithium battery and to a method for synthesizing such an oxide. The oxides are used as active materials for the positive electrode of a lithium battery. With such oxides, the specific capacity of a lithium battery is improved and stabilized on cycling.
US08323526B2
The present invention is to provide a high quality smectic aerogel which is not brittle and a method for producing the smectic aerogel by using a host material comprising a mixture of a smectic liquid crystal and a UV-curable material or a host material comprising a smectic UV-curable material and by selecting an appropriate host material. A smectic aerogel comprising 4-nonyl-4′-cyanobiphenyl (9BC) and air bubbles can be produced, wherein hexagonal or pentagonal air cells are separated from each other by a smectic layer comprising a smectic liquid crystal. The thickness of the wall of the smectic layer at the boundaries of the air cells is about 24 μm, which corresponds to about 6000 smectic layers. The thickness of the wall of the smectic layer at the boundaries can be varied. Particularly, the thickness can be reduced to as thin as several smectic layers.
US08323525B2
A resin containing a liquid pigment dispersion is disclosed. The dispersion comprises a pigment dispersed in a blend of two or more active hydrogen-containing materials that together have a freezing point that is room temperature or below. The pigment remains dispersed in the blend, even if the dispersion is subjected to freezing and thawing. A curative blend comprising at least two active hydrogen-containing materials, which is liquid at room temperature, is also disclosed. The dispersions and curative blends of the present invention can be solvent-free. Resins and prepolymers comprising the curative blends of the invention, either pigmented or unpigmented, are also disclosed.
US08323524B2
An apparatus is provided that includes a device and a mechanism for heat transfer that includes a provided hydrofluoroether having high temperature stability. Also provided is a method of transferring heat and a composition that includes a provided hydrofluoroether.
US08323516B2
The efficiency of an etching process may be increased in various ways, and the cost of an etching process may be decreased. Unused etchant may be isolated and recirculated during the etching process. Etching byproducts may be collected and removed from the etching system during the etching process. Components of the etchant may be isolated and used to general additional etchant. Either or both of the etchant or the layers being etched may also be optimized for a particular etching process.
US08323503B2
This patent application relates generally to processing devices in the medical device area.
US08323495B2
The disclosure describes a novel method for operating a bioreactor and filtration system. The method adds excess iron to the bioreactor to improve the overall operation and efficiency of the bioreactor/filtration system.
US08323494B2
The present invention relates to a sewage/wastewater treatment system comprising a rectangular upflow anaerobic/oxygen-free reaction tank and a method of treating sewage/wastewater using the same. The rectangular upflow anaerobic/oxygen-free reaction tank comprises a water introducing unit, an inlet unit being in fluid communication with the water introducing unit and having a plurality of through-holes formed therein through which water introduced from the water introducing unit can pass, a mixing unit comprising a main shaft and a plurality of spaced-apart stirring blades fixed to the main shaft, and an outlet unit for collecting water after being treated in the anaerobic/oxygen-free reaction tank. The system and method can treat sewage/wastewater cost-effectively.
US08323490B1
A piston pressurized water filter activated by the user or external source. The water filter assembly includes a hollow cylindrical water reservoir, a hollow cylindrical piston threaded into the top of the water reservoir, and a water filter threaded into the bottom of the water reservoir. The interior of the water reservoir is sealed by the piston and water filter. When the water reservoir is filled with unfiltered water, the piston can be threaded down into the water reservoir to create sufficient pressure on the unfiltered water and force the water into the water filter. The water filter can include any combination of carbon, ceramic or other filtering material in a block or disk form. Water is forced into the water filter, through the carbon or ceramic filter mass, and into a container that may or may not be coupled to the water filter.
US08323485B2
A filter system for a storm drain having an inlet is disclosed. The filter system may be configured to receive storm water having debris and to separate at least a portion of the debris from the storm water to produce filtered storm water. The filter system may include a pervious paver having a feed side and a permeate side, the pervious paver being configured to receive storm water on the feed side and to retain at least a portion of the debris on the feed side. The filtered storm water may be formed from the storm water that passes from the feed side to the permeate side. The filter system may additionally include a frame assembly configured to support the pervious paver adjacent to the inlet.
US08323482B2
An extracorporeal blood therapy control unit housing has a first and second manually mounted panels and spring loaded components configured for releasably engaging and tensioning the said panels against a side of said housing. The first and second panels have arch-shaped tubing segments mounted on the interior side of said respective panels. Each of the tubing segments are held in operational engagement with a different peristaltic pump rotor by the panel engaging and tensioning components.
