US08598881B2
A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system with a thermal reservoir and method for cooling are provided. A cooling vessel for a magnet system of the MRI system includes a first portion containing a helium cryogen in contact with a plurality of magnet coils of an MRI system. The cooling vessel also includes a second portion separate from and fluidly decoupled from the first portion, with the second portion containing a material different than the helium cryogen and having a volume greater than the first portion.
US08598879B2
A magnetic resonance diagnostic apparatus is configured in such a manner that: a high-frequency transmission coil transmits a high-frequency electromagnetic wave at a magnetic resonance frequency to an examined subject; a heating coil performs a heating process by radiating a high-frequency electromagnetic wave onto the examined subject at a frequency different from the magnetic resonance frequency; based on a magnetic resonance signal, a measuring unit measures the temperature of the examined subject changing due to the high-frequency electromagnetic wave radiated by the heating coil; and a control unit exercises control so that the measuring unit measures the temperature while the heating coil is performing the heating process, by ensuring that the transmission of the high-frequency electromagnetic wave by the high-frequency transmission coil and the radiation of the high-frequency electromagnetic wave by the heating coil are performed in parallel.
US08598878B2
An inductor assembly includes an electrical conductor having a first end and an opposite second end, and a plurality of turns, each turn having a first lobe and a second lobe, the electrical conductor being formed into a lemniscate shape. A Radio Frequency (RF) coil including the lemniscate shaped inductor and a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) system including the lemniscate shaped inductor are also described herein.
US08598875B2
An MRI apparatus having a magnet structure which delimits a cavity for receiving a body under examination or a part thereof, which includes a mechanism for generating a magnetic field in the cavity, as well as a mechanism for causing the body under examination or the part thereof to emit nuclear magnetic resonance signals, a region defined in the cavity, known as an imaging volume, and a mechanism for receiving the nuclear magnetic resonance signals. The geometric center of the geometric shape of the cavity delimited by the magnet structure is offset in relation to the geometric center of the imaging volume.
US08598873B2
In a method and apparatus for time-resolved acquisition of magnetic resonance (MR) data, an examination subject is continuously moved through the examination region of an MR scanner, and MR signals are acquired. Prior to the acquisition of MR signals, a phase coding that corresponds to a position for data entry in k-space is carried out. An interruption of the movement of the subject takes place at a predetermined table position, and the acquisition of MR signals is continued over the course of a predetermined time period, while the subject is at rest in the predetermined position. At least while the subject is at rest, the phase coding causes acquisition of a predetermined number of MR signals for filling a first region of k-space to alternate with MR data and a predetermined number of MR signals for filling a second region of k-space.
US08598870B2
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes an electrocardio information acquisition unit which acquires a magnetic resonance signal (e.g., showing a cardiac beat) for estimating an electrocardiogram signal of an object in sync with a biomedical signal other than an electrocardiogram signal. A time difference is determined between the electrocardiogram signal and a synchronous position of the biomedical signal as estimated from the acquired magnetic resonance signal. An image data generation unit acquires a magnetic resonance signal for imaging corresponding to a specific time phase of the cardiac cycle in sync with the biomedical signal based on the time difference, to generate an image data corresponding to the specific time phase of the cardiac cycle.
US08598864B2
Apparatus and methods for detecting stray voltage anomalies in electric fields are provided herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus for detecting an electrical field may comprise: at least one sensor probe for generating data corresponding to an electrical field detected by the at least one sensor probe, wherein the at least one sensor probe comprises at least one electrode; a processor, coupled to the at least one sensor probe, for analyzing the data to identify a voltage anomaly in the electric field; and an indicator, coupled to the processor, for alerting a user to a presence of the voltage anomaly in the electric field.
US08598862B2
A self-biased reference circuit device (100) includes a first cascode current mirror (116), a second cascode current mirror (118), and a startup circuit (108). The first cascode current mirror (116) is capable to generate a first bias voltage (136) and a second bias voltage (140) in response to a first current and to generate a second current in response to the first and second bias voltages. The second cascode current mirror (118) is capable to generate a third bias voltage (164) in response to the second current, to generate a fourth bias voltage (168) in response to a third current, and to generate the first current in response to the third and fourth bias voltages. The startup circuit includes a first switch (188) and a second switch (196). The first switch (188) is capable to connect the first bias voltage (136) and fourth bias voltage (168) during startup. The second switch (196) is capable to connect the third bias voltage (164) and an inner drain-source connection (130) in the output stage of the first cascode current mirror (116) during startup.
US08598850B2
Embodiments of the present invention generally comprise devices and methods for optimizing rechargeable battery life. One or more embodiments of the invention comprise a device for interrupting the charging status of a rechargeable battery, comprising: a plug, an outlet, a switch, and a controller for controlling the switch state dependent on at least one of: amount of time the switch is in the open state, and amount of time the switch is in the closed state.
US08598848B2
A method for determining an end of life of a battery includes determining a discharge capacity of the battery at a given moment in time, determining a discharge capacity at a functional endpoint of the battery, and determining a fuel remaining in the battery at the given moment in time as a function of both the discharge capacity at the given moment in time and the discharge capacity of the battery at the functional endpoint of the battery. The determined fuel remaining is indicative of an end of life of the battery.
US08598840B2
A fault tolerant battery management system includes redundancy, with applications including electric vehicles. Portions of its circuitry are constituted in distinct fault domains with control, monitoring, and balancing of cells circuitry fault-effect-isolated from the circuitry associated with built-in real-time testing. Built-in tests are orchestrated in fault domains isolated from the functional circuitry being verified. These built-in tests provide test stimulus unique for each cell measurement. Cell balancing is performed in a fault tolerant manner. It takes at least two independent faults, in two mutually distinct fault domains, to negatively affect balancing capability or to interfere with a redundant circuit's ability to operate. The built-in tests allow operation without the requirement for data cross-compare between redundant measuring electronic elements. Testing and balancing functions are interlocked through encoded enabling methodologies and transmit enables on serial buses. The circuitry is divided into mutually fault-isolated modules, each responsible for a subset of the cells.
US08598829B2
A piezoelectric debris sensor and associated signal processor responsive to debris strikes enable an autonomous or non-autonomous cleaning device to detect the presence of debris and in response, to select a behavioral mode, operational condition or pattern of movement, such as spot coverage or the like. Multiple sensor channels (e.g., left and right) can be used to enable the detection or generation of differential left/right debris signals and thereby enable an autonomous device to steer in the direction of debris.
US08598819B2
A system includes a power supply output sensor that senses an output level of a power supply during active motor control of a motor using the power supply and generates a signal indicative thereof. The motor regenerates energy and the power supply absorbs energy regenerated by the motor. The system also includes a motor controller that, in response to the signal satisfying a predetermined threshold, controls an electrical current supplied to the motor for active control of the motor based on a set of instructions that mitigate increases in the output level of the power supply from the absorption of the energy regenerated in the motor.
US08598814B2
A method for pulsed operation of a linear accelerator includes generating pulses of charged particles. The generating includes emitting particles by a particle source and accelerating the particles in an accelerator device that includes a plurality of linked cavity resonators. The accelerator device is supplied with energy by an energy supply unit. Particle energy is changed solely by varying a number of particles emitted by the particle source per pulse.
US08598812B1
One embodiment in accordance with the invention can include a circuit for controlling a light emitting diode (LED) lighting fixture via a power line. The circuit can include a power switch coupled to the power line and is for outputting a firing angle. Additionally, the circuit can include a control circuit coupled to the power switch and is for implementing firing angle control of the power switch. Furthermore, the circuit can include a translator coupled to receive the firing angle and for mapping the firing angle to a function of the LED lighting fixture.
US08598809B2
Solid state lighting (SSL) luminaries are disclosed wherein the emission intensity of discrete light sources within the SSL luminaire can be varied to produce luminaire light having different characteristics. The present invention can utilize the unique circuit topology of SSL luminaires to vary the emission intensity of different types of LEDs in the luminaire. In some embodiments, the different types of LEDs are connected in respective serial strings, and the intensity of emission of the LEDs in each of the strings can be varied by changing the electrical signal driving the strings. In some of these embodiments, white light is emitted from the SSL luminaire by combining emission from BSY and red LEDs. For these embodiments the color changing solutions according to the present invention can include, as an example, changing color while dimming the luminaire, changing color between daytime and nighttime modes, and changing between most efficient and points in between.
US08598807B2
A multi-channel circuit having respective channels powered through transformers having primary windings connected in series allows substantially equal constant currents to be provided through all channels by cross-regulation while only a single channel need be monitored and controlled. The variation in current between channels is generally small and largely insensitive to imbalances between voltages on loads due, for example, to different numbers of LEDs in series connected strings in illumination devices and can be further reduced by inverse coupling between inductors in respective channels. Efficiency is improved through reduction in the number of stages of the constant current source since the respective channels provided both DC-to-DC conversion and constant current regulation.
US08598805B2
A LED bulb comprising a support having at least one LED mounted on a first side, the at least one LED being electrically coupled to a circuit mounted on a second side of the support for driving the LED bulb at a first or a second light intensity level, the circuit comprising input terminals connectable to a power supply for receiving an input voltage; a LED driver component for adjusting the input voltage supplied to the at least one LED; a comparator circuit for detecting the input voltage and if above a threshold voltage closing a switch to drive the LED bulb at the first light intensity level.
US08598803B2
A driving circuit of a light emitting diode (LED), including a driving unit, a current pre-charging unit and a feedback unit, is provided. The driving unit outputs a driving power to drive the LEDs and outputs at least one first feedback signal according to the current conducted in the LEDs. The current pre-charging unit is coupled to an output of the driving unit to provide a current path to the driving unit and generates a second feedback signal. One of the at least one first feedback signal is selected to adjust the driving power when the enable signal is at a first logic level; the second feedback signal is selected to adjust the driving power when the enable signal is at a second logic level so as to maintain a current to drive the LEDs.
US08598779B2
An optoelectronic film assembly, has a first flat electrode layer, a second flat electrode layer as a counter electrode to the first flat electrode layer, a dielectric layer between the electrode layers and an active layer provided next to the dielectric layer and arranged between the electrode layers and made of an electroluminescent material. To this end, the first and/or the second electrode layers are implemented to be translucent and TCO-free, particularly ITO-free, by using a woven fabric comprising electrically conductive fibers.
US08598778B2
A light emitting device includes a base; a light emitting diode (LED) supported by the base; a layer spaced apart from the LED and including a light emitting material of refraction index n1. An enclosure formed by the layer and the base encloses the LED. A medium inside the enclosure between the LED and the layer has a refraction index n0
US08598776B2
A headlight includes a plurality of luminescence diode emitters. At least one first group of the luminescence diode emitters is arranged in a matrix having at least two columns and at least two rows, wherein in the first group the electrical connections of a first connection type of the luminescence diode emitters of a column and the electrical connections of a second connection type of the luminescence diode emitters of a row are in each case electrically connected to one another. The electrical connections of the first connection type of different columns and the electrical connections of the second connection type of different rows of the matrix are electrically insulated from one another.
US08598775B2
The disclosed light emitting device comprises at least one first light emitting element including at least one light emitting chip for emitting light having a wavelength of 400 to 500 nm and a phosphor; and at least one second light emitting element disposed adjacent to the first light emitting element to emit light having a wavelength of 560 to 880 nm.
US08598774B2
A field emission device includes an insulating substrate, a number of first electrode down-leads, a number of second electrode down-leads, and a number of electron emission units. The first electrode down-leads are set an angle relative to the second electrode down-leads to define a number of cells. Each electron emission unit is located in each cell and includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a plurality of electron emitters. The second electrode extends surrounding the first electrode. The plurality of electron emitters located on and electrically connected to at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode. A field emission display is also provided.
US08598764B2
An insulation bobbin unit of a stator includes first and second insulation bobbins. The first insulation bobbin has a first body and a plurality of first extension members. The first body has a first assembly hole. Each extension member has a first wound portion having a first top plate and one first side wall. The first top plate has a smaller thickness than that of the first side wall. The second insulation bobbin has a second body and a plurality of second extension members. Each second extension member includes a second wound portion having a second top plate and one second side wall. The first side wall is aligned with one edge of the second top plate that is not mounted with the second side wall, and the second side wall is aligned with one edge of the first top plate that is not mounted with the first side wall.
US08598763B2
A field element core has a perimeter exposed around a rotation axis and a plurality of field magnet insertion holes circularly disposed around the rotation axis P. A radius between the perimeter and the rotation axis P decreases in a monotonically non-increasing manner from a pole center toward an interpole and then increases in a monotonically non-decreasing manner in a region between the pole center and the interpole in a circumferential direction.
US08598760B2
A permanent magnet module for a rotor of a permanent magnet electrical machine is presented. The permanent magnet module comprises: a stack of ferromagnetic steel sheets (104) having a groove in the direction perpendicular to the ferromagnetic steel sheets, and a permanent magnet (105) located in the groove and arranged to produce magnetic flux that penetrates a surface (106) of the stack of ferromagnetic steel sheets. The surface has a shape suitable for forming a desired magnetic flux density distribution into an air-gap of the permanent magnet electrical machine. The permanent magnet module further comprises a base-plate (102) made of solid ferromagnetic steel. The base plate is located at an opening (116) of the groove and constitutes together with the groove an aperture in which the permanent magnet is located.
US08598753B2
A pump assembly with a motor housing (4) and with a terminal box (6) which includes at least one peripheral section (10) situated on the outer periphery of the motor housing (4). A cover (12) is provided, which in each case at least partly covers the motor housing (4) and the peripheral section (10) of the terminal box (6) on an axial end-side. The cover (12) is designed in a heat-conducting manner and at an inner side thereof is in contact with at least one electronic complement (14).
US08598750B2
A broadband linear vibrator that is small sized and yet capable of generating a greater vibrating force and outputting various broadband vibrations, and a mobile terminal capable of outputting various vibrations and sounds, wherein the broadband linear vibrator includes a case; a spring coupled to the case; an oscillator including a magnet for elastically supporting the spring and a stator formed inside the case for vibrating the oscillator, wherein a frequency band to a maximum use frequency that is detectable as a vibration or a sound source based on a resonant frequency is 1.2 times than a frequency band to a minimum use frequency, such that various feelings of vibrations and sounds can be advantageously provided by the broadband linear vibrator.
US08598745B2
Power is fed from a feeding coil L2 to a receiving coil L3 by magnetic resonance. An oscillator 202 alternately turns ON/OFF switching transistors Q1 and Q2 to cause AC current IS of drive frequency fo to flow in a transformer T2 primary coil Lb. The AC current IS causes AC current I1 to flow in an exciting coil L1 and causes AC current I2 to flow in the feeding coil L2.
US08598742B2
A server and method detects a power transformer. The server reads power transformer data from a data converter and determines if work state of a power transformer needs to be changed from based on the power transformer data. An alert message is generated by the server and sent to an alarm computer in response to a determination that the work state of the power transformer needs to be changed. The server saves the power transformer data into a database system.
US08598740B2
A mobile workstation includes a first battery bracket for releasable attachment of a main battery, a second battery bracket for releasable attachment of a backup battery and a power control circuit. The power control circuit includes a first input for receiving and monitoring power from the main battery, a second input for receiving and monitoring power from the backup battery, and a DC output. The power control circuit selectively routes a first flow of electricity from the main battery to the DC output when the first flow of electricity exceeds a predetermined value, and routes a second flow of electricity from the backup battery to the DC output when the first flow of electricity falls below the predetermined value.
US08598737B2
A method for powering one or more loads from a varying input voltage comprises controlling a primary switch to selectively apply the input voltage to energize an inductor, controlling a load switch to selectively connect the inductor to the load, monitoring one or more load parameters to determine load conditions, and, when the load conditions meet a load requirement, disconnecting the load from the inductor and directing any remaining current in the inductor to a energy storage element.
US08598731B2
A wind power extraction device has a rotor with a hub and a rim coupled to the hub through a plurality of blades. The blades rotate the rotor about an axis of rotation passing through the hub in response to a wind moving generally parallel to the axis of rotation. A mount coupled to the rotor extends and retracts the rotor between a first configuration aligning the rotor axis of rotation substantially horizontally, and a second configuration aligning the rotor axis of rotation substantially vertically. The device may have components of an electric generator mounted in or near the rim.
US08598726B1
An object is to suppress an output power reduction of a wind turbine generator system caused by a drop in the wind speed while the output power is being reduced according to an output-power reduction demand. When the output-power reduction demand to reduce the output power at an interconnection point to a predetermined output-power limit value is notified from a utility grid side, priorities are set such that higher priorities are given to wind turbines whose output powers are larger, and a preset minimum output-power value is set in output power commands for the wind turbines sequentially in descending order of priority, until the output power at the interconnection point reaches the output power limit value.
US08598725B1
A wind turbine includes a tower with a nacelle mounted to the tower. A hub, with a plurality of blades extending therefrom, is rotatably mounted to the nacelle. A main shaft rotates with the hub, and at least one generator system is operatively connected to the main shaft. The generator system of the wind turbine includes a permanent magnet generator. The permanent magnet generator includes a rotor and a stator for generating a high frequency alternating current (HFAC) power output from the rotation of the main shaft, and a magnetic flux diverter circuit for modulating the output of the permanent magnet generator. The generator system may further include a power transformation circuit for transforming the HFAC power output into a low frequency alternating current power output.
US08598706B2
A method for forming an interlayer dielectric film by a plasma CVD method, including turning off a radio frequency power and purging with an inert gas simultaneously.
US08598704B2
A semiconductor device includes a first interconnection including a first end, a second interconnection connected to the first interconnection and including a width being gradually wider towards the first end, a third interconnection and a fourth interconnection, the third interconnection and the fourth interconnection being arranged to sandwich the second interconnection. The first interconnection, the second interconnection, the third interconnection, and the fourth interconnection are each formed in a same layer and a width of the first interconnection is wider than a width of the second interconnection.
US08598695B2
A structure including a first semiconductor chip with front and rear surfaces and a cavity in the rear surface. A second semiconductor chip is mounted within the cavity. The first chip may have vias extending from the cavity to the front surface and via conductors within these vias serving to connect the additional microelectronic element to the active elements of the first chip. The structure may have a volume comparable to that of the first chip alone and yet provide the functionality of a multi-chip assembly. A composite chip incorporating a body and a layer of semiconductor material mounted on a front surface of the body similarly may have a cavity extending into the body from the rear surface and may have an additional microelectronic element mounted in such cavity.
US08598691B2
Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacturing and packaging thereof are disclosed. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes an integrated circuit and a plurality of copper pillars coupled to a surface of the integrated circuit. The plurality of copper pillars has an elongated shape. At least 50% of the plurality of copper pillars is arranged in a substantially centripetal orientation.
US08598689B2
A method of forming a plurality of nanotubes is disclosed. Particularly, a substrate may be provided and a plurality of recesses may be formed therein. Further, a plurality of nanotubes may be formed generally within each of the plurality of recesses and the plurality of nanotubes may be substantially surrounded with a supporting material. Additionally, at least some of the plurality of nanotubes may be selectively shortened and at least a portion of the at least some of the plurality of nanotubes may be functionalized. Methods for forming semiconductor structures intermediate structures, and semiconductor devices are disclosed. An intermediate structure, intermediate semiconductor structure, and a system including nanotube structures are also disclosed.
US08598685B2
A GaN single crystal substrate has a main surface with an area of not less than 10 cm2, the main surface has a plane orientation inclined by not less than 65° and not more than 85° with respect to one of a (0001) plane and a (000-1) plane, and the substrate has at least one of a substantially uniform distribution of a carrier concentration in the main surface, a substantially uniform distribution of a dislocation density in the main surface, and a photoelasticity distortion value of not more than 5×10−5, the photoelasticity distortion value being measured by photoelasticity at an arbitrary point in the main surface when light is applied perpendicularly to the main surface at an ambient temperature of 25° C. Thus, the GaN single crystal substrate suitable for manufacture of a GaN-based semiconductor device having a small variation of characteristics can be obtained.
US08598683B2
A semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor substrate having a first region of a first polarity and a second region of a second polarity adjacent to the first region; and a first terminal including: a first deep trench located in the first region, a first node dielectric abutting all but an upper portion of sidewalls and a bottom of the first deep trench; a first conductive inner electrode inside the first node dielectric and electrically insulated from the first region by the first node dielectric; and a first electrical contact electrically coupling the first conductive inner electrode to the first region.
US08598681B2
The present disclosure is directed to a device and a method for forming a precision temperature sensor switch with a Wheatstone bridge configuration of four resistors and a comparator. When the temperature sensor detects a temperature above a threshold, the switch will change states. The four resistors in the Wheatstone bridge have the same resistance, with three of the resistors having a low temperature coefficient of resistance and the fourth resistor having a high temperature coefficient of resistance. As the temperature increases, the resistance of the fourth resistor will change. The change in resistance of the fourth resistor will change a voltage across the bridge. The voltage across the bridge is coupled to the comparator and compares the voltage with the threshold temperature, such that when the threshold temperature is exceeded, the comparator switches the output off.
US08598677B2
Provided are a semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the same. Since an additional space for forming a shield line is unnecessary, the critical dimension of metal lines is reduced, thereby improving data transfer characteristics, signaling characteristics and noise characteristics of the metal lines. The semiconductor device includes: a plurality of metal lines disposed on the semiconductor device; a plurality of insulation layers disposed on the metal lines; and a plurality of shield lines disposed between the insulation layers.
US08598674B2
A range image sensor 1 is provided with a semiconductor substrate 1A having a light incident surface 1BK and a surface 1FT opposite to the light incident surface 1BK, a photogate electrode PG, first and second gate electrodes TX1, TX2, first and second semiconductor regions FD1, FD2, and a third semiconductor region SR1. The photogate electrode PG is provided on the surface 1FT. The first and second gate electrodes TX1, TX2 are provided next to the photogate electrode PG The first and second semiconductor regions FD1, FD2 accumulate respective charges flowing into regions immediately below the respective gate electrodes TX1, TX2. The third semiconductor region SR1 is located away from the first and second semiconductor regions FD1, FD2 and on the light incident surface 1BK side and has the conductivity type opposite to that of the first and second semiconductor regions FD1, FD2.
US08598671B2
Disclosed herein is a storage element, including: a storage layer configured to retain information based on a magnetization state of a magnetic material; and a magnetization pinned layer configured to be provided for the storage layer with intermediary of a tunnel barrier layer, wherein the tunnel barrier layer has a thickness not less than or equal to 0.1 nm to not more than or equal to 0.6 nm and interface roughness less than 0.5 nm, and information is stored in the storage layer through change in direction of magnetization of the storage layer by applying a current in a stacking direction and injecting a spin-polarized electron.
US08598670B2
Optimization of the implantation structure of a metal oxide silicon field effect transistor (MOSFET) device fabricated using conventional complementary metal oxide silicon (CMOS) logic foundry technology to increase the breakdown voltage. The techniques used to optimize the implantation structure involve lightly implanting the gate region, displacing the drain region from the gate region, and implanting P-well and N-well regions adjacent to one another without an isolation region in between.
US08598650B2
It is intended to provide a semiconductor device comprising a circuit which has a connection between a drain region or a source region of a first MOS transistor and a drain region or a source region of a second MOS transistor. Each surround gate transistor (SGT) has a gate electrode that surrounds a sidewall of a pillar-shaped semiconductor layer.
US08598647B2
Provided are three-dimensional semiconductor devices. The device includes conductive patterns stacked on a substrate, and an active pattern penetrating the conductive patterns to be connected to the substrate. The active pattern includes a first doped region disposed adjacent to at least one of the conductive patterns, and a diffusion-resistant doped region overlapped with at least a portion of the first doped region. The diffusion-resistant doped region may be a region doped with carbon.
US08598639B2
A silicon photodiode with symmetry layout and deep well bias in CMOS technology is provided. The silicon photodiode includes a substrate, a deep well, and a PN diode structure. The deep well is disposed on the substrate, where an extra bias is applied to the deep well. The region surrounded by the deep well forms the main body of the silicon photodiode. The PN diode structure is located in the region surrounded by the deep well, where the silicon photodiode has a symmetry layout. The deep well is adopted when fabricating the silicon photodiode, and the extra bias is applied to the deep well to eliminate the interference and effect of the substrate absorbing light, and further greatly improve speed and bandwidth. Furthermore, the silicon photodiode has a symmetry layout, so that uniform electric field distribution is achieved, and the interference of the substrate noise is also reduced.
US08598628B2
A normally off semiconductor device with a reduced off-state leakage current, which is applicable to a power switching element, includes: a substrate; an undoped GaN layer formed above the substrate; an undoped AlGaN layer formed on the undoped GaN layer; a source electrode and a drain electrode, formed on the undoped GaN layer or the undoped AlGaN layer; a P-type GaN layer formed on the undoped AlGaN layer and disposed between the source electrode and the drain electrode; and a gate electrode formed on the P-type GaN layer, wherein the undoped GaN layer includes an active region including a channel and an inactive region not including the channel, and the P-type GaN layer is disposed to surround the source electrode.
US08598623B2
A termination structure for a semiconductor device includes an array of termination cells formed using a thin epitaxial layer (nanotube) formed on sidewalls of dielectric-filled trenches. In other embodiments, semiconductor devices are formed using a thin epitaxial layer (nanotube) formed on sidewalls of dielectric-filled trenches.
US08598619B2
A semiconductor light emitting device includes a substrate and a plurality of light emitting cells arranged on the substrate. Each of the light emitting cells includes a first-conductivity-type semiconductor layer, a second-conductivity-type semiconductor layer, and an active layer disposed therebetween to emit blue light. An interconnection structure electrically connects the first-conductivity-type and the second-conductivity-type semiconductor layers of one light emitting cell to the first-conductivity-type and the second-conductivity-type semiconductor layers of another light emitting cell. A light conversion part is formed in a light emitting region defined by the light emitting cells and includes a red and/or a green light conversion part respectively having a red and/or a green light conversion material.
US08598608B2
A light emitting device includes a light emitting element, a first phosphor which emits a light by being excited by a light emitted from the light emitting element and a second phosphor which emits a light by being excited by the light emitted from the light emitting element and/or the light emitted from the first phosphor. The light emitted from the light emitting element, the light emitted from the first phosphor and the light emitted from the second phosphor are mixed to make an inclination angle of a line, on a chromaticity diagram, connecting a chromaticity coordinate of the light emitted from the first phosphor and a chromaticity coordinate of the light emitted from the light emitting element equal to an inclination angle of an isotemperature line of light of a predetermined color temperature.
US08598591B2
By applying an AC pulse to a gate of a transistor which easily deteriorates, a shift in threshold voltage of the transistor is suppressed. However, in a case where amorphous silicon is used for a semiconductor layer of a transistor, the occurrence of a shift in threshold voltage naturally becomes a problem for a transistor which constitutes a part of circuit that generates an AC pulse. A shift in threshold voltage of a transistor which easily deteriorates and a shift in threshold voltage of a turned-on transistor are suppressed by signal input to a gate electrode of the transistor which easily deteriorates through the turned-on transistor. In other words, a structure for applying an AC pulse to a gate electrode of a transistor which easily deteriorates through a transistor to a gate electrode of which a high potential (VDD) is applied, is included.
US08598589B2
An array substrate is disclosed. In one embodiment, the substrate includes 1) a transistor area in which a transistor is formed, 2) a capacitor area in which a capacitor is formed, wherein the capacitor is electrically connected to the transistor and 3) a light transmittance area adjacent to at least one of the transistor area and the capacitor area. The substrate further includes 1) a first insulating layer formed in at least one of the transistor area and the capacitor area, wherein the first insulating layer is not formed in the light transmittance area and 2) a second insulating layer having i) a first portion arranged to substantially overlap with the first insulating layer in the at least one area, and ii) a second portion formed in the light transmittance area.
US08598586B2
Disclosed is a thin film transistor including: a gate insulating layer covering a gate electrode; a microcrystalline semiconductor region over the gate insulating layer; a pair of amorphous semiconductor region over the microcrystalline semiconductor; a pair of impurity semiconductor layers over the amorphous semiconductor regions; and wirings over the impurity semiconductor layers. The microcrystalline semiconductor region has a surface having a projection and depression on the gate insulating layer side. The microcrystalline semiconductor region includes a first microcrystalline semiconductor region which is not covered with the amorphous regions and a second microcrystalline semiconductor region which is in contact with the amorphous semiconductor regions. A thickness d1 of the first microcrystalline semiconductor region is smaller than a thickness d2 of the second microcrystalline semiconductor region and d1 is greater than or equal to 30 nm.
US08598583B2
A thin film transistor panel includes a substrate, a light blocking layer on the substrate, a first protective film on the light blocking layer, a first electrode and a second electrode on the first protective film, an oxide semiconductor layer on a portion of the first protective film exposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, an insulating layer, a third electrode overlapping with the oxide semiconductor layer and on the insulating layer, and a fourth electrode on the insulating layer. The light blocking layer includes first sidewalls, and the first protective film includes second sidewalls. The first and the second sidewalls are disposed along substantially the same line.
US08598579B2
In complex semiconductor devices, the contact characteristics may be efficiently determined on the basis of a test structure which includes a combination of interconnect chain structures and a comb structure including gate electrode structures. Consequently, an increased amount of measurement information may be obtained on the basis of a reduced overall floor space of the test structure. In this manner, the complex manufacturing sequence for forming a contact level of a semiconductor device may be quantitatively estimated and monitored.
US08598573B1
An IR-to-Visible up-conversion device with a stacked layer structure includes an IR pass visible blocking layer such that the IR entry face of the stacked device allows IR radiation, particularly NIR radiation, to enter the device but visible light generated by a light emitting diode (LED) layer to be blocked from exit at that IR entry face of the device. The device has an IR transparent electrode at the IR entry face and a visible light transparent electrode such that the visible light can exit the device at a visible light detection face opposite the IR entry face.
US08598569B2
A composite material includes a carbon nanotube, and plural pentacene molecules bonded to the carbon nanotube. A method of forming the composite layer, includes depositing on a substrate a dispersion of soluble pentacene precursor and carbon nanotubes, heating the dispersion to remove solvent from the dispersion, heating the substrate to convert the pentacene precursor to pentacene and form the carbon nanotube-pentacene composite layer.
US08598565B2
A light emitting device (LED) includes a broadband LED chip having a multi-quantum well active region including alternating active and barrier layers. The active layers respectively include different thicknesses and/or different relative concentrations of at least two elements of a semiconductor compound, and are respectively configured to emit light of different emission wavelengths that define an asymmetric spectral distribution over a wavelength range within a visible spectrum. Related devices are also discussed.
US08598552B1
Energy output from a laser-produced plasma (LPP) extreme ultraviolet light (EUV) system varies based on how well the laser beam can maintain focus on a target material to generate the plasma that gives off light. The system and method described herein optimize EUV light generation by using a closed-loop gradient process to track and fine-tune in real-time the positioning of optical elements that determine how the laser beam is focused on the target material. When real-time alignment of the drive laser on droplet position is achieved, EUV generation is optimized.
US08598549B2
In a first aspect, a method of fabricating an EUV light source mirror is disclosed which may comprise the acts/steps of providing a plurality of discrete substrates; coating each substrate with a respective multilayer coating; securing the coated substrates in an arrangement wherein each coated substrate is oriented to a common focal point; and thereafter polishing at least one of the multilayer coatings. In another aspect, an optic for use with EUV light is disclosed which may comprise a substrate; a smoothing layer selected from the group of materials consisting of Si, C, Si3N4, B4C, SiC and Cr, the smoothing layer material being deposited using highly energetic deposition conditions and a multilayer dielectric coating. In another aspect, a corrosion resistant, multilayer coating for an EUV mirror may comprise alternating layers of Si and a compound material having nitrogen and a 5th period transition metal.
US08598544B2
The invention relates to a method of generating a two-level pattern for lithographic processing by multiple beamlets. In the method, first a pattern in vector format is provided. The vector format pattern is then converted into a pattern in pixmap format. Finally, a two-level pattern is formed by application of error diffusion on the pixmap format pattern.
US08598542B2
Electron-beam-induced chemical reactions with precursor gases are controlled by adsorbate depletion control. Adsorbate depletion can be controlled by controlling the beam current, preferably by rapidly blanking the beam, and by cooling the substrate. The beam preferably has a low energy to reduce the interaction volume. By controlling the depletion and the interaction volume, a user has the ability to produce precise shapes.
US08598541B2
A fluorescent image obtaining device includes a light source that irradiates light such that a fluorescent material marked on a target in a biological sample lies in a non-excited state and a fluorescent material marked on a control with the target lies in an excited state, and an imaging unit that takes an image including the entire biological sample.
US08598537B2
The objective is to eliminate the effect of the hysteresis of a scanning electromagnet so that there is obtained a particle beam irradiation system that realizes high-accuracy beam irradiation. There are provided a magnetic-field sensor that measures the magnetic field of a scanning electromagnet and an irradiation control apparatus that controls the scanning electromagnet based on a measurement magnetic field measured by the magnetic-field sensor and target irradiation position coordinates of a charged particle beam. The irradiation control apparatus is provided with an inverse map means that calculates a target magnetic field, based on the target irradiation position coordinates of the charged particle beam; and a compensator that outputs a control input, to the scanning electromagnet, for controlling the magnetic-field error between the target magnetic field and the measurement magnetic field to be the same as or smaller than a predetermined threshold value.
US08598536B2
The present invention discloses an apparatus for use in medical imaging including a readout circuit having an input for receiving a detection signal corresponding to a photon hitting a radiation detector, wherein the readout circuit is adapted to output, in response to receiving said detection signal, a pulse signal having a leading edge encoding a time-stamp of said photon and a width encoding the energy of said photon. A method of reading out detection signals from a radiation detector of a medical imaging apparatus is also provided.
US08598533B2
A radiation detection system can include a photosensor to receive light from a scintillator via an input and to send an electrical pulse at an output in response to receiving the light. The radiation detection system can also include a pulse analyzer that can determine whether the electrical pulse corresponds to a neutron-induced pulse, based on a ratio of an integral of a particular portion of the electrical pulse to an integral of a combination of a decay portion and a rise portion of the electrical pulse. Each of the integrals can be integrated over time. In a particular embodiment, the pulse analyzer can be configured to compare the ratio with a predetermined value and to identify the electrical pulse as a neutron-induced pulse when the ratio is at least the predetermined value.
US08598527B2
A scanning transmission electron microscope includes an electron beam source to generate an electron beam. Beam optics are provided to converge the electron beam to a probe, such as for example a longitudinally stretched probe. A stage is provided to hold a specimen in the path of the electron beam. The specimen may include one or more elongated objects, such as for example polymers to be sequenced. A beam scanner scans the electron beam across the specimen. A controller may define one or more scanning areas corresponding to the locations of the elongated objects, and control one or more of the beam scanner and stage to selectively scan the electron beam probe in the scanning areas. The controller may also tune the beam optics during imaging. One or more detectors are provided to detect electrons transmitted through the specimen to generate an image for each of the scanning areas. The controller may also analyze the one or more images to determine information regarding the specimen, such as for example to sequence a polymer.
US08598502B2
A motionless focus evaluation test station is provided for measuring detector position error of EO sensors that do not possess dynamic focus capability. A positionally-fixed source emits EM radiation that diverges along an optical axis of the test station. Collimating optics collimate the EM radiation and direct it along the optical axis to the EO sensor. A positionally-fixed target is placed in the path of the diverging EM radiation nominally at the focal plane of the collimating optics. The target comprises a limiting aperture that exhibits an induced shift in optical focus at different positions along the aperture such that different positions on the target are imaged to different focal planes at the detector. The detector captures an image of the target that is blurred to either side of the spatial position that is optically conjugate to the actual detector position. A processor processes the image to measure the blur as function of spatial position to measure the actual detector position and output detector position error from a desired detector position.
US08598499B2
A flexible roll-out thermal system, including: a layer of insulating material forming a first outer surface; a layer of conductive material forming a second outer surface; at least one electric heating cable disposed between the first and second outer surfaces; and, an electrical connection element for connecting the at least one electric heating cable to a power source. A method of forming a flexible roll-out thermal system, including: disposing at least one electric heating cable between a layer of insulating material forming a first outer surface and a layer of conductive material forming a second outer surface; and connecting an electrical connection element to one end of the at least one electric heating cable, the electrical connection element for connecting the at least one electric heating cable to a power source.
US08598492B2
A method and apparatus for welding is disclosed. The output is preferably a cyclical CV MIG output, and each cycle is divided into segments. An output parameter is sampled a plurality of times within one or more of the segments. The CV output is controlled within the at least one segment in response to the sampling. The parameter is output power, a resistance of the load, an output current, an output voltage, or functions thereof in various embodiments. The control loop is preferably a PI or PID loop. The loop may be applied only within a window. The set point may be taught or fixed. The system can be used to weld with a controlled arc length.
US08598487B2
[PROBLEMS] To reduce the generation of fume in cutting a material to be cut typified by a steel plate with plasma.[MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] A plasma cutting method comprising spraying a plasma arc directed through a material to be cut from a plasma torch nozzle to cut the cutting material, wherein a plasma arc formed by supplying a mixed gas as a plasma gas composed of a single gas or a plurality of gases selected from halogen gases and rare gases belonging to up to the second row elements of the periodic table and a hydrogen gas, and oxygen-, argon- or nitrogen-containing gas to a part around an electrode, and electrifying a part between the electrode and the nozzle or between the electrode and the cutting material is sprayed toward the cutting material to cut the cutting material, or wherein a single gas or a plurality of gases selected from halogen gases or rare gases belonging to up to the second row elements of the periodic table and a hydrogen gas, together with the plasma arc composed mainly of an oxygen, argon or nitrogen gas, is sprayed toward the cutting material to cut the cutting material.
US08598484B2
An enclosure is provided for use with a circuit protection system having at least one exhaust duct configured to route exhaust gases out of the circuit protection system. The enclosure includes a first barrier coupled to the circuit protection system, a second barrier coupled to the circuit protection system, and a top wall coupled to the first barrier and the second barrier. The first barrier and the second barrier define an exhaust plenum coupled in flow communication with the at least one exhaust duct. A vent extends through the top wall and is coupled in flow communication with the exhaust plenum to route the exhaust gases out of the enclosure.
US08598482B2
Systems and methods using intelligent barcodes for processing mail, packages, or other items in transport are provided. Systems and methods allowing end-to-end visibility of a mail stream by uniquely identifying and tracking mail pieces are also provided. Systems and methods include the use of standardized intelligent barcodes on mail pieces, a seamless process for mail acceptance, continuous mail piece tracking, and feedback on mail quality in real time. In one embodiment, systems and methods using intelligent barcodes allow a mailing service to provide enhanced acceptance, sorting, tracking, address correction, forwarding, and delivery services. In another embodiment, systems and methods using intelligent barcodes allow a mailing service to identify a mail piece as undeliverable-as-addressed (UAA) and determine a final disposition for the mail piece. In yet another embodiment, systems and methods using intelligent barcodes allow mailers more visibility into the mail stream and information on the quality of their mailings.
US08598479B2
An electronic device includes a switch, a housing, a button, and an elastic element. The housing includes a cover and a sidewall enclosing the cover. The sidewall defines a receiving hole. The button is received in the receiving hole. The elastic element includes a base, a resisting portion, and an angled elastic arm connecting the resisting portion to the base. The resisting portion abuts against the button. The base is fixed to the cover. The elastic arm deflects when the button is pushed by an external force to actuate the switch, and rebounds to cause the button to move back when the external force has ceased.
US08598478B2
The invention relates to a switch for a door, a flap or a door handle of a motor vehicle, having a base body with a receptacle; a first contact area and second contact area, both areas provided in the receptacle; a snap-action plate arranged in the receptacle having a curved region situated above the first contact area, and at least three support elements, with at least one support element contacting the second contact area, the curved region undergoing elastic deformation by operation of the snap-action plate, thereby achieving an electrical connection between the two contact areas and therefore generating a switching signal, with the second contact area, which is at a distance from the first contact area, extending at least in regions around the first contact area such that at least one support element touches the second contact area in every possible position of the snap-action plate within the receptacle.
US08598465B2
A wafer-scale assembly circuit including a plurality of metal interconnect layers, where each metal layer includes patterned metal portions and where at least some of the patterned metal portions are RF signal lines. The circuit further includes at least one benzocyclobutene layer provided between two metal interconnect layers that includes at least one trench via formed around a perimeter of the benzocyclobutene layer at a circuit sealing ring, where the trench via provides a hermetic seal at the sealing ring. The benzocyclobutene layer also includes a plurality of stabilizing post vias formed through the benzocyclobutene layer adjacent to the trench via proximate to the sealing ring and extending around the perimeter of the benzocyclobutene layer, where the stabilizing vias operate to prevent the benzocyclobutene layer from shrinking in size.
US08598461B2
The embodiments disclose a silicone encased flexible cable comprising plural individual conduits and at least one junction box configured into a grouped arrangement including at least one of the conduits is a fluid communication conduit for transferring fluid through the cable, wherein the silicone encased flexible cable is coupled between a controller and an electro-mechanical device, and wherein the fluid communication conduit is configured to transfer at least a liquid and pneumatic gas through the silicone encased flexible cable during operation of the electro-mechanical device; and a mixture of silicone and additives, wherein the additives include graphite and conductive materials mixed within the grouped arrangement, wherein the mixture of silicone and additives is used to create a curved “U” shaped self supporting portion surrounding the grouped arrangement during manufacturing as a singular encasement that is capable of sustaining its shape.
US08598439B1
A wheat variety designated W010476N1, the plants and seeds of wheat variety W010476N1, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety W010476N1 with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety W010476N1 with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of variety W010476N1. This invention also relates to methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety W010476N1 and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods.
US08598437B1
A novel maize variety designated PH1M49 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH1M49 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH1M49 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 PH1M49 or a locus conversion of PH1M49 with another maize variety.
US08598430B1
A novel maize variety designated X05B932 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 X05B932 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X05B932 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X05B932, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X05B932. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X05B932.
US08598427B1
A novel maize variety designated PHV5W and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PHV5W with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PHV5W 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 PHV5W or a trait conversion of PHV5W with another maize variety. Inbred maize varieties derived from maize variety PHV5W, methods for producing other inbred maize varieties derived from maize variety PHV5W and the inbred maize varieties and their parts derived by the use of those methods.
US08598424B2
A celery cultivar, designated ADS-22, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of celery cultivar ADS-22, to the plants of celery cultivar ADS-22 and to methods for producing a celery plant by crossing the cultivar ADS-22 with itself or another celery cultivar. The invention further relates to methods for producing a celery plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic celery plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to celery cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from celery cultivar ADS-22, to methods for producing other celery cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from celery cultivar ADS-22 and to the celery plants, varieties, and their parts derived from the use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid celery seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar ADS-22 with another celery cultivar.
US08598416B1
The present invention is in the field of soybean variety OW0913010 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean variety OW0913010 and its progeny, and methods of making OW0913010.
US08598415B1
The present invention is in the field of soybean variety OW0810239 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean variety OW0810239 and its progeny, and methods of making OW0810239.
US08598407B2
Absorbent articles having a liquid permeable topsheet, a liquid impermeable backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between said topsheet and said backsheet are disclosed. The backsheet has a physical variation along at least one axis, wherein said physical variation defines a first backsheet zone and a second backsheet zone, and at least one elastomeric element having at least one primary direction of stretch, said elastomeric element at least partially overlapping and joined to first and/or second backsheet zone, wherein a relaxed pathlength of said elastomeric element in the primary direction of stretch is less than a total pathlength of said backsheet in the region of overlap. The physical variation is a measurable difference as measured by a physical property selected from the group consisting of basis weight, thickness and density.
US08598406B2
A disposable absorbent article having a durable hydrophilic substantially liquid pervious acquisition layer. The acquisition layer includes an acquisition layer substrate and a hydrophilicity boosting composition coated on the acquisition layer substrate. The hydrophilicity boosting composition includes a hydrophilicity boosting amount of nanoparticles having a particle size of from about 1 nanometer to about 750 nanometers.
US08598405B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a waste solution solidifying agent which can solidify a waste solution, particularly, a waste solution containing blood or body fluid at a low cost, uniformly, and in a short time; in particular, to provide a waste solution solidifying agent which can solidify a waste solution uniformly and in a short time in a vertically oriented waste solution equipment. As a means of achieving this object, a waste solution solidifying agent of the present invention is a particulate treating agent used in a method of treating a waste solution which solidifies a waste solution into a gel by placing a treating agent in a waste solution, and is characterized in that said agent contains, as an essential component, a water-absorbent resin having a crosslinked structure obtained by polymerizing a water-soluble ethylenic unsaturated monomer and, when flowing-placed at once into a 0.90 mass % aqueous sodium chloride solution, 20 to 95 mass % of the agent is floated, and 80 to 5 mass % is settled. And a process for preparing a waste solution solidifying agent of the present invention is a process for preparing a particulate waste solution solidifying agent containing, as an essential component, a water-absorbent resin having a crosslinked structure obtained by polymerizing a water-soluble ethylenic unsaturated monomer, and comprises a step of mixing a hydrophobic substance having a methanol index of 20 or more after polymerization.
US08598399B2
A process to prepare propylene showing desirably increased selectivity comprises contacting, at an elevated temperature, ethanol and a rhenium oxide-modified ZSM-5 zeolite catalyst, under conditions suitable to form propylene. The rhenium oxide-modified ZSM-5 zeolite catalyst may be prepared by impregnating, in an aqueous or organic medium, a ZSM-5 zeolite with a rhenium source, under conditions suitable to form a catalyst precursor, and calcining the catalyst precursor under conditions suitable to form a rhenium oxide-modified ZSM-5 zeolite catalyst.
US08598398B2
Process for the preparation of ethylene and/or propylene comprising reacting an oxygenate feed and an olefinic co-feed in a reactor in the presence of a zeolite catalyst to prepare an olefinic reaction mixture; wherein the olefinic co-feed is partially obtained from an olefinic refinery stream and partially obtained from a olefinic recycle stream.
US08598395B2
One exemplary embodiment can be a process for increasing a mole ratio of methyl to phenyl of one or more aromatic compounds in a feed. The process can include reacting an effective amount of one or more aromatic compounds and an effective amount of one or more aromatic methylating agents to form a product having a mole ratio of methyl to phenyl of at least about 0.1:1 greater than the feed.
US08598393B2
A process is described for reducing the oxygen content of a high-oxygen feedstock. The process is particularly suitable for biomass-based feedstocks. The process comprises contacting the feedstock with carbon monoxide and/or coke in the presence of a catalyst. Conveniently, the coke may be present in the form of a deposit on the catalyst. Carbon monoxide may be generated in a regeneration step of the catalyst. The process may be carried out in conventional refinery equipment.
US08598392B2
The present invention relates to a continuous process for preparing para-alkyl-substituted cyclohexylmethanols, especially 4-isopropylcyclohexylmethanol, by catalytically hydrogenating the corresponding aldehydes or ketones in the presence of hydrogen and in the presence of a catalyst which comprises, as an active metal, ruthenium applied to a support, the support comprising Al2O3 and/or SiO2, and the catalyst being used in the form of a fixed bed catalyst in a hydrogenation reactor or in a plurality of hydrogenation reactors connected in series.
US08598384B2
The present invention relates to a new crystalline form of R-4-trimethylammonium-3-(tetradecylcarbamoyl)-amino butyrate (also named crystalline Form I of ST 1326 or teglicar), a process for its preparation and pharmaceutical compositions containing same.
US08598381B2
Chelating monomers and fluoride-releasing compositions are disclosed that may be incorporated into dental composite restorative materials, dental bonding agents or other dental materials, to produce materials with high fluoride release rates, and high fluoride recharge capability. Such dental restorative materials may help reduce the level of dental caries in patients, particularly the level of caries occurring on the margins of the restorative materials.
US08598380B2
The present invention provides a method for producing an aryloxytitanium composition that can solve the problems of the clogging of the storage tank, the piping, the pump, and the like during storage and transfer, and the like, and a decrease in catalytic activity which occurs during long-term storage, and is extremely preferred as a catalyst for the production of a diaryl carbonate. A method for producing an aryloxytitanium composition, comprising a step (1) of adding a diaryl carbonate to an organic oxytitanium composition having an R—O—Ti linkage, wherein R represents an organic group containing 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and evaporating a component having a lower boiling point than that of the diaryl carbonate, together with the diaryl carbonate, so as to obtain an aryloxytitanium composition.
US08598372B2
The present invention relates to a method for producing a cyclic compound that has high selectivity, high yield, and stability over a long period of time depending on a metal content ratio of a catalyst, specifically a lactone compound or a heterocyclic compound including oxygen, which includes hydrogenating an organic acid, organic acid ester, or a mixture of the organic acid and organic acid ester, which are having 4 to 6 carbon atoms, by using a selective hydrogenated catalyst.
US08598367B2
The present invention offers compounds or their salts expressed by formula (I)(in the formula, X indicates an alkyl group, or the like; Y indicates an alkyl group; Z indicates a respectively independent nitro group, or the like; n indicates any integer from 0 to 3; A indicates carbon atom, or the like, and hydrogen atom is bonded thereto in the case where the carbon atom is not substituted with Z; D indicates oxygen atom, or the like; W indicates hydrogen atom, or the like; R1 and R2 indicate respectively independent hydrogen atoms, or the like; R1 and R2 may be bonded, and may form a heterocycle together with the nitrogen atom between R1 and R2).
US08598365B2
Bicyclic dione compounds, and derivatives thereof, which are suitable for use as herbicides. formula (I)
US08598361B2
The present invention relates to a process for the synthesis of 5-fluoro-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridin-3-amine in high yield and purity. The present invention also relates to processes for the synthesis of 5-fluoro-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridin-3-amine derivatives. These processes are useful for preparing biologically active compounds, particularly certain GSK-3 inhibitors, or derivatives thereof.
US08598355B2
[Problems] A compound, which is useful as an active ingredient of a pharmaceutical composition, for example, a pharmaceutical composition for treating chronic renal failure and/or diabetic nephropathy, is provided.[Solving Means] The present inventors have conducted extensive studies on a compound having an EP4 receptor antagonistic activity, and confirmed that the amide compound of the present invention has an EP4 receptor antagonistic activity, thereby completing the present invention. The amide compound of the present invention has an EP4 receptor antagonistic activity, and can be used as an active ingredient of a pharmaceutical composition for preventing and/or treating various EP4-related diseases, for example, chronic renal failure and/or diabetic nephropathy, and the like.
US08598353B2
The present invention is directed to benzazole compounds that inhibit β-site amyloid precursor protein-cleaving enzyme (BACE) and that may be useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases in which BACE is involved, such as Alzheimer's disease. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which BACE is involved.
US08598349B2
A method for manufacturing a conjugated aromatic compound comprising reacting an aromatic compound (A) substituted with a halogen as a leaving group with an aromatic compound (A) or an aromatic compound (B) substituted with a halogen as a leaving group and is structurally different from the aromatic compound (A), in the presence of (i) a nickel compound, (ii) a metal reducing agent, (iii) at least one ligand (L1) selected from the group consisting of a 2,2′-bipyridine compound having at least one electron-withdrawing group, and a 1,10-phenanthroline compound having at least one electron-withdrawing group, and (iv) at least one ligand (L2) selected from the group consisting of a 2,2′-bipyridine compound having at least one electron-releasing group, and a 1,10-phenanthroline compound having at least one electron-releasing group.
US08598346B2
The invention relates to an innovative method for synthesis of cyclic amidines. The synthesis starts from a β-, γ- or δ-lactone which is twofold brominated. After esterification of the carboxyl function, the bromine atoms are nucleophilically substituted and the corresponding diamino compound is obtained. The ring closure to the cyclic amidine is accomplished subsequently by reaction with orthoester, imidate or thioimidate. Owing to interposing additional steps for recovery of the diamino compound in enantiomerically pure form, the enantiomers of the cyclic amidines can be stereoselectively synthesized.
US08598345B2
Disclosed are negative allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
US08598344B2
The invention relates to compounds for inhibiting the Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor (CDKI) pathway. More particularly, the invention relates to compounds for inhibiting the CDKI pathway for studies of and intervention in senescence-related and other CDKI-related diseases.
US08598335B2
The present disclosure relates to RNAi agents useful in methods of treating Beta-ENaC-related diseases such as cystic fibrosis, pseudohypoaldosteronism type 1 (PHA1), Liddle's syndrome, hypertension, alkalosis, hypokalemia, and obesity-associated hypertension, using a therapeutically effective amount of a RNAi agent to Beta-ENaC.
US08598324B2
Chimeric molecules that contain at least one pathogen-detection domain and at least one effector domain, and their methods of use in preventing or treating a pathogen infection in a cell or organism are described. The pathogen-detection domain and effector domain of the chimeric molecules are domains not typically found in nature to be associated together. Agents are also described herein having at least one pathogen-interacting molecular structure and at least one effector-mediating molecular structure, the agent being one that is non-naturally-occurring in a cell. The methods of prevention and treatment described herein are effective for a broad spectrum of pathogens and exhibit little or no toxic side-effects. Assays for the detection of a pathogen, pathogen component, or product produced or induced by a pathogen, are also provided.
US08598323B2
Described are Galectin-1/Ig fusion constructs and methods of use thereof, e.g., in diagnostic and biomedical assays, and as therapeutic agents for the treatment of conditions associated with immune dysfunction, e.g., autoimmune diseases, and cancers.
US08598317B2
The present invention relates to a mutein of human tear lipocalin, wherein the mutein comprises at least one mutated amino acid residue at any two or more of the sequence positions 24-36, 53-66, 79-84, and 102-110 (or 103-110) of the linear polypeptide sequence of the mature human tear lipocalin, and wherein the mutein binds to the extracellular region of the T-cell coreceptor CD4 with detectable affinity. The invention also relates to a method of generating such a mutein as well as to various pharmaceutical uses of such a mutein.
US08598314B2
Peptide-peptidase inhibitor conjugate molecules and methods of manufacture thereof are disclosed. These conjugate molecules are useful as agents for the treatment and prevention of metabolic and cardiovascular diseases, disorders, and conditions. Such diseases, conditions and disorders include, but are not limited to, hypertension, dyslipidemia, cardiovascular disease, eating disorders, insulin-resistance, obesity, and diabetes mellitus of any kind, and other diabetes-related disorders.
US08598306B2
A monomer having the general formula: in which R1 is any substitution; R2 is any substitution; R1 and R2 may be linked to form a saturated or unsaturated ring; L represents a reactive leaving group; X and Y each independently represent CR2, O, BR, NR, SiR2, S, S═O, SO2, PR or P═O(R) wherein R in each occurrence is independently selected from H or a substituent; Z represents a single bond or a divalent atom or group, wherein X—Z—Y forms an unconjugated ring or chain, with the proviso that at least one of R1 and R2 is an aryl or heteroaryl group if Z is a single bond.
US08598305B2
Disclosed are conjugated polymers having desirable properties as semiconducting materials. Such polymers can exhibit desirable electronic properties and possess processing advantages including solution-processability and/or good stability.
US08598303B2
The invention provides a process for the preparation of valerolactone, said process comprising reacting levulinic acid with hydrogen by using a solid Ru catalyst, characterized in that the process is carried out in the presence of at least 0.08% (w/w) water relative to the amount of levulinic acid. Said process may be faster and more selective. This process advantageously allows the production of valerolactone from renewable sources.The valerolactone may be used in the preparation of methylpentenoate, adipic acid dimethylester, adipic acid, hexamethylenediamine, and polyamide 6,6 (all claimed).
US08598289B2
The invention relates to an amphiphilic block copolymer, to the preparation thereof, and to the use thereof in the form of a self-stabilizing latex. The copolymer has the formula R5O—[—CH2CH2—O—]n—C(═O)—CR3R4—[CH2CR6R7]m—S—C(═S)—S—R1 where: R1 is a straight or branched alkyl group, an alkenyl group having one or more —C═C— bonds, or an alkynyl group having one or more —C≡C— bonds, said groups including 8 to 18 carbon atoms; 20≦n≦100; R3 and R4 each are independently H, an alkyl group with 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or a nitrile group, at least one of R3 and R4 being different than H; R6 is a phenyl group or an alkoxycarbonyl group in which the alkoxy group includes 1 to 8 carbon atoms; R7 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl radical; and 20≦m≦1000. The preparation method comprises: preparing an aqueous solution of a compound R1—S—C(═S)—S—CR3R4—C(═O)—OR2 in which R2 is R5—[—O—CH2CH2—]n—, R5 being a hydrophilic group and 20≦n≦100; adding to said solution one or more hydrophobic monomers of the formula (II) R6—CR7═CH2 and a free radical polymerization initiator; and heating said aqueous solution to a temperature of 60-90° C.
US08598286B1
The present invention is directed to a polymer comprising repeat units derived from 1,3-butadiene and a substituted butadiene of formula I or II wherein R is hydrogen, an alkyl group, aryl group, or a fused cyclic group; and wherein at least 95 percent by weight of the repeat units have a cis-1, 4 microstructure. The invention is further directed to a rubber composition and pneumatic tire comprising the polymer, and a method for making the polymer using a neodymium catalyst system.
US08598281B2
An epoxybenzyl-terminated poly(arylene ether) has the structure R—W—R wherein W is a divalent poly(arylene ether) residue terminated with phenolic oxygen atoms, and R is an epoxybenzyl group, wherein each occurrence of R is the same or different. The epoxybenzyl-terminated poly(arylene ether) is formed by reacting a peroxide-containing reagent with a vinybenzyl-terminated poly(arylene ether). Also disclosed is a curable composition including the epoxybenzyl-terminated poly(arylene ether)s, a curing promoter, and, optionally, an auxiliary epoxy resin. The curable composition is useful for the preparation of composites, and in particular, composites used in manufacturing printed circuit boards.
US08598275B2
A golf ball has a layer comprising a compatibilized blend of thermoplastic polyurethane, polyolefin, and hydrophobic thermoplastic polyurethane. The layer may be part of the cover, for example an inner layer of a two-layer cover layer. The layer may be an intermediate layer between the core and the cover.
US08598273B2
Polymer electrolytes offer increased safety and stability as compared to liquid electrolytes, yet there are a number of new challenges that polymer electrolytes introduce. A polymer electrolyte, as disclosed herein, is a block copolymer that has a block that provides mechanical strength and a novel, ionically-conductive polymer block with a backbone that is both highly flexible and highly conductive with high conductivity pendant chains attached, thus increasing the concentration of lithium coordination sites and improving ionic conductivity. Previous strategies for comb-type conductive polymers have focused on attaching either conductive pendant chains to a flexible non-conductive backbone or conductive pendant groups to a marginally flexible conductive backbone.
US08598270B2
Provided is a multi-arm (greater than 3 arms) star ethylene polymer (sEP). The multi-arm star ethylene polymer is a polymer of an ethylene/maleic anhydride copolymer (EMAC) grafted with vinyl-terminated polyethylene. There are also provided a process for making the sEP and blend of a matrix ethylene polymer and the sEP.
US08598268B2
A material is disclosed having improved flame retardant properties and is particularly applicable as a jacket for a fiber optic cable. The material is comprised of a polymeric base compounded with a vanadium phosphate glass composition. The polymeric base may be a flame retardant polyethylene and the vanadium phosphate glass composition contains vanadium oxide, phosphorus oxide and antimony oxide. The material achieves a V-0 rating when tested per Underwriters Laboratory test UL-94 and has a heat release rate value consistent with a self extinguishing material when combusted.
US08598254B2
Aqueous liquid and moisture vapor are added to water absorbent resin powder so that particles of the water absorbent resin powder are bound. Supplying the aqueous liquid and moisture vapor to the water absorbent resin powder reduces the amount of particles that remain unbound (ungranulated) and increases the concentration of the water absorbent resin bound particles to provide improved drying efficiency and to obtain particulate water absorbent resin having excellent properties even when the bound particles are highly concentrated. The present invention provides (i) a method for binding water absorbent resin and (ii) a method for producing particulate water absorbent resin including the step of binding particles of water absorbent resin powder.
US08598249B2
The present invention is related to novel photoinitiators, in particular to photoinitiators comprising amino groups within the molecule.
US08598227B2
This invention relates to a stable epoprostenol composition that can be combined with commercially available IV fluids and can be administered in its reconstituted and/or diluted form under ambient conditions of about 15-30° C. for greater than 24 hours. The composition preferably contains (a) epoprostenol or a salt thereof; (b) a alkalinization agent; and (c) a base, such that when reconstituted or in solution, the solution has a pH>11. Methods for making the lyophilized composition are also disclosed.
US08598226B2
The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as defined in the description, or a salt thereof. The compound or a salt thereof or a prodrug thereof has a GPR40 receptor function modulating action and is useful as an insulin secretagogue or an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of diabetes and the like.
US08598221B2
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising as active substances: at least one compound of the following general formula (I): and at least one inhibitor of type 2 cyclooxygenase (COX-2), notably for use in the prevention or treatment of pain.
US08598215B2
Compositions and methods are disclosed which are useful of the treatment and prevention of proliferative disorders.
US08598214B2
N-Substituted (6-haloalkylpyridin-3-yl)alkyl sulfoximines are effective at controlling insects.
US08598212B2
A therapeutic agent or prophylactic agent for Alzheimer's disease has an effect to inhibit or delay the progress of Alzheimer's disease and exhibits a long-lasting therapeutic effect on Alzheimer's disease even when used for a long period of time. The therapeutic agent or prophylactic agent for Alzheimer's disease includes as an effective ingredient a cyclohexane derivative exemplified by the formula below, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a prodrug thereof.
US08598208B2
The invention relates to novel pyridine derivatives of formula (D, their preparation and their use as pharmaceutically active compounds. Said compounds particularly act as immunomodulating agents. Formula (I) wherein A represents and the other substituents are as defined in the claims.
US08598200B2
Compounds of Formula I: wherein X, Y, Z, R1, R2, R3, R4 are as defined herein, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are described as useful for the treatment of cognitive deficits associated with schizophrenia and other psychiatric, neurodegenerative and/or neurological disorders in mammals, including humans.
US08598199B2
The present invention is directed to novel compounds of Formula (I) pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, pro-drugs thereof, biologically active metabolites thereof, isomers thereof or stereoisomers thereof wherein the variables are as defined herein. The compounds of Formula (I) are useful as chemokine receptor antagonists and as such would be useful in treating certain conditions and diseases, especially inflammatory conditions and diseases and proliferative disorders and conditions, for example, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, multiple sclerosis and asthma.
US08598185B2
In accordance with this invention a novel pharmaceutical product containing efavirenz, emtricitabine and tenofovir DF are provided as a multicomponent unitary oral dosage form, component 1 comprising tenofovir DF (and, optionally, emtricitabine) and component 2 comprising efavirenz, wherein components 1 and 2 are in a stabilizing configuration. In preferred embodiments component 1 is made by dry granulation.
US08598175B2
The present invention discloses a series of pyrimidone derivatives represented by formula (I) or a salt thereof, or a solvate thereof or a hydrate thereof: Wherein X, Z, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, n and m are as defined herein. Also disclosed herein are the methods of preparation of compounds of formula (I), intermediates therefor and their utility in treating a variety of disease conditions.
US08598171B2
The present invention provides methods and compositions for modulating levels of amyloid-β peptide (Aβ) exhibited by cells or tissues. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions and methods of screening for compounds that modulate Aβ levels. The invention also provides modulation of Aβ levels via selective modulation (e.g., inhibition) of ATP-dependent γ-secretase activity. The invention also provides methods of preventing, treating or ameliorating the symptoms of a disorder, including but not limited to an Aβ-related disorder, by administering a modulator of γ-secretase, including, but not limited to, a selective inhibitor of ATP-dependent γ-secretase activity or an agent that decreases the formation of active (or optimally active) γ-secretase. The invention also provides the use of inhibitors of ATP-dependent γ-secretase activity to prevent, treat or ameliorate the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease.
US08598162B2
A heterocyclic compound or a salt thereof represented by the formula (1): where R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group; A represents a lower alkylene group or lower alkenylene group; and R1 represents an aromatic group or a heterocyclic group. The compound of the present invention has a wide treatment spectrum for mental disorders including central nervous system disorders, no side effects and high safety.
US08598156B2
The invention is directed to substituted indoline derivatives. Specifically, the invention is directed to compounds according to Formula I: wherein R1, R2, and R3 are defined herein. The compounds of the invention are inhibitors of PERK and can be useful in the treatment of cancer, ocular diseases, and diseases associated with activated unfolded protein response pathways, such as Alzheimer's disease, stroke, Type 1 diabetes Parkinson disease, Huntington's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, myocardial infarction, cardiovascular disease, atherosclerosis, and arrhythmias, and more specifically cancers of the breast, colon, pancreatic, and lung. Accordingly, the invention is further directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of the invention. The invention is still further directed to methods of inhibiting PERK activity and treatment of disorders associated therewith using a compound of the invention or a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of the invention.
US08598154B2
The present invention provides a novel class of pyridyl-amine fused azadecalin compounds and methods of using the compounds as glucocorticoid receptor modulators.
US08598152B2
The present invention relates to co-crystals of tramadol and co-crystal formers selected from NSAIDs/coxibs, processes for preparation of the same and their uses in pharmaceutical formulations for the treatment of pain.
US08598144B1
Disclosed is a method for mitigating or ameliorating osteoarthritis in vertebrate subjects including administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of an exogenous hyaluronan formulation. Also disclosed is an oral or parenteral hyaluronan composition comprising a polydisperse hyaluronan and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and a method of manufacturing the composition.
US08598142B2
The invention relates to certain low-molecular weight sulphated polysaccharide derivatives of marine native exopolysaccharides (EPSs) excreted by mesophilic marine bacteria from a deep hydrothermal environment, wherein said derivatives can be obtained by means of a method which comprises a step of free radical depolymerisation of said native EPSs followed by a step of sulphating the resulting depolymerised derivatives. The present invention further relates to the use of said low-molecular weight sulphated polysaccharide derivatives as a wound-healing agent, particularly for preparing pharmaceutical compositions suitable for treating or preventing diseases of the connective tissues and particularly skin and gum tissues. The figure demonstrates how polysaccharide derivative GY 785 DRS according to the invention can stimulate fibroblast proliferation in latticed or reconstructed connective tissues at a concentration of 10 μg (m) g/ml.
US08598138B2
The present invention is directed to siRNA-cochleate compositions that include a siRNA that is associated with a cochleate and a positively charged amphiphile. The present invention also includes methods for making and using the compositions provided herein.
US08598136B2
This invention relates to a method for expressing a gene in a cell. The method includes introducing into a cell an agent that inhibits one or both of miRNA pathway and antiviral defense pathway; and a baculovirus that contains a nucleic acid molecule including a gene operably linked to a promoter; and expressing the gene in the cell.
US08598122B2
The invention is in the field of molecular medicine. It provides antagonistic compounds for frizzled 1 and/or frizzled-2 receptors, which may be useful in molecular imaging of the wound healing process after myocardial infarction and in therapeutic intervention into wound healing after remodeling of the heart, thereby ameliorating the consequences of myocardial infarction. The invention provides a method for antagonizing frizzled-1 or frizzled-2 receptors, wherein the receptor is contacted with a composition comprising a linear fragment of Wnt3(a) or Wnt5a or a functional analogue thereof, which comprises at least one cysteine residue, one threonine residue, one aspartic acid residue and one glycine residue.
US08598117B2
A novel pesticidal toxin that is highly active against a wide range of lepidopteran insect pests is disclosed. The DNA encoding the pesticidal toxin can be used to transform various prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms to express the pesticidal toxin. These recombinant organisms can be used to control lepidopteran insects in various environments.
US08598112B2
The present invention provides a conjugate which contains a therapeutic moiety linked to a homing molecule that selectively homes to tumor blood vessels and tumor cells and that specifically binds the receptor bound by peptide KDEPQRRSARLSAKPAPPKPEPKPKKAPAKK (SEQ ID NO: 9). Methods of directing a conjugate of the invention to tumor blood vessels and tumor cells and of using a conjugate to treat cancer also are provided.
US08598108B2
The present composition relates to fabric care compositions comprising an organosiloxane polymer. Methods of using such compositions including contacting a fabric with the composition and rinsing the fabric are also disclosed.
US08598106B2
The present invention describes a formulation comprising: (A) at least one surfactant; and (B) an anti-microbial composition that comprises (i) an anti-microbial agent with surfactant properties; (ii) a hydrophobic material and (iii) a polar solvent.
US08598095B2
A low electrical conductivity water-based wellbore fluid for use in drilling wells through a formation containing a clay which swells in the presence of water, said wellbore fluid that includes an aqueous base fluid; and a polymeric non-ionic tertiary amine is disclosed. Methods of using such fluids are also disclosed.
US08598088B2
A method for detecting a microorganism comprising reducing the complexity of a microbial genome or microbial nucleic acid by generating a simplified form of the microbial genome or microbial nucleic acid in which substantially all of the positions naturally occupied by cytosines are occupied by uracil or thymine; and assaying for a microbial specific nucleic acid in the simplified form of the microbial genome or microbial nucleic acid, wherein presence of the microbial specific nucleic acid is indicative of the microorganism.
US08598076B2
A display device includes a thin film transistor substrate, a display layer, a patterned color resist layer, a patterned UV block layer and a transparent protective layer. The thin film transistor substrate has a substrate and a plurality of thin film transistors. The display layer is disposed on the thin film transistor substrate. The patterned color resist layer is disposed on the display layer. The patterned UV block layer is disposed on the patterned color resist layer. The transparent protective layer is disposed on the patterned UV block layer. The present invention also provides a laser transfer printing method for fabricating the color resist layer and the patterned UV block layer.
US08598075B2
Provided is a thermal recording material comprising a heat-sensitive recording layer for color formation by heat and a protective layer stacked in this order on a support, the heat-sensitive recording layer containing an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer, the protective layer containing a diacetone-modified polyvinyl alcohol and a crosslinker.
US08598056B2
Described herein are alkali-free, boroalumino silicate glasses exhibiting desirable physical and chemical properties for use as substrates in flat panel display devices, such as, active matrix liquid crystal displays (AMLCDs). In accordance with certain of its aspects, the glasses possess good dimensional stability as a function of temperature.
US08598053B2
The present disclosure describes the manufacture and use of soft surfaces such as fabrics bearing surface-grafted antimicrobial polymers.
US08598050B2
Disclosed are a laser annealing method and apparatus capable of forming a crystalline semiconductor thin film on the entire surface of a substrate without sacrificing the uniformity of crystallinity in a seam portion in a long-axis direction of laser light, the crystalline semiconductor thin film having good properties and high uniformity to an extent that the seam portion is not visually recognizable. During the irradiation of a linear beam, portions corresponding to the edges of the linear beam are shielded by a mask 10 which is disposed on the optical path of a laser light 2, and the mask 10 is operated so that the amount of shielding is periodically increased and decreased.
US08598048B2
An integrated circuit package including a semiconductor die and a flexible circuit (flex circuit), and a method for forming the integrated circuit package. The flex circuit can include a direct connect pad which is not electrically coupled to an active trace, a blind via electrically coupled to the direct connect pad, and a semiconductor die having a bond pad which is electrically coupled to the direct connect pad using a conductor. The bond pad, the conductor, the direct connect pad, and the blind via can all be vertically aligned, each with the other.
US08598042B1
A method of manufacturing is disclosed. An exemplary method includes providing a substrate and forming one or more layers over the substrate. The method further includes forming a surface layer over the one or more layers. The method further includes performing a patterning process on the surface layer thereby forming a pattern on the surface layer. The method further includes performing a cleaning process using a cleaning solution to clean a top surface of the substrate. The cleaning solution includes tetra methyl ammonium hydroxide (TMAH), hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and water (H2O).
US08598040B2
A method for etching features in a plurality of silicon based bilayers forming a stack on a wafer in a plasma processing chamber is provided. A main etch gas is flowed into the plasma processing chamber. The main etch gas is formed into a plasma, while providing a first pressure. A wafer temperature of less than 20° C. is maintained. The pressure is ramped to a second pressure less than the first pressure as the plasma etches through a plurality of the plurality of silicon based bilayers. The flow of the main etch gas is stopped after a first plurality of the plurality of bilayers is etched.
US08598036B2
A method for forming a fine pattern having a variable width by simultaneously using an optimal focused electron beam and a defocused electron beam in a light exposure process Includes, after forming a first film on a substrate, forming a first film pattern including a first level area and a second level area having different distances from the substrate by changing a profile of an upper surface of the first film. A photoresist film having a first area covering the first level area and a second area covering the second level area is formed. To simultaneously light-expose the first area and the second area with the same width, a light exposure condition, in which an optimal focused electron beam is eradiated on the first area and a defocused electron beam is eradiated on the second area, is applied. A plurality of photoresist patterns continuously extending over the first level area and the second level area with different widths on the first level area and the second level area are formed by developing the light-exposed photoresist film.
US08598032B2
A three-dimensional stacked IC device has a stack of contact levels at an interconnect region. According to some examples of the present invention, it only requires a set of N etch masks to create up to and including 2N levels of interconnect contact regions at the stack of contact levels. According to some examples, 2x−1 contact levels are etched for each mask sequence number x, x being a sequence number for the masks so that for one mask x=1, for another mask x=2, and so forth through x=N. Methods create the interconnect contact regions aligned with landing areas at the contact levels.
US08598027B2
A method for forming a semiconductor structure is disclosed. The method includes forming a high-k dielectric layer over a semiconductor substrate and forming a gate layer over the high-k dielectric layer. The method also includes heating the gate layer to 350° C., wherein, if the gate layer includes non-conductive material, the non-conductive material becomes conductive. The method further includes annealing the substrate, the high-k dielectric layer, and the gate layer in excess of 350° C. and, during the annealing, applying a negative electrical bias to the gate layer relative to the semiconductor substrate. A semiconductor structure is also disclosed. The semiconductor structure includes a high-k dielectric layer over a semiconductor substrate, and a gate layer over the high-k dielectric layer. The gate layer has a negative electrical bias during anneal. A p-channel FET including this semiconductor structure is also disclosed.
US08598026B2
In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, a buried layer is formed in a region of a semiconductor substrate and an epitaxial growth layer is formed on the buried layer and the semiconductor substrate. Trenches are formed in the epitaxial growth layer so as to be arranged side by side in a gate width direction of a transistor to be formed, and so that an entire bottom surface of each trench is entirely surrounded by and disposed in contact with the buried layer. A gate electrode is formed inside and on a top surface of each of the trenches and on a surface of the epitaxial growth layer adjacent to each of the trenches via a gate insulating film. A high concentration source diffusion layer is formed on one side of the gate electrode. A high concentration drain diffusion layer is formed on another side of the gate electrode.
US08598014B2
Presented is a method for producing an optoelectronic component. The method includes separating a semiconductor layer based on a III-V-compound semiconductor material from a substrate by irradiation with a laser beam having a plateau-like spatial beam profile, where individual regions of the semiconductor layer are irradiated successively.
US08598011B2
A resistive memory device includes a plurality of resistive units, each resistive unit including: a lower electrode formed over a substrate; a resistive layer formed over the lower electrode; and an upper electrode formed over the resistive layer, wherein edge parts of the lower and upper electrodes, which come in contact with the resistive layer, is formed with a rounding shape.
US08598005B2
A method and manufacture for memory device fabrication is provided. Spacer formation and junction formation is performed on both: a memory cell region in a core section of a memory device in fabrication, and a high-voltage device region in a periphery section of the memory device in fabrication. The spacer formation and junction formation on both the memory cell region and the high-voltage device region includes performing a rapid thermal anneal. After performing the spacer formation and junction formation on both the memory cell region and the high-voltage device region, spacer formation and junction formation is performed on a low-voltage device region in the periphery section.
US08597999B2
Structures, layouts and methods of forming integrated circuits are described. In various embodiments, the current invention includes an asymmetric segmented transistor. The asymmetric segmented transistor includes a source region and a drain region disposed within an active region, a floating source/drain region disposed within the active region, a first channel region disposed in the active region between the source region and the floating source/drain region, the first channel having a first length and a first width. A second channel region is disposed in the active region between the drain region and the floating source/drain region, the second channel having a second length and a second width. A first gate dielectric overlies the first channel region and a second gate dielectric overlies the second channel region. A gate line overlies the first gate dielectric and the second gate dielectric.
US08597989B2
The yield of semiconductor devices is improved. In an upper die of a resin molding die including a pair of the upper die and a lower die, by lengthening the radius of the cross section of an inner peripheral surface of a second corner part facing an injection gate of a cavity more than that of the other corner part, a void contained in a resin in resin injection can be pushed out into an air vent without allowing the void to remain in the second corner part of the cavity. Consequently, the occurrence of the void in the cavity can be prevented and then the occurrence of the appearance defect of the semiconductor device can be prevented.
US08597983B2
A method for forming through vias in a semiconductor device package prior to package encapsulation is provided. One or more signal conduits are formed through photolithography and metal deposition on a printed circuit substrate having interconnect pads. After removing photoresistive material, the semiconductor device package is built by encapsulating the signal conduits along with any semiconductor die, wire bonding, and other parts of the package. Free ends of each signal conduit are exposed and the signal conduits are used as through vias to provide signal-bearing pathways between connections from a top-mounted package to a printed circuit substrate interconnect and electrical contacts of the semiconductor die or package contacts. Using this method, signal conduits can be provided in a variety of geometric placings on the printed circuit substrate for inclusion in a semiconductor device package. A semiconductor device package incorporating the pre-fabricated through vias is also provided.
US08597971B2
A method for producing a photovoltaic device that includes spherical photovoltaic elements and a support with a large number of recesses for receiving the elements one by one and to the photovoltaic device. Each of the spherical photovoltaic elements includes a spherical first semiconductor and a second semiconductor layer covering the first semiconductor. A conductive adhesive is applied to the bottoms of the recesses of the support serving as a second conductor layer. The elements are disposed in the bottoms of the recesses with the conductive adhesive applied thereto, to fix the elements to the support and electrically connect their second semiconductor layers to the support. An electrical insulator layer, which has through-holes serving as conductive paths, is bonded to the backside of the support, and a first conductor layer, which interconnects the electrodes of the first semiconductors of the respective elements, is formed thereon.
US08597970B2
A method for manufacturing high efficiency solar cells is disclosed. The method comprises providing a thin dielectric layer and a doped polysilicon layer on the back side of a silicon substrate. Subsequently, a high quality oxide layer and a wide band gap doped semiconductor layer can both be formed on the back and front sides of the silicon substrate. A metallization process to plate metal fingers onto the doped polysilicon layer through contact openings can then be performed. The plated metal fingers can form a first metal gridline. A second metal gridline can be formed by directly plating metal to an emitter region on the back side of the silicon substrate, eliminating the need for contact openings for the second metal gridline. Among the advantages, the method for manufacture provides decreased thermal processes, decreased etching steps, increased efficiency and a simplified procedure for the manufacture of high efficiency solar cells.
US08597960B2
A stacked semiconductor chip comprising multiple unit chips contains multiple instances of a first chip component that have a low yield and are distributed among the multiple unit chips. An instance of the first chip component within a first unit chip is logically paired with at least another instance of the first chip component within at least another unit chip so that the combination of the multiple instances of the first chip component across the multiple unit chips constitute a functional block providing the functionality of a fully functional instance of the first chip component. The stacked semiconductor chip may include multiple instances of a second chip component having a high yield and distributed across the multiple unit chips. Multiple low yield components constitute a functional block providing an enhanced overall yield, while high yield components are utilized to their full potential functionality.
US08597959B2
Functionalized solid support material with biomolecule-binding groups and uses thereof, wherein the biomolecule-binding groups include a plurality of aromatic groups, an amine group which bonds to a biomolecule through an aldehyde group, a hydrazine group which bonds to a biomolecule through an aldehyde group, or an alpha,beta-ethylenically or acetylenically unsaturated group with an electron withdrawing group.
US08597955B2
The invention relates to a peptide and retro or retro-inverso peptide thereof, with a length of ≦25 amino acid residues, characterized in that the peptide comprises at least one citrulline residue, and exhibits a sequence identity over the whole sequence of the peptide of ≧70% compared to human hnRNP A3 protein (SEQ ID No. 1) and uses thereof.
US08597950B2
A process for replicating or for replicating and expressing a sequence of interest in a plant, comprising: (i) an RNA replicon or a precursor thereof, said RNA replicon being derived from a plus-sense single stranded RNA virus and comprising at least one sequence of interest; and (ii) a helper replicon, or a precursor thereof, wherein said helper replicon is (a) incapable of systemic movement in said plant both in the presence and in the absence of said RNA replicon (i) and (b) capable of expressing in a plant one or more proteins necessary for systemic movement of said RNA replicon (i), whereby said RNA replicon (i) is capable of replicating or replicating and expressing said sequence of interest in said plant, but unable to move systemically in said plant in the absence of said one or more proteins expressed by said helper replicon (ii).
US08597946B2
Described herein are methods of cancer immunotherapy, particularly methods of preparing a population of enhanced dendritic cells and methods of treating cancer using the enhanced dendritic cells.
US08597945B2
A method of differentiating embryonic stem cells into ventral spinal progenitor cells is disclosed. In one embodiment, the invention comprises culturing a population of cells comprising a majority of cells that are characterized by an early rosette morphology and are Sox1−/Pax6+ in the presence of retinoic acid, wherein the cells express Hoxb4, but not Otx2 or Bf1.
US08597941B2
A bioreactor for sampling the headspace above cells includes a glass reactor vessel having an interior space and a plurality of valves operatively coupled to the interior space of the glass reactor vessel. The bioreactor includes a sample holder configured to reside in the interior space. The interior space includes a charge of air with a known composition of volatile organic gases and, in some instances, doped with carbon dioxide. The sample holder may hold cells, bacteria, or viruses. The headspace may be sampled after incubation to determine the VOC content or content of specific VOC constituents. Examples include acetaldehyde and hexanaldehyde.
US08597937B2
An apparatus 20 for biological or chemical reactions, in particular PCR, includes a heat removal module 22 adapted to receive snugly a reaction vessel 24 in such a manner as to create good thermal conductivity contact between the module and the vessel. The heat removal module 22 is formed of a thermally conductive material having therein a channel 64 adapted for the flow of a coolant liquid. The heat removal module 22 is constructed with an array of receiving stations 62 for the reception of a corresponding array of reaction vessels 24.
US08597934B2
Ethanol and other liquid products are produced from biomass using gasification of the biomass to produce a syngas containing CO2, CO, H2 and sulfur or sulfur compounds that passes the syngas to a fermentation step for the conversion of the CO and CO2 and H2 to ethanol. Sulfur and sulfur compounds in the syngas are used to satisfy sulfur demanded by bacteria in the fermentation step. A sulfur control additive is added to the gasification to control syngas sulfur and sulfur compounds at a desired concentration to meet bacteria sulfur demand.
US08597928B2
The present invention relates to a novel bacteriophage, more particularly, a bacteriophage that has a specific bactericidal activity against Salmonella enteritidis, Salmonella typhimurium, Salmonella gallinarum and Salmonella pullorum, a composition for the prevention or treatment of infectious diseases including salmonellosis and Salmonella food poisoning caused by Salmonella enteritidis or Salmonella typhimurium, Fowl typhoid caused by Salmonella gallinarum, and Pullorum disease caused by Salmonella pullorum, which comprises the bacteriophage as an active ingredient, and an animal feed, drinking water, cleaner, and sanitizer which comprise the bacteriophage as an active ingredient.
US08597927B2
The invention provides methods, compositions, and kits for removal of biofilms from surfaces. The methods described herein comprise simultaneous or sequential application of a perhydrolase enzyme and a mixture of other enzymes, such as proteases, glucanases, esterases, mannanases, phospholipases, cellulases, and/or amylases, to a biofilm on a surface, to effect removal of the biofilm.
US08597920B2
The present invention relates to a new class of Chloroflexi-like bacteria. The bacteria are thermophilic cellulose degrading bacteria. Compositions and methods for degrading cellulose using the Chloroflexi-like bacteria are also provided.
US08597917B2
Biomass (e.g., plant biomass, animal biomass, and municipal waste biomass) is processed for use in the production of useful products, such as fuels. For example, systems can use biomass materials, such as cellulosic and/or lignocellulosic materials, to enhance the production of a product, e.g., the production of ethanol and/or butanol by fermentation.
US08597906B2
Described herein are methods and genetically engineered cells useful for producing an altered N-glycosylation form of a target molecule. Also described are methods and molecules with altered N-glycosylation useful for treating a variety of disorders such as metabolic disorders.
US08597905B2
The invention relates to a method of detecting dividing cells, or cells having the potential of dividing, in a cytological specimen stained using a Papanicolaou staining process, by the detection of a fluorescence signal coming from the membranes of these cells.
US08597904B2
The invention disclosed herein generally relates to methods and compositions for inhibiting proteasome activity comprising a syrbactin compound have the structure of Formula (I) or (II).
US08597902B2
Short peptides having biological and therapeutic activity are disclosed. Specifically, the activity of the disclosed peptides is directed to reducing or protecting against mutagen-induced cellular/tissue toxicity (i.e., chemopreventive). For example, the disclosed peptides protect against skin toxicity and/or mutagenesis that occurs from ultraviolet (UV) light exposure. The disclosed peptides also block the activation of certain cell cycle regulatory proteins such as Chk2. An example of such a peptide is Ser-Leu-Tyr-Gln-Ser (SEQ ID NO: 10). The disclosed peptides are also useful for methods of reducing or protecting against cellular toxicity and mutation accumulation that would otherwise occur following mutagen exposure. One such method is drawn to applying a peptide to the skin to prevent or reduce mutagenic damage resulting from UV light (e.g., sunlight) exposure.
US08597896B2
Sucralose-binding TAS2R bitter taste receptors have been identified. Novel methods to identify modulators and in particular inhibitors to the bitter taste of sucralose, and an inhibitor, are provided.
US08597892B2
This application describes miRNAs that may be used as serum or plasma biomarkers for characterizing prostate disease in a patient. These miRNA biomarkers may be used alone or in combination with other markers for the diagnosis, prognosis, or monitoring of diseases such as prostate cancer.
US08597886B2
This document provides methods and materials for detecting target nucleic acid. For example, methods and materials for detecting the presence or absence of target nucleic acid, methods and materials for detecting the amount of target nucleic acid present within a sample, kits for detecting the presence or absence of target nucleic acid, kits for detecting the amount of target nucleic acid present within a sample, and methods for making such kits are provided.
US08597879B2
The invention generally relates to methods of characterizing small nucleic acid molecules, such as plasmids or nucleic acid molecules obtained from a virus. In certain embodiments, the invention provides a method of characterizing a small circular nucleic acid molecule, the method including performing rolling circle amplification on a small circular nucleic acid molecule, thereby producing a concatamer, and generating an optical map of the concatamer, thereby characterizing the small circular nucleic acid molecule.
US08597875B2
The present invention pertains to the field of toxicological assessments for risk stratification of chemical compounds. Specifically, it relates to a method for diagnosing liver toxicity. It also relates to a method of determining whether a compound is capable of inducing such liver toxicity in a subject and to a method of identifying a drug for treating liver toxicity. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a data collection comprising characteristic values of at least five metabolites, a data storage medium comprising said data collection, and a system and a device for diagnosing liver toxicity. Finally, the present invention pertains to the use of a group of metabolites or means for the determination thereof for the manufacture of a diagnostic device or composition for diagnosing liver toxicity in a subject. For each sex, a different metabolome pattern, i.e. a different set of analytes is disclosed. The liver toxicity markers are mainly selected from free fatty acids, but also include various phosphatidylcholines, Hydroxyphenylpyruvic acid, alpha-Tocopherol, Cholesterol, myo-Inositol-2-monophosphate, 4-Hydroxysphinganine, Ceramide (d18:1, C24:1), Ceramide (d18:2, C24:0), Sphingomyelin (d18:1, C16:0), 1,2-Dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphatidyl-L-serine, 18:1 Lyso Phosphatidylcholine, Coenzyme Q9, Glucose, Glycerol, Glycerophosphates, Phosphate, 5-Methoxysphingosine, erythrosphingosine, Threonine, Diacylglycerides and Triacylglycerides.
US08597866B2
A method of producing a carrier for electrophotography includes: covering a surface of a core particle with a coating layer including resin particles and a crosslinking resin in an uncrosslinked state present in spaces between the resin particles; and applying a mechanical impact from the outer surface of the coating layer before crosslinking of the crosslinking resin.
US08597862B2
A positive charging single-layer electrophotographic photoconductor configured to serve as an image-bearing member for use in an image-forming apparatus includes a photosensitive layer on a conductive base, including a charge-generating material, a hole-transport material, an electron-transport material, and a binder resin, in which the photosensitive layer has a polysiloxane oil, with the amount of the polysiloxane oil being in the range of about 0.005% by mass to about 0.021% by mass with respect to the total mass of materials.
US08597859B2
A method for reducing contamination of a photomask that has a pellicle frame holding a pellicle film to cover the photomask, and a sealed space defined by the pellicle frame, the pellicle film and the photomask, includes: (a) providing a pressure regulating hole in the pellicle frame; (b) disposing the photomask into a receiving space of a chamber to fluidly connect the sealed space with the receiving space of the chamber; and (c) varying a temperature of the photomask to change a gas pressure within the sealed space and to thereby produce a gas transfer between the sealed space and the receiving space through the pressure regulating hole.
US08597855B2
An electrolyte material, which comprises a polymer (H) having ion exchange groups converted from precursor groups in a polymer (F) having repeating units (A) having a precursor group represented by the formula (g1) and repeating units (B) based on a perfluoromonomer having a 5-membered ring, and having a density of at most 2.03 g/cm3, the polymer (H) having an ion exchange capacity of from 1.3 to 2.3 meq/g dry resin: wherein Q1 and Q2 are a perfluoroalkylene group having an etheric oxygen atom, or the like, and Y is F or the like; the electrolyte material being suitable for a catalyst layer of the membrane/electrode assembly; the membrane/electrode assembly being excellent in power generation characteristics under low or no humidity conditions and under high humidity conditions.
US08597852B2
A fuel cell stack having a plurality of connected modules. Each module includes an elongate hollow member and at least one passage extending through the hollow member. Each hollow member has a first flat surface and a second flat surface arranged parallel to the first flat surface. A first module includes a plurality of fuel cells arranged on at least one of the first and second flat surfaces. A first end of each module has an integral spacer.
US08597847B2
A fuel cell system for use in transportation equipment, for example, can determine an abnormality in its fuel supply device without additional detectors being provided for abnormality detection. The fuel cell system is mounted on a motorbike, and includes a cell stack which includes a plurality of fuel cells, an aqueous solution pump arranged to supply aqueous methanol solution to the cell stack, a controller which includes a CPU, an inflow temperature sensor arranged to detect a temperature of aqueous methanol solution which is introduced to the cell stack, and an outflow temperature sensor arranged to detect a temperature of aqueous methanol solution discharged from the cell stack. The CPU obtains an inflow outflow temperature difference by calculating a difference between a detection result from the inflow temperature sensor and a detection result from the outflow temperature sensor. Then, the CPU compares the inflow outflow temperature difference to a predetermined value, and thereby determines whether or not there is any abnormality in the aqueous solution pump.
US08597836B2
An object of this invention is to improve battery performance such as a rate capability of a nonaqueous electrolyte solution secondary battery using a separator constituting a thermoplastic resin-based porous film containing a filler.This invention provides a nonaqueous electrolyte solution secondary battery separator which is formed from a porous film containing a thermoplastic resin and a filler contained in the thermoplastic resin and has a content of chlorine of 10 ppm or less or a content of iron of 100 ppm or less as well as relates to a nonaqueous electrolyte solution secondary battery using this separator.
US08597831B2
An electrically interconnected mass includes elongated structures. The elongated structures are electrochemically active and at least some of the elongated structures cross over each other to provide intersections and a porous structure. The elongated structures include doped silicon.
US08597827B2
Provided is an electric storage device including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, a nonaqueous electrolyte solution in which an electrolyte is dissolved in a nonaqueous solvent, wherein an inorganic filler layer is disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode and the nonaqueous electrolyte solution contains lithium difluorobis(oxalato)phosphate.
US08597820B2
A device for restraining an energy store is provided that includes one or more cells disposed between a first side of the energy store and a second side of the energy store vertically opposite to the first side. The device has at least one first mounting device designed for transferring a first clamping force acting in the direction of the second side to the first side of the energy store, and at least one second mounting device designed for transferring a second clamping force acting in the direction of the first side to the second side o the energy store, and at least one elastic clamping device designed for providing the first and second clamping forces and further designed for adapting a distance between the at least one first mounting device and the at least one second mounting device to a permissible distance between the first and the second side.
US08597815B2
A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to the present invention includes: a negative-electrode current collector 16; a negative-electrode active material layer 15 provided on the negative-electrode current collector 16; a positive-electrode current collector 11; a positive-electrode active material layer 12 provided on a face of the positive-electrode current collector 11 opposing the negative-electrode active material layer 15; and at least one inorganic insulating layer 13 provided between the positive-electrode active material layer 12 and the negative-electrode active material layer 15, the at least one inorganic insulating layer 13 being composed of inorganic particles. The inorganic insulating layer 13 contains no binder.
US08597801B2
A heterocyclic compound includes compounds represented by Formula 1 or Formula 2 below:
US08597790B2
The invention provides vulcanizable rubber compound having improved tensile mechanical and dynamic viscoelastic properties. The compounds are formed by mixing an elastomer, containing unsaturated carbon-carbon bonds in its molecular structure, with a reinforcing inorganic filler silica in the presence of an alkyl alkoxysilane and a non-sulfur coupling agent that binds to the rubber backbone with an “ene” linkage or a 1,3 dipolar addition linkage. In particular, the coupling agent and the alkyl alkoxysilane are present in the compound in a weight ratio of about 0.0001:1 to about 1:1.
US08597786B2
The present invention relates to a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition including, as a main ingredient, a monomer mixture or an acrylic copolymer material obtained by at least partially polymerizing the monomer mixture, the monomer mixture including: at least one monomer (monomer m1) selected from alkyl (meth)acrylates represented by the following formula (I) CH2═C(R1)COOR2 in which R1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and R2 is an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms: at least one monomer (monomer m2) selected from N-hydroxyalkyl(meth)acrylamides represented by the following formula (II) CH2═C(R1)CONHR4 in which R3 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and R4 is a hydroxyalkyl group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms: and at least one monomer (monomer m3) selected from N-vinyl cyclic amides and (meth)acrylamides that may have an N-alkyl group; and the monomer mixture including substantially no carboxyl group-containing monomer.
US08597774B2
To provide a laser-marking film having a laser-marking ink layer capable of forming vivid images when it is irradiated with a laser beam for forming laser markings. A laser-marking film comprising a base film 1, a white underlying layer 3 formed on the base film 1, and an ink layer 5 for laser marking formed on the underlying layer 3, wherein the ink layer 5 contains, dispersed therein, an iron oxide as a laser beam-absorbing agent in an amount of 0.1 to 30 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of a resin binder.
US08597768B2
A laminated foam article contains at least two foam boards having mating peak and groove surface profiles where surface skin remains on at least a portion of the profiles and wherein the foam boards are laminated to one another in a mating orientation with the peaks of one foam surface within the grooves of the adjoining foam surface with an adhesive between the mating surfaces of the foams and wherein the laminated foam article has a thickness that exceeds 200 millimeters.
US08597765B2
A manufacturing method of functional film comprising the steps of: a first step of feeding a lengthy substrate with self-support including a first laminate film on a back side, forming an organic film on a front side of the substrate while transferring the substrate, providing a second laminate film on a surface of the organic film, and taking up the substrate into a film roll; and a second step of loading the film roll on a vacuum deposition apparatus, continuously feeding the substrate including the first laminate film and the second laminate film from the film roll, removing the second laminate film while transferring the substrate, forming an inorganic film over the organic film of the substrate, and taking up the substrate into a film roll.
US08597764B2
A ceramic composite includes a substrate and a ceramic coating. The substrate includes a carbon fiber-reinforced carbon composite and has a surface on which a plurality of holes are provided. The ceramic coating is provided on the surface of the substrate and inside each of the plurality of holes.
US08597762B2
A preform made of composite material designed to be formed on a laboratory model and to be integrated in a base plate of a dental prosthesis.The preform comprises a grid formed by a meshing of weft threads and warp threads coated in an impregnating resin, the space between the meshes being exempt of fibers and resin, and determining a surface of free spaces of more than 25% of the total surface of the grid. The weft threads are fixed onto the warp threads at the nodes of the meshing to enable the preform to be handled and to be formed on a laboratory model, without the impregnating resin creeping into the spaces of the meshes.
US08597761B2
A stack of interfolded absorbent sheet products comprises a plurality of absorbent sheets each of which is itself folded at least twice about axes that are perpendicular to one another. Each sheet comprises a first fold that is offset from a line parallel to the first fold bisecting the sheet, and a second fold approximately bisecting the sheet in a direction perpendicular to the first fold. Each sheet is folded such that offset portions of the sheet are positioned interiorly of the sheet when folded. The absorbent sheets preferably have an embossed surface relief of a predetermined pattern or design. Each of the absorbent sheets within the stack comprises at least one pair of panels sandwiched between a pair of adjacent panels of another of the absorbent sheets in the stack.
US08597757B2
A recording layer for optical information recording medium excellent in recording property, an optical information recording medium including the recording layer and a sputtering target useful for formation of the recording layer are provided. A recording layer for an optical information recording medium on which recording is performed through irradiation with laser light, the recording layer including an oxide of a metal of which an absolute value of the standard free energy of oxide formation per 1 mol of oxygen is larger than that of Pd (hereinafter referred to metal X) and a Pd oxide, wherein the Pd oxide includes a Pd monoxide and a Pd dioxide, and wherein a ratio of the Pd atom to a total of the metal X atom and the Pd atom which are contained in the recording layer is 4 to 85 atomic %.
US08597754B2
A turf underlayment layer for supporting an artificial turf assembly includes a plurality of panels assembled together, each panel being made from a plurality of polyolefin beads bonded together, each panel further including a core, a top side having a plurality of projections, and a bottom side having a plurality of projections, the top projections forming top side water drainage channels and the bottom projections forming bottom side water drainage channels, the panels having edges, with the abutment of the edges of adjacent panels defining a water flow connector slot at the intersection of abutting panels, thereby providing a path for the flow of water from the bottom side water drainage channels of one panel to the bottom side water drainage channels of an abutting panel.
US08597752B1
A swatch sheet which is thin and pliable used for testing paint samples allows for paint to be placed on the viewable surface and prevents curling of the surface. A unique combination of a latex impregnated saturated paper, an acrylic microsphere adhesive and a release liner are provided, allowing for a substantially thin and pliable swatch to be applied on a flat or any other contoured or corner surface and be easily removed therefrom.
US08597749B2
A high solid type paint composition comprising (A) a main component containing a semi-solid state bisphenol type epoxy resin (a1) wherein the epoxy equivalent weight of the epoxy resin is 250 to 300, and (B) a curing component containing an epoxy adduct of xylylenediamine (b1) and an epoxy adduct of polyamide (b2), wherein the epoxy adduct of polyamide (b2) is contained at 50 to 200 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the epoxy adduct of xyleylenediamine (b1 ). The anticorrosive coating composition is excellent in drying properties during coating, and capable of forming a coating film having excellent oil resistance, solvent resistance, chemical resistance and anticorrosive properties.
US08597748B2
A preform for making a lightweighted plastic container includes a finish portion having at least one external thread defined thereon that has a first sidewall thickness, a main body portion, an end cap, and a transition portion between the end cap and the main body portion. The end cap has a second side wall thickness that preferably is not less than said first side wall thickness of the finish portion. The main body portion is preferably unstepped, and the outer surface of the transition portion is preferably concave as viewed in longitudinal cross-section. In addition, the transition portion preferably extends for a longitudinal distance, and a ratio of the longitudinal distance to an outer radius of the end cap is preferably within a range of about 0.3 to about 0.9.
US08597746B2
The present invention describes vacuum skin packages comprising a thermoplastic film and a polyester substrate wherein the thermoplastic film includes at least a first polymer layer having a first surface and an opposing second surface and comprises an ethylene/unsaturated ester copolymer, wherein the first surface has been surface treated in a manner to exhibit a surface tension of between 36-60 dynes/cm. The thermoplastic film is adapted to form a peelable seal between the first surface of the first polymer layer of the thermoplastic film and the polyester substrate by a pressure of less than 1×105 Pa applied therebetween, wherein the peelable seal has a seal strength of between 0.5-6 lb./in. (0.09-1.08 kg/cm).
US08597743B2
Provided is an aluminum nitride sintered body with high optical transmissivity and which has a smooth surface in the unpolished condition after firing. The aluminum nitride sintered body has an oxygen concentration of 450 ppm or less, a concentration of impurity elements excluding oxygen, nitrogen, and aluminum of 350 ppm or less, and an average crystal grain diameter of between 2 μm and 20 μm, and also has an arithmetic mean surface height Ra of 1 μm or less and a maximum height Rz of 10 μm or less in the unpolished condition after firing.
US08597737B2
The method of carbo-nitriding alumina surfaces is a process for applying a carbo-nitride coating to an alumina or alumina-based composite surface. The method involves the step of applying a phenolic resin to the alumina surface in a thin, uniform film. The resin-coated alumina surface is maintained in a controlled chamber at about 8 bar pressure at a temperature of about 175° C. for about 2 hours. The surface is then heated at about 400° C. for several hours in an argon atmosphere. This converts the phenolic resin to carbon. The carbon coated alumina surface is then scanned by a laser beam while applying nitrogen under pressure. The end result is the conversion of the alumina at the surface to aluminum carbo-nitride, the oxygen being released in the form of carbon dioxide.
US08597736B2
A method for producing polymer coatings by surface initiated polymerization from a plasma deposited coating is provided. The modification of surfaces by polymer attachment is a versatile and efficient means of controlling interfacial properties, such as surface energy (i.e. wetting behavior), permeability, bio-activity, and chemical reactivity. The present invention provides a method whereby a plasma deposited coating is applied to a substrate and the polymer coating formed by surface initiated polymerization is formed on the coating rather than the substrate itself. This means that the growth of the polymer using the grafting from procedure can be performed efficiently and independently of the substrate from.
US08597734B2
A peroxide-free curing system comprising 20-89.5% by weight of a compound having at least one epoxide group, 0.5-30% by weight of a polyamine, and 10-50% by weight of a co-curing agent is presented. The co-curing agent has formula (I): and/or its tautomeric formulae IIa and/or IIb: and/or formula (III): or a tautomer and/or an oligomer thereof; wherein D stands for branched (CR1R2)n or wherein p is independently 0 or 1, and X is CH2, O, or SO2 and stands for a meta- or para-benzene group; R is independently H or C1-C4 alkyl; R1 and R2 are independently H or (CH2)mCH3; wherein at least one group R2 is (CH2)mCH3 and m being 0 to 2; n being 1 to 10; and n+m is 4 to 14; R′—CH2 is R; and P stands for phenyl, or unsubstituted or hydroxy-substituted C1-6 alkyl or C2-6 alkenyl; with the proviso that at least one of R is C1-4 alkyl.
US08597726B2
A hardcoat laminate including: a support formed from a thermoplastic resin composition; and a hardcoat layer formed from a hardcoat layer forming coating composition, wherein the thermoplastic resin composition contains a polymer having a lactone ring unit or a glutaric anhydride unit, and the hardcoat layer forming coating composition contains at least a component (a), a component (b) and a component (c) and contains substantially no organic solvent: (a) a curable compound having three or more polymerizable groups within one molecule, (b) a polymerization initiator, and (c) a diluent having from one to three polymerizable groups within one molecule.
US08597725B2
A method of termite proofing a building structure (1, 101), the building structure (1, 101) has a foundation (3) located below an adjacent finished ground level (5) and an external wall (2, 102) formed on the foundation (3) and defining an exterior surface (4, 104) of the building structure (1, 101). The exterior surface (4, 104) is defined at least in part by a cementitious material. The method comprises applying a curable composition (9) to the cementitious material throughout a lower region (8, 108) of the exterior surface (4, 104) extending from the foundation (3) to a predetermined height above the finished ground level (5), such that the composition (9) penetrates into and is retained within the cementitious material. The composition is allowed to cure within the cementitious material throughout the lower region (8). The said composition (9) cures within the cementitious material, thereby protecting the cementitious material against intrusion by termites.
US08597723B1
A perpendicular magnetic recording disk having a single domain exchange-coupled laminated soft magnetic underlayer (SUL) is disclosed. The SUL is a combination synthetic anti-parallel coupled SUL structure, which has the product (Mst) of saturation magnetization and film thickness of the middle ferromagnetic layer less than the sum of the Mst of the bottom and top ferromagnetic layers. Subjected to a post radial field reset process, this SUL provides single domain state. Moreover, both robustness of stray fields and low permeability are obtained while keeping excellent corrosion resistance and cost effective manufacturability.
US08597716B2
Methods for increasing the fracture resistance of a polymer stent's drug-polymer coating and scaffolding including applying a coating and crimping using techniques that increase the resistance to fracture in the coating layer and scaffolding and scaffolding.
US08597715B2
A method of removing a target from a biological sample which involves placing a transfer surface in contact with the biological sample, and then focally altering the transfer surface to allow selective separation of the target from the biological sample. In disclosed embodiments, the target is a cell or cellular component of a tissue section and the transfer surface is a film that can be focally altered to adhere the target to the transfer surface. Subsequent separation of the film from the tissue section selectively removes the adhered target from the tissue section. The transfer surface is activated from within the target to adhere the target to the transfer surface, for example by heating the target to adhere it to a thermoplastic transfer surface. Such in situ activation can be achieved by exposing the biological sample to an immunoreagent that specifically binds to the target (or a component of the target). The immunoreagent can alter the transfer surface directly (for example with a heat generating enzyme carried by the immunoreagent), or indirectly (for example by changing a characteristic of the target). In some embodiments, the immunoreagent deposits a precipitate in the target that increases its light absorption relative to surrounding tissue, such that the biological specimen can be exposed to light to selectively heat the target. Alternatively, the immunoreagent is an immunofluorescent agent that carries a fluorophore that absorbs light and emits heat.
US08597713B2
A peanut food product with reduced levels of allergenic protein Ala h1 is produced by initiating the germination process in raw peanuts, holding the peanuts in moist conditions for a period of time, typically something like 48 hours, roasting the peanuts, and then performing an assay for Ala h1 to verify that a reduced level has been achieved.
US08597707B2
The present invention provides a method for producing instant noodles which have an excellent reconstitution property and excellent taste and texture and can be reconstituted by pouring boiling water even if the noodles are thicker than before. In the method for producing the instant noodles, a noodle belt is extremely strongly rolled out once or more at a rolling rate of 60% or higher in a noodle belt rolling step, raw noodle strings are obtained from the noodle belt, superheated steam is sprayed to the obtained raw noodle strings, moisture is supplied or not supplied to the noodle strings, the noodle strings are steamed by saturated steam or superheated steam or are boiled to realize gelatinization, and the noodle strings are dried after the gelatinization.
US08597703B2
A delivery system for inclusion in an edible composition is formulated to have at least one active component with an encapsulating material for delivering the active component upon consumption of the edible composition.
US08597693B2
A pharmaceutical composition with an immunomodulating function is provided, including an extract of Bupleurum obtained by grinding the Bupleurum, adding the ground Bupleurum to a solvent and isolating the extract from the solvent, wherein the Bupleurum comprises Bupleurum krlovianum, Bupleurum longiradiatum, Bupleurum smithii, Bupleurum pusillum, Bupleurum longicaule, Bupleurum salicifolium, Bupleurum scorzonerifolium and Bupleurums with at least one of the nucleotide sequences selected from a group consisting of SEQ ID NOs. 1˜6 and a nucleotide sequence with no more than 1% of the nucleotide sequence divergences of SEQ ID NOs. 1˜6, or combinations thereof.
US08597679B2
Use of crosslinked polyvinylpyrrolidone with an average particle size of 5-60 μm and a hydration capacity of greater than 7 g/g as tablet disintegrant.
US08597672B2
An assembly can include a hollow owl effigy with holes, methyl anthranilate and a carrier to carry the methyl anthranilate within the hollow owl effigy and to retard release of the methyl anthranilate through the holes of the hollow owl effigy. Other devices, system and methods are also disclosed.
US08597663B2
The application relates to Clostridium difficile cell surface polysaccharides, compositions comprising Clostridium difficile cell surface polysaccharides, and includes kits, methods and uses thereof.
US08597660B2
Disclosed herein are isolated peptides, pharmaceutical compositions and methods for use of such for treating subjects with a neurodegenerative disease, such as Alzheimer's. In an example, an isolated polypeptide includes a cyclin dependent kinase 5 (Cdk5) inhibitory domain that has at least 95% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence set forth as SEQ ID NO: 1, wherein the Cdk5 inhibitory domain is linked to a protein transduction domain. Methods of reducing or inhibiting one or more symptoms associated with a neurodegenerative disease by administering a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition including one or more disclosed peptides are also provided.
US08597659B2
The present invention concerns methods and compositions for forming cytokine-antibody complexes using dock-and-lock technology. In preferred embodiments, the cytokine-MAb DNL complex comprises an IgG antibody attached to two AD (anchor domain) moieties and four cytokines, each attached to a DDD (docking and dimerization domain) moiety. The DDD moieties form dimers that bind to the AD moieties, resulting in a 2:1 ratio of DDD to AD. The cytokine-MAb complex exhibits improved pharmacokinetics, with a significantly longer serum half-life than either naked cytokine or PEGylated cytokine. The cytokine-MAb complex also exhibits significantly improved in vitro and in vivo efficacy compared to cytokine alone, antibody alone, unconjugated cytokine plus antibody or cytokine-MAb DNL complexes incorporating an irrelevant antibody. In more preferred embodiment the cytokine is G-CSF, erythropoietin or INF-α2b.
US08597658B2
This invention relates to fusion polypeptides comprised of a trimerization domain fused to a non-membrane bound, non-cleaved gp160 polypeptide derived from the R2 HIV-1 Env glycoprotein and to compositions comprising the fusion polypeptides. This invention further relates to oligomers of the fusion polypeptides. This invention also relates to nucleic acids encoding the fusion polypeptides. This invention also relates to diagnostic and therapeutic methods using the fusion polypeptides. Further, this invention relates to the induction of cross-reactive neutralizing antibodies against HIV-1, and to immunogenic compositions for the prevention and treatment of infection by HIV-1.
US08597657B2
Mutated viral ENV proteins having mutations in the immunosuppressive domain (ISU) of the transmembrane subunit (TM) have decreased immunosuppressive activity with respect to the wild-type ENV protein. Pharmaceutical compositions that include the protein and nucleic acids coding for the protein are also disclosed.
US08597656B2
The present invention relates to a process for producing immunogenic polypeptides, comprising reducing disulfide bonds and blocking the resulting free thiol group with a blocking agent. The immunogenic peptides comprise a fragment of MAGE A3.
US08597651B2
Monomeric VHH domain derived from anti-VP6 camelid antibodies, dimeric domain, immunization method, rotavirus detection method, vaccine composition, prevention and treatment methods for rotavirus infections, wherein said domain may be any of the amino acid sequences shown in SEQ ID No. 1, SEQ ID No. 2, SEQ ID No. 3 or SEQ ID No. 4, and wherein said domains bind to protein VP6 of Group A rotavirus.
US08597649B2
The invention features methods for preventing or treating CGRP associated disorders such as vasomotor symptoms, including headaches (e.g., migraine, cluster headache, and tension headache) and hot flushes, by administering an anti-CGRP antagonist antibody. Antagonist antibody G1 and antibodies derived from G1 directed to CGRP are also described.
US08597639B2
The present invention provides an adjunctive agent and a method for lavaging the alimentary canal, which is able to reduce a dose of oral cleaning agent for lavaging the alimentary canal and is capable of realizing an excellent cleaning effect at the time of use of the oral cleaning agent. The adjunctive agent comprises butyric acid bacterium (for example, Clostridium butyricum and the like) and/or lactic acid bacterium (for example, species belonging to the genus Lactobacillus and the genus Bifidobacterium).
US08597638B2
The invention relates to a zinc-enriched biomass comprising living or subsequently killed micro-organisms, selected from the group consisting of Streptococcus thermophilus and Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis and combinations thereof, a method for the manufacture of said zinc-enriched biomass, as well as food preparations, nutraceutic products, functional foods, cosmetic and cosmeceutic products, and food supplements, comprising the said biomass. Furthermore, new micro-organism strains are described which are able to concentrate zinc within the cell in very high amounts and therefore are particularly suitable for use in the method of the invention.
US08597636B2
A method of cell-based therapy for treating an autoimmune disease is disclosed. The method is directed at stimulating leukocytes and/or dendritic cells to interrupt autoimmunity in a host. The method provides a Fcγ receptor-specific complex or a complex which results in the co-crosslinking of Fcγ-chains for treating the leukocytes and/or dendritic cells which are in turn used to elicit an autoimmune interruption response in a subject with an autoimmune disease. The Fcγ receptor-specific complex and/or complex which results in the co-crosslinking of Fcγ-chains is used to treat a biological sample comprising leukocytes and/or dendritic cells from a patient, and upon reintroducing said biological sample to the patient, the pre-treated dendritic cells illicit an autoimmune interruption response in vivo.
US08597630B2
The invention relates to materials comprising polymer network containing siloxanes or organic-based core structures, preferably the materials have thermal-responsive properties. In some embodiments, the invention relates to an organic core functionalized with polymers. In another embodiment, organic core-polymer conjugates comprise polylactone segments. The organic core-polymer conjugates may be crosslinked together to form a material, and these materials may be functionalized with bioactive compounds so that the materials have desirable biocompatibility or bioactivity when used in medical devices. In some embodiments, the invention relates to silsesquioxane groups functionalized with polymers. In another embodiment, silsequioxane-polymer conjugates comprise polylactone segments. The silsequioxane-polymer conjugates may be crosslinked together to form a material, and these materials may be functionalized with bioactive compounds so that the materials have desirable biocompatibility or bioactivity when used in medical devices. In further embodiments, the invention relates to composite materials that contain a polymer matrix and aggregates, and in some embodiments, methods of making, and methods of using these materials. Preferably, the aggregates are calcium phosphate aggregates. Preferably, the material is resistant to fracture. In further embodiments, the materials are used in surgical procedures of bone replacement. In further embodiments, the materials contain polyhedral silsesquioxanes and/or biodegradable segments.
US08597628B2
Cosmetic water-in-oil emulsion compositions containing solid particles and high concentrations of a specific silicone elastomer and including high content of polysilicon-11, solid particles providing at least one optical effect, and at least one silicon emulsifier are suitable for use for making up the face and/or lips or eyelids, preferably as foundations. They may also be used to as a base for make-up, or as a skin care cream to be applied on the body or face. These compositions result in a product that enhances the overall appearance of the skin by providing strong blurring effects to give anti-wrinkle/fine line effects, skin smoothness, and radiance while unifying color complexion. These compositions also have unique sensorial properties.
US08597620B2
The invention relates to an aqueous solution comprising at least one tocopherol phosphate or one of its salts, at least one non-ionic surface-active agent and at least one diol. The invention also relates to a cosmetic composition advantageously obtained using the said aqueous solution. Finally, it relates to a care method using the said composition.
US08597614B2
The present invention relates to the diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of mood disorders. For example, a diagnosis may be performed by determining whether a monoamine oxidase in a vertebrate is elevated compared to a healthy control subject. Methods of monitoring treatments and methods for identifying treatments for mood disorders are also provided.
US08597611B2
A new family of crystalline aluminosilicate zeolites has been synthesized designated UZM-45. These zeolites are represented by the empirical formula. Mmn+Rrp+Al(1-x)ExSiyOz where M is an alkali, alkaline earth, or rare earth metal such as lithium and strontium, R is an organoammonium cation such as the choline cation and E is a framework element such as gallium. These zeolites are characterized by unique x-ray diffraction patterns and compositions and have catalytic properties for carrying out various hydrocarbon conversion processes.
US08597595B2
Systems and apparatus for mixing, cooling, and distributing multiphase fluid mixtures within a reactor, wherein reactor internal apparatus of the present invention provides not only improved fluid mixing and distribution to each underlying catalyst bed surface, but also offers other advantages including: decreased mixing tray height; easier maintenance, assembly and disassembly; and decreased amounts of fabrication material. In an embodiment, fluid may be evenly distributed to a catalyst bed from a fluid distribution unit comprising a nozzle tray including a plurality of nozzles, wherein the nozzles include at least one liquid inlet disposed tangentially to an inner surface of the nozzle.
US08597591B2
Muscle cramps can be reduced or avoided by monitoring the concentration of salt in perspiration to indicate the degree of salt depletion. Based on the degree of salt depletion, a sufficient amount of rehydration beverage is consumed to normalize the salt level.
US08597585B2
There is disclosed a honeycomb structure including a honeycomb structure section, and a pair of band-like electrode sections arranged on a side surface of the honeycomb structure section, an electrical resistivity of the honeycomb structure section is from 1 to 200 Ωcm, in a cross section which is perpendicular to an extending direction of cells, the one electrode section is disposed on an opposite side of the other electrode section via the center O, an angle which is 0.5 time as large as a central angle of the electrode section is from 15 to 65°, and each of the electrode sections is formed so as to become thinner from a center portion in a peripheral direction toward both ends in the peripheral direction in the cross section which is perpendicular to the cell extending direction in a honeycomb structure.
US08597583B2
An ammonia synthesis apparatus includes: a first gas channel; a second gas channel disposed outside the first gas channel; a third gas channel disposed outside the second gas channel; an air supply unit that supplies air to the second or third gas channel; a water supply unit that supplies water to the first gas channel; and a heat supply unit that supplies heat to the first gas channel. A metal or a metal oxide that reduces water to produce hydrogen is placed in the first gas channel. An ammonia synthesis catalyst is placed in the second gas channel located downstream of the downstream end portion of the first gas channel. The second and third gas channels are at least partially partitioned by an oxygen permeation membrane, or a nitrogen permeation membrane, so that oxygen is supplied to the third gas channel, and nitrogen is supplied to the second gas channel.
US08597576B2
An analyzer of the present invention for analyzing a glycan or a complex glycan includes a substrate, a fluorescent labeling excitation means and a fluorescent intensity measurement means. The substrate comprises a rectangle photoconductive base plate coated by a compound containing an active group to fix protein by an amino group thereof, one and more open-topped reaction vessel formed on a surface of the base plate, and plural spots of glycan binding proteins arranged in a matrix and immobilized on the surface of the base plate in the reaction vessel. The fluorescent labeling excitation means which excites fluorescent label by generating evanescent-waves on the surface of the substrate comprises a pair of optical fibers arranged toward the both side end faces of the right and left of the substrate to introduce a light thereinto.
US08597574B2
A microfluidic diagnosis kit used in biochemical analysis obtains a premeasured amount of reagents in an applicator for an analysis system. The required reagents are proportioned as non-volatile agents and a microfluidic system is provided, whereby the reagents are automatically dissolved in a solvent and fed to a sensor module to carry out measurement.
US08597569B2
Technologies are described herein for providing sterilization of a touchscreen or other tactile input surface of a user input device. A self-sterilizing user input device includes a touchscreen for receiving tactile user input and an ultraviolet (UV) light source that emits UV light onto a touchscreen at a sterilization wavelength. A controller selectively activates and deactivates the UV light source according to whether a user is at or near the user input device. According to one aspect, the user input device includes a backlight to illuminate the touchscreen. The UV light source is positioned with the backlight to provide the UV light from a rear side of the touchscreen.
US08597558B2
A method for fabricating a soft mold is disclosed, in which process matching is high regardless of a size of a master mold for forming the soft mold. The method for fabricating a soft mold includes arranging a master mold on a jig, forming a pre-polymer layer in the jig, attaching a back-plane substrate onto the pre-polymer layer, selectively curing the pre-polymer layer to selectively form a polymer layer, stripping the polymer layer and the pre-polymer layer from the jig and the master mold, and removing the pre-polymer layer that is not cured.
US08597555B2
The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing nonwoven and nonwoven obtainable by said method. Particularly, the invention relates to a nonwoven provided with improved tactile and absorbent characteristics, which make it suitable for use in the field of surface cleaning, personal hygiene, or formation of garments. The method is based on the use of lobed spunbonded filaments which have been treated by means of thickening means.
US08597551B2
Provided is an optical film using a cellulose derivative, which is used in image display devices such as liquid-crystal display devices. A liquid-crystal display device with a polarizing plate using the optical film has an excellent viewing angle property. More particularly, the present invention relates to an optical film made of a cellulose ester resin, a portion of hydrogen atoms of hydroxyl groups of which is substituted with two or more substituent groups.
US08597543B2
Compounds of the following Formula may be useful as phosphors in solid state light emitting devices: AaBbCcDdEe, wherein A includes calcium (Ca), strontium (Sr), barium (Ba), magnesium (Mg), yttrium (Y), hafnium (Hf), the lanthanide elements and/or the other alkaline earth (Group IIA) metals; B includes Eu2+ and Ce3+; C includes at least one tetrahedrally-coordinated trivalent element; D includes at least one tetrahedrally-coordinated tetravalent element; E includes N, O, F, C, S, Cl, Br and/or I, wherein a+b=1, c+d=2, and wherein the compound has a CaAlSiN3-type crystal structure. Light emitting devices including such phosphors may emit warm white light.
US08597541B2
The disclosed subject matter provides a chiral host-guest composition for a ferroelectric liquid crystal mixture, the host-guest composition comprising a chiral guest compound and an achiral host compound, wherein the host-guest composition induces a greater degree of polarization in the liquid crystal mixture than is induced in the mixture with a comparable amount of the chiral guest compound in the absence of the achiral host compound. The chiral guest is a fluorinated compound comprising a aryl or heteroaryl core substituted with an alkyl chain, wherein the alkyl chain includes one or more fluorine atoms, each fluorine atom being bonded to a chiral carbon atom. The achiral host possesses a central thiadiazole core, with at least one aryl/heteroaryl wing, further substituted with alkyl or alkoxy groups.
US08597539B2
This invention relates to a chemical composition for chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) of substrates that are widely used in the semiconductor industry. The inventive chemical composition contains additives that are capable of improving consistency of the polishing performance and extending the lifetime of a polishing pad.
US08597535B2
A ternary single crystal relaxor piezoelectric of PMN-PZ-PT grown from a novel melt using the Vertical Bridgeman method. The ternary single crystals are characterized by a Curie temperature, Tc, of at least 150° C. and a rhombohedral to tetragonal phase transition temperature, Trt, of at least about 110° C. The ternary crystals further exhibit a piezoelectric coefficient, d33, in the range of at least about 1200-2000 pC/N.
US08597533B2
The present invention relates to a multiferroic material capable of freely controlling magnetic field size at room temperature, and to a method of manufacturing the same. Said multiferroic material includes hexaferrites containing magnetic iron ions partially substituted by non-magnetic ions. Said non-magnetic ions act to change the magnetic anisotropy of said hexaferrites.
US08597531B2
A method for manufacturing a device on a substrate includes forming a layer structure on the substrate, forming an auxiliary layer on the layer structure, forming a planarization layer on the auxiliary layer and on the substrate, exposing the auxiliary layer by a chemical mechanical polishing process and removing at least partly the auxiliary layer to form a planar surface of the remaining auxiliary layer or of the layer structure and the planarization layer. The chemical mechanical polishing process has a first removal rate with respect to the planarization layer and a second removal rate with respect to the auxiliary layer and the first removal rate is greater than the second removal rate.
US08597527B2
The invention provides a method of forming a concavo-convex pattern by partly removing a magnetic layer and a carbon protective layer in an intermediate product of a magnetic recording medium having at least the magnetic layer and the protective layer formed on a substrate surface, wherein the magnetic layer is partly removed to form the concavo-convex pattern by a dry etching method using a etching gas of a mixture gas of argon and a deposition gas containing one or more types of carbon compounds. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing a patterned medium type magnetic recording medium employing the method of forming a concavo-convex pattern. As a result a concavo-convex pattern free of after-corrosion and exhibiting good productivity is provided.
US08597524B2
The current application is directed to an enclosed rotor-based cavitational and catalytic flow-through reaction chamber (“ERCCFRC”) that can be employed in a variety of thermal, chemical, and fluid-mechanical processes. The ERCCFRC features a reaction chamber that incorporates a spinning rotor, generating fluid-mechanical forces and cavitation in a fluid within the ERCCFRC. The reaction chamber further incorporates one or more heterogeneous catalysts that promote specific chemical reactions.
US08597522B2
A multi-chamber basin is sized to collect excess waste water exceeding the processing capacity of a sewage system. In order to disinfect the waste water exceeding the basin capacity, disinfectant is added at a point in the system after the first basin. After the rain event is over and there is excess sewage treatment capacity, the sewage treatment in the multi-chamber basin is returned to the sewage system. By not disinfecting the waste water in the first basin chamber, the overall disinfectant usage can be minimized.
US08597519B2
In order to remove fluorine from a zinc containing solution before zinc electro-refining in lower cost, fluorine is removed by adsorption from a zinc containing solution (leached solution) utilizing the character of the predetermined iron compound or zinc compound which can adsorb fluorine in an acid solution and desorb fluorine in an alkaline solution. The fluorine adsorbent/desorbent having adsorbed fluorine is treated in an alkaline solution, to desorb the fluorine. This makes it possible to regenerate the fluorine adsorbent/desorbent. Further, an electrolytic solution for zinc electro-refining can be prepared in lower cost, thus total zinc refining costs can be reduced.
US08597514B2
A water treatment unit includes a mixing chamber surrounding the upper end of a riser containing an impeller. Water can be moved from a body of water up through the riser, and out through laterally directed openings into the chamber adjacent to an air inlet. The water moving out the laterally directed openings of the stand pipe, mixes with air drawn in through the air inlet to oxygenate the water, and the oxygenated water exits the chamber into the body of water through one or more water outlets in the lower portion of the chamber due to the head developed by the inflow of water into the chamber. The outward flow of water from the chamber can cause a toroidal or other desired flow of water within the body of water surrounding the water treatment apparatus.
US08597509B2
The present invention describes a method for constructing a spiral tube support apparatus used in countercurrent chromatography, improvements to countercurrent chromatography tube support design, and methods of using the improved countercurrent chromatography apparatus. The spiral tube support apparatus may be constructed by a shape forming process such as a three dimensional printing process that in turn uses a laser sintering technique, and can be made out of any easily formed material. Shape changes on both the tube support and the top improve the performance of the tube support and ease of manufacturing. The improved tube support and new method of creation permit use in both micro or macro scale preparations and use in small or large molecule preparations. In particular, specific solvent systems are described that permit purification of proteins.
US08597499B2
A process for treating a hydrocarbon-containing feedstock is provided in which a hydrocarbon-containing feed comprising at least 20 wt. % of heavy hydrocarbons is mixed with hydrogen and at least one metal-containing catalyst to produce a hydrocarbon-containing product. The hydrocarbon-containing feedstock, the catalyst(s), and the hydrogen are provided to a mixing zone and blended in the mixing zone at a temperature of from 375° C. to 500° C. and a total pressure of from 6.9 MPa to 27.5 MPa. A vapor comprised of hydrocarbons that are vaporizable at the temperature and pressure within the mixing zone is separated from the mixing zone. Any metal-containing catalyst provided to the mixing zone has an acidity as measured by ammonia chemisorption of at most 200 μmol ammonia per gram of catalyst.
US08597497B2
A process for treating a hydrocarbon-containing feedstock is provided in which a hydrocarbon-containing feed comprising at least 20 wt. % of heavy hydrocarbons is mixed with hydrogen and at least one catalyst to produce a hydrocarbon-containing product. The hydrocarbon-containing feedstock, the catalyst(s), and the hydrogen are provided to a mixing zone and blended in the mixing zone at a temperature of from 375° C. to 500° C. A vapor comprised of hydrocarbons that are vaporizable at the temperature and pressure within the mixing zone is separated from the mixing zone, and, apart from the mixing zone, the vapor is condensed to produce a liquid hydrocarbon-containing product containing at least 85% of the atomic carbon initially present in the hydrocarbon-containing feedstock and containing at most 2 wt. % hydrocarbons having a boiling point of at least 538° C.
US08597490B2
Methods for manufacturing a gas electron multiplier. One method comprises a step of preparing a blank sheet comprised of an insulating sheet with first and second metal layers on its surface, a first metal layer hole forming step in which the first metal layer is patterned by means of photolithography, such as to form holes through the first metal layer, an insulating sheet hole forming step, in which the holes formed in the first metal layer are extended through the insulating layer by etching from the first surface side only, and a second metal layer hole forming step, in which the holes are extended through the second metal layer. Alternatively, the second metal layer hole forming step is performed by electrochemical etching, such that the first metal layer remains unaffected during etching of the second metal layer. In another embodiment, in the second metal layer hole forming step, the first and second metal layers are etched from the outside, thereby reducing the initial thicknesses of the first and second metal layers and the second metal layer is simultaneously etched through the holes in the first metal layer and the insulating sheet, said etching being maintained until the holes extend through the second metal layer, wherein said initial average thickness of the first and second metal layers is between 6.5 μm and 25 μm, preferably between 7.5 μm and 12 μm.
US08597479B2
A magnetron sputtering system generates a high density plasma on a target by applying magnetic fields intersecting an electric field by using a plurality of magnets that are rotatably supported. The respective magnets are revolved and rotated so that the time variation of regions where a magnetic field (line of magnetic force) generated by the each magnet is orthogonal to an electric field is prevented from becoming monotonous. Further, the respective magnets are arranged to make the distances between the center of rotation and the center of revolution of the respective magnets different from each other, so that the regions where the magnetic field (line of magnetic force) generated by the each magnet is orthogonal to the electric field are dispersed in the radial direction of a target.
US08597477B2
The present invention relates to a contact bar assembly for use in a multi-cell electrolytic system for recovery of metal, to a system including the contact bar assembly, and to a method of using the assembly and system. The contact bar assembly includes a base cap board, a primary bar having a plurality of primary bar structures formed thereon, an auxiliary bar having a plurality of auxiliary bar structures formed thereon, and a top cap board, wherein the base cap board includes slots to receive the primary bar and the auxiliary bar, and wherein the top cap board includes a plurality of openings to receive the plurality of primary bar structures and the plurality of auxiliary bar structures. A system includes the contact bar assembly, an anode assembly, a cathode assembly, and a tank.
US08597475B2
A transparent conductive laminate having a completely crystallized, transparent conductive layer on a substrate comprising an organic polymer molding, and a process for producing the same. The transparent conductive layer is excellent in transparency and wet heat confidence and is not excessively low in specific resistivity. The transparent conductive laminate includes a substrate comprising an organic polymer molding having formed thereon a completely crystallized, transparent conductive layer comprising an In.Sn composite oxide having an amount of Sn atom of 1 to 6% by weight based on the total weight of In atom and Sn atom and having a film thickness of 15 to 50 nm, a Hall mobility of 30 to 45 cm2/V·S, and a carrier density of from 2×1020/cm3 to 6×1020/cm3.
US08597471B2
A method for concentrating contaminated sorbate in a solution which includes contaminated sorbate and clean sorbate is described wherein contaminated sorbate having a freezing point which is higher than the freezing point of the clean sorbate is cooled to a temperature below the freezing point of the contaminated sorbate and above the freezing point of the clean sorbate to concentrate the contaminated sorbate by cycling alternately from a desorption cycle to an adsorption cycle. By maintaining the solution at a temperature between the freezing point of the contaminated sorbate and the freezing point of the clean sorbate, the clean sorbate can be evaporated off.
US08597446B2
The lightweight component is equipped with two cover layers, which are made of a wood material, for example, and a filling disposed in between said layers after cutting everything to size, having an edge support comprising thermoplastic material. This is done in that the edge support is anchored both in the first cover layer and in the second cover layer starting from the narrow side, wherein the anchoring is achieved in that the edge support is brought into contact with the respective cover layer and mechanical vibrations are coupled into the edge support by a sonotrode engaging from the narrow side, wherein the edge support at the same time is pressed against the cover layer such that in the region of a transition between the thermoplastic material and the wood material of the cover layer part of the thermoplastic material is liquefied and pushed into the cover layer material, thereby producing a positively engaged anchoring after hardening.
US08597444B1
By using generally known chemically, physically, or a combination thereof, means to foam celluloid, a foamed celluloid material is invented with a density of less than about 1.25 gm/cm3, which material is relatively low cost, very fast burning, very low residue, easily moldable, and which material exhibits good mechanical strength, and provides a good water barrier. These characteristics make this foamed celluloid a preferred choice for military artillery propellant charge bags, military mortar and civilian fireworks increment charges, combustible cartridges, flare housings, igniter tubes, as well as, closure disks, combustible enclosures and components thereof, among other applications.
US08597443B2
A method of forming an article from an α-β titanium including, in weight percentages, from about 2.9 to about 5.0 aluminum, from about 2.0 to about 3.0 vanadium, from about 0.4 to about 2.0 iron, from about 0.2 to about 0.3 oxygen, from about 0.005 to about 0.3 carbon, from about 0.001 to about 0.02 nitrogen, and less than about 0.5 of other elements. The method comprises cold working the α-β titanium alloy.
US08597440B2
A process and alloy for producing a turbine blade whose properties enable the blade to operate within a steam turbine at maximum operating temperatures of greater than 1300° F. (about 705° C.). The process includes casting the blade from a gamma prime-strengthened nickel-base superalloy having a composition of, by weight, 14.25-15.75% cobalt, 14.0-15.25% chromium, 4.0-4.6% aluminum, 3.0-3.7% titanium, 3.9-4.5% molybdenum, 0.05-0.09% carbon, 0.012-0.020% boron, maximum 0.5% iron, maximum 0.2% silicon, maximum 0.15% manganese, maximum 0.04% zirconium, maximum 0.015% sulfur, maximum 0.1% copper, balance nickel and incidental impurities, and an electron vacancy number of 2.32 maximum. The casting then undergoes a high temperature solution heat treatment to promote resistance to hold-time cracking. The blade exhibits a combination of yield strength, stress rupture properties, environmental resistance, and cost in steam turbine applications to 1400° F. (about 760° C.).
US08597438B2
A roller for a roller hearth furnace comprising a dispersion strengthened steel is disclosed. The roller does not require any coating or reconditioning.
US08597412B2
A CO2 recovery apparatus according to the present invention includes: an absorber (1003) that brings CO2-containing flue gas (1001A) into counter-current contact with CO2 absorbent (1002) to reduce CO2, and a regenerator (1005) that regenerates rich solution (1004) that has absorbed CO2, in which lean solution (1006) having CO2 reduced in the regenerator (1005) is reused in the absorber (1003). The absorber (1003) further includes a CO2 absorbing unit (1010) that recovers CO2 contained in the flue gas (1001A), and the CO2 absorbent (1002) that has absorbed CO2 is extracted from a rich side of the CO2 absorbing unit (1010) to exterior, cooled, and then supplied to a position nearer to a lean side of the absorber (1003) with respect to the position at which the CO2 absorbent (1002) is extracted.
US08597406B2
This invention provides metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) having repeat units of the formula Zn4O(fumarate)3. Also provided are compositions thereof and methods use thereof, including for gas storage, gas separation, catalysis and sensing.
US08597402B2
A flushable device for capturing gas included within a produced-water stream is described. Gas and water pressure coordination is not required. Controls prevent liquid entry to the gas system and prevent gas entry into the water system. A gas/liquid separator receives an inner vessel lower end. A separator inlet receives a combined fluid stream. A liquid line passes into the inner vessel and down into the separator below the inlet so that liquid separated from the combined stream will flow up the liquid line. The gas line extends from the inner vessel upper end. The gas line conveys gas from the inner vessel upper end to a gas collection system. A top float in the inner vessel activates a gas line motor valve. A bottom float in the inner vessel activates the liquid line motor valve and a second gas vent for rapid expulsion of slugs of gas.
US08597400B2
In a method and an apparatus for separating at least one gaseous component from a waste gas of an installation for producing liquid pig iron, liquid primary steel products or sponge iron, in a first step, a stream of the waste gas passes through at least one adsorption separator at a first pressure, whereby the gaseous component is largely separated from the waste gas and, in a second step, the gaseous component is largely removed from the adsorption separator at a second pressure, which is lower than the first pressure. The method and apparatus are maintenance-free, cause low investment and energy costs and has a lower space requirement by a method in which the second pressure or the desorption pressure is generated by at least one jet pump, which is fed a stream of a propellant gas at a third pressure, which is higher than the second pressure.
US08597381B2
A fire log has one or several longitudinal incisions, which penetrate the log but do not reach the side surface and intersect in the log's midsection. A lower part of the log has at least one air duct from the side surface to the log's midsection in case the log is set on a surface which obstructs airflow to the log's lower part. The log's midsection contains an ignition device, which can be an ignition strip, tablet, briquette or other that has been permeated with an ecologically friendly flammable substance that burns fast and evenly.
US08597379B2
Embodiments are described in terms of selective methods of sealing separators and jellyroll electrode assemblies and cells made using such methods. More particularly, methods of selectively heat sealing separators to encapsulate one of two electrodes for nickel-zinc rechargeable cells having jellyroll assemblies are described. Selective heat sealing may be applied to both ends of a jellyroll electrode assembly in order to selectively seal one of two electrodes on each end of the jellyroll.
US08597366B2
An anti-reflux stent includes an extended inner sleeve, a stent surrounding at least a portion of the inner sleeve and a coating that bonds the stent to the inner sleeve whereby the extended inner sleeve can have a cross-sectional thickness that varies along the length of the inner sleeve. The inner sleeve is made of a material having a thickness and/or flexibility such that the distal end not surrounded by the stent collapses under gastric pressure to prevent the contents of the stomach from flowing into an esophagus. Food and liquid can pass through an inner lumen of the inner sleeve to enter a stomach when desired.
US08597363B2
The prosthetic material for replacing at least one portion of the radial glenoid of a radius includes a plate (2) extended by an endpiece (3) and a set of screws (4) for fastening the plate (2) on the receiving bone material (R). The plate (2) has a planar body (7) extended by an extension (5) forming a portion of the endpiece (3) and having an inner face (5′) extending in a general plane (D) that is angularly offset relative to the plane (P) of the plate body (7). This extension (5) co-operates with a fitted panel (6) forming the other portion of the endpiece (3) and having an outer face (3′) reproducing at least approximately at least a portion of the surface of the radial glenoid of the radius. The fitted panel is secured on the support extension (5) via a slideway structure (11, 13).
US08597361B2
Disclosed are embodiments of an improved joint prosthesis that can provide the option to improve initial stability without removing the implant or altering the preparation. Embodiments of improved joint implant components can comprise one or more expandable, hollow segmented posts. Methods of implant fixation are also disclosed. Disclosed methods can provide the opportunity for establishing initial biologic fixation (bone ingrowth), and can also provide an adjunct fixation through injecting cement down the center of the post if initial stability is not achieved or is questionable.
US08597348B2
A method of treating a deficient mitral valve without open heart surgery is disclosed. A support band is advanced from a delivery catheter and positioned around native leaflets of the deficient mitral valve. The support band is preferably formed of a shape memory material and is configured to assume a curved shape upon advancement from the delivery catheter. While the support band is positioned around the native leaflets of the mitral valve, an expandable prosthetic heart valve is delivered through an apex of the left ventricle and into the mitral valve. The expandable prosthetic heart valve is then expanded within the mitral valve, thereby causing one or more of the native leaflets of the mitral valve to be frictionally secured between the support band and the prosthetic heart valve.
US08597340B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure include medical devices and methods including a medical device including: an elongate core element, and a generally tubular torsion element surrounding the core element and capable of transmitting torque along its length. The torsion element has a spiral incision that has a proximal end and a distal end. The spiral incision forms a helically coiled strip between the proximal and distal ends of the spiral incision. The helically coiled strip varies in width from the proximal end of the spiral incision to the distal end of the spiral incision and has a narrowest portion. The helically coiled strip bows radially outward at the narrowest portion when the helically coiled strip in the torsion element is unwound.
US08597338B2
An intracerebral probe (11) comprising a first part (20) with laser or cryogenic treatment means and further comprising a hollow second part (22) surrounding the first, the first part sliding inside the second part along its longitudinal axis (A); and a plurality of detectors (16) distributed along a portion of the second part (22) in such a manner as to be capable of identifying a brain dysfunction zone along the longitudinal axis (A) of the second part. Advantageously, the probe presents a lateral treatment window enabling the action of the treatment means to be directed. The invention also provides a kit and a treatment system including such a probe, and the use thereof of treating cell dysfunctions that give rise to neurological or psychiatric symptoms.
US08597331B2
A prosthetic spinous process includes a member and a plurality of crosslinking rods connected to the member at an angle relative to each other, wherein the member includes at least one opening therethrough.
US08597325B2
An apparatus for sealing a passage through tissue includes a tubular member, a plug, and a locator member. The plug is disposed on a distal end of the tubular member and includes an external thread. The locator member is inserted into a lumen of the tubular member until a distal portion is disposed beyond the plug. The distal portion includes a helically wound wire and a tether coupled to the wire that is movable for causing the wire to buckle. To seal a passage communicating with a blood vessel, the distal portion of the locator member is inserted into the passage, and the plug is threaded into the passage until the distal portion extends into the vessel. The tether is pulled to buckle the wire, and the plug is unthreaded until the buckled wire contacts a wall of the vessel, whereupon the plug is released to seal the passage.
US08597298B2
A reamer for reaming a proximal portion of a cavity for use in implanting a joint prosthesis is provided. The reamer is used for cooperation with a proximal portion of an orthopaedic implant component. The reamer includes a body defining a cavity formed therein for receiving at least a portion of the orthopaedic implant component. The reamer also includes a plurality of cutting edges extending outwardly from the body. The edges are adapted for cooperation with bone. The reamer also includes a stem extending from an end of the body.
US08597294B2
A biological tissue closing device includes a clamper comprising a stick portion provided at a distal portion of a catheter for sticking to a biological tissue, and a sandwich member for sandwiching the biological tissue in cooperation with the stick portion, and an electric energy supply unit for supplying electric energy to the clamper. The biological tissue is fused by making the stick portion and the sandwich member of the clamper be electrode members, by sandwiching the biological tissue with the clamper and by supplying electric energy from the electric energy supply unit, wherein the clamper is configured so that each of the stick portion and the sandwich member are movable independently with respect to the catheter.
US08597293B2
Bipolar electrosurgical scissors for treating biological tissue include first and second scissor blades. A shearing surface and cutting edge of each blade is electrically neutral. The scissors include a pair of electrical connections for receiving electrical currents of opposing polarities. Each blade includes at least one first electrode and at least one second electrode positioned on a surface opposite the shearing surface. The at least one first electrode on the first blade and the at least one second electrode on the second blade are coupled to the first electrical connection. The at least one second electrode on the first blade and the at least one first electrode on the second blade are coupled to the second electrical connection. In a first energized state, the electrical connections deliver electrical current only to the first electrodes. In a second energized state, the electrical connections deliver electrical current to all of the electrodes.
US08597291B2
A method for performing a surgical procedure within lungs of a patient. The method comprising the steps of providing a plurality of surgical instruments and providing a housing. Attaching a flexible, elongated shaft with distal and proximal ends to the housing. Engaging at least one working end to the distal end of the housing, the working end including a plurality of tubes disposed therein that define a corresponding plurality of working channels for housing a corresponding plurality of surgical instruments. Controlling an actuator to engage at least one of the corresponding plurality of surgical instruments, wherein rotation of the working end with respect to a longitudinal axis of the elongated shaft engages at least one of the plurality of surgical instrument with the actuator to deploy the at least one surgical instrument to the lung as needed during a surgical procedure.
US08597284B2
A PhotoDynamic Therapy (PDT) method is presented for cosmetic rejuvenation, which is exemplified by a two phase approach for treating facial and neck skin aging while minimizing damage to the underlying region of skin being treated. To obtain best results a combination of treatments are used. This includes applying photosensitizer and light energy for stimulating the collagen within the skin, thereby restoring the elasticity of skin. The treatment procedures take about six weeks consisting of impair (damage) and repair (recovery) sessions involving skin preparation by peeling, skin detoxification, application and distribution of photosensitizer to the skin, irradiation of pre-sensitized skin followed by removal of mask. Results of long lasting improvement, especially in comparison with most cosmetic treatments, are obtained upon completion of the series, with marked changes being observed after individual sessions, which provide added incentive to complete a treatment program. These results eliminate the need for repetitive treatments after the six week series, unlike most current approaches which require repeat sessions semi-annually or annually.
US08597283B2
An ophthalmologic laser system and an operating method. The laser system includes a laser, a scanner unit, a focusing lens and a beam splitter that directs radiation that reaches the beam splitter from the direction of the area of examination through a confocal aperture orifice onto a detector. The invention also includes a control unit with which a cornea arranged in the examination area can be irradiated by the laser at illumination laser power and detection light can be registered by the detector. The cornea is scanned in three dimensions, in that the cornea is irradiated at multiple points and detection light is registered from there. Based on the detection light, a laser cut in the cornea is identified and the form and/or position of the laser cut calculated. The invention further relates to refractive laser surgery.
US08597282B2
Computer systems, programs, and methods can advantageously be used to process optical data. These approaches often involve modifying a first format data to a second format data, and are useful in simplifying the complications due to data from different wavefront systems, different aberrometer devices and aberrometer software versions, different clinical studies and different measurement conditions. A centralized database system can be used effectively in a clinical research setting, which can be a medical center, a college, or a research department in a company, or in other diagnosis or treatment facilities.
US08597280B2
A surgical instrument body has a proximal portion, a distal portion, and a joint between the proximal and distal instrument body portions. A drive element housing extends through the proximal and distal instrument body portions and through the joint. A force to actuate a component at the distal end of the instrument body is applied to the drive element. A second force in the opposite direction is applied to the drive element housing, and this second force is also applied to the component. The opposite direction forces stabilize the component so that when the distal component is actuated, the actuation does not significantly affect the joint position.
US08597274B2
Various systems and methods for improving the usability of continuous glucose monitors and drug delivery pumps are described.
US08597270B2
Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to transferring fluidic media from a vial to a reservoir. In various embodiments, fluidic media may be transferred from the vial to the reservoir by moving a housing portion to move a plunger head located in the reservoir to draw fluidic media from the vial to the reservoir. In other embodiments, fluidic media may be transferred from the vial to the reservoir while the reservoir is held by a holding unit and vibrated by a vibrator to remove air from the fluidic media. In some embodiments, fluidic media may be transferred from the vial to the reservoir by moving a handle operatively connected to a bias member for assisting with the transfer of fluidic media. In other embodiments, the transfer of fluidic media may be assisted by a bias member and a needle connecting atmosphere and the vial.
US08597265B2
A vacuum sealing drainage device for a bleeding wound tissue, includes a multi-hole foam cushion (1) contacted with the bleeding wound tissue, a drainage pipe (2) with a side hole, a sealing film (3), a connector (4), a duct (17), a drainage container (5), and a vacuum source (6). The device further includes a glue film (7) and an leading-out pipe (8). The glue film (7) is disposed above the multi-hole foam cushion (1). An opening of the side hole of the drainage pipe (2) is contacted with the multi-hole foam cushion (1). The leading-out pipe (8) is connected to the drainage pipe (2), and is disposed above the glue film (7). The sealing film (3) is sealed on the glue film (7). The leading-out pipe (8) is received in the drainage container (5) via the duct (17), and the drainage container (5) is connected to the vacuum source (6) via the duct (17). The device increases time of maintaining elasticity and a humid environment for the multi-hole foam cushion, which is helpful for wound healing. The sealing and drainage thereof are convenient and reliable.
US08597261B2
In one embodiment, an access sheath includes a sheath assembly including sheath tubing, the sheath tubing having a main lumen and a secondary lumen that extends along the length of the main lumen, the main lumen being large enough to receive an endoscope.
US08597255B2
A packing sleeve for use with a safety needle that automatically covers a tip of a needle following removal of the needle from a patient includes a generally hollow body having a longitudinal axis and a distal end and an open proximal end. The body surrounds at least a portion of the safety needle and has at least one track having an activation leg and a releasing leg. The at least one track is in sliding engagement with at least one member of the safety needle such that the motion of a portion of the safety needle relative to the body is dictated by a path the at least one member follows along the respective at least one track. The safety needle is in an initial position when the at least one member is proximate a first end of the activation leg and in an intermediate position when the at least one member is proximate a second end of the activation leg. The releasing leg extends from the second end of the activation leg and allows the at least one member to be slid toward and then removed from the proximal end of the body.
US08597253B2
The Huber needle assembly employs a straight needle with a bent distal end and a sheath of frusto-conical shape that tethers a cap to the housing in which the Huber needle is secured. The cap is movable from the housing to have the sheath cover the needle and carries a torsion spring that has a leg that snaps across a bore in the cap through which the distal end of the needle passes to block a return movement of the needle through the bore.
US08597239B2
A method of extravasated drug delivery is disclosed, including inserting a catheter with a first balloon, a second balloon, and a third balloon positioned between the first and second balloons and having a wall with an abrasive outer surface, into a bodily cavity, inflating the first and second balloons to create a chamber therebetween, stimulating a flow of blood cells by inflating the third balloon until the abrasive outer surface abrades tissue, and delivering the agent to the chamber. A balloon catheter system is also provided including a balloon having a wall with an abrasive outer surface for abrading tissue, a catheter having a first lumen for supplying fluid to the balloon to inflate the balloon such that the abrasive surface stimulates a flow of blood cells, and a second lumen for supplying an agent to tissue.
US08597236B2
A self-contained medication apparatus which includes a first container having a first semi-spherical portion, and a second container having a second semi-spherical portion and a cylindrical portion formed with the second semi-spherical portion. At least one type of medication disposed within the first container, such as one or more pills, and a consumable liquid disposed within the second container. The first container is pivotally connected to the second container by a hinge member between an open position and a closed position. A first seal is connected to the first semi-spherical portion of the first container, and a second seal is connected to the cylindrical portion of the second container. The first seal and the second seal are removed to allow the medication to be removed from the first container and allow access to the consumable fluid such that the medication and the consumable fluid may be ingested.
US08597232B2
Medical apparatus (10) for use with single use kits (100) containing a flow control device (101), a syringe (40), and one or more vials (60A, 608, 60C), for reconstituting a liquid drug dosage and administrating same. The flow control devices (101) include a core member (116) having an inlet port (107) and a flow control member (117) rotatably mounted on the core member (116) and having at least one vial port (112,113,114) for attachment of a vial and an outlet port (109). Flow control devices (101) are designed to ensure an inlet port (107) is in flow communication with a single port (112,113,114) at each flow control position of at least two predetermined flow control positions of a flow control member (117) relative to a core member (116). The medical apparatus (10) includes a housing (11) having a syringe support (12) for horizontally supporting a syringe (40) and a flow control device support (13) for horizontally supporting a flow control device (101). The medical apparatus (10) can be designed for either manual operation or automatic operation.
US08597231B2
A peritoneal dialysis machine includes: (i) a housing; (ii) an actuator carried by the housing so as to be able to interact with a peritoneal dialysis fluid carrying disposable; (iii) at least one heating element carried by the housing; (iv) a heater pan providing an upper surface of the housing, the heater pan cooperating with the at least one heater element to provide heat to a container of peritoneal dialysis fluid placed onto the heater pan, the container being part of or in communication with the peritoneal dialysis fluid carrying disposable; and (iv) a weight sensor cooperating with the heater pan to sense the weight of the peritoneal dialysis fluid located within the container.
US08597230B2
A dialysis system is disclosed including an autoconnection mechanism. The autoconnection mechanism in an embodiment is configured such that (i) a tip protector remover is translated in a first direction towards a plurality of supply line connectors, (ii) the tip protector remover is locked to each of a plurality of supply line tip protectors connected to the plurality of supply line connectors, (iii) the tip protector remover is translated in a second direction away from the plurality of supply line connectors to remove the plurality of supply line tip protectors from the supply line connectors, the tip protector remover is translated in a third direction different from the first and second directions, and (v) solution line connectors are translated towards the supply line connectors to connect each of the solution line connectors to one of the supply line connectors.
US08597226B2
Disclosed is a conduit that provides a bypass around an occlusion or stenosis in a coronary artery. The conduit is a tube adapted to be positioned in the heart wall to provide a passage for blood to flow between a heart chamber and a coronary artery, at a site distal to the occlusion or stenosis. The conduit has a section of blood vessel attached to its interior lumen which preferably includes at least one naturally occurring one-way valve positioned therein. The valve prevents the backflow of blood from the coronary artery into the heart chamber.
US08597221B2
A traction exercise apparatus comprises a rectangular shaped metal frame including a pair of metal vertical members, a metal horizontal member on a bottom side, and a pair of metal horizontal members on a top side. A first rotating metal shaft and a second rotating metal shaft are located across the pair of metal horizontal members. Further a pair of ankle braces is attached to a snap hook. A cable pulley on each side of the first rotating metal shaft supports a first metal cable attached to the snap hook. A first cable reel on each side of second rotating metal shaft supports the first metal cable. A second cable reel on each side of the second rotating metal shaft supports a second metal cable attached to a hand grab bar. Second rotating metal shaft rotates to transmit a tension to the first metal cable to perform different traction exercises.
US08597215B2
A compression sleeve for being wrapped around a leg of a wearer includes adjacent flexible sleeve sections. At least one of the sleeve sections has an air bladder therein adapted to inflate for compressing a portion of the leg. A structural component is secured to the sleeve and extends generally between the flexible sleeve sections to maintain a spacing of the adjacent sleeve sections lengthwise of the leg when the sleeve is wrapped around the leg. Bladder layers are joined together to form the air bladder. The bladder is joined together at least at two weld points on opposite sides of the structural component to locate the structural component on the sleeve so as to maintain the spacing of the adjacent sleeve sections.
US08597211B2
The present application relates to a method for determining an indicator body part subject to vital movement that is not to be irradiated and that serves as an indicator of the change in position of a body part subject to vital movement that is to be irradiated, in particular a tumor in an anatomical body. The method can further include determining an indicator trajectory that describes the vital movement of the indicator body part.
US08597210B2
A computer assisted orthopaedic system includes a sensor module, a display, and a computer coupled to the display. The sensor module is configured to be positioned in a knee joint of a patient and transmit joint force data indicative of a joint force of the patient's knee joint. The computer includes a receiver circuit to receive the joint force data. The computer is configured to determine position data indicative of a position of a patient's femur and a patient's tibia and display an image of the patient's femur and the patient's tibia based on the position data. The computer is also configured to determine a medial force value and a lateral force value based on the joint force data and display the medial and lateral force values on the display.
US08597207B1
A urine collection apparatus that includes at least a handle providing a contoured rim portion that is configured to conform to female genitals. Preferably, a urine collection port is offset from the rim portion. The preferred embodiment further includes a sloped surface disposed between the urine collection port and the rim portion, and wherein the rim portion presents a length, at its greatest extent, that is more than twice its width at the width's greatest extent.
US08597205B2
A method for using a biopsy device is disclosed. The biopsy device includes a chamber having a body having a distal end and a proximal end, wherein the proximal end includes an inlet. The biopsy device further includes a vacuum generator for generating negative and positive pressure and at least one first recessed area and at least one second recessed area. The first recessed area extends along an inner wall of the body, proximate the proximal end of the body of the chamber. The first recessed area is configured to release positive pressure within the chamber. The second recessed area extends along the inner wall of the body, proximate the distal end of the body of the chamber. The second recessed area is configured to release negative pressure within the chamber.
US08597204B2
A biopsy device includes a coring cannula, a retract stylet, and a localization needle. The coring cannula has a longitudinal axis and a shaft centered on the axis. The stylet has a tip containing at least one blade and a central passage. The localization needle has a channel and is slidably disposed within the central passage. A drive mechanism rotates the cannula and moves the cannula in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the cannula. A guide element has a first end and a second end and is slidably disposed within the channel of the localization needle. The guide element is movable from a first position to a second position within the localization needle.
US08597199B2
An allergy skin test device is disclosed that causes less pain than commonly used devices that include multi-point sharp puncture heads. The allergy skin test device incorporates multiple dull pressure heads distributed amongst the sharp multi-point sharp puncture heads, each dull pressure head activating a neurological pain gate that reduces pain sensation typically caused by the neighboring multi-point head when it engages the skin.
US08597194B2
A system and method prevents and diagnoses deep vein thrombosis in a body limb by providing a pressure sleeve having a plurality of individually fillable cells, the pressure sleeve being configurable to be placed around a body limb. A source fills each fillable cell individually, and a pressure sensor measures a pressure in a fillable cell. A controller establishes a fill sequence of each individually fillable cell and a fill time for each individually fillable cell. The controller causes a first individually fillable cell of the pressure sleeve to be filled to a predetermined pressure and causes the pressure of first individually fillable cell of the pressure sleeve to be measured while a second individually fillable cell of the pressure sleeve is filled. The controller determines a presence of deep vein thrombosis in a body limb having the pressure sleeve therearound based upon a measured pressure change in the first individually fillable cell of the pressure sleeve. The monitored pressure changes reflects the effect of venous obstruction on naturally occurred venous flow fluctuations like those caused by the respiratory cycle, and/or artificially created fluctuations like those caused by inflation of a second pressure cell. Relevant data can be collected during routine system application for deep vein thrombosis prevention on a 24/7 basis. In the case deep vein thrombosis is suspected, a controlled and more sophisticated study can be triggered using the same system.
US08597188B2
Methods and devices and systems including a data collection module for receiving and storing analyte data over a predetermined time period from a subject, a user interface unit coupled to the data collection module for providing one or more indication related to the analyte data, a control unit coupled to the data collection module and the user interface unit to control, at least in part the operation of the data collection module and the user interface unit, a communication module coupled to the control unit for communicating one or more signals associated with the analyte data to a remote location, where the user interface unit is configured to operate in a prospective analysis mode including substantially real time output of the analyte level received by the data collection module, and a retrospective analysis mode including limited output of information to the subject during the predetermined time period, and further where the communication module is configured to communicate with the remote location after the analyte data is received and stored in the data collection module over the predetermined time period, are provided.
US08597181B1
A transparent surgical pelvic retractor includes a transparent, generally semicircular retractor body having a retractor interior; a concave inner surface facing the retractor interior; and a convex outer surface opposite the inner surface. A surgical retractor method is also disclosed.
US08597174B2
A medical device includes: a body electrode disposed in contact with a human body; a tubular instrument having a distal electrode at a distal end portion of an insertion portion inserted into the body and a plurality of active joints for changing an orientation and a position of the distal end portion at the insertion portion; a plurality of joint position information detecting sections for respectively acquiring joint position information of the plurality of active joints; and a storage section for storing the joint position information respectively acquired by the plurality of joint position information detecting sections based on conduction between the body electrode and the distal electrode.
US08597171B2
A sound and light machine (SLM) produces sound and light that pulses at brain wave frequencies. The SLM is programmed to induce a particular state of consciousness in a user. The SLM includes a left and a right light emitting diode (LED) (3). The LEDs (3) are configured to be placed in front of the user's left and right eyes, respectively, and are programmed to pulse light at a frequency that helps induce the particular state of consciousness in the user. The SLM has a left and a right headphone speaker (4). The speakers (4) are configured to play different tones into right and left ears to produce binaural beats that match the LED pulse frequencies. The SLM also has a microcontroller (5) on circuit board that runs firmware to control the LEDs and headphone speakers.
US08597169B2
Methods and devices for minimally-invasive delivery of radiation to the posterior portion of the eye including a cannula comprising a distal portion connected to a proximal portion and a means for advancing a radionuclide brachytherapy source (RBS) toward the tip of the distal portion; a method of introducing radiation to the human eye comprising inserting a cannula between the Tenon's capsule and the sclera of the human eye and emitting the radiation from the cannula on an outer surface of said sclera.
US08597168B2
A side-gusset bag has face panels each having a pair of side edges. Two respective side gussets are each connected between a respective one of the side edges of one of the face panels and a respective one of the side edges of the other face panel. The face panels and side gussets together form a bag body formed along each of the side edges flanking one of the gussets with at least one slot. Two respective carry handles each have a middle section outside the body and a pair of ends extending through a respective one of the slots with the two carry handles at least generally aligned with each other. Welds secure each of the ends inside the body to the respective side gusset and close the slots around the ends.
US08597167B2
An apparatus for producing bags made of tube pieces having fabric made of stretched plastic strips and with two material webs lying on top of each other includes a transport device, via which the tube pieces are conveyed in a horizontal position in a transport direction (x) extending transversely to the direction of extension (z) of the tube pieces, a bottom-opening station, via which open bottom squares are produced on at least one end of a tube piece, a closing station, via which the bottoms opened at the bottom-opening station are folded up, and a bottom-patch station, via which a bottom patch is applied for closing the bag bottom. At least one processing station on the operating side (BS) is disposed such that it is at least partly offset to a similar processing station on the drive side (AS).
US08597158B2
A method to execute a shift in a powertrain including a plurality of torque generative devices rotatably connected through a first clutch includes operating the powertrain in a continuously variable operating range state, and monitoring a command to execute the shift including monitoring a target speed for a first torque generative device, and monitoring a command to disengage the first clutch. The first clutch is shifted from an engaged state to a disengaged state, including operating a torque phase of the first clutch wherein the first clutch is transitioned from the engaged state to the disengaged state, and simultaneous with the torque phase, operating an inertia speed phase of the first clutch wherein a speed of the first torque generative device is transitioned from an initial speed to the target speed.
US08597154B2
Epicyclical gearing comprising a first and a second gear wheel turning around respective mutually parallel axes, each one comprising a respective first and a respective second crown wheel that are adjacent to each other; the gearing also comprising at least one third and at least one fourth gear wheel that are separate and mutually independent, a support body for the third and fourth gear wheels, the support body having hinge pins formed therewith as a one piece structure, the hinge pins providing a mount for the third and fourth gear wheels on the support body in a rotational manner around a third and, respectively, a fourth hinge axis parallel to the axes, the third gear wheel meshing with the respective first crown wheels and the respective fourth gear wheel meshing with the respective second crown wheels.
US08597153B2
An automatic transmission includes an input shaft, an output member, a first planetary gear set, a second planetary gear set, a third planetary gear set, a fourth planetary gear set, and an engagement mechanism. Each of a plurality of gear ratios is provided by setting at least three of first to third clutches and first to third brakes in a connection state.
US08597151B1
A planetary gear train of an automatic transmission includes: a first shaft receiving engine torque; a second shaft parallel with the first shaft and selectively inversely receiving rotation of the first shaft; a first planetary gear set disposed on the first shaft and including a first, second and a third rotation paths; a compound planetary gear set formed by combining a second planetary gear set and a third planetary gear set, and including a fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh rotation paths; three transfer gears interposed between the rotation shafts, and configured to transfer an inverse rotation speed to the second shaft and the rotation paths of the compound planetary gear set; and five frictional elements interconnecting the rotation paths or selectively connecting the rotation paths to a transmission housing.
US08597143B2
An improved baseball or softball batter training system and batting tee is provided. The tee provides a significantly increased useful life as compared to prior art tees as well as improved hitting dynamics. The batting tee forms part of a batter training system which allows multiple batting tees and adapters to be used together to teach proper batting skills to a batter while providing immediate tactile feedback to ensure proper technique.
US08597142B2
A method is disclosed for displaying a practice swing ball flight to a user in a virtual golf game. The practice swing ball flight illustrates to the user a ball flight resulting from a practice swing, had the practice swing instead been an actual swing intended to strike a virtual golf ball.
US08597141B1
A smart golf tee that includes a body having a ball receiving end and a ground insertion end, a processor joined to the body, at least one sensor connected to the processor, a communications means connected to the processor, and computer executable instructions readable by the processor and operative to use the at least one sensor to determine a ground insertion height of the body, and use the communications means to send an electronic communication related to the ground insertion height to a mobile device.
US08597140B2
A multiple-piece solid core golf ball includes a solid core including an inner core layer and an outer core layer, and a cover disposed on the outside of the solid core. The inner core layer has an outer diameter of at most approximately 25 mm and is formed of a material having a loss tangent (tan δ) of at least approximately 0.1. The outer core layer is formed of a material having a loss tangent (tan δ) of from approximately 0.01 to approximately 0.1. The difference between the loss tangent (tan δ) of the material forming the inner core layer and the loss tangent (tan δ) of the material forming the outer core layer is at least approximately 0.05.
US08597130B2
A force transmission flange, preferably an intermediate force transmission flange, for a torque transmission device or a damper device, in particular for a drivetrain of a motor vehicle, wherein the force transmission flange has driver devices for mechanically coupling energy storage elements, and for at least two energy storage elements arranged offset axially and/or radially with respect to each other, the force transmission flange has at least two driver devices which are formed as one piece of the same material with the force transmission flange and are for coupling the energy storage elements. The invention relates to a device such as a torque converter, Föttinger coupling, damper, torsional vibration damper, turbine damper, pump damper, dual-mass converter or dual-mass flywheel or a combination thereof, optionally with a centrifugal pendulum-type absorber, wherein the device has a force transmission flange, especially an intermediate force transmission flange.
US08597129B2
A device for drivingly connecting a drive component and a driven component by a spline includes an inner tooth pattern disposed on one of the components and a mating outer tooth pattern disposed on the other component, wherein one of the components is constructed in two parts and comprises two tooth sections configured for rotation relative to one another, at least one preload spring for tensioning the two tooth sections with respect to each other in the circumferential direction, and means which for assembling the plug-in connection maintain the two tooth sections in mutual alignment, wherein the means are constructed such that the at least one preload spring becomes automatically effective when the drive component and the driven component are connected with an axial assembly motion.
US08597122B2
The present invention relates to gaming apparatus (100) and methods (300) applicable to gaming apparatuses and systems. In particular a password entry method (300) and system (600) for authenticating a player's identity is disclosed in which a user's password can be defined using a set of elements (402) including a plurality of images (404) such as symbols or pictures.
US08597101B2
A keno game is tied to video content such that events in the video content determine the outcome of the keno game. The outcome determinative events are selected from a set of potential outcome determinative events and marked with cues when the video content is displayed to the keno players and other video content watchers. The cues may be audible or visual and accentuate the fact that an outcome determinative event has occurred. If the player's wager has enough of the outcome determinative events selected relative to the actual outcome determinative events, the player may receive a benefit.
US08597098B2
Disclosed is gaming apparatus, which may be a gaming system and a method of gaming implemented on gaming apparatus. A plurality of linked gaming machines are monitored for the occurrence of a first event. The number of occurrences of the first event for each gaming machine is recorded. On the occurrence of a second event, a bonus is awarded on each said gaming machine on which at least one monitored occurrence of the first event has occurred, the bonus award being dependent on the number of occurrences of the first event.
US08597094B2
To provide a game device capable of improving operability for a user when a player character of an opponent team holds a moving object in a sport game to be played by a user team and the opponent team. A first marker control unit (72d) controls the position of a marker player character selected from among the player characters of the user team, based on the position of a marking target player character selected from among the player characters of the opponent team and a predetermined position. A second marker control unit (72e) controls the position of the marker player character, based on the position of the marking target player character and the position of a moving object or the position of a player character holding the moving object. The marker control switching unit (72g) switches between the first marker control unit (72d) and the second marker control unit (72e), based on a result of determination as to whether or not a predetermined switching condition is satisfied.
US08597092B2
There is described a method for controlling an exhaust system having at least two fans, a plenum chamber interconnecting the at least two fans, and a bypass air damper in the plenum chamber to allow bypass air to flow therethrough, the method comprising: monitoring pressure in the plenum chamber of the system; detecting a variation of the pressure beyond a predetermined range; and regulating operation of the exhaust system in response to the pressure variation in order to return the pressure to within the predetermined range.
US08597091B2
An electronic system has independently coolable first and second zones. The electronic system includes a first zone having a first zone fan and a plurality of first zone connectors for connecting electronic modules and a second zone having a second fan zone and a plurality of second zone connectors for connecting electronic modules. A module manager is also provided for communicating with the first and second zone connectors and with the first and second zone fans. The module manager can independently control the speed of the first and second zone fans based upon operational parameters received from the first and second zone connectors.
US08597084B2
Embodiments described herein generally relate to the planarization of substrates. In one embodiment, an apparatus for polishing a substrate is provided. The apparatus comprises a rotatable platen having a textured upper surface, at least one groove formed in the upper surface, and a pad disposed on the textured upper surface and bridging the at least one groove.
US08597082B2
There is disclosed a grinding apparatus for fabrication of a liquid crystal display device that is adaptive for improving the adsorption defect of a substrate onto a substrate stage. A grinding apparatus for fabrication of a liquid crystal display device disclosed in the present invention includes a plurality of substrate stage configured to make a linearly bi-directional movement; first and second grinding parts disposed in a series at an area to which the substrate stage moves; first to third aligning parts disposed at both ends of the first and second grinding parts and therebetween; and first and second cleaning parts disposed between the first and second grinding parts and the first and second aligning parts so as to clean the substrate stage.
US08597077B2
The present invention relates to a dry blasting process for the cleaning of solid surfaces as well as special abrasive pigments suitable therefor and a method for their production.
US08597076B2
A containment assembly is described that includes a flexible enclosure and a panel attached to the flexible enclosure. The flexible enclosure includes a first opening that defines a periphery that is operable for attachment around a work area. The panel is attached to the enclosure about a periphery defined by a second opening in the enclosure. A sealable access port is also associated with the enclosure, operable to provide a user with access to an interior of the enclosure.
US08597073B2
A method and a device for machining the leading edge of a turbine engine blade by a machining center for which parameters are set is disclosed. The method includes: acquiring a 3D profile of the leading edge of the blade; calculating at least one characteristic of the leading edge from the 3D profile; comparing the value of the calculated characteristic with a known theoretical value of the characteristic to obtain an elementary difference for the characteristic; calculating at least one undulation of the leading edge between at least two consecutive elementary sections from the 3D profile; optimizing the elementary differences obtained as a function of the undulation; setting the parameters of the machining center as a function of the optimized elementary differences for the elementary sections to define machining passes over the leading edge; and machining the leading edge of the blade with the machining center with parameters set.
US08597071B2
A fragrant brasserie according to one embodiment includes a body portion having a pair of cups, a pair of side straps that engage one another for securely attaching the brasserie to a person's body, and a pair of shoulder straps connected between the cups and the side straps. The body portion has a front section located between the pair of cups that includes an opening leading into an interior compartment. The brasserie also includes a fragrant article that is removably disposed within the interior compartment. The fragrant article has a fragrance associated therewith that provides a pleasant scent that can be experienced over a period of time. The fragrant article is formed of a material that absorbs a liquid and includes a liquid fragrance that impregnates the material so as to provide a pleasant smelling experience when the fragrant article is worn with the brasserie.
US08597065B2
An electrically conductive sleeve for electrical connectors, the sleeve extending around a longitudinal axis and having a first end and a second end, the second end being opposite the first end, at least one slot being produced in the sleeve and extending from the first end in the direction of the second end, and including at least one lug extending transversely, notably radially, relative to the axis of the sleeve.
US08597059B2
A new and useful cable plug is provided, that is configured for a socket-plug system connecting a PSU to a load device over a 2 wire cable. The cable plug is selectively moveable to one of a plurality of positions for selecting a predetermined output voltage (or other operational characteristic) for the load device In addition, a new and useful socket is provided, that is configured to mate with the cable plug, to provide the selected output voltage (or other operational characteristic) for the load device.
US08597055B2
An I/O connector has a housing that contains a plurality of individual terminal wafers containing terminal dedicated to either ground signals or differential signals. The terminals are arranged in widthwise order to define broadside coupled differential signal terminal pairs. The ground terminals are wider than the signal terminals to provide shielding to the differential signal pairs. The body portions of the ground terminals can include notches that provide for increased retention of the ground terminals in the wafer and provide increased flow for molding material during the formation of the wafers.
US08597051B2
A receptacle connector adapted for soldering with a circuit board and engaging with a plug connector includes an insulating housing, a plurality of terminals molded in the insulating housing, at least two first connecting elements, a second connecting element, a first waterproof board, a second waterproof board, and a shielding shell surrounding the insulating housing. The insulating housing has a top wall which defines at least two locating grooves for receiving the first connecting elements therein. The second connecting element has a base plate mounted to a bottom of the bottom wall. The first waterproof board is mounted to a top of the insulating housing. The second waterproof board is mounted under the second connecting element. A top face of the first waterproof board and a bottom face of the second waterproof board are coated with waterproof adhesive material to form a waterproof adhesive layer respectively.
US08597029B2
This invention relates to pulse simulation units for use in patient simulators, where the device comprises a base body, an upper actuator body located in parallel above the base body, one leaver body at each longitudinal end of the base body, which in their lower portion is pivotally attached to the base body and in their upper portion is pivotally attached to the actuator body, and at least one shape memory alloy wire attached in one end to the lower portion of each leaver body below the pivotally attachment to the base body and in the other end to the base body, and where the length of the shape memory alloy actuator wire is adjusted such that when no electric pulse is delivered, the length of the wire(s) allow the leaver bodies to be more or less folded in towards the base body and hold the actuator body to form a compressed position at a first distance above the base body, and such that when the actuator wire(s) contract due to exposure to an electric pulse they will rotate the lever bodies some degrees and thus cause the actuator body to be lifted to an expanded position at a second distance>the first distance above the base body.
US08597027B2
The present invention is a method and system to permit assessment and measurement of a combination of visual and cognitive processes necessary for safe driving-object detection, by recognition of particular objects as actual or potential safety hazards or traffic hazards, through the continuous switching of visual attention between and among objects while virtually driving, according to an object's instantaneous priority as a safety threats or traffic hazard, that together are termed expert search and scanning skills. The present invention will reference the driver's performance against that of acknowledged experts in this skill; and then provide precise feedback about the type, location, and timing of search and scanning performance errors, plus remedial strategies to correct such errors.
US08597026B2
Immersive training scenario systems and related methods are provided. The immersive training scenario systems can provide at least one simulated structure. The at least one simulated structure can include a base structure having at least one surface thereon. One or more substrates with one or more photographic images printed thereon are applied to the surface of the base structure so that the simulated structure has realistic visual characteristics representative of a mission site or mission scenario.
US08597022B2
A dental tool including a dental prophy angle and a dental prophy angle adapter is provided. A dental prophy angle includes a housing and a rotor. The dental prophy angle adapter can include a drive shaft with a tip. The drive shaft of the adapter can be coupled to a gear at the same end of the tip with the rotor of the prophy angle being configured to receive the tip. Further, a slidable sleeve can extend over a portion of the drift shaft so that the slidable sleeve becomes automatically retracted upon engaging a shoulder of the housing resulting in the gear of the drive shaft being positioned beyond the end of the slidable sleeve.
US08597010B2
The invention relates to systems and methods which may be used to determine when an uncured composite part is ready to be cured. In one embodiment, a system under the invention may comprise an infrared camera adapted to take infrared images of an uncured composite part, a heating device adapted to heat an uncured composite part, an image capture device adapted to capture infrared images taken by the infrared camera, and a computer adapted to analyze infrared images taken by the infrared camera in order to evaluate temperatures of an uncured composite part. The infrared images may be used to determine that the composite part is substantially covered, and/or completely covered, with resin and ready to be cured.
US08597009B2
Systems and methods are described for performing film insert molding (FIM) on a 3D shape, such as a traffic light shell or cover. A film is pre-generated for a surface to be covered by the film, and is inserted into a mold. A viscous material is then injected into the mold and the film bonds to the shell as the viscous material cools and hardens. The film includes a material selected to provide one or more of scratch resistance, improved shell hardness, UV protection, corrosion protection etc., and/or may be selected to alter optical characteristics of the shell.
US08597005B2
A compressor incorporated with an oil separator having a separation chamber, which is placed adjacent to a discharge chamber, has a space formed in the entire inside of the separation chamber, separates oil-containing gas, being introduced, into gas and oil by centrifugal separation, allows the separated oil to drop downward, and upwardly extracts the separated gas, and also having a lower hole for introducing the separated oil into an oil storing chamber. The oil separator is formed as a joining structure of two compressor forming members, and a portion of the oil storing chamber, other than a portion where the lower hole is opened, is communicated with the separation chamber via a gas release passageway at least a part of which is formed between the two compressor forming members. Gas is efficiently discharged from the portion of the oil storing chamber where the lower hole of the oil separator is not opened, a sufficient amount of stored oil is secured in the oil storing chamber, and in addition, workability in production of the device is improved.
US08596980B2
A vibration damper assembly is provided between two shrouds of adjacent turbine blades. A pair of confronting passages are provided, one in each of the shrouds and a vibration damper is located in both of the confronting passages. The vibration damper comprises a structure which when heated expands outwardly so as to engage with the walls of the passages. The vibration damper may be a sheet metal shape memory nickel base alloy wound into an open spiral and provided in circular cross-section passages.
US08596977B1
A wind energy generator has a frame, an axle extending horizontally and being rotatably mounted relative to the frame, a plurality of arms extending radially outwardly of the axle, and a plurality of panels respectively hingedly connected to the plurality of arms at a location distal of the axle. Each of the plurality of panels extends so as to have an edge opposite the hinged connection proximal the axle. A plurality of rollers are respectively affixed adjacent the edge of the plurality of panels. A line is received by the plurality of rollers so as to extend around the plurality of rollers to cause the plurality of rollers to relative to each other as the axle rotates.
US08596976B2
The amount of cooling air (cooling medium) can be reduced, and low-temperature cooling air is prevented from being blown out through film cooling holes. Part of a cooling medium impingement-cooling an inner circumferential surface of a blade main body located on a ventral side further impingement-cools the inner circumferential surface of the blade main body located on a dorsal side and is blown out through film cooling holes in the blade main body that are located on the dorsal side.
US08596972B2
A duct includes first and second composite duct sections and first and second metallic support ring sections. The second metallic support ring section is adjacent to the first metallic support ring section.
US08596968B2
A diffuser is provided having a number of diffuser channels defined by a top wall, bottom wall, and two sidewalls. The sidewalls can be constructed according to an involute of a circle which provides constant interwall distance between the sidewalls along the length of the diffuser channel. The top and bottom walls, however, diverge from one another along the length of the diffuser channel to provide a desired diffusion.
US08596959B2
A gas turbine engine has an oil tube for delivering oil through a high temperature zone of the engine to an engine component for cooling and lubrication. An insulation tube surrounds the oil tube and extends in a substantial length of the oil tube. The opposed ends of the insulation tube are integrally and sealingly connected to respective end portions of the oil tube to form a dead air annulus between the oil tube and the insulation tube.
US08596958B2
A crossflow fan includes an impeller formed by plate-like blades 42. Each blade 42 is inclined such that the outer edge 42a is located on the leading side of the inner edge 42d with respect to the rotation direction of the impeller 41. The face of each blade 42 that is located on the leading side of the rotation direction forms a positive pressure surface 42p, and a face located on the trailing side forms a negative pressure surface 42q. Notches 42b are formed at the outer edge 42a of the blade 42. The notches 42b are arranged at predetermined intervals along the rotation axis of the impeller. A basic shape section 42c is formed between each adjacent pair of the notches 42b. The blade thickness L2 in the vicinity of the bottom 42y of each notch 42b is smaller than the blade thickness of the basic shape section 42c adjacent to the notch 42b.
US08596953B2
Disclosed are apparatuses and methods for use thereof for loading bulk material into freight containers. One apparatus comprises a hopper configured to receive bulk material that is sized and shaped to be at least partially enclosable by a container to occupy a substantial volume of the container and a ram. The ram comprises a plate and a driver configured to move the plate from a back end of the hopper to an open end of the hopper to expel material into a container. Another apparatus comprises a hopper configured to receive bulk, material that is sized and shaped to be at least partially enclosable by a container to occupy a substantial volume of the container and a reciprocating conveyor floor system. Optionally, the apparatuses further include a stand and/or collapsible legs to further support the hopper.
US08596951B1
Systems, equipment and processes involving one or more aspects such as extending the scope of automation in port container facilities, increasing port capacity within fixed land resources, increasing operational productivity, increasing safety, increasing the velocity and reliability of goods movement, increasing freight security, reducing negative environmental impacts, and/or reducing the overall cost of goods movement are disclosed. In some implementations, storage areas may be accessed by automated guided vehicles which receive and unload containerized loads.
US08596949B2
The present invention is an impact vehicle restraint with a constant-torque, multi-mode electric motor to secure the ICC bar of a trailer to a loading dock. A mounting plate anchors a carriage to the front of the loading dock. The carriage is biased to a raised position and has a pair of spaced shear plates that house a hook. An electric gearmotor rotates the hook between retracted and extended positions. When extended, the hook secures and holds the ICC bar to the dock. The motor has a higher power level or mode to raise and lower the hook, and a lower power level or mode to continuously adjust the position of the hook and keep it in forced engagement with the ICC bar during the process of loading and unloading the trailer. A control system cycles the motor and hook through an operating cycle.
US08596943B2
A chipless thread-forming screw (10) has a thread-carrying shank (11) provided at its opposite ends with a tip (13) and a head (4), respectively, and having a diameter between 0.25 and 0.35 mm, with the shank (11) having at least one frustroconical section (21) extending from the tip (13) in direction of the head (14) and having, with respect to the thread root (22), a point angle (α) between 200 and 300, and a cylindrical section (25) extending between the frustroconical section (21) and the head (14), and with a starting line (23) of the thread (15) remote from the head (14) being spaced from the tip (13) by a distance (Lt) from 0 to 0.3 mm.
US08596939B2
A method for cutting teeth in workpieces, wherein, in a roughing operation, a substantially uncut blank receives rough teeth using a cutting tool having cutting teeth. Operation teeth are produced, the tooth width of which is defined by the spacing between the flanks of the teeth and is greater than the target dimension. In a subsequent deburring operation, a chamfer is incorporated into the end face edge of the tooth flanks, accompanied by the removal of an end face burr. Lastly, in a smoothing operation, the tooth width of the teeth is brought to the target dimension by machining the tooth flanks.
US08596935B2
A cutting tool comprises a cutting insert, a tool holder, and a fastener. The cutting insert comprises a cutting edge and a fastener bore adapted to accept a fastener for fastening together the cutting tool and tool holder. A coolant flow recess in the fastener bore is adapted to direct coolant through the coolant flow recess and toward a head portion of the fastener. The tool holder comprises an insert pocket adapted to removably fasten the cutting insert and fastener to the tool holder, and a coolant bore adapted to direct the coolant from the tool holder to the coolant flow recess of the fastener bore. The head portion of the fastener and the coolant flow recess of the fastener bore define a gap that directs the coolant to the cutting edge of the cutting insert.
US08596934B2
Milling insert and tool for center cutting milling of material. At least one first cutting edge is terminated in or adjacent to a center axis defined by the milling insert and includes a first cutting edge portion having a first radius that is essentially equally great for each point of the first cutting edge portion. The first cutting edge includes at least one second cutting edge portion that is plane or has at least one second radius for each point of the respective second cutting edge portion, the at least one second radius being greater than the first radius and that is situated between the first cutting edge portion and the center axis. One second cutting edge portion adjoins the first cutting edge portion, and one second cutting edge portion is terminated in or adjacent to the center axis.
US08596933B2
A cutting tool has a main body provided with a pocket part and a cutting insert. The pocket part includes at least one side wall and bottom surface which includes a pocket part base surface, a first pocket part inclined surface connected to an inner end of the base surface on an inside of the main body, and a second pocket part inclined surface connected to an outer end of the base surface on an outside of the main body. The cutting insert has an upper surface, a lower surface and side surfaces connecting the upper surface and the lower surface. The lower surface includes an insert base surface, first and second inclined surfaces inclined upwardly from first and second sides of the base surface, respectively. The cutting insert is seated in the pocket part such that the second inclined surface abuts the second pocket part inclined surface.
US08596923B2
A mine roof support includes a substantially dome-shaped plate including a curved portion having a first side and a second side. The mine roof support includes a drive end such as a barrel and wedge assembly, a nut or a forged head. The first side of the plate is adapted to mate with a recess defined in a mine roof. A top portion of the drive head may be contoured to substantially match the contour of the second side of the plate. A drill bit tool used to create the recess includes a first drill bit situated at one end of the drill bit tool and a second drill bit situated near an opposite end of the drill bit tool, wherein the drill bit tool is adapted to drill a bore hole and the recess. A method for supporting the mine roof utilizes the mine roof support.
US08596912B2
A device includes a hollow rigid member (40) and a curvature limiter (42) movable relative to the hollow rigid member (40). A releasable device (46) for axial immobilization of the curvature limiter (42) on the flexible line (18) in at least one first direction along a travel axis (X-X′). The axial immobilization device (46) includes a locking member (90) axially secured to the flexible line (18), and a member (92) for fitting the locking member (90), axially secured to the curvature limiter (42). Those members (90, 92) are movable relative to each other around the travel axis (X-X′) between a configuration for axial immobilization of the flexible line (18) on the curvature limiter (42), and a configuration for axial travel of the flexible line (18) across the curvature limiter (42).
US08596904B2
A non-lethal vehicle device provides for the selective, remotely-deployed controlled stop of a targeted vehicle regardless of wheel or undercarriage configuration. The device is comprised of a combination of a remote arm/safe mechanism, a remote deployment controller, spike/membrane deployment mechanism(s), a “speed bump” type housing that can protrude (be driven over until deployed) or be submerged, and one or more membranes with a plurality of spikes. A combination of sensors may provide independent deployment once armed.
US08596902B2
A building connecting apparatus for receiving structural members including frames and panels. The apparatus includes a main body having a central opening for receiving an extension member attached to a slot plate. Receiving plates can be coupled to the apparatus for receiving the structural members with the extension member capable of guiding and aligning the structural members.
US08596892B2
A pan and tilt head for supporting a payload such as a TV, video or motion picture camera comprising a base and a tiltable support including a platform for receiving a payload pivotally mounted on the base to tilt about a horizontal axis to either side of a neutral position in which the platform is generally horizontal. A balancing mechanism for the platform includes an adjustable spring mechanism mounted on the base to enable a pre-load in the spring mechanism to be varied and means coupling the tilting support to the spring mechanism. Adjustable mounting for one end of the spring mechanism includes an upright post mounted on the base and having rotary height adjustment. A manually operable rotary thumb wheel is mounted on the base for rotation about an upright axis.
US08596888B2
In aligning ends of optical fibers, e.g. ends of large mode area double-clad fibers (LMA-DCFs), in a fiber optic fusion splicer the best position of the object plane of the optical system for observing images of the cores of the fiber ends are first determined by maximizing the contrast of the core image, in particular the core image peak in intensity profiles. The alignment process may be performed by adjusting the offset distance between the observed cores in some suitable way, e.g. by using a cascade technique. In e.g. a process for prealigning the fiber ends the self-focusing effect of optical fibers can be used to first determine the best object plane position for observing the self-focusing effect and then the very pre-alignment operation can be performed. This may extend the range of image analysis allowing e.g. that alignment, in particular core alignment, can be performed without requiring direct information showing the position of sides or edges of the claddings in captured pictures.
US08596884B2
An optical fiber mechanical splice connector system that couples with a field fiber includes a connector body comprising a ferrule receiving portion, a pellet receiving portion and a support portion between the ferrule receiving portion and pellet receiving portion. The pellet receiving portion includes one or more engagement fingers connected at a first end to the support portion and extending away from the ferrule receiving portion to a second, free end adjacent a pellet receiving opening of a pellet receiving cavity at the pellet receiving portion. A ferrule is connected to the connector body at the ferrule receiving portion. A stub fiber is captured within the ferrule. The stub fiber extends from the ferrule into a fiber receiving cavity provided within the connector body for connecting with the field fiber. A fiber carrying pellet carries the field fiber. Inserting the fiber carrying pellet through the pellet receiving opening resiliently deflects the one or more engagement fingers thereby enlarging the pellet receiving opening such that the fiber carrying pellet is received by the pellet receiving cavity of the connector body.
US08596882B2
A fiber optic connector arrangement includes a printed circuit board coupled to a connector housing. The printed circuit board includes a memory storage device that is configured to store physical layer information pertaining to the fiber optic connector arrangement. The printed circuit board also defines contacts that are electrically coupled to the memory storage device to enable the physical layer information to be read from the memory storage device by a media reading interface. A connector assembly includes at least one adapter assembly; a printed circuit board; and a media reading interface. The connector assembly also may include a tactile pressure sensor. The adapter assembly defines at least a first port and a second port that are configured to connect optical fibers of two connector arrangements. One or more connector assemblies can be mounted to a fiber panel system.
US08596879B2
An optical cable including connectors includes a plurality of waveguide layers each including a plurality of optical channels each having a first end and a second end. First and second connectors each include a plurality of electrically conductive pins, and each of the plurality of optical channels of each of the waveguides, at their first and second ends, are connected to a specified pin on each of the first and second connectors, respectively. A first optical channel connection pattern on the first connector, and a second optical channel connection pattern on the second connector. The first optical channel connection pattern on the first connector is a different pattern than the second optical channel connection pattern on the second connector in relation to a connection hole pattern which is the same for both the first and second connectors.
US08596878B2
The invention relates to a rolling bearing 1 comprising a lower ring 3 mounted inside a lower annular cup 6, an upper ring 2 mounted inside an upper annular cup 7, and at least one row of rolling elements 4 positioned between raceways defined by lower and upper rings. One of the annular cups has at least one annular skirt 6d partly inserted within at least one annular groove 7m provided in the other annular cup, thus forming a sinuous chamber 8, and the sinuous chamber is at least partly filled with at least one waterproof grease material 9.
US08596875B2
A bearing constituent member includes a surface layer, at least one of particles composed of vanadium nitride having a particle diameter of 0.2 to 2 μm and particles composed of vanadium carbonitride having a particle diameter of 0.2 to 2 μm are present in the surface layer ranging from the surface to a depth of 10 μm and at least one of the area ratio of the particles composed of vanadium nitride having a particle diameter of 0.2 to 2 μm and the particles composed of vanadium carbonitride having a particle diameter of 0.2 to 2 μm in the surface layer ranging from the surface to a depth of 10 μm is 1 to 10%.
US08596871B2
There is provided a slide bearing for a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine, having a pair of half bearings combined with each other to form the slide bearing, and a crush relief formed in each end portion region in a circumferential direction of an inner peripheral surface of each half bearing by reducing a bearing wall thickness over an entire width in an axial direction of the half bearing, wherein a relief depth RD which is a reduction amount of the bearing wall thickness of the crush relief is maximum at each end portion in the circumferential direction of the half bearing, and gradually decreases toward a center in the circumferential direction, and the relief depth RD is maximum in a center in an axial direction of the half bearing, and gradually decreases toward both end portions in the axial direction.
US08596866B2
To prevent erroneous detection in detecting a foreign matter, which is caused by a change in distance between a sample and an X-ray detector, provided is an X-ray transmission inspection apparatus including an X-ray tube (11) that irradiates an inspection sample element with an X-ray, an X-ray detector (13) that detects a transmission X-ray when the X-ray is transmitted through a sample, an operation portion (17) that obtains a contrast image from a transmission image of a transmission X-ray, a sensor that calculates a distance between the sample and the detector, and a mechanism that adjusts the position of the X-ray detector, in which an X-ray transmission image is picked up while the distance between the sample and the X-ray detector is kept constant.
US08596854B2
A light-guide module including a light-guide sheet and a light source is provided. The light-guide sheet includes a light-emergent region and a plurality of localized micro-structures located at a first surface of the light-guide sheet, wherein the localized micro-structures are distributed except the light-emergent region. The localized micro-structures include a plurality of arc grooves disposed on a first region. The light source includes a plurality of light-emitting devices. A light-emergent area of each of the light-emitting devices is A. In the localized micro-structures of the first region covered by the light-emitting devices, an area occupied by the arc grooves having aspect ratios greater than 0.5 is greater than or substantially equal to 0.5 A.
US08596847B2
An illuminator film system may include one or more pre-cut sections of optical film applied to a waveguide to allow light to exit the waveguide through the film in a predetermined manner. The one or more pre-cut sections may be removed and reapplied during a procedure to redirect the light. A laminated illuminator film may be provided that uses a laminated optical film structure to direct light from a fiber optic input. Such a laminated illuminator film may be very low profile, low cost and easy to apply to a retractor for providing illumination during a surgical procedure.
US08596844B1
A vehicle light includes a housing having at least one first slot and at least one light strip made by plastic, fluorescent agent and proliferation powder is engaged with the at least one first slot. At least one first LED light unit is connected to the back of the at least one light strip and has a first circuit board that is shaped to be matched with the at least one light strip. The first circuit board has multiple LED chips located corresponding to the at least one light strip. A back board and a cover are fixed to the back and the front of the housing. The vehicle light has simple structure and provides desired light patterns.
US08596840B2
A luminant component, such as reflective tape or an electrically powered component, is applied to the window frame of a motor vehicle. The component is visible from both the outside of the window, through the window and the inside of the window to illuminate at least portions of the vehicle.
US08596839B2
The invention is related to a lighting element for a homogenous light appearance used in automotive devices. The lighting element has a light guide structure illuminated by a LED that feeds light into the light guide at the edge of the light guide. The diffuser pane forms a diffuser layer on the light guide surface and light guide and diffuser layer consist of plastic material and are in integrally molded together in a 2-K molding process.
US08596831B2
In a light beam controlling member, a projecting section has a third surface between a first surface (incident surface) and a second surface (total reflection surface). The third surface is formed into an angled surface that is angled in relation to an optical axis, of which one end section joined with the first surface is positioned further to a light source side than another end section joined with the second surface. The overall light that has entered the third surface of each of a plurality of projecting sections is refracted by the third surface towards an exit surface side with positive power.
US08596830B2
An apparatus where an indirect lighting system is adapted to direct light to a target. The primary optics are arranged to eject a flat beam of uniform intensity light onto an assembly of fractal reflector modules that reflect the beam to the target. The primary optics comprise a light source, and a reflector of stepped facets, located on the surface of a parabolic reflector; the shape and location of each facet being calculated to provide a uniform intensity flat beam.
US08596824B2
A light fixture includes a light source, a first flexible material coupled to a first scrolling mechanism, and a second flexible material coupled to a second scrolling mechanism. The first flexible material includes a first pattern generator and the first scrolling mechanism is operable to move the first pattern generator from a first position to a second position in a beam of light from the light source. The second flexible material includes a second pattern generator and the second scrolling mechanism is operable to move the second pattern generator to a third position in the beam of light. A changing pattern is produced in the beam of light.
US08596822B2
A lighting mechanism is presented including a plurality of lighting members configured to be connected to each other in a series configuration, each of the plurality of lighting members having a detachable mechanism associated therewith. The lighting mechanism also includes a plurality of retractable housing members each positioned between the plurality of lighting members and each configured to include retractable wires on opposed ends thereof. The plurality of lighting members are adapted to be selectively repositioned with respect to each other via the opposed retractable wires of each of the plurality of retractable housing members.
US08596816B2
A multi-die LED package comprises a diode that works as a light-emitting diode for emitting light and as a sensing diode for detecting at least one physical quantity. The multi-die LED package is able to provide desired luminance and color independent of aging, temperature or other effects.
US08596808B2
Provided is a backlight module comprising a substrate comprising a plurality of honeycombed protrusions arranged on a surface; main tricolor light emitting diodes (LEDs), wherein on each of the honeycombed protrusions of the substrate is provided one of the main tricolor LEDs, and sub tricolor LEDs, each of which is provided between two neighboring honeycombed protrusions.
US08596803B2
A vehicle interior assembly includes a light guide and a light source configured to illuminate the light guide. The vehicle interior assembly also includes an interior trim component at least partially disposed about a display. The interior trim component includes a light transmissive material configured to receive light from the light guide, and to emit light into a vehicle interior.
US08596800B2
The invention relates to a method of making retroreflective sheeting and other articles prepared from casting a moldable synthetic resin onto a tool having a microstructured surface.
US08596798B1
An access probe for remote-sensing access through a viewing port, viewing volume, and access port into a vessel. The physical boundary around the viewing volume is partially formed by a porous sleeve lying between the viewing volume and a fluid conduit. In a first mode of operation, a fluid supplied to the fluid conduit encounters the porous sleeve and flows through the porous material to maintain the viewing volume free of ash or other matter. When additional fluid force is needed to clear the viewing volume, the pressure of the fluid flow is increased sufficiently to slidably translate the porous sleeve, greatly increasing flow into the viewing volume. The porous sleeve is returned to position by an actuating spring. The access probe thereby provides for alternate modes of operation based on the pressure of an actuating fluid.
US08596787B2
Methods, devices, and systems for predicting an optical acuity measure of an optical system of an eye. An optical acuity measure can be predicted by determining a point spread function based on a wavefront measurement of an eye, convolving a resolution target with the point spread function to produce an image, and predicting the optical acuity measure of the optical system of the eye based on the image.
US08596784B2
A fundus camera includes an illumination unit to illuminate an ocular fundus of a subject's eye, an autofluorescent exciter filter insertable into and retractable from an illumination optical path of the illumination unit, an observation and photographing unit to receive reflection light from the ocular fundus illuminated by the illumination unit and form an ocular fundus image, an autofluorescent barrier filter insertable into and retractable from an observation and photographing optical path, an image capturing unit to capture an ocular fundus image, and a calculation unit to calculate image data, wherein the calculation unit converts the ocular fundus image which is illuminated using the autofluorescent exciter filter and captured by a color image capturing unit as a color image, in a state that no autofluorescent barrier filter is inserted into the observation and photographing unit, into a monochromatic image from specific color data of each of the pixels.
US08596778B2
An ink jet recording apparatus may include a conveying device configured to move a conveying belt including a conveying surface to convey a recording medium. The ink jet recording apparatus may include a recording head configured to discharge ink onto the recording medium. The ink jet recording apparatus may include an attraction device including first and second electrodes facing a surface opposite the conveying surface and configured to apply a voltage between the first and second electrodes. The ink jet recording apparatus may include a contact member which comes into contact with the conveying surface. The first and second electrodes may be disposed at a distance from each other in the width direction of the conveying belt. A contacting area of the conveying surface with which the contact member comes into contact may not extend over the first and second electrodes in the width direction.
US08596775B2
A filter unit includes: a space portion, through which a liquid passes, whose outer cross-sectional shape when cut along the direction orthogonal to the axial direction is circular or polygonal; a filter provided at the surface on one end side of the space portion in the axial direction thereof; a protruding member, provided at the surface on the other end side of the space portion in the axial direction thereof, that protrudes toward a center area of the surface on the one end side of the space portion; an inflow channel that allows the liquid to flow into the space portion from a direction tangential to the side circumferential surface of the space portion; and an outflow channel that allows the liquid to pass through the filter and flow out from the space portion.
US08596774B2
A fluid container having a body for containing fluid, a fluid outlet on a first wall of the body at which the contained fluid exits the body and a filter arranged within the body adjoining the first wall so that the contained fluid passes through the filter before exiting the outlet, wherein the filter is inclined relative to the first wall so that filtered fluid is contained in the body between the filter and the outlet.
US08596753B2
A nozzle surface cleaning apparatus is configured to clean a nozzle surface of a droplet ejection head in which the nozzle surface is inclined with respect to a horizontal plane. The nozzle surface cleaning apparatus includes: a cleaning liquid deposition device which deposits cleaning liquid on the nozzle surface while moving relatively to the nozzle surface in a direction perpendicular to a direction of inclination of the nozzle surface; and an excess cleaning liquid removal device which removes excess cleaning liquid adhering to a lower edge portion of the nozzle surface in terms of the direction of inclination, while moving relatively to the nozzle surface in the direction perpendicular to the direction of inclination of the nozzle surface, the excess cleaning liquid being a part of the cleaning liquid deposited by the cleaning liquid deposition device.
US08596752B2
An inkjet recording apparatus includes a record head having an ejection surface and a conveyance mechanism having a conveyance surface which passes through a position facing the ejection surface. The inkjet recording apparatus further includes: a capping mechanism which has a annular component provided around the record head to circumscribe the record head and is able to achieve capping such that the ejection surface is covered with the conveyance surface and the annular component as the annular component is caused to contact the conveyance surface; a recognition unit which recognizes a position of a first region on the conveyance surface, the first region being not smaller than an enclosed range on the conveyance surface which range is circumscribed by the annular component and being a region in which a predetermined amount or less ink adheres to an arbitrary range which is within the first region and is identical in size with the enclosed range; and a control unit which controls the capping mechanism and the conveyance mechanism so that the capping is achieved in such a way that the first region of the conveyance surface recognized by the recognition unit contacts the annular component.
US08596738B2
There is provided a monitoring apparatus for an inkjet head including a resistance element connected between a driving circuit generating a driving signal and a piezoelectric element applying pressure to an ink chamber according to the driving signal, an amplifier unit amplifying a differential voltage between an output voltage from the driving circuit and a voltage generated in the piezoelectric element, and a detecting unit detecting whether ink is being normally ejected, based on the amplified differential voltage from the amplifier unit.
US08596725B2
A tool pick assembly and a tool and block assembly are disclosed. A sleeve is positioned about the shank to allow rotation of the tool pick and also friction fit with the block. The sleeve is stepped in complement to the shape of the surface of the shank of the tool pick and the shape of the surface of the bore in the tool holder and extends substantially all of the length, optionally all of the length, of the stepped bore in the block to reduce or prevent dust and fines from entering and wearing the bore surface. When assembled, the stepped sleeve and complementarily shaped shank of the tool pick each do not extend past the rear surface of the bore to mitigate or prevent shank deformation from impact during use.
US08596724B1
A cushion-less passenger seat. The passenger seat includes spaced left and right spreaders, each having a front and rear leg with top and bottom ends and a seating surface formed from a flexible bottom diaphragm attached to and extending between the left and right spreaders. The passenger seat also includes a lumbar support having lower and upper sections and front and back sides formed from a flexible diaphragm. The lower section of the lumbar support is attached to and between the left and right spreaders. The lumbar support upper section extends upwardly above the seat's rear legs and seating surface.
US08596719B2
A backrest assembly for a wheelchair includes a support plate pivotally connected to a seat, wherein the support plate is configured to be pivotally adjusted between upright and reclined positions with respect to the seat; a slide plate slidably secured on a front surface of the support plate; and a backrest adjustment assembly operatively connected to the support plate and the slide plate. The backrest adjustment assembly includes a link configured to adjust the support plate. The slide plate slides over the support plate through the link.
US08596718B2
A child restraint includes an adjustable base for installation on a vehicle seat and a detachable infant carrier associated with the adjustable base. The base is configured to be adjusted to tilt the infant carrier relative to the vehicle seat.
US08596717B2
A posture trainer properly supports the upper thoracic spine in relation to the lumbar region. The trainer's front surface transitions into a back surface at a periphery, forming a fluid-filled cavity. The back surface contacts a chair back; the periphery's base contacts the seat, and the front surface selectively contacts the seated person's back. A bottom portion has a first thickness between the front and back surfaces. A top portion has a bulging central region forming a second thickness between its peak and the back surface, being greater than the first thickness. The bulge position initially focuses pressure on, and supports, a portion of the thoracic spine in proper relation to the lumbar spinal region using the first and second thicknesses. Compression of the flexible thermoplastic causes bulge deformation to mold the trainer central portion to also provide spinal support between the lumbar and upper thoracic spinal regions.
US08596705B2
An apparatus and method is provided for truck bodies to minimize the debris buildup that often occurs on and in truck bodies. Hydrophobic and oleophobic materials are used to coat and protect truck bodies so as to facilitate the release of debris that otherwise might stick to a truck body. If left unchecked, such debris has the net effect of reducing the allowable payload that a truck can effectively carry. Additionally if truck body debris builds up, if not prevented, whenever maintenance work must occur on a truck, for safety reasons any debris buildup on a truck body must be removed prior to any maintenance being performed to preclude any of this debris from falling on maintenance personnel and/or hampering such maintenance.
US08596692B1
Method and apparatus for a sleeve for hose couplings which has an arched wall section which tapers toward its opposing ends so that the sleeve will fit snugly against the hose coupling. Furthermore, the sleeve has peripheral slots for containing a pair of O-rings to help seal the sleeve to each of the hose couplings. Additionally, the sleeve is contoured to match the shape of the inner wall of the hose coupling so that the sleeve forms a seal against an internal gasket contained in each of the hose coupling.
US08596689B2
A short-body connector for fluid couplings made of a sleeve-shaped body. In the sleeve-shaped body an internal thread is provided, by which the connector can be screwed onto a threaded connection. Relative to axial extension, the locking groove and locking rib serving to hold the connector in the coupler are located at the height of the thread. That is, the locking rib and locking groove located ahead of the thread in the state of the art have moved to the region of the thread in the arrangement according to the invention.
US08596682B2
A load mounting system for a vehicle generally includes a support assembly configured for supporting a load, wherein the support assembly has a first end and a second end, the first end being mountable to a frame of a vehicle at one or more support assembly mounting locations along the frame. The system further includes at least one retaining device configured for securing the load on the support assembly, the at least one retaining device being coupleable to the first and second ends of the support assembly, wherein the at least one retaining device is coupleable to the first end of the support assembly at a different location than the support assembly mounting locations along the frame.
US08596681B1
An internal deployable vehicle panel assembly includes an inner panel, an outer panel and a deployable energy absorber. The inner panel includes a first mounting structure that movably couples the inner panel to a vehicle component to move between a closed position to cover an access opening to a vehicle storage compartment and an open position to reveal the access opening. The outer panel includes a second mounting structure that is removably coupled to a third mounting structure of the inner panel. The deployable energy absorber is disposed between the inner and outer panels in an undeployed state. The deployable energy absorber is free from fixed attachment to the outer panel and energizable to a deployed state in which the deployable energy absorber separates the outer panel from the inner panel and displaces the outer panel away from the inner panel.
US08596666B1
A ground engaging machine includes a first and a second frame unit, and an articulation hitch coupling together the first and second frame units. The articulation hitch includes a pin, a first and a second bearing positioned about the pin, and abutting a first and a second axial side of an annular protrusion of a hitch plate in one of the first and second frame units. A clamping mechanism of the articulation hitch clamps the first and second bearings between first and second clamping components, such that they are preloaded against the annular protrusion.
US08596657B1
A push cart includes a lid removably covering a receiving space in the base. The lid includes a slit in communication with the receiving space. A handlebar is mounted to an end of the base. A container is removably placed on the lid. The container includes a peripheral wall and an open top end. The container further includes a bottom opposite to the open top end. The bottom of the container has an opening aligned with the slit. A plurality of bags is coiled and received in the receiving space, with a closed end of each bag interconnected to and separable from an open end of an adjacent bag. A portion of the coiled bags is extended through the slit and the opening of the container, with the outermost bag received in the container, with the open end of the outermost bag retained to the peripheral wall of the container.
US08596656B2
A vehicle assembly includes a two-wheeled vehicle including a frame having opposed sides, opposed front and rear ends, and a front wheel mounted for rotation to the frame proximate to the front end of the frame positioned in front of an opposed rear wheel mounted for rotation to the frame proximate to the rear end of the frame and that is substantially in-line with respect to the front wheel. A member is carried by the frame of the vehicle between the front and rear wheels and has end portions disposed adjacent to the respective sides of the frame. A wheeled stabilizer assembly is carried by each of the end portions of the member to wheelingly interact with the ground over which the vehicle is driven along the sides of the frame proximate to the front and rear wheels of the vehicle.
US08596650B2
A skate assembly includes a shell structure and a removable tendon guard. The shell structure includes a heel portion, a lateral ankle portion, and a medial ankle portion. The heel portion is formed to cover a human heel. The lateral ankle portion is formed to extend beyond the heel portion. The medial ankle portion is formed to extend beyond the heel portion. The lateral ankle portion and the medial ankle portion are spaced apart to form a notch extending toward the heel portion. The removable tendon guard is removably attached between the lateral ankle portion and medial ankle portion to cover the notch.
US08596642B2
A method of playing a domino match is disclosed in which the players of the match play a plurality of domino games, with each game including at least one hand. The players are awarded points throughout the first domino game. The players may risk the awarded points earned throughout the first domino game in a play-by-play side wager against the other players. Players attempt to win the match by being the first player to win two or more games. Additionally, players are rewarded for being the total point winner of the match or tournament.
US08596641B2
A kit for a mathematical equation and concept learning game based upon traditional Bingo. The kit includes a plurality of boards, each with a 5 by 5 matrix of squares filled with equations in each block of the matrix. A row above the matrix of squares includes the letters S, P, I, N and T above each respective column. Further included is a wheel divided into 100 segments, the first twenty segments marked as S1 through S20, the second twenty segments marked as P21 through P40, the third twenty segments marked as I41 through I60, the fourth twenty segments marked as N61 through N80 and finally the fifth twenty segments marked as T81 through T100. A method is provided to play the game by which the wheel is spun and a letter/number combination is called. Players cover squares of their matrix if the number called is an answer to a labeled equation in the called number and column. The first player to fill five squares horizontally, vertically or diagonally calls out “Spin-It” and wins the game.
US08596625B2
A mandrel assembly for a can body can decoration machine is provided. The mandrel assembly includes a bearing assembly that creates a virtual pivot point whereby the mandrel may pivot relative to the supporting mandrel shaft. To allow the mandrel to pivot relative to the mandrel shaft, the bearing assembly is located at one location and is the only contact point between the mandrel and the mandrel shaft.
US08596624B2
A mandrel assembly for a can body can decoration machine is provided. The mandrel assembly includes a bearing assembly that creates a virtual pivot point whereby the mandrel may pivot relative to the supporting mandrel shaft. To allow the mandrel to pivot relative to the mandrel shaft, the bearing assembly is located at one location and is the only contact point between the mandrel and the mandrel shaft.
US08596623B2
A spin chuck in an apparatus for single wafer wet processing has structures at its periphery that, in combination with a supported wafer, form a series of annular nozzles that direct flowing gas from a chuck-facing surface of the wafer, around the edge of the wafer, and exhaust the gas away from the non-chuck-facing surface of the wafer, thereby preventing treatment fluid applied to the non-chuck-facing surface from contacting the edge region of the wafer. Retaining pins with enlarged heads engage the wafer edge and prevent it from being displaced upwardly when a high flow rate of gas is utilized.
US08596621B2
A partitioning member partitioning two liquid chambers includes an orifice forming member, an elastic wall configured to close an inner peripheral surface thereof, and a pair of partitioning plates which hold the elastic wall from both sides in an axial direction X The pair of partitioning plates includes a holding portion configured to hold the elastic wall radially outward Ko of a coupling portion. The holding portion comprises a first holding portion on the radially outside and a second holding portion on the radially inside, and the first holding portion is provided with a high-compression holding portion having a compression ratio higher than that of the second holding portion. Accordingly, the abnormal sound is reduced while achieving both the damping performance in the low frequency range and the lowering of the dynamic spring constant in the high-frequency range without impairing the assembleability of the partitioning member.
US08596612B1
An apparatus for lifting pipes in a pipe rack for the purpose of inspecting the point of contact with the supporting beam, and to remedy any damage caused by corrosion and wear and tear.
US08596611B1
The motorized platform lift apparatus provides an electromechanical personally sized lift and transport device for lifting objects and people safely. The remote control provides convenience as well as personal self-lift. The platform provides a superior lifting capability over typical forks. Moving parts are shielded and covered where possible to ensure safety. Lift rack tilt further enhances function as objects may be tilted back for most secure transport.
US08596602B2
A device includes a receiving container, an elastic element, and a loading block. The receiving container includes a first supporting surface, a second supporting surface, a fixing surface and a resisting surface. The first and second supporting surfaces perpendicularly connect to each other. The resisting surface connects to the first supporting surface. The fixing surface connects to the second supporting surface. The elastic element includes a first rail positioned on the first supporting surface, a second rail positioned on the second supporting surface, a first sliding block slidably positioned on the first rail, a second sliding block slidably positioned on the second rail, a spring connected between the fixing surface and the second sliding block, and a connecting pole connected between the first and second sliding blocks. The loading block is positioned on the first sliding block and faces the resisting surface.
US08596601B1
A self-leveling platform hook for use in supporting an object. In one embodiment, the hook includes a frame, structure coupled to the frame for attaching the frame to a support surface (e.g., a table, countertop, a wall, etc.), and a saddle including a pair of support arms coupled to the frame. The support arms are coupled to the frame at an upper end of each arm, and are rotatable relative to the frame so as to be self-leveling. In addition, each arm is independently rotatable relative to the support frame and one another such that the distance and angle between lower ends of the arms may be varied so as to cradle and support an object of a given width.
US08596586B2
A high lift system is provided for an aircraft. The high lift system includes, but is not limited to a lift flap arranged on a wing and coupled to the wing so as to be movable relative to the wing, between a retracted position and at least one extended position. In the retracted position the lift flap rests against the wing, and in an extended position forms an air gap to the wing. The lift flap directed towards its trailing edge comprises at least one region of variable curvature, which region in an extended position of the lift flap extends towards the wing.
US08596585B2
Embodiments of the invention relate to an aerodynamic body with an extension in the spanwise direction, wing chord direction and wing thickness direction for coupling to a wing of an aircraft. This aerodynamic body can here be used for a leading edge flap or slat of an aircraft wing. To improve the flow characteristics, the rear side of the aerodynamic body is provided with a skin section that can be molded between a convex curvature and concave curvature.
US08596571B2
An airship is provided. The airship includes a hull configured to contain a gas, at least one propulsion assembly coupled to the hull and including a propulsion device, and at least one aerodynamic component including a plurality of fairing structures including one or more slats, wherein the at least one aerodynamic component is associated with the hull and is configured to direct airflow around the airship.
US08596569B2
My invention is a helicopter having a front electric anti-torque rotor for the purpose of having a mechanically driven pusher propeller at the rear for increasing forward speed. Speed has been a limiting factor in vertical flight. Various designs have been conceived by people around the world to make helicopters go faster. My design is a high speed single rotor helicopter design that uses a gas-electric hybrid front electric anti-torque rotor system to allow for a mechanically driven pusher propeller at the rear. As the helicopter goes forward, the front electric anti-torque gives control and the mechanically driven pusher propeller at the rear gives increased forward speed. The intent of the design is to make a high speed single rotor helicopter design.
US08596565B2
The present invention relates to a leaf stripper for removing leaves from a plant. The leaf stripper includes a housing having an interior. The stripper has a grille supported by the housing and in communication with the interior. The grille is shaped to selectively enable the leaves to at least partially pass therethrough. The stripper has a stripping motor disposed within the interior of the housing and supported by the housing. The stripper has a rotatable string member operatively connected to the stripping motor. The string member is configured to create a partial vacuum within the interior of the housing for at least partially sucking the leaves through the grille when rotated and to at least partially shred the leaves at least partially passing through the grille.
US08596564B2
Destroying paper into high security pieces, powderizing methods, and other high-security destruction
True zero-clearance cutting on a commercial scale is provided via a cutting area including a sacrifice material that is relatively softer than the cutter. One example is a cutting system which is capable of cutting a material such as, for example, tape or paper, into a fiber or powder. The cutting system includes a cutting blade, typically a rotary cutter, and a sacrificial plate or round bar contacting the cutting blade. The contacting portion has a zero clearance during the cutting operation. A metering mechanism is also provided which is capable of metering the material at a predetermined rate to the cutting blade. A mechanism is also provided for incrementally moving the sacrificial blade towards the cutting blade to ensure that the zero clearance is maintained between the cutting blade and the sacrificial plate, even when the sacrificial plate begins to wear down due to usage. Also, destruction of the material is further enhanced by advantageous strategic patterning of cutting edges on a rotary cutter, and further by secondary shredding features. Systems are provided for reducing to-be-destroyed paper and other relatively-thin planar materials to a dust or powder-size.
US08596556B2
The present invention provides additional cooling assistance for automotive heat exchanging systems used for the cooling of liquids or air needed for engine operations. This operating system utilizes a liquid reservoir, an electric pump, a liquid transfer hose housing a directional flow valve, a spray nozzle, a liquid recycling tray mounted below the heat exchanger, a recycling liquid return hose, an electrical timed pulse relay circuit incorporated into a remotely mounted electrical on and off switch assembly, or the system can be automated with the incorporation of an adjustable thermostatic control sensor circuit. Under extreme operating conditions, a vehicle's engine can reach undesirable operating temperatures and when providing a mist of liquid to the frontal area of the heat exchanger, helps to stabilize or drop the engine's operating temperatures.
US08596548B2
A host device is configured to read and write information from and into a card and to supply a supply voltage that belongs to a first voltage range or a second voltage range which is lower than the first voltage range, and issues a voltage identification command to the card. The voltage identification command includes a voltage range identification section, an error detection section, and a check pattern section. The voltage range identification section includes information indicating which one of the first voltage range and the second voltage range the supply voltage belongs. The error detection section has a pattern configured to enable the card which has received the voltage identification command to detect errors in the voltage identification command. The check pattern section has a preset pattern.
US08596543B2
Embodiments of the present invention comprise an indicia reading terminal including a focus element that extends the range of focus distances at which the indicia reading terminal can decode decodable indicia. In one embodiment, the focus element comprises a variable form element and a variable position element, the combination of which causes an image distance that can change in accordance with a separation distance between these two elements. The focus element can comprise an actuator, e.g., a piezoelectric actuator, which can be coupled to the variable position element in a manner that can cause the variable position element to deform the variable form element, and in one example, the deformation changes the focal length of the variable form element.
US08596532B2
A system having a UHF RFID transceiver is adapted to communicate exclusively with a single electro-magnetically coupled transponder located in a predetermined confined transponder operating region. The system includes a near field coupling device comprising a plurality of lines connected in parallel with an unmatched load. The near field coupling device may be formed, for example on a printed circuit board with a plurality of electrically interconnected traces and a ground plane. The system establishes, at predetermined transceiver power levels, a mutual electromagnetic coupling which is selective exclusively for a single transponder located in a defined transponder operating region. Also included are methods for selective communication with the transponder in an apparatus such as a printer-encoder.
US08596531B2
A magnetic stripe reader assembly for a point of sale terminal is provided. In some embodiments, the magnetic stripe reader assembly includes a holder configured to retain a magnetic head within the terminal and restrict access to electronic components.
US08596530B2
Retail point-of-transaction systems, program products, and related computer implemented methods to provide a customized set of identification data to facilitate a retail sales point-of-sale transaction which includes the use of one or more electronic coupons is provided. The retail point-of-sale system can include a computer having memory and configured to facilitate one or more transactions each of which include the use of one or more electronic coupons through a retail point-of-transaction terminal positioned remote from, and adapted to be in communication with, the computer. The computer can also include a set of instructions that when executed by the computer cause the computer to redeem one or more electronic coupons for one or more retail transactions responsive to a customized set of identification data provided by the computer responsive to a data profile derived from a set of personal data of at least one of a plurality of remotely positioned users.
US08596528B2
Techniques for negotiation techniques for mobile personal trusted device financial transactions are provided. A user of a mobile personal trusted device sets user preferences that define the user's preferred parameters for conducting financial transactions. A merchant sets merchant preferences that define the merchant's preferred parameters for conducting financial transactions. When a financial transaction is initiated, a user preference and a merchant preferences are accessed. A negotiated preference is generated that accommodates both the user preference and the merchant preference. If the user preference and the merchant preference are not mutually exclusive, the negotiated preference attempts to satisfy both preferences. If the user preference and the merchant preference are mutually exclusive, the negotiated preference satisfies at least one of the two preferences based on which of the two preferences has a higher priority. The financial transaction is conducted based on the negotiated preference.
US08596526B2
The present invention relates to the use of unique markers in the identification and tracking of objects. The present invention provides large numbers of unique markings for application to items as part of a marking system. The present invention provides a new approach to laboratory analysis and a means of rapid in-field identification of goods using a hand-held scanner. It provides data that can be used as a means of product tracking, identification of counterfeit product and to prove ownership of stolen goods.
US08596514B2
The invention pertains to a method and apparatus for delivering an article formed of a shape memory alloy to a surgical implantation site. The apparatus may include a body having a passage for receiving the proximal portion of the shape memory article, the passage being shaped to substantially prevent the shape memory article from deforming in accordance with its shape memory properties when the proximal portion of the shape memory article is positioned in the passage. An exemplary involves placing the distal portions of legs of a staple in at least one passage in a constraining device that substantially constrains the legs from deforming; and placing the proximal portions of the legs of the staple in at least one passage in an apparatus that, independently of the constraining device, substantially prevents the legs from deforming.
US08596509B2
Disclosed is a substrate alignment apparatus capable of performing coarse and fine alignments of a substrate in a progressing route to remove or reduce an alignment error between the substrate and a pattern roll. The coarse alignment may be performed by moving a frame using a stage when the alignment error is relatively large, and the fine alignment may be performed by moving subsidiary rollers of a roller unit relative to a main roller of a roller unit when the alignment error is relatively small. An example substrate alignment apparatus may include a frame and a roller unit rotatably fixed to the frame to support a substrate, wherein the roller unit includes a main roller, and at least one subsidiary roller fixed to the main roller such that the at least one subsidiary roller can move relative to the main roller to align the substrate.
US08596504B2
The present invention is a sling system utilizing a rear sling fitting for a long firearm, such as a rifle. Such fittings typically are positioned between the stock and receiver. It presents a fitting body with an aperture to slide over a rifle receiver tube and a connection bar extending from a reverse of the fitting body. A point-type sling attachment may then be attached to the connection bar and be able to slide left and right across the back of the weapon, allowing for quickly adaptable left or right positioning of the weapon. Registration geometry may be added and positioned to further allow interface with weapon geometry and prevent rotation of the fitting during use. The connection bar may be positioned on another component of the weapon, such as the receiver or the stock, should the weapon not have a receiver extension tube. A convertible sling and forward sling mount are also disclosed for cooperative use with the fitting, completing the system.
US08596501B2
A refilling unit for a dispenser containing a liquid or pasty media has a container which can be ventilated. A dosing pump is placed on the neck of the container. A first valve is provided in a transition from the neck to the dosing pump and a second valve on a discharge opening of the dosing pump. The dosing pump contains an elastic part having the first non-return valve. The elastic part encircles a lower peripheral collar of the neck and an annular lip thereof resting on the interior of the neck. The dosing pump further has a second elastic part containing the second non-return valve and encloses a delivery space. The second elastic part extends over the first part and encircles at least one upper peripheral collar of the neck. Recesses in the peripheral collars and at the front of the neck leave an airway into the container.
US08596500B2
An anti-bubbling and anti-contamination water dispenser of the kind used to dispense water from disposable bottles which have a threaded cap, including a hexahedral housing to support the disposable bottles, having on the upper wall a container; the container is communicated with a tap to dispense water disposed perpendicular to the front wall of the housing to support the disposable bottles; wherein the front wall of the support housing of the disposable bottles has a recess that allows a gap between the tap outlet and the projection of the front wall wherein a glass for beverages aligned with the outlet center of water from the tap can fit, wherein the upper container has an identical inner diameter and threading that the cap of the disposable bottle.
US08596481B2
A clutch oil reservoir cap according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention including a head and a body may include an exhaust opening formed in the head for exhausting air, an intake hole formed in the head for inflow of air, and an operation valve disposed in the head, wherein the operation valve selectively opens or closes the exhaust opening and the intake hole according to fluctuation of pressure in a part below the operation valve.
US08596476B2
A container assembly includes a container having an unthreaded finish portion and a closure having a downwardly depending sidewall and blocking structure provided at a lower end of the sidewall for securing the closure on to the unthreaded finish portion. The sidewall is provided with a predetermined area of weakness so that in the event that an attempt is made to remove the closure from the container the predetermined area of weakness will rupture, leaving the closure with insufficient structural integrity to be successfully reapplied to the container. The container assembly has particular utility for use in packaging brand-name comestibles such as ketchup for restaurant use. It will frustrate efforts by the restaurant to replenish the brand-name comestible with a cheaper replacement within a dispensing container that is still labeled with the brand of the original product.
US08596473B2
A horizontally mounted shelf assembly includes an elongated support rail, at least one accessory slidaby connected with the support rail, and at least one stretch releasing adhesive strip arranged between the support rail and a wall for securing the shelf assembly to the wall. Each accessory may also be separately mounted on the wall using stretch releasing adhesive strips.
US08596467B2
The present invention concerns a semipermeable hollow fiber membrane having an outer wall surface, an inner wall surface and an interior lumen extending along the length thereof and having the selective layer on the outer wall surface with a surface roughness below 10 nm. According to the invention the membrane has the smallest pore size on the outer wall surface, and has an outer wall surface which is smooth, continuous and homogeneous in a nanoscopic scale and four to five distinct layers of different pore size and density. Further the present invention concerns a process for manufacturing thereof and the use thereof.
US08596457B1
This invention provides a holder for a sandwich that covers and protects the sandwich, and that allows an end of the sandwich to be exposed to the user while gripping the shell/housing. The holder includes an advancing mechanism that allows the sandwich end to be variably directed through an open end of the holder's shell/housing so that a portion to be eaten is exposed exclusively, while the remainder of the sandwich remains covered and isolated from the user's hands. In an illustrative embodiment, the holder and advancing mechanism is particularly suited to a small child's hands and associated motor skills. A flexible strip can extend from an actuation mechanism, such as a roller spool with an external knob assembly, around a plurality of guides to form a sling around a sandwich-holding base. Rotating the knob in an advance direction cause the strip to be drawn in, thereby raising the base.
US08596451B2
A kit comprising the items needed to build an emergency shelter in the flexible-form rammed earth style, and a method of packing the items for shipment. The kit, designed for easy shipment to persons requiring emergency shelter, also includes the items needed to add a waterproof exterior layer to the outside of the shelter, along with items to construct a canvas awning, a water catchment system, lockable doors and lockable window shutters, and a composting toilet. The kit also includes mosquito netting to cover the doorway and windows of the shelter.
US08596448B2
The invention concerns a glasses case including a bottom panel, a frame and four side walls, which case has a folded configuration in which a first panel and a second panel of each wall of a first pair of side walls are inclined towards each other pointing outwardly whereas a first panel and a second panel of each wall of a second pair of side walls are inclined towards each other pointing inwardly, and a deployed configuration in which a first panel and a second panel of each side wall are inclined towards each other pointing inwardly, and a first panel and a second panel of each wall of the first pair of side walls bear on the remaining sides of the panels of the second pair of side walls.
US08596442B2
In an automatic transmission employing a parking-lock mechanism accommodated in a transmission casing for mechanically locking and unlocking a transmission output shaft of a speed-change system, the transmission casing includes a first casing and a second casing integrally connected to each other. A shift-lever-operated manual shaft and a cam-equipped parking rod are installed on the first casing, whereas a support actuator having a guide face for the cam and a pivotable parking pawl operated by the cam for meshed-engagement with a parking gear of the transmission output shaft when a specified longitudinal displacement of the parking rod has been reached are installed on the second casing. A temporary-retaining structure is provided on a transmission-output-shaft bearing retaining wall fixedly connected to a face of the first casing facing the second casing, for temporarily retaining the cam attached to the tip of the parking rod.
US08596435B2
A medium for a rolling stock electric current collection strip is provided. The medium is suitable for holding said strip and transmitting the current passing through the strip to the rolling stock. The medium includes a base and at least two walls forming a space suitable for at least partially accommodating the strip. The medium includes at least one elastic means suitable for clamping the strip against the base.
US08596428B2
An equalizer device for a parking brake including an equalizer body that is formed by connecting paired side plates, which extend parallel to each other from a back plate so as to form a U-shape and a synthetic resin member that is fixedly arranged inside the equalizer body. The equalizer body includes paired engagement holes, paired insertion holes, and paired slits. Portions of the back plate, at which the engagement holes are formed, serve as the engagement portions. The synthetic resin member has a substantially flat plate shape that is arranged so as to face a portion of an inner face of a first side plate. The portion is a part of the U-shape, and extends parallel to the first side plate. The synthetic resin member includes paired gate portions and an engagement lug. The synthetic resin member is fitted to the equalizer body by the engagement lug.
US08596417B2
A lubrication system is provided for delivering a lubricant to a plurality of nozzles. The lubrication system includes a reservoir for the lubricant; a pump fluidly coupled to the reservoir and configured to remove a flow of the lubricant from the reservoir; a lubrication sensor positioned between the pump and the plurality of nozzles and configured to detect a blockage in the plurality of nozzles and to generate a blockage signal when the blockage is detected; and an indicator coupled to the lubrication sensor and configured to generate a warning based on the blockage signal from the lubrication sensor.
US08596399B1
A recreational vehicle that is a powered riding vehicle that is maneuvered by shifting the weight of the rider-occupant. The vehicle has a floating and suspension configured drive means and an independent front mounted ski that allows for easy maneuverability.
US08596396B1
An agricultural work vehicle includes an enclosed engine compartment within the vehicle body, with the engine compartment having a top cover that extends generally between opposite sides of the vehicle body. A vertically oriented air inlet is defined in the vehicle body for intake of air into the engine compartment. An intake housing is configured over the air inlet and includes an inlet opening and an outlet opening in communication with the engine compartment air inlet. The inlet opening extends above the top cover and is oriented relative to a vertical plane such that an angled air flow path is defined between the inlet opening and the outlet opening wherein air is drawn from an area above the top cover of the engine compartment and is directed into the air inlet.
US08596395B2
An in-wheel motor drive device is attached to an inner side of a wheel of a vehicle wheel and drives the vehicle wheel. The in-wheel motor drive device includes a rotating electric machine; a transmission mechanism that transmits the rotation of the rotating electric machine; a speed reducing mechanism that reduces in speed the rotation transmitted by the transmission mechanism; and an output shaft that outputs the reduced-speed rotation of the speed reducing mechanism to the wheel. The speed reducing mechanism and the output shaft are disposed on a first axis coaxial with a center of the wheel. The rotating electric machine is disposed on a second axis parallel to the first axis, and the rotating electric machine and the speed reducing mechanism are positioned in a radial cross section perpendicular to the first axis and the second axis.
US08596391B2
A method of converting a vehicle having an internal combustion engine, a transmission, an alternator and a battery into a hybrid vehicle is disclosed. The method comprises installing an electric motor to the vehicle that is configured to assist the internal combustion engine in rotating a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine, installing an energy storage element configured to provide power to the electric motor, installing a motor control unit configured to control the amount of power delivered from the energy storage element to the electric motor and replacing an existing pulley on a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine with a new pulley configured to receive a first belt extending between the new pulley and an alternator pulley and a second belt extending between the new pulley and an electric motor pulley.
US08596384B2
Methods comprising lowering a downhole tool via a pipe into a wellbore drilled through a formation via the pipe, establishing fluid communication between the downhole tool and the formation at a location in the wellbore, extracting from the formation a first fluid stream and passing the first fluid stream through the downhole tool for a first duration, breaking fluid communication between the downhole tool and the formation, reestablishing fluid communication between the downhole tool and the formation essentially at the location in the wellbore, extracting from the formation a second fluid stream and passing the second fluid stream through the downhole tool for a second duration, and capturing in the downhole tool a fluid sample of the second fluid stream.mud.
US08596383B2
A method for detecting hydrocarbon zones in a geological formation, including obtaining a plurality of pulverized drill cutting samples representative of the geological material encountered at measured depth intervals, each drill cutting obtained at periodic intervals during the drilling process; measuring each cutting sample with a color measuring device to obtain a value representing the degree of lightness of the particular cutting sample; and analyzing the measured lightness values by order of borehole depth that the respective cutting sample was obtained to determine the presence of geological zones likely to possess producible hydrocarbons. L* data may be combined with other well logging data to improve the hydrocarbon layer determination accuracy. A method also for locating the drill bit within a desired hydrocarbon layer during directional drilling.
US08596375B2
A row cleaner includes a wheel mount, a pair of hubs on the wheel mount and a finger wheel on each hub. The hubs are offset relative to each other in the direction of travel, and angled downwardly and inwardly. The finger wheels are concave and have equally spaced fingers. Each finger has three straight edges at selected angles to provide tapering fingers with a specific shape.
US08596374B2
A ground working apparatus has a plow assembly including a frame formed with an attached runner and a plow tool. A linkage assembly couples the frame to a bridle assembly for movement of the plow assembly between raised and lowered positions relative to the bridle assembly. The runner and the plow tool depend downwardly from the frame to concurrently run over and plow, respectively, ground to be plowed along a plowing path ahead of the bridle assembly and the plow assembly, wherein the runner sets the frame of the plow assembly at a fixed elevated position with respect to the ground to be plow.
US08596372B2
The invention relates to a method for thermally initiated triggering of an aerosol fire extinguisher having a strike pin (6) acted upon by an inner spring (7) and locked in the stand-by state, and after thermal initiation, the lock is removed and the strike pin (6), driven by the force of the inner spring (7), strikes against a mechanical firing cap (1), whereby an initial firing material is released in the firing cap (1), igniting a booster charge (2), the hot conversion gas thereof igniting a pyrotechnic extinguisher charge in the aerosol fire extinguisher. In order that an absolutely reliable initiation takes place under the same conditions throughout the entire service life of the aerosol fire extinguisher, it is proposed that only immediately after the thermal initiation, when the firing pin (6) is still locked, the inner spring (7) is brought to the necessary tension for triggering the firing cap (1), and only after reaching said tension is the lock of the firing pin (6) automatically released.
US08596368B2
A method of actuating multiple valves in a well can include applying one or more pressure cycles to the valves without causing actuation of any of the valves, and then reducing pressure applied to the valves, thereby resetting a pressure cycle-responsive actuator of each valve. A pressure cycle-operated valve for use in a well can include a closure member, a piston which displaces in response to pressure applied to the valve, and a ratchet mechanism which controls relative displacement between the piston and the closure member. The ratchet mechanism may permit relative displacement while one or more pressure cycles are applied to the valve, and the ratchet mechanism may prevent relative displacement in response to a pressure sequence of: a) a reduction in pressure applied to the valve, b) a predetermined number of pressure cycles applied to the valve, and c) an increase in pressure applied to the valve.
US08596366B2
Disclosed are wellbore flow control devices and methods of using the same. One wellbore flow control device includes a sliding sleeve assembly defining a first entrance and a first exit and being movably arranged within a housing coupled to a wellbore pipe, the sliding sleeve assembly being fluidly communicable with one or more well screens via the first entrance and a first flow pathway, and a flow restricting assembly arranged within the housing and being fluidly communicable with the sliding sleeve assembly via the first exit and a second flow pathway, wherein the sliding sleeve assembly is movable between a first position, where the first entrance and first exit are blocked, and a second position, where the first entrance and first exit are open and allow fluid communication between the first and second flowpaths through the sliding sleeve assembly.
US08596365B2
A method of actuating multiple valves in a well can include applying one or more pressure cycles to the valves without causing actuation of any of the valves, and then reducing pressure applied to the valves, thereby resetting a pressure cycle-responsive actuator of each valve. A pressure cycle-operated valve for use in a well can include a closure member, a piston which displaces in response to pressure applied to the valve, and a ratchet mechanism which controls relative displacement between the piston and the closure member. The ratchet mechanism may permit relative displacement while one or more pressure cycles are applied to the valve, and the ratchet mechanism may prevent relative displacement in response to a pressure sequence of: a) a reduction in pressure applied to the valve, b) a predetermined number of pressure cycles applied to the valve, and c) an increase in pressure applied to the valve.
US08596357B2
A process for recovering hydrocarbons from an in situ formation. The process includes the steps of injecting steam though an injection well into an underground extraction chamber having a hydrocarbon extraction interface, warming the hydrocarbons at the extraction interface to cause the hydrocarbons to flow downwardly by gravity drainage and to release dissolved hydrocarbon gases and moving the hydrocarbon gases from the extraction interface to improve heat transfer from said steam to said interface. The last step is to recover liquids such as hydrocarbons and water through a production well. The invention provides adding a buoyancy modifying agent to the steam to cause the hydrocarbon gases to accumulate in the well in a preferred location. The preferred location is at the top of the chamber where the gases protect the top of the chamber from being extracted to the point of breakthrough.
US08596356B2
Synthesis gas is more effectively produced from the underground gasification of coal from a coal seam when the casing lining is cemented with a cementitious slurry containing a cementitious material, graphite and an aluminum silicate, such as metakaolin. The cementitious slurry of the cement mix sets as a cement sheath at bottomhole static temperatures less than or equal to 65° C. The set cement may withstand extreme dry heat temperatures which are greater than or equal to 800° C.
US08596354B2
In an arrangement for monitoring of flow within a hydrocarbon well or reservoir by means of one or more tracers which are placed at subterranean locations such that they may be present in flow produced from the well, the analysis of the flow produced from the well is carried out using an electrochemical method, preferably voltammetry, to detect tracer chosen to undergo a detectable electrochemical reaction. The tracer may be provided as nanoparticles in the well fluid.
US08596345B2
A sealing element for a rotating control device is disclosed, wherein the sealing element has an inner surface which forms a drillstring bore extending axially through the sealing element, an attachment end having a receiving cavity extending into the attachment end substantially parallel with the drillstring bore, a nose end opposite from the attachment end, wherein the nose end has an inner diameter smaller than the inner diameter of the attachment end, a throat region between the attachment end and the nose end, at least one soft elastomer region comprising a soft elastomer material having a hardness of 70 duro or less, and at least one stiff elastomer region comprising a stiff elastomer material having a hardness greater than 70 duro.
US08596343B2
A plate heat exchanger including a plurality of heat exchanger plates (1), a first end plate and a second end plate. The plates are permanently joined to each other by means of a braze material. Each heat exchanger plate has a heat transfer area and a plurality of porthole areas surrounding a respective porthole. The plate heat exchanger including a plurality of having a bottom surface turned towards the heat exchanger plates. At least one of the flat elements including an annular protrusion extending from the bottom surface and tightly abutting one of the porthole areas of the outermost heat exchanger plate.
US08596337B2
An active cooling assembly is described. One embodiment of the active cooling assembly includes a fin configured to enable convective heat transfer to an airflow passing over the fin. A boundary layer accumulates between the fin and the airflow, and the boundary layer includes a region of heated air attached to a side of the fin. The embodiment also includes a blade configured to oscillate proximate to the fin to shear the boundary layer that accumulates between the fin and the airflow. The region of heated air is sheared from the side of the fin so that the impedance attributable to the boundary layer of the convective heat transfer from the fin to the airflow is reduced. The fin is coupled to a stationary arm, and the blade is coupled to a swing arm. The swing arm and a spring are driven at a resonant frequency by an actuator.
US08596333B2
A method of making a copper wire rod with low semi-softening temperature includes melting a raw material copper to have a copper melt, adjusting concentrations of oxygen and sulfur included in the copper melt to be not more than 20 ppm and not more than 6 ppm, respectively, continuously casting the adjusted copper melt at temperature not higher than 1120° C. to have a cast bar, and hot-rolling the cast bar in a temperature range of 850° C. to 550° C.
US08596324B2
A web conveying apparatus configured to convey a pair of webs folded in the cross direction CD with reference to a folding line. The web conveying apparatus includes a crotch hold bar configured to hold an intermediate web in a conveyable manner with the folded intermediate web stretched in a direction in which the crotch portions get away from the waistline portions; and a conveying mechanism configured to convey the intermediate web and hands over the intermediate web to a joint apparatus and a cutting apparatus, while the crotch portions are being held by the crotch hold bar.
US08596323B2
The invention relates to a device and a method for arranging double-sided adhesive foil on a cylindrical holder for a flexible printing plate, wherein the device comprises a frame, at least one shaft bearing placed in the frame for bearing-mounting of a shaft connected to the cylindrical holder, and foil roll bearings for a roll of foil, and a support plate with a support surface for the foil, and the projection of the axis between the foil roll bearings onto the support surface extends at an angle differing from 0° relative to the projection of the axis between the shaft bearings onto the support surface. The projection of the foil axis onto the support surface preferably extends transversely of the projection of the axis. The foil is hereby moved in the direction of the axis of the shaft bearings and the foil is fixed in this direction on the cylindrical holder.
US08596322B2
A tire support device for supporting the bead area of a tire is described. The tire support device includes an inner support member having a plurality of support vanes mounted to the support member, the support vanes radially extend from the inner support member. The tire support device further comprises a plurality of cover plates forming an outer cylindrical surface for supporting the bead area of a tire. The cover plates having an inner rib which extends radially inward, said rib having one or more guide members, each slide member slidably mounted on the support vane, wherein the guide members are slidably from a radially inward position to close the cover plates, and to a radially outward position to radially expand the tires.
US08596319B2
A pneumatic tire provided with run-flat reinforcing layers 10 in left and right sidewall portions 2 that enable run-flat traveling. A tread reinforcing layer 12 formed from a thermoplastic resin or a thermoplastic elastomer composition including a blend of a thermoplastic resin component and an elastomer component is provided on an inner side of a tread portion 1.
US08596313B2
The invention relates to a device (1) for filling food pots (2), for example yoghurt pots, comprising a plurality of nozzles (10) for filling the pots with a food product, said nozzles (10) each being mounted in a nozzle body (30), characterized in that the device comprises means for applying to each of the nozzles (10) a translational movement along the axis (A) of the nozzle, optionally combined with a rotational movement about this axis, independently of the nozzle body (30), in such a way that the same nozzle (10) can both carry out the filling action and stop the filling.The invention also relates to a method for filling food pots using a device of this type.
US08596311B2
A fuel system includes a fuel tank, a fill head, a vapor canister, and a valve assembly. The fill head is in fluid communication with the fuel tank. Fluid flows from the fill head to the fuel tank. The vapor canister is configured for absorbing vapor therein. A recirculation line is configured to fluidly extend between the fuel tank and the fill head. A vapor line is configured to fluidly extend between the fuel tank and the vapor canister. The valve assembly is operatively disposed along the vapor line or the recirculation line. The valve assembly includes a filter having a membrane formed from a micro-porous element that is fluid impermeable and vapor permeable. Fluid is prevented from flowing through the membrane and into the vapor canister while allowing vapor to flow through the membrane and into the vapor canister.
US08596309B2
A medicine mixing device includes a pedestal, a main rotating-base, a sub rotating-base, and a control unit. The pedestal is used to place medicine containers thereon. The main rotating-base includes a holding portion and a main rotating shaft, and rotates around the main rotating shaft. The holding portion holds a syringe for sucking a medicine at its center on its vertical plane. The main rotating shaft is orthogonal to the vertical plane. The sub rotating-base is disposed close to a part of the circumference of the main-rotating base and rotates relatively with respect to the main rotating-base. The sub rotating-base includes a fixing unit and a sub rotating shaft parallel to the main rotating shaft. The fixing unit fixes thereto one medicine container selected from the medicine containers on the pedestal. The control unit controls a medicine to be sucked out of the medicine container into the syringe.
