US08588265B2
Disclosed herein is a semiconductor laser element including: on a substrate, a laser structure section configured to include a semiconductor laminated structure having an n-type semiconductor layer, active layer and p-type semiconductor layer in this order, and a p-side electrode on top of the p-type semiconductor layer; a pair of resonator edges provided on two opposed lateral sides of the semiconductor laminated structure; and films made of a non-metallic material having a thermal conductivity higher than that of surrounding gas, and provided in the region of the top side of the laser structure section including the positions of the resonator edges.
US08588262B1
An apparatus comprises a laser system and a light sensor system. The laser system is associated with a housing and configured to generate a first laser beam and direct the first laser beam toward a surface of an object in which the surface has a plurality of quantum dots. The first laser beam is configured to cause the plurality of quantum dots to generate light. The laser system is further configured to generate a second laser beam and direct the second laser beam toward the light generated by the plurality of quantum dots. The second laser beam is configured to amplify a portion of the light generated by the plurality of quantum dots. The light sensor system is associated with the housing and configured to detect the portion of the light to form data.
US08588248B2
A packet routing apparatus and method are provided. The packet routing apparatus may participate in a sensor network. In certain aspects the packet routing apparatus may snatch a request to send (RTS) signal that is transmitted from a first node to a second node in the sensor network and may intervene on the relay path of the snatched data packet. In certain aspects, the packet routing apparatus may sniff a data packet that is transmitted from a first node to a second node and may intervene on the relay path of the sniffed data packet.
US08588246B2
A method for determining a search space includes determining the number of downlink control information bits of each type of control channel currently required to be monitored by a UE. A temporary search space corresponding to the each type of control channel is determined according to a mapping relationship currently used by the UE. It is determined that an actual search space corresponding to a selected type of control channel is all or a part of CCEs of a union of temporary search spaces corresponding to all or a part of control channels with the same number of the downlink control information bits when the DCI bit number of one or more other control channels is the same as the DCI bit number of the selected type of control channel.
US08588240B2
Methods and systems are disclosed that provide accounting in an access gateway of a communication network. Logic can be implemented in an access gateway to provide accounting in an access gateway when the data is tunneled or encapsulated by a protocol when passing through the access gateway. The access gateway can perform inspections on the data to determine what portions of the data are user payload data and be included in a count and what portions of the data can be ignored, such as control packets and overhead information on the packet. The logic can also be deployed in next generation networks, such as long-term evolution, to provide accounting at the access gateway in some situations.
US08588235B2
A system and method for providing a multicast/broadcast service (MBS) using a Wireless Broadband Internet/World Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiBro/WiMAX) network are provided, which include an MBS control unit for generating a beginning and an end of an MBS bearer session, a quality of service (QoS) control unit for requesting an allocation and release of a QoS, an access control router (ACR) for allocating a multicast service flow identifier (SFID) with respect to the MBS bearer session in order to provide an MBS user terminal with MBS bearer traffic which is received from an MBS content source, and for releasing the allocated multicast SFID when the release of the QoS is requested, and a radio access station (RAS) for allocating a multicast connection identifier (CID) corresponding to the allocated multicast SFID according to whether an MBS user requests the MBS bearer traffic, and controlling a radio resource with the MBS user terminal.
US08588233B1
A relay service enables two peers attempting to communicate with one another to each connect to a publicly-accessible relay server, which servers are associated with an overlay network and are selected by a directory service. After end-to-end connectivity is established, preferably the hosts communicate with each other by relaying data packets via the overlay network relay servers. Communications (both connection control messages and data being relayed) between a host and a relay server occurs at an application layer using a modified version of the TURN protocol.
US08588230B1
A method of determining whether to set up a delay-sensitive communication session over an internet protocol (IP) based network includes sharing link state information among the network nodes of the link state protocol controlled network, receiving an IP packet that conveys a request to set up a delay-sensitive communication session over the network; determining, based on the shared link state information, a shortest path through the link state protocol controlled network for the requested delay-sensitive communication session and whether the shortest path is deemed suitable for the delay-sensitive communication session, and setting up the delay-sensitive communication session over the shortest path only when the shortest path is deemed suitable for the delay-sensitive communication session.
US08588223B2
In one embodiment, a multistage interconnection network (MIN) has two or more configurable stages, each stage having a plurality of switches. The network has one or more unused input terminals, each mapped using fixed switch connections to an unused output terminal. The network also has a set of used input terminals that are selectively mapped to a set of used output terminals based on values of control signals supplied to the stages. Each stage receives a different control signal, and each control signal is generated by cyclically shifting a control seed by a corresponding cyclic-shift value. Fixing the mappings of the unused terminals ensures that the used input terminals are not mapped to any unused output terminals. By storing only the control seed, memory requirements are reduced over networks that explicitly store individual control signals for all of the stages.
US08588220B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and apparatus for mitigating port swapping during signal tracking. The method and apparatus generally include acquiring a first signal characteristic corresponding to a signal assigned to a first port, comparing the first signal characteristic to a second previously acquired signal characteristic, and assigning the signal to a second port if the first and second signal characteristics vary. Such a configuration mitigates port swapping without requiring signals to include identification information, thereby enabling assignment of signals corresponding to any format or source.
US08588196B2
A network (100) includes a hub device (110) and at least one unattached peripheral device (120). The hub device comprises circuitry and a transceiver in communication with the circuitry. In operation, the hub device is configured to cause the transceiver to i) send a message to indicate the availability of the hub device for attachment to a first peripheral device, ii) receive, from the first peripheral device, a message indicating the availability of the first peripheral device for communication with the hub device, iii) send, to the first peripheral device, a signal including a first peripheral device identifier, iv) receive, from the first peripheral device, a response, v) send a hub response to the first peripheral device, and vi) receive, from the first peripheral device, a second peripheral response including the first peripheral device identifier.
US08588195B2
Disclosed are a data transmission method, a system and an apparatus, which are used to meet transmission quality requirements of data on multiple kinds of logic channels in the event that multiple kinds of logic channels related to multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) are mapped to the same transmission channel. The data transmission method provided by the present invention includes that: a network side determines multiple kinds of modulation and coding schemes (MCSs) needed to be adopted when multiple kinds of logic channels are mapped to the same transmission channel, and notifies a terminal of correspondence between logic channels and MCSs; using MCSs needed to be adopted, the network side performs modulation and coding for the data on logic channels mapped to the transmission channel, then transmits it to the terminal through the transmission channel.
US08588194B2
A method for managing mobile communications devices includes: receiving a management instruction delivered by an ACS through a TR069 protocol; converting the management instruction into a command identifiable to a mobile communications device, and sending the identifiable command to the mobile communications device; receiving a response instruction sent by the mobile communications device after the mobile communications device executes the identifiable command; and encapsulating the response instruction into a TR069 response message, and sending the message to the ACS. Through the method and apparatus for managing mobile communications devices, a management instruction is converted into a command identifiable to the mobile communications device; the mobile communications device executes the relevant operations according to the instruction and implements the relevant services, thus implementing unified management for mobile communications devices.
US08588186B1
Methods for a wireless transceiver, the methods having corresponding apparatus and computer programs, comprise: transmitting a ranging sequence modulated according to a first modulation mode at a power level selected according to a normalized carrier-to-noise value associated with the first modulation mode as set forth in a table associating normalized carrier-to-noise values with modulation modes; transmitting a first ranging request message according to a second modulation mode at a power level selected according to a normalized carrier-to-noise value associated with the second modulation mode, the first ranging request message being transmitted after having received a ranging response message for the ranging sequence; and increasing each normalized carrier-to-noise value in the table, except the normalized carrier-to-noise value associated with the first modulation mode, by a predetermined amount in response to the transceiver not receiving a response to the first ranging request message within a predetermined interval.
US08588184B2
A broadband data communications network includes mobile wireless communications devices, base stations, and a master access gateway for operating using a full data set for controlling broadband data communications between the base stations and the mobile wireless communications devices. A back-up gateway is coupled to a given one of the base stations for communicating with the master access gateway for generating a data subset from the full data set for the given base station and associated mobile wireless communications devices when communications between the given base station and the master access gateway is available. When communications is unavailable, then the back-up gateway operates using the data subset for controlling broadband data communications between the given base station and associated mobile wireless communications devices.
US08588180B2
A mobile station measures reception quality levels of individual peripheral cells of a source cell and transmits information of the measured reception quality levels of the individual peripheral cells to a source base station that manages the source cell. The source base station selects a group of cells that are to be handed over, based on the information of reception quality levels of the individual peripheral cells that is received from the mobile station, and transmits information of handover ready completion cells that are ready for handover in the selected group of cells to the mobile station. The mobile station selects a target cell that is to be handed over, based on the information of handover ready completion cells that is received from the source base station, and on the information of reception quality levels of the individual peripheral cells at that time.
US08588179B2
In a communication service handover system, a communication service used by a user by a first communication device is continuously used by a second communication device, and said first communication device and said second communication device are distinct from each other. The communication service handover system includes a socket update request block configured on said first communication device to request said second communication device to update a socket; a first socket control block configured on said first communication device to close a socket; and a second socket control block configured on said second communication device to apply socket information received from said first communication device.
US08588177B2
It is difficult to perform handover between mobile terminals. In addition, when a session handover is performed between terminals whose mobilities are managed by individual Mobile IP HAs, it is difficult for an IETF standard to normally treat an Uplink packet. A network system includes: a function 9 that manages bind information between terminals which are arranged in a network and are subjected to the control of a user; a function 5 that translates an address; a function 7 that performs encapsulation between HAs; and a function that is provided in a terminal and transmits the bind information and a handover trigger to the bind information management function 9.
US08588168B2
A method and apparatus for allocating and processing sequences in a communication system is disclosed. The method includes: dividing sequences in a sequence group into multiple sub-groups, each sub-group corresponding to its own mode of occupying time frequency resources; selecting sequences from a candidate sequence collection corresponding to each sub-group to form the sequences in the sub-group by: the sequences in a sub-group i in a sequence group k being composed of n sequences in the candidate sequence collection, the n sequences making a |ri/Ni−ck/Np1| or |(ri/Ni−ck/Np1) modu mk,i| function value the smallest, second smallest, till the nth smallest respectively; allocating the sequence group to cells, users or channels. It prevents the sequences highly correlated with the sequences of a specific length from appearing in other sequence groups, thus reducing interference, avoiding the trouble of storing the lists of massive sequence groups.
US08588164B2
The present invention provides a method includes: receiving a downlink channel quality indicator or an interference indicator, where the downlink channel quality indicator or the interference indicator is fed back by a UE; estimating a weak interference noise matrix of the UE according to the downlink channel quality indicator or the interference indicator, where the downlink channel quality indicator or the interference indicator is fed back by the UE; obtaining a time-frequency channel matrix of a serving cell and a time-frequency strong interference matrix of a strong interfering cell, and obtaining a time-frequency interference noise matrix of the UE according to the estimated weak interference noise matrix and the time-frequency strong interference matrix; and estimate downlink channel quality according to the time-frequency channel matrix and the time-frequency interference noise matrix.
US08588162B2
A method for transmitting information data by using a Reed-Muller coding scheme in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method includes the steps of configuring a number of resource elements for transmitting the information data; generating coded information data having a specific bit size by applying RM coding to the information data; performing rate matching to the coded information data so that the rate-matched information data can correspond to the configured resource elements; and transmitting the rate-matched information data by using the configured number of resource elements, wherein a minimum value Q′min for the number of resource elements is defined based upon a bit size (O) of the information data and based upon a bit size per symbol (Qm) in accordance with a modulation order.
US08588160B2
A method and an apparatus for an access point (AP) station to operate as a first type dependent station within a white space in a regulatory domain where a licensed device and an unlicensed device are permitted to operate together are disclosed. For a method of an access point (AP) station to operate as a first type dependent station within a white space in a regulatory domain where a licensed device and an unlicensed device are permitted to operate together, the method comprising: transmitting a White Space Map (WSM) comprising a list of available channels and a list of maximum allowed transmission powers of the available channels within a beacon frame in every beacon transmission instances with a predetermined transmission interval, wherein the transmission of the WSM is for at least one second type dependent station; receiving, from an enabling station having an authority for a permission of an operation of the first type dependent station and the second type dependent station, an updated White Space Map (WSM); operating only within the available channels identified by the updated WSM; and transmitting the updated WSM in a next beacon transmission instance when the WSM is supposed to be transmitted within the beacon frame.
US08588158B2
A method and an apparatus for protecting a primary service as an unlicensed device in a regulatory domain where a licensed device and the unlicensed device are permitted to operate are disclosed. For protecting a primary service by a station as an unlicensed device in a regulatory domain where a licensed device and the unlicensed device are permitted to operate, the unlicensed device acquires a list of identified available channels for the operation of the unlicensed device and maximum allowed transmission powers of the identified available channels from a regulatory domain database system; generates a white space map (WSM) comprising the list of identified available channels and the maximum allowed transmission powers of the identified available channels; updates the WSM when the station acquires information that a primary service signal is detected on a specific channel which is indicated as available in the WSM; and transmits the updated WSM to another station such that the another station moves to another channel if the another station is operating on the specific channel.
US08588154B2
A system and method for minimizing or preventing interference between wireless networks is disclosed. A network hub broadcasts a beacon signal within repeating beacon periods. The position of the beacon signal shifts within each beacon period based upon a predetermined pseudo-random sequence. The beacon signal includes data identifying the current beacon shift sequence and the current phase of the sequence. Neighboring hubs independently or jointly determine and broadcast their own beacon shift sequences and phases for their respective networks from a predetermined list. Nodes connected with the network hubs are assigned allocation intervals having a start time that is set relative to the beacon signal. The start time and duration of the allocation interval wraps around the beacon period if the allocation-interval would otherwise start or continue in a next beacon period.
US08588152B1
Methods and systems are provided for using the EV-DO Reverse Activity Bit (RAB) to dynamically configure parameters of the EV-DO DRC channel. In an embodiment, an access terminal maintains at least two different DRCLength values in data storage. The access terminal periodically transmits DRC data to an access network on the DRC channel. The DRC data comprises a DRC cover and a DRC value. The access terminal uses the DRC cover to select a serving sector, and the access terminal uses the DRC value to request a forward-link data rate. The access terminal periodically receives from an access node in the access network a RAB having a state that is either set or cleared. The access terminal selects one of the maintained DRCLength values based at least in part on the state of the RAB, and subsequently transmits DRC data according to the selected DRCLength value.
US08588143B2
A method and a system for controlling user equipment (UE) access to a network are used for controlling the access of a UE to a local network. The method includes: a Serving General Packet Radio Service Support Node (SGSN) obtains the information of the local network to which the UE requests access via an Activate Packet Data Protocol Context initiated by the UE; the SGSN instructs a Home Node B (HNB) to establish a local network bearer for the UE according to the information of the local network to which the UE requests to access; the HNB grants the UE access to the local network by establishing a local network wireless bearer for the UE based on the instruction of the SGSN.
US08588138B2
Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate compressing headers for relay nodes. In particular, a plurality of internet protocol (IP) headers, tunneling protocol headers, and/or other routing headers in a packet can be compressed to facilitate efficient communications of packets between relay nodes and/or a donor access point. A donor or other upstream access point can be provided with a filter mask, bit stream, and filter mask identifier generated by a related relay node for packets having given static header data. Thus, the donor or other upstream access point can apply the filter mask to incoming packet headers, and where a resulting bit stream matches the received bit stream, can replace at least a portion of the packet headers with the filter mask identifier. The relay node can subsequently decompress the packet headers based on the filter mask identifier. Similar functionality can be used for compressing uplink communications.
US08588134B2
When a mobile station 200 is out of uplink synchronization, an efficient procedure is realized no matter whether a dedicated signature can be allocated. In a mobile communication system in which a base station 100 transmits a DL-SCH to a mobile station 200, when the mobile station 200 is out of uplink synchronization and detects resource allocation, the mobile station 200 performs a random access to the base station 100. When the base station 100 detects a signature by using a random access channel, it transmits a preamble response to the mobile station 200. When the mobile station 200 receives the preamble response, it transmits Message 3 to the base station 100.
US08588124B2
Disclosed is a method for data communication in a radio network, including calculating an expected value of transmission efficiency of a Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Avoidance (CSMA/CA) protocol and an expected value of transmission efficiency of a Slotted ALOHA protocol, comparing the two expected values, switching a mode into the mode of the protocol having the larger expected value from among the expected value of transmission efficiency of the CSMA/CA protocol and the expected value of transmission efficiency of Slotted ALOHA protocol, and broadcasting, to stations (STAs), a message for indicating the STAs to switch a protocol into the protocol having the larger expected value of transmission efficiency, and transmitting data by using the protocol having the larger expected value of transmission efficiency.
US08588123B2
A method and apparatus of allocating a resource for a plurality of logical channels is provided. A transmitter acquires a plurality of available resources for a plurality of component carriers, and allocates the plurality of available resources to the plurality of logical channels based on priority of each of the plurality of logical channels.
US08588118B2
A wireless communication device includes: a packet detection part detecting presence/absence of a reception of a packet; a judgment part judging whether or not temporal change of presence/absence of the reception of the packet detected in the packet detection part corresponds to a predetermined identifier; and a power source control unit controlling power supply from a power source based on a result of a judgment in the judgment part.
US08588117B2
An apparatus, and an associated method, for facilitating paging of an access terminal. A hash function is performed at a network entity to form a hash value. The hash value is utilized to identify a paging packet that is to be populated with paging information. Once formed, the paging packet is sent as part of a superframe of packets. The access terminal also performs the hash function to determine to where to hash to search for the paging information.
US08588113B2
A method and apparatus are described including scanning a channel, generating a report for the scanned channel, transmitting the channel report to an associated access point and receiving a channel assignment responsive to said channel report. Also described are a method and apparatus including scanning a channel, generating a first channel report, receiving a second channel report from an associated client, transmitting the first channel report and the second channel report to a server, receiving a channel assignment message from the server responsive to the first and second channel reports and transmitting the channel assignment message to the associated client. Further described are a method and apparatus including receiving a channel report from an associated access point, building an interference graph responsive to the channel report, determining channel assignments based on the interference graph and transmitting a channel assignment message to the associated access point.
US08588107B2
In one embodiment, a technique for returning Domain IDs to a Fiber Channel fabric without a full build fabric (BF) phase is provided. A switch in the fabric may send a principal switch a message requesting the return of one or more Domain IDs assigned to that device. The principal switch may update the list of fabric Domain IDs to remove the Domain IDs identified in the message and send the updated list to devices in the fabric.
US08588104B2
Methods and systems of reporting location information through fast-feedback channels in WiMAX system
Certain embodiments of the present disclosure may allow for transmitting location information from a mobile station to a base station. The mobile station can determine differential location information (DLI) of the mobile station relative to an absolute location of the mobile station and transmit the DLI to the base station. The base station can receive DLI from the mobile station, the DLI indicating a location of the mobile station relative to an absolute location, and adjust parameters of the mobile station based, at least in part, on the DLI.
US08588099B2
The present invention provides a method for inheriting an attribute of a FA in a multilayer network, which comprises: returning information of a first attribute of each link on a FA LSP in a path computation reply message to an upper layer head node, and initiating connection setup; a head node on the FA LSP constructing the first attribute of this FA according to information of the first attribute of each link on the FA LSP included in a path message sent from a upstream node and storing the first attribute of this FA, and sending information of the first attribute of this FA to a downstream node; and c) the tail node on the FA LSP obtaining information of the first attribute of this FA and storing the first attribute of this FA. The present invention also provides a multilayer network.
US08588097B1
Aspects of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for generating models of a wireless network environment in an indoor space which may be used to predict an indoor location. The disclosure relates to collecting wireless network access point identifier information and power level observed at various locations are collected to generate various signal maps. The signal maps may be used to generate models of the indoor space. In one example, a voting model may use a probability distribution of a plurality of signal maps in order to identify a location with a highest probability of overlap with current signals received at a client device. Once a location has been identified, it may be used to assist with any number of navigational functions, such as providing turn by turn directions to another indoor location, for example, a conference room or exit, or simply providing information about the current location.
US08588094B2
A test device includes a virtual machine. The device has a virtual bridge which, when receiving a packet transmitted from the virtual machine to a computer connected via a network, transmits the packet to the computer via a physical interface of the test device. The device has a load generating unit for generating a first packet that provides a communication load and transmitting the generated first packet to the virtual bridge. The device has a return unit for receiving the generated first packet from the virtual bridge, not transmitting the generated first packet to the computer, returning the first packet to the second virtual machine by changing a destination address, and terminating the transmission.
US08588091B2
Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of wireless communication over a combined channel. For example, a wireless communication unit may transmit a wireless communication transmission over a combined channel including a primary channel and at least one secondary channel, wherein the wireless communication unit is to begin the transmission over the combined channel if a detected state of use of the secondary channel is idle for at least a predefined silence period preceding an expiration of a back-off period corresponding to the primary channel, wherein the silence period is longer than a priority interframe space (PIFS) interval. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US08588090B2
A system and method to provide intelligent scheduling of network resources when a user equipment (UE) is operating in a Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) wireless network with duty cycle limitation. Intelligent scheduling is accomplished in two stages—a training stage, and a scheduling stage. In the training stage, a training module in the eNodeB senses the Transmission Time Interval (TTI) pattern when the UE is “awake” (i.e., when the UE is transmitting power under a P % duty cycle (P<100)). In the scheduling stage, a scheduler in the eNodeB intelligently allocates the network resources to the UE for transmission on both uplink and downlink based on the information from the training stage. Thus, resources are allocated only when the UE is “awake” or can send/receive ACK/NAK when it is awake. Such intelligent scheduling may substantially reduce re-transmissions in the system and may improve system's efficiency in duty cycle-limited frequency bands.
US08588086B2
Reverse link data rate indications in wireless communication systems are defined with low identification overhead. Existence of a pilot signal is leveraged in order to reduce the overhead for identifying and selecting the reverse link data rate. At least two distinguishable pilot signals are defined, in which, based on the particular pilot signal present in the transmitted frame, at least one rate set from the multiple available rate sets can be determined. Reverse rate information in the transmitted frame is then used to identify which specific data rate within the determined rate set is used. Based on the identified data rate, the receiver may then decode the payload data in the transmitted frame.
US08588080B2
A system and method for using reserved resources in coexisting wireless networks. In one embodiment, a wireless apparatus includes a receiver, a network activity monitor, and a network access scheduler. The receiver is configured to identify a received network reservation message that inhibits access to a first wireless network for an interval defined in the reservation message. The network activity monitor is configured to monitor wireless activity on the first wireless network during the interval. The network access scheduler is configured to determine whether the reservation message prevents conflict of the first wireless network with a coexisting wireless network during the interval, and to schedule, based on a determination that the reservation message prevents conflict with the coexisting wireless network, the wireless apparatus to transmit on the first wireless network during the interval to a wireless device other than a wireless device identified in the reservation message.
US08588076B2
A system for providing, to users of data communication services, access to a communication network providing these services includes an edge node as well as a packet network, such as an Ethernet connecting the users to the edge node. The packet network is equipped with operation and maintenance procedures for preserving edge connectivity over the packet network. The edge node is associated with a backup edge node, which also provides access to the communication network. Preferably, the backup edge node has the same address as the edge node such that, in the presence of failure of the edge node, seamless connection is established between the users and the backup edge node by applying the operation and maintenance procedures.
US08588070B2
The invention concerns a method for scheduling packets belonging to a plurality of flows received at a router. It is also provided the system for carrying out the method. According to the invention, a single packet queue is used for storing said packets, said single packet queue being adapted to be divided into a variable number of successive sections which are created and updated dynamically as a function of each received packet, each section being of variable size and a section load threshold for each flow of said plurality of flows being allocated to each section. The method further comprises insertion (S11; S22; S210; S222; S230) of each received packet of a given flow in one of said successive sections as a function of said given flow and of the corresponding section load threshold.
US08588065B2
A method for evaluating quality of experience (QoE) includes obtaining service parameter information sent from a media server. Quality of service (QoS) metrics is obtained. QoE is obtained according to the service parameter information and the QoS metrics.
US08588063B2
The invention concerns a method of providing resource admission control to packet flows (11, 12, 50) associated with sessions in a communication network (2), and an access controller (21, 22) to execute this method. The communication network (2) handles packets according to priority levels assigned to the packets. The priority levels comprise at least a first and a second priority level wherein the first priority level is higher than the second priority level. First, a packet flow (12) associated with the new session is identified when packets of the packet flow (12) enter the communication network (2). Preferably, the new session is a real-time session. The second priority level is assigned to the identified packet flow and the packet flow (12) is handled according to the second priority level within the communication network (2). A congestion level is measured in the communication network (2). If the measured congestion level stays below a predefined threshold, the priority level of the packet flow (12) associated with the new session is upgraded from the second priority to the first priority within the communication network (2). Once upgraded, the packet flow (12) is handled according to the first priority level within the communication network (2) until the packet flow (12) is terminated.
US08588053B2
A transmitting apparatus multiplexes transmit signals to receiving apparatuses according to weight vectors, and transmits the multiplexed transmit signals wirelessly using antennas. Here, a controller of the transmitting apparatus first selects a first receiving apparatus and allocates a weight vector to it. Next, the controller outputs, to a second receiving apparatus, data on candidates of a weight vector available in parallel with the weight vector allocated to the first receiving apparatus. Then, the controller allocates the weight vector to the second receiving apparatus based on feedback data from the second receiving apparatus.
US08588043B2
Obtain an expanded address without altering the bit number of an address which is embedded in a wobble. Generate a virtual bit which is not recorded on a disc, and which is expressed by the disparity from the rules and the presence or absence of information embedded in part or all of the wobble address.
US08588033B2
Method for displaying the time in a wristwatch furnished with an electronic display (4) allowing the display of a simulated mechanical watch movement and of time indicators (20) so as to simulate a mechanical watch. The time displayed is advantageously calculated on the basis of the simulation of the movement and depends on the acceleration measured by an accelerometer.
US08588032B2
Watch which is controlled electronically and whose housing (1) and display field are in the form of a ring, wherein the watch displays are formed by lighting means (3) and (4) which can be switched such that they circulate on the ring, and wherein at least one annular row of at least 60 light-emitting diodes (LEDs) (16) indicates at least the time parameters of ‘hour’ and ‘minute’, preferably additionally the time parameter of ‘second’, by means of the luminous state of individual LEDs, and an electronic printed circuit board (2) which is used as the annular display field is arranged on one of the ring end faces, and the displays of hours, minutes and seconds differ from one another by virtue of the luminous pattern and/or the luminous color and/or the brightness and/or the luminous distribution among a plurality of adjacent LEDs.
US08588031B2
The timepiece movement comprises a running equation of time device having a pipe (113) provided to support a minute hand for solar time mounted concentrically to the minute and hour hands for civil time, an equation of time cam (101) rotatably driven by the movement at the rate of one revolution per year, and a correction mechanism provided to periodically adjust the angular displacement of the minute hand for solar time in relation to the minute hand for civil time as a function of the angular position of the equation of time cam.
US08588028B2
A method to correct errors in a conversion from time gather to angle gather using slant stacks wherein the slant stacking is performed along a direction that is normal to a dip or along three orthogonal directions. The slant stacking is performed in various domains.
US08588020B2
A sense amplifier and a method for determining the values of the voltages on a bit-line pair are provided. The sense amplifier comprises a first delay chain and a second delay chain. The first delay chain is electrically connected to a bit line and configured for receiving a clock signal and a first voltage on the bit line, so as to delay the clock signal according to the first voltage and to generate a first delay signal accordingly. The second delay chain is electrically connected to a complementary bit line and configured for receiving the clock signal and a second voltage on the complementary bit line, so as to delay the clock signal according to the second voltage and to generate a second delay signal accordingly.
US08588018B2
A method for testing a memory device. The memory device includes a matrix of memory cells having a plurality of rows and columns; the matrix includes a plurality of rows of operative memory cells each one for storing a variable value and at least one row of auxiliary memory cells each one storing a fixed value. The memory device further includes writing circuitry for writing selected values into the operative memory cells, and reading circuitry for reading the values being stored from the operative or auxiliary memory cells. The method includes reading output values from the row of auxiliary memory cells, determining a malfunctioning of the memory device in response to a missing match of the output values with the fixed values, determining a cause of the malfunctioning according to a pattern of reading errors between the output values and the corresponding fixed values, and providing a signal indicative of the cause of the malfunctioning.
US08588014B1
Integrated circuits with memory interface circuitry may be provided. Prior to calibration, a number of samples may be determined by computing probability density function curves as a function of timing window edge asymmetry for different degrees of oversampling. During calibration, duty cycle distortion in data strobe signals may be corrected by selectively delaying the data strobe rising or falling edges. A data clock signal that is used for generating data signals may also suffer from duty cycle distortion. The rising and falling edges of the data clock signal may be selectively delayed to correct for duty cycle distortion. The data path through which the data signals are routed may be adjusted to equalize rising and falling transitions to minimize data path duty cycle distortion. Multi-rank calibration may be performed by calibrating to an intersection of successful settings that allow each memory rank to pass memory operation tests.
US08588008B2
Systems and methods, including computer software for performing operations enable interleaving of charging operations in a charging pump. A first charge pump is charged to a predetermined level, and a first operation is performed using a charge stored in the first charge pump after it reaches the predetermined level. A second charge pump is charged during a time that overlaps with performing the first operation. A second operation is performed using a charge stored in the second charge pump as a result of charging the second charge pump.
US08588000B2
A semiconductor device with a reduced area and capable of higher integration and larger storage capacity is provided. A multi-valued memory cell including a reading transistor which includes a back gate electrode and a writing transistor is used. Data is written by turning on the writing transistor so that a potential according to the data is supplied to a node where one of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the writing transistor and a gate electrode of the reading transistor are electrically connected to each other, and then turning off the writing transistor and holding a predetermined potential in the node. Data is read by supplying a reading control potential to a control signal line connected to one of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the reading transistor, and then detecting potential change of a reading signal line.
US08587990B2
An SRAM circuitry having SRAM cells for storing at least one data word of a length of at least one bit is provided. Each bit of the data words is stored in an assigned SRAM cell, wherein the SRAM circuitry comprises address lines for addressing the at least one data word, a decoding unit for decoding the address signals on the address lines to generate a word line signals on a word line per addressed word, a local bit line to be coupled to SRAM cells of different data words with different addresses, a global bit line to be coupled to the local bit line, and a global bit line restore unit for pre-charging the global bit line. The global bit line restore unit is configured for being triggered by a trigger signal based on the address signal of one of the decoded address lines.
US08587988B2
Disclosed is a memory element, a stack, and a memory matrix in which the memory element can be used. Also disclosed is a method for operating the memory matrix, and to a method for determining the true value of a logic operation in an array comprising memory elements. The memory element has at least a first stable state 0 and a second stable state 1. By applying a first write voltage V0, this memory element can be transferred into the high-impedance state 0 and by applying a second write voltage V1, it can be transferred into the likewise high-impedance state 1. By applying a read voltage VR, the magnitude of which is smaller than the write voltages V0 and V1, the memory element exhibits different electrical resistance values. In the parasitic current paths occurring in a memory matrix, the memory element acts as a high-impedance resistor, without in principle being limited to unipolar switching. A method has been disclosed, using an array comprising the memory elements which can be turned into a gate for arbitrary logic operations.
US08587982B2
Embodiments include a memory array having a plurality of bit lines and a plurality of source lines disposed in columns. A plurality of word lines is disposed in rows. A plurality of storage elements have a first subset of storage elements electrically decoupled from the memory array and a second subset of storage elements coupled to the memory array. The memory array further includes a plurality of bit cells, each including one storage element from the second subset of storage elements coupled to at least two transistors. The bit cells are coupled to the plurality of bit lines and the plurality source lines. Each transistor is coupled to one word line. The memory array can further include logic to select a high performance mode and a high density mode.
US08587976B2
A DC/DC converter for converting an input DC voltage between input lines into an output DC voltage between output lines includes: an AC current forward path connected via switching electric components to at least one of the output lines and at least one of the output lines; an AC current backflow path connected via same electric connections to at least one of the input lines and at least one of the output lines; and an auxiliary converter for compensating a sum of currents flowing via all forward and backflow paths, the auxiliary converter connecting one end of an compensation current path via two pulsed switches alternately to two lines at one side, the other end of the compensation path being connected to at least one line at the other side of the converter. The input lines are galvanically separated from the output lines by capacitances in all current paths.
US08587974B2
A method and a device for operating a bridge power supply circuit comprising at least two switch members connected in series between two rails and operated alternatingly to provide a pulse width modulated output signal at a junction between the two transistors. A measurement circuit measures a voltage drop over the lower switch member during conduction of said switch member. The measurement is performed approximately in the middle of the ON-period and is used in the next cycle for calculating the timing signals. A control signal (Ucontrol) is received at an input for the pulse width modulated output signal. The measured voltage drop is added to the control signal before calculating the timing signals. The voltage drop is scaled by a scaling factor of for example 0.8 before being added to the control signal.
US08587971B2
An electronic current transformer (ECT) based on complete self-excitation power supply is provided. The ECT includes an energy-obtaining coil, a rapid voltage-stabilizing circuit and an Analog/Digital (A/D) converting circuit. The output of the energy-obtaining coil is connected with the input of the voltage-stabilizing circuit. The output of the voltage-stabilizing circuit is connected with the control end of the A/D converting circuit. The ECT uses two branch circuits to obtain energy directly from the magnetic field of a bus bar to be measured respectively, synthesizes two output waveforms to fill the wave trough of each other, and reduces the pulse of direct current. In this way, the trough voltage of the synthesized wave is higher than the required stabilizing value of direct voltage and it directly meets the input requirement of the stabilizing module of the voltage-stabilizing circuit. As a result, the ECT can activate the A/D converting circuit rapidly. The present invention has solved the delay problem caused by using a single coil to obtain energy, and has characteristics of small wake-up current, rapid activation and wide application. The ECT can omit additional laser power supply device, simplify the architecture, improve the reliability of operation and service life, and reduce the cost.
US08587967B2
One embodiment of the invention relates to a power apparatus. The power apparatus includes a power converter configured to convert an input voltage to an output voltage for providing power at an output thereof to which a load is connectable. The converter can include an isolation barrier configured to electrically isolate the output and the load from an input source that provides the input voltage. The system also includes a control loop that includes indirect sense circuitry configured to indirectly derive an indication of at least one of output current and output power of the converter. The control loop is configured to control output current or output power based on the indirectly derived indication of output current or output power, respectively.
US08587966B2
During a soft start period at the time of startup, a PWM control is carried out. After the soft start period ends, the PWM control is converted into a frequency control, so that stress of a switching element is suppressed and the audible oscillation frequency is removed. As a result, it is possible to obtain a switching power supply device having high power conversion efficiency.
US08587961B2
Electronic equipment includes a first water cutoff member and a second water cutoff member on the periphery of a hole communicating from outside with a space in which an electric component such as an electric circuit board is provided. This can prevent liquid, dust, and the like, which enter a first housing from outside, from entering the space. Thus, the electric component, etc. placed in the space can be prevented from being damaged due to an electric short-circuit.
US08587950B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses provide power from multiple input power sources to adjacent outputs efficiently and reliably. Aspects of the disclosure provide a power distribution unit (PDU) that includes a number of power outputs including first and second adjacent power outputs. The PDU includes a printed circuit board having a first conducting layer electrically interconnected to a first power input connection and the first power output, a second conducting layer that is at least partially above the first conducting layer and in facing relationship thereto. The second conducting layer is electrically insulated from the first conducting layer and electrically interconnected with a second power input connection and the second power output, the first and second power outputs thereby connected to different power inputs.
US08587944B2
Heat pipe (400) includes a heat pipe body (402) having an inner cavity (408), and a wick structure (404) disposed in the inner cavity. The wick structure includes a first woven mesh layer (410) and a second woven mesh layer (412) disposed on the first woven mesh layer. The first woven mesh layer is a first weave pattern of thermally conductive fibers (103) having a first warp direction (W3 or W4) and the second woven mesh layer is a second weave pattern of thermally conductive fibers (105) having a second warp direction (W5 or W6). The second woven mesh layer is disposed on the first woven mesh layer such that the first and the second warp directions are rotationally offset by an inter-layer warp offset angle (γi).
US08587940B2
A server includes a server enclosure having an accommodating room with a front area and a rear area and a top plate defining a first intake hole communicating with the accommodating room, a first component module and a second component module respectively at the front and rear areas, a first fan module and a second fan module in the accommodating room. The first fan module is for forcing air to flow from the front area to the rear area. The second fan module includes an air-guiding housing and a fan inside the air-guiding housing. The air-guiding housing has a second intake hole aligned with the first intake hole, and an exhaust hole opening toward the rear area. The fan draws air outside the server enclosure through the first and second intake holes, and blows the air toward the rear area through the exhaust hole.
US08587939B2
A portable computing device is disclosed. The portable computing device can take many forms such as a laptop computer, a tablet computer, and so on. The portable computing device can include at least a single piece housing. The single piece housing can be machined from a single billet of material, such as a billet of aluminum. The single piece housing can include ledges with a surface receiving a trim bead and a cover. Corner brackets can be attached to the single piece housing to improve the damage resistance of the housing.
US08587932B2
A handheld electronic device includes a main body and a cover. The main body has a bottom surface and a side surface adjacent to each other. A strap hole is formed in the side surface of the main body. A receiving slot and an observing opening are formed in the bottom surface. The observing opening is located at an edge of the bottom surface and is aligned and communicates with the strap hole. The cover is detachably disposed on the bottom surface to cover the receiving slot and the observing opening.
US08587931B2
The present invention provides a junction block adapted adaptable for a variety of vehicles without increase of cost. The junction block includes a circuit board 2, a terminal block 3 for low-grade use to be connected to the circuit board, a bus bar block 4 superimposed on the terminal block and connected to the circuit board, a cover 9 for covering the circuit board from side of the bus bar block, and a plurality of fuses 39,39′ to be connected to terminals 14a, 19a of the terminal block and the bus bar block, wherein the junction block is adaptable for a variety of vehicles with or without use of the bus bar block.
US08587925B2
A ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic element assembly and external electrodes. The external electrodes are disposed on the ceramic element assembly. The external electrodes include an underlying electrode layer and a first Cu plating film. The underlying electrode layer is disposed on the ceramic element assembly. The first Cu plating film is disposed on the underlying electrode layer. The underlying electrode layer includes a metal that is diffusible in Cu and a ceramic bonding material. The metal that is diffusible in Cu is diffused in at least a surface layer in the underlying electrode layer side of the first Cu plating film.
US08587924B2
Provided is a multilayer capacitor that can be manufactured with high yields and whose warpage is suppressed. The multilayer capacitor includes two or more laminated bodies which are bonded together, the two or more laminated bodies each including resin layers and metal layers which are alternately laminated a plurality of times in a thickness direction and each being warped and having front and rear surfaces covered with surface layers containing a resin material, one of the front and rear surfaces being formed of a first surface as a smooth surface having no recess portion, another of the front and rear surfaces being formed of a second surface having a recess portion, in which at least two adjacent laminated bodies are bonded together at the first surfaces or the second surfaces. Also provided are a manufacturing method for the multilayer capacitor, and a circuit board and an electronic device which use the multilayer capacitor.
US08587922B2
In a feed-through capacitor, a conduction unit having a plurality of conduction inner electrodes can fully secure a tolerable level of DC. A capacitor unit is formed on the mount surface side in a capacitor body, so that high-frequency noise components can be removed by the capacitor unit before reaching the conduction unit. The distance between the grounding inner electrode located closest to the conduction unit and the conduction inner electrode in the conduction unit is greater than that between the signal inner electrode and grounding inner electrode in the capacitor unit. This enhances the impedance between the capacitor unit and the conduction unit, so as to inhibit the high-frequency noise components from flowing into the conduction unit.
US08587913B2
Active current surge limiters and methods of use are disclosed. One exemplary system, among others, comprises a current limiter, including an interface configured to be connected between a power supply and a load; a disturbance sensor, configured to monitor the power supply for a disturbance during operation of the load; and an activator, configured to receive a control signal from the disturbance sensor and to activate the current limiter based on the control signal.
US08587911B2
A service line safety monitor which may be configured as a separate module or incorporated into an EVSE is adapted to monitor the connection with the service line to determine whether there is a defect in the connection. The module preferably employs a current transformer to determine a no-load and a load applied to the EVSE. Comparisons are made to determine whether there is a power loss. In the event of a power loss beyond a safe limit, the monitor disconnects the EVSE from the service line. A warning indicator is also employed.
US08587900B2
An apparatus for cooling a nanowire in a wire assisted magnetic recording head using a radiator in close proximity to a shield of the write pole. The radiator may further contain current restraints (e.g., slits, cuts, or resistive materials) that maximize current density in the nanowire at a location that corresponds to the current restraints. These current restraints may be further arranged to align with a write pole such that the current is forced to flow primarily through the nanowire when the nanowire is closest to the write pole. The nanowire may then be used either as main or auxiliary writing element for recording signals to a high coercivity media. Moreover, the nanowire and radiator may be combined into a single nanofoil which has a least two portions that perform a similar function as both the nanowire and radiator.
US08587894B2
A disc device includes a first cam gear 13 having a cam groove 13d, and engaged with and released from one gear of a power transmission system, and a second cam gear 14 having a hole portion 14d corresponding to the cam groove 13d, laid on the first cam gear 13 and rotatably supported relative to the first cam gear 13, and engaged with and released from one gear of the power transmission system.
US08587892B2
Method for operating a storage device with a tape and a head wherein the head comprises a first and a second read element. Each read element is operable to detect servo-pattern of a particular servo band. The first and the second read element are arranged such that the tape at first passes one of both read elements and subsequently passes the other of both read elements when the tape moves in a predetermined longitudinal direction. A tape transport direction of the tape along the longitudinal direction is determined. The first read element is selected dependent on the determined tape transport direction, when the determined tape transport direction represents a direction where the tape at first passes the first read element and subsequently the second read element. Otherwise the second read element is selected. A position error signal is determined dependent on the selected read element.
US08587891B2
A tape drive capable of switching the transport speed of a tape medium among multilevel speeds calculates a data transfer rate from/to a host device, and selects an adjustment mode of the transport speed of the tape medium from a constant speed mode and a speed switch mode according to the calculated data transfer rate. The tape drive in the speed switch mode, pauses a data write or read operation to switch the transport speed of the tape medium while data is written at a first transport speed and when an available capacity of a buffer memory reaches a data volume to be received from the host device during switching of the transport speed and is read out at the first transport speed and when a data volume of a buffer memory reaches a data volume to be transmitted to the host device during switching of the transport speed.
US08587881B2
Techniques related to miniature lenses and lens arrays are generally described herein. The described techniques may be embodied in apparatuses, systems, methods and/or processes for making and using such lenses. In some examples, the various techniques may be utilized for miniature lenses such as nanometer to micron sized spherical lenses or lens arrays. An example process may include dewetting polymer films to form such lenses. The resulting lens-size may be tunable from about 200 nm to a few tens of microns, and more particularly in a range from about 200 nm to about 10 μm with spherical shapes of contact angles ranging from about 30° to about 150°. The resulting lenses may be tunable polymeric structures formed generally by self-organized room temperature dewetting of ultrathin polymer films by reducing the surface tension.
US08587872B2
A lens module includes a first lens group with a positive refractive power, a second lens group with a negative refractive power, and a third lens group with a positive refractive power. The first lens group essentially consists of a first lens with a negative refractive power, a second lens with a positive refractive power and a third lens with a positive refractive power arranged in order from a magnified side to a reduced side. The second lens group essentially consists of a fourth lens with a negative refractive power and a fifth lens with a positive refractive power arranged in order from the magnified side to the reduced side. The third lens group essentially consists of a sixth lens with a positive refractive power and a seventh lens with a positive refractive power arranged in order from the magnified side to the reduced side.
US08587870B2
A wafer lens (10) in which the warpage of a glass substrate included therein can be prevented, having a glass substrate (12), a first resin part (14) composed of a curable resin, and a second resin part (16) composed of a curable resin. In each of the first resin part (14) and the second resin part (16), two or more lens parts (14a, 16a) are formed. A lens part of each of the first and second resin parts is located at the most objective side. A volume of the first resin of the first resin part (14) and a volume of the second resin of the second resin part (16) satisfies 0.6≦Vwa/Vwb≦2.1, where “Vwa” and “Vwb” are volumes of an object and image side resin, respectively.
US08587869B2
A half mirror layer has an angle dependency in which when an angle of incidence becomes larger than the angle of incidence range of image light, reflectance increases, such that it is possible to prevent unintended light, which is emitted to a light transmitting member from a light guiding member and is reflected inside a light transmitting member, from being returned to a light emission portion of the light guiding member after passing through the half mirror layer as a reflective film at a relatively large angle of incidence. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the image light passed through the light transmitting member from becoming ghost light while mitigating the demand for increasing processing accuracy of the light transmitting member, and bonding accuracy between the light guiding member and the light transmitting member.
US08587868B2
Device for splitting a light beam (1), including at least one lens array (3) with a plurality of lenses (3a-3i) of which at least two have a mutually differing, positive focal length, wherein the light beam (1) that is to be split can pass through the at least one lens array (3) and form at least some mutually separated, at least partially convergent subbeams (1a-1i) after passing through the plurality of lenses (3a-3i), and deflecting means (4) with a plurality of deflecting elements that are arranged downstream of the at least one lens array (3) and can deflect at least some of the subbeams (1a-1i), wherein at least two of the deflecting elements have a different spacing (da-di) from the at least one lens array (3).
US08587863B2
A wavelength conversion device may include a wavelength conversion element that converts an entering first laser beam into a second laser beam by wavelength conversion, and a cooling mechanism that cools the wavelength conversion element from at least one surface of the wavelength conversion element.
US08587862B2
A second-harmonic generation nonlinear frequency converter includes a nonlinear optical crystal. The nonlinear optical crystal includes a plurality of sections. The sections connect to each other in sequence, and each section has a phase different from others. Each of the phases includes a positive domain and a negative domain. Each of the sections includes a plurality of quasi-phase-matching structures. The quasi-phase-matching structures connect to each other in sequence and have the same phase in one section.
US08587859B2
A white particle for display includes as a constituent element a polymer including at least one species selected from a biphenyl compound having one vinyl group and a biphenyl compound having two vinyl groups as a polymeric component.
US08587853B2
A two-dimensional optical scanner and an image display apparatus are provided. The optical scanner includes: a movable portion having a mirror portion, and a first driving portion which is configured to oscillate the mirror portion around a first axis; a second driving portion which is configured to oscillate the movable portion around a second axis perpendicular to the first axis; and a driving controller which is configured to drive the first driving portion in a first driving method and is configured to drive the second driving portion in a second driving method different from the first driving method. While the first driving portion oscillates the mirror portion around the first axis, the second driving portion oscillates the movable portion around the second axis, so that the mirror portion reflects a beam of light incident to the mirror portion such that the two-dimensional optical scanner performs a two-dimensional scanning.
US08587850B2
An image processing apparatus including: a determining unit that determines whether a background color area of an image data is adjacent to a non-background color area of an image data outside of the background color area, the non-background color area including a pixel having color data of a first color; and a converting unit that converts color data of a pixel in the background color area into the first color when the determining unit determines that the background color area is not adjacent to the non-background color area, and converts the color data of the pixel in the background color area into a second color which is different from the first color when the determining unit determines that the background color area is adjacent to the non-background color area.
US08587845B2
An image reading apparatus includes a lower unit, an upper unit arranged above the lower unit and a guide arranged on an opposite side to the lower unit with respect to the upper unit. The guide relatively rotates with respect to the upper unit in a direction away from the upper unit so as to form an ejection path, between the upper unit and the guide, of a sheet-like medium conveyed between the upper unit and the lower unit. The upper unit and the guide are close to each other respectively, at positions closest to the lower unit in respective rotation ranges of relative rotation with respect to the lower unit. The rotation range of the guide is wider than that of the upper unit, in a rotation direction away from the lower unit from the positions close to each other.
US08587832B2
A dual color matching feedback control method, system and processor-readable medium for hiding an infrared marking in a wide range of customer selectable colors. The approach includes an inline spectrophotometer sensor to measure at least two color mixtures and a matching color feedback control unit adjusts the two mixtures to match each other in color appearance. A customized color can be selected from a smaller gamut of darker color by a customer and a sufficient difference in a black toner (k toner) between the two color mixtures can be maintained to provide sufficient contrast for the infrared detection. An initial match can be provided by incorporating a color model that is similar to a predicted color mixture. The two colors can then be rendered and adjusted for better match prior to rendering the hidden mark. Such an approach adjusts an amount of other toners so that the color difference between the hidden mark colorant and a surrounding colorant is minimized and a presence of the hidden mark is less detectable to the observer under a standard condition.
US08587829B2
A standard density print profile capable of producing a print of standard densities is generated by a printing press set to standard density conditions, and a designated density print profile capable of producing a print of designated densities is generated by the printing press when the printing press is set to designated density conditions. A color conversion table capable of producing the print of the designated densities with the printing press set to the standard density conditions is generated using the standard density print profile and the designated density print profile. The colors of the image data are converted using the color conversion table.
US08587820B2
A tape printing apparatus capable of printing plural paragraphs arrayed in a longitudinal direction of a tape, with each paragraph including one or more lines includes: a paragraph creating unit which creates the paragraphs; a feeding quantity setting unit which set a quantity of feeding between the paragraphs in the longitudinal direction of the tape; an arrangement deciding unit which decides an arrangement of each paragraph on the basis of the setting by the feeding quantity setting unit; and a printing unit which prints each paragraph created by the paragraph creating unit on the tape in a manner that realizes the arrangement decided by the arrangement deciding unit.
US08587818B2
A captured image processing system is provided. The captured image processing system includes a portable terminal apparatus and an image output apparatus, each of which are communicable with the other. The portable terminal apparatus captures an image of an object and transmits output target image data obtained by capturing the image to the image output apparatus so as to cause output of this captured image from the image output apparatus. The image output apparatus carries out image processing to the received output target image data, and outputs (a) corrected image data, or (b) an image indicated by the corrected image data. The captured image processing system allows easy output of necessary regions included in an image captured by the portable terminal apparatus, and allows output of an image having no geometric distortion even if image capture is carried out obliquely with respect to a captured image object.
US08587814B2
Systems and methods are provided for implementing adaptive rasterized print data management. The printing system is able to acquire a print job and instructions for printing multiple copies of the job. The control unit is also able to initiate processing of a first copy of the print job, to instruct a Raster Image Processor (RIP) to rasterize a data segment of the print job, and to determine a transfer time to transfer the rasterized data segment to a marking engine if it were stored at the first memory. Further, the control unit is able to determine a threshold value, and to facilitate storage of the rasterized data segment at the second memory if the transfer time is greater than the threshold value.
US08587812B2
An image processing apparatus includes an input unit configured to input a plurality of page data; a rendering unit configured to convert each of the plurality of page data into rendering data; a supply unit configured to supply the plurality of rendering data to a printing apparatus; an acquisition unit configured to acquire, for each of the plurality of rendering data, delay time from an end of printing of a last page to an end of conversion of rendering data used for next printing; and a scheduling unit configured to delay supply timing of rendering data converted first by the rendering unit among the plurality of page data based on the delay time of the plurality of rendering data.
US08587810B2
A system for providing an indication of the proximity of a moveable device. The system comprises at least a first moveable device having a transmitting means for transmitting data comprising an identification of the first device and a second device having a receiving means for receiving data from the first device and a transmitting means for transmitting data including the identification of the first device together with an indication of the proximity of the identified device. A further device with a receiving means for receiving the data transmitted by the second device can be used in order to obtain an indication of the proximity of the first device. The indication of the proximity of the first device is a scale value which degrades as the first device moves away from the second device.
US08587800B2
A method and apparatus to generate XHTML data in a terminal, the method and apparatus including setting printing-related parameters to determine contents to be printed from among the contents of one or more standard data items desired to be printed, generating XHTML extension data that can be inserted into XHTML basic data prepared in advance, corresponding to the set contents, and generating the XHTML data by inserting the generated XHTML extension data into the XHTML basic data.
US08587798B2
A printing device can transmit a remote procedure call message to invoke a network device. The RPC message includes data read from a memory that is an integrated part of a replacement component.
US08587791B2
A marker device is described for vehicle measurement and has at least one mark that is optically detectable by a measurement camera, and it also has at least one level gauge connected to the mark. The level gauge is configured so that it enables a determination of the spatial orientation of the mark.
US08587787B2
A Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) interferometer is implemented in a Fourier transform spectrometer, which includes a common housing containing the interferometer and a gas cell, possibly including a preconcentrator. The interferometer system includes an optical bench and at least two mirror structures, being patterned from one or more layers on the optical bench and erected to extend substantially perpendicularly to the bench to define two interferometer arms to provide a MEMS interferometer.
US08587771B2
A phase-based TOF system preferably generates an optical waveform with fast rise and fall times, to enhance modulation contrast, notwithstanding there will be many high order harmonics. The system is preferably operated with an odd number of phases, to reduce system bias error due to the higher order harmonics, while maintaining good modulation contrast, without unduly increasing system memory requirements. Preferably the system can dynamically calibrate (and compensate for) higher order harmonics in the TOF generated optical energy waveform, over time and temperature. Within the optical energy transmission channel, or within the optical energy detection channel, detection amplifier gain may be modified, and/or detector signal integration time may be varied, and/or digital values may be employed to implement calibration and error reduction The resultant TOF system can operate with improved phase-vs-distance characteristics, with reduced calibration requirements.
US08587770B1
An aircraft collision warning system includes an optical detection system has a toroidal and conical field of view about the aircraft to detect near objects. The detection system utilizes thermal detection in a passive mode. Optionally, the detection system also includes radio frequency (RF) elements to form a directional radar for improved object detection confidence. The radar is used in either a passive or active mode. The detection system includes a detector array to detect light from the toroidal-shaped and conical-shaped airspace. Data from the detector array is accumulated and analyzed for objects. Upon object detection, the object is tracked, kinetically assessed for collision with the aircraft, and reported to the pilot and/or auto-pilot system. The detection system is configured as a non-cooperative system that stares into the toroidal and conical field of view.
US08587766B2
A lithographic projection system has an illumination system with a polarization member. A plurality of directing elements reflect different sub-beams of an incident beam into adjustable, individually controllable directions. By means of re-directing optics any desired polarized spatial intensity distribution of the beam can be produced in its cross-sectional plane.
US08587752B2
A normally-black active-matrix-type liquid crystal display device comprises a first substrate having color layers of three or more colors and a second substrate on which an active-matrix array is formed. The first substrate has a structure, which is devoid of a black matrix, in which the color layers are stacked in a frame portion surrounding the display area. A first light-shielding layer in which color layers of three of more colors are stacked is formed on the frame portion on a side of the display area from which scanning lines are led out and on a side of the display area from which data lines are led out, from among four sides of the display area. A second light-shielding layer in which color layers of two colors are built up is formed on the frame portion on at least one side of the other remaining sides of the display area.
US08587751B2
A display panel and a display apparatus having the same, in which the display panel comprises a liquid crystal layer comprising first and second substrates which are disposed opposite to each other; and a color filter layer which is formed on a surface of one of the first and second substrates facing each other, and includes a first metal linear grid arranged at different pitches to emit a first polarized component of incident light with different colors. The provided display panel and display apparatus have decreased manufacturing costs and simplified manufacturing process.
US08587749B2
The present invention can include a display device for use in a vehicle having a screen with a polarizing member disposed in the front of a display surface of a liquid crystal display, the polarizing member having a light transmittance of less than 50%, a surface of the screen is coplanar with a surface of the cover member. Also, the polarizing member is not provided on the display surface of the liquid crystal display, and when the liquid crystal display is not used, the screen is inconspicuous, and when the liquid crystal display is used, information can be viewed from the screen.
US08587744B2
A liquid crystal display and a fabricating method thereof are provided. The liquid crystal display includes a light guide plate (LGP) guiding light, a light source that is disposed at one side of the LGP, a bottom receiving container including a bottom plate disposed below the LGP and the light source and a cover that covers the light source and is integrally formed with the bottom surface, a reflective sheet member laminated inside the cover facing the light source, a reflective sheet positioned on the bottom plate, a liquid crystal panel receiving the light from the light source and displaying an image, and a top receiving container including a top plate having a window to expose the liquid crystal panel outside, and a first sidewall portion extending along the boundary of the top plate.
US08587740B2
A display substrate includes a switching member, a color filter layer, an inorganic insulation layer and a pixel electrode. The switching member includes a gate line, a data line crossing the gate line, and a thin-film transistor (TFT) electrically connected to the gate line and the data line. The color filter layer is formed on the switching member. The inorganic insulation layer is formed on the color filter layer. The inorganic insulation layer has a hole formed thereon, which exposes a portion of the color filter layer in correspondence with the TFT. The pixel electrode is formed on the inorganic insulation layer.
US08587738B2
A liquid crystal display device (LCD) is constructed with a light blocking layer positioned on a data line region of a lower substrate defined by pixel regions and data line regions. A data line is positioned on the data line region of the lower substrate to overlap the light blocking layer with a gate insulating layer interposed therebetween. An organic insulating layer is positioned on the data line region of the lower substrate in order to cover the data line. Pixel electrodes are respectively positioned on the pixel regions to be spaced apart from the data line. Capacitors are respectively positioned on the pixel regions, and each of the capacitors has a lower electrode formed of a first transparent conductive material and an upper electrode formed of a second transparent conductive material, and the upper electrode is physically insulated from the data line with the organic insulating layer interposed therebetween.
US08587727B2
The present invention includes a method and device that allows efficient mixing of multiple video images with a graphics screen while utilizing only one video buffer. The present invention partitions the sole video buffer, pre-scales the plurality of video images and inserts them into the partitioned video buffer in a predetermined range of buffer addresses. The present invention mixes the partitioned video including the pre-scaled video images with the graphics screen to produce a video display including both a video screen and a graphics screen.
US08587714B2
A method for capturing an image, suitable for an image capturing apparatus with a flash lamp, is provided. In the invention, a pre-flash image is captured when a pre-flash is fired by the flash lamp. An intensity of a main flash is estimated. Whether the pre-flash image is overexposed is determined for calculating an overexposure number. A brightness comparison data is looked up according to the overexposure number and a brightness target value, so as to reduce a photosensitivity. A raw image is captured according to the reduced photosensitivity when the main flash is fired by the flash lamp.
US08587708B2
An electronic device may have an image sensor for capturing digital image data of a scene. The image sensor may have an array of image sensor pixels. The image sensor pixels may have photosensitive elements for capturing image data signals. The image data signal from each photosensitive element may be conveyed to an output line associated with a column of the array using a source-follower transistor. The source-follower transistors may be provided with a current bias using current source coupled to each output line. The current source may include a configurable current source transistor that has multiple branches that can be selectively switched into use to adjust transconductance and drain saturation voltage characteristics for the current source. Gate structures in the configurable current source transistor may be supplied with a reference voltage from an adjustable voltage reference circuit.
US08587695B2
Image capturing device capable of automatically switching clock of memory and control method thereof
An image capturing device capable of automatically switching the clock of the memory and a control method thereof. The image capturing device comprises an image capturing module, a display module, an image buffer module, an operating module and a processing module. The operating module increases the clock of the image buffer module to a first clock, and works with the image capturing module to perform an image capturing process. After the image capturing process is finished, the processing module stops a timing generating unit in the operating module from sending a synchronizing signal to the display module, and controls the operating module to decrease the clock of the image buffer module from the first clock to a second clock. Finally, the processing module controls the timing generating unit to re-send the synchronizing signal to the display module.
US08587689B2
Disclosed is a time AD converter which is provided with an annular delay circuit, a digital signal generation unit, and an annular delay circuit control unit. The annular delay circuit has n delay units (where n is a natural number equal to or larger than 2). The digital signal generation unit generates a digital signal corresponding to an analog signal by using an output of the annular delay circuit. The annular delay circuit control unit controls a current which is input to the n delay units in accordance with an external environmental signal.
US08587688B2
Solid-state image pickup device and processing method, with A/D conversion on pixel signals read from a pixel array part that effectively achieves reductions in power consumption, size and price while retaining a high-quality image output. The device includes a pixel array part, a CDS (correlated double sampling) circuit, and an A/D converter. A pixel signal read via a signal line is subjected to noise elimination processing in the CDS circuit, and is then inputted into the A/D converter. The A/D converter includes a ΔΣ modulator and a digital filter to perform highly accurate A/D conversion. The A/D converter can also be provided at the front stage of the CDS circuit.
US08587687B2
Disclosed is an image pickup apparatus comprising: an image pickup section to pick up a subject image; and a central processing section to perform processing of arbitrarily setting at least one automatic photographing condition among a plurality of kinds of automatic photographing conditions, judging whether “the set automatic photographing condition” is satisfied or not, and instructing the image pickup section to pick up a recording subject image when “the set automatic photographing condition” is judged to be satisfied.
US08587675B2
An actuator includes a stationary member defining a first receiving room and a center axis, a moveable member received in the first receiving room and being apart from the stationary member, a driving member, and a resilient spring assembly. The moveable member is coaxial with the stationary member. The driving member comprises a first magnetic assembly fixed to the stationary member and a second magnetic assembly fixed to the moveable member. The first magnetic assembly faces the second magnetic assembly. The driving member is configured for driving the moveable member to move along a first axis and a second axis perpendicular to the first axis. The first axis and the second axis are perpendicular to the central axis. The spring assembly is positioned between the stationary member and the moveable member and connects the moveable member to the stationary member. The spring assembly elastically deforms when the moveable member moves.
US08587674B2
An integration circuit integrates an angular velocity signal outputted from a vibration detection element and generates a shift amount signal indicating the shift amount of an imaging device. A control unit judges whether the device is in the panning state or the tilting state. The integration circuit is formed by a digital filter, which includes a register for holding an accumulation value to be an amplitude value of the shift amount signal.
US08587670B2
An image capture device is described which is operable in any one of a number of capture modes. The device comprises a camera, a memory and a processor. The memory stores a plurality of sets of capture triggers, with each set of capture triggers being associated with one of the plurality of capture modes. The processor selects one of the plurality of capture modes, such that the device is operable in the selected capture mode. In the selected capture mode, an image is captured automatically when a capture trigger within the associated set of capture triggers is satisfied.
US08587669B2
An apparatus, device, methods, computer program product, and system are described that determine a processing to be performed on an image at a remote processing resource, capture an image, and transmit to the remote processing resource, in response to a triggering event, the image to be processed and associated information.
US08587656B2
A face camera mount structure in a vehicle has a camera for imaging a driver's face being disposed on a reverse side of a dial at a portion that does not interfere with a speedometer design portion on the dial. A camera facing portion of the dial that faces a lens of the camera is covered with a print of a near-infrared light passing ink that selectively passes a near-infrared light. The high transparency factor of the near-infrared light through the ink makes it possible for the camera to image a sufficiently bright near-infrared light image without being recognized by a driver of the vehicle.
US08587652B2
In a monitoring apparatus for monitoring an object which intrudes into a monitoring subject area by using an image pickup device, it is demanded to adjust parameters according to conditions such as the monitoring purpose and the surrounding environment in order to execute suitable monitoring. To this end, in the monitoring apparatus, parameters corresponding to monitoring conditions are subject to grouping. Suitable values of parameters in each group obtained by the grouping are previously determined according to a degree of a monitoring condition. A monitoring condition and its degree are selected by using an ordering device having user interface components such as push buttons mounted thereon. It is made possible to instantaneously alter parameters belonging to a group corresponding to the monitoring condition all at once at this time. Parameter adjustment free from troublesomeness and skill is thus implemented.
US08587645B2
A method for reducing an effect of a video artifact includes adjusting a phase of a second imaging device's video clock signal so that a phase of the second imaging device's video synchronization signal matches a phase of a first imaging device's video synchronization signal. An endoscopic system includes a first imaging device, a second imaging device, a light source, and a controller that reduces an artifact in an image produced by the first imaging device. In some embodiments, the first imaging device faces the light source.
US08587640B2
There is described a display device for displaying cross-sectional representations of an object, the display device comprising: a frame; and a plurality of display units mounted on the frame, each one of the plurality of display units adapted to display a cross-sectional image of the object, the cross-sectional image comprising at least one internal feature of the object and being dependent on a spatial position in a three-dimensional environment of a corresponding one of the plurality of display units on which the cross-sectional image is to be displayed, the plurality of display units being connectable to a processor adapted to generate the cross-sectional image for each one of the plurality of display units as function of the spatial position.
US08587627B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit having an exposure unit configured to irradiate each of a plurality of photosensitive members with a corresponding light beam, a light amount control unit configured to control a light amount of the light beams, a plurality of developing units configured to develop electrostatic latent images formed on the photosensitive members by exposure with the light beams, and a transfer unit configured to transfer toner images formed on the photosensitive members onto an image carrier; a pattern forming unit configured to control the image forming unit to form a misalignment detection pattern for detecting a relative misalignment between the toner images transferred onto the image carrier; a pattern reading unit configured to read the misalignment detection pattern; and a correction unit configured to correct the relative misalignment between the toner images based on the reading result obtained by the pattern reading unit.
US08587612B2
A method, a system, and a computer program product for providing augmented reality based on marker tracking are provided. In the method, an image is captured by an image capturing unit, and whether a quadrangle is present in the image is determined. If the quadrangle is found in the image, whether the quadrangle is a marker that complies with a marker definition is determined. If the quadrangle is the marker, an identity of the marker and four vertice coordinates of a marker image are identified. A rotation state of the marker is determined according to the vertex coordinates of the marker image, and a relative displacement between the marker and the image capturing unit is calculated. A three-dimensional object is combined into the image according to the relative displacement, the rotation state, and the identity of the marker, so as to provide an augmented reality image.
US08587608B2
A method, system, and computer-readable storage medium are disclosed for distortion-based mask generation. A respective distortion metric may be determined at each location of a plurality of locations in a two-dimensional representation of a three-dimensional object. The two-dimensional representation may be based on a view of the three-dimensional object. Each respective distortion metric may indicate a degree of distortion in a mapping between the respective location in the two-dimensional representation and a corresponding location in a surface texture of the three-dimensional object. The visual representation of the respective distortion metric at one or more of the plurality of locations may be displayed.
US08587607B2
Pixel graphics resulting from a computer program running under an operating system are to be tailored to the environment. According to an embodiment of the invention, it is assumed that a user sets settings for graphic interfaces, which the operating system itself produces, so that the graphic interfaces are tailored to the environment and makes the determination of the pixel graphic a function of data stored during such setting of the graphic interfaces.
US08587606B2
According to one embodiment, a first extraction unit extracts a first group of pixels having a specific hue from an input image. A second extraction unit extracts a second group of pixels having large distance from a reference axis on a plane defined by a chroma axis and a luminance axis from the first group. A first transform unit executes a plurality of color-transform processing to the second group and obtains a plurality of third groups of pixels as the second group transformed by each color-transform processing. A reliability calculation unit calculates a reliability of each third group. The reliability is larger when pixels of the third group are more located in shape of a straight line on the plane. A selection unit selects a color-transform processing by which the third group has the largest reliability from the plurality of color-transform processing. A second transform unit executes the color-transform processing to the input image to obtain an output image.
US08587601B1
A method and apparatus comprising a design tool to enable the design of a three dimensional object including a plurality of faces and a plurality of vertices. The apparatus further comprising a skinner to generate a two dimensional image file including the plurality of faces from the three dimensional object, and a communications tool to send the two dimensional image file and associated structure data to a recipient using a messaging protocol. The apparatus further comprising a builder to utilize a received two dimensional image file and associated structure data to generate a received three dimensional object.
US08587599B1
In a communication device with a graphics processor, a graphics asset can be shared with two or more applications. The graphics asset can include a bitmap of a digital image. An asset server can host a texture corresponding to the graphics asset and can share the texture with the graphics processor. The asset server can host multiple textures and can share those textures with the graphics processor for rendering. The graphics processor can use the shared texture to render an instance of the graphics asset for each of the two or more applications. The texture can be generated by copying information about the graphics asset into the asset server.
US08587595B2
A portable data terminal including a multi-core processor having at least a first core and a second core, at least one illumination assembly and at least one imaging assembly and data storage means configured to store a plurality of program instructions, the program instructions including at least one one-dimensional decoder and at least one two-dimensional decoder.
US08587593B2
In general, this disclosure relates to techniques for using graphics instructions and state information received from a graphics device to visually create a graphics image. Performance analysis may also be conducted to identify potential bottlenecks during instruction execution on the graphics device. One example device includes a display device and one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to receive a plurality of graphics instructions from an external graphics device, wherein the graphics instructions are executed by the external graphics device to display a graphics image, and to receive state information from the external graphics device, wherein the state information is associated with execution of the graphics instructions on the external graphics device. The one or more processors are further configured to display, on the display device, a representation of the graphics image according to the graphics instructions and the state information.
US08587592B2
A tile based rendering apparatus and method is provided. The rendering method may be used to graphically represent a three dimensional (3D) model on a two dimensional (2D) display screen. Also, the rendering method may perform pre-binning with respect to objects included in a frame, and thus all geometry processing results may not be stored in an external memory and use of the external memory may be reduced.
US08587589B2
A method of forming a two dimensional map of a three dimensional environment, there being a map origin located in the three dimensional environment, a viewing direction vector defined passing through the map origin, and a one-to-one correspondence between map positions in the map and the directions of vectors passing through the map origin; comprises the steps of: associating an environment position in the three dimensional environment with a folded vector that passes through the map origin, the folded vector lying in a plane containing both the viewing direction vector and the environment position and forming an angle with the viewing direction vector that is a predetermined function of the angle between the viewing direction vector and a vector between the map origin and the environment position; associating an environment position with the map position corresponding to the direction of the folded vector associated with that environment position; and deriving properties for a map position from the properties of the corresponding environment position.
US08587586B2
In a method for creating a mesh over a curved surface of an electronic model of an object using an electronic device, sampled points of a boundary line of the electronic model of the object are obtained. The method stores the sampled points of the boundary line in a linked list, obtains sampled points of the curved surface of the electronic model of the object, stores the sampled points of the curved surface in a first queue, and inserts each point stored in the linked list into the first queue. The method further divides a parameter plane of the curved surface into small boxes, determines intersection points of the vertical lines of the parameter plane and the boundary line, and generates triangles by connecting the intersection points, the sampled points of the boundary line, and the curved surface in each small box.
US08587580B2
A pixel structure of a liquid crystal cell that is implemented in a filed sequential liquid crystal display and a method of driving the same. The liquid crystal display includes: a liquid crystal display panel including a plurality of scan lines and data lines, and a plurality of pixels connected to the scan lines and the data lines and arranged in a matrix form; a control signal generating unit for providing a control signal and a reset signal to the pixels of the liquid crystal display panel respectively; a common voltage generating unit for providing a common voltage to the respective pixels; and a boosting voltage generating unit for providing a boosting voltage to the respective pixels.
US08587575B2
A driving method of a display device that includes a display panel including a plurality of light emitting elements, is supplied with a power source voltage, and includes a saturation region and a non-saturation region according to variation of a panel current flowing to the display panel is provided. The driving method includes sensing the panel current, determining the power source voltage and the panel current, controlling a feedback voltage to drive the power source voltage to be equal to a saturation voltage corresponding to a saturation point at a boundary between the saturation region and the non-saturation region based on the determined power source voltage and the determined panel current, and controlling the power source voltage according to the feedback voltage to supply the controlled power source voltage to each of the plurality of light emitting elements.
US08587569B2
An image display device includes luminescence pixels arranged in rows and columns. The image display device includes a first signal line and a second signal line, first control lines, and at least two drive blocks. Each drive block is composed of luminescence pixels in at least two of the rows. Each luminescence pixel includes a luminescence element and a current controller. Each of the luminescence pixels that belong to a kth drive block further includes a first switch provided between the first signal line and the current controller. Each of the luminescence pixels that belong to a (k+1)th drive block further includes a second switch provided between the second signal line and the current controller. Each of the first control lines is connected to all of the luminescence pixels in one of the drive blocks and not connected to the luminescence pixels in a different drive block.
US08587567B2
A display apparatus according to the present invention using a cold cathode fluorescent lamp as a light source includes: a gradient detector which detects a condition in which one end of the cold cathode fluorescent lamp is disposed higher than an other end thereof; and a controller which conducts control so that emitted luminance of the cold cathode fluorescent lamp is inhibited when the condition in which the one end of the cold cathode fluorescent lamp is disposed higher than the other end thereof is detected by the gradient detector.
US08587562B2
A touch screen system, including a housing, a display mounted in the housing, a plurality of light pulse emitters mounted in the housing below the display, a plurality of light pulse receivers mounted in the housing below the display, a first light guide, mounted in the housing along a first edge of the display, including a first substantially parabolic reflective surface for reflecting light pulses transmitted by the emitters, and a first substantially elliptical refractive surface, positioned substantially above the first substantially parabolic reflective surface, for refracting the reflected light pulses over the display, a second light guide, mounted in the housing along an opposite edge of the display, including a second substantially elliptical refractive surface for further refracting the light pulse refracted by the first substantially elliptical refractive surface, and a second substantially parabolic reflective surface, positioned substantially below the second substantially elliptical refractive surface, for reflecting the further refracted light pulses to the receivers, and a calculating unit, mounted in the housing and connected to the receivers, to determine a location of a pointer on the display that partially blocks the light pulses refracted by the first light guide, based on outputs of the receivers corresponding to light pulses refracted by the second light guide.
US08587561B2
A multi-sensing touch panel and a display apparatus using the same are provided. The multi-sensing touch panel includes: a touch pad including an input surface; at least one infrared ray source which irradiates infrared rays to the touch pad; and a camera array including a plurality of infrared ray cameras which are disposed below the touch pad and inclined with respect to a plane of the input surface.
US08587556B2
A display device is provided. The display device includes a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel for displaying images, a first electrode layer, and a second electrode layer coupled to the first electrode layer. The display device also includes a first driving circuit configured to provide a first driving signal and a second driving circuit configured to provide a second driving signal. Further, the display device includes a coupling unit coupled to the first driving circuit and the second driving circuit and configured to couple the first driving signal and the second driving signal, and to provide the coupled signal of the first driving signal and second driving signal to both of the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer such that the first driving signal drives the LCD panel for displaying the images, and the second driving signal drives the LCD panel for being touch-sensitive. The display device also includes a signal separation unit coupled to at least one of the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer to receive a feedback signal indicating a capacitance change corresponding to a touch on the LCD panel.
US08587545B2
A method is provided for controlling devices. The method includes detecting an operating member placed in proximity to a display device. The method further includes changing a display formation of a plurality of objects displayed on the display device based on the detected operating member, and displaying the objects on the display device according to the changed display formation.
US08587543B2
According to one embodiment, a display control device includes an area determination module, a direction determination module, and a display controller. The area determination module determines, on a touch panel having input coordinates corresponding to display coordinates of a display module, whether at least part of a touch area where a touch object touches is present in a predetermined area in a display area displaying an object displayed on the display module. The direction determination module determines a movement direction of the touch area. The display controller displays the object as being zoomed in or zoomed out based on determination results of the area determination module and the direction determination module.
US08587542B2
Disclosed is a user interface that responds to differences in pressure detected by a touch-sensitive screen. The user selects one type of user-interface action by “lightly” touching the screen and selects another type of action by exerting more pressure. Embodiments can respond to single touches, to gestural touches that extend across the face of the touch-sensitive screen, and to touches in which the user-exerted pressure varies during the course of the touch. Some embodiments respond to how quickly the user changes the amount of pressure applied. In some embodiments, the location and pressure of the user's input are compared against a stored gesture profile. Action is taken only if the input matches “closely enough” to the stored gesture profile. In some embodiments, a notification is sent to the user when the pressure exceeds a threshold between a light and a heavy press.
US08587539B2
Systems and methods determine likely unintended flexing of a flexible display and exclude the determined unintended flexings from user input processing. Unintended flexings include placing or removing the flexible display into or out of a compact storage configuration, folds that outside the user's visible area, folds that are near edges and boundaries, flexing with a specified degree of bending or orientation, folds that don't intersect with other folds, folds that are near known unintended folds, folds that have a motion or other variation with time, and folds that are not in proximity to a selectable user interface element. Unintended flexings are adaptively identified by determining that a bend that is not in proximity to a selectable user interface element reoccurs at times when icons at different locations are presented on the flexible display.
US08587535B2
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.
US08587531B2
A touch input device includes a substrate, plural sensible conductive layers and plural first switch units. The substrate is provided with an upper surface, the sensible conductive layers are all configured on the upper surface and are arranged in columns and rows. The first switch units are configured on the substrate and are electrically connected with the sensible conductive layers. By the first switch units, same columns of the sensible conductive layers can conduct electrically with one another and same rows of the sensible conductive layers can conduct electrically with one another.
US08587524B2
A remote control comprises a button generating control signals; a transmission unit configured to transmit the control signals to an electronic reader; a microprocessor unit configured to analyze an operation type according to the control signals and generate operation signals corresponding to the operation type to signal the electronic reader to flip page. A remote control method applied in a remote control of an electronic reader is also provided.
US08587521B2
A computer mouse notifies a mouse driver whenever a scroll event occurs as a result of rotation of a scroll wheel. In response to receiving a notification of a scroll event, the mouse driver adjusts a stored value that represents inertia calculated based on elapsed time between scroll events. The computer scrolls a number of lines on a display, the number being based on the stored value. When the stored value does not represent zero inertia and upon a predetermined amount of time elapsing without occurrence of a scroll event, the computer scrolls a second number of lines on the display. The second number is based on the stored value. The mouse driver adjusts the stored value so as to represent a decrease in inertia.
US08587514B2
A device for controlling a click command controlled external unit including a portable head mounted frame, a click command detector mounted on the head mounted frame and adapted to sense tension changes of at least one muscle in the face of the user in order to detect when the user provide a click command, and a click command transmitter adapted to transmit information about detected click commands to the external unit.
US08587501B2
An electroluminescent display includes a display substrate, a plurality of patterned first electrodes formed over the display substrate, one or more layers of light-emitting material formed over the plurality of first electrodes, at least one second electrode formed over the one or more layers of light-emitting material, and a plurality of chiplets. Each chiplet is electrically connected to a first electrode. Each chiplet further includes a light detector and a light emitter separate from the one-or-more layers of light-emitting material connected to the chiplet circuitry. The chiplet circuitry includes a modulating circuit for modulating light emitted by the light emitter and a demodulating circuit for demodulating light detected by the light detector so that light emitted by the light emitter of a first chiplet is received by the light detector of a second chiplet.
US08587492B2
The subject of this disclosure may relate generally to systems, devices, and methods using interleaved waveguide elements. Specifically, systems, devices, and methods using a dual-polarized broadband, multi-frequency interleaved waveguide antenna aperture are presented. In one exemplary embodiment, a first plurality of waveguide elements are configured to communicate in a first frequency band. In this exemplary embodiment, a second plurality of waveguide elements are configured to communicate in a second frequency band. In one exemplary embodiment the first plurality of waveguide elements and the second plurality of waveguide elements are integrally coupled to a printed circuit board.
US08587488B2
The invention relates to an antenna unit for wireless communication to a multitude of wireless interfaces comprising a multitude of individual antennas, each antenna comprising a coil comprising at least one winding and the individual antennas embrace the same volume and to a hearing aid comprising such antenna unit. The object of the present invention is to provide an antenna unit and a hearing aid providing several wireless interfaces at a relatively small volume. The problem is solved in that at least one of the coils is adapted for providing an inductive coupling to another device. Among the advantages are reduced space/volume, reduced cost and reduced sensitivity to production tolerances compared to a solution comprising individual, separate antennas. The invention may e.g. be used in wireless communication devices, e.g. mobile telephones, head phones, head sets, hearing aids, etc.
US08587476B2
A system and method for activating a GPS receiver or a WiFi receiver on a mobile device may be provided, which comprises determining an approximate location of the mobile device. The approximate location of the mobile device may be determined using cell tower location information. If the approximate location of the mobile device is within a predetermined distance from a desired location, or is “close enough”, then the GPS receiver or the WiFi receiver is activated. The GPS receiver or the WiFi receiver is activated to determine a more accurate location of the mobile device. The approximate and the more accurate location information may be exchanged with another mobile device to allow the user to find one another.
US08587474B2
A radar system includes at least one transmit array comprising a plurality of metamaterial elements. The radar system further includes at least one near-field stimulator for inputting electromagnetic signal to the transmit array so that a sub-wavelength target is illuminated with an electromagnetic wave.
US08587465B2
A successive approximation analog-to-digital converter (SA-ADC) includes a reference generator configured to output a first voltage and a second voltage; a comparator, the comparator having a positive input and a negative input thereto, the comparator being configured to receive the first voltage and the second voltage; and a comparator input toggle located between the reference generator and the comparator, wherein the comparator input toggle is configured to receive the first and second voltages from the reference generator and provide the first and second voltages to the comparator, wherein the comparator input toggle is further configured to switch between a first position, in which the first voltage is connected to the positive input, and the second voltage is connected to the negative input, and a second position, in which the second voltage is connected to the positive input, and the first voltage is connected to the negative input.
US08587463B2
A method of adaptively and losslessly quantizing an analog signal to a digital signal in an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), is disclosed. According to one embodiment, the quantizing is based on one or more of an instantaneous amplitude of the analog signal, frequencies of the analog signal, and patterned contents of the analog signal, and the method comprises sampling the analog signal; quanitizing the analog signal by a quantizer core, wherein the quantizer core comprises a digital-to-analog converter (DAC), a comparator, and a voltage reference, wherein the quantization is one of efficient lossless and adaptive compression quantization, or a traditional quantization method; determining by an analog compression engine (ACE) whether the sampled analog signal is above or below a defined threshold, wherein the defined threshold includes one or more of an amplitude threshold, a frequency threshold, and a patterned adaptive threshold; adaptively manipulating the sampled signal mathematically through at least one of the DAC or voltage reference of the quantizer core; and outputting the digital signal.
US08587452B2
A method, system and device for synchronizing a time period over which energy measurements are accumulated for an energy monitoring system including a plurality of energy monitoring devices is described. The method comprises transmitting a first radio frequency packet from a time reference device via at least a first and a second of the plurality of energy monitoring devices to a third of the plurality of energy monitoring devices. The method further comprises adjusting a time register within the third energy monitoring device based on the reception of the packet. The method further comprises accumulating a measure of energy consumption by the third energy monitoring device of a load coupled with the third energy monitoring device. The method further comprises transmitting the measure of energy consumption from the third energy monitoring device via at least a fourth and a fifth of the plurality of energy monitoring devices to a data aggregation device. The method further comprises identifying by the data aggregation device an aggregate measure of energy consumption consumed by the load over the time period.
US08587451B2
A laser projection system including a projection screen and a laser projector is revealed. The projection screen includes at least one light emitting layer having at least one luminescent material that is excited by excitation light with a specific wavelength range to generate excited light with another wavelength range. The laser projector consists of a laser light source module, a laser signal modulation module, a rotation plane mirror module, a rotation plane mirror control module, and a signal conversion module. The laser projector produces excitation laser according to an image signal of a static image or dynamic image and projects the laser to the projection screen correspondingly for an image displayed. Thus a projected image with high recognition is displayed on the projection screen in a transparent manner in natural sunlight. Therefore efficiency and application of the laser projection are improved.
US08587450B2
A network device and method for improving performance monitoring capabilities using wide view angle indicators are disclosed. The network device or system, in one embodiment, includes a first plate, a second plate, and a first light source. The first plate includes an edge lip or lip containing a graphic viewing surface. Various ultraviolet (“UV”) inked icons indicating functional performance are inscribed in or on the graphic viewing surface. The second plate is situated substantially perpendicular to the first plate, wherein an edge of the second plate is positioned adjacent to the graphic viewing surface. The first light source is configured to selectively project a UV light onto at least a portion of the graphic viewing surface to active at least one UV inked icon.
US08587448B1
A sensor activated broken screen simulator is provided for simulating a screen breaking in response to a detected motion. The simulator includes a frame configured for coupling to a monitor. The monitor has a viewing portion and the frame is positioned such that the frame extends around the viewing portion of the monitor. A screen is coupled to and positioned in the frame such that the screen is positioned over the viewing portion of the monitor when the frame is coupled to the monitor. The screen is transparent when inactive but displays an image of broken glass when activated. A sensor is coupled to the frame and operationally coupled to the screen to activate the screen upon detection of a pre-determined condition.
US08587444B2
A method and apparatus are provided for determining which heating element on a cooking appliance is associated with a particular heating element control. More particularly, when a user of the appliance touches a control on the cooking appliance and/or comes in close proximity to such control, a visual identification of which heating element is associated with such control is provided. The visual identification can be e.g., a light that illuminates the associated heating element or a visible display that otherwise indicates the associated heating element.
US08587442B2
A smoke alarm has a base element with a flat mounting surface, a light emitter that is attached to the mounting surface and that is configured to issue an illuminating light, and a light receiver that is attached to the mounting surface next to the light emitter and that is configured to receive a measurement light that results from a back-scattering of the illumination light at a measurement object located in a detection space. A data processing device is coupled to an output of the light receiver and configured to evaluate temporal changes of an output signal issued by the light receiver. Also, there is provided a method for checking the functional capability of the smoke alarm.
US08587436B2
The present invention provides a method and system for verifying and tracking identification information. In an embodiment of the invention, a system for delivering security solutions is provided that includes at least one of the following: a radio frequency (RF) identification device, an identification mechanism (e.g., a card, sticker), and an RF reader.
US08587434B2
A near-field communication apparatus comprises an antenna, a signal processing circuit, a storage unit and a signal transmission interface. The antenna receives and transmits a wireless signal transmitted from and to a reader. The signal processing circuit, comprising a first port, a second port and a third port, generate a mapping data, wherein the first port is coupled to the antenna. The storage unit, coupled to the second port, comprises a predetermined memory area for storing the mapping data by the signal processing circuit. And the signal transmission interface, coupled or directly connected to the third port, for receiving an external signal and mapping the external signal to the mapping data by the signal processing circuit.
US08587429B2
In one or more embodiments, an intelligent communications device is disclosed. In one embodiment, a plurality of circuit boards are operative to perform communication functions in a network, where the device includes a first circuit board and a second circuit board. The device includes a first actuatable member that is operative to selectively activate circuitry on the second circuit board, where the first actuatable member has a toggle switch that is operative to disable power supplied to the second circuit board while the first circuit board retains power and is fully operative to perform communications functions. The device includes a second actuatable member that is operatively coupled to an enclosure and a detachable cover. The detachable cover is configured to raise an alert when an unauthorized entity attempts to access the circuitry.
US08587426B2
A medical device includes multiple sensors used to acquire sensor signals grouped into multiple sets to obtain multiple multi-dimensional signals. Principal component analysis of the multi-dimensional signals is performed to compute principal components of variation of the multi-dimensional signals. Features extracted from the principal components are used in detecting physiological events.
US08587413B2
An information access system includes a reader/writer device and an information storage device. In the information storage device, a receiver unit senses a carrier of an RF signal at a first frequency for detection, in a first time period occurring at time intervals, and receives an information request signal in response to detection of a carrier of an RF signal at the first frequency, and senses a carrier of an RF signal at a second frequency in response to reception of the information request signal. In the storage device, a control causes the receiver unit to sense a carrier of an RF signal at the first frequency for detection, in a second time period after a sleep time period which is shorter than the time interval, in response to non-detection by the receiver unit of a carrier of an RF signal at the first frequency in the first time period.
US08587411B1
RFID reader systems, readers, components, software and methods cause RFID tags to backscatter a combination made from at least portions of a first code and a second code, without transmitting any commands in the interim. The first and/or second codes may include a tag response to a reader challenge. In a number of embodiments, a separate command does not have to be sent for reading the second code along with the first code, thereby saving time in inventorying the tags. Plus, the combination can enable reading tag codes during tag manufacturing that are not otherwise readily available to read in the field. In some embodiments, the combination may further include one or more error-checking codes.
US08587405B2
An electronic access control device is disclosed comprising two microprocessors. The first microprocessor receives a wirelessly transmitted that is compared to a stored access code. If those two codes match, the first microprocessor transmits a special communication code to the second microprocessor. The second microprocessor opens the lock if the transmitted communication code matches a stored communication code.
US08587390B2
A MEMS resonator according to the invention includes: a substrate; a first electrode formed above the substrate; and a second electrode having a supporting portion which is formed above the substrate and a beam portion which is supported by the supporting portion and arranged above the first electrode, wherein the beam portion has, in plan view, a shape in which the width monotonically decreases in a direction from the supporting portion toward a tip of the beam portion in a region overlapping the first electrode.
US08587378B2
An analog pre-distortion linearizer having predetermined gain and phase characteristics as a function of input RF signal power is disclosed. The linearizer comprises a core circuit comprising an input terminal configured to receive an input RF signal; an output terminal configured to provide a processed version of that signal; a transistor having a gate, a drain, and a source; and a feedback circuit, presenting an impedance at the frequency of the RF signal, connected to the transistor. The gate is connected to the input terminal and the drain is connected to the output terminal. First and second dc bias voltages applied to the gate and drain respectively cause the transistor to operate at a quiescent bias point in a saturated region of the transistor I-V plane. The quiescent bias point and the impedance are selected such that the linearizer has the predetermined gain and phase characteristics.
US08587372B2
A multi-input differential amplifying device of the present invention includes: a differential amplifier having an inverting input terminal and a non-inverting input terminal; and an input portion configured to apply a first input voltage to a first input terminal that is one of the inverting input terminal and the non-inverting input terminal and apply a second input voltage to a second input terminal that is the other input terminal, the first input voltage corresponding to first input signals that are a plurality of input signals for the first input terminal, the second input voltage corresponding to a second input signal that is one input signal for the second input terminal. The input portion is configured to correct an offset voltage between the first input voltage and the second input voltage.
US08587369B2
A down-converting voltage generating circuit includes a reference voltage providing unit, an initial setting unit, a driving unit, and a driving force control unit. The reference voltage providing unit provides a reference voltage to a first node. The initial setting unit drops a voltage level of the first node to substantially a level of a ground voltage when an initial setting signal is activated. The driving unit drives a down-converted voltage derived from an external voltage in response to the voltage level of the first node. The driving force control unit is connected to the driving unit, and controls a driving force for driving the down-converted voltage of the driving unit in response to the initial setting signal.
US08587361B2
An RF switch circuit for switching RF signals includes a first terminal and a second terminal and a series connection of a plurality of transistors between the first terminal of the RF switch circuit and the second terminal of the RF switch circuit. Furthermore, the RF switch circuit includes a control circuit configured to conductively couple, in a high impedance state of the RF switch circuit, the first terminal of the RF switch circuit to a control terminal of a first transistor in a series of the series connection of the plurality of transistors. The second terminal of the RF switch circuit is conductively coupled to a control terminal of a last transistor in the series of the series connection of the plurality of transistors.
US08587360B2
A level-shifter circuit may include a pair of inputs which receive a first and a second low-voltage phase signal having a first voltage dynamic with a first maximum value. The level-shifter circuit may also include a pair of outputs which supply a first high-voltage phase signal and a second high-voltage phase signal, level-shifted with respect to the low-voltage signals and having a second voltage dynamic with a second maximum value, higher than the first maximum value. The level-shifter circuit may further include transfer transistors coupled between one of a first reference terminal and a second reference terminal, which are set at one of a first reference voltage and a second reference voltage, and the first output or second output. Protection elements may be coupled to a respective transfer transistor to protect from overvoltages between at least one of the corresponding conduction terminals and control terminals.
US08587358B2
Provided is a semiconductor integrated circuit including a variable resistor circuit of the small layout area, which is free from an error in resistance caused by ON-state resistances of switch elements for trimming, and is also free from power supply voltage dependence and temperature dependence. The semiconductor integrated circuit including a variable resistor circuit includes: a resistor circuit including a plurality of series-connected resistors; a selection circuit including a plurality of switch elements for selecting a connected number of the plurality of series-connected resistors; and a control circuit for controlling ON-state resistances of the plurality of switch elements. The control circuit controls the ON-state resistances of the plurality of switch elements so as to obtain a predetermined ratio to a resistance of the plurality of series-connected resistors of the resistor circuit.
US08587356B2
A system, electronic circuit, and method are disclosed. A method embodiment comprises receiving a control signal associated with a power gating operation mode of an electronic circuit, applying a reference voltage to the electronic circuit based upon the power gating operation mode, and maintaining data representing a state of a logic stage of the electronic circuit based upon the power gating operation mode. Maintaining comprises, in the described embodiment, storing data of a state of a first logic stage of the electronic circuit within a first storage element in a first power gating operation mode, and recovering data of a state of a second logic stage of the electronic circuit utilizing the data of the state of the first logic stage of the electronic circuit within the first storage element in a second power gating operation mode.
US08587353B2
The present invention discloses a frequency synthesizer. The frequency synthesizer includes a delay unit, for receiving a reference signal and delaying the reference signal according to a delay parameter, so as to generate a delay reference signal; a phase-locked loop, for generating an output signal according to the delay reference signal and a feedback frequency dividing signal; a control unit, for generating the delay parameter and a frequency dividing parameter according to a target magnification factor; and a frequency divider, for dividing the frequency of the output signal according to the frequency dividing parameter.
US08587343B2
A dynamically reconfigurable linear core logic gate is a device that allows logical outputs dependent upon configurable parameters set within device. The device is comprised of three blocks: The first block receives at least one input signal and determines whether the signal or signals are low or high in comparison with a threshold reference signal. The second block sums the logic signals of the first block with an offset signal. The third block determines if the sum realized in the second block is a low or high by checking whether the sum falls within a predetermined interval.
US08587342B2
A novel logic circuit in which data is held even after power is turned off is provided. Further, a novel logic circuit whose power consumption can be reduced is provided. In the logic circuit, a comparator comparing two output nodes, a charge holding portion, and an output-node-potential determining portion are electrically connected to each other. Such a structure enables data to be held in the logic circuit even after power is turned off. Further, the total number of transistors in the logic circuit can be reduced. Furthermore, the area of the logic circuit can be reduced by stacking a transistor including an oxide semiconductor and a transistor including silicon.
US08587336B2
A reconfigurable logic block has a first circuit that configures an arithmetic circuit and a second circuit that configures a circuit outside of the arithmetic circuit. A plurality of different circuits are configured by changing the settings of predetermined signals in the first and second circuits.
US08587329B2
The invention proposes a circuit arrangement for determination of a measuring capacitance (1), comprising a reference circuit portion for defined periodic charging and discharging of a predefined reference capacitance (1a), and a measuring circuit portion for defined periodic charging and discharging of the measuring capacitance (1) to be determined, and at least one circuit portion (4, 7; 4a, 7a) intended to determine at least one value (M2) characteristic of the charging time curve of the reference capacitance (1a) and for deriving at least one value (M1) characteristic of the charging time curve of the measuring capacitance (1), as well as a circuit portion (9) for comparing the at least one value (M2) characteristic of the charging time curve of the reference capacitance (1a) with the at least one value (M1) characteristic of the charging time curve of the measuring capacitance (1), and for deriving from that comparison the value of the measuring capacitance (1).
US08587317B2
A detecting device and a detecting method for monitoring a battery module are provided. The battery module is electrically connected to a load and includes a first battery unit, a second battery unit and a connecting device. The connecting device connects the positive electrode of the first battery unit to the negative electrode of the second battery unit. The detecting device includes a shunt, a voltage detecting module and a control module. The shunt is serial connected between the battery module and the load to measures the load current. The voltage detecting module measures the voltage difference across the connecting device between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The control module computes the equivalent resistance across the connecting device between the positive electrode and the negative electrode according to the load current and the voltage difference. Therefore, the hazard caused by aging of the electric circuit can be prevented by monitoring the equivalent resistance, which infers the change of the assembly quality.
US08587313B2
When the gradient magnetic field 9 is generated, a low magnetic field region 22 and a high magnetic field region 21 are generated where a magnetic field crossing at least one of the first forward coil 11a, a second forward coil 11b, first revere coil 11e, and a second reverse coil 11d has different intensities between the low and high magnetic field regions and the intensity in the high magnetic region is higher than the intensity in the low magnetic field region. A line width Dlh of the coil line in the high magnetic field region 21 is narrower than the line width Dll of the coil line 24 in the low magnetic field region 22. There is provided a gradient magnetic field coil can suppress in a usable range heat generations due to eddy current and due to a pulse large current which steeply varies.
US08587312B2
At least one non-stationary coil in a magnetic resonance tomography system is attached with a fastener to a displaceable bed. The fastener has a position detector incorporated therein to determine the position or a component of the position of the non-stationary coil. The portion of the position is, for example, the position along the axis of symmetry of the measurement tube.
US08587289B2
A method for determining an offset of a periodic signal is provided, wherein an offset value caused by a level change of the periodic signal is suppressed. The periodic signal is fed to first and second integrators and to a periodicity recognition unit, wherein the first integrator is integrated over a full period. The second integrator is integrated over a full period offset by a half period. Starting times of integrations are controlled by the periodicity recognition unit. Output signals of the integrators are stored in two memories, wherein the output signals are summed and a sum signal represents the offset of the periodic signal. The output signals are fed to a comparator circuit. The sum signal is stored in a further memory as an output signal, wherein the comparator circuit triggers the further memory to continue outputting a value of the output signal stored in the further memory.
US08587287B2
High linearity is essential in audio circuitry. As sampling rates for audio applications are needed, high speed and high linearity are needed in analog and mixed signal portions of audio circuitry such as in current mirrors. A current mirror employs two current paths in an output. The first current path is driven by a fast acting transistor through a resistor. The second current path is driven by a differential amplifier coupled to another transistor through another resistor. The second current path is used to maintain linearity by causing the voltage across both transistors to be the same.
US08587284B2
A power supply includes an energy transfer element, a switch, and a controller. The controller includes a modulator, a drive signal generator, a comparator, and a variable current limit generator. The modulator generates an enable signal having logic states responsive to a feedback signal. The drive signal generator either enables or skips enabling a switch of the power supply during a switching period in response to the logic state of the enable signal. The comparator asserts an over current signal to disable the switch if the switch current exceeds a variable current limit. The variable current limit generator sets the variable current limit to a first current limit in response to one logic state of the enable signal and sets the variable current limit to a second current limit if the enable signal transitions logic states and the over current signal is asserted during the switching period.
US08587281B2
An operation controller has a reference voltage generator, a starter circuit, and a switch element. The reference voltage generator is connected to an enable terminal to which an enable signal is supplied. After the enable signal is supplied and a start signal is generated, the reference voltage generator generates a reference voltage up to a stable value. After the reference voltage rises to the stable value, it generates a stop signal. When the enable signal is supplied, the starter circuit generates the start signal, and supplies it to the reference voltage generator. When the enable signal is no longer supplied or the stop signal is generated, the start signal is terminated. The switch element has one end connected to the enable terminal and the other end supplied with a prescribed voltage; it turns on when the start signal is generated, and turns off when the start signal is terminated.
US08587272B2
A temperature compensation circuit is used in a peak current control multi-phased DC/DC converter. Each phase has a duty cycle needed to generate a regulated output voltage of the converter. The temperature for each phase in the converter is sensed to generate corresponding first signals for all the phases. The first signals are averaged to generate a second signal corresponding to the average temperature of all the phases. For each phase, a third signal is generated corresponding to the difference between the first signal and the second signal. The third signal is then used to adjust the duty cycle of each phase to control the temperature of each phase to be substantially equal to the average temperature. In the steady state, the output voltage of the converter will be the desired voltage and the temperatures of the phases will be balanced.
US08587270B2
The duty ratio of a PWM signal is prevented from being zero immediately after the start of PWM control, for example. A PWM limiter circuit has a structure with which a signal output from the PWM limiter circuit can be prevented from being higher than a certain value or lower than a certain value. The PWM limiter circuit includes a comparator circuit, a controller circuit, and a switch circuit. The highest duty ratio reference voltage VrefH is input to a first input terminal. The lowest duty ratio reference voltage VrefL is input to a second input terminal. Voltage Verr output from an error amplifier is input to a third input terminal.
US08587262B2
An assembled battery monitoring device that detects presence of disconnection in wiring pulled from an assembled battery in which a plurality of electric cells are connected in series. The electric cells are connected respectively in parallel to auxiliary current channels each having a setting resistance value, and the presence of the disconnection in the wiring is detected based on a detection voltage when the switching device for auxiliary current channel is turned to the closed state.
US08587260B2
Systems and methods are described for controlling a power transfer rate in to and/or out of an energy storage device on-board a vehicle, such as a locomotive, during a power transfer opportunity. In one example, the method includes adjusting the power transfer rate based on a predetermination of a duration of the power transfer opportunity to match a duration of power transfer to the duration of the opportunity and achieve a specified state of charge.
US08587254B2
One cycle is corrected every charging/discharging cycle in accordance with a cycle deterioration accelerating coefficient. The corrected one cycles are accumulated. A storage period is corrected in accordance with a storage deterioration accelerating coefficient every hour. The corrected storage periods are accumulated. In the storage period, a rechargeable battery is stored with the terminal voltage higher than a predetermined voltage. A deterioration coefficient is obtained as the product of a cycle deterioration coefficient calculated in accordance with the accumulated cycle number, and a storage deterioration coefficient calculated in accordance with the accumulated value of the storage periods (Step S42). If the deterioration coefficients falls within the range 0.3 to 0.7 (Step S43, 44: NO), the setting voltage in constant-voltage and constant-current charging operation is decreased from 4.2 to 4.1 V (S45). If it is smaller than 0.3 (S43: NO, S44: YES), the setting voltage is decreased to 3.8 V (S46).
US08587251B2
A switching circuit capable of efficiently practically using power generated in a plurality of photovoltaic power generation modules is provided. The switching circuit is employed for a power generation system capable of switching a connection state between the plurality of power generation modules, for switching a first connection state where at least a part of the plurality of power generation modules are connected in series with each other, and a second connection state where at least a part of the plurality of power generation modules are connected in parallel with each other, or, the generated power output portion is connected to a storage portion so that generated power is supplied from one of the power generation module to the storage portion.
US08587249B2
A power unit for an electric vehicle includes: a first power source connected between a first node and a second node; a first switch connected between the second node and a third node; a second power source connected between the third node and a fourth node; a second switch connected between the first node and the third node; and a DC-DC converter, wherein the DC-DC converter adjusts an electric potential of the first node by changing an electric potential of the second node by making the first node connectable to the third node, or, by making the second node connectable to the third node; an output electric power obtained from between the first node and the fourth node is supplied to an electric motor; and the first power source or the second power source is a fuel cell stack and an another is a secondary battery.
US08587248B2
The invention relates to a method for controlling a multi-phase power converter having at least two phase modules (100) comprising valve branches (T1, . . . , T6) having bipolar subsystems (10, 11) connected in series, at low output frequencies (f). According to the invention, a target value (u1 (t), . . . , u6 (t)) of a valve branch voltage overlaps a common-mode voltage (uCM(t)) such that a sum of two valve branch voltages (u1 (t), U2 (t) or U3 (t), U4 (t) or U5 (t), U6 (t)) of each phase module (100) equals an intermediate circuit voltage (Ud) of said multi-phase power converter. In this manner a known converter having a triphase power converter comprising distributed energy accumulators on the grid and load side, or merely on the load side, may be utilized as a drive converter, which may start up from the idle state.
US08587244B2
A method and a system for determining deterioration of permanent magnets of an electric apparatus to be inspected that facilitate determination without the need to remove the electric apparatus from a facility where it is installed. If the electric apparatus to be inspected is a three-phase linear motor, a current detector is used to acquire currents. A three-phase/two-phase conversion section converts the acquired currents into an α-axis current command and a β-axis current command. A locus of a current vector is computed based on the α-axis current command and the β-axis current command. A comparing and determining section compares the computed locus with a standard upper limit value stored in a storage means. If the number of times that the locus of the current vector exceeds the standard upper limit value exceeds a predetermined value, it is determined that the permanent magnets have been deteriorated.
US08587239B2
Identification of electrical equivalent circuit parameters (15) of a three-phase asynchronous motor (09) without a shaft encoder. The method comprises—Assumption of a standstill position of the rotor (11);—Equidirectional test signal infeed U1α, U1β in α and β in the stator axis direction of the asynchronous motor (09);—Measuring of a measuring signal I1α, I1β of the α and β axial direction of the asynchronous motor (09); and—Identification of equivalent circuit parameters of the asynchronous motor (09) on the basis of the test signal voltages U1α, U1β and of the measuring signal currents I1α, I1β; whereby the test signal feed allows the rotor (11) to remain torque-free. Determination of equivalent circuit parameters (15) of an asynchronous motor (09) as well relates to a motor control device (35), whereby the identified equivalent circuit parameters (15) can be used for the determination, optimization and monitoring of a motor control and for control of electrical drives.
US08587233B2
Motors, such as DC motors, and methods and systems for operating a motor, are described. The motor is optionally an electronically commutated motor. The motor comprises one or more electromagnets and a controller device to control the electromagnets. The controller device is configured to calibrate the motor operation in a desired installation to determine the torque needed to achieve a desired operating speed by causing the motor to ramp up to the desired speed, measuring an electric current needed to operate the motor at the desired speed, and setting a value corresponding to a first speed tap using the measured electric current. The controller device is configured to operate the motor in a substantially constant torque mode using the set value at least after the completion of the calibration operation. The motor may be configured for use in a ventilation system, such as an HVACR system.
US08587214B2
An LED module for backlighting a screen comprising at least one LED, (LR, LG1, LG2, LB), a sensor device for detecting at least one physical quantity, and a drive device for driving the at least one LED (LR, LG1, LG2, LB) depending on a signal from the sensor device.
US08587213B2
A driver for electroluminescent (EL) lamps is an integrated circuit that includes a first transistor, a second transistor, and an inductor connected in series between the first transistor and the second transistor. The driver also includes at least four output circuits coupled to said inductor for separately driving at least four electroluminescent lamps. The driver further includes memory for storing data representing dimming levels and device addresses. Data is communicated to the driver through a serial interface that recognizes at least one standard protocol.
US08587212B2
A lighting system, a dimming control apparatus, and a dimming control method are provided. The dimming control apparatus includes a control unit and a dimming driving unit. In response to a dimming command and a number, the control unit decodes the dimming command into a plurality of sub-dimming commands. The dimming driving unit has a plurality of output terminals for coupling to a plurality of lamp modules. According to the sub-dimming commands, the control unit controls the dimming driving unit to output a plurality of dimming driving signals corresponding to the lamp modules to adjust the brightness of each lamp module individually.
US08587209B2
A method of operating an LED driver including a power converter to generate an output current for powering an LED and to provide active power factor correction is disclosed. The power converter is coupled between an input to receive a rectified AC voltage and an output for providing the output current to the LED. The method includes operating the power converter at a substantially fixed frequency in an open loop mode based on a current through the inductive element and the rectified AC voltage. LED drivers operable in accordance with the disclosed method are disclosed.
US08587207B2
An electronic ballast for a light emitting load is provided, and includes a transformer module, a resonance module, a high-frequency push-pull inverter and a driving controller module. The high-frequency push-pull inverter includes a first switch component and a second switch component. The driving controller module is used for generating and providing an asymmetric driving waveform to the first switch component and the second switch component. The asymmetric driving waveform includes a first discharging waveform portion for discharging and turning off the first switch component, and also a second discharging waveform portion for discharging and turning off the second switch component. The first and second discharging waveform portions are different in current amplitudes and time spans.
US08587206B2
An LED power supply device is provided. In the invention, a digital control device and a programmable interface are used to set an output specification of the LED power supply device, such that one smart LED power supply device can be used to supply power to the LED lamps of different specifications. In this way, it is unnecessary to specifically design and test the power supply devices for the LED lamps of different specifications, so that a design and production cycle of the LED power supply devices and costs thereof are greatly reduced. On the other hand, usage of the digital control device avails monitoring and controlling a state of the LED lamp, for example, implementing temperature control, time control, color and luminance control, etc., by which a service life, efficiency and flexibility of the LED lamp are enhanced.
US08587205B2
In a lighting device, sets of LEDs are employed using the natural characteristics of the LEDs to resemble incandescent lamp behavior when dimmed, thereby obviating the need for sophisticated controls. A first set of at least one LED produces light with a first color temperature, and a second set of at least one LED produces light with a second color temperature. The first set and the second set are connected in series, or the first set and the second set are connected in parallel, possibly with a resistive element in series with the first or the second set. The first set and the second set differ in temperature behavior, or have different dynamic electrical resistance. The light device produces light with a color point parallel and close to a blackbody curve.
US08587193B2
The light-emitting element of the present invention includes a light-emitting layer and a layer for controlling movement of carriers between a pair of electrodes. The layer for controlling movement of carriers includes a first organic compound having a carrier transporting property and a second organic compound for reducing the carrier transporting property of the first organic compound, and the second organic compound is dispersed in the first organic compound. The layer for controlling movement of carriers is provided in such a manner, whereby change in carrier balance with time can be suppressed. Therefore, a light-emitting element having a long lifetime can be obtained.
US08587190B2
An illumination device includes an irradiation unit having a light emitting element and fluorescent bodies excited by the light from the light emitting element to radiate light of different wavelengths. The irradiation unit irradiates composite light of blue, green and red lights having half value widths of 20-40 nm, 110-150 nm and 80-110 nm and peak wavelengths of 440-465 nm, 545-555 nm and 630-650 nm, respectively. If the output value of the light in a wavelength 435-465 nm is assumed to be 100%, the output values of the lights having wavelengths of 490, 530 and 639 nm fall within 46-56%, 59-77% and 75-93%, respectively. The ratio of the output value of the light of 630 nm to that of the light of 530 nm falls within 73-86%.
US08587189B2
An organic light-emitting element includes a first electrode, an organic compound layer, and a second electrode on a substrate and emits light from the second electrode side, wherein the second electrode includes a first layer and a second layer in contact with the first layer sequentially from the substrate side, the second layer is a layer comprising Ag, and the first layer is a layer comprising Ag and Cs.
US08587188B1
An infrared radiation emitting element is provided. A carbonized conducting filament is formed from an insulating substrate material. Passing current through the filament produces radiation in the infrared band. The radiation emitted is tuned by altering the physical or chemical characteristics of the filament. A substrate is optionally doped prior to filament formation. Alternatively, or in addition, a post-filament formation doping process is used. The light-emitting element is a durable, low power IR emitter that is operable as a marker.
US08587186B2
In various embodiments, a lamp is provided. The lamp may include at least one solid light source which is installed on a carrier; an at least partially light-permeable vessel, which encloses the light source and the carrier in a gas-tight manner and a filling gas, which is enclosed in the vessel, wherein the filling gas is a mixture of at least one gas having high thermal conductivity and at least one gas having a different physical property.
US08587185B2
A linear LED lamp is disclosed. Embodiments of the invention can provide an LED-based replacement lamp for a linear or “tube-type” bulb or a bulb with a linear filament or element. By filling the void within the lamp with an optically transmissive fluid to cool the LEDs without the use of a traditional heat sink, the light blocking effects of such a heat sink can be avoided. Thus, the LED replacement lamp can emit light in a substantially omnidirectional pattern. In some embodiments, the optically transmissive fluid medium is a liquid. In some embodiments, the optically transmissive fluid medium is a gel. An index matching medium can be used as the optically transmissive fluid medium. A color mixing treatment can optionally be included to eliminate color tints in cases where multiple LEDs of different colors are used to produce white light.
US08587181B2
To provide a piezo-electric actuator drive circuit capable of efficiently driving a piezo-electric actuator. The present invention is a piezo-electric actuator drive circuit (3) for driving a piezo-electric actuator (2) in which a drive voltage is applied to polarizing sections (4a, 4b), and includes a high voltage power supply (14), a high-side switching element (16), a low-side switching element (18), and a switching element control circuit (12) for applying a voltage pulse to polarizing sections and driving the piezo-electric actuator by switching between a voltage-applied period in which only the high-side switching element is in a conductive state, a floating period in which both the high-side switching element and the low-side switching element are in a nonconductive state, and a grounded period in which only the low-side switching element is in a conducting state.
US08587179B2
Regarding a boundary acoustic wave device in which at least a part of an IDT electrode is embedded in a groove disposed in a piezoelectric substrate, the acoustic velocity is increased. A boundary acoustic wave device is provided with a piezoelectric substrate, a first dielectric layer, and an IDT electrode. The surface of the piezoelectric substrate is provided with a groove. The IDT electrode is disposed at the boundary between the piezoelectric substrate and the first dielectric layer in such a way that at least a part thereof is located in the groove. In the inside of the groove, the groove angle γ, which is the size of an angle formed by an upper end portion of the inside surface of the groove with the surface of the piezoelectric substrate, is less than 90 degrees.
US08587176B2
A salient pole concentrated winding stator for an electric motor includes an annular stator core and a plurality of coils. The annular stator core includes a plurality of teeth. The plurality of coils are wound around the teeth such as to have different phases on the teeth adjacent in a circumferential direction. Each of the coils includes a first winding end and a second winding end, and at least one of the ends extends across the coil of a different phase. An end portion of the first winding end of one of the coils of the same phase that are adjacent in the circumferential direction is directly joined to an end portion of the second winding end of the other coil to form a joint portion without using an electric-power collection/distribution member. The joint portion is covered with an insulating material.
US08587174B2
A rotor assembly for an electric device includes a laminated stack of electric steel sheets defining a plurality of longitudinally extending grooves. A conductor bar is disposed within each of the grooves. Each of the conductor bars includes a first end and a second end extending longitudinal outward from opposing axial end surfaces of the laminated stack. The first end and the second end of the conductor bars include a textured surface having micro-sized surface irregularities. A first end ring is cast in place over the first ends of the conductor bars, and a second end ring is cast in place over the second ends of the conductor bars. The textured surface in the first ends and the second ends of the conductor bars mechanically interlocking with the cast in place first end ring and second end ring respectively.
US08587173B2
Provided is an intermediate member which is arranged between a motor housing (4) and a transmission case (2) and which has multiple motor housing supporting point positions (A) and transmission case supporting point positions (B). The intermediate member is coupled to the motor housing (4) at the motor housing supporting point positions (A). The transmission case supporting point positions (B) are each arranged in an angular region formed between a motor housing supporting line (C) and a motor housing supporting center line (D) which is the center between the motor housing supporting line (C) and another motor housing supporting line (C) adjacent thereto.
US08587170B2
A first embodiment is an actuator arrangement having a rotational output and a motor. The actuator arrangement further includes at least one intermediate gear, an output gear, and an encoding detector. The motor has an output shaft that includes a worm gear. The output gear generates a rotational output at an axis thereof. Position encoding indicia are fixedly arranged on the output gear. The encoding detector is disposed in position to detect the position encoding indicia.
US08587167B2
A motor includes: a stator molded integrally with an insulating resin having a fixing member including a stator iron core and a winding wound thereon; a rotor arranged to face the stator about a shaft; a bearing rotatably supporting the shaft; a bracket fixing the bearing; and a drive circuit substrate having a drive circuit mounted thereon for driving the winding. The stator iron core is electrically connected to a ground serving as a reference point of a zero potential on the drive circuit substrate through a conductive member.
US08587152B2
A sequential shunt regulator switch system and method is disclosed. A power switch is controlled to switch a first current from a power source to an electrical bus. Further, a current controllable switch provides a controlled current from the power source to the electrical bus.
US08587151B2
A system and method for combining power from DC power sources. Each power source is coupled to a converter. Each converter converts input power to output power by monitoring and maintaining the input power at a maximum power point. Substantially all input power is converted to the output power, and the controlling is performed by allowing output voltage of the converter to vary. The converters are coupled in series. An inverter is connected in parallel with the series connection of the converters and inverts a DC input to the inverter from the converters into an AC output. The inverter maintains the voltage at the inverter input at a desirable voltage by varying the amount of the series current drawn from the converters. The series current and the output power of the converters, determine the output voltage at each converter.
US08587135B2
A semiconductor device has a conductive member coupled to the surface of a bonding pad exposed from an opening formed in a passivation film. A second planar distance between a first end of an electrode layer and a first end of a bonding pad is greater than a first planar distance between the first end of the electrode layer and a first end of an opening. Since the second planar distance between the first end of the electrode layer and the first end of the bonding pad is long, even when a coupled position of wire is deviated to the first end side of the electrode layer, stress caused by coupling of the wire to a stepped portion of the electrode layer can be prevented from being transmitted to the first end portion of the bonding pad.
US08587132B2
The present application discloses various implementations of a semiconductor package including an organic substrate and one or more interposers having through-semiconductor vias (TSVs). Such a semiconductor package may include a contiguous organic substrate having a lower substrate segment including first and second pluralities of lower interconnect pads, the second plurality of lower interconnect pads being disposed in an opening of the lower substrate segment. The contiguous organic substrate may also include an upper substrate segment having an upper width and including first and second pluralities of upper interconnect pads. In addition, the semiconductor package may include at least one interposer having TSVs for electrically connecting the first and second pluralities of lower interconnect pads to the first and second pluralities of upper interconnect pads. The interposer has an interposer width less than the upper width of the upper substrate segment.
US08587119B2
An embodiment of the disclosure includes a conductive feature on a semiconductor die. A substrate is provided. A bond pad is formed over the substrate. The bond pad has a first width. A polyimide layer is formed over the substrate and the bond pad. The polyimide layer has a first opening over the bond pad with a second width. A silicon-based protection layer overlies the polyimide layer. The silicon-based protection layer has a second opening over the bond pad with a third width. The first opening and the second opening form a combined opening having sidewalls to expose a portion of the bond pad. A UBM layer is formed over the sidewalls of combined opening to contact the exposed portion of the bond pad. A conductive feature overlies the UBM layer.
US08587103B2
An integrated Sensing package structure includes a substrate made of IR blocking material. The substrate has a first receiving compartment and a second receiving compartment concavely formed on the top surface thereof. The first receiving compartment has a reflective layer formed on the surface of the inner wall thereof. A LED unit is disposed in the bottom portion of the first receiving compartment. A plurality of first conducting lines is electrically connected to the LED unit and extends to an outer surface of the substrate. An IR sensing chip is disposed in the second receiving compartment. A plurality of second conducting lines is electrically connected to the IR sensing chip and extends to an outer surface of the substrate. An IR block cover is covered on the top surface of the substrate, forming at least one opening corresponding to the IR sensing chip.
US08587102B2
The Vertical System Integration (VSI) invention herein is a method for integration of disparate electronic, optical and MEMS technologies into a single integrated circuit die or component and wherein the individual device layers used in the VSI fabrication processes are preferably previously fabricated components intended for generic multiple application use and not necessarily limited in its use to a specific application. The VSI method of integration lowers the cost difference between lower volume custom electronic products and high volume generic use electronic products by eliminating or reducing circuit design, layout, tooling and fabrication costs.
US08587099B1
A metal leadframe strip (500) for semiconductor devices is described. The leadframe strip has a plurality of sites (510) for assembling semiconductor chips. The sites alternate with zones (520) for connecting the leadframe to molding compound runners. The sites (510) have mechanically rough and optically matte surfaces (511, 512). The zones (520) have at least portions with mechanically flattened and optically shiny metal surfaces (521, 522). The flattened surface portions transition into the rough surface portions by a step.
US08587097B2
A semiconductor device includes a first pad row and a second pad row, a first ground potential supply electrode which is connected to a first interconnect provided near the first pad row, and a second ground potential supply electrode which is connected to a second interconnect provided near the second pad row. The first pad row includes a first pad connected to the first circuit within the chip and connected to the first interconnect via a first bonding wire, and includes a second pad connected to a second circuit within the chip and connected to the second interconnect via a second bonding wire crossing over the second pad row.
US08587095B2
A method for establishing and closing at least one trench of a semiconductor component, in particular a micromechanical or electrical semiconductor component, having the following steps: applying at least one metal layer over the trench to be formed; forming a lattice having lattice openings in the at least one metal layer over the trench to be formed; forming the trench below the metal lattice, and closing the lattice openings over the trench.
US08587093B2
Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, devices, and/or systems for forming a solution processed device are described.
US08587089B2
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device, including a substrate having a seal ring region and a circuit region, a seal ring structure disposed over the seal ring region, a first passivation layer disposed over the seal ring structure, the first passivation layer having a first passivation layer aperture over the seal ring structure, and a metal pad disposed over the first passivation layer, the metal pad coupled to the seal ring structure through the first passivation layer aperture and having a metal pad aperture above the first passivation layer aperture. The device further includes a second passivation layer disposed over the metal pad, the second passivation layer having a second passivation layer aperture above the metal pad aperture, and a polyimide layer disposed over the second passivation layer, the polyimide layer filling the second passivation layer aperture to form a polyimide root at an exterior tapered edge of the polyimide layer.
US08587087B2
In order to improve characteristics of an IGBT, particularly, to reduce steady loss, turn-off time and turn-off loss, a thickness of a surface semiconductor layer is set to about 20 nm to 100 nm in an IGBT including: a base layer; a buried insulating film provided with an opening part; the surface semiconductor layer connected to the base layer below the opening part; a p type channel forming layer formed in the surface semiconductor layer; an n+ type source layer; a p+ type emitter layer; a gate electrode formed over the surface semiconductor layer via a gate insulating film; an n+ type buffer layer; and a p type collector layer.
US08587083B2
A sensor for detecting intensity of radiation such as of infrared radiation includes an ROIC substrate (9) and a resistance element (1) arranged at a distance of the surface of the ROIC substrate. The resistance element comprises one more semiconducting layers such as a silicon semiconducting layer and a semiconducting layer of a silicon-germanium alloy forming a heterojunction. The semiconducting layer or layers can be doped with one or more impurity dopants, the doping level or levels selected so that the layer retains the basic crystallographic properties of the respective material such as those of monosilicon or a monocrystalline silicon-germanium alloy. The impurity dopants are selected from the elements in groups IE, IV, and V, in particular among boron, aluminium, indium, arsenic, phosphorous, antimony, germanium, carbon and tin. The doping can be abrupt so that there is an interior layer inside said semiconducting layer or layers having a significantly higher doping level.
US08587076B2
A semiconductor device includes: a high dielectric constant gate insulating film formed on an active region in a substrate; a gate electrode formed on the high dielectric constant gate insulating film; and an insulating sidewall formed on each side surface of the gate electrode. The high dielectric constant gate insulating film is continuously formed so as to extend from under the gate electrode to under the insulating sidewall. At least part of the high dielectric constant gate insulating film located under the insulating sidewall has a smaller thickness than a thickness of part of the high dielectric constant gate insulating film located under the gate electrode.
US08587075B2
A semiconductor device includes a channel region; a gate dielectric over the channel region; and a gate electrode over the gate dielectric. A first source/drain region is adjacent the gate dielectric, wherein the first source/drain region is a semiconductor region and of a first conductivity type. A second source/drain region is on an opposite side of the channel region than the first source/drain region, wherein the second source/drain region is a metal region. A pocket region of a second conductivity type opposite the first conductivity type is horizontally between the channel region and the second source/drain region.
US08587074B2
A device includes a drain, a source, and a gate stack. The gate stack has a gate dielectric layer, a gate conductive layer immediately on top of the gate dielectric layer, and first gate and a second gate layer that are immediately on top of the gate conductive layer. The first gate layer has a first resistance higher than a second resistance of the second gate layer. The second gate layer is conductive, is electrically coupled with the gate conductive layer, and has a contact terminal configured to serve as a gate contact terminal for the device. Fabrication methods of the gate stack are also disclosed.
US08587060B2
A semiconductor device according to the present embodiment includes a semiconductor substrate having a first n-type silicon carbide layer and a second n-type silicon carbide layer, a first p-type impurity region formed in the n-type silicon carbide layer, a first n-type impurity region of 4H—SiC structure formed in the n-type silicon carbide layer, a second n-type impurity region of 3C—SiC structure formed in the n-type silicon carbide layer having a depth shallower than the first n-type impurity region, a gate insulating film, a gate electrode formed on the gate insulating film, and a metallic silicide layer formed above the first n-type impurity region and having a bottom portion and a side surface portion such that the second n-type impurity region is sandwiched between the first n-type impurity region and at least the side surface portion.
US08587059B2
A semiconductor arrangement includes a MOSFET having a source region, a drift region and a drain region of a first conductivity type, a body region of a second conductivity type arranged between the source region and the drift region, a gate electrode arranged adjacent the body region and dielectrically insulated from the body region by a gate dielectric, and a source electrode contacting the source region and the body region. The semiconductor arrangement further includes a normally-off JFET having a channel region of the first conductivity type that is coupled between the source electrode and the drift region and extends adjacent the body region so that a p-n junction is formed between the body region and the channel region.
US08587050B2
In one embodiment, there is provided a semiconductor memory that includes: a semiconductor substrate having a channel region; a first tunnel insulating film on the channel region; a first fine particle layer on the first tunnel insulating film, the first fine particle layer including first conductive fine particles; a second tunnel insulating film on the first fine particle layer; a second fine particle layer on the second tunnel insulating film, the second fine particle layer including second conductive fine particles; a third tunnel insulating film on the second fine particle layer; a third fine particle layer on the third tunnel insulating film, the third fine particle layer including third conductive fine particles. A mean particle diameter of the second conductive fine particles is larger than that of the first conductive fine particles and that of the third conductive fine particles.
US08587044B2
A complementary logic device includes: an insulating layer formed on a substrate; a source electrode formed of a ferromagnetic body on the insulating layer; a gate insulating film; a gate electrode formed on the gate insulating film and controlling a magnetization direction of the source electrode; a channel layer formed on each of a first side surface and a second side surface of the source electrode and transmitting spin-polarized electrons from the source electrode; a first drain electrode formed on the first side surface of the source electrode; and a second drain electrode formed on the second side surface of the source electrode, wherein a magnetization direction of the first drain electrode and a magnetization direction of the second drain electrode are antiparallel to each other. Therefore, not only characteristics of low power and high speed but also characteristics of non-volatility and multiple switching by spin may be obtained.
US08587040B2
A solid state imaging device including: a pixel region that is formed on a light incidence side of a substrate and to which a plurality of pixels that include photoelectric conversion units is arranged; a peripheral circuit unit that is formed in a lower portion in the substrate depth direction of the pixel region and that includes an active element; and a light shielding member that is formed between the pixel region and the peripheral circuit unit and that shields the incidence of light, emitted from an active element, to the photoelectric conversion unit.
US08587039B2
A semiconductor device is formed in a semiconductor layer. A gate stack is formed over the semiconductor layer and comprises a first conductive layer and a second layer over the first layer. The first layer is more conductive and provides more stopping power to an implant than the second layer. A species is implanted into the second layer. Source/drain regions are formed in the semiconductor layer on opposing sides of the gate stack. The gate stack is heated after the step of implanting to cause the gate stack to exert stress in the semiconductor layer in a region under the gate stack.
US08587036B2
A non-volatile memory is formed on a substrate. The non-volatile memory includes an isolation structure, a floating gate, and a gate dielectric layer. The isolation structure is disposed in the substrate to define an active area. The floating gate is disposed on the substrate and crosses over the active area. The gate dielectric layer is disposed between the floating gate and the substrate. The floating gate includes a first region and a second region. An energy band of the second region is lower than an energy band of the first region, so that charges stored in the floating gate are away from an overlap region of the floating gate and the gate dielectric layer.
US08587034B2
A semiconductor device includes conductive features within a gate electrode level region that are each fabricated from respective originating rectangular-shaped layout features having its centerline aligned parallel to a first direction. The conductive features form gate electrodes of first and second PMOS transistor devices, and first and second NMOS transistor devices. The gate electrodes of the first PMOS and first NMOS transistor devices extend along a first gate electrode track. The gate electrodes of the second PMOS and second NMOS transistor devices extend along second and third gate electrode tracks, respectively. A first set of interconnected conductors electrically connect the gate electrodes of the first PMOS and second NMOS transistor devices. A second set of interconnected conductors electrically connect the gate electrodes of the second PMOS and first NMOS transistor devices. The first and second sets of interconnected conductors traverse across each other within different levels of the semiconductor device.
US08587030B2
An embodiment of a compound semiconductor device includes: a substrate; a compound semiconductor stacked structure formed over the substrate; and a gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode formed on or above the compound semiconductor stacked structure. The compound semiconductor stacked structure includes: an electron channel layer; and a nitride semiconductor layer which includes an electron supply layer formed over the electron channel layer. An indium (In) fraction at a surface of the nitride semiconductor layer in each of a region between the gate electrode and the source electrode and a region between the gate electrode and the drain electrode is lower than an indium (In) fraction at a surface of the nitride semiconductor layer in a region below the gate electrode.
US08587017B2
A light emitting device and a method of fabricating a light emitting device are provided. The light emitting device includes a carrier substrate, at least one epitaxy structure, a high resistant ring wall, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The epitaxy structure is disposed on the carrier substrate and includes a first semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second semiconductor layer stacked in sequence. The first semiconductor layer is relatively away from the carrier substrate and the second semiconductor layer is relatively close to the carrier substrate. The high resistant ring wall surrounds the epitaxy structure and a width of the high resistant ring wall is greater than 5 μm. The first electrode is disposed between the carrier substrate and the epitaxy structure. The second electrode is disposed at a side of the epitaxy structure away from the carrier substrate.
US08587012B2
The present disclosure provides a light emitting diode (LED) package, which includes a first substrate with electrodes disposed on a top thereof and a second substrate with an LED chip disposed on a top thereof. The LED chip is connected with the electrodes via wires. A first package layer is disposed on the top of the first substrate to cover the wires and electrodes. A fluorescent layer is disposed on the top of the second substrate to cover the LED chip. The present disclosure also provides a mold and a method of manufacturing the LED package.
US08587002B2
A local luminance reduction at defects in pixel electrodes with a rapid and easy method is achieved by providing a method of manufacturing an organic EL panel that includes a TFT panel and organic EL devices disposed over a surface of the TFT panel in matrix arrangement, each of the organic EL devices including: a pixel electrode disposed over the surface of the TFT panel, an organic luminescent layer disposed over the pixel electrode; and a counter electrode disposed over the organic functional layer.
US08586991B2
Solved is a problem of attenuation of output amplitude due to a threshold value of a TFT when manufacturing a circuit with TFTs of a single polarity. In a capacitor (105), a charge equivalent to a threshold value of a TFT (104) is stored. When a signal is inputted thereto, the threshold value stored in the capacitor (105) is added to a potential of the input signal. The thus obtained potential is applied to a gate electrode of a TFT (101). Therefore, it is possible to obtain the output having a normal amplitude from an output terminal (Out) without causing the amplitude attenuation in the TFT (101).
US08586989B2
A display device includes a first display panel including a common electrode disposed thereon, and a second display panel including; thin film transistors (“TFTs”) each including a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode, a first passivation layer disposed on the source and drain electrodes, a second passivation layer disposed on the first passivation layer and including at least one sensing protrusion, pixel electrodes disposed on the second passivation layer and connected with the drain electrode, and at least one conductive member disposed on the sensing protrusion.
US08586979B2
An oxide semiconductor thin film transistor (TFT) and a method of manufacturing the oxide semiconductor TFT. The oxide semiconductor TFT includes a first gate insulating layer arranged between an oxide semiconductor channel layer and a first gate and a second gate insulating layer arranged between the channel layer and a second gate. The first and second gate insulating layers are made out of different materials and have different thicknesses. Preferably, the second gate insulating layer is silicon oxide and is thinner than the first gate insulating layer which is preferably silicon nitride. Oxide semiconductor refers to an oxide material such as Zinc Oxide, Tin Oxide, Ga—In—Zn Oxide, In—Zn Oxide, In—Sn Oxide, and one of Zinc Oxide, Tin Oxide, Ga—In—Zn Oxide, In—Zn Oxide and In—Sn Oxide.
US08586967B2
A device is provided, having a first electrode, a second electrode, and a photoactive region disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The photoactive region includes a first organic layer comprising a mixture of an organic acceptor material and an organic donor material, wherein the first organic layer has a thickness not greater than 0.8 characteristic charge transport lengths, and a second organic layer in direct contact with the first organic layer, wherein: the second organic layer comprises an unmixed layer of the organic acceptor material or the organic donor material of the first organic layer, and the second organic layer has a thickness not less than about 0.1 optical absorption lengths. Preferably, the first organic layer has a thickness not greater than 0.3 characteristic charge transport lengths. Preferably, the second organic layer has a thickness of not less than about 0.2 optical absorption lengths. Embodiments of the invention can be capable of power efficiencies of 2% or greater, and preferably 5% or greater.
US08586965B2
A Group III nitride semiconductor light-emitting device includes a light-emitting layer having a multiple quantum structure including an AlxGa1-xN (0
US08586962B2
A cross point memory array includes a structure in which holes are formed in an insulating layer and a storage node is formed in each of the holes. The storage node may include a memory resistor and a switching structure. The master for an imprint process used to form the cross-point memory array includes various pattern shapes, and the method of manufacturing the master uses various etching methods.
US08586958B2
A switching element includes: a first electrode supplying metal ions; a second electrode less ionizable than the first electrode; and an ion conducting layer arranged between the first electrode and the second electrode and containing a metal oxide that can conduct the metal ions. The ion conducting layer includes two or more layers of different types, and one of the ion conducting layers that is closest to the first electrode has a larger diffusion coefficient for the metal ions than that of the other ion conducting layer(s).
US08586957B2
A three-terminal switching device for use in integrated circuit devices, including a phase change material (PCM) disposed in contact between a first terminal and a second terminal; a heating device disposed in direct electrical contact between said second terminal and a third terminal, said heating device positioned proximate said PCM, and configured to switch the conductivity of a transformable portion of said PCM between a lower resistance crystalline state and a higher resistance amorphous state; and an insulating layer configured to electrically isolate said heater from said PCM material, and said heater from said first terminal.
US08586952B2
Embodiments of the invention provide a method of reducing thermal energy accumulation during a plasma ion implantation process for forming patterns including magnetic and non-magnetic domains on a magnetically susceptible surface on a substrate. In one embodiment, a method of controlling a substrate temperature during a plasma ion implantation process includes (a) performing a first portion of a plasma ion implantation process on a substrate having a magnetically susceptible layer formed thereon in a processing chamber for a first time period, wherein a temperature of the substrate is maintained below about 150 degrees Celsius, (b) cooling the temperature of the substrate after the first portion of the plasma ion implantation process has been completed, and (c) performing a second portion of the plasma ion implantation process on the substrate, wherein the temperature of the substrate is maintained below 150 degrees Celsius.
US08586946B2
A test apparatus for an optical investigation system, with an imaging device and a light source for optical investigation of an object in remitted light and/or fluorescent light includes a housing with a hollow space and an aperture for inserting a distal end of the imaging device into the hollow space, a reference surface with predetermined optical properties in the hollow space, at least either for remission of illuminating light directed onto the reference surface or for emission of fluorescent light, and a positioning device to hold the imaging device of the distal end of the imaging device at a predetermined position in relation to the reference surface.
US08586944B2
An electron beam emitter including a vacuum chamber having a width. An electron generator can be positioned within the vacuum chamber for generating electrons. An elongate nozzle can extend from the vacuum chamber along a longitudinal axis and have an exit window at a distal end of the nozzle. The nozzle can have a width that is less than the width of the vacuum chamber. The electron generator can be shaped and dimensioned, and positioned with the vacuum chamber to form and direct a narrow electron beam that enters and travels through the nozzle, and exits out the exit window.
US08586940B2
An APS readout circuit includes a pixel sensing unit, an integrating unit, and a voltage offset unit. The pixel sensing unit senses an X-ray irradiation amount to obtain a current signal in varying. The current signal is obtained by subtracting a sensing current in varying from a base current. The integrating unit is coupled with the pixel sensing unit to receive the current signal and convert the current signal into a voltage signal. The integrating unit includes a short circuit switch with a switch-on state for resetting the integrating unit and a switch-off state for directly outputting the current signal. The voltage offset unit is connected to an output terminal of the integrating unit and generates an offset voltage. In a sampling period, a base voltage of the voltage signal output from the pixel sensing unit is substantially removed by the offset voltage. An amplified sensing voltage is then obtained.
US08586936B2
The present invention relates to a novel hybrid anode configuration for a radiation detector that effectively reduces the edge effect of surface defects on the internal electric field in compound semiconductor detectors by focusing the internal electric field of the detector and redirecting drifting carriers away from the side surfaces of the semiconductor toward the collection electrode(s).
US08586934B2
In a radiographic image capturing apparatus, by interfitting each of panel accommodating units by means of connecting sections so that portions of respective radiation conversion panels are superimposed, and that each of the irradiated surfaces thereof are repeated alternately in a sequence of a first irradiated surface and a second irradiated surface thereof, an image capturing surface of the radiographic image capturing apparatus, which is constituted to include respective image capturing regions, is maintained in a substantially planar condition.
US08586933B2
A radiation-sensitive detector (120) includes a scintillator array (124) coupled with a photosensor array (140) via an adhesive laminate (144). The photosensor (140) has a plurality of dixels (136). The adhesive laminate (144) includes a material free region that extends through the adhesive laminate (144) from the scintillator array (124) to the photosensor array (140) and that is located between a pair of adjacent dixels (136).
US08586931B2
Provided is a scintillator used for detecting radiation in an X-ray CT scanner or the like, the scintillator having a unidirectional phase separation structure having an optical waveguide function, which eliminates the need of formation of partition walls for preventing crosstalks. The scintillator has the phase separation structure including: a first crystal phase including multiple columnar crystals having unidirectionality; and a second crystal phase filling space on the side of the first crystal phase. The second crystal phase includes a material represented by Cs3Cu2[XaY1-a]5, where X and Y are elements which are different from each other and which are selected from the group consisting of I, Br, and Cl, and 0≦a≦1 is satisfied.
US08586927B2
A switch module, an electronic device using the same and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The switch module includes a circuit board, an infrared (IR) light receiver, at least one light emitting unit and a cover. The IR light receiver is disposed on the circuit board for receiving an infrared light. The light emitting unit is disposed on the circuit board for emitting a visible light. The cover includes a first casing and a second casing, and covers the IR light receiver. The first casing shields the IR light receiver. The second casing is connected to the second casing. The transparency of the second casing is larger than that of the first casing. The second casing receives the visible light and then the visible light is emitted to the outside of the second casing.
US08586917B2
An ion guide or mass analyzer is disclosed comprising a plurality of electrodes having apertures through which ions are transmitted in use. A pseudo-potential barrier is created at the exit of the ion guide or mass analyzer. The amplitude or depth of the pseudo-potential barrier is inversely proportional to the mass to charge ratio of an ion. One or more transient DC voltages are applied to the electrodes of the ion guide or mass analyzer in order to urge ions along the length of the ion guides or mass analyzer. The amplitude of the transient DC voltage applied to the electrode may be increased with time so that ions are caused to be emitted from the ion guide or mass analyzer in reverse order of their mass to charge ratio.
US08586914B2
A method of operating a gas-filled collision cell in a mass spectrometer is provided. The collision cell has a longitudinal axis. Ions are caused to enter the collision cell. A trapping field is generated within the collision cell so as to trap the ions within a trapping volume of the collision cell, the trapping volume being defined by the trapping field and extending along the longitudinal axis. Trapped ions are processed in the collision cell and a DC potential gradient is provided, using an electrode arrangement, resulting in a non-zero electric field at all points along the axial length of the trapping volume so as to cause processed ions to exit the collision cell. The electric field along the axial length of the trapping volume has a standard deviation that is no greater than its mean value.
US08586894B2
A vehicle window panel includes a panel body having a plate shape and made of a resin material. The panel body integrally includes a window portion permitting light to pass therethrough. A conductive layer strip is formed on an interior surface of the window portion by applying a paste containing silver powder, as a main component, and thermosetting resin, as a binder, onto the interior surface. The layer strip has a width ranging from 0.05 mm to 0.1 mm, both inclusive.
US08586884B2
A tamper-resistant keypad is described. The keypad includes a keycap for actuation by a user. An actuator includes a first end that is coupled to the keycap. A frame having an aperture is adapted to receive the actuator such that the second end of the actuator is captured by the frame. The actuator is prevented from being removed from the frame.
US08586881B1
A compression ring includes an outer surface opposing an inner surface, with teeth extending radially inwardly from the inner surface. First and second circumferential ends are complementarily interfittable, and are separated by a circumferential gap, allowing the compression ring to be compressable when being installed in a connector assembly. First and second axial ends of the compression ring are chamfered to facilitate compression. The teeth extend circumferentially from the first and second circumferential ends and are complementary to conduit threading. Each tooth includes first and second sides, with the first side perpendicular to the inner surface to resist pullout of a conduit from the connector assembly. The teeth terminate in sharp points for better gripping of unthreaded conduits. A compressed compression ring accommodates threaded conduits by complementarily mating with threading, and unthreaded conduits by biting into their outer surfaces. Internal and external sealing gaskets provide seals from moisture.
US08586875B2
A wiring board includes a substrate having a first penetrating hole penetrating through the substrate, a first through-hole conductor formed on the inner wall of the first penetrating hole, a filler filled inside the first conductor and forming a second penetrating hole, and a second through-hole conductor formed in the second penetrating hole, a first conductive circuit formed on a first surface of the substrate; a second conductive circuit formed on a second surface of the substrate; a first conductive portion formed on one end of the second penetrating hole, and a second conductive portion formed on the opposite end of the second penetrating hole. The first conductor is connecting the first and second circuits. The second conductor is connecting the first and second conductive portions. The first circuit has the thickness which is set greater than the thickness of the first conductive portion.
US08586870B2
A microelectronic support assembly has a support member formed from plateable resin, such as liquid crystalline polymer and the support member is configured with a laser to define holes in the support member. These holes and other areas of the support member are plated and the plating forms a plurality of hollow metal columns that provide reinforcement to the support member so that it can resist wire bonding pressures.
US08586864B1
An electrical outlet cover assembly includes a base with a base wall and a plurality of side walls, a lid hinged to the base, and at least one port extending through at least one base wall. A cord catch plate is removably placed in the at least one port, the cord catch plate having a reentrant opening therethrough off a side of the plate. Ports may be included on multiple walls, and multiple cord catch plates, or a blocking plate may be placed in other ports. A flexible flap or two may extend inward of a channel in the cord catch plate.
US08586856B2
Photovoltaic wiring arrays and photovoltaic wiring systems suitable for use in rooftop photovoltaic power generation systems are provided. Accordingly, one aspect of the invention provides a photovoltaic roofing wiring array for use with a plurality of photovoltaic roofing elements, the photovoltaic roofing wiring system including: a positive parallel wiring run comprising a main line and one or more connection branches pendant from the main line, each connection branch being terminated in a positive connector; and a negative parallel wiring run comprising a main line and one or more connection branches pendant from the main line, each connection branch being terminated in a negative connector. In some embodiments of the invention, the photovoltaic roofing wiring arrays are substantially prefabricated.
US08586850B1
Disclosed is a pickup assembly for stringed musical instruments with improved acoustic sound quality, and related methods. In one embodiment, the pickup features, three mechanisms for converting the mechanical vibrations of the instrument into an electric signal: first, a mechanism for converting the vibrations of the instruments strings into an electric signal; second, a acoustic chamber mechanism for converting the vibrations of the sound box (e.g. sound waves) into an electric signal; and third, a mechanism for converting the vibrations of the instruments head into an electric signal.
US08586849B1
A method is provided for progressive guitar instruction using a media system with processor-executable software modules storing songs each having a plurality of segments. Initially, segments of a selected song are defined as host or user segments. Signals are generated which effectively simulate sounds for at least a guitar associated with the selected song, and for each of the defined user segments signals are further generated to visually demonstrate a preferred user operation of a guitar for that song. Graphical representations are generated on a display of strings to be pressed and associated frets for proper playing of notes and chords for each user segment. A proficiency level of the user is then identified, and a number of user and host segments determined for a successive iteration of the performance based on at least the identified proficiency level of the user.
US08586841B1
A novel maize variety designated PH1KD3 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH1KD3 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH1KD3 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH1KD3 or a locus conversion of PH1KD3 with another maize variety.
US08586840B1
A novel maize variety designated X95B315 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X95B315 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X95B315 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X95B315, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X95B315. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X95B315.
US08586829B2
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.
US08586826B2
It is intended to provide a polynucleotide comprising a viral base sequence, the viral base sequence containing: a first base sequence encoding a viral replication protein, and a second base sequence encoding a viral movement protein, the second base sequence being located downstream of the first base sequence and having a linking site for linking with an exogenous base sequence encoding a polypeptide to be expressed, the linking site being located downstream of the second base sequence, the second base sequence being obtained by modifying with a base sequence in a native sequence derived from a virus by insertion, substitution, or addition. By using this, a vector containing a viral base sequence is constructed, and a protein is efficiently produced without worsening growth of a host cell containing the vector.
US08586814B2
Provided herein are methods comprising catalytic dimerization of β-farnesene to obtain squalane and/or isosqualane. Compositions comprising squalane and/or isosqualane are provided. In certain embodiments, squalane and isosqualane prepared by the methods provided herein can be useful for applications in cosmetic industry and/or in the lubricants industry.
US08586811B2
Processes and hydrocarbon processing apparatuses for preparing mono-olefins are provided. An exemplary process includes separating a hydrocarbon feed into a first fraction of carbon-containing compounds having less than or equal to 5 carbon atoms and a second fraction of compounds that have a lower vapor pressure than those in the first fraction. Dienes and/or acetylenes from the first fraction are selectively hydrogenated into corresponding mono-olefins. Paraffins from the first fraction are converted into corresponding mono-olefins. The converted mono-olefins are contact cooled with an impurity-containing liquid hydrocarbon stream, with the impurities in the impurity-containing liquid hydrocarbon stream having a lower vapor pressure than compounds in the first fraction. The dienes and/or acetylenes from the first fraction are selectively hydrogenated prior to converting the paraffins from the first fraction into mono-olefins and after separating the first fraction from the hydrocarbon feed.
US08586810B2
The present invention proposes a chiral diene ligand, a fabrication method thereof and applications thereof. The chiral diene ligand is a bicyclo[2.2.1] diene ligand having structural specificity and high stability, which favors the bicyclo[2.2.1] diene ligand to take part in asymmetric transformations, particularly an asymmetric addition reaction involving a metal catalyst in a basic environment. Most of the products of the reactions implemented by the chiral diene ligands of the present invention have superior optical activity. The method of the present invention comprises a first oxidation step, a saponification step, a second oxidation step, a deprotonation step, and a cross-coupling step. The chiral diene ligand of the present invention is very suitable to be used in the fabrication or synthesis of various chemicals and medical products.
US08586807B2
Disclosed herein is the use of terrestrial plant materials (e.g., leaves and bark) that contain biopolymer materials to produce hydrocarbon-rich crude oils that can be refined further into hydrocarbon-based biofuels, via the hydrous pyrolysis method, which involves heating to subcritical temperatures and pressures in an aqueous medium. One can also isolate the aliphatic biopolymers and utilize them as feedstocks for production of the hydrocarbon-rich crude via hydrous pyrolysis.
US08586803B2
A liquid crystal compound and a liquid crystal medium are described. The liquid crystal compound is stable to heat and light and has a large dielectric anisotropy and a large optical anisotropy. The liquid crystal medium has a wide temperature range of liquid crystal phase, a large optical anisotropy and a large dielectric anisotropy, and exhibits an optically isotropic liquid crystal phase. The liquid crystal compound has 4 or 5 benzene rings, one of which is a chlorofluorobenzene ring. The liquid crystal medium is characterized in containing the liquid crystal compound and a chiral dopant and exhibiting an optically isotropic liquid crystal phase.
US08586795B2
The invention relates to a process for preparing triethylenetetramine substituted by at least one methyl group (Me-TETA or methyl-substituted TETA compounds). Me-TETA is prepared by hydrogenating biscyanomethylimidazolidine (BCMI) in the presence of a catalyst. The present invention further relates to methyl-substituted TETA compounds as such. The present invention further relates to the use of methyl-substituted TETA compounds as a reactant or intermediate in the production of, for example, coatings or adhesives.
US08586793B2
Aldehyde or ketone compounds having more than one carbonyl group are reductively aminated to form a product amine compound having more than one primary amino group. The aldehyde or ketone compound is reacted with the product amine compound, to form a reaction mixture that contains one or more intermediates. The intermediate is then reductively aminated to form the desired product. This process produces the desired product in very high yields with low levels of secondary amine impurities.
US08586791B2
It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for producing (meth)acrylic anhydride that provides high yield and high efficiency and can suppress side reactions, in a method for reacting (meth)acrylic acid with a fatty acid anhydride to produce (meth)acrylic anhydride. The method for producing (meth)acrylic anhydride according to the present invention is a method for producing (meth)acrylic anhydride, including reacting a fatty acid anhydride with (meth)acrylic acid to produce (meth)acrylic anhydride, while extracting a fatty acid produced as a by-product, wherein the reaction is performed, while adjustment is performed so that a molar ratio of the (meth)acrylic acid to the (meth)acrylic anhydride in a reaction liquid is 0.3 or more.
US08586784B2
The invention relates to the preparation of alicyclic carboxylic acids or their derivatives by selective hydrogenation of the corresponding aromatic carboxylic acid (derivatives) in at least two series-connected reactors, at least one reactor being operated in loop operating mode. The catalyst volumes in the method are set in such a manner that the catalyst volume required, based on the conversion rate, is as low as possible.
US08586783B2
The present invention relates to novel 4-biphenyl-substituted pyrazolidine-3,5-dione derivatives of the formula (I) in which A, D, G, W, X, Y and Z are as defined above, to a plurality of processes for the preparation and to their use as pesticides and/or herbicides and/or microbicides. Moreover, the invention relates to selective herbicidal compositions comprising both the 4-biphenyl-substituted pyrazolidine-3,5-dione derivatives of the formula (I) and a crop plant compatibility-improving compound.
US08586779B2
The present invention relates in general terms to a process for preparing alkyl methacrylates, comprising as steps: providing an acetone cyanohydrin by a process according to one of the preceding claims; contacting the acetone cyanohydrin with an inorganic acid to obtain a methacrylamide; contacting the methacrylamide with an alcohol in the presence of an inorganic acid in a reactor to obtain an alkyl methacrylate; continuously discharging at least a portion of the alkyl methacrylate from the reactor into a distillation column as a vapor stream; the discharge being effected by feeding a discharge stream comprising steam into the reactor, to an apparatus for preparing alkyl methacrylates, to a process for preparing polymers based at least partly on alkyl methacrylates, to the use of the alkyl methacrylates obtainable by the process according to the invention in chemical products, and to chemical products based on alkyl methacrylates obtainable by the process according to the invention.
US08586774B2
A new crystallized hybrid material with an organic-inorganic matrix, called IHM-2, containing an inorganic network of metal centers based on the element indium that are connected to one another by organic ligands that are formed by the entity 2-aminoterephthalate —O2C—C6H3—N2—CO2— is described. Said material has an X-ray diffraction diagram as given below.
US08586772B2
The current invention describes processes for obtaining of concentrates of esters of eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid for their use in massive and regular human consumption either as a pharmaceutical ingredient or as a food ingredient, which are characterized by having neutral and stable organoleptic properties, free of side effects, which are typical from marine oils derivatives, and with low content of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP).
US08586767B2
This invention discloses cannabinoid derivatives and pharmaceutical uses thereof.
US08586758B2
The invention relates to a process for modifying an inorganic substrate, directed toward giving it antimicrobial properties, said process consisting in grafting in one or more steps onto a surface of said substrate groups with intrinsic antimicrobial properties or groups capable of releasing species with antimicrobial properties. The grafting is performed by means of an organophosphorus coupling agent.A subject of the invention is similarly a substrate obtained by this process, as well as diverse uses of such a substrate.
US08586750B2
The present invention relates to a process for preparing 2-(aminomethylidene)-4,4-dihalo-3-oxobutyric esters of the formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R3 are C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-haloalkyl, C2-C6-alkenyl, C3-C10-cycloalkyl or benzyl, and/or R2 together with R3 and the nitrogen atom to which the two radicals are attached are a heterocyclic radical, in which a corresponding 3-aminoacrylic ester is reacted with a halogen-substituted acetyl fluoride in the presence of at least one alkali or alkaline earth metal fluoride; and the further conversion of halogen-substituted 2-(aminomethylidene)-3-oxobutyric esters of the formula (I) to halomethyl-substituted pyrazol-4-ylcarboxylic acids and their esters.
US08586749B2
The present invention provides compounds S3I-201.1066 (Formula 1) and S3I-201.2096 (Formula 2) as selective Stat3 binding agents that block Stat3 association with cognate receptor pTyr motifs, Stat3 phosphorylation and nuclear translocation, Stat3 transcriptional function, and consequently induced Stat3-specific antitumor cell effects in vitro and antitumor response in vivo.
US08586747B2
A compound of formula (I) as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1 to R5 have the significance given in claim 1, can be used as a medicament.
US08586731B2
Hydrophobic α(1→4)glucopyranose polymers with enhanced degradation properties are described. Between the α(1→4)glucopyranose polymeric portion and the hydrophobic portion exists a linker portion having a chemistry that facilitates degradation of the polymer. Diester and carbonate ester linker chemistries are exemplified. Biodegradable matrices can be formed from these polymers, and the matrices can be used for the preparation of implantable and injectable medical devices wherein the matrix is capable of degrading in vivo at an increased rate. Matrices including and capable of releasing a bioactive agent in vivo are also described.
US08586728B2
This invention pertains to methods for oligonucleotide synthesis, specifically the synthesis of oligonucleotides that contain a high content of guanine monomers. In more detail, the invention relates to a method for coupling a nucleoside phosphoramidite during the synthesis of an oligonucleotide to a universal support, to a first nucleoside, or to an extending oligonucleotide. The invention further relates to oligonucleotides obtainable by the methods of the invention.
US08586727B2
Embodiments concern methods and compositions involving miR-34 mimics, including miR-34a and miR-34c mimics. In some embodiments, there are double-stranded RNA molecules with modified nucleotides having an active strand with a miR-34a sequence and a complementary passenger strand. In additional embodiments, there are double-stranded RNA molecules with modified nucleotides having an active strand with a miR-34c sequence and a complementary passenger strand.
US08586724B2
Amplification oligonucleotides for use in amplifying a sequence contained in nucleic acid derived from Chlamydophila pneumoniae.
US08586720B2
Isolated monoclonal antibodies which bind to human DEC-205 and related antibody-based compositions and molecules are disclosed. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibodies, as well as therapeutic and diagnostic methods for using the antibodies.
US08586718B2
Dark quencher constructs, termed “multi-chromophoric quenchers” are described herein that comprise at least two dark quenching moieties, which can be the same or different, linked together by at least one multivalent linking moiety. The structure of the multi-chromophoric quenchers can be varied to selectively enhance quenching within a specific range of reporter emission wavelengths. This can be accomplished by linking together, into a single molecule, two or more identical quenchers, by reacting the quenchers with a multivalent linker. The structure of the multi-chromophoric quencher can also be varied to quench a broader range of reporter emission wavelengths than previously possible. This can be accomplished by linking together, into a single molecule, two or more different quenchers, by reacting the quenchers with a multivalent linker. The structure of the multi-chromophoric quencher can also be varied to simultaneously broaden the absorption range and increase the total absorption within the absorption range. This can be done by combining the two concepts described above. In other words, multiple types of quenching moieties can be employed to increase the absorption range and a multiple number of each type of quenching moiety can be used to increase the total absorptivity within the absorption range. The multi-chromophoric quenchers can be tethered to probes for biomolecules, insoluble supports and/or fluorescent dyes for use in a wide variety of biomolecular assays.
US08586706B2
This invention is intended to discover a peptide that induces production of an antibody specific for an abnormal amyloid β peptide from mimic peptides of the amyloid β peptide and to utilize the same as a vaccine or immunogen. This invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition containing a peptide consisting of 8 to 30 amino acid residues, wherein the peptide comprises at least one of an amino acid sequence represented by formula (I): Tyr-Gly-Thr-Lys-Pro-Trp-Met (SEQ ID NO: 28) (I), and an amino acid sequence represented by formula (II): Leu-Asp-Ile-Phe-Ala-Pro-Ile (SEQ ID NO: 29) (II); or a conjugate of such peptide and a carrier.
US08586703B2
A compound comprising a backbone with a perfluoropolyether chain. The compound also has one or more cyclophosphazene rings attached to or incorporated into the backbone. The compound further includes at least two functional groups attached to the backbone, attached to the one or more cyclophosphazene rings, or a combination thereof.
US08586701B2
Disclosed is a process for the preparation of high molecular weight, thermoplastic copolyesters by reacting a diester composition comprising a dialkyl ester of terephthalic acid with a diol composition comprising a first diol component comprising 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol and a second diol component comprising 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol. The diester composition can be reacted with the first diol component to produce a polyester oligomer that can be reacted further with the second diol component to produce a modified polyester oligomer. The modified polyester oligomer can then be heated to form a copolyester. The process reduces the precipitation of poly(1,4-cyclohexylene dimethylene) terephthalate in the reaction mixture.
US08586698B2
The present invention relates to a production process for a phenols novolac resin obtained by reacting phenols with formaldehydes, wherein they are reacted in the presence of a metal compound used as a catalyst for the reaction described above, and a chelating agent is further added in order to deactivate a catalytic action of the metal compound and a resin-coated sand prepared by using the above phenols novolac resin. It is possible to provide a process for producing a phenols novolac resin having an ortho rate of 30 to 60%, suitably 40 to 55% at a good yield (70% or more) and a resin-coated sand having a high curing property prepared by using the above phenols novolac resin.
US08586694B2
The polymerization catalyst for a polythiourethane-based optical material of the present invention includes a sulfonate represented by the following general formula (1). Furthermore, in the formula, R1, R2, R3 and R4 each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, R1, R2, R3 and R4 may be bonded to each other to form a ring. R5 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, and X represents a nitrogen atom or a phosphorus atom.
US08586690B2
The present invention relates to a process for the production of an intermediate siloxane monomer and use of said monomer to produce high molecular weight linear polysilalkylenesiloxanes. The siloxane monomer is prepared by ring opening polymerization of a cyclic monomer of the structure in the presence of an acidic or basic ring opening polymerization catalyst; to form a mixture of siloxane monomers and linear oligomers. The linear oligomers are then extracted and discarded before a further step of ring opening polymerization using the aforementioned intermediate siloxane monomer mixture as the starting material. The second polymerization step is undertaken at a temperature within the melting point range of said siloxane monomer mixture. The intermediate, final product and methods of their manufacture are described.
US08586689B2
A polymer including a structural unit represented by the following Chemical Formula 1, and a composition and a film including the same are provided. In the above formula at least one of Ra and Rb is either Chemical Formula 3 or Chemical Formula 4, as shown below. The polymer also includes units selected from polyamic acid, polyimide, polyaramid, polyamide, polyurethane, polycarbonate and polyacetal units and mixtures of such units.
US08586683B2
Phosphorus-containing compounds useful for flame retardant epoxy resins are disclosed. The flame retardant epoxy resins may be used to make electrical laminates. This invention is particularly useful in end use applications in which a low bromine or low halogen content is required or desired.
US08586674B2
The copolymer rubber composition comprises 60 to 75% by weight of a copolymer rubber (1) and 40 to 25% by weight of a copolymer rubber (2), and exhibits a difference in iodine value of 5 to 30 between the copolymer rubber (1) and the copolymer rubber (2). The copolymer rubber (1) is an ethylene-α-olefin-nonconjugated polyene copolymer rubber having an ethylene unit of 50 mol % to 70 mol %, an α-olefin unit of 50 mol % to 30 mol %, and an iodine value of 10 to 30, and the copolymer rubber (2) is an ethylene-α-olefinic copolymer rubber having an ethylene unit of more than 70 mol % and 95 mol % or less, an α-olefin unit of less than 30 mol % and 5 mol % or more, and an iodine value of 0 to 8.
US08586667B2
The present invention relates to highly cross-linked UHMWPE, which is possessed of an improved oxidation resistance, as well as a method for making the same. The UHMWPE material of the current invention is combined with an anti-oxidant compound or a free-radical scavenger prior to formation. Once the UHMWPE with the added material has been formed and treated with gamma or electron bean irradiation, it shows an improved wear resistance and also a good resistance to oxidation. Such a material, is particularly interesting for the field of making replacement joint implants.
US08586666B2
A method for producing an adhesive layer, an aqueous adhesive dispersion containing chlorinated polyolefins and further additives, having a pH from 10 to 13, being provided; said adhesive being adjusted, by the introduction of CO2, to a pH below 9.0; and an adhesive layer then being applied, wherein the quantity of CO2 to be introduced is determined and regulated by measuring the pH of the dispersion.
US08586661B2
In various embodiments, the present inventions provide a heat and color stable flooring materials/product comprising between about 1 wt % to about 50 wt % a polyolefin-based elastomer material; between about 2 wt % to about 50 wt % a polyolefin-based thermoplastic material; between about 20 wt % to about 75 wt % a filler; and between about 0.25 wt % to about 5 wt % a curing system containing a peroxide. Also provided in various embodiments are method of making and using such a flooring material/product.
US08586659B2
The present invention relates to surface-modified particles which can be dispersed in organic solvents, and to the use thereof for incorporation into polymers, paints and coatings.
US08586652B2
This invention relates to certain poly(1,4-cyclohexylenedimethylene terephthalate) copolyesters which are useful for the preparation of clear and tough thick wall molded parts, produced at good cycle times. The copolyesters can be molded into desired shapes such as cosmetic jars, fragrance caps, tool handles, and toothbrushes. These molded articles can have thick or thin walls and may be molded in a two shot molding process. The copolyesters also have good flow and reduced cycle times.
US08586635B2
The present invention is related to an antifungal composition for the inhibition of wood decay caused by wood rot fungi. The invention further comprises a method for the inhibition of wood decay with gallates.
US08586632B2
The invention provides oleocanthal analogs and methods of using oleocanthals in various formulations including, food additives; pharmaceuticals; cosmetics; animal repellants; and discovery tools for mammalian irritation receptor genes, gene products, alleles, splice variants, alternate transcripts and the like.
US08586628B2
The present invention relates to the novel use of Propineb as bird repellent.
US08586616B2
The present invention is directed to novel benzimidazole derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the treatment of disorders and conditions modulated by the androgen receptor.
US08586614B2
The invention provides a compound of general formula (I) wherein the substituents are defined further in the application, as well as further embodiments hereof described in the attached embodiments. The present invention also provides use of the compounds of the invention for preparation of a medicament for the treatment of various diseases, e.g. for the treatment of type 2 diabetes.
US08586606B2
The present invention relates to heterocyclic compounds of formula (I) having affinity to muscarinic receptors, a pharmaceutical composition containing the compounds, as well as the use of the compounds for the preparation of a medicament for treating, alleviating or preventing muscarinic receptor mediated diseases and conditions.
US08586602B2
The disclosure relates to method of treating a disease in which VEGFR-3 is involved, comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of the formula wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 are as defined in the disclosure, to compositions containing them, to processes for preparing them, and to their use in therapeutics.
US08586600B2
The present invention provides compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, and methods of using the same.
US08586593B2
A compound of formula (I) wherein A, p, R1, R3, R4, R5, and R8 are as defined in claim 1. Furthermore, the present invention relates to intermediates used to prepare compounds of formula (I), to methods of using them to combat and control insect, acarine, nematode and mollusc pests and to insecticidal, acaricidal, nematicidal and molluscicidal compositions comprising them.
US08586585B2
Bis- and tris-dihydroxyaryl compounds and their methylenedioxy analogs and pharmaceutically acceptable esters, their synthesis, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and their use in the treatment of amyloid diseases, especially Aβ amyloidosis, such as observed in Alzheimer's disease, IAPP amyloidosis, such as observed in type 2 diabetes, and synucleinopathies, such as observed in Parkinson's disease, and the manufacture of medicaments for such treatment.
US08586578B2
The invention is directed to deuterated 5,6-dihydro-1H-pyridin-2-one compounds of Formula I and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds that are useful in treating infections by hepatitis C virus.
US08586575B1
A pharmaceutical composition comprising a drug substance consisting essentially of a pharmaceutically acceptable organic acid addition salt of an amine containing pharmaceutically active compound wherein the amine containing pharmaceutical active compound is selected from the group consisting of racemic or single isomer ritalinic acid or phenethylamine derivatives and the drug substance has a physical form selected from amorphous and polymorphic.
US08586570B2
Peptidyl sensors comprise a metal-binding peptide and one or two kinase recognition sequences with a hydroxyamino acid that can be phosphorylated in the presence of a kinase.
US08586567B2
The invention relates to concentrated therapeutic phospholipid compositions; methods for treating or preventing diseases associated with cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome, inflammation and diseases associated therewith, neurodevelopmental diseases, and neurodegenerative diseases, comprising administering an effective amount of a concentrated therapeutic phospholipid composition.
US08586565B2
The present invention is concerned with novel compounds useful in the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases and mammalian cancers, especially human cancers. The invention also pertains to methods of modulating kinase activities, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of treating individuals, incorporating or using the compounds. The preferred compounds are active small molecules set forth in formulae Ia-Iww.
US08586562B2
The present specification discloses fluid compositions comprising a matrix polymer and stabilizing component, methods of making such fluid compositions, and methods of treating skin conditions in an individual using such fluid compositions.
US08586560B2
The present invention relates to methods for restoring the function of a mutated dysferlin comprising the step of preventing splicing of one or more exons which encode amino acid sequences that cause said dysferlin dysfunction. Particularly, the splicing of exon 32 is prevented. The present invention also relates to a method for treating a dysferlinopathy in a patient in need thereof, comprising the step of administering to said patient antisense oligonucleotides complementary to nucleic acid sequences that are necessary for correct splicing of one or more exons which encode amino acid sequences that cause said dysfunction. Particularly, the splicing of exon 32 is prevented.
US08586549B2
The present invention relates to the use of benzoic acid and/or its sodium salt in combination with saccharide(s) as active components in the manufacture of a vaginal composition for modulating vaginal flora and vaginal acidity, thereby maintaining the pH value of vaginal secretion within a range from 3.5 to 4.5; and the present invention further relates to a vaginal composition and a method for modulating and maintaining normal vaginal flora and vaginal acidity.
US08586537B2
A method for treating recurrent minor aphthous ulcers is provided in which a sufferer is treated with a combination therapy of Vitamin B6 and B12 compounds. The treatment is done orally and the treatment minimizes the duration and pain of the sore, as well as increasing the period of time between recurrences.
US08586531B2
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.
US08586527B2
Pharmaceutical formulations and methods of using thereof for the treatment and prevention of pulmonary arterial hypertension are provided. The formulations contain one or more agents to simultaneously reduce ADMA levels in a patient and reduce inflammatory processes in the pulmonary vasculature of a patient. The formulations contain a therapeutically effective amount of cerivastatin, a cerivastatin analog, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, clathrate, or solvate thereof in a carrier suitable for pulmonary administration.
US08586525B2
Novel peptides are disclosed with their use as a pharmaceutical composition. A method is also disclosed for making pharmaceutical compositions and treatment of an individual.
US08586524B2
The biological activity of nucleic acid ligand is regulated (i.e. enhanced or inhibited) in vivo to produce a desired biological effect. This is accomplished through the administration of a modulator, or regulator, that changes the binding of the nucleic acid ligand for its target or that degrades or otherwise cleaves, metabolizes or breaks down the nucleic acid ligand while the ligand is still exerting its effect. Modulators of the present invention can be administered in real time as needed based on various factors, including the progress of the patient, as well as the physician's discretion in how to achieve optimal therapy. Thus, this invention provides for the first time a regulatable therapeutic regime in the course of nucleic acid ligand therapy.
US08586518B2
A biobased penetrating oil for use to reduce friction between fittings. The penetrating oil composition preferably contains one or more long-chain, low-volatile esters specifically derived from a natural plant-based oil, such as a combination of methyl esters derived from soybean oil, and an unsulfurized terpene, such a pine oil or limonene and various orange terpenes as a solvent. The penetrating oil can be an aerosolized product and included a carbon dioxide propellant.
US08586512B2
The present invention includes well treatment fluids and methods utilizing nano-particles. An embodiment of a method of the present invention may comprise introducing a treatment fluid comprising nano-clay into a subterranean formation. The treatment fluid may be selected from the group consisting of a cement composition, a drilling fluid, a spacer fluid, and a lost circulation control composition. Another embodiment of the present invention may comprise a method of cementing. The method of cementing may comprise introducing a cement composition comprising a hydraulic cement, nano-clay, and water into a subterranean formation. The method further may comprise allowing the cement composition to set in the subterranean formation. Yet another embodiment of the present invention may comprise a treatment fluid, the treatment fluid comprising nano-clay. The treatment fluid may be selected from the group consisting of a cement composition, a drilling fluid, a spacer fluid, and a lost circulation control composition.
US08586501B2
According to various embodiments, a catalyst composition includes a catalytic metal secured to a porous substrate. The substrate has pores that are templated. The substrate is a product of adding a substrate precursor to a water-in-oil microemulsion including a catalytic metal salt, a solvent, a templating agent, and water.
US08586500B2
In a process for forming a bulk hydroprocessing catalyst by sulfiding a catalyst precursor made in a co-precipitation reaction, up to 60% of the metal precursor feeds do not react to form catalyst precursor and end up in the supernatant. In the present disclosure, the metals can be recovered via any of chemical precipitation, ion exchange, electro-coagulation, and combinations thereof to generate an effluent stream containing less than 50 mole % of metal ions in at least one of the metal residuals, and for at least one of the metal residuals is recovered as a metal precursor feed, which can be recycled for use in the co-precipitation reaction. An effluent stream from the process to waste treatment contains less than 50 ppm metal ions.
US08586498B2
Provide that a useful catalyst for homogeneous hydrogenation, particularly a catalyst for homogeneous asymmetric hydrogenation for hydrogenation, particularly asymmetric hydrogenation, which is obtainable with comparative ease and is excellent in economically and workability, and a process for producing a hydrogenated compound of an unsaturated compound, particularly an optically active compound using said catalyst with a high yield and optical purity.
US08586484B2
A film forming process is performed on a substrate in a deposition chamber. A first electrode is provided in the deposition chamber and is grounded. A second electrode is provided in the deposition chamber to face the first electrode. A radio frequency power supply supplies radio frequency power to the second electrode. A DC power supply supplies a DC bias voltage to the second electrode. A control unit adjusts a bias voltage to be less than the potential of the second electrode when the radio frequency power is supplied, but the bias voltage is not supplied. In this way, it is possible to improve film quality while preventing a reduction in the deposition rate of a film during deposition.
US08586483B2
A method of removing a metal nitride material is disclosed. The method comprises forming a semiconductor device structure comprising an exposed metal material and an exposed metal nitride material. The semiconductor device structure is subjected to a solution comprising water, ozone, and at least one additive to remove the exposed metal nitride material at a substantially greater rate than the exposed metal material. Resulting semiconductor device structures are also disclosed, as are compositions used to form the semiconductor device structures.
US08586481B2
Embodiments described herein relate to removing material from a substrate. More particularly, the embodiments described herein relate to polishing or planarizing a substrate by a chemical mechanical polishing process. In one embodiment, a method of chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) of a substrate is provided. The method comprises exposing a substrate having a conductive material layer formed thereon to a polishing solution comprising phosphoric acid, one or more chelating agents, one or more corrosion inhibitors, and one or more oxidizers, forming a passivation layer on the conductive material layer, providing relative motion between the substrate and a polishing pad and removing at least a portion of the passivation layer to expose a portion of the underlying conductive material layer, and removing a portion of the exposed conductive material layer.
US08586478B2
An improved method of making interconnect structures with self-aligned vias in semiconductor devices utilizes sidewall image transfer to define the trench pattern. The sidewall height acts as a sacrificial mask during etching of the via and subsequent etching of the trench, so that the underlying metal hard mask is protected. Thinner hard masks and/or a wider range of etch chemistries may thereby be utilized.
US08586473B1
Methods for fabricating integrated circuits are provided. In an embodiment, a method for fabricating an integrated circuit includes depositing a dielectric layer defining a plane. In the method, the dielectric layer is etched to form trenches. Then, a ruthenium-containing liner layer is deposited overlying the dielectric layer. The trenches are filled with copper-containing metal. The method includes recessing the copper-containing metal in each trench to form a space between the copper-containing metal and the plane. The space is filled with a capping layer. The layers are then planarized to at least the plane.
US08586468B2
An arrangement of semiconductor chips is provided. The arrangement includes a plurality of stacked semiconductor chips each including an integrated circuit. At least one via is formed through the thickness of at least one of the semiconductor chips. A carbon nanotube conductor is formed in the via. The conductor has first and second opposite ends. The first end of the conductor is selectively interconnected with the integrated circuit of its semiconductor chip and the second end of the conductor is selectively interconnected with the integrated circuit of another of the semiconductor chips.
US08586462B2
Disclosed are a method of manufacturing a field-effect transistor. The disclosed method includes: providing a semiconductor substrate; forming a source ohmic metal layer on one side of the semiconductor substrate; forming a drain ohmic metal layer on another side of the semiconductor substrate; forming a gate electrode between the source ohmic metal layer and the drain ohmic metal layer, on an upper portion of the semiconductor substrate; forming an insulating film on the semiconductor substrate's upper portion including the source ohmic metal layer, the drain ohmic metal layer and the gate electrode; and forming a plurality of field electrodes on an upper portion of the insulating film, wherein the insulating film below the respective field electrodes has different thicknesses.
US08586461B2
Systems and methods which provide a multimode tuner architecture implementing direct frequency conversion are shown. Embodiments provide a highly integrated configuration wherein low noise amplifier, tuner, analog and digital channel filter, and analog demodulator functionality are provided in a single integrated circuit. A LNA of embodiments implements a multi-path configuration with seamless switching to provide desired gain control while meeting noise and linearity design parameters. Embodiments of the invention implement in-phase and quadrature (IQ) equalization and a multimode channelization filter architecture to facilitate the use of direct frequency conversion. Embodiments implement spur avoidance techniques for improving tuner system operation and output using a clock signal generation architecture in which a system clock, sampling clock frequencies, local oscillator (LO) reference clock frequencies, and/or the like are dynamically movable.
US08586444B2
A semiconductor structure and method of fabricating the same are disclosed. In an embodiment, the structure includes a first substrate having a buried plate or plates in the substrate. Each buried plate includes at least one buried plate contact, and a plurality of deep trench capacitors disposed about the at least one buried plate contact. A first oxide layer is disposed over the first substrate. The deep trench capacitors and buried plate contacts in the first substrate may be accessed for use in a variety of memory and decoupling applications.
US08586435B2
Fabricating a semiconductor device includes: forming a gate trench in an epitaxial layer overlaying a semiconductor substrate; depositing gate material in the gate trench; forming a body in the epitaxial layer; forming a source embedded in the body; forming a contact trench that extends through the source and at least part of the body; forming a body contact implant on a sidewall of the contact trench; forming a diode enhancement layer along bottom of the contact trench, the diode enhancement layer having opposite carrier type as the epitaxial layer; disposing an epitaxial enhancement portion below the diode enhancement layer, the epitaxial enhancement portion having the same carrier type as the epitaxial layer; and disposing a contact electrode in the contact trench; wherein: a distance between top surface of the substrate and bottom of the epitaxial enhancement layer is shorter than a distance between the top surface of the substrate and bottom of the body.
US08586434B1
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device may include forming a first n− type epitaxial layer by performing a first epitaxial growth on a first surface of an n+ type silicon carbide substrate, forming a photosensitive layer pattern on the first n− type epitaxial layer, etching the first n− type epitaxial layer by using the photosensitive layer pattern as a mask to form a first trench, forming a buffer layer on the first n− type epitaxial layer after the photosensitive layer pattern may be removed, etching the buffer layer to form a trench passivation layer in the first trench, forming an n− type epitaxial layer by performing a second epitaxial growth on the first n− type epitaxial layer, and forming a p type epitaxial layer by performing a third epitaxial growth on the n− type epitaxial layer other than the portion on which the trench passivation layer may be formed.
US08586420B2
In a method for producing a power semiconductor arrangement, an insulation carrier with a top side, a metallization, and a contact pin with a first end are provided. The metallization is attached to the top side and a target section of the metallization is determined. After the metallization is attached to the top side of the insulation carrier, the first end of the contact pin is pressed into the target section such that the first end is inserted in the target section. Thereby, an interference fit and an electrical connection are established between the first end of the contact pin and the target section of the metallization.
US08586419B2
The present technology is directed toward semiconductors packaged by electrically coupling a plurality of die to an upper and lower lead frame. The opposite edges of each corresponding set of leads in the upper lead frame are bent. The leads in the upper lead frame are electrically coupled between respective contacts on respective die and respective lower portion of the leads in the lower lead frame. The bent opposite edges of each corresponding set of leads of the upper lead frame support the upper lead frame before encapsulation, for achieving a desired position of the plurality of die between the leads of the upper and lower lead frames in the packaged semiconductor. After the encapsulated die are separated, the upper leads have an L-shape and electrically couple die contacts on upper side of the die to leads on the lower side of the die so that the package contacts are on the same side of the semiconductor package.
US08586417B1
An electronic device package includes a substrate and wire columns arranged in groups about a neutral stress point of the substrate. The height of the wire columns is substantially uniform for the plural groups of wire columns, and a length of at least one of the wire columns is greater than the uniform height. A method of fabricating an electronic device package having a column grid array includes applying two templates on wire columns of the column grid array and bending at least one wire column to increase its length while maintaining a uniform height for the column grid array. In another aspect, an electronic device package substrate includes wire columns having at least one non-uniformity in lengths of the columns, and the length of a wire column corresponds to a distance of that wire column from the neutral stress point of the substrate. The non-uniformity of length in the wire columns reduces stress in the package leads after attachment of the package to a carrier substrate, such as a printed circuit board.
US08586415B2
A dicing/die-bonding film including a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (2) on a supporting base material (1) and a die-bonding adhesive layer (3) on the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (2), wherein a releasability in an interface between the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (2) and the die-bonding adhesive layer (3) is different between an interface (A) corresponding to a work-attaching region (3a) in the die-bonding adhesive layer (3) and an interface (B) corresponding to a part or a whole of the other region (3b), and the releasability of the interface (A) is higher than the releasability of the interface (B). The dicing/die-bonding film is excellent in balance between retention in dicing a work and releasability in releasing its diced chipped work together with the die-bonding adhesive layer.
US08586413B2
A multi-chip module and a method for manufacturing the multi-chip module that mitigates wire breakage. A first semiconductor chip is mounted and wirebonded to a support substrate. A spacer is coupled to the first semiconductor chip. A support material is disposed on the spacer and a second semiconductor chip is positioned on the support material. The second semiconductor chip is pressed into the support material squeezing it into a region adjacent the spacer and between the first and second semiconductor chips. Alternatively, the support material is disposed on the first semiconductor chip and a die attach material is disposed on the spacer. The second semiconductor chip is pressed into the die attach material and the support material, squeezing a portion of the support material over the spacer edges. Wirebonds are formed between the support substrate and the first and second semiconductor chips.
US08586404B2
This description relates to a method for reducing CMOS Image Sensor (CIS) contact resistance, the CIS having a pixel array and a periphery. The method includes performing Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) at a pixel contact hole area, annealing for silicide formation at the pixel contact hole area and performing contact filling. This description also relates to a method for reducing CMOS Image Sensor (CIS) contact resistance, the CIS having a pixel array and a periphery. The method includes implanting N+ or P+ for pixel contact plugs at a pixel contact hole area, performing Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) at pixel contact hole area, annealing for silicide formation at the pixel contact hole area, performing contact filling and depositing a first metal film layer, wherein the first metal film layer links contact holes for a source, a drain, or a poly gate of a CMOS device.
US08586401B2
A solar cell manufacturing method includes forming a first electrode on a substrate, forming a mixed metal layer on the first electrode, forming a light absorbing layer by injecting hydrogen selenide on the entire surface of the mixed metal layer using a gas injection device, and forming a second electrode on the light absorbing layer. Further, the gas injection device includes a gas pipeline, an inner gas pipe positioned in the gas pipeline and having an opening, and a plurality of injection nozzles disposed below the gas pipeline.
US08586397B2
A method of manufacturing solar cells is disclosed. The method comprises depositing an etch-resistant dopant material on a silicon substrate, the etch-resistant dopant material comprising a dopant source, forming a cross-linked matrix in the etch-resistant dopant material using a non-thermal cure of the etch-resistant dopant material, and heating the silicon substrate and the etch-resistant dopant material to a temperature sufficient to cause the dopant source to diffuse into the silicon substrate.
US08586391B2
A method of manufacturing a light-emitting device includes providing a plate-shaped substrate, forming a lattice frame on a light-emitting element mounting surface of the plate-shaped substrate, mounting a light-emitting device in an opening of the lattice frame on the light-emitting element mounting surface, sealing the light-emitting element by supplying a sealing material into the opening of the lattice frame, and cutting the lattice frame and the plate-shaped substrate so as to split the lattice flame to obtain a plurality of light-emitting devices with a sidewall.
US08586390B2
According to one embodiment, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device is disclosed. The device includes a magnetoresistance effect element using magnetic material containing at least one of cobalt, iron, and nickel. Forming the element includes forming a stacked body above a semiconductor substrate. The stacked body includes layers. The layers includes the magnetic material. Forming the element further includes processing the stacked body in a vacuum atmosphere by plasma etching using a first gas containing chlorine. Forming the element further includes subjecting the stacked body to a gas treatment using a second gas containing an amino group while holding the stacked body in the vacuum atmosphere.
US08586388B2
A molecular sensor (10) comprises a flow path (12) configured for flowing a solution (28) potentially containing a target molecule (26). A source of polarized light (16) is provided and a detector (18) arranged to receive light from the source after it has passed through the flow path. A sensor element (19) is provided comprising a scaffold moiety (20) with a high aspect ratio disposed, in use, within the flow path and a receptor moiety (24), for the target molecule, attached to the scaffold moiety. A method for sensing a target molecule in a flowing solution is also described.
US08586384B2
A method of collecting a specimen of the present invention is used in detecting upper digestive system disease. The method of collecting a specimen includes: a step of positioning sampling equipment in the duodenum of the subject into which duodenal juice is secreted, the sampling equipment being used to collect and store the duodenal juice; a step of collecting duodenal juice naturally secreted in the duodenum using the sampling equipment; and a step of stopping collection of the duodenal juice when collection quantity of the duodenal juice reaches a predetermined quantity which is 3.0 ml or less.
US08586380B2
Methods using mass spectral data analysis and a classification algorithm provide an ability to determine whether a non-small-cell lung cancer patient, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma or colorectal cancer patient has likely developed a non-responsiveness to treatment with a drug targeting an epidermal growth factor receptor pathway. As the methods of this disclosure require only simple blood samples, the methods enable a fast and non-intrusive way of measuring when drugs targeting the EGFR pathway cease to be effective in certain patients. This discovery represents the first known example of true personalized selection of these types of cancer patients for treatment using these classes of drugs not only initially, but during the course of treatment.
US08586378B2
Methods, compositions and kits for analyzing a chemical analyte using an electrochemical cell connected to a measuring apparatus are provided. The electrochemical cell contains a solution having one or more conductive or redox active NPs (nanoparticles), one or more chemical analytes, and an indicator. In addition, the electrochemical cell contains one or more electrodes in communication with the solution. One or more catalytic ECL properties are generated by the interaction of the one or more conductive or redox active NPs and the liquid sample and measured at the one or more electrodes or with an optical detection system.
US08586374B2
In an analysis device and a method for testing the catalytic activity of surfaces, a reaction cell is provided that has a recess for a sample that is provided with the catalytic surface. In the analysis device, an optical test of the reaction occurring in the reaction cell may occur. The reaction cell has a closed channel that is part of a fluid circuit. The reaction cell may be advantageously designed in a very space-saving manner in its scale, such that a portable use of the analysis cell is possible as well. Here, a simple measurement process of the absorption capacity of the sample fluid located in the reaction cell is conducted. To this end, a laser diode is provided, the measurement stream of which is directed into the reaction cell and reflected multiple times. The light intensity is measured by means of a photodetector.
US08586365B2
The invention provides novel methods for optimizing the design of a fatty acid alkyl ester-containing biofuel (e.g. a biodiesel, a biodiesel blend, or a jet biofuel) and for identifying a fatty acid alkyl ester-containing biofuel's feedstock.
US08586357B2
Disclosed herein are reagent-cell complexes comprising one or more definitive endoderm cells. Also described herein are compositions for detecting definitive endoderm. Method of enriching, isolating and/or purifying definitive endoderm cells are also disclosed.
US08586355B2
The present invention relates to isolated nucleotide sequences useful for the production of plants with a modified embryo sac, embryo and or endosperm development, and to transgenic cells and plants transformed with the nucleotide sequences.
US08586349B2
The present invention concerns a method for the detection of an analyte in a droplet of fluid comprising the steps of providing a solid phase with a hydrophobic surface comprising at least one capture zone on which at least one binding agent with affinity for the analyte is immobilized, applying said droplet to the surface of said solid phase, applying a force that makes the droplet travel along the surface of said solid phase along a predetermined path thereby allowing the droplet to repeatedly contact said binding agent on the capture zone, applying conditions wherein said analyte is allowed to bind to said binding agent and detecting a complex of analyte and binding reagent at the position of the capture zone. The effect of a moving droplet is that the reactants in the droplet are well mixed which eliminates the risk of diffusion limitation. Such advantageous mixing is not obtained with conventional assays in which the surface is continuously exposed to the liquid. The use of a droplet eliminates the need for external mixing and also circumvents the need to dilute the sample in order to obtain sufficient volume to wet a large surface area.
US08586341B2
A method for moving a probe (10, 91) through a cell material (20), which is formed from biological cells (21), is described, the probe (10) displacing the cells (21) without injury. A probe (10, 91) for performing the method and a cell manipulator, which is equipped with at least one probe of this type, are also described.
US08586329B2
The present invention relates to the pharmaceutical field. Specifically, it contemplates a polynucleotide encoding a neurotoxin polypeptide exhibiting a reduced duration of the biological effect in a subject, wherein the polypeptide comprises at least one degradation signal in the light chain of the neurotoxin polypeptide as well as vectors and host cells comprising the polynucleotide, polypeptides encoded thereby and antibodies specifically binding to the polypeptides. Moreover, the invention relates to medicaments comprising the polynucleotides and polypeptides, as well as specific therapeutic applications thereof. Furthermore, the present invention contemplates methods for the manufacture of the polypeptides and medicaments.
US08586327B2
An objective of the present invention is to provide the cytolethal distending toxin (CDT) of C. hyointestinalis and polynucleotides encoding it, and novel methods for detection of C. hyointestinalis using the cdt genes. The present inventors focused on the cytolethal distending toxin (CDT) of Campylobacter bacteria, and detected the cdt genes of a Campylobacter-like bacterium isolated from an enteritis patient in Thailand. The present inventors discovered a bacterial strain whose cdtB gene was amplified by common primers in C. jejuni, C. coli, and C. fetus, but not by multiplex PCR that can specifically detect the cdtA, cdtB, and cdtC genes of the three bacterial species. The bacterial strain was identified as C. hyointestinalis by 16S rRNA gene analysis. Furthermore, the entire nucleotide sequence of the cdt genes was determined by genome walking upstream and downstream of the cdtB gene.
US08586322B2
Methods are disclosed for determining an immunosuppressant drug in a sample suspected of containing an immunosuppressant drug. The method includes providing in combination in a medium the sample, a first monoclonal antibody for the immunosuppressant drug, and a second monoclonal antibody for the immunosuppressant drug. The second monoclonal antibody binds to a portion of the immunosuppressant drug other than the portion to which the first monoclonal antibody binds to the immunosuppressant drug. The medium is incubated under conditions for binding of the first monoclonal antibody and the second monoclonal antibody to the immunosuppressant drug. The medium is examined for the presence of an immunocomplex comprising the immunosuppressant drug, the first monoclonal antibody and the second monoclonal antibody. The presence and/or amount of the immunocomplex indicates the presence and/or amount of the immunosuppressant drug in the sample.
US08586321B2
A method for the enumeration of micronucleated erythrocyte populations while distinguishing platelet and platelet-associated aggregates involves the use of a first fluorescent labeled antibody having binding specificity for a surface marker for reticulocytes, a second fluorescent labeled antibody having binding specificity for a surface marker for platelets, and a nucleic acid staining dye that stains DNA (micronuclei) in erythrocyte populations. Because the fluorescent emission spectra of the first and second fluorescent labeled antibodies do not substantially overlap with one another or with the emission spectra of the nucleic acid staining dye, upon excitation of the labels and dye it is possible to detect the fluorescent emission and light scatter produced by the erythrocyte populations and platelets, and count the number of cells from one or more erythrocyte populations in said sample. In particular, the use of the second antibody prevents interference by platelet-associated aggregates in the scoring procedures.
US08586320B2
The invention relates to methods for prognosing the recurrence of gastrointestinal and other cancers using tyrosine phosphorylated Shc (PY-Shc) and/or p66-Shc.
US08586307B2
The present invention provides methods for detecting epigenetic, multigenerational DNA alterations caused by toxicants such as endocrine disruptor agents in a subject. The practice of the present invention can be used to diagnose and/or treat a subject having the identified DNA alterations by developing therapeutics, to prevent or delay the onset of associated diseases and/or dysfunctions.
US08586306B2
A method for preserving and processing cell-free nucleic acids located within a blood sample is disclosed, wherein a blood sample containing cell-free nucleic acids is treated to reduce both blood cell lysis and nuclease activity within the blood sample. The treatment of the sample aids in increasing the amount of cell-free nucleic acids that can be identified and tested while maintaining the structure and integrity of the nucleic acids.
US08586300B2
Methods of screening for a cause of low sperm motility and/or for mitochondrial impairment in subjects are provided, comprising determining a genotype of the subject with respect to at least one choline metabolism gene and comparing the genotype of the subject with at least one reference choline metabolism genotype associated with low sperm motility and/or impaired mitochondrial function, wherein a similarity between the subject and reference genotypes indicates a cause of low sperm motility and/or impaired mitochondrial function in the subject. In another aspect, methods for treating subjects having low sperm motility and/or impaired mitochondrial function are provided, comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of a choline metabolism supplement composition to at least partially ameliorate the low sperm motility and/or impaired mitochondrial function.
US08586294B2
Methods and compositions are provided for detecting molecular translocations, particularly protein translocations within and between subcellular copartments, using at least two components that exhibit a localization-dependent difference in complementation activity. In particular, alpha-complementing β-galactosidase fragments are provided. These β-galactosidase reporter fragments display significantly enhanced enzymatic activity when one fragment is localized in a membrane. Methods for carrying out no-wash ELISA assays based on the reporter component system are also provided.
US08586276B2
A carrier for developing an electrostatic latent image includes carrier particles, and the carrier particles include magnetic particles and a coating layer coating the surfaces of the magnetic particles. The BET specific surface area of the magnetic particles is 0.1300 m2/g to 0.2500 m2/g, and the difference in BET specific surface areas obtained by subtracting the BET specific surface area of the magnetic particles from the BET specific surface area of the carrier particles is 0.0300 m2/g to 0.400 m2/g.
US08586272B2
The present disclosure provides toner compositions able to prevent the formation of mold or bacterial growth during storage. In embodiments, toners may include at least one biocide that prevents the formation of mold and/or bacteria in a toner composition, including any emulsion that may be utilized in forming the toner composition. In embodiments, the biocide may also improve charging characteristics of the toner.
US08586270B2
An electrophotographic photoconductor including: an electrically conductive substrate; and at least a photoconductive layer thereon, wherein the photoconductive layer contains a diazapentadiene derivative represented by general formula (1): where “X” represents general formula (a), (b) or (c); “R1” and “R2” each represent substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group or aromatic hydrocarbon group, and may be the same or different; “R1” and “R2” may be joined together via “Y” to form a ring; “Y” represents single bond, oxygen atom, —CH2CH2—, or —CH═CH—, where “R3” represents substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, aromatic hydrocarbon group, alkoxy group, alkoxycarbonyl group, or halogen group; “R4” represents substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or aromatic hydrocarbon group; “n” represents integer ranging from 0 to 4; and when “n” is integer of 2 to 4, “R3” may be the same or different.
US08586265B2
A method of forming a membrane electrode assembly (MEA) includes first bonding a first electrode layer to a first side of an ion-exchange membrane. The method may further include protecting a second side of the membrane with a release sheet. The method may further include removing the release sheet and bonding the second side of the membrane to a first side of a second electrode layer. The method may further include positioning venting members on a second side of the second electrode layer to remove at least one of a liquid and a vapor that may be generated during the bonding process. In another embodiment an electrocatalyst can first bond to at least one side of the membrane, and subsequently, to a gas diffusion layer. An opposing side of the membrane can bond to an electrode layer in aqueous state.
US08586261B2
Techniques for packaging and utilizing solid hydrogen-producing fuel are described herein. The fuel may be in the form of a bonded/compressed powder, granules, or pellets. The fuel is packaged in cartridges having hydrogen-permeable enclosures. In operation, the fuel undergoes a hydrogen-releasing Thermally Initiated Hydrolysis (TIH) reaction. A cartridge may comprise one or more fuel chambers, and several cartridges may be assembled together.
US08586260B2
A fuel cell with multiple independent reaction regions comprises multiple fuel cell units. Each fuel cell unit comprises bipolar plates and a membrane electrode assembly located between the bipolar plates. The membrane electrode assembly comprises a proton exchange membrane and catalyst layers located at both sides of the proton exchange membrane, and the catalyst layers at least at one side of the proton exchange membrane are formed with multiple mutually independent catalyst sublayers. Different from the prior design concepts of striving to distribute reactants as uniformly as possible in the whole reaction area, the whole cell in this invention is divided into multiple independent reaction regions, and relevance of the reaction regions is eliminated. Therefore, by partitioning and reducing the amplitude of possible voltage difference, this invention is able to reduce electrochemical corrosion and maximize performance of each independent region and the whole fuel cell.
US08586259B2
Polymer electrolyte membranes (PEMs), methods and use thereof in fuel cells and methods of preparing thereof are disclosed. A PEM may include at least one porous support film and a polysiloxane polymer bonded to the at least one porous support film, wherein the polysiloxane polymer includes at least one polysiloxane grafted to a heterocycle.
US08586258B2
A valve for a pressure vessel system includes a housing including a cavity and a hollow fluid flow portion. A membrane actuator is disposed in the cavity of the housing. A piston is disposed in the cavity and in the hollow fluid flow portion of the housing. A spring is disposed in the hollow fluid flow portion of the housing. The spring biases a piston head toward a fluid flow port formed in the hollow fluid flow portion. The piston head seals the fluid flow port when the biasing of the piston head by the spring is not countered by an opposite deflection of the membrane actuator.
US08586247B2
A positive electrode active material for lithium batteries includes secondary particles having primary particles and an amorphous material. A method of manufacturing the positive electrode active material includes mixing a lithium composite oxide and a lithium salt, and heat treating the mixture. A positive electrode includes the positive electrode active material, and a lithium battery includes the positive electrode.
US08586245B2
A battery capable of improving battery characteristics such as cycle characteristics and high temperature storage characteristics is provided. An anode includes an anode active material which includes Sn or Si as an element. A separator is impregnated with an electrolyte solution, and the electrolyte solution includes an acid anhydride such as succinic anhydride or a derivative thereof. Thereby, a coating is formed on the anode, and the decomposition of the electrolyte solution in the anode can be prevented. An electrolyte solution to which 4-fluoro-1,3-dioxolane-2-one is mixed is more preferably used.
US08586244B2
An alkaline electrochemical cell comprising a negative electrode, wherein the negative electrode includes zinc as an active material and further includes a synergistic combination of a solid zinc oxide and a surfactant. More particularly, the invention discloses an alkaline electrochemical cell that is capable of providing improved service when utilized by high drain devices.
US08586243B2
A lead acid storage battery composed of plates, the lead acid storage battery being obtained by packing an active material into a grid plate provided with a frame section having a quadrangular profile shape, and lateral grid strands and longitudinal grid strands that form a grid inside the frame section. The lateral grid strands are composed of thick lateral strands having a thickness equal to the thickness of the frame section, and thin lateral strands of smaller width and thickness than the thick strands, the longitudinal grid strands being composed of thick longitudinal strands that have a thickness that is less than thickness of the frame section, one end in the thickness direction being arranged in the same plane as one end of the frame section in the thickness direction, and thin longitudinal strands of smaller width and thickness than the thick longitudinal strands, end faces of one end side of the thin lateral strands and the thin longitudinal strands in the thickness direction being positioned further inward in the thickness direction than an end face of one end side of the frame section in the thickness direction, and end faces of the other end side of the thin lateral strands and the thin longitudinal strands in the thickness direction being positioned further inward in the thickness direction than an end face of another end side of the frame section in the thickness direction.
US08586242B2
Ferrous (II) phosphate (Fe3(PO4)2) powders, lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4) powders for a Li-ion battery and methods for manufacturing the same are provided. The ferrous (II) phosphate powders are represented by the following formula (I): Fe(3-x)Mx(PO4)2.yH2O (I) wherein, M, x, and y are defined in the specification, the ferrous (II) phosphate powders are composed of plural flake powders, and the length of each of the flake powders is 0.2-10 μm.
US08586239B2
The invention provides a positive electrode for lithium secondary batteries, comprising a conductive layer overlaid on the surface of a positive electrode collector, and an active material layer overlaid on the conductive layer, wherein the conductive layer comprises at least one water-insoluble polymer, as a binder, that is soluble in organic solvents, and a conductive material; the active material layer comprises at least one aqueous polymer, as a binder, that is soluble or dispersible in water, a positive electrode active material, and a conductive material; and the average particle size (DA) of the conductive material in the conductive layer is smaller than the average particle size (DB) of the conductive material in the active material layer.
US08586238B2
An energy storage device includes a first electrode comprising a first material and a second electrode comprising a second material, at least a portion of the first and second materials forming an interpenetrating network when dispersed in an electrolyte, the electrolyte, the first material and the second material are selected so that the first and second materials exert a repelling force on each other when combined. An electrochemical device, includes a first electrode in electrical communication with a first current collector; a second electrode in electrical communication with a second current collector; and an ionicaily conductive medium in ionic contact with said first and second electrodes, wherein at least a portion of the first and second electrodes form an interpenetrating network and wherein at least one of the first and second electrodes comprises an electrode structure providing two or more pathways to its current collector.
US08586235B2
A battery module including a plurality of unit batteries arranged in series, an end plate located at each end of the plurality of unit batteries, a plurality of connecting members connected to each end plate to fix the end plates to the unit batteries, and at least one reinforcing member on each end plate, the reinforcing member serving to enhance the resistance to bending of each end plate.
US08586226B2
The invention provides a battery module, which forms an item unit for construction of a battery assembly, comprising a cell unit having a plurality of cells, and a housing and a cover to store the cell unit. The battery module further comprises a shaft member inserted into a through-hole provided in the cell unit and a through-hole provided in the housing and a through-hole provided in the cover, wherein the shaft member comprises a length that allows protrusion from each of the housing and the cover. Furthermore, during construction of the battery module, the shaft member doubles as a jig for insertion of the cover, the cell unit, and the housing in said order for each of the modules within the battery assembly.
US08586211B2
Provided are asymmetric arylamine derivatives for an organic electroluminescent element, represented by the formula (1), which is prepared by sequentially inducing a secondary amine and a tertiary amine to an aryl compound Ar core so that they do not include a symmetrical axis and a symmetrical surface in a molecule, a manufacturing method of the same, an organic thin layer material including the asymmetric arylamine derivatives, and an organic electroluminescent element employing the same: wherein Ar represents a C10-C20 divalent aryl group, Ar1 is a divalent C6-C30 aryl group, and Ar2 to Ar5 each independently represents a divalent C6-C30 aryl group, at least one of Ar2 to Ar5 having a different structure when the secondary amine and the tertiary amine in Ar are substituted at symmetrical positions, and Ar2 to Ar5 having the same structure or different structures when the secondary amine and the tertiary amine in Ar are substituted at asymmetrical positions. The asymmetric arylamine derivative can be used in forming an organic thin layer for an organic electroluminescent element. When the organic electroluminescent element is formed using a dopant as an emitting material, the asymmetric arylamine derivative exhibits superb emission efficiency and an excellent lifetime characteristic in a blue wavelength region.
US08586209B2
An improved composition for ink jet printing an opto-electrical device, which composition comprises a solution-processable host material and a metal complex, wherein the viscosity of the composition exceeds 12 mPa·s at 20° C.
US08586208B2
A device including an electrode, the electrode having a surface; a molecule bound to the surface of the electrode through a binding group; an organic electronic material in electrical contact with the electrode, wherein the molecule comprises at least one fluorinated aryl group, wherein the electrode contains a transparent conductive metal oxide, a carbon nanotube, or graphene.
US08586206B2
An aromatic amine derivative represented by the following formula (1), wherein at least one of Ar1 to Ar3 is represented by the following formula (2), wherein X1 to X3 are independently a nitrogen atom or CR2, provided that two of X1 to X3 are a nitrogen atom and X1 and X3 are not simultaneously a nitrogen atom.
US08586198B2
A dendritic molecule represented by Formula 3: where Pc is metal phthalocyanine represented by Formula 2: where M is a core metal of the dendritic molecule; n is an integer in the range of 1 to 50; each of the Xs is a bivalent linking group independently selected from the group consisting of O, S, CH2, CO, SO2 and NHCO; and each of the Rs is independently selected from the group consisting of CN, COOH, SO3H and PO3H. The dendritic molecule containing metal phthalocyanine is dissolved in an organic solvent, and thus can be used to easily form a hole injection layer or a hole transport layer using solution deposition. The hole injection layer comprising the dendritic molecule containing metal phthalocyanine has good adhesion to an electrode and improved hole injection ability. The organic light emitting diode including the hole injection layer exhibits high luminance and emitting efficiency.
US08586190B2
An inorganic-organic hybrid film-coated stainless steel foil comprising a stainless steel foil substrate having coated on one surface or both surfaces thereof an inorganic-organic hybrid film, wherein the inorganic-organic hybrid film comprises a skeleton formed of an inorganic three-dimensional network structure mainly comprising a siloxane bond, with at least one crosslinked oxygen of the skeleton being replaced by an organic group and/or a hydrogen atom; and an inorganic-organic hybrid film-coated stainless steel foil comprising a stainless steel foil having coated thereon a plurality of inorganic-organic hybrid films each mainly comprising a siloxane bond, wherein at least a part of Si constituting each inorganic-organic hybrid film is chemically bonded to one or both of an organic group and hydrogen, provided that the uppermost layer out of the plurality of inorganic-organic hybrid films may be an inorganic SiO2 film, and adjacent films of the plurality of inorganic-organic hybrid films (including the inorganic SiO2 film) differ in the composition from each other.
US08586189B2
A gas-barrier film comprising at least one silicon hydronitride layer and at least one silicon nitride layer on a surface of a flexible supporting substrate. The film has an excellent gas-barrier property.
US08586179B1
A high temperature structural insulation layer is disclosed. A micro-truss structure comprises a porous lattice structure, and a protected substructure comprises at least one hole. At least one fiber non-adhesively couples the micro-truss structure to the protected substructure via the at least one fiber passing through one or more spaces within the porous lattice structure.
US08586177B2
Structural damage repair elements including inserts and a structural damage repair kit is provided. The structural damage repair elements typically include two or more layers of materials having an adhesive therebetween that are subsequently compressed together. The structural damage repair kit includes a chemical molding agent, an optional jig, one or more structural damage repair elements and a sealant. Both hollow and solid elongated objects, as well as relatively flat, curved objects may be repaired with the kit. The structural damage repair elements include rods, wafers, and/or adhesive saturated inserts.
US08586173B2
A multilayer dielectric structure is formed by vacuum depositing two-dimensional matrices of nanoparticles embedded in polymer dielectric layers that are thicker than the effective diameter of the nanoparticles, so as to produce a void-free, structured, three-dimensional lattice of nanoparticles in a polymeric dielectric material. As a result of the continuous, repeated, and controlled deposition process, each two-dimensional matrix of nanoparticles consists of a layer of uniformly distributed particles embedded in polymer and separated from adjacent matrix layers by continuous polymer dielectric layers, thus forming a precise three-dimensional nanoparticle matrix defined by the size and density of the nanoparticles in each matrix layer and by the thickness of the polymer layers between them. The resulting structured nanodielectric exhibits very high values of dielectric constant as well as high dielectric strength.
US08586172B2
Coatings and articles suitable for use in high temperature environments, for example, are presented. One embodiment is a coating that comprises a plurality of elongate material growth domains defined between domain boundaries. The domains have an intra-domain density of at least about 75% of theoretical density, have a substantially equiaxed grain morphology, and comprise a plurality of at least partially melted and solidified particles. Another embodiment is a coating that comprises a matrix comprising a substantially equiaxed grain morphology and a plurality of vertically oriented cracks disposed in the matrix. Further embodiments include articles comprising one or more of the coatings described above.
US08586160B2
A hydrogenated norbornene ring-open polymer obtained by hydrogenating 80% or more of main-chain carbon-carbon double bonds of a ring-open polymer obtained by ring-opening polymerization of 2-norbornene. The hydrogenated norbornene ring-open polymer has a weight average molecular weight determined by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) of 50,000 to 200,000, a molecular weight distribution of 1.5 to 10.0, and a melting point of 110 to 145° C. A hydrogenated norbornene ring-open polymer obtained by hydrogenating 80% or more of carbon-carbon double bonds of a ring-open polymer obtained by ring-opening copolymerization of 2-norbornene and a substituent-containing norbornene monomer, wherein the proportion of a repeating unit (A) derived from the 2-norbornene with respect to all repeating units is 90 to 99 wt % and the proportion of a repeating unit (B) derived from the substituent-containing norbornene monomer with respect to all repeating units is 1 to 10 wt %. A resin composition and a molding material.
US08586155B2
A display device includes a display panel and at least one driving chip. The display panel has a display region and a non-display region and includes a pixel array, a plurality of pads, a passivation layer, and a plurality of conductive patterns. The pixel array is located in the display region. The pads are located in the non-display region and electrically connected to the pixel array. The passivation layer is located on the pads and has a plurality of through holes. Each of the conductive patterns covers one of the pads and is electrically connected to the pad through at least one of the through holes. A material of the conductive patterns includes a polymer conductive material. The driving chip is located on the display panel and electrically connected to the pads of the display panel.
US08586150B2
The present invention provides a method for producing a perovskite-structure oxide, with which a highly crystalline oxide layer is formed on a base layer that is metal or the like. The method comprises the steps of: forming, on a base layer, a buffer layer having thermal conductivity lower than thermal conductivity of the base layer; forming a precursor layer of an ABO3-type perovskite-structure oxide comprising Ba at A sites thereof and Ti at B sites thereof on the buffer layer; decomposing the precursor layer, thereby forming an oxide layer comprising Ba and Ti; and annealing the oxide layer by irradiating laser light thereon.
US08586138B2
Method of coating a porous substrate with a thermoplastic material from the outside of the substrate
A method of coating a first porous substrate with a thermoplastic material comprises the steps of: rotating the substrate about an axis of the substrate; and applying the material in a liquefied state onto the substrate, wherein the step of applying is performed from the outside of the substrate. According to another embodiment, a method of coating a porous substrate with a thermoplastic material comprises the steps of: connecting a first porous substrate to a rotator; rotating the substrate about an axis of the substrate; pumping the material in a liquefied state from a receptacle to an application head; and applying the material in a liquefied state onto the substrate, wherein the step of applying is performed from the outside of the substrate. In certain embodiments, the material coated on the substrate is used to help remove at least a portion of a filtercake.
US08586137B2
The present invention relates to a method for spraying particulate solids onto a substrate, comprising the steps of: coating the substrate with a wet and/or adhesive synthetic resin layer, building up a gas pressure in a line, generating a pressure differential in the line, swirling and carrying along particulate solids in the line, ejecting swirled, particulate solids from the line onto the surface of the wet and/or adhesive synthetic resin layer of the substrate. The invention also relates to a substrate, in particular a wood-based panel or decorative paper, at least partially coated with a particulate solid, characterized in that the particulate solid is applied to the substrate with an accuracy of up to ±0.8 g/m2, preferably of up to ±0.5 g/m2, particularly preferably of up to ±0.3 g/m2, preferably of up to 0.1 g/m2.
US08586133B2
A method is provided which includes forming a metal layer and converting at least a portion of the metal layer to a hydrated metal oxide layer. Another method is provided which includes selectively depositing a dielectric layer upon another dielectric layer and selectively depositing a metal layer adjacent to the dielectric layer. Consequently, a microelectronic topography is formed which includes a metal feature and an adjacent dielectric portion comprising lower and upper layers of hydrophilic and hydrophobic material, respectively. A topography including a metal feature having a single layer with at least four elements lining a lower surface and sidewalls of the metal feature is also provided herein. The fluid/s used to form such a single layer may be analyzed by test equipment configured to measure the concentration of all four elements. In some cases, the composition of the fluid/s may be adjusted based upon the analysis.
US08586130B2
An improved alignment structure for photolithographic pattern alignment is disclosed. A topographical alignment mark in an IC under a low reflectivity layer may be difficult to register. A reflective layer is formed on top of the low reflectivity layer so that the topography of the alignment mark is replicated in the reflective layer, enabling registration of the alignment mark using common photolithographic scanners and steppers. The reflective layer may be one or more layers, and may be metallic, dielectric or both. The reflective layer may be global over the entire IC or may be local to the alignment mark area. The reflective layer may be removed during subsequent processing, possibly with assist from an added etch stop layer, or may remain in the completed IC. The disclosed alignment mark structure is applicable to an IC with a stack of ferroelectric capacitor materials.
US08586123B2
The present invention relates to the use of the compounds a) 3-hydroxy-2(H)-furanones, preferably, 3-hydroxy-4,5-dialkyl-2(H)furanones, b) thiol-substituted methylfuranes, thiol-substituted methyl di/tetra-hydro furanes, or dithiolanes, preferably furfurylthiol, 2-methyl-3-tetrahydrofuranthiol or 2-methyl-1,3-dithiolane, c) furfuryl alcohol, d) bis(2-methyl-3-furanyl)disulphide as a sodium-replacing agent in food compositions. Furthermore, the invention relates to a ready-to-eat and a concentrated food composition which may comprise less sodium than conventional comparable ready-to-eat or concentrated food compositions, respectively, but which food compositions are experienced by the consumer as having a flavor which is comparably salty as that of a conventional comparable composition. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method to reduce the sodium content of a food composition by replacing sodium by the above mentioned compounds.
US08586120B2
Shredded whole grain products, such as ready-to-eat cereals, and sweet and savory snacks, such as whole grain shredded corn chips are continuously produced by pelletizing agglomerates of cooked, tempered, whole cereal grain particles. Cooked whole grains, such as corn and other non-gluten or low-gluten containing grains have a tendency to become hard and rubbery after cooking during the cooling and tempering process. The pelletization results in the production of whole grain pellets having a soft, pliable texture, which are shreddable into continuous net-like sheets on a mass production basis. The pelletizing may be at a pressure of about 200 psig to about 600 psig, preferably from about 400 psig to about 500 psig. The pelletizing temperature may be controlled to provide a pellet temperature of about 80° F. to about 120° F., preferably from about 90° F. to about 110° F., upon exiting the pelletizer.
US08586114B2
A method for producing stinky brine for use in production of stinky tofu and a fermentation broth used therefore is provided. The method for producing stinky brine includes steps of inoculating a fermentation broth with microflora for producing the stinky brine. The fermentation broth includes at least 85˜153 g/L of tryptone and 15˜27 g/L of soytone, which may further include a trace amount of glucose, sodium chloride, dipotassium phosphate or a combination thereof.
US08586113B2
A method of preparing a highly dispersible whole grain flour by hydrolyzing, milling and agglomerating grain flour. Highly dispersible hydrolyzed whole grain flours made in accordance with the present invention include an enzyme that hydrolyzes the whole grain flour while maintaining the integrity of the whole grain throughout processing. The whole grain flours of the present invention are highly dispersible in liquid and semi-solid media.
US08586109B2
Compositions and methods of use of annatto extracts [350-450 Dalton molecular weight fraction] including tocotrienols and tocopherols with an appropriate spectrum. This spectrum includes but not limited to low alpha tocopherol, high delta- and gamma-tocols, and mixtures with other extracts [350-450 Dalton molecular weight fraction] like palm and rice and/or nutrients.
US08586105B2
A topical hair care formulation and method of making includes combining herbal powders to form a herbal powder mixture. The herbal powder mixture is steeped in an amount of carrier oil for a period of time to form an infused oil. A portion of an amount of olive oil is combined with an amount of biotin and an amount of an organosulfur compound to form a natural mixture. A remainder of the amount of olive oil is combined with the infused oil. An amount of jojoba oil is combined with the infused oil. An amount of rosemary oil is combined with the infused oil. An amount of lavender oil is combined with the infused oil. The natural mixture is combined with the infused oil. The infused oil is settled for a period of time to form the topical hair care formulation.
US08586100B2
Described herein are methods for purifying hematopoietic stem cells. Also described herein are methods for purifying EPCR+ cells. The invention also provides substantially pure isolated hematopoietic stems cells, including EPCR+ hematopoietic stem cells.
US08586098B2
A process is described for loading hydrophilic polymer particles with a water-insoluble solvent-soluble drug. The particles are preferably embolic agents. The method provides particles having little or no drug at the surface and in a surface layer, whereby the burst effect is minimised. The drug is precipitated in the core of the particle, leading to extended release. The drug is, for instance, paclitaxel, rapamycin, dexamethasone or ibuprofen.
US08586083B2
According to the present invention there is provided a pharmaceutical product for retention in the stomach. The product is produced by extrusion. The use of extrusion enables the product to take many useful forms. The product may comprise a sheet of hydratable polymer, the hydrated sheet being of a size which will not pass out of the stomach, for example a shaped sheet or a roll. The product may also comprise a scaled hollow tubular extrudate, for example a tube scaled at both ends. The product may comprise a filled capsule.
US08586082B2
The present invention relates to solid pharmaceutical dosage forms which can be administered orally and comprise 5-chloro-N-({(5S)-2-oxo-3-[4-(3-oxo-4-morpholinyl)phenyl]-1,3-oxazolidin-5-yl}methyl)-2-thiophenecarboxamide in amorphous form and/or thermodynamically metastable crystal modification and have rapid release of active ingredient, and to process for the production thereof, the use thereof as medicament, the use thereof for the prophylaxis, secondary prophylaxis and/or treatment of disorders, and to the use thereof for producing a medicament for the prophylaxis, secondary prophylaxis and/or treatment of disorders.
US08586080B1
Compositions and methods for the continuous and controlled transdermal delivery of an active agent from a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier composition comprising a polyoxazoline polymer, wherein the active drug incorporated in the carrier composition of the transdermal system remains substantially solubilized and stable during storage prior to use.
US08586075B2
Coatings for an implantable medical device and a method of fabricating thereof are disclosed, the coatings include block-polymers comprising at least one poly(hydroxyacid) or poly(hydroxy-alkanoate) block, at least one block of a biologically compatible polymer and at least one type of linking moiety.
US08586071B2
The invention relates to bulking agents and apparatus and methods for using the disclosed bulking agents. The bulking agents can be used to treat such conditions as urinary and fecal incontinence, gastro-esophageal reflux, aneurismal blockages, and cosmetic deformities. The invention also relates to an injection method that reduces the injection pressure required to place the bulking agents.
US08586054B2
The present invention is characterized by the use of Mas-G-protein-coupled receptor agonists for the control, prevention and treatment of the body levels of triglycerides, cholesterol and glucose, as well as of hyper-tension and possible increase in body weight, which are characteristic of the clinical manifestation of the metabolic syndrome and its complications. Another characteristic of the invention is the use of Mas-G-protein-coupled receptor agonists, including the Angiotensin-(1-7) peptide and its analogs, agonists, either peptidic or non-peptidic, as modulators of the manifestations of insulin resistance and glucose intolerance and in the prevention and treatment of the related alterations. The invention claims the use of MAS-G-protein-coupled receptor agonists, formulated with pharmaceutically and pharmacologically acceptable excipients or carriers, and Mas-G-protein-coupled receptor agonists, including the Angiotensin-(1-7) peptide and its analogs, agonists, either peptidic or non-peptidic, as modulators of the metabolic syndrome, the diseases that compose it and its complications.
US08586052B2
The present invention includes compositions and methods for increasing the effectiveness of antigen presentation using a DCIR-specific antibody or fragment thereof to which an antigen is attached that forms an antibody-antigen complex, wherein the antigen is processed and presented by a dendritic cell that has been contacted with the antibody-antigen complex.
US08586051B2
This invention relates to immunogenic compounds which serve as ligands for NKT (natural killer T) cells and to methods of use thereof in modulating immune responses.
US08586044B2
The present invention provides compositions and methods for detection, diagnosis, treatment and/or prevention of chronic pelvic pain syndrome. In particular, the present invention provides biomarkers of chronic pelvic pain syndrome (e.g., mast cell markers (e.g., tryptase)), and/or inhibition of mast cell function (e.g. inhibition of MCP-1 and/or MIP-1α) to treat or prevent chronic pelvic pain syndrome.
US08586034B2
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for inhibiting the entry of viruses, such as herpesviruses into a host cell. A conserved viral integrin-binding gB disintegrin-like domain has been identified that engages integrins and facilitates viral internalization into the host cell. Therefore, methods and compositions, such as antiviral agents encompassing the conserved gB disintegrin-like domain and antibodies thereto are described. These active agents interfere with the interaction between virions and cellular integrins, thereby inhibiting viral infection of a host cell.
US08586030B2
Topical formulations of CoQ10 reduce the rate of tumor growth in an animal subject. In the experiments described herein, CoQ10 was shown to increase the rate of apoptosis in a culture of skin cancer cells but not normal cells. Moreover, treatment of tumor-bearing animals with a topical formulation of CoQ10 was shown to dramatically reduce the rate of tumor growth in the animals.
US08586028B2
A recombinant herpes simplex virus type-1 (HSV-1) has been constructed that carries a deletion of one of the two viral γ1 34.5 genes and other immediate early genes, which render the virus able to selectively replicate in cancer cells but not efficiently replicate in normal cells, and in which specific mutations have been introduced to enable the virus to spread among cancer cells by virus-induced fusion. Specifically, syncytial mutations have been introduced in the genes coding for glycoprotein B and glycoprotein K of the virus, enabling high replication and spread of the virus in cancer cells in the presence of substantially lower amounts of γ1 34.5 protein, which is required for optimum infectious virus produced and virus-induced cell fusion. These altered viruses or the isolated bacterial chromosomes could be used to treat various cancers including breast, liver, colon, and other tissues.
US08586015B2
The present application relates to organosilicones and compositions such as consumer products comprising such organosilicones, as well as processes for making and using such organosilicones and such compositions. Such compositions comprising such organosilicones are easier to formulate, and provide more economical and superior care benefits when compared to current silicone containing compositions.
US08586008B2
The present invention provides various pharmaceutically active topical delivery compositions. In particular, compositions of the present invention are present in a pressurized container comprising a quick-breaking alcoholic foaming agent, such that when the composition is released, i.e., dispensed, from the pressurized container, a quick-breaking temperature sensitive foam is formed. In addition, the present invention provides various aspects related to such compositions, including methods for modulating a foam characteristic, methods for improving the shelf-life of a pharmaceutically active compound, methods for the percutaneous treatment of various diseases, infections, and illnesses, and methods for evaluating foam characteristics.
US08586005B2
Clinical studies have been conducted and specific dosage formulations developed using polymeric microparticles having incorporated therein perfluorocarbon gases that provide significantly enhanced images of long duration. The dosage formulation includes microparticles formed of a biocompatible polymer, preferably including a lipid incorporated therein, and containing a perfluorocarbon that is a gas at body temperature. The microparticles are provided to a patient in an amount effective to enhance ultrasound imaging in the ventricular chambers for more than 5 minutes or in the mycocardium for more than a minute, in a dose ranging from 0.025 to 8.0 mg microparticles/kg body weight. Preferably the dose ranges from 0.05 to 4.0 mg microparticles/kg body weight. The dosage formulation typically is provided in a vial. A typical formulation is in the form of a dry powder that is reconstituted with sterile water prior to use by adding the water to the vial or syringe of the dry powder and shaking to yield an isosmotic or isotonic suspension of microparticles.
US08586003B2
Method of producing hydrogen from methanol comprising providing a feed mixture of methanol and water at high pressure, delivering the feed mixture to a reactor chamber (5) equipped with an internal heat exchanger, wherein said feed mixture is heated by heat exchange with an outgoing reformed mixture from the reactor chamber, and wherein said outgoing reformed mixture is simultaneously cooled by said feed mixture. Raising the temperature in the upper part of the reactor chamber (5) for further heating and reforming said mixture, delivering the reformed mixture to a cooling system (6) for further cooling said reformed mixture below ambient temperature, delivering the cooled mixture to a hydrogen separator chamber (7) for separating hydrogen from said cooled mixture, delivering the remaining liquid mixture to a depressurisation chamber (8) for separating CO2 from said remaining liquid mixture and recirculating the excess water from the depressurized mixture to the water tank (9) for supplying water for producing the said mixture of methanol and water.
US08585991B2
The present invention relates to methods for recovering precious metals including silver and gold, rare metals including indium and gallium, base metals including copper, lead and zinc or a combination of precious, rare and base metals from complex oxide ores, sulfide ores or oxide and sulphide ores using an acid chloride oxidizing leach.
US08585986B1
An interconnecting device for connecting a plurality of first fluid-bearing conduits to a corresponding plurality of second fluid-bearing conduits thereby providing fluid communication between the first fluid-bearing conduits and the second fluid-bearing conduits. The device includes a manifold and one or two ferrule plates that are held by compressive axial forces.
US08585984B2
A proboscis for use with a diagnostic instrument includes an elongated main body having a proximal end and an opposite distal end, and a lumen extending between the proximal and distal ends. The distal end includes an orifice which is in fluid communication with the lumen. A fluid splash guard is affixed to the main body at the distal end, and provides protection for the orifice and lumen from being clogged with a sample fluid.
US08585982B1
A field colorimetric test device includes a housing having at least one interior compartment. A sampling device is configured to be associated with a distal end of the housing. A selection device is attached to a proximal end of the housing.
US08585976B2
A device for selectively removing contaminants from a crude product mixture which includes a production reactor for producing a crude oil product mixture, the production reactor includes a lipid reservoir and an alcohol reservoir and a first organic acid removal reactor in fluid communication with the production reactor. The first organic acid removal reactor includes a first housing defining an interior volume the housing configured to receive the crude oil products and disposed within the interior volume of the removal reactor housing is metal oxide media selected from the group consisting of zirconia, alumina, hafnia and titania for removing organic acidic contaminants from the crude oil product to product a purified biodiesel fuel.
US08585974B2
Methods and systems for a label-free on-chip optical absorption spectrometer consisting of a photonic crystal slot waveguide are disclosed. The invention comprises an on-chip integrated optical absorption spectroscopy device that combines the slow light effect in photonic crystal waveguide and optical field enhancement in a slot waveguide and enables detection and identification of multiple analytes to be performed simultaneously using optical absorption techniques leading to a device for chemical and biological sensing, trace detection, and identification via unique analyte absorption spectral signatures. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US08585965B2
A method of sterilizing a polymeric material that is sensitive to radiation. The method includes the steps of applying at least one radiosensitizer to the polymeric material and irradiating the polymeric material with a suitable radiation at an effective dose and time to sterilize the polymeric material. Also disclosed is a method of enhancing the ability of a medical device to withstand sterilization by radiation and a bioabsorbable polymeric medical device.
US08585962B2
Provided are a non-ferrous metal melt pump having a simple structure capable of tapping non-ferrous metal melt at a low cost without the help of a person, and a melting furnace system using the same. The non-ferrous metal melt pump includes: a container body which includes an inner space and a non-ferrous metal melt passageway, the non-ferrous metal melt passageway having a spiral passageway formed inside a side wall so that a lower end inlet and an upper end open portion, respectively formed in the side wall to be open to the outside, communicate with each other; a magnetic field device, which is rotatable about the vertical axis line, arranged inside the inner space, and the magnetic field device having a magnitude of a magnetic field such that lines of magnetic force moves while penetrating non-ferrous metal melt inside the spiral passageway during the rotation; and a drive device which rotationally drives the magnetic field device.
US08585956B1
A method of laser marking a work piece involves reproducing a pattern having a surface marked portion and a depth engraved portion from a digital image of the pattern. The grayscale shades of pixels in one portion of the image are adjusted while maintaining grayscale shades of pixels in the other portions of the image constant, wherein the adjusted grayscale shades of pixels corresponding to a surface marked portion are within a first range and the adjusted grayscale shades of pixels corresponding to a depth engraved portion are within a second range separate from the first range. The modified image is converted to a computer readable code, such that the first and second ranges of grayscale shades are associated with surface marking and depth engraving ranges of laser power settings. A laser marking apparatus is then operated in accordance with the computer readable code to laser mark the work piece.
US08585952B2
A method of forming a composite elongated member is provided. The method includes forming a preform having at least one of a groove and a ridge. The at least one of a groove and a ridge extends a length of the preform. The preform is then shaped to create the elongated member having a desired cross-sectional shape with at least one curve formed along at least one of the at least one groove and ridge.
US08585944B1
An ordered open-cellular carbon microstructure and a methods for forming the ordered open-cellular carbon microstructure capable of greatly improving the carbon yield (remaining mass % after carbonization) of an open-cellular polymer material. In one embodiment, the method starts with providing an ordered open-cellular polymer template material. The polymer template material is immersed in a reservoir containing a liquid monomer solution, wherein the liquid monomer solution swells the polymer material. Then the polymer template material is removed from the reservoir containing liquid monomer solution. Excess liquid monomer solution is removed from the polymer template material. The liquid monomer solution absorbed into the polymer template material is polymerized forming a copolymer material by irradiating the template material with ultraviolet (UV) light in a nitrogen environment. The copolymer material is heated in an inert atmosphere, wherein the copolymer material is carbonized resulting in the ordered open-cellular carbon microstructure.
US08585940B2
A method of making an ocular lens device (and resulting lens device) from a polyolefin copolymer material having a crosslinking component, wherein the material is processed to remove unwanted reaction byproducts that can contribute to reduced transparency of the polyolefin copolymer material in the ocular environment of the eye.
US08585937B2
A method for forming an embedded passive device module comprises depositing a first amount of an alkali silicate material, co-depositing an amount of embedded passive device material with the amount of alkali silicate material; and thermally processing the amount of alkali silicate material and the amount of embedded passive device material at a temperature sufficient to cure the amount of alkali silicate material and the amount of embedded passive device material and form a substantially moisture free substrate.
US08585927B2
The present invention provides semiconductor-nanoparticle-dispersed small silica glass particles that emit bright fluorescent light with high fluorescence quantum yield and high density, compared to the conventional semiconductor-nanoparticle-dispersed small glass particles, and that have excellent fluorescence intensity stability over time; and a process for preparing the same. The semiconductor-nanoparticle-dispersed silica glass particles have a mean particle size of not less than 10 nanometers and not more than 5 micrometers, and contain a hydrolyzed alkoxide and semiconductor nanoparticles at a concentration of not less than 2×10−5 mol/l and not more than 1×10−2 mol/l. The particles emit fluorescent light with a fluorescence quantum yield (quantum yield) of 25% or more (and 60% or more), when dispersed in a solution.
US08585926B2
A compound represented by Formula 1 Het1-Bpy-Het2 is disclosed, wherein Bpy is optionally substituted 2,2′-bipyridinyl or optionally substituted 3,3′-bipyridinyl; and Het1 and Het2 are independently optionally substituted benzimidazol-2-yl or optionally substituted benzoxazol-2-yl. An organic light-emitting diode device comprising an organic component comprising a light-emitting component and a compound represented by Formula 1 is also disclosed.
US08585911B2
The present invention discloses a thin film multi-band antenna, which is formed by PVD-Roll to Roll process and is formed of metal-oxide, conductive polymer, conductive glue or CNT. In another aspect, the present invention discloses a manufacturing method of thin film antenna, comprising preparing gel, followed by coating the gel on a substrate to form a transparent thin film. Thermal process is performed to heat the thin film. The gel includes vinyl oxide and metal compounds, wherein the vinyl oxide includes PEO having In(NO)3.3H2O, In(Ac)3, SnCl2.2H2O, or Sn(C2O4) contained thereof.
US08585906B2
An apparatus and method for regenerating spent ion exchange resin is described. In one method, a fresh regenerant solution comprising sodium ions and chloride ions is prepared, and passed across spent cation exchange resin to regenerate the spent resin. To recover the spent regenerant solution, a regenerant treatment composition is added to the spent solution to form precipitate flocs, which are then separated out of the regenerant solution. The concentration of at least one of the sodium or chloride ions in the regenerant solution can also be adjusted to form fresh regenerant solution which can be reused.
US08585901B1
A method for continuous in-situ triglyceride stabilization in FOG (Fats, Oil and Grease) commonly referred to as trap grease. The stabilization is achieved by eliminating hydrolysis and thus preventing the BTU rich triglycerides breaking down into free fatty acids (FFA) or the formation of mono- and diglycerides. A closed loop aeration and recirculation of the FOG ensures sufficient dissolved oxygen not only arresting hydrolysis but also eliminating the formation of hydrogen sulfide. The method furthermore employs the formation and continuing functioning of a biofilm for the microbiological reduction of the FOG's sulfur content. A low FFA/high triglycerides concentration as well as sulfur reduction is highly desirable, allowing for easy biodiesel fuel conversion or bio-gasification. The resulting biofuel does not exhibit the typical hygroscopic property found in B100 biodiesel.
US08585900B2
In accordance with particular process, method and system aspects there is provided a biological manner of treating water/wastewater. Treatment is undertaken in bioreactor configured to treat the water/wastewater through a first process of denitrification followed by a second process of biological phosphorus removal. The bioreactor may be defined by multiple stages arranged in compact vertical alignment, for example, to reduce a footprint of the bioreactor and to feed the water/wastewater between the stages using gravity. The stages may comprise, in order, a Deaeration stage, an Anoxic stage, an Anaerobic stage, and an Aerobic stage. Continuous vacuum operation in the Deaeration stage enhances the physical removal of oxygen and other dissolved gases.
US08585898B2
The present invention relates to a pressurized filtration plant that includes: a sealed tank (1) in which discs (2) are provided including filtering sectors (20) carried by a rotary shaft (3) and connected to collectors within said shaft, a dispenser (10) enabling the egress of filtrates, the discharge of spinning air and the intake of blowing air for releasing the spun cakes, at least one duct for supplying a liquid laden with solid particles, at least one duct or discharging the filtrates, and a hopper (1b) for recovering the solid particles, characterized in that the discs (2) are vertically arranged so that the lower portion thereof is submerged in buckets (4) covered with deflectors (41) and including means for scrapping solid material deposits on the outer walls thereof.
US08585890B2
This invention relates to a tubular cracking furnace, especially an ethylene cracking furnace, which comprises a convection section and a or dual radiant section(s), at least one heat transfer intensifying member arranged in at least one pass each radiant tube in said radiant section, said at least one heat transfer intensifying member comprises a first heat transfer intensifying member, which is arranged at a location between 10D and 25D upstream of the extreme point of said at least one pass radiant tube metal temperature, wherein D is the inner diameter of the radiant tube having heat transfer intensifying members. The present invention could achieve the best enhanced heat transfer result with given number of heat transfer intensifying member, by optimizing the locations of heat transfer intensifying members in the radiant tube.
US08585885B2
Electrochemically deposited indium composites are disclosed. The indium composites include indium metal or an alloy of indium with one or more ceramic materials. The indium composites have high bulk thermal conductivities. Articles containing the indium composites also are disclosed.
US08585880B2
An apparatus and method of simultaneous spectroelectrochemical analysis is disclosed. A transparent surface is provided. An analyte solution on the transparent surface is contacted with a working electrode and at least one other electrode. Light from a light source is focused on either a surface of the working electrode or the analyte solution. The light reflected from either the surface of the working electrode or the analyte solution is detected. The potential of the working electrode is adjusted, and spectroscopic changes of the analyte solution that occur with changes in thermodynamic potentials are monitored.
US08585878B2
An apparatus and method for electrochemical fluid analysis comprises a chamber (1202) having a depth dimension for accommodating a volume of a fluid under test, first and second electrodes (A1) disposed within the chamber and extending along the depth dimension in spaced relation with each other, and a soluble solid, such as an annealed polymer, e.g. EUDRAGIT occupying a lateral gap between the first and second electrodes. The rate of dissolution as monitored by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) of the soluble solid within the fluid depends on the chemical concentration of a corresponding analyte present in solution in the fluid. In one embodiment a silicon-based integrated circuit device defining an upper margin includes an array of electrodes disposed along said upper margin to permit direct exposure of the electrode array to the fluid under test. The device is constructed using CMOS technology.
US08585865B2
The invention relates to the field of papermaking. More in particular, the invention relates to the use of a novel dry strength agent in the wet-end of the papermaking process.
US08585859B2
An attachment member including an integral adhesive channel and a method of adhering an attachment member to a substrate includes adhering the member to the substrate using a first adhesive attached to the member to form a gap between the substrate and a bonding surface of the member defined by a perimeter edge. The first adhesive may be a pressure sensitive adhesive. The member defines a channel including a first opening configured to receive a second adhesive, which may be a flowable adhesive. The channel includes a second opening in fluid communication with the bonding surface. After adhering the member to the substrate with the first adhesive, the flowable adhesive is dispensed through the channel and into the gap such that the dispensed flowable adhesive is contained in the gap within the perimeter edge of the bonding surface. The flowable adhesive forms a bond between the substrate and the member.
US08585858B2
A medical catheter for inserting into a body includes a bump tubing section with proximal and distal ends, wherein the proximal end is configured to mate with a hub. The bump tubing section has an intermediate portion extending away from the proximal end with a substantially constant outer diameter and thickness, and a taper portion adjacent the distal end with generally decreasing inside and outside diameters to provide a gradually increasing flexibility toward the distal end of the bump tubing section. The bump tubing section is comprised of a polymer having a predetermined flexural modulus. A tip section is disposed distally of the distal end of the bump tubing section comprising a distal liner and a distal cover such that at least a majority of the tip section has a substantially constant stiffness and a flexural modulus substantially equal to or greater than the predetermined flexural modulus.
US08585857B2
A method for butt joining a band (W) of flexible material, heat-sealing on at least one side and pre-printed on the opposite side, the band (W) being unwound from a parent reel (10), cut longitudinally into strips (W1, W2) and rewound into reels or rolls (20), the method consisting in overlaying the tail edge (L1) of a finished parent reel on top of the leading edge (L2) of a new parent reel, so that the printing of the one coincides with that of the other, cutting the band transversely along a line (R) in the area of overlaying of the edges (L1, L2), removing the ends (E1, E2) trimmed from the edges (L1, L2) and heat sealing on the heat-sealing side of the band (W), along the cutting line (R), a strip of heat-sealing material (S).
US08585850B2
An apparatus has a communications device associated therewith. In another aspect of the present invention, a pallet is made from thermoformed polymeric sheets with an attached communications device. A further aspect of the present invention provides a radio frequency identification device attached to an apparatus. In still another aspect of the present invention, a communications device is incorporated into one or more sheets of a pallet or other container prior to forming. Methods of making and using a thermoformed pallet and container, having a communications device, are also provided.
US08585847B2
A supporting substrate and a piezoelectric substrate are prepared. A surface of the supporting substrate is bonded to the backside of the piezoelectric substrate with an organic adhesive layer interposed therebetween to form a laminated substrate. Subsequently, a peripheral surface of the laminated substrate is ground such that a peripheral surface of the piezoelectric substrate, a peripheral surface of the organic adhesive layer, and a peripheral surface of the supporting substrate on the side of the organic adhesive layer are made flush with each other. Subsequently, the surface of the piezoelectric substrate is polished to reduce the thickness of the piezoelectric substrate and performing mirror polishing of the surface.
US08585832B2
A method and apparatus provide for automatically cleaning and decontaminating medical instruments. The method comprising the steps of: a) placing the medical instruments into a container after their use in a medical procedure; b) closing the container to seal the instruments inside whereby to prevent personnel contact with the instruments and any contaminants which might be thereon; c) inserting the sealed container into a washer/decontaminator and sealing the washer/decontaminator; d) the washer/decontaminator automatically opening the container and applying a washing fluid thereto to wash the instruments within the container; and e) the washer/decontaminator automatically applying a disinfectant to the container to disinfect the instruments whereby to allow safe handling thereof by personnel.
US08585830B2
A method of processing a substrate in a substrate processing apparatus that is arranged adjacent to an exposure device and includes first, second and third processing units, includes the steps of: forming a photosensitive film made of a photosensitive material on the substrate by said first processing unit before exposure processing by said exposure device. The method also includes applying washing processing to the substrate by said second processing unit after the formation of said photosensitive film by said first processing unit and before the exposure processing by said exposure device and transporting the substrate after the washing processing to said exposure device. The method further includes transporting the substrate from said exposure device and applying development processing by said third processing unit to the substrate transported after the exposure processing by said exposure device.
US08585829B2
A cleaning composition includes a fatty acid salt constituting up to about 50% by weight of the composition, an anti-slip agent constituting up to about 20% by weight of the composition, a soil resistant agent constituting up to about 20% by weight of the composition and water. Methods of cleaning coated and uncoated surfaces, and particularly stone surfaces, are also provided.
US08585825B2
A method for cleaning a substrate is provided that includes applying a liquid medium to a surface of the substrate such that the liquid medium substantially covers a portion of the substrate that is being cleaned. One or more transducers are used to generate acoustic energy. The generated acoustic energy is applied to the substrate and the liquid medium meniscus such that the applied acoustic energy to the liquid medium prevents cavitation within the liquid medium. The acoustic energy applied to the substrate provides maximum acoustic wave displacement to acoustic waves introduced into the liquid medium. The acoustic energy introduced into the substrate and the liquid medium enables dislodging of the particle contaminant from the surface of the substrate. The dislodged particle contaminants become entrapped within the liquid medium and are carried away from the surface of the substrate by the liquid medium.
US08585823B2
The present invention relates to a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) apparatus which has rotation type heater. Particularly, the inventive CVD apparatus has advantageous effects in that it includes a motor for rotating the heater and a position sensor assembly for detecting the orientational position of the heater, so that the thickness of a thin film being deposited on a wafer can be made uniform through the rotation of the heater upon the deposition in spite of uneven introduction of a reaction gas into a reaction chamber, and the orientational positions of the wafer at the start and the end of the deposition process which are identical to each other can be secured to thereby orient the wafer in a predetermined direction on the heater.
US08585812B2
A novel method for the removal and prevention of rust from corroded iron surfaces is disclosed. This is done by inducing reducing conditions at the interphase between the rusted surface and the attached aluminum surface. An iron coating provided by the reducing conditions surrounds the clean iron and creates a barrier against future rust. Our technology is an oxygen displacement technology which essentially removes rust from iron and iron based tools and structures. It is cost effective, non-invasive, environmentally friendly and can be mass produced.
US08585805B2
An air cleaner device for filtering intake air including a housing defining a chamber, a filter element disposed within the chamber, and a duct element having a passageway in fluid communication with the chamber. Further, the duct element extends along and downwardly from about a portion of the housing and further includes an inlet for drawing intake air into the chamber. The air cleaner having a base member in fluid communication with the chamber and an outlet, where the air drawn into the chamber is filtered by first and second filtering operations to obtain filtered air, with the first and the second filtering operations accomplished at least in part due to a cyclonic motion of the air and passage of the air through the filter element, respectively; and where the filtered air from the chamber of the housing is released through the outlet in the base member.
US08585796B1
A fertilizer composition comprising a phosphite ingredient that that is individually effective against both fungal and bacterial plant pathogens is disclosed. The fertilizer composition is useful as a fertilizer, fungicide, and bactericide when applied to plants. A method of making the fertilizer composition is also disclosed.
US08585792B2
A filter for use in a gas generator of a safety arrangement in vehicles, has several layers of a woven metal fabric consisting of metal wires which are woven together. The woven metal fabric is preferably calendered, wound to form a roll, and pressed to form said filter.
US08585790B2
A window of solid light-transmissive polymer is formed in a polishing pad, and at least one surface of the window is treated to increase the smoothness of the at least one surface. Treating the surface of the window can include heating the at least one surface and pressing with a solid rigid part.
US08585786B2
In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for a system and method for briquetting solid fuel before or after treatment with electromagnetic energy. In the system and method, solid fuel is transported through a continuous feed solid fuel treatment facility, treated using electromagnetic energy, and briquetted after treatment.
US08585784B2
The present invention relates to new compounds, which are molecular combinations of a phthalocyanine and a mono-azo dyestuff linked via specific linking groups and to a process for their preparation. Further aspects are shading compositions using these compounds.
US08585781B2
There is provided an aqueous solution including: (a) a preservative, and (b) at least one kind of an azo compound represented by the following Formula (1) or a salt thereof, wherein a content of (b) is 1% by mass to 25% by mass: wherein, in Formula (1), A represents a substituted phenyl group or a substituted or unsubstituted nitrogen-containing 5-membered heterocyclic group, G represents a nitrogen atom or —C(R2)═, R2 represents a hydrogen atom, a sulfo group, a carboxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted carbamoyl group or cyano group, Y2, Y3 and Y4 each independently represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent substituent, Y2, Y3 and Y4 may be bonded to each other to form a ring, all of Y2, Y3 and Y4 do not represent a hydrogen atom at the same time, and M each independently represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent countercation.
US08585776B2
A mesofluidic powered robotic and/or prosthetic finger joint includes a first finger section having at least one mesofluidic actuator in fluid communication with a first actuator, a second mesofluidic actuator in fluid communication with a second actuator and a second prosthetic finger section pivotally connected to the first finger section by a joint pivot, wherein the first actuator pivotally cooperates with the second finger to provide a first mechanical advantage relative to the joint point and wherein the second actuator pivotally cooperates with the second finger section to provide a second mechanical advantage relative to the joint point.
US08585772B2
Absorbable/biodegradable composite yarns contain at least two types of fibrous components having distinctly different absorption and strength retention profiles and are useful in constructing surgical implants, such as sutures and meshes with integrated physicochemical and biological properties, wherein these properties are modulated through varying the individual yarn content and controlling the geometry of these constructs.
US08585771B2
The present invention relates to devices and methods of operating the devices that contribute to curbing appetite and/or reducing food intake. In some embodiments, the methods and devices of the present invention include as intestinal/duodenal insert comprising an elongated member with at least one flow reduction element that can cause the stimulation of one or more biological signals of satiety. Some embodiments of the inserted device are anchored at the duodenal site by an anchoring member residing in the stomach, other embodiments of the device are stabilized at a targeted site by appropriate dimensions of length as well as one or more angled portions of the device that correspond to angled portions of the targeted site in the dodenum. Embodiments of the device exert effects by virtue of physical presence, as well as by more active forms of intervention, including release of bioactive materials and electrical stimulation of neurons.
US08585767B2
An interbody spinal implant including a body having a top surface, a bottom surface, opposing lateral sides, opposing anterior and posterior portions, a substantially hollow center, and single vertical aperture, as well as an integration plate having a roughened surface topography on its top surface. The integration plate and implant body are joined together durable, complementary tongue and groove connections.
US08585749B2
A delivery system for a self-expanding stent includes a catheter having a distal end and being configured to retain a self-expanding stent proximate the distal end. The delivery system also includes an inflatable device provided on the catheter and positioned proximate the distal end. The inflatable device, typically a balloon, is configured to selectively assist the self-expanding stent with radial expansion. The catheter includes a tubular member and an outer member coaxially positioned about the tubular member. The outer member can slide relative to the tubular member in an axial direction. The outer member is configured to retain a self-expanding stent in a radially-compressed position and to release the self-expanding stent to a radially-expanded position.
