US08587596B2
A multithreaded rendering software pipeline architecture dynamically reallocates regions of an image space to raster threads based upon performance data collected by the raster threads. The reallocation of the regions typically includes resizing the regions assigned to particular raster threads and/or reassigning regions to different raster threads to better balance the relative workloads of the raster threads.
US08587584B1
A method for determining interior coordinates is disclosed. The method includes receiving information specifying an object having a plurality of sites and a boundary. Interior coordinates associated with each of the plurality of sites are determined based on the boundary. The interior coordinate associated with each of the plurality of sites represent a system of coordinates that satisfy several properties, including non-negativity and interior locality. At least one value associated with the plurality of sites is then interpolated using the interior coordinates.
US08587583B2
Three-dimensional environment reconstruction is described. In an example, a 3D model of a real-world environment is generated in a 3D volume made up of voxels stored on a memory device. The model is built from data describing a camera location and orientation, and a depth image with pixels indicating a distance from the camera to a point in the environment. A separate execution thread is assigned to each voxel in a plane of the volume. Each thread uses the camera location and orientation to determine a corresponding depth image location for its associated voxel, determines a factor relating to the distance between the associated voxel and the point in the environment at the corresponding location, and updates a stored value at the associated voxel using the factor. Each thread iterates through an equivalent voxel in the remaining planes of the volume, repeating the process to update the stored value.
US08587582B2
Methods and systems for generating a three-dimensional occlusogram are disclosed. One method includes determining a virtual three dimensional (3D) mesh model object of at least one tooth of a patient and displaying the determined virtual 3D mesh model object of at least one tooth of a patient wherein the 3D mesh model object includes a plurality of data sets associated with a set of occlusal information for the at least one tooth of the patient.
US08587572B2
In a storage capacitor line drive circuit driving a storage capacitor line of an active-matrix display device and driven by outputs of a scanning signal line drive circuit, at least one (VSS) of a high-potential supply voltage (VDD) and a low-potential supply voltage (VSS) differs from a supply voltage (GVSS) of a corresponding logical level of the scanning signal line drive circuit, the high-potential supply voltage and the low-potential supply voltage being used for generating a signal voltage of a preceding stage to an output stage. This makes it possible to achieve a storage capacitor line drive circuit capable of avoiding malfunctioning even in a case where the storage capacitor line drive circuit receives noise from a scanning signal line, and a display device including the storage capacitor line drive circuit.
US08587571B2
A display driver IC with a built-in memory device having a one-time programmable function is provided. The memory device includes: a cell array comprising a plurality of one-time programmable unit cells and configured to receive a writing voltage generated from an internal voltage generating unit to operate upon writing operation; a detecting unit configured to detect a change of the writing voltage; and a controlling unit configured to control the internal voltage generating unit and the unit cells according to an output signal of the detecting unit.
US08587559B2
A touch screen comprising at least one nanostructure film and capable of detecting multiple touches occurring at the same time at distinct locations in a plane of the touch screen is described. The touch screen may comprise a sensing layer, a driving layer and/or a shielding layer. At least one of these layers may comprise a nanostructure film, and at least two of these layers may be formed on a common substrate.
US08587555B2
The method and device for capacitive position detection are disclosed. The touch related sensors within a sensing device with a plurality of sensors are detected first. Therefore at least a range of the mutual capacitance detection for detecting sensing information can be determined according to the touch related sensors. The sensing information within the range of the mutual capacitance detection can be used for generating a two-dimension sensing information.
US08587552B2
A light transmission touch panel comprises a transparent substrate, a transparent conductive layer, an insulating layer, a plurality of first metal lines, and a plurality of second metal lines. The transparent conductive layer is overlaid on a surface of the transparent substrate and comprises a plurality of first cells, a plurality of second cells and a plurality of connecting lines, wherein the plurality of first cells and the plurality of second cells are arranged in a staggered manner and the plurality of connecting lines respectively connect the adjacent second cells. The insulating layer further comprises a plurality of insulating areas, each of which is overlaid on one of the first cells. The plurality of second metal lines are respectively disposed on the connecting lines. The plurality of first metal lines are respectively disposed on the plurality of insulating areas, and respectively connect the adjacent first cells.
US08587537B2
A position detector is provided including: a transmission signal supplying circuit for supplying a transmission signal to a plurality of conductors disposed in a first direction; a first conductor selecting circuit for supplying the transmission signal outputted from the transmission signal supplying circuit to a predetermined conductor(s) of the plurality of conductors disposed in the first direction; a differentially amplifying circuit for differentially amplifying signals inputted thereto through its first and second input terminals, respectively, and outputting a resulting signal; and a second conductor selecting circuit for selecting a plurality of conductors including at least three conductors located close to one another in a plurality of conductors disposed in a second direction intersecting with the first direction, supplying signals from the conductors located on both end sides of the plurality of conductors thus selected to the first input terminal, and supplying a signal(s) from the conductor(s) other than the conductors located on both end sides, respectively, to the second input terminal.
US08587534B2
A pointer detection apparatus includes a conductor pattern with first conductors disposed in a first direction and second conductors disposed in a second direction that crosses the first direction, and a code string signal production circuit for producing signals based on orthogonal code strings with phases different from each other and supplying the produced signals to the first conductors. The apparatus also includes a signal detection circuit connected to the second conductors for detecting a signal corresponding to a variation of electrostatic capacitance between the conductor pattern and a pointer, an analog to digital conversion (ADC) circuit for converting the signal output from the signal detection circuit into a digital signal comprising a word string of multiple bits, and a correlation detection circuit for determining correlation values between the code strings and the word string. The apparatus also includes a memory for storing correlation values successively output from the correlation detection circuit, wherein the pointer is detected based on the correlation values.
US08587507B2
A driving circuit includes a pair of operational amplifiers, one producing an analog voltage output of positive polarity, the other producing an analog voltage output of negative polarity. An output switching circuit interchanges these outputs between a pair of data lines. One or both of the operational amplifiers includes a parasitic diode having one terminal connected to the output terminal of the operational amplifier and another terminal normally connected to a power supply voltage of the operational amplifier. When the output of the operational amplifier is switched, a protective switching circuit temporarily disconnects the parasitic diode from the power supply of the operational amplifier and instead connects it to a power supply line carrying a voltage high enough, or low enough, to ensure that the parasitic diode is not forward biased by the existing voltage on the data line to which the output is switched.
US08587505B2
The present invention provides a liquid crystal display with a plurality of pixel units. Each pixel unit includes two sub-pixels. Each sub-pixel includes a thin film transistor, a liquid crystal capacitor and a storage capacitor. One of the storage capacitors is a changeable capacitor. By the changeable capacitor, two different data voltages are generated in respective sub-pixels during adjacent frames. The different data voltages are symmetrical with respect to a common voltage to improve image quality.
US08587499B2
An organic light emitting diode display including a plurality of pixel areas and a transparent area interposed between the plurality of pixel areas, the display includes a substrate member, thin film transistors and capacitor elements on the substrate member, the thin film transistor and the capacitor elements overlapping with the pixel areas, a gate line, a data line, and a common power supply line on the substrate member, the gate line, the data line, and the common power supply line overlapping with the pixel areas and the transparent area, and being connected to corresponding ones of the thin film transistors and/or the capacitor elements, and pixel electrodes on the substrate member, the pixel electrodes overlapping with all of the thin film transistors and capacitor elements, and with respective portions of the gate line, the data line, and the common power supply line that overlap with the pixel areas.
US08587496B1
A method for determining the seam location for each layer of a multilayer radome for use with an array antenna includes the steps of quantizing the radome thickness, and forming an image of the quantized thickness vs. line array position. Seam locations are assigned for an original population, and a genetic algorithm is iterated to optimize a cost function. The cost function is the level of all sidelobes other than the main lobe. The result of the genetic algorithm is an optimized set of seam locations. The radome is built with the seam locations corresponding to the optimized locations.
US08587493B2
A method of manufacturing a fluidic structure is disclosed. A cavity that defines a shape of an element of the fluidic structure within a material is formed. The cavity is filled with liquid metal. The cavity is sealed. The fluidic structure behaves as an antenna. A fluidic antenna includes a material that defines a shape of the fluidic antenna by a cavity filled with liquid metal formed within the material, where the material further defines at least one mechanical property of the fluidic antenna.
US08587486B2
A multi-band antenna (1) includes a grounding element (10) extending along a horizontal direction and including a side edge (101) with a connecting point (102) and a grounding point (103) distanced from the connecting point by a length, a first radiating element (11) disposed above and parallel to the grounding element (10), a second radiating element (12) apart from the first radiating element and extending upwardly from the side edge of the grounding portion, a connecting element (13) located between the first radiating element and the grounding element, a feeding point (134) disposed on the connecting element (13), and a feeding line (14) including an inner conductor (141) connected to the feeding point and an outer conductor (142) connected to the grounding point. The first radiating element operates in a first frequency band. The second radiating element defines a L-shaped configuration in a side view and operates in a second frequency band. The connecting element (13) includes a first end linked to an end of said first radiating element and a second end connecting to said connecting point of the grounding element. Said first radiating element extends from said first end of the connecting element along a direction away from the second radiating element, and forms a slot (15) together with said second radiating element and said connecting element.
US08587479B2
An object of the present invention is to achieve a position information detection system with high precision when an obstruction and a reflective object exist. A position information detection system includes a reader/writer whose position is known, a first RF chip whose position is known, and a second RF chip attached to an object to be detected; and calculates a distance between the reader/writer and the second RF chip from a first calculated distance between the reader/writer and the first RF chip, which is calculated from a signal intensity of a communication signal transmitted from the reader/writer, detected by the first RF chip, a second calculated distance between the second RF chip and the reader/writer, which is calculated from a signal intensity of a communication signal transmitted from the reader/writer, detected by the second RF chip, and a distance between the reader/writer and the first RF chip.
US08587478B1
Disclosed is a localization method of multiple based on a TDOA method, including calculating TDOA measurements step S100 of arranging multiple sensors, and calculating TDOA measurement values while a reference sensor is changed, in turn; locating multiple jammers using all TDOA measurements step S200 of calculating estimated location solutions of the multiple jammers; a finding a searching quadrant step S300 of finding a quadrant having the highest density of the estimated location solutions; a setting a searching range and detecting searching cell step S400 of deciding a searching range, and searching the searching cell; and determining estimated positions of the multiple jammers step S500 of deciding the number of the jammers, and calculating location solutions of the multiple jammers. Therefore, the present invention can accurately localize the multiple jammers.
US08587470B2
Provided is a radar apparatus including an envelope detector unit that acquires an envelope component of a signal transmitted from a receiving antenna in at least one combination of a plurality of combinations of transmitting antennas and receiving antennas whose spatial phases become equal to each other in the array antenna; a determination unit that determines an amount of compensation in the at least one combination based on the envelope component acquired by the envelope detector unit; and a compensator unit that compensates a phase of a signal transmitted from each of the receiving antennas before aperture synthesis by using the amount of compensation determined by the determination unit, or compensates a phase of a signal radiated from the transmitting antenna in another combination.
US08587469B2
A metamaterial for a radio frequency communications apparatus is disclosed. The metamaterial can comprise a flex circuit and an array of circuit elements mounted on the flex circuit. Each of the circuit elements can comprise a conductive trace and at least one hybrid component electrically coupled to the conductive trace.
US08587462B1
A digital-to-analog converter includes a clock driver, a first decoder, a second decoder, a current source matrix, a pseudo random mode generator and at least one multiplexer. The first decoder and the second decoder are coupled to the clock driver. The current source matrix is coupled to the first decoder, and the pseudo random mode generator is used to randomly output a set of selecting signals. Each multiplexer of the at least one multiplexer includes a plurality of input ends coupled to a plurality of output ends of the second decoder, an output end coupled to the current source matrix, and a select end coupled to the pseudo random mode generator for controlling the output end to output a bit signal inputted from the input ends of the multiplexer according to one selecting signal of the set of selecting signals.
US08587460B2
An A/D conversion apparatus includes first to M-th ADC connected in parallel converting an analog input signal to digital signals in response to M-phase sampling signals, a reference A/D conversion circuit that converts the analog input signal to a digital signal in response to a divided-by-(n×M+1) sampling signal; and a control unit that compares, for each period of (n×M+1) clock cycles, one of the digital signals from a corresponding one of first to M-th ADC with the digital signal from the reference ADC in a predetermined order of the first to M-th ADC, and generates a compensation control signal based on the comparison result for supply to the corresponding ADC.
US08587458B2
Unpacking a variable number of data bits is provided. A structure includes an input port operable to receive one or more input data units including a plurality of packed bits of data, each of the one or more input data units including a header and a payload, the header including a predetermined number of bits and identifying a format of the payload and a length of the payload, and the payload including a variable number of bits. The structure further includes a circuit operable to identify and unpack the one or more input data units based on the header and the payload of each of the one or more input data units. The structure further includes an output port operable to transmit one or more output data units including the unpacked one or more input data units, once per clock cycle.
US08587457B2
The present invention relates to method for obtaining traffic information by the use means of optical signals between a vehicle and an optical communication node, wherein the node forms part of a road network. According to the present invention there is provided a method comprising a first method for detecting a vehicle using a first light detector and first light source associated with the node, wherein the first detection method comprises the steps of: a light signal being transmitted by the first light source; this light signal being detected by the first light detector; characterized by causing the light signal transmitted by the first light source to be reflected on the underside of the vehicle, measuring this reflected light with the first light detector and determining a presence status subject to this measurement. The present invention also provides an optical communication assembly and system for implementing the method.
US08587443B2
A gas level display controller sequentially calculates a mass of a compressed gas stored in a tank and makes a comparison between a first calculated value obtained at a first timing and a second calculated value obtained at a second timing later than the first timing. When the second calculated value is smaller than the first calculated value, the gas level display controller makes the remaining amount of the compressed gas in the tank displayed on a predetermined display device, based on the second calculated value. When the second calculated value is not smaller than the first calculated value, the gas level display controller makes the remaining amount of the compressed gas in the tank displayed on the predetermined display device, based on the first calculated value. This arrangement effectively prevents the display of the remaining amount of the compressed gas in the tank on the display device from including erroneous display, which indicates an increase of the gas level, regardless of no additional supply of the compressed gas into the tank.
US08587440B2
A method and system for monitoring a driver is disclosed. Firstly, an inner cabin image of a vehicle's cabin is continuously captured. Next, a face detection of a driver for the inner cabin image is performed to obtain a face detection result. Next, the inner cabin image and the face detection result corresponding to the inner cabin image are stored. When the system observes that either the face of the driver is not detected or the face is not shown within a reasonable face region of at least two continuous inner cabin images according to each face detection result, the system outputs a warning signal to alert the driver. The invention determines a driving state of a driver in a cabin with a method of analyzing a position of a face or a head and using an image extractor having large capture range and a low resolution.
US08587435B2
Vehicle identification and immobilizer systems and methods including license plate security are directed to an RFID equipped vehicle. An RFID transmitter and associated circuitry are formed within a license plate for the vehicle. The RFID transmitter provides an expected signal uniquely associated with a vehicle identification number. An RFID reader is positioned within the vehicle in near range of the location for display of the license plate. The RFID reader is linked to the computer system of the vehicle and communicates with the RFID transmitter in the license plate when properly displayed. Processing logic associated with the computer is provided for determining when the license plate has been removed from the display location so the computer may be activated to send a disable signal preventing the vehicle from being operated when the vehicle identification number has lost association with the expected RFID transmitter signal from the license plate.
US08587433B2
According to the product administration system of the present embodiment, the radio tag having the acceleration sensor and the inquiry unit for communication with the radio tag are provided, the inquiry unit sets a direction of acceleration and a threshold value of the acceleration in the direction in the radio tag by communication, and the set radio tag responds to an inquiry from the inquiry unit when it exceeds the threshold value.
US08587420B2
Data flow from a vehicle telematics device to a remote host, rationalized regardless of the source of the data and its format. Disclosed is a method to unify and process data from multiple sources into singular information for use within the telematics device for vehicle usage data, driver performance, and location data.
US08587414B2
The wireless information and safety system for mines of the present invention enables continuously tracking and monitoring underground miners and moveable equipment in underground mines using ZigBee-enabled active RFID devices forming a wireless network among them and other static and mobile ZigBee devices placed at strategic locations. The present invention provides a wireless information and safety system for mines comprises in combination of ZigBee-compliant devices (programmable to operate as end devices, routers and coordinators by hardware specific embedded software) and wireless sensor network (WSN) software having various application modules both for underground and opencast mines. Use of the system of the present invention would help in identifying the miners entering in underground mine to keep the track of the miners and maintain computerized attendance. This would help in monitoring equipment locations and their operation to improve productivity and reduce fatal collision accident. This would help in locating and tracking the miners in case of disaster for speedy rescue operation. This would help in monitoring miners' unsafe practice and providing warning to the respective miner. This would further help in real time monitoring environmental parameters in underground mine. This would also help in sending coded message to the concerned person in underground mine. This would further help in monitoring movement of dumpers in opencast mine, which will ultimately help in optimum shovel-dumper performance and improving productivity.
US08587406B2
An apparatus for use in an RFID data collection system includes an antenna portion for wirelessly exchanging signals and a memory portion for storing RFID data. A signal processing portion is coupled among the antenna portion and the memory portion. The signal processing portion is configured to receive RFID data and to at least encode or decode the received RFID data via at least two orthogonal modulation signals. Other configurations are also disclosed.
US08587403B2
A system and method for preventing relay attack on a passive entry system (PES) or other passive system (PS) included within a vehicle or other entity. The relay attack prevention may be based in part on an assessment of whether the fob is able to distinguish signal strength relative to messages communicated form different antennas within the vehicle and/or amongst different signal amplitude communicated from the same antenna.
US08587400B2
Disclosed is a laminated inductor that has good direct current superimposition characteristics, does not cause a variation in temperature characteristics, suppresses the occurrence of delamination, and can be stably manufactured. Also disclosed are a method for manufacturing the laminated inductor and a laminated choke coil. A laminated inductor (10) for use as a choke coil in a power supply circuit includes a rectangular parallelepiped-shaped laminated chip (1) and at least one pair of external electrodes (8) that are provided at the end of the laminated chip (1) and are conductively connected to the end of a coil. The laminated chip (1) includes a plurality of magnetic material layers (3) formed of an Ni—Zn—Cu ferrite, a plurality of conductive layers (2), which are laminated through the magnetic material layers (3) to constitute a coil, and at least one nonmagnetic layer (4) formed of a Ti—Ni—Cu—Mn—Zr—Ag-base dielectric material and formed in contact with a plurality of the magnetic material layers (3).
US08587399B2
A split-core current transformer core comprises a U-core section in combination with a closing-bar core section that has extra length, width, and cross-sectional area as compared to the U-core section, shielding above and below secondary windings wound on bobbins that are mounted around leg portions of the U-core section and extending at least partially along a yoke portion of the core that joins the leg portions of the core, unitary construction and assemblage that accommodates calibration of output signals after assembly of the components in a base module and cover module that is hinged to the base module and has squeeze latches formed in a unitary manner with the cover housing such that they do not require assembly and do not protrude outwardly from adjacent surfaces in either open or closed mode, and other features that minimize magnetic reluctance and increase clearance and creepage distances.
US08587394B1
A reed switch assembly of a magnetic latching relay includes a movable reed, an immovable reed, a movable contact and an immovable contact. The movable contact and the immovable contact are disposed at respective ends of the movable reed and the immovable reed. The end with the movable contact of the movable reed is bent twice to form a reverse U-shaped end. The end with the immovable contact of the immovable reed is bent twice to form a U-shaped end. The reverse U-shaped end of the movable reed and the U-shaped end of the immovable reed are interlaced. The present invention further comprises a tension spring. One end of the tension spring is fixed to the reverse U-shaped end of the movable reed, and another end of the tension spring is mounted to a base of the magnetic latching relay.
US08587393B2
The present invention relates to a magnetic protection device, in particular for an automatic circuit breaker or a disconnecting switch, preferably for use in low voltage systems. The invention also relates to an automatic circuit breaker comprising this device. The protection device (1) according to the invention comprises a low voltage circuit breaker comprising an air gap magnetic circuit (T), provided with a first portion (10) forming a first surface (11) of said air gap (T) and a second portion (20) forming a second surface (21) of the air gap (T). The first portion (10) constitutes a fixed section of the magnetic circuit, while the second portion (20) constitutes a moving section of the magnetic circuit. The magnetic circuit also comprises a flexible portion (30) that connects the first portion (10) to the second portion (20) with continuity, forming an intermediate section of magnetic circuit interposed between the fixed section and the moving section. The third flexible portion (30) advantageously allows a relative movement of the second surface (21) of the air gap (T) with respect to said first surface (11). In its essential form, the protection device (1) comprises an actuation element (50) associated with the second portion (20) of the magnetic circuit for the purpose of contacting a trip device of a circuit breaker to which the protective device is applied.
US08587387B2
An RF directional coupler circuit assembly for matching high frequency cable TV apparatus includes a cover body, and a printed circuit board. The cover body includes a space. The space includes a bottom surface. An RF directional coupler circuit is arranged on the printed circuit board. A 0.01 mm˜2 mm gap is formed between the RF directional coupler circuit and the bottom surface when the printed circuit board is deposited in the space. The distance between the printed circuit board and the cover body is shorten because of the gap, so that the reflections of the high frequency signals and the signal fading are decreasing to achieve matching high frequency impedance characteristics.
US08587386B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to a high isolation waveguide switch that can either be manually or mechanically operated. Operation proceeds by loosening a fastener, which draws a rotor portion of the switch away from a stator portion; rotating the rotor by 90 degrees; and tightening the fastener, pushing the rotor into contact with the stator and completing connections to the waveguide ports. Gaskets may provide EMI shielding and ensure port-to-port isolation.
US08587385B2
A printed wiring board includes a first terminal array and a second terminal array comprising a plurality of terminals, a first differential signal line connecting a first terminal of the first terminal array to a predetermined number of terminals including a second terminal of the second terminal array, a second differential signal line connecting a third terminal of the first terminal array to a number of terminals including a fourth terminal of the second terminal array, which is bigger than the predetermined number of terminals wherein at least one of a line width and a line interval of one pair signal lines configuring the first differential signal line and the second differential signal line is determined so that differential impedance of the second differential signal line becomes higher compared with differential impedance of the first differential signal line.
US08587377B2
Apparatus and methods for biasing a power amplifier are disclosed. In one embodiment, a power amplifier system includes a power amplifier configured to amplify a radio frequency (RF) signal and a bias control circuit for generating a bias current for the power amplifier. The bias control circuit is configured to receive an envelope of the RF signal and to change an amplitude of the bias current based at least in part on the envelope.
US08587373B2
A power amplifier includes: an input terminal at which an input signal is input; a first amplifier element amplifying the input signal; a second amplifier element amplifying an output signal of the first amplifier element; an output terminal from which an output signal of the second amplifier element is output; a matching circuit connected between an output of the second amplifier element and the output terminal; a first switch connected between an output of the first amplifier element and an input of the second amplifier element; and a second switch having a first end connected to the output of the first amplifier element, and a second end. The matching circuit includes a first inductor and a first capacitor connected in series between the output of the second amplifier element and a grounding point. The second end of the second switch is connected to a connecting point of the first inductor to the first capacitor.
US08587371B2
A system and method for improving the efficiency of an electrical circuit includes an electrical circuit including a first capacitor having a first and second terminal, and a second capacitor having a first and second terminal. A first resistor is connected to the first terminal of the first capacitor and a first terminal of the second capacitor. A second resistor is connected to a second terminal of the first capacitor and the second terminal of the second capacitor. A rheostat is connected to the first terminal of the first capacitor. A Zener diode is connected to the rheostat and the second terminal of the second capacitor. In some implementations, a power source is connected across at least one of the first terminal of the first capacitor and the first terminal of the second capacitor and the second terminal of the first capacitor and the second terminal of the second capacitor.
US08587362B2
A gate driver for driving a gate of a switching element Tr7 includes a driving part that drives the switching element according to a control signal and an active clamp circuit to clamp the voltage between the first and second main terminals of the switching element through the driving part. If a voltage applied between a first main terminal (drain) and a second main terminal (source) of the switching element exceeds a predetermined voltage, the active clamp circuit forcibly blocks a driving operation of the driving part from driving the switching element.
US08587359B2
A level shifter for a microcontroller shifts an input voltage in a first power domain to an output voltage level consistent with a second power domain. The level shifter is enabled to shift the voltages when both power domains are operative.
US08587351B1
A method for synchronizing input sampling to desired phase angles of sinusoidal signals including determining a delay time period for converging a next sample point to a next desired phase angle based on a phase error value.
US08587332B2
An electronic protection module adapted for an electronic device to protection information read and stored in a signal reading element. The electronic protection module includes a circuit board, a first loop, a cover, a first flexible circuit board with a second loop, a second flexible circuit board with a third loop, electrical conductor(s) and conductive element(s). When one of the first loop, second loop and the third loop is disconnected, the signal reading element will be disconnected and lose the information, thereby preventing information leak from the electronic device. The electronic device may be a card reader capable of reading a barcode type, magnetic strip type or chip type of a financial card, credit card or personal identity card.
US08587331B2
Devices under test (DUTs) can be tested in a test system that includes an aligner and test cells. A DUT can be moved into and clamped in an aligned position on a carrier in the aligner. In the align position, electrically conductive terminals of the DUT can be in a predetermined position with respect to carrier alignment features of the carrier. The DUT/carrier combination can then be moved from the aligner into one of the test cells, where alignment features of the carrier are mechanically coupled with alignment features of a contactor in the test cell. The mechanical coupling automatically aligns terminals of the DUT with probes of the contactor. The probes thus contact and make electrical connections with the terminals of the DUT. The DUT is then tested. The aligner and each of the test cells can be separate and independent devices so that a DUT can be aligned in the aligner while other DUTs, having previously been aligned to a carrier in the aligner, are tested in a test cell.
US08587330B2
A conductivity counter and method of determining conductivity of a fluid sample are disclosed. The counter is suitable for high-speed, accurate counting of discrete events or items, such as cancer cells, passing through a fluid sample cell. A variable frequency current source is used to supply an excitation current to a sample cell connected in parallel with an inductance or the electrical equivalence of an inductance. This configuration can be accurately modeled as a parallel RLC circuit when the system is operated at a stable frequency. The current source frequency is tuned to the resonance frequency of the equivalent RLC circuit, which effectively eliminates the capacitive and inductive components of the impedance, leaving only purely resistive components. The output signal is due to perturbations in the fluid sample, such as passing cancer cells.
US08587328B2
An apparatus and method for determining characterizing attributes of an actuator is provided. An actuator may be moved to a maximum capacitance position. At the maximum capacitance position, an initial measurement of the actuator capacitance is made. The actuator is moved a predetermined increment toward a first extreme position, and the actuator capacitance is again measured. If the capacitance changed by a threshold amount, the signal preceding the signal that caused the actuator to move is recorded as an approximate response curve end point, or the first extreme position. The actuator is again moved a predetermined increment toward a second extreme position. After each move, the capacitance is measured. If it is determined the capacitance did change by a threshold amount from the previously measured capacitance, the signal related to the previously measured capacitance is recorded as an approximate response curve end point, or the second extreme position.
US08587327B2
A device for use with a conduit having a first conduit end and a conduit second end, into which conduit a cable can be installed using a flow of air into the first conduit end, the device being suitable for confirming that the air is flowing out from the second conduit end. In an embodiment, the device includes a housing, means to enable connection of the device to the second conduit end, a detector arranged to detect an electrical property change, and an actuator for causing an electrical property change detectable by the detector, wherein in use, the air flowing into the device causes the detector and the actuator to move relative to each other, causing an electrical property change detectable by the detector.
US08587324B2
An apparatus for testing a high-voltage equipment transformer or inductor has a filter transformer having a primary side connectable to line and a secondary side and a grounded electrostatic shield between the primary and secondary sides. A static frequency converter has a plurality of inputs connected to the filter-transformer outputs and a plurality of outputs. Respective capacitors each have one side connected to a respective one of the converter outputs and an opposite side connected star-fashion to a common ground. A matching transformer has a plurality of inputs connected to the capacitors and a plurality of outputs connectable to the transformer or inductor to be tested.
US08587323B2
A output assembly and method for diagnosing an electrical connection for reliably identifying a possible wire break to a load in redundantly connected output assemblies in which a control device for operating a switching device is configured such that the control device subjects the measured value to a test criterion, wherein satisfaction of the test criterion initially noted in the output assembly as a diagnosis fault, and the test criterion is applied cyclically within a time period comprising a waiting time, and wherein another output assembly performs a switch-off test during this time, thus allowing a statement to be made as to whether a wire break is present.
US08587309B2
In a method and magnetic resonance system to determine a magnetic resonance (MR) image of an examination subject, wherein multiple coil-specific MR data sets that are acquired by multiple coils are used for the MR image. Each pixel of the MR image is determined from at least two coil-specific MR data sets of different coils (6-10), and each pixel has a pixel magnitude and a pixel phase. Multiple coil-specific base phases are determined that are respectively associated with one of the multiple coils. For each pixel multiple coil-specific pixel, magnitudes and multiple pixel phases are determined. A coil-specific pixel magnitude and a coil-specific pixel phase are respectively determined from a coil-specific MR data set of one of the multiple coils (7-10). The coil-specific pixel phases with the corresponding, coil-specific base phase, and the multiple coil-specific pixel magnitudes and the multiple coil-specific pixel phases are combined into the pixel magnitude and the pixel phase of the pixel.
US08587307B2
A method and system of accelerating the acquisition and reconstruction of magnetic resonance images. Magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”) data is acquired from a plurality of coils using parallel MRI (“pMRI”). The MRI data represents a reduced field-of-view (“FOV”) image for each of a plurality of coils. The MRI data is further undersampled by sequentially applying a compressed sensing (“CS”) technique, such as SparseMRI. The undersampled, reduced FOV images are then reconstructed into a final magnetic resonance image using a pMRI reconstruction technique, such as SENSitivity encoding (“SENSE”). This combination of MR image acquisition, sampling, and reconstruction is referred to as CS-SENSE.
US08587306B2
The contrast of an image obtained by using a multi-echo sequence with hybrid-radial sampling is improved by dividing echo signal groups of one or more blocks measured by executing the imaging using the multi-echo sequence, into a plurality of partial echo signal groups, each of which is used to reconstruct an image with different contrast from each other.
US08587303B2
NMR spin echo signals are measured in a borehole during underbalanced drilling. A magnetic field gradient in the region of examination is selected to suppress an effect of a formation fluid flow on the produced signals, the fluid flow being caused by the excess of the formation pressure over the borehole fluid pressure.
US08587301B2
A method for operating a metal detection system that comprises a balanced coil system. One embodiment of the method comprises: determining the phase and magnitude of related signals at least for a first metal contaminant for at least two transmitter frequencies and for at least two particle sizes of the first metal contaminant; determining the phase and magnitude of the related signal for a specific product for the at least two transmitter frequencies; comparing information established at least for the first metal contaminant and the information established for the product; determining a transmitter frequency with which signal components of smallest sized particles of the at least first metal contaminant differ sufficiently or most in phase and amplitude from the phase and amplitude of the product signal; and selecting the transmitter frequency for measuring the product. A metal detection apparatus adapted to operate according to an exemplary method is also provided.
US08587299B2
An AMR sensor, comprises at least first and second AMR sensor elements to which opposite bias fields are applied. The first and second AMR sensor element outputs are combined to derive a sensor response which is substantially anti-symmetric in the region close to zero external magnetic field. This arrangement shifts the zero detection point of the AMR sensor elements away from a maximum of the response curve, so that sensitivity in proximity to a zero input field is obtained. To overcome the problem that the response is not anti-symmetric, the signals from (at least) two sensor elements are combined.
US08587298B2
A current measuring device in a power electronics system includes at least one circuit board and an electrical conductor which is guided through a frame surrounding the circuit board. The current measuring device includes a soft magnetic core surrounding the insulation of the electrical conductor, which core is arranged in the frame. The soft magnetic core is open at one location. A magnetically sensitive sensor, in particular a Hall sensor, is arranged in the recess of the soft magnetic core surrounding the insulation of the electrical conductor in order to detect the magnetic field strength.
US08587297B2
An integrated circuit includes a magnetic field sensor and an injection molded magnetic material enclosing at least a portion of the magnetic field sensor.
US08587288B2
A Circuit architecture and a method for rapid and accurate statistical characterization of the variations in the electrical characteristics of CMOS process structures, MOS devices and Circuit parameters is provided. The proposed circuit architecture and method enables a statistical characterization throughput of <1 ms/DC sweep at <2 mV or <1 nA resolution accuracy of variations in voltage or current of the device under test. Salient features of proposed circuit architecture include a programmable ramp voltage generator that stimulates the device under test, a dual input 9-11 bit cyclic ADC that captures input and output DC voltage/current signals to/from the device under test, a 2 Kb latch bank that captures 9-11 bit streams for each measurement point in a DC sweep of programmable granularity and a clocking and control scheme that enables continuous measurement and stream out of digital data blocks from which the analog characteristics of the devices under test are reconstructed post measurement.
US08587275B2
Circuitry and method for providing a signal indicative of instances of conduction of average inductor current in a DC-to-DC voltage converter. Such signal identifies a time when the instantaneous average current being conducted by the inductor in a DC-to-DC voltage converter can be measured by providing a signal edge approximately halfway through one of the increasing and decreasing current conduction intervals of the inductor.
US08587274B2
A current mode power conversion system and method are described that provide a stable output voltage and a maximum-limited output current to a load. The system comprises: a feedback control linearly operable so as to control the output voltage across the load during constant load conditions, and non-linearly operable so as to control the output voltage across the load during certain detected changes in load conditions above a predetermined threshold so as to speed up the transient response of the power conversion system.
US08587273B2
A voltage generator includes a controllable voltage divider, a pull-up circuit and a first pull-down circuit. The controllable voltage divider is utilized for generating an output voltage at an output node of the controllable voltage divider according to a first reference voltage, a second reference voltage, and a control signal, wherein the second reference voltage is lower than the first reference voltage. The pull-up circuit is coupled to the output node of the controllable voltage divider and the first reference voltage, and is utilized for selectively connecting the first reference voltage to the output node of the controllable voltage divider. The first pull-down circuit is coupled to the output node of the controllable voltage divider and the second reference voltage, and is utilized for selectively connecting the second reference voltage to the output node of the controllable voltage divider.
US08587257B2
A battery device includes secondary battery cells, a detector configured to detect respective voltages of the cells, a first circuit configured to output an overvoltage alarm signal for notifying whether each of the voltage values of the cells is an overvoltage equal to or more than a threshold value, a second circuit configured to output a first level shutdown signal to an upper controller when any of the secondary battery cells is judged to be overvoltage by the overvoltage alarm signal, and a third circuit configured to be supplied with the shutdown signal and to control operations of the first circuit and the second circuit. The second circuit assumes the shutdown signal at a second level when making self-diagnosis on the first circuit, and outputs an alarm signal for notifying the third circuit of, when the overvoltage alarm signal noticing an overvoltage is supplied, the overvoltage.
US08587245B2
A motor, including: a stator, a rotor, and a motor controller. The motor controller is connected to a network interface circuit (NIC). The motor can be directly connected to a network, which makes it possible for technicians to facilitate remote control, debugging, remote diagnosis, and troubleshooting. The motor is easy to be identified, and features improved functions, wider application range, and more convenient use.
US08587240B2
A system and method for optimizing current filtering in a motor soft starter is disclosed. A motor soft starter includes a circuit having an input connectable to an AC source and an output connectable to an input terminal of an AC motor, with the circuit being operable in a ramping mode and a bypass mode so as to control current flow and terminal voltages in the AC motor. The soft starter includes a controller connected to the circuit to control operation thereof, with the controller including a configurable current filter. The controller determines a current of an AC power provided to the input terminal of the AC motor from the soft starter, identifies a present operational mode of the soft starter as being one of the ramping mode and the bypass mode, and performs filtering on the determined current based on the present operational mode of the soft starter.
US08587236B2
A motor control device includes: a motor control unit; and a signal output unit, the motor control unit includes: a first control unit configured to estimate a current upper limit value on the basis of the rotation speed of the motor and a current decrease caused by back electromotive force, the first control unit configured to determine a control input corresponding to the estimated current upper limit value, and a second control unit configured to determine a control input to be applied to the motor on the basis of an operation amount of the motor and a target value of the operation amount to control the motor, and in the early period of driving of the motor, the motor is controlled by the first control unit, and in the late period of driving of the motor, the motor is controlled by the second control unit.
US08587226B2
System and method for driving a plurality of cold-cathode fluorescent lamps. The system includes a subsystem configured to receive at least a DC voltage and generate a first AC voltage in response to at least the DC voltage, a power converter configured to receive the first AC voltage and convert the first AC voltage to at least a second AC voltage, and a plurality of current balancing devices. Each of the plurality of current balancing devices is configured to receive two currents and balance the two currents. The power converter and the plurality of current balancing devices are capable of being directly or indirectly coupled to a plurality of cold-cathode fluorescent lamps.
US08587222B2
Saving energy includes at least one object sensor that is coupled to at least one light sensing if at least one object is present adjacent to the at least one light. If it is further determined that the time of day corresponds to a desired start-up time, the at least one light may then be illuminated by a control system.
US08587208B2
A multi-strike ballast to ignite an electrodless lamp is disclosed, and includes an inverter circuit, an output voltage detection circuit (OVDC), and an inverter shutdown circuit. The inverter circuit, upon activation, sends an ignition pulse to the electrodeless lamp. The inverter circuit shut downs upon receiving a deactivation signal, and activates upon receiving an activation signal, triggering another ignition pulse. The OVDC detects an output voltage across the lamp. The inverter shutdown circuit includes a multi-strike diac and receives the detected output voltage. The multi-strike diac breaks upon the output voltage reaching a predetermined level. In response, a deactivation signal is sent to the inverter circuit. The multi-strike diac turns off upon the output voltage falling below the predetermined level. In response, an activation signal is sent to the inverter circuit, triggering a further ignition pulse. The process repeats, providing multiple ignition pulses to the lamp.
US08587203B2
Multiple output channel light source power supply circuits, and methods for protecting, are provided. A front end circuit receives an input voltage and provides a regulated front end DC voltage (FEDC). Voltage converter circuits (VCCs) receive the FEDC and provide a separate associated DC output for each associated output channel. A protection switch is coupled between. In its conducting state, the FEDC is coupled to the VCCs. In its non-conducting state, the FEDC is decoupled. A current sense circuit of a current sensor in parallel with a bypass switch is coupled to the VCCs to provide a current sense output representing current through at least one VCC. A controller circuit places the protection switch in the non-conducting state in response to the current sense output. The bypass switch may be placed in a conducting state to shunt current around the current sensor during normal operation to reduce or eliminate inefficiency.
US08587199B2
A discharge lamp unit has a supporting part for supporting a discharge lamp, and circuit elements from which electric power is supplied to the discharge lamp through electric wires. The electric wires have radiation parts. In order to increase an amount of heat energy radiated and discharged from the radiation parts, each of the radiation parts has a large surface area when compared with that of parts other than the radiation parts in the electric wires. The structure of the electric wires makes it possible to decrease heat energy conducted from the discharge lamp side toward the circuit elements.
US08587198B2
A rear panel for a plasma display panel (PDP) includes a substrate, and an address electrode on the substrate, the address electrode including an aluminum containing layer and a silver containing layer stacked on each other.
US08587194B2
An organic electroluminescent display (OELD) device includes a first substrate having a first unit pixel region including first and second pixel regions; first and second gate lines along a first direction; first and second data lines along a second direction; a switching TFT in the first pixel region; a driving TFT in the first pixel region; a passivation layer including a first contact hole exposing a portion of the driving TFT; a first electrode contacting the driving TFT through the first contact hole; a bank surrounding the second pixel region an organic emitting layer in the second pixel region; and a transparent second electrode on the organic emitting layer and the bank, wherein the second pixel region is a region shifted from the first pixel region such that the second gate line goes across the second pixel region.
US08587192B2
An organic electroluminescence device includes: a cathode; an anode; and a single-layered or multilayered organic thin-film layer provided between the cathode and the anode. In the organic electroluminescence device, the organic thin-film layer includes at least one emitting layer, and the at least one emitting layer contains: at least one phosphorescent material; and a host material represented by the following formula (1). Ra—Ar1—Ar2—Rb (1)
US08587184B2
A tuning fork quartz crystal resonator includes a base, a first resonating arm, and a second resonating arm. The base has a generally planar fifth main surface and a generally planar sixth main surface opposite to each other, and has a fifth side surface and a sixth side surface opposite to each other. The first resonating arm is connecting to one side of the base. The second resonating arm is connecting to the same side of the base. A concave of continuous curved surface is formed one each on the fifth side surface and the sixth side surface of the base respectively.
US08587183B2
Devices having piezoelectric material structures integrated with substrates are described. Fabrication techniques for forming such devices are also described. The fabrication may include bonding a piezoelectric material wafer to a substrate of a differing material. A structure, such as a resonator, may then be formed from the piezoelectric material wafer.
US08587177B2
A stator includes a stator core and a distributed winding type multi-phase coil. This coil includes unit coils made by winding a flat conductor wire in plural turns. The unit coils are mounted in slots of the stator core and connected with each other. Each unit coil includes an outer-layer coil and an inner-layer coil each being concentrically wound. Those two layer coils are made of a single continuous flat conductor wire. A winding start portion of the outer-layer coil and a winding end portion of the inner-layer coil form first and second connection end portions of the unit coil respectively. The first and second connection end portions are located separately on both edges of the unit coil above an upper end face of the stator core. The first connection end portion is placed close to an inner circumference of the stator core and the second connection end portion is placed close to an outer circumference of the stator core. The first connection end portions of the adjacent unit coils constituting the same phase are connected with each other. The second connection end portions of the adjacent unit coils constituting the same phase are connected with each other.
US08587175B2
A rotor of a rotary electric machine includes a rotor core and a plurality of magnetic parts. The rotor core has a plurality of slots provided along a circumferential direction. Each of the slots is separated by a center rib. The plurality of magnetic parts are disposed inside the rotor core along the circumferential direction at a predetermined interval. Each of the magnetic parts has a magnetization direction alternating with each other. Each of the magnetic parts includes a pair of permanent magnets placed inside each of the slots. The rotor core comprises a plurality of through-holes and a reinforcement rib. The plurality of through-holes each extend in an axial direction on an inner circumferential side of each of the magnetic parts. The reinforcement rib is disposed in each of the through-holes and in alignment with a circumferential center line of the center rib.
US08587169B2
An electric motor endshield includes a plate and a capacitor-mounting assembly particularly suitable for secure attachment to a capacitor. The mounting assembly includes a lug presenting a capacitor-engaging projection spaced outwardly from the endshield plate. The capacitor-engaging projection presents an inner face in an opposed relationship to the endshield plate to define a capacitor-retaining space therebetween. A peripheral lip of the capacitor housing is received within the capacitor-retaining space, and the housing lip engages the capacitor-engaging projection. The mounting assembly provides secure attachment of the capacitor to the endshield, thereby preventing inadvertent detachment of the capacitor during operation of motor.
US08587166B2
A spindle motor is provided, the motor including: a base plate; a PCB Printed Circuit Board arranged on an upper surface of the base plate; a bearing assembly coupled to the base plate; a stator coupled to a periphery of the bearing assembly; and a rotor rotationally coupled to the bearing assembly, wherein the base plate is formed with a foreign object inflow prevention fence to inhibit inflow of foreign objects into the stator and the base plate.
US08587164B2
A system and method of manufacturing an electric machine comprising a rotor and a stator, wherein the stator comprises a fractional-slot concentrated winding having two sets of terminals, wherein a first set of terminals configures the fractional-slot concentrated winding to have a first pole-number (P1), and wherein a second set of terminals configures the fractional-slot concentrated winding to have a second pole number (P2) different from the first pole-number (P1).
US08587162B2
Disclosed is an actuator that realizes reciprocal rotational motion of an electric toothbrush, for example, without utilizing a drive transmission mechanism that is separate from the drive source. In the actuator, a fixed body (120) has a coil (128) that is disposed around a magnet (160) and faces the magnetic planes with different polarities within the magnet (160) at individual prescribed distances, and an outer yoke (150) that covers the outer periphery of the coil (128). The fixed body (120) rotatably supports a movable body (110), which holds the magnet (160), via a coil spring that is an elastic member (130) made from a wire. An alternating current supplying part (140) supplies an alternating current having roughly the same resonance frequency as that of the fixed body (120) to the coil (128) to cause the movable body (110) to vibrate in a reciprocal rotational motion. The coil spring that is the elastic member (130) uniformly disperses stress generated by the vibration.
US08587160B2
Current source converter (CSC) based wind energy power conversion systems (WECS) and methods are presented in which a unified DC link current control scheme is employed to facilitate grid fault ride-through conditions, with a multiple-mode converter control system that combines the power flow control capabilities of the generator-side and grid-side converters, in which transitions between normal operation and fault condition are achieved automatically by monitoring the grid voltage without the need for, or with partial additional ride-through components.
US08587155B2
Described herein are improved configurations for a lighting system with wireless power transfer that includes a source high-Q magnetic resonator coupled to a power source and generating an oscillating magnetic field, at least one device high-Q magnetic resonator configured to convert said oscillating magnetic field to electrical energy used to power a light coupled to the at least one device resonator, and at least one repeater resonator, larger than the device resonator, wherein the repeater resonator is positioned further from the source resonator than the device resonator and improves the power transfer efficiency between the source resonator and the device resonator.
US08587153B2
Described herein are improved capabilities for a source resonator having a Q-factor Q1>100 and a characteristic size x1 coupled to an energy source, and a second resonator having a Q-factor Q2>100 and a characteristic size x2 coupled to an energy drain located a distance D from the source resonator, where the source resonator and the second resonator are coupled to exchange energy wirelessly among the source resonator and the second resonator.
US08587144B2
A power generator assembly (10a) for using kinetic energy from a flowing fluid (12) to generate power. The power generator assembly (10a) includes a blade assembly (14) and a generator (30). The blade assembly (14) has a head end (16) for facing oncoming flowing fluid (12), a tail end (18) spaced from the head end (16) for facing in the direction of flow of the fluid (12), and a rotational axis (20) extending between the head end (16) and the tail end (18). The blade assembly (14) includes a blade arrangement (22) which is arranged in generally helical fashion about the rotational axis (20), and at least one mounting formation (24) connected to the blade arrangement (22). Each mounting formation (24) is adapted to permit mounting of the blade assembly (22) for rotation about its rotational axis (20), so that in use fluid (12) flowing past the power generator assembly (10a) interacts with the blade arrangement (22) to rotate the blade assembly (24) about its rotational axis (20). The generator (30) is drivingly connected to the blade assembly (22) for generating power in response to rotation of the blade assembly (22).
US08587143B2
An energy converter device includes a reactive hydraulic power transformer (16) for converting periodic and variable hydraulic energy into coherent hydraulic energy. The device may also form a sub-system in energy converter systems for converting kinetic energy, for example from a wave (12), into electricity. The system has a power takeoff (14) including an energy capture device (22) for capturing energy from the wave (12), or other power source, and the power takeoff transfers this captured energy to the transformer (16). An accumulator (18) may be provided for storing and selectively discharging the captured energy to a generator (20) to produce electricity. At least part of the captured energy may be fed back through the transformer (16) to facilitate control over the phase and/or position of the energy capture device (22) relative to the wave (12) or other energy source.
US08587138B2
Systems recover gas and/or heat and convert the recovered gas and/or heat to electrical power. The systems recover gas and/or heat from metal melting and/or smelting processes used in the manufacturing and/or refining of metals and/or their by-products. The recovered gas and/or heat are converted into electrical power. The heat of the metal melting and/or smelting process is converted to superheated liquid, such as steam, through a heat exchanger for operating a turbine motor and electrical power generator to produce electrical power. Flue gases from the melting and/or smelting processes used in the manufacturing and/or refining of metals and/or their by-products are utilized to drive a gas turbine motor and electrical power generator to produce electrical power. Electricity generated by the systems electrolyze water to form hydrogen gas and oxygen gas.
US08587137B2
This invention provides an electricity generation device capable of generating electricity using kinetic energy generated by spontaneous behavior of an animal. The device includes a mechano-electric conversion mechanism that converts a displacement of a body part where the animal spontaneously moves (for example, a mouth) into an electric energy. For example, the mechano-electric conversion mechanism can have an arrangement for converting the displacement of the body part into rotation by a combination of a rack and a gear and rotating the rotor of a dynamo or an alternator.
US08587129B2
A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: providing a base having a through-conductor and having an insulator protecting the base and the through-conductor; mounting a chip over the base and connected to the base with a first interconnect; forming a second interconnect above the base and horizontally beside the chip; and encapsulating the chip, the first interconnect, and the second interconnect with an encapsulation.
US08587128B2
A damascene structure includes a conductive layer, a first dielectric layer, a first barrier metal layer, a barrier layer, and a second barrier metal layer sequentially formed on the conductive layer. The first dielectric layer having a via therein. The barrier layer is comprised of a material different with that of the first barrier metal layer. A bottom of the barrier layer disposed on the via bottom is not punched through. The accomplished barrier layers will have lower resistivity on the via bottom in the first dielectric layer and they are capable of preventing copper atoms from diffusing into the dielectric layer.
US08587124B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate on which a structure portion is provided except a peripheral portion thereof, and has a laminated structure including low dielectric films and wiring lines, the low dielectric films having a relative dielectric constant of 3.0 or lower and a glass transition temperature of 400° C. or higher. An insulating film is formed on the structure portion. A connection pad portion is arranged on the insulating film and connected to an uppermost wiring line of the laminated structure portion. A bump electrode is provided on the connection pad portion. A sealing film made of an organic resin is provided on a part of the insulating film which surrounds the pump electrode. Side surfaces of the laminated structure portion are covered with the insulating film and/or the sealing film.
US08587122B2
A solder joint between a trace (401) and an object (501). The trace having a solderable surface (503), a height (504), and a width (404), the trace including a bulge having a diameter (502) greater than the trace width, a surface area, and sidewalls, the sum of the bulge sidewall areas being no less than the bulge surface area. The object having a solderable surface (503), a diameter (502) greater than the trace width. One end of the object soldered to the bulge, wherein the solder (610, 611, 612) adheres to the bulge surface area and the bulge sidewall areas.
US08587116B2
A power semiconductor module is fabricated by providing a base with a metal surface and an insulating substrate comprising an insulation carrier having a bottom side provided with a bottom metallization layer. An insert exhibiting a wavy structure is provided. The insert is positioned between the insulation carrier and metal surface, after which the metal surface is soldered to the bottom side metallization layer and insert by means of a solder packing all interstices between the metal surface and bottom side metallization layer with the solder.
US08587108B2
An example embodiment relates to a semiconductor package. The semiconductor package includes a first substrate including a first pad, a second substrate upwardly spaced apart from the first substrate and including a second pad opposite to the first pad. At least one electrode is coupled between the first pad and the second pad. The semiconductor package includes a guide ring formed at a periphery of the electrode between the first substrate and the second substrate.
US08587105B2
A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor chip, a buffer body, and a terminal lead. The first semiconductor chip includes a first electrode and a second electrode provided on a side opposite to the first electrode. The first semiconductor chip is configured to allow a current to flow between the first electrode and the second electrode. The buffer body includes a lower metal foil, a ceramic piece, and an upper metal foil. The lower metal foil is electrically connected to the second electrode. The ceramic piece is provided on the second electrode with the lower metal foil interposed. The upper metal foil is provided on a side of the ceramic piece opposite to the lower metal foil to be electrically connected to the lower metal foil. The terminal lead has one end provided on the upper metal foil and electrically connected to the upper metal foil.
US08587104B2
A wiring board includes a stacked body having a plurality of insulating layers and a plurality of wiring layers which are alternately stacked, and a solder-resist layer being formed on one side of the stacked body and covering the wiring layer exposed to the one side of the stacked body. The insulating layer is exposed to the other side of the stacked body. The solder-resist layer is in a transparent or semitransparent light yellow color.
US08587086B2
FDSOI devices and methods for the fabrication thereof are provided. In one aspect, a method for fabricating a device includes the following steps. A wafer is provided having a substrate, a BOX and a SOI layer. A hardmask layer is deposited over the SOI layer. A photoresist layer is deposited over the hardmask layer and patterned into groups of segments. A tilted implant is performed to damage all but those portions of the hardmask layer covered or shadowed by the segments. Portions of the hardmask layer damaged by the implant are removed. A first etch is performed through the hardmask layer to form a deep trench in the SOI layer, the BOX and at least a portion of the substrate. The hardmask layer is patterned using the patterned photoresist layer. A second etch is performed through the hardmask layer to form shallow trenches in the SOI layer.
US08587085B2
There is provided a technology capable of providing desirable operation characteristics in a field effect transistor formed in an active region surrounded by a trench type element isolation part. An element isolation part includes trench type element isolation films, diffusion preventive films each including a silicon film or a silicon oxide film, and having a thickness of 10 to 20 nm formed over the top surfaces of the trench type element isolation films, and silicon oxide films each with a thickness of 0.5 to 2 nm formed over the top surfaces of the diffusion preventive films. The composition of the diffusion preventive film is SiOx (0≦x<2). Each composition of the trench type element isolation films and the silicon oxide films is set to be SiO2.
US08587080B2
The invention relates to an optical filtering structure consisting of a set of at least two elementary optical filters (R, V, B), an elementary optical filter being centered on an optimum transmission frequency, characterized in that it comprises a stack of n metal layers (m1, m2, m3) and n substantially transparent layers (d1, d2, d3) which alternate between a first metal layer (m1) and an nth substantially transparent layer (d3), the n metal layers (m1, m2, m3) each having a constant thickness and at least one substantially transparent layer having a variable thickness which sets the optimum transmission frequency of an elementary optical filter, n being an integer larger than or equal to 2.Application to miniature image sensors.
US08587072B2
An SiC semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element formed in an SiC substrate, a source electrode and a gate pad formed by using an interconnect layer having barrier metal provided at the bottom surface thereof, and a temperature measuring resistive element formed by using part of the barrier metal in the interconnect line.
US08587071B2
An ESD protection circuit includes a MOS transistor of a first type, a MOS transistor of a second type, an I/O pad, and first, second, and third guard rings of the first, second, and first types, respectively. The MOS transistor of the first type has a source coupled to a first node having a first voltage, and a drain coupled to a second node. The MOS transistor of the second type has a drain coupled to the second node, and a source coupled to a third node having a second voltage lower than the first voltage. The I/O pad is coupled to the second node. The first, second, and third guard rings are positioned around the MOS transistor of the second type.
US08587063B2
A semiconductor wafer structure for integrated circuit devices includes a bulk substrate; a lower insulating layer formed on the bulk substrate; an electrically conductive back gate layer formed on the lower insulating layer; an upper insulating layer formed on the back gate layer; and a hybrid semiconductor-on-insulator layer formed on the upper insulating layer, the hybrid semiconductor-on-insulator layer comprising a first portion having a first crystal orientation and a second portion having a second crystal orientation.
US08587061B2
A power MOSFET device and manufacturing method thereof, includes the steps of selectively depositing a first conductive material in the middle region at the bottom of a contact trench and contacting with light-doped N-type epitaxial layer to form a Schottky junction and depositing a second conductive material at the side wall and bottom corner of the contact trench and contacting with P-type heavy-doped body region to form an ohmic junction. The first and second conductive materials can respectively optimize the performance of the ohmic contact and the Schottky contact without compromise. Meanwhile, the corner of the contact trench is surrounded by P-type heavy-doped region thereby effectively reducing the leakage currents accumulated at the corner of the contact trench.
US08587049B2
A memory cell system is provided forming a first insulator layer over a semiconductor substrate, forming a charge trap layer over the first insulator layer, forming an intermediate layer over the charge trap layer, and forming a second insulator layer with the intermediate layer.
US08587048B2
Disclosed are a capacitor for a semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof. The capacitor includes a second oxide layer filling a first trench in a semiconductor substrate; second and third trenches in an active region at opposing sides of the second oxide layer in the first trench; a third oxide layer on the semiconductor substrate and on inner surfaces of the second and third trenches; and a polysilicon layer on the third oxide layer to fill the second and third trenches.
US08587046B2
An embedded memory system includes an array of random access memory (RAM) cells, on the same substrate as an array of logic transistors. Each RAM cell includes an access transistor and a capacitor structure. The capacitor structure is fabricated by forming a metal-insulator-metal capacitor in a dielectric layer. The embedded RAM system includes fewer metal layers in the memory region than in the logic region.
US08587041B2
According to one embodiment, a solid-state imaging device includes an imaging region including unit pixels which are two-dimensionally arranged on a semiconductor layer and each of which includes a photoelectric conversion unit and a signal scanning circuit unit. The unit pixel includes a transfer gate provided on the semiconductor layer, a photogate provided on the semiconductor layer, a first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type, which is provided in the semiconductor layer below the photogate, and a second semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type, which is adjacent to the first semiconductor layer and provided in the semiconductor layer between the transfer gate and the photogate.
US08587028B2
A switch includes an input contact and an output contact to a conducting channel. At least one of the input and output contacts is capacitively coupled to the conducting channel. A control contact is located outside of a region between the input and output contacts, and can be used to adjust the switch between on and off operating states. The switch can be implemented as a radio frequency switch in a circuit.
US08587016B2
Provided are a light emitting device package and a lighting system comprising the same. The light emitting device package comprises a package body having an inclined side surface and a light emitting device on the inclined side surface of the package body.
US08587015B2
Disclosed herein is a light-emitting element including: a first conductivity type semiconductor layer; a light-emitting functional layer formed on the first conductivity type semiconductor layer; a second conductivity type semiconductor layer formed on the light-emitting functional layer; a first conductivity type electrode which has continuity with the exposed portion of the first conductivity type semiconductor layer; a second conductivity type electrode which has continuity with the second conductivity type semiconductor layer; an insulating layer which lies between the light-emitting functional layer, second conductivity type semiconductor layer and second conductivity type electrode on one part and the first conductivity type electrode on the other part; and an annex insulating layer annexed to the insulating layer to form a virtual diode having rectifying action in the opposite direction to that of a diode made up of the second conductivity type semiconductor layer, light-emitting functional layer and first conductivity type semiconductor layer.
US08587014B2
The present invention provides a LED packaging structure, and more particularly to an innovative one designed with blind hole welding device. It at least comprises: a packaging body, which is provided with a wiring substrate; metal layers are separately arranged at both sides for coating the wiring substrate; the metal layers are divided into three portions, i.e. metal layer 1, 2, 3, according to the electrical connection point; a plurality of blind holes arranged at bottom of the wiring substrate, and then connected with metal layer 3; a single or a plurality of LED chips arranged onto the wiring substrate; a colloid coated on the LED chip; the packaging body is welded directly onto the substrate for electrical connection, so that LED chip is highlighted. The blind hole is arranged to facilitate the welding, helping to improve the electrical connection and welding performance.
US08587013B2
A semiconductor package structure includes an insulating substrate, a patterned conductive layer, a light emitting diode (LED) chip and a conductive connection part. The insulating substrate has an upper surface divided into an element configuration region and an element bonding region. The patterned conductive layer includes plural circuits located in the element configuration region and at least one bonding pad located in the element bonding region. The LED chip is flip chip bonded on the patterned conductive layer and electrically connected to the circuits. The conductive connection part has a first end point electrically connected to the bonding pad and a second end point electrically connected to an external circuit. The bonding pad and a corner of the LED chip are disposed correspondingly. A horizontal distance between an apex of the corner and the first end point of the conductive connection part is greater than or equal to 30 micrometers.
US08587011B2
A light-emitting device which emits light omnidirectionally is provided. A light-emitting device according to the present invention includes: a package which is translucent; an LED provided in a recess in the package; and a sealing member for sealing the LED and packaging the recess; and the recess includes a bottom surface on which the LED is mounted and a side surface surrounding a bottom surface, and light emitted by the LED is transmitted inside the package through the bottom surface and the side surface of the recess and is emitted to outside of the package from the back surface and the side surface of the package.
US08587005B2
A nitride semiconductor light emitting device array, which includes a dielectric layer formed on a first conductivity lower nitride semiconductor layer, having a plurality of windows. Each of a plurality of hexagonal pyramid light emission structures is grown from a surface of the first conductivity lower nitride semiconductor layer exposed through each of the windows and onto a peripheral area of the window of the dielectric layer. Each of the hexagonal pyramid light emission structures includes a first conductivity upper nitride semiconductor layer, an active layer and a second conductivity nitride semiconductor layer formed in their order. The windows are disposed in such a triangular arrangement that side surfaces of the adjacent hexagonal pyramid light emission structures face each other. Also, a distance between bases of the adjacent hexagonal pyramid light emission structures is less than 0.3 times an interval between centers of the windows of the adjacent hexagonal pyramid light emission structures.
US08586990B2
A method of fabricating a thin film transistor array substrate is presented. The method entails forming a gate interconnection line on an insulating substrate, forming a gate insulating layer on the gate interconnection line, forming a semiconductor layer and a data interconnection line on the semiconductor layer, sequentially forming multiple passivation layers, etching the passivation layers down to a drain electrode that is an extension of the data interconnection line. The portion of the drain electrode that is exposed at this stage is a part of the drain electrode-pixel electrode contact portion. A pixel electrode is formed connected to the drain electrode. Two of the passivation layers have the same composition but are processed at different temperatures. A thin film transistor prepared in the above manner is also presented.
US08586987B2
A second stem wires (17c), formed by a reflective pixel electrode layer formed as a different layer from first stem wires (17a), is provided in such a way as to extend along a long side of its adjacent one of the first stem wires (17a). This makes it possible to achieve a TFT array substrate (1) on which a gate drive circuit (15) and its wires (17a, 17b, 17c, 18) have been monolithically formed, wherein the width of a frame part in which the a gate drive circuit (15) and its wires (17a, 17b, 17c, 18) are formed can be reduced.
US08586984B2
An organic light-emitting display device includes an active layer of a thin film transistor arranged on a substrate, a first insulating layer and a gate electrode arranged on the active layer, the gate electrode including a first transparent conductive layer and a first metal layer, a second insulating layer arranged on the gate electrode and including a plurality of contact holes that expose a source region and a drain region of the active layer, a reflective layer and a second transparent conductive layer arranged within the contact holes, a source electrode and a drain electrode arranged on the second transparent conductive layer and on the second insulating layer, the source electrode and the drain electrode each including a second metal layer, a pixel electrode arranged on the first insulating layer, the pixel electrode including the first transparent conductive layer, the reflective layer, and the second transparent conductive layer, an intermediate layer arranged on the pixel electrode and including an organic emission layer and an opposite electrode facing the pixel electrode, wherein the intermediate layer is arranged between the pixel electrode and the opposite electrode.
US08586981B2
According to one exemplary embodiment, a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) transistor test structure includes a gate situated over a semiconductor body and a doped halo under the gate. The SOI transistor test structure further includes at least two semiconductor body contacts situated on opposing sides of the doped halo, where one or more of the at least two semiconductor body contacts forms a direct electrical contact with the doped halo, thereby increasing current flow to the doped halo to facilitate measuring body-effect in the SOI transistor test structure.
US08586968B2
The present invention provides an organic light emitting device comprising a first electrode, a second electrode, and at least two organic material layers interposed therebetween, including a light emitting layer, wherein the organic material layers comprise at least one layer of a hole injecting layer, a hole transporting layer and a hole injecting and transporting layer, and at least one of the hole injecting layer, the hole transporting layer and the hole injecting and transporting layer comprises a material with a HOMO energy level of −4 eV or less, and a material with a LUMO energy level of −4 eV or less, and a process for preparing the same.
US08586966B2
A nanowire field effect transistor (FET) device includes a channel region including a silicon nanowire portion having a first distal end extending from the channel region and a second distal end extending from the channel region, the silicon portion is partially surrounded by a gate stack disposed circumferentially around the silicon portion, a source region including the first distal end of the silicon nanowire portion, a drain region including the second distal end of the silicon nanowire portion, a metallic layer disposed on the source region and the drain region, a first conductive member contacting the metallic layer of the source region, and a second conductive member contacting the metallic layer of the drain region.
US08586953B2
An extreme ultra violet light source device of a laser produced plasma type, in which charged particles such as ions emitted from plasma can be efficiently ejected. The extreme ultra violet light source device includes: a target nozzle that supplies a target material; a laser oscillator that applies a laser beam to the target material supplied from the target nozzle to generate plasma; collector optics that collects extreme ultra violet light radiated from the plasma; and a magnetic field forming unit that forms an asymmetric magnetic field in a position where the laser beam is applied to the target material.
US08586938B2
The ultraviolet ray sensor measures the intensity of ultraviolet rays irradiated to the ultraviolet ray receiving surface. The CPU performs control to measure ultraviolet intensity in a case in which the ultraviolet ray receiving surface of the ultraviolet ray sensor faces in a predetermined direction.
US08586937B2
Systems and methods for providing a shared charge in pixelated image detectors are provided. One method includes providing a plurality of pixels for a pixelated solid state photon detector in a configuration such that a charge distribution is detected by at least two pixels and obtaining charge information from the at least two pixels. The method further includes determining a position of an interaction of the charge distribution with the plurality of pixels based on the obtained charge information.
US08586930B2
A non-dispersive single beam detection assembly in an infrared gas analyzer. The detection assembly comprises radiation source(s) providing infrared radiation, a measuring chamber, and a physical beam splitter for dividing said radiation beam into a reflected beam portion and a transmitted beam portion, or for combining a reflected beam portion and a transmitted beam portion into said radiation beam. A measuring detector receives one beam portions, and a reference detector receives another beam portion. Alternatively a measuring/reference detector receives both beam portions. Said transmitted beam portion has a first spectral intensity peak at shorter wavelengths with a first peak wavelength, and said reflected beam portion has a second spectral intensity peak at longer wavelengths with a second peak wavelength. There is a wavelength gap between said second peak wavelength and said first peak wavelength, which gap corresponds a wavelength shift of an optical interference filter with said second peak wavelength as tilted from its perpendicular position to an angled position. Said wavelength gap is at maximum 10% of the second peak wavelength, and at minimum 0.5% of the second peak wavelength.
US08586919B1
Embodiments of the invention relate to electron microscopy. Example embodiments relate to an apparatus including a first electron beam source, a second electron beam source, and a receiving unit. The first electron beam source is configured to provide a first low-voltage electron beam to a surface of a sample. The second electron beam source is configured to provide a second low-voltage electron beam to pass through the sample. The receiving unit is configured to analyze the first low-voltage electron beam, or the second low-voltage electron beam, or both the first and the second electron beam to obtain information about the sample.
US08586904B2
A correction information calculator in which a plurality of projectors each including an image forming element collaboratively displays one image on a projection surface, wherein based on predetermined correction information which is set in advance as a correspondence between the coordinates of pixels on the image forming element and the coordinates of pixels on a first effective projection region of the projection surface on which the image is presently displayed and a second correspondence which is a correspondence between the coordinates of the pixels on the first effective projection region and the coordinates of pixels on a second effective projection region of the projection surface, which is specified as a region on which the image is to be displayed, correction information representing a correspondence between the coordinates of pixels on the image forming element and the coordinates of pixels on the second effective projection region is calculated.
US08586903B2
A counter circuit for an analog to digital converter includes: a plurality of counter stages configured to obtain an integer multiple of a digital gain for the analog to digital converter by bypassing at least one of the plurality of counter stages. An analog-to-digital converter includes at least one counter circuit, and an image sensor includes the analog-to-digital converter, which includes the counter circuit.
US08586900B2
A cooking apparatus is provided. The cooking apparatus includes a cooking cavity, an upper space formed above the cooking cavity, lateral side spaces formed to at opposite lateral sides of the cooling cavity, a rear space formed behind the cooking cavity, and a lower space formed below the cooking cavity. A fan provided in the rear space generates a cooling flow that cools components housed in the rear space. A cooling flow path extends from the rear space and into the upper space and lateral side spaces. Flow from the upper space enters the door to cool the door and is exhausted through a lower portion of the door. Flow from the lateral side spaces, which includes an exhaust flow from the cooking cavity, is guided to the lower space and exhausted. In this manner, the cooking apparatus can be completely cooled and cooking odors and heat appropriately exhausted by the cooling fan positioned in the rear space.
US08586896B2
An assembly that is adapted to position a track heater in spaced relation proximate to a surface of a track rail of a railroad. The assembly includes at least one heating element, and a hood or housing that is operable to at least partially surround the heating element while positioning the heating element near to track rail. The hood positions the heating element relative to the rail section such that a gap exists between the heating element and the rail section. As the heating element does not contact the rail, the heating element cannot form an electrical by-pass for signals passing through the rail section.
US08586892B2
Systems and methods relating to securing a torch assembly and a work lead assembly to a plasma cutting power supply are provided. The present disclosure relates to a system and method that allows the torch assembly and the work lead assembly to be readily replaced by the user since the power supply unit need not be opened or disassembled for removal. The present disclosure provides methods and systems for removably securing both the torch assembly and the work lead assembly to the plasma cutting power supply. In one embodiment, the torch assembly and the work lead assembly may be communicatively coupled to the plasma cutting power supply unit via a single cable and a single connector. The connection between the first connector and the first port may be of the quick disconnectable type. The connection between the second connector and the second port may be of the twist lock type, such as a dinse style connector.
US08586891B2
In a wire electrical discharge machining apparatus, an upper main-discharge power supply is connected between an upper conducting terminal and a workpiece using an upper main-feeder line capable of configuring outward and homeward paths, and a lower main-discharge power supply is connected between a lower conducting terminal and the workpiece using a lower main-feeder line capable of configuring outward and homeward paths. Moreover, a sub-discharge power supply is connected between the upper conducting terminal and the workpiece and between the lower conducting terminal and the workpiece using an upper and a lower sub-feeder lines that have higher impedances than the impedances of the upper and the lower main-feeder lines and can configure outward and homeward paths.
US08586885B2
A force-feedback multidirectional input device includes a slider slidably supported by a support base and an operation knob joined to the slider. In a sliding operation, the slider operates in conjunction with actuating members included in a force-feedback unit. Therefore, a sense of force based on the sliding is fed back to the operation knob. Furthermore, the slider is elastically urged by coil springs toward an inner bottom surface of a housing space defined in the support base. In a depressing operation, the operation knob presses the support base downward against the urging force of coil springs. Therefore, a vertically movable member joined to the support base is moved downward along guide portions (convex rails and concave grooves). Thus, a push switch provided on a pedestal (circuit board) is pressed and activated by the vertically movable member.
US08586883B2
A key module for portable devices includes a PCB having at least one pair of high resistance film and welding point, a rubber key having a protruded key head, and a set of upper case and bottom case. The rubber key has two conducting carbon arcs opposite to the at least one pair of high resistance film on a concave backside thereof. A top of the head portion has a concave on a middle portion thereof and two protrusions on right and left ends thereof for specific input functions. The upper case has at least one through hole for revealing the concave and the protrusions of the head portion while the rubber key and the PCB are covered by the upper and bottom cases.
US08586880B2
A lead sheath, including an upper jaw, and a lower jaw, the upper jaw and the lower jaw are buckled with each other. A wire outlet hole is formed at the outside of the connection between the upper jaw and the lower jaw. A wire inlet hole is formed at the inside of the connection between the upper jaw and the lower jaw. A cavity is formed between the wire outlet hole and the wire inlet hole. A protruding wire pressing rib is disposed on one of the upper jaw or the lower jaw, and the wire pressing rib extends into the cavity.
US08586878B2
A switch engagement assembly includes a base component including a plurality of mating devices and a switch box configured to couple to the base component, the switch box including a plurality of complementary mating receptacles, each mating receptacle configured to receive a respective mating device. Also described herein is a vehicle arm rest including the switch engagement assembly.
US08586869B2
An inverter surge-resistant insulated wire, having an enamel baked layer, an adhesive layer, and an extrusion-coated resin layer, around the outer periphery of a conductor, wherein the sum of the thickness of the enamel baked layer, the extrusion-coated resin layer, and the adhesive layer is 60 μm or more, wherein the thickness of the enamel baked layer is 50 μm or less, and wherein the extrusion-coated resin layer is formed from a polyphenylene sulfide resin composition, which contains a polyphenylene sulfide polymer having a melt viscosity at 300° C. of 100 Pa·s or more, 2 to 8 mass % of a thermoplastic elastomer, and an antioxidant, and which has a tensile modulus of elasticity at 25° C. of 2,500 MPa or more, and a tensile modulus of elasticity at 250° C. of 10 MPa or more.
US08586866B2
A method for coupling ends of two insulated conductors includes coupling an end portion of a core of a first insulated conductor to an end portion of a core of a second insulated conductor. At least a part of the end portions of the cores are at least partially exposed. Electrically insulating material is placed over the exposed portions of the cores. An inner sleeve is placed over end portions of the two insulated conductors to be coupled. An outer sleeve is placed over the inner sleeve. There is an open volume between the inner sleeve and the outer sleeve. The inner sleeve and the outer sleeve are coupled to jackets of the insulated conductors. A pressurized fluid is provided into the open volume between the inner sleeve and the outer sleeve to compress the inner sleeve into the electrically insulating material and compact the electrically insulating material.
US08586860B2
A module includes optically transparent first and second substrates and a plurality of clusters, with each cluster including: a plurality of rod type solar cells; a conductive layer to which first electrodes of the plurality of solar cells are electrically connected in parallel; a conductive member to which second electrodes of the plurality of solar cells are electrically connected in parallel; a bypass diodes connected to the conductive layer and the conductive member; and a conductive connection member that electrically connects the conductive layer to conductive member of the cluster that is adjacent in a predetermined direction. By providing the plurality of clusters arranged in a hexagonal or rectilinear configuration, it is possible to enlarge the permitted scope for selection of the ratio between sunlight transmission ratio and electrical generation capability, so that it is possible to obtain enhanced freedom of design for use as a window material.
US08586854B2
A thermoelectric conversion element is configured to have two types of conductors with different Seebeck coefficients physically connected alternately with an electrode via one or more electrical resistance layers formed by electrical resistor having electrical resistance rate of 1×10−3 Ωcm or more. This arrangement enables charges to be generated by the difference of temperature in both ends of the element and to be densely stored in the electrical resistance layers formed by electrical resistor. Moreover, it is thought that thermal energy equivalent to the difference of temperature is input into the electrical resistance layers and that electromotive force increases as a result of an increase of output voltage.
US08586853B2
A performance apparatus 11 extends in its longitudinal direction to be held by a player with his or her hand. The performance apparatus is provided with a geomagnetic sensor 22 and an acceleration sensor 23 in its extending portion. CPU 21 gives an instruction to an electronic musical instrument 19 to generate a musical tone of a tone color at a timing when a position of the performance apparatus obtained by the geomagnetic sensor and acceleration sensor passes through a sound generation area defined in space, wherein the tone color of the musical tone corresponds to the sound generation area. The sound generation areas and corresponding tone colors are stored in an area/tone color table in RAM 26. Upon receipt of an instruction, the electronic musical instrument generates a musical tone having a tone color corresponding to the sound generation area.
US08586846B2
A set of snares for a drum comprising an elongated first wire with two ends to be placed at least in part against a surface of a head of the drum and a first and one second fastening means for fastening the set of snares to the snare drum, wherein the first end of the first wire is attached to the first fastening means and the second end of the first wire is attached to the second fastening means, wherein the first wire runs between the two fastening means, wherein the first wire is shaped such that, at least along a partial section of the first wire, it follows an envelope body, the outer dimensions of which in the assembled state of the set of snares on the drum vary in a plane extending from the first fastening means to the second fastening means and intersecting the surface of the head of the drum.
US08586843B1
A wheat variety designated W000537N1, the plants and seeds of wheat variety W000537N1, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety W000537N1 with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety W000537N1 with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of variety W000537N1. This invention also relates to methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety W000537N1 and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods.
US08586836B1
A soybean cultivar designated 5101821658 is disclosed. Embodiments of the invention include the seeds of soybean 5101821658, the plants of soybean 5101821658, to plant parts of soybean 5101821658, and methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean 5101821658 with itself or with another soybean variety. Embodiments of the invention include methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more genes or transgenes and the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. Embodiments of the invention also relate to soybean cultivars, breeding cultivars, plant parts, and cells derived from soybean 5101821658, methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean 5101821658, and the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. Embodiments of the invention further include hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing 5101821658 with another soybean cultivar.
US08586827B2
The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides.
US08586822B2
The present invention relates to methods for producing a non human animal model for aortic aneurysm which could provide insight into the diagnosis and treatment of disease. Furthermore, the present invention relates to methods and compositions for the treatment or the prevention of aneurysm in a subject in need thereof.
US08586819B2
Absorbent pods comprise a pouch formed of a porous material. The pouch contains an absorbent polymer in an amount sufficient to absorb at least about 20 mL of fluid. Preferably, the absorbent polymer is sodium polyacrylate and the porous material is a hydrophilic material. The absorbent pods absorb and retain fluids, including saliva.
US08586813B2
A process for the double-bond isomerization of olefins is disclosed. The process may include contacting a fluid stream comprising olefins with a fixed bed comprising an activated basic metal oxide isomerization catalyst to convert at least a portion of the olefin to its isomer. The isomerization catalysts disclosed herein may have a reduced cycle to cycle deactivation as compared to conventional catalysts, thus maintaining higher activity over the complete catalyst life cycle.
US08586808B2
The invention concerns a catalyst comprising nickel on an aluminum oxide support. The aluminum oxide support has, in the calcined state, a diffractogram obtained by X ray diffractometry comprising peaks which correspond to the following interplanar spacings and relative intensities: Interplanar spacingsRelative intensities d (10−10 m )I/I0 (%) 5.03 to 5.221-5 4.56 to 4.60 1-10 4.06 to 4.101-5 2.80 to 2.85 5-20 2.7315-35 2.60 5-10 2.4335-40 2.2930-40 1.9960-95 1.9525-50 1.79 1-10 1.53 5-10 1.51 5-10 1.4140-60 1.39100 1.23 to 1.261-5 1.14 5-10 1.111-5 1.041-5 1.00 5-10 0.97 1-5.
US08586800B2
A gas phase catalytic hydroformylation process for producing at least one aldehyde product in the presence of a transition metal-ligand complex hydroformylation catalyst and water vapor. Surprisingly, catalyst activity can be sustained by having traces of water vapor in the feed stream. Additionally, additional ligand can be added to replace lost ligand to maintain activity. In addition, it has been found that treatment of the catalyst with a buffer can rejuvenate catalyst activity.
US08586797B2
The invention generally encompasses phosphonium ionic liquids and compositions and their use in many applications, including but not limited to: as electrolytes in electronic devices such as memory devices including static, permanent and dynamic random access memory, as battery electrolytes, as a heat transfer medium, fuel cells and electrochromatic devices, among other applications. In particular, the invention generally relates to phosphonium ionic liquids, compositions and molecules possessing structural features, wherein the molecules exhibit superior combination of thermodynamic stability, low volatility, wide liquidus range and ionic conductivity. The invention further encompasses methods of making such phosphonium ionic liquids, compositions and molecules, and operational devices and systems comprising the same.
US08586782B2
Compounds of formula (I) pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; and pharmaceutically acceptable esters thereof; which are useful for the treatment of COX-2 dependent disorders.
US08586780B2
A shell catalyst for producing vinyl acetate monomer (VAM), comprising an oxidic porous catalyst support, formed as a shaped body, with an outer shell in which metallic Pd and Au are contained. To provide a shell catalyst for producing VAM which has a relatively high activity and can be obtained at relatively low cost, the catalyst support is doped with at least one oxide of an element selected from the group consisting of Li, P, Ca, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Sr, Nb, Ta, W, La and the rare-earth metals.
US08586771B1
Provided herein are processes of preparing sulfonated estolide compounds, and the removal of sulfonate residues from those compounds to provide desulfonated estolide base oils. Exemplary sulfonated estolide compounds include those selected from the formula: wherein z is an integer selected from 0 to 15; q is an integer selected from 0 to 15; x is, independently for each occurrence, an integer selected from 0 to 20; y is, independently for each occurrence, an integer selected 0 to 20; n is equal to or greater than 0; R6 is selected from —OH, optionally substituted alkyl, and optionally substituted aryl; and R2 is selected from hydrogen and optionally substituted alkyl that is saturated or unsaturated, and branched or unbranched, wherein each fatty acid chain residue of said compounds is independently optionally substituted.
US08586770B2
The invention relates to methods to manipulate stem cells in vivo and in vitro to treat, e.g., a condition where cell or tissue repair is needed.
US08586764B2
An organic dye and preparation method thereof and dye-sensitized solar cells using this organic dye are provided. The structure of the organic dye molecule is donor-conjugated unit(s)-acceptor. The organic dye with broad spectrum response and high molar-absorption coefficient is obtained by modifying the structure by using various conjugated unit(s) in combination with donor and acceptor. The conditions of preparation of the organic dye are mild and the yield is high, and the organic dye can be used for highly effective dye-sensitized solar cells.
US08586762B2
The present invention provides an industrially advantageous process for producing a steroid C17,20 lyase inhibitor represented by the general formula (I):
US08586725B2
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of small noncoding RNAs that have important regulatory roles in multicellular organisms. The public miRNA database contains 321 human miRNA sequences, 234 of which have been experimentally verified. To explore the possibility that additional miRNAs are present in the human genome, we have developed an experimental approach called miRNA serial analysis of gene expression (miRAGE) and used it to perform the largest experimental analysis of human miRNAs to date. Sequence analysis of 273,966 small RNA tags from human colorectal cells allowed us to identify 200 known mature miRNAs, 133 novel miRNA candidates, and 112 previously uncharacterized miRNA* forms. To aid in the evaluation of candidate miRNAs, we disrupted the Dicer locus in three human colorectal cancer cell lines and examined known and novel miRNAs in these cells. The miRNAs are useful to diagnose and treat cancers.
US08586714B2
The present invention relates to engineered multivalent and multispecific binding proteins, methods of making, and specifically to their uses in the prevention, diagnosis, and/or treatment of disease.
US08586712B2
Humanized antibodies that bind ICAM-1 are provided. Antibodies include those selected from: SEQ ID NO:1 and 3 (HumA); SEQ ID NO:5 and 7 (HumB); SEQ ID NO:9 and 11 (HumC); SEQ ID NO:13 and 15 (HumD); SEQ ID NO:17 and 19 (HumE); SEQ ID NO:21 and 23 (HumF); SEQ ID NO:25 and 27 (HumG); SEQ ID NO:29 and 31 (HumH); and SEQ ID NO:33 and 35 (HumI). Subsequences of the humanized antibodies capable of binding an ICAM-1 epitope are also provided. Methods of inhibiting pathogen infection (e.g., HRV) of a cell employing humanized antibodies capable of binding an ICAM-1 epitope are further provided.
US08586704B2
Compositions and methods for forming surfactants, aqueous dispersions, and curing agents are provided. In one aspect, the invention relates to improved epoxy functional surfactants prepared by reaction of an epoxy composition and an amidoamine composition formed from a blend of acid-terminated polyoxyalkylene polyols. The improved epoxy functional surfactants may be reacted with an excess of epoxy composition and water to result in an aqueous dispersion. The amidoamone composition may be a reaction mixture of a diamine compound and an acid terminated polyoxyalkylene composition formed from two or more polyoxyalkylene polyol compounds. The epoxy functional surfactant may be reacted with amine compounds to form a compound suitable as a curing agent.
US08586687B2
The present invention has an object to provide a polyalkylene glycol-based polymer having high anti-soil redeposition ability in washing treatment and having high compatibility with surfactants. The polyalkylene glycol-based polymer includes: a structure unit (a) derived from a polyalkylene glycol-based monomer (A) of a specific structure, and a structure unit (b) derived from a carboxyl group-containing monomer (B) at specific ratios.
US08586686B2
A process for preparing a vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymer by means of free-radically initiated emulsion polymerization of vinyl acetate and ethylene and, optionally, further comonomers, performed in the presence of at least one protective colloid and at least one nonionic, ethoxylated emulsifier with an alkyl radical or at least one ethylene oxide-propylene oxide copolymer, and in the absence of chain transfer agent, and, before the initiation of the polymerization, 10% to 70% by weight of the vinyl acetate monomer and 40% to 100% by weight of the ethylene monomer are included in the initial charge, up to 100% by weight of the protective colloid fraction is included in the initial charge, at least 25% by weight of the emulsifier fraction is included in the initial charge, and the remaining fractions of monomers, protective colloid and emulsifier are metered in during the polymerization. A defined criterion of process COP is met.
US08586681B2
The invention provides methods for making copolymers and multi-arm block copolymers useful as drug delivery vehicles. The multi-arm block copolymers comprise a central core molecule, such as a residue of a polyol, and at least three copolymer arms covalently attached to the central core molecule, each copolymer arm comprising an inner hydrophobic polymer segment covalently attached to the central core molecule and an outer hydrophilic polymer segment covalently attached to the hydrophobic polymer segment, wherein the central core molecule and the hydrophobic polymer segment define a hydrophobic core region. The solubility of hydrophobic biologically active agents can be improved by entrapment within the hydrophobic core region of the block copolymer. The invention further includes pharmaceutical compositions including such block copolymers, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of using the block copolymers as drug delivery vehicles.
US08586673B2
Polymer composition (C) containing (i) a poly(aryl ether sulfone) material (M12) composed of a poly(biphenyl ether sulfone) (P1) and, optionally in addition, a poly(aryl ether sulfone) (P2) containing recurring units with arylene groups linked to each other via a secondary, ternary or quaternary carbon atom, and (ii) a per(halo)fluoropolymer material (M34), composed of a per(halo)fluoropolymer (P3) of which at least 2.0 wt. % of the recurring units are derived from a per(halo)fluoromonomer other than tetrafluoroethylene, and a polytetrafluoroethylene (P4). Shaped article, especially aircraft interior component, comprising the polymer composition (C).
US08586669B2
Silicone paste compositions are disclosed by combining a silicone organic elastomer gel with water or a hydrophilic solvent. The silicone paste compositions may further contain a personal or healthcare active. The silicone organic elastomer gel is prepared by reacting in a carrier fluid an organohydrogensiloxane with two polyoxyalkylenes, the first polyoxyalkylene having aliphatic unsaturation at both each molecular termini, and the second polyoxyalkylene having aliphatic unsaturation at one molecular terminal.
US08586665B2
Commercial thermoplastic clean flame retardant materials in wire and cable insulation are mechanically unstable due to high filler loading. In the present invention, thermoplastic, black color, clean flame retardant composition using carbon nano tubes (CNT) is made. The resultant compositions possess very low smoke and toxicity. CNT with outer diameter of 40-60 nm and length of under 20 μm are used to increase mechanical properties and flame retardancy. Thermo plastically extruded composition consists of each component by parts by weight as follows: 100 of resin (polyolefin or 100 of polyolefin/ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM)), 90-150 of non-halogen containing flame retardants, 1-20 of auxiliary secondary flame retardant agents, 2-4 of CNT (outer diameter of 40-60 nm) and length under 20 μm and 0.2-1.0 of antioxidants. A reliable method for producing thermoplastic black color clean flame retardant insulation material for wire and cable without deterioration of mechanical properties is discussed.
US08586664B2
The invention relates to polyamide molding material for the production of transparent or colorable moldings with high flexibility, high notched impact strength (Charpy), low water absorption and excellent chemical resistance, comprising at least one partly crystalline, transparent copolyamide (A) with a glass transition temperature (Tg) of at most 80° C. and a melting temperature of at least 150° C., and a heat of fusion of at least 20 J/g, where the glass transition temperature (Tg), the melting temperature (Tm) and the heat of fusion (HF) are determined according to ISO 11357-1/2, under conditions where the differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) is performed with a heating rate of 20 K/min, wherein the copolyamide (A) includes no aromatic dicarboxylic acids.
US08586663B2
Disclosed in a composition comprising at least one ionomer (A) and at least one blend comprising at least one polyamide and at least one ionomer (B) wherein the polyamide is an aliphatic polyamide and the ionomer (B) is a copolymer of ethylene, an α, β-unsaturated C3-C8 carboxylic acid, at least one ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid or derivative thereof, and optionally an alkyl (meth)acrylate.
US08586654B2
A thermosettable composition including: (a) at least one thermosetting resin; (b) at least one curing agent for the at least one thermosetting resin; (c) at least one high aspect ratio filler; wherein the aspect ratio of the filler is higher than 5:1; and (d) optionally, at least one catalyst for polymerization, including homopolymerization, of the at least one thermosetting resin; or optionally, at least one catalyst for a reaction between the at least one thermosetting resin and the at least one curing agent.
US08586649B2
Disclosed is a composition comprising poly(hydroxyalkanoic acid) and one or more carboxylic acids having about 10 to about 30 carbon atoms wherein the carboxylic acid is present in the composition from 0.5 to about 15%, based on the weight of the composition and the carboxylic acid includes aromatic carboxylic acid, aliphatic carboxylic acid, polycarboxylic acid, aliphatic hydroxycarboxylic acid; or combinations of two or more thereof. Also disclosed are a process that can be used for producing the composition and an article comprising the composition.
US08586647B2
The present invention provides a recording ink set containing a black ink, a cyan ink, a magenta ink, and a yellow ink, each of which contains water, a water-insoluble color material, a water-soluble organic solvent, and a surfactant, wherein the black ink and at least one of the inks other than the black ink respectively contain a different water-soluble organic solvent; and the surface tension of the water-soluble organic solvent(s) used only for the inks other than the black ink is higher than that of the water-soluble organic solvent used only for the black ink; and the present invention also provides a recording method using the recording ink set.
US08586644B2
A thin and highly transparent coating having excellent air tightness, adhesion to a substrate, lubricating properties, galling resistance, and corrosion resistance is formed on the surface of a metal substrate and particularly on the surface of a threaded joint which is used for connection of oil country tubular goods. A photocurable composition comprising (A) a photocurable (meth)acrylate resin, (B) a (meth)acrylate monomer selected from a monofunctional (meth)acrylate monomer and a difunctional (meth)acrylate monomer, (C) a trifunctional or higher multifunctional (meth)acrylate monomer, (D) a photopolymerization initiator, (E) a benzotriazole anticorrosive agent, (F) an anticorrosive pigment selected from a phosphate anticorrosive pigment and calcium ion-exchanged silica, and (G) a phosphate ester is used to form a photocured coating.
US08586643B2
A composition used for preparing foaming material comprising a polyhydroxyalkanoate, a polylactic acid and a foaming agent, which posses certain tensile strength, elongation in break and expansion ratio as well as full bio-degradability, thus can be used in packaging industry.
US08586642B2
An aerogel including a polymerization product of a first monomer selected from an aryl polyol compound including at least two aryl groups linked to each other by a linker, an aryl polyol compound including at least two aryl groups fused to each other, or a combination thereof, and a second monomer including a benzene substituted with at least two hydroxyl groups.
US08586630B2
A composition comprising from 0.005% to 0.02% bimatoprost by weight and from 100 ppm to 250 ppm benzalkonium chloride, wherein said composition is an aqueous liquid which is formulated for ophthalmic administration is disclosed herein.A method which is useful in treating glaucoma or ocular hypertension related thereto is also disclosed herein.
US08586626B2
Novel metabolites of wortmannin and wortmannin analogs and their use in inhibiting PI-3 kinase activity in mammals and the treatment and prevention of cancer or tumor formation in a subject are described herein.
US08586623B2
The present invention concerns 2-oxo-1-pyrrolidine derivatives, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as pharmaceuticals.
US08586622B2
Disclosed is a novel composition which has a function of stimulating production of laminin-332. The composition is stable and safe, and can be used routinely. Specifically disclosed is a laminin-332 production stimulating composition which contains one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of D-alanine, D-hydroxyproline, derivatives and/or salts thereof. The composition may be used for the purpose of suppressing and/or improving a skin condition. The skin condition may include, but is not limited to a photoaging, wrinkles, a rough skin, fine wrinkles and a dry skin. The composition may be used for an external preparation for the skin or a food.
US08586621B2
The present invention includes methods and compositions for the treatment and prevention of protozoal parasitic infections utilizing Diindolylmethane-related indoles. Additive and synergistic interaction of Diindolylmethane-related indoles with other known anti-parasitic and pro-apoptotic agents is believed to permit more effective therapy and prevention of protozoal parasitic infections. The methods and compositions described provide new treatment of protozoal parasitic diseases of mammals and birds including malaria, leishmaniasis, trypanosomiasis, trichomoniasis, neosporosis and coccidiosis.
US08586620B2
The present invention features inhibitors of nitric oxide synthase (NOS), particularly those that selectively inhibit neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) in preference to other NOS isoforms. The NOS inhibitors of the invention, alone or in combination with other pharmaceutically active agents, can be used for treating or preventing conditions such as, for example, stroke, reperfusion injury, neurodegeneration, head trauma, CABG, migraine headache with and without aura, migraine with allodynia, central post-stroke pain (CPSP), neuropathic pain, morphine/opioid induced tolerance and hyperalgesia.
US08586609B2
The invention relates to aryl-substituted polycyclic amines of formula I, especially bicyclic amines, and to the physiologically tolerated salts and physiologically functional derivatives thereof; where the symbols and radicals are explained in the description, as well as to pharmaceutical compositions containing them and to methods of treatment using them.
US08586604B2
This invention relates to compounds of formula I their use as inhibitors of the microsomal prostaglandin E2 synthase-1 (mPGES-1), pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and their use as medicaments for the treatment and/or prevention of inflammatory diseases and associated conditions. A, M, W, R1, R2, R6, R7 have meanings given in the description.
US08586599B2
The present invention relates to 6-(1-methyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)-2-{3-[5-(2-morpholin-4-yl-ethoxy)-pyrimidin-2-yl]-benzyl}-2H-pyridazin-3-one dihydrogenphosphate, its solvates and crystalline modifications thereof. The present invention further relates to processes of manufacturing these crystalline modifications as well as their use in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of physiological and/or pathophysiological conditions, which are caused, mediated and/or propagated by the inhibition, regulation and/or modulation of signal transduction of kinases, in particular by the inhibition of tyrosine kinases, e.g. pathophysiological conditions such as cancer.
US08586594B2
Compounds of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, salt of a prodrug, or a combination thereof. Pharmaceutical compositions of formula (I) and related methods for treating or preventing metabolic diseases or conditions.
US08586592B2
The present invention provides a pharmaceutical formulation comprising voriconazole or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof, and an excipient of formula (I), i.e., monomethoxy poly(ethylene glycol)-poly (D,L-lactic acid) block copolymers (mPEG-PDLLA). The pharmaceutical formulation of the present invention has been shown to be stable and safe by experiments.
US08586590B2
The invention is directed to certain novel compounds. Specifically, the invention is directed to compounds of formula (I): and salts thereof. The compounds of the invention are inhibitors of kinase activity, in particular PI3-kinase activity.
US08586582B2
6-morpholin-4-yl-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine and 2-morpholin-4-yl-7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine derivatives have unexpected drug properties as inhibitors of PI3 and/or mTOR kinases and are useful in treating disorders related to abnormal PI3K/mT0R activities such as cancer, immune disorders, cardiovascular disease, viral infection, inflammation, metabolism/endocrine disorders and neurological disorders.
US08586581B2
The present invention relates to ethynyl compounds of formula wherein X, Y, Z, and R4 are as defined herein or to a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or acid addition salt, to a racemic mixture, or to its corresponding enantiomer and/or optical isomer and/or stereoisomer thereof. Compounds of formula I are positive allosteric modulators (PAM) of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5) and they are therefore useful for the treatment of diseases related to this receptor.
US08586576B2
In its many embodiments, the present invention provides a novel class of pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine compounds as inhibitors of cyclin dependent kinases, 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 diseases associated with the CDKs using such compounds or pharmaceutical compositions.
US08586569B2
The present invention relates to betulonic and betulinic acid derivatives and, in particular, to C-28 and C-3 derivatives. The present invention relates to betulonic acid esters, dihydro-betulonic acid esters, PAG-modified betulinic acid derivatives, and PAG-modified dihydro-betulinic acid derivatives. Betulinic acid and derivatives thereof may be bound to a poly(alkylene glycol) (PAG) such as poly(ethylene glycol). Binding may be via a linker, such as a diamine, an amino acid, a peptide, an ester or a carbonate.The compounds of the present invention may be used for the treatment of cancer or a viral infection. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of the present invention. The present invention further provides processes for the preparation of the compounds of the present invention, for example, from betulin.
US08586568B2
The present invention relates to the treatment of diseases and conditions with an effective amount of a steroid having those formulas given in the specification, or a pharmacologically-acceptable salt or ester thereof. The disease or conditions treatable according to the invention include angiogenic diseases and conditions of the eye, angiogenic diseases and conditions of the brain, inflammatory diseases and conditions of the eye, inflammatory diseases and conditions of the brain and neurodegenerative diseases.
US08586566B2
This invention relates to specific compounds and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the general formula: wherein Q is —CR═CR′— and Ring A is an aryl, heteroaryl or heterocyclic ring or ring system. This invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such specific compounds or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or adjuvant.
US08586564B2
The present invention describes compositions and methods for synthetic analogues and derivatives of β-glycolipids. These analogues and derivatives may be used for the treatment, amelioration or prevention of a pathological disorder. They may also be used for the modulation of the Th1/Th2 cell balance toward an anti-inflammatory or pro-inflammatory response, resulting in the treatment, amelioration or prevention of immune-related disorders.
US08586561B2
Provision of a novel combined therapy with ECyd, which therapy exhibits remarkable antitumor effect and gives less adverse effects.The invention provides an antitumor agent containing, in combination, 1-(3-C-ethynyl-β-D-ribopentofuranosyl)cytosine or a salt thereof and carboplatin.
US08586555B2
The invention provides new compositions and methods for immunomodulation of individuals. Immunomodulation is accomplished by administration of immunomodulatory polynucleotide/microcarrier (IMO/MC) complexes comprising 3-6mer immunomodulatory oligonucleotides. The IMO/MC complexes may be covalently or non-covalently bound. Also provided are immunomodulatory compositions comprising a 3-6mer IMO encapsulated in an MC.
US08586551B2
The present invention relates generally to the 18-membered macrocyclic antimicrobial agents called Tiacumicins, specifically, OPT-80 (which is composed almost entirely of the R-Tiacumicin B), pharmaceutical compositions comprising OPT-80, and methods using OPT-80. In particular, this compound is a potent drug for the treatment of bacterial infections, specifically C. difficile infections.
US08586543B2
The present application includes methods for using IL-8 as a biomarker for, e.g., tumor size, for example, during course of treatment with an anti-cancer agent such as an ERK inhibitor.
US08586535B2
The present invention provides a humanized recombinant uricase and mutants thereof, wherein the humanized recombinant uricase is a chimeric protein which comprises amino acids of non-human mammal uricase and amino acids of human uricase. The humanized recombinant unease and mutants thereof have reduced immunogenicity in human, and can be used for the treatment of hyperuricemia and gout.
US08586530B2
Provided herein, is a means for development of ferrochelatase variants with improved tolerance towards N-methyl protoporphyrin. Also disclosed are cell assay systems utilizing the variants, as the variants would confer resistance to N-methyl protoporphyrin inhibition and thereby keep heme synthesis uninterrupted. The variants contain loop mutations that affect the NMPP-ferrochelatase interaction, and different degrees of NMPP tolerance are obtained with the introduction of loop mutations in wild-type ferrochelatase. Also disclosed is kinetic mechanism of inhibition of ferrochelatase by NMPP, using the disclosed variants whose mutations in the “porphyrin-interacting loop” motif weakened the potency of NMPP as an inhibitor.
US08586510B2
A method comprising: providing at least one encaged treatment chemical that comprises a treatment chemical and a polymer carrier; placing the encaged treatment chemical into a portion of a subterranean formation; and allowing the treatment chemical to diffuse out of the encaged treatment chemical and into a portion of the subterranean formation or an area adjacent thereto.
US08586502B2
Dry-scrubbing media compositions, methods of preparing same, and methods of use are provided. The compositions contain activated alumina and potassium carbonate. Optionally, activated carbon and other impregnates, such as sulfates of group 1A metals, are included in the compositions. The compositions exhibit improved efficiency and capacity for the removal of compounds such as chlorine or sulfur dioxide from an air-stream. The compositions are particularly useful for reducing or preventing the release of toxic gaseous compounds from the areas such as petroleum storage areas, refineries, drinking water systems, sewage treatment facilities, swimming pools, hospital morgues, animal rooms, and pulp and paper production sites.
US08586499B2
A method for producing a catalyst for the preparation of methacrylic acid comprising a heteropolyacid compound containing phosphorus, molybdenum and an element X selected from the group consisting of potassium, rubidium, cesium and thallium and having an atomic ratio of the element X to molybdenum of 0.5:12 to 2:12, which method comprises the steps of mixing aqueous slurry A containing starting compounds of the heteropolyacid compound in which an atomic ratio of the element X to molybdenum is from 2:12 to 4:12, and aqueous slurry B containing starting compounds of the heteropolyacid compound in which an atomic ratio of the element X to molybdenum is from 0:12 to 0.5:12 to form a slurry mixture; heat-treating the slurry mixture at a temperature of 100° C. or higher; drying the slurry mixture; and calcining the dried mixture.
US08586488B2
A computer program product and system for configuring J electromagnetic radiation sources (J≧2) to simultaneously irradiate a substrate. Each source has a different function of wavelength and angular distribution of emitted radiation. The substrate includes a base layer and I stacks (I≧2) thereon. Pj denotes a same source-specific normally incident energy flux on each stack from source j. For simultaneous exposure of the I stacks to radiation from the J sources, Pj is computed such that an error E being a function of |W1−S1|, |W2−S2|, |WI−SI| is about minimized with respect to Pj (j=1, . . . , J). Wi and Si respectively denote an actual and target energy flux transmitted into the substrate via stack i (i=1, . . . , I). The stacks are exposed to the radiation from the sources characterized by the computed Pj (j=1, . . . , J).
US08586480B1
A packaged power field effect transistor device includes a power field effect transistor die, a DBA substrate, a clip, a wire bond, leads, and an amount of plastic encapsulant. The top of the DBA has a plurality of metal plate islands. A sintered silver feature is disposed on one of the islands. A silvered backside of the die is directly bonded to the sintered silver structure of the DBA. The upper surface of the die includes a first aluminum pad (a source pad) and a second aluminum pad (a gate pad). A sintered silver structure is disposed on the first aluminum pad, but there is no sintered silver structure disposed on the second aluminum pad. A high current clip is attached via soft solder to the sintered silver structure on the first aluminum pad (the source pad). A bond wire is ultrasonically welded to the second aluminum pad (gate pad).
US08586476B2
A circuit substrate uses post-fed top side power supply connections to provide improved routing flexibility and lower power supply voltage drop/power loss. Plated-through holes are used near the outside edges of the substrate to provide power supply connections to the top metal layers of the substrate adjacent to the die, which act as power supply planes. Pins are inserted through the plated-through holes to further lower the resistance of the power supply path(s). The bottom ends of the pins may extend past the bottom of the substrate to provide solderable interconnects for the power supply connections, or the bottom ends of the pins may be soldered to “jog” circuit patterns on a bottom metal layer of the substrate which connect the pins to one or more power supply terminals of an integrated circuit package including the substrate.
US08586475B2
A gate insulating film and a gate electrode of non-single crystalline silicon for forming an nMOS transistor are provided on a silicon substrate. Using the gate electrode as a mask, n-type dopants having a relatively large mass number (70 or more) such as As ions or Sb ions are implanted, to form a source/drain region of the nMOS transistor, whereby the gate electrode is amorphized. Subsequently, a silicon oxide film is provided to cover the gate electrode, at a temperature which is less than the one at which recrystallization of the gate electrode occurs. Thereafter, thermal processing is performed at a temperature of about 1000° C., whereby high compressive residual stress is exerted on the gate electrode, and high tensile stress is applied to a channel region under the gate electrode. As a result, carrier mobility of the nMOS transistor is enhanced.
US08586464B2
A slurry composition for chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) of a phase-change memory device is provided. The slurry composition comprises deionized water and iron or an iron compound. The slurry composition can achieve high polishing rate on a phase-change memory device and improved polishing selectivity between a phase-change memory material and a polish stop layer (e.g., a silicon oxide film), can minimize the occurrence of processing imperfections (e.g., dishing and erosion), and can lower the etch rate on a phase-change memory material to provide a high-quality polished surface. Further provided is a method for polishing a phase-change memory device using the slurry composition.
US08586445B2
A method for manufacturing a suspended membrane in a single-crystal semiconductor substrate, including the steps of: forming in the substrate an insulating ring delimiting an active area, removing material from the active area, successively forming in the active area a first and a second layers, the second layer being a single-crystal semiconductor layer, etching a portion of the internal periphery of said ring down to a depth greater than the thickness of the second layer, removing the first layer so that the second layer formed a suspended membrane anchored in the insulating ring.
US08586442B2
A manufacturing method for a high voltage transistor includes the following steps. A substrate is provided. A P-type epitaxial (P-epi) layer is provided above the substrate. An N-well is formed in the P-epi layer. A P-well is formed in the P-epi layer. Field oxide (FOX) layers are formed above the P-epi layer. A gate oxide (GOX) layer is formed between the FOX layers. P-type implants are doped into the P-well or N-type implants are doped into the N-well to adjust an electrical function of the high voltage transistor.
US08586433B2
A compound semiconductor device is provided with a first nitride semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type, a second nitride semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type which is formed over the first nitride semiconctor layer and being in contact with the first nitride semiconductor layer, a third nitride semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type being in contact with the second nitride semiconductor layer, a fourth nitride semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type being in contact with the third nitride semiconductor layer, and an insulating film insulating the first nitride semiconductor layer and the fourth nitride, semiconductor layer from each other. A source electrode is positioned inside an Outer edge of the insulating film in planar view.
US08586426B2
Shallow trenches are formed around a vertical stack of a buried insulator portion and a top semiconductor portion. A dielectric material layer is deposited directly on sidewalls of the top semiconductor portion. Shallow trench isolation structures are formed by filling the shallow trenches with a dielectric material such as silicon oxide. After planarization, the top semiconductor portion is laterally contacted and surrounded by the dielectric material layer. The dielectric material layer prevents exposure of the handle substrate underneath the buried insulator portion during wet etches, thereby ensuring electrical isolation between the handle substrate and gate electrodes subsequently formed on the top semiconductor portion.
US08586408B2
A system and method for forming contacts is provided. An embodiment comprises forming the contacts on a substrate and then coining the contacts by physically shaping them using, e.g., a molding chamber. The physical shaping of the contacts may be performed using a patterned portion of the molding chamber or else by placing a patterned stencil around the contacts prior before a force is applied to physically reshape the contacts. The contacts may be reshaped into a cylindrical, oval, cuboid, or rectangular shape, for example.
US08586407B2
A method for providing a known good integrated circuit die having enhanced planarity from a prepackaged integrated circuit die having a surface warpage such as in a ball grid array (BGA) package is provided. A partially-depackaged integrated circuit package is affixed to a substrate with a spacer element there between such that the active surface of the die within the partially depackaged integrated circuit die is “bowed” slightly upwardly to define a convex surface. The exposed encapsulant on the now-convex surface of the mounted, partially-depackaged integrated circuit package is then lapped or ground away to a predetermined depth so that an integrated circuit die is provided having an enhanced planarity and surface uniformity.
US08586399B2
In a method of manufacturing a detection device including pixels on a substrate, each pixel including a switch element and a conversion element including an impurity semiconductor layer on an electrode, which is disposed above the switch element and isolated per pixel, the switch element and the electrode being connected in a contact hole formed in a protection layer and an interlayer insulating layer, which are disposed between the switch elements and the electrodes, the method includes forming insulating members over the interlayer insulating layer between the electrodes in contact with the interlayer insulating layer, forming an impurity semiconductor film covering the insulating members and the electrodes, and forming a coating layer covering an area of the protection layer where an orthographically-projected image of a portion of the electrode is positioned, the portion including a level difference within the contact hole.
US08586395B2
Here, an apparatus is provided. The apparatus generally comprises a substrate and a thermopile. The thermopile includes a cavity that is etched into the substrate, a functional area that is formed over the substrate (where the cavity is generally coextensive with the functional area), and a metal ring formed over the substrate along the periphery of the functional area (where the metal ring is thermally coupled to the substrate).
US08586394B2
A method of making a sub-miniature “micro-chip” oxygen sensor is provided where multiple sensor elements are applied to a dielectric ceramic substrate consisting of a heater pattern, followed by a dielectric layer. Intermeshing electrodes are then applied either over the heater pattern/dielectric layers or on the opposite side of the substrate. The space between the intermeshing electrodes is filled with an n-type or p-type high temperature semiconductor which is covered by a porous protection layer. After singulation (dicing), the sensor element is assembled having conductors applied to the contact pads on the element and is packaged in an assembly for introduction to the exhaust stream of a combustion process. A large step-wise change in the resistance of the element takes place as a result of changes in oxygen content in the exhaust whereby one can determine if the exhaust is rich or lean for use in an engine management or combustion management systems for emissions control. A circuit is proposed to convert the change in resistance to a voltage signal to be used for control algorithms in engine or combustion control. Utilizing multiple units of the device for individual cylinder control of multi-cylinder engines is described. A method of using one embodiment of the invention for use as a safety switch is also revealed.
US08586392B2
A manufacturing method of a display device including a gate electrode film, a first electrode film, a second electrode film, and a conductive film connected to the first electrode film and formed of a conductive layer including a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer formed overlapping the first conductive layer. The method includes the steps of forming the first electrode film and the second electrode film, forming the conductive layer such that the conductive layer is connected to the first electrode film and the second electrode film, and forming the conductive film by removing regions other than predetermined regions of the conductive layer, wherein the conductive layer forming step includes the steps of forming the first conductive layer on the respective upper surfaces of the first electrode film and the second electrode film and forming the second conductive layer on the upper surface of the first conductive layer.
US08586385B2
An embodiment of the invention relates to a device for detecting an analyte in a sample. The device comprises a fluidic network and an integrated circuitry component. The fluidic network comprises multiple zones such as a sample zone, a cleaning zone and a detection zone. The fluidic network contains a magnetic particle and/or a signal particle. A sample containing an analyte is introduced, and the analyte interacts with the magnetic particle and/or the signal particle through affinity agents. A microcoil array or a mechanically movable permanent magnet is functionally coupled to the fluidic network, which are activatable to generate a magnetic field within a portion of the fluidic network, and move the magnetic particle from the sample zone to the detection zone. A detection element is present which detects optical or electrical signals from the signal particle, thus indicating the presence of the analyte.
US08586382B2
A method for desorption of a blood sample from a dried blood spot on a medical test sheet, for the purpose of biomedical analysis, comprises the steps of: interposing the test sheet inbetween first and second clamping heads; clamping the first and the second clamping heads onto the interposed test sheet; and flushing a desorption area of the clamped test sheet with a sample elution fluid. The clamping heads are transmitting compressive forces to parts of the test sheet. The compressive forces create an imprinted sealing area of the test sheet, which imprinted sealing area has a closed loop shape surrounding a desorption area of the test sheet. The desorption area is contained in a space enveloped by first and second outer surfaces of the first and second clamping heads, respectively, and sealed by the imprinted sealing area.
US08586377B2
An analytical test element is provided having a surface comprising a chemical detection layer on which a spreading net is disposed, the spreading net being configured to provide for the planar distribution of a liquid sample on the detection layer. The spreading net generally comprises a filament structure coated with a metallic layer that is oxidized at least on one or more surface portions thereof facing the detection layer.
US08586369B2
The invention pertains generally to novel compositions and methods for constructing chemically sensitive ion channels. The compositions and methods include, for example, novel gramicidin A derivatives and their use in constructing novel ion channels for use as biosensors.
US08586367B2
The present invention is concerned with the analysis of polar metabolites and provides methods for analyzing polar metabolites including extracting a biological sample with a extraction buffer containing a phase separator and a volatile neutral ammonium salt under conditions which allow for immediate disruption of cells in the biological sample, separating the polar metabolites in the extract by chromatography, and analyzing the separated polar metabolites. Moreover, a method for quenching a biological sample containing cellular material is contemplated.
US08586361B2
Methods and compositions using populations of randomized modified FRT recombination sites to identify, isolate and/or characterize modified FRT recombination sites are provided. The recombinogenic modified FRT recombination sites can be employed in a variety of methods for targeted recombination of polynucleotides of interest, including methods to recombine polynucleotides, assess promoter activity, directly select transformed organisms, minimize or eliminate expression resulting from random integration into the genome of an organism, such as a plant, remove polynucleotides of interest, combine multiple transfer cassettes, invert or excise a polynucleotide, and identify and/or characterize transcriptional regulating regions are also provided.
US08586359B2
Provided herein are compositions and methods of preparing therapeutic cytotoxic T cells. In certain embodiments, such T cells are generated through activation of donor cells by patient stimulator cells.
US08586351B2
A hybridization detecting device, wherein a probe cell has a body of semiconductor material forming a diaphragm, a first electrode on the diaphragm, a piezoelectric region on the first electrode, a second electrode on the piezoelectric region and a detection layer on the second electrode. The body accommodates a buried cavity downwardly delimiting the diaphragm.
US08586350B2
A high-purity fragment is obtained by a simple mechanism and method for separating and purifying a nucleic acid, particularly fragment DNA, extremely efficiently and with a high reproducibility, wherein elution with a high-concentration salt is not performed and necessity of elution and purification is eliminated.This mechanism is a mechanism for purifying a nucleic acid, particularly fragment DNA using a monolith structure formed with glass or silica, specifically, an integral porous body having an open structure with pores that communicate the upper end with the lower end, wherein through-pores corresponding to nucleic acid sizes of 35 bp (mer) to 100 Kbp (mer) are provided.
US08586346B2
The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides.
US08586340B2
The invention relates to posttranslational modification of phage-displayed polypeptides. These displayed polypeptides comprise at least one unnatural amino acid, e.g., an aryl-azide amino acid such as p-azido-L-phenylalanine, or an alkynyl-amino acid such as para-propargyloxyphenylalanine, which are incorporated into the phage-displayed fusion polypeptide at a selected position by using an in vivo orthogonal translation system comprising a suitable orthogonal aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase and a suitable orthogonal tRNA species. These unnatural amino acids advantageously provide targets for posttranslational modifications such as azide-alkyne [3+2] cycloaddition reactions and Staudinger modifications.
US08586326B2
The present invention provides a method of identifying a molecule which functions as a catalyst of protein folding in a cell, which comprises: (a) transforming a library of cells with a gene encoding a reporter protein; (b) selecting those cells which contain said gene but wherein said reporter protein has reduced activity; (c) transforming the selected cells with a genomic library and then selecting those cells wherein the activity of the reporter protein has. been restored; and (d) for those cells selected at (c) above, analyzing the nucleic acid sequence that was introduced during the second transformation event as part of step (c), molecules identified thereby and methods of protein production which employ said molecules.
US08586315B2
A fluorescent protein particle comprising: a particle forming component capable of forming or aggregating into a substantially insoluble protein particle when expressed by a cell; a fluorescent component; and a functional component capable of binding to, or being bound by, a target.
US08586304B2
The present invention relates to a method for detecting and/or for quantifying poly(A) RNA and/or mRNA, wherein a poly(dT) oligonucleotide which features a fluorescent dye and also a quencher is hybridized to the nucleic acid to be detected. Non-hybridized poly(dT) oligonucleotide is degraded by an added nuclease, and as a result, fluorescently labelled nucleotides are released and the resulting fluorescent signal is measured.
US08586296B2
The present invention provides a method for distinguishing benign human papilloma virus (HPV)-infected tissue from HPV-related lesions that have undergone malignant transformation. In one embodiment, the invention comprises a simple histochemical staining method and details a novel process for examining HPV-infected cells by determining susceptibility to enzymatic DNA digestion. Residual virion-associated DNA is seen only in benign HPV-infected lesions, while absence of residual DNA is seen with malignant transformation. In another embodiment, the invention comprises immunohistochemical assay methods for examining HPV-infected cells, utilizing antibodies to HPV L1 proteins. These methods can be used to predict biologic behavior of HPV-infected lesions. The invention can improve current cervical cancer screening programs, and improve clinical management of patients by defining malignant potential of HPV-infected tissue more accurately.
US08586291B2
The invention described herein relates to novel genes and their encoded proteins, termed Mutants Associated with Resistance to STI-571 (e.g., T315I Bcr-Abl), and to diagnostic and therapeutic methods and compositions useful in the management of various cancers that express MARS. The invention further provides methods for identifying molecules that bind to and/or modulate the functional activity of MARS.
US08586279B2
The present invention provides dual wavelength imaging compositions, processes for forming dual wavelength imaging compositions, methods for forming images using dual wavelength imaging compositions and substrate (e.g., paper web) treated (e.g., coated) on one or both sides with dual wavelength imaging compositions. Also provided is a dual wavelength imaging particulate comprising a matrix of polymer material and containing: one or more image-forming agents; a photo-oxidizing agent which is activated at a first wavelength of light to cause the one or more image-forming agents to form one or more images; and a reducing agent which is activated at a second wavelength of light to cause termination of the formation of the one or more images.
US08586274B2
A toner for developing an electrostatic charge image, which satisfies both low temperature fixing property and blocking resistance and which is excellent in the fixed image strength and further excellent in the production stability and is capable of presenting a constant quality, and a process for its production, which toner comprises a binder resin containing a crystalline resin, and wax, and which has, in its DSC curve measured by a differential scanning calorimeter, an endothermic peak of from 0.01 to 10 mJ/mg at a temperature of at most 45° C. during its temperature rise.
US08586268B2
Compounds of the Formula (I) and (II) wherein M1, M2 and M3 independently of one another are no bond, a direct bond, CO, O, S, SO, SO2 or NR14; provided that at least one of M1, M2 or M3 is a direct bond, CO, O, S, SO, SO2 or NR14; M4 is a direct bond, CR″3R″4, CS, O, S, SO, or SO2; Y is S or NR18; R1 for example is hydrogen, C3-C8cycloalkyl, phenyl or naphthyl, both of which are optionally substituted; R2 for example is C1-C20alkyl; R″2 has one of the meanings given for R2; R3 and R4 are for example hydrogen, halogen, C1-C20alkyl; R′3, R′4, R″3 and R″4 independently of one another have one of the meanings given for R3 and R4; and R5 is for example hydrogen, halogen, C1-C20alkyl; provided that in the compounds of the Formula (I) at least two oxime ester groups are present; exhibit an unexpectedly good performance in photopolymerization reactions.
US08586263B2
The electrode for a fuel cell includes an electrode substrate and a catalyst layer disposed on the electrode substrate. The catalyst layer includes a first catalyst including a tungsten-containing compound and a second catalyst including a noble metal.
US08586262B2
A method of manufacturing a titanium-based material includes: rolling a titanium base material via rolling oil that includes carbon to form a rolling-altered layer that includes titanium carbide on a surface of the base material; and depositing a carbon film on the surface on which the rolling-altered layer has been formed.
US08586256B2
A power supply apparatus has a combined power source with power cells configured electrically independently. A switch arbitrarily changes connection paths of the power cells by selectively connecting power cell terminals through switching elements. A voltage detector detects differences in electrical potentials between the power cell terminals. A controller controls ON-OFF states of the switching elements by controlling the switch by a control signal generated based on voltage signals representing the differences in electrical potentials detected by the voltage detector so as to isolate one of the power cells to stop a supply of electric power therefrom when a voltage generated in the power cell has dropped to a specified voltage or lower. The controller restarts the supply of electric power from the power cell whose power supply has been stopped when the duration of a down time of the power cell has reached a predetermined time or longer.
US08586248B2
A battery plate assembly for a lead-acid battery is disclosed. The assembly includes a plates of opposing polarity each formed by an electrically conductive grid body having opposed top and bottom frame elements and opposed first and second side frame elements, the top frame element having a lug and an opposing enlarged conductive section extending toward the bottom frame element; a plurality of interconnecting electrically conductive grid elements defining a grid pattern defining a plurality of open areas, the grid elements including a plurality of radially extending vertical grid wire elements connected to the top frame element, and a plurality of horizontally extending grid wire elements, the grid body having an active material provided thereon. A highly absorbent separator is wrapped around at least a portion of the plate of a first polarity and extends to opposing plate faces. An electrolye is provided, wherein substantially all of the electrolyte is absorbed by the separator or active material. A method for assembling a battery is also disclosed.
US08586241B2
The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of compounds of general Formula (I) La-bM1bFe1-cM2cPd-eM3eOx (I), wherein Fe has the oxidation state +2 and M1, M2, M3, a, b, c, d, e and x are: M1: Na, K, Rb and/or Cs, M2: Mn, Mg, Al, Ca, Ti, Co, Ni, Cr, V, M3: Si, S, F a: 0.8-1.9, b: 0-0.3, c: 0-0.9, 15 d: 0.8-1.9, e: 0-0.5, x: 1.0-8, depending on the amount and oxidation state of Li, M1, M2, P, M3, wherein compounds of general Formula (I) are neutrally charged, comprising the following steps (A) providing a mixture comprising at least one lithium-comprising compound, at least one iron-comprising compound, in which iron has the oxidation state +3, and at least one M1-comprising compound, if present, and/or at least one M2-comprising compound, if present, and/or least one M3-comprising compound, if present, and at least one reducing agent which is oxidized to at least one compound comprising at least one phosphorous atom in oxidation state +5, and (B) heating the mixture obtained in step (A) at a temperature of 100 to 500° C. and at an autogeneous pressure to reduce Fe to oxidation state +2 and to obtain a compound of general Formula (I).
US08586237B2
To provide a method for manufacturing a lithium secondary battery, characterized by having: a processing lithium secondary battery preparing step for preparing a processing lithium secondary battery that has a positive electrode layer containing LiFePO4 as a positive-electrode active material, a negative electrode layer containing a carbon material as a negative-electrode active material, and nonaqueous electrolyte solution containing LiPF6 and LiBOB; and a film forming step of performing a charging process on the processing lithium secondary battery until a voltage of the processing lithium secondary battery falls within a high voltage range in which a film of an oxidative decomposition product of a BOB anion contained in the LiBOB is formed on a surface of the positive-electrode active material.
US08586236B2
A rechargeable battery includes a case; an electrode assembly housed in the case, wherein the electrode assembly includes a first electrode, a second electrode and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a support plate between the electrode assembly and the case, the support plate having a first conductive plate electrically coupled to the electrode assembly; wherein an insulation layer is between the first conductive plate and the electrode assembly and wherein an adhesive section is between the insulation layer and the first conductive plate.
US08586233B2
Provided is a highly safe portable electronic device having a secondary battery as a power source, and including a package, an electronic device body housed in the package, and a battery housing portion housed in the package, in which even if the content melts due to an extremely significant impact applied thereto, discharge of a melt is inhibited. In the portable electronic device, the battery housing portion is a molding with a battery fitting portion for fitting the secondary battery therein, and the battery fitting portion has a covering layer, which includes a temperature suppression layer and a block layer, provided on its surface.
US08586230B2
A battery module and a method of manufacturing the same, the battery module including a plurality of rechargeable batteries, each rechargeable battery including a positive electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal formed of different materials; a bus bar electrically connecting the plurality of rechargeable batteries; a first terminal plate for installing the bus bar, the first terminal plate being coupled to the positive electrode terminal via a first welding portion; and a second terminal plate for installing the bus bar, the second terminal plate being coupled to the negative electrode terminal via a second welding portion, at least one of the first welding portion and the second welding portion being a friction stir weld.
US08586227B2
A battery that will operate at ambient temperature or lower includes an enclosure, a current collector within the enclosure, an anode that will operate at ambient temperature or lower within the enclosure, a cathode that will operate at ambient temperature or lower within the enclosure, and a separator and electrolyte within the enclosure between the anode and the cathode. The anode is a sodium eutectic anode that will operate at ambient temperature or lower and is made of a material that is in a liquid state at ambient temperature or lower. The cathode is a low melting ion liquid cathode that will operate at ambient temperature or lower and is made of a material that is in a liquid state at ambient temperature or lower.
US08586219B2
The invention provides a closed type battery comprising a battery element covered with a covering film and a heat fusion seal portion formed by heat fusion on a periphery of the covering film, wherein the cleaving strength upon an internal pressure rise of a seal portion positioned between a positive electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal is larger than that of any other seal portion, and a safety valve adapted to release pressure upon a battery's internal pressure rise is located at a portion other than said inter-terminal seal portion. The invention also provides an assembled battery wherein a plurality of closed type batteries are stacked one upon another while a safety valve adapted to release pressure upon an increase in the internal pressure of the battery is located at a position in no contact with the covering film surface of an adjoining battery.
US08586214B2
A cutting tool with excellent resistance to adhesion and wear. The cutting tool has a cutting edge on the intersecting ridge line of the rake face and the flank face, and is covered on the surface of the base thereof by a coating layer comprising TiaAlbNbdMe(C1-xNx). M is at least one selected from Si, W, Mo, Ta, Hf, Cr, Zr, and Y, with the content ranges 0.3≦a≦0.8, 0≦b≦0.6, 0.01≦d≦0.25, 0≦e≦0.25, a+b+d+e=1, and 0≦x≦1). Droplets provided on the surface of the coating layer have a higher Nb content ratio on the rake face compared to the flank face.
US08586207B2
Provided are a fused polycyclic compound obtained by expanding the conjugated system of a chrysene skeleton, and an organic light emitting device using the compound. The organic light emitting device has an optical output with high efficiency and high luminance, and is extremely durable.
US08586200B2
Disclosed is an organic compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1 that easily dissolves in an organic solvent, and that is applicable as a host material of an emission layer of an organic photoelectric device since it emits fluorescence and phosphorescence at a red wavelength through a blue wavelength.
US08586191B2
The field of the invention is that of articles adhesive to the skin for medical or paramedical use. The invention relates to an article adhesive to the skin.
US08586184B2
Disclosed is a fluorine-containing polymer having (A) repeating units derived from a fluorine-containing acrylate monomer, and (B) repeating units derived from an amino group-containing monomer, wherein the fluorine-containing polymer is water-soluble. The fluorine-containing polymer has sufficiently high solubility, and can impart high water repellency, high oil repellency and high soil resistance to a porous substrate.
US08586171B2
A display panel includes a first substrate that has a first display area in which signal lines are formed, a second substrate that has a second display area corresponding to the first display area of the first substrate, and a sealant that is used to bond the first substrate and the second substrate and at least a portion of which is formed in either of the first display area of the first substrate and the second display area of the second substrate.
US08586169B2
There are provided a thermal barrier coating material and a thermal barrier coating member that can suppress spalling when used at a high temperature and have a high thermal barrier effect, a method for producing the same, a turbine member coated with a thermal barrier coating, and a gas turbine. The thermal barrier coating member comprises a heat resistant substrate, a bond coat layer formed thereon, and a ceramic layer formed further thereon, wherein the ceramic layer comprises an oxide which consists of an oxide represented by the general formula A2Zr2O7 doped with a predetermined amount of CaO or MgO and has 10 volume % or more of a pyrochlore type crystal structure, where A represents any of La, Nd, Sm, Gd, and Dy.
US08586168B2
A sheet-form paper for separating portions produced by a portion control machine and dispensing from a paper feed system, each sheet of the sheet-form paper including a recess formed in at a side edge for receiving a male guide, and a slit extending inwardly from an edge of the recess for engaging a knife edge of the male guide. The slit extends from an innermost edge of the recess substantially perpendicular to the side edges of the sheet.
US08586167B2
The present invention is a folded paper napkin that allows the owner of two (2) or more different types of napkin dispensers to refill those dispensers with the same napkin while still achieving a one-at-a-time rate of withdrawal. More particularly, the present invention is a paper napkin of specific dimensions that is comprised of two (2) folds along its unfolded length and interleaved with a similarly-dimensioned folded napkins.
US08586159B2
A breathable, heat-sealable, composite film comprising a perforated polymeric substrate layer having a first and second surface and disposed on a surface of the substrate layer an unperforated barrier layer wherein: (i) the thickness of the unperforated barrier layer is no more than about 12 pm; and (ii) the perforated substrate layer has a degree of perforation of from about 0.1 to about 78%, wherein the perforations have an average diameter of between 0.05 and 1.5 mm; and a process for the production thereof, suitable for use in the packaging of freshly cut plants such as flowers, vegetables, fruits and salads.
US08586152B2
A liquid crystal composition satisfying at least one of characteristics such as a high maximum temperature of a nematic phase, a low minimum temperature of the nematic phase, a small viscosity, a large optical anisotropy, a large negative dielectric anisotropy, a large specific resistance, a high stability to ultraviolet light, a high stability to heat and a short helical pitch is provided, wherein the liquid crystal composition has a negative dielectric anisotropy and contains a specific optically active compound as a first compound, a specific compound having a large negative dielectric anisotropy as a second component, and may contain a specific compound having a high maximum temperature or a small viscosity as a third component, a specific compound having a large negative dielectric anisotropy as a fourth component and a specific optically active compound as a fifth component, and a liquid crystal display device that contains the composition.
US08586143B2
The present invention relates to a method of grafting, by covalent bonding, hollow or solid composite capsules onto any type of natural, artificial or synthetic, organic or inorganic, support, the capsules being chemically, physically or physico-chemically modified, so as possibly to improve their affinity with the support and to functionalize them, and then grafted, after the capsules and/or the support have been activated. The invention also relates to the capsules thus modified, to the supports grafted by the capsules, especially fibres and textiles, and also to the use of these grafted supports, especially fibres and textiles, for making up what are called “functional” articles.
US08586140B2
A film formation method for forming a metal oxide film includes loading a target object into a process container configured to maintain a vacuum therein; supplying a film formation source material into the process container; supplying an oxidizing agent into the process container; and causing the film formation source material and the oxidizing agent to react with each other, thereby forming a metal oxide film on the target object. The film formation source material is an organic metal compound containing a metal of the metal oxide film and prepared by mixing a first organic metal compound that is solid at room temperature and has a higher vapor pressure with a second organic metal compound that is liquid at room temperature such that the organic metal compound is liquid at room temperature.
US08586132B2
The present invention relates to a device and a method for coating a microstructured and/or nanostructured structured substrate. According to the present invention, the coating is performed in a vacuum chamber. The pressure level in the vacuum chamber is elevated during or after the charging of the vacuum chamber with coating substance.
US08586128B2
A high luminance and high output LED package using an LED as a light source and a fabrication method thereof. The LED package includes an Al substrate with a recessed multi-stepped reflecting surface formed therein and a light source composed of LEDs mounted on the reflecting surface and electrically connected to patterned electrodes. The LED package also includes anodized insulation layers formed between the patterned electrodes and the substrate, and an encapsulant covering over the light source of the substrate. The LED package further includes an Al heat radiator formed under the LEDs to enhance heat radiation capacity. According to the present invention, the substrate is made of Al material and anodized to form insulation layers thereon, allowing superior heat radiation effect of the LED, thereby significantly increasing the lifetime and light emission efficiency of the LED package.
US08586126B2
Imprint lithography may comprise generating a fluid map, generating a fluid drop pattern, and applying a fluid to a substrate according to the fluid drop pattern. The fluid drop pattern may be generated using a stochastic process such as a Monte Carlo or structured experiment over the expected range of process variability for drop locations and drop volumes. Thus, variability in drop placement, volume, or both may be compensated for, resulting in surface features being substantially filled with the fluid during imprint.
US08586125B2
A method of manufacturing an implantable medical device, such as a drug eluting stent, is disclosed. The method includes subjecting an implantable medical device that includes a polymer to a thermal condition. The thermal condition can result in reduction of the rate of release of an active agent from the device subsequent to the implantation of the device and/or improve the mechanical properties of a polymeric coating on the device.
US08586118B1
A produce de-stemmer for generally symmetrical produce such as pepper pods that supports an item of produce in a propped orientation within a canister, a number of which are connected to a moving endless chain so that the canisters are cyclically inverted. A fixed support track resides below the moving canisters to support the item of produce so that a portion of the item is exposed during the canister travel. The exposed portion of the produce item is propelled into a cutting means which removes a desired portion of the produce item.
US08586117B2
A liquid infusion and/or brewing process is described. The process includes the steps of placing a desired amount of an infusion material into a chamber at atmospheric pressure, placing a desired amount of liquid into said chamber, sealing said chamber from the surrounding atmosphere, and applying at least one reduced pressure cycle within said chamber, wherein said at least one cycle includes reducing pressure within said chamber to form at least a partial vacuum within said chamber and subsequently returning said chamber to about atmospheric pressure. Methods for separating the brewing media from the liquid after completion of the brewing process are also described.
US08586112B2
The invention provides a process for the production of a substance or composition for the treatment, by therapy or prophylaxis, of parasitic infections, in particular malarial infections such as Plasmodium falciparum infections, of the human or animal body. The process comprises extracting the substance or composition from roots of the plant species Dicoma anomala, by an extraction using an organic solvent to obtain a liquid extract containing the substance or composition and removing the solvent from the liquid extract to leave a dried extract containing the substance or composition. The invention extends also to the use of the substance or composition in the manufacture of a medicament or preparation for such treatment of infections; to a substance or composition for use in such treatment of said infections; to compounds for use in such treatment of said infections; and to a method of treating said infections using such compounds.
US08586097B2
The present invention provides methods and compositions for the treatment of ion imbalances using core-shell composites and compositions comprising such core-shell composites. In particular, the invention provides core-shell particles and compositions comprising potassium binding polymers, and core-shell particles and compositions comprising sodium binding polymers, and in each case, pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Methods of use of the polymeric and pharmaceutical compositions for therapeutic and/or prophylactic benefits are also disclosed. The compositions and methods of the invention offer improved approaches for treatment of hyperkalemia and other indications related to potassium ion homeostasis, and for treatment of hypertension and other indicates related to sodium ion homeostasis.
US08586091B2
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising N-[3-chloro-4-[(3-fluorophenyl)methoxy]phenyl]-6-[5[[[2-(methylsulfonyl)ethyl]amino]methyl]-2-furyl]-4-quinazolinamine as active pharmaceutical ingredient and a process of preparing such composition.
US08586084B2
A modified release composition comprising tacrolimus releases less than 20% w/w of the active ingredient within 0.5 hours when subjected to an in vitro dissolution test using USP Paddle method and using 0.1 N HCl as dissolution medium and has increased bioavailability by effectively reducing or even avoiding the effects of CYP3A4 metabolism. The modified composition may be coated with an enteric coating; and/or may comprise a solid dispersion or a solid solution of tacrolimus in a hydrophilic or water-miscible vehicle and one or more modifying release agents; and/or may comprise a solid dispersion or a solid solution of tacrolimus in an amphiphilic or hydrophobic vehicle and optionally one or more modifying release agents.
US08586081B2
The present invention relates to the isolation of polypeptides derived from the Clostridium botulinum neurotoxin and the use thereof as immunogens for the production of vaccines and antitoxins, as well as research and drug development applications. Clostridium botulinum is responsible for food bone botulism, a severe and often deadly disease. Botulinum neurotoxin binds to neural cells and are translocated into the cytosol. The toxin then prevents neurotransmitter release by cleaving a SNARE protein. A double mutant E224A/E262 full length botulinum neurotoxin Type A holo form was successfully cloned and purified, which lacks the endopeptidase activity involved in the toxic action of the BoNT, and thus leading to its detoxification (DR BoNT/A). This new molecule can be used as an antidote against botulism, and also as a vaccine candidate for botulism. Due to the poor availability and extreme toxicity of native holo-toxin, a nontoxic form of the holo-toxin is highly desired for research and vaccine development. The full length DR BoNT/A protein has been expressed in E. coli as a soluble form.
US08586078B2
Oil-in-water emulsion gels and medical articles containing an omega-3 oil are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of preparing and using such emulsion gels and medical articles.
US08586076B2
This invention relates to fat containing consumable food products comprising α-cyclodextrin. The food products have reduced levels of bioavailable fat but have substantially the same fat, cholesterol and caloric content as a like food without α-cyclodextrin. The invention also relates to methods for reducing the bioavailability of fats in fat containing food products without reducing caloric intake as determined by bomb calorimetry and to methods for increasing high density lipoproteins in a subject and reducing or controlling weight by administering the food products of this invention.
US08586072B2
According to an aspect of the invention, medical devices are provided, which include a nanoparticle-derived inorganic layer disposed over a least a portion of structure that includes a substrate, and optionally, a therapeutic-agent-containing layer disposed over at least a portion of the substrate. In some embodiments, the inorganic layer is a nanoporous inorganic layer. Other aspects of the invention comprise methods for forming such medical device.
US08586042B2
The present invention provides anti-mortalin peptide antibodies having stronger anticancer effects than known anti-mortalin antibodies, hybridomas producing such antibodies, and anticancer agents using such antibodies. Specifically, a hybridoma C-26 strain (FERM P-21875) and a hybridoma C-69 strain (FERM P-21876) producing anti-mortalin monoclonal antibodies having the function of being internalized by cancer cells and specificity to mortalin antigens, and having the good function of suppressing the cancer cell proliferation in vivo were obtained from hybridoma clones obtained using as an immunogen cocktail of the 2 types of peptide containing “LFGRAP” and “KAMQDAEVSKSDIGEVI” epitopes for an anti-mortalin antibody having the function of being internalized by cancer cells. Thus, anticancer agents containing the monoclonal antibodies as active ingredients could also be provided. Moreover, the epitope sequences recognized by these monoclonal antibodies were confirmed to be “EVILVG” and “DLFGR.”
US08586038B2
Disclosed are fusion proteins comprising a biologically active molecule and an immunoglobulin (Ig) Fc domain which is linked to the biologically active molecule. The Fc domain is a hybrid human Fc domain of (i) IgG1, IgG2 or IgG4 or (ii) IgG4 and IgD. The hybrid Fc is useful as a carrier of biologically active molecules.
US08586032B2
The invention relates to the field of medicine and in particular to the use of alkaline phosphatase in the treatment of renal diseases, such as reduced renal function. The present invention also relates to the field of pharmacy and in particular to the pharmaceutical use of alkaline phosphatase. The present invention provides an alternative treatment to improve a situation in which the renal function is reduced by using alkaline phosphatase.
US08586026B2
Use of one strain of Lactobacillus plantarum for the manufacture of a composition for increasing the diversity of the gastrointestinal tract by administration of said strain to an individual with a view to producing an increased diversity index compared to placebo is disclosed, as well as use of one strain of Lactobacillus plantarum for the manufacture of a composition for prophylactic treatment of a healthy individual against developing a low bacterial diversity (LBD); of an individual having LBD against developing one or more physiologically disturbed conditions, large intestine bacterial overgrowth (LIBO) or small intestine bacterial overgrowth (SIBO); and of an individual having LIBO or SIBO against developing one or more physiologically disturbed conditions, and a method for increasing said diversity.
US08586024B2
The present invention is directed to long-lasting therapeutic formulations and their methods of use wherein the formulation comprises a genetically modified micro-organ that comprises a vector which comprises a nucleic acid sequence operably linked to one or more regulatory sequences, wherein the nucleic acid sequence encodes a therapeutic polypeptide, such as erythropoietin or interferon alpha.
US08586021B2
The present invention provides a mimetic egg comprising β-glucosidase, a salt thereof, a biological fragment thereof or a β-glucosidase-related peptide as an egg recognition pheromone in its base material mimicking an egg of a insect pests, particularly a termite, a method for exterminating and controlling insect pests, and a tool for a biological study using the same.
US08586020B2
Provided are a use of chemically-crosslinkable, poly(organophosphazene)s for biomaterials, chemically-crosslinkable poly(organophosphazene)s with a physiologically active substance covalently-bonded thereto, a use thereof for biomaterials, and a process for preparing the same. The chemical crosslinkings can be made by UV irradiation, and/or a crosslinker, and/or an additive, and/or an enzyme, and/or a mixing of at least one polymer.
US08586019B2
Conjugates of a polymer having attached thereto an angiogenesis targeting moiety and a therapeutically active agent such as an anti-cancer agent or anti-angiogenesis agent, and processes of preparing same are disclosed.Pharmaceutical compositions containing these conjugates and uses thereof in the treatment of angiogenesis-related medical conditions such as cancer and cancer metastases are also disclosed.
US08586017B2
Self-heating non-aerosol shave products are provided. In some implementations, the shave product includes a non-ionic emulsifier system, for example, including one or more fatty alcohol ethoxylates.
US08586013B2
The present invention is directed to an anhydrous composition which is long wearing and transfer resistant, while at the same time providing superior comfort, non-tacky feel and cushioning, the composition containing: (a) at least one silsesquioxane resin; (b) at least one polypropylsilsesquioxane wax substituted with alkyl units having at least 30 carbons; (c) at least one siloxysilicate resin; (d) at least one volatile solvent; (e) optionally, at least one non-volatile solvent; and (f) at least one colorant.
US08586012B2
A body wash composition includes sunscreen or UV screen materials. The body wash composition is formulated so that it may be applied during normal hygiene activities, such as washing. However, the composition applies an effective level of sunscreen or UV screen material to the body such that the sunscreen or UV screen continues to provide effective solar protection even after rinsing or washing of the human body. Further, the material is a non-greasy, easy to apply material that may be used during showering activities in a manner similar to using a bar soap or cleanser. The composition includes a variety of materials that assist in the processing and storage of the body wash. Effective amounts of solar protective material include octyl methoxycinnamate, octyl salicylate, and titanium dioxide. Testing shows that the product provides a solar protective level of at least approximately 14 even after multiple rinsings. Further embodiments have achieved a solar protective level of at least approximately 17.
US08586004B2
The present invention involves modifying certain characteristics of solid and aqueous chemical metal hydride fuels to increase the efficiency of hydrogen generation and/or to reduce the problems associated with such conventional hydride fuel sources. The present invention also relates to an apparatus (10) usable with the release of hydrogen from hydride-water fuel cells in which both the borohydride (110) and the water (210) components are in flowable or liquid form.
US08586002B2
A lithium titanium oxide for an anode active material of a lithium rechargeable battery, wherein a X-ray diffraction (XRD) spectrum has a first peak of Li4Ti5O12 and a second peak, and A50-55/A78-80 is in a predetermined range, as a result of XRD analysis, where A78-80 is an Area of the first peak and A50-55 is an Area of the second peak in XRD.
US08585997B2
A process and an apparatus for converting solid organic materials into carbon or activated carbon. The processing of solid organic materials is oxygen-free and wholly under endothermic condition. The apparatus comprises a pressure vessel (1), thermal insulation with protective cladding for pressure vessel (2), a perforated or non-perforated rotary drum (3), a sealed dish end (4), a rotating shaft (5), a geared motor with belt or chain drive (6), a steam super heater (7) for generating superheated steam, at least one inlet valve (8) for regulating the super heated steam, at least one feed pipe (9), tilting or swivel support (10), at least one cylindrical roller (11), an open or close door end (12), a feeding or removal port (13), a connecting chute (14), at least one pressure safety valve (15), a gas exit pipe (16), at least one outlet valve (17), a gas treatment unit (18) for treating the generated reaction gases, at least one pressure gauge (19) and at least one temperature indicator (20). The pressure vessel is tilted along with its accessories supported on a tilting or swivel support and solid organic materials are feeded into the rotary drum and then realigned. Gas or steam is feeded inside the pressure vessel till the entire air inside the pressure vessel is purged out and thereafter superheated steam continuously feeded into the rotary drum. The rotary drum is constantly rotated by geared motor and generated reaction gases are evacuated from the pressure vessel to the gas treatment unit wherein the organic solid materials are converted into carbon or activated carbon.
US08585996B2
The invention provides a process for efficient synthesis of ammonia. The process includes a water-splitting step in which water is decomposed to obtain a first source gas comprising hydrogen and oxygen, a first oxygen removal step in which the oxygen contained in the first source gas is at least partially separated and removed by an oxygen separating membrane or hydrogen separating membrane to obtain a second source gas having a lower oxygen concentration than the first source gas, a second oxygen removal step in which the oxygen in the second source gas is reacted with hydrogen to produce water for removal, or is adsorbed onto an adsorption medium for removal, to obtain a third source gas having a lower oxygen concentration than the second source gas, and an ammonia synthesis step in which the hydrogen in the third source gas is reacted with nitrogen to synthesize ammonia.
US08585993B2
Methods for regenerating amorphous iron oxide hydroxide after being used as desulfurizer by (1) grinding a waste mixture into waste powder, wherein the waste mixture results from use of the composition comprising amorphous iron oxide hydroxide as desulfurizer; (2) preparing the waste powder into a suspension and charging the suspension with a gas containing oxygen to obtain a slurry comprising amorphous iron oxide hydroxide and elemental sulfur; and (3) placing the slurry or a solid resulting from filtering the slurry into a container and charging the slurry or the solid with air so that the elemental sulfur floats and the amorphous iron oxide hydroxide precipitates.
US08585987B2
An automated staining system and a reagent container designed for use with the automated staining apparatus. The reagent container includes a reagent containment section capable of containing a volume of a reagent. The reagent containment section includes an upper wall and a base wall that are spaced apart along an axis. The base wall includes a well having a nadir that is aligned axially with an access opening in the upper wall so that a reagent probe entering the opening parallel to the axis will travel toward the nadir. In another aspect of the invention, the reagent container may include a two-dimensional data element containing reagent information. The staining apparatus may include one removable drawer for holding reagent containers and another removable drawer holding slides.
US08585980B2
According to an embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus for ionizing air includes a first reflector and a first target. The first reflector receives direct UV energy (from a UV emitter) and reflects it to form reflected UV energy. The first target has an inner face that also receives direct UV energy (from the UV emitter). The first target also has an outer face that receives the reflected UV energy from the first reflector. The faces of the first target are coated with a photo-catalytic coating. The first target may also have passages between the faces.
US08585975B2
An internal temperature sensor for measuring internal temperature of a case of the blood glucose meter is arranged inside the case of the blood glucose meter, and an external temperature sensor configured by components with low heat capacity and adapted for measuring external temperature is arranged at a position separated from the central portion of the case of the blood glucose meter. Further, a microcomputer of the blood glucose meter includes the following processing: judging whether or not the temperature fluctuation falls within the acceptable range based on the difference between the respective temperatures and, if the temperature fluctuation exceeds the acceptable range, temporarily stopping the processing until the temperature fluctuation falls within the acceptable range when in the case where the blood glucose measurement has not yet been performed, or stopping the blood glucose measurement processing when in the case where the blood glucose measurement is being performed.
US08585971B2
The invention features devices and methods for the deterministic separation of particles. Exemplary methods include the enrichment of a sample in a desired particle or the alteration of a desired particle in the device. The devices and methods are advantageously employed to enrich for rare cells, e.g., fetal cells, present in a sample, e.g., maternal blood and rare cell components, e.g., fetal cell nuclei. The invention further provides a method for preferentially lysing cells of interest in a sample, e.g., to extract clinical information from a cellular component, e.g., a nucleus, of the cells of interest. In general, the method employs differential lysis between the cells of interest and other cells (e.g., other nucleated cells) in the sample.
US08585967B2
An indexable cartridge and method that is useable in either a stagnant fluid environment or in a moving fluid environment with the indexable cartridge floatable in a stagnant fluid environment and securable in a moving fluid environment with the indexable cartridge having a housing having one or more diffusion ports and a sleeve having one or more diffusion ports indexable to a diffusion port alignment through resilient yielding of the sleeve while a set of ribs inhibit lateral flow therebetween.
US08585964B2
This invention provides a novel, synergistic composition and method for reducing corrosion, particularly white rust corrosion, on galvanized metal surfaces in industrial water systems. The composition is a synergistic blend and preferably comprises from about 0 to about 10 weight percent of an amine-based white rust corrosion reducer and from about 10 to about 90 weight percent of a benzotriazole. In a method for using the synergistic blend, an effective amount of the blend is introduced onto the galvanized metal surface to form a barrier on the surface. After one or more time intervals, the composition is optionally overlayed onto the initial barrier by reintroducing an effective amount of the composition onto the galvanized metal surface.
US08585955B2
A core assembly for an injection molding-machine. The assembly includes a movable mold half and a stationary mold half clamped onto each their platen of an injection molding-machine. It also includes an actuator for advancing and retracting during operation at least one core into and from a mold cavity in a mold. The actuator is connected to a core-carrier for carrying the at least one core. The core-carrier is slidingly mounted to and partly projecting from a guidance connected to one of the mold halves. A first hole is formed in the closed mold for slidingly receiving the projecting part of the core-carrier. The core assembly allows products to be continuously molded with an extremely high degree of accuracy, and it is simple, inexpensive and easy to mount and maintain while also allowing for positioning of cores at various angles relative to the mold.
US08585951B2
A process for making an embossed web. A precursor web is provided between a forming structure and a compliant substrate. The forming structure has a plurality of discrete apertures or depressions. Pressure is provided between the compliant substrate and the forming structure to force the precursor web into the apertures or depressions of forming structure to form the embossed web. The resulting embossed web has a plurality of discrete extended elements.
US08585950B2
A multilumen catheter assembly and method of making the catheter assembly is provided that involves providing a plurality of tubes, each tube having a first end, a second end, at least one lumen, and at least one surface, selectively heating at least a portion of the surface of at least a first tube of the plurality of tubes, and contacting the selectively heated portion of the tube with a portion of the surface of a second tube to form a multilumen catheter shaft that is joined together along at least a portion of the length of the catheter shaft.
US08585939B2
A method for fabricating a sintered annular nuclear fuel pellet includes molding nuclear fuel powder or granule, an oxide of a fissile element (M), to fabricate an annular nuclear fuel green body. A rod-like shaped structure is inserted into the annular nuclear fuel green body and sintered in a slight oxidizing gas atmosphere such that the oxide of the fissile element has a balanced O/M ratio higher than a desired O/M ratio (oxygen/fissile element) of a final sintered annular nuclear fuel pellet, while being maintained in a cubic phase. The sintered annular nuclear fuel pellet is then reduced in a reductive gas atmosphere so as to have the desired O/M ratio in the state that the rod-like shaped structure is inserted.
US08585935B2
Disclosed herein is a composite for Li-ion cells, comprising an active material particle for Li-ion cells and an electronically conductive elastic material bound or attached to the active material particle. According to the present invention, the electronically conductive elastic material bound or attached to the active material particle allows the particle to maintain electronic contact with the electrode laminate matrix despite ongoing movement or expansion and contraction of the active material particles, such that the cycling efficiency and reversible capacity of the Li-ion cells prepared from the composite of the present invention is improved.
US08585933B2
This invention relates to methods for making materials using compounds, polymeric compounds, and compositions used to prepare semiconductor and optoelectronic materials and devices including thin film and band gap materials. This invention provides a range of compounds, polymeric compounds, compositions, materials and methods directed ultimately toward photovoltaic applications, transparent conductive materials, as well as devices and systems for energy conversion, including solar cells. This invention further relates to methods for making AIGS, AIS or AGS materials by providing one or more polymeric precursor compounds or inks thereof, providing a substrate, depositing the compounds or inks onto the substrate; and heating the substrate at a temperature of from about 20° C. to about 650° C.
US08585929B2
Disclosed is a phosphor and a method for preparing the same. The phosphor comprises a material having a general composition formula expressed by M1Si6N8-XOX (satisfying 0≦x≦1), where M is alkaline earth metal.
US08585923B2
The present invention provides a wholly aromatic liquid-crystalline polyester resin, consisting of the repeating units shown by the formulae [I]-[V]: wherein p, q, r, s and t represent molar proportion (mol %) of repeating units respectively in the liquid-crystalline polyester resin and satisfy the following formulae: 25≦p≦45; 2≦q≦10; 10≦r≦20; 10≦s≦20; 20≦t≦40; r>s; p+q+r+s+t=100; having a ratio P1/P2 of equal to or lower than 3.0, wherein P1 is a melt viscosity at a crystalline melting temperature measured under the condition of shear rate 1000 sec−1 and P2 is a melt viscosity at a temperature of the crystalline melting temperature +20° C. measured under the same condition as P1; and having a deflection temperature under load (DTUL) of equal to or higher than 230° C.
US08585914B2
[Object] To provide a method for producing a vehicle window glass pane that possesses both a solar radiation energy blocking function and a radio wave transmitting function.[Means for achieving the Object] A method for producing a vehicle window glass pane on which an infrared reflective film is formed by a vacuum film forming method, which is characterized by having a process in which an edge portion of an infrared reflective film having a radio wave transmissible window produced by using a masking member is removed by dry etching, and further characterized in that the dry etching is carried out by using a grindstone or a laser.
US08585912B2
A batch vapor deposition process for applying adhesion promoter during manufacturing of nanoimprinted discrete track media and bit-patterned media, and mono-molecular layer lubricant on magnetic recording media are disclosed. The adhesion promoter is simultaneously coated on both sides of numerous disk substrates, and minimal solution is wasted. In another step, the lubricant is applied at a uniform thickness that is on the order of a single molecular layer. The lubricant is also applied on the entire disk surfaces while processing multiple disks at a time. Batch processing increases throughput, and vapor lubricant reduces costs compared to conventional techniques. Limited air exposure controls bonding and monolayer adsorption guarantees uniformity.
US08585896B2
A filter or clarification system for removing impurities from a liquid to be treated, i.e., influent. The system preferably includes a chamber for receiving a liquid to be treated. The chamber has a settling assembly including a plurality of inclined settling members forming a plurality of inclined liquid passageways through which the liquid to be treated is directed to remove impurities from the liquid to be treated. Preferably, the headloss of the settling assembly is solely controlled by one or more orifices formed in the settling members, i.e., the settling assembly is free of gaps formed between the settling members that appreciably affect the headloss of the settling system. Support members are provided for each of the settling members to allow the settling members to be easily and readily removed. Preferably, the support members provide sufficient stability to allow an individual to walk on the tops of the settling members. Preferably, the support members are configured to enhance clarification or filtration. It is also preferred that the support members and settling members be configured to permit the settling members to be readily and easily connected to the corresponding support member.
US08585895B2
A transportable water treatment system includes: a lower cage housing a water purifying apparatus, a middle cage housing a first water storage tank, and an upper cage housing a second water storage tank. The transportable water treatment system has a footprint approximate to the area of the lower cage. A chlorinator may be used in the water purifying apparatus that includes a bowl having an inlet at the bottom and an outlet on its side. A channel is around the inlet forcing fluid to flow to the top of the channel and over its edges. A flow diverter is positioned above the inlet adapted to transfer the flow of fluid to a substantially horizontal direction. A platform is positioned within the channel being adapted to position a single chlorine tablet within the channel. The lid is adapted for holding a plurality of chlorine tablets above the platform.
US08585893B2
A particle collector for a dynamic cyclone placed on the ocean bottom for separation of particles in a fluid is described, where the dynamic cyclone comprises a tank (2) which is equipped with an upper inlet opening (25) and an upper and lower outlet opening (26, 32) for outflow of fluid and particles, respectively. Furthermore, the tank comprises a shaft (5) which is equipped with a number of vanes or blades (6) and which is arranged to be driven by an adjoining motor (1), where a centrally placed piece of pipe (4) with a number of slits is arranged around the shaft (5). A pressure tank (12) for particle collection is arranged downstream of the lower outlet opening (32) of the cyclone, via an inlet (18), as the pressure tank (12) comprises a collector (13) with at least a partially open top, where the collector (13) rests in a liquid bath and on a weight meter (15) in the tank (12), and also an ejector (14) which is arranged to supply liquid via an inlet (8) and to send out a fluid mixture from the collector (13) via an outlet (16).
US08585888B2
Methods for electrolysis of water to oxygen gas are provided. The method utilizes dimeric copper cations in water at a basic pH. The cations are provided in the water by adding a complex in solid form with an appropriate anion, or through a “self-assembly” method whereby a copper salt and appropriate ligands are added to water adjusted to a basic pH. The cations decrease the overpotential of water electrolysis, thereby providing for efficient generations of oxygen gas using a catalyst formed from an abundant material (copper).
US08585881B2
A device for creating microgradients in solution is disclosed. The device contains a microfluidic channel with openings at each end and two or more small apertures to a bath. Electrodes are placed in the openings at either end of the channel and an electrical power supply is connected to the electrodes. Several distinct current paths exist from one end of the channel to the other. For example current may flow from one electrode, through a portion of the channel, through an aperture into the bath, back through another aperture into the channel, and along another portion of the channel to the other electrode. Current flows along all possible connected paths when an electric field is applied along the channel and induces fluid flow into and out of the apertures in the channel. Fluid flow through the apertures results in the formation of microgradients in solution near the microfluidic channel device.
US08585863B2
A method for the production water insoluble reactive lignin having low sulfur content and lignosulfonates from lignocellulosic material in a batch or continuous process. Lignocellulosic material is fractionated to produce water insoluble native lignin and lignosulfonates in various ratios, while preserving the cellulose and hydrolyzed hemicelluloses using water, ethanol and sulfur dioxide.
US08585862B2
An object is to provide a plasma processing device capable of highly accurately monitoring an operation state including whether or not the plasma discharge is executed, whether the discharge is normal or abnormal and whether or not the maintenance work of the vacuum chamber is necessary.A discharge detection sensor 23, in which a dielectric member 21 and a probe electrode unit 22 are combined with each other, is attached to an opening portion 2a provided in a lid portion 2 composing a vacuum chamber. A change in electric potential induced according to a change in plasma discharge in a probe electrode is received by a plurality of wave-form detecting portions and a detection signal is outputted each time a change in electric potential agreeing with a predetermined different condition appears. The detection signal outputted from the corresponding wave-form detecting portion is counted by the plurality of wave-form detecting portions and the counted value is held. According to the counted value, an operation state is highly accurately monitored which includes whether or not the plasma discharge is executed, whether the discharge is normal or abnormal and whether or not the maintenance work of the vacuum chamber is necessary.
US08585853B2
A layered manufacturing method for forming a desired three-dimensional object by using a powder as a raw material. The method forms a desired solid body, which is employed in a layered manufacturing device, including a stage member having stage surface; a transparent member having an optical window to cover the stage surface to form an enclosed region together with the stage surface; and an exhaust system for exhausting gasses in the enclosed region. The optical window is positioned at a vertical upper direction when the enclosed region is formed.
US08585851B1
Methods of making a golf ball that includes a lattice reinforced layer, which is a layer made of at least two materials with different properties, includes various injection and compression molding steps. In some embodiments, the lattice reinforced layer is manufactured using a shutoff molding technique so that the entire lattice reinforced layer is molded in the same mold. In other embodiments, a grid for the lattice layer is formed first, then filled using an injection molding technique.
US08585842B2
A high-quality resistor pattern and conductor pattern is formed on an external surface of a multilayer ceramic substrate by an ink jet method. A composite sheet including a first ceramic green layer and a shrinkage-retardant layer is formed, and a resistor pattern and a conductor pattern are formed on the first ceramic green layer of the composite sheet by an ink jet method. Subsequently, a plurality of second ceramic green layers are stacked with the composite sheet such that the shrinkage-retardant layer of the composite sheet defines an outermost layer, thus forming a multilayer composite including an unfired multilayer ceramic substrate and the shrinkage-retardant layer. Then, the multilayer composite is fired, and the shrinkage-retardant layer is removed to obtain a sintered multilayer ceramic substrate.
US08585841B2
Systems and methods for chemical and/or mechanical remediation of nitro compounds and nitrate esters
Systems and methods for chemoremediation or mechanical destruction of undetonated explosive materials. An explosive apparatus contains an explosive material in close proximity to a chemical reagent selected for its chemoremediative properties. A barrier is interposed between the explosive material and the chemical reagent to delay the chemoremediation of the explosive material. Alternatively a water expandable material may be incorporated into the explosive material, whereby upon exposure to moisture the water absorbing material will expand sufficiently to fragment the explosive material into initiation insensitive particles. Initiation insensitivity is achieved by incorporation of water, which acts as a desensitizing agent as well as fragmenting the explosive material into particles sufficiently small that they are below the critical diameter for explosive initiation. The present invention also relates to self-degradable, shaped explosive formulations, comprising an explosive material and a water expandable material.
US08585827B2
Beverage preparation device with in-line scale removal system and descaling method using such system
Beverage preparation machine comprising: a fluid circuit comprising a water reservoir, a water pump, a heating means, a beverage producing module, which are fluidically connected for circulating water from the reservoir to the beverage producing module, wherein an inline descaling system is provided in the fluid circuit comprising a dedicated compartment intended for receiving a predetermined dose of a water soluble/dispersible descaling agent. The invention also relates to a method for automatically descaling and rinsing the fluid circuit.
US08585824B2
The invention relates to a method of ablating a surface layer of a wall by sweeping the said layer, comprising: a step of directional control by an optical deflector of a plurality of pulsed laser beams; a step of ablating the layer on impact zones created by the plurality of laser beams, each impact zone being defined by a centre and by a characteristic dimension; the method is characterized in that the impact zones are disjoint, the distance between each centre of the impact zones being equal to at least ten times the largest characteristic dimension of the impact zones. The invention also relates to a corresponding device.
US08585822B2
The present invention discloses a new testing method of group III-nitride wafers. By utilizing the ammonothermal method, GaN or other Group III-nitride wafers can be obtained by slicing the bulk GaN ingots. Since these wafers originate from the same ingot, these wafers have similar properties/qualities. Therefore, properties of wafers sliced from an ingot can be estimated from measurement data obtained from selected number of wafers sliced from the same ingot or an ingot before slicing. These estimated properties can be used for product certificate of untested wafers. This scheme can reduce a significant amount of time, labor and cost related to quality control.
US08585820B2
Methods for the sustained, high-volume production of Group III-V compound semiconductor material suitable for fabrication of optic and electronic components, for use as substrates for epitaxial deposition, or for wafers. The equipment and methods are optimized for producing Group III-N (nitrogen) compound semiconductor wafers and specifically for producing GaN wafers. The method includes reacting an amount of a gaseous Group III precursor as one reactant with an amount of a gaseous Group V component as another reactant in a reaction chamber to form the semiconductor material; removing exhaust gases including unreacted Group III precursor, unreacted Group V component and reaction byproducts; and heating the exhaust gases to a temperature sufficient to reduce condensation thereof and enhance manufacture of the semiconductor material. Advantageously, the exhaust gases are heated to sufficiently avoid condensation to facilitate sustained high volume manufacture of the semiconductor material.
US08585814B2
A active ray curable ink-jet ink includes a multifunctional acrylate or methacrylate of at least three functional groups, and the acrylate or the methacrylate has a partial structure of the following Formula (1) in an amount of 5-40 weight % based on the total weight of the active ray curable ink-jet ink: Formula (1) —(R—O—)n—, wherein R is an alkylene group, and n is an integer of at least three.
US08585794B2
An air filter insert with a folded filter medium is provided along a side edge with a sealing element which is composed of a first contact section which extends in axial direction and a second contact section which extends in radial direction, the two contact sections being applied directly to the side edge of the filter medium.
US08585793B2
An improved disk drive recirculation filter is provided. The filter comprises a fibrous layer disposed between two polymeric scrim or support layers. The scrim layers have a bond through their thickness, the bond forming a plurality of closed cells, such that the span on the unbonded area between the bonds is less than a critical fiber length dimension desired to be contained.
US08585787B2
The invention relates to the use of engineered fuel feedstocks to control the emission of sulfur-based, chlorine-based, nitrogen-based, or mercury-based pollutants, such as SO2, SO3, H2SO4, NO, NO2, HCl, and Hg that are generated during the combustion of fossil fuels, such as coal. Disclosed are novel engineered fuel feedstocks, feedstocks produced by the described processes, methods of making the fuel feedstocks, methods of producing energy from the fuel feedstocks, and methods of generating electricity from the fuel feedstocks.
US08585785B2
A method for production of fuel pellets from a biological material, preferably saw dust, wood or similar, where the method comprises the following steps: supplying the material to a drying step (1) and dry the material to a relative humidity from 40-65 weight-percent to 30-45 weight-percent; supplying the material from the dryer step (1), optionally via an intermediate storage step (2), to a reactor step (3, 3′) and heat the material to 200-300° C. by supply of steam; keeping the material in the reactor at the achieved temperature in sufficient time to soften the material; reducing the pressure of the reactor step (3, 3′) in at least two steps, in order to defibrate the material and release of lignin, and supply the material from the reactor step (3, 3′) to an additional drying step (5), optionally via an intermediate storage step (4), and optionally pelletizing of the material.
US08585779B2
The invention relates to a composition for dyeing keratin fibers, and in particular human keratin fibers such as the hair, comprising at least one 2-pyrrolidone functionalized in the 4 position with a carboxylic acid or amide radical, and at least one hydrophobic direct dye or a pigment; a dyeing process using this composition. Similarly, the invention relates to the use of the said pyrrolidone combined with a direct dye or a pigment for dyeing keratin fibers, and especially to the use of the said pyrrolidone for improving the color uptake onto the fibers of direct dyes that are sparingly soluble or insoluble in aqueous-alcoholic supports. The invention also relates to novel pyrrolidone derivatives. The present invention makes it possible in particular to obtain direct dyeing on keratin fibers that is fast, resistant to washing, chromatic and powerful.
US08585774B2
The present invention describes an implantable tissue lifting and fixation device. More particularly, the present invention describes a temporal brow lifting device comprised of a bio-absorbable supportive backing. The device has a shape of a curvilinear end and a tail end region. The curvilinear end region comprises a plurality of attachment points protruding from the supportive backing, and the tail region comprises of a plurality of cavities in order to secure the device at the desired elevated position in the deep temporal fascia. The plurality of attachment points distributes tension in a multi-vector direction over the contact area between the device and the tissue. The attachment points can be manufactured separately and attached, however, preferably, the attachment points are made integral with the temporal brow lifting device.
US08585770B2
An implant sleeve operable to center an implant at an implantation site. The implant sleeve includes a proximal end, a distal end, an annular sidewall, a mesh portion of the annular sidewall, and an interior area. The annular sidewall is between the proximal end and the distal end. The mesh portion defines a plurality of openings in the annular sidewall. The interior area is defined by the annular sidewall and is configured to receive a stem of the implant. A longitudinal axis of the implant sleeve extends along an axial center of the interior area. In response to force applied to the implant sleeve, the implant sleeve compresses and the mesh portion expands outward from the longitudinal axis.
US08585768B2
A method and apparatus for replacing a selected portion of the anatomy is described. In particular, a prosthesis can be provided to replace a portion of an articulating joint, such as an elbow. The apparatus can be modular for various reasons and each of the modular portions can include a different dimension to achieve a selected result. For example, the prosthesis can achieve a different size condylar replacement, a selected offset, a selected articulation, or combinations thereof.
US08585763B2
A locking device for locking an expandable support device, where the locking device includes a spring device integral with the expandable support device, and the spring device includes an end portion, a first flexible arm, and a second flexible arm. A first aperture of the spring device is adapted to position the fastener associated with the first rotational position and a second aperture of the spring device is adapted to position the fastener associated with the second rotational position. The first flexible arm and second flexible arm are adapted to flex outward and allow passage of the fastener head when an inward pressure is applied to the fastener positioned in the second aperture. The first flexible arm and the second flexible arms are adapted to collapse to their unflexed position after the fastener head has completed passage through the spring device, such that the first flexible arm and the second flexible arm are adapted to cover the fastener head and prevent the fastener from backing out.
US08585751B2
A balloon or self expandable endoprosthesis formed of a single or multiple joined stent sections. Each section has a node and strut structure extending throughout in order to uncouple expansion forces of the stent to hold a blood vessel outward from crush forces that resist the formation of an oval shape during crush deformation. The hinge can bend in the direction of a uniformly curved surface of the stent but not in the radial direction. The strut can bend in the radial direction but not in the uniformly curved surface of the stent. The widths, lengths, and radial dimensions of the hinges and struts provide a balloon-expandable hinge stent that is non-crushable. For a self-expanding stent the hinge and strut dimensions provide expansion forces that are controlled independently from crush forces. Expansion properties are determined by the hinge dimensions and crush properties are determined independently by strut dimensions.
US08585741B2
The present invention relates to a clamp, and, more particularly, to a clamp for securing the position of a bone anchor with respect to a longitudinal rod, preferably for use in the spine. The clamp may include a housing, a rod clamping assembly, and a bone anchor clamping assembly. The clamp preferably enables the longitudinal axis of the rod to be offset or laterally displaced from the longitudinal axis of the bone anchor. The rod clamping assembly and the bone anchor clamping assembly are preferably moveably coupled to the housing in order to provide increased flexibility to better accommodate the location and geometry of the longitudinal rod and to better accommodate bone positioning.
US08585738B2
An insert for establishing a desired spacing between a pair of succeeding vertebrae and having a body including an extending end for supporting a location associated with a first selected lumbar vertebrae. An opposite extending end supports a spaced apart and opposing location associated with a second successively positioned lumbar vertebrae. Upon pre-positioning the body in an open space established between the vertebrae, an actuating input causes the first extending end to displace outwardly relative to the second end and into contacting support with the vertebrae.
US08585731B2
Described here are self-expanding devices and methods of using and making them. The devices may be useful in a variety of locations within the body, for a number of different uses. In some variations, the devices have a first compressed configuration enabling low profile delivery through a delivery device, a second expanded configuration for apposition against tissue, and comprise either a single continuous filament or at least two non-intersecting filaments. In some variations, the device is formed into a shape having a series of peaks and valleys. At least one of the peaks and valleys may have a loop at then end thereof. At least a portion of these devices may be capable of biodegrading over a predetermined period of time, and the devices may be configured for drug delivery. Methods of treating one or more sinus cavities are also described here.
US08585729B2
A method of treating a constricted sinus passageway of a patient includes traversing the canine fossa region of the patient so as to form a passageway in the sinus cavity. An elongate member is inserted through the passageway, the elongate member having an inflation member such as a balloon disposed thereon. The inflation member is positioned within the constricted passageway. The inflation member is expanded so as to expand at least a portion of the constricted sinus passageway.
US08585728B2
A method of confirming the location of an elongate member configured for placement within a patient's sinus cavity comprises introducing the elongate member through a nasal passageway to place a distal tip of the elongate member in a test position, the elongate member configured to emit illuminating light via the distal end of the elongate member. The location of the light is then viewed through the patient's skin to confirm the positioning of the elongate member.
US08585727B2
Tissue severing devices and methods as provided in embodiments herein are operable to be inserted through small surgical openings and advanced to tissue to be severed. A support ribbon is provided to allow a user to present a cutting element at various angles to an axis of the tissue severing device. The cutting element is exposed by withdrawing a tube member from over the cutting element.
US08585724B2
A surgical instrument includes first and second cutting blades, each including a tubular body having proximal and distal ends, with a cutting window disposed at a side of each cutting blade near its distal end. The second cutting blade rotates within the first cutting blade to cut tissue while a vacuum is applied through an internal bore of the second cutting blade. The distal end of each of the cutting blades includes a suction aperture. An area of the first cutting blade suction aperture is smaller than an area of the second cutting blade suction aperture. The instrument is used as a suction tool by applying the vacuum through the internal bore of the second cutting blade while the second cutting blade is stopped from rotating with the cutting windows of the first and second cutting blades misaligned with each other to apply the vacuum through the suction apertures.
US08585721B2
A mesh fixation system is disclosed including a plurality of elongate members and each elongate member includes a plurality of longitudinally extending support members. Each support member is connected to an adjacent support member by a plurality of connecting members and the elongate member defines at least one opening extending therethrough between adjacent support members and adjacent connecting members. The mesh fixation system further includes a plurality of legs extending from each support member. The plurality of legs is adapted for insertion through a mesh and into a body tissue to secure the mesh to the body tissue.
US08585720B2
In accordance with the present invention there is provided a suture trimmer, the suture trimmer comprising a shaft having a proximal end and a distal end and an axis therebetween, the shaft having a groove formed in the side thereof, the groove in communication with an opening formed in the side of the shaft, the opening disposed proximal the distal end. The suture trimmer further including a cutting member slidably disposed within the shaft, and a suture retainer slidably disposed within the shaft. Wherein the suture trimmer in accordance with the present invention may be additionally utilized to position knots formed within a suture loop prior to trimming the free end(s) of the suture loop.
US08585716B2
An apparatus includes a hemostatic clip assembly including at least one hemostatic clip, a first one of the at least one hemostatic clips having a tissue clamp movable between a tissue receiving configuration and a tissue clamping configuration and a deployment mechanism deploying a distal most one of the clips onto target tissue and a cautery apparatus applying energy to the distal most one of the clips to cauterize the target tissue.
US08585714B2
A surgical suturing device (10) having an axis extending between a proximal end and a distal end is operable to move a suture (32) through body tissue (34). A handle assembly (110) is coupled to an elongated shaft (14) having a hollow configuration. An actuating rod (16) is disposed to extend between the handle assembly (110) and the shaft (14). A thumb actuation assembly is coupled to a proximal end of the actuating rod (16) for moving the rod both axially and rotationally. A needle assembly (2) at the distal end of the actuating rod (16) is movable with the actuating rod (16) between an extended state and a retracted state and at various angular orientations. Bifurcated portions (24, 26) of the needle assembly (20) define a suture slot (28), the bifurcated portions having a proximate relationship when the needle assembly (20) is in the retracted state and having a separated relationship when the needle assembly (20) is in the extended state. The needle assembly (20) is biased to the retracted state and the bifurcated portions (24, 26) are biased to the separated relationship. A handle assembly (110) is operable to move the needle assembly (20) between a free suture state and a captured suture state. In an associated method of use, the needle is bifurcated to form at least one pair of arms (24, 26 or 26b, 38b) to define a suture slot (28).
US08585713B2
Systems, methods, and devices for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke that provide immediate blood flow restoration to a vessel occluded by a clot and, after reestablishing blood flow, address the clot itself. Immediate blood flow restoration advantageously can facilitate natural lysis of the clot and also can reduce or obviate the concern for distal embolization due to fragmentation of the clot. Several embodiments of the invention provide for progressive, or modular, treatment based upon the nature of the clot. For example, the progressive treatment can include immediate restoration of blood flow, in-situ clot management, and/or clot removal depending on the particular circumstances of the treatment. The in-situ clot management can include, for example, lysis, maceration, and/or removal.
US08585710B2
A surgical instrument is configured for determining the size and/or height of an intervertebral implant insertable into an intervertebral space between two adjacent vertebral bodies of two human or animal vertebrae. The implant includes a first abutment element for abutment against an articular surface of one of the two adjacent vertebral bodies and a second abutment element supported directly or indirectly on the first abutment element for abutment against an articular surface of the other of the two adjacent vertebral bodies. The instrument includes a holding part defining a longitudinal direction and at least one test implant, which includes a first and a second test-implant abutment element each having at least one abutment surface for abutment against one of the articular surfaces. A distal end of the holding part includes at least one abutment-element holding element for detachable connection to the at least one test implant 149.
US08585702B2
An orthopedic device for fixating bone parts includes a set of one or more bone fixation pins for engaging a bone piece, an elongated fixator body having an internally threaded bore extending longitudinally therethrough, a pair of opposed longitudinally extending slots in the fixator body, and a pin-holder received within the fixator body and configured to removably hold the set of one or more bone fixation pins. The pin-holder is longitudinally movable within the fixator body for controlling the position of the set of bone fixation pins within the fixator body. The fixator body also can be configured to removably hold a second set of one or more bone fixation pins at a location fixed along the fixator body.
US08585693B2
The invention provides a system and method for achieving the cosmetically beneficial effects of shrinking collagen tissue in the dermis or other areas of tissue in an effective, non-invasive manner using an array of electrodes. Systems described herein allow for improved treatment of tissue. Additional variations of the system include array of electrodes configured to minimize the energy required to produce the desired effect.
US08585685B2
A device for the treatment of human or animal tissue by means of a movable instrument is disclosed. The device comprises means for generating a magnetic stator field, in which the tissue is located. For example, the means for generating the magnetic stator field may be a magnetic resonance tomograph (MRT). At least one conductor loop is provided on or in the instrument, and a generator is provided for generating a current that flows through the conductor loop in order to generate a magnetic useful field, which, in conjunction with the stator field, generates a resulting action for applying a useful force to the instrument.
US08585679B2
A single-lumen, multi-stage cannula particularly adapted for venous drainage during cardiac surgery includes a first stage comprising a longitudinal tubular tip having a first plurality of fenestrations to provide an axial flow at a proximal end of the tip. A second stage coaxial with the first stage comprises a nozzle section having an outer lumen wall and an inner annular wall. A central passage disposed within the inner annular wall continues the axial flow from the first stage. A plurality of outer passages is disposed between the outer lumen wall and the inner annular wall so that the inner annular wall isolates the central passage from the outer passages. The outer lumen wall includes a plurality of second fenestrations, wherein each second fenestration supplies fluid from a second region outside the cannula to a respective outer passage. The outer passages have respective outlets arranged to provide an injected flow substantially parallel to the axial flow. At least an initial portion of the central lumen of a proximal tube has an inside diameter greater than a diameter of the central passage. The central lumen continues the axial flow and receives the injected flow annularly injected around and substantially parallel with the axial flow.
US08585672B2
A simple disposable absorbent article including a chassis and an absorbent assembly. The chassis includes laterally opposing side flaps formed by laterally inwardly disposed portions of the chassis and deployable belt ears. Each belt ear is held laterally inwardly disposed until being released and deployed laterally outward so as to project laterally outward beyond the adjacent side flap. Fastening elements may be disposed on at least two of the belt ears, the fastening elements being adapted for fastening portions of the article together to encircle a waist and legs of a wearer. The chassis may be extensible. The absorbent assembly may be attached in a cruciform pattern to the chassis to allow portions of the chassis underlying the absorbent assembly and lying outside the cruciform attachment pattern to extend laterally.
US08585660B2
A valve assembly for a catheter comprising a housing having a lumen extending therethrough a first port opening to a proximal end of the lumen via a first port passage and a valve disposed in the first port passage, the valve being biased toward a closed configuration to prevent fluid flow therethrough when the first port passage is not in use in combination with a second port opening of the housing in fluid connection with a proximal end of the lumen via a second port passage.
US08585658B2
Various embodiments of drug delivery devices and methods of assembling such devices are provided. In one embodiment, a drug delivery device for dispensing medicament comprises a medicament cartridge, wherein the cartridge comprises (i) a distal end, (ii) a proximal end that is opposite the distal end along a body axis of the cartridge, and (iii) a movable piston arranged substantially at the proximate end of the cartridge. The drug delivery device further comprises a piston rod having a distal end for axially moving the piston in the distal direction during dispensing of a set dose of medicament, wherein a relative axial distance between the distal end of the piston rod and a proximal face of the piston is set during assembly of the drug delivery system. The relative axial position between may be set such that the piston rod and the proximal face of the piston abut each other.
US08585652B2
A haemostatic valve assembly (18) is provided with a housing (24) having first and second ends (26, 28) within each of which there is provided an aperture of opening (30, 32). A flexible valve element (34) is disposed within the housing (24) between the first and second openings (30, 32). A mass of separate pellets (40) is located within the chamber (38) formed between the housing (24) and the valve element (34). The pellets (40) apply pressure to the valve element (34) so as to close the lumen (36) thereof. The pellets (40) are preferably made of a compressible material and such that when an element is inserted through the openings (30, 32) and thus through the valve assembly (18) the pellets (40) compress to allow opening of the lumen (36). The biasing force of the pellets (40) against the valve (34) provide constant sealing pressure to the valve assembly (18) without the need for any intervention by the clinician. The valve assembly is therefore entirely automatic.
US08585645B2
Methods are describe for treating intraluminal locations such as in a patient's lung. The device is a catheter which has an elongated shaft with an inner lumen, preferably defined by an inner tubular member, formed of heat resistant polymeric materials such as polyimide and high temperature vapor is directed through the inner lumen into the intraluminal location to treat tissue at and/or distal to the location. The outer surface of the catheter is also formed of heat resistant material. An enlarged or enlargeable member, such as a balloon, is provided on a distal portion of the catheter shaft to prevent proximal flow of the high temperature vapor upon discharge from the catheter.
US08585636B2
An apparatus and method for dispersing fluid from a fluid dispersal line is provided. The method comprises initiating operation of the medical apparatus, determining whether fluid has been dispersed from the medical apparatus via the fluid dispersal line since said initiating occurred, and assessing whether fluid is available in the fluid dispersal line. If fluid has not been dispersed from the medical apparatus since said initiating occurred and fluid is not available in the fluid dispersal line, the method includes distributing a commanded quantity of fluid plus an amount of fluid determined to fill the fluid dispersal line. Otherwise the method disperses only the commanded quantity of fluid.
US08585632B2
A laparoscopic port device includes a compliant port body having a distal and proximal end having a lumen extending therethrough. The lumen has a filtering agent configured to retain or treat particulate contaminates present in insufflation gases. The laparoscopic port device further includes a valve operatively connected with the lumen to selectively regulate flow of the insufflation gases therethrough.
US08585625B2
A ring splint that includes a first loop, a second loop, a third at least partial loop, and an elongated support, the first loop and the second loop being attached to the support, the elongated support exhibiting a rigid property and a flexible property such that the elongated support maintains a finger in at least partial extension when the ring is on a finger and the elongated support is in contact with the palmar surface of the finger and flexes when the user bends the finger.
US08585620B2
A powered orthotic system includes a wearable component having a brace with a first section and a second section. The first and second sections are coupled to each other at a pivot. Each section is adapted to be removably attached to a corresponding first and second limb segment such that the pivot is proximate to a joint between each limb segment. The first and the second sections are movable with respect to each other to define flexion and extension directions. The wearable component also includes an electromyographic sensor, an electrically powered actuator assembly in communication with the electromyographic sensor, and a controller in communication with the actuator assembly that provides system parameters to control operation of the actuator assembly. The actuator assembly is coupled to the first and the second sections so as to apply a force that moves the first and the second sections in the flexion and/or extension directions and the force is based on signals from the electromyographic sensor. The actuator assembly is positioned proximate to the pivot. The system also includes a control unit in communication with the wearable component. The control unit includes a processor that modifies the system parameters in the controller and a user interface, in communication with the processor, that permits user selection of the system parameters.
US08585616B2
Devices and methods for determining fallopian tube occlusion. The methods may include determining fallopian tube occlusions through a pressurization or volumetric determination.
US08585612B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a guidewire capable of obtaining a sufficient tip load, and also preventing as much as possible a distal portion from being twisted or bent. The guidewire has an outer coil and an inner coil. The outer coil has a taper coil portion with its outer diameter gradually decreasing toward the front end of the core shaft. The inner coil surrounds a distal side portion of the core shaft inside the outer coil. The rear end of the inner coil is joined only to the core shaft on the front side of a position where the taper coil portion of the outer coil has a maximal outer diameter.
US08585611B1
A housing has upper, lower, and central sections having a common axis and forming an interior chamber. An opening in the intermediate section has upper, lower, and sides edges. A flap has one edge coupled with the opening and covers the opening. A support is slidable between extended and retracted orientations. The support has central, upper, and lower extents. A cylindrical bore extends through the support. The support has legs, including a short leg, extending downwardly and outwardly and adapted to be radially contracted with the short leg within the opening restrained from downward movement. The flap is adapted to be depressed to move the short leg from contact with the opening and spring the legs outwardly to move the support from the extended orientation to the retracted orientation. Upper and lower needles extend from the upper and lower extents of the support for movement therewith.
US08585602B2
A system for assessing blood circulation in a subject's limb, including detection means for detecting a signal dependent upon the arterial blood volume in a limb of the subject when the subject is in a first posture and also when the subject is in a second posture, different to the first posture; and processing means for calculating a quantitative indicator that is dependent upon the ratio of the signal for the first posture to the signal for the second posture.
US08585601B2
There is provided in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the invention an ultrasound transducer for intrabody medical therapy comprising; an element adapted to transmit ultrasound energy; at least two electrodes configured to apply a voltage across at least some volume of the element; and a gas bubble containment area adapted to retain the gas bubble when in blood.
US08585595B2
A method for estimating at least one of a fastener-hole depth and a fastener length prior to forming a hole in a bone can include selecting a position on a proximal side of a proximal cortical bone layer for forming the hole, transmitting a transmitted wave into the bone from the selected position, and receiving a reflected wave at the selected position after the transmitted wave has been reflected by a distal cortical bone layer. The method can further include determining a distance from the selected position to the distal cortical bone layer based on times at which the transmitted wave is transmitted and the reflected wave is received, and estimating the at least one of the fastener-hole depth and the fastener length based on the distance to the distal cortical bone layer.
US08585594B2
Devices and methods for assessing the size, shape, and topography of vessel lumens and hollow portions of organs are described. The devices and methods are particularly adapted for determining the size, shape, topography, and compliance of the native heart valves to facilitate the later implantation of a prosthetic heart valve. The devices are typically catheter-based having an assessment mechanism fixed to a distal end of the catheter. The assessment mechanism generally includes an expandable member, such as a balloon. The assessment mechanism may also include an imaging member, a physical assessment member, an electronic mapping construction, an alignment mechanism, a valvuloplasty balloon, or any combinations thereof. The methods typically comprise deploying the balloon percutaneously to a target location, expanding the balloon, and determining one or more physical parameters associated with the target location.
US08585589B1
Minor traumatic brain injury is detected by operating (a) an image generator for presenting a visual stimulus having a predetermined movement across a visual field of a subject and (b) a sensor device for monitoring fast eye movement of the subject while the subject views the stimulus. The sensor device generates a signal encoding the subject's eye position. A computer or microprocessor operatively connected to the sensor device is configured for determining a magnitude for the fast eye velocity component.
US08585588B2
A method for preventing obesity related to infection by an adipogenic adenovirus includes assaying a sample from a person to determine whether the person has been previously infected with an adipogenic adenovirus, and if the person has not been previously infected, providing the person with at least one sensor positioned to detect when a person's hand approaches a predetermined distance from the person's face. By warning the person of undesired hand-to-face contacts, the person is able to reduce the incidence of obesity related infections. Other embodiments are directed to a kit for preventing obesity caused by infection with an adipogenic adenovirus, such kit including a container for assaying an agent indicating the presence of antibodies to Ad-36, and a sensor positioned on an item selected from the group consisting of one of a hat, a writing instrument, eye glasses, a belt, sunglasses, a bra, a shirt, and a tie.
US08585586B2
In a tracing mode of an electronic endoscope system, a target designating frame is displayed on a monitor to enable designating a tracing target in an endoscopic image captured from an interior of a body cavity illuminated with a broadband light. After the tracing target is designated, narrowband rays of different wavelength ranges from each other are sequentially projected into the body cavity, to acquire biological information on the designated tracing target from image signals obtained under these narrowband rays. On the basis of the biological information on the tracing target, an area corresponding to the tracing target is detected from endoscopic images newly captured after the designation of the tracing target.
US08585585B2
An endoscopic form detection device includes a posture detecting section configured to detect a posture of each of sensor units based on measurement data in the sensor unit, and a linear form detecting section configured to detect a detected linear form of an inserting section on an assumption that a form between the respective sensor units is a linear link whose dimension is equal to an inter-sensor dimension based on the detected posture of each of the sensor units. The endoscopic form detection device includes a form correcting section configured to compensate at least a position of each of the sensor units by using a particle filter, and configured to detect a corrected form obtained by correcting the detected linear form.
US08585573B2
An infant warmer apparatus includes a base, a crib and a frame. The frame includes a support plate assembly comprising a plate member defining a pivot aperture and a notch. The heater assembly includes a canopy, and a mounting shaft. The mounting shaft defines a first terminal end secured to the canopy and a second terminal end passing through the pivot aperture of the plate member. The mounting shaft includes a biasing pin configured to settle within the notch of the plate member when the heater assembly is in a neutral position relative to the frame. The mounting shaft is rotatable within the pivot aperture such that the heater assembly can be pivoted in either a clockwise or counter-clockwise direction from the neutral position. A controller is configured to turn off the heater assembly when the heater assembly is pivoted out of the neutral position.
US08585550B2
A coast stop vehicle includes a hydraulic pressure supplying unit which supplies a hydraulic pressure to the transmission while the engine is stopped, a coast stop start condition judging unit which judges whether or not a coast stop start condition holds, a coast stop control unit which stops the engine when the coast stop start condition is judged to hold by the coast stop start condition judging unit and starts the engine when receiving an acceleration request from a driver during the coast stop, a transmission control unit which causes a downshift of the transmission when receiving the acceleration request from the driver during the coast stop, and a hydraulic control unit which supplies the hydraulic pressure to an after-shift frictional engagement element which realizes a gear position after the downshift of the transmission during the coast stop.
US08585548B2
A system and method for controlling automatic stop-start of a motor vehicle is provided. The system and method is configured to enable an automatic stop-start mode of operation based on vehicle conditions. In addition, the system and method is configured to selectively actuate an accumulator to prime the transmission for a smooth restart.
US08585543B1
A system and method of controlling the speed of a machine having a continuously variable transmission (CVT) operatively coupled to a power source. A plurality of selectable virtual gear ratios can be associated with the CVT. The machine may include an operator input device that may generate a operator input signal indicative of a desired adjustment in the ground speed. The operator input signal may be converted to a CVT speed command and to a power source speed command that are communicated to the CVT and the power source, respectively. The CVT adjusts the machine speed in accordance with the CVT speed command, while the power source adjusts its speed in accordance with the power source speed command, so that operation of the power source is substantially independent of operator of the CVT.
US08585542B2
A control device for a vehicle continuously variable transmission comprises a shift control means for controlling either of or both the speed ratio at the continuously variable transmission mechanism and the gear position at the subtransmission mechanism so as to adjust an overall speed ratio to a final speed ratio and a torque capacity control means for controlling the torque capacity at a disengagement-side frictional engagement element in the subtransmission mechanism so as to sustain a torque capacity value substantially equal to zero in an inertia phase occurring during a process of adjusting the gear position at the subtransmission mechanism from the first gear position to the second gear position when a negative torque is input to the vehicle continuously variable transmission.
US08585540B2
An engine is mechanically coupled to a transmission device, the transmission device operative to transfer mechanical power between the engine and a second power generating device and an output member. A method for controlling the engine includes monitoring an operator demand for power, selecting a preferred engine state, determining a preferred engine torque input to the transmission device when operating in the preferred engine state based upon the operator demand for power, determining constraints on the engine torque input to the transmission device based upon a capacity of the transmission device to react the engine torque input, and commanding operation of the engine to the preferred engine state and commanding the engine torque input to the transmission device based upon the preferred engine torque input and the constraints on the engine torque input.
US08585529B2
The “Forced Way” method is a unique method of generating variable ratio outputs from a given input of constant rotational speed by forcing one end of a drive shaft to follow a continuous path (way) around a given circle at a constant speed that can then be deformed into curves of varying radiuses that would range from the radius of the given circle to that of the various radiuses (arcs) of various ovals to a final shape of an oblong. Forcing the end of the drive shaft to follow these shapes would result in the drive shaft rotating at different rotational speeds as it transverses the shape. By sampling only the rotational output while moving over the desired portion of the shape one can control the output's rotational speed which will be some ratio of the input. The “Forced Way” method is the only method of continuously varying an output that is robust enough to be used in any vehicle with NO possibility of slipping.
US08585526B2
An axle assembly that includes an axle housing assembly, a differential disposed in the axle housing assembly, an input pinion, a pair of axle shafts and a heat sink. The input pinion is coupled to the axle housing assembly and is configured to transmit a rotary input to the differential. The axle shafts are coupled to the differential and housed in the axle housing assembly. The heat sink is coupled to the axle housing assembly and is formed of a material having a thermal conductivity that is greater than that of the axle housing assembly. The heat sink does not consist entirely of a chrome plating, a zinc plating or a cadmium plating.
US08585522B2
A drive train with a combustion engine, electric machine, and a transmission with first and second partial transmissions. The electric machine is coupled via a planetary transmission to input shafts of the first and second partial transmissions. The combustion engine can be coupled, via a separation clutch, to the input shaft of the second partial transmission and, when the separation clutch is engaged, the engine is also connected, via the planetary transmission, to the input shaft of the first partial transmission. A bridging shift element interacts with the planetary transmission such that, when the bridging shift element is engaged, the electric machine and the input shafts of the first and second partial transmissions are torsionally fixed so that they all rotate together. When the bridging shift element is disengaged, there is no torsionally fixed connection and those component rotate at different rotational speeds.
US08585518B2
A shuttlecock includes a ball head, a pinnae supporter and some pinnae. The pinnae supporter and the ball head can be made integrally or connected after being made respectively. The pinnae are inserted into the tubes of the pinnae supporter.
US08585515B2
The invention provides a multi-piece solid golf ball composed of a solid core encased by a cover of one or more layer, which solid core has an inner core layer and an outer core layer. The inner core layer is formed primarily of a specific, highly neutralized, ionomeric resin composition, has a diameter of from 10 to 38 mm, and has a cross-sectional hardness difference of within ±5 between any two points on a cross-section formed by cutting the inner core layer in half. The outer core layer is formed of a rubber composition made primarily of polybutadiene rubber. The solid core has a diameter of from 30 to 42 mm. The sum of the hardnesses at the center of the inner core layer and at the surface of the outer core layer is set to a value in a range of from 130 to 170. Such a golf ball is able to achieve an increased distance.
US08585507B2
A user profile for an online gaming service is created. The user profile contains user gaming information received from a first location. The user profile is stored in a database, and the user is permitted to access the user profile from a second location.
US08585494B2
A wagering game system wide-area central gaming controller (WAGC) determines a threshold trigger (TT) for awarding a wide-area award, divides a condition prerequisite for the TT into a set of discrete threshold units (TU), one of which is associated with the TT, and distributes to each local central gaming controller (LCGC) a block of the TU for evaluation against an outcome or wager from each eligible wagering game machine. The WAGC also subtracts the distributed block of the TU from the set of TU, continues distributing to each LCGC a block of the TU selected from the set of TU for evaluation against an outcome or wager from each eligible wagering game machine and subtracting the distributed block of the TU from the set of TU until one LCGC confirms to the WAGC that a wagering game machine satisfied the TT associated with a TU allocated to the relevant LCGC.
US08585486B2
A method of gaming including: selecting in each game round a plurality of symbols for display to a player in a set of display positions arranged in a plurality of rows and columns, subsets of the display positions corresponding to respective ones of a plurality of reels, each reel comprising a plurality symbols; controlling the correspondence of display positions to reels so that at least one game round is a diagonal spin game round in which at least one of the reels is arranged to spin diagonally such that it corresponds to display positions in a plurality of neighbouring columns; determining an outcome for each game round based on the selected symbols.
US08585484B2
A method of conducting a wagering game having a basic game and a continuous bonus game includes continually displaying a plurality of free plays of the continuous bonus game. The act of continually displaying the plurality of free plays includes the act of displaying a randomly selected outcome for each of the plurality of free plays of the continuous bonus game. While continually displaying the plurality of free plays of the continuous bonus game, a session of the basic game is conducted on a wagering game machine. The session includes (i) receiving a wager to play the basic game on the wagering game machine and (ii) in response to the receiving of the wager, a randomly selected outcome of the basic game is displayed.
US08585482B2
A gaming method includes receiving a wager from a player, displaying an image representative of a primary game, determining if a bonus event trigger has occurred, displaying an image representative of a bonus game, the bonus game including a representation associated with the player and a representation associated with an opponent, the representations each having at least one attribute associated with the bonus game, if the bonus event trigger occurs, and determining a payout associated with an outcome of the bonus game. The method also includes offering the player at least one advantage option, the at least one advantage option affecting at least one of the at least one attribute of the representation associated with the player and the at least one attribute of the representation associated with the opponent. A gaming machines and system may be provided to carry out such a method.
US08585480B2
A shove board game system and playing method thereof includes: a game host to process a shove board game program and provide a picture of a chessboard and an information window and reset status of all pieces on the chessboard, a display device communicating with the game host to display the chessboard, pieces and the information window and related information, and an input device communicating with the game host to receive operations of players to proceed the shove board game. The chessboard is octagonal and has multiple longitudinal and transverse lines in directions of X and Y axes and diagonal straight lines formed at an angle of 45 degrees against the X and Y axes. The lines cross one another to form points of intersection. The pieces are positioned on the points of intersection.
US08585470B2
A structure for a backing plate of an abrasive disk is disclosed. The structure includes layers of abrasive resin interspersed with layers of reinforcing fiberglass. The layers are generally disk shaped and cover certain radial intervals of the entire backing plate between the inner diameter and the outer diameter. For example, a radial stress profile plotting the stress along a radial line from inner to outer diameter can be determined. The amount and radial positioning of reinforcing layers (e.g., reinforcing fiberglass) may then be determined. An appropriate amount of reinforcing layers may then be placed within the radial intervals that experience the highest stress.
US08585468B2
A retaining ring can be shaped by machining or lapping the bottom surface of the ring to form a shaped profile in the bottom surface. The bottom surface of the retaining ring can include flat, sloped and curved portions. The lapping can be performed using a machine that dedicated for use in lapping the bottom surface of retaining rings. During the lapping the ring can be permitted to rotate freely about an axis of the ring. The bottom surface of the retaining ring can have curved or flat portions.
US08585461B1
A method and apparatus for sanding a workpiece. A sanding apparatus may be positioned relative to a surface of the workpiece. A positioning structure for the sanding apparatus may be moved relative to a frame for the sanding apparatus. A sanding system for the sanding apparatus may be held at a range of heights and a range of angles relative to the surface of the workpiece, while the sanding system operates. The sanding apparatus may be operated to sand the surface of the workpiece.
US08585458B2
A breast support garment is provided. The breast support garment is comprised of an outer garment structure in combination with an internal breast support structure comprising an outer garment layer. A breast support housing including adjacent first and second upper contoured support panels and first and second lower contoured support panels, the panels having exterior and interior support panels. A support attachment connecting both first and second exterior upper and lower support panels and connecting a first and second interior upper and lower support panels. A connection support attachment, the connection support attachment connects the front portion outer garment layer and the first and second exterior and interior first and second lower contoured support panels of the breast support housing. An internal support layer, the internal support layer interior to the outer garment layer and breast support housing. An internal support band connected to the internal support.
US08585451B2
A propulsor and control system for an underwater vehicle having annular fore and aft circumferential shrouds surrounding the hull. The fore and aft circumferential shrouds form respective fore and aft circumferential shroud gaps between the fore and aft circumferential shrouds and the hull. Fore and aft propulsor blades are situated substantially or completely within the fore and aft circumferential shroud gaps; the blades counter-rotate in one preferred embodiment. The fore or aft circumferential ring propulsors can have front control vanes located in front of the respective propulsors blade sets, and back control vanes located behind the respective propulsors to control the direction of the flow of water in order to maneuver the underwater vehicle.
US08585440B2
The connector has an insulating base, a plurality of terminals, and at least two conductive plastic blocks. The insulating base has a tongue plate configured with at least an indentation. The terminals contains a first signal terminal set, a second signal terminal set, and a power terminal set configured on the tongue plate. The terminals are either positive or negative terminals, and each terminal has a contact section. The contact sections of the first signal terminal set are configured at a distance above the indentation. The conductive plastic blocks are in contact with the contact sections of the negative terminals of the first and second signal terminal sets, respectively. The distance provides additional contact area with the air so that the electrical property is improved and higher transmission speed is achieved. The shielding effect of the conductive plastic blocks reduces cross interference between adjacent terminals.
US08585426B2
An electrical connector includes a connector housing and at least one electrical contact supported by the connector housing, the at least one electrical contact configured to mate with a complementary electrical contact of a complementary electrical connector. The electrical connector further includes a latch assembly that includes an actuator and a latch body. The actuator has an actuator portion and at least one arm extending from the actuator portion. The arm includes a proximal end connected to the actuator portion, an opposed distal end, and an intermediate portion. The intermediate portion is retained by the connector housing at a location below the distal end. The latch body is connected to the connector housing so as to rotate about a pivot axis. The latch body includes a latch member at one side of the pivot axis, and a spring disposed at a second opposite side of the pivot axis. The spring provides a spring force that biases the latch member toward a latched position. The distal end of the at least one arm is attached to the latch body at the second opposite side of the pivot axis, such that an actuation force applied to the actuator causes the latch body to pivot against the spring force so as to urge the latch member to an unlatched position.
US08585423B2
A connector for use underwater or in a wet or severe environment comprises first and second connector parts adapted to be interengaged to establish an electrical connection. The first connector part has at least one pin, and the second connector part has at least one electrical contact for engagement by the pin when the connector parts are interengaged. The pin comprises an axially extending electrically conductive portion and an axially extending electrically insulating sleeve around said conductive portion, and the pin is supported by and projects axially forwardly from a support whereby its insulating sleeve is exposed along a longitudinally extending portion thereof to ambient conditions when the connector parts are disengaged. The connector part has a protective rigid metal sleeve member arranged to extend at least partly along the first portion of the insulating sleeve and at least partly along the second portion thereof.
US08585421B2
A connector 1 includes: a terminal 2; an inner housing 5; and an outer housing 30 receiving the terminal 2 and the inner housing 5. The terminal 2 is provided with a first electric connecting part 21 received and held in the inner housing 5 and electrically connected to the mating connector, a second electric connecting part 22, and a flexible coupling part 23 made of conductive material, movably coupling and electrically connecting the first electric connecting part 21 and the second electric connecting part 22. The outer housing 30 is provided with a receiving part 36 movably receiving the inner housing 5 which receives the first electric connecting part 21, and a fixing part 35 to which the second electric connecting part 22 is fixed.
US08585420B2
In one embodiment of the invention, a method of mounting a surgical robotic arm to a set-up arm of a robotic surgical system is provided that includes sliding a pair of guide slots of the surgical robotic arm over a pair of guide tabs in the set-up arm; aligning electrical connectors in the set-up arm to electrical connectors of the surgical robotic arm; and coincidentally mating male electrical connectors to female electrical connectors while finally mating the guide tabs in the set-up arm to flanges of a housing of the surgical robotic arm.
US08585419B2
An AC/DC raceway assembly includes a pair of junction blocks at least one of which includes a pair of DC buses or wires carrying DC power. A DC receptacle block is electrically engageable with the junction block so that a DC receptacle on the DC receptacle block is electrically engaged with the DC buses or wires.
US08585418B2
The general field of the invention is that of electrical and mechanical connection devices for an electronic module in a rack, the electronic module comprising a first connector and the rack comprising a second connector complementing the first connector. In the connection device according to the invention, the first connector is mounted in a lateral recess on the side of the module, the second connector is mounted with free rotation in the rack on supports which also include a locking handle for ensuring the electrical and mechanical connection of the module in the rack. This device applies particularly to the display devices mounted on aircraft instrument panels.
US08585410B2
Systems for and methods of simulating facilities for use in locate operations training exercises are disclosed. Embodiments of the simulated facilities systems include a floor system in which one or more concealed wires may be energized to simulate underground facilities for the purpose of performing, for example, locate operations training, updating, and/or certification exercises for locate technicians. Embodiments of the simulated facilities systems include configurable pedestals by which either non-electric power line type of facilities and/or electric power line types of facility may be simulated. In some embodiments, simulated facilities systems may be configured manually and/or by use of a system controller.
US08585404B2
Efficiency-modulated ultrasonic dental inserts (12) are disclosed for preventing the overpowering of power-sensitive tips (18). The inserts (12) are useful in a handpiece (10) having an induction coil (20) disposed about a well and operable with an adjustable power supply having a maximum power output setting. An efficiency-modulated magnetostrictive element (14) is adapted to be received in the well. A velocity transducer (16) has proximal and distal ends. The proximal end is attached to a distal end of the magnetostrictive element (14). A power-sensitive tip (18) has a proximal end secured to the distal end of the velocity transducer (16). The efficiency of the magnetostrictive element (14) is matched with the power range of the tip (18) to prevent overpowering the tip (18) at the maximum power output setting.
US08585399B2
An orthodontic appliance includes features for reducing friction between an interior of an archwire slot portion of the appliance and an archwire to be placed within the archwire slot. Other embodiments include a rounded exterior occlusal surface. Embodiments further include one or more receptacles for receiving an installation tool.
US08585390B2
A mold making system for surface patterning of a roller mold is provided. The roller mold includes a transparent hollow roller and a polymer layer disposed at an outer surface of the transparent hollow roller. The mold making system includes a laser generation device, an optical path changing device, and a control device connected to the optical path changing device. The laser generation device is used for generating an ultrafast laser. The optical path changing device is disposed at an inner space of the transparent hollow roller to receive the ultrafast laser. The control device controls the optical path changing device to guide the ultrafast laser to pass through the transparent hollow roller and to be focused at a focus position in the polymer layer.
US08585386B2
A tire mold has a tire molding surface and a rough surface molding portion provided in the tire molding surface. In the rough surface molding portion, a maximum height Rz is not less than 4 μm, a material ratio Rmr(c) in a case where 20% of the maximum height Rz is set to a cutting level c is not less than 3.5%, and a material ratio Rmr(c) in a case where 30% of the maximum height Rz is set to the cutting level c is not more than 25%.
US08585382B2
A compressor includes a shell assembly, first and second scroll members and a capacity modulation assembly. The first and second scroll members form a series of pockets. A first modulation port defined in the first scroll member is in communication with a first pocket. The capacity modulation assembly is in communication with the first modulation port and is operable in full, partial and first and second pulse width modulation (PWM) capacity modes. The full capacity mode includes the first modulation port isolated from a suction pressure region of the compressor, the partial capacity mode includes the first modulation port in communication with the suction pressure region, the first PWM capacity mode includes a capacity between full and partial capacity via PWM between the full and partial capacity modes and the second PWM capacity mode includes a capacity between full and zero capacity by providing PWM of the capacity modulation assembly.
US08585377B2
A method of dispensing a therapeutic fluid from a line includes providing an inlet line connectable to an upstream fluid source. The inlet line is in downstream fluid communication with a pumping chamber. The pumping chamber has a pump outlet. The method also includes actuating a force application assembly so as to restrict retrograde flow of fluid through the inlet while pressurizing the pumping chamber to urge flow through the pump outlet. A corresponding system employs the method.
US08585376B2
Disclosed is a water-injection type scroll air compressor whose pre-stopping operation time for drying can be reduced while enhancing compressor efficiency.The compressor body 1 includes a water supply line 24 for supplying water to a water feeder 23 connected to an air suction line 2. The water supply line 24 is provided with a control valve 27 that can control a flow rate of the water. A controller 28 conducts driving control of the control valve 27 in a 5×10−5 to 40×10−5 range of an injected-water volume ratio (more specifically, a volume ratio between an intake air flow rate and injected-water flow rate in the water feeder 23 of the suction line 2) and at the same time, in an injected-water volume ratio range of the compressor characterized so that an increase rate of overall adiabatic efficiency of the compressor per 1×10−5 increase rate of the injected-water volume ratio stays less than 2% of an original or initial value.
US08585368B2
A hybrid airfoil for a gas turbine engine is provided that includes a body and a panel. The body has a first side and a second side orientated opposite the first side. The first and second sides extend between a tip, a base, a leading edge and a trailing edge. The body includes a plurality of cavities disposed in the first side of the body, which cavities extend inwardly toward the second side. The cavities collectively form an opening. At least one rib is disposed between the cavities. A shelf is disposed around the opening. The panel is attached to the shelf first mounting surface and to the rib, and is sized to enclose the opening. The panel is a load bearing structure operable to transfer loads to the body and receive loads from the body.
US08585364B2
A vertical axis wind turbine is disclosed which includes an upstanding tower. A plurality of radially spaced-apart airfoil supports are rotatably mounted on the tower which extend outwardly therefrom. A generally vertically disposed airfoil blade is pivotally secured, about a vertical axis, to the outer end of each of the airfoil supports. A wind vane is secured to each of the airfoil blades which causes pivotal movement of the associated airfoil blade relative to the associated airfoil support in response to wind direction. A mechanism interconnects each of the airfoil blades to the associated wind vane which causes pivotal displacement of the airfoil blade with respect to the associated wind vane and wind flow with the pivotal displacement being of a magnitude and direction to cause a forward thrust to the airfoil blade from wind acting on the airfoil blade.
US08585360B2
A turbine vane for a turbine machine comprising an intermediate section having a nominal airfoil profile substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z set forth in Table I wherein Z is a radial distance along a stacking axis that is normal to a centerline of the turbine machine and contain the X and Y values with Z value beginning at innermost aerodynamic point and the Z values represent a radial height of the vane and the X and Y values define the nominal airfoil profile at each radial height Z.
US08585355B2
A simplified, low cost, turbine flow controlling device, using a sliding gate, with an actuator to control exhaust flow to multiple volutes, which volutes have perforated transverse divider walls. By moving the sliding gate (80) from a closed position (88) through a displacement of “a” to the next position b1; and then from position b1 through a displacement of “b” to the next position c1, each a discreet movement, by a simple actuator, an increasing number of volutes are opened for flow from the exhaust manifold, via the volutes with perforated transverse divider walls, to the turbine wheel, without the attenuation of pulse energy usually seen in VTGs, at a cost lower than that of a VTG.
US08585353B2
A variable inlet area turbine employs a volute with a discharge area for flow of exhaust gas carried in the volute into a turbine inlet area. A flexible dividing wall having an end is movable along a path defined adjacent the turbine inlet area and transitioning in a smooth curve into an outer wall of the volute. The dividing wall is selectively positionable by insertion and withdrawal along the path to vary the discharge area from substantially closed to substantially open.
US08585344B2
An adjustable width pallet and product protector for a lift truck having a first outer L-shaped fork, a first inner L-shaped fork, a second outer L-shaped fork, and a second inner L-shaped fork. The protector can include a first horizontally elongated plate, a second horizontally elongated plate disposed rearwardly of the first horizontally elongated plate, a first outer mounting plate disposed rearwardly of and coupled to the first horizontally elongated plate, a first inner mounting plate disposed rearwardly of and slidably coupled to the first horizontally elongated plate, a second outer mounting plate disposed rearwardly of and coupled to the second horizontally elongated plate, and a second inner mounting plate disposed rearwardly of and slidably coupled to the second horizontally elongated plate.
US08585340B2
A fastening device is provided to cover below a front hood of a motor vehicle has an elastic fixing element for mounting a widened area implemented as a radial expansion of a shaft. When the cover is pressed down, the fixing element detaches from the widened area and arrives over the shaft. In this way, the fastening device is made yielding.
US08585326B2
A tendon is assembled in a horizontal orientation using connectors or by welding at a weld station on a barge or other vessel located at or near the installation site of a tension leg platform. During assembly, the tendon is pulled away from the assembly vessel and tensioned by a tug or offshore work vessel. When fully assembled, the tendon may be up-ended in a manner similar to a wet-towed tendon, and then either pre-installed using floats or passed over to a TLP which is on-site and ready to receive tendons.
US08585324B2
The invention relates to a maintenance platform (1, 10) for an oil rig equipped with a work platform and at least three frame legs (2) b, particularly a jackup oil rig, wherein at least one corner module (6) having at least one platform can be moved along at least one frame leg (2) of the oil rig, wherein the at least one corner module (6) is equipped with at least one climbing unit (110), which positively interacts with at least one gearing system (4) that is arranged on the frame leg (2) in order to bring about an up or down movement of the at least one corner module (6) along the frame leg (2).
US08585321B2
An application for a flow control system includes a movable riser in fluid communication and slideably engaged with a stationary riser, the stationary riser being in fluid communication with a drainage system. The movable riser is made buoyant by one or more attached floats such that, when the liquid level around the flow control system increases to a pre-determined level, the movable riser lifts due to the buoyancy of the float(s), thereby maintaining the pre-determined displacement as the water level continues to rise, yielding either a constant flow rate or a variable, predictable flow rate through the drainage system.
US08585303B2
This disclosure discloses a label producing apparatus comprising: a housing; a feeding device that feeds a label tape; a printing device that prints desired print; an optical sensor comprising a light projecting device and a light receiving device capable of outputting a detected voltage value; a light-on control portion that controls said optical sensor so that said light projecting device is turned on; an initial value storage device that stores a predetermined initial threshold value; a threshold value correction portion that calculates a corrected threshold value using said initial threshold value; a mark detecting portion that detects a positioning mark by an arrival of said detected voltage value at said corrected threshold value after calculation of said corrected threshold value; a feeding control portion that controls said feeding device; and a print control portion that controls a print operation of said printing device.
US08585302B2
A camera device includes a camera body including a camera housing which is formed into a substantially spherical shape, a bracket fixable to a vehicle, and a socket provided on the bracket into which a spherical portion of the camera housing is fittable. The camera body includes an imaging lens which is exposed from the socket. The spherical portion of the camera housing is fitted into the socket so that the imaging lens has an optical axis a direction of which is adjustable in a vertical direction and in a right-left direction relative to the socket.
US08585297B2
A rolling-bearing mounted apparatus includes a shaft, and at least one rolling bearing supporting the shaft in a section of the apparatus. The rolling bearing includes at least one inner ring arranged on the shaft, an outer ring arranged on the section, and rolling elements arranged between the inner and outer rings. A sleeve is provided between the outer ring and the section to permit an axial and/or radial displacement of the outer ring of the rolling bearing when exposed to an axially and/or radially directed force. The sleeve has at least two rows of recesses, with hollow-drilled rolling elements being arranged in the recesses of the sleeve.
US08585296B2
An axial lip is formed on a side surface of a seal of a rolling bearing which faces a slinger so as to expand outwards of the bearing. A projecting portion is formed on a flat surface of the slinger which faces the seal by flexing the slinger in an axial direction so as to cause the slinger to project inwards of the bearing, and a distal end of the axial lip is brought into contact with the flat surface of the slinger in a position lying further radially outwards than the projecting portion on the slinger. A radially inward inner surface of the axial lip of the axial lip and a radially outer side sloping surface formed radially outwards of the projecting portion on the slinger form a labyrinth, and a portion of the side surface of the seal which lies further radially inwards than the position where the axial lip is formed and an apex portion of the projecting portion on the slinger form a labyrinth.
US08585275B2
The invention relates to a vented extruder (1) for the devolatilization of a polymer material, encompassing at least one extruder barrel (2) with at least one rotatably driven extruder screw (3) mounted in the extruder barrel (2), and with at least one material feed and with at least one extrudate outlet, and also with at least one vent zone (9). A particular feature of the vented extruder (1) is that the gas output for the gas arising in the vent zone (9) has been provided upstream of the material feed, in relation to the direction of conveying of the polymer material.
US08585267B2
A head lamp attachment structure includes projecting portions 30 that are projected from the head lamps 2, and receiving parts 15 that are provided on a radiator core support 1 and have guide grooves 16. After the head lamps 2 are moved backward of a vehicle along a predetermined trajectory by being slid along the guide grooves 16, the projecting portions 30 are disengaged backward out of the guide grooves 16 of the receiving parts 15 in such a way that the head lamps 2 are fixed on a vehicle body in a state where a certain clearance H1 is formed below the projecting portions 30.
US08585263B2
An illuminated vehicular sign is provided including a vehicle and luminescent planar sheet. The luminescent planar sheet is constructed to provide illuminated alpha-numeric characters which are mounted to the horizontal planar surfaces of a vehicle. The alpha-numeric characters are mounted substantially horizontally so as to be seen from the air such as by helicopters or planes.
US08585256B2
An electrical energy supply indicator for a helmet is disclosed to employ a casing having a storage chamber for housing an electrical resistor, a light-emitting diode (LED), a cover plate, a female terminal socket; wherewith the storage chamber has a compartment plate, the female terminal socket has an article locking member, a pin receiving member having four trapezoidal faces, an anode and a cathode for connecting with the resistor and LED. The locking member is immobilized between the compartment plate and an interior surface, the receiving member passes through the receiving channel to connect externally with a male terminal pin. The LED operates to determine if attached electrical circuit is powered. A slant-faced extrusion block is on the underside of the cover plate to superimpose onto the locking member such that the locking member can be more secured inside the casing, thereby preventing undesirable movement of the female terminal socket.
US08585255B2
A light emitting bulb is provided. The light emitting bulb comprises a light source and a cover. The light source is for emitting light. The cover defines an inner space and the light source is disposed inside the cover and heat conductively connected to the cover. The cover is made of heat conductive material and capable of reflecting the light emitted by the light source into the inner space. Therein, a plurality of apertures is formed on the cover to let the light emitted by the light source disposed within the cover emit out from the apertures.
US08585253B2
Embodiments described herein provide optical systems that can mix colors to produce illumination patterns having a large area with uniform color. One embodiment of an optical system can include a set of optical units that each produces an illumination pattern with uniform color and intensity. The optical units are spaced so that the individual illumination patterns overlap to create an overall illumination pattern with an overlap area. In the overlap area, the colors emitted by the individual optical units mix to create a desired color. Embodiments of optical systems can provide beam control so that the optical units emit a high percentage of light in beam.
US08585250B1
A first heat sinking path formed in a forming direction of a heat sink unit disposed radially in a housing where a light emitting module is mounted. A second heat sinking path is formed along an edge of the light emitting module. By providing a light engine concept in which a light emitting module, an optical member, and a heat sink unit are included and a bottom surface is gradually widened from one side to the other side, an optical semiconductor lighting apparatus can reduce a total weight of a product, can further improve heat dissipation efficiency by inducing natural convection, is simple in the product assembly and installation, and is easy in maintenance, and can provide products with high reliability by increasing the arrangement efficiency of semiconductor optical devices per unit area.
US08585244B1
An LED lamp includes a heat dissipating base and a plurality of light strips. The heat dissipating base is formed by aluminum extrusion and has a length direction defined by the aluminum extrusion direction. The heat dissipating base has a main body and a plurality of heat dissipating fins. The bottom side of the main body has a flat connecting surface. The heat dissipating fins extend outward from the main body. Each light strip has a circuit board and at least one LED module provided on the circuit board. The circuit board of each light strip is provided on the connecting surface of the heat dissipating base. The width (W1) of the connecting surface of the heat dissipating base is greater than three times the width (W2) of each light strip, i.e., W1>3W2.
US08585230B2
A device for illuminating a surface of a member is provided that includes a light transmissive element having a substantially planar surface adapted to be situated over and separated from the member surface. The device also includes a light source adapted to emit light rays that directly illuminate the member surface and light rays directed between the element surface and the member surface at an angle causing a substantial portion of the light rays to be reflected by the element surface onto the member surface to illuminate the member surface. The light rays reflected from the member surface pass through the element such that the illuminated member surface can be observed. An apparatus for illuminating a surface is provided that includes an arrangement reflecting light toward the member that is positioned over the member and separated from the member by a gap, and an arrangement emitting light into the gap.
US08585228B2
An apparatus to widen the light dispersion pattern of a light source shining through an overlay window from the viewing side of an electrical computer system. The overlay window is coupled to a panel of the system. The overlay window includes a transparent material, which has a first surface facing the light source and a second surface facing away from the light source to define a viewing side. An opaque material can be disposed on the first surface to partially cover the first surface to form a viewing window. A first diffusing mechanism is disposed on the first surface, and a second diffusing mechanism is disposed on the second surface. In response to the passage of the light output through the viewing window, the light dispersion pattern of the light output from the viewing side of the overlay window has a viewing angle of up to about 180 degrees.
US08585216B2
An object of the invention is to reduce the size and weight of a video projector by shortening the length of the arm of a mirror rotator and reducing the size of a mirror. A video projector comprises a plurality of projection lenses through which image light rays from a liquid crystal panel are extracted in a magnified manner; a reflective mirror for reflecting the extracted image light rays onto a screen; and a mirror rotator for rotating the reflective mirror so that the extracted image light rays can be reflected in particular directions. Among the projection lenses, some of the projection lenses located farther away from the liquid crystal penal are partially cut such that areas through which the image light rays do not pass are cut off to create a lens cut-off space. The mirror rotator is placed in the lens cut-off space.
US08585214B2
A video projector including a plurality of light sources is configured to project and display an image using light emitted from at least one of the light sources so that each light source is replaceable while other light sources are lit. The video projector includes a light source replacement detection unit that detects replacement of one or more light sources, a memory unit that stores information related to a combined lighting state of the light sources, and a control unit that changes the combined lighting state of the light sources when the replacement of at least one light source is detected without displaying, on the projected image, a setting screen used to change the combined lighting state.
US08585212B2
A lighting system comprising a first light source, which is adapted to generate light of a first color, and at least one second light source, which is adapted to generate light of a second color, wherein the light sources are driven so as to generate a predeterminable color sequence, wherein the light sources are operated by a common control unit and driven by said control unit in the sequence required for generating the predeterminable color sequence. The light sources are connected in parallel and are electrically coupled to an energy supply unit via a first circuit node. The lighting system comprises a regulator unit and coupled to the control unit via a signal line, and wherein the control unit is adapted to predetermine a desired energy output of the energy supply unit via the regulator unit, to be precise depending on the individual color within the color sequence.
US08585209B2
There is provided a projection apparatus using an oblique projection optical system, which generates little reflection loss by providing a linear Fresnel lens at an incident surface in the case where the apparatus is used as a linear system, wherein said linear Fresnel lens makes total reflection of image light, and is capable of obtaining total surface property with good brightness in a region with small incident angle onto a screen, by using a total reflection Fresnel lens and a refraction Fresnel lens in combination. In addition, total surface property with further good brightness can be obtained by using a plurality of projection image display apparatuses in the same projection apparatus.
US08585208B2
A light source device includes plural solid-state light sources, plural collimator lenses, a collection system, and a fluorescent layer that generates fluorescence from at least a part of the lights from the collection system, wherein at least one anamorphic surface is provided in an optical path from the plural collimator lenses to the fluorescent layer. The plural solid-state light sources are located in positions different from focal positions of the plural collimator lenses in an optical axis direction.
US08585204B2
A method for measuring the relative thickness of the lipid layer component of the precorneal tear film on the surface of an eye. Light is directed to the lipid layer of a patient's eye with an illuminator that is a broad spectrum light source covering the visible region and is a lambertion light emitter such that the light source is specularly reflected from the lipid layer and undergoes constructive and destructive interference in the lipid layer. The specularly reflected light is collected and focused using a collector such that the interference patterns on the tear film lipid layer are observable. The collector also produces an output signal representative of the specularly reflected light which is suitable for further analysis.
US08585198B2
A printing apparatus includes: a first nozzle which ejects a first ink used to print an image on a medium and cured by irradiation of light; a pre-curing light source which emits a pre-curing light to dots formed as the first ink ejected from the first nozzle is landed onto the medium; a second nozzle which ejects a second ink used to coat a surface of the medium and cured by irradiation of light onto the medium after being irradiated by the light from the pre-curing light source; and a main-curing light source which emits a main-curing light to the medium, wherein the irradiation energy of the light emitted to a unit area of the medium from the pre-curing light source is changed according to whether the second ink is ejected from the second nozzle.
US08585193B2
A printing fluid cartridge includes a front face oriented toward a first direction, a printing fluid supply portion positioned at the front face, a rear face positioned opposite the front face and oriented toward a second direction opposite the first direction, at least one electrical interface positioned between the front face and the rear face, and an engagement surface facing in the second direction. The at least one electrical interface is offset from the printing supply portion with respect to a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction. The at least one electrical interface is positioned closer to the front face than the engagement surface is, and the at least one electrical interface and the engagement surface intersect a plane which is parallel with the first direction, the second direction, and the third direction.
US08585185B2
A method and structure for an ink jet print head which includes the use of two or more flexible circuits and a piezoelectric element array. A first pad array is included on a first flex circuit to power a first portion of the piezoelectric element array of the print head, and a second pad array is included on a second flex circuit to power a second portion of the piezoelectric element array of the print head. Using two flex circuits requires only half as many traces to be formed on each flex circuit, which can relax spacing requirements and design tolerances.
US08585181B2
The inkjet head has a first silicon substrate 10 having ink ejection ports 11 formed, a glass substrate 20 bonded to the first silicon substrate 10, having ink channel holes 21 formed thereon, and a second silicon substrate 30 having ink chambers 31 grooved, piezoelectric elements 35 provided on the back side of the ink chambers 31 and the ink chamber forming surface bonded to the glass substrates 20. In the second silicon substrate 30, there are formed an ink flow channel 32 communicating with the ink chambers 31 and through holes 34 communicating with the ink flow channel 32 on the ink chamber forming surface, wherein an ink circulation tubes 50 made of glass tubes are bonded to the through holes 34, and the first silicon substrate 10, the glass substrate 20, the second silicon substrate 30 and an bonding surface of the ink circulation tube are anodically-bonded.
US08585180B2
A method of method of making a corrosion resistant print head die comprises creating a self-ionized plasma (SIP) of a coating material; establishing a bias on a print head die comprising a plurality of feed slots (40), each feed slot (40) comprising side wall surfaces (61); and causing the coating material plasma to be deposited on the surfaces to form a protective coating, wherein at least a portion of the coating material is deposited on at least a portion of the surfaces by resputtering. In some cases, the feed slots have an aspect ratio greater than 2. In some cases, the feed slot comprises at least one rib (41), each rib (41) comprising a top surface (68), two side surfaces (66), and an under surface (69), and the formed protective coating is deposited on the top surface (68), two side surfaces (66), and under surface (69) of each rib (41).
US08585172B2
In an embodiment of the apparatus, a transparent inkjet head includes a first plurality of nozzles, and a color inkjet head includes a second plurality of nozzles. A color value measurement unit is configured to measure color values of ink applied to a plurality of pixels based on signals applied to the second plurality of nozzles of the color inkjet head and signals applied to the first plurality of nozzles of the transparent inkjet head. A control unit is configured to compare the measured color values of the ink applied to the plurality of pixels with a target value and to change the signals applied to the first plurality of nozzles of the transparent inkjet head such that the measured color values of the ink applied to the plurality of pixels are uniform.
US08585167B2
A hinge device features improved ease of installation/removal of covers thereof to/from mounting bases thereof. The hinge device, which has mounting bases and knuckles, is connected such that it swings on a hinge pin inserted in the knuckles. The covers conceal mounting screws of the mounting bases. Each of the mounting bases has recesses formed in a side surface on a non-supporting side, grooves which are formed in a side surface adjacent to both ends in the axial direction of the hinge pin and which extend to a side surface, and an engaged portion concavely formed in each of the groove. The inner side of the cover has engaging portions which are inserted in the groove and which detachably engages with the engaged portion when the cover is installed, and also has protruding streaks which enter into and engage with the recesses.
US08585166B2
A slide assembly and a connection device include an outer rail, a middle rail slidably connected to the outer rail, and an inner rail slidably connected to the middle rail. The middle rail has a locking member and a synchronizing member extends from the locking member. A releasing member is fixed to the inner rail and a connection member extends from the releasing member. The middle and inner rails are synchronously pulled from the outer rail and when the middle rail is positioned at a desired position, the inner rail is continuously pulled out by the connection between the locking member and the outer rail and by the connection member disengaged from the synchronizing member. When the inner rail is retracted relative to the middle rail, the releasing member releases the middle rail from the outer rail and the middle rail is retracted relative to the outer rail.
US08585165B2
A device for adjusting height of a drawer is disposed on the drawer and a rear portion of a guide rail. The device includes a base, a supporting seat, an adjusting member, a screw rod and a connecting member. A first end of the base is connected to the guide rail and the supporting seat is mounted on the second end of the base. The screw rod is connected to the adjusting member and extends through the supporting seat. The screw rod is also connected to the guide rail. The connecting member is connected to the drawer and has a pin. When the drawer is mounted on the guide rail, the pin is connected to the supporting seat. When the adjusting member is rotated, the supporting seat and the connecting member are movable, so that the height of the drawer relative to the guide rail can be adjusted.
US08585164B2
A locking mechanism of a slide assembly includes a first rail with a first stop connected thereto, a locking member movably connected to a second rail which is slidably connected to the first rail. The second rail has a slide slot and a contact slot. The locking member has a guide slot and a positioning leg contacting an inside of the contact slot. The guide slot is an inclined slot and located relative to the slide slot of the second rail. A pin is movably connected to the slide slot and a part of the pin is located in the guide slot. The locking member is moved and the pin is guided by the guide slot and moves along the slide slot to a locked position where the pin is engaged with the first stop to lock the second rail to the first rail.
US08585163B2
The present invention forms a supporting part that contacts a wall surface of a rotational shaft of an opening and closing button that opens and closes a container, such that when the opening and closing button is pressed, the supporting part contacts the wall surface to prevent the stress concentration phenomenon from being generated on the rotational shaft when the opening and closing button is pressed.
US08585161B2
An exemplary enclosure includes a housing, a box slidably inserted into the housing, and a pair of handles pivotably attached on the box. The housing includes ports and the box includes plugs which can be inserted into the ports, respectively. The handle includes a main body pivotably attached to the box and an operating member slidably connected to the main body. The handle can be rotated around the box to engage with a locking post of the housing to drive the plugs to be inserted into the ports. The operating member can be pulled from the main body to increase a total length of the handle. The operating member can also be pushed into the main body to reduce the total length of the handle.
US08585160B2
An adjustable food shield includes a panel mounting mechanism that enables extensive adjustability of the food shield. The food shield may include a post having a longitudinal axis, and a carrier coupled to the post, the carrier including a carrier clamping mechanism. The carrier clamping mechanism is loosenable to enable the carrier to be moved along at least a portion of the length of the post, and is also tightenable to fix the carrier at a certain location on the post. The mounting mechanism may also include a link having a proximal end pivotally coupled to the carrier. An arm may be pivotally coupled to the distal end of the link and extend from the link. The adjustable food shield may include a clear panel coupled to the arm such that the clear panel is movable to different positions by rotating the link, the arm, or both.
US08585153B2
A brush manufacturing machine (1) has a first injection-molding machine (18) for the region-by-region injection molding of material around the bristle bundles (7) held in cartridges (9) and for forming a bristle carrier (19) connecting the bristle bundles (7) and also a second injection-molding machine (24) in which the bristle carrier (19) can be inserted and material can be injection molded around this carrier for forming a brush body (25) or partial brush body. The first injection-molding machine (18) is constructed for forming a thin-walled plate as a bristle carrier (19) and has a shorter cycle time than the second injection-molding machine (24). At least the second injection-molding machine (24) is constructed as a multi-compartment injection-molding machine and has a multiple of the number of mold cavities of the first injection-molding machine (18).
US08585152B2
A portable safety belt for use on a motor coach passenger seat is provided. The portable safety belt is formed of a single strap routed to form a closed loop for encircling a seatback and an open loop terminating at either end of the strap with a male and female buckle. The open loop is adapted as a lap belt for holding a passenger. A locking member disposed at a side of the closed loop provides interrelated adjustment of the open and closed loops to tighten the closed loop around the seatback.
US08585139B2
A seat bottom of a vehicle seat includes a base portion, a movable frame configured to be movable in a front-rear direction relative to the base portion, a tension generator and a tension transmission member. The tension transmission member connected at one end of its first portion with the tension generator is bifurcated at another end of a first portion into a second portion connected with a seat belt anchor or a seat belt buckle and a third portion connected with the movable frame. Upon activation of the tension generator, the third portion pulls the movable frame rearward and at the same time the second portion pulls the seat belt anchor or the seat belt buckle.
US08585137B2
A vehicle seat for cooling and heating may include a seat pad, a mesh sheet having a certain thickness, a first film, and a porous seat cover, which are arranged sequentially in the direction in which air is introduced to flow. The seat pad has a pad hole, which allows air to pass through, and includes one or both of a seat cushion pad, which supports the buttocks of a user, and a seatback pad, which supports the upper body of the user. The mesh sheet has a porous network structure, through which air easily passes. The first film has a first film hole, which allows air to pass through. Air passages are maintained stable to maximize blowing performance, seating comfort is improved, and a ventilation structure is simplified to reduce manufacturing costs while improving productivity.
US08585135B2
A portable, foldable chair that configures to a straight-back chair, a bed, and a recliner, while also providing standard seat height.
US08585129B2
A front buckling point and a rear buckling point are set at non-end positions along a longitudinal direction of a front side member respectively. Further, the front buckling point and the rear buckling point are respectively arranged at different positions in the width and vertical directions of the front side member. The front buckling point is arranged on an outboard and upper side of the front side member. The rear buckling point is arranged on an inboard and lower side of the front side member.
US08585122B2
There is disclosed a door lining for a vehicle. The vehicle door lining includes a lining body having a step portion, a decorative component to be combined with the lining body, the decorative component including a periphery having a tip surface and an outer surface extending from the tip surface, and at least one stepped cut-out portion provided at the periphery, the decorative component being combined with the lining body with the tip surface being abutted against an inner surface of the lining body and with the outer surface being surface-contacted with the step portion of the lining body, the stepped cut-out portion extending from the tip surface to the outer surface, and at least one noise-preventing member for preventing noise from being generated by rubbing between the lining body and the decorative component which occurs due to vibration of a vehicle body during driving of the vehicle.
US08585119B2
An actuation device including, a housing, a pusher supported in the housing, a spring in the housing, which biases the pusher out of the housing, a ring surrounding the pusher over a part of its axial moving range, at least one groove extending on the outside of the pusher at least in sections helically about the longitudinal axis of the pusher, a first diverting surface on the pusher between the groove and the inner actuation end, at least one locking recess on the pusher in circumferential distance to the at least one first diverting surface and being opened towards the outer actuation end, at least one second diverting surface between the locking recess and the groove, which extends obliquely with regard to the axis of the pusher, and which second diverting surface engages with the at least one projection of the ring under certain conditions.
US08585107B2
Provided is a push bumper and mounting system for mounting a push bumper to the bumper of a vehicle. The push bumper and mounting system includes a mounting bracket that is configured to quickly and easily attach to the bumper of the vehicle. The mounting bracket is designed to connect to the front portion of the bumper, without requiring a connection adjacent the rear portion of the bumper. The mounting bracket may only partially circumscribe the bumper, which may facilitate mounting of the bracket onto the bumper because the space between the bumper and the vehicle may be very small.
US08585103B2
A connector has first and second ends. The first end is configured to contact a door of the automated storage library when the door is in at least a first position. A safety stop is connected to the second end of the connector and adapted to move from a down position to an up position. The safety stop is in the down position when the door is in the first position. The connector is adapted to travel in a lateral direction corresponding to a similar movement of the door as the door is opened between the first position and a second position, causing the safety stop to move from the down position to an up position to prevent travel of the robotic accessor beyond the safety stop.
US08585095B2
A telescopic tube joint (1) is provided for vacuum cleaner suction tubes or for tripods having at least one outer tube (2) and at least one inner tube (3). The tube joint includes a catch recess (5) in the inner tube (3), a catch element (8) on the outer tube (2) which are lockable or unlockable via a manually actuated, rotably movable slider (11) which moves the catch element (8) through an opening (10) in the outer tube (2). The catch recess in the inner tube (3) consists of a tooth strip (6) provided with a plurality of teeth (5) , formed on the outer peripheral surface of the inner tube (3). The catch element consists of a short toothed rack (8) having opposing teeth (7), which is pressed into force- and form-fit contact with the toothed strip (6) by the rotary slider (11) in a locked position when turned at a small angle (α).
US08585093B2
The booklet comprises a number of sheets between a cover, and each sheet has a front side and a rear side. At least one data page is provided that is joined to the cover in a fixed manner. The data page comprises a flexible layer and this flexible layer projects with an area out of a data carrier. On this area, the data page is joined to the cover and to the remaining sheets. The flexible layer is flatly joined to at least one other layer, for example, by welding or bonding and is thus inseparably bound without a mechanical joining part.
US08585089B2
An assembly method for a steering column support apparatus is achieved that simplifies tuning for stabilizing forward displacement of a steering wheel during a secondary collision, eliminates space in the engagement section between a bracket 11 on the vehicle side and a locking capsule 47a, and suppresses rocking displacement of the steering column due to that space. Of a plurality of small through holes 49a, 49b on the capsule side and a plurality of small notch sections 55a, 55b, part of the small through holes 49a and the small notch sections 55a are aligned, and pin shaped members 58 are formed so as to span these small through holes and small notch sections. After that, the locking capsule 47a and bracket 11 on the vehicle side are put into the final assembled position, shearing the pin shaped members 58 in the process. The remaining small though holes 49b, the remaining small notch sections 55b and small through holes 54 are aligned, and locking pins 50, 50a that shear during a secondary collision are formed so as to span these holes.
US08585082B2
A horn switch device installed in a steering wheel includes: an ornament including a biasing projection provided to project on a back surface side thereof; a covering in which a recessed portion and a through hole are formed, the recessed portion being configured such that the ornament is mounted so as to move to be pushed thereinto and return therefrom, the through hole being configured in a bottom of the recessed portion; and a switch mechanism turned on and off in response to press and return movements of the ornament. The biasing projection penetrates the bottom of the recessed portion and projects from a back surface side thereof. The back-surface-side projecting part of the biasing projection is engaged with a biasing member on the back surface side of the covering. The biasing member receives a pressing force of the ornament and biases the ornament in the return direction.
US08585081B2
Provided is a curtain bag which can be brought into an inflated state as required in a short time without locally applying an excessive load to its outer peripheral joint part (1) and inner joint parts (2). The dot-like inner joint parts (2) on the inside of the outer peripheral joint part (1) are isolated from the outer peripheral joint part (1) and also made to be independent of each other.
US08585078B1
Some airbag assemblies can include a housing, an airbag, and a cover. The cover can include a tear seam that is configured to break to permit the airbag to exit the housing. The tear seam can include discrete break columns at which the tear seam ruptures.
US08585072B2
An apparatus for towing a motorcycle has a support platform with torque arms joined by a cross bar. The front wheel of the motorcycle is secured to the support platform and the motorcycle frame is secured to the cross bar. The support platform, torque arms, and cross bar prevent the motorcycle from lying to either side or turning about its steering neck as a towing vehicle turns. Instead, the support platform rotates about a pivot post held by upper and lower pivot sleeves. The lower pivot sleeve is secured to a tongue that attaches to a trailer hitch. The pivot post may slide up and down while supported by a jack, raising and lowering the support platform.
US08585068B2
An independent rear suspension for a vehicle having a chassis and a pair of rear wheels including a pair of IRS units. Each IRS unit includes an X-shaped lower control arm with a forward pivot connection to the chassis in front of the centerline of the driven sprocket and a rearward pivot connection behind the centerline, and a camber link connected to the chassis at a single pivot connection behind the centerline. Each IRS unit also includes a shock absorber coupled with an anti-sway bar to the lower control arm at a mount, and including a secondary spring in series with a main spring.
US08585065B2
In a suspension structure, a suspension link has a hollow structure in which a pair of frame brackets are joined together, while opposing each other. Also provided is a stiffening bracket integrally connected to both the frame brackets for holding and sandwiching the frame brackets together. The stiffening bracket is configured to hold and sandwich both an end face of a first one of the frame brackets facing apart from the mating face with the second frame bracket and an end face of the second frame bracket facing apart from the mating face with the first frame bracket together. One end of a stabilizer, a height sensor, or the like is connected to the stiffening bracket.
US08585061B2
A workholding apparatus includes a body, and a workholding sleeve composed of metal and carried by the body. A fluid chamber receives a fluid between the body and the workholding sleeve. Under fluid pressure, the sleeve is radially displaceable and recoverable to a high degree. For example, when displaced under fluid pressure, the sleeve experiences substantially complete and repeatable strain recovery of at least about 2% of its overall cross-sectional area. Preferably, the sleeve is composed of Nitinol.
US08585060B2
A mechanical seal device for obtaining appropriate sliding properties under any conditions, such as a pressure of seal is low or high. Both first grooves 463 and second grooves 464 are formed on a sliding face 46 of a stationary ring 46. The first grooves which are not in communication externally and act for reducing contact resistance of a sliding face by a dynamic pressure action when a rotary shaft rotates, the second grooves act for reducing the contact resistance of the sliding face constantly by introducing a pressure from external. Thus, a mechanical seal device which is available to seal sealed fluid under an appropriate dry contact status wherein a sliding face load is reduced in any condition can be provided.
US08585058B2
A leaf seal for sealing a shaft rotating about an axis, in particular in a gas turbine, includes a multiplicity of spaced-apart leaves (26) which are arranged in a concentric circle around the axis and are fixed in their position by welded connections produced by electron beam welding, the leaves (26), with their surfaces, being oriented essentially parallel to the axis. The welded connections of the leaves are improved by the leaves (26) being designed in such a way and being arranged in the leaf seal in such a way that they abut against one another at the side edges directly or via intermediate spacers (27) along at least one contact line (36) extending over a plurality of leaves (26), and by the welded connections being designed as welds directed along the at least one contact line (36) and oriented in axial direction.
US08585047B2
An apparatus includes a first conveyance unit configured to convey a sheet, a first guide located downstream of the first conveyance unit in a conveyance direction and configured to guide a first side end of the conveyed sheet, a skew unit configured to convey the sheet in an oblique direction to come closer to the first guide, a second guide configured to contact a second side end opposite the first side end to guide the second side end, a second conveyance unit located downstream of the first guide in the conveyance direction, and a control unit configured to perform control so that, after conveying the sheet by the skew unit with the first guide contacting the first side end while the second guide is separated from the second side end, the second guide moves to a position close to the second side end.
US08585042B2
A pick mechanism is described. The pick mechanism comprises: a movable pick component; a stepper motor; and, a stepper motor controller. The stepper motor is operably connected to the pick component to drive the pick component in a sequence of movements, and each movement involves the pick component travelling in one direction between one position and another position in a required time. The controller produces control signals that control the motor such that the pick component is driven during a movement at or close to the minimum rate of acceleration required to complete the movement in the required time.
US08585026B2
A spring system comprising flat plate-springs with one end mounted rigidly to an un-spring first base and the opposite end mounted rigidly to a sprung second base. The spring system is fitted with cams as strain-control surfaces, mounted tangent to the plate springs and spaced progressively from the said plate-springs beginning at the tangency. The strain-control cams are movable to provide for adjustable spring rates, actively repositioned upon demand therein providing an adaptive active spring-rate system or suspension.
US08585024B2
A water cooling tower having an improved water collection system. The cooling tower has an outer shell, legs, and one or more layers of fill material, through which the water to be cooled moves vertically downward. The water is distributed across the upper surface of the fill material by piping and nozzles. A fan underlying the fill material moves air vertically upward through the fill material. The water collection system, which is positioned below the fill material, has upper and lower troughs which receive water flowing vertically downward through the fill material. Preferably, the lower troughs are positioned beneath the spaces between upper troughs, to catch water falling between the upper troughs. A number of hinged baffles close off the spaces between lower troughs, but rotate upward in response to upward air flow and open the spaces between the lower troughs.
US08585022B2
An apparatus for generating microbubbles in water from a mixed fluid in which a gas and a liquid are mixed. The apparatus includes a cylindrical body which includes an inlet coupled to a hose, an outlet, and a cylindrical space section defined therein. The diameter of the space section is greater than each diameter of the inlet and the outlet. An inner container member is fixed in the space section such that a tubular passage is formed. A circular first collision section is provided on the inner container member. The mixed fluid that has been introduced through the inlet collides against the first collision section and is thus stirred. An “L” shaped second collision section is provided on the inner corner of the body adjacent to the outlet. The mixed fluid that has passed through the passage collides against the second collision section and is thus stirred.
US08585020B2
A boom mountable robotic arm for temporarily supporting an elongate conductor includes a rigid member such as a beam or beam assembly adapted for mounting onto the upper end of a boom for example using a boom adaptor, at least one electrically insulated support post mounted to the rigid member, where each post temporarily supports an elongate electrical conductor, and at least two rotation devices for selectively controllable rotation of the rigid member and the electrically insulated support posts about at least two corresponding axes of rotation.
US08585018B2
Aspects of the disclosure include a jack stand. The stand may include one or more of: a housing, elongated support, engagement element, engagement element receiver, and a modulator. The housing may be adapted for receiving the elongated support. The elongated support may be configured for being associated with the housing, and may include one or more, e.g., a plurality of engagement element receivers. The plurality of receivers may be positioned sequentially along a length of the support and may be configured for receiving a portion an engagement element. The engagement element, therefore, may be adapted for removably engaging the engagement element receivers in sequential fashion, wherein the sequential engagement of the engagement element receivers by the engagement element causes the elongated support to move. The modulator may be associated to the engagement element and configured for modulating the engagement of the engagement element with the plurality of receivers.
US08585016B2
The invention provides a demolition tool that can be used in many ways for the demolition of construction materials or other materials. The demolition tool includes a handle having a head at one end. The head has a longitudinal central plane that bisects the head, a strike contact face, and toothed, stepped grasping jaws that accommodate multiple sizes of lumber or other material. The head may also include a blunt blade edge below the strike contact face for striking and demolishing material. The demolition tool includes a bent end pry bar at a second end of the handle. The bent end pry bar being offset 90 degrees from the longitudinal central plane of the tool head enabling full range of motion without interfering with other tool functions. The demolition tool may comprise a single piece of material and may be softer than tools used to strike it, but harder than materials which it is used to strike.
US08585008B2
A flush valve assembly having a handle assembly positioning bushing for spacing a handle assembly within an opening of the flush valve assembly. The handle assembly positioning bushing having an eccentric opening for receiving the handle such that rotation of the handle assembly positioning bushing with regard to the flush valve assembly body alters the height of the handle assembly and, thus, the volume of water passing through the flush valve assembly during a flush cycle.
US08585004B1
An adjustable seat pedestal that allows a user to adjust the height of the seat without sacrificing ride quality. The seat pedestal has a top carrier onto which a seat is mounted and a base that is mounted to the floor of a vehicle. A scissor linkage is employed to allow movement of the carrier toward the base when force is applied through the seat to the carrier when the vehicle hits bumps and forces the user downward. An air bag biases the top carrier upward away from the base. As the upper ends of the scissor linkage move closer together by being pushed upward, a sliding end of the scissor linkage is restrained from movement inward and therefore, limits the maximum height of the pedestal. The pressure in the air bag may be varied which will not change the height above the maximum, but will change the ride quality.
US08584999B2
This invention relates to a retaining mechanism adapted for securing a data storage device having sides formed with a plurality of mounting holes. The retaining mechanism includes a securing structure and a retainer. The securing structure includes a wall body, an accommodating hole formed through the wall body, and a pair of elastic arms extending from the wall body into the accommodating hole. Each elastic arm has a fixed end connected to the corresponding inner surface of the accommodating hole and a free end extending inclined and downwardly toward a bottom of the accommodating hole. The retainer has one end engaging one of the mounting holes in the data storage device and the other end pressed by the elastic arms, and is secured in the securing structure. The retaining mechanism can be used as a snap-in bracket or a frame for quick replacement of the data storage device.
US08584997B2
A device for attachment to both porous and non-porous wall surfaces includes a suction cup of a first type having an elastomeric core and an elastomeric outer layer that is substantially softer than the inner layer. The outer layer includes material that fills pores within a porous surface against which the suction cup is held. The inner layer prevents tearing of the suction cup and causes a partial vacuum to be formed as the suction cup attempts to return to its original shape following depression against a wall surface. Alternately, the device may include a suction cup having a number of concentric ridges held against porous surface, with the suction cup being formed of a single elastomeric material or of elastomeric materials including a softer elastomeric outer layer.
US08584996B2
A support stand includes a first casing, a rotary mechanism, a second casing and a holder. The rotary mechanism is disposed in the first casing and has a first gear and a threaded rod coordinated with each other. The second casing is connected with the rotary mechanism. The second casing is able to rotate from a first position to a second position in relative to the first casing. The holder is connected with the threaded rod. When the second casing is at the first position, the holder is stored in the first casing. When the second casing is rotated to the second position, the second casing drives the first gear to coordinately rotate the threaded rod so as to push the holder out of the first casing. The support stand occupies less space as the holder is stored, and it has better overall integrity.
US08584994B2
A floor stand with an angled arm is provided for use with a microscope. The angled arm allows the floor stand and microscope to fit within a small or crowded examination room while also allowing a physician and his assistant space to maneuver around the floor stand and examine a patient.
US08584993B2
A column includes a hinge assembly, the hinge assembly having an upper portion (2) pivotally attached to a lower portion (1) for movement about a first pivot axis (5), the upper portion of the hinge assembly being associated with an upper part (12) of the column and the lower portion of the hinge assembly being associated with a lower part (11) of the column. In use, movement of the upper and lower hinge assembly portions about the first pivot axis from a normal position, in which the upper part of the column is relatively upright, causes the upper part of the column to rotate towards the lower part of the column, thereby allowing the upper part the column to be moved to a maintenance position. An arm links (3), via second (6) and third (7) pivot axes, the upper and lower portions of the hinge assembly, and the arm is associated with a spring (9) that exerts a force via the arm, which urges the upper and lower hinge assembly portions towards the normal position.
US08584988B1
A first part, a second part, and a seal ring are fastened together to form a pressure structure configured for a spacecraft structure of a spacecraft, wherein the first part and the second part are each formed from a single workpiece.
US08584981B2
A motorized yarn-winding drum holds a plurality of loops of yarn wound thereon and is driven to rotate for drawing said yarn from a reel and feeding it to a general downstream machine. A movable guiding member is biased to slideably engage the yarn unwinding from the drum and to deviate its path, by a spring acting in contrast to the tension of the yarn, thereby generating a reserve releasable in response to tension peaks on the yarn. The stroke of the guiding member is limited by a stop defining a position of maximum deviation of the yarn. The spring has one end operatively connected to the guiding member and one opposite end connected to driving elements operable for applying a load to the spring, with the guiding member abutting against said stop. The driving elements are controlled by a control unit which is programmed to adjust the load as a function of a desired feeding tension.
US08584974B2
A rock dusting apparatus comprising: a housing; a tank mounted within the housing which comprises a removable top wall member, a sidewall member and a bottom wall member configured to form an internal tank compartment for holding and mixing a rock dust composition; a mixer positioned on the bottom wall member for mixing the rock dust composition; a tank discharge port positioned on the bottom wall member or a lower portion of the sidewall member through which the rock dust composition can be discharged from the tank; a conduit extending from the tank discharge port to a housing discharge port; the conduit comprising a pump for transporting the rock dust composition through the conduit and through a discharge line operatively connected to the housing discharge port; and one or more motors mounted within the housing for powering the mixer and the pump. The apparatus is useful for spraying rock dust compositions for suppressing propagation of a flame and/or fire caused by ignition of coal dust and/or gas within a coal mine.
US08584972B2
A handheld showerhead includes a showerhead portion and a handle portion. The showerhead portion includes a plurality of nozzles. At least two fluid channels are defined in part by at least two walls that are adjacent and parallel to each other and a curved wall that extends between edges of the at least two walls. A base wall is operably associated with the at least two walls and defines two or more fluid channel inlets each in fluid communication with a respective one of the two more fluid channels. The handle portion is operatively associated with the showerhead portion, and includes at least one of a fluid inlet and a fluid passage, and including a rotatable mode selector.
US08584968B2
A height adjustment assembly for a drop hose on an irrigation machine is composed of an elongated bracket having a first end provided with a pair of fittings, and a second opposite end provided with a drop hose retention ring; the drop hose retention ring formed with an opening adapted to permit a drop hose to slide through the opening, the opening defined by an interior surface provided with a pair of diametrically opposed open slots, and a pair of diametrically opposed locking recesses. A key lock fitting is adapted for connecting aligned hose ends of the drop hose and is provided with a pair of diametrically-opposed keys which, in use, are adapted to slide through the pair of opposed open slots and, upon ninety degree rotation of the diametrically-opposed keys, to be received in the pair of diametrically opposed locking recesses.
US08584966B2
An extensible straw for incorporation as an integral component of a disposable or collapsible beverage container has telescoping tubes extensible from the container, a screw cap and multiple seals preventing inadvertent leakage from the container whether the container is maintained upright or not.
US08584952B2
An apparatus, system and method are presented for extending the depth of field of an optical code image scanner. The optical code image scanner comprises a lens and an image capture device where the lens is configured to create two distinct focal points using incoming light and the image capture device captures an image using light from the lens.
US08584950B2
A two-dimensional code reader and program generate edge images based on obtained images, extract candidate regions within these edge images, determine whether or not the extracted candidate regions are valid, determine whether or not characteristic patterns are included in each corresponding region in the original image, and then detects two-dimensional code regions within original images. The two-dimensional code reader and program repeatedly implement generation of edge images based on conversion conditions that correspond to the applicable order among a plurality of conversion condition types in a pre-set order, detection of candidate regions among the generated edge images, determination of whether or not the extracted candidate regions are valid, determination of whether or not characteristic patterns are included in the corresponding regions in the original images that correspond to valid candidate regions, and detection of two-dimensional code regions.
US08584949B2
A code reading apparatus, comprising: an image capturing unit configured to capture the image picked-up by a image pickup unit; a detection unit configured to detect the code contained in the captured image; a decoding unit configured to decode the detected code; and a recognition unit configured to recognize, if the detected code is a two-dimensional code, the model number of the two-dimensional code. The decoding unit decodes the detected two-dimensional code if the model number recognized is a predetermined model number.
US08584947B2
A method of protecting a magnetic card inserted into a card reader in a self-service terminal is described. The method comprises detecting presentation of a card at a card reader; energizing an electromagnetic signal transmitter in response to detecting presentation of the card; detecting a change of state of a width switch; de-energizing the electromagnetic signal transmitter in response to detecting the change of state of the width switch; detecting a magnetic signal from a pre-read magnetic reader; and re-energizing an electromagnetic signal transmitter in response to detecting the magnetic signal from the pre-read magnetic reader.
