US08610563B2
A tag information processing apparatus, including: a receiving section (101) for receiving read-out information of an RFID tag (100), the read-out information obtained through N reading operations (where N represents an integer equal to or greater than 2) carried out for an RFID tag-reading area; a detection frequency information obtaining section (102) for obtaining detection frequency information on the basis of the read-out information received by the receiving section (101), the detection frequency information indicating a detection frequency at which the read-out information of the RFID tag (100) is detected in the N reading operations; a movement determining section (103) for determining whether or not the RFID tag (100) has been moved out of the RFID tag-reading area, wherein, in a case where the detection frequency information obtained by the detection frequency information obtaining section (102) indicates that the detection frequency at which the read-out information of the RFID tag (100) is detected is low, the movement determining section (103) determines that the RFID tag (100) has been moved out of the RFID tag-reading area; and an output section (104) for outputting a result of the determination made by the movement determining section (103).
US08610557B2
A system includes a fire extinguisher station having a number of sensors to detect various predetermined conditions that can be communicated in alarms to a central station. The central station receives alarms from the fire extinguisher and determines whether to contact emergency personnel and/or building maintenance personnel. Other items of emergency equipment can be included in the system for improved detection and response to emergency conditions.
US08610543B2
A radio frequency identification (“RFID”) hybrid packet radio is provided having full duplex operability. The RFID packet radio includes an antenna and a radio that receives and transmits a packet radio signal and a RFID signal. A processor is provided in communication with the radio to perform signal detection and demodulation with respect to the RFID signal. A transmit path is provided to transport the packet radio signal and the RFID signal from the radio to the antenna. The RFID packet radio includes a first receive path for transporting a received packet radio signal from the antenna to the radio and a second receive path, different from the first receive path, to transport a received RFID signal from the antenna to the processor. The first receive path and the second receive path enable simultaneous transmission and reception of RFID signals.
US08610539B2
The anti-identity theft and information security system process includes storing secure information in association with an electronic device having a communication circuit for sending and receiving data. Biometric information is read with a scanner so that the identity of a user can be authenticating in connection with the supplied biometric information. Once approved, a data communication line is established with a remote device and access to the secure information is unlocked. Thereafter, the secure information may be transmitted between the electronic device and the remote device.
US08610537B2
A vehicle-use key for storing and for acquisition of information on a vehicle. The vehicle-use key permits an individual to use the vehicle, to prevent the key from being taken away when the vehicle is stolen and for finding the stolen vehicle. A vehicle-use key is used for starting a vehicle, and is configured to include a radio communication part (RFID) which performs communication with an external communication device. By providing the radio communication part to the vehicle-use key which an owner of a vehicle carries with him/her, information (data) can be transmitted or received between the radio communication part and the reader/writer of a PC terminal installed in a dealer or the like by radio. Thus, vehicle history data, maintenance history data and the like on a vehicle associated with the vehicle-use key can be transmitted and received and stored when necessary.
US08610520B2
An electrostatically actuated micro-mechanical switching device with movable elements formed in the bulk of a substrate for closing and releasing at least one Ohmic contact by a horizontal movement of the movable elements in a plane of the substrate. The switching device has a drive with comb-shaped electrodes including fixed driving electrodes and movable electrodes. A movable push rod is mechanically connected with the movable electrodes, extends through the electrodes, has a movable contact element at one side, and at least one restoring spring. A signal line has two parts interrupted by a gap. The micro-mechanical switching device is in shunt-configuration with low loss, high isolation in a wide frequency range, low switching time at low actuation voltage and sufficient reliability. The line impedance of the signal line and its variation is as small as possible. The switching device is in shunt-configuration for closing and releasing the Ohmic contact between a ground line and the signal line. The contact element has a movable contact beam extending at least partially opposite to the signal line and being electrically and mechanically connected to both parts of the signal line, respectively. The ground line is formed with a contact bar that leads through the gap of the signal line for forming the Ohmic contact between the contact beam and the ground line. A contact metallization is provided at least on top and on the side walls of the contact beam, of the signal line and of the ground line.
US08610517B2
A device, comprising a substrate having opposing first and second surfaces, a first surface acoustic wave resonator disposed on the first surface of the substrate, a second surface acoustic wave resonator disposed on the second surface of the substrate, a first adhesive layer sandwiched between the first surface acoustic wave resonator and the substrate, and a second adhesive layer sandwiched between the second surface acoustic wave resonator.
US08610515B2
A time delay circuit including at least one spiral delay line formed on a top surface of a first substrate. In one embodiment, the delay line is defined by two concentric spiral delay line sections. Vias extend through the substrate between the delay line sections to reduce cross-talk therebetween. In another embodiment, the delay circuit includes a second substrate spaced from the first substrate, where a spiral delay line is formed on a top surface of the second substrate. A planar metal layer is provided on a backside surface of the first substrate and a conductive element extends through an opening in the metal layer and is coupled to the spiral delay lines, where the planar member provides magnetic isolation between the delay lines. In yet another embodiment, a multi-bit switched circuit can be provided on one of the substrates and be electrically connected to the delay line.
US08610513B2
A crystal oscillator is provided, which varies a frequency drift compensation according to a power consumption and compensates a frequency drift characteristic caused by heat. An adder is used to add a temperature compensation control voltage from a temperature compensation circuit, an oscillating frequency control voltage from an AFC circuit, and a frequency drift compensation voltage corresponding to the power consumption from a frequency drift compensation circuit. A voltage added by the adder is outputted to voltage-variable capacitor elements and, which respectively are connected to an input side and an output side of an inverter IC that is connected in parallel to a crystal oscillating unit.
US08610507B2
According to an embodiment, a power amplifier includes: an MMIC substrate; a high frequency probe pad disposed on the MMIC substrate; and a metal plate disposed on the MMIC substrate so as to adjoin to the high frequency probe pad, and connected to an MMIC external circuit via a bonding wire.
US08610506B2
An amplifier circuit includes: a first transformer in which a first inductor and a second inductor are magnetically coupled; a first field-effect transistor in which a gate is connected to a first input node via the first inductor, a drain is connected to a drain bias potential node via the second inductor, and a source is connected to a reference potential node; and a first output node connected to the drain of the first field-effect transistor.
US08610500B2
A predistorter applies a distortion function to an input signal to predistort the input signal. The output of the distortion function is modeled as the sum of the output signals from the orthogonal basis functions weighted by corresponding weighting coefficients. Techniques are described for orthogonalizing the basis function output signals depending on the distribution of the input signal.
US08610497B2
According to an embodiment, a system for amplifying a signal provided by a capacitive signal source includes a first stage and a second stage. The first stage has a voltage follower device including an input terminal configured to be coupled to a first terminal of the capacitive signal source, and a first capacitor having a first end coupled to an output terminal of the voltage follower device, and a second end configured to be coupled to a second terminal of the capacitive signal source. The second stage includes a differential amplifier capacitively coupled to the output terminal of the voltage follower device.
US08610494B1
Some embodiments relate to a band-pass filter arranged in a ladder-like structure. The band-pass filter includes respective inductor-capacitor (LC) resonators arranged on respective rungs of the ladder-like structure. Respective matching circuits are arranged on a leg of the ladder-like structure between neighboring rungs.
US08610492B2
The present invention provides a high voltage tolerant regulated inverting charge pump circuit utilizing low-voltage semiconductor devices, capable of operation directly from a high voltage source. The circuit according to the present invention comprises a plurality of high voltage tolerant pre-driver circuits, connected to the high voltage source, for driving the charge pump low voltage switching devices appropriately for reliable operation. A flying capacitive element connected to the high voltage source through a plurality of low voltage semiconductor devices acting as a switch, peak current limiter, and cascode device. An output capacitive element connected to the flying capacitive element through a plurality of low voltage semi-conductor devices acting as a switch, peak current limiter, regulating element and cascode device. Further, the circuit of the present invention comprises a negative feedback controller connected to the output capacitor to regulate the output voltage over a wide range of load current.
US08610485B2
A gate drive circuit includes a turn-on circuit having an upper limiter for receiving a gate drive signal. The upper limiter has an output terminal. The turn-on circuit also has a transistor having a base connected to the output terminal of the upper limiter. In addition, the terminal has a terminal connected to a gate of a power switching device. The upper limiter limits a voltage input to the base of the transistor to not exceed a first predetermined value.
US08610480B2
The present invention relates to a clock signal generating circuit and a power supply including the same. The present invention includes: a counter for counting one period of an input clock signal by using a reference clock signal, and generating a count signal; and a clock signal generator for receiving the count signal and the reference clock signal, dividing the count signal to generate a quotient and a remainder, setting the quotient as a reference period of an output clock signal, and distributing and disposing the remainder to the output clock signal with a plurality of periods occurring for one period of the input clock signal.
US08610476B1
One embodiment relates to a lock detection circuit. The lock detection circuit includes at least a dither detection circuit and a lock filter. The dither detection circuit maintains a bi-directional count based on early and late signals from a sampler circuit and asserts a non-lock signal if the bi-directional count reaches either a positive non-lock assertion threshold or a negative non-lock assertion threshold. The lock filter increments a lock filter count for each sample and outputs a lock-initiated signal when the lock filter count reaches a pre-set maximum value. The maximum value of the lock filter count is greater than the non-lock assertion thresholds. Other embodiments and features are also disclosed.
US08610473B2
The loop bandwidth of a PLL is adjusted based on a difference between the output signal of the PLL and the PLL reference signal. In an embodiment, the DC open loop gain and natural frequency of the PLL are adjusted based on the phase difference between the output signal and the reference signal, so that the loop bandwidth of the PLL is increased when the phase difference is outside a programmable range and is decreased when the phase difference is within the programmable range.
US08610468B2
A power interface circuit of a contact integrated circuit (IC) card reader is provided. The power interface circuit includes a power control unit configured to invert, amplify and output a power control signal supplied from the outside, a switching diode unit configured to control on and off operations of a ground terminal transistor in a complementary transistor unit in response to an output signal of the power control unit, the complementary transistor unit in which complementary transistors transfer a power supply terminal voltage to a power output unit or mute a card power supply terminal of the power output unit to a ground voltage level while operating inversely to each other in response to a control signal directly input from the power control unit and a control signal input through the switching diode unit, and the power output unit configured to output a voltage input through the complementary transistor unit to a card power supply terminal of an IC card or maintain the card power supply terminal at the ground voltage level in response to operation of the complementary transistor unit.
US08610467B2
A sample and hold circuit is provided. The circuit includes a plurality of switches, a first capacitor, an operational amplifier having a first input selectively coupled to the first capacitor and an output, a second capacitor and a third capacitor both selectively coupled to the first capacitor and both selectively coupled between the first input of the operational amplifier and the output of the operational amplifier, wherein the plurality of switches are configured to receive a plurality of control signals such that the first capacitor is configured to sample an input signal in a sample phase and to transfer a charge to one of the second capacitor and the third capacitor in a hold phase, and the second capacitor and third capacitor are configured to alternate between holding the transferred charge and resetting in any back-to-back hold phases.
US08610463B2
A redriver chip is inserted between a transmitter chip and a receiver chip and re-drives differential signals from the transmitter chip to the receiver chip. The redriver chip has switched output termination that switches to a high value to detect far-end termination at the receiver chip, and to a low value for signaling. An output detector detects when the receiver chip has termination to ground and enables switched input termination to provide termination to ground on the lines back to the transmitter chip so that the far-end termination on the receiver chip is mirrored back to the transmitter chip, hiding the redriver chip. An input signal detector detects when the transmitter chip begins signaling and enables an equalizer, limiter, pre-driver, and output stage to re-drive the signals to the receiver chip. The input signal detector also causes the switched output termination to switch to the low value termination for signaling.
US08610454B2
A system and methods that generates a physical unclonable function (“PUF”) security key for an integrated circuit (“IC”) through use of equivalent resistance variations in the power distribution system (“PDS”) to mitigate the vulnerability of security keys to threats including cloning, misappropriation and unauthorized use.
US08610452B2
Provided are an apparatus and a method for diagnosing permanent magnet demagnetization of a permanent magnet synchronous motor. The apparatus includes a magnetic field generating unit, a stator current measuring unit, and a demagnetization diagnosing unit. The magnetic field generating unit generates magnetic fields of which directions are respectively parallel to a predetermined direction among a plurality of directions passing through a rotation axis of a rotor, on a plane vertical to the rotation axis of the rotor which is in a standstill. The stator current measuring unit measures currents which flow in a stator winding in correspondence with the respective generated magnetic fields. The demagnetization diagnosing unit compares a predetermined reference value and a comparison value which is calculated on the basis of the magnitudes of the stator winding currents which are measured in correspondence with the respective generated magnetic fields to diagnose demagnetization of a permanent magnet attached to the rotor.
US08610438B1
A branch circuit monitoring system (BCMS) for monitoring branch circuit currents in one or more electrical circuit panels is described. The system is comprised of a data center server, one or more panel processors, each with one or more collection devices, and one or more current sensors per collection device. The BCMS is designed to be installed entirely inside the panel without the need for a dedicated enclosure or power supply to facilitate ease of installation and low-cost. The BCMS also allows for future upgradability through standard software updates so that the system can be updated or patched easily. The BCMS data center server collects, aggregates, stores, and serves historical branch circuit current data from the panel processors to networked users via a web server to provide visualization of data such as tables, charts, and gauges. Finally, the BCMS interfaces to third-party software suites using industry-standard protocols such as Modbus® TCP and BACnet™ for integration with data center infrastructure management or building management system software.
US08610435B2
A coil for use with a magnetic resonance (MR) system includes an outer loop having a first end and a second end formed from a conductive material for detecting MR signals oriented vertical to a plane of the coil. The outer loop has a plurality of capacitors therein including: (i) a first drive capacitor and a second drive capacitor of approximately equal value serially deployed within the outer loop at the first end of the outer loop with a junction node therebetween; and (ii) a third drive capacitor and a fourth drive capacitor serially deployed within the outer loop at the second end of the outer loop with a junction node therebetween. The coil also includes a first center conductor extending between and evenly bisecting the junction nodes of the outer loop and a second center conductor extending perpendicular to the first center conductor and evenly bisecting the outer loop.
US08610432B2
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and method acquires NMR signal data for a periodically rotated data acquisition region in k-space wherein the acquisition region is caused to have non-linear acquisition loci. As an example, the width of the data acquisition region at a point distant from the origin of k-space is made larger than at a point nearer the origin of k-space thereby more fully filling k-space with acquired NMR data even if the number of RF pulse shots is reduced and/or the number of data acquisition region positions is reduce. A magnetic resonance image is reconstructed based on the acquired NMR signal data in k-space.
US08610431B2
An apparatus for estimating a property of an earth formation penetrated by a borehole, the apparatus includes: a carrier configured to be conveyed through the borehole; a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) instrument disposed at the carrier and configured to perform an NMR measurement on a volume sensitive to the NMR measurement; and a contrast agent disposed in the volume and comprising particles that form a suspension in a liquid, the suspension of particles being configured increase a magnetic field gradient of at least one earth formation material in the volume to change an NMR relaxation time constant of the at least one earth formation material; wherein the NMR measurement on the volume containing the at least one earth formation material and the contrast agent is used to estimate the property.
US08610425B2
A solar monitor measures electrical characteristics of a designated solar device within an array of solar devices that are coupled in series. The solar monitor includes a charge storage element and a charger coupled to the charge storage element to establish a positive voltage and/or a negative voltage on the charge storage element. A switch within the solar monitor is coupled in a shunt configuration with the designated solar device and with a subsequent device in the array. The switch selectively couples the charge storage element to the designated solar device to vary an operating current that flows between the designated solar device and the subsequent solar device. The solar monitor includes a current detector to measure the current of the designated solar device, and a voltage detector to measure the voltage of the designated solar device.
US08610424B2
An electronic meter for electric power having a controlled reclosing of the cut-off member by a circuit breaker of a subscriber. The meter comprises, on at least one phase, a circuit generating HF to the wiring of a subscriber via the cut-off member in open position and the circuit breaker, and a circuit for controlling the closing of the cut-off member upon a detection of the HF current cancellation when opening the circuit breaker of a subscriber. The invention can be used for electronic meters not accessible to the subscriber.
US08610423B2
A method and system is disclosed for powering device sub-circuitry of an electronic device. The sub-circuitry may be used to provide control signals to a direct current switcher on a main system board, thus eliminating passive circuitry typically associated with the sub-circuitry. Furthermore, by actively generating the control signals for the direct current switcher, explicit timing control circuitry is not required to synchronize the transmitted power to the sub-circuitry.
US08610421B2
A current generator includes an op-amp having a negative terminal arranged to be coupled to an input voltage, a resistance selection circuit having at least one tunable resistor connected with each other, and at least one power transistor. A gate of the at least one power transistor is coupled to an output of the op-amp, and a drain of the at least one power transistor is coupled to the at least one tunable resistor or a load. The resistance selection circuit is configured to select a node of the at least one tunable resistor based on the input voltage for coupling from a positive terminal of the op-amp. The at least one tunable resistor is configured to adjust a resistance setting to control a current level of the current generator based on a power supply voltage or a current of a reference resistor.
US08610419B2
A buck-boost power converter switches the switches thereof with a novel sequence and extends the switching periods of the switches to reduce the switching loss and conduction loss when the input voltage thereof approaches the output voltage thereof. The influence of the load current of the power converter on the duty thereof is taken into account to switch the power converter between modes at correct time points, so as to prevent the output voltage from being affected by the mode switching.
US08610415B2
Method and apparatus to provide lambda correction of a current foldback circuit using a regulator including a current foldback circuit are disclosed herein.
US08610412B2
A controller includes an input selector, multiple cores and a multiplexer. The multiplexer is operable for multiplexing control signals to multiple output channels to provide multiple output signals. Each output channel can output a respective output signal, and each output signal represents a cyclic rotation of the control signals. The input selector is operable for enabling the cores to operate in a standby state alternately to control a multiplexing sequence of the control signals.
US08610400B2
An inductive power transfer system comprises a primary unit, having a primary coil and an electrical drive unit which applies electrical drive signals to the primary coil so as to generate an electromagnetic field. The system also comprises at least one secondary device, separable from the primary unit and having a secondary coil which couples with the field when the secondary device is in proximity to the primary unit. A control unit causes a circuit including said primary coil to operate, during a measurement period, in an undriven resonating condition. In this condition the application of the drive signals to the primary coil by the electrical drive unit is suspended so that energy stored in the circuit decays over the course of the period. A decay measurement unit takes one or more measures of such energy decay during the measurement period. In dependence upon said one or more energy decay measures, the control unit controls the electrical drive unit so as to restrict or stop inductive power transfer from the primary unit.
US08610398B2
A wireless charging receiver for a portable electronic device is provided. The wireless charging receiver includes a base plate, a wireless charge receiving module, a fastening part and an electric connector. The portable electronic device may be fixed on the base plate of the wireless charging receiver by means of the fastening part. Through the electric connector of the wireless charging receiver, the wireless charge receiving module is electrically connected with the portable electronic device. Consequently, electric power is transmitted to the portable electronic device through the wireless charging receiver to charge the portable electronic device.
US08610375B2
An adaptive bleeder circuit is applicable to a power converter, in which the power converter has a transformer primary side and a transformer secondary side, and the power converter enables input power to be selectively input or not input to the transformer primary side through a pulse-width-modulated signal. The adaptive bleeder circuit includes a switched bleeder circuit, and the bleeder circuit switch dynamically adjusts a turn on/off ratio (or referred to as duty ratio) of the switch element according to the TRIAC holding current and the converter input current of an alternating current (AC) TRIAC. When the input current is less than the holding current, the bleeder circuit increases conduction time ratio of the pulse-width-modulated signal, such that the input current recovers to the holding current to maintain normal conduction of the AC TRIAC.
US08610373B2
A lighting system comprises a plurality of lighting units (1, 4) each configured to light a target area. A central dimming element having an adjustable conductance is provided. Each lighting unit comprises at least one light source (101, 201), a controllable light source driver (2, 5) coupled to the light source (101, 201), and a light sensor (3, 6) configured to measure a light flux in the target area of the lighting unit (1, 4). The light source driver supplies power to the light source in accordance with an input control voltage generated by a current source. The light sensor is coupled to the current source, and has a variable conductance corresponding to the light flux. The lighting units (1, 4) can be dimmed in combination by coupling each light sensor (3, 6) in parallel to the dimming element (7) through a respective diode (9, 10, 13).
US08610368B2
A serial-type LED device includes p light source units and a dimming circuit. Each light source unit includes first and second terminals, m light strings and m current balance units. Each light string includes LEDs coupled in series to have a first terminal coupled to the first terminal of a corresponding light source unit and a second terminal coupled to the second terminal of the corresponding light source unit through a corresponding current balance unit. The first terminal of the first light source unit is coupled to a second DC voltage, and the second terminal of the i-th light source unit is coupled to the first terminal of the (i+1)-th light source unit, where m and p are integers greater than or equal to 2, and i is any integer from 1 to (p−1). The dimming circuit coupled to the second terminal of the p-th light source unit controls the second DC voltage according to a current outputted from the p-th light source unit.
US08610362B2
A lighting device using an electroluminescent material, in which color mixing and dimming can be performed by a simple method, is provided. A lighting device including a first light-emitting element and a second light-emitting element which emits light having a wavelength longer than that of light emitted from the first light-emitting element and starts to emit light at a lower voltage than the first light-emitting element, is provided. The first light-emitting element and the second light-emitting element are connected in parallel, whereby a mixed color of emission colors of the first light-emitting element and the second light-emitting element is controlled by a voltage applied to the first light-emitting element and the second light-emitting element.
US08610357B2
An LED light source assembly for signage illumination includes one or more planar LED arrays located with respect to a light spreading system for uniformly distributing light onto a viewing surface. The light spreading system includes a plurality of reflectors in combination with a transverse deflector disposed directly above and in the light emanating path of a planar LED array. The transverse deflector is oriented angularly and projects at least a portion of light onto a lateral reflector of the light spreading system. In one embodiment, a heat dissipation fixture is supported external to a housing assembly for improved heat management. The LED arrays and the plurality of reflectors and transverse deflectors are affixed directly to the heat dissipation fixture.
US08610355B2
A distance from a negative output terminal of a secondary winding of the transformer to a feeding terminal of the cathode plate is longer than a distance from a positive output terminal of the secondary winding to a feeding terminal of the anode. The anode side feeding path electrically connects the feeding terminal of the anode bar to the positive output terminal of the secondary winding. The cathode side feeding path electrically connects the feeding terminal of the cathode plate to the negative output terminal of the secondary winding. A path length of the cathode side feeding path is longer than a path length of the anode side feeding path. The housing is formed by an electric conductor and is electrically connected to the cathode side feeding path.
US08610342B2
The invention describes a spark plug, which comprises an inner conductor, an insulator enclosing the inner conductor, a spark plug body enclosing the insulator and two electrodes forming a spark gap. The first electrode is a center electrode connected to the inner conductor in an electrically conductive manner and the second electrode is a ground electrode connected to the spark plug body in an electrically conductive manner. At least one of the electrodes has a precious metal region, adjoining the spark gap and consisting predominantly of platinum, iridium or an alloy of both and containing additionally at least one brittle metal. The precious metal region consists of a base material predominantly containing platinum and/or iridium, which comprises a coating with a brittle metal, which is more brittle than the base material.
US08610331B2
A driving method for a piezoelectric vibrator including a driving piezoelectric element and a detection piezoelectric element formed of the same material as a material of the driving piezoelectric element, for driving the piezoelectric vibrator by applying, to the driving piezoelectric element, an alternating voltage having a frequency close to a resonance frequency of the piezoelectric vibrator, the driving method including, in the case where it is detected based on variations in output detected from the detection piezoelectric element that at least one of variations in mechanical resistance of the piezoelectric vibrator and variations in piezoelectric characteristic of a piezoelectric element have occurred, applying an alternating voltage adjusted in accordance with the variations in mechanical resistance of the piezoelectric vibrator and/or the variations in piezoelectric characteristic of the piezoelectric element, to thereby adjust an electrical input to the piezoelectric vibrator to suppress variations in vibration amplitude of the piezoelectric vibrator.
US08610327B2
The efficiency of an induction motor is improved while suppressing the generation of magnetic flux saturation of a rotor core. In an induction motor, “a magnetic path width of a rotor” which is the product of a circumferential width of a rotor tooth formed in the rotor and the number of rotor teeth is equal to or larger than “a magnetic path width of a stator” which is the product of a circumferential width of a stator tooth formed in the stator and the number of stator teeth.
US08610314B2
A system and methods providing for minimizing the arc energy delivered to the pads of a plurality of contactors using a single control coil based on monitoring the electrical sine waves of the three alternating current electrical poles and calculating the instant to energize or deenergize a single control coil. The remainder of the contactors will make or break based on an offset in time from the making or breaking of the control contactor.
US08610313B2
An electrical power distribution system has fixed stations with AC power to DC power conversion circuitry at these stations. The converter(s) are switchable ON/OFF at outlet ports or sockets where the socket configuration permits. Standardized DC sockets accommodate a variety of voltage requirements typical of portable digital devices. In some embodiments feedback circuitry is provided to regulate the power to these devices in accordance with parameters programmed in the portable devices or in the sensing circuitry provided at each station.
US08610311B1
A passive power generation system comprised of a magnification device for magnifying energy and a recovery device operatively coupled to the magnification device for recovering at least a portion of the magnified energy and a method for making the passive power generation system for magnifying and recovering energy.
US08610310B2
A method and apparatus describes a stackable communications system. A system is modularized and stacked in various configurations. The interconnections between the modules may be by close proximity inductively coupled wireless Ethernet connections or a physical connection mechanism. Each module detects the power requirement of modules installed next to it. When a new module is installed, the module below determines the power requirements of the new module and whether adequate power is available. If adequate power is available, the new module is powered. An audio system that comprises an audio server and individual speaker clients may also be connected. Individual speaker clients may be the same physical configuration. When the audio server detects each speaker client, the audio server configures each speaker to a particular purpose. This allows the same type of speakers to be used for different features. Other audio devices may also be connected to the audio server.
US08610309B2
The invention relates to a sensor for switching a pump on and/or off, with at least one first and a second electrode, which form a capacitance which may be influenced by way of the fluid to be delivered, and with evaluation electronics connected to the electrodes, wherein the evaluation electronics has a voltage supply which is connected to the first electrode and which is designed for providing short voltage pulses for charging the first electrode, and comprises an evaluation circuit which is designed in a manner such that during a voltage increase on charging and/or a voltage reduction on discharging the electrode, it detects the current between the electrodes and emits a switch-on signal and/or switch-off signal depending on the detected current, as well as to a pump with such a sensor.
US08610307B2
A method of adjusting a voltage supply to an electronic device coupled to a wired communication link in accordance with a performance metric associated with the wired communication link. A voltage adjust signal is generated based on the performance metric. The voltage adjustment signal is then used for updating the voltage supply to the electronic device.
US08610305B2
A power distribution device (100) is provided which is adapted for use at a junction point (103) between an electrical panel (121) and an electric outlet and/or switch (101) of a home. The device may include a switching circuit (104) adapted to regulate power flow between one or more junction point input lines and one or more junction point output lines, and a communication module (105) functionally associated with the switching circuit and adapted to receive power regulation instructions from a central, usually, remote; controller (106). There is also provided a power distribution controller adapted to communicate and provide power regulation instructions to one or more power distribution devices. A method is also provided for imparting smart-home capabilities to a non-smart home.
US08610286B2
A semiconductor device has a semiconductor die mounted to a carrier. A first encapsulant is deposited over the semiconductor die and carrier. A stiffening support member can be disposed over the carrier around the semiconductor die. A plurality of channels or recesses is formed in the first encapsulant. The recesses can be formed by removing a portion of the first encapsulant. Alternatively, the recesses are formed in a chase mold having a plurality of extended surfaces. A second encapsulant can be deposited into the recesses of the first encapsulant. The carrier is removed and an interconnect structure is formed over the semiconductor die and first encapsulant. The thickness of the first encapsulant provides sufficient stiffness to reduce warpage while the recesses provide stress relief during formation of the interconnect structure. A portion of the first encapsulant and recesses are removed to reduce thickness of the semiconductor device.
US08610283B2
Disclosed is a semiconductor device wherein an insulation layer has a copper plug in contact with the last wiring layer of the device. There may also be a barrier layer separating the copper plug from the insulation layer. In a further embodiment, there may also be an aluminum layer between the insulation layer and copper plug. Also disclosed is a process for making the semiconductor device.
US08610278B1
A contiguous layer of graphene is formed on exposed sidewall surfaces and a topmost surface of a copper-containing structure that is present on a surface of a substrate. The presence of the contiguous layer of graphene on the copper-containing structure reduces copper oxidation and surface diffusion of copper ions and thus improves the electromigration resistance of the structure. These benefits can be obtained using graphene without increasing the resistance of copper-containing structure.
US08610273B2
An improved wafer level chip scale packaging technique is described which does not use an encapsulated via to connect between a redirection layer and a pad within the pad ring on the semiconductor die. In an embodiment, a first dielectric layer is formed such that it terminates on each die within the die's pad ring. Tracks are then formed in a conductive layer which contact one of the pads and run over the edge of an opening onto the surface of the first dielectric layer. These tracks may be used to form an electrical connection between the pad and a solder ball.
US08610271B2
A chip package includes a substrate having an upper and a lower surface and including: at least a first contact pad; a non-optical sensor chip disposed overlying the upper surface, wherein the non-optical sensor chip includes at least a second contact pad and has a first length; a protective cap disposed overlying the non-optical sensor chip, wherein the protective cap has a second length, an extending direction of the second length is substantially parallel to that of the first length, and the second length is shorter than the first length; an IC chip disposed overlying the protective cap, wherein the IC chip includes at least a third contact pad and has a third length, and an extending direction of the third length is substantially parallel to that of the first length; and bonding wires forming electrical connections between the substrate, the non-optical sensor chip, and the IC chip.
US08610268B2
A semiconductor element includes connection terminals. The connection terminals are each shaped in such a manner that the transverse cross-sectional area in a portion near the leading end thereof decreases toward the leading end. Specifically, the shape of each of the connection terminals is columnar except for the portion near the leading end, and the side surface in the portion near the leading end of the connection terminal is shaped in a tapered form. Furthermore, a metal layer for improving a solder wettability may be formed at least on the side surface shaped in the tapered form, of the connection terminal.
US08610267B2
A die includes a metal pad, a passivation layer, and a patterned buffer layer over the passivation layer. The patterned buffer layer includes a plurality of discrete portions separated from each other. An under-bump-metallurgy (UBM) is formed in an opening in the patterned buffer layer and an opening in the passivation layer. A metal bump is formed over and electrically coupled to the UBM.
US08610266B2
A semiconductor device (5) for radio frequency applications has a semiconductor chip (1) with an integrated circuit accommodated in a radio frequency package. Inside bumps (2) comprise inside contacts between the semiconductor chip (1) and a redistribution substrate (3). The inside bumps (2) have a metallic or plastic core (6) and a coating layer (7) of a noble metal.
US08610265B2
An electrical interconnect for providing a temporary interconnect between terminals on an IC device and contact pads on a printed circuit board (PCB). The electrical interconnect includes a substrate with a first surface having a plurality of openings arranged to correspond to the terminals on the IC device. A compliant material is located in the openings. A plurality of conductive traces extend along the first surface of the substrate and onto the compliant material. The compliant material provides a biasing force that resists flexure of the conductive traces into the openings. Conductive structures are electrically coupled to the conductive traces over the openings. The conductive structures are adapted to enhance electrical coupling with the terminals on the IC device. Vias electrically extending through the substrate couple the conductive traces to PCB terminals located proximate a second surface of the substrate.
US08610253B2
A lead frame includes a die stage; an inner lead provided near the die stage; and a bus bar provided between the die stage and the inner lead and supported by a hanging lead, wherein the hanging lead is inclined with respect to the inner lead, and a wire connection face of the bus bar is displaced with respect to a wire connection face of the inner lead in a direction of a frame thickness.
US08610250B2
A packaging substrate includes: a substrate having a core layer, a cavity penetrating the core layer and circuit layers formed on surfaces of the core layer; a first capacitor disposed in the cavity; a bonding layer formed on the first capacitor in the cavity of the substrate; a second capacitor disposed on the bonding layer so as to be received in the cavity; and a dielectric layer formed on the substrate and in the cavity for covering the first and second capacitors. By stacking the first and second capacitors in the cavity through the bonding layer, the single core layer is embedded with two layers of the capacitors to thereby meet the multi-function requirement.
US08610244B2
A structure. The structure includes: a substrate, a first electrode in the substrate, first dielectric layer above both the substrate and the first electrode, a second dielectric layer above the first dielectric layer, and a fuse element buried in the first dielectric layer. The first electrode includes a first electrically conductive material. A top surface of the first dielectric layer is further from a top surface of the first electrode than is any other surface of the first dielectric layer. The first dielectric layer includes a first dielectric material and a second dielectric material. A bottom surface of the second dielectric layer is in direct physical contact with the top surface of the first dielectric layer. The second dielectric layer includes the second dielectric material.
US08610240B2
A system and method for forming multi recessed shallow trench isolation structures on substrate of an integrated circuit is provided. An integrated circuit includes a substrate, at least two shallow trench isolation (STI) structures formed in the substrate, an oxide fill disposed in the at least two STI structures, and semiconductor devices disposed on the oxide fill in the at least two STI structures. A first STI structure is formed to a first depth and a second STI structure is formed to a second depth. The oxide fill fills the at least two STI structures, and the first depth and the second depth are based on semiconductor device characteristics of semiconductor devices disposed thereon.
US08610237B2
A semiconductor apparatus includes a semiconductor chip, a lead frame that has a first surface having the semiconductor chip mounted thereover and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a bonding wire that couples the semiconductor chip and the lead frame, and a high dielectric constant layer that is disposed over a surface of the lead frame opposite to a surface having the semiconductor chip mounted thereover and that has a relative permittivity of 5 or more. The lead frame includes a source electrode lead coupled to the source of a semiconductor device formed over the semiconductor chip and a source-wire junction at which the source electrode lead and the bonding wire are coupled together. The high dielectric layer is disposed in a region including at least a position corresponding to the source-wire junction over the second surface of the lead frame.
US08610236B2
A word line driver includes an active area having a length that extends in a first direction over a semiconductor substrate. A plurality of fingers formed over an upper surface of the active area. Each of the plurality of fingers has a length that extends in a second direction and forms a MOS transistor with a portion of the active area. A first dummy structure is disposed between an outer one of the plurality of fingers and an edge of the semiconductor substrate. The first dummy structure includes a portion that is at least partially disposed over a portion of the active area.
US08610235B2
A Schottky diode includes a semiconductor layer formed on a semiconductor substrate; first and second trenches formed in the semiconductor layer where the first and second trenches are lined with a thin dielectric layer and being filled partially with a trench conductor layer and remaining portions of the first and second trenches are filled with a first dielectric layer; and a Schottky metal layer formed on a top surface of the semiconductor layer between the first trench and the second trench. The Schottky diode is formed with the Schottky metal layer as the anode and the semiconductor layer between the first and second trenches as the cathode. The trench conductor layer in each of the first and second trenches is electrically connected to the anode of the Schottky diode. In one embodiment, the Schottky diode is formed integrated with a trench field effect transistor on the same semiconductor substrate.
US08610227B2
Provided is an image sensor device. The image sensor device includes a pixel formed in a substrate. The image sensor device includes a first micro-lens embedded in a transparent layer over the substrate. The first micro-lens has a first upper surface that has an angular tip. The image sensor device includes a color filter that is located over the transparent layer. The image sensor device includes a second micro-lens that is formed over the color filter. The second micro-lens has a second upper surface that has an approximately rounded profile. The pixel, the first micro-lens, the color filter, and the second micro-lens are all at least partially aligned with one another in a vertical direction.
US08610225B2
A radiation-receiving semiconductor component is specified. A semiconductor body is formed with silicon and has a radiation entrance surface and also an absorption zone. Electromagnetic radiation passes into the semiconductor body through the radiation entrance surface and is absorbed. The absorption zone has a thickness of at most 10 μm. A filter layer is formed with a dielectric material. The filter layer covers the radiation entrance surface of the semiconductor body. A potting body covers the semiconductor body at least at the radiation entrance surface thereof. The potting body contains a radiation-absorbing material.
US08610224B2
In a MEMS element 500 where a MEMS structure 201 is hermetically sealed in a cavity 110 by a substrate 301 and laminated structure 120, interface sealing layers 101, 102 and 103 are provided between two layers that constitute the laminated structure 120, so as to prevent gas from breaking into the cavity 110 through the interface between two layers along the direction parallel to the surface of the substrate 301.
US08610218B2
In a semiconductor device and a method of making the same, the semiconductor device comprises a substrate including a first region and a second region. At least one first gate structure is on the substrate in the first region, the at least one first gate structure including a first gate insulating layer and a first gate electrode layer on the first gate insulating layer. At least one isolating structure is in the substrate in the second region, a top surface of the isolating structure being lower in height than a top surface of the substrate. At least one resistor pattern is on the at least one isolating structure.
US08610214B2
Provided is a semiconductor device having an ESD protection MOS transistor including a plurality of transistors combined together, in which a plurality of drain regions and a plurality of source regions disposed alternately and a gate electrode disposed between each pair of adjacent regions constituted of one of the plurality of drain regions and one of the plurality of source regions, in which a distance between a salicide metal region, which is formed on each of the plurality of drain regions, and the gate electrode is determined according to contact holes in the plurality of drain regions and a distance of the contact holes from substrate contacts.
US08610213B2
A semiconductor device capable of ensuring a withstand voltage of a transistor and reducing a forward voltage of a Schottky barrier diode in a package with the transistor and the Schottky barrier diode formed on chip, and a semiconductor package formed by a resin package covering the semiconductor device are provided. The semiconductor device 1 includes a semiconductor layer 22, a transistor area D formed on the semiconductor layer 22 and constituting the transistor 11, and a diode area C formed on the semiconductor layer 22 and constituting the Schottky barrier diode 10. The semiconductor layer 22 in the diode area C is thinner than the semiconductor layer 22 in the transistor area D.
US08610209B2
An ultra-high voltage n-type-metal-oxide-semiconductor (UHV NMOS) device with improved performance and methods of manufacturing the same are provided. The UHV NMOS includes a substrate of P-type material; a first high-voltage N-well (HVNW) region disposed in a portion of the substrate; a source and bulk p-well (PW) adjacent to one side of the first HVNW region, and the source and bulk PW comprising a source and a bulk; a gate extended from the source and bulk PW to a portion of the first HVNW region, and a drain disposed within another portion of the first HVNW region that is opposite to the gate; a P-Top layer disposed within the first HVNW region, the P-Top layer positioned between the drain and the source and bulk PW; and an n-type implant layer formed on the P-Top layer.
US08610197B2
Provided is a nonvolatile memory 10 having a selective gate SG formed below a silicon layer 14, which is to be a channel region formed between a source region S and a drain region D of a transistor, through a gate insulating film 15 between the silicon layer and the selective gate, a floating gate FG formed on a part over the silicon layer 14 through a gate insulating film 16, and a control gate CG connected to the floating gate FG. The selective gate SG has one end overlapping the source region S through the gate insulating film 15, and the floating gate FG has one end overlapping the drain region D through the gate insulating film 16, and the other end separated from the source region S and overlapping the silicon layer 14 through the gate insulating film 16. Thus, a nonvolatile memory whose performance is not deteriorated even when it is formed on an insulating substrate having a low heat dissipating characteristic can be achieved.
US08610196B2
In a memory of an embodiment, first and second P-channel transistors are formed on a first semiconductor region, and each of the first and second P-channel transistors has a structure formed by stacking a first insulating film, a first floating gate, a second insulating film, a second floating gate, a third insulating film, and a first control gate in this order on the first semiconductor region. In the memory, first and second N-channel transistors are formed on a second semiconductor region, and each of the first and second N-channel transistors has a structure formed by stacking a fourth insulating film, a third floating gate, a fifth insulating film, a fourth floating gate, a sixth insulating film, and a second control gate in this order on the second semiconductor region.
US08610193B2
Some embodiments include methods of forming semiconductor constructions. Alternating layers of n-type doped material and p-type doped material may be formed. The alternating layers may be patterned into a plurality of vertical columns that are spaced from one another by openings. The openings may be lined with tunnel dielectric, charge-storage material and blocking dielectric. Alternating layers of insulative material and conductive control gate material may be formed within the lined openings. Some embodiments include methods of forming NAND unit cells. Columns of alternating n-type material and p-type material may be formed. The columns may be lined with a layer of tunnel dielectric, a layer of charge-storage material, and a layer of blocking dielectric. Alternating layers of insulative material and conductive control gate material may be formed between the lined columns. Some embodiments include semiconductor constructions, and some embodiments include NAND unit cells.
US08610187B2
A first transistor including a channel formation region, a first gate insulating layer, a first gate electrode, and a first source electrode and a first drain electrode; a second transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer, a second source electrode and a second drain electrode, a second gate insulating layer, and a second gate electrode; and a capacitor including one of the second source electrode and the second drain electrode, the second gate insulating layer, and an electrode provided to overlap with one of the second source electrode and the second drain electrode over the second gate insulating layer are provided. The first gate electrode and one of the second source electrode and the second drain electrode are electrically connected to each other.
US08610182B2
An object of the present invention is to prevent the deterioration of a TFT (thin film transistor). The deterioration of the TFT by a BT test is prevented by forming a silicon oxide nitride film between the semiconductor layer of the TFT and a substrate, wherein the silicon oxide nitride film ranges from 0.3 to 1.6 in a ratio of the concentration of N to the concentration of Si.
US08610179B2
An amorphous-silicon thin film transistor and a shift resister shift resister having the amorphous-silicon TFT include a first conductive region, a second conductive region and a third conductive region. The first conductive region is formed on a first plane spaced apart from a substrate by a first distance. The second conductive region is formed on a second plane spaced apart from the substrate by a second distance. The second conductive region includes a body conductive region and two hand conductive regions elongated from both ends of the body conductive region to form an U-shape. The third conductive region is formed on the second plane. The third conductive region includes an elongated portion. The elongated portion is disposed between the two hand conductive regions of the second conductive region. The amorphous-silicon TFT and the shift resister having the amorphous TFT reduce a parasitic capacitance between the gate electrode and drain electrode.
US08610177B2
A CMOS imaging device formed of plural CMOS photosensors arranged in a row and column formation, wherein a first CMOS photosensor and a second CMOS photosensor adjacent with each other in a column direction are formed in a single, continuous device region defined on a semiconductor substrate by a device isolation region.
US08610171B2
A semiconductor-based SWIR infrared detector sensitive to wavelengths shorter than about 2.5 microns comprises a stack of semiconductor layers based on III-V materials forming a PIN photodiode. The stack includes a naked electrical contact, called a lower electrical contact, serving as an optical window; and a detection layer sensitive to said wavelengths. The lower contact comprises at least one layer of indirect-bandgap III-V material(s) doped n-type, pseudomorphic or lattice matched with a substrate intended to serve as a temporary substrate possibly being made of a III-V material such as InP or GaAs or of silicon or germanium.
US08610147B2
A light emitting device containing a semiconductor light emitting component and a phosphor, the phosphor is capable of absorbing a part of light emitted by the light emitting component and emitting light of a wavelength different from that of the absorbed light, is provided. A straight line connecting a point of chromaticity corresponding to a spectrum generated by the light emitting component and a point of chromaticity corresponding to a spectrum generated by the phosphor is substantially along a black body radiation locus in a chromaticity diagram.
US08610146B2
Provided is an LED package including a metal substrate that has one or more via holes formed therein; an insulating layer that is formed on a surface of the metal substrate including inner surfaces of the via holes; a plurality of metal patterns that are formed on the insulating layer and are electrically isolated from one another; and an LED chip that is mounted on a metal pattern among the plurality of metal patterns.
US08610142B2
By doping an organic compound functioning as an electron donor (hereinafter referred to as donor molecules) into an organic compound layer contacting a cathode, donor levels can be formed between respective LUMO (lowest unoccupied molecular orbital) levels between the cathode and the organic compound layer, and therefore electrons can be injected from the cathode, and transmission of the injected electrons can be performed with good efficiency. Further, there are no problems such as excessive energy loss, deterioration of the organic compound layer itself, and the like accompanying electron movement, and therefore an increase in the electron injecting characteristics and a decrease in the driver voltage can both be achieved without depending on the work function of the cathode material.
US08610137B2
An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display module including a first carrier, a second carrier and an OLED display panel is provided. The second carrier disposed on the first carrier is integrally formed with the first carrier. The OLED display panel is disposed on the second carrier. A continuous joint surface is formed between the first and the second carriers. A producing method of the OLED display module is also provided.
US08610126B2
Provided are a flat panel display device and a method of manufacturing the same. The flat panel display device includes a first thin-film transistor including a first active layer, a first insulation layer disposed on the first active layer, and a first gate electrode disposed on the first insulation layer; a second thin-film transistor including a second active layer, the first insulation layer disposed on the second active layer, a second insulation layer disposed on the first insulation layer, and a second gate electrode disposed on the second insulation layer, and electrically connected to the first thin-film transistor; and a capacitor electrically connected to the first thin-film transistor and the second thin-film transistor. In the structure as described above, since different numbers of insulation layers are interposed between active layers and gate electrode in each of the first thin-film transistor and the second thin-film transistor, threshold voltages of the first thin-film transistor and the second thin-film transistor are significantly different from each other, and thus it becomes easy to control the threshold voltages of the first thin-film transistor and the second thin-film transistor.
US08610122B2
A display unit with which lowering of long-term reliability of a transistor is decreased is provided. The display unit includes a display section having a plurality of organic EL devices with light emitting color different from each other and a plurality of pixel circuits that are singly provided for every said organic EL device for every pixel. The pixel circuit has a first transistor for writing a video signal, a second transistor for driving the organic EL device based on the video signal written by the first transistor, and a retentive capacity, and out of the first transistor and the second transistor, a third transistor provided correspondingly to a second organic EL device adjacent to a first organic EL device is arranged farther from the first organic EL device than a first retentive capacity provided correspondingly to the second organic EL device out of the retentive capacity.
US08610106B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor light emitting device includes an n-type semiconductor layer, a p-type semiconductor layer and a light emitting part. The light emitting part is provided between the n-type semiconductor layer and the p-type semiconductor layer and includes a first light emitting layer. The first light emitting layer includes a first barrier layer, a first well layer, a first n-side intermediate layer and a first p-side intermediate layer. The barrier layer, the well layer, the n-side layer and the p-side intermediate layer include a nitride semiconductor. An In composition ratio in the n-side layer decreases along a first direction from the n-type layer toward the p-type layer. An In composition ratio in the p-side layer decreases along the first direction. An average change rate of the In ratio in the p-side layer is lower than an average change rate of the In ratio in the n-side layer.
US08610102B2
A nonvolatile memory device (10A) comprises an upper electrode layer (2); a lower electrode layer (4); a resistance variable layer (3) sandwiched between the upper electrode layer (2) and the lower electrode layer (4); and a charge diffusion prevention mask (1A) formed on a portion of the upper electrode layer (2); wherein the resistance variable layer (3) includes a first film comprising oxygen-deficient transition metal oxide and a second film comprising oxygen-deficient transition metal oxide which is higher in oxygen content than the first film; at least one of the upper electrode layer (2) and the lower electrode layer (4) comprises a simple substance or alloy of a platinum group element; and the charge diffusion prevention mask (1A) is insulative, and is lower in etching rate of dry etching than the upper electrode layer (2) and the lower electrode layer (4).
US08610098B2
Memory cells are described along with arrays and methods for manufacturing. An embodiment of a memory cell as described herein includes a second doped semiconductor region on a first doped semiconductor region and defining a pn junction therebetween. A first electrode on the second doped semiconductor region. An insulating member between the first electrode and a second electrode, the insulating member having a thickness between the first and second electrodes. A bridge of memory material across the insulating member, the bridge having a bottom surface and contacting the first and second electrodes on the bottom surface, and defining an inter-electrode path between the first and second electrodes across the insulating member, the inter-electrode path having a path length defined by the thickness of the insulating member, wherein the memory material has at least two solid phases.
US08610096B2
A charged-particle beam writing apparatus used for writing a predetermined pattern on a sample placed on a stage with a charged-particle beam. The apparatus comprises a height measuring unit that measures a height of the sample by irradiating the sample with light and receiving light reflected from the sample, and a control unit that receives either of height data acquired from a height data map prepared based on values measured by the height measuring unit before writing and height data measured by the height measuring unit during writing, thereby adjust an irradiation position of the charged-particle beam on the sample.
US08610095B2
An extreme ultraviolet light source device in accordance with the present invention suppresses a surface that comes into contact with a target material in a molten state from being eroded by the target material, being reacted with the target material, and being cut by the target material.A target generating unit 120 injects molten tin in a droplet shape as a target 201 into a chamber 101. A protective coating provided with an erosion resistance property to tin is configured on a section that comes into contact with tin in a molten state for each face of a nozzle part 121 and a tank part 122. Alternatively, a part that comes into contact with tin in a molten state is made of a material provided with an erosion resistance property and a heat resistance property.
US08610093B2
The invention pertains to a direct write lithography system comprising: A converter comprising an array of light controllable electron sources, each field emitter being arranged for converting light into an electron beam, the field emitters having an element distance between each two adjacent field emitters, each field emitter having an activation area; A plurality of individually controllable light sources, each light source arranged for activating one field emitter; Controller means for controlling each light source individually; Focusing means for focusing each electron beam from the field emitters with a diameter smaller than the diameter of a light source on an object plane.
US08610086B2
Method for spatially high-resolution luminescence microscopy in which label molecules in a sample are activated to emit luminescence radiation comprising activating only a subset of the label molecules in the sample, wherein activated label molecules have a distance to the closest activated molecules that is greater or equal to a length which results from a predetermined optical resolution, detecting the luminescence radiation, generating a frame from the luminescence radiation, identifying the geometric locations of the label molecules with a spatial resolution increased above the predetermined optical resolution, repeating the steps and forming a combined image, and controlling the acquisition of the several frames by evaluating at least one of the frames or a group of the frames and modifying at least one variable for subsequent repetitions of the steps of generating frames for combining into an image.
US08610082B2
A drawing apparatus performs drawing on a substrate with charged particle beams. The drawing apparatus includes an irradiation optical system including a collimator lens; an aperture array configured to split the charged particle beam into a plurality of charged particle beams; a converging lens array configured to form a plurality of crossovers of the plurality of charged particle beams; and a projection optical system including an element in which a plurality of apertures corresponding to the plurality of crossovers are formed, and a plurality of projection lenses corresponding to the apertures. The converging lens array includes converging lenses disposed such that each of the plurality of crossovers, which are formed by the converging lenses from the charged particle beam incident on the aperture array at incidence angles associated with aberration of the irradiation optical system, is aligned with corresponding one of the apertures in the element.
US08610078B2
The X-ray image detection apparatus 1 includes: a scintillator panel 10 including a phosphor 200 that is formed on a support 101 and emits fluorescence by irradiation of radiation; and a photodetector 40 that detects the fluorescence emitted by the phosphor as an electric signal, wherein the phosphor 200 includes a columnar section 20 formed by growing crystals of a fluorescent material in a columnar shape, and a non-columnar section 25 provided between the columnar section 20 and the support 101 and has a porosity lower than that of the columnar section 20, and the scintillator panel 10 is disposed at the rear side of the photodetector 40 in a radiation travelling direction, and in the phosphor 200, the non-columnar section 25 is disposed at a side opposite to the photodetector side.
US08610067B2
A radiation source for emitting infrared electromagnetic radiation and having at least one source element. The radiation source is characterized by features including that: the source element is embodied in the form of a silicon carbide fiber; the source element is coated at least sectionally with a metal coating, via which the source element can be heated; and the metal coating heats the source element at least at times in such a manner that the source element emits infrared radiation at least at times. A method for the manufacture of a radiation source is likewise relevant.
US08610066B2
A device for radiation absorption measurements may include a radiation source emitting electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength in the interval 0.2 μm-20 μm, a detector detecting the electromagnetic radiation, when in a measurement mode at least a portion of the radiation has passed through a medium and been reflected by a surface at a distance from the radiation source, before reaching the detector. The device may further include a fluid calibration cell, which is adapted to be arranged in the path of the electromagnetic radiation between the radiation source and the detector. A method for calibrating a device for radiation absorption measurements may involve emitting electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength in the interval 0.2 to 20 μm, directing at least a portion of the electromagnetic radiation through a fluid calibration cell, and detecting the electromagnetic radiation.
US08610062B2
An apparatus for multi-spectral imaging includes a microbolometer array comprising a two-dimensional array of microbolometer detectors that are configured to respond to energy having a first range of wavelengths comprising a first plurality of spectral bands. The apparatus also includes a wideband window configured to allow energy having a second range of wavelengths to reach the microbolometer array. The second range of wavelengths comprises a second plurality of spectral bands. The apparatus additionally includes optics configured to focus the energy from a scene towards the microbolometer array. The apparatus further includes a processor configured to generate an output based on a response of the microbolometer array to energy having a third range of wavelengths comprising a third plurality of spectral bands. There is substantial overlap between the first, second, and third range of wavelengths and the first, second, and third plurality of spectral bands.
US08610061B2
A seal member to be contacted with an observation object is provided at an open end of a lens barrel so that the observation object can be attracted to the lens barrel via the seal member and fixed in direct and close contact with the lens barrel when a vacuum is created in the lens barrel by a vacuum pump. In other words, instead of providing a sample chamber, the observation object is fixed in close contact with the lens barrel to prevent relative movement therebetween by a suction force even without a sample chamber. In this configuration, the interior of the lens barrel can be maintained in a vacuum state despite the absence of a sample chamber and no adverse effect occurs during observation because the lens barrel and the observation object are not moved relative to each other by vibration.
US08610056B2
An apparatus includes an atmospheric pressure ion source; a first vacuum stage and a second vacuum stage separated from the first vacuum stage by a vacuum partition; a first ion guide positioned within a first vacuum stage and arranged to receive ions from the atmospheric pressure ion source; a second ion guide positioned within a second vacuum stage downstream of the first vacuum stage from the atmospheric pressure ion source, the second ion guide being a multipole ion guide arranged to receive ions from the first ion guide; and a time-of-flight mass analyzer that includes an orthogonal pulsing region arranged to receive ions from the second ion guide.
US08610055B1
An ion trap for a mass spectrometer is disclosed. The ion trap includes a ring electrode and first and second electrodes which are arranged on opposite sides of the ring electrode. The ring electrode and the first and second electrodes are configured to generate an electric field based on the received RF signal. The first electrode defines a first aperture and the second electrode defines a second aperture, the first aperture and the second aperture being asymmetric relative to each other and configured to generate a hexapole field.
US08610052B2
A system for testing an IR proximity sensor has an infrared reflector that receives radiation transmitted from the proximity sensor under test. An electronically modulated IR-transmissive device is positioned between the sensor and the reflector. A tester is coupled to control the IR-transmissive device for testing the sensor. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
US08610049B2
An apparatus, system, and method for emission filter. A filter apparatus is presented. In one embodiment, the filter apparatus may be adapted for fluorescence spectroscopy. In a particular embodiment, the filter apparatus comprises a solution. The solution may include a polar protic solvent and an absorbing specimen. Additionally, the filter apparatus may include an adhesive to conform the solution into a solid filter.
US08610047B2
An image sensor pixel and a driving method thereof are provided. The image sensor pixel comprises a photodiode, a sensing capacitor, a static transistor and a dynamic transistor. A first terminal of the photodiode is coupled to a bias line. A control terminal of the static transistor is coupled to a static gate line, and a first terminal of the static transistor is coupled to a first terminal of the sensing capacitor and a second terminal of the photodiode. A control terminal of the dynamic transistor is coupled to a dynamic gate line, and a first terminal of the dynamic transistor is coupled to a second terminal of the sensing capacitor.
US08610041B1
A system for engaging hostile air or space threats with a defensive missile, where the defensive missile comprises an antenna for receiving global positioning system (GPS) signals. A global positioning system receiver is coupled to said antenna, for receiving global positioning system signals directly from global positioning system satellites and global positioning system signals reflected from the threat. A processing arrangement processes the direct and reflected global positioning system signals for determining the position and velocity of the threat. Vectoring controls are coupled to the processing arrangement, and are responsive to the location of the threat for directing the defensive missile toward the threat. In a particular embodiment, the antenna of the defensive missile is directionally controllable, and the defensive missile includes an antenna direction controller responsive to the processor for directing at least a beam of the antenna toward the threat.
US08610033B1
A rapid thermal process reactor includes a vessel having a dome assembly. The vessel bounds a reactor chamber for rapid thermal processing of one or more substrates. The dome assembly includes a low profile dome and a flange surrounding and abutting the low profile dome. The flange includes a top surface; a bottom surface, removed from and opposite the top surface; an outer circumferential edge surface connecting the top surface and the bottom surface; and an inner edge surface, opposite and removed from said outer circumferential edge, including a portion abutting said low profile dome. The rapid thermal process reactor also includes a radiant heat source; a gas ring mounted about a sidewall of the vessel; a gas ring shield mounted as part of the sidewall of the vessel; a clamp ring to clamp the dome assembly in place; and a clamp ring shield mounted on the clamp ring.
US08610030B2
A laser beam processing machine comprising a laser beam application means for applying a laser beam to a workpiece held on a chuck table, a processing-feed means, an indexing-feed means, a processing-feed amount detection means for detecting the amount of feed, an indexing-feed amount detection means, and a control means, wherein the condenser constituting the laser beam application means comprises an elliptic spot forming means for forming a focal spot into an elliptic shape and a focal spot turning means for turning the elliptic focal spot on an optical axis at the center thereof; and the control means comprises a storage means for storing the X, Y coordinate values of a processing line formed on the workpiece, obtains the X, Y coordinate values of the current position of a laser beam application position based on detection signals from the processing-feed amount detection means and the indexing-feed amount detection means, and controls the focal spot turning means to ensure that the long axis of the focal spot should follow along the processing line based on the X, Y coordinate values of the detected current position and the X, Y coordinate values of the processing line stored in the storage means.
US08610027B2
A process produces a 3-dimensional component (16) by selective laser melting (SLM), in which the component (16) is formed on a foundation with a surface, e.g., a platform (10) or a support, which in particular is a component of the same type which has already been produced previously, by successively melting layers of a first metal powder to form a sequence of stacked layers. The process is substantially simplified and made more flexible by virtue of the fact that the separation of the finished component (16) from the surface of the platform (10) or the support thereof is simplified by providing a separating layer (11) between the component (16) and the platform (10) or the support, this separating layer making it possible to separate the finished component (16) from the platform (10) or the support without damaging the finished component (16).
US08610021B2
A sorting outlet device including a support surface on which a stack of flat articles is formed by accumulation as the flat articles are inserted, accumulated, and pushed on-edge one-by-one in a main direction against a retaining element for retaining the stack, which element is provided at the front end of the stack. The support surface is mounted to be free to move in translation in the main direction, being moved synchronously with the movement of the retaining element in the main direction. The retaining element is also mounted to move relative to the frame under the effect of accumulation of said articles and associated with means of the winder or counter weight type arranged so as to exert a return force on the stack of flat articles in such a manner as to retain it. A postal sorting machine is equipped with at least one such stacker device.
US08610020B2
A method including treating packs of overlapping postal objects for generating singulated postal objects, directing each postal object towards a respective outlet selected from among a number n of selectable outlets. The method includes performing a first sorting step, accumulating, within an i-th selected outlet, postal objects belonging to K subgroups having homogeneous delivery points, and carrying out a step of re-processing the previously sorted postal objects, whereby the postal objects taken from the outlets are treated for forming ordered sets of postal objects, each set comprising the postal objects belonging to a respective homogeneous subgroup and being formed by postal objects ordered according to successive delivery points; and performing a second step of sorting ordered sets, on the basis of which the postal objects that have corresponding positions within each subgroup are sent to the respective outlets. The objects are accumulated according to successive delivery points in the outlets.
US08610017B2
In a capacitive input switch that is accommodated in a housing of electronic equipment, the capacitive input switch includes a rigidity imparting layer having rigidity and a laminate sheet laminated on the rigidity imparting layer. The rigidity imparting layer and the laminate sheet are three dimensionally formed. The laminate sheet is formed by a substrate sheet, a conductive pattern layer for capacitor formation, and a decorative layer that is laminated at least on any one of the substrate sheet and the conductive pattern layer. A separate conductor is caused to contact with the conductive pattern layer and the conductive pattern layer is caused to be electrically connected to an external electric circuit by the conductor.
US08610008B2
A conveyor belt scale (1) for transporting and weighing bulk material, having a rocker (6) that acts on a rod system (9), and having a weighing cell (11) connected with the rod system (9), is supposed to be configured in such a manner that the weighing cell, in particular, can also be reached from the outside.This is achieved in that the conveyor belt (2) is surrounded by a pressure-resistant, explosion-protected housing (7), whereby the rod system (9) that acts on the weighing cell (11) is passed out of the housing (7) by way of at least one elastic bearing (10) having a pressure-resistant seal, whereby the weighing cell (11) is positioned outside of the housing (7).
US08609997B2
A multilayer wiring substrate includes a center wiring layer arranged in a center of the substrate in a thickness direction, and wiring layers stacked on one side of the center wiring layer and the other side of the center wiring layer via an insulating layer. The wiring layers on one side of the center wiring layer and the wiring layers on the other side are provided in a same layer number. The insulating layers on one side of the center wiring layer and the insulating layers on the other side are provided in a same layer number.
US08609996B2
A printed circuit board includes a signal layer having a pair of differential transmission lines thereon. An eye width and an eye height of an eye diagram obtained at output terminals of the pair of differential transmission lines are variable according to a distance between the pair of differential transmission lines. The eye width and the eye height of the eye diagram are at minimum values when the distance between the pair of differential transmission lines is at a first distance. The eye width and the eye height meet requirements of the pair of differential transmission lines for the eye diagram when the distance between the pair of differential transmission lines is set at a second distance, the second distance is less than the first distance.
US08609994B2
A thin film stack (100, 200) is provided for use in electronic devices such as photovoltaic devices. The stack (100, 200) may be integrated with a substrate (110) such as a light transmitting/transmissive layer. An electrical conductor layer (120, 220) is formed on a surface of the substrate (110) or device layer such as a transparent conducting (TC) material layer (120, 220) with pin holes or defects (224) caused by manufacturing. The stack (100) includes a thin film (130, 230) of metal that acts as a barrier for environmental contaminants (226, 228). The metal thin film (130, 230) is deposited on the conductor layer (120, 220) and formed from a self-healing metal such as a metal that forms self-terminating oxides. A permeation plug or block (236) is formed in or adjacent to the thin film (130, 230) of metal at or proximate to the pin holes (224) to block further permeation of contaminants through the pin holes (224).
US08609993B2
A power module substrate includes: a ceramics substrate composed of AlN, having a top face; a metal plate composed of pure aluminum and joined to the top face of the ceramics substrate with a brazing filler metal including silicon interposed therebetween; and a high concentration section formed at a joint interface at which the metal plate is joined to the ceramics substrate, having a silicon concentration that is more than five times the silicon concentration in the metal plate.
US08609980B2
Provided herein is a blend composition useful as a cross-linkable encapsulant layer and consisting essentially of two ethylene copolymers and optionally one or more additives. The first ethylene copolymer comprises copolymerized units of ethylene, optionally a first olefin having the formula CH2═C(R1)CO2R2, and a second olefin having the formula CH2═C(R3)COOH. At least a portion of the carboxylic acid groups have been neutralized to form carboxylate salts. The second ethylene copolymer consists essentially of copolymerized units of ethylene, optionally a first olefin having the formula CH2═C(R1)CO2R2, and a third olefin having the formula CH2═C(R4)D. R1, R3 and R4 represent hydrogen or an alkyl group; R2 represents an alkyl group; and D represents a moiety containing an epoxy group. Further provided are solar cell modules comprising the encapsulant layer. The encapsulant layer comprises the blend composition or the product of cross-linking the blend composition, in which some carboxylate groups of the second olefin have reacted with some epoxy groups of the third olefin.
US08609972B2
A performance apparatus 11 is provided with a first acceleration sensor 22 at its head portion and a second acceleration sensor 23 at its base portion. CPU 21 determines operation of the performance apparatus 11 during a period from the first timing to the second timing, based on a first acceleration-sensor value and a second acceleration-sensor value, and determines operation mode corresponding to the operation of the performance apparatus. Referring to a tone-color table stored in RAM 26, CPU 21 determines a tone color of musical tones to be generated, based on the determined operation mode.
US08609966B2
A transposable capo system for a stringed musical instrument includes at least one magnetic capo stud having a string slot adapted to receive a string on the instrument.
US08609965B2
A tremolo device with a movable bridge, an adjustment device, and a support frame is implemented on an acoustic guitar, with features that can also be employed on an electric guitar or other stringed instruments. The movable bridge holds strings of the musical instrument in tension. The adjustment device, such as a tremolo bar, moves the bridge to change the tension of the strings. The support frame engages the bridge at a first area and engages the musical instrument at a larger second area. When the tremolo device is used, the support frame receives a force over the first area and transmits a corresponding force to the musical instrument over the larger second area, reducing the pressure that would be experienced by the musical instrument. The support frame also transmits string vibration received through the bridge to the instrument body to produce proper acoustic tones.
US08609958B1
A novel maize variety designated X13B634 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 X13B634 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13B634 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X13B634, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13B634. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13B634.
US08609953B2
Methods for obtaining soybean plants that produce seed with low linolenic acid levels and moderately increased oleic levels are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for producing seed with low linolenic acid levels, moderately increased oleic levels and low saturated fatty acid levels. These methods entail the combination of transgenes that provide moderate oleic acid levels with soybean germplasm that contains mutations in soybean genes that confer low linolenic acid phenotypes. These methods also entail the combination of transgenes that provide both moderate oleic acid levels and low saturated fat levels with soybean germplasm that contains mutations in soybean genes that confer low linolenic acid phenotypes. Soybean plants and seeds produced by these methods are also disclosed.
US08609952B1
A soybean cultivar designated 15120100 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 15120100, to the plants of soybean cultivar 15120100, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 15120100, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 15120100. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 15120100. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 15120100, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 15120100 with another soybean cultivar.
US08609949B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1026154. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1026154. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1026154 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety A1026154 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US08609948B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1026010. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1026010. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1026010 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety A1026010 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US08609942B2
A soybean cultivar designated S090089 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S090089, to the plants of soybean cultivar S090089, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar S090089, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar S090089. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S090089. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S090089, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar S090089 with another soybean cultivar.
US08609940B1
The present invention is in the field of soybean variety GO0810002 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean variety GO0810002 and its progeny, and methods of making GO0810002.
US08609939B1
The present invention is in the field of soybean variety CL0911670 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean variety CL0911670 and its progeny, and methods of making CL0911670.
US08609933B2
The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having feruloyl esterase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides.
US08609932B2
The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides.
US08609929B1
A novel maize variety designated X08B730 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 X08B730 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X08B730 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X08B730, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X08B730. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X08B730.
US08609927B2
The present invention embraces a transgenic mouse whose genome harbors a nucleic acid molecule encoding caveolin-1 fused in-frame with a reporter. To control expression of the Cav1-reporter, the nucleic acid molecule further includes a selectable marker expression cassette flanked by recombinase target sites in such a manner that, upon exposure to recombinase, said selectable marker expression cassette is excised from said nucleic acid molecule.
US08609926B1
Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system, machine, device, manufacture, circuit, composition, and/or user interface adapted for and/or resulting from, and/or a method and/or machine-readable medium comprising machine-implementable instructions for, activities that can comprise and/or relate to, in a treatment zone, reacting an oxygen-comprising gas, one or more selected ferric/ferrous chelates, one or more selected nitrates and/or nitrites, and/or anaerobic wastewater.
US08609921B1
A new family of aluminosilicate zeolites designated UZM-44 has been synthesized. These zeolites are represented by the empirical formula. NanMmk+TtAl1-xExSiyOz where M represents a metal or metals from zine, Group 1, Group 2, Group 3 and or the lanthanide series of the periodic table, “m” is the mole ratio of M to (Al+E), T is the organic structure directing agent or agents, and E is a framework element such as gallium. UZM-44 may be used to catalyze a process for the transalkylation of a feedstream comprising one or more of C7, C9, C10 and C11+ aromatics to obtain a transalkylation product stream having an increased concentration of C8 aromatics relative to that of the feedstream.
US08609915B2
Processes for preparing alkylation aromatic compounds are provided herein. In an embodiment, a process for preparing alkylated aromatic compounds includes reacting an aromatic compound and an olefin in a first alkylation reaction in the presence of a first alkylation catalyst to produce a first effluent that includes an alkylated aromatic compound and unreacted aromatic compound. Unreacted aromatic compound from the first effluent and additional olefin are reacted in at least one downstream alkylation reaction in the presence of a second alkylation catalyst to produce a second effluent including the alkylated aromatic compound. A recycle stream including the alkylated aromatic compound is recycled from the second effluent to the at least one downstream alkylation reaction and, optionally, the first alkylation reaction. A ratio of the recycle stream to a total mass flow is greater in the at least one downstream alkylation reaction than in the first alkylation reaction.
US08609908B2
To provide a process for producing, at a high content ratio, 1,1-dichloro-2,2,3,3,3-pentafluoropropane (HCFC-225ca) which is useful as e.g. a starting material to obtain 1,1-dichloro-2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (CFO1214ya).The process for producing HCFC-225ca of the present invention comprises subjecting a raw material composed of dichloropentafluoropropane (HCFC-225) including 2,2-dichloro-1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane (HCFC225aa) to an isomerization reaction at a temperature of at most 290° C. in a gas phase in the presence of a metal oxide catalyst thereby to isomerize HCFC-225aa to HCFC-225ca.
US08609905B2
The present invention provides a method for producing glycerol, including transesterifying an oil-and-fat with an alcohol in the presence of a solid catalyst to obtain a glycerol product liquid and subjecting the glycerol product liquid to adsorption treatment with an ion-exchange resin.
US08609901B2
Disclosed is a method for making a diphosphite of Structure I,
US08609899B2
The invention relates to a process for the continuous preparation of toluenediamine by liquid-phase hydrogenation of dinitrotoluene by means of hydrogen in the presence of a suspended, nickel-comprising catalyst in a reactor with a product isolation unit downstream of the reactor to give a product output from the reactor comprising a liquid phase comprising toluenediamine and dinitrotoluene, in which the nickel-comprising catalyst is suspended, wherein the concentration of dinitrotoluene in the liquid phase of the product output from the reactor in the region between the reactor and the downstream product isolation unit is set to a value in the range from 1 to 200 ppm by weight, based on the total weight of the liquid phase of the product output from the reactor.
US08609897B2
The present invention is directed to a novel trifluoromethylsulfonamide derivative which inhibits the processing of APP by the putative γ-secretase and thus is useful in the treatment or prevention of Alzheimer's disease. This compound possesses favorable pharmacokinetic properties in higher species (rhesus) and thus can be dosed on an intermittent dosing regiment (e.g., once weekly). When dosed on such a regiment the compound exhibits significant and continuous Aβ lowering without the manifestation of Notch associated gastrointestinal toxicity for extended periods, e.g., 7 days. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use are also included.
US08609892B2
The present invention discloses novel compounds of Formula I, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which have glucagon receptor antagonist or inverse agonist activity, as well as methods for preparing such compounds. In another embodiment, the invention discloses pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula I as well as methods of using them to treat diabetic and other glucagon related metabolic disorders, and the like.
US08609889B2
The photoacid generator produces a sulfonic acid which has a bulky cyclic structure in the sulfonate moiety and a straight-chain hydrocarbon group and thus shows a controlled acid diffusion behavior and an adequate mobility. The PAG is fully compatible with a resin to form a resist composition which performs well during the device fabrication process and solves the problems of resolution, LWR, and exposure latitude.
US08609884B2
A biobased plasticizer and a surface covering are disclosed. The biobased plasticizer includes an ester formed as a reaction product of a furan derivative selected from the group consisting of furoic acid, furfural and furfuryl alcohol reacted with a carboxylic acid or an alcohol, or includes an ester formed as a reaction product of a biobased aromatic compound and a biobased aliphatic compound. The surface covering is plasticized with a composition comprising an ester formed as a reaction product of a functionalized aromatic heterocyclic compound reacted with a carboxylic acid or an alcohol.
US08609882B2
The invention relates to a process for the preparation of N-protected α-aminoaldehydes by deacetalization of the acetal functional group of corresponding N-protected α-aminoacetals using formic acid.
US08609878B2
The invention relates to a method for producing 6-chlorodibenzo[d,f][1,3,2]-dioxaphosphepin (formula 1), comprising the following steps: a) addition of liquid 2,2′-dihydroxybiphenyl into a reactor to an excess of phosphorous trichloride under inert gas and stirring; b) discharge and neutralization of the resulting gases from the reaction mixture; c) separation of the excess phosphorous trichloride; d) obtention of 6-chlorodibenzo[d,f][1,3,2]-dioxaphosphepin.
US08609877B2
Diol derived blocked mercaptofunctional silane compositions in which the silanes comprise cyclic and bridged alkoxy groups derived from hydrocarbon-based diols and processes for their preparation are provided. Also provided are rubber compositions comprising the cyclic diol-derived blocked mercaptofunctional silanes, processes for their preparation and articles of manufacture comprising the rubber compositions, in particular, automotive tires and components thereof.
US08609875B2
Oil containing one or more long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids phospholipids derived from biomass
The present invention relates to a method to extract long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids from sources using emulsifiers dispersed in oil as carrier and to the oils obtainable from such a method. It also relates to the use of emulsifier in oil for improving the extraction of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in the form of phospholipids and, in a further aspect, to an oil composition comprising long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in an amount up to 4% and phospholipids in an amount up to 15% and at least one emulsifier.
US08609867B2
A substituted indolocarbazole comprising at least one optionally substituted thienyl.
US08609865B2
The present invention relates to a novel crystals of 5-({[2-amino-3-(4-carbamoyl-2,6-dimethyl-phenyl)-propionyl]-[1-(4-phenyl-1h-imidazol-2-yl)-ethyl]-amino}-methyl)-2-methoxy-benzoic acid and methods of making the zwitterion of 5-({[2-amino-3-(4-carbamoyl-2,6-dimethyl-phenyl)-propionyl]-[1-(4-phenyl-1h-imidazol-2-yl)-ethyl]-amino}-methyl)-2-methoxy-benzoic acid.
US08609864B2
The disclosure includes hydroxamic compounds of Formula I: (I) wherein P, Z, and m are defined herein. Also disclosed is a method for treating a neoplastic disease or an immune disease with these compounds.
US08609858B2
The present invention relates to novel spiro derivatives of parthenin prepared by the dipolar cycloaddition of various dipoles viz, benzonitrile oxides, nitrones, azides, nitrile ylide diazoalkane, nitrile imide, ozone, azomethine imides, azomethine ylides etc. with exocyclic double bond of C ring (α-methylene-γ-butyrolactone). Representative compounds have been screened for their anticancer activity against different cancer cell lines. ICs0 value of these analogues varies between 4.3 μM to 93 μM. A mechanistic correlation of their anticancer activity has been described. The results of the cytotoxicity test of the compounds studies indicated that the α,β-unsaturated ketonic moiety in parthenin plays an important role in the maintenance of the high level of cytotoxicity.
US08609856B2
New forms of Febuxostat have been prepared and characterized. These forms are useful, for example, in the chronic management of hyperuricemia in patients with gout.
US08609854B2
The present invention provides a process for the preparation of sorafenib tosylate, comprising contacting sorafenib free base with p-toluenesulphonic acid in water.
US08609852B2
The identification of a unique series of compounds which possesses special advantages in terms of drug-like properties due to their possessing advantageous properties in terms of potency and/or pharmacokinetic and/or selectivity and/or in vivo receptor occupancy properties. Specifically, the selection of a 1,3-thiazol-2-yl ring member linked by an ethynylene to the 3 position of a pyridyl ring or the 5 position of a pyrimidinyl ring, wherein the ring is substituted with selected substituents, results in a compound having superior drug-like properties. The invention includes pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms of these heterocyclic compounds, in particular chloride salts and trifluoroacetate salts.
US08609851B2
The present invention discloses a nitropyridinyl ethyleneimine compound as shown in the formula I and a preparation method of the same, as well as use of the compound in manufacture of a prodrug and in manufacture of a drug for treating a tumor.
US08609850B2
Provided herein are compositions and related methods useful for free radical scavenging, with particular selectivity for mitochondria. The compounds comprise a nitroxide-containing group attached to a mitochondria-targeting group. The compounds can be cross-linked into dimers without loss of activity. Also provided herein are methods, for preventing, mitigating and treating damage caused by radiation. The method comprises delivering a compound, as described herein, to a patient in an amount and dosage regimen effective to prevent, mitigate or treat damage caused by radiation.
US08609827B2
The invention provides isolated polynucleotide molecules that comprise a DNA sequence encoding an infectious RNA sequence encoding a genetically-modified North American PRRS virus, wherein the polynucleotide molecule lacks at least one detectable antigenic epitope of North American PRRS virus. The invention also provides vaccines comprising genetically modified North American PRRS virus, RNA molecules, plasmids and viral vectors comprising the isolated polynucleotide molecules. Also provided are isolated polynucleotide molecules further comprising at least one nucleotide sequence that encodes a detectable heterologous antigenic epitope, and vaccines comprising North American PRRS virus, RNA molecules, plasmids and viral vectors comprising such isolated polynucleotide molecules.
US08609818B2
The present invention relates generally to anti-FN14 antibodies. In particular, the anti-FN14 antibodies described herein are useful for the treatment of diseases, such as a variety of cancers, associated with expression of FN14.
US08609806B2
To provide phosphorus-containing epoxy resins and phosphorus-containing epoxy resin compositions having high levels of appearance, yield and economic efficiency and cured products thereof that are used for various applications. A phosphorus-containing phenol compound represented by Formula (3) obtained by reacting a compound represented by Formula (2) with a compound represented by Formula (1), wherein in the peak area (A) of the component represented by Formula (1) on a chromatogram measured under specific conditions by gel permeation chromatography, peak area (B) on the high-molecular-weight side of the component of Formula (1), and total area (C) of peak area (A) and peak area (B), the value obtained by dividing peak area (B) by total area (C) is 8 area % or less, and epoxy resin compositions and cured products comprising the phosphorus-containing phenol compound as an essential ingredient.
US08609805B2
The present invention provides a highly efficient process for manufacturing copolyether glycol having a mean molecular weight of from about 650 to about 5000 dalton by polymerization of tetrahydrofuran and at least one alkylene oxide in the presence of an acid catalyst and at least one compound containing reactive hydrogen atoms. More particularly, the invention relates to a process for manufacturing copolyether glycol which comprises recycle to the polymerization reaction step of at least a portion of the oligomeric cyclic ether which is co-produced with the copolyether glycol, said process exhibiting an Space Time Yield value of greater than about 0.9.
US08609804B2
Provided are sulfone-containing polyarylene polymers, and processes for preparing the polymers. The polyarylene polymers are suitable for use as engineering polymers.
US08609803B2
An organic semiconductor compound may be represented by the above Chemical Formula 1 or Chemical Formula 2, and an organic thin film may include the organic semiconductor compound according to Chemical Formula 1 or 2.
US08609792B2
The invention relates to A process for the polymerization of ethylene to produce a polyethylene resin in at least two slurry loop reactors connected to each other in series, the resin having a bimodal molecular weight distribution, a molecular weight distribution MWD of at least 7.0, an HLMI of from 1 to 100 g/10 min, and a density of from 0.935 to 0.960 g/cm3,wherein in one reactor 30 to 47 wt % based on the total weight of the polyethylene resin of a high molecular weight (HMW) polyethylene fraction is produced having an HL275 of from 0.05 to 1.8 g/10 min (the equivalent of HLMI of from 0.01 to 1.56 g/10 min), a density of from 0.925 to 0.942 g/cm3 and an MWD of at least 5.0,and in the other reactor a low molecular weight (LMW) polyethylene fraction is produced having an HLMI of from 10 to 1500 g/10 min and a density of from 0.960 to 0.975 g/cm3,in the presence of a Ziegler-Natta catalyst system.
US08609791B2
The present invention relates to a method for optimizing the sequential feeding of at least two ethylene polymerization catalysts to an ethylene polymerization reactor, comprising: transferring to a mixing vessel a first ethylene polymerization catalyst and a first diluent, decreasing the concentration of said first ethylene polymerization catalyst in said mixing vessel, transferring to said mixing vessel a second ethylene polymerization catalyst and a second diluent, progressively replacing said first ethylene polymerization catalyst by said second ethylene polymerization catalyst and said first diluent by said second diluent, increasing the concentration of said second ethylene polymerization catalyst in said mixing vessel, sequentially transferring said first ethylene polymerization catalyst and said second ethylene polymerization catalyst from said mixing vessel to an ethylene polymerization reactor.
US08609781B2
The present invention relates to a mixture including at least O,O-tert-butyl-O-(2-ethylhexyl) monoperoxycarbonate and at least O,O-tert-amyl-O-2-ethylhexyl monoperoxycarbonate, where the O,O-tert-amyl-O-2-ethylhexyl monoperoxycarbonate is present in the mixture in an amount of from 0.001% to 45% by weight relative to the total weight of the mixture. The invention also relates to a crosslinkable composition that includes such a peroxide mixture and an elastomer; and to uses of the crosslinkable composition and mixture.
US08609779B2
The invention relates to functionalized interpolymers derived from base olefin interpolymers, which are prepared by polymerizing one or more monomers or mixtures of monomers, such as ethylene and one or more comonomers, to form an interpolymer products having unique physical properties. The functionalized olefin interpolymers contain two or more differing regions or segments (blocks), resulting in unique processing and physical properties.
US08609774B2
The present invention provides a belt excellent in mechanical properties at high temperatures. The belt of the present invention comprises a cross-linked fluororubber layer obtainable by cross-linking a fluororubber composition containing a fluororubber (A) and a carbon black (B). The cross-linked fluororubber layer has a loss modulus E″ of 400 kPa or higher and 6,000 kPa or lower determined by a dynamic viscoelasticity test (measurement temperature: 160° C., tensile strain: 1%, initial force: 157 cN, frequency: 10 Hz).
US08609772B2
A film comprising one or more propylene-based polymers, one or more hydrocarbon resins, and one or more polyolefin additives provides enhanced mechanical and elastic properties compared to the neat propylene-based polymer. The propylene-based polymer may have (i) 60 wt % or more units derived from propylene; and (ii) crystallinity of from 0.25% to 40%, resulting from isotactically arranged propylene-derived sequences. The hydrocarbon resin may have a glass transition temperature greater than 20° C. The polyolefin additive may have a crystallinity greater than the crystallinity of the propylene-based polymer. Methods for making and using the films are also described.
US08609767B2
Toughened thermosetting resins comprising thermosetting resins and rubber particles having an average particle size in the range of 20 to 500nm. The toughened resins are obtained by mixing a fully vulcanized powdery rubber having an average particle size in the range of 20 to 500nm with thermosetting resin prepolymers and then curing them. The toughened thermosetting resins comprise rubber phases having a small, uniform and stable particle size, which results in a very significant toughening effect, especially when crazes rapidly grow (as in a standard Izod impact test). The toughened thermosetting resins are excellent in impact resistance, strength, modulus and heat resistance, and when appropriately toughened, the thermosetting resins can be enhanced in terms of impact strength, glass transition temperature and heat distortion temperature. The toughened thermosetting resins are useful for many application areas and the method for preparing the same can be carried out in a simple and easy manner and is suitable for toughening various thermosetting resins.
US08609765B2
A polymeric material from the styrene family comprises macromolecular chains grafted by nitrogen-containing heterocyclic groups; wherein the macromolecular chains comprise a polymeric backbone to which a grafted agent is attached by at least one covalent bond, the grafting agent comprises, in a single molecule, one or more associative groups capable of being bound by hydrogen bonds, and one or more reactive groups capable of forming covalent bonds with the polymeric backbone, at least one of the associative groups of the modifier is an imidazolidone heterocyclic ring. The mean number of imidazolidone groups to be inserted into the macromolecular chains is dependent both on the mean mass of said chains and on the final properties to be imparted to the material. Objects such as tubes, films, plates, stiffeners, bottles and containers can be made.
US08609756B2
Polymeric composition based on a PVDF homopolymer and a thermoplastic fluorocopolymer Polymeric composition based on a PVDF homopolymer and a thermoplastic fluoropolymer offering an improved toughness/processability compromise, possessing an apparent melt viscosity not exceeding 60 000 Pa·s at a shear rate of 1 s−1, a ductile-brittle transition temperature below +5° C. and a weight loss in air at 150° C. of 5% or less. Pipes and fashioned articles prepared from this composition.
US08609755B2
Conversion and passivation coatings and methods for treating metal surfaces such as steel and aluminum are disclosed. The coating compositions comprise a silane and a stabilizing agent. The methods herein comprise contacting the requisite metal surface with the coating composition.
US08609749B1
The invention provides a method for preparing a Polyurethane-Carbon Nanotube (PU-CNT) based coating composition. More specifically, the invention provides a method for preparing a PU-CNT based anti-corrosive coating composition. The method comprises preparing a dispersion comprising one or more types of Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs). The dispersion is prepared by dispersing the one or more types of CNTs in a dispersant comprising at least one polar solvent and at least one surfactant. The method further comprises mechanically mixing a hardener with the dispersion comprising the one or more types of CNTs. In addition, the method comprises mechanically mixing polyurethane with the dispersion prepared by mechanically mixing the hardener with the dispersion comprising the one or more types of CNTs.
US08609745B2
The invention provide a new lens curing method for making hydrogel contact lenses. The new lens curing method is based on actinically-induced step-growth polymerization. The invention also provides hydrogel contact lenses prepared from the method of the invention and fluid compositions for making hydrogel contact lenses based on the new lens curing method. In addition, the invention provide prepolymers capable of undergoing actinically-induced step-growth polymerization to form hydrogel contact lenses.
US08609744B2
An oxygen-scavenging mixture comprising: (I) an oxidizable metal component; (II) an electrolyte component selected from the group consisting of KCl and CaCl2, and (III) a non-electrolytic, acidifying component.
US08609742B2
Disclosed is a high energy ray-curable composition which is excellent in storage stability before curing and enables to form a cured coating film which is excellent in hardness, property of preventing adhesion of fats and oils, property of wiping off fats and oils, abrasion resistance, transparency, water repellency, adhesion, smoothness and uniformity. Specifically disclosed is a high energy ray-curable composition containing the following components (A)-(D). (A) 100 parts by weight of a polyfunctional acrylate (B) 1-30 parts by weight of an organoalkoxysilane having an aliphatic unsaturated bond (C) 1-100 parts by weight of colloidal silica (D) 0.2-20 parts by weight of a fluorine compound having an aliphatic unsaturated bond.
US08609740B2
The present disclosure relates to the production of molded products containing recycled content, and more particularly polyurethane foam which includes polyol recovered from chemical recycling of polyurethane foam scrap, which polyol has been treated to optimize viscosity and/or reactivity characteristics.
US08609735B2
The present invention provides a rapid-acting, blood arginine level-increasing oral preparation containing citrulline or a salt thereof and arginine or a salt thereof as active ingredients. The rapid-acting, blood arginine level-increasing oral preparation of the present invention can rapidly and effectively increase blood arginine level after ingestion, and can rapidly provide an arginine ingestion effect.
US08609734B2
Disclosed herein are new oral pharmaceutical compositions of MGBG and related polyamine analogs, polyamine biosynthesis inhibitors, polyamine inhibitors of AMD-I and regulators of osteopontin, and their application for the treatment of disease.
US08609718B2
Disclosed is a novel use of phytosphingosine. More particularly, disclosed are a composition for preventing or treating hyper-proliferative skin diseases comprising pachastrissamine as an active ingredient, a use of pachastrissamine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for preparing a preventing/therapeutic agent of hyper-proliferative skin diseases, and a method for treating hyper-proliferative skin diseases administering an effective amount of pachastrissamine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to a subject in need thereof. The pachastrissamine inhibits the degradation of FoxO3a protein and increases the expression of FoxO3a protein. Thus, the inventive pharmaceutical composition has a preventing of treating effect on hyper-proliferative diseases by inducing apoptosis of hyper-proliferative cells and inhibiting the cell cycle. Accordingly, the disclosed composition, a use, and the method can be used for preventing or treating various hyper-proliferative skin diseases such as skin cancer or psoriasis.
US08609711B2
An improved AKT inhibiting compound, crystalline N-{(1S)-2-amino-1-[(3-fluorophenyl)methyl]ethyl}-5-chloro-4-(4-chloro-1-methyl-1H-pyrazol-5-yl)-2-thiophenecarboxamide hydrochloride.
US08609708B2
Disclosed are nicotine-related compounds that selectively inhibit cytochrome P-450 2A6 (CYP2A6), selectively inhibit cytochrome P-450 2A13 (CYP2A13), and/or selectively modulate a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR). Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of the invention, as well as methods of using the pharmaceutical compositions for treating or preventing a disease or disorder associated with nicotine-ingestion, or a disease or disorder amenable to treatment by selective modulation of nAChRs.
US08609701B2
Methods are provided for administering pirfenidone to a patient that has exhibited abnormal biomarkers of liver function in response to pirfenidone administration. The methods include administering to a patient pirfenidone at doses lower than the full target dosage for a time period, followed by administering to the patient pirfenidone at the full target dosage. The methods also include administering pirfenidone at the full target dose with no reduction and administering permanently reduced doses of pirfenidone.
US08609695B2
Novel methods for the medical treatment and/or prevention of obesity, abdominal fat, and insulin resistance in susceptible warm-blooded animals including humans involves the administration of selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs). A combination of a SERM with an amount of estrogen or a sex steroid precursor selected from the group consisting of dehydroepiandrosterone, dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate, androst-5-ene-3b,17b-diol and compounds converted in vivo to one of the foregoing precursors or estrogen is also disclosed.
US08609687B2
A compound of Formula I, enantiomers, diasteriomers, tautomers or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are defined herein, are useful as JAK kinase inhibitors. A pharmaceutical composition that includes a compound of Formula I and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, adjuvant or vehicle, and methods of treating or lessening the severity of a disease or condition responsive to the inhibition of JAK kinase activity in a patient are disclosed.
US08609686B2
The present application relates to novel substituted pyrrolopyridine, pyrazolopyridine and isoxazolopyridine derivatives, to processes for their preparation, to their use for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases and to their use for preparing medicaments for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases, preferably for the treatment and/or prevention of cardiovascular disorders.
US08609678B2
The present invention relates to “reverse amide” compounds comprising a zinc chelator group, and the use of such compounds in the inhibition of HDAC6 and in the treatment of various diseases, disorders or conditions related to HDAC6.
US08609676B2
The present invention relates to novel heterocyclic compounds of Formulae (I): (Chemical formula should be inserted here as it appears on abstract in paper form) Formula (I) as disclosed herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, ester, prodrug or stereoisomer thereof. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds, and methods for using said compounds for treating or preventing a thromboembolic disorder.
US08609660B2
The present invention relates to novel 4,7-dihydro-pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrazin-6-yl-amine derivatives as inhibitors of beta-secretase, also known as beta-site amyloid cleaving enzyme, BACE, BACE1, Asp2, or memapsin2. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, to processes for preparing such compounds and compositions, and to the use of such compounds and compositions for the prevention and treatment of disorders in which beta-secretase is involved, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), mild cognitive impairment, senility, dementia, dementia with Lewy bodies, Down's syndrome, dementia associated with stroke, dementia associated with Parkinson's disease or dementia associated with beta-amyloid.
US08609648B2
The present invention discloses compounds of Formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, or prodrugs thereof: which inhibit RNA-containing virus, particularly the hepatitis C virus (HCV). Consequently, the compounds of the present invention interfere with the life cycle of the hepatitis C virus and are also useful as antiviral agents. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the aforementioned compounds for administration to a subject suffering from HCV infection. The invention also relates to methods of treating an HCV infection in a subject by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compounds of the present invention.
US08609643B2
This invention discloses 2-methylene-(20S,25R)-19,26-dinor-vitamin D analogs, and specifically 2-methylene-(20S,25R)-19,26-dinor-1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3, and pharmaceutical uses therefor. This compound exhibits pronounced activity in arresting the proliferation of undifferentiated cells and inducing their differentiation to the monocyte thus evidencing use as an anti-cancer agent and for the treatment of skin diseases such as psoriasis as well as skin conditions such as wrinkles, slack skin, dry skin and insufficient sebum secretion. This compound also has little, if any, calcemic activity and therefore may be used to treat autoimmune disorders or inflammatory diseases in humans as well as renal osteodystrophy. This compound may also be used for the treatment or prevention of obesity.
US08609642B2
The present invention relates to compositions, kits and methods for treating skin at sites of concerns such as infectious lesions and/or points of insertion of an insertable medical device to prevent contamination such as infections or protein absorption that may interfere with the function of the device. The composition can be a topical skin treatment composition that includes polyethylene glycol (PEG), triclosan, one or more of a salicylate, bronopol, and an acrylic emulsion, and, optionally, a solvent.
US08609638B2
The invention provides compounds, compositions, and methods for studying the Rohmer pathway and for treating bacterial infections or parasitic infections. The parasitic infection can be a protozoan infection, such as malaria. The compounds and compositions can also be used as antibiotics, for example, to kill bacteria or parasites, or to inhibit bacterial or parasite growth. The invention further provides inhibitors of isoprenoid biosynthesis enzymes, and methods of inhibiting the activity of isoprenoid biosynthesis enzymes. The compounds can be, for example, alkynes or allenes that bind to a unique Fe of an Fe4S4 cluster of an isoprenoid biosynthesis enzyme.
US08609610B2
The present invention is an inhibitor of the trypsin-like β2/β2i sites of the proteasome. The inhibitor is characterized as being a peptide-based epoxyketone or vinyl sulfone that contains an arginine or 4-aminomethylene-L-phenylalanine at the C-terminus (i.e., at the P1 position). Methods for using the inhibitor to inhibit the activity of the β2/β2i site of a proteasome and treat a proteasome-mediated disease or condition are also described.
US08609609B2
Host RNA/viral protein interaction as a target of intervention in the replication of viruses, e.g., the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are described. The target being upstream of the final replication product, and being crucial to the viral replication, is less likely to be genetically altered to drug resistance. Peptides that intervene in this RNA/viral protein interaction are also described, as well as compositions containing the same and methods of use thereof.
US08609608B2
This invention provides novel antimicrobial peptides that are effective to inhibit growth and/or proliferation of various gram positive bacteria. In particular, the peptides are effective against Streptococcus mutans a common oral pathogen and the causative agent of dental caries.
US08609607B2
This disclosure provides modified antimicrobial agents, for example modified defensin polypeptides. Compositions including a modified arginine residue, such as an ADP-ribosylated and/or ribosylated alpha defensin polypeptide, are provided. Also provided are methods of modulating an immune response using the modified defensin polypeptides. Methods are provided for modulating an antimicrobial activity and for inhibiting a cytotoxic activity. Also disclosed are methods for treating diseases in a subject that are associated with an immune response, such as inflammatory and pulmonary diseases, using the disclosed modified defensin polypeptides.
US08609598B2
The present invention relates to a nitrite free grease composition having an oil base, a thickener, and several additives, including a metal salt of dibasic acid. The metal salt having sub-groups that can either be aliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbons. Additionally, the present invention relates to a grease-sealed bearing with a longer lifetime and excellent rust preventative properties.
US08609595B2
A variety of methods and compositions are disclosed, including, in one embodiment, a method of treating a well comprising: providing a treatment fluid comprising a base fluid and a blended cementitious component, wherein the blended cementitious component comprises kiln dust from two or more different sources; and introducing the treatment fluid into a well bore.
US08609589B2
The invention relates to novel fungicidally active compound combinations of 2′-cyano-3,4-dichloroisothiazole-5-carboxanilide of the formula and active compounds listed in the disclosure.
US08609566B2
The process herein provide a catalyst cooler with a vent that communicates fluidizing gas to a lower chamber of a regenerator. Air that is used as fluidizing gas can then be consumed in the regenerator without promoting after burn in the upper chamber.
US08609564B2
A method for manufacturing a laminated ceramic capacitor by firing a laminated body which includes dielectric ceramic layers containing a dielectric ceramic raw material powder and internal electrodes. The firing is carried out in accordance with a temperature profile in which the average rate of temperature rise is 40° C./second or more from room temperature to a maximum temperature. The dielectric ceramic raw material powder contains a BaTiO3 system as its main constituent, and contains R (R is Sc, etc.), M (M is Mn, etc.), and Mg as accessory constituents, in which, when the total amount of the accessory constituents contained is denoted by D parts by mol with respect to 100 parts by mol of the main constituent, an the specific surface area of the main constituent is denoted by E m2/g, then D/E is 0.2 to 0.8.
US08609561B2
A colorless transparent colloid-former-containing glass that is convertible into a colorless transparent glass ceramic or a metal colloid-colored glass ceramic via respective heat treatments contains a combination of one or more metal colloid formers and one or more redox partners. The metal colloid formers are preferably oxides containing Au, Ag, As, Bi, Nb, Cu, Fe, Pd, Pt, Sb and/or Sn. The redox partners are preferably oxides containing As, Ce, Fe, Mn, Sb, Sn and/or W, with the proviso that the redox partner must be different from the metal colloid former. The glass advantageously contains from 0.97 to 1.9 wt. % SnO2, 0.93 to 3.0 wt. % As2O3, or 1.59 to 6.0 wt. % of Sb2O3 as redox partner.
US08609557B2
A textile semifinished product with at least one surface provided with an adhesive, wherein the adhesive is immobilized on the surface of the semifinished product in order to maintain the tack in a lasting manner. To this end, at least one constituent of the adhesive is partly crosslinked and the partly crosslinked constituent is the product of partial crosslinking of at least one monomer containing double bonds, the monomer containing double bonds being a partial ester prepared by the reaction of an epoxy resin with an unsaturated carboxylic acid.
US08609549B2
A plasma etching method is provided to perform a plasma etching on a silicon oxide film or a silicon nitride film formed below an amorphous carbon film by using a pattern of the amorphous carbon film as a final mask in a multilayer mask including a photoresist layer having a predetermined pattern, an organic bottom anti-reflection coating (BARC) film formed below the photoresist layer, an SiON film formed below the BARC film, and the amorphous carbon film formed below the SiON film. An initial mask used at the time when the plasma etching of the silicon oxide film or the silicon nitride film is started is under a state in which the SiON film remains on the amorphous carbon film and a ratio of a film thickness of the amorphous carbon film to a film thickness of the residual SiON film is smaller than or equal to about 14.
US08609547B2
In a plasma etching method, a substrate, on which an oxide film as a target layer to be etched, a hard mask layer, and a patterned photoresist are sequentially formed, is loaded into the processing chamber and mounted on a lower electrode. A processing gas containing CxFy (x is 3 or less and y is 8 or less), C4F8, a rare gas and O2 is supplied and a plasma of the processing gas is generated by applying a high frequency power to an upper or a lower electrode. Further, a high frequency power for bias is applied to the lower electrode, and a DC voltage is applied to the upper electrode.
US08609537B2
A microelectronic assembly and related method of forming a through hole extending through a first chip and a second chip are provided. The first and second chip have confronting faces, metallic features join the first and second chips leaving a gap chips. A first etch creates a hole through the first chip. The hole has a first wall extending in a vertical direction, and a second wall sloping inwardly from the first wall to an inner opening to expose the gap. Material of the first or second chips exposed within the hole is sputtered to form a wall in the gap. A second etch extends the hole into the second chip. An electrically conductive through silicon via can then be formed extending through the first chip, the wall between the chips and into the second chip.
US08609533B2
Methods for fabricating integrated circuits having substrate contacts and integrated circuits having substrate contacts are provided. One method includes forming a first trench in a SOI substrate extending through a buried insulating layer to a silicon substrate. A metal silicide region is formed in the silicon substrate exposed by the first trench. A first stress-inducing layer is formed overlying the metal silicide region. A second stress-inducing layer is formed overlying the first stress-inducing layer. An ILD layer of dielectric material is formed overlying the second stress-inducing layer. A second trench is formed extending through the ILD layer and the first and second stress-inducing layers to the metal silicide region. The second trench is filled with a conductive material.
US08609522B2
A process for producing a conducting electrode on a substrate, including: depositing a layer made of a dielectric; depositing a protective layer made of the nitride of a metal on the dielectric layer; depositing a functionalization layer made of a material including a chemical species, such that the free enthalpy of formation of the nitride of the species is less, in absolute value, than the free enthalpy of formation of the nitride of the metal of the protective layer over the temperature range between 0° C. and 1200° C.; and annealing the assembly including the protective layer and the funtionalization layer so that the species diffuse from the functionalization layer into the protective layer and the nitrogen atoms migrate from the protective layer into the functionalization layer.
US08609520B2
A carbon ribbon (16) has two faces (20, 22) and two longitudinal ends (34, 36), at least one of the faces of the ribbon (16′) having a central portion (20a, 22a) situated between the two longitudinal ends (34, 36), which central portion is to receive a deposit of a layer of a semiconductor material (30, 32). The ribbon further includes, on at least one of its races (20, 22), at least one longitudinal groove (17) situated between one of said ends (34, 36) and the central portion (20a, 22a), and in that the longitudinal groove (17) is shaped in such a manner that when the layer of the semiconductor material is deposited, the semiconductor material (30, 32) filling the groove (17) forms a protuberance (31) adjacent to one of the longitudinal ends (34, 36) of one of the faces (20, 22) of the carbon ribbon.
US08609518B2
A method of forming an n-type metal-oxide-semiconductor (NMOS) field-effect transistor (FET) includes forming a silicon germanium layer, and forming a silicon layer over the silicon germanium layer. A gate stack is formed over the silicon layer. The silicon layer is recessed to form a recess adjacent the gate stack. A silicon-containing semiconductor region is epitaxially grown in the recess to form a source/drain stressor, wherein the silicon-containing semiconductor region forms a source/drain region the NMOS FET.
US08609517B2
A device includes providing a silicon substrate; annealing the silicon substrate at a first temperature higher than about 900° C.; and lowering a temperature of the silicon substrate from the first temperature to a second temperature. A temperature lowering rate during the step of lowering the temperature is greater than about 1° C./second. A III-V compound semiconductor region is epitaxially grown on a surface of the silicon substrate using metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD).
US08609515B2
A dicing die bonding film including a bonding layer; and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer adjoining the bonding layer, the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer having a storage modulus of about 400 to about 600 kPa at 25° C. and a peel strength of about 200 to about 350 mN/25 mm with respect to the bonding layer as measured according to KS-A-01107 standard.
US08609507B2
A semiconductor device includes gates formed over a semiconductor substrate that are spaced apart from one another and each have a stack structure of a tunnel insulation layer, a floating gate, a dielectric layer, a first conductive layer, and a metal silicide layer, a first insulation layer formed along the sidewalls of the gates and a surface of the semiconductor substrate between the gates and configured to have a height lower than the top of the metal silicide layer; and a second insulation layer formed along surfaces of the first insulation layer and surfaces of the metal silicide layer and configured to cover an upper portion of a space between the gates, wherein an air gap is formed between the gates.
US08609506B2
A three dimensional (3D) stacked chip structure with chips having on-chip heat spreader and method of forming are described. A 3D stacked chip structure comprises a first die having a first substrate with a dielectric layer formed on a front surface. One or more bonding pads and a heat spreader may be simultaneously formed in the dielectric layer. The first die is bonded with corresponding bond pads on a surface of a second die to form a stacked chip structure. Heat generated in the stacked chip structure may be diffused to the edges of the stacked chip structure through the heat spreader.
US08609501B2
A method of fabricating an integrated circuit including bipolar transistors that reduces the effects of transistor performance degradation and transistor mismatch caused by charging during plasma etch, and the integrated circuit so formed. A fluorine implant is performed at those locations at which isolation dielectric structures between base and emitter are to be formed, prior to formation of the isolation dielectric. The isolation dielectric structures may be formed by either shallow trench isolation, in which the fluorine implant is performed after trench etch, or LOCOS oxidation, in which the fluorine implant is performed prior to thermal oxidation. The fluorine implant may be normal to the device surface or at an angle from the normal. Completion of the integrated circuit is then carried out, including the use of relatively thick copper metallization requiring plasma etch.
US08609491B2
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes etching a substrate to form trenches that separate active regions, forming an insulation layer having an opening to open a portion of a sidewall of each active region, forming a silicon layer pattern to gap-fill a portion of each trench and cover the opening in the insulation layer, forming a metal layer over the silicon layer pattern, and forming a metal silicide layer as buried bit lines, where the metal silicide layer is formed when the metal layer reacts with the silicon layer pattern.
US08609488B2
Trenches are formed into semiconductive material. Masking material is formed laterally over at least elevationally inner sidewall portions of the trenches. Conductivity modifying impurity is implanted through bases of the trenches into semiconductive material there-below. Such impurity is diffused into the masking material received laterally over the elevationally inner sidewall portions of the trenches and into semiconductive material received between the trenches below a mid-channel portion. An elevationally inner source/drain is formed in the semiconductive material below the mid-channel portion. The inner source/drain portion includes said semiconductive material between the trenches which has the impurity therein. A conductive line is formed laterally over and electrically coupled to at least one of opposing sides of the inner source/drain. A gate is formed elevationally outward of and spaced from the conductive line and laterally adjacent the mid-channel portion. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US08609486B1
Integrated circuits with transistors and decoupling capacitor structures are provided. A decoupling capacitor structure may include multiple deep trench structures formed in a semiconductor substrate. The deep trench structures may each be lined with high-κ dielectric material. A conductive metal layer for use in controlling threshold voltages associated with n-channel or p-channel devices may be formed over the high-κ dielectric liner. Conductive material such as aluminum may be used to fill the remaining trench cavity. The high-κ dielectric liner may be simultaneously deposited into the deep trench structures and gate regions of the transistors. In one suitable arrangement, the deep trench structures and transistor metal gates for at least a selected type of transistors may be formed in parallel. In another suitable arrangement, the deep trench structures and the transistor metal gates may be formed in separate steps.
US08609468B2
To provide a semiconductor device having suspension leads with less distortion. In QFN having a plurality of external terminal portions at the periphery of the bottom surface of a sealing body, a plurality of leads is linked to a plurality of long suspension leads of the QFN at an intermediate portion thereof or at between the intermediate portion and a position near the die pad. These long suspension leads are each supported by these leads, making it possible to suppress distortion of each of the suspension leads in a wire bonding step or molding step in the fabrication of the QFN.
US08609466B2
A cap and substrate having an electrical connection at a wafer level includes providing a substrate and forming an electrically conductive ground structure in the substrate and electrically coupled to the substrate. An electrically conductive path to the ground structure is formed in the substrate. A top cap is then provided, wherein the top cap includes an electrically conductive surface. The top cap is bonded to the substrate so that the electrically conductive surface of the top cap is electrically coupled to the path to the ground structure.
US08609453B2
A reusable substrate and method for forming single crystal silicon solar cells are described. A method of forming a photovoltaic cell includes forming an intermediate layer on a monocrystalline silicon substrate, forming a monocrystalline silicon layer on the intermediate layer, and forming electrical features in the monocrystalline silicon layer. The method further includes forming openings in the monocrystalline silicon layer, and detaching the monocrystalline silicon layer from the substrate by selectively etching the intermediate layer through the openings.
US08609448B2
A system and method for manufacturing an LED is provided. A preferred embodiment includes a substrate with a distributed Bragg reflector formed over the substrate. A photonic crystal layer is formed over the distributed Bragg reflector to collimate the light that impinges upon the distributed Bragg reflector, thereby increasing the efficiency of the distributed Bragg reflector. A first contact layer, an active layer, and a second contact layer are preferably either formed over the photonic crystal layer or alternatively attached to the photonic crystal layer.
US08609444B2
A manufacturing method of a mounting part of a semiconductor light emitting element comprising: preparing a semiconductor light emitting element including an electrode which has a surface, and a board which has a surface; forming a plurality of bump material bodies on at least one of the surface of the electrode and the surface of the board by shaping bump material into islands, wherein the bump material is paste in which metal particles are dispersed, a top surface and a bottom surface of the bump material bodies have different areas, and the top surface is practically flat; solidifying the bump material bodies by thermally processing the bump material bodies; and fixing the semiconductor light emitting element and the board through the bumps.
US08609426B2
A system is disclosed that extracts bodily fluid to a reaction chamber for monitoring a substance or property of the patient fluid. In one embodiment, a pump is used to advance the sample of bodily fluid through a filter to produce a filtrate. Another pump advances filtrate into the reaction chamber, while another pump advances reactant into the reaction chamber. A sensor in communication with the reaction chamber determines a concentration of nitric oxide or one of its metabolic products. Methods are also disclosed.
US08609413B2
A method of preparing neural precursor cells by exposing pluripotent stem cells or neural stem cells to a differentiation agent. The agent is a pyridine analog, which in preferred embodiments is a phenylethynyl-substituted or phenylazo-substituted pyridine. In other embodiments, a method of enhancing neural precursor cell survival is provided in which the survival is enhanced by exposure to the pyridine analog. In further embodiments, a method of preparing neuronal cells is provided in which pluripotent or neural stem cells exposed to the pyridine analog are then incubated without the pyridine analog, resulting in differentiation into neurons, astrocytes and oligodendrocytes. These methods may be used in toxicological screens, e.g., to evaluate the neurotoxicity of a test compound.
US08609411B2
Methods and kits for expanding the number of hematopoietic stem cells are provided. The methods comprise incubating cells in medium comprising isolated IGFBP-2 and an angiopoietin-like protein (Angptl). Expanded HSCs are provided as well as culture media and kits for the expansion of human HSCs in a defined medium. Methods of administering expanded human HSCs to and individual are provided as well as methods of treating an individual by administering certain growth factors and cytokines.
US08609400B2
An organ perfusion apparatus and method monitor, sustain and/or restore viability of organs and preserve organs for storage and/or transport. Other apparatus include an organ transporter, an organ cassette and an organ diagnostic device. The method includes perfusing the organ at hypothermic and/or normothermic temperatures, preferably after hypothermic organ flushing for organ transport and/or storage. The method can be practiced with prior or subsequent static or perfusion hypothermic exposure of the organ. Viability of the organ may be automatically monitored, preferably by monitoring characteristics of the medical fluid perfusate. The perfusion process can be automatically controlled using a control program.
US08609398B1
A process of selectively degrading fatty acids in fat-containing waste materials without significant degradation of triglycerides, thereby converting otherwise economically burdensome waste materials into valuable products, involves contacting a fat-containing waste comprising triglycerides and fatty acids with a bacterial culture comprising Pseudomonas bacteria capable of degrading fatty acids into water and carbon dioxide, and wherein the bacterial culture is substantially free of microorganisms capable of producing extra-cellular lipase in an amount that would cause significant degradation of the triglycerides.
US08609391B2
New mannose-6-phasphate isomerase, mutant enzyme thereof, and a method of producing L-ribose using the enzyme are provided, and more specifically, mannose-6-phosphate isomerase, mutant enzyme thereof, recombinant expression vectors including relevant genes, microorganisms transformed with the vectors, a method of producing mannose-6-phosphate isomerase or mutant thereof in bulk using them, and a high yield method of producing L-ribose using the mannose-6-isomerase or the mutant thereof, are provided.
US08609389B2
The present invention provides an improved type protease which comprises an amino acid sequence that is at least 75% identical to SEQ ID NO:3, said improved type protease has at least one mutation selected from the group consisting of: (A) replacement of glutamine corresponding to glutamine at position 265 in SEQ ID NO: 3 with an acidic amino acid; and (B) replacement of glutamine at position 266 in SEQ ID NO: 3 with an acidic amino acid, and wherein said improved type protease has milk-clotting activity.
US08609381B2
A method of producing a fermentation-based product, such as ethanol, comprises fermenting a sugar-containing medium with yeast in the presence of an aliphatic or aromatic monoaldehyde or dialdehyde, a formaldehyde-releasing compound, or a combination thereof, in an amount sufficient to reduce or control a bacterial population in the sugar-containing medium. The additive may enable reduction or elimination of antibiotics for this purpose, while showing reductions in percent infection, process variability and interference with yeast viability.
US08609380B2
A process that generates sulfide in production of liquid products from syngas and a system for syngas fermentation including a sulfide generation process to convert feed gas to liquid product, the process including: partially oxidizing high-temperature gas, input gas, and molten sulfur to generate sulfide gas, the high-temperature gas containing oxygen, the input gas containing carbonaceous fuel and the sulfide gas containing hydrogen sulfide, CO, CO2, and H2; mixing the sulfide gas with the feed gas to generate mixed gas having a predetermined hydrogen sulfide concentration; providing at least a portion of the mixed gas to a production fermentor containing microorganisms; and converting the mixed gas to the liquid product by contact with the microorganisms.
US08609376B2
A process for producing a saccharified solution, by which xylose can be produced at a high yield from lignocellulosic biomass, is provided. The saccharification is carried out by adding a saccharifying enzyme to a pretreated material for saccharification of the lignocellulosic biomass. As the saccharifying enzyme is added a mixture of a first saccharifying enzyme originated from one or more microorganisms selected from the group consisting of fungi of the genus Acremonium, the genus Trichoderma, the genus Penicillium, the genus Aspergillus and the genus Thermoascus, and eubacteria of the genus Clostridium and the genus Bacillus, and a second saccharifying enzyme composed of β-xylosidase originated from Thermotoga maritima.
US08609375B2
A method for detecting viable cells such as bacterial cells, within a sample, said method comprising (i) incubating said sample with a virus which is able to infect said cells under conditions which allow said virus to infect and replicate within any such cells which are viable; and (ii) detecting any nucleic acid obtained by replication of the virus in said cell.
US08609371B2
The present invention is directed to variant squalene synthase enzymes, including Saccharomyces cerevisiae squalene synthase enzymes, and to nucleic acid molecules encoding these variant enzymes. These variant enzymes produce squalene at a lower rate than the wild-type enzyme, allowing more farnesyl pyrophosphate to be utilized for production of isoprenoid compounds, while still producing sufficient squalene to allow the S. cerevisiae cells to grow without the requirement for supplementation by sterols such as ergosterol. These variant enzymes, therefore, are highly suitable for the efficient production of isoprenoids.
US08609354B2
The present invention relates to cancer diagnostics and therapies and to the detection of alterations in cancer cells that are diagnostic, prognostic or predictive. In particular, the present invention provides a method for detecting and analyzing whether a patient suffering from a cancer is responsive to the treatment with an EGFR inhibitor. In the method, a tissue section from a cancer sample is subjected to assays based on immunohistochemistry and enzymatic metallography.
US08609347B2
The invention provides compositions and methods useful for early detection of congenital CMV infection, predicting the likelihood and severity of congenital CMV disease, and monitoring the efficacy of therapeutic approaches. Compositions of the present invention include biomarkers that are differentially expressed in CMV-infected mothers and fetuses compared to uninfected individuals.
US08609345B2
The invention provides methods for diagnosing diseases such as cancer and other conditions using biological samples. Liquid Tissue samples prepared from histopathologically prepared tissue obtained from a subject surprisingly can be used to identify and, optionally, to quantify analytes that are diagnostic of the presence of a disease, condition or syndrome in the subject.
US08609344B2
Arrays of polypeptides are generated by translation of nucleic acid sequences encoding the polypeptides at a plurality of addresses on the array.
US08609330B2
The present invention provides methods to concentrate cells onto microparticles, to concentrate the microparticles, and to detect the cells. The present invention also includes unitary sample preparation and detection devices to be used in accordance with the methods.
US08609318B2
A radiation-sensitive resin composition includes (A) a polymer that includes a structural unit (I) including a group shown by the following formula (i), (B) a photoacid generator, and (C) a polymer that has a fluorine atom content lower than that of the polymer (A), and includes an acid-labile group. The polymer (A) preferably includes a structural unit shown by the following formula (1) as the structural unit (I). It is preferable that X in the formula (1) represent a divalent or trivalent chain-like hydrocarbon group or alicyclic hydrocarbon group.
US08609315B2
A transparent toner includes toner particles having a volume average particle diameter in the range of 18 μm to 28 μm, and satisfying formulae (1) and (2): 0.1≦Ntb/Nta×100≦2.5 (1) 0≦Ntc/Nta×100≦1.0 (2) Nta is the number of particles under the measurement conditions satisfying 0.5 μm≦circle-equivalent diameter≦200 μm, and 0.40≦circularity≦1.00; Ntb is the number of particles under the measurement conditions satisfying 0.5×Dta (μm)≦circle-equivalent diameter≦2.5×Dta (μm), and 0.60≦circularity≦0.90; and Ntc is the number of particles under the measurement conditions satisfying 2.5×Dta (μm)≦circle-equivalent diameter≦200 μm, and 0.40≦circularity≦1.00; Dta is the average circle-equivalent diameter under the measurement conditions satisfying 0.5μm≦circle-equivalent diameter≦200 μm, and 0.40≦circularity≦1.00.
US08609313B2
A toner containing a resin binder and a colorant, wherein the resin binder contains a crystalline resin and an amorphous resin, the crystalline resin containing a composite resin containing: a polycondensation resin component obtained by polycondensing an alcohol component containing an aliphatic diol having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, and a carboxylic acid component containing an aromatic dicarboxylic acid compound, and a styrenic resin component, and the amorphous resin containing a polyester obtained from an alcohol component containing an aliphatic diol in an amount of 60% by mol or more, and a carboxylic acid component. The toner of the present invention is suitably used in, for example, the development of a latent image formed in electrophotography, electrostatic recording method, electrostatic printing method or the like.
US08609296B2
A method and apparatus for making fuel cell components via a roll to roll process are described. Spaced apart apertures are cut in first and second gasket webs that each include adhesives. The first and second gasket webs are transported to a bonding station on conveyers. A membrane web that includes at least an electrolyte membrane is also transported to the bonding station. At the bonding station, a gasketed membrane web is formed by attaching the first and second gasket webs to the membrane web. The first gasket web is attached to a first surface of the membrane web via the adhesive layer of the first gasket web. The second gasket web is attached to a second surface of the membrane web via the adhesive layer of the second gasket web.
US08609291B2
A fuel cell configuration operable to provide a more uniform heat distribution within the fuel cell configuration is disclosed. A reactant gas, liquid or suspended solid (slurry) is circulated through the fuel cell configuration in such a manner that inherently hotter portions of the fuel cell are cooled. The more uniform heat distribution can enhance fuel cell life and operating characteristics.
US08609288B2
An electrochemical fuel cell having an anode, an ion transfer membrane and a cathode has liquid water delivered to the fluid flow channels within the cathode so as to maintain a relative humidity of 100% throughout the fluid flow channels. A calibration method and apparatus is described for determining an optimum quantity or range of quantities of liquid water to be delivered to the cathode fluid flow channels under varying operating conditions. An operating method and apparatus is described that ensures an optimum quantity of liquid water is delivered to the cathode fluid flow channels under varying operating conditions.
US08609286B2
The present application provides a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery that includes, a cathode capable of being electrochemically doped/dedoped with lithium, an anode capable of being electrochemically doped/dedoped with lithium, and an electrolyte placed between the cathode and the anode, wherein the electrolyte contains at least one of fluoro ethylene carbonate represented by Chemical Formula (1) and difluoro ethylene carbonate represented by Chemical Formula (2) as a solvent and the ratio of a discharge capacity B during discharging at a 5C rate to a discharge capacity A during discharging at a 0.2C rate ((B/A)×100) is 80% or more.
US08609282B2
An electrode conductive material, an electrode material including the electrode conductive material, an electrode including the electrode material, and a lithium battery including the electrode material. When the electrode conductive material is used, the amount of a conductive material required is decreased, capacity of the lithium battery is improved, and a charge and discharge rate is increased.
US08609279B2
A rechargeable lithium battery including a negative electrode made by depositing a noncrystalline thin film composed entirely or mainly of silicon on a current collector, a positive electrode and a nonaqueous electrolyte, characterized in that said nonaqueous electrolyte contains carbon dioxide dissolved therein.
US08609258B2
A light emitting composition includes a light-emitting iridium-functionalized nanoparticle, such as a compound of formula (I). The compound of formula (I) further comprises at least one host attached to the core. A light emitting device includes an anode, a cathode, and a layer containing such a light-emitting composition is also disclosed. In an embodiment, the light emitting device can emit white light.
US08609252B2
A rubber composition comprises a rubber component, sulfur and a sulfeneamide base vulcanization accelerator represented by the following Formula (I), and has an excellent adhesive property with metal such as a steel cord without bringing about problems such as deteriorating in the physical properties and blooming of rubber after vulcanization. (wherein R1 represents a branched alkyl group having 3 to 12 carbon atoms; R2 represents a linear alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms or a branched alkyl group having 3 to 10 carbon atoms; x represents an integer of 1 or 2, and n represents an integer of 0 or 1).
US08609245B2
A nanocrystal includes a core including a Group III-V semiconductor and a transition metal alloyed with the Group III-V semiconductor, wherein the transition metal is present at a higher molar concentration in an outermost surface layer of the core than in a central portion of the core.
US08609240B2
A coated article is provided. The coated article includes a substrate, a base layer formed on the substrate; a nickel oxynitride layer formed on the base layer; and a silicon nitride layer formed on the nickel oxynitride layer. The nickel oxynitride layer and silicon nitride layer can protect the substrate from oxidizing at high temperature, which effectively extend the use time of the coated article. A method for making the coated article is also described.
US08609218B2
A mushroom-type hook strap for mechanical fasteners has a series of hooks integrally formed on the strap, with each hook formed by a polygonal shape situated on top of an axis of a single stem, thereby forming a mushroom type hook having a polygonal head portion on the axis of the single stem, with protruding portions in substantially every direction for engaging fabric loops of a loop strap.
US08609215B2
A surface covering comprises multiple units adapted to mate with one another and cover a surface. Each said unit comprises at least one primary rotational tessellation element that defines the sides of the unit, has an irregular configuration, includes a face having molded surface irregularities or variations therein, and has at least two pairs of irregularly shaped sides. Preferably, gaps of variable width are defined between visible edges of adjacent units in the surface covering. The surface covering has a natural appearance such that a repeating pattern is not readily apparent. A structural wall unit system is also provided.
US08609210B2
The object of the present invention is to provide a coated printing paper used for ink jet printing machines, which has an ink fixing property and ink absorption property corresponding to ink jet printing, which inhibits poor dot diffusion, and which is excellent in abrasion resistance property of printed portions. According to the present invention, provided is a coated printing paper comprising a base paper, an undercoating layer which is applied on at least one surface of the base paper and contains a pigment and a binder, and one or more coating layers on the undercoating layer, wherein the base paper contains at least one selected from a cationic resin and a multivalent cation salt; the uppermost coating layer contains at least a colloidal silica; and the 75° gloss according to JIS Z8741 of the surface of the uppermost coating layer is 40% or more.
US08609208B2
A liquid crystal medium having an optically isotropic liquid crystal phase is described, which has stability to heat, light and so on, a broad temperature range of liquid crystal phase, a large optical anisotropy and a large dielectric anisotropy. A liquid crystal composition is described, which includes an achiral component T and a chiral dopant and exhibits an optically isotropic liquid crystal phase. The achiral component T contains, as its first component, at least one compound selected from compounds represented by formula (1), wherein R1 is C1-10 alkyl, the rings A1 to A6 are 1,4-phenylene, Z1 to Z7 are single bonds, Y1 and Y2 are fluorine; X1 is halogen, and i, j, k, m, n, p and q are independently 0 or 1.
US08609203B2
A method and apparatus for treatment of a substrate surface using an atmospheric pressure plasma is disclosed. The method comprises providing an atmospheric pressure plasma in a treatment space between a first electrode and a second electrode, providing a substrate in contact with the first electrode in the treatment space, and applying a plasma generating power to the first and second electrodes. The first electrode has a predefined structure of insulating areas and conductive areas for plasma treatment of surface areas of the substrate corresponding to the areas in contact with the conductive areas of the first electrode.
US08609192B2
A method for guaranteeing the oxidation of a strip designed to prevent the selective oxidation of alloy elements of the steel in a continuous steel strip galvanizing annealing furnace having a pre-heating section and a hold section and provided only with radiant tubes. The oxidation of the strip is designed to prevent the selective oxidation of elements of the steel alloy. The novel method includes the following steps: installation of at least one modified tube capable of injection an oxidizing medium at least one point in the oven heating section and/or at least one point in the hold section and injection of the oxidizing medium by means of the modified tube(s), the oxidizing medium having a composition such that in the conditions of the temperature of the oxidizing medium and the steel strip and as a function of the chemical composition of the strip said medium has a dew point which guarantees an in-depth oxidation of the alloy elements of the steel strip.
US08609186B2
The presently disclosed subject matter provides a method for manufacturing a coating film whereby a problem of planarity in a plastic film wound up into a roll form can be eliminated and the coating film can be formed uniformly and precisely. There is therefore provided a method for manufacturing a coating film in which a plastic film wound into a roll form is wound off to be allowed to run and is fed while winding the film around a heat roller so as to eliminate deformations in the plastic film, and then a coating liquid is applied onto the plastic film, wherein in a position where wrinkles begin to form in the plastic film due to heating by the heat roller, the plastic film is pneumatically pressed by air jetted from an air nozzle at a pressure equal to or higher than a pressure at which the wrinkles disappear.
US08609172B2
A method of using organic compounds and providing slow release flavoring in or for food products wherein flavor precursors are added to flavor compositions and/or food products and release flavor compounds upon consumption of the food products, and novel flavor precursor compounds. The flavor precursors can be prepared from mono- and/or diglycerides and lactone flavor compounds.
US08609156B2
The present invention provides for a pharmaceutical composition that provides for the symptomatic relief to an animal (e.g., mammal, such as a human) afflicted with inflammation. The pharmaceutical composition includes a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and at least two of: (a) sunflower extract, (b) rhubarb root extract, (c) milk thistle extract, (d) dandelion extract, (e) feverfew extract, and (f) ginger extract. The present invention also provides for a method for providing symptomatic relief to a human afflicted with inflammation. The method includes administering to a patient in need of such symptomatic relief an effective amount of the pharmaceutical composition described herein, for a period of time sufficient to provide symptomatic relief to the human.
US08609153B2
A novel canola protein isolate consisting predominantly of 2S canola protein and having equal to better solubility properties and improved clarity properties in aqueous media, has an increased proportion of 2S canola protein and a decreased proportion of 7S canola protein. The novel canola protein isolate is formed by isoelectric precipitation of aqueous supernatant from canola protein micelle formation and precipitation, to effect precipitation of 7S protein which is sedimented and removed.
US08609151B2
A process for the production of a substance or composition for the therapeutic or prophylactic treatment of erectile dysfunction or the enhancement of libido in a male human or animal subject comprises the step of formulating the substance or composition from at least one of plant material and an extract of plant material of at least one plant species of the family Geraniaceae.
US08609149B2
The present technology, in general, relates to antimicrobial and biocidal compositions, for example bucket dilutable biocidal compositions, and the various applications and/or processes of utilizing them as hard surface disinfectants and/or cleaners. The biocidal composition of the present technology comprises hydrogen peroxide, a quaternary ammonium compound, an appropriate acid and an amine oxide in specific concentrations to provide a 5 minute or less microbial contact kill time for at least one biocidal target.
US08609147B2
The present invention relates to the use of deuterium oxide (D2O) for prevention and/or treatment of virus-based diseases of the skin, in particular herpes virus-based and verrucal virus-based diseases of the skin.
US08609146B2
The present invention relates to the field of polymer chemistry and more particularly to multiblock copolymers and micelles comprising the same. Compositions herein are useful for drug-delivery applications.
US08609142B2
The present disclosure generally relates to methods of making nanoparticles having about 0.2 to about 35 weight percent of a therapeutic agent; and about 10 to about 99 weight percent of biocompatible polymer such as a diblock poly(lactic) acid-poly(ethylene)glycol.
US08609140B2
Highly compactable granulations and methods for preparing highly compactable granulations are disclosed. More particularly, highly compactable calcium carbonate granulations are disclosed. The granulations comprise powdered materials such as calcium carbonate that have small median particle sizes. The disclosed granulations are useful in pharmaceutical and nutraceutical tableting and provide smaller tablet sizes upon compression than previously available.
US08609139B2
A composition is described having improved oral permeability of polar agents such as neuraminidase inhibitors. The composition includes one or more polar agents and one or more permeability enhancers such that the composition increases the amount of the polar agent capable of being transported across a Caco-2 cell membrane by at least 150% relative to the amount capable of being transported across the Caco-2 Cell membrane in the absence of the permeability enhancer. Oral dosage forms including the composition, and methods of treating or preventing influenza infection are also provided.
US08609136B2
Provided are methods, systems and apparatuses for producing delivery devices, for example, for oral intake of an agent. The method can include assembling one or more layers including one or more materials with an agent or an agent-releasing formulation to form an intergraded device; folding the intergrated delivery device to form a folded integrated delivery device; and at least partially enclosing the folded delivery device to a form suitable for oral delivery.
US08609128B2
The invention relates to methods of using compositions for forming microbial sealant drapes. In particular, the invention relates to the use of compositions of combinations of cyanoacrylates for the in situ formation of drapes that can be used in surgery to protect patients from surgical site infections.
US08609119B2
An active agent delivery and/or odor retentive composition including a surfactant and wax spheres formed from at least one of beeswax and soy wax and methods of use thereof. The composition is particularly useful in the cosmetics and medical industry for delivering/carrying a particular ingredient to one's skin, scalp or hair; for absorbing odor causing materials, such as fuel byproducts from a skin surface; and/or for providing exfoliating properties to the skin. The delivery system/carrying system is also useful in binding to certain nutritional materials, such as vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and the like for ingestion and release into the body.
US08609115B2
In this disclosure, methods and systems for drug delivery utilizing high shear are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method comprises (1) subjecting a therapeutic fluid containing a drug to high shear; and (2) obtaining a processed therapeutic fluid, wherein the processed therapeutic fluid contains the drug in nano-size. In an embodiment, a method comprises (1) subjecting a drug carrier and a therapeutic fluid containing a drug to high shear; and (2) obtaining a processed therapeutic fluid, wherein the processed therapeutic fluid contains the drug carrier loaded with the drug. In an embodiment, a method comprises (1) applying high shear to a drug carrier and a therapeutic fluid containing a drug; (2) obtaining a processed therapeutic fluid, wherein the processed therapeutic fluid contains the drug-loaded carrier; and (3) modifying the drug-loaded carrier with a targeting moiety to obtain a modified drug-loaded carrier.
US08609108B2
The present invention relates to a mutated Francisella bacterium, wherein the ggt gene is silenced or deleted; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, in particular, vaccine compositions, and use of the bacterium and compositions for treatment and/or prophylaxis, and in particular, the treatment or prophylaxis of tularemia.
US08609100B2
A cell surface molecule designated DCIR (for dendritic cells ImmunoReceptor), a member of a recently described family of DC-expressing C-type lectin receptors, has been shown to participate to the capture of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and promote infection in trans and in cis of autologous CD4(+) T cells from human immature monocyte-derived DC. The contribution of DCIR to these processes was revealed using DCIR-specific siRNAs and a polyclonal antibody specific for the carbohydrate recognition domain of DCIR. Therapeutic agents for HIV infection are therefore provided herein. These therapeutic agents are useful for impairing the interaction between DCIR and HIV and as such may be useful for treatment or prevention of HIV infection. Also provided are assays for identifying additional therapeutics agents for treatment or prevention HIV infection.
US08609098B2
Disclosed are a composition for inhibiting hyperlipidemia and obesity through suppression of intestinal cholesterol absorption. An IgY-type antibody derived from yolk to NPC1L1 (Niemann-Pick C1-Like1), contained, as an active ingredient, in the composition of the present invention is linked to NPC1L1 (Niemann-Pick C1-Like1) that is a cholesterol transport protein in the intestines, thus interfering with binding between cholesterol and the transport protein to completely block absorption of cholesterol in the body and thereby prevent hyperlipidemia and obesity.
US08609097B2
An antibody binding to Tau that is phosphorylated at serine 422 (pS422), which specifically binds to phosphorylated Tau fragment of SEQ ID NO:9 and to Tau pS422, but does not bind to Tau and to phosphorylated MCAK fragment of SEQ ID NO:17. The antibody is useful in the treatment of a Tauopathy.
US08609092B2
Antibody drug conjugates (ADC's) that bind to 161P2F10B protein are described herein. 161P2F10B exhibits tissue specific expression in normal adult tissue, and is aberrantly expressed in the cancers listed in Table I. Consequently, the ADC's of the invention provide a therapeutic composition for the treatment of cancer.
US08609091B2
The present invention relates generally to methods and compositions for treatment, prevention, suppression, and/or delaying the onset of type 1 diabetes. More specifically, the present invention relates to the administration of a fusion protein comprising at least one immunoglobulin having one or more diabetogenic epitopes inserted within the variable region, for suspending, preventing or delaying the onset of type 1 diabetes.
US08609086B2
The invention relates to a preparation created from an in vitro culture of dedifferentiated, non-elicited cells of the Argania tree.
US08609084B2
This invention relates compositions and methods for protecting plants against various pathogenic agents such as fungi, viruses and bacteria. The invention can be used alone or in alternation and/or in combination with other plant protection means, and is suitable for the treatment of multiple plant species.
US08609077B2
Compositions containing polyorganosiloxanes having at least one quaternary group comprising at least one nitrogen atom, and at least one further polar radical, and their use in cosmetic, in particular for the conditioning of hair.
US08609071B2
The present invention relates to a phosphopeptide-stabilized amorphous calcium phosphate and/or amorphous calcium fluoride phosphate complex, wherein the complex is formed at a pH of below 7.0. Methods of making such complexes are also provided. The complexes are useful in dental applications, in particular in dental remineralization.
US08609065B2
The invention provides conjugates, comprising an organ, tissue or tumor cell homing molecule linked to a moiety. Such a moiety can be, for example, an oligonucleotide, small interfering RNA, gene, virus, protein, pharmaceutical or detectable agent. In addition the invention provides methods to diagnose or treat neuronal or neuromuscular disease, or a pathology of the brain, or a tumor of neuronal or neuroectodermal origin, by administrating to a subject having or suspected of having a pathology a molecule or conjugate that homes to, binds to and is taken up by the brain cells or neuronal cells, or by the tumor cells of neuronal or neuroectodermal origin. The invention also provides a method of identifying and measuring neurite growth in neuronal cells.
US08609053B2
The present invention provides a process for the preparation of nanowires of metal oxides with dopant elements in lower valence state. The nanomaterials/materials with dopants in lower valence state are important as these exhibit markedly different characteristics than higher valence state materials of same composition. Nanowires show markedly enhanced properties in lateral direction. The invented process presents a procedure for preparation of different types of nanowires in oxide form that are useful for different applications. In this a precursor is ignited in a specially designed container/enclosure that produces the product with the described features. The process is simple and involves a single step/stage is of very short time per batch. The invention provides a process, which gives controlled size of nanowires and is suitable for the production of nanowires/nanomaterials of desired metal oxides with dopant elements in valence state.
US08609047B2
A wall-flow filter comprises a catalyst for converting oxides of nitrogen in the presence of a reducing agent, which wall-flow filter comprising an extruded solid body comprising: 10-95% by weight of at least one binder/matrix component; 5-90% by weight of a zeolitic molecular sieve, a non-zeolitic molecular sieve or a mixture of any two or more thereof; and 0-80% by weight optionally stabilized ceria, which catalyst comprising at least one metal, wherein: the at least one metal is present throughout the extruded solid body alone or in combination with: is also present in a higher concentration at a surface of the extruded solid body; is also carried in one or more coating layer(s) on a surface of the extruded solid body; or both.
US08609046B2
A process of treating a gas stream containing mercury and acid gas pollutants is disclosed. The process includes applying a sorbent composition into a gas stream in order to adsorb mercury containing compounds and acid gas pollutants. The sorbent composition includes a compound having the formula (SiO2)x(OH)yMzSaF.B. The combination of basic inorganic solids for the adsorption of acid gases, and metal sulfide-doped silica for the adsorption of mercury provides dual sorbent functionality, along with additional benefits for each individual sorbent: silica for moisture retention on the surface of the basic inorganic particle and adsorption of acid gas, which will improve metal sulfide performance at higher operating temperatures. The use of a hygroscopic solid effectively dries the metal sulfide-doped silica slurry without the use of filtration of drying equipment, providing significant economic benefit for the manufacture of metal sulfide-doped silica material.
US08609045B1
A reaction chamber enables a reaction between received elemental mercury gas and an oxidizing agent gas. The reaction chamber includes a porous (or permeable) medium through which to pass the elemental mercury gas and the oxidizing agent gas. Passing of the elemental mercury gas and the oxidizing agent gas through the porous medium supports a number of useful functions. For example, the porous medium enhances mixing of the elemental mercury gas with the oxidizing agent gas to enhance a reaction. Also, the porous medium increases an amount of surface area in a reaction chamber on which reactions (e.g., heterogeneous surface reactions) can take place between the elemental mercury gas and the oxidizing agent gas to form oxidized mercury gas. Accordingly, the reaction chamber configured to include a porous medium enhances a conversion of elemental mercury gas into oxidized mercury gas.
US08609039B2
The systems and methods disclosed herein include a microfluidic system, comprising a pneumatic manifold having a plurality of apertures, and a chip manifold having channels disposed therein for routing pneumatic signals from respective ones of the apertures to a plurality of valves in a microfluidic chip, wherein the channels route the pneumatic signals in accordance with a configuration of the plurality of valves in the microfluidic chip.
US08609037B2
A disposable cartridge adapted to be used with a sensor-dispensing instrument comprises a housing, test sensors, a mechanical mechanism and moveable seals. The housing forms at least one opening therethrough. The test sensors are stacked in the housing. The test sensors are adapted to assist in testing at least one analyte. The mechanical mechanism is adapted to urge the test sensors in a first direction. One of the test sensors is positioned for ejection from the cartridge. The moveable seals is adapted to be in a closed position that seals the at least one opening so as to provide a substantially moisture-proof and a substantially air-tight cartridge, and one of the moveable seals is adapted to be in an open position that allows one of the test sensors to be moved therethrough.
US08609033B2
In accordance with at least one exemplary embodiment, a syringe, method and system for delivering a therapeutic amount of ozone are disclosed. An exemplary syringe can have a gas chamber and one or more electrodes. A portion of at least one electrode can be within the gas chamber. Alternatively, singularly or in conjunction, one or both electrodes can be attached to the outside of an exemplary syringe. One or more electrical contact points can be outside the gas chamber. Each electrical contact point can be connected to an electrode. Oxygen gas can provided within the gas chamber of the exemplary syringe. A medical ozone generator can be connected to the syringe via the electrical contact points. Corona discharge can be effectuated via the electrodes, which can result in an amount of ozone gas can being produced from the oxygen gas.
US08609032B2
A porous ceramic honeycomb article comprising a honeycomb body formed from cordierite ceramic, wherein the honeycomb body has a porosity P %≧55% and a cell channel density CD ≧150 cpsi. The porous channel walls have a wall thickness T, wherein (11+(300−CD)*0.03)≧T≧(8+(300−CD)*0.02), a median pore size ≦20 microns, and a pore size distribution with a d-factor of ≦0.35. The honeycomb body has a specific pore volume of VP≦0.22. The porous ceramic honeycomb article exhibits a coated pressure drop increase of ≦8 kPa at a flow rate of 26.5 cubic feet per minute when coated with 100 g/L of a washcoat catalyst and loaded with 5 g/L of soot.
US08609024B2
Apparatus for automated venting and/or sampling of a specimen container is disclosed. The apparatus includes a rack holding the specimen container; a venting and/or sampling device having a needle, a chamber in fluid communication with the needle and a port in fluid communication with the chamber; a robotic transfer mechanism moveable relative to the rack; a sample removal apparatus attached to the robotic transfer mechanism having gripping features for gripping the venting device. The sample removal apparatus and robotic transfer mechanism are moveable relative to the specimen container so as to automatically insert the needle of the venting device through the closure of the specimen container to thereby vent the interior of the specimen container and obtain equilibrium between the interior of the specimen container and the atmosphere and withdraw a portion of the sample from the specimen container into the venting and/or sampling device.
US08609019B2
A method for producing a refractory molded boy using a material composition having a fine-grain fraction with grain sizes of less than 100 μm and a coarse-grain fraction with grain sizes of more than 100 μm. The method includes the steps of adding a dispersing agent and/or a liquefier to the material composition unless the material compositing already includes the dispersing agent and/or liquefier, forming the material composition into a molded body, and sintering the molded body at a temperature above 1300 degrees Celsius.
US08609013B2
Disclosed herein may be a photosensitive composition, a microfabricated structure including the same, a device including the microfabricated structure, and methods of fabricating the microfabricated structure and the device. The photosensitive composition, including a multifunctional photosensitive resin, a two-photon photosensitizer, an organic solvent, and a silver compound, may be subjected to two- or three-dimensional microfabrication, thus realizing the microfabricated structure containing silver nanoparticles.
US08609012B2
Scalable injection molding systems comprise a molding press and at least one delivery system. Each delivery system comprises an injection unit and a manifold. The scalable injection molding system further comprises at least one molding face pair having a cavity face and an opposing core face. Each scalable injection molding system comprises at least one scalable system selected from the group consisting of a scalable face-number system with respect to numbers of active mold face pairs in the scalable injection molding system and a scalable cavitation system with respect to numbers of functional mold cavities on each mold face pair. Both the scalable face-number system and the scalable cavitation system allow the output of the scalable injection molding system to be increased or decreased according to needs of the operator, without requiring costly reconfiguration, retooling, replacement, or unnecessary duplication of standard mold components.
US08609011B2
The invention relates to an injection molding method for the production of a complex, high optical quality light-diffusing molded item. The molding material used comprises a matrix made of polymethyl(meth)acrylate and spherical plastic particles whose particle size ranges from 1-24 μm and the concentration thereof ranges from 0.05-30 wt.-% in relation to the weight of the polymethyl(meth)acrylate. The spherical particles exhibit a refractive index differential in relation to the polymethyl(meth)acrylate matrix of 0.01 0.2.
US08609010B2
A method for forming micro-structures on a molded particle, comprises: providing a mold with a male mold and a female mold defining a mold cavity, providing an attachment film with micro-structures; transporting the attachment film into the mold, and providing a predetermined section of the attachment film closely to the mold cavity; closing the mold, wherein a parting surface of the male mold and the parting surface of the female mold do not contact each other; closing the mold again, and enabling the parting surface of the male mold and the parting surface of the female mold to contact each other, and cutting the predetermined section from the attachment film; stopping injecting plastic material; opening the mold and pushing out a molded article with micro-structures. A molded article formed by the foregoing method is also disclosed.
US08609009B2
A method of producing a microproduct comprises: providing a resin composition including 30 to 90 wt % of a polypropylene-based resin and 10 to 70 wt % of a hydrogenated derivative of a block copolymer shown by “X-Y” (X represents a polymer block immiscible with the polypropylene-based resin, Y represents an elastomeric polymer block of a conjugated diene that's miscible with the polypropylene-based resin after hydrogenation); attaching a silicon stamper to a mold cavity of an injection molding machine, the silicon stamper having micromachined features formed by etching the surface of a silicon plate; and precisely transferring the micromachined features of the silicon stamper to the resin composition by injecting the resin composition into the mold cavity, a resulting molded surface having recesses and/or protrusions that are 0.3 to 200 μm deep or tall and 0.3 to 100 μm wide.
US08609006B2
The pattern transfer apparatus includes: a liquid ejection device having liquid ejection ports through which droplets of liquid are ejected and deposited onto a substrate surface while the liquid ejection device relatively moves to scan the substrate surface in a relative scanning direction; and a stamp having a stamp surface on which a pattern is formed, the stamp surface being applied to the droplets of the liquid on the substrate surface in a stamp application direction while the stamp is relatively moved with respect to the substrate, wherein when defining, on the substrate surface, strips which are straight and parallel to the stamp application direction and have widths substantially equal to diameters of the droplets deposited on the substrate surface, at least one of the strips includes the droplets which are ejected respectively from at least different two of the liquid ejection ports of the liquid ejection device.
US08609000B2
The method for manufacturing a housing of a numeric display have the steps of: providing a first injection-molding step for forming a reflecting cover, wherein the reflecting cover has a plurality of pattern segment units, each pattern segment unit is defined by reflecting surfaces of the reflecting cover and has a through hole, and providing a second injection-molding step for forming a transparent injection-molded body into each pattern segment unit, surfaces of the formed transparent injection-molded body being bonded to the corresponding reflecting surfaces, and the reflecting cover and the transparent injection-molded body being constructed as the housing of the numeric display.
US08608996B2
Provided are, among other things, systems, methods and techniques for manufacturing sheet material. In one representative embodiment, a sheet of fabric material is positioned across a patterning template that has a number of openings; and the sheet of fabric material and the patterning template are fed through an extrusion device in which extrusion material coats the fabric material and forces the fabric material into the openings in the patterning template, thereby producing a composite sheet material.
US08608994B2
The present invention relates to a sol-gel process for the inexpensively and in large quantities agglomeration of silicon particles in a green body which is more suitable for industrial uses of silicon than the powder itself.
US08608989B2
Fire retardant materials arc provided that contain carbon nanotubes and particles capable of endothermically reacting when exposed to elevated temperatures. The carbon nanotubes may be a buckypaper. Methods also are provided for making a fire retardant material and for improving the fire retardation capabilities of a material.
US08608985B2
An anisotropic conductive film includes a binder part, a curing part, an initiator, and conductive particles, wherein the binder part includes at least one of a nitrile butadiene rubber (NBR) resin and a urethane resin, the binder part having an ion content of more than 0 ppm to about 100 ppm.
US08608982B1
Systems and methods for producing a synthetic gas are provided. A feedstock can be gasified within a gasifier to produce a raw syngas. The raw syngas can be processed within a processing device to produce a processed syngas. The processed syngas can be separated into a vapor phase, an organic phase, and an aqueous phase within a separator. The organic phase can be introduced to the gasifier. The aqueous phase can be introduced to a stripper to provide steam and a condensate, and the steam can then be introduced to the gasifier.
US08608981B2
Processing of wet biomass feedstock by liquid-phase catalytic hydrothermal gasification must address catalyst fouling and poisoning. One solution can involve heating the wet biomass with a heating unit to a pre-treatment temperature sufficient for organic constituents in the feedstock to decompose, for precipitates of inorganic wastes to form, for preheating the wet feedstock in preparation for subsequent removal of soluble sulfate contaminants, or combinations thereof. Processing further includes reacting the soluble sulfate contaminants with cations present in the feedstock material to yield a sulfate-containing precipitate and separating the inorganic precipitates and/or the sulfate-containing precipitates out of the wet feedstock. Having removed much of the inorganic wastes and the sulfate contaminants that can cause poisoning and fouling, the wet biomass feedstock can be exposed to the heterogeneous catalyst for gasification.
US08608977B2
The present invention relates to compounds of the general formula I in which the variables are each defined as follows: W is a (Y4-T2-)s(Y3-A2-)tY2—Z2 moiety, Z1, Z2 are each independently unreactive radicals as defined more specifically in the description or reactive radicals through which polymerization can be brought about, A1, A2 are each independently spacers as defined more specifically in the description, Y1 to Y5 are linking units as defined more specifically in the description, Y6 is a chemical single bond or —CO—, T1, T2 are each independently, as defined more specifically in the description, divalent saturated or unsaturated, optionally substituted and optionally fused iso- or heterocyclic radicals, Q is substituents as defined more specifically in the description, r, t are each independently 0 or 1, s is 0, 1, 2 or 3 and q is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4. The invention further relates to a liquid-crystalline composition which comprises at least one compound of the formula I, and to the use of the compounds of the formula I as chiral dopants.
US08608976B2
A photo alignment material includes a photo alignment polymer and an organic solvent. The photo alignment polymer is prepared by polymerizing a diamine monomer including at least two photo reactive parts represented by the following Chemical Formula 1. In Chemical Formula 1, R1 represents —(CH2)n—, —O(CH2)n— or R2, R3 and R4 each independently represent —H, —O(CH2)m—1—CH3 or and n and m independently represent an integer of from 1 to 8. Thus, change of the orientation of the alignment layer due to the action of an electric stress may be prevented and/or reduced. Therefore, an after—image may be reduced, and display quality is improved.
US08608973B1
A method for etching a metal layer, comprising plurality of cycles is provided. In each cycle, an etch gas comprising PF3, CO and NO, or COF2 is flowed into a process chamber. In each cycle, the etch gas is formed into a plasma. In each cycle, the flow of the etch gas is stopped.
US08608972B2
The present invention is directed to methods for patterning surfaces using contact printing and pastes, and products formed therefrom.
US08608971B2
A method of manufacturing a display substrate includes forming a first metallic pattern including gate and storage conductors and a gate electrode of a switching device on a base substrate, forming a gate insulation layer, forming a second metallic pattern and a channel portion including a source line, source and drain electrodes of the switching device, forming a passivation layer and a photoresist film on the second metallic pattern, patterning the photoresist film to form a first pattern portion corresponding to the gate and source conductors and the switching device, and a second pattern portion formed on the storage line, etching the passivation layer and the gate insulation layer, and forming a pixel electrode using the first pattern portion. Therefore, excessive etching of the stepped portion may be prevented, so that a short-circuit defect between a metallic pattern and a pixel electrode may be prevented
US08608970B2
A system and method for hardwood pulp liquid hydrolysate conditioning includes a first evaporator receives a hardwood mix extract and outputting a quantity of vapor and extract. A hydrolysis unit receives the extract, hydrolyzes and outputs to a lignin separation device, which separates and recovers a quantity of lignin. A neutralization device receives extract from the lignin separation device and a neutralizing agent, producing a mixture of solid precipitate and a fifth extract. The solid precipitate is removed from the fifth extract. A second evaporator removes a quantity of acid from the fifth extract in a vapor form. This vapor may be recycled to improve total acid recovery or discarded. A desalination device receives the diluted extract, separates out some of the acid and salt and outputs a desalinated solution.
US08608967B2
The present invention generally provides a separation matrix comprising at least two stationary phases and a stationary phase comprising at least one chiral modality and at least one achiral modality. Also provided are methods of using the separation matrix or the stationary phase to separate enantiomers of one or more chiral molecules.
US08608961B2
The present invention is directed to an affinity chromatography column comprising the antithrombin III (ATIII) protein bound to a solid support, characterized in that: a. the ATIII protein is the wild-type protein or a variant thereof, b. the ATIII protein has been first activated by incubation with an unmodified low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) rich in active species, and c. the ATIII protein is covalently bound to a resin in a ratio of less than approximately 2 mg of protein per ml of hydrated resin. The invention is also directed to the use of the aforesaid column for purifying species having an affinity for ATIII in a sample comprising species having affinity and not having affinity for ATIII.
US08608959B2
A device for picking up floating objects on the water, such as hydrocarbons, has an envelope made of a flexible material impervious to water and to the floating objects, having a mouth at the upstream end and a discharge orifice at the downstream end, a folding rigid framework, arranged inside the envelope and attached thereto at the mouth and at the discharge orifice, at least one inflatable tube attached to the envelope and running along the length of the envelope, and a compressed-gas generation device designed to inflate the or each inflatable tube.
US08608950B2
A process for removing a metal from a resid feed includes contacting the resid feed comprising the metal with a resid-immiscible ionic liquid to produce a resid and resid-immiscible ionic liquid mixture, and separating the mixture to produce a resid effluent having a reduced metal content relative to the resid feed.
US08608941B2
A reforming process includes integrating catalytic cracking product naphtha dehydrogenation and naphtha from a hydrocracking zone and feeding them to a dehydrogenation zone. The dehydrogenation zone includes a first portion of reforming catalyst from a catalyst regenerator that moves downward through the dehydrogenation zone. A product stream from the dehydrogenation zone flows to an aromatics unit and is separated into an aromatic-rich extract and a raffinate. Straight run naphtha and the raffinate are introduced to a first reforming zone that includes a second portion of reforming catalyst. The reforming catalyst moves through the first reforming zone then is removed from the bottom of each of the first reforming zone and the dehydrogenation zone and is fed to a second reforming zone. An effluent from the first reforming zone is fed to a plurality of reforming zones. The reforming catalyst moves downward through the multiple reforming zones then to a regenerator.
US08608935B2
One embodiment of the invention includes an electrochemical cell and an externally applied electrical potential used to drive a direct synthesis reaction to produce alane.
US08608928B2
The invention relates to an apparatus and to a process for the detection and/or quantification of cesium ions Cs+ in solution in a liquid medium.The apparatus of the invention comprises: a) an electrical device comprising two electrodes and a substrate comprising at least one portion made of a semiconductor material, the electrodes being in electrical contact with said semiconductor material; and b) a device for measuring the variation of the conduction current between the two electrodes, and at least one ligand comprising at least one calix[n]arene group bonded by grafting to the semiconductor material of the substrate of the electrical device or to one of the electrodes of the electrical device.The invention finds an application in the field of the detection of cesium ions in particular.
US08608926B2
A sensing probe intended to measure the content of an oxygen reducible substance in a fluid, includes: a probe body containing an interface and processing circuit, a dry sensing head including an amperometric sensor intended to measure the content of the oxygen reducible substance. The sensing head is removable. The sensing head and the probe body include respectively coupling elements cooperating with each other and able to be separated, and the sensing probe furthermore includes connecting elements designed to connect the removable sensing head to the interface and processing circuit of the probe body.
US08608925B2
A multiple-electrode ion meter (100) is provided. The multiple-electrode ion meter (100) includes meter electronics (102) configured to receive a plurality of ionic concentration voltage measurements and generate an ionic concentration measurement from the plurality of ionic concentration voltage measurements and three or more individual electrode units (108) in communication with the meter electronics (102). The three or more electrode units (108) generate the plurality of ionic concentration voltage measurements to the meter electronics (102).
US08608924B2
According to an embodiment of the invention, a method of determining hydration of a sensor having a plurality of electrodes is disclosed. In particular embodiments, the method couples a sensor electronics device to the sensor and measures the open circuit potential between at least two of the plurality of electrodes. Then, the open circuit potential measurement is compared to a predetermined value. In some embodiments, the plurality of electrodes includes a working electrode, a reference electrode, and a counter electrode. In still further embodiments, the open circuit potential between the working electrode and the reference electrode is measured. In other embodiments, the open circuit potential between the working electrode and the counter electrode is measured. In still other embodiments, the open circuit potential between the counter electrode and the reference electrode is measured.
US08608919B2
A highly sensitive impedimetric sensor in which the highly conductive electrodes are separated by a barrier of insulating material is disclosed. The sensor is used to determine directly the presence of analytes in a biological sample of human, veterinary or environmental origin.
US08608918B2
A magnet structure and the like are provided, which can reduce the labor required to make a magnet design for producing a tunnel-shaped leakage magnetic field for plasma confinement in a well-balanced manner over an obverse surface of a target, based on a quadridirectional magnetic field produced by magnetic interaction between plural magnets. The magnet structure (110) includes: inner and outer magnets (10 and 13) positioned at a reverse surface side of a target (20) to have different magnetic moment orientations for producing a first magnetic force line reaching an obverse surface (20A) of the target (20); a pair of intermediate magnets (11 and 12) positioned at the reverse surface side of the target (20) and between the inner and outer magnets (10 and 13) to have different magnetic moment orientations, for producing a second magnetic force line acting to cancel a widthwise magnetic flux density component which is produced by the first magnetic force line; and a magnetic member (24) positioned at the reverse surface side of the target (20) to guide the second magnetic force line emanating from an end surface of one of the pair of intermediate magnets (11 and 12) into an end surface of the other, the magnetic member (24) being configured to produce a magnetic force line reaching an intermediate point in a thickness direction of the target (20) in association with the inner magnet (10) or the outer magnet (13).
US08608912B2
Embodiments of extraction unit and an analysis method are provided. In one embodiment, the analysis method includes the steps of providing a feed stream and a species-selective solvent to the distillation column, drawing a vapor sample from the distillation column, condensing the vapor sample, and analyzing at least a portion of the condensed vapor sample.
US08608910B2
A coal reforming apparatus includes: a dryer body provided to dry low-quality coal; a pyrolysis body which pyrolyzes the dried coal thus dried; and a briquetter which compression-molds the pyrolyzed coal thus pyrolyzed. The coal reforming apparatus has a radical scavenger supplier which supplies drying gas with a radical scavenger so that the low-quality coal can be dried in an atmosphere containing the radical scavenger, the drying gas being supplied from a drying gas supply source and heated by a heater, the radical scavenger being formed of an organic compound having a hydroxyl group.
US08608905B2
This invention concerns the production of a multilayer fiber product. According to the method, on top of a bottom layer consisting of at least one fiber layer, a second fiber layer is fitted containing filler that forms the surface layer. According to the invention, the layers are formed by multilayer web forming technology, and the surface layer filler includes cellulose or lignocellulose fibrils, on which light-scattering material particles are deposited, having a maximum proportion of the total filler weight of 85%. By means of the invention, a base paper is achieved that is suited to thin, coated paper grades, where conventionally the intrusion of the coating color into the bottom paper and through it is a problem.
US08608904B1
A creping aid system for use on a creping cylinder, for example, a Yankee dryer, comprises a creping adhesive and a creping modifier, the combination comprising polyethylene.
US08608902B2
A vertical plasma processing apparatus for performing a plasma process on a plurality of target objects together at a time includes an activation mechanism configured to turn a process gas into plasma. The activation mechanism includes a vertically elongated plasma generation box attached to a process container at a position corresponding to a process field and confining a plasma generation area airtightly communicating with the process field, an ICP electrode disposed outside the plasma generation box and extending in a longitudinal direction of the plasma generation box, and an RF power supply connected to the ICP electrode. The ICP electrode includes a separated portion separated from a wall surface of the plasma generation box by a predetermined distance.
US08608893B2
A system is provided for joining fabrics by lines or arrays of dots of adhesive, the system comprising: a blue light source; a dispenser, disposed proximally with the blue light source, the dispensing system being configured to deposit at least one drop of a monomer on first and second proximate fabric surfaces; a conveyance whereby the light source and the dispensing system change position relative to the first and second fabric surfaces.
US08608879B1
The present invention is a flare illuminant composition, useful in hand-held signals, which composition is environmentally friendly and economical, containing a commercially available, aromatic, high energy, amine-based organic compound, 5-aminotetrazole, in place of the conventional and toxic KClO4, or, for the known alternative to KClO4, expensive, strontium bis-(1-methyl-5-nitriminotetrazolate)monohydrate.
US08608878B2
A heat generating structure includes a substrate, a coating and a polymeric material. The substrate comprises a first material. The coating comprises a second material, different from the first material that covers at least a portion of the substrate. The coating and substrate, upon being thermally energized to their minimum alloying temperature, react in a first exothermic reaction that is an alloying reaction. The relative quantities of the substrate and coating are such that the first exothermic reaction yields a first amount of exothermic energy that is insufficient to cause self-sustained propagation of the first exothermic reaction. The polymeric material covers substantially all of the substrate and coating, and is different from the first and second materials. The polymeric layer, upon being thermally energized, reacts with at least one of the substrate and coating in a second exothermic reaction. The second exothermic reaction yields a second amount of exothermic energy that, when combined with the first amount of exothermic energy, is sufficient to propagate the first exothermic reaction in a self-sustained manner.
US08608873B2
A stainless steel and a flat cold product produced therefrom, which can be easily produced in an economical manner. A steel according to the invention, in the cold-rolled state, has a microstructure with 5-15% by volume δ-ferrite and austenite as the remainder. It contains (in % by weight):C: 0.05-0.14%, Si: 0.1-1.0%, Mn: 4.0-12.0%, Cr: >17.5-22.0%, Ni: 1.0-4.0%, Cu: 1.0-3.0%, N: 0.03-0.2%, P: max. 0.07%, S: max. 0.01%, Mo: max. 0.5%, optionally one or more elements from the group consisting of Ti, Nb, B, V, Al, Ca, As, Sn, Sb, Pb, Bi, and H wherein Ti: max. 0.02%, Nb: max. 0.1%, B: max. 0.004%, V: max. 0.1%, Al: 0.001-0.03%, Ca: 0.0005-0.003%, As: 0.003-0.015%, Sn: 0.003-0.01%, Pb: max. 0.01%, Bi: max. 0.01%, H: max. 0.0025%, and remainder Fe and unavoidable impurities.
US08608869B2
A method is disclosed for improving the corrosion behavior of cast magnesium alloy articles in which the magnesium alloy comprises an average composition of more than about 5 per cent by weight of aluminum. A microstructure with regions of varying aluminum content is developed during solidification. The microstructure comprises magnesium-rich grains generally surrounded by an aluminum-enriched phase on the boundaries between adjacent grains. The magnesium-rich grain interiors are then selectively chemically or electrochemically attacked to leave a more corrosion resistant aluminum-enriched surface on the articles. The corrosion resistance of the articles may be further enhanced by one or more of anodizing, aluminizing or painting the corrosion-resistant aluminum-enriched surface.
US08608867B2
A method for the individualization of a metallic material by means of a carbon-containing basic material of organic origin is proposed. The novel method makes it possible to produce individualized ornamental alloys and individualized symbolic articles, such as pieces of jewelry, in a first step a carbon-containing organic basic material, which originates from at least one specific clearly identifiable person or a clearly identifiable group of persons, being converted into a carbonized initial material, and, in a second step, a physical and chemical incorporation of at least a fraction of the carbonized initial material into the metallic material taking place. The novel method and the novel ornamental alloys make it possible to produce symbolic articles with a direct material or substantive relation to a desired person by simple means, without creative freedom being restricted.
US08608860B2
A method for removing microorganisms and small insects from fabric or animal's hair comprising applying and removing an adhesive composition comprising at least one adhesive polymer and a plasticizer, wherein the amounts of this plasticizer range from about 5 to about 45% by weight of the total weight of the wet adhesive composition.The adhesive composition used in the method of the invention thanks to the presence of high plasticizer concentrations are very fluid to allow said micro-organisms or small insects to be removed and, at the same time, they leave no residue on the fabric, or animal's hair.The present invention further relates to adhesive compositions to be used in the method of the invention further containing active ingredients which are released from the adhesive composition during the step of removing the organisms from the fabric or the animal's hair.
US08608859B2
A method is provided for removing contamination from a substrate. The method includes applying a cleaning solution having a dispersed phase, a continuous phase and particles dispersed within the continuous phase to a surface of the substrate. The method includes forcing one of the particles dispersed within the continuous phase proximate to one of the surface contaminants. The forcing is sufficient to overcome any repulsive forces between the particles and the surface contaminants so that the one of the particles and the one of the surface contaminants are engaged. The method also includes removing the engaged particle and surface contaminant from the surface of the substrate. A process to manufacture the cleaning material is also provided.
US08608855B2
The present invention provides an evaporation device for which maintenance is readily conducted, and further, provides an electrode cover which can prevent an evaporation material from being adhered to electrodes. Moreover, the present invention provides an evaporation device including an evaporation chamber; a holding portion for holding an object to be treated; an evaporation source; an electrode; an electrode cover; and a power supply, in which the evaporation chamber includes the holding portion in an upper portion, and includes the evaporation source, the electrode, and the electrode cover in a lower portion; the electrode cover covers at least a part of an exposed surface of the electrode; the electrode and the power supply are electrically connected.
US08608852B2
Components and systems for controlling a process or chamber component temperature as a plasma process is executed by plasma processing apparatus. A first heat transfer fluid channel is disposed in a component subjacent to a working surface disposed within a plasma processing chamber such that a first length of the first channel subjacent to a first temperature zone of the working surface comprises a different heat transfer coefficient, h, or heat transfer area, A, than a second length of the first channel subjacent to a second temperature zone of the working surface. In embodiments, different heat transfer coefficients or heat transfer areas are provided as a function of temperature zone to make more independent the temperature control of the first and second temperature zones.
US08608848B2
Shaped nanocrystal particles and methods for making shaped nanocrystal particles are disclosed. One embodiment includes a method for forming a branched, nanocrystal particle. It includes (a) forming a core having a first crystal structure in a solution, (b) forming a first arm extending from the core having a second crystal structure in the solution, and (c) forming a second arm extending from the core having the second crystal structure in the solution.
US08608831B2
Compressed gas dryer, provided with a drying zone (3) and a regeneration zone (5), and a drum (9) rotatable in the housing (2) containing a drying agent (8) that is transferred successively through the drying zone (3) and the regeneration zone (5), whereby said regeneration zone (5) comprises a first subzone (6) having a first inlet to supply a first regeneration gas flow, and a second subzone (7) having a second inlet to supply a second regeneration gas flow of which the relative humidity is lower compared to that of the first regeneration gas flow; and that an outlet of said drying zone (3) is connected via a connection conduit (17) to the second inlet of the second subzone (7).
US08608828B2
The use of solutions of organic polymers for production of carbon membranes suitable for gas separation, and a process for producing carbon membranes suitable for gas separation, comprising the steps of a) coating a porous substrate with solutions of organic polymers, b) drying the polyester coating on the porous substrate by removing the solvent, and c) pyrolyzing the polyester coating on the porous substrate to form the carbon membrane suitable for gas separation, it being possible to conduct any of steps a) to c) or the sequence of steps a) to c) more than once.
US08608815B2
Embodiments relate to methods of manufacturing polycrystalline diamond compacts (“PDCs”). In an embodiment, a method of fabricating a PDC includes positioning a plurality of diamond particles adjacent to a cemented carbide material. The cemented carbide material includes one or more types of tungsten-containing eta phases. The method further includes subjecting the plurality of diamond particles and the cemented carbide material to a high-pressure/high-temperature process effective to sinter the plurality of diamond particles so that a polycrystalline diamond table is formed without tungsten carbide grains of the cemented carbide material exhibiting abnormal grain growth that project into the polycrystalline diamond table.
US08608814B2
Hydrogen-producing fuel processing assemblies and methods for delivering feedstock to a hydrogen-producing region of a hydrogen-producing fuel processing assembly. In some embodiments, the fuel processing assemblies include a feedstock delivery system that includes a pump assembly and a stall prevention mechanism that is adapted to reduce pressure in an outlet conduit during periods in which the pump assembly is not emitting a liquid outlet stream within or above a hydrogen-producing pressure range. In some embodiments, pressure in the outlet conduit is isolated from pressure in the hydrogen-producing region of the fuel processing assembly and is reduced during periods in which a liquid stream is not being pumped within or above a hydrogen-producing pressure range.
US08608810B2
A hair colorant composition comprises 3-amino-2,6-dimethylphenol in combination with a second dye coupler selected from the group consisting of 2,6-dihydroxyethylaminotoluene, 2,6-diaminopyridine and a developer selected from the group consisting of 2-methyl-1,4-benzenediamine, 2-methyl-1,4-benzenediamine sulfate salt, p-phenylenediamine, p-toluenediamine, hydroxyethyl-p-phenylenediamine, N,N-bis(hydroxyethyl)-p-phenylenediamine, 2-methoxymethyl-1,4-benzenediamine. A kit for coloring hair comprises the hair colorant composition. A method of treating hair comprises applying the hair colorant composition to hair.
US08608807B2
An ecological fabric having protection from ultraviolet radiation incorporated therein is disclosed in which the fabric is treated by a method comprising the steps of dissolving zinc acetate or other zinc salt in a liquid to form a solution containing Zn(II) ions, adding a fabric to the solution, mixing the solution and the fabric, and adding a base to the solution when the solution and the fabric are being mixed to form a suspension of zinc oxide nanoparticles in contact with the fabric. Other methods are disclosed such as modifying a fabric by carboxylation or phosphorylation of the fabric followed by binding of the UV-blocking nanoparticles to the modified fabric and modifying UV-blocking nanoparticles with a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) or polymer layer containing an active chemical group capable of binding to the fabric and depositing the UV-blocking nanoparticles on the fabric.
US08608798B2
A total artificial heart having a rotor with an impeller, wherein the rotor is mounted within a pump housing on a hollow shaft. The rotor is magnetically driven to produce rotary motion of the impeller for pumping blood. The motor is disposed within the pump housing such that axial translation within the housing acts as a shuttle valve to alternate flow between pulmonary and systemic circulation.
US08608792B2
An endoprosthesis is disclosed for implantation at a bifurcation between a main vessel and at least two secondary vessels. The endoprosthesis includes first and second bodies. Each body includes a self-expanding and flexible structure having a proximal region, an intermediate region, and a distal region. The distal region terminates at a free end. The flexible structure defines a leg and a support member adjacent to the leg. The leg terminates at the free end of the distal region. The second body is positioned within the first body. The proximal region of the first body includes a free end configured for positioning within the main vessel. The leg of the first body is configured for positioning within a first secondary vessel. The leg of the second body is configured for positioning within a second secondary vessel.
US08608789B2
Systems for aligning and deploying side branch stents comprise a catheter having a side branch sensor at or near a distal end thereof. Methods comprises rotating and axially transitioning the catheter until the sensor is brought into alignment with an opening to the side branch vessel.
US08608784B2
A surgical implant device capable of conforming to a variety of surface topographies facilitates the growth and regeneration of site to which the device is applied. The device employs a plurality of elongate members supporting a column of discrete, rotatable elements in contact with each adjacent element. Anchor plates secure the respective ends of the elongate members, such anchor plates attachable to bone. The implant device provides and ordered array of individually rotatable elements to form a surface that permits bodily fluids to pass therethough.
US08608776B2
A reduced-pressure abdominal treatment system has an open-cavity treatment device for providing reduced-pressure treatment proximate a patient's abdominal contents; a deep-tissue closure device for applying a closing force on a deep-tissue wound on a patient's fascia; a surface-wound closure subsystem for providing a closing force on a surface wound on the patient's epidermis; and a reduced-pressure supply subsystem operable to develop a reduced pressure. Methods are also included.
US08608773B2
Robotic surgical tools, systems, and methods for preparing for and performing robotic surgery include a memory mounted on the tool. The memory can perform a number of functions when the tool is loaded on the tool manipulator: first, the memory can provide a signal verifying that the tool is compatible with that particular robotic system. Secondly, the tool memory may identify the tool-type to the robotic system so that the robotic system can reconfigure its programming. Thirdly, the memory of the tool may indicate tool-specific information, including measured calibration offsets indicating misalignment of the tool drive system, tool life data, or the like. This information may be stored in a read only memory (ROM), or in a nonvolatile memory which can be written to only a single time. The invention further provides improved engagement structures for coupling robotic surgical tools with manipulator structures.
US08608771B2
A vascular occlusion device for occluding a body cavity includes an elongate member, a deflecting device and an indicator device. The elongate member includes a proximal end and a distal end. An embolization material is injected into the body cavity through the distal end. The deflecting device is disposed at the distal end of the elongate member and configured to be deflected by the embolization material. The indicator device is disposed at the proximal end of the elongate member. The indicator device indicates a status of occlusion of the body cavity based on deflection of the deflecting device by the embolization material.
US08608761B2
A thrombus removal device includes a shaft with a distal end and a proximal end, a sheath with a distal end and a proximal end, and a helical coil attached at a proximal end to the distal end of the shaft and is disposed within the lumen of the sheath in a closed configuration. The helical coil includes a plurality of body portions with turns spaced apart longitudinally and laterally to facilitate screwing the helical coil into a thrombus and also providing an open area into which the thrombus can be captured. A distal tip of the helical coil is provided with a loop, an angle of which is about the same as the angle of at least one body portion. The helical coil assumes an open configuration when the sheath is retracted proximally from the distal tip.
US08608759B2
Medical devices for cutting and suturing biological tissue generally include a shaft and first and second guide members each including a first portion coupled to the shaft at a first location and a second portion coupled to the shaft at a second location. The first portions are movable along the shaft relative to the second portions, and the first and second guide members define an arcuate profile and are configured to flex in response to such movement. When used to cut tissue, the medical device may further include a blade positioned between the first and second guide members. When used to suture tissue, one or more suture guides may be provided on the first guide member for directing a suture needle through tissue proximate the first guide member. Methods of repairing and replacing a meniscus using the medical devices are also provided.
US08608757B2
An apparatus and method for removing hair from the surface of skin may include two elongate elements entwined with one another whereby a local mutual twist is formed along the length of the elements. Each of the elements may be held in place and put into tension by a respective one of two structural members. A method for removing hair may include moving the two structural members with the elements in tension, bringing the bottom end of one member closer to the bottom end of the second member such that the coil travels toward the bottom ends of the elements, and then bringing the top end of one member closer to the top end of the second member, such that the coil travels toward the top ends of the elements. As the coil travels between the top and bottom ends of the elements, it extracts hairs from the skin.
US08608754B2
A clot and foreign body removal device is described which comprises a catheter with at least one lumen. Located within the catheter is a clot capture coil that is connected to an insertion mandrel. In one embodiment, the clot capture coil is made out of a solid elastic or superelastic material which has shape memory, preferably nitinol. The elasticity or superelasticity of the coil allows it to be deformed within the catheter and to then reform its original coil configuration when the coil is moved outside of the catheter lumen. In another embodiment the coil is a biphasic coil which changes shape upon heating or passing an electric current. Once the coil configuration has been established, the coil can be used to ensnare and corkscrew a clot in a vessel. A clot is extracted from the vessel by moving the clot capture coil and catheter proximally until the clot can be removed or released into a different vessel that does not perfuse a critical organ. Foreign bodies are similarly captured by deploying the coil distal to the foreign body and moving the clot capture coil proximally until the foreign body is trapped within the coil. By removing the device from the body, the foreign material is also removed.
US08608750B2
A surgical device and method for injecting cement in a bone cavity includes an elongated, hollow body to be inserted partially into the cavity. The body has an inner lumen with a distal opening to expel cement therefrom. An entry plug for the cement is connected to a cement pressurized supply. The entry plug is in fluid communication with the lumen to deliver cement through the entry plug, wherein the entry plug is movably mounted on the hollow body.
US08608738B2
A medical device for performing a surgical procedure may include an elongate member having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen extending therebetween. The medical device may also include a handle connected to the proximal end of the elongate member, an end effector assembly connected to the distal end of the elongate member, and a cutting device configured to extend from the end effector assembly, wherein the cutting device has a retracted configuration in which the cutting device is withdrawn into the end effector assembly and a deployed configuration in which the cutting device extends from the end effector assembly.
US08608736B2
Apparatus are provided for performing a procedure within a patient's body that include a tubular member including proximal and distal ends, a central axis or region extending therebetween, and a distal portion extending distally from an intermediate portion to the distal end. One or more accessory lumens and a steering element lumen extend between the proximal and distal ends, the steering element lumen offset from the central region within the distal portion such that a steering plane intersects the steering element lumen and the central axis. The distal portion includes a core member extending between the intermediate portion and the distal end, and stabilization elements embedded in the core member adjacent the accessory lumen and defining a stabilization plane that intersects the steering plane at a location offset from the central region, e.g., closer to the accessory lumen than the steering element lumen.
US08608735B2
A medical device includes an insertion shaft, having a longitudinal axis and having a distal end adapted for insertion into a body of a patient. A resilient end section is fixed to the distal end of the insertion shaft and is formed so as to define, when unconstrained, an arc oriented obliquely relative to the axis and having a center of curvature on the axis. One or more electrodes are disposed at respective locations along the end section.
US08608732B2
A surgical safety apparatus for use in connection with an energizable surgical device minimizes inadvertent activation of a surgical tool when the oxygen or flammable gas level is too high. An activation circuit is connected with an energy source and with a hand piece of the tool. A sensor measures the oxygen or flammable gas near the tool and can operate in a first state to disconnect the energy source from the hand piece. In a second state the source of energy is connected to the hand piece. The sensing element is connected to the activation circuit. The sensing element signals the activation circuit to convert the activation circuit from the first state to the second state provided the oxygen or flammable gas level is safe.
US08608727B2
A connector and method of connecting are described for connecting a first and second catheter at an overlap area where the first catheter fits within the second catheter. The connector includes a collar that surrounds a portion of the overlap area and a clamp that applies a radially inward force to the collar and encircles a portion of the overlap area.
US08608722B2
The present invention relates to a container for anal irrigation. In particular it relates to a rigid container which is easy to operate and which easily is transformed from a storage configuration to a ready-to-use configuration. In one aspect the invention relates to a container for an anal irrigation system. The anal irrigation system comprises an anal probe; a reservoir for holding an irrigation liquid (e.g. water); a pump mechanism for pumping a fluid (e.g. air) into the reservoir; and a liquid tube connecting the reservoir with the anal probe. The container comprises an outer chamber wall, defining at least partly the outer dimensions of the container and an inner chamber wall arranged within the outer chamber wall, said outer chamber wall and inner chamber wall defining the reservoir. This provides a reservoir having a small surface area when filled with irrigation liquid. Thus only a low pressure is necessary to evacuate the irrigation liquid from the reservoir and out through the anal probe.
US08608705B2
A securement system (100) includes a device which permits a portion of a catheter or similar medical article to be easily anchored to a patient, desirably without the use of tape or needles and suture. A securement system for an elongated medical article comprises an anchor pad (110) and a retainer (120) mounted upon the anchor pad. The retainer (120) includes a channel (130) that has at least one abutment surface (160) corresponding to a contact surface on the medical article and a groove (210) configured to receive a spline (40) of the medical article. The medical article is placed into the channel (130). The medical article is secured within the channel by retaining at least one spline (40) and contact surface on the medical article.
US08608688B2
A catheter apparatus is provided with lumens for accommodating guidewires. The apparatus comprises an actuator controllable to move the distal ends of the lumens relative to each other. Accordingly, the separation of the guidewires can be controlled, enabling probing by the guidewires of different area of an occlusion in a blood vessel, such as a chronic total occlusion.
US08608686B2
A syringe device includes a syringe barrel and piston having a fluid passageway extending from a vial port. Another syringe device includes a syringe barrel, a piston sleeve and an insert. A channel extends along a side of the insert. A valve controls fluid communication between the channel and the syringe barrel. Another syringe device has a syringe barrel, a piston sleeve and an insert. A valve controls fluid communication between a compartment within the insert and the syringe barrel. A method of preparing a medication includes providing a component within a syringe barrel and another component within a compartment of a piston insert. A seal is over-molded onto a tip of the insert and an end of a piston sleeve. The sleeve is rotated relative to the insert to establish fluid communication between the compartment and the barrel chamber.
US08608676B2
A moisture-resistant multi-phase orthopedic system and method including a single layer, three-dimensional knitted fabric having an open structure for providing enhanced moisture transfer from the skin outwardly into the atmosphere and a flap carried by the body and movable between an open position and a closed position overlying a part of the cast body to be applied to a treatment area of the limb. The flap is adapted to cover and retain between the cast body and the flap the splint worn by the patient during the initial treatment phase in the same position as the location of the splint during the initial treatment phase.
US08608675B2
An apparatus for rehabilitation of patients with motor disorders affecting the legs and standing dysfunctions, the apparatus comprising a couple of bars moving along a closed loop representing a walking step for the patient, with each bar including a plate to affix a foot of the patient and the plate being slidably arranged in the bar, with a motor connected to the bars to move the bars along the closed loop, the apparatus also having an harness to support the patient.
US08608670B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a guidewire having high safety and improved flexibility and rotation followability, and capable of directing a catheter with ease. A guidewire of the present invention has an inner coil that surrounds a distal side portion of a core shaft, and an outer coil that surrounds the inner coil and the distal side portion of the core shaft. The core shaft has a second flat part in flattened shape in substantially contact with an inner peripheral surface of the inner coil. With this configuration, the distal side portion of the guidewire is protected by a double coil structure, while having high torsional stiffness. This leads to improvement in safety and rotation followability, while allowing a catheter to be directed with ease.
US08608662B2
An apparatus has: an ultrasound probe that transmits and receives ultrasound waves to and from a subject and has an ultrasound transmission/reception surface; an acoustic coupler that has a different shape for each type and is attachable and detachable so as to cover the ultrasound transmission/reception surface; a generator that, based on the ultrasound waves received by the ultrasound probe, generates an image expanding in a depth direction from the ultrasound transmission/reception surface; and an analyzer that, based on presence/absence and shape of an acoustic coupler region within the image generated by the generator, identifies presence/absence of mounting of the acoustic coupler and a type of the mounted acoustic coupler. Consequently, the apparatus is capable of identifying the acoustic coupler though the ultrasound probe and the acoustic coupler are not provided with special structures.
US08608652B2
A surgical method, system, kit, and various devices are provided for use in, among other things, vaginal entry during a natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgical procedure. A system and/or method provide for the rapid creation of a conduit and/or multiple ports in a natural orifice, such as a patient's vagina, while accommodating anatomical variation to reduce the need to excise additional tissue from the patient.
US08608646B2
An endoscope shaft made of a composite tube comprises an external tube and an internal tube which is softer and more resilient compared to the external tube as well as a helical spring for stiffening the composite tube. According to the invention, the helical spring in the relaxed state has an outer diameter which is larger than the inner diameter of the internal tube. Furthermore the helical spring is inserted in the internal tube preferably loosely at a spring bias, whereby it is radially pressed against the internal tube.
US08608640B2
A method of treating urinary incontinence includes forming a first incision exposing a urethral region a patient and forming first and second suprapubic incisions. The method includes tunneling an introducer from the first suprapubic incision superficially anterior to a pubic symphysis of the patient and out of the first incision, attaching a first portion of an implant to the introducer and retracting the introducer and the first portion of the implant from the first incision to the first suprapubic incision, and repeating these maneuvers on the contralateral side. The method includes forming third and fourth incisions and tunneling a suitable introducer from the third/fourth incisions through separate obturator foramen of the patient to allow retracting portions of the implant from the first incision back through to the third/fourth incision with the introducer.
US08608638B2
Methods and systems for treating tinnitus are provided. Some embodiments include a method of providing a primary audio signal having a primary peak portion substantially centered at about a tinnitus frequency of a patient. The method may also include combining the primary audio signal with a general audio signal to generate a combined sound. The method may also include exposing the patient to the combined sound so that the patient hears the combined sound, to diminish a perception by the patient of tinnitus.
US08608637B2
Devices and methods are disclosed for implanting, positioning, removing, replacing and operating intra-aortic balloon pumps.
US08608636B2
Provided is a ventricular assist device cannula, and more particularly, a ventricular assist device cannula with electrodes. An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a ventricular assist device cannula with electrodes, including: a connecting tube connecting an incision of a body tissue and a ventricular assist device so that blood can flow; and electrodes connected with the connecting tube and contacting the incision of the body tissue to transfer an electric signal to the body tissue.
US08608634B2
A magnetic stimulator, which may be used as a transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) device, and a method for its use are disclosed. The stimulator comprises a frame and an electrically conductive coil having a partially toroidal or ovate base and an outwardly projecting extension portion. The frame may be a flexible or malleable material and may be nonconductive. The electrically conductive coil may comprise one or more windings of electrically conductive material (such as a wire) coupled to the frame. The coil is electrically connected to a power supply. The device may be placed adjacent to or in contact with the body of a subject, such as on the head of a subject. The device may be used on humans for treating certain physiological conditions, such as cardiovascular or neurophysiological conditions, or for studying the physiology of the body. This device is useful in studying or treating neurophysiological conditions associated with the deep regions of the brain, such as drug addiction and depression.
US08608631B2
The present device discloses a complete full body exercise machine. The recumbent exercise apparatus comprises three upper body assemblies and a lower body assembly. This exercise machine provides the user the capability to effectively work the entire upper body with a wide variety of exercises and multiple resistance levels while simultaneously being able to exercise the lower body. Each upper body assembly comprises a plurality of elastic bands connected between the frame and handle members. The handle support locations and connecting elastic bands are adapted to permit a full range of motion for a variety of upper body exercises without having to pause to switch upper body exercises or change resistant levels while exercising with the lower body assembly. The handles are movably supported on the frame to allow the connecting elastic bands to be in a pretension state for full range of resistance throughout each movement of each upper body exercise.
US08608629B2
A therapeutic body strap having a first loop and a second loop. Each loop is made of a strip of material. A central strip having a fixture point such that the first and second loops are connected to the central strip at the fixture point. The strap further includes an attachment portion extending from the central strip for attachment to an attachment point on a stationary object. The first and second loops are configured to snugly surround a user's body parts to allow the user to stretch by creating a tension in the attachment portion.
US08608614B2
An actuation system for a drive unit of a motor vehicle includes a control unit which is assigned to the drive unit and which has a function level, a function monitoring level, and having a power output stage for actuating the drive unit or actuators or sensors which are assigned to the drive unit. To relieve the function a data transmission device for outputting data to a data bus is arranged in the function monitoring level. The data transmission device can output a drive setpoint torque to the drive unit, to actuators or sensors which are assigned to it, or to a power output stage (9, 9′) of a separate, second drive unit.
US08608610B2
The present invention relates to a transmission unit for a vehicle driven by muscle force, comprising an input shaft which can be connected to cranks on opposite sides for driving the vehicle, comprising a first partial transmission. The first partial transmission comprises a countershaft, wherein a plurality of driving gear wheels is mounted on the input shaft, and wherein a corresponding plurality of driven gear wheels of the first partial transmission is mounted on the partial transmission shaft. The driven gear wheels of the first partial transmission are designed as idler gears that can be connected to the countershaft by means of shifting means in a rotationally rigid manner. The countershaft forms an input shaft of a second partial transmission. A plurality of second drive wheels are mounted on the output shaft, wherein the second partial transmission comprises an output shaft, on which a corresponding plurality of second driven gear wheels are mounted.
US08608590B2
A method of manufacturing a driver, or other types of golf club, includes inducing residual compressive stress by high intensity laser shock peening to form an array of laser shock peened impact zones on the club face. Laser pulses having irradiance greater than 4 GW/cm2, with spot size greater than 4 mm2 are used, including a pulse with on the order of 16 ns, with spot size greater than 9 mm2. Residual compressive stress of more than 400 MPa penetrating with a depth of more than 0.2 mm are imparted, without increased hardening in or damage to the face of the club. Laser shock peening a pattern that covers an interior area leaves the perimeter unpeened, inducing a stress gradient between interior area and the perimeter of the club face. Multiple layers of arrays of laser shock impact zones are applied on the club. The technology is readily applied to assembled club heads.
US08608588B2
A putter head has a moment of inertia that can be adjusted easily by the golfer himself or herself. A putter head includes a body member having a face surface for hitting a ball and a back member turnably installed at the body member. The back member includes a plurality of movable parts, and the movable parts are turnably fixed to the body part. The movable part is turnably installed with one screw only.
US08608587B2
A golf club head includes a crown surface extending between the face, the rear, the heel and the toe of the golf club head. A highest point on the surface of the crown defines an apex. The golf club head also includes a plurality of crown turbulators projecting from the surface of the crown. Each adjacent pair of crown turbulators is separate and spaced apart to define a space between the adjacent pair of crown turbulators, and each crown turbulator extends between the heel and the toe to define a width and extending between the face and the rear to define a length, which is substantially greater than the width. At least a portion of at least one crown turbulator is located between the face and the apex. The space between each adjacent pair of crown turbulators is substantially greater than the width of each of the adjacent pair of crown turbulators that define the space.
US08608581B2
A slide feature is adapted to carry one or more riders and/or ride vehicles sliding thereon. The slide feature includes a sliding surface having an entry end and an exit end. The sliding surface comprising a wall defined by a portion of a side of a funnel shape, tilted sideways, the wall comprising a top and a bottom. The bottom of the wall comprising a lowermost surface of the sliding surface and is horizontal or descending from the entry end to the exit end. The top of the wall curves upward from the lowermost surface past an angle of 90 degrees to the horizontal. A radius of curvature of the sliding surface tapers from the entry end to the exit end.
US08608579B2
An assembly for transferring torque including a first component having first wall portions, a second component having second wall portions, wherein the first wall portions extend radially from the first component toward the second component, the second wall portions extend radially from the second component toward the first component, the first wall portions are axially aligned with the second wall portions, and a clearance is formed between the first and second wall portions, and a ring rivet having a connecting portion inserted into the clearance and deformed for creating at least one head for axially locking the first component and the second component together, and wherein deforming the connecting portion fills the clearance for rotationally locking the first component and second component together for enabling a transfer of torque between the first component and the second component.
US08608576B2
A lens accessory for a video game sensor device and a method of adjusting a sensing distance of a video game sensor device. A lens accessory for a video game sensor device includes a first lens configured to cover an infrared light emitter of the video game sensor device, a second lens configured to cover an infrared light receiver of the video game sensor device, and a body portion coupling the first lens and the second lens together, the body portion being removably attachable to the video game sensor device, and the first lens and the second lens having a magnification for adjusting a sensing distance of the video game sensor device.
US08608573B2
A trading card, a game system and method for interactive game system is disclosed. The trading card includes a substrate and a personality module configured to store one or more attributes of the trading card. The game system includes at least a first trading card and a second trading card. The first trading card and the second trading card include a substrate, a processing engine and a wireless interface configured to detect the presence of the other trading card. The first trading card sends a message to impact the second trading card. A method for interactive game system using first trading card and second trading card is also disclosed.
US08608560B1
A method, system, and computer readable storage medium to display sports and other animations using a reduced amount of assets. Pregenerated clips can be stored and combined to create complete animations with predetermined outcomes. The same predetermined outcome can have numerous animations which all result in the same predetermined outcome, all while using a reduced amount of stored assets.
US08608538B2
A gaming method operates to provide expert card-counting information to some or all participants, in exchange for a premium. The premium may be a cash payment, a reduction in the prize amount or betting odds, some combinations of the foregoing, or any other useful remuneration. The house retains its edge via the premium. The method may be implemented for play at a physical or virtual card table.
US08608535B2
An interactive treasure hunt game is provided. Game participants receive a card, map and/or identification badge configured with an RFID tag, barcode or a magnetic “swipe” strip or the like. The RFID tag or other identifying device is used to store certain information identifying each play participant and/or describing-certain powers or abilities possessed by an imaginary character that the card may represent. Players advance in the game by finding clues and solving various puzzles presented by the game. Players may also gain (or lose) certain attributes, such as magic skills, magic strength, fighting ability, various spell-casting abilities, etc. All of this information is preferably stored on the RFID tag or card so that the character attributes may be easily and conveniently transported to other similarly-equipped play facilities, computer games, video games, home game consoles, hand-held game units, and the like. In this manner, the game can seamlessly transcend from one play environment and/or entertainment medium to the next.
US08608532B2
A climate control duct architecture having partitions to provide effective distribution of air immediately as it exits the HVAC. By strategic positioning and configuring of the partitions the duct architecture may be tuned to provide maximum console airflow and desired system airflow distribution with a minimum amount of interference to the airflow due to turbulence.
US08608531B1
An arrow preparation system preferably includes a lengthwise base, at least two arrow supports and a grinding member. The lengthwise base preferably includes a pair opposing rails for slidably retaining the at least two arrow supports and the grinding member. Each arrow support preferably includes a support slidable base, a pair of roller bearings, an anchor pin and a knurled nut. The knurled nut is secured to anchor pin and threadably retained in the support slidable base. The pair of roller bearings are rotatably retained on a top of the support slidable base to support an arrow shaft. The grinding member preferably includes a slidable grinding base, the anchor pin and the knurled nut. The slidable grinding base includes a vertical grinding face. A piece of self-sticking sandpaper is applied to the vertical grinding face. The knurled nut and anchor pin and threadably retained in the slidable grinding base.
US08608519B1
A conductor receiver is described herein for engaging a conductor. The conductor receiver can include a stationary portion for receiving and securing a bottom portion of the conductor. The conductor receiver can also include a movable portion that is coupled to the stationary portion and has an open position and a closed position. When the movable portion is in the closed position, the movable portion secures a top portion of the conductor. The conductor receiver can also have a channel with a number of rows positioned width-wise within the channel. Each row has at least one member made of conductive material, where each member has a normal position and a retracted position. When the conductor is positioned within the channel, each member is in the retracted position.
US08608513B2
The embodiments disclose a lamp assembly structure that allows a plurality of lamp assemblies to form lamps of different configurations. The lamp assembly structure includes a plurality of independent block bodies, each block body has at least one convex connector or/and at least one concave connector. At least one block body has a luminous body. At least a part of the convex connector or/and the concave connector has an electrical connection component. The electrical connection component and the luminous body are connected electrically. When one block body and its adjacent block body are assembled together, the convex connector of one of the two block bodies is plugged into the concave connector of the other of the two block bodies so as to tightly combine the two block bodies. As a result the electrical connection components of the two block bodies are connected physically and electrically.
US08608510B2
An electrical power connector comprises a housing having a mounting interface and a mating interface. The mating interface defines a plurality of receptacles spaced apart in more than one direction. A plurality of electrical contacts is supported by the housing. These electrical contacts define respective mounting ends that are configured to electrically connect with an electrical component at the mounting interface, and opposed mating ends. At least one of the electrical contacts defines a common contact beam disposed within at least a select one of the receptacles. This common contact beam is configured to be electrically connected to a pair of adjacent electrical contacts of a mated electrical connector.
US08608508B2
A rubber plug (10) has a plug main body (11) with at least first and second seal holes (13A, 13B) penetrating therethrough. Front and rear first lips (15A) are formed on the inner peripheral surface of the first seal hole (13A) and a valley (16) is defined between the first lips (15A). Front and rear second lips (15B) are formed on the inner peripheral surface of the second seal hole (13B) and a valley (17) is defined between the second lips (15B). The lips (15A, 15B) are disposed so that tips of the first lips (15A) align with the valley (17) of the second seal hole (13B). As a result, the first lips (15A) do not add to compressive forces exerted by the second lips (15B) when a wire is inserted into the second seal hole (13B).
US08608505B2
An electrical cable for power and data transmission between two electronic devices, consisting of a first flexible wire, which includes at least four power transmission lines and at least four data lines as well as a plug according to the USB standard and a multi-polar plug, and of an additional flexible wire, which includes at least two data lines and at least two power transmission lines as well as a USB plug. The first flexible wire and the additional flexible wire together form a Y-shaped cable and make possible a power and a data transmission between two electronic devices simultaneously.
US08608500B2
The invention relates to a plug connection device, comprising a plug (7) which has contacts (8) and comprising mating contacts (4) arranged on a substrate (2), wherein the contacts (8) are intended for electrical contacting of the mating contacts (4). According to the invention, the plug (7) has at least one recess (18) for accommodating an element (10) arranged on the substrate (2).
US08608492B2
An electrical plug safety device (10) comprising a body (16) having apertures for receiving pins (14) of an electrical plug (12). A securing member 32 is provided within the body (16) to engage with a side of at least one of said pins (14) when the pins (14) are received in the apertures such that engagement between the securing member (32) and the side of the pin (14) restricts removal of the plug (12) from the body (16). When sufficient force is applied to the body (16) in a direction away from the plug (12), the securing member (32) is disengaged from the pin (14) and moves such that the securing member (32) will not re-engage with a pin (14) inserted into the body (16).
US08608490B2
A modular wiring system includes a junction box having a plurality of ports and a programmable wiring board carrying electrically conductive elements. A plurality of cable receiving connectors are each insertable into a corresponding one of the plurality of ports of the junction box and each provides electrical coupling between wires of a cable and the electrically conductive elements of the programmable wiring board. At least one electrical device receiving connector is coupled to the programmable wiring board. The at least one electrical device receiving connector releasably receives an electrical device and provides electrical coupling between the electrical device and the electrically conductive elements of the programmable wiring board.
US08608486B1
A desktop shield system having a panel with a top surface and a bottom surface, the panel is clear or transparent, wherein a user can write on the top surface of the panel with a non-permanent marker, and a plurality of magnets on the bottom surface of the panel, wherein a template can be placed in between the bottom surface of the panel and a desktop.
US08608485B2
Provided are methods of making a learning application by providing a content database comprising reusable digital objects, wherein at least a portion of the objects are deposited to the content database by a registered contributor and the portion is identified as contributed by said registered contributor. A user is registered to provide the user access to the content database, wherein the user withdraws at least a portion of the objects from the database deposited by the registered contributor. The withdrawn object is formed into the learning application and a compensation value for the registered contributor who contributed the withdrawn object is calculated. In this manner, ongoing sustainable development of the content database is encouraged, including deposit of learning objects and development of instructional objects that can then be accessed by others in developing individually-tailored learning applications.
US08608483B2
Devices, systems, and methods appropriate for use in medical training that include materials that better mimic natural human tissue are disclosed. In one aspect a polysiloxane mixture for simulating human biological tissue, especially human breast tissue, is disclosed. In another aspect, a method of manufacturing a biological tissue phantom is disclosed. In another aspect, a human breast tissue models are disclosed. In one instances, the human breast tissue model comprises a simulated breast tissue comprising a mixture of a silicone foam and a silicone oil and a simulated skin layer covering the simulated breast tissue, where the simulated breast tissue and the simulated skin layer are sized and shaped to mimic a natural human breast. In some instances, the human breast tissue model includes at least one simulated pathological structure that simulates such pathologies as a cyst, a medullary carcinoma, a ductal carcinoma, an infiltrating scirrhus carcinoma, a lobular carcinoma, and a fibroadenoma.
US08608475B2
A motion simulator for transmitting motion with respect to a floor as a function of motion signals associated to a video output. The motion simulator comprises a seating portion for accommodating a viewer viewing the video output. Actuators each have a housing and an output shaft interrelated by a degree of freedom. Each of the actuators has a motor connected to the seating portion for displacing the housing with respect to the output shaft along the degree of freedom as a function of actuation from the actuators in relation to the motion signals. The housing of each of the actuators is secured to the seating portion. The output shaft of each of the actuators comprises a leg supporting the motion simulator on the floor, whereby the seating portion is movable as a function of actuation from the actuators.
US08608471B2
A hollow stretching rod (10) of a device for blow molding containers is disclosed, wherein the stretching rod (10) has a temperature control medium in an internal conduit (12) for controlling the temperature, and wherein a distance is formed, at least over a certain portion, between the internal conduit (12) and an inner wall (14) of an outer enclosure (13) of the stretching rod (10).
US08608468B2
Nanoimprint molds for molding a surface of a material are provided. A nanoimprint mold includes a body with a molding surface that is formed by shaped nanopillars. The nanopillars may be formed on a substrate and shaped by performing at least a first partial oxidation of the nanopillars and then removing at least a portion of the oxidized material. Once shaped, a hard substance is deposited on the nanopillars to begin forming the molding surface of the nanoimprint mold. The deposition of a hard substance is followed by the deposition of carbon nanotube on the hard substance and then the removal of the substrate and nanopillars from the molding surface.
US08608464B2
Check valve with a valve housing, on which is formed a valve seat. The valve seat is designed as an oblique face with respect to a flow direction. A shut-off element has at least one sheet-like shut-off tab which is composed of an elastically deformable material and which, in a shut-off position, bears against the valve seat and, in an opening position, is lifted off from the valve seat, in order to allow the passage of fluid. An abutment element is arranged on that side of the shut-off tab which faces away from the valve seat. The shut-off tab can abut against the abutment element in order to limit the amount by which the shut-off tab is lifted off from the valve seat.
US08608461B2
A pump for pumping a fluid comprises an inlet, an outlet, an internal volume disposed between the inlet and the outlet, a first pumping arrangement operable to pump a first volume of fluid from the inlet into the internal volume, and a second pumping arrangement operable to pump a second volume of fluid from the internal volume into the outlet. In a first mode of operation of the pump, the first volume of fluid is greater than the second volume of fluid such that, in use, the pressure of the fluid within the internal volume is elevated to a level above the pressure of the fluid at the inlet.
US08608450B2
The present invention is a compressor compressing air, an electric motor driving the compressor, and an inverter variably controlling a rotating speed of the electric motor, the compressed air manufacturing facility is provided with a pressure sensor detecting a discharge pressure of the compressor at an upstream side position of a discharge air system connected to a discharge side of the compressor, and a control apparatus computing a pressure loss of the discharge air system in correspondence to a rotating speed of the electric motor, and changing a control range of the discharge pressure of the compressor at the upstream side position of the discharge air system on the basis of the computation in such a manner that a terminal pressure at a downstream side position of the discharge air system comes to a predetermined range.
US08608445B2
A centrifugal pump impeller includes front and back shrouds and a plurality of pumping vanes therebetween, each pumping vane having a leading edge in the region of an impeller inlet and a trailing edge, the front shroud has an arcuate inner face in the region of the impeller inlet, the arcuate inner face having a radius of curvature (Rs) in the range from 0.05 to 0.16 of the outer diameter of the impeller (D2) The back shroud includes an inner main face and a nose having a curved profile with a nose apex in the region of the central axis which extends towards the front shroud, there being a curved transition region between the inner main face and the nose. Fr is the radius of curvature of the transition region and the ratio Fr/D2 is from 0.32 to 0.65. Other ratios of various dimensions of the impeller are also described.
US08608443B2
A component wall in a turbine engine. The component wall includes a substrate, a trench, and a plurality of cooling passages. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposed from the first surface. The trench is located in the second surface and is defined by a bottom surface between the first and second surfaces, a first sidewall, and a second sidewall spaced from the first sidewall. The first sidewall extends radially outwardly continuously from the bottom surface of the trench to the second surface. The first sidewall includes a plurality of first protuberances extending toward the second sidewall. The cooling passages extend through the substrate from the first surface to the bottom surface of the trench. Outlets of the cooling passages are arranged within the trench such that cooling air exiting the cooling passages is directed toward respective ones of the first protuberances.
US08608442B2
A pitch driving unit according to the present invention is equipped with hydraulic actuators that change the pitch angles of wind turbine blades; a hydraulic pump that supplies oil to the hydraulic actuators; a high-pressure oil line that guides the oil discharged from the hydraulic pump to the hydraulic actuators; a low-pressure oil line that returns the oil discharged from the hydraulic actuators to the hydraulic pump; and a pressure control unit that stores a surplus amount of the oil and that refills the low-pressure oil line with the oil so as not to generate negative pressure at an oil intake portion of the hydraulic pump, wherein the hydraulic actuators 15, the hydraulic pump, the high-pressure oil line, the low-pressure oil line, and the pressure control unit constitute a closed hydraulic circuit that does not open to the atmosphere, the closed hydraulic circuit being filled with the oil.
US08608438B2
A mounting device for a fan includes a first mounting frame and a second mounting frame adjustably mounted to the first mounting frame according to the height of a fan, to sandwich the fan between the first and second mounting frames.
US08608434B2
A variable geometry turbine comprises: a turbine wheel mounted within a housing assembly for rotation about a turbine axis, the housing assembly defining a radial gas flow inlet passage; an annular wall member defining one wall of the inlet passage and which is displaceable in a direction substantially parallel to the turbine axis to control gas flow through the inlet passage; and a linkage mechanism comprising at least one actuating member operably connected to the annular wall member to control displacement of the wall member. The actuating member extends in a direction substantially parallel to the turbine axis through an aperture defined by a retaining member such that a first bearing surface defined by the actuating member extending transverse to the turbine axis is contacted by a surface of the retaining member so as to connect the actuating member to the annular wall member. The aperture is appropriately dimensioned to define a clearance between a wall of the aperture and a portion of the actuating member located within the aperture so as to accommodate displacement of the retaining member, resulting from displacement of the annular wall member, relative to the actuating member.
US08608430B1
A turbine vane with a low flow near wall multiple impingement cooling circuit in which a thin thermal skin is bonded over a main support spar that together forms a series of chordwise extending collection and impingement chambers extending from the leading edge region to the trailing edge region of the airfoil. Cooling air from a cooling air supply cavity flows through feed holes and into a first one of the collection chambers located in the leading edge region, and then through impingement cooling holes for backside impingement cooling of the airfoil wall. the series of collection and impingement is repeated along the airfoil wall until the spent impingement air is discharged through exit holes on both sides of the trailing edge region.
US08608419B2
A functional element, in particular a bolt element consists of a shaft part and a head part designed for a rivet connection with a panel element, in particular a sheet metal part, with the head part being made hollow and having an outer diameter larger than that of the shaft part, is characterized in that the shaft part merges into the head part by a ring shoulder formed by a convexly rounded and in particular spherical surface such that the convexly rounded surface extends from the shaft part to the at least substantially cylindrical jacket surface of the head part.
US08608416B2
The present invention discloses a cargo supporting device, addressing a problem in prior art conventional cargo supporting devices, where the teeth on the handle might be brought in dead lock with the teeth on the inner tube. The present cargo supporting device includes an inner tube and an outer tube, and the outer tube is hinged to a handle. The outer tube is further hinged with a jogged part which keeps being inserted among the teeth. A clutch mechanism is provided between the handle and the jogged part. The handle can be connected with the jogged part by means of the clutch mechanism. The handle can be disengaged from the jogged part by said clutch mechanism when the handle is turned to the inner tube. Therefore the gear would not be brought in dead lock with the teeth of the inner tube during the aforesaid two states being switched.
US08608415B2
A collapsible intermodal transport platform and methods for its operation are disclosed. The invention comprises first braces that rotate about a mounting point on the frame that supports a cargo loading surface. The first braces are positioned along the platform so as to provide lifting and stacking fitments at the standard overhead crane lifting points when in a lift configuration. The first braces may be rotated inboard down to the loading surface, thereby presenting stacking blocks at the crane lifting points for stacking several platforms together. Second braces attach to the first braces to assist in load distribution. The second braces may assist in translating the platform from one position to another by rotating along a wheel. Other features and aspects disclosed lend to the invention's low weight and high carrying capacity, as well as its unique load securing features.
US08608413B2
A shank attachment device attaches a core drill to a rotating portion of a drill device and includes an arbor and a shank. The arbor is detachably attachable to the rotating portion. The arbor and the shank are detachably attachable to each other. The shank is detachably attachable to the core drill. A stopper engages a groove of the shank to stop a movement of the shank in an axial direction away from the arbor. A rotational torque of the arbor can be transmitted to the shank by engaging a first engaging portion of the arbor with a first engaged portion of the shank. The shank contacts the arbor to stop the movement of the shank in the axial direction toward the arbor.
US08608410B2
Unit plates are supported by unit frames connected consecutively together for turning about axes being remote from and crossing a longitudinal axis of the frames with the ability to alternately be shifted about the turning axes by rams coupled between the plates and frames and expanded while the frames are shifted continuously. The front frame supports alternately a face-and-end pumping mill, facing disk or wedge or endless chain cutter. A ski tenon supported on the front end of the front frame that is able to be engaged with a ski-trak means of adjacent from behind the same unit frames for relative turning about the axes and disengaged in the trench.
US08608408B1
A tension leg platform for use in offshore hydrocarbon production and drilling operations, wherein the tension leg platform can include a plurality of column pairs. Each column pair can include a primary column connected with a secondary column and a secondary pontoon between the primary column and secondary column. The primary columns can be configured to support a deck, and the secondary columns can be connected with the primary column below the draft of the tension leg platform. The tension leg platform can also include a plurality of primary pontoons for connecting the primary columns to one another.
US08608401B2
A modulated cell adapted to form a structural frame of said cells for supporting a load bearing feature of a roadway, pavement or walkway while at the same time providing a rooting area within the structural frame for a tree root network. The cell has a main body with vertical integral legs with a top plate having regions upon its upper skirting for a snap fit fastening arrangement for receiving the ends of said legs of a resting cell thereupon said top plate to mount one cell vertically upon another and the top plate has its peripheral edge an interlocking means for laterally joining together with adjacent cells so the modulated cells can be mounted vertically and laterally one upon the other and side by side.
US08608396B2
A floor finish applicator including a cart having wheels and a body member constructed and arranged to receive a source of floor finish. The floor finish applicator also includes a pump coupled to the cart and operable to deliver floor finish to a floor, a floor finish feed conduit in fluid communication between the pump and a container supporting floor finish, and a transmission assembly coupled to the cart. The floor finish feed conduit supplies floor finish to the pump. The transmission assembly includes an axle coupled to and driven by a wheel of the cart, a drive gear connected to the axle, a drive shaft having a driven gear for engaging the drive gear and driving the pump, and a hand-actuated spring-loaded clutch for selective engagement of the pump and the drive shaft with the axle.
US08608395B2
A pull-behind floor finish applicator wherein a peristaltic pump is employed in conjunction with disposable conduit tubing obviate any clean up of the pump. This applicator is adaptable to receiving bag in the box floor finish, thus reducing cleaning time. The applicator employs a minimum number of disposable parts thus making it economical to produce. A mop is employed to apply floor finish to easily accessible areas in one instance, yet allows the mop to be used independently for application of floor finish to not so easily accessible areas.
US08608390B2
To reduce a size of an optical communication module.
There is provided an optical communication module 1, which includes a photoelectric conversion element package 10 to which a photoelectric conversion element 12 of either one of a light emitting element and a light receiving element is fitted so as to face one side 11a of a resin base 11, and an optical fiber coupler 20 having a light transmission hole 20c for coupling with an optical fiber in cylindrical portions 20a and 20b and mounted on the one side 11a of the resin base 11, where the photoelectric conversion element 12 and the light transmission hole 20c formed in the optical fiber coupler 20 are assembled aligned with an optical axis K. In the photoelectric conversion element package 10, the photoelectric conversion element 12 is fitted to the other side 11b opposite to the one side 11a of the resin base 11, and the photoelectric conversion element 12 is arranged at the center of a hole 11c bored through between the one side 11a and the other side 11b, aligned with the optical axis K.
US08608389B2
An optical transceiver includes a transmitting side photoelectric converter, a transmitting side circuit board, a receiving side photoelectric converter, a receiving side circuit board, a surface of the transmitting side circuit board being arranged to face a surface of the receiving side circuit board, a lens block disposed between the transmitting side circuit board and the receiving side circuit board, and optically connected to a transmitting side optical fiber and a receiving side optical fiber, and a frame body holding the lens block such that the lens block aligns with the transmitting side photoelectric converter and the receiving side photoelectric converter, and to fix the transmitting side circuit board and the receiving side circuit board at a predetermined distance from each other.
US08608386B2
The present disclosure relates to bearings, for example, an improved journal bearing. A bushing (44) for use with a journal bearing (40) includes: a cylindricarinterior defining an interior bearing surface (46); a longitudinal axis (45) and an internal diameter (ID); a groove region of the interior bearing surface (46) having a length H along the longitudinal axis; and a set of grooves (48) in the grooved region of the interior bearing surface (46), where N is the number of grooves in the set of grooves (48). Each groove is disposed at a helix angle (θ) offset from the longitudinal axis (45) of the bushing (44). The helix angle is approximately equivalent to the following equation: tangent (θ)=(π×ID)/(N×H).
US08608385B2
A main bearing (20) for supporting a rotating crankshaft (56) includes an upper shell (22) and a lower shell (24). An upper inner surface (32) of the upper shell (22) has an oil supply groove (26) extending circumferentially therealong, an oil stem groove (28) extending obliquely from the oil supply groove (26), and a pair of oil distribution grooves (30) extending from the oil stem groove (28) along and parallel to the oil supply groove (26) to present an F-shape along the upper inner surface (32) of the main bearing (20). The oil grooves (26, 28, 30) provide for improved lubrication of the main bearing (20) at startup and when the engine is idle or stopped, especially in electric and hybrid vehicles. The main bearing (20) also has exceptional strength and load bearing capacity.
US08608384B2
The rotating device includes a fixing body having a shaft and a shaft holder fixing the shaft, a rotating body having a shaft encircling member with a cylinder part encircling a shaft and a disk part, and a middle encircling member encircling the cylinder part and facing the disk part via a clearance in the direction of a rotational axis, a radial dynamic pressure generating groove disposed in either one of a surface of the cylinder part and a surface of the shaft facing with each other in the radial direction, a thrust dynamic pressure generating groove disposed in either one of a surface of the disk part and a surface of the shaft holder facing with each other in the rotational axis direction, and a lubricant continuously present from a first air-liquid interface to a second air-liquid interface between the rotating body and the fixing body.
US08608382B2
A static-pressure bearing apparatus that prevents vibrations, the apparatus including an orifice and a vent groove, such that a laminar-flow status may be maintained in the entire region of the routes of the ventilated pressurized gas. A stage equipped with the static-pressure bearing apparatus is also provided. The configurations, such as the shapes of the orifice 14, vent groove 11, and the exhaust groove 12, of the static-pressure bearing apparatus 1, are designed such that a laminar flow may be maintained in the entire region of the routes for ventilation of the pressurized gas. The vent groove 11 comprises the circular groove 11b and a plurality of distributing grooves 11a. The vent groove 11 is formed to be symmetrical about the centerline of the direction that the moving body 10 moves. The circular groove 11b is formed as a circle to surround the orifice 14. The plurality of distributing grooves 11a extend radially from the orifice 14 to the circular groove 11b such that the plurality of distributing grooves 11a connect the circular groove 11b and the orifice 14.
US08608369B2
A fluid heating system includes a tank assembly having an interior surface bounding a chamber, the tank assembly including a sidewall and a lid. A collapsible bag is removably disposed within the chamber of the tank assembly, the collapsible bag bounding a compartment adapted to hold a fluid. A boiler can be used for pumping heated fluid through the wall of the tank assembly for heating the fluid within the collapsible bag. An impeller is disposed within the compartment of the collapsible bag. An elongated drive shaft is removably coupled with the impeller such that rotation of the drive shaft facilitates rotation of the impeller within the compartment of the collapsible bag. A drive motor assembly is coupled with the drive shaft, the drive motor assembly being adapted to rotate the drive shaft when the lid is in an open or closed position.
US08608364B1
The present invention relates to a backlight module for 3D displaying and an LED light bar thereof. The backlight module for 3D displaying includes a light guide plate and at least one LED light bar. The LED light bar is arranged at one edge of the light guide plate. The LED light bar includes a plurality of LEDs and a substrate. The LEDs are arranged in a line and are mounted to the substrate in a mutually spaced manner. The LEDs and the substrate of the LED light bar are arranged in a plurality of sections to correspond to a predetermined backlight scanning arrangement. LED spacing set in each of the sections is less than LED spacing set between the section and an adjacent section. The present invention also provides an LED light bar of backlight module for 3D displaying.
US08608360B2
An illumination apparatus includes an irradiation source and a liquid light guide coupled thereto. The liquid light guide has the form of a goose neck. A liquid filled light guide tube of the liquid light guide is supported in a position retaining tube and at least one end of the light guiding tube, preferably the light input end, is supported rotatably in the position retaining tube.
US08608357B2
An AFS-type vehicle headlamp is provided, and includes a bearing holder adapted to hold a bearing that is inserted into an upper support shaft of a lamp unit. The bearing holder is formed integrally with a fixing portion for a bracket, a bearing holding portion adapted to hold the upper support shaft, and a spring portion adapted to compress a tip end of the upper support shaft. The fixing portion includes the bearing holding portion adapted to hold the bearing on a flat plate member in such a manner that a center of the bearing is positioned in a plane that includes the flat plate member.
US08608352B2
An illuminating device is disclosed in this invention. The illuminating device includes a shell, a light module, and a fan. The light module is disposed on the shell. The shell includes a sealed space. The fan is disposed within the sealed space.
US08608351B2
This is directed to a luminaire having a removable inner accessory and optical component. A luminaire can include a base and an outer accessory through which light generated by a light source placed in the base is transmitted. To customize the light emitted by the luminaire, an inner accessory having an optical component can be placed within the outer accessory. The optical component can be tuned to provide a light pattern corresponding to an environment in which the luminaire is placed. Because all of the components used to create the luminaire, other than the optical component, are standard, the luminaire can be easily constructed with a default optical component, but also easily customized at a minimal cost. In addition, the optical component can be recessed relative to the outer accessory to improve optical performance of the luminaire.
US08608350B2
A lighting device is provided to include a plurality of lens bodies. The connecting portion connecting the plurality of lens bodies includes a first major surface and a second major surface opposite to the first major surface. The first major surface is in contact with the lateral portion at a first contact under an outer edge of the leading lens. The second major surface is in contact with the lateral portion at a second contact located below the first contact. The first contact is located outside of a point of intersection along the first major surface with respect to the center of each lens body, the point of intersection at which an extraction of the first major surface intersects with an extension of a ray of the emitted light which is incident on the light incident surface and is projected on the second contact.
US08608348B2
An electrical device and method are presented, the device having an enclosure defining an interior volume sealed from the environment and an electronic lighting apparatus, which may include a heat generating element such as a light source, a heat sink, and a fluid flow generator, and optionally a support offsetting the fluid flow generator form the heat sink. The heat sink may be positioned adjacent the heat generating element and transfer heat there from. The fluid flow generator may create a flow of fluid to transport heat away from the heat sink and to the enclosure. The electronic lighting apparatus may be carried by the enclosure and partially disposed within the interior volume of the enclosure. The electrical device may further include an optic carried by the enclosure.
US08608342B2
A wire-piercing light-emitting diode (LED) a lead frame having a first lead and a second lead. The first lead has a first transition portion and a first bottom portion with a first cutting member, and the second lead having a second transition portion and a second bottom portion with a second cutting member.
US08608340B2
According to one embodiment, a light-emitting module includes a module substrate, a first wiring pattern provided on the module substrate and including a common wire connecting portion, a second wiring pattern provided on the module substrate and including a first wire connecting portion, a second wire connecting portion, and a middle pattern portion, a first light-emitting element group arranged between the common wire connecting portion and the first wire connecting portion and including semiconductor light-emitting elements connected in series and being electrically connected to the common wire connecting portion and the first wire connecting portion, and a second light-emitting element group arranged between the common wire connecting portion and the second wire connecting portion and including semiconductor light-emitting elements connected in series and being electrically connected to the common wire connecting portion and the second wire connecting portion.
US08608338B2
A light source unit includes an LED mount bar and a set of LEDs. The LED mount bar has an inside channel that is located at a center portion of the LED mount bar, and outside channels that are located at outside portions of the LED mount bar, respectively. The set of LEDs is disposed in the inside channel and the outside channels. The set of LEDs is ranked into a plurality of chromaticity regions within a predetermined chromaticity range in a chromaticity coordinate system and ranked into a plurality of luminous flux ranges according to a luminous flux value of the LEDs, respectively. The inside channel including a plurality of first LEDs from a subset of the set of LEDs. The subset of LEDs is ranked in a predetermined chromaticity region of the chromaticity regions and ranked in a predetermined luminous flux range of the luminous flux ranges.
US08608329B2
A phosphor plate includes a glass layer, a wide-angle reflection dichroic filter and a phosphor layer. The wide-angle reflection dichroic filter is disposed on an exit surface of the glass layer. A first blue light and a second blue light of the incident ray are transmissible through the wide-angle reflection dichroic filter. The phosphor layer is disposed beside the wide-angle reflection dichroic filter. By the phosphor layer, the first blue light is excited as a first green light to be outputted and the second blue light is reflected to the wide-angle reflection dichroic filter. The second blue light and a portion of the first green light outputted from the phosphor layer are reflected by the wide-angle reflection dichroic filter, so that the portion of the first green light is transmitted through the phosphor layer and the second blue light is excited as a second green light by the phosphor layer.
US08608325B2
A focusing mount includes a focusing frame fixed to a focus tube with at least one lens having an optical axis which is connected to a constraining frame by prismatic joints for enabling movement of the focusing mount along the optical axis without any twisting, lateral, rotational or swing movements.
US08608319B2
A multi-layer projection display including first and second panels separated by a predetermined distance, wherein at least a portion of the first panel overlaps at least a portion of the second panel, and the first panel is disposed between a viewing location and the second panel. The display also includes a controller configured to cause the first and second panels to alternate between substantially opaque and substantially transparent states at a determined frequency, such that the first panel is substantially opaque when the second panel is substantially transparent, and the second panel is substantially opaque when the first panel is substantially transparent. The display further includes a projector configured to project an image onto the first panel when the first panel is substantially opaque, and further configured to project the image onto the second panel when the second panel is substantially opaque.
US08608317B2
According to an embodiment of the present invention a projection facility for projecting image contents onto an inside wall in an open cabin of a transport means, with which any given image contents can be projected onto a curved inside wall in a large-scale manner. The projection facility may comprise, apart from several projectors, several mirrors for deflecting the image contents. This allows image quality to be improved.
US08608316B2
An image projection apparatus is disclosed which is capable of reducing noise when airflows from plural flow paths are taken in into a fan and exhausted therefrom. The apparatus comprises a first flow path through which a first airflow for cooling a light source passes, a second flow path through which a second airflow for cooling constituent parts other than the light source passes, a fan which exhausts air introduced from the first and second flow paths to the outside of the apparatus, a third flow path which introduces a third airflow to an exhaust area between the light source and the fan in the first flow path, and a light-shielding member which is provided in the exhaust area and shields the light from the light source.
US08608314B2
An optical coherence tomography scanning system includes a lens divided into two halves: one optimized to achieve normal incidence angles on the posterior surface of the eye's lens, the other optimized for the anterior surface of the eye's lens.
US08608313B2
The visual focusing and/or vergence abilities of a subject may be trained and/or tested using apparatuses and methods in accordance with the present invention. The subject may be provided with an apparatus having optical elements having different optical characteristics and instructed to look through an optical element having a first optical characteristic and to focus on an indicia or object. The subject may be instructed to rotate the apparatus and to look through optical elements having a second optical characteristic and to focus on the same or different indicia or object. The subject may be instructed to repeat this process with this or further apparatuses having optical elements having the same or different optical characteristics. The visual focusing and/or vergence abilities of a subject may thus be tested and/or trained.
US08608312B2
The invention relates to a method for determining an aspherization layer for an ophthalmic lens for a wearer for whom a power and an astigmatism have been prescribed. The method can be used equally satisfactorily on a unifocal or a multifocal lens. The invention also extends to the method for determining an ophthalmic lens from an aspoherization layer obtained by the method. The invention improves the optical performance of lenses obtained from semi-finished lenses in which the complex surface is unknown.
US08608305B2
An inkjet ink composition is provided that includes (Component A) an N-vinyllactam, (Component B) a compound represented by Formula (B), and (Component C) a di(meth)acrylate ester of a hydrocarbon diol having 6 to 18 carbon atoms wherein R1 denotes a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and R2 to R12 independently denote a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms. There is also provided an inkjet recording method that includes (a) an image formation step of forming an image above a support by discharging the inkjet ink composition by an inkjet method and (b) a curing step of curing the inkjet ink composition by irradiating the obtained image with actinic radiation to thus obtain a printed material having a cured image above the support.
US08608300B2
An ink circulation system includes: an ink-jet head in which a shared ink flowing route is formed, an ink tank, a supply flowing route for supplying ink from the ink tank to the shared ink flowing route, a reflux flowing route for refluxing the ink from the shared ink flowing route to the ink tank, and a differential pressure generating unit for generating a differential pressure in the ink tank. The differential pressure generating unit is equipped with an impeller placed inside the ink tank, and a drive unit placed outside the ink tank. Then, the drive unit operates to turn the impeller, by means of remote driving, for generating a differential pressure between a supply port of the supply flowing route and a reflux port of the reflux flowing route so as to circulate the ink through the ink flowing route.
US08608298B2
Provided is a printing apparatus in which bubbles in a print head are easily removed. The printing apparatus includes a first one-way valve disposed between the pump and the ink tank in the collection channel, the first one-way valve allowing movement of ink from the pump to the ink tank and blocking movement of ink from the ink tank to the pump; a circulation channel that connects the ink tank to the collection channel at a position between the pump and the first one-way valve, the circulation channel enabling circulation of ink from the ink tank, through the print head, and to the ink tank; and a second one-way valve disposed in the circulation channel, the second one-way valve allowing movement of ink from the ink tank to the pump and blocking movement of ink from the pump to the ink tank.
US08608292B2
A lower electrode 60 in a region opposite each of pressure generation chambers 12 is formed to have a width smaller than the width of the corresponding pressure generation chamber 12, and an upper surface and an end surface of the lower electrode 60 in a region corresponding to each of the pressure generation chambers 12 is covered with a piezoelectric material layer 70. An end surface of the piezoelectric material layer 70 forms a slope surface sloping downward toward the outside, an upper surface and an end surface of the piezoelectric material layer 70 in the region opposite each of the pressure generation chambers 12 are covered with an upper electrode 80, and a distance D1 between the upper surface of the lower electrode 60 and the upper surface of the piezoelectric material layer 70 and a distance D2 between the end surface of the lower electrode 60 and the end surface of the piezoelectric material layer 70 satisfy the relationship D2≧D1.
US08608291B2
A piezoelectric inkjet printhead is monolithically fabricated on a substrate. The printhead includes a plurality of cavities formed into the substrate, piezoelectric actuators disposed over the top of the cavities, a fluidic structure and an ink supply channel. The piezoelectric actuators are formed over the cavities using a sacrificial material which fills the cavities and is removed after the actuators are formed. The fluidic structure defines pressurizing chambers and channels connected to the ink supply channel. The fluidic structure has a plurality of nozzle holes formed on the top surface. The cavities are connected to either a venting channel formed from the backside of the substrate or a venting chamber formed inside the fluidic structures.
US08608287B2
A printhead including a body; an actuator attached to the body, and an enclosed space between the actuator and the body forms a chamber; an opening defined by the body for releasing pressure in the chamber; and a seal attached to the opening to seal the chamber while permitting pressure to be released.
US08608274B2
A recording apparatus includes a recording unit configured to record images on a recording medium of a roll-type, the recording unit including a plurality of line-type recording heads, a first conveyance roller, located at an upstream side of the plurality of line-type recording heads, a second conveyance roller, located at a downstream side of the plurality of line-type recording heads, a first signal generation unit, including a laser doppler speed meter for detecting a surface of the recording medium being conveyed, a second signal generation unit, including a rotary encoder, a correction unit configured to correct the first signal when a period value of the first signal is outside a predetermined range, an information generation unit, and a control unit configured to control recording on the recording medium based on the variation information and the second signal so as to suppress adverse effects caused by the first conveyance roller.
US08608270B2
A discharge test device including: a head that includes nozzles discharging liquid to a medium, a temperature obtaining section that obtains a temperature related to the head, an identification section that identifies an abnormal nozzle, and a control section that controls the head and the identification section so that: when the temperature obtained is within a first temperature range, the head discharges the liquid to the medium after identification of the abnormal nozzle, when the temperature is outside the first temperature range and within a larger, second temperature range, the head discharges the liquid to the medium without the abnormal nozzle being identified, and when the temperature obtained by the temperature obtaining section is outside the second temperature range, the abnormal nozzle is not identified and the liquid is not discharged to the medium.
US08608268B2
A recording apparatus includes a first acquisition unit configured to acquire a speed of ink discharged from a recording head, a second acquisition unit configured to acquire information relating to a speed change based on the speed acquired by the first acquisition unit and a reference speed; a setting unit configured to set driving information relating to the recording head based on the information relating to the speed change acquired by the second acquisition unit, and a drive unit configured to drive the recording head based on the driving information set by the setting unit.
US08608256B2
A hydraulic control method of a regenerative braking system for vehicles in which a point of time when regenerative braking torque starts to be reduced is predicted and hydraulic control is performed in advance prior to this point of time so as to improve braking performance. A hydraulic braking control unit predicts the point of time when regenerative braking torque starts to be reduced based on vehicle velocity and starts hydraulic control in advance prior to this point of time, thereby improving responsiveness of hydraulic braking force compared to the regenerative braking torque to satisfy braking force required by a driver, and minimizing a deceleration change at the end of regenerative braking to improve braking performance.
US08608254B1
An electric motor system that triggers brake and steering function upon engine failure featuring an electric motor; and a vacuum pump, an oil pump, and a sensor each operatively connected to the electric motor. The vacuum pump is connected to the vehicle's brake servo and the oil pump is connected to an oil reservoir and to the vehicle's steering sector. The sensor is adapted to detect when the engine is turned off. When the engine is turned off the sensor is activated and causes activation of the electric motor. Activation of the electric motor causes activation of the vacuum pump and the oil pump. The vacuum pump functions to provide a vacuum in the servo brake of the vehicle and the oil pump functions to create oil pressure with oil in the oil reservoir and direct oil pressure to the steering sector.
US08608252B2
A spoke of a bicycle rim has a spoke body having a connecting end and a threaded segment formed on the connecting end. The threaded segment has multiple first thread sections and at least one second thread section. The first thread sections have a major radius, a minor radius and a pitch. The at least one second thread section is formed between the first thread sections to form at least one loosen-proofing section between the first thread sections and has a major radius, a minor radius and a pitch. The major radius of the second thread section is smaller than the major radius of the first thread sections. The minor radius of the second thread section is larger than the minor radius of the first thread sections. The pitch of the second thread section is the same as that of the first thread sections.
US08608239B1
A precipitation management system for mobile equipment with multiple modules is provided. The precipitation management system may include a water-resistant seal coupled to a first module, and a seal housing bracket coupled to a second module. The precipitation management system may also include a seal housing assembly configured to receive the water-resistant seal. The seal housing assembly may have two sides, a first side coupled to the first module, and a second side coupled to the seal housing bracket. The water-resistant seal may be disposed within the seal housing assembly, and the precipitation management system may be configured to deter liquid from entering the mobile equipment.
US08608228B2
An apparatus for reducing drag on a transport vehicle, which comprises retractable aerodynamic panels for deployment at the rear of the vehicle, behind the cabin, or both. When these panels are deployed, they provide an aerodynamic design, thereby reducing drag and turbulence as the vehicle travels, for example, down a highway, which in turn, reduces energy costs associated with transportation. When not in use, the panels retract adjacent to the planar surfaces of the vehicle (for example, the sides, top and bottom surfaces). The retracted panels are housed either on the outside surface of the vehicle; the inside surface of the vehicle, or within the walls of the vehicle. The retracted position of the panels allows for easy unloading of cargo from the rear of the vehicle when it is docked.
US08608217B1
A tool for grasping an electronic component that includes a first arm and a second arm resiliently joined together at one end and each separately extending to free end opposite from each other and spaced apart while at rest. The tool further includes a first and a second extension each attaching to the free end of the respective arms, and a lateral member extending from each extension towards the opposing extension. The extensions and lateral members each have at least one contact surface and the bottom surfaces of the lateral members and inner surfaces of the extensions recede from the contact surfaces, reducing the surface area of contact when an object is grasped with the tool.
US08608213B2
Arrangement with a locking element for an imaginary mechanical locking arrangement, consisting of the locking element (2) and a locking hook (3) whose hooked part can be connected with the locking element to close the lock. The locking element (2) is part of a single-part or two-part elongated body (4) consisting of curved and/or straight sections. The locking element (2) is located in the recess (6) of a plastic body (5). The parts of the elongated body (4) lying beyond the locking element (2) are, for the most part, embedded in the plastic body (5), where the direction of at least one of these embedded sections is towards the interior of the plastic body (5).
US08608211B1
Implementations of a quick connect and disconnect (QCD) system for connecting and disconnecting a load via a rope to a pulling force include a primary load bar connected to a first rail and a second rail and a compression pin assembly to be inserted between the first rail and the second rail. The rails may be in a variety of configurations to accommodate different hitching systems for a pulling force. The rope, the primary load bar, and the compression pin are used to form a knot that may be tied and untied relatively quickly. One end of a QCD system can be attached to a pulling force and one leg of the knot formed on the QCD may be connected to a load. In this way, a load can be connected to and disconnected from a pulling force relatively quickly.
US08608210B2
A coupling device includes a coupling body and a collar adapted to engage a tubular member in a fluid tight seal. The coupling device includes axially spaced front and back ferrules which engage during mounting to provide a plurality of seals intermediate the ferrules and the tubular member as well as the coupling body. The back ferrule includes a generally cylindrical or tubular wall that is elastically/plastically deformed to an arcuate shape to enhance the maintenance of the seals.
US08608200B2
When an air bag body beings to expand due to gas flowing from an inflator into the air bag body, a left side folded piece and a right side folded piece which have been folded into concertinas expand quickly to thrust laterally to the left and right. Vent holes are located to be exposed in upper faces of the folded pieces. Accordingly, the gas can flow out from the interiors of the folded pieces through the vent holes as soon as the folded pieces begin to expand.
US08608198B2
An inflation portion of an airbag, which is inflated by inflation gas, is partitioned into an upstream inflation portion and a downstream inflation portion via a partition member. When being tensioned in a planar manner, the partition member has a length in a longitudinal direction that is longer than a length in a transverse direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. A pressure regulating valve that is closed at an early stage of a supply period of the inflation gas to the inflation portion and is opened from the middle of the supply period includes a slit-like inner opening that is provided on the partition member and extends in the transverse direction and a pair of valve body portions that are provided around the inner opening and are selectively positioned close to and separated from each other.
US08608192B2
A side air bag for a vehicle occupant restraint system of a motor vehicle is provided. The side air bag comprising at least one inflatable chamber, having a first area to protect the head of a vehicle occupant as well as a second area which—referring to the state of the side air bag (in which it is installed in the vehicle and inflated—extends in the direction of the vehicle floor beyond a door parapet which is adjacent to a side window of the vehicle. The chamber is designed in such a way that it tapers off from the first towards the second area.
US08608185B2
A skateboard truck assembly with an integrated combination of a system of gears that resemble planetary gears that allow both wheels and a caster to remain on the ground while the skateboard is traveling in a lengthwise manner. At the same time, when the rider leans to one side or the other of the skateboard, the gear assembly causes the “downhill” wheel to rise in the air and the caster to be displaced such that the skateboarder can laterally “slide” or “drift” the skateboard as though it was a snowboard. Because the downhill wheel is raised well above the ground, there is less of a tendency for the downhill wheel to catch on any street irregularities or rocks and stop sliding at inopportune times.
US08608182B2
Devices and methods for lowering the center of gravity of a skateboard, while maintaining the structural integrity of the deck are described herein. In some embodiments, a skateboard includes a deck, a pair of trucks, and a set of bearings and wheels. The deck can include a cutout configured to receive a portion of the truck. The trucks are configured to couple to a bottom surface of the deck and include a portion disposed within the opening of the deck.
US08608180B2
The invention relates to a chuck comprising a chuck casing (3) and jaws (1) moved radially outwardly and having an axially extending clamping face (17) for clamping a workpiece. The jaws (1) are guided in radial guides and are provided with two sloping guideways on an axially slidable clamping piece (4) is guided in such a manner that the jaws (1) are moved radially upon an axial sliding motion of the clamping piece (4). A jaw casing (2) accommodating the radial guides of the jaws (1) is carried for axial movement in the chuck casing (3) and is supported on the chuck casing (3) in the direction of the clamping movement of the clamping piece (4) via an axially resilient spring element (9).
US08608179B2
A sealing ring and a method of preventing or stopping a joint leak between a pipe and a pipe fitting to minimize property damage as well as clean up costs occurring from property damage due to joint leaks by securing a sealing ring to the pipe and the pipe fitting to form a secondary joint that inhibits or prevent leakage between the primary joint between the pipe and the pipe fitting.
US08608169B2
A portable target apparatus for use in target practice is provided. The target may be comprised of metal, for example steel. The target includes a base frame and a target plate that is attached to the base frame. Upon being struck by a projectile, the target plate rotates about the base frame into a knocked down position. One or more sensors sense the target is displaced into the knocked down position and a reset mechanism drives the target plate back to the initial position. The base frame of the target apparatus is of hollow construction, thereby making the target portable with relative ease.
US08608164B2
A sheet conveying apparatus including: a sheet conveying unit; an upstream side guiding member that forms an upstream side conveying route of a sheet; a downstream side guiding member that forms a downstream side conveying route of the sheet; an upstream side detection unit; and a downstream side detection unit, wherein a detection position of the sheet for the upstream side detection unit is set between the sheet conveying unit and a position where the sheet is in contact with the upstream side guiding member, and a detection position of the sheet for the downstream side detection unit is set between the sheet conveying unit and a position where the sheet is in contact with the downstream side guiding member.
US08608151B2
A station for loading plate elements (1, 1a), from an initial pile of the elements in a storage device (4) to an infeed station for a machine for processing the elements. An unloading device (7) unloads the elements (1a) from the initial pile (3). An intermediate storage device (16), stores the unloaded elements (1) in the form of an intermediate batch (19) and is positioned downstream of the unloading device (7), a conveyor device (18) for conveying the elements (1) from the storage device (16) to the infeed station, and a shingling device (21) for shingling the elements (1) and being positioned downstream of the storage device (16).
US08608146B2
Improved durability and longevity of spin chucks is achieved by using a composite support pin structure in which a pin body of a chemically inert plastic includes a hollow cavity containing an insert formed from a material whose Young's modulus is greater than that of the inert plastic.
US08608129B2
A fluid dosing valve assembly for dispensing a volumetric amount of a fluid in precise and repeatable amounts, particularly for dosing small amounts. The fluid dosing valve assembly includes a valve body with a fluid path, and a stem element for opening and closing the fluid path by rotation, the rotation being performed from a first closing position to an opening position and from the opening position to a second closing position, with rotation angles between the first closing position and the opening position and between the opening position and the second closing position that allow the opening cycle to be performed at constant rotational speed.
US08608124B2
A rotating and tilting cake stand comprising a rotation assembly, a base assembly, and a platter. The rotation assembly has a fixed portion and a rotatable portion. A rotation control mechanism controlling the rotation of the rotatable portion relative to the fixed portion. The base assembly has a base portion and a support portion that connects to the rotation assembly. Within the base assembly is a tilt-support arm that is connected to the rotation assembly and support portion with a pin that allows the tilt-support arm to pivot, causing the platter to tilt. In the base portion, a lock engages the tilt-support arm to either inhibit or allow the tilt-support arm to move freely. The lock is manipulated by a button in the base portion that is connected to a rotational pivot that is connected to the lock.
US08608120B2
A ball-and-socket joint assembly includes a stationary object, a movable object, and a mounting apparatus. The mounting apparatus has first and second rigid link sections, each link section having an upper socket section and a lower socket section, so that an upper receiving space is defined by the two upper socket sections and a lower receiving space is defined by the two lower socket sections. The assembly further includes an upper coupler having an upper ball that is received for rotation inside the upper receiving space, with the movable object secured to the upper coupler, and a lower coupler having a lower ball that is received for rotation inside the lower receiving space, with the stationary object secured to the lower coupler. A link member secures the link sections together with the upper ball retained inside the upper receiving space, and with the lower ball retained inside the lower receiving space.
US08608119B2
A display stand comprises a mounting element couplable to a display element and a first support member coupled to the mounting element to enable angular movement of the display element relative to the first support member. The display stand also comprises a second support member rotatably coupled to the first support member to enable elevational movement of the display element relative to the second support member.
US08608115B2
A point rail is shiftable transversely on an upper face of a rail base plate between an engaged position bearing on a longitudinally extending and fixed stock rail and a disengaged position spaced transversely of the stock rail. A roller assembly has a mounting plate securable to the rail base plate, a roller support pivotal about a support axis on the rail base plate, a roller carried on the roller support, and a spring biasing the roller upward with a predetermined spring force into a lift position with the roller projecting upward past the upper face for supporting the point rail on the roller. Thus this assembly supports the point rail and, in the engaged position, presses it against the support cleats and the stock rail and it is an integral part of one of the rail base plates.
US08608111B2
According to one embodiment, an aircraft pylon system comprises a pylon, a bail bar located within the pylon, an offset bracket assembly, and a lanyard release assembly. The offset bracket assembly comprises an elongated member configured to be placed around the bail bar within the pylon, a bracket coupled to the elongated member, and a lanyard-engaging member coupled to the bracket and offset from a longitudinal axis of the elongated member. The lanyard release assembly comprises a lanyard coupled to the lanyard-engaging member and a lanyard release connector coupled to the lanyard and releasably coupled to the store.
US08608105B2
There is described a landing gear having a bogie including a elongated beam (2) for accommodating at least two axles receiving each a pair of ground engaging wheels, at least one axle (5) being pivotally mounted on the elongated beam. The landing gear further includes axle travel limitation means (10) extending between said pivotable axle and said elongated beam to be hitched up thereto, said travel limitation means being deformable one way starting from an stable and lockable state thereof corresponding to a landing position of said pivotable axle. There are also described independently lockable and actuatable telescopic struts.
US08608100B2
A fishing reel includes a central shaft, a drive gear coupled to the central shaft, a spool connected to the drive gear and winding a fishing line thereon, a drive washer mounted to the central shaft to interlock with the central shaft, an auxiliary washer mounted to the central shaft and having a projection to interlock with the drive gear, and a clicking sound generator. The clicking sound generator includes a click member operated in conjunction with the central shaft or the drive gear and having a spring contact part, and a click spring operated in conjunction with the drive gear or the central shaft and having a protruding part coming into contact with the spring contact part, and an elastic part integrated with the protruding part to put the protruding part in contact with the spring contact part.
US08608091B2
A dispensing gun assembly including a gun body having a handle and a housing attached to the gun body. The housing includes first and second fluid passageways and first and second valve receiving bores. The fluid passageways are segregated from one another within the housing. First and second valves are received in the valve receiving bores. Each valve has open and closed positions and the valves move within the valve receiving bores when changing between the open and closed positions. A trigger member controllably contacts the valves and a nozzle assembly is connected to the housing.
US08608090B2
A nebulizer includes nebulization device for nebulizing a substance and a reservoir having a metering chamber arranged so as to feed a substance to be nebulized to the nebulization device and a second chamber arranged to hold and retain any of this substance in excess of the volume held in the metering chamber.
US08608089B2
Disclosed herein is a nozzle tip that atomizes a liquid entering a vessel or reaction zone that contains circulating fluidized particulates where the nozzle tip comprises a first elongated slot that intersects with a second elongated slot to define a single orifice. The first elongated slot may have members protruding into it and the slots may intersect substantially orthogonally and bisect each other. The length of the minor axis of the first slot ranges form about 5% to about 50% of the length of the major axis of the first slot and the length of the minor axis of the second slot ranges form about 1% to about 10 % or the major axis of the second slot. This nozzle tip affords erosion reduction caused by the circulating fluidized particulates and therefore provides longer operational lifetimes for the nozzle tip.
US08608083B2
A payment card (e.g., credit and/or debit card) is provided with a magnetic emulator operable to act as a magnetic stripe read-head detector and a data transmitter. A multiple layer flexible PCB may be fabricated to include multiple magnetic emulators. An emulator may include a coil that includes magnetic, ferromagnetic, or ferromagnetic, material in the coil's interior. Coils may be associated with zones. As a read-head is detected to move from zone-to-zone, coils may be activated to transmit information in those zones.
US08608078B2
An electronic medical information card (1) for storing an individual's emergency medical information on. The medical information card is stored in a storage sleeve (2) to attract the attention of medical personnel. The storage sleeve may be removably attachable to a user's driver's license, wallet, purse and so forth so that it may be easily seen by a first responder. The information on the electronic medical information card may be updated by an individual over the internet by sending updated information to a central location that updates the information in a central database and allows the user to download the updated information back onto the electronic medical information card. The electronic medical information card may also be used in conjunction with an Advanced Automatic Collision Notification system or GPS system to alert emergency personnel of the location of an emergency and to relay medical information.
