US08785963B2
Disclosed is a light emitting device. The light emitting device includes a light emitting structure including a first conductive semiconductor layer, an active layer on the first conductive semiconductor layer, and a second conductive semiconductor layer on the active layer; an electrode layer on the light emitting structure; and a conductive support member on the electrode; wherein the conductive support member includes a center portion and a circumference portion surrounding the center portion, wherein a thickness of the circumference portion is lower than a thickness of the center portion, and wherein an area of a top surface of the electrode layer is larger than an area of a top surface of the second conductive semiconductor layer.
US08785961B2
Heat spreading substrate. In an embodiment in accordance with the present invention, an apparatus includes a first conductive layer, a first insulating layer disposed in contact with the first conductive layer and a thermally conductive layer disposed in contact with the first insulating layer, opposite the first conductive layer. The faces of the first conductive layer, the first insulating layer and the thermally conductive layer are substantially co-planar; and a sum of widths of faces of the first conductive layer, the first insulating layer and the thermally conductive layer is greater than a height of the faces. The first conductive layer and the first insulating layer may include rolled materials.
US08785954B2
An organic light-emitting device includes a substrate, an anode including Ag on the substrate, a transparent inorganic thin-film layer on the anode, the transparent inorganic thin-film layer being in contact with the anode and having non-conductive characteristics; and an emitting layer and a cathode disposed sequentially on the inorganic thin-film layer.
US08785953B2
A manufacturing method of a light emitting diode (LED) and a manufacturing method of an LED module are provided. The manufacturing method of the LED may include manufacturing a plurality of LED chips, manufacturing a phosphor pre-form including a plurality of mounting areas for mounting the plurality of LED chips, applying an adhesive inside the phosphor pre-form, mounting each of the plurality of LED chips in each of the plurality of mounting areas, and cutting the phosphor pre-form to which the plurality of LED chips are mounted, into units including individual LED chips.
US08785937B2
An organic light-emitting display apparatus that includes a thin film transistor comprising an active layer, a gate electrode, and source and drain electrodes electrically connected to the active layer; a pixel electrode formed on the same layer as the gate electrode; a light-emitting layer formed on the pixel electrode; a passivation layer formed on upper surfaces of the source and drain electrodes and upper surfaces of wirings formed on the same layer as the source and drain electrodes; an organic insulating layer that covers the thin film transistor, comprises an opening that exposes an upper surface of the pixel electrode, and directly contacts the passivation layer; and a facing electrode that is formed on the light-emitting layer, and is formed to directly contact the organic insulating layer to face the pixel electrode.
US08785930B2
Indexing a plurality of die obtainable from a material wafer comprising a plurality of stacked material layers. Each die is obtained in a respective position of the wafer. A manufacturing stage comprises at least two steps for treating a respective superficial portion of the material wafer that corresponds to a subset of said plurality of dies using the at least one lithographic mask through the exposition to the proper radiation in temporal succession. The method may include providing a die index on each die which is indicative of the position of the respective die by forming an external index indicative of the position of the superficial portion of the material wafer corresponding to the subset of the plurality of dies including said die and may comprise a plurality of electronic components electrically coupled to each other by means of a respective common control line.
US08785929B2
An object is to provide a semiconductor device including a thin film transistor which includes an oxide semiconductor layer and has high electric characteristics. An oxide semiconductor layer including SiOx is used in a channel formation region, and in order to reduce contact resistance with source and drain electrode layers formed using a metal material with low electric resistance, source and drain regions are provided between the source and drain electrode layers and the oxide semiconductor layer including SiOx. The source and drain regions are formed using an oxide semiconductor layer which does not include SiOx or an oxynitiride film.
US08785927B2
A stacked layer structure including an oxide layer and an insulating layer, the oxide layer having a carrier concentration of 1018/cm3 or less and an average crystal diameter of 1 μm or more; and the crystals of the oxide layer being arranged in a columnar shape on the surface of the insulating layer.
US08785925B2
There is such an issue with a TFT using an oxide semiconductor film that oxygen deficit is generated in a surface region of the oxide semiconductor film after performing plasma etching of a source-drain electrode, and the off-current becomes increased. Disclosed is the TFT which includes: a gate electrode on an insulating substrate as a substrate; a gate insulating film on the gate electrode; an oxide semiconductor film on the gate insulating film; and a source/drain electrode on the oxide semiconductor film. It is the characteristic of the TFT that a surface layer containing at least either fluorine or chlorine exists in a part of the oxide semiconductor film where the source/drain electrode is not superimposed.
US08785921B2
A device capable of having an easy production process and achieving a long lifetime. The device has a substrate, two or more electrodes facing each other disposed on the substrate and a positive hole injection transport layer disposed between two electrodes among the two or more electrodes. The positive hole injection transport layer has a transition metal-containing nanoparticle containing at least a transition metal compound including a transition metal oxide, a transition metal and a protecting agent, or at least the transition metal compound including the transition metal oxide, and the protecting agent.
US08785917B2
An actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition of the present invention contains a resin (P) which includes a repeating unit (A) having an ionic structural moiety which generates an acid anion by being decomposed due to irradiation with actinic rays or radiation, a repeating unit (B) having a proton acceptor moiety, and a repeating unit (C) having a group which generates an alkali soluble group by being decomposed by the action of an acid, and the resin (P) has at least one repeating unit which is represented by the general formulae (I) to (III) below as the repeating unit (A) (the reference numerals in the general formulae represent the meaning of the description in the scope of the claims and the specifications).
US08785906B2
An area illumination inorganic electro-luminescent device including a substrate; and an array of one or more commonly addressed, light-emitting elements. Each commonly-addressed, light-emitting element includes a first electrode layer formed over the substrate, one or more light-emitting layers formed over the first electrode layer and a second electrode layer formed over the light-emitting layer. The light-emitting layers include multiple core/shell quantum dot emitters formed in a common polycrystalline semiconductor matrix, and a number of different core/shell quantum dot emitters emit light with a spectral power distribution having a peak and a FWHM bandwidth, such that the peak wavelengths differ by an amount less than or equal to the average FWHM bandwidth of the different core/shell quantum dot emitters within the range of 460 to 670 nm.
US08785884B2
An optical source 10 comprising an optical output 12, a pump optical source 14, an optical splitter arranged to receive an optical signal from the pump optical source and to split the optical signal into a pump signal and a seed pump signal. A seed signal forming apparatus 18 is arranged to receive the seed pump signal at the pump wavelength and to transform the seed pump signal into a seed signal at a seed wavelength. A first microstructured optical fiber (MSF1) 20 is arranged to receive the pump signal and the seed signal. MSF1 is arranged to cause the pump signal to undergo four-wave mixing seeded by the seed signal on transmission through MSF1 such that a first optical signal at a signal wavelength and second optical signal at an idler wavelength are generated. One of the signal wavelength and the idler wavelength are the seed wavelength and one of the first and second optical signals are provided to the optical output.
US08785882B2
A radioisotope elution system including a radioisotope generator having an alignment structure. The alignment structure may be configured to interface with a complementary alignment structure of an auxiliary radiation shield assembly.
US08785879B1
An electron beam wafer imaging system is described. The system includes an emitter for emitting an electron beam; a power supply for applying a voltage between the emitter and the column housing of at least 20 kV; an objective lens for focusing the electron beam on a wafer, wherein the magnetic lens component and the electrostatic lens component substantially overlap each other, wherein the electrostatic lens component has a first electrode, a second electrode and a third electrode; and a control electrode positioned along an optical axis from the position of the third electrode to the position of a specimen stage, wherein the control electrode is configured for control of signal electrons; a controller to switch between a first operational mode and a second operational mode, wherein the controller is connected to a further power supply for switching between the first operational mode and the second operational mode.
US08785875B2
A positron annihilation characteristics measurement system 10 comprises a positron source; radiation detection means 14 for detecting radiation emitted when a positron generated by the positron source is annihilated; and a positron detector 40 that detects a positron that is not injected into a measured sample S after being generated by the positron source. The positron source is disposed between the measured sample S and the positron detector. An arithmetic device 50 calculates the annihilation characteristics of the positron in the measured sample S after eliminating the radiation that is detected by the radiation detection means 14 and is expected to be emitted when the positron detected by the positron detector 40 is annihilated.
US08785871B2
The radiographic-image capturing device is provided with: a detecting unit that has multiple scanning lines and multiple signal lines arranged so as to intersect with each other, and has multiple radiation detection elements arranged two-dimensionally at each of the areas partitioned by the multiple scanning lines and multiple signal lines; a reading circuit that reads electric charges from the radiation detection elements via the signal lines, and converts the electric charges to electric signals, and outputs the electric signals as image data, for each of the radiation detection elements; and compressing means for compressing image data of each of the radiation detection elements. The compressing means creates difference data between the image data of adjacent radiation detection elements, for each of the image data outputted from multiple radiation detection elements connected to the same signal line, and compresses this difference data.
US08785867B2
The present invention discloses a radiation detector, an imaging device and an electrode structure thereof, and a method for acquiring an image. The radiation detector comprises: a radiation sensitive film, a top electrode on the radiation sensitive film, and an array of pixel units electrically coupled to the radiation sensitive film. Each pixel unit comprises: a pixel electrode (which is configured to collect a charge signal in a pixel area of the radiation sensitive film), a storage capacitor, a reset transistor, a buffer transistor, a column strobe transistor, and a row strobe transistor. The column strobe transistor and the row strobe transistor are connected in series between the buffer transistor and the signal line, and transfer the voltage signal of the corresponding pixel unit in response to a column strobe signal and a row strobe signal. The radiation detector may be used for, for example, X-ray digital imaging.
US08785864B2
Apparatus and methods for imaging sources of gamma rays with a large area, comparatively low-cost Compton telescope (20). The Compton telescope (20) uses multiple layers (24) of low-cost organic solid plastic or liquid scintillator, arranged in large arrays of identical scintillator pixels (28). Photodiodes, avalanche photodiodes (30), or solid-state photomultipliers are used to read out the fluorescent pulses from scintillator pixels (28). Multiple scintillator pixels (28) are multiplexed into a few fast digitizers (80) and a few fast FPGA programmable digital microprocessors (78). Selection rule methods are presented for processing multiple near-simultaneous gamma ray collisions within the Compton telescope (28) to identify trackable events that yield gamma ray image data of interest. A calibration method achieves improved energy resolution along with (x,y) position information in pixels (28) made of organic scintillator materials with multiple photodetectors (30). Synchronization trigger signals are used from a pulsed neutron source (58) to maximize the signal-to-background ratio for prompt gamma neutron activation analysis (PGNAA) of objects at greater than 2 meters range, where such trigger signals are based on the estimated range to PGNAA sources and neutron time-of-flight.
US08785858B2
A solar sensor for the detection of the direction of incidence and the intensity of solar radiation comprises a housing (12) made of a plastic material that is permeable to at least some of the solar radiation, the housing (12) having a curved side (14) facing the incident solar radiation and the housing (12) optically acting as a lens and having an internal focal plane (26) defined by the lens characteristics thereof. At least two photosensors (16) are embedded in the plastic material of the housing (12), each photosensor (16) having a sensor area (18) sensitive to at least the part of the radiation to which the plastic material is permeable, and the sensor areas (18) of the photosensors (16) being arranged in a substantially common plane (19) located in front of or behind the focal plane (26), seen from side (14) facing the incident solar radiation. The direction of incidence of the solar radiation is determinable based on the intensities of the solar radiation received by the sensor areas (18) of the photosensors (16).
US08785857B2
A closed path infrared sensor includes an enclosure, a first energy source within the enclosure, at least a second energy source within the enclosure, at least one detector system within the enclosure and a mirror system external to the enclosure and spaced from the enclosure. The mirror system reflects energy from the first energy source to the at least one detector system via a first analytical path and reflects energy from the second energy source to the at least one detector system via a second analytical path. Each of the first analytical path and the second analytical path are less than two feet in length.
US08785856B2
Infrared (IR) temperature measurement and stabilization systems, and methods related thereto are provided. The innovation actively stabilizes temperatures of objects in proximity and within the path between an infrared (IR) sensor and target object. A temperature monitor and controller are employed to regulate power to resistive temperature devices (RTDs) thereby regulating current (and power) to the RTDs. As a result, temperatures of IR visible objects can be actively stabilized for changes, for example, changes in ambient temperatures, resulting in efficient and accurate temperature readings.
US08785849B2
A focused ion beam device is described comprising a gas field ion source with an analyzer for analyzing and classifying the structure of a specimen, a controller for controlling and/or modifying the structure of the specimen according to the analysis of the analyzer, an emitter tip, the emitter tip has a base tip comprising a first material and a supertip comprising a material different from the first material, wherein the supertip is a single atom tip and the base tip is a single crystal base tip. Furthermore, the focused ion beam device has a probe current control and a sample charge control. A method of operating a focused ion beam device is provided comprising applying a voltage between a single emission center of the supertip and an electrode, supplying gas to the emitter tip, analyzing and classifying the structure of a specimen, and controlling the structure of the specimen.
US08785848B2
The present invention relates to a parallel IMS and MS measurement method where a sample flow is split and delivered to an IMS and a MS in parallel. A parallel acquisition MS/IMS method is used to supplement LC-MS and or MS data by using a synchronized MS/IMS acquisition.
US08785846B2
The invention generally relates to systems and methods for sample analysis. In certain embodiments, the invention provides systems for analyzing a sample that include an electric source, a vacuum chamber including a conducting member, in which the conducting member is coupled to the electric source, a sample introduction member coupled to the vacuum chamber, and a mass analyzer. The system is configured such that a distal end of the sample introduction member resides within the vacuum chamber and proximate the conducting member, such that an electrical discharge may be produced between the sample introduction member and the conducting member. A neutral gas that has been introduced into the vacuum chamber interacts with the generated discharge, producing ions within the vacuum chamber that are subsequently transferred into the mass analyzer in the vacuum chamber.
US08785843B2
A sampling cone of a mass spectrometer is disclosed having a metallic boride coating such as titanium diboride.
US08785841B1
A scintillator package includes a housing, with a scintillator in the housing to scintillate when struck by radiation. A window seals an end of the housing to permit light emitted during a scintillation to exit the housing. The window comprises a radioactive material that is non-scintillating, and this radioactive material may be naturally occurring, such as lutetium.
US08785840B2
An apparatus which includes a plurality of sub-atmospheric vehicular devices; a substantially high power microwave transmitter located on each of the vehicular devices; and a waveguide for directing microwave energy from the high power microwave transmitter to a point in free space. The microwave energy from the microwave transmitters is directed from each of the plurality of vehicular devices to the point in free space.
US08785832B2
A solid-state imaging apparatus has: output lines connected commonly to each column of a plurality of pixels; a reference signal generating circuit for generating a reference signal voltage changing in a ramp shape; a comparator for comparing the reference signal voltage with an analog voltage on the output line; and a counter unit for counting, as a digital value, a period from a start of the comparing of the comparator until an inversion of an output signal of the comparator, wherein the reference signal generating circuit sets the reference signal voltage into an offset voltage, thereafter, an input terminal of the comparator is reset, thereafter, the reference signal generating circuit resets the reference signal voltage from the offset voltage into a initial voltage, and thereafter, the reference signal generating circuit generates the ramp-shaped reference signal voltage from the initial voltage, so that the comparator starts the comparing.
US08785830B2
A method includes collecting site specific data, collecting field data at a site of an array of photovoltaic members, determining a current tracked irradiance of the array of photovoltaic members, calculating predicted irradiance for multiple orientations based on the site specific data and the sensed field data, or sensing an actual irradiance for multiple orientations. The method further includes determining a maximum predicted irradiance from the calculated predicted irradiance or a maximum actual irradiance from the sensed irradiance. The method further includes comparing the maximum predicted irradiance or the maximum sensed irradiance with the current tracked irradiance, and re-orienting the array of photovoltaic members to an orientation having the maximum predicted or actual irradiance if the maximum predicted or actual irradiance is greater than the current tracked irradiance.
US08785823B2
A method and system for efficiently extending the operating temperature range of high power components within a system/device. An embedded monitor measures local temperatures such as junction temperatures of components. When the measured temperature is less than the lowest operational temperature threshold of the component, temperature control logic initiates pre-heating to raise the component's temperature to an operational level, utilizing a heating source. The component (or device) is made operational only when the temperature is at or above the operational level. The temperature control logic maintains the operational temperature of the component using the high power dissipated by components within the operating system/device as a self heating source. If self heating is unable to maintain the operational temperature, the heating source is utilized to assist in maintaining the component's operational temperature, and thereby extends the useable operational temperature range of the system in which the components are employed.
US08785822B2
A grill comprises a first and a second electrothermal tube respectively connected to an external power supply by a temperature control unit. At least one regional interval between the first and second electrothermal tube is smaller than the other, and the area forms a regional high temperature area. A regional high temperature area of the grill pan is provided by the two electrothermal tubes, and the two electrothermal tubes are respectively controlled.
US08785803B2
A high voltage switch is provided, comprising a pair of electrodes housed within a high pressure gas vessel and separated by a nominal distance D. At least one of the electrodes is provided with raised surface features each having a radius of curvature that is significantly smaller than the electrode separation D. Preferably one of the electrodes is flat-faced. Preferred gas pressures within the pressure vessel are in the range 300 psi to 1200 psi. When used to switch voltages of several hundred kilovolts, an operational life for the electrodes of between 400 and 1000 hours has been achieved.
US08785802B2
Exemplary embodiments are directed to a method for producing a circuit-breaker pole part that includes an external insulating sleeve made of a solid synthetic material for supporting and housing a vacuum interrupter insert for electrical switching a medium-voltage circuit. An adhesive material layer at least on the lateral area of the interrupter insert is applied and the coated interrupter is embedded by molding with the solid synthetic material in order to form a single layer of the surrounding external insulating sleeve.
US08785801B2
Provided is a dual structured contact for switchgear, which includes a moving contact unit being formed of a conducting material, the moving contact unit including first and second terminals, the first terminal comprising a cylinder and the second terminal extending to a driving unit such that the moving contact unit moves back and forth by the driving unit, and a fixing contact unit being formed of a conducting material, the fixing contact unit including first and second cylinders being outside and inside of the fixing contact unit with same axis, an inner part of the first cylinder being in contact with an outer part of the first terminal, and an outer part of the second cylinder being in contact with an inner part of the first terminal.
US08785799B1
This invention is directed to a polymer thick film moisture barrier layer dielectric composition comprising thermoplastic urethane resin, thermoplastic phenoxy resin, diacetone alcohol and fumed silica. Dielectrics made from the composition can be used in various electronic applications to protect electrical elements and particularly to insulate and protect both the conductive thermoformable silver above it and the polycarbonate substrate below it in capacitive switch applications.
US08785797B2
A Medium Voltage circuit breaker which comprises a pole assembly having, for each phase, a first fixed contact and a second movable contact reciprocally couplable/uncouplable between an open and close position. The circuit breaker further comprises an actuator to actuate the opening and closing operation of said circuit breaker, and a kinematic chain operatively connecting said actuator to said movable contact. The kinematic chain comprises a sliding element operatively connected to said actuator, said sliding element having a first sliding surface operatively coupled to said movable contact and being movable between a first, open, position and a second, closed, position.
US08785791B2
A through wiring substrate includes a substrate having a first face and a second face; and a through-wire formed by filling, or forming a film of, an electrically-conductive substance into a through-hole, which penetrates between the first face and the second face. The through-hole has a bend part comprising an inner peripheral part that is curved in a recessed shape and an outer peripheral part that is curved in a protruding shape, in a longitudinal cross-section of the through-hole, and at least the inner peripheral part is formed in a circular arc shape in the longitudinal cross-section.
US08785788B2
A wiring board with a built-in electronic component includes a substrate having an opening portion and having a first surface and a second surface on the opposite side of the first surface, and an electronic component having a third surface and a fourth surface on the opposite side of the third surface and positioned in the opening portion of the substrate such that the third surface faces the same direction as the first surface of the substrate. The electronic component has a curved surface joining the fourth surface and a side surface of the electronic component, and the opening portion of the substrate has a tapered portion formed by a tapered surface of the substrate joining an inner wall of the opening portion and the first surface and tapering from the first surface toward the second surface.
US08785787B2
A metal-based circuit board, which reduces the influence of thermal expansion, is provided having a structure where an insulating layer A having a large coefficient of thermal expansion is sandwiched between insulating layers B having a small coefficient of thermal expansion. Such a structure allows the insulating layers B to contract and expand so as to suppress contraction and expansion of the insulating layer A and thereby reduce the stress in the direction of negating the stress. As a result, while warpage or distortion is suppressed to be minimal, the bonding strength of the upper and the lower layer is maintained, and degree of freedom for circuit design is not impaired, thereby providing a highly reliable circuit structure.
US08785763B2
Nanostructures are joined using one or more of a variety of materials and approaches. As consistent with various example embodiments, two or more nanostructures are joined at a junction between the nanostructures. The nanostructures may touch or be nearly touching at the junction, and a joining material is deposited and nucleates at the junction to couple the nanostructures together. In various applications, the nucleated joining material facilitates conductivity (thermal and/or electric) between the nanostructures. In some embodiments, the joining material further enhances conductivity of the nanostructures themselves, such as by growing along the nanostructures and/or doping the nanostructures.
US08785762B2
In a process for producing thermoelectric materials with a polyphasic structure, in which particles of a first phase with a characteristic length of not more than 10 μm are present in homogeneous dispersion in a second phase, by self-assembly, an a least binary thermoelectric material is melted together with a metal which is not a component of the at least binary thermoelectric material, or a chalcogenide of said metal, and, after mixing, is cooled or bonded by reactive grinding.
US08785758B2
An electronic hi-hat cymbal controller is disclosed. The controller includes a hi-hat cymbal stand with a foot pedal configured and arranged to mechanically lift a control shaft. A lower cymbal is supported by the hi-hat cymbal stand. An upper cymbal is supported by the control shaft and oriented over the lower cymbal. And a position detector is configured and arranged to detect the position of the control shaft relative to the hi-hat cymbal stand.
US08785750B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV795122. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV795122, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV795122 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV795122 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV795122.
US08785749B1
A novel maize variety designated X13C696 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 X13C696 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13C696 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X13C696, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13C696. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13C696.
US08785747B1
The invention provides seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated 122971. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety 122971, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety 122971 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety 122971.
US08785745B1
A cotton variety, designated PHY565WRF, the plants and seeds of the cotton variety PHY565WRF, methods for producing a cotton plant, either varietal or hybrid, produced by crossing the cotton variety PHY565WRF with itself or with another cotton plant, and hybrid cotton seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety PHY565WRF with another cotton variety or plant, and methods for producing a cotton plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic cotton plants produced by that method. This disclosure also relates to cotton varieties derived from cotton variety PHY565WRF, to methods for producing other cotton varieties derived from cotton variety PHY565WRF and to the varieties derived by the use of those methods.
US08785738B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1026547. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1026547. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1026547 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety A1026547 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US08785736B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1026088. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1026088. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1026088 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety A1026088 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US08785735B2
The present invention is in the field of soybean variety HI1019210 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean variety HI1019210 and its progeny, and methods of making HI1019210.
US08785732B2
The invention provides broccoli seed and plants that combine high yield and quality with tolerance to hollow/split stem disorder. The invention further provides seed and plants of the broccoli lines designated BRM53-3915 and BRM53-3916 and progeny produced with at least one of these plants as a parent. The invention also relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of hybrid broccoli variety RX05951180.
US08785730B2
A lettuce cultivar, designated Paulita, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of lettuce cultivar Paulita, to the plants of lettuce cultivar Paulita and to methods for producing a lettuce plant by crossing the cultivar Paulita with itself or another lettuce cultivar. The invention further relates to methods for producing a lettuce plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic lettuce plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to lettuce cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from lettuce cultivar Paulita, to methods for producing other lettuce cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from lettuce cultivar Paulita and to the lettuce plants, varieties, and their parts derived from the use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid lettuce seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar Paulita with another lettuce cultivar.
US08785727B2
The present invention relates to a polynucleotide from Emiliana huxleyi which codes for a desaturase and which can be employed for the recombinant production of polyunsaturated fatty acids. The invention furthermore relates to vectors, host cells and transgenic nonhuman organisms which comprise the polynucleotide according to the invention, and to the polypeptides encoded by the polynucleotide. The invention furthermore relates to antibodies against the polypeptide according to the invention. Finally, the invention also relates to production methods for the polyunsaturated fatty acids and for oil, lipid and fatty acid compositions and to their use as drugs, cosmetics, foodstuffs, feedstuffs, preferably fish food, or food supplements.
US08785719B2
This invention relates to methods for constitution and production of colony varieties of crops. Its characteristics are shown below. According to their phenotypes, single-genotype varieties, hybrid combinations or mixtures of varieties and combinations from fundamental populations, which are consistent or uniform in major characters and share particular breeding goals, will constitute the colony varieties of crops. The said single-genotype varieties or hybrid combinations are multiplied separately. According to the breeding goals, their seeds are mixed in a specific ratio to form the preparations for planting. The varieties produced in such a way are featured with uniformity, stability and peculiarity.
US08785713B2
Wound dressings and wound inserts comprising substantially dry reactive agents, methods of forming wound inserts comprising dry reactive agents, and wound-treatment methods.
US08785709B2
Gallium-niobium oxide catalysts are disclosed herein for converting linear olefinic hydrocarbons to branched olefinic hydrocarbons through isomerization, the latter being capable for use fuel for their desirable properties.
US08785696B2
The present invention provides a phosphorus compound of formula (I). The phosphorus compound is prepared by reacting a compound of formula (II) with alkylene carbonate. As compared with the conventional phosphorus compounds as flame-resistant additives, the phosphorus compound of the present invention has not only a high pyrolysis temperature but also excellent solubility in most of the organic solvents with high or low polarity, and is therefore a suitable flame-resistant additive for use in thermosetting or thermoplastic resins.
US08785688B2
In a process for recovering acetic acid from a wood extract, an aqueous wood extract is provided that contains acetic acid and dissolved hemicellulose containing uronic acid. A water insoluble solvent containing an extractant for the acetic acid is also provided. In a preferred embodiment, the solvent is undecane and the extractant is trioctylphosphine oxide. The wood extract is contacted with the solvent and extractant in order to extract the acetic acid from the wood extract. The acetic acid is then recovered from the solvent and extractant.
US08785680B2
The present invention relates to novel antimicrobial compounds, methods of their production as well as uses thereof.
US08785657B2
The present invention relates to novel processes for the production of compounds of formula wherein Hal and Hal′ are independently selected from Cl and F, and R1 is selected from Cl, F and H.
US08785654B2
A method for producing N-(2-amino-1,2-dicyanovinyl)imidates represented by the following formula (1-III) under low temperature conditions within a short period of time in high yield is provided. In addition, a method for producing N-(2-amino-1,2-dicyanovinyl)formamidine represented by the following formula (2-II) which is suitably applicable to a cyclization reaction for producing AlCN, AlCA or the like and which enhances yield of the cyclization reaction is provided. In addition, a method for producing aminoimidazole derivatives represented by the following formula (3-V) in high yield by using diaminomaleonitrile as a starting material is provided.
US08785647B2
The invention is directed to arylpyrrolidines compounds which exhibit excellent insecticidal efficacy and which may be used as in the agrochemical field or in the vield of veterinary medicine. The compounds are represented by formula (I): wherein the respective substituents are defined in the specification.
US08785643B2
The present invention is directed to novel substituted bicyclic aromatic compounds useful as S-nitrosoglutathione reductase (GSNOR) inhibitors, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of making and using the same.
US08785632B2
Enantiomerically pure compound of formula 1 are provided, as well as methods for their synthesis and use. Preferred compounds are potent inhibitors of the c-Met protein kinase, and are useful in the treatment of abnormal cell growth disorders, such as cancers.
US08785629B2
Synthons for the synthesis of phosphonates prodrugs POM and POC, especially for direct Cross Metathesis.
US08785617B2
Oligonucleotides directed against the hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) gene are provided for modulating the expression of HIF-1α. The compositions comprise oligonucleotides, particularly antisense oligonucleotides, targeted to nucleic acids encoding the HIF-1α. Methods of using these compounds for modulation of HIF-1α expression and for the treatment of diseases associated with the hypoxia-inducible factor-1α are provided. Examples of diseases are cancer and pre-eclampsia. The oligonucleotides may be composed of deoxyribonucleosides, a nucleic acid analog, or Locked Nucleic Acid (LNA) or a combination thereof.
US08785612B2
Identification of new enhancer sequence has significant utility in the plant functional genomics. The sugarcane bacilliform badnavirus (SCBV) transcriptional enhancer has been identified. This enhancer can be used to increase the rate of transcription from gene promoters and in activation tagging experiments. A ten-fold increase in transcription was observed when a 4× array of the SCBV enhancer was placed upstream of a truncated form of the maize alcohol dehydrogenase minimal promoter. Methods of using the SCBV transcriptional enhancer are described, as are chimeric transcription regulatory regions, constructs, cells, tissues, and organisms that comprise one or more copies of the enhancer.
US08785609B1
The determination of the nucleotide sequence of HTLV-III DNA; identification, isolation and expression of HTLV-III sequences which encode immunoreactive polypeptides by recombinant DNA methods and production of viral RNA are disclosed. Such polypeptides can be employed in immunoassays to detect HTLV-III.
US08785607B2
The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a water resistant optically anisotropic film comprising: a water resistant treatment step of bringing an optically anisotropic film containing an organic dye having an anionic group into contact with a water resistant treatment liquid containing a multivalent metal salt or a compound having two or more nitrogen atoms in a molecule thereof; and a cleaning step of cleaning the optically anisotropic film after the water resistant treatment, using a cleaning liquid containing a hydrophilic organic compound.
US08785606B2
Neural outgrowth in the central nervous system is achieved by administering chondroitinase AC and/or chondroitinase B to degrade chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans that inhibit or contribute to the inhibition of nervous tissue regeneration.
US08785601B2
The invention provides T cell receptors (TCRs) having antigenic specificity for a cancer antigen, e.g., tyrosinase. Also provided are related polypeptides, proteins, nucleic acids, recombinant expression vectors, isolated host cells, populations of cells, and pharmaceutical compositions. The invention further provides a method of detecting the presence of cancer in a host and a method of treating or preventing cancer in a host using the inventive TCRs or related materials.
US08785599B2
The present invention relates to antibodies or fragments thereof that specifically bind FcγRIIB, particularly human FcγRIIB, with greater affinity than the antibodies or fragments thereof bind FcγRIIA, particularly human FcγRIIA. The present invention also provides the use of an anti-FcγRIIB antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof, as a single agent therapy for the treatment, prevention, management, or amelioration of a cancer, preferably a B-cell malignancy, particularly, B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia or non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, an autoimmune disorder, an inflammatory disorder, an IgE-mediated allergic disorder, or one or more symptoms thereof. The invention provides methods of enhancing the therapeutic effect of therapeutic antibodies by administering the antibodies of the invention to enhance the effector function of the therapeutic antibodies. The invention also provides methods of enhancing efficacy of a vaccine composition by administering the antibodies of the invention.
US08785593B2
A novel process for producing a polyamidoamine-epihalohydrin resin composition comprises (a) reacting a polyamidoamine with epihalohydrin to obtain a reaction mixture comprising a polyamidoamine-epihalohydrin resin; (b) adding a first acid to the reaction mixture obtained in step (a) to obtain an acid treatment composition; (c) adding a base to the acid treatment composition in step (b) to obtain a base treatment composition; and (d) adding a second acid to the base treatment composition in step (c) to obtain a polyamidoamine-epihalohydrin resin composition; wherein the polyamidoamine-epihalohydrin resin composition obtained in step (d) has less than about 700 ppm of dihalopropanol (DHP) and 3-halopropanediol (HPD).
US08785592B2
Provided is preparation of poly(alkylene carbonate) through alternating copolymerization of carbon dioxide and epoxide. According to the disclosure, by introducing a diepoxide compound to alternating copolymerization of carbon dioxide and epoxide compound using a metal(III) prepared with salen-type ligands containing quaternary ammonium salt as a catalyst, some of the polymer chains may be cross-linked to thus increase an average molecular weight of the copolymer and extend a distribution of molecular weight. A resin prepared according to this method may have high mechanical strength and rheological advantages.
US08785579B2
Linear perfluoropolyethers of formula: T-O (CF2O)n (CF2CF2O)m (CF2CF2CF2O)r (CF2CF2CF2CF2O)s-T1 (I) wherein n, m, r, s are integers such that the polymer number average molecular weight is comprised between 700 and 100,000 and the n/(n+m+r+s) ratio ranges from 0.05 to 0.40, and respective preparation process by addition of a peroxidic perfluoropolyether of formula (III): T4-O(CF2O)n, (CF2CF2O)m, (O)h-T5 (III) having a PO from 1.8 to 4, to a perfluoropolyether oil preheated at a temperature comprised between 150° C. and 250° C. and subsequent exhaustive fluorination of the obtained compound.
US08785578B2
Polymers, paper coating compositions, and coated paper.
US08785574B2
According to the invention, a single or plural kinds of bridged metallocene compounds having differing cyclopentadienyl-derived groups afford macromonomers that are a source of long-chain branches and simultaneously catalyze the repolymerization of the macromonomers into olefin polymers having a large number of long-chain branches, small neck-in in the T-die extrusion, small take-up surge and superior mechanical strength. The olefin polymerization catalysts and the polymerization processes can efficiently produce the olefin polymers.
US08785564B2
A resin material contains a polymer of a composition containing an isocyanate and an acrylic resin having OH-group-containing side chains in which a proportion of OH-group-containing side chains each having 6 or more carbon atoms relative to all of the OH-group-containing side chains is about 76 mol % or more and about 100 mol % or less.
US08785559B2
Methods for fabricating a random graft PS-r-PEO copolymer and its use as a neutral wetting layer in the fabrication of sublithographic, nanoscale arrays of elements including openings and linear microchannels utilizing self-assembling block copolymers, and films and devices formed from these methods are provided. In some embodiments, the films can be used as a template or mask to etch openings in an underlying material layer.
US08785551B2
A composition for use in forming a multi-block copolymer, said copolymer containing therein two or more segments or blocks differing in chemical or physical properties, a polymerization process using the same, and the resulting polymers, wherein the composition comprises the admixture or reaction product resulting from combining: (A) a first metal complex olefin polymerization catalyst, (B) a second metal complex olefin polymerization catalyst capable of preparing polymers differing in chemical or physical properties from the polymer prepared by catalyst (A) under equivalent polymerization conditions, and (C) a chain shuttling agent.
US08785547B2
Grafted triglycerides comprising an acrylated triglyceride grafted with a fatty acid residue containing 4 to 28 carbon atoms. Also described are methods for making a grafted triglyceride and for curing a material selected from vinyl esters and unsaturated polyesters and mixtures thereof and optionally a reactive diluent. The method includes the steps of mixing a grafted triglyceride of the present invention with a material selected from vinyl esters, unsaturated polyesters and mixtures thereof to form a mixture, and curing the mixture to form a cured resin system. A cured resin system comprising a cured product obtained by the foregoing method and composites containing the cured product and a filler or reinforcing material are also disclosed. This method also includes use of the grafted triglycerides to make toughened resin and composite systems with reduced hazardous air pollutants without significantly reducing the glass transition temperature and significantly increasing the viscosity.
US08785543B2
Composite reinforcer (R-2) capable of adhering directly to a diene rubber matrix, which can be used as reinforcing element for a tire, having one or more reinforcing thread(s) (20); a first layer (21) of a thermoplastic polymer, the glass transition temperature of which is positive covering individually the thread or several threads; a second layer (22) of a composition having a poly(p-phenylene ether) (“PPE”) and a functionalized unsaturated thermoplastic styrene (“TPS”) elastomer, the glass transition temperature of which is negative, the elastomer bearing functional groups selected from epoxide, carboxyl, acid anhydride and acid ester groups, in particular an epoxidized SBS elastomer, covering the first layer (21). Process for manufacturing a composite reinforcer and rubber article or semi-finished product, especially a tire, incorporating such a composite reinforcer.
US08785529B2
Described herein are novel metal salts capable as nucleating agents for polyolefins. The present invention relates to such salts synthesized by reacting potassium hydroxide with carboxylic acids and further, to the achievement of high crystallization temperatures in polypropylene compositions upon dispersal therein of formulations containing one or more of the said metal salts.
US08785528B2
In a polycarbonate resin composition containing a polycarbonate resin and a polycarbosilane compound, the use of the polycarbosilane compound modifies the surface properties of the polycarbonate resin composition without adversely affecting the intrinsic characteristics of the polycarbonate resin, such as transparency, heat resistance, and mechanical properties, e.g., impact resistance. A polycarbonate resin composition containing 100 parts by mass of a polycarbonate resin, 0.001 to 1 part by mass of a metal salt compound, and 0.005 to 5 parts by mass of a polycarbosilane compound has significantly improved flame resistance and high transparency and causes markedly reduced outgassing and mold fouling, without losing impact resistance and heat resistance.
US08785520B2
A method for producing a polylactic acid resin composition, including the following steps (1) and (2): step (1): subjecting an organic crystal nucleating agent to a wet pulverization in the presence of a carboxylic acid ester having a weight-average molecular weight of from 150 to 600 and a viscosity at 23° C. of from 1 to 500 mPa·s and/or a phosphoric ester having a weight-average molecular weight of from 150 to 600 and a viscosity at 23° C. of from 1 to 500 mPa·s to give a finely pulverized organic crystal nucleating agent composition; and step (2): melt-kneading a raw material for a polylactic acid resin composition comprising the finely pulverized organic crystal nucleating agent composition obtained in the step (1) and a polylactic acid resin.
US08785514B2
Various embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a light-cure and dual-cure resin that have low color and is color stable over conventional light, self and dual-cured resins. Additionally, the light-cure resin has enhanced degree of cure over conventional light-cure resins. Finally, due to the low color and enhanced color stability of the dual-cure resins, their inherent property of having lower shrinkage stress as compared to light-cure resins can now be utilized in various dental applications and other resin applications.
US08785513B2
The present invention relates to fiber-reinforced composites, particularly application-oriented composites useful in dental and medical applications/appliances, such as fiber reinforced dental composites, and to a method for the manufacture thereof. Particularly the invention concerns random glass fiber-reinforced restorative composite resins with semi-interpenetrating polymer network matrix and their use in dental applications like cavity fillings, core composites, provisional and semi-permanent crown and bridge composite, cements and adhesives.
US08785508B2
The present invention provides pre-expanded polypropylene resin beads comprising (A) a glycerin monoester of a C6 to C24 fatty acid and/or a polyglycerin monoester of a C6 to C24 fatty acid and (B) a glycerin diester of a C6 to C24 fatty acid(s) and/or a polyglycerin diester of a C6 to C24 fatty acid(s), in such a manner that a weight ratio [=(A)/(B)] between (A) and (B) in the polypropylene resin particles is 1.3 or more but 10 or less, and a total content [=(A)+(B)] is 0.3 parts by weight or more but 5 parts by weight or less with respect to 100 parts by weight of the polypropylene resin. The resin particles can be excellently used in in-mold foaming, without requiring washing with a chemical like nitric acid or metaphosphate soda, and can provide a polypropylene resin in-mold foamed product with good antistatic properties.
US08785501B2
A particularly constructed tamoxifen-melatonin hybrid ligand gives new and unexpectedly improved results in the prevention and treatment of cancer, particularly breast cancer. The hybrid ligand comprises either tamoxifen or 4-hydroxytamoxifen and also melatonin, with the tamoxifen or 4-hydroxytamoxifen and melatonin's being linked by an unsubstituted C2-C6 alkyl linker between the tamoxifen amine and the carbonyl of melatonin.
US08785497B2
The present invention is directed to the provision of multi-dose, ophthalmic compositions. The compositions possess sufficient antimicrobial activity to satisfy USP preservative efficacy requirements, as well as similar preservative standards (e.g., EP and JP). The compositions include a balance of ingredients that allow for the formation of ophthalmic compositions that include an anionic drug and exhibit desired characteristics such as stability, preservation efficacy, desired pH, desired osmolality, combinations thereof or the like.
US08785496B2
The present invention relates to methods for the prevention and treatment of chronic inflammatory diseases, cancer, and involuntary weight loss. In the practice of the present invention patients are enterally administered HMB alone or alternatively in combination with eicosapentaenoic (20:5 ω-3), FOS, carnitine and mixtures thereof. HMB may be added to food products comprising a source of amino-nitrogen enriched with large neutral amino acids such as leucine, isoleucine, valine, tyrosine, threonine and phenylalanine and substantially lacking in free amino acids.
US08785495B2
The present invention relates to methods for the prevention and treatment of chronic inflammatory diseases, cancer, and involuntary weight loss. In the practice of the present invention patients are enterally administered HMB alone or alternatively in combination with eicosapentaenoic (20:5 ω-3), FOS, carnitine and mixtures thereof. HMB may be added to food products comprising a source of amino-nitrogen enriched with large neutral amino acids such as leucine, isoleucine, valine, tyrosine, threonine and phenylalanine and substantially lacking in free amino acids.
US08785493B2
Activation of HIV-1 replication causes oxidative stress, which in turn potentiates HIV-1 replication. The common basis for the compounds of the present invention is: A) the capacity of reactivating HIV-1 from latency, and B) the ability to counteract the cellular machinery which activates in order to limit the effects of oxidative stress. In this way, oxidative stress can be potentiated and a “chain reaction” is sparked. This “chain reaction” induces a more efficient reactivation of HIV-1 from latency and, in some cases, induces selective killing of the infected cells. Actions A) and B) can either be carried out by one drug exerting both effects, or obtained by the combined use of distinct drugs. There are two main cellular machineries counteracting oxidative stress, i.e. the thioredoxin (Trx) thioredoxin reductase (TrxR) system and glutathione. Herein, we present drug strategies capable of exerting action B) by blocking either of the two machineries.
US08785491B2
Pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating and/or preventing age-related macular degeneration with melatonin analogues are provided.
US08785486B2
The present invention relates to novel compounds, in particular novel imidazo[1,2-a]piridine derivatives according to Formula (I). The compounds according to the invention are positive allosteric modulators of metabotropic receptors-sub-type 2 (‘mGluR2’) which are useful for the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction and diseases in which the mGluR2 subtype of metabotropic receptors is involved. In particular, such diseases are central nervous system disorders selected from the group of anxiety, schizophrenia, migraine, depression, and epilepsy. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions and processes to prepare such compounds and compositions, as well as to the use of such compounds for the prevention and treatment of such diseases in which mGluR2 is involved.
US08785483B2
Embodiments of the invention include methods and compositions involving aldose reductase inhibitors for treating COPD.
US08785480B2
In one embodiment, processes for the preparation of certain functionalized pyridine N-oxides are provided. In one form, the functionalized pyridine N-oxides include 2-substituted-5-(1-alkylthio)alkyl-pyridine N-oxides. Further embodiments, forms, objects, features, advantages, aspects, and benefits shall become apparent from the description.
US08785472B2
The present invention provides a method for treating addictive behavior, comprising administering Dextromethorphan (DM) to a subject suffering addictive behavior. The present invention also provides a method for treating bipolar disorder, comprising administering Dextromethorphan (DM) to a subject suffering bipolar disorder.
US08785470B2
Compounds and pharmaceutical compositions that modulate kinase activity, including PI3 kinase activity, and compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of treatment of diseases and conditions associated with kinase activity, including PI3 kinase activity, are described herein.
US08785454B2
Heterocyclic entities that modulate PI3 kinase activity, pharmaceutical compositions containing the isoquinolone entities, and methods of using these chemical entities for treating diseases and conditions associated with P13 kinase activity are described herein.
US08785451B2
Disclosed are compounds of formula (IA), formula (IV) or formula (V), wherein the variables are as defined herein, and pharmaceutical compositions containing them which are useful for treating a subject with a proliferative disorder, such as cancer. The disclosed compounds and pharmaceutical compositions are also useful for treating disorders responsive to Hsp70 induction and/or natural killer induction.
US08785447B2
The invention relates to the use of dopamine D3 receptor ligands for the production of drugs for treating renal function disorders.
US08785442B2
The present invention relates to a compound as antagonist of LPA receptor, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same. The present invention also relates to the use of the compound and the composition, and a method of using the compound to treat, prevent or diagnose diseases, disorders or conditions associated with one or more of the LPA receptors.
US08785440B2
The present invention provides compounds useful as inhibitors of Btk, compositions thereof, and methods of using the same.
US08785439B2
The invention relates to oxazolopyrimidine compounds of formula (I), where A, R1, R2 and R3 are defined as stated in the claims. The compounds of formula (I) are suitable, for example, for wound healing.
US08785434B2
Compounds and methods for preventing and treating viral infections are provided. In some embodiments, novel compounds broad-spectrum antiviral activity are provided. In more specific embodiments, the compounds and methods are effective against viruses such as Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis, West Nile Virus, and respiratory viruses including the common cold.
US08785430B2
The invention relates to a compound (I) wherein R is a heterocyclyl radical; R1 and R2 are independently H or alkyl; R3 is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, alkenyl, aryl, arylalkyl, heterocyclyl or heterocyclylalkyl; R4 and R5 are independently H or alkyl; q is a number selected from 0 and 1; and the salts, solvates, prodrugs or stereoisomers thereof having inhibitory activity for UBC13-UEV interactions and which can be used in the production of pharmaceutical compositions intended for antitumor therapy or the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases associated to metabolic pathways involving the UBC13 enzyme, metabolic pathways involving transcriptional factor NF-κB, or pathways involving PCNA or RAD6. R—(CR1R2)q-CO—N(R3)—C(R4R5)—CO—NH2 (I)
US08785428B2
Use of an orally or nasally available formulation of Tretazicar for poisoning vermin. An orally available or nasally available formulation of Tretazicar, wherein in the orally available formulation the Tretazicar is protected from acid hydrolysis, and provided that the formulation is not solid Tretazicar in a gelatin capsule. A formulation of Tretazicar in which the Tretazicar is protected from acid hydrolysis, wherein the formulation is present in a liquid form. A combination of Tretazicar and bait. A method of poisoning vermin comprising making available to the vermin an orally or nasally available formulation of Tretazicar and allowing the vermin to ingest or inhale the formulation of Tretazicar.
US08785425B2
The invention provides 11β-hydroxyandrosta-4-ene-3-one compounds of Formula I, or physiologically acceptable salts or solvates thereof: wherein R4 represents a moiety selected from a group consisting of (A), (B) and (C), with a proviso that when R4 represents moiety (C), Z is S:
US08785418B2
Lyophilized cakes of proteasome inhibitors are described, as well as methods for their production and use.
US08785414B2
The identification of differentially expressed microRNAs in patients with Sjögren's syndrome is disclosed herein. Provided is a method of diagnosing a subject as having Sjögren's syndrome by measuring the level of at least one differentially expressed miR gene product identified herein. An alteration in the level of the at least one miR gene product in the biological sample of the subject relative to a control indicates the subject has Sjögren's syndrome. Also provided is a method of treating a patient with Sjögren's syndrome by administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of an agent that inhibits expression of a miR gene product that is up-regulated in the patient with Sjögren's syndrome relative to a control, or by administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of an isolated miR gene product that is down-regulated in the patient with Sjögren's syndrome relative to a control. A method of restoring salivary flow in a patient with Sjögren's syndrome is also provided.
US08785406B2
The present invention provides a lyophilized amrubicin formulation and a process thereof. In the process, the concentration of the aqueous solution before lyophilization is controlled to about 7.5 mg(potency)/mL or more. Thus, the formulation decreases the production of desaccharified compound and is stable to storage for a long period. The formulation is useful as a cancer chemotherapeutic agent.
US08785403B2
A compound of the formula: wherein Ring A and Ring B are: (1) Ring A is an optionally substituted unsaturated monocyclic heterocyclic ring, and Ring B is an optionally substituted unsaturated monocyclic heterocyclic ring, an optionally substituted unsaturated fused heterobicyclic ring, or an optionally substituted benzene ring, (2) Ring A is an optionally substituted benzene ring, and Ring B is an optionally substituted unsaturated monocyclic heterocyclic ring or an optionally substituted unsaturated fused heterobicyclic ring, or (3) Ring A is an optionally substituted unsaturated fused heterobicyclic ring, and Ring B are independently an optionally substituted unsaturated monocyclic heterocyclic ring, an optionally substituted unsaturated fused heterobicyclic ring, or an optionally substituted benzene ring; X is a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom; Y is —(CH2)n— (n is 1 or 2); or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a prodrug thereof.
US08785395B2
The present invention encompasses methods and compositions for treating an ocular disease, disorder or condition in a mammal. The invention includes a population of mesenchymal stromal cells that possess anti-inflammatory, anti-apoptotic, immune modulatory and anti-tumorigenic properties. The invention includes administration of TSG-6, STC-1, or a combination thereof to the ocular as a treatment for an ocular disease, disorder or condition in a mammal.
US08785392B2
A recombinant expression vector, comprising extracellular soluble domain genes of DLK1 and IgG antibody Fc domain genes, is constructed, and DLK1-Fc fusion protein is expressed and purified at 293E cell. The invention confirmed the efficacy as a drug for inhibiting cancer metastasis by confirming markedly reduced migration of cancer cells by DLK1-Fc fusion protein and also computing pharmacokinetic parameters. DLK1-Fc fusion protein has relatively higher stability than non-fusion protein, significantly reduces migration of various cancer cell lines, and provides superior cancer metastasis inhibition effect even at small concentration. Accordingly, DLK1-Fc fusion protein can be used efficaciously as an effective ingredient of a composition for inhibiting cancer metastasis.
US08785387B2
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for preventing, treating or delaying various cardiovascular diseases or disorders in mammals, particularly in humans. More particularly, the present invention provides for compositions and methods for preventing, treating or delaying various cardiovascular diseases or disorders using, inter alia, a neuregulin protein, or a functional fragment thereof, or a nucleic acid encoding a neuregulin protein, or a functional fragment thereof, or an agent that enhances production and/or function of said neuregulin.
US08785385B2
Disclosed are variant RTEF-1 polypeptides having an RTEF-1 amino acid sequence with one or more internal deletions, wherein the polypeptides reduce VEGF promoter activity. Some of the RTEF-1 polypeptides include an amino acid sequence that is at least 80% identical to the contiguous amino acids of 1) amino acids 24 to 47 of SEQ ID NO:15 and 2) each of SEQ ID NOs:16 and 17, but does not comprise the contiguous amino acids of SEQ ID NOs:8, 9, 11, or 12. Also disclosed are nucleic acids encoding the variant RTEF-1 polypeptides of the present invention. Pharmaceutical compositions that include the polypeptides and nucleic acids of the present invention are also disclosed. Methods of inducing cell contact inhibition, regulating organ size, and reducing intracellular YAP activity are also set forth, as well as methods of treating hyperproliferative diseases such as cancer using the pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention.
US08785379B2
Pest controlling compositions exhibiting enhanced pesticidal activity levels are disclosed. In one embodiment, a composition includes at least one pesticide, at least one transition metal salt and at least one proteinaceous material. In this embodiment, the composition exhibits enhanced pesticidal activity levels compared to a composition dissimilar only in not having the at least one transition metal salt and the at least one proteinaceous material.
US08785354B2
Hydrocarbon fluid which can be used in the composition of industrial, agricultural and household products, with a pour point of less than −15° C. according to ASTM standard D97, initial and final boiling points between 200 and 450° C., containing more than 50% by weight of isoparaffins and naphthenes up to at most 40% by weight, and constituted by a mixture of hydrocarbons obtained by distillation of hydrodewaxed gas-oil cuts with a boiling point greater than 200° C.
US08785353B2
The invention relates to a method for the high throughput identification of single nucleotide polymorphisms by performing a complexity reduction on two or more samples to yield two or more libraries, sequencing at least part of the libraries, aligning the identified sequences and determining any putative single nucleotide polymorphisms, confirming any putative single nucleotide polymorphism, generating detection probes for the confirmed single nucleotide polymorphisms, subjection a test sample to the same complexity reduction to provide a test library and screen the test library for the presence or absence of the single nucleotide polymorphisms using the detection probe.
US08785349B2
A photocatalyst is provided that comprises activated carbon produced from date pits, impregnated with TiO2. The activated carbon can have a porous surface that can attract and trap pollutants flowing in air or water. The photocatalyst can be made by a method that includes preparing activated carbon by calcining date pits to form a precursor material, and then impregnating the precursor material with titanium dioxide.
US08785347B2
An underwater oleophilic hydrophobic oil-capturing water permeable drag-net with the porous oil-capturing water-repelling and water-permeable component positioned in the back of and connected to the drag-net that can be dragged vertically through the underwater oil spill area of the Gulf to remove oil is presented. The invention is made of various sizes depending on the area of the oil spill area; including 100 ft high (north to south), 100 ft wide (east to west) and 10 ft deep (front to back). The net mesh-like material is made from threads and wires knotted, twisted, and woven to form a regular pattern with fine spaces between the threads with each strand of a metal, plastic, wire and fiber net-type material made of and covered with organic and inorganic Oleophilic hydrophobic and superhydrophobic, oil attracting and oil bonding molecules, materials or sorbents including Superhydrophobic materials. The underwater drag-net collects large amounts of oil from the Gulf and reduces the negative impact of the Gulf oil spill on the Gulf and its shores.
US08785343B2
This invention relates to a mesoporous carbon supported copper based catalyst comprising mesoporous carbon, a copper component and an auxiliary element supported on said mesoporous carbon, production and use thereof. The catalyst is cheap in cost, friendly to the environment, and satisfactory in high temperature resistance to sintering, with a highly improved and a relatively stable catalytic activity.
US08785341B2
Provided is a method of regenerating an exhaust gas treatment catalyst 11 having ash adhered to a surface thereof. The method includes a crushing step S1 in which the exhaust gas treatment catalyst 11 is crushed such that 70 to 95 wt % of the whole exhaust gas treatment catalyst 11 becomes coarse pieces 12 having a size exceeding a threshold size S (any value in a range of 0.105 to 1.0 mm); a separating step S2 in which the fragments obtained by crushing the exhaust gas treatment catalyst 11 are separated into the coarse pieces 12 having a size exceeding threshold size S and fine particles 13 having a size not larger than the threshold size S; a pulverizing step S3 in which the coarse pieces 12 thus separated are pulverized to a fine powder having an average particle diameter of not larger than 0.1 mm; a kneading step S4 and a molding step S5 in which the fine powder is kneaded with other raw materials and molded into an exhaust gas treatment catalyst; and a drying step S6 and a calcining step S7 in which the molded precursor is dried and calcined to thus obtain a regenerated exhaust gas treatment catalyst 14.
US08785339B2
An optical glass comprising, by mass %, 12 to 40% of SiO2, 15% or more but less than 42% of Nb2O5, 2% or more but less than 18% of TiO2, (provided that Nb2O5/TiO2 is over 0.6), 0.1 to 20% of Li2O, 0.1 to 15% of Na2O, and 0.1 to 25% of K2O, and having an Abbe's number νd of 20 to 30, a ΔPg,F of 0.016 or less and a liquidus temperature of 1,200° C. or lower.
US08785336B2
Provided is an alkali-free glass, comprising, as a glass composition in terms of mass %, 55 to 80% of SiO2, 10 to 25% of A12O3, 2 to 5.5% of B2O3, 3 to 8% of MgO, 3 to 10% of CaO, 0.5 to 5% of SrO, and 0.5 to 7% of BaO, having a molar ratio MgO/CaO of 0.5 to 1.5, being substantially free of alkali metal oxides, and having a Young's modulus of more than 80 GPa.
US08785334B2
A select transistor for use in a memory device including a plurality of memory transistors connected in series includes a tunnel insulating layer formed on a semiconductor substrate, a charge storage layer formed on the tunnel insulating layer, a blocking insulating layer formed on the charge storage layer and configured to be irradiated with a gas cluster ion beam containing argon as source gas, a gate electrode formed on the blocking insulating layer, and a source/drain region formed within the semiconductor substrate at both sides of the gate electrode.
US08785333B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a thin film containing a predetermined element, carbon, nitrogen and a borazine ring skeleton on a substrate by performing a cycle for a first predetermined number of times. The cycle includes forming a first layer containing the predetermined element, a halogen group, carbon and nitrogen by supplying a first precursor gas containing the predetermined element and the halogen group and a second precursor gas containing the predetermined element and an amino group to the substrate, for a second predetermined number of times; and forming a second layer containing the predetermined element, carbon, nitrogen and the borazine ring skeleton by supplying a reaction gas containing a borazine compound to the substrate and allowing the first layer to react with the borazine compound to modify the first layer under a condition where the borazine ring skeleton in the borazine compound is maintained.
US08785331B2
The present invention discloses a method for replacing chlorine atoms on a film layer. More particularly, sufficient replacement ions for replacing the chlorine atoms are formed in a plasma process by reducing a volume ratio of a gas in a gas mixture (i.e. the film layer may be etched with the ions formed by dissociation of the gas) and dissociation of the gas mixture further decreases the etching reaction to the film layer in a process for replacing the chlorine atoms. In comparison to a conventional process by pure oxygen, the present invention can improve the prior art re-etching problem to avoid affecting an electric property of a thin film transistor, also has an advantage of manufacturing time reduction for an increased production yield.
US08785317B2
A method of manufacturing semiconductor packages at the wafer level is disclosed. A wafer has multiple integrated circuits (ICs) formed on its active surface, with each IC in communication with a plurality under-bump metallization (UBM) pads formed on one surface the package. The UBM pads include a larger pads near the center of package and smaller UBM pads near the periphery. The method includes attaching a stiffener to an inactive surface of the wafer; forming under bump metallization pads; and forming solder bumps extending from the UBM pads.
US08785289B2
A capacitor in a semiconductor substrate employs a conductive through-substrate via (TSV) as an inner electrode and a columnar doped semiconductor region as an outer electrode. The capacitor provides a large decoupling capacitance in a small area, and does not impact circuit density or a Si3D structural design. Additional conductive TSV's can be provided in the semiconductor substrate to provide electrical connection for power supplies and signal transmission therethrough. The capacitor has a lower inductance than a conventional array of capacitors having comparable capacitance, thereby enabling reduction of high frequency noise in the power supply system of stacked semiconductor chips.
US08785286B2
A method of forming an integrated circuit includes providing a semiconductor wafer including a semiconductor fin dispatched on a surface of the semiconductor wafer; forming a dopant-rich layer having an impurity on a top surface and sidewalls of the semiconductor fin, wherein the impurity is of n-type or p-type; performing a knock-on implantation to drive the impurity into the semiconductor fin; and removing the dopant-rich layer.
US08785276B2
A method for fabricating a cell string includes forming an interlayer dielectric layer, a sacrificial layer, and a semiconductor pattern on a semiconductor substrate, such that the interlayer dielectric layer and the sacrificial layer are formed in a first direction parallel with the semiconductor substrate, and such that the semiconductor pattern is formed in a second direction perpendicular to the semiconductor substrate, forming an opening by patterning the interlayer dielectric layer and the sacrificial layer, filling the opening with a metal, and annealing the semiconductor pattern having the opening filled with the metal.
US08785273B2
A method of manufacturing a FinFET non-volatile memory device and a FinFET non-volatile memory device structure. A substrate is provided and a layer of semiconductor material is deposited over the substrate. A hard mask is deposited over the semiconductor material and the structure is patterned to form fins. A charge storage layer is deposited over the structure, including the fins and the portions of it are damaged using an angled ion implantation process. The damaged portions are removed and gate structures are formed on either side of the fin, with only one side having a charge storage layer.
US08785269B2
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, the method comprising, forming a first opening in a first insulating layer provided above a semiconductor substrate, forming a first contact plug by depositing a conductive member in the first opening and removing a part of the conductive member so as to expose the first insulating layer, forming a second insulating layer over the first insulating layer after forming the first contact plug, forming a second opening in the first and second insulating layers without exposing the first contact plug, forming a second contact plug by depositing the conductive member in the second opening and removing a part of the conductive member so as to expose the second insulating layer, and removing the second insulating layer so as to expose the first contact plug after forming the second contact plug.
US08785266B2
A first oxide insulating film is formed over a substrate. After a first oxide semiconductor film is formed over the first oxide insulating film, heat treatment is performed, so that hydrogen contained in the first oxide semiconductor film is released and part of oxygen contained in the first oxide insulating film is diffused into the first oxide semiconductor film. Thus, a second oxide semiconductor film with reduced hydrogen concentration and reduced oxygen defect is formed. Then, the second oxide semiconductor film is selectively etched to form a third oxide semiconductor film, and a second oxide insulating film is formed. The second oxide insulating film is selectively etched and a protective film covering an end portion of the third oxide semiconductor film is formed. Then, a pair of electrodes, a gate insulating film, and a gate electrode are formed over the third oxide semiconductor film and the protective film.
US08785258B2
A highly reliable semiconductor device which includes a transistor including an oxide semiconductor is provided. In the semiconductor device including a bottom-gate transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer, a stacked layer of an insulating layer and an aluminum film is provided in contact with the oxide semiconductor layer. Oxygen doping treatment is performed in such a manner that oxygen is introduced to the insulating layer and the aluminum film from a position above the aluminum film, whereby a region containing oxygen in excess of the stoichiometric composition is formed in the insulating layer, and the aluminum film is oxidized to form an aluminum oxide film.
US08785253B2
A leadframe for use in an integrated circuit (IC) package comprising a metal strip partially etched on a first side. In some embodiments, the leadframe may be selectively plated on the first side and/or on a second side. The leadframe may be configured for an IC chip to be mounted thereon and for a plurality of electrical contacts to be electrically coupled to the leadframe and the IC chip.
US08785246B2
A semiconductor circuit design includes an outer seal-ring and an inner seal-ring for each sub-section of the design that may potentially be cut into separate die. The use of multiple seal-rings permits a single circuit design and fabrication run to be used to support flexibly packaging different product releases having different numbers of integrated circuit blocks per packaged unit.
US08785240B2
Provided is a method of producing a light-emitting apparatus having a field effect transistor for driving an organic EL device, the field effect transistor including an oxide semiconductor containing at least one element selected from In and Zn, the method including the steps of: forming a field effect transistor on a substrate; forming an insulating layer; forming a lower electrode on the insulating layer; forming an organic layer for constituting an organic EL device on the lower electrode; forming an upper electrode on the organic layer; and after the step of forming the semiconductor layer of the field effect transistor and before the step of forming the organic layer, performing heat treatment such that an amount of a component that is desorbable as H2O from the field effect transistor during the step of forming the organic layer is less than 10−5 g/m2.
US08785239B2
A method of depositing an antimony-comprising phase change material onto a substrate includes providing a reducing agent and vaporized Sb(OR)3 to a substrate, where R is alkyl, and forming there-from antimony-comprising phase change material on the substrate. The phase change material has no greater than 10 atomic percent oxygen, and includes another metal in addition to antimony.
US08785236B2
The formation of solar cell contacts using a laser is described. A method of fabricating a back-contact solar cell includes forming a poly-crystalline material layer above a single-crystalline substrate. The method also includes forming a dielectric material stack above the poly-crystalline material layer. The method also includes forming, by laser ablation, a plurality of contacts holes in the dielectric material stack, each of the contact holes exposing a portion of the poly-crystalline materiat layer; and forming conductive contacts in the plurality of contact holes.
US08785235B2
A method and apparatus for forming a solar cell. The apparatus includes a housing defining a vacuum chamber and a rotatable substrate apparatus configured to hold a plurality of substrates on a plurality of surfaces wherein each of the plurality of surfaces are disposed facing an interior surface of the vacuum chamber. A first sputtering source is configured to deposit a plurality of absorber layer atoms of a first type over at least a portion of a surface of each one of the plurality of substrates. An evaporation source is disposed in a first subchamber of the vacuum chamber and configured to deposit a plurality of absorber layer atoms of a second type over at least a portion of the surface of each one of the plurality of substrates. A first isolation source is configured to isolate the evaporation source from the first sputtering source.
US08785232B2
A method to improve CdTe-based photovoltaic device efficiency is disclosed. The CdTe-based photovoltaic device can include oxygen or silicon in semiconductor layers.
US08785223B2
A method of fabricating a fringe field switching (FFS)-liquid crystal display (LCD) device may have the following advantage. An inferior connection between the drain electrode and the pixel electrode may be prevented by preventing formation of a copper compound on the drain electrode, by performing a back channel etching after patterning a pixel electrode, and by performing a wet strip rather than a dry strip. This may result in a direct contact between copper and ITO, thereby reducing the number of mask processes.
US08785220B2
The invention relates to OLED devices (1) operational at high voltages providing a good life time performance, which can be manufactured with reduced effort and costs. The organic electroluminescent device (1) comprising a substrate (2) carrying multiple electroluminescent layer stacks (3) connected in series each comprising a first and a second electrode (31, 33) and an organic light emitting layer stack (32) arranged between the first and second electrode (31, 33), a cover lid (4) sealed to the substrate (2) to encapsulate the electroluminescent layer stacks (3) providing a gap (5) between the electroluminescent layer stacks (3) and an inner side (41) of the cover lid (4), where the connection in series is established by connecting the first electrode (31) of at least one of the electroluminescent layer stacks (3) involved in the serial connection via a conductive bridge (6) to the second electrode (33) of another electroluminescent layer stack (3) involved in the serial connection, preferably the adjacent electroluminescent layer stack (3), where the conductive bridge (6) comprises an conductive path (62) arranged on the inner side (41) of the cover lid (4), a first electrical connection (61) connecting the first electrode (31) to the conductive path (62) and a second electrical connection (63) connecting the conductive path (62) with the second electrode (33) of the other electroluminescent layer stack (3), preferably the adjacent electroluminescent layer stack (3). The invention further relates to a method providing the organic electroluminescent device (1) with process steps leading to a reduced effort and costs.
US08785215B2
A method for repairing process-related damage of a dielectric film includes: (i) adsorbing a first gas containing silicon on a surface of the damaged dielectric film without depositing a film in the absence of reactive species, (ii) adsorbing a second gas containing silicon on a surface of the dielectric film, followed by applying reactive species to the surface of the dielectric film, to form a monolayer film thereon, and (iii) repeating step (ii). The duration of exposing the surface to the first gas in step (i) is longer than the duration of exposing the surface to the second gas in step (ii).
US08785213B2
A sacrificial pattern is formed to partially cover the pipe-shaped electrode. A sacrificial spacer is formed on a lateral surface of the sacrificial pattern. The sacrificial spacer extends across the pipe-shaped electrode. The sacrificial spacer has a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The sacrificial pattern is removed to expose the pipe-shaped electrode proximal to the first and second sides of the sacrificial spacer. The pipe-shaped electrode exposed on both sides of the sacrificial spacer may be primarily trimmed. The pipe-shaped electrode is retained under the sacrificial spacer to form a first portion, and a second portion facing the first portion. The second portion of the pipe-shaped electrode is secondarily trimmed. The sacrificial spacer is removed to expose the first portion of the pipe-shaped electrode. A data storage plug is formed on the first portion of the pipe-shaped electrode.
US08785205B2
The present invention relates to assays for detection of nicotine metabolites, in particular cotinine, in fluid samples and uses of these assays in quantification of smoking habits. The assays comprise contacting a body fluid sample with a cyanogen halide and a pyrazolone compound and detecting a change in light absorbance of the pyrazolone compound which is associated with the presence of nicotine metabolites. Also provided are assay kits including a cyanogen halide or cyanogen halide-precursor(s) and a pyrazolone compound.
US08785201B2
The invention relates to improved electrochemiluminescence assay methods for phosphorylated peptides or proteins employing phospho-specific antibodies and buffer compositions that are substantially free of inorganic phosphate.
US08785200B2
Disclosed are cationic lipid compounds and compositions of lipid aggregates for delivery of macromolecules and other compounds into cells. The compounds can be used alone or in combination with other compounds to prepare liposomes and other lipid aggregates suitable for transfection or delivery of compounds to target cells, either in vitro or in vivo. The compounds are preferably polycationic and preferably form highly stable complexes with various anionic macromolecules, particularly polyanions such as nucleic acids. These compounds have the property, when dispersed in water, of forming lipid aggregates which associate strongly, via their cationic portion, with polyanions. Also disclosed are intermediates for preparing the compound and compositions of the invention and methods of using the compounds to introduce other compounds into cells.
US08785196B2
Compositions and methods are provided for modulating the growth, development and repair of bone, cartilage or other connective tissue. Devices and stimulus waveforms are provided to differentially modulate the behavior of osteoblasts, chondrocytes and other connective tissue cells to promote proliferation, differentiation, matrix formation or mineralization for in vitro or in vivo applications. Continuous-mode and pulse-burst-mode stimulation of cells with charge-balanced signals may be used. Bone, cartilage and other connective tissue growth is stimulated in part by nitric oxide release through electrical stimulation and may be modulated through co-administration of NO donors and NO synthase inhibitors. Bone, cartilage and other connective tissue growth is stimulated in part by release of BMP-2 and BMP-7 in response to electrical stimulation to promote differentiation of cells. The methods and devices described are useful in promoting repair of bone fractures, cartilage and connective tissue repair as well as for engineering tissue for transplantation.
US08785195B2
A microfiber showing improved mechanical strength, which comprises a micro gel fiber consisting of collagen gel or the like covered with high strength hydrogel such as alginate gel.
US08785193B2
The present disclosure provides cutting tools which include a handle coupled to a rotatable shaft having shallow grooves that extend substantially entirely across the surface of the rotatable shaft. The grooves define sharp cutting edges. In particular examples, the cutting edges are continuous, such as being defined by helical threads. The present disclosure also provides methods of dissecting a substrate of cultured cells. The substrate of cultured cells is separated into separated portions with a cutting tool. The cutting tool includes a rotatable shaft having a cutting blade which extends around the shaft. The cutting blade is rolled through the substrate to cut the substrate into portions. The portions are separated from one another to dissect the substrate.
US08785189B2
This invention relates to the culture of dendritic cells from human embryonic stem (ES) cells. Human ES cells are first cultured into hematopoietic cells by co-culture with stromal cells. The cells now differentiated into the hematopoietic lineage are then cultured with GM-CSF to create a culture of myeloid precursor cells. Culture of the myeloid precursor cells with the cytokines GM-CSF and IL-4 causes functional dendritic cells to be generated. The dendritic cells have a unique phenotype, as indicated by their combination of cell surface markers.
US08785186B2
The present invention relates to cancer treatment compositions and methods for treating a specific cancer patient population. In particular, the application describes methods of treating a patient with cancer, such as a neuroblastoma, with a hybrid cell preparation.
US08785170B2
The invention provides variants of a Streptomyces sp. CBH2 that have improved properties compared to the wild type enzyme and methods of using the variants in the hydrolysis of substrates comprising cellulose.
US08785169B2
The present invention relates to the field of bioengineering and discloses a cutinase-producing genetically engineered microorganism and use thereof. Recombinant plasmid Tfu_0883-hlyAs/pET20b(+) was constructed and transformed into E. coli BL21(DE3) to obtain recombinant E. coli strain Tfu_0883-hlyAs/pET20b(+)/E. coli BL21(DE3). Specific growth rate was maintained at a certain value using fed-batch fermentation mode. After fermenting 30-34 hours, the enzyme activity in the supernatant reached 700-750 U/mL. The present invention uses glycerol as the main raw material and employs semi-synthetic medium, has the advantages of good stability and ease of control, and is suitable for large-scale production.
US08785166B2
Yeast cells with reduced activity of certain enzymes involved in branched chain amino acid biosynthesis in yeast mitochondria are described. Target enzymes include threonine deaminase, isopropylmalate synthase, and optionally branched chain amino acid transaminase.
US08785163B2
The present invention relates to polynucleotides from Helobdella robusta, Laccaria bicolor, Lottia gigantea, Microcoleus chthonoplastes, Monosiga brevicollis, Mycosphaerella fijiensis, Mycospaerella graminicola, Naegleria gruberi, Nectria haematococca, Nematostella vectensis, Phycomyces blakesleeanus, Trichoderma resii, Physcomitrella patens, Postia placenta, Selaginella moellendorffii and Microdochium nivale, which code for desaturases and which can be employed for the recombinant production of polyunsaturated fatty acids. The invention furthermore relates to vectors, host cells and transgenic nonhuman organisms which comprise the polynucleotides according to the invention, and to the polypeptides encoded by the polynucleotides. The invention furthermore relates to antibodies against the polypeptides according to the invention. Finally, the invention also relates to production processes for the polyunsaturated fatty acids and for oil, lipid and fatty acid compositions and to their use as drugs, cosmetics, foodstuffs, feedstuffs, preferably fish food, or food supplements.
US08785162B2
The invention provides for aminotransferase and oxidoreductase polypeptides and nucleic acids encoding such polypeptides. Also provided are methods of using such aminotransferase and oxidoreductase nucleic acids and polypeptides.
US08785160B2
The invention provides methods and pharmaceutical compositions for treating symptoms associated with lactose intolerance and for overall improvement in gastrointestinal health. Described herein are methods and pharmaceutical compositions for improving overall gastrointestinal health or for decreasing symptoms of lactose intolerance by administering to subject in need thereof a pharmaceutical composition comprising a prebiotic, optionally in combination with effective amount of a probiotic microbe or microbes.
US08785158B2
The invention relates to a method for dissolving cellulose e.g. for the production of regenerated cellulose products such as films, fibers, particles and the like. In said method, the cellulose material is dissolved using an enzymatic treatment, followed by a base treatment. The invention is also directed to a method for producing cellulose particles wherein cellulose dissolved as described above is sprayed or mixed into a regenerating solution for precipitating cellulose particles. Moreover, the invention relates to the use of said cellulose particles produced with this method as a filler and/or coating pigment of paper and board. The invention is also directed to methods for producing and coating paper and board.
US08785157B2
Kits and a method for cleaving double-stranded DNA using Ref and RecA protein and variants thereof at a site having a DNA sequence homologous to the sequence on a single-stranded DNA targeting fragment are disclosed.
US08785153B2
An antibody binding to IL33R characterized in that the heavy chain variable domain comprises a CDR3 region of SEQ ID NO:1, a CDR2 region of SEQ ID NO:2 and a CDR1 region of SEQ ID NO:3 and in that the light chain variable domain comprises a CDR3 region of SEQ ID NO:4, a CDR2 region of SEQ ID NO:5 and a CDR1 region of SEQ ID NO:6 or a chimeric, humanized or T cell epitope depleted antibody variant thereof has advantageous properties for the treatment of inflammatory diseases.
US08785150B2
Methods for identifying Quantifiable Internal Reference Standards (QIRS) for immunohistochemistry (IHC). Also disclosed are methods for using QIRS to quantify test antigens in IHC.
US08785145B2
The invention concerns an in vitro method for determining if an individual is infected by a gram-negative bacterium preferably on prosthesis comprising: (i) detection of antibodies directed against a polypeptide of sequence SEQ ID NO: 2 and antibodies directed against a polypeptide of sequence SEQ ID NO: 4, in a biological sample of the individual, and (ii) deduction therefrom that the individual is infected by a gram-negative bacterium. The invention further concerns the kit for diagnosing of such an infection.
US08785143B2
Provided are a method for increasing an amount of streptavidin to be immobilized on the self-assembled monolayer and a sensor which comprises streptavidin immobilized with the method. The method of the current technology is characterized by that one molecule of an amino acid is interposed between the self-assembled monolayer and the molecule of streptavidin.
US08785141B2
The invention aims at providing an adsorbent for bacterial toxins, a method for removal of such toxins by adsorption, and an adsorber packed with said adsorbent.Provided are an adsorbent for bacterial toxins, which comprises a water-insoluble porous material having a mode of pore radius of 20 angstroms to 1,000 angstroms, a method for removal of bacterial toxins using said adsorbent, and an adsorber packed with said adsorbent.
US08785134B2
Provided are methods of collecting, detecting and altering cells and molecular entities using glycoprotein micelles and vesicles. Glycoprotein vesicles comprising a glycoprotein micelle, at least a monolayer of lectin and/or a monolayer of biologically active glycoproteins are also provided. The invention further provides methods of detecting protein glycosylation using the vesicles of the invention.
US08785130B2
Disclosed is the use of artificially-generated nucleic acid coded markers to monitor nucleic acid amplification and sequencing reactions designed to detect or analyze biological samples. The markers generally include, along with a unique sequence preferably including coded section designed to represent one or more factors of interest, primer annealing sequences so that the marker may be amplified and sequenced in the same process and using the same amplification and sequencing primers as for the sample target. The invention also relates to the marker itself, and other uses, such as identifying the origin of various materials or products.
US08785126B2
The invention provides a method for reducing stutter in the amplification of a microsatellite comprising the steps of providing a sample comprising a microsatellite having a G+C content of 50% or less; contacting the sample with at least one enzyme having nucleic acid polymerase activity; and incubating the sample with the enzyme for a sufficient amount of time and under conditions sufficient to amplify the microsatellite; wherein the incubation is performed in the presence of an amount of betaine, sorbitol or mixtures thereof, effective to reduce stutter relative to the amount of stutter observed in the absence of betaine and/or sorbitol. The invention also provides compositions containing betaine and/or sorbitol, kits for amplifying microsatellites having a G+C content of 50% or less, and methods of using all of the foregoing.
US08785123B2
The present invention provides hierarchical assemblies of a block copolymer, a bifunctional linking compound and a nanoparticle. The block copolymers form one micro-domain and the nanoparticles another micro-domain.
US08785120B2
The invention generally provides a method for the sample preparation for a subsequent preparation, processing or analysis method of a sample containing an at least one species of nucleic acid and/or one species of protein, whereby the method comprises the following steps: A) providing a sample which contains at least one species of a nucleic acid and/or of a protein, B) contacting the sample with a fluid or solid composition to produce a fluid sample preparation, whereby the composition contains at least a nitrogenous compound, which is selected from the group consisting of a) polyamines, b) amino acids, and oligo- and polypeptides, c) nitrogenous heterocyclic compounds, including homo-oder heteropolymeres, which comprise these nitrogenous compounds, d) amines of the type R1R2NR3, whereby R1, R2 and R3 are chosen independently from one another from the group consisting of H, C1-C5-alkyl groups and aryl groups, whereby R1, R2 and R3 are not H simultaneously, e) carbonxylic acid amides, f) inorganic ammonium salts, g) ammonium groups containing inner salt compounds, h) antibiotica binding nucleic acid, i) compounds which bind in the small cavity of the DNA, and mixtures of two or more of these compounds. The invention provides in particular a method for the lysis of a biological sample, and methods for the stabilization of biomolecules, a method for the decrease of inhibiting effects in a sample containing biomolecules and a differential masking method.
US08785113B2
A silsesquioxane resin is applied on top of the patterned photo-resist and cured to produce a cured silsesquioxane resin on top of the pattern surface. Subsequently, a reactive ion etch recipe containing CF4 to “etch back” the silicon resin to the top of the photoresist material, exposing the entire top surface of the organic based photoresist. Then, a second reactive ion etch recipe containing O2 to etch away the organic photoresist. The result is a silicon resin film with via holes with the size and shape of the post that were patterned into the photoresist. Optionally, the new pattern can be transferred into the underlying layer(s).
US08785104B2
A resist composition and a pattern forming method using the composition are provided, the resist composition including: (A) a resin that decomposes by an action of an acid to increase a solubility of the resin (A) in an alkali developer; (B) a compound capable of generating an acid upon irradiation with actinic rays or radiation; (C) a compound represented by formula (C1); and (D) a solvent: wherein n represents an integer of 1 to 6; w represents an integer of 1 to 6; p represents an integer of 1 to 6; m represents an integer of 1 to 6; Ra, Rb, Rc and Rd each independently represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group or an aralkyl group, provided that Ra and Rb may combine together to form a ring, and Rc and Rd may combine together to form a ring.
US08785090B2
An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate; and a single-layer photosensitive layer that is provided on the conductive substrate and includes a binder resin, at least one kind of charge generation material selected from hydroxygallium phthalocyanine pigments and chlorogallium phthalocyanine pigments, a hole transport material represented by Formula (1), and an electron transport material represented by Formula (2):
US08785079B1
This invention provides metal-foam electrodes for batteries and fuel cells. In some variations, an electrode includes a first metal layer disposed on a second metal layer, wherein the first metal layer comprises an electrically conductive, open-cell metal foam with an average cell diameter of about 25 μm or less. The structure also includes smaller pores between the cells. The electrode forms a one piece monolithic structure and allows thicker electrodes than are possible with current electrode-fabrication techniques. These electrodes are formed from an all-fluidic plating solution. The disclosed structures increase energy density in batteries and power density in fuel cells.
US08785075B2
A separator of a fuel cell includes sandwiching sections for sandwiching electrolyte electrode assemblies, first bridges each having a fuel gas supply channel, and a fuel gas supply unit. A fuel gas supply passage extends through the fuel gas supply unit in a stacking direction. Each of the sandwiching sections has a fuel gas inlet for supplying a fuel gas to a fuel gas channel, a fuel gas discharge channel for discharging the fuel gas consumed in the fuel gas channel, and a circular arc wall contacting an anode, and prevents the fuel gas from flowing straight from the fuel gas inlet to the fuel gas discharge channel.
US08785074B2
A ceramic baffle is configured to place a load on a stack of electrochemical cells and direct a reactant feed flow stream to the stack.
US08785069B2
A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack, an oxidizer supply unit, a reformer, a fuel tank, and a water tank. The reformer generates a hydrogen-containing reformed gas reformed from hydrocarbon-based fuel and supplies it to the fuel cell stack. The fuel tank supplies the hydrocarbon-based fuel to the reformer. The water tank supplies water to the reformer. The reformer includes a reforming unit configured to have a reforming reaction generated therein, a combustion unit configured to supply heat energy to the reforming unit, and a carbon monoxide reduction unit configured to reduce the concentration of carbon monoxide in a reformed gas discharged from the reforming unit. A combustion gas pipe is connected to the combustion unit. A reformed gas pipe is disposed between the reforming unit and the carbon monoxide reduction unit. At least one of the combustion gas pipe and the reformed gas pipe is configured to pass through the inside of the water tank or to raise a temperature of the water tank through contact with the water tank, thereby preventing the freezing of the water tank.
US08785057B1
The present invention provide novel compounds and electrolyte solutions which can be used in capacitors and lithium batteries and which have a liquidus range of from about −65 to about 171 degrees C.
US08785047B2
A lithium-ion secondary battery device comprises a positive electrode collector having a surface formed with a positive electrode active material layer containing a positive electrode active material; a negative electrode collector having a surface formed with a negative electrode active material layer containing a negative electrode active material; an electrically insulating porous separator; and an electrolyte containing a lithium salt and being in contact with the positive electrode active material layer, negative electrode active material layer, and separator. The negative electrode active material is a carbon material having a graphite structure. The amount of the carbon material supported by the negative electrode active material layer is 2.0 to 4.0 mg/cm2. The graphite structure in an X-ray diffraction pattern of the carbon material exhibits a peak intensity P101 of (101) plane and a peak intensity P100 of (100) plane having a ratio (P101/P100) of 2.0 to 2.8 therebetween.
US08785044B2
The invention relates to primary electrochemical cells having a jellyroll electrode assembly that includes a lithium-based negative electrode, a positive electrode with a coating comprising iron disulfide deposited on a current collector and a polymeric separator. More particularly, the invention relates to a cell designs and cathode formulations incorporating specific types of conductors to improve cell performance.
US08785036B2
Electrochemical device and method for assembling an electrochemical device. The electrochemical device has an electrochemical module and an enclosure configured to enclose the electrochemical module. The enclosure has a first housing portion forming a first rim and being an insulative material and a second housing portion forming a second rim and being the insulative material, the first housing portion and the second housing portion at least partially forming, when the first rim substantially abuts the second rim, a volume configured to enclose the electrochemical device. The enclosure further has a crimp ring engaging the first rim and the second rim, the crimp ring securing the first housing portion with respect to the second housing portion and a grommet positioned between and contacting the first rim and the second rim. The enclosure is substantially sealed.
US08785035B2
A composition for making a contact contains predetermined amounts of cobalt and sulfur and has a predetermined average particle size. The composition for making the contact includes a nickel-cobalt alloy containing 20% by weight to 55% by weight of cobalt, and 0.002 part by weight to 0.02 part by weight of sulfur with respect to 100 parts by weight of the nickel-cobalt alloy, the composition having an average particle size of 0.10 μm to 0.35 μm. The contact made with the composition may be included in a connector.
US08785034B2
A lithium battery includes a cathode, an anode including a component made of silicon, a separator element disposed between the cathode and the anode, an electrolyte, and a substrate. The anode is disposed over the substrate or the anode is integrally formed with the substrate.
US08785030B2
Disclosed is a flexible battery including a sheet-like electrode group, an electrolyte, and a housing with flexibility enclosing the electrode group and electrolyte. The housing includes a film material folded into two in which the electrode group is inserted. The film material has two facing portions respectively facing two principal surfaces of the electrode group, a fold line which is between the two facing portions and along which the film material is folded, and two bonding margins respectively set around the two facing portions. The two bonding margins are bonded to each other into a bonded portion. At least the two facing portions of the film material are formed in a corrugated shape having a plurality of ridge and valley lines arranged in parallel to each other. The ridge lines in one of the two facing portions are overlapped with the valley lines in the other. The fold line is parallel to the ridge and valley lines.
US08785028B1
A high conductivity battery contact that comprises: a printed circuit board, a compressive spring, a tab containing thin, flat and highly electrically conductive metal. Said tab has three sections: a mounting section connected to said printed circuit board, a flexible intermediate section and a contact section with an outward facing surface roughly parallel with said circuit board. These parts form a layered assembly with said compressive spring positioned between the tab contact section and the printed circuit board. When a cylindrical battery cell is placed into position, the tab contact section is pressed into contact against an end of said cylindrical battery cell by said compressive spring.
US08785023B2
A reduction/oxidation (“redox”) flow battery system includes a series of electrochemical cells arranged in a cascade, whereby liquid electrolyte reacts in a first electrochemical cell (or group of cells) before being directed into a second cell (or group of cells) where it reacts before being directed to subsequent cells. The cascade includes 2 to n stages, each stage having one or more electrochemical cells. During a charge reaction, electrolyte entering a first stage will have a lower state-of-charge than electrolyte entering the nth stage. In some embodiments, cell components and/or characteristics may be configured based on a state-of-charge of electrolytes expected at each cascade stage. Such engineered cascades provide redox flow battery systems with higher energy efficiency over a broader range of current density than prior art arrangements.
US08785021B2
A battery pack including: a bare cell having first and second electrode terminals; a holder positioned on a first side of the bare cell, comprising first fastening portions; a protective circuit assembly seated in the holder; and a cover to cover the protective circuit assembly and the bare cell, the cover including second fastening portions. In the battery pack, the first and second fastening portions are interlocked inside of the cover.
US08785012B2
A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack which includes a plurality of fuel cells contacted in series by a plurality of interconnects. The various embodiments provide systems and methods for coupling a fuel cell stack with an electric bypass module within a hot zone. The bypass module may include elements for conducting a current between interconnects in a fuel cell stack and thereby bypass a failed fuel cell that has become a resistive parasitic load.
US08785004B2
A fluorene-based copolymer of formula I includes a monomeric unit that includes a fluorene group and at least one steric hindering chemical group to provide sufficient steric interaction such that the spatial conformation of the fluorene-based copolymer is substantially non-planar. The fluorene-based copolymer exhibits UV light emission.
US08784993B2
A composite magnet wire includes, in an exemplary embodiment, a metal wire and a coating applied to an outer surface of the wire. The coating includes a polyimide polymer and a plurality of alumina nano particles dispersed in the polyimide polymer. The alumina nano particles have a surface treatment applied to outer surfaces of the alumina nano particles, where the surface treatment includes a phenyl-silane. The composite magnet wire has a thermal degradation temperature index of at least 300° C. as calculated in accordance with ASTM E1641 or D2307.
US08784985B2
Anti-reflective coatings and coating solutions, optically transparent elements and improved processes for preparing AR coatings and coating solutions are described. The anti-reflective coatings are formed from at least two different alkoxy silane materials in a base catalyzed reaction.
US08784973B2
A resin bonding method according to the present invention is a resin bonding method for bonding a first resin and a second resin including (I) a step of irradiating spaces containing oxygen molecules with vacuum ultraviolet light having a wavelength of 175 nm or less, the spaces being in contact with surfaces of the first and second resins; and (II) a step of, after the irradiation, subjecting the surfaces to temperature rise while the surfaces are in contact with each other, to bond the first resin and the second resin together with the surfaces serving as bonding surfaces. In the step (I), the surfaces of the first and second resins may be further irradiated with the vacuum ultraviolet light. In this case, a light amount of the vacuum ultraviolet light having reached the surfaces is preferably, for example, 0.1 J/cm2 or more and 10 J/cm2 or less.
US08784972B2
Disclosed is a composite sheet 1 composed of a substantially flat lower fibrous sheet 3 and an upper fibrous sheet 2 bonded to the lower fibrous sheet 3. The upper fibrous sheet 2 is three-dimensionally textured with a number of projections 5 and a number of depression 6 each of which is located between every adjacent two of the projections 5. The projections 5 and the depressions 6 alternate in both a first direction of the composite sheet 1 and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. Each projection 5 has a pair of opposing first walls 51 parallel to the first direction and a pair of opposing second walls 52 parallel to the second direction. The basis weight of the first walls 51 is different from that of the second walls 52.
US08784966B2
A method of forming a material. A self-assembling block copolymer that includes a first block species and a second block species respectively characterized by a volume fraction of F1 and F2 with respect to the self-assembling block copolymer is provided. At least one crosslinkable polymer that is miscible with the second block species is provided. The self-assembling block copolymer and the at least one crosslinkable polymer are combined to form a mixture. The mixture having a volume fraction, F3, of the crosslinkable polymer, a volume fraction, F1A, of the first block species, and a volume fraction, F2A, of the second block species is formed. A material having a predefined morphology where the sum of F2A and F3 were preselected is formed.
US08784960B2
A multilayer structure, comprising: a layer of a resin composition (A); a layer of a saponified ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (B); and a layer of polyolefin (C) arranged on one side or both sides of those layers, wherein the resin composition (A) contains polyolefin (D), a saponified ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (E) and a saponified ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (F1) and/or an acid-modified ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (F2), the copolymer (E) has a mass ratio [E/(F1+F2)] of from 0.05 to 30, the polyolefin (D) has the copolymer (E) having an average particle diameter of from 0.1 to 1.8 μm dispersed in a matrix thereof, the layers of (A) and of (C) have thicknesses of from 50 to 1000 μm, and from 25 to 1000 μm, respectively, which enables provision of a multilayer structure having good gas barrier properties after retort processing and a good appearance.
US08784959B2
A frame is injection molded onto a group of panels to form a container. The panels extend at least partially around, and at least partially define, a cavity of the container.
US08784955B2
A printed article with metallic luster and gold-like appearance that encompasses a printable media on which a printed feature has been formed with an ink composition. The ink composition contains iron oxide pigment particles that have an average particle 5 size in the range of about 3 to about 300 nm and the printable media contains a bottom supporting substrate and an ink-absorbing layer with pore diameters that are smaller than the average size of the iron oxide pigment particles. In such printed article, the ink composition forms onto the printable media a printed feature that has a thickness that is below about 300 nm.
US08784948B2
Apparatuses are provided for controlling flow conductance of plasma formed in a plasma processing apparatus that includes an upper electrode opposite a lower electrode to form a gap therebetween. The lower electrode is adapted to support a substrate and coupled to a RF power supply. Process gas injected into the gap is excited into the plasma state during operation. The apparatus includes a ground ring that concentrically surrounds the lower electrode and has a set of slots formed therein, and a mechanism for controlling gas flow through the slots.
US08784940B2
A method of making an engagement cover for rollers for use in web conveying, the method comprising: (a) providing a knit fabric comprising a woven base layer having first and second faces and a resilient looped pile protruding from the first face; (b) applying an elastomeric coating composition to the looped pile; and (c) curing the coating composition to leave a deposit of elastomeric polymer on the looped pile to yield the engagement cover.
US08784936B2
Barium, strontium, tantalum and lanthanum precursor compositions useful for atomic layer deposition (ALD) and chemical vapor deposition (CVD) of titanate thin films. The precursors have the formula M(Cp)2, wherein M is strontium, barium, tantalum or lanthanum, and Cp is cyclopentadienyl, of the formula wherein each of R1-R5 is the same as or different from one another, with each being independently selected from among hydrogen, C1-C12 alkyl, C1-C12 amino, C6-C10 aryl, C1-C12 alkoxy, C3-C6 alkylsilyl, C2-C12 alkenyl, R1R2R3NNR3, wherein R1, R2 and R3 may be the same as or different from one another and each is independently selected from hydrogen and C1-C6 alkyl, and pendant ligands including functional group(s) providing further coordination to the metal center M. The precursors of the above formula are useful to achieve uniform coating of high dielectric constant materials in the manufacture of flash memory and other microelectronic devices.
US08784933B2
A device, in particular a cover panel for a display device or a monitor auxiliary panel or a surface for input devices, includes a substrate and a coating applied onto the substrate. The coating has a surface having a coefficient of friction in the range between approximately 0.01 and 0.12, in particular between approximately 0.02 and 0.1, or between approximately 0.03 and 0.09.
US08784932B2
A glass panel is partially printed with a plurality of layers in the form of a print pattern which subdivides the panel into a plurality of discrete printed areas and/or a plurality of discrete unprinted areas, the layers being in substantially exact registration. Exact registration is achieved by the application of a plurality of superimposed layers to a sheet of glass. One layer contains-ceramic ink comprising glass frit. The glass sheet and layers are subjected to a heat treatment process which causes the glass frit to fuse to the glass and bind at least one other layer of ink within the print pattern. Ink outside the print pattern is burnt off and/or vaporised during the heat treatment process and/or removed by a subsequent finishing process, to leave the desired layers in substantially exact registration within the print pattern.
US08784931B2
A method of manufacturing ULSI wiring in which wiring layers are separately formed via a diffusion prevention layer and an insulating interlayer portion made of SiO2. The method comprises the steps of treating, with a silane compound, a SiO2 surface of the insulating interlayer portion on which the diffusion layer is to be formed, performing catalyzation with an aqueous solution containing a palladium compound, forming the diffusion prevention layer by electroless plating, and then forming the wiring layer on this diffusion prevention layer. A capping layer may be formed on the wiring layer by electroless plating. Consequently, a diffusion prevention layer having good adhesive properties can be formed through a simple wet process, and, the wiring layer can directly be formed on this diffusion prevention layer by a wet process. The capping layer can also be directly formed on the wiring layer by electroless plating.
US08784930B2
The present invention pertains to a transparent conductive film including a conductive layer having different thicknesses so as to increase the optical transmittance while maintaining the conductivity of the transparent conductive film. The present invention also pertains to a process for the preparation of the above-mentioned transparent conductive film.
US08784924B2
This invention relates to heat-expanded synthetic cheese products, heat-expandable precursors for forming same, the preparation of the precursor and the cheese products, and the use of a sugar alcohol for improving the organoleptic properties and/or the volume expansion % of the heat-expandable precursors and/or heat-expanded synthetic cheese products. The invention provides a heat-expanded synthetic cheese product, comprising:—from about 20% to about 59% by weight of a milk protein or a source thereof; from about 10% to about 50% by weight of a starch; from about 2% to about 24% by weight of a sugar alcohol; from about 3% to about 15% by weight of water; wherein the heat-expanded synthetic cheese product comprises no more than 10% by weight of fat, the percentages being percentages by weight of the total product, and wherein the heat-expanded synthetic cheese product is a microwave-expanded synthetic cheese product or a radiofrequency (RP)-expanded synthetic cheese product.
US08784922B2
A method including the steps of: providing an electric coffee brewing machine; providing a single-use, disposable brew basket, inserting the disposable brew basket into the electric coffee brewing machine; brewing a single cup of coffee with the electric coffee brewing machine; and discarding the disposable brew basket after the single cup of coffee has been brewed. The electric coffee brewing machine has a cold water reservoir, an electric heating element for heating the water, and a basket receiving recess. The disposable brew basket has a bottom wall and at least one side wall extending generally upwardly from the bottom wall to define a brewing reservoir for receiving heated water from the electric coffee brewing machine. The bottom wall of the basket has at least one port located in a central portion thereof to permit brewed coffee to flow from the disposable brew basket. The disposable brew basket is inserted into the basket receiving recess of the electric coffee brewing machine before brewing.
US08784914B2
The present invention relates to a method of producing an extract of green coffee wherein green coffee beans are subjected to a heat treatment and extracted without being roasted.
US08784911B2
The present invention relates to a treatment agent for diabetic complications, and a method for the treatment of diabetic complications using the same. The present invention confirmed that Osteomeles schwerinae extract and its fractions inhibited the generation of AGEs, the index for diabetic complications, inhibited the activation of aldose reductase, had anti-cataract activity, and had anti-oxidative activity. Thus, the present invention relates to a preventive and therapeutic agent for diabetic complications containing the said Osteomeles schwerinae extract and its fraction as an active ingredient.
US08784909B2
A mud mask with real green tea leaves is described. The mud mask is made by separating a real green tea leaf batch into a first sub-batch, a second sub-batch, and a third sub-batch. The first sub-batch is ground into a fine powder, while the second sub-batch remains as whole leaves and the third sub-batch is chopped into partially chopped leaves. The fine powder and whole leaves are added to hot water for a period of time to form a brewed tea. Thereafter, the partially chopped leaves and mud components are added to the brewed tea to form a mud solution, which is mixed to form the mud product. The mud product is packaged and allowed to marinate, which allows the leaves to begin releasing their nutrients and antioxidants into the mud formula, after which the mud mask includes atypical and unusually high levels of nutrients, antioxidants and caffeine.
US08784907B2
A hair care composition and method of using the composition is provided that can increase the appearance of thicker and/or fuller hair and/or delay the appearance of gray hair to provide healthy and younger looking hair.
US08784905B2
Disclosed herein are an oil-extracted product of indigo naturalis, and the preparation process thereof. Also disclosed are a pharmaceutical composition containing the oil-extracted product of indigo naturalis and a method for treating a human subject having or suspected to have a psoriatic disease such as skin psoriasis and nail psoriasis.
US08784903B2
The present invention relates to an extract of a processed herbal medicinal plant and a composition for skin external application which contains the extract. More specifically, the composition for skin external application contains an extract of processed herbal medicinal plant, prepared through a method comprising the steps of: (a) processing an herbal medicinal plant by a process of boiling, steaming, roasting, baking or heating the medicinal plant or a combination of two or more of these processes; (b) obtaining an extract of the processed medicinal plant. The composition shows an improved antioxidant effect.
US08784902B2
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.
US08784886B2
Pharmaceutical compositions in unit dose form comprising capsules containing one or more first active pharmaceutical ingredient in a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle, coated with one or more second active pharmaceutical ingredients, wherein the unit dose form is a pharmaceutical grade finished dosage form, and methods of making and using the same.
US08784882B2
This invention relates to a gel formulation for nasal administration of a controlled release formulation of hormones to the systemic circulation and/or to the brain. The special lipophilic or partly lipophilic system of the invention leads to higher bioavailability of the active ingredient caused by sustained serum levels in plasma but also leads to a more favorable serum level profile. The special lipophilic or partly lipophilic system also allows for the modulation of brain functioning. The invention also relates to the nasal administration of steroid hormones for treatment of female sexual dysfunction (FSD) or female arousal disorder.
US08784879B2
In an aspect of the invention, a composition for making a patch for the transdermal delivery of tamsulosin is provided. The composition comprises (a) at least about 1 wt % tamsulosin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of tamsulosin, (b) at least about 40 wt % polyisobutylene adhesive or hydrophobic synthetic rubber adhesive, (c) about 1-20 wt % of an aprotic solvent in which tamsulosin dissolves readily, (d) about 1-20 wt % of an unsaturated fatty acid or an alpha-hydroxy acid or a mixture of unsaturated fatty acids or alpha-hydroxy acids or of both unsaturated fatty acids and alpha-hydroxy acids, (e) a lipophilic permeation enhancer, and (f) a matrix modifier.
US08784878B2
A pharmaceutical composition for transdermal delivery comprising one or more physiologically active agents; one or more dermal penetration enhancers; and a volatile pharmaceutically acceptable carrier comprising a volatile solvent; and wherein the physiologically active agent and dermal penetration enhancer form an amorphous deposit upon evaporation of the volatile carrier, said amorphous deposit forming a reservoir within the stratum corneum; and (A) wherein the composition has a release rate profile of physiologically active agent so as to provide a ratio of the maximum concentration (Cmax) to the average concentration (Cavg) for the physiologically active agent over the dosage interval within the range of 1 to 10.
US08784864B2
Bone repair materials are disclosed, from which ions are hardly eluted in living body and which are superior in apatite-forming ability and resistance to apatite peeling and have a scratch resistance high enough for practical use. The material comprises a substrate made of titanium or titanium alloys, and a surface layer, made substantially of titanium oxide, along the surface of the substrate. The substrate has on the surface thereof irregularities of from 1 nm to 10 μm in average in both width and depth. The layer has a zeta potential of +4.5 mV or more under an aqueous solution environment of pH 6 to 8, and a critical scratch resistance of 35 mN or more when vibration 100 μm in amplitude is added to a stylus with a spring constant of 200 g/mm on the surface layer and the stylus is moved at a rate of 10 mm/sec under a load increasing at a rate of 100 mN/min.
US08784852B2
The present invention is directed to a topical skin care composition. The composition has the unique ability to treat acne without drying out the user's skin. In particular, the composition includes a base, an antibacterial agent, at least one anti-inflammatory agent, and at least one antioxidant. The antibacterial agent may be benzoyl peroxide.
US08784842B2
Particular aspects provide efficient allelic exchange methods to generate directed mutations within genes of slow-growing stains of mycobacteria (e.g., Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (Map), Map 10 or GFP-expressing Map K-10) using a phage-delivery system, and demonstrate high efficiency allelic exchange. Additional exemplary aspects provide non-naturally occurring slow-growing strains of mycobacteria (e.g., Map, M. bovis, M. tuberculosis) having at least one gene deletion (e.g., pknG, relA, lsr2, panC, panD, proC, trpD, sapM (MAP3432), lysA_1, leuD, and leuC, and deletion mutants at the orthologous loci of two known virulence genes in pathogenic mycobacteria (relA and pknG) and one gene related to colony morphology and biofilm formation in fast growing mycobacteria (lsr2) were made. Further aspects provide novel vaccines comprising such deletion mutants, or portions thereof, and methods for making said vaccines. Yet further aspects provide methods for protecting a mammal from virulent Map, M. bovis, or M. tuberculosis, comprising treating the mammal with the inventive vaccines.
US08784837B2
The invention refers an improved vaccine against infections with pathogens, especially viral pathogens, comprising an antigen, a peptide of the formula R1—XZSZN—XZX—R2 and an immunostimulatory deoxynucleic acid containing deoxyinosine and/or deoxyuridine residues.
US08784831B2
The present invention provides an antigenic composition, the composition comprising at least one recombinant protein. The recombinant protein comprises at least one epitope. The epitope is reactive with an antibody which is reactive with a polypeptide having the sequence set out in SEQ. ID. NO. 3 or SEQ. ID. NO. 5. The invention also provides methods and compositions for the production of the recombinant protein. Also provided are methods for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of P. gingivalis infection.
US08784830B2
In order to provide an effective vaccine against infection with Propionibacterium acnes, the present invention provides a peptide which is a peptide consisting of a specific amino acid sequence or a peptide consisting of an amino acid sequence derived from the specific amino acid sequence by deletion, substitution, insertion, or addition of one or more amino acids, the peptide suppressing, by immune response, inflammation caused by infection with Propionibacterium acnes.
US08784828B2
The novel omp-1 gene cluster encoding twenty one Ehrlichia ewingii (EE) proteins was isolated and sequenced completely. This invention relates to isolated E. ewingii (EE) polypeptides, isolated polynucleotides encoding EE polypeptides, probes, primers, isolated antibodies and methods of their production, immunogenic compositions and vaccines, as well as methods of using the EE polypeptides, antibodies, probes, and primers for the purpose of diagnosis, therapy and production of vaccines against E. ewingii.
US08784820B2
An antibody for activating plasminogen is provided. The antibody is produced from a hybridoma cell line deposited on Nov. 24, 2011 under accession number BCRC 960433 at Food Industry Research and Development Institute, 331 Shih-Pin Road, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan. The uses and producing method of the antibody, and an agent including the antibody used for treating stroke, myocardial infarction or syndromes cause by thrombus are also disclosed.
US08784817B2
Fully human monoclonal Abs includes (i) an antigen-binding variable region that exhibits very high binding affinity for IL-1α and (ii) a constant region that is effective at both activating the complement system though C1q binding and binding to several different Fc receptors.
US08784816B2
The invention, in general, features a method of treatment and/or prevention of a thrombotic pathological condition, in a mammal, which includes administering to the mammal in need of such treatment a therapeutically effective amount of a composition including an antibody directed against the C1 domain of Factor VIII, which is a partially inhibitory antibody of Factor VIII.
US08784804B2
The present invention relates to a potent antioxidant neuroprotective nutraceutical composition that comprises blending extract of Shilajit (250 to 500 mg) and folic acid (200 to 400 μg), together with small amounts of vitamins B6 (20 to 40 μg) and B12 (4 to 8 μg) consumed per day. This composition can be used to prevent and to treat neurodegenerative diseases or episodes of cognitive deterioration arising from various pathological conditions. The use thereof is indicated in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and senile dementia as the pathological conditions preferably to be treated. The composition is suitable for direct human consumption by mouth, either in solid form as a powder or as a suspension of the extract, as a food additive or as a nutraceutical agent. It may be formulated as a nutraceutical agent to be included as an ingredient in beverages or as a drug in conjunction with permitted excipients.
US08784798B2
The present invention generally relates to the field of preventing and/or treating inflammatory and infectious disorders, in particular by boosting the endogenous antimicrobial defenses. One embodiment of the present invention is the use of B. longum NCC2705 (deposit number CNCM 1-2618) for use in the treatment or prevention of disorders related to the immune system including infections.
US08784797B2
The present invention relates to methods, pharmaceutical compositions and kits for use in the treatment of Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma. More particularly, the present invention relates to a combination of an interferon, an arsenic compound and a reverse transcriptase inhibitor for the treatment of Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma.
US08784794B2
The present invention provides a method for stable long-term storage of non-glycosylated recombinant human Granulocyte-Colony Stimulating Factor (“G-CSF”), wherein an aqueous acetate or glutamate buffered G-CSF composition containing the non-glycosylated recombinant human G-CSF and sorbital is cooled to a temperature of −15° C. or below to obtain a frozen G-CSF composition, which frozen composition is then stored in the frozen state and then increased in temperature to a temperature within the range of from 2° C. to 8° C. for a period of time adjusted to allow the composition to thaw and to obtain a liquid composition having a G-CSF content of at least 95% of the G-CSF content of the original composition.
US08784790B2
Chronic wounds may be treated by debriding necrotic and other devitalized tissue from the wound, and applying to the wound an extracellular polymeric substance solvating system comprising a metal ion sequestering agent, surfactant and buffering agent. The solvating system disrupts biofilms which may be present in the wound and aids or enables the resumption of normal healing.
US08784789B2
An aqueous liquid preparation containing (+)-(S)-4-[4-[(4-chlorophenyl)(2-pyridyl)methoxy]piperidino]butyric acid or a pharmacologically acceptable acid addition salt thereof, which is stabilized with a water-soluble metal chloride, is provided.
US08784788B2
A gel carrier for releasing active ingredients is formed from a co-polymer blend and an active ingredient blend. The co-polymer blend and active ingredient blend are combined and allowed to cool to a desired temperature. When the gel carrier floats in, is immersed, or is exposed to water-based materials, active ingredients are leached out of the gel carrier.
US08784782B2
The inventions disclosed herein relate to the discovery of the use of compounds having the formula shown below and certain subgenera or species thereof, as flavor or taste modifiers, particularly, savory (“umami”) taste modifiers, savory flavoring agents and savory flavor enhancers in foods, beverages, and other comestible compositions.
US08784779B2
Oral care compositions and methods are described in which the composition includes a chalcone color change component, which may be phenyl-3-methoxy-4-hydroxystyryl ketone. The color change component is induced to change colors by addition of saliva and/or by a change in pH of the composition. The composition and methods provide benefits including providing visual cues to the user.
US08784775B2
This invention relates to novel compounds suitable for labeling or already labeled by 18F, methods of preparing such a compound, compositions comprising such compounds, kits comprising such compounds or compositions and uses of such compounds, compositions or kits for diagnostic imaging by positron emission tomography (PET).
US08784766B1
Iron nanoparticles were employed to induce the synthesis of diamond on molybdenum, silicon, and quartz substrates. Diamond films were grown using conventional conditions for diamond synthesis by hot filament chemical vapor deposition, except that dispersed iron oxide nanoparticles replaced the seeding. This approach to diamond induction can be combined with dip pen nanolithography for the selective deposition of diamond and diamond patterning while avoiding surface damage associated to diamond-seeding methods.
US08784750B2
A sample is contained in a sample container and a physical relationship between the sample and a sample ID thereof is established. However, after the sample ID is read by a bar code reader and the sample is transferred to an analysis-dedicated small sample container, the sample ID and the sample are separated from each other. Following the end of analysis, therefore, the sample ID must be merged with a corresponding analysis result. A read/write-enable ID carrier is provided on an analysis-dedicated sample container into which the sample is pipetted or on a tank for holding the analysis-dedicated sample container. When the sample is pipetted or when the analysis-dedicated sample container is moved, the sample ID and other information are transferred to the read/write-enable ID carrier.
US08784747B2
A cover for holding and protecting a scent insert for use with a portable electronic device or other electronic device such as an IPOD, IPAD, MP3 player, laptop, for example, including a pocket for holding a removable scented insert. The pocket is an integral part of the cover or a removable pocket which is held on to the outside of the cover with an adhesive, for example. The aromatic insert is a scent impregnated porous plastic insert or plastic insert having a permeable layer sealed with nonpermeable peelable layers of plastic or paper film wherein a top layer is removed as desired, thus releasing the desired aroma. The exterior surface of the pocket is porous or includes apertures or slits for transferring the scent outside of the pocket insert holder.
US08784737B2
A chemical pre-concentrator includes a conduit defining a flow path between two ends and having a heating element disposed within the conduit, such that the heating element has at least one sorbent material deposited directly on at least a portion of a conductive surface of the heating element. Some such heating elements are in the form of electrically conductive strips defining both a plurality of apertures through the strip and a series of undulations spaced along the flow path.
US08784733B2
Chlorine dioxide generation systems and methods are disclosed. One or more reactants, such as sodium hypochlorite, may be electrolytically generated on-site for delivery to a reaction column. Low concentration reactants may be used to generate chlorine dioxide as part of a mixed oxy-chloro product stream containing free available chlorine. In at least one embodiment, an optical analyzer may be positioned along a reactant feed line to measure a concentration of reactant supplied to a reaction column. A controller may adjust a flow rate of the reactant in response to information provided by the optical analyzer. The controller may also perform pH control within the system. In some embodiments, the chlorine dioxide generator may be incorporated in an all-liquid water disinfection system.
US08784723B2
A method of three-dimensional fabrication of an object is disclosed. The method comprises: forming a plurality of layers in a configured pattern corresponding to the shape of the three-dimensional object, at least one layer of the plurality of layers being formed at a predetermined and different thickness selected so as to compensate for post-formation shrinkage of the layer along a vertical direction. In various exemplary embodiments of the invention spread of building material of one or more layers is diluted at least locally such as to maintain a predetermined thickness and a predetermined planar resolution for the layer.
US08784721B2
A method of manufacturing three-dimensional objects by laser sintering is provided, the object is formed by solidifying powder material layer by layer at locations in each layer corresponding to the object by means of laser radiation, wherein an IR-radiation image in an applied powder layer is detected, characterized in that defects and/or geometrical irregularities in the applied powder layer are determined on the basis of the IR-radiation image.
US08784719B2
Reinforced polyimide compositions that include a reinforcing filler and a polyamide flow promoter improve flow promotion while maintaining other mechanical, thermal, flame and/or electrical properties of the compositions. The compositions may include an inorganic or organic reinforcing filler, a polyimide resin such as polyetherimide or polyamideimide and a small amount of an aromatic or aliphatic polyamide as the flow promoter. The resulting compositions may be used in thinner-wall applications while still retaining the advantageous physical properties of reinforced polyimide compositions not having the flow promoter. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
US08784717B2
A process for molding and curing tires, includes introducing a green tire into a curing mold, the mold including a first sidewall plate and a second sidewall plate, a ring of circumferential sectors circumscribing a mold cavity, an expandable bladder delimited by a membrane, and at least one bead molding ring which is movable between a first contracted operating position and a second extended operating position; and molding and curing the green tire in the curing mold; and between introducing the green tire and molding and curing it, the process includes extending the at least one bead molding ring from the first contracted operating position to the second extended operating position; forming a circumferential bearing surface which bears against a first axially inner surface portion of a first annular fixing structure of the green tire; pressing a second axially inner surface portion of the first annular fixing structure by expanding the membrane at a pre-molding pressure which is lower than a molding pressure, so as to bring the first annular fixing structure into contact with the first sidewall plate thus shaping an axially outer surface portion of the first annular fixing structure by means of the first sidewall plate and shaping the first axially inner surface portion of the first annular fixing structure by means of the circumferential surface of the at least one bead molding ring.
US08784715B2
A pre-molded part is formed by pre-molding an insert with a pre-molded member, and then the pre-molded part is inserted into an over-molded member composed of thermo plastic resin. After applying a heat treatment with a temperature lower than a crystalline melting point of the pre-molded part to the pre-molded part surrounding the insert, a firm contact between the insert and the resin surrounding the insert without a gap at the interface between those parts is obtained.
US08784704B2
A material is provided for switching dielectric constant between distinct first and second values responsive to electromagnetic radiation having a specified energy. The material includes a medium transparent to the radiation and a plurality of particulates. Each particulate has a dipole that assumes one of distinct first and second parameters that correspond to the first and second values. The particulates are suspended within the medium. The parameters are either dipole span or charge strength. The dipole of each particulate sets to the first parameter by default and sets to the second parameter in response to the radiation. The particulates can be composed from undoped semi-insulating gallium arsenide. The medium can be polymethylmethacrylate, for example.
US08784699B2
An oxide including indium (In), gallium (Ga) and zinc (Zn), wherein diffraction peaks are observed at positions corresponding to incident angles (2θ) of 7.0° to 8.4°, 30.6° to 32.0°, 33.8° to 35.8°, 53.5° to 56.5° and 56.5° to 59.5° in an X-ray diffraction measurement (CuKα rays), and one of diffraction peaks observed at positions corresponding to incident angles (2θ) of 30.6° to 32.0° and 33.8° to 35.8° is a main peak and the other is a sub peak.
US08784697B2
A conductive paste is provided. The conductive paste includes a conductive powder and a resin composition. The resin composition includes a polyester acrylate oligomer, a hydroxyalkyl acrylate (HAA) and a polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) derivative. The conductive powder and the resin composition have a weight ratio of 40-85:15-60. The polyester acrylate oligomer, the hydroxyalkyl acrylate (HAA) and the polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) derivative have a weight ratio of 15-70:10-60:3-40.
US08784691B2
Disclosed are conductive composites prepared from ionic liquids, compositions for preparing the composites, and methods of making and using the composites.
US08784677B2
A plasma processing apparatus for applying an etching processing to a wafer by using at least two steps of the etching processing which operate with plasma formed within a pressure-reduced processing chamber, the wafer being located within the processing chamber inside a vacuum vessel, and having a mask on a silicon-composed substrate and a film structure, the film structure including processing-target films located under the mask, wherein the plasma processing apparatus is equipped with a function for processing another different wafer in such a manner that a processing condition at a precedent-stage step of the two steps of the etching processing in the processing of the different wafer is adjusted based on a result obtained by detecting a time which has elapsed until termination of a subsequent-stage step of the two steps of the etching processing.
US08784675B2
The ferroelectric substrate 11 of ferroelectric crystals, while being supported by the support plate 14 which is thicker than the ferroelectric substrate 11, is integrated with the support plate 14 by letting the junction 13 mediate between one major surface S1A of the ferroelectric substrate 11 and one major surface S1B of the support plate 14, and therefore, it is possible through the flat surface polishing to perform thinning of the ferroelectric substrate 11, namely, the ferroelectric crystals, and as a result, it is possible to obtain the thin periodically poled structure. By the voltage application method, the domain inverted region is formed in the ferroelectric substrate 11 which is made thin.
US08784673B2
Methods for fabricating templates for nanoelement assembly and methods for fluid-guided assembly of nanoelements are provided. Templates are fabricated by plasma modification of surface hydrophilicity and production of a network of hydrophobic trenches having a hydrophilic bottom surface. Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNT) can be assembled into stable films, ribbons, and wires of nanoscale thickness and nanoscale or microscale width and length. The nanofilm assemblies prepared according to the invention are highly conductive and can be used in the fabrication of a wide variety of microscale and nanoscale electronic devices.
US08784663B2
A trap Including: an inlet configured to receive a fluid conveying nanostructures; ionic liquid configured to trap the nanostructures; and an outlet for the fluid.
US08784662B2
Filtration processes and systems are provided for the separation of a filterable fluid stream by a filtration membrane module with uniform transmembrane pressure and flux along the membrane and internal control of membrane fouling via intermittent periodic reduction of the pressure differential between the permeate and retentate sides of the membrane and/or backwashing cycles during separation, recovery, and/or purification of proteins, peptides, nucleic acids, biologically produced polymers and other compounds or materials from aqueous fluids.
US08784660B2
In some embodiments, a wastewater treatment system may reduce contaminants in water. A system may include one or more bioreactors which include a substrate that supports a biofilm. The bacteria used to form the biofilm may be selected to maximize the reduction of contaminants in water. Various components of the wastewater treatment system may be optimized to improve the efficiency and energy consumption of the wastewater system.
US08784649B2
A method for the pyrolytic extraction of hydrocarbons such as shale oil from kerogen. Oil shale containing kerogen which has been ground into particulate form, is cascaded downwardly between a plurality of rotating trays within a heated processing chamber. As the hydrocarbons are volatized within the chamber, the volatiles are collected and condensed within a condenser or other suitable recovery apparatus.
US08784647B2
In a process for producing a hydroprocessing catalyst, a particulate metal oxide composition comprising an oxide of at least one first metal selected from Group 6 of the Periodic Table of the Elements can be mixed with particles of a sulfide of at least one second metal selected from Groups 8 to 10 of the Periodic Table of the Elements to produce a particulate catalyst precursor. The particulate catalyst precursor can then be sulfided under conditions sufficient to at least partially convert the particulate catalyst precursor into a layered metal sulfide having defect sites associated with the second metal sulfide.
US08784645B2
The method for manufacturing a hydrocarbon oil of the present invention comprises a first step wherein a plurality of reaction zones filled with a specific catalyst is disposed in series and a feedstock oil containing an oxygen-containing hydrocarbon compound derived from an animal or vegetable oil is supplied and hydrotreated under the conditions of a hydrogen pressure of 1 MPa or more and 10 MPa or less in each of the reaction zones; and a second step wherein hydrogen, hydrogen sulfide, carbon dioxide and water are removed from a product to be treated obtained in the first step to obtain a hydrocarbon oil. Among the plurality of reaction zones, the inlet temperature of the reaction zone disposed on the most upstream side is 150° C. or more and 250° C. or less, the inlet temperature of the second most upstream reaction zone or below is equal to or higher than the condensation temperature of water, and the outlet temperature of the reaction zone disposed on the most downstream side is 260° C. or more and 360° C. or less. The feedstock oil comprises a recycled oil containing a specific amount of a part of the hydrocarbon oil obtained in the second step and a specific amount of a sulfur-containing hydrocarbon compound.
US08784639B2
An electrochemical process for the concurrent recovery of iron metal and chlorine gas from an iron-rich metal chloride solution, comprising electrolysing the iron-rich metal chloride solution in an electrolyser comprising a cathodic compartment equipped with a cathode having a hydrogen overpotential higher than that of iron and containing a catholyte having a pH below about 2, an anodic compartment equipped with an anode and containing an anolyte, and a separator allowing for anion passage, the electrolysing step comprising circulating the iron-rich metal chloride solution in a non-anodic compartment of the electrolyser, thereby causing iron to be electrodeposited at the cathode and chlorine gas to evolve at the anode, and leaving an iron-depleted solution, which is recirculated, at least in part, to the iron-rich metal chloride solution. The iron-rich metal chloride solution may originate from carbo-chlorination wastes, spent acid leaching liquors or pickling liquors.
US08784635B2
The invention relates to a method for grafting an organic film onto an electrically conductive or semiconductive surface by electro-reduction of a solution, wherein the solution comprises one diazonium salt and one monomer bearing at least one chain polymerizable functional group. During the electrolyzing process, at least one protocol consisting of an electrical polarization of the surface by applying a variable potential over at least a range of values which are more cathodic that the reduction or peak potential of all diazonium salts in said solution is applied.The invention also relates to an electrically conducting or semiconducting surface obtained by implementing this method.The invention further relates to electrolytic compositions.
US08784621B1
A wafer carrier is described. In one embodiment, the wafer carrier includes a variable aperture shield.
US08784617B2
A non-thermal, repetitively-pulsed gliding discharge reactor includes a high-voltage power source configured to provide a pulsed high-voltage potential; a gas inlet; a liquid sorbent inlet; a product outlet; a plurality of first electrodes connected to the high-voltage power source; a plurality of second electrodes that are grounded; and a trough; the plurality of first electrodes being separated from the plurality of second electrodes by a discharge region.
US08784613B2
A method is provided for controlling organic contaminants, such as xylans, pitch or both, that interfere with bleaching of fibers and/or cause other interference(s) in papermaking systems. The method includes contacting fibers before any bleaching thereof with a composition which contains a hemicellulolytic enzyme and an organic contaminant removal adjuvant to liberate the organic contaminants from the fibers. The treated fibers can then be bleached and further used, for example, in making paper. The present invention also relates to the treatment compositions and to paper products made with fiber materials treated with these compositions. A method of enhancing enzymatic degradation of a substrate as well as formulations and systems for achieving the same are also provided. Various substrates can be degraded or otherwise processed, including biomass, paper mill sludge, and animal hides. Enzymatic degradation can be enhanced by including one or more polymeric surfactants.
US08784612B2
The instant invention relates to storage stable solutions of optical brighteners based on certain salt forms of anilino-substituted bistriazinyl derivatives of 4,4′-diaminostilbene-2,2′-disulphonic acid and of organic acids which do not need extra solubilizing additives.
US08784607B2
The present invention relates to a process for the production of bleached wood particles and a process for the production of pale to white wood-base materials which are produced from the bleached wood particles.
US08784602B2
Catheter balloon assemblies (10) for delivering a therapeutic agent to a body vessel are provided, as well as related methods of manufacturing and methods of treatment. The catheter balloon assemblies may include a concentrically disposed dual balloon assembly at the distal portion of the catheter having an inner balloon (44), a porous outer balloon (42) concentrically arrayed around the inner balloon and a catheter shaft (30) adapted to deliver a therapeutic agent to the body vessel through the apertures in the outer balloon. Radial outward expansion of the inner balloon may urge the outer balloon into contact with the wall of a body vessel, where the therapeutic agent may be delivered from the catheter shaft through apertures in the outer balloon directly to the wall of the body vessel. Preferably, the catheter balloon assemblies include a stiffening' member (210) within the proximal portion and/or a plurality of lumens lined with a fluorinated hydrocarbon to independently inflate the inner balloon, deliver the therapeutic agent through the outer balloon and house a wire guide (50). The catheter balloon assemblies may provide improved tractability and/or pushability characteristics.
US08784596B2
A method for joining fittings to a composite sandwich shell edge includes laying up an inner facesheet and positioning a wrapped flute mandrel on top; applying a layer of adhesive on the inner facesheet and positioning spacer-supported fittings on top; applying adhesive over the co-bonded fittings and laying up an outer facesheet forming an assembly; curing the assembly under heat and pressure; removing the fittings by first collapsing the spacers and removing the flute mandrel; placing an adhesive layer on the fittings with collapsible spacers inserted therein; reinserting the fittings between the inner and outer facesheets and effecting bonding and curing; and removing the spacers from the fittings by collapsing the spacers.
US08784595B2
A process for laminating at least one electrode sheet onto an electrically conductive support film is provided. The process comprises heating the electrically conductive support film and laminating the at least one electrode sheet onto at least one side of the heated electrically conductive support film. An apparatus for laminating at least one electrode sheet onto an electrically conductive support film is also provided. The apparatus comprises lamination rollers forming a nip and means for carrying the electrically conductive support film and the at least one electrode sheet to the nip formed by the lamination rollers. The apparatus also comprises a heater for heating the electrically conductive support film before the electrically conductive support film reaches the nip formed by the lamination rollers.
US08784589B2
A method for reworking an electrically conductive layer of a composite skin is disclosed in which a patch replaces the altered section of the electrically conductive layer. The method is performed by removing a portion of the electrically conductive layer to reveal the underlying composite skin. A patch is formed, having an electrically conductive section coupled to an adhesive having a low dielectric breakdown strength, and is then introduced over the underlying composite skin such that the adhesive layer covers the underlying composite skin and overlaps an unremoved portion of the electrically conductive layer. The patch is applied such that the electrically conductive section within the patch covers the adhesive layer and overlaps the unremoved section of the electrically conductive layer. The adhesive layer preferably has a low dielectric breakdown strength, so that electricity from lightning which strikes the composite skin may be conducted through the adhesive.
US08784587B2
Building panels and a method to produce such panels including a solid decorative surface having a decorative wear layer including fibers, binders, color substance and wear resistant particles. A method of manufacturing a building panel having a decorative surface connected to a core wherein the surface has at least two homogenous layers, a lower sub layer and an upper decorative layer, the upper decorative layer including fibers, a first color substance a binder and wear resistant particles, the lower sub layer including fibers, a second color substance, and a binder, whereby the method including the steps of applying the layers comprising a mix of fibers, binder, wear resistant particles and color substance on a core wherein the layers comprise different colors, displacing particles from their original position such that particles from the sub layer are visible on the decorative surface, and curing the layers by providing heat and pressure.
US08784586B2
A method of applying a strip of tape includes directing air pressure at a raised section of a conductor.
US08784583B2
A primer for small arms ammunition including a primary explosive and an oxidizer system containing bismuth oxide is provided. A method of forming the primer and a small arms ammunition cartridge also is provided. The oxidizer system can be non-hygroscopic and non-toxic. The primer can include reducing agents or fuels, sensitizers, binders and gas producing agents.
US08784570B2
Method for cleaning a steam nozzle (7) of a beverage preparation machine comprising a rinsing container (12) having a top opening (22) and a draining device (23) for evacuating the liquid contained therein; a feed device for feeding the nozzle with liquid; a device (13) for moving the nozzle vertically so that its free end (7a) enters the container (12); and a control unit for controlling the moving and feeding devices. It includes a rinsing sequence with the following steps: the lowering of the nozzle (7) into the rinsing position inside the container; the filling of the container (12) with liquid by the nozzle; and the draining of the container (12) activated by the control unit connected to the moving and feeding devices.
US08784562B2
A substrate 10 that selectively allows hydrogen to permeate therethrough is formed with a catalyst thin layer 20 on a first side 11 thereof and is heated in a furnace tube 110, which functions as a reactor, of a heating furnace 100 while a raw material gas to the catalyst thin layer 20 is fed. Hydrogen produced on the first side 11 of the substrate 10 as a result of the formation of carbon nanotubes 5 is separated from the raw material gas and is allowed to permeate to a second side 12 thereof.
US08784561B2
Methods are disclosed for inhibiting heat transfer through lateral sidewalls of a support member positioned beneath a crucible in a directional solidification furnace. The methods include the use of insulation positioned adjacent the lateral sidewalls of the support member. The insulation inhibits heat transfer through the lateral sidewalls of the support member to ensure the one-dimensional transfer of heat from the melt through the support member.
US08784559B2
A Czochralski (“CZ”) single-crystal growth process system continuously grows crystal boules in a chamber furnace during a single thermal cycle. Finished boules are transferred from the furnace chamber, without need to cool the furnace, to an adjoining cooling chamber for controlled cooling. Controlled cooling is preferably accomplished by transporting boules along a path having an incrementally decreasing temperature. In order to maximize crystal boule yield in a single furnace thermal cycle, the crucible assembly may be recharged with crystal growth aggregate and/or slag may be discharged during the crystal boule growth process without opening the furnace.
US08784549B2
An aqueous inkjet ink set for use in continuous inkjet printing comprising at least one cyan ink, at least one yellow ink, at least one magenta ink, and at least one black ink, wherein each ink of the ink set comprises dispersed pigment particles and at least one surfactant selected to provide a 10-ms dynamic surface tension of less than 54 mN/m for each ink. The invention relates to continuous ink jet printing of aqueous pigmented ink compositions recycled from main ink supply reservoirs, employing a printer with drop ejectors and a drop deflector and non-printing drop catchers capable of returning unprinted ink to the fluid delivery systems following the capture of non-printing drops. The pigmented ink jet ink compositions provide for particularly suitable fluid properties on the drop catcher face that minimize printing defects that can occur during drop deflection during the printing of high dynamic range images at high speed.
US08784531B2
In a gas separation apparatus that separates carbon dioxide and water vapor from a first mixture gas containing a predetermined major component gas, carbon dioxide, and water vapor, the energy utilization efficiency thereof is improved. Also, by utilizing the function of this gas separation apparatus, a membrane reactor and a hydrogen production apparatus exhibiting high energy utilization efficiency are provided. The gas separation apparatus is constructed to include a first separation membrane 33 and a second separation membrane 34 that are made of different materials. When the first mixture gas is supplied at a temperature of 100° C. or higher, the first separation membrane 33 separates a second mixture gas containing carbon dioxide and water vapor that permeate through the first separation membrane by allowing carbon dioxide and water vapor to permeate selectively. When the second mixture gas is supplied, the second separation membrane 34 separates water vapor that permeates through the second separation membrane 34 by allowing water vapor to permeate selectively.
US08784528B2
Embodiments of the invention generally provide a holding frame having at least one rigid retainer and/or flexible retainers. The holding frame assembly is typically mounted in a housing of an air handler or other air moving conduit. The rigid retainer(s) and flexible retainer(s) are coupled to the holding frame assembly to define filter retaining pockets that retain a final filter within the holding frame assembly without use of clips and other fastening mechanisms.
US08784524B2
A duct filter bag used in connection with a heating and air conditioning vent, the duct filter bag including a filter body constructed of a material that is air permeable yet catches particles exiting the vent, the filter body having a perimeter; an attachment assembly connected to the filter body; where the filter body is extendable outward relative to the attachment assembly to define a filter volume; the attachment assembly being adapted to attach the filter body such that the filter volume is in registry with the vent.
US08784523B2
An air cleaner assembly, a main filter element, a safety element, combinations and methods for servicing an air cleaner assembly are provided according to the present invention. The air cleaner assembly includes an air cleaner housing and a main filter element. The air cleaner housing includes a safety liner that supports the main filter element, and can be configured to help reduce the tendency of the main filter element to rotate during use of the air cleaner assembly. A safety element having two open ends, for use with such an assembly is described.
US08784522B2
An air filter system (30) includes a filter housing (10) with a filter element (1) received within the housing. A secondary housing is secured to and closing the filter housing. The secondary housing includes a locking element operable to engage the filter housing and the filter element. The filter element (1) includes at least one fastening element (7) wherein the locking element (22) of the secondary housing (20) engages the at least one fastening element (7) in such a way, when the filter element (1) is accommodated in the filter housing (10) and is disposed between the filter housing (10) and the secondary housing (20), that the secondary housing (20) is detachably clamped to the filter housing (10).
US08784519B2
A vitrified superabrasive product includes a superabrasive component and a vitrified bond component in which the superabrasive component is dispersed. The vitrified bond includes an oxide of a lanthanoid. Additionally, the vitrified bond component defines pores that can be essentially all less than 800 μm in diameter. Seventy percent of the pores are in a range of between about 40 μm and about 500 μm and have an average aspect ratio less than about 2. The porosity is in a range of between about 50% and about 90% of the total volume of the superabrasive product.
US08784514B1
The present invention relates generally to the production of energy and the reclaimation of carpet waste material. More particularly, the invention relates to a method and system for storing and using post industrial and post consumer carpet as fuel in an energy generation process and for producing at least one recyclable carpet waste material.
US08784490B2
The present disclosure is directed to orthopedic implants and methods of rapid manufacturing orthopedic implants using in vivo data specific to an orthopedic implant or orthopedic trial. Specifically, the instant disclosure utilizes permanent orthopedic implants and orthopedic trials (collectively, “implants”) outfitted with kinematic sensors to provide feedback regarding the kinematics of the trial or implant to discern which implant is preferable, and thereafter rapid manufacturing the implant.
US08784489B2
An apparatus and method for performing a surgery, especially an ACL replacement surgery, where a flexible strand insertion rod co-operates with a U-Guide apparatus to insert a flexible strand into a tunnel formed in a bone portion and to guide a pair of drill points to form a pair of tunnels transversely to the tunnel of the insertion rod. The drill points are guided through the insertion rod and the flexible strand is held over the drill points as the transverse tunnels are formed. The insertion rod is then removed from the tunnels formed in the bone and the flexible strand is held looped over the second drill point. Subsequently, a soft tissue replacement is affixed to one end of the flexible strand and pulled over up to the first drill point with the other end of the flexible strand. The first drill point is then used to pull a cross pin through the transverse tunnel to hold the looped end of the soft tissue replacement in place. Finally, the two free ends of the soft tissue replacement are affixed to the bone completing the implantation of a soft tissue replacement.
US08784486B2
Elastomeric fluid-filled prosthetic implants having an elastomeric shell and a flush patch are provided as well as methods for making and using such implants.
US08784481B2
A prosthetic heart valve is circumferentially collapsible for less invasive delivery into a patient. The valve re-expands to operating size at the implant site in the patient. A frame structure of the valve includes restraining structure that can help to push one or more of the patient's native heart valve leaflets radially outwardly so that this native leaflet tissue does not interfere with the operation or service life of the prosthetic valve.
US08784480B2
An apparatus and method for delivering a prosthetic device through the vasculature of a patient includes a radially expandable member coupled to the distal end of an elongate shaft. The expandable member has an open frame configuration and an outer mounting surface for mounting the prosthetic device in a collapsed state thereon. The expandable member expands radially outwards from a first configuration to a second configuration to expand a prosthetic device mounted thereon.
US08784476B2
An expandable balloon for insertion in a fluid conduit of a human or animal body is movable between a collapsed condition and an expanded condition. The balloon has, when in the expanded condition, a center line which follows a substantially helical path. The balloon can be combined with a stent such that the stent is expandable by the balloon from a collapsed condition to an expanded condition.
US08784474B2
A system to deliver a prosthesis for repair of a transected body vessel is described herein. The system can have a prosthesis and a plurality of distinct strands. A releasable loop can be formed at a distal end of each strand and positioned to retain one of a plurality of portions of the prosthesis in a compressed configuration. Each portion of the prosthesis can be independently movable between the compressed configuration and an expanded configuration. Retraction of the proximal end or severing the loop of any one of the strands can cause the corresponding loop to release to allow the corresponding portion of the prosthesis to expand from the compressed configuration to the expanded configuration. The prosthesis can couple two vessel portions of the transected vessel together to allow for blood perfusion and maintain hemostasis.
US08784463B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for thermally-induced renal neuromodulation. Thermally-induced renal neuromodulation may be achieved via direct and/or via indirect application of thermal energy to heat or cool neural fibers that contribute to renal function, or of vascular structures that feed or perfuse the neural fibers. In some embodiments, parameters of the neural fibers, of non-target tissue, or of the thermal energy delivery element, may be monitored via one or more sensors for controlling the thermally-induced neuromodulation. In some embodiments, protective elements may be provided to reduce a degree of thermal damage induced in the non-target tissues.
US08784447B2
A surgical stapler having a hollow shaft 10 and a tube 92 slidable axially within the shaft between a forward position wherein one end 96 of the tube projects beyond a free end of the shaft to enter a puncture site in a blood vessel and a rearward position wherein the end of the locator tube is retracted within the shaft. A surgical staple 40 straddles the tube 92 and is slidable thereon forwardly towards an anvil 24 against which the staple may be deformed to staple together the opposite edges of the puncture site. A cam mechanism drives the staple forwardly along the tube 92 into deforming engagement with the anvil and at the same time retracts the tube into the shaft in time to allow the legs of the staple to close onto the puncture site.
US08784434B2
A method and apparatus for treating a clot in the blood vessel of a patient, and particularly the treatment of a pulmonary embolism is disclosed. The treatment includes restoring flow through the clot followed by clot removal, either partially or substantially completely. The clot treatment device is expandable into the blood vessel and may contain radial extensions that assist in restoring flow as well as in removing clot material.
US08784425B2
Systems (10, 110, 1010, 1110) for identifying landmarks (31, 131, 1028, 1128) on orthopedic implants (30, 130, 1024, 1124) are disclosed. The systems (10, 110, 1010, 1110) include a field generator (16, 116, 1016, 1116) for generating a magnetic field and an orthopedic implant (30, 130, 1024, 1124) located within the magnetic field. The implant (30, 130, 1024, 1124) includes at least one landmark (31, 131, 1028, 1128), an optional removable probe (1029, 1129) and a first magnetic sensor (32, 132, 1026, 1126). The systems (10, 110, 1010, 1110) further include a landmark identifier (18, 118, 1016, 1116) with an optional second magnetic sensor (20, 120, 1020, 1120) and a processor (12, 112, 1012, 1112) for comparing sensor data from the first sensor (32, 132, 1026,1126) and second sensor (20, 120, 1020, 1120) or data from the first sensor (32, 132, 1026,1126) and landmark identifier (18, 118, 1016, 1116) using the set distance to calculate the position of the landmark identifier (18, 118, 1016, 1116) relative to the at least one landmark (31, 131, 1028,1128). The disclosed systems (10, 110, 1010, 1110) allow for blind targeting of one or more landmarks (31, 131, 1028, 1128).
US08784423B2
Techniques and reconstruction systems for ACL repair by providing cross-pin fixation of a graft within a tibial tunnel. The invention provides tibial fixation techniques according to which cross-pin fixation of a graft (for example, an Anterior Tibialis allograft) is achieved on the tibial side, close to the jointline, by a single incision and with cortical fixation.
US08784420B2
A surgical instrument for cutting an elongated element. The surgical instrument may have a compact size for use in-situ during a surgical procedure. The surgical instrument is also configured to provide the necessary mechanical advantage to cut the elongated element. The surgical instrument may include first and second arms that are pivotally connected together at a pivot. The arms include blades positioned at or towards distal ends of the arms that act together to cut the elongated element. A force mechanism is positioned between the arms to pivot the arms between an open orientation and a closed cutting orientation. The force mechanism may be positioned directly between the arms to reduce the overall size of the instrument.
US08784416B2
An improved electrosurgical scalpel, with light emission, for generating electrical signals intended for applications to the body of a patient via an electrosurgical electrode is provided. An electrosurgical scalpel includes a handle with a receptacle portion of a conductive member for mounting and retaining an electrode blade, a light source with a power source encapsulated within the handle and a means to direct the light emitted outwardly towards the electrode tip. Operation of a switch on the handle to an on position serves to complete a circuit, activating the light source and, thereby directing light through an opening or upper portion and out from the first end of the handle towards the distal end of the electrode blade.
US08784414B2
Catheters, systems, and methods are provided for performing medical procedures, such as tissue ablation, adjacent the ostia of anatomical vessels, such as pulmonary veins. The catheter comprises an elongated flexible catheter body, which includes a proximal shaft portion and a distal shaft portion, and a tracking element carried by the distal shaft portion. The proximal section is pre-shaped to form a curve having an apex sized to be inserted into the vessel ostium, and a distal section configured to contact the adjacent tissue when the curve apex is inserted within the vessel ostium. The method may comprise inserting the curve apex into the vessel ostium to place the distal section in contact with a first tissue site adjacent the vessel ostium, and determining a location of the tracking element(s) within a coordinate system while the distal section is in contact with the first tissue site.
US08784411B2
A screw for use in stimulating bone growth, tissue healing and/or pain control. The screw includes an elongate shaft having a length extending between opposite ends, an exterior surface and a screw thread formed on the exterior surface of the shaft and extending along at least a portion of the length. The shaft has an electrically conducting portion and an electrically insulating portion. The screw also includes a head adjacent one end of the shaft for engaging the screw to rotate the screw and thereby drive it into bone. The screw includes an electrical conductor electrically connectable to the shaft for conveying current through the shaft to the bone through the conducting portion of the shaft.
US08784409B2
A cryogenic medical device for delivery of subcooled liquid cryogen to various configurations of cryoprobes is designed for the treatment of damaged, diseased, cancerous or other unwanted tissues. The device is a closed or semi-closed system in which the liquid cryogen is contained in both the supply and return stages. The device is capable of generating cryogen to a supercritical state and may be utilized in any rapid cooling systems. As designed, the device comprises a number of parts including a vacuum insulated outer dewar, submersible cryogen pump, baffled linear heat exchanger, multiple pressurization cartridges, a return chamber, and a series of valves to control the flow of the liquid cryogen interconnected with cryotreatment devices including cryoprobes and catheters. The cryogenic medical device promotes subcooling to the tips of various external cryogenic instrument configurations.
US08784407B2
The invention relates to a system and method for removing hair. The hair removal system comprises a hair detection device and a hair removal device (20; S3) operatively coupled to the hair detection device, wherein the hair detection device comprises an imaging device comprising a first image sensor (12; S1) which is constructed and arranged to detect an image of a part of a skin (30) to be treated, and a control unit (18) adapted to discern, in the image, a hair (32) on the part of the skin (30), and operatively coupled to the hair removal device (20; S3) so as to control its operation, characterized by preventing means coupled to the control unit (18) and being adapted to disable the hair detection device or the hair removal device during a preventing period after the control unit has discerned the respective hair for the first time.
US08784396B2
This invention relates to a tampon (10). The tampon includes an elongate absorbent body (12) and at least one surface formation (34, 36, 38, 40) applied over an exterior surface of the absorbent body. The at least one surface formation is of a material different to the absorbent body and is configured to inhibit expansion of at least a portion of the absorbent body i-n use due to absorption of menses by the absorbent body, and/or to facilitate insertion and seating of the tampon in a vagina. The invention extends to a tampon which includes an elongate absorbent body which is non-circular in outline in end view. The invention further extends to a tampon which has a particular correct angular orientation relative to its longitudinal axis, with which it is to be inserted into a vagina, the correct angular orientation being clearly visible to a user.
US08784391B1
A therapeutic compress system for treatment of a body part. For treatment of the eye region, the compress system comprises a deformable frame that is disposable upon the eye region and includes a first frame section joined to a second frame section at a central bridge. A gel pack is removably joined to the frame and comprises a gelatinous material contained in a pouch. A V-strap assembly may be required for securing the gel pack and frame to the eye user in a manner that optimizes pressure of the gel pack on the eye region and comfort of the user. The compress system may include a gel impressor that is inwardly deformable so as to contact portions of the gel pack with the nasal corners of the eyes of the user.
US08784389B2
A method for replenishing gas in a subcutaneously implanted medical device containing functional cells comprising: inserting at least one needle, adopted to penetrate the skin and connecting a subcutaneously implanted medical device; connecting the inserted at least one needle to a gas replenishing apparatus; extracting gas from a gas reservoir in the implanted device into the gas replenishing apparatus; sensing oxygen level in the extracted gas; calculating the amount of gas needed for replenishing oxygen in the reservoir based on the sensed oxygen level in the extracted gas; and supplying gas from a gas tank in the gas replenishing apparatus to the gas reservoir in the implanted device.
US08784387B2
Needle assemblies are generally discussed herein with particular discussions extended to needle assemblies having a tip protector with a plurality of wall surfaces for preventing contact with the needle tip from a side. Aspects of the tip protectors discussed herein include a first protector body having an arm for blocking a needle tip surrounded by a second protector body having a plurality of wall surfaces.
US08784373B2
The invention generally relates to carbon nanotube based drug delivery methods, devices, and compositions. More particularly, the invention relates to controlled drug delivery using anchored carbon nanotube arrays.
US08784364B2
A system for at least partial closed-loop control of a medical condition is disclosed. The system includes at least one medical fluid pump. The medical fluid pump including a sensor for determining the volume of fluid pumped by the pump. Also, at least one continuous analyte monitor, and a controller. The controller is in communication with the medical fluid pump and the at least one continuous analyte monitor. The controller includes a processor. The processor includes instructions for delivery of medical fluid based at least on data received from the at least one continuous analyte monitor.
US08784352B2
A device and method for removing residual water from the external ear canal of an individual comprise using a portion of dry, pre-compressed, absorbent sponge material that is die-cut or otherwise fashioned to have a bluntly pointed tip on at least one end. The bluntly pointed tip is placed into the external ear canal of an individual, and this bluntly pointed tip is held in place until there is visible and/or tactile evidence of water absorption by the sponge material, as indicated by swelling and/or softening of the bluntly pointed tip. These steps may be repeated as necessary to remove further residual water from the individual's ear canal.
US08784340B2
A prosthetic sock monitoring system is disclosed. The sock monitoring system includes a storage device and a data collection unit. The data collection unit is operable to receive data from at least one sensor coupled to a prosthetic sock that is wearable by a patient, and store the received data in the storage device. A prosthetic sock is also disclosed. The sock comprises material shaped to fit over at least a portion of the residual limb of the patient and a thickness adapted for inserting the residual limb into the socket of the prosthesis while the sock is fitted over the residual limb. The sock also comprises one or more of a sock identification unit and a force sensing device.
US08784335B2
A body fluid sensing device with a body fluid capture structure and a body fluid measurement sensor positioned in the body fluid capture structure. A capacitance sensor is coupled to the body fluid measurement sensor. The capacitance sensor is used to assist in the positioning of a body part relative to the body fluid capture structure.
US08784318B1
Embodiments of the present invention provide an ultrasound scanner equipped with an image data processing unit that can perform adaptive parameter optimization during image formation and processing. In one embodiment, an ultrasound system comprises a channel data memory to store channel data obtained by digitizing ultrasound image data produced by an image scan; an image data processor configured to process the stored channel data in the memory to reconstruct an ultrasound image for each of a plurality of trial values of at least one parameter to be optimized; and a parameter optimization unit configured to evaluate an image quality of the reconstructed ultrasound image for each trial value of the at least one parameter, and to determine the optimized value of the at least one parameter based on the evaluated image quality.
US08784317B2
A signal processing apparatus scans a beam of elastic waves into an object to be examined, acquires received waveform data of a plurality of scan lines, and performs signal processing to form a tomographic image of said object to be examined from the received waveform data of the plurality of scan lines. The signal processing apparatus includes a scan line correlation calculation part (009) that calculates a correlation value of received waveform data between a first scan line and a second scan line that has a prescribed correlation with the first scan line, for a plurality of positions on the scan lines, and a correlation change position extraction part (010) that extracts, from among the plurality of positions on said scan lines, a position at which the correlation value becomes a value different from a prescribed value as a position at which a unique region can exist.
US08784315B2
An ultrasound system, which operates at a plurality of diagnostic modes, includes: an ultrasound probe configured to transmit an ultrasound signal to a target object and receive an ultrasound echo signal reflected from the target object; a power supplying unit configured to supply a power of different voltage levels according to a diagnostic mode to form a transmit pulse signal to be supplied to the ultrasound probe; and a transmitting unit connected to the ultrasound probe and the power supplying unit, the transmitting unit being configured to constantly supply the power in a first voltage level at a transmission time period of an ultrasound signal and vary the voltage level of the power from the first voltage level to a second voltage level based on a predetermined waveform at a transmission idle time period.
US08784314B2
A medical imaging system including a central processing unit, a data storage unit in communication with said central processing unit, an imaging device in electrical communication with the central processing unit, and a biometric authorization unit in electrical communication with the central processing unit. A user inputs a biometric identifier into the biometric authorization unit in order to enable the medical imaging system.
US08784312B2
Controlling the interaction between an external device and an implanted device, including a method of controlling interaction between an external device and an implanted device, the method including at least the steps of: establishing communications between the implanted device and the external device; the external device determining an identification of the implant and comparing the identification with identifications in a stored list; if the device matches one of said identifications, then using a corresponding set of operating parameters to interact with said implant; and otherwise, not interacting with said device.
US08784306B2
A medical device for managing tissue in an organ, such as the stomach, for retracting or positioning tissue and related organs to allow certain regions of the stomach to be acquired for a gastroplasty procedure. The medical device includes an elongated body having a proximal end and a distal end, and a tissue treatment device attached to the distal end of the elongated body. The tissue treatment device includes a first jaw opposite a second jaw, and each jaw is adapted to acquire tissue. A retractor is disposed along the tissue treatment device and adapted to be moveable from a delivery position to a retraction position to move or manage the tissue of the stomach. The medical device also includes a collapsible barrier disposed between the first and second jaws of the tissue treatment device to direct tissue into the first and second jaws separately.
US08784301B2
In a minimally invasive surgical system, an image capture unit includes a prism assembly and sensor assembly. The prism assembly includes a beam splitter, while the sensor assembly includes coplanar image capture sensors. Each of the coplanar image capture sensors has a common front end optical structure, e.g., the optical structure distal to the image capture unit is the same for each of the sensors. A controller enhances images acquired by the coplanar image capture sensors. The enhanced images may include (a) visible images with enhanced feature definition, in which a particular feature in the scene is emphasized to the operator of minimally invasive surgical system; (b) images having increased image apparent resolution; (c) images having increased dynamic range; (d) images displayed in a way based on a pixel color component vector having three or more color components; and (e) images having extended depth of field.
US08784284B1
An infant muscle training apparatus includes an apparatus base, an apparatus frame carried by the apparatus base and at least one assistance harness carried by the apparatus frame. The assistance harness has at least one resilient or elastic assistance band carried by the apparatus frame and a flexible, U-shaped arm strap carried by the assistance band.
US08784279B2
A pelvic clamp for back stretching is disclosed which provides temporary relief for low back pain by employing means for stretching the lumbar region. Embodiments which provide this means for stretching include a cam stop assembly, a block stop assembly, a slide panel assembly and a bend rod assembly. Each of these assemblies works by squeezing the sides of the pelvic region in order to hold it stationary while the user exerts pressure on assembly elements to force the upper torso away from the pelvic region.
US08784266B2
The disclosure relates to methods for operating an automatic start/stop system in a motor vehicle having an internal combustion engine and an automatic clutch, wherein the automatic start/stop system automatically opens the clutch as a function of propulsion requests, wherein the automatic opening of the clutch is prohibited in certain driving situations such as detected hazardous situations.
US08784261B2
A continuously variable transmission includes a continuously variable transmission mechanism that includes an input disk, an output disk, and planetary balls sandwiched between them and that steplessly changes a transmission ratio between the input disk and the output disk by tilting the planetary balls, wherein cooling performance of a cooling device for the continuously variable transmission mechanism is enhanced as the transmission ratio becomes larger than 1 or smaller than 1.
US08784254B2
A power transmitting component with a housing, a shaft and a seal. The housing has a wall member, a shaft bore, and a shield wall. The shaft bore is formed through the wall member. The shield wall is coupled to and extends outwardly from the wall member. The shield wall is formed about the shaft bore and defines a drain spout. The shaft is received through the shaft bore. The seal is received in the shaft bore and sealingly engages the housing and the shaft. The drain spout is configured to drain liquid from a space that is radially inward of the shield wall when the power transmitting component is disposed in a predetermined orientation.
US08784245B2
A drive system includes a transmission mechanism that establishes a plurality of gear positions comprising a first-speed through sixth-speed gear positions and a reverse-drive gear position, by switching among change gear trains and coupling a first driveshaft to an output member, and also includes a lock clutch that switches a power distribution mechanism between a locked state in which a ring gear and a carrier are coupled to each other and are inhibited from rotating in a differential fashion, and a released state in which the inhibition of the differential rotation is cancelled.
US08784238B2
Compositions for golf balls including modified highly neutralized polymeric compositions that have improved processability including improved melt flow index and improved performance characteristics when included in a layer of a golf ball. In addition, the compositions of the invention have less moisture transmission and higher flexural modulus than non-modified highly neutralized polymers.
US08784210B2
Systems and methods for executing multiple video games, or other sources of video, include a game execution environment in which each game application is executed on the same operating system but within a virtual I/O shell. The virtual I/O shell includes virtual video, audio and input channels that allow each game application to operate as if it had dedicated drivers. In some embodiments, the systems and methods of the invention are used to provide video streams to a plurality of clients over the internet.
US08784206B1
A wagering game system and its operations are described herein. In some embodiments, the operations can include presenting a three-dimensional image of wagering game content via a display associated with a wagering game machine. The operations can further include estimating a degree of alteration to a stereoscopic view of the three-dimensional image caused by a change in the position of a device (e.g., a chair) connected to the wagering game machine. The operations can further include altering a presentation of the three-dimensional image based on the degree of alteration to the stereoscopic view of the three-dimensional image caused by the change in the position of the device.
US08784205B2
Reference time data acquisition means (74) acquires, from means (70) for storing a position of display means (22) and reference time data representing a reference time at which a user should carry out a game operation in association with each other, the reference time data associated with the position of the display means (22) detected by position detection means (72). Based on the reference time data, display control means (76) controls the display means (22) to display a guidance image (58) for guiding the user regarding the reference time. The game operation carried out by the user is detected. Game operation evaluation means (80) evaluates the game operation performed by the user, based on the reference time data and a detection result by game operation detection means (78).
US08784202B2
An apparatus and method is provided for controlling a virtual camera. The virtual camera is positioned in a first position and a first direction while an object is in a first state and the virtual camera is moved to a second position and second direction when the object transitions from a first state to a second state. The virtual camera is held in the second position and second direction while the object is in the second state and then moves back to the first position and first direction when the object transitions from the second state back to the first state. While the virtual camera is in the second position and second direction, the lowest part of the object is made more easily viewable.
US08784198B2
A method and apparatus for conducting a promotion and for distributing promotions to potential users provide a merchant or promotion organizer flexibility in the way they conduct the promotion as well as an ability to change one or more aspects of the promotion during the operation of the promotion. One or more outcomes are generated by a controller and provided to a user. In addition, one or more codes which allow the outcomes to be revealed or unlocked are generated by the controller and provided to an intermediary. In exchange for completing or satisfying a qualifying action or criteria, the user may receive a code from the intermediary. The user can then unlock an outcome to reveal a prize, benefit, symbol, value, etc., associated with the unlocked outcome. The user may provide a redemption request to either the controller or the intermediary based on the unlocked outcome to receive a benefit or prize associated with the unlocked outcome.
US08784193B2
A gaming system for conducting a wagering game allows players, casino operators, and/or gaming machine manufacturers to selectively combine base games and bonus games. This modular approach allows players, casino operators, and/or gaming machine manufacturers to mix and match base games and bonus games as needed. In some embodiments, players, casino operators, and/or gaming machine manufacturers may also select different game features to employ in the bonus and/or base games. Such an arrangement allows players, casino operators, and/or gaming machine manufacturers to configure each base game and/or bonus game according to their preferences.
US08784188B2
In accordance with some embodiments, a method provides for determining that a qualifying outcome has been obtained as a result of a game play conducted on a gaming device and determining a buy-in amount for a current play session in which the game play is included. The method further provides for setting, in response to the obtainment of the qualifying outcome, a credit meter balance to the buy-in amount, thereby providing a payout for the qualifying outcome.
US08784175B2
In accordance with some embodiments, a plurality of outcomes are generated and used to create a video presentation of representative outcomes. The video presentation is recorded onto a tangible medium (e.g., DVD or CD-ROM) or otherwise provided to a player (e.g., player may access the video presentation online). This allows a player to purchase a video presentation of (e.g., predetermined) outcomes in a jurisdiction in which gambling is legal yet view the presentation at the player's convenience (e.g., from any jurisdiction and at any time). A player who purchases such a video presentation may subsequently redeem it for a redemption value associated therewith.
US08784174B2
A gaming system including an offer and acceptance game including a series of offer component accumulations. One or more accumulated offer components are associated with one or more award values which form different offers for acceptance or rejection. One or more of such offer component accumulations are also associated with an elimination of one or more of any previously accumulated offer components. Such a configuration provides that when deciding whether to accept an offer (including the currently accumulated, non-eliminated offer components) or reject the offer and accumulate additional offer components, a player weighs the risks of eliminating one or more previously accumulated offer components.
US08784172B1
Electronic gambling methods and systems comprising an electronic computer system operating electronic gambling software and optionally operating a data analytics engine which can be accessed by players using computing devices are disclosed. During the players' gambling sessions provided by the electronic gambling software, the electronic gambling system will present an “Investment Wager” to the players to induce them to move some or all their funds remaining in their gambling accounts to one or more investment accounts. The Investment Wager is implemented and designed based upon findings from behavioral economics, including loss aversion, the priming effect and the framing effect. The entity managing the electronic gambling system can act as the manager of the investment accounts, thereby yielding a potential revenue stream to the entity/manager.
US08784170B1
A game program according to an embodiment enhances playability of a game wherein user objects strike target objects. The game program includes: a stage selection module for receiving stage selection; a ball selection module for receiving selection of ball objects; a screen display module for displaying a game screen; an owned point updating module for updating owned point information; an injection module for injecting ball objects; a ball-hitting operation module for operating flippers; an appearance module for causing a level-up item to appear when a predetermined appearance condition is satisfied; a game progress module for providing the user with a score when the ball object strikes the scoring target object, and providing the user with the level-up item when the ball object strikes the level-up item; and a level updating module for updating the level of the ball objects.
US08784166B2
An HVAC system is provided for use in a vehicle having a passenger compartment volume. The HVAC system includes a HVAC housing having a duct opening formed in an exterior sidewall thereof. An evaporator is further provided for exhausting air downstream that is cooler than the air on the upstream side. An auxiliary compartment, such as a storage bin, is spaced apart from the HVAC housing, such as in a remote location of the passenger compartment. An auxiliary duct fluidly interconnects the HVAC housing and the auxiliary compartment via the duct opening for transmitting the cool exhausted air to the auxiliary compartment to provide a cooling effect within the auxiliary location. The auxiliary duct, in some embodiments, is disposed external from the HVAC housing for improved service and retrofitting to existing HVAC systems.
US08784164B2
A power tool includes a housing accommodating a motor therein, a bearing base having a lower surface and an upper end that is connected to the housing, an output shaft that is mounted in the bearing base and protrudes out of the lower surface of the bearing base, a shield that is movably connected with the bearing base, and a locking mechanism for locking the shield relative to the bearing base. The locking mechanism further includes a locking element arranged on the shield and a stop member and the bearing base is formed with a hollow chamber within which the stop member is arranged.
US08784162B1
Various embodiments of the present invention are generally directed to an apparatus for sharpening a cutting tool. A tensioner assembly applies a biasing force to a roller to maintain a selected tension in a belt and to facilitate translational displacement of the roller during deflection of the belt. In some embodiments, the tensioner assembly includes a shaft with an L-shaped groove with an elongated portion and an offset portion to facilitate transition of the roller between an extended position and a retracted position. In related embodiments, the tensioner assembly comprises a shaft with an elongated groove to facilitate tracking alignment of the belt on the roller. In further related embodiments, a guide housing is provided adjacent an abrasive medium with a guide slot and magnet to facilitate presentation of a cutting tool against the abrasive medium.
US08784155B2
The present invention includes a base, a work table, upright posts, several carriages and a grinding head. Wherein, the upright posts include for example a first upright post and a second upright post which are installed in parallel to each other on the base, and the carriages include a first carriage, a second carriage and several of third carriages; the base is connected to the first carriage and the work table is connected to the first carriage; the second carriage is positioned between the first upright post and the second upright post, the grinding head is installed on the second carriage and the third carriages are symmetrically installed on the outer sides of the first upright post and the second upright post, and each of the third carriages has a slider. The grinding machines of this invention can be used to significantly improve the operating stability and machining precision.
US08784151B1
A material of variable emissivity includes a first metallic layer having a first aperture, a second metallic layer having a second aperture, and a variable dielectric layer interposed between the first metallic layer and the second metallic layer.
US08784148B2
In one embodiment, a propulsion device for use in a fluid may include a crank-slider mechanism having one or more cranks, one or more connecting rods, a mast, and one or more slide structures. These structures may be arranged so that rotational motion of the shaft is translated to a combination of substantially linear motion of the mast, between an inner extent and an outer extent, and rotational motion of the mast, within an angular range between a first limit and a second limit. A flexible foil may be rigidly coupled to the mast of the crank-slider mechanism. The flexible foil may include a flexible nose portion and a flexible tail portion. The flexible tail portion may have a differing amount of flexibility than the flexible nose portion.
US08784145B2
A connector has a housing having a contact hole, and a movable contact that projects movably into and out of the contact hole of the housing. A contact surface of the movable contact is formed by an elastically deformable arc-shaped thin portion. The arc-shaped thin portion has a uniform thickness.
US08784143B2
Some examples of an electrical contact spring for an implantable medical device includes a housing, rigid and tubular in shape, defining a housing passage extending along a longitudinal axis, from a proximal portion including a proximal lip that defines a proximal opening, to a distal portion including a distal lip that defines a distal opening and a spring disposed in the housing, the spring tubular in shape and defining a spring passage concentric to the housing passage, the spring including: a distal ring portion disposed adjacent the distal portion of the housing and physically coupled to the housing, a plurality of spring elements coupled to and extending from the distal ring portion toward the proximal portion of the housing and a proximal ring portion disposed adjacent the proximal portion of the housing, cantilevered and suspended inside of and spaced apart from the housing by the plurality of spring elements.
US08784140B2
A terminal contacting part includes in a jig for charging and discharging a secondary battery and a jig including the terminal contacting part. The terminal contacting part has a conductive unit for contacting an electrode terminal and conducting thereto and a pressing unit for pressing the electrode terminal for the conductive unit to be in tight contact with an electrode lead of a secondary battery. A compressing plate to be in contact with an electrode terminal includes a pad of dielectric-elastic material.
US08784135B1
A specialized cable including a compression plug and flexible wiring configured to be connected to a receptacle so that data and/or power signals can be exchanged between the electronic equipment and the device to which the cable is attached. The flexible wiring is a flat set of closely spaced parallel wires separated by insulators (e.g., plastic). The compression plug may include a contact surface (e.g., in an opening or on an exterior surface) that electrically connects to a contact surface in the receptacle. The compression plug may include a sloped or slanted top and bottom in order to facilitate inserting the plug into the receptacle.
US08784108B2
Disclosed herein, in certain embodiments, are computer-based language immersion teaching systems, products, programs, and methods for learners aged about 3 to about 10 years comprising a digital processing device and a computer program that creates a language immersion teaching environment, wherein said environment comprises a plurality of learning activities associated with a target language, and wherein said plurality of activities comprises: at least one learning activity based on a taxonomy of phonemes; at least one learning activity selected from: songs, chants, books, poems, puzzles, games, art activities, and printable activities; voiceover audio in said target language; and a software module for recording said learner's pronunciation and comparing it to one or more model pronunciations.
US08784106B1
A dental preparation delivery system includes a soft malleable wax sealing strip bonded to a wax base strip. The peripheral outline of a model dentition extends into the thickness of the sealing strip to form a receptacle. A border of the sealing strip completely surrounds the outline. The receptacle is filled with a dental preparation to be administered and the sealing strip is overlaid with a film. In use, the film is removed, the system is bent to an arch shape and the outline is registered with the user's buccal dentition. Lateral force is applied in a lingual direction against the base strip to reshape the sealing strip for sealing contact of the border against the periphery of the user's buccal dentition, while leaving the preparation in contact with remaining buccal surfaces.
US08784104B2
A dental implant system includes an implant having a well, an abutment having a post shaped to be received in the well, and a collar modifiable to the gingival anatomy and the tooth restoration anatomy. Both the implant and the abutment are made from a millable ceramic, and the abutment post and/or the implant well have grooves carved therein. In one embodiment, the implant and the abutment are joined one to the other with a retentive elastomeric product containing micro-bubbles and/or micro-spacers. The dental implant system may be produced using a computer-readable medium containing instructions for analyzing surface data and X-ray data, for developing contour data of the implant and of the abutment according to the anatomy of the patient, and for generating machine instruction for milling the implant and the abutment from blocks of the millable ceramic.
US08784093B2
According to one exemplary embodiment, an apparatus for microreplication is disclosed. The apparatus includes a cooling unit that contains a bottom layer, a plurality of side walls, and an intermediate layer. The bottom layer has an outer perimeter, and the plurality of side walls surround the outer perimeter of the bottom layer. The intermediate layer is positioned between the bottom layer and an upper portion of the side walls. The intermediate layer may include a plurality of openings, which may either hold a device that dispenses cooling agents or be used for drainage of cooling agents. The method utilizes the apparatus after heating and pressing of a polymer film during microreplication.
US08784089B2
A tool for use in forming moulded articles, the tool comprising a tool body formed of a foamed material, a resinous material on the tool body and elastomeric material between said tool body and resinous material to inhibit the movement of resin from the resinous material into the tool body. The invention also provides a method of manufacturing a tool, a method of moulding articles using such a tool, and elastomeric material for use in forming a tool. One particular application of the tools of the present invention is in the formation or manufacture of moulded articles using curable, resinous composite materials.
US08784086B2
Rotary piston steam engine with equal double rotary pistons is provided with a balanced rotary variable inlet cut-off valve for enhanced efficiency. The exhaust steam from the primary expansion is routed to secondary expansion avoiding back pressure for additional efficiency. The rotary valve has balanced dual inputs and outputs on opposite sides. The exhaust steam from the primary expansion is taken off when the trailing face of the rotary piston passes the inlet port of the expansion chamber housing, the exhaust outlet secondary expansion being placed approximately 180 degrees from the primary expansion inlet in the curved portion of the expansion chamber housing wherein back pressure is not imparted to the primary expansion.
US08784085B2
Disclosed is a uniaxial eccentric screw pump that can prevent the life of a bearing sliding portion from decreasing due to a thrust load applied from a high pressure side to a low pressure side. An external thread-like motor directly coupled with a driving shaft is rotated and eccentrically moved with respect to the axis of a stator to deliver a fluid from an intake side to a discharge side. The pump is provided at an end of the discharge side of the motor and extends toward the discharge side in the axial direction of the stator. The uniaxial eccentric screw pump includes an annular small-diameter portion and a seal member. The seal member is in sliding contact with the outer surface of the small-diameter portion and seals the end of a sliding portion between a self-lubricating bearing on the discharge side and the stator.
US08784077B1
The invention is a submersible battery-operated water pump system comprised of a water pump with a plug connector that attaches to a rechargeable battery via a receptacle connector for the purpose of water recirculation as used in decorative water fountains. The submersible water pump system is designed to rest at the bottom of a water reservoir (with a minimum depth of 2 inches) to recirculate water, thus producing water flow. The plug and receptacle connectors attach to distribute electrical power from the rechargeable battery to the water pump to allow operation. The submersible, rechargeable, battery-operated water pump system is cordless, thus providing safe, portable, independent operation without the use of electrical cords or outlets.
US08784069B2
A method of detecting impact or collision between a cylinder (2) and piston (1) driven by a linear motor of a gas compressor includes the steps of: i) obtainment of a reference signal (Sr) associated to an electrical output of the linear motor before the piston attains the upper dead center; ii) obtainment of a detection signal (Sd) associated to the electrical output of the linear motor after the piston attains the upper dead center; iii) comparison between the reference signal (Sr) and the detection signal (Sd); and iv) record of occurrence of impact when the result of comparison of step iii indicates that the detection signal (Sd) presents a variation deriving from impact between the cylinder and the piston, considering a pre-established tolerance. Also disclosed is an electronic detector device , a gas compressor (100) and a control system.
US08784053B2
A fan shield for an air cycle machine includes a fan shield body in the general shape of a frustum of a cone having curved sides. The curved sides define a radius of curvature and a center point of curvature that corresponds to the radius of curvature. The center point of curvature is an axial distance from a large end of the fan shield body and a radial distance from the central axis such that a ratio of the radial distance to the axial distance is between 1.160 and 1.360. A bearing housing includes a body that defines a cylindrical portion and an annular flange at one end. The annular flange includes a first attachment opening, a second attachment opening and a third attachment opening that are non-uniformly circumferentially spaced around the flange.
US08784052B2
An example gas turbine engine shroud includes a first annular ceramic wall having an inner side for resisting high temperature turbine engine gasses and an outer side with a plurality of radial slots. A second annular metallic wall is positioned radially outwardly of and enclosing the first annular ceramic wall and has a plurality of tabs in communication with the slot of the first annular ceramic wall. The tabs of the second annular metallic wall and slots of the first annular ceramic wall are in communication such that the first annular ceramic wall and second annular metallic wall are affixed.
US08784051B2
The strut is for use in a gas turbine engine has body, typically having an airfoil shape, having a leading edge and a trailing edge. The leading edge has at least one gas inlet in direct fluid communication with at least one outlet located in the trailing edge through which gas may be redirected from the leading edge to the trailing edge through the strut for injection back into a wake region downstream of the strut.
US08784044B2
A turbine shroud segment is metal injection molded (MIM) about a core to provide a composite structure. In one aspect, the core is held in position in an injection mold and then the MIM material is injected in the mold to form the body of the shroud segment about the core. Any suitable combination of materials can be used for the core and the MIM shroud body, each material selected for its own characteristics. The core may be imbedded in the shroud platform to provide a multilayered reinforced platform, which may offer resistance against crack propagation.
US08784020B2
A key cutting machine includes a housing, carriage, key clamp, and motor to drive the carriage. The key cutting machine may include a vacuum removably attached to the housing. The key cutting machine may be selected between manual, automatic, and semi-automatic user modes. Additional improvements or features of a key cutting machine are also described.
US08784019B2
A loose top for drilling tools, including front and rear ends, a pair of envelope part surfaces concentric with a center axis, and two chip flutes countersunk in relation to the pair of envelope part surfaces between which two bars project radially from a central core, the front end including a cutting edge and at least one clearance surface positioned rotationally behind the cutting edge, the rear end forming an axial contact surface. The loose top includes two opposite side contact surfaces against which elastically bendable branches of a tool basic body are pressed in use, a pair of convex guide surfaces situated axially behind the side contact surfaces, the guide surfaces being concentric with the center axis and radially spaced-apart from the center axis at a distance that is less than the radial distance between the center axis and a respective side contact surface, and a pair of torque-carrying tangential contact surfaces that are situated radially inside the envelope part surfaces and outside the side contact surfaces. The axial contact surface extends perpendicular to the center axis between borderlines adjacent to the two envelope part surfaces.
US08784018B2
A drilling tool of the loose top type includes a basic body having two bendable branches having inner support surfaces that are resiliently pressable against side contact surfaces of a replaceable loose top. The mounting of the loose top is affected by turning-in from an initial position to an operative end position. An abutting edge along each side contact surface then bends out the branches and subjects the branches to a spring force that reaches a maximum in a dead position so as to then decrease somewhat up to the operative end position. During the final phase of the rotary motion, the operator obtains, in a tactile and/or auditory way, confirmation of the loose top indeed reaching its operative end position.
US08784008B2
Embodiments of the invention comprise berm to increase capacity of an existing landfill. The landfill comprises a waste-receiving recess having a surface and an outer perimeter, an edge surface peripherally adjacent at least a portion of the outer perimeter, and an existing accumulation of waste within the recess. The berm comprises a reinforced portion having opposing inner and outer surfaces and comprising fill material and a plurality of reinforcing members disposed therein, backfill material having an inner surface adjacent the inner surface of the reinforced portion, and an impermeable membrane encapsulating at least a portion of the backfill material, at least a portion of the fill material, and at least a portion of one or more of the reinforcing members.
US08784000B2
A manhole cover assembly configured to behave as a relief valve in an explosion event, opening so that fluid, such as air or explosive gas, may vent from an underground area. The manhole cover assembly may include a manhole cover and a frame, and may be configured to limit movement of the manhole cover with respect to the frame in response to increased pressure on the manhole cover. In one embodiment, the manhole cover may include legs having angled surfaces adapted to substantially center or guide the manhole cover in the frame while the manhole cover displaces to release pressure. In another embodiment, one or more legs slidable within the manhole cover to enable configuring the manhole cover between a restraint mode and a removal mode.
US08783995B2
The present invention provides a coupling device for coupling an input shaft to an output shaft. The coupling device includes a housing having a first end and a second end. The coupling device further includes a first and second set of splines defined along the inner wall of the housing. The first set of splines is disposed near the first end and is configured for engaging splines of the input shaft. The second set of splines is disposed near the second end of the housing and is configured for engaging splines of the output shaft. The length of the first set of splines is substantially the same as the length of the second set of splines.
US08783987B2
The invention relates to a wiper for wiping off a cosmetics applicator, in particular a wiper for mascara mass applicators, that includes a retaining section for fixing the wiper on a cosmetics storage container. The wiper includes a number of wiper lamellas that shift in a more than just insubstantial extent in a circumferential direction solely under the influence of forces produced by withdrawal of the applicator.
US08783979B2
There are provided a plurality of paper feed units 20 drawing and feeding, one by one, print media stacked on a paper feed table, a printing unit 30 printing a print medium, a secondary paper feed unit 14 feeding a print medium fed from the plurality of the paper feed units 20 to the printing unit 30, a circulating path CR on which a print medium printed by the printing unit 30 is transferred at a transfer speed of the print medium determined for each sheet size, a reversal unit 50 reversing a print medium transferred on the circulating path CR to feed the reversed print medium to the secondary paper feed unit 14, a transfer schedule setting unit 70c setting, when a double-sided printing request of a set of print media of two kinds of sheet sizes is included in a print job, a transfer schedule of the print media of two kinds of sheet sizes so that the waiting time for transfer in the print job is reduced, and an equipment control unit 70d causing the plurality of the paper feed units 20 or the reversal unit 50 to feed a sheet to the secondary paper feed unit 14 based on the set transfer schedule.
US08783973B2
A hand held camera unit comprises a shoulder assembly and a platform assembly for releasably holding a camera. A connector is provided between the shoulder assembly and the platform assembly, and is movable between a locked position wherein the platform assembly is fixed relative to the shoulder assembly and an unlocked position wherein the platform assembly can be selectively moved relative to the shoulder assembly in the roll axis, the yaw axis and in a fore and aft direction.
US08783965B2
A tapered roller bearing is used in transmissions or differentials for automobiles. The tapered roller bearing includes an inner ring, an outer ring, a plurality of tapered rollers rollably disposed between the inner and outer rings, and a cage for holding the tapered rollers at circumferential predetermined intervals. The roller coefficient γ exceeds 0.94, where γ is (the number of rollers×mean roller diameter)/(π×PCD).
US08783951B2
A miniature linear motion guide unit is described in which a tubular member for a return passage is installed in an outward open recess cut in the carriage and a covering to bear the tubular member is integral with an end cap major part. This construction helps make the slider compact with cost saving in production. The slider is composed of a carriage made up of an upper portion and side bulges extending downward and having the outward open recesses, end caps having turnaround passages, the tubular members lying on outsides of the side bulges of the carriage, and coverings connected integrally with the end cap major parts to embrace the tubular members in combination with the outsides of the carriage.
US08783946B2
A temperature measurement device includes a first surface temperature measurement part performing a measurement to be used as a first surface temperature; a first reference temperature measurement part performing a measurement to be used as a first reference temperature; a first external air temperature measurement part performing a measurement to be used as a first external air temperature; a second surface temperature measurement part performing a measurement to be used as a second surface temperature; a second reference temperature measurement part performing a measurement to be used as a second reference temperature; a second external air temperature measurement part performing a measurement to be used as a second external air temperature; a deep-part temperature computation part computing the deep-part temperature of a subject to be measured; and an external air temperature computation part computing the external air temperature of the external air.
US08783944B2
A switch device includes a rotating operation member in which a through-hole is formed in an axial direction; a pressing operation member which is movable within the through-hole of the rotating operation member and press-operable from one opening of the through-hole. The pressing operation member is provided so as to rotate integrally with the rotating operation member, when the rotating operation member rotates. A first coil spring is arranged within the through-hole of the rotating operation member and biases the pressing operation member outwardly in the axial direction. A second coil spring is arranged within the through-hole of the rotating operation member and biases the rotating operation member outwardly in the axial direction.
US08783941B2
In a method of ultrasonically treating a substance disposed within a container an ultrasonic horn is positioned within the container with at least a portion of the horn submerged in the substance. The horn is ultrasonically excited to thereby ultrasonically energize the substance. An agitating member is rotated within the substance while the ultrasonic horn is excited to agitate the substance as the substance is ultrasonically energized.
US08783938B2
A lighting assembly includes a heat dissipating member, a socket and an LED light module removably coupleable to the socket. The socket has one or more electrical contact elements accessed via one or more slots in the socket such that they are protected from inadvertent human contact. The LED light module includes an LED lighting element and one or more electrical contact members that can extend into the one or more slots to releasably contact the one or more electrical contact elements, and establish an operative electrical connection, when the LED light module is coupled to the socket. One or more resilient members of the LED light module or socket gradually compress as the LED light module is axially inserted at least partially into the socket and then rotated relative to the socket such that the one or more electrical contact members move along the one or more slots into contact with the one or more electrical contact elements of the socket.
US08783933B2
Disclosed are a light emitting device package, and a display apparatus and a lighting system having the same. The light emitting device package includes a body having a recess, a light emitting device received in the recess, and a lead frame connected to the light emitting device. The lead frame includes a bottom frame formed on a bottom surface of the recess, a first side-wall frame formed on a side wall of the recess, and a second side-wall frame formed on a side wall of the recess and bent at a predetermined angle. The second side-wall frame includes a side-wall portion positioned on the side wall of the recess and a protrusion portion bent from the side-wall portion, and the protrusion portion of the second side-wall frame is positioned on a top surface of the body.
US08783929B2
Provided are decorative glass and light-transmitting decorative glass products which are outstandingly decorative by processing a surface of a translucent glass plate, typically used as building materials or for other uses, without impairing the strength of the glass itself. The surface of the translucent glass plate 1, which is 4 to 25 mm in thickness, is impressed to form a plurality of radial cracks 7 each having a diameter of 0.01 to 3.0 mm, so that dots of the cracks 7 form an arbitrary character or pattern to thereby manufacture the decorative glass product. The light-transmitting decorative glass product includes the decorative glass, and a light source which is disposed so as to allow a highly directive irradiating beam to be incident upon any one of the four sides of the translucent glass plate 1 and enter the translucent glass plate.
US08783927B2
A backlight for an appliance knob provides a light pipe that may receive light from a light source fixed behind a console at a variety of different extensions permitting ready adjustment of the light pipe to fit closely behind the appliance knob with different console thicknesses and tolerances.
US08783921B2
A glove box assembly defines a storage cavity for a vehicle, such storage cavity including a wall with a perimeter edge defining a light aperture, and a light housing is adjacent to the wall and aligned with the light aperture. A flange extends from the light housing into the light aperture adjacent to at least a portion of the perimeter edge of the light aperture.
US08783917B2
A solid state replacement light module for a high intensity discharge light fixture. The module is comprised of an elongated generally planar body having a first side including a plurality of light emitting diodes and a second side including a plurality of heat dissipating fins. The second side further includes an electronic module. The body also includes a hinge mechanism suitable for attachment to the light fixture.
US08783912B2
The present invention provides a cup-shaped heat dissipater having heat conductive rib and flow guide hole, in which the outer cup bottom of the cup-shaped heat dissipater (100) is formed as a planar or convex or concave surface for accommodating the electric luminous body (200), so with the heat dissipation surface formed opposite to the cup-shaped inner recessed structure of the heat dissipater (100) and with the heat conductive rib structure (310) connecting between the inner periphery of the cup-shaped inner recessed structure of the heat dissipater (100) and the heat source zone having its bottom being installed with the electric luminous body (200) and the solid or tubular central column (103), the heat in the central heat source zone can be dissipated to the periphery through the surface of the heat conductive rib structure (310) and the surface of the heat dissipater (100).
US08783904B2
The invention provides a multi-beam illumination system (1) for providing an illumination image (53). The multi-beam illumination system (1) has a plurality of light sources (11) with optional collimating optics (12), arranged to generate a plurality of light beams (13); a panel (30) comprising a plurality of panel segments (32) in a panel plane (35) at a first distance (d1) and arranged to contain a plurality of segment patterns (34) on the corresponding panel segments (32); and an imaging lens array (40) comprising a plurality of imaging lenses (42) in an imaging lens plane (45) parallel to the panel plane (35). Each imaging lens (42) of the imaging lens array (40) is arranged to image a corresponding segment pattern (34) of the plurality of segment patterns (34) into a respective projection image (52) of a plurality of projection images (52). The plurality of projection images (52) overlap at a predetermined image distance (Lp) and form the illumination image (53).
US08783899B2
A first substrate of a light bar assembly includes a first edge and a second edge parallel to each other along a first direction. A first connecting end includes a first connecting portion protruding further outward than a second connecting portion. A first bonding pad and a second bonding pad are disposed on the first substrate. First solid-state semiconductor light sources are disposed along the first edge and the second edge. A second substrate, disposed corresponding to the first substrate, includes a third edge, a fourth edge, a second connecting portion, a third bonding pad, a fourth bonding pad, and second solid-state semiconductor light sources. A first connecting device is electrically connected to the first bonding pad and the fourth bonding pad; a second connecting device is electrically connected to the second bonding pad and the third bonding pad to fix the first substrate and the second substrate.
US08783892B2
A hat with a solar system comprises: a body, a power supply device, a lighting device, and a solar panel, wherein the power supply device is disposed on the body and has a control unit and a battery, the control unit has a charging circuit and at least one external charging connector that is electrically connected to an electronic device, the battery is able to charge the electronic device; the lighting device has a switch and at least one LED lighter and is electrically connected to the battery of the power supply device and turns on or shuts down the LED lighter; and the solar panel is electrically connected to the battery and transforms absorbed light into electric power, which is stored in the battery. Therefore, the present invention continuously provides power, lighting and safety reminder while the present invention is being applied in an outdoors.
US08783889B2
The present invention provides a back frame of flat panel display device, which includes at least two primary assembling pieces. The at least two primary assembling pieces are joined to form a main frame structure of the back frame in which the at least two primary assembling pieces are joined with multiple space joining spots. The present invention also provides a method for manufacturing a back frame and a backlight system. The back frame of flat panel display device, the method for manufacturing back frame, and the backlight system of the present invention have a simple structure and can reduce the expenditure of the back frame mold, and can also save the material used for back frame so as to lower down the cost of flat panel display device, and also ensure the strength of the joining site of the back frame and at the same time spread the stress, thereby further ensuring the overall strength of the back frame meets the desired requirements.
US08783887B2
A color/color temperature tunable light emitting device comprises: an excitation source (LED) operable to generate light of a first wavelength range and a wavelength converting component comprising a phosphor material which is operable to convert at least a part of the light into light of a second wavelength range. Light emitted by the device comprises the combined light of the first and second wavelength ranges. The wavelength converting component has a wavelength converting property (phosphor material concentration per unit area) that varies spatially. The color of light generated by the source is tunable by relative movement of the wavelength converting component and excitation source such that the light of the first wavelength range is incident on a different part of the wavelength converting component and the generated light comprises different relative proportions of light of the first and second wavelength ranges.
US08783882B2
A vehicular exterior sideview mirror assembly includes a main plano mirror element fixedly disposed at a first portion of a mirror backing plate element and an auxiliary non-plano curved mirror element fixedly disposed at a second portion of the backing plate element. The main plano mirror element and the auxiliary non-plano curved mirror element are adjacently disposed at the backing plate element in a side-by-side relationship. The field of view of the main plano mirror element overlaps the field of view of the non-plano curved mirror element. The overall rearward field of view of the main plano mirror element and auxiliary non-plano curved mirror element is at least about 25 degrees relative to the side of the vehicle. The overall rearward field of view of the main plano mirror element and auxiliary non-plano curved mirror element is less than about 50 degrees relative to the side of the vehicle.
US08783880B2
A rotationally insensitive, retroreflective prismatic sheeting and method of manufacture is provided. The sheeting includes discrete clusters of cube corners that are separated from one another on all sides by a textured surface. Each of the cube corners in each cluster has a base edge that is not collinear or parallel with the base edges of cube corners on either side of it. The array of cube corners clusters is rulable, and the cube corners have different orientations. Four or more of the cube corners in each cluster may have edges that converge into a central point within the cluster, and the cube corners of the clusters may include at least two symmetrical pairs of cube corners. The shapes of the cube corner clusters may be polygonal, and all of the cube corners may share a common vertex located at the center of the polygonal shape.
US08783876B2
A projector that outputs a first image and a second image alternately, includes a discharge lamp driving section that supplies, to a discharge lamp, a drive current that drives the discharge lamp; a state detecting section that detects a deteriorating state of the discharge lamp; and a control section that controls the discharge lamp driving section, wherein the control section controls the discharge lamp driving section so that the absolute value of the drive current becomes relatively small in the first period and relatively large in the second period and, in the second period, the control section controls the discharge lamp driving section so that the discharge lamp driving section supplies an alternating current to the discharge lamp as the drive current and controls the discharge lamp driving section so that at least part of the frequency of the drive current is decreased with the progress of the deteriorating state.
US08783871B2
In exemplary implementations, this invention is a tool for subjective assessment of the visual acuity of a human eye. A microlens or pinhole array is placed over a high-resolution display. The eye is brought very near to the device. Patterns are displayed on the screen under some of the lenslets or pinholes. Using interactive software, a user causes the patterns that the eye sees to appear to be aligned. The software allows the user to move the apparent position of the patterns. This apparent motion is achieved by pre-warping the position and angle of the ray-bundles exiting the lenslet display. As the user aligns the apparent position of the patterns, the amount of pre-warping varies. The amount of pre-warping required in order for the user to see what appears to be a single, aligned pattern indicates the lens aberration of the eye.
US08783859B2
A sheet conveyance apparatus comprising: a first processing unit including a first sheet conveyance mechanism; a second processing unit including a second sheet conveyance mechanism; a cutting unit, interposed between the first processing unit and the second processing unit, for cutting the sheet; and a controlling unit that controls, in a case of trouble with sheet conveyance, driving of the first sheet conveyance mechanism until an end of the sheet reaches the first processing unit side beyond a cutting position of the cutting unit.
US08783849B2
A printing method includes: discharging droplets of a liquid curable by active light rays from a nozzle of a discharge head onto a semiconductor device while the semiconductor device is in a heated state; and irradiating the droplets on the semiconductor device using the active light rays.
US08783843B2
A set of an ink containing a pigment dispersed by a water-soluble resin and having the surface tension of 38 mN/m or less and a reaction liquid containing a polyvalent metal ion and a surfactant, which is an ethylene oxide adduct of a higher alcohol of a linear primary or secondary alcohol or an isoalkyl alcohol, and has a HLB value of 13.0 or more as determined by the Griffin method. The content of the polyvalent metal ion in the reaction liquid is 10.0 times or more in terms of molar ratio as much as an amount of an acidic group derived from the water-soluble resin in the ink and the content of the surfactant in the reaction liquid is 0.15 times or more in terms of mass ratio as much as the total content of the pigment and water-soluble resin in the ink.
US08783837B2
[Object] There are provided a liquid jet head and a liquid jet apparatus that each include a piezoelectric element including a piezoelectric layer in which the occurrence of cracks is suppressed, and the piezoelectric element.[Solution] The liquid jet head ejects a liquid from a nozzle aperture. The liquid jet head includes a piezoelectric element including a piezoelectric layer and an electrode provided for the piezoelectric layer. The piezoelectric layer is made of a complex oxide containing bismuth, iron, barium and titanium and having a perovskite structure, and has an average crystal grain diameter of 120 nm or more and 252 nm or less.
US08783829B2
The present invention provides an image forming method and an ink composition whereby deterioration of a head plate, which is formed of silicon, is suppressed, and an image with higher precision is formed stably, the ink composition including an inorganic silicate compound and being ejected to form an image from an ink-jet head having a nozzle plate where a C8F17C2H4SiCl3 film (fluorocarbon film) is provided on the surface thereof at a side toward the ink ejection direction of a nozzle.
US08783828B2
A recording apparatus includes: a recording head that discharges a recording ink and an undercoating ink on a recording medium; a driving section that drives at least one of the recording medium and the recording head so that the recording medium and the recording head are relatively scanned several times in one direction; and a control section that causes an undercoating layer with the undercoating ink on a predetermined area of the recording medium and a recording layer with the recording ink to be laminated by the recording head and the driving section, and simultaneously allows that the number of the scannings in a case where the undercoating ink is discharged with respect to the predetermined area is larger than the number of the scannings in a case where the recording ink is discharged with respect to the predetermined area.
US08783817B2
A recording device which carries out the recording process with respect to a recording medium using a recording unit mounted on a moving member that reciprocates along a scan direction intersecting a feeding direction of the recording medium, including a reception unit that receives a recording instruction; an end portion detection unit that detects a position of an end portion in the width direction of the recording medium, based on a detection signal that is output from a signal output portion provided in the moving member; a memory unit that stores end portion positional information; and a control unit that controls the movement of the moving member so that, when the end portion positional information is stored in the memory unit and an edge recording is instructed by the recording instruction, the position of the end portion in the width direction of the recording medium is not detected.
US08783796B2
A pin for use in a track roller or bogie assembly comprises an outboard facing end, an inboard facing end having an aperture, a cylindrically-shaped external surface extending from the outboard facing end to the inboard facing end, and an inner surface extending inwardly from the aperture of the inboard facing end toward the outboard facing end and defining a cavity within the pin. The inner surface of the pin includes a groove disposed proximate the inboard facing end into which an outer surface of a resilient stopper expands to increase the pressure resistance of the pin and stopper to stopper being pushed or pulled from the pin.
US08783793B2
A brake apparatus including a piston body disposed in a closed-ended bore in a housing, a first elastic member biasing the piston body toward a closed end of the bore, and a pressure regulating valve including a valve element, a rod and a second elastic member biasing the valve element toward a seat portion and having an elastic force smaller than that of the first elastic member, the brake apparatus having a reservoir function of reserving brake fluid flowed from a vehicular wheel cylinder in the bore by strokes of the piston body upon ABS control, the piston body being a resin-molded member having a hard member on a piston crown surface, the hard member having a hardness larger than that of a resin material of the piston body, and the piston body and the rod are brought into contact with each other via the hard member.
US08783779B2
A stool includes an internal frame including a base, a seat and a plurality of stiles coupling the base to the seat. A sling material is stretched between and coupled to opposing sides of the seat. A slipcover fits over the internal frame and includes an end panel and a plurality of side panels that define an open end located opposite the end panel. The end panel includes a padded cushion that rests on top of the sling material.
US08783764B2
A seating unit includes: a base; a frame with arms on opposing sides; a seat; a backrest; at least one ottoman; a reclining mechanism, a lift mechanism and a power unit. The reclining mechanism interconnects the frame, the seat, the backrest, and the at least one ottoman, and comprises a series of pivotally interconnected links and configured to move the seating unit between (a) an upright position, in which the backrest is generally upright and defines a first backrest angle relative to horizontal, the seat is generally horizontal, and the at least one ottoman is retracted below the seat, (b) a TV position, in which the backrest substantially maintains the first backrest angle, and the at least one ottoman is extended in front of the seat, and a fully reclined position, in the at least one ottoman remains extended on front of the seat, and the backrest defines a second backrest angle relative to horizontal that is shallower than the first backrest angle. The lift mechanism interconnects the base and the frame and is configured to move the seating unit between the upright position and a lift position, in which both the frame and the seat are raised and tilted forward from their respective positions in the upright position, and the backrest defines a third backrest angle relative to horizontal that is greater than the first backrest angle. The power unit is interconnected with the reclining mechanism and the lift mechanism and is configured to move the seating unit between the lift, upright, TV and fully reclined positions. A lowermost portion of the backrest moves substantially directly vertically when moving from the upright position to the lift position. In such a configuration, the arrangement of the backrest and/or seat can provide the occupant with a more secure sensation as the chair lifts; it does not produce a sensation of the occupant being “thrown” from the chair, as can be the case with other lift chairs.
US08783757B2
An apparatus for reducing the drag of a trailer is provided. The apparatus can further include a pair of fairings configured to be positioned on opposite sides of a trailer in front of wheels on the bottom of a trailer, a pair of fairings configured to be positioned on opposite sides of a trailer behind the wheels on the bottom of a trailer, with both pairs of fairings placed and shaped to direct the air smoothly around the wheels and tires and through the center of the trailer. The apparatus can also include a ramp in front of the suspension components, aerodynamically shaped wings on the axles, and a rear diffuser, such components configured to direct air smoothly between the trailer suspension and the ground. The directed high energy air from the apparatus results in a reduced trailer base drag.
US08783755B2
The hard shell comprises a fore element (1) and a back element (2) permanently mounted on the bed and a certain number of intermediate elements (3, 4, 5, 6, 7); the fore element (1) and the back element (2) of the shell are made up of rigid frames; to each free end of the girders a moving element is fixed, sliding in a rail (19) fixed to the side edge of the motor vehicle bed; each intermediate element (3, 4, 5, 6, 7) is formed by at least one upper crosspiece (3.1, 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1) and two girders (3.2, 4.2, 5.2, 6.2, 7.2); each girder (3.2, 4.2, 5.2, 6.2, 7.2) is hinged to the upper crosspieces (3.1, 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1); each intermediate element (3, 4, 5, 6, 7) is foldable along the hinge plans and the girders (3.2, 4.2, 5.2, 6.2, 7.2) are placed under the upper crosspiece (3.1, 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1) when the shell is not mounted.
US08783752B2
A console assembly for an automotive vehicle and use with a mobile device. The console assembly including a storage compartment having a floor, a pair of sidewalls, and a pair of end walls. An opening permits access into the storage area and a slidable top wall is operable to move between a covered position and a retracted position relative to the opening. An anti-slip surface is provided on the top wall and configured to receive the mobile device thereon. A wireless charging unit is also incorporated into and moveable with the top wall. The wireless charging unit is located immediately below the anti-slip surface. When the mobile device is placed on the anti-slip surface, the device is moveable with the top wall, between the covered position and retracted position, while being charged.
US08783750B2
A cover member for automobiles comprises: a cover body 20 extending lengthwise and having an anchoring part 23 formed thereon protruding toward the panel 10 side; a protective member 30 having a substantially U-shape in cross-section which fastens the top end 21, the substantially U-shape including: a first side wall 31 having a hook part 34 formed thereon for fitting with the anchoring part 23; a second side wall 32 which makes elastic contact with an inner side compared with the top end of the cover body 20; and a connecting wall 33; wherein a projection 40 is formed on an outer side of the first side wall 31 for the first side wall 31 to expand with respect to the second side wall 32 when the protective member 30 is bent so that the connecting wall 33 warps.
US08783749B2
An elongated body to engage the underside of and upwardly and outwardly angled fishing rod and including opposited extremities formed, respectively with a cradle and a fork projecting laterally in one direction for respective engagement with a reel and the body of the rod. A handle angles downwardly and outwardly from the opposite side.
US08783742B2
A dual-member locking mechanism for a vehicle door handle assembly activated by an inertial force acting on the locking mechanism, comprising a first lever having a first axis of rotation; and a second lever having a second axis of rotation; wherein the first lever is engageable with the door handle assembly; the second lever comprises a weight member and a finger member; the finger member is engageable with the first lever; and the second lever is rotatable around the second axis of rotation in response to the inertial force.
US08783739B2
For facilitating the work of applying a pivotal member, which is to be pivotally connected to a base member, with a satisfied biasing force, a coil-shaped torsion spring is mounted on the pivotal member having one end thereof pressed on a projection of the pivotal member, then the pivotal member is moved to the base member in such a manner that the end of the torsion spring is brought into abutment with and pressed against a stopper portion of the base member while releasing from the projection of the pivotal member, and the pivotal member is further moved toward the base member until the pivotal member is properly set to the base member.
US08783736B2
A quick connector assembly for a faucet is provided. The quick connector assembly includes a hose fitting having a longitudinal axis, a lock tab coupled to the hose fitting and having at least one projection extending radially therefrom, and a connector body having at least one slot extending from an opening to a locked position, the at least one slot configured to receive the at least one projection of the lock tab. Moving the projection of the lock tab from the opening of the slot to the locked position connects the lock tab to the connector body.
US08783735B2
A method for improving conductance on hydraulic fittings by incorporating a soft metal interlayer between the fitting and a hydraulic tube, wherein the soft metal interlayer is located in an area where the fitting engages the hydraulic tube upon swaging or installation under pressure.
US08783728B2
An anti-counterfeit printed matter forming an invisible image that can be visualized clearly and prevents a visible image from impeding visibility of a visualized invisible image. In the anti-counterfeit printed matter according to this invention, a plurality of object elements are arranged at a predetermined pitch in a matrix, each object element including a first and second object arranged along a first direction on both sides of a boundary at a center, opposing each other, and third and fourth objects arranged along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction on both sides of a boundary at the center, opposing each other. The first object and the second object, and the third object and the fourth object of each object element have a negative/positive relationship. The first object and/or the second object forms a first invisible image. The third object and/or the fourth object forms a second invisible image.
US08783724B2
Disclosed herein is a gas exhaust device of a retractor pretensioner for a vehicle, including a pinion connected to a belt weaving spool in a retractor body; a rack linearly transferred when engaged with the pinion; a rack transfer path formed between a pretensioner body and the retractor body, configured to guide the rack linearly toward the pinion; and a micro-gas generator (MGG) mounted on a side of a lower end of the pretensioner body to elevate the rack toward the pinion using gas generated by the MGG, wherein a gas moving aperture is formed to allow communication between an upper portion and a lower portion of the rack transfer path in a longitudinal direction in the rack, to elevate the rack using the gas generated from the MGG and simultaneously, move the rack toward the upper portion of the rack transfer path through the gas moving aperture.
US08783723B2
A belt winder for a safety belt system includes a belt reel for tightening or loosing the safety belt, and an electric motor for driving the belt reel. The motor includes a stator and a rotor rotatably mounted to the stator. The rotor includes an motor shaft, a commutator fixed to the motor shaft, a rotor core fixed to the motor shaft and rotor windings wound about teeth of the rotor core and electrically connected to segments of the commutator. The rotor windings include a plurality of winding units. Each winding unit includes at least two coils, the coils of each winding unit being wound about the same teeth and electrically connected to a same pair of segments in parallel. A safety belt system incorporating the belt winder is also provided.
US08783722B1
The self-releasing vehicular harness is a harness designed to prevent a driver or rider of a motorcycle from flying over the handlebars during a head-on or upright collision. The self-releasing vehicular harness includes a tether that extends from the harness to a spring-loaded drum located in a housing positioned to the rear of the end user. The housing contains at least one tensioning means that releases the drum in order to enable the tether to unroll thereby releasing the end user from the vehicle in the event of a non-head-on collision or other parameter. An inclinometer detects the angle of the vehicle in order to determine whether to release or lock the spring-loaded drum. A kill switch and/or seat sensor may work in conjunction with the inclinometer to further define parameters for releasing or locking the tether.
US08783720B2
Various embodiments of reduced-size vehicles such as all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) and utility vehicles (UVs) are disclosed herein. In at least some embodiments, the vehicles include frames that are wider near the front and rear sections of the vehicles than within the mid-sections of the vehicles. This, in combination with the use of shock-absorbers that are substantially vertically oriented, allows for the opening-up of large interior cavities within the front and rear sections of the vehicles within which can be positioned large front and rear internal compartments that can provide storage/carrying capacity as well as added buoyancy for the vehicle, among other things. Also, in at least some embodiments, the vehicles can include special cooling and/or exhaust systems having components that are positioned substantially within the mid-sections of the vehicles, thus further increasing the amounts of space available for the cavities/compartments within the front and rear sections of the vehicles.
US08783718B1
An adjustable steering column for a vehicle is provided. The adjustable steering column includes a mounting bracket including at least one arm having a rake slot through which a rake bolt extends. The steering column also includes a column jacket pivotally mounted to the mounting bracket, the column jacket extending along a first axis and pivotable relative to the mounting bracket for adjustment in a rake direction and movable along the first axis for adjustment in a telescope direction, and a shift assembly. The shift assembly includes a shift mechanism secured to the column jacket and a shift cable bracket extending from the shift mechanism, the shift cable bracket having a slot formed therein, a telescope adjustment portion along a first length of the slot, an energy absorbing (E/A) release portion along a second length of the slot, and a raised collar formed in the telescope adjustment portion.
US08783717B2
A telescope lock mechanism for a steering column includes a plurality of column teeth operably connected to the steering column and an adjustment lever operably connected to the steering column to allow user adjustment of a position of the steering column. A locking bolt extends from the adjustment lever, and a cam is located at the locking bolt and rotatable thereon. The cam includes one or more tab features interactive with the locking bolt such that rotation of the locking bolt engages the tab features with the locking bolt to drive rotation of the cam between a locked and unlocked position. The tab further includes a plurality of cam teeth meshable with the plurality of column teeth when the cam is in a locked position. A spring is operably connected to the cam to maintain the cam position in the locked and/or unlocked position when the cam is rotated thereto.
US08783715B2
A housing unit for a gas generating system is provided. The housing unit includes a housing and a thermal barrier covering a portion of the housing exterior. A gas generating system and a vehicle occupant protection system incorporating the housing unit are also provided.
US08783710B1
A wheelbarrow leveling system for easily leveling a wheelbarrow on uneven and sloped ground surfaces. The wheelbarrow leveling system generally includes an outer leg having an outer leg mount adapted to be secured to a wheelbarrow. An inner leg is slidably positioned within the outer leg such that it may be extended and/or retracted within the outer leg to different heights. A trigger is provided which, upon being engaged or disengaged, will cause a locking member to engage with or disengage with one of a plurality of apertures positioned on the inner leg, thus allowing the overall height of the present invention to be easily adjusted to level a wheelbarrow.
US08783707B2
Board for snowboarding, having forward and rear contact lines; binding-mounting areas, forward and rear respectively, each including a set of mounting points by which the binding is secured to the board, each mounting area having a central position; a non-zero camber (C), measured substantially midway between the forward and rear contact lines; wherein, seen from above, the forward and rear contact lines pass through areas, a forward and a rear area respectively, each delimited by two transverse lines, an inner and an outer line respectively, located between the central positions of the binding-mounting areas, the outer transverse line of the forward area being at a distance (D2) of at least 100 mm relative to the central position of the forward binding mount, the outer transverse line of the rear area being at a distance (D4) of at least 120 mm relative to the central position.
US08783705B2
A gooseneck coupler may be used on a towing vehicle to help tow certain types of towed vehicles, such as trailers. The gooseneck coupler may include a first tube, a base member attached to the first tube, and a locking member pivotally attached to the base member—the locking member being capable of engaging a hitch ball. The gooseneck coupler may also include a locking mechanism attached to the locking member, where the locking mechanism is capable of securing the locking member in engagement with the hitch ball.
US08783704B2
The invention broadly includes a suspension system for a vehicle that includes a vehicle frame, at least one pair of shock absorbers attached to the frame and having piston stems extending from the shock absorbers and attached to extension arms pivotally attached to the frame. The extension arms are attached to the tire axles optionally attached to support arms. The support arms are also attached to the pivot connection. The pivot connection is between the axle and the shock absorber.
US08783702B2
The present invention relates to a single-axis damping joint for connecting chassis components for a vehicle, and more particularly, to a single-axis damping joint for connecting chassis components for a vehicle, capable of improving performance of absorbing forward and backward vibration of a vehicle body and vibration due to distortion force while improving durability.To this end, the present invention provides the single-axis damping joint for connecting chassis components for the vehicle, including: a ball stud including a spherical portion on an axis; bearings disposed so as to induce rotation of the ball stud in an axis direction; a sheet member configured to support an external circumferential surface of the bearing; a buffer member disposed at an external circumferential surface of the sheet member; and an outer pipe configured to protect the sheet member from the outside while being in close contact with the external circumferential surface of the sheet member and coupled to one end of a lower arm.
US08783687B1
Three-dimensional game devices and methods of their use and manufacture are provided. One game device is disclosed for use with a plurality of game pieces and includes a three-dimensional pathway segmented into a plurality of distinct spaces in which the game pieces fit. The pathway rises and falls in elevation with at least one portion of the pathway passing over at least one other portion of the pathway such that the game pieces pass over the underlying portion and under the overlying portion when traveling along the pathway. The pathway is at least partially defined in a housing. An entrance portion of the pathway may be sloped downwardly and at least partially covered; and an exit portion of the pathway may be sloped downwardly, at least partially covered, and include an opening through which the game pieces pass to exit the pathway.
US08783686B2
A printer having a media width printhead; a media path from a media input area to the printhead; a door hingedly mounted to a body of the printer which can be opened to expose the media path a media diverter mounted to the door such that when the door is in a closed position the door and the diverter define guiding portions of the path, the diverter being pivotally mounted to the door so that the diverter pivots out of the way upon opening of the door; and a displacement mechanism configured to retract the diverter with the opening movement of the door and to reposition the diverter for media guiding with the closing movement of the door.
US08783685B2
A sheet-processing machine comprises a plurality of modules which are passed through one after the other by the sheets to be processed. The modules each have a sheet input interface and/or a sheet output interface, wherein, in at least one of the modules, the sheet input interface and/or the sheet output interface can optionally be coupled to sheet output interfaces and sheet input interfaces, respectively, of at least two other modules.
US08783679B2
A sheet loading device includes a housing, a sheet discharge portion, a sheet loading portion, a plurality of ribs, an actuator, and a sheet detecting portion. A shaft is disposed above the sheet loading portion, and extends in a sheet width direction intersecting a discharge direction. A contact piece extends from the shaft to the sheet loading portion, and rotates integrally with the shaft when a sheet discharged to the sheet loading portion comes into contact with the contact piece. A sheet detecting portion detects, in accordance with the rotation of the contact piece about the shaft, a state where one sheet is loaded on the sheet loading portion, and a state where sheets as many as a predetermined number of sheets regarded as a full load state are loaded on the sheet loading portion.
US08783670B2
A compressible spring for at least absorbing and dissipating energy includes a plurality of elastomeric pads disposed coaxially and in series with each other and a plurality of separator plates, with each plate being disposed between a pair of the adjacent pads. A plurality of first prongs are formed integrally with or secured to a first surface of each separator plate for attaching the plate to one pad and a plurality of second prongs are formed integrally with or secured to a second surface for attaching the plate to an opposed pad. An axial aperture is also formed through each plate with prongs positioned in an alternating manner on a peripheral edge of the axial aperture. Projections may be also provided on each surface of the plate and adapted with an axial aperture that continues through the plate for additional attachment of the plate to the pair of pads.
US08783645B2
A variable flow rate valve system adjusts flow rate using the flow medium itself by creating differential pressures that determine a position of a valve member in relation to an associated valve seat. The valve system includes a diaphragm that divides a valve chamber into a control chamber and a flow chamber connected with an inlet. A valve body is connected with the diaphragm and cooperates with a valve seat to modulate flow from the inlet to an outlet and through the flow chamber. A first pilot valve in a first bypass extends between the outlet and the control chamber, and a second pilot valve in a second bypass extends between the inlet and the control chamber. The valves are controlled to selectively open or close respective bypasses to vary the flow through the flow chamber between a fully open and a fully closed condition in response to a control signal.
US08783641B2
A foldable supporting bracket for a portable electronic apparatus includes a supporting arm, a holding element, and two load-bearing bars. The supporting arm has a first pivot shaft at one terminal thereof and the holding element has a second pivot shaft at one terminal thereof. The two load-bearing bars are separated to each other and pivotally arranged between the first pivot shaft and the second pivot shaft to form a hollow containing region. The supporting arm and the holding element are pivotally connected to the two load-bearing bars via the first pivot shaft and the second pivot shat, respectively, so that the supporting arm and the holding element are flipped toward the hollow containing region. Accordingly, the supporting arm and the holding element are folded in the hollow containing region and then levelly arranged to the two load-bearing bars, thus reducing occupied space and increasing carry convenience.
US08783637B2
A temporary shaft support system is provided that can be used with an enclosure such as food processing equipment. The system may include a holder for engaging a shaft to be supported, and a lift that is supported from the food processing equipment at a position that is higher than the shaft to allow the shaft to be suspended and supported without occupying floor space of the food processing equipment. The lift may be supported by a top wall of the food processing equipment or may be supported by a drive mount that attaches a shaft-rotating drive to the food processing equipment.
US08783636B2
In a microphone holder, a microphone can be attached and detached by a one-touch operation and to be securely held. A microphone grip is pressed into between clamp arms in a state where front ends are opened. This causes the microphone grip to press rear ends of the clamp arms to swing the front ends in closing directions. Thus, the microphone can be attached and detached by a one-touch operation without causing collision noise and the like.
US08783634B2
A suction device having the ability to adhere to rough surfaces is provided, along with methods for attaching the suction device to a target surface. The suction device includes a body having a suction area and a plurality of micro-rods depending from margins of the suction area. The micro-rods provide sufficient friction when placed against a target surface that a suction seal can be formed by generating negative pressure between the suction area and the target surface. In certain embodiments, the suction device provides suction even on wet or underwater surfaces.
US08783626B2
A satellite positioning location based control and monitoring system for light rail transit systems which enables transit personnel to track vehicle positions, progress and non-vital signals as light rail vehicles travel through their routes while eliminating the capital and maintenance costs associated with embedded light rail transit monitoring systems.
US08783625B2
A flight control system for an airfoil comprises a control surface, a chamber connecting the control surface to the airfoil, and a pneumatic mechanism fluidly connected to the chamber. The chamber may be comprised of at least two cells that may be fluidly separated by a membrane. The pneumatic mechanism is configured to provide differential pressure to the cells in order to alternately increase volume/pressure of the cells to cause deflection of the control surface. The cells may have a stretchable outer surface to allow for changes in the length of the outer surface in response to inflation/deflation of the cells. The outer surface of the cells may be substantially continuous with outer mold lines of the airfoil and of the control surface.
US08783623B2
A device for the generation of aerodynamic vortices to be arranged on the spanwise side edge of a wing, or a regulating flap adjustably arranged on the latter, which in each case have a chordwise direction and a spanwise direction, wherein the device is formed from one aerofoil component or from a plurality of aerofoil components, wherein the at least one aerofoil component is designed as a part that can be moved relative to the wing or regulating flap in its spanwise direction, wherein the device for vortex generation has an actuation device for the retraction and extension of the aerofoil components into a recess, and also a drive device to operate the actuation device. A regulating flap of a wing, and also a wing, with such a device for the generation of aerodynamic vortices, and a wing, which has at least two aerofoil segments at its side edge situated at the spanwise end.
US08783615B2
A loads interface (1) of an aircraft structure with an edge member (6) and a background structure both preferably made from fiber reinforced plastics. A loads transferring flange (2) is adapted and mounted to said edge member (6) to transmit bending moments into the background structure. Said loads transferring flange (2) is provided with two angled upper and lower planes (8, 9). Said edge member (6) is provided with two angled edge member's upper and lower transfer planes (10, 11). The two angled upper and lower planes (8, 9) and the two angled edge member's upper and lower transfer planes (10, 11) are paired essentially parallel and respectively oriented to each other with an angle of approximately 90°. The invention relates as well to applications of such a loads interface (1).
US08783612B1
A device comprising a base, and a coupler connected to the base and adapted to attach the base to a seat assembly of a passenger aircraft. The seat assembly is connected to the coupler, wherein the base further comprises a slidable lining.
US08783610B2
A transverse splicing plate for producing a fuselage of an aircraft by connecting several CFP fuselage sections that have in particular been produced in the winding method, in each case by forming a transverse seam, wherein the flexible transverse splicing plate is of a multilayer construction, in other words it comprises a multitude of plate segments arranged one above the other, wherein each of the plate segments comprises a multitude of longitudinal slits, each being able independently of each other to make small radial bending movements in order to cause tolerance compensation in radial direction between the fuselage sections to be joined, in which tolerance compensation a sliding movement between the sub-plates of the plate segments arranged one above the other takes place in axial direction of the barrel-shaped fuselage sections, and wherein on the inside the ends of the fuselage sections comprise chamfers; as well as a method for producing a connection between two CFP fuselage sections, which have preferably been produced in the winding method, by means of a transverse splicing plate according to the invention.
US08783608B2
An anchoring harpoon (1) intended in particular for an aircraft, capable of cooperating with an anchoring grate (2) of a platform, includes a jack member (3) including a cylinder element (4) containing a mobile piston element (5) provided with a rod (6) that extends beyond the cylinder element, the free end of which includes a harpoon head (7) that is hooked in the grate and includes retaining fingers (8, 13, 14) that can be moved between a retracted position and an active position by control elements (9). The jack member is connected to a pressurized fluid source (30) by the control elements (31) and the pressurized fluid source includes a consumable gas cartridge (30).
US08783603B2
The invention relates to an airship including a flexible envelope having no rigid inner structure containing a gas that is lighter than air, and a gondola. The balloon also includes three legs for setting the balloon on the surface and a landing structure. The landing structure is located on the outside of the envelope, and provides a connection between the legs, the gondola and the envelope while surrounding the envelope.
US08783602B2
A furling system adapted for use with an air cushion landing system (ACLS) coupled to a hull of an airship is disclosed. The furling system includes a deployable cover having two lateral edges. The cover is configured to cover at least a first portion of the ACLS when the cover is deployed. The furling system also includes a fairing that has an inlet and is coupled to the hull of the airship. The furling system also includes a pair of cables each coupled to at least one point along respective lateral edges of the cover. The pair of cables is configured to selectably draw the cover into the fairing through the inlet when the pair of cables is activated in a first direction, thereby stowing the cover and exposing the ACLS.
US08783600B1
Tools, devices and methods of modifying existing toilet paper and paper towels that do not have inner cardboard tubes with insert adapters to modify the nondefined openings in the rolls. The adapter tools can slide onto the ends of the spindles and have narrow tip exteriors, and/or have threaded exterior surfaces, and the like. Inserts can have spiral cut grooves or spiral raised ribs, with a chamfered tip end and an enlarged base end.
US08783599B2
A process for winding a web substrate is disclosed. The process provides the steps of: (a) providing a turret assembly having a plurality of mandrels each having an unsupported end; (b) providing a mandrel cupping assembly for releasably engaging the unsupported ends of each mandrel; (c) driving the turret assembly about a closed mandrel path; (d) indexibly rotating a first mandrel to a first position; (e) disposing a core upon the mandrel; (f) connectively engaging a first cupping arm with the unsupported end of the mandrel with an actuator; (g) engaging a web substrate to the core; (h) disposing the web substrate about the core; (i) indexibly rotating the mandrel to a second position; (j) disengaging the cupping arm from the mandrel at the second position; and, (k) removing the core and the convolutely wound web material from the mandrel.
US08783595B2
A spice grinder comprising a bottle (60) and a grinder unit (10) which is screwed onto the bottle. The grinder unit comprises a fixed component (12) and a rotatable component (14). The components have teeth (28, 44) which face one another across a grinding gap (52). The component (12) has one or more ramps (54) on the inside thereof and the bottle (60) has one or more external ramps (66). Each ramp (54) comprises a camming surface (56) and a locking surface (58) which intersect. The ramp (66) also comprises a camming surface (68) and a locking surface (70). When the grinder unit (10) is screwed onto the bottle the ramps (54, 66) ride over one another until the surfaces (56, 70) clear one another and the surfaces (58, 70) snap into face-to-face contact to prevent the grinder unit being rotated in the direction which unscrews it from the bottle.
US08783594B2
A roller mill includes a rotatable grinding table, at least one grinding roller that is retained rotatably on a pivot lever and is in rolling engagement with the grinding table, with the pivot lever being arranged for pivoting about a pivot lever axis, and a drive train associated with the grinding roller in order to drive the grinding roller with a fixed motor.
US08783589B2
A method of grinding a particulate material, comprising grinding said material in a stirred mill in the presence of a grinding media comprising rod-shaped particles, wherein said rod-shaped particles have an aspect ratio of equal to or greater than about 2:1.
US08783588B2
A bran finishing process in grain milling employs a milling machine in which bran that contains some endosperm, including aleurone, is fed into an annular milling chamber defined on an inner side by an eccentric cylindrical rotor and on an outer side by a frame assembly that includes perforated screens and abrasive surfaces. Longitudinal lobes protrude radially from the rotor. The lobes compress the bran as they rotate, while the lesser diameter of the rotor between lobes allows the bran to decompress, causing bran particles to rub together for detaching endosperm from the bran by friction forces. Bran particles also rub against the abrasive surfaces for scraping endosperm off the bran. Air flows through the milling chamber and carries the endosperm through the perforated screens, while the bran particles are discharged without passing through the screens.
US08783571B2
Provided is a device (and program) for producing a 2D code with an embedded image for an automated machine generated process, comprising a processor that produces the 2D code with an embedded image. Also provided are methods of using this device to produce 2D codes with embedded images.
US08783566B1
The present invention provides a registration kiosk for use in managing individual healthcare services and information. The electronic registration kiosk provides access control to healthcare information stored on medical smart cards by including biometric authentication, includes a high definition camera for capturing images, and provides a large interactive touch screen. The electronic registration kiosk comes in a variety of different models including different floor kiosks, and a wall-mountable kiosk. Individuals can access a registration kiosk to apply for a medical smart card, print medical directive forms, and/or request prescription refills and receive confirmation via, text or email when the prescription is ready.
US08783557B2
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for providing information to a camera associated with a computing device. The apparatus includes a base portion having a bottomside. The base portion further has an interior region disposed therein, that provides an illuminable surface. Further, a machine-readable code is included that is supported by the surface, and a lens is disposed between the code and the bottomside. The base is configured to seat the lens over the camera associated with the computing device in a first orientation and a second orientation. Further, the machine-readable code presents, for reading by the computing device, first information in response to the lens being seated over the camera in the first orientation and second information in response to the lens being seated over the camera in the second orientation, respectively.
US08783554B2
According to one embodiment, an information reading apparatus includes a first image-data specifying section, a second image-data specifying section, a correspondence determining section, an information-code specifying section, and an information specifying section. The first image-data specifying section specifies, from photographed image data, first image data corresponding to an information code given to a commodity. The second image-data specifying section specifies, from the photographed image data, second image data corresponding to a pasted object pasted to the commodity. The correspondence determining section determines that the first image data and the second image data correspond to each other when the first image data is located, with respect to the second image data, in a direction specified on the basis of the second image data. The information-code specifying section specifies the information code from the first image data. The information specifying section specifies information from the second image data.
US08783542B2
A fastener cartridge can comprise a compressible, collapsible, and/or crushable cartridge body and fasteners embedded within the cartridge body which can be utilized to fasten tissue. In use, the fastener cartridge can be positioned in a first jaw of a surgical fastening device, wherein the first jaw can be positioned opposite a second jaw, or anvil. The anvil can be engaged with the fastener cartridge to compress, collapse, and/or crush the cartridge body and deform, or otherwise deploy, the fasteners contained therein. As the fasteners are deformed or deployed, the fasteners can capture at least a portion of the cartridge body therein along with at least a portion of the tissue being fastened. In various embodiments, at least portions of the fasteners can extend outside of the cartridge body. The first jaw can comprise support features, such as slots, for example, which can directly support such external portions of the fasteners.
US08783539B2
An adjusting mechanism for nailing power of nailing gun, comprising: a slot which is arranged in an upper aluminum cap and is co-axial with an air cylinder, so that the balanced valve airtight slides in the slot, the front side of the balanced valve is exposed to a main chamber, and the rear side of the balanced valve encloses with the inner surface of the upper aluminum cap to form a control chamber; the travel distance of the balanced valve is restricted between the cylinder and a cushion seal arranged on the rear surface of the upper aluminum cap, wherein the cushion seal is positioned axial position adjusting mechanism. The present invention has the advantages of capable of adjusting nailing power so as to provide maximum output power and is convenient for adjusting nailing frequencies.
US08783538B1
A work mans belt-mounted holder which allows a container to be suspended from the waist of a work man freeing up his hands. The holder has a belt receiving member of flexible material with slots to securely hold the belt receiving member on a belt.The holder is fixedly attached to belt receiving member and projects from the receiving member to hold a container. Built into the holder are openings for hand tools to be placed for easy access when needed.
US08783534B1
A ladder support device is disclosed for engaging a ladder. The ladder supporting device comprises a base plate having a first hanger plate and a second hanger plate extending from the base support plate. A first retainer plate and a second retainer plate extend from the first hanger plate and the second hanger plate respectively. A clip plate extends from the base plate for receiving the waistband and securing the base plate to the individual. The base plate, the first hanger plate and the first retainer plate define a first carriage for engaging the step of the ladder. The base plate, the second hanger plate and the second retainer plate define a second carriage for engaging the first stringer or the second stringer of the ladder.
US08783532B2
An accessory attachment platform, including a platform body having an accessory portion, wherein the accessory portion includes an accessory disk opening; an attachment plate portion coupled to an accessory plate portion, through the accessory disk opening, such that the attachment plate portion and the accessory plate portion are rotatable relative to the platform body; and a release lever pivotably attached to the platform body, wherein the release lever is pivotable between a locking position and an unlocking position, and wherein the release lever is capable of releasably interacting with a primary notch of the attachment plate portion such that when the release lever is in the locking position relative to the primary notch of the attachment plate portion, the attachment plate portion is unable to rotate relative to the platform body.
US08783528B1
A slide gate includes first and second frame members, first and second nozzles, first and second plates, a biasing member, a hinge and an actuator. The first plate is connected to the first frame member. A passageway in the first nozzle is aligned with an opening in the first plate. The second plate is connected to the second frame member. A passageway in the second nozzle is aligned with an opening in the second plate. The biasing member includes a channel having a shaft extending through a spring located in the first frame member. The spring biases a retainer and the channel toward the first frame member. The second frame member includes a portion that rides in the channel. The actuator moves the second frame member along the channel to align the nozzle passageways to allow material to flow through the slide gate.
US08783526B2
A dispenser (10) for dispensing the contents of cartridges (12), including an advancing mechanism (14) for a piston rod (16), a housing (18) on which a transmission lever (20) for actuating the advancing mechanism (14) is attached so as to swivel, and a handle (22), which is affixed to the housing and to which an actuation lever (24) is attached so as to swivel, whereby the transmission lever (20) and the actuation lever (24) are connected to each other in an articulated manner via a sliding block guide (26).
US08783518B2
A method for dispensing a plurality of metered doses of a fluid, comprising: providing a fluid in a container comprising a plurality of metering chambers and a plurality of tubes connectable to and movable relative to the chambers, wherein the tubes are externally open or open to the fluid; connecting to the chambers tubes open to the fluid, thereby loading the chambers with fluid; and selectively connecting one or more externally open tubes to one or more chambers, thereby dispensing the fluid contents of the one or more chambers via an external opening.
US08783516B2
An apparatus for selectively dispensing liquids, such as paint colorants. The apparatus comprises container assemblies with a container and a pump. A pump conduit connects the pump to a valve assembly. A recirculation conduit connects the container to the valve assembly bypassing the pump. The valve assembly is configured to be switched between a dispensing position and a recirculation position closing off the dispense conduit. Method of preventing segregation of a multiphase liquid in a pump conduit between a container and a dispense conduit. A valve assembly between the pump conduit and the dispense conduit closes off the dispense conduit while it opens a recirculation conduit between the container and the valve assembly. The liquid is circulated via a circuit formed by the container, the pump conduit, the valve assembly and the recirculation unit.
US08783515B2
A dispenser for storing and dispensing product and a method of assembly is defined. The dispenser includes a tubular body having an open first end and an opposing second end. The body is formed by a sidewall surrounding a longitudinal axis and defining an internal volume. The sidewall includes an inside wall surface and a side seam sealing the sidewall. A fitment attachment member is formed separately from the body and is secured to the inside surface of the sidewall, adjacent the open end of the body. The attachment member has a linear dimension, with linear end portions of the member positioned adjacent one another in forming a ring within the tubular body. A fitment is provided having a fitment retainer pattern formed thereon. A corresponding retainer pattern is formed on the attachment member, with the retainer patterns cooperating for securing the fitment to the body.
US08783499B2
A waste storage device is provided including a waste storage cassette receiving chamber (132) for receiving a cassette (172) rotatable within the chamber and containing tubing for enveloping waste. The device further includes a waste inlet and a throat area therebetween, wherein a releasable gripping assembly (155, 158, 159, 168) is provided in the throat area and arranged for actuation between a released configuration defining an aperture for passage of waste therethrough and a gripping configuration defining a restriction in the throat area.
US08783498B2
A slow cooker with fastening mechanism includes a housing, handles on the side wall of the housing, and a lid, wherein a movable fastening mechanism is provided on the upper side of the lid, and each of the handles is hinged to a clamping hook and corresponds to the movable fastening mechanism, so that the clamping hook can interact with the movable fastening mechanism. The inner pot can be closed tightly by the action of the clamping hook. With two compressing parts provided on the clamping hook and the dismountable sealing ring around the lid rim, the inner pot can be closed tightly by the lid. The lid handle is fixed onto the lid via threaded connection with sealing plugs in the connection sites.
US08783497B2
A filler plug is configured such that: a head portion is formed on an upper end of an external thread; a sealing portion formed at the head portion strongly contacts a funnel-shaped inclined inner peripheral surface formed at one end of an internal thread of a hydraulic device oil passage by tightening the external thread with respect to the internal thread; an upper peripheral surface of the sealing portion is tapered; a circular constricted portion is formed between the sealing portion and the upper end of the external thread; and a dimensionless value of a head portion height H1 from an upper surface of the head portion to the sealing portion, that is, a dimensionless value obtained by dividing the head portion height H1 by a nominal designation value of the external thread portion, ranges from 0.4 to 0.7.
US08783496B2
An improved beverage container of the type having a lid, a pour panel defined in the lid by a pour score and a vent panel defined in the lid by a vent score. A tab pivotally is mounted to the lid, wherein lifting the tab about a pivot in a lifting direction fractures the pour score and opens the pour panel. A secondary tab is carried by the tab, and is released into contact with the vent panel by lifting the tab to fracture the pour score, wherein pressing the tab in a direction generally opposite the lifting direction causes the secondary tab to fracture the vent score and open the vent panel. At least one anti-rotation member is disposed between the tab and the lid to prevent the tab from rotating about the rivet.
US08783494B2
A waste container (10) comprising a receptacle (11) and a closure (13) connectable to the receptacle (11). The closure (13) comprises a base (14) and a support (15) extending upwardly from the base (14). The support (15) defines a front opening (16) and having a rear wall (17). A tray (18) comprising a shelf (19) and an inferiorly depending guard (21) is also provided in the support (15), with the tray (18) being at least partially rotatable relative to the support (15). The closure (13) further comprises a shield (23) comprising a main body (24) extending from one edge (25) to a free edge (26) and having an upper surface (27) and a lower surface (28). The shield (23) is hingedly connected to the support (15) at or adjacent to the one edge (25) and is moveable between an open position in which it overlies the rear wall (17) of the closure (13) and a closed position in which it is secured to the closure (13) to at least substantially cover the front opening (16).
US08783492B2
A cover for single serving beverage filter containers is provided. The cover may have a body forming an aperture at its center, a door hingedly attached to the body and capable of covering the aperture, and a flange extending from an outer perimeter of the body. A spring may allow the door to be biased in a closed position to cover the aperture.
US08783490B2
A composite food storage container combines the advantages of glass and polymer while avoiding their disadvantages. A composite food storage container may include an outer polymer container that is configured to accommodate a glass container within the polymer container. Since the food does not contact the polymer, there are no potential concerns with chemicals leeching into the food. Since the glass is surrounded by the polymer container, the glass is protected from breakage and the composite food storage container does not become too hot to easily and safely handle upon removal from a microwave oven.
US08783489B2
A collapsible cargo container is disclosed wherein end walls are pivoted into the container when empty and locked against the roof, and then side walls buckle via hinges into a folded configuration. The folded configuration is achieved easily with a modified spreader without the need to otherwise disassemble or deconstruct the container, leaving no loose parts or tools. The cargo container preferably constructed with an improved light weight panel that facilitates loading of the container while improving strength and reducing weight.
US08783486B1
A stopper includes a hollow casing with a resilient, ribbed sleeve that forms a valve seat. An interior plunger has a tip configured to mesh with the valve seat when in its down position and to open the valve when in its up position. An upper flange in the plunger provides an additional seal and is visible through a transparent wall in the casing. A vacuum in the bottle draws the plunger downward increasing the pressure with which the plunger presses against the seat, thus securing a long-lasting seal that maintains the vacuum in the bottle. When the vacuum is released, the resilience of the seat structure pushes the plunger upward, rendering it visible as an indicator of vacuum through the transparent wall. An opening in the casing allows connection to a pump to create the vacuum in the bottle.
US08783482B2
The invention relates to a modular receptacle formed by a plurality of axially-nestable necked containers. The neck of the containers includes a flange which cooperates with a recessed tubular chamber provided in the base of the containers. The flange is housed in the chamber, such that it is free to move radially, but bears axially against a shoulder in one direction. Bosses are provided on a flared section that extends from the neck and said bosses are received in cavities located in a flared pocket that extends from the above-mentioned chamber. The bosses and cavities form members that provide axial and radial stabilization for the nesting arrangement formed when the flange bears against the shoulder and they include inclined lateral-pressure-bearing ramps used to separate two assembled containers.
US08783476B2
The display fixture system comprises a framework on which a removable cover is secured. Each visible structural member of the framework is covered with a removable cover or cladding in which the vertical members are held in place by the horizontal members. Each vertical and horizontal member is also independently held to the framework by a magnet or other fastener. By virtue of being easily removable, each of the vertical and horizontal members may be decorated according to an easily changeable theme or color.
US08783466B2
This invention provides a method and an apparatus for quickly continuously fractionating biomolecules, such as DNAs, proteins and carbohydrates by taking advantage of differential bidirectional transport of biomolecules with varying physico-chemical characteristics, for example size, charge, hydrophobicity, or combinations thereof, through periodic arrays of microfabricated nanofilters. The passage of biomolecules through the nanofilter is a function of both steric and electrostatic interactions between charged macromolecules and charged nanofilter walls, Continuous-flow separation through the devices of this invention are applicable for molecules varying in terms of any molecular properties (e.g., size, charge density or hydrophobicity) that can lead to differential transport across the nanofilters.
US08783462B2
The present disclosure is directed to a packaging construction for columnar batteries. The packaging construction includes an accommodation case including a bottom plate, and side plates located on outer edges of the bottom plate; a first tray having first recesses into which one end portions of the batteries are fitted, placed immediately above the bottom plate, and fixed to the accommodation case; and a second tray having second recesses into which the other end portions of the batteries are fitted, and placed above the first tray. The batteries are held so as to be fitted to the first and second trays and such that each adjacent pair of the batteries are apart from each other. A portion of a bottom of each first recess facing a corner portion of the one end portion of a corresponding one of the fitted batteries protrudes outward to be apart from the corner portion.
US08783450B2
An exemplary shell for holding an electrical device on an external supporter. The shell includes a plate, a sidewall, and a rest. The sidewall extends from the plate. The plate and the sidewall cooperatively define a receiving space for holding the electrical device. The rest is attached to the plate. The rest includes two connecting ends being rotatable relative to the plate and a supporting end between the connecting ends and configured for standing on the external supporter and cooperating with the sidewall to hold the electrical device on the external supporter. A length of the rest is adjustable, so that a distance between the supporting end and the sidewall is correspondingly adjustable.
US08783436B2
A recognition machine 40, 90 connected to a pneumatic tube 14 is provided separately from a money change machine 20, 70. The recognition machine 40, 90 includes a recognition unit 46, 96 configured to recognize a paper sheet or a coin having been put thereinto, and a storing mechanism 48, 98 configured to store the paper sheet or the coin having been recognized by the recognition unit 46, 96, into a storing member for pneumatic tube 16 to be transported by a pneumatic tube 14. A control unit 60, 100 is configured to calculate a deposit amount of the paper sheet or the coin, by adding up information relating to the paper sheet or the coin stored in the money change machine 20, 70 and information relating to a paper-sheet recognition result or coin recognition result by the recognition unit 46, 96 of the recognition machine 40, 90.
US08783428B2
A brake shoe assembly comprising a brake shoe to which brake plates are assembled. The brake shoe and brake plates are connected by a key or tang in one to a key way or slot in the other. Preassembled fasteners are provided on the brake plates to facilitate alignment of the brake plates with the brake shoe so that the key is received in the slot. Fasteners may be provided in four open corner areas so that the brake plate may be secured to the brake shoe with metal-to-metal contact where the brake plate is secured to the brake shoe. A brake shoe having a cylindrical outer surface or an outer surface defined by a plurality of flats is provided.
US08783423B2
A disc brake having a rotor and a caliper is provided and includes a first and second brake pad situated on the same side of the rotor whereby in a non-braking state the first brake pad is in contact with the rotor and the second brake pad is offset from the rotor. In a light braking state the first pad acts against the rotor with additional force to thereby slow or stop the vehicle. In a heavier braking state both the first and second brake pads act against the rotor to thereby slow or stop the vehicle.
US08783422B2
A system for a drive for actuating a parking brake operably involves a brake caliper. The brake caliper has at least one brake piston with a brake piston axis, the piston being actuatable by means of an operably actuating lever with a rotational center. An electric motor is fixed to the brake caliper and mechanically coupled to the actuating lever with the output shaft that exits the electric motor.
US08783420B2
A luggage brake device includes a wheel and a control unit. The wheel includes positioning teeth, an engaging member, engaging teeth, a link axle, a link plate, a control wire. The control unit is disposed on a luggage body. The control unit includes a knob, a press button, a gear, a release block and a driving block connected with the control wire. Through the knob, the press button and the driving block of the control unit, the control wire is activated to link the engaging member with the engaging teeth to engage with the positioning teeth of the wheel so that the wheel is positioned. The present invention can be operated conveniently.
US08783418B2
In various embodiments, the invention provides a lubricator comprising a housing defining, a main lubricant chamber adapted to contain a fluid lubricant. A piston pump in fluid communication with the main lubricant chamber may be adapted to be driven to discharge the lubricant from a pump changer through a lubricant outlet in the housing. A check valve may be mounted on the lubricant outlet, to check the discharge of lubricant from the lubricator. The lubricator may include a motor having a drive shaft adapted to rotate a swash plate to act as a cam to drive reciprocating motion of the pump piston in the pump chamber. The drive shaft may be in axial alignment with the piston, the swash plate being set obliquely on the drive shaft to revolve when the motor is activated to give reciprocating motion to the piston in a direction parallel to the driven shaft. The piston may be biased in the pump chamber against the swash plate, so that the swash plate rides on the piston.
US08783417B2
A minimal lubrication device including a lubricant fluid storage reservoir, unit for raising the pressure of the lubricant fluid fed to at least one modular element, the modular element includes a lubricant fluid conduit intercepted by a flow regulator, and a compressed air conduit. The lubricant conduit and the compressed air conduit are associated with an air/lubricant mixer element. The flow regulator includes a valving element at least partly housed within a sized hole and movable therein via a control stem. The stem has at least one portion of conical profile having a length equal to at least 3 times the diameter of the sized hole.
US08783413B1
The present teachings provide for an airflow sound suppressor, such as for an HVAC assembly, for example. The sound suppressor includes a first end configured to be mounted to a first surface of the HVAC assembly. A second end of the sound suppressor is configured to be mounted to a second surface of the HVAC assembly. An elongated portion extends between the first end and the second end. The elongated portion defines a passageway therethrough that extends an entire length of the sound suppressor.
US08783398B2
An improved cooling system compartment door for a landfill compactor is provided. The door comprises a door frame and a replaceable screen insert. The screen insert is configured so that it can be used in either a left side or right side cooling system compartment door frame. The screen insert can be easily replaced when the screen is damaged or clogged, thereby saving time, materials and expense. The screen insert is particularly suited for use with landfill compactor machines which operate in debris laden environments which can damage the ventilation screens.
US08783392B2
A tracked mobility device includes: a) a frame supporting a seat; b) a pair of track drives connected to the frame, with each track drive including a powered center drive wheel, a front roller, a rear roller, and a flexible track, with the center drive wheel having a diameter that is at least 50% greater than the diameter of either the front roller or the rear roller, and c) a rear wheel assembly connected to the frame, with the rear wheel assembly having three wheels sharing a common axle, with the diameter of the center rear wheel being at least 10% larger than the diameter of the two outer rear wheels; d) a source of power to power said center drive wheels; and e) a controller effective for controlling the speed and direction of rotation of each of the track drives.
US08783388B1
Superabrasive inserts are disclosed. More particularly, a superabrasive insert may comprise a superabrasive layer bonded to a substrate at an interface. Further, the superabrasive layer may include a central substantially planar surface, a peripheral side surface, and an arcuate peripheral surface extending between the central substantially planar surface and the peripheral side surface. In one embodiment, the arcuate peripheral surface may comprise a lateral extent and an extension depth, wherein a ratio of the lateral extent to the extension depth is at least about 1.5. In another embodiment, an arcuate peripheral surface may comprise a substantially circular arc, wherein the substantially planar surface is tangent to the substantially circular arc and a tangent reference line to the substantially circular arc forms an angle of at least about 10° with the peripheral side surface. Subterranean drilling tools (e.g., drill bits) including at least one superabrasive insert are disclosed.
US08783387B2
A polycrystalline diamond compact (“PDC”)cutter includes a cylindrical body formed from a substrate material, an ultrahard layer disposed on the cylindrical body, and a cutting face perpendicular to an axis of the cylindrical body, wherein the cutting face includes two or more lobes and wherein the radius of at least one lobe is between 50 and 90 percent of the radius of the cylindrical body. A PDC cutter includes a substrate, and a cutting face perpendicular to an axis of the substrate, wherein the cross-section of the cutting face comprises multiple lobes, and the cross-section of the substrate is substantially circular.
US08783385B2
A drill tool includes a bit body, at least one bearing shaft extending from the bit body and a cone mounted for rotation on the bearing shaft. A mechanical seal is disposed between the bearing shaft and the cone in a seal gland. The mechanical seal includes a rigid seal ring having a dynamic sealing surface with the cone and another non-sealing surface exposed to an aperture in the seal gland. The mechanical seal further includes at least one cooling channel formed in the another non-sealing surface of the rigid seal ring, the cooling channel having an open end in fluid communication with the aperture in the seal gland.
US08783380B1
One aspect of the instant disclosure relates to a subterranean drilling assembly comprising a subterranean drill bit and a sub apparatus coupled to the drill bit. Further, the sub apparatus may include at least one cooling system configured to cool at least a portion of the drill bit. For example, the sub apparatus may include at least one cooling system comprising a plurality of refrigeration coils or at least one thermoelectric device. In another embodiment a subterranean drill bit may include at least one cooling system positioned at least partially within the subterranean drill bit. Also, a sub apparatus or subterranean drill bit may be configured to cool drilling fluid communicated through at least one bore of a subterranean drill bit and avoiding cooling drilling fluid communicated through at least another bore of the subterranean drill bit. Methods of operating a subterranean drill bit are disclosed.
US08783377B2
A hand-held power tool, in particular an impact driver, an impact drill, or a rotary hammer, is proposed, which has a drive unit and/or output with at least one line of action, which produces at least oscillations along the line of action. In order to reduce these oscillations, the hand-held power tool is equipped with at least one vibration absorber unit. The vibration absorber unit has at least one mobile vibration absorbing element, which has at least one degree of freedom of movement. This degree of freedom of movement encloses at least one angle not equal to zero with the line of action.
US08783371B2
A process and apparatus of separating CO2 gas from industrial off-gas source in which the CO2 containing off-gas is introduced deep within an injection well. The CO2 gases are dissolved in the, liquid within the injection well while non-CO2 gases, typically being insoluble in water or brine, are returned to the surface. Once the CO2 saturated liquid is present within the injection well, the injection well may be used for long-term geologic storage of CO2 or the CO2 saturated liquid can be returned to the surface for capturing a purified CO2 gas.
US08783370B2
A packer deactivation system can include a packer and a safety joint. Activation of the safety joint can prevent setting of the packer. A method for use with a subterranean well can include activating a safety joint in the well, and deactivating a packer connected to the safety joint, in response to the safety joint activating. Another packer deactivation system can include a safety joint and a packer drag block locking mechanism. Activation of the safety joint can operate the drag block locking mechanism, thereby preventing a drag block from displacing in a certain direction relative to a mandrel of a packer.
US08783363B2
A wellbore sealing assembly can include a sealing ring, an energizing ring, and a multifunctional key for engaging the sealing ring and the energizing ring. The multifunctional key can have a key body, a guide member, and a retainer stud. The key body can be located in an aperture in a sidewall of the sealing ring and the guide member and retainer stud can protrude through the sidewall into a guide slot and recess of the energizing ring. Downward force on the energizing ring can cause the retainer stud to shear away while the guide member travels in the guide slot to prevent rotation of the energizing ring relative to the sealing ring. The guide member can also aid in complete seal retrieval by locking against the bottom of the key-way slot in the energizing ring.
US08783360B2
There is provided a high power laser-riser blowout preventer package and laser module for use with a subsea riser. The laser module and laser-riser package use high power laser energy to quickly cut the riser permitting an offshore drilling rig to quickly, and in a controlled manner disconnect from a blowout preventer.
