US08842671B2
A communication method in a network operating in accordance with a standard that allocates a given number of bits m for layer-2 addressing of nodes in the network. The method includes accepting at a layer-2 switch in the network an assignment to one or more nodes in the network of respective layer-2 extended addresses, each including n=m+k bits, k>0. A given data packet is received at the switch for forwarding. The given data packet includes a layer-2 destination address and a layer-3 destination address in accordance with the standard. The layer-3 destination address includes t bits, t≧k. The given data packet is forwarded from the switch to one of the nodes by reading from the given data packet and combining the layer-2 destination address and k bits from the layer-3 destination address so as to reconstruct the n bits of the extended layer-2 address of the one of the nodes.
US08842669B2
In one embodiment, at a packet-forwarding engine for receiving packet flows and conditionally routing packets in the packet flows to one or more applications, a method includes receiving from a particular one of the applications a request that requests the packet-forwarding engine not to route the particular one of the packet flows to the particular one of the applications and identifies one or more conditions for routing particular ones of the packets in the particular one of the packet flows to the particular one of the applications. The method further includes, receiving a particular packet in the particular one of the packet flows, determining whether one or more of the conditions for routing the particular packet to the particular one of the applications are met, and routing or not routing the particular packet to the particular one of the applications based on the determination.
US08842667B2
A system and method of automatically configuring a Service Instance Identifier (I-SID) in a Generalized Multiprotocol Label Switching (GMPLS) controlled network. The method begins by identifying a specific I-SID for a specific service in the GMPLS controlled network. Next, the identified I-SID is automatically configured within a Backbone Edge Bridge (BEB) with a Resource Reservation Protocol-Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE) extension. The automatic configuration may be implemented by several different embodiments. In one embodiment, the I-SID may be carried in a SESSION_ATTRIBUTE object. In another embodiment, the I-SID may be mapped to a Short Call ID field in a Session object. Alternatively, the I-SID may be carried in an Endpoint ID Type-Length-Value (TLV). The I-SID may also be carried in a new TLV in a LSP_ATTRIBUTES or CALL— ATTRIBUTES object.
US08842665B2
A method of applying an order N fast Hadamard transform (FHT) of a vector U using a mixed radix FHT in a receiver of a communication system, the N a positive integer, when receiving signals from a transmitter over a channel and generating the vector U. The method includes, in an FHT module of a decoder in the receiver, planning n stages of the mixed radix FHT, where the n is a positive integer, each stage defined by corresponding logic, decomposing the order N FHT into n low order FHTs, such that N=KnKn−1 . . . K1 and U=UKnKn−1 . . . K1, where the K is a positive integer, calculating, via the corresponding logic, each low order FHT at each stage, wherein input vectors of a subsequent stage are calculated in a proceeding stage, and reconstructing, by the decoder, calculated results of the each low order FHT to form an output vector output the decoder.
US08842663B2
A system for enabling interoperability among various kinds of communications equipment and information transmission formats on the battlefield or during tactical missions. The system includes a multi-message translator (MMT) for translating a source text message having a first set of word fields defined according to a source message format, into a sink message having a second set of word fields defined according to a sink message format. The system also includes a voice bridging gateway (VBG) for bridging multiple voice communication networks having associated transmission protocols that are incompatible with one another. Dismounted soldiers obtain location based services including geo-referenced maps, and tactical communications including voice and text messaging, using smart phones or other lightweight COTS client devices that link through a personal networking node (PNN) server to one or both of the MMT and the VBG.
US08842659B2
A routing method in a network with intermittent connectivity, characterized in that it includes, to determine the routing information, for an opportunistically defined routing, for a network comprising a number n of nodes, kmax being the maximum number of relays to be considered in the routing, and M1, a matrix of size n×n, iterative steps of estimating the delay with (k+1) hops and the list of corresponding relays from <λij> matrix of the inverses of the average inter-contact times and of the estimates of delays with k hops present in Mk, storing the estimated inter-contact delays in the matrix M(k+1)(i,j) and the list of the corresponding relays Vi(d)k+1, (M(k+1)(i,j), Vi(d)k+1), where Vi(d)k+1) corresponds to the list of the relay nodes considered at the node i when a message must be transmitted to the destination d, for a number of relays k+1.
US08842656B2
The invention relates to a method for transporting a machine-to-machine, M2M, signal (7) over a wireless radio network (1) using an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access, OFDMA, signal (5), the method comprising: embedding the M2M signal (7) as a spread-spectrum waveform into the bandwidth range of the OFDMA signal (5), and transporting the OFDMA signal (5) containing the M2M signal (7) over the wireless radio access network (1). The invention also relates to a transmission device (2), to a receiving device (2), and to a wireless communication network (1) adapted for implementing the method.
US08842647B2
A wireless communication terminal includes: a communication timing arbitration section adapted to control the allocation of first and second communication protection periods. The communication timing arbitration section exercises control so that the first and second wireless communication terminals use the same frequency band before the first wireless communication terminal enters an active communication period, and also exercises control so that a packet containing a network allocation vector is transmitted according to the second communication scheme, the network allocation vector being adapted to define the communication protection period for the first wireless communication terminal.
US08842641B2
A receiver resource administrator coordinates uplink transmissions from a mobile terminal in order to reduce the RAKE resources required to support the mobile terminal and to provide greater predictability in the uplink transmissions. The reduction of RAKE resources and the increased predictability of the uplink transmissions enable multiplexing of multiple mobile terminals using the same RAKE resources.
US08842638B2
In a method for establishing S1 signaling connections in an evolved network during a handover of a UE moves from a first evolved NodeB to a second eNodeB, the first eNodeB sends to the second eNodeB information about a first S1 signaling connection parameter, which is associated with a first S1 signaling connection between the first eNodeB and a core network while the UE is in the first eNodeB. The second eNodeB allocates a second S1 signaling connection parameter associated with a second S1 signaling connection between the second eNodeB and the core network when the UE moves from the first eNodeB to the second eNodeB, and transmits the received first S1 signaling parameter and the allocated second S1 signaling parameter to the core network for establishing the second S1 signaling connection.
US08842633B2
A mobile station capable of being served via a first radio access technology (RAT) and a second RAT. The mobile station includes a component configured to receive a permission to identify a cell of the first RAT in absence of a first radio access type neighbor cell list for a serving cell of the second RAT. The mobile station also includes a component configured to identify a cell of the first RAT after receiving the permission.
US08842627B2
A radio base station (eNB) according to the present invention includes: a management unit (11) configured to manage the number of mobile stations UE corresponding to each carrier; and a scheduling unit (12) configured to perform a scheduling processing to a scheduling-target mobile station (UE#A), in which the “CA” is set to be performed, in at least one of a primary carrier (carrier #1) and a secondary carrier (carrier #2) of the mobile station UE#A based on the number of mobile stations UE corresponding to each carrier.
US08842626B2
Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, mobile station or user equipment receives pilot signals from two or more infrastructure nodes in a distributed antenna system, and calculates phase or timing information, or combinations thereof, from the pilot signals. The mobile station feeds back the phase or timing information, or combinations thereof, to the infrastructure nodes, and then receives one or more subsequent transmissions from the infrastructure nodes with phase shift or timing adjustments, or combinations thereof, calculated by the infrastructure nodes and applied to the spatial streams transmitted by the infrastructure nodes.
US08842617B2
The method for wireless resource subframe allocation comprises the following steps: allocation of the control channel based on the first RAT (Radio Access Technology) of the first control domain, which includes the OFDM symbol of the first number from the sub-frame containing multiple OFDM symbols and multiple subcarriers in the frequency domain; allocation of the control channel based on the second RAT of the second control domain including the OFDM symbol of the second number which follows said first control domain; and the allocation of a data channel in the data domain which includes the OFDM symbols positioned outside said first control domain and second control domain. This invention provides a sub-frame structure which is compatible with existing wireless communication systems. This method allows the continued use of existing control channel systems or base signal structures. The method is also capable of supporting advanced features.
US08842616B2
A method, a network device, and a system for determining resource mapping in CoMP transmission are disclosed. The method includes: the cooperative cells that perform CoMP transmission for a UE negotiate a mapping rule used by the cooperative cells when the status of the CoMP transmission of the UE changes, where the mapping rule includes the number of and position of OFDM symbols allocated to a PDCCH domain and/or a data channel domain; and the negotiated mapping rule is notified to the UE. In this embodiment, before the downlink signals are transmitted, the mapping rule used by each cooperative cell for CoMP transmission is negotiated between the cooperative cells, and therefore, the UE can accurately receive the signal sent by multiple cooperative cells and the performance of CoMP transmission in the system is improved.
US08842610B2
An apparatus and a method are provided for transmitting feedback information by a User Equipment (UE) in a communication system. The method includes generating, by the UE, first feedback information; transmitting the first feedback information at a first time point in a first period; generating second feedback information; and transmitting the second feedback information at a second time point in a second period. The first time point and the second time point are different points from start points of the first period and the second period, respectively.
US08842604B2
Systems and methods for performing a handoff of an access terminal from a macro node to a femto node are disclosed. In one embodiment, the femto node is configured to transmit a predetermined signal for determining signal quality and an identifier that uniquely identifies the femto node to the access terminal. The access terminal is configured to transmit the identifier to the macro node. The femto node is identified as a hand in target based on the transmitted identifier and the macro node is configured to hand in the access terminal to the femto node.
US08842602B2
A method, system and device are provided for avoiding in-device coexistence interference between different radio technologies deployed in adjacent bands on the same device by reporting uplink buffer status information to the radio network and configuring LTE and non-LTE components to provide an in-device coexistence operation mode where non-LTE components use radio resources during the non-LTE on-intervals and during off-intervals inserted into the LTE on-intervals in response to predetermined trigger events.
US08842599B2
A base station in a wireless network receives link quality data from multiple relay nodes that relay data from the user terminals to the base station and/or from user terminals. The base station applies one or more cost functions to the link quality data and selects a relay node from the multiple relay nodes for network coding of data from a group of the user terminals based on results of the one or more cost functions. The base station notifies the selected relay node to network code data from the group of user terminals.
US08842592B2
A system and method for registration of a network access device including a processor configured to identify power loss at a network access device, initiate backup power at the network access device, identify when the backup power at the network access device decreases to or below a first predetermined level, and identify when backup power at the network access device is restored to or above a second predetermined level, and a transmitter configured to transmit, to a server, a registration extension message to reconfigure conditions for handling inbound communications and a registration extension cancellation message to restore original conditions for handling inbound communications.
US08842588B2
A high error correction capability is kept while reducing a processing delay in application of the ECC in a multi-radio. A wireless communication device for performing data transmission by using a plurality of radio systems RAT1 and RAT2 includes, in a GLL 100 that absorbs a difference in physical layer and MAC layer among RATs, an encoder 301 that encodes transmission data, a multiplexer 302 that distributes encoded data in correspondence with the RAT1 and the RAT2, interleavers 303 and 304 that interleave a plurality of coded data that has been encoded and multiplexed, and a resource controller 305 that sets an interleaving size for each interleaving processing in the interleavers 303 and 304 based on a transmission delay difference between the RAT1 and the RAT2.
US08842587B2
This document describes, among other things, a method that includes transmitting a calibration initiation frame from a first wireless communication device to a second wireless communication device that comprises a single space-time stream transmitter via a wireless communication medium. The method also includes receiving at the first wireless communication device an acknowledgement frame sent from the second wireless communication device after the second wireless communication device receives the calibration initiation frame. The method further includes transmitting a null data packet (NDP) frame from the first wireless communication device to the second wireless communication device after receiving the acknowledgement frame. In some implementations, the method also includes performing beamforming calibration of a wireless communication channel between the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device based on the acknowledgement frame.
US08842585B2
When a common search space and a user equipment-specific search space overlap with each other, and bit numbers of DCI formats transmitted in the common search space and the user equipment-specific search space, respectively are the same as each other, a mobile station apparatus identifies a type of the DCI format. When the common search space and the user equipment-specific search space overlap with each other, and a bit number of a DCI format allocated in the common search space and a bit number of a DCI format allocated in the user equipment-specific search space are the same as each other, a base station apparatus does not allocate the DCI format allocated in the user equipment-specific search space in the overlapped space, and a mobile station apparatus performs blind decoding only of the DCI format allocated in the common search space in the overlapped space.
US08842582B2
Although the duplexer in a full-duplex transceiver circuit may only be guaranteed by the duplexer manufacturer to have a transmit band rejection from its TX port to its RX port of a certain amount, and may only be guaranteed to have a receive band rejection of another amount, the actual transmit band rejection and the actual receive band rejection of a particular instance of the duplexer may be better than specified. Rather than consuming excess power in the receiver and/or transmitter in order to meet performance requirements assuming the duplexer only performs as well as specified, the duplexer's in-circuit performance is measured as part of a transmitter-to-receiver isolation determination. Transmitter and/or receiver power settings are reduced where possible to take advantage of the measured better-than-specified in-circuit duplexer performance, while still meeting transceiver performance requirements. Power settings are not changed during normal transmit and receive mode operation.
US08842576B2
A method and apparatus are provided for identifying internal occupants of a communications system with an Ethernet backplane and an internal occupant. Verification that a system switch processor (“SSP”) has been assigned an IP address is completed. A discovery protocol data package from the SSP is requested. A determination is made as to whether the discovery protocol data package corresponds to an internal occupant. If the discovery protocol data package corresponds to the internal occupant, then occupant information corresponding to the internal occupant is discovered.
US08842573B2
Provided is a communication device for measuring a usable bandwidth without delay in transmission of primary data. The relay device according to an embodiment of the present invention, when measuring a usable bandwidth in communication with another relay device, processes a user packet including a user data to be transmitted to the other relay device so as to be changed into a specific packet size while the user data is maintained as it is, and utilizes it as a measurement packet. Accordingly, even though it is a measurement packet for performing measurement of a bandwidth, since it includes user data, it may be treated in the same manner as a user packet thereby enabling an efficient use of a communication network in communication. Also, even though UDP is used, since a usable bandwidth can be measured, it is possible to measure a bandwidth even though streaming data is distributed while preventing any influences on the distribution.
US08842567B2
Provided are a method and apparatus in which user equipment performs random access procedures in a wireless communication system. More particularly, an embodiment is provided in which a first type backoff parameter and a second type backoff parameter are provided from a base station. The backoff parameter is transmitted from the base station before the user equipment transmits a first random access preamble to the base station. The first type backoff parameter and the second type backoff parameter are included in a random access response.
US08842553B2
Methods, apparatuses, and systems for improving utilization of a communications system (e.g., a satellite communications system) are provided through techniques referred to herein as “deltacasting.” Some embodiments use a server-side optimizer to intercept and create fingerprints of byte-level content data traversing links of the communications system. The content fingerprints are used to transparently identify communications patterns (e.g., repetitious downloads of the same content, correlations between users, etc.), which may then be used in exploiting multicasting and/or other opportunities for increased utilization of the communication links.
US08842552B2
Method and system for facilitating testing of multiple time-division-duplex (TDD) data packet signal transceivers. Replicas of a data packet signal are transmitted by a tester to multiple TDD devices under test (DUTs), where the replicated signal is either a null or TDD data packet signal. In one embodiment, replica null data packet signals are transmitted for a predetermined time interval sufficient for the DUTs to synchronize with the tester. In another embodiment, following successful and unsuccessful receptions of responsive signals from respective DUTs indicating successful reception of their respective replica TDD data packet signals and, therefore, synchronization with the tester, corresponding replica TDD data packet signals are provided with data packet signal characteristics causing such replica data packet signals to fail to conform or to conform, respectively, with a predetermined data packet signal standard. Following synchronization, test and responsive data packet signals can be exchanged between the tester and DUTs.
US08842549B2
System and method for facilitating testing of multiple data packet signal transceivers involving data-packet-signal replication and one or more status signals indicating successful and unsuccessful receptions of confirmation signals. Based upon the one or more status signals, one or more control signals cause the replicated data packet signals to be distributed to the devices under test (DUTs) such that, following successful and unsuccessful receptions of confirmation signals, corresponding replicated data packet signals are caused to fail to conform in part or to conform, respectively, with a predetermined data packet signal standard.
US08842548B2
Systems and methods are disclosed that allow for improved management and control of packet forwarding in network systems. Network devices and tool optimizers and a related systems and methods are disclosed for improved packet forwarding between input ports and output ports. The input ports and output ports are configured to be connected to source devices and destination devices, for example, network sources and destination tools in a network monitoring environment. The network devices and tool optimizers disclosed can use superset packet forwarding, such that ingress filter engines are configured with ingress filter rules so as to forward a superset of packets to output ports associated with overlapping filters. Egress filter engines are configured with egress filter rules to then determine which of the superset packets are actually sent out the output ports.
US08842546B2
Various methods for wireless communication in a device with co-existed/co-located radios are provided. Multiple communication radio transceivers are co-existed/co-located in a user equipment (UE) having in-device coexistence (IDC) capability, which may result in IDC interference. For example, the UE is equipped with both LTE radio and some ISM band applications such as WiFi and Bluetooth modules. In a first method, the network identifies IDC capability by UE identification (e.g., UE ID). In a second method, the UE intentionally performs cell selection or reselection to cells in non-ISM frequency bands. In a third method, the UE signals the existence of ISM band applications via capability negotiation. In a fourth method, the UE signals the activation of ISM band applications by signaling messages (e.g., RRC message or MAC CE). Under the various methods, the UE and its serving eNB can apply FDM or TDM solutions to mitigate the IDC interference.
US08842545B2
A system and method for determining an information communication path based on energy requirements. Various aspects of the present invention provide a method that comprises identifying a plurality of information communication paths that may be utilized to communicate information (e.g., one or more units of information). A communication path identification module may perform such identification. Respective amounts of energy to communicate the information may be estimated for at least a portion of the identified plurality of information communication paths. A communication energy estimation module may perform such estimation. An information communication path may be selected from the identified plurality of information communication paths based, at least in part, on the estimated respective amounts of energy. A communication path selection module may perform such selection.
US08842541B2
A first device is configured to store network load information regarding one or more network devices connected to the first device. Each one of the one or more network devices may have a connection range. The first device is further configured to receive information regarding a second device. The information regarding the second device may include information identifying a network device, of the one or more network devices, in which the second device is within connection range of and network load information regarding the network device in which the second device is within connection range of. The first device is further configured to provide the information regarding the second device to a third device; receive, from the third device, a first policy based on providing the information regarding the second device to the third device; and provide the first policy to the second device.
US08842533B2
An apparatus comprising a traffic engineering (TE) and server selection (SS) component configured to couple to an SS component and operate at a first time scale based on SS policies from the SS component, wherein the SS is configured to operate at a second timescale based on TE policies from the TE and SS component, and wherein the second timescale has a finer time granularity than the first time scale by at least one order of magnitude. Also disclosed is a network component comprising a receiver configured to receive one or more SS policies from a content provider or customer node, a logic circuit configured to compute a plurality of joint TE and SS policies for a plurality of network nodes based on the received SS policies, and a transmitter configured to send the joint TE and SS components to the content provider or customer node.
US08842532B2
A method and device for communicating in a contention-based communication network. According to an embodiment, the method includes obtaining, by a transmitter, an access to a channel during a transmission opportunity (TXOP) and transmitting, by the transmitter, a contention free (CF)-End frame to truncate the TXOP if the transmitter has no more data that the transmitter can send that fits within the TXOP, wherein the CF-End frame includes a duration field indicating a time required to complete the truncation of the TXOP.
US08842530B2
An apparatus comprising a timestamp support logic component configured to identify a plurality of timestamps for a plurality of network nodes on a single link and align the timestamps in a plurality of corresponding time slots for the network nodes within a periodic transmission time window and a scheduler coupled to the timestamp support logic component and configured to align a plurality of packets that do not comprise timestamps in a corresponding time slot subsequent to the time slots for the timestamps in the periodic transmission time window.
US08842522B2
A method supports incremental deployment of maximally redundant trees-fast reroute (MRT-FRR) by supporting MRT-FRR within an island of nodes in the network. A destination node and next hop failure selected to calculate detour paths. The clean set of nodes is calculated. The clean set of nodes is expanded with extended island candidate nodes that are reachable by a border node within the island via shortest path first (SPF) to the destination node that does not pass through the failed next hop. The extended island candidate nodes that are reachable by the border node within the island via SPF are part of an extended island. An MRT is calculated for each extended island candidate node. A candidate node is selected from the clean set of nodes according to a configured optimization option to serve as the endpoint of detour path to a destination node.
US08842518B2
A system and method can support virtual network interface card (NIC) failover in a middleware machine environment. The middleware machine environment includes a local management node and a remote management node. The system provides a local NIC driver and a remote proxy instance on a local management node. The remote proxy instance can associate a machine address with a remote NIC driver on a remote management node that is connected with the local remote management node in a subnet. Furthermore, the remote proxy instance operates to direct packets to and from the remote NIC driver using the machine address.
US08842511B2
A machine readable information storage medium, a reproducing method and apparatus which reproduces data from the storage medium, and a recording method and apparatus for recording data on the storage medium. The information storage medium includes a control area which stores within a data structure information usable by the recording or reproducing apparatus to record or reproduce the data on or from the storage medium. The information stored within the data structure includes a version corresponding to a specification, a revision number of recording speed, and an extended part version field.
US08842508B2
A data phase locked loop circuit includes a phase locked loop circuit, a judging circuit, a detecting circuit and a control circuit. The phase locked loop circuit outputs a reference signal according to a data signal, which is generated by an optical drive reading an optical disk. When the judging circuit judges that a jitter signal is smaller than a threshold value, the control circuit stores a frequency of the reference signal. When the detecting circuit detects a defect zone of the optical disk read by the optical drive, the phase locked loop circuit fixes the frequency of the reference signal to a latest stored one.
US08842498B2
An underwater communication system comprises a plurality of location and messaging units for sending and receiving ultrasonic energy through water. In accordance with one aspect, each of the location and messaging units comprising an array of four ultrasonic transducers positioned such that they define a generally tetrahedral shape, a transceiver adapted to generate a code element, generate a data element, generate a modulation element, and combine the code element, the data element and the modulation element into an analog wave form. The system is further adapted to transmit the analog wave form through each of the four ultrasonic transducers and receive the analog wave-form generated by at least one of the location and messaging units.
US08842492B2
Multiple timing reference signals (e.g., clock signals) each cycling at the same frequency are distributed in a fly-by topology to a plurality of memory devices in various embodiments are presented. These multiple clock signals each have a different phase relationship to each other (e.g., quadrature). A first circuit receives a first of these clocks as a first timing reference signal. A second circuit receives a second of these clocks as a second timing reference signal. A plurality of receiver circuits receive signals synchronously with respect to the first timing reference signal and the second timing reference signal, such that a first signal value is resolved using the first timing reference signal and a second signal value is resolved using the second timing reference signal.
US08842487B2
A domino static random access memory (SRAM) having one or more SRAM memory cells connected with a local bit line is disclosed. The SRAM may include a global bit line, a first precharge device connected between a voltage supply and the local bit line, and a second precharge device connected between the voltage supply and the global bit line. In addition the SRAM may include a global bit line discharge logic connected with the global bit line and the local bit line. The global bit line discharge logic is adapted to draw the global bit line to a voltage below a precharge voltage and above a ground voltage during a read operation.
US08842474B2
A nonvolatile memory device includes a cell array including a plurality of pages, a selection unit configured to select one of the pages in response to a page selection address, an operation control unit configured to read data of a given number of pages adjacent to the selected page and output the read data as backup data, to erase data of the selected page, in response to a page erase command, and to reprogram update data and the backup data in the selected page and the adjacent pages, respectively, and a data storage unit configured to store the backup data.
US08842463B2
A storage apparatus includes: a plurality of storage elements configured to have the resistance state thereof changed in accordance with an applied voltage; and a drive portion configured to perform a resistance change operation and a read operation, the resistance change operation involving writing or erasing information to or from the storage elements by changing the resistance state thereof, the read operation involving reading the information from the storage elements; wherein the drive portion includes an amplifier configured to output a read signal upon execution of the read operation, a constant current load, and a control portion configured to perform the resistance change operation and a direct verify operation on the storage elements, the direct verify operation involving carrying out, subsequent to the resistance change operation, the read operation for verifying whether the writing or erasing of the information to or from the storage elements has been normally accomplished.
US08842446B2
A controller controls a voltage-source power converter and a current-source power converter based on a detection value of a rail voltage input to the voltage-source power converter and a detection value of a charging voltage output from the current-source power converter, at the time of charging operation.
US08842445B2
A rack system includes one or more racks each configured to receive at least one distribution module. Each rack includes management sections located at the front of the rack; troughs located at the rear of the rack; horizontal channels extending between the management sections and the trough; a storage area located at a first of opposing sides of the rack; a front vertical channel that connects to the storage area and at least some of the management sections; and a travel channel at the rear of the first rack that connects the storage area to the troughs.
US08842430B2
A data center inside a shipping container having a lower plenum and an upper plenum in its interior, individual computing devices, and a humidity. Humidity inside the container is controlled by a humidity sensing device that reports the humidity level to a central controller. The central controller is connected to a humidity control device and the individual computing devices. Based on the humidity level, the central controller will adjust the output of the humidity control device to maintain the humidity internal to the container at a pre-determined level. The central controller energizes and de-energizes individual computing devices depending on the humidity level inside the container and other factors associated with the operation of computing devices. The central controller is also connected to, and communicates with, an external communication network.
US08842429B2
A system and method is described that includes a laptop style portable dock design referred to as the terminal system. The terminal system includes a user interface and provides a flip type dock located behind the terminal system display, and more particularly, but not exclusively, provides a flip type dock that when a mobile device is docked in the flip type dock. The terminal system provides power to the smart device, displays the smart device user interface on the terminal system display, and enables the user to use peripherals connected to the terminal system and interact with the smart device through the user interface of the terminal system. The terminal system provides a way to detachably mate a plurality of portable processor based devices to provide the combined functionality of the terminal system and smart device in an integrated structure.
US08842421B2
An arc-resistant switchgear enclosure has a vent opening and a vent flap. Normally the vent flap is open to allow air to circulate through the enclosure. However, in the event of an arc fault explosion in the enclosure, the vent flap is forced to close by the explosion. As the vent flap closes, a flexible latch member moves along a keeper and prevents the vent flap from reopening. In some embodiments, the latch member contacts the keeper and props the vent flap open for normal operation.
US08842420B2
A data center inside a shipping container having a lower plenum and an upper plenum in its interior. Heated air in the upper plenum exits therefrom into a plurality of heat exchangers adjacent thereto. Air cooled by the heat exchangers travels toward and enters the lower plenum. The data center includes a plurality of carriages each having an equipment receiving portion located between an open bottom portion in open communication with the lower plenum, and an open top portion in open communication with the upper plenum. Fans inside each of the carriages draw cooled air up from the lower plenum into the open bottom portion of the carriage, blow the cooled air up through the equipment receiving portion thereby cooling any computing equipment received therein, and vent the cooled air through the open top portion into the upper plenum.
US08842415B2
There is provided a multilayer ceramic capacitor, including: a multilayer body in which a plurality of dielectric layers are stacked in a thickness direction; and inner electrode layers formed within the multilayer body and including first and second inner electrodes disposed to be opposed to each other; wherein a ratio (MA1/CA1) of MA1 to CA1 is between 0.07 and 0.20, wherein CA1 represents an area of the multilayer body in a cross section of the multilayer body taken in a length and thickness direction, and MA1 represents an area of a first margin part in the cross section of the multilayer body taken in the length and thickness direction, the first margin part being a portion of the multilayer body, other than a first capacitance forming part thereof in which the first and second inner electrodes overlap in the thickness direction.
US08842413B2
There is provided a multilayered ceramic electronic component having a reduced thickness and exhibiting hermetic sealing. In multilayered ceramic electronic component, an external electrode includes two layers, that is, first and second layers, and the first and second layers contain glass with different compositions, respectively. Therefore, the multilayered ceramic electronic component having high reliability, such as strong adhesion between the external electrode and the internal electrode, prevention of glass exudation, or the like, may be obtained.
US08842412B2
A chip capacitor and interconnecting wiring is described incorporating a metal insulator metal (MIM) capacitor, tapered vias and vias coupled to one or both of the top and bottom electrodes of the capacitor in an integrated circuit. A design structure tangibly embodied in a machine readable medium is described incorporating computer readable code defining a MIM capacitor, tapered vias, vias and wiring levels in an integrated circuit.
US08842401B2
A protection system is provided for an electrical power network. The system has one or more circuit breaker arrangements which on activation isolate electrical faults within the network, and one or more fault detectors. The or each fault detector measures an inductance of a respective section of the network. The system is configured to activate one or more of the circuit breaker arrangements in response to measured inductances which are indicative of a fault.
US08842396B1
A magnetic sensor may be generally configured in accordance with various embodiments to have a magnetically responsive stack with first and second free layers and without a fixed magnetization. The first and second free layers can be tuned to have different stripe heights from an air bearing surface (ABS) and square rear surface features distal the ABS.
US08842391B2
An apparatus including a near field transducer positioned adjacent to an air bearing surface, the near field transducer including an electrically conductive nitride; a first magnetic pole; and a heat sink, a diffusion barrier layer, or both positioned between the first magnetic pole and the near field transducer, wherein the heat sink, the diffusion barrier or both include rhodium (Rh) or an alloy thereof; ruthenium (Ru) or an alloy thereof titanium (Ti) or an alloy thereof tantalum (Ta) or an alloy thereof tungsten (W) or an alloy thereof borides; nitrides; transition metal oxides; or palladium (Pd) or an alloy thereof.
US08842388B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a perpendicular magnetic recording head including a coil having small resistance. According to one embodiment, a nonmagnetic insulating layer formed on a main magnetic pole and a magnetic yoke are etched to form a recessed portion. The thickness of a conductive layer is increased by the depth of the recessed portion in a process for forming the conductive layer of the upper coil on the recessed portion to reduce resistance of the coil. Simultaneously with the formation of the recessed portion, a part of a second layer of a connection tab is removed. Simultaneously with the formation of the conductive layer of the upper coil, a space in which the part of the second layer of the connection tab is removed is filled with the same material as that of the conductive layer to further reduce the resistance of the entire coil.
US08842386B1
A base plate of a spindle motor includes a bottom plate portion and a wall portion. The bottom plate portion extends perpendicularly or substantially perpendicularly to a rotation axis. The wall portion extends in an axial direction from a radially outer edge portion of the bottom plate portion. The bottom plate portion includes a cup portion and an outer bottom plate portion. The cup portion is arranged radially inward of the wall portion, and includes a recessed upper surface. The outer bottom plate portion is arranged to extend between the cup portion and the wall portion. The base plate includes a first member made of a first type of metallic material, and a second member made of a second type of metallic material having a Young's modulus greater than that of the first type of metallic material.
US08842379B2
An image capturing lens assembly includes, in order from an object-side to an image-side along an optical axis, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element and a fourth lens element. The first lens element with negative refractive power has an image-side surface being concave at a paraxial region. The second lens element with positive refractive power has an image-side surface being convex at a paraxial region. The third lens element with negative refractive power has an object-side surface being concave at a paraxial region, and an image-side surface being convex at a paraxial region. The fourth lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex at a paraxial region, and an image-side surface being concave at a paraxial region, and at least one of the object-side surface and the image-side surface is aspheric.
US08842369B2
An apparatus for combining light from multiple laser sources has a first laser array to emit beams of a first wavelength in parallel and in a first plane and a second laser array to emit beams of a second wavelength in parallel with emitted beams in the first laser array. A beam combiner on a transparent body has a rear surface and an incident surface at an oblique angle to the first plane. Intersection of the incident surface with the first plane is oblique to the emitted beams. The beam combiner has a first coating on the incident surface that intersects the first plane and transmits the first wavelength. A rear reflective coating reflects first and second wavelengths. A second coating on the incident surface is coplanar with the first coating and transmits the second wavelength and reflects the first wavelength. A third coating reflects first and second wavelengths.
US08842368B2
A helmet or head-mounted apparatus has a visor or other curved optical element in front of at least one eye of a wearer, which element also is used as a waveguide. Image-bearing light is injected into the waveguide via an input diffractive element, and propagates through the visor to an output diffractive element which releases the light. The optical powers of the curved waveguide and the input and output diffractive elements are selected so that the released light is delivered as an image to the users eye.
US08842367B2
The present invention provides a multiple-layered lens array assembly comprising: at least a lens array set comprising a plurality of lens units, each of the lens units having an engaging surface surrounding an optical axis thereof and formed on an object-side surface or an image-side surface thereof; and at least an independent lens unit having an engaging surface surrounding an optical axis thereof and formed on an object-side surface or an image-side surface thereof; wherein the engaging surface of each of the lens units of the at least an lens array set connects with the engaging surface of a corresponding independent lens unit.
US08842366B2
An apparatus and method for transmitting, collimating and redirecting light from a point-like source to produce a collimated optical signal in a substantially planar form are provided. In one embodiment, the apparatus is manufactured as a unitary transmissive body comprising a collimation element and a redirection element, and optionally a transmissive element. In another embodiment, the apparatus is assembled from one or more components. The apparatus and method are useful for providing sensing light for an optical touch input device or for providing illumination for a display.
US08842364B2
An optical device that has an antireflection function, the optical device including: a base; and a plurality of structural bodies, which are formed by convex portions or concave portions, arranged on a surface of the base with a fine pitch that is equal to or smaller than a wavelength of visible light, wherein the plurality of structural bodies are arranged so as to form tracks of a plurality of rows on the surface of the base and form a quasi-hexagonal lattice pattern, a tetragonal lattice pattern, or a quasi-tetragonal lattice pattern, and wherein a packing ratio of the structural bodies to the surface of the base is equal to or higher than 65%.
US08842358B2
An apparatus, method, and process that includes a substantially transparent substrate having a first surface, a second surface, and edge extending around at least a portion of a perimeter of the substantially transparent substrate, wherein the edge being a laser induced channel edge having enhanced edge characteristics.
US08842356B2
A micromechanical device includes a micromechanical functional structure and an electromagnetic radiation heating associated with the micromechanical functional structure, which is formed to cause a spatially and temporally defined temperature or a spatially and temporally defined temperature course in the micromechanical functional structure.
US08842351B2
A method for storing data including: providing a first substrate having a plurality of micro-holograms therein, the micro-holograms being indicative of the data; providing a second hologram-supporting substrate; illuminating the plurality of micro-holograms in the first substrate through the second substrate, thereby producing a holographic pattern in the second substrate indicative of reflections of the plurality of micro-holograms in the first substrate; providing a third hologram-supporting substrate; and, illuminating the holographic pattern in the second substrate through the third substrate, thereby substantially replicating the plurality of micro-holograms in the first substrate in the third substrate.
US08842346B2
A digital multi function peripheral includes a scanner for reading an image in a document read position; a document retaining cover for being able to change an opening and closing state between a state in which the scanner is closed and a state in which the scanner is opened, and conveying a document to the scanner when the scanner is closed; a registration sensor for detecting a leading end portion and a rear end portion of the document conveyed by the document retaining cover; and a controller for determining the opening and closing state of the document retaining cover based on a state of the leading end portion and the rear end portion of the document in the image read by an IR module at a time when a predetermined time frame elapses since a detection state of the registration sensor changes. Therefore, the opening and closing state of the conveyance unit for conveying the document can accurately be detected.
US08842339B2
The profile of a reference color space is acquired, and the acquired profile is converted into the profile of a uniform color appearance space which is a color space different from the reference color space. An evaluation value of color in the profile of the uniform color appearance space is calculated, and the profile of the uniform color appearance space is corrected based on the calculated evaluation value. The corrected profile is inversely converted into the profile of the reference color space.
US08842337B2
A printing apparatus, which performs printing using a cyan ink, a magenta ink, a yellow ink, and two kinds of black inks, includes an image data acquisition section configured to acquire image data representing an image targeted for printing; a black line specification section configured to specify a black line included in the image on the basis of the image data; a printing control section configured to perform control so as to, along with performing printing of the black line by using the two kinds of black inks, perform printing with respect to pixels forming at least one portion of the black line so as to overlap the two kinds of black colors, and perform printing of a portion other than the black line by using at least one of the cyan ink, the magenta ink, the yellow ink, and the two kinds of black inks.
US08842336B2
There is provided a printing apparatus which is configured to control a basic color in performing the basic color in a printing medium. The printing apparatus includes: a table in which a correspondence relationship between a grayscale value in image data of the basic color and a color material amount is defined; an obtaining section which is configured to obtain a density range of a color which is to be printed on the basis of the image data of the basic color; and an adjustment section which is configured to adjust a grayscale range of the table so that the grayscale value corresponding to a color material amount range which corresponds to the density range of the color is increased.
US08842335B2
Disclosed is an information processing apparatus including: a control section to obtain output condition information to show an output condition when a color chart is output, to obtain colorimetric data obtained by measuring the color chart, to create a color conversion profile based on the obtained colorimetric data, and to embed the output condition information in the created color conversion profile according to an order determined in advance.
US08842334B2
A method, including: receiving a request to print a first document from a first application; displaying print settings and an option to maintain print settings (MPS); collecting a time limit, a selection enabling the option to MPS, and a selection enabling a print setting; sending a first print job corresponding to the first document and the print setting to a printer; initiating, in response to the selection enabling the option to MPS, a time window having a duration set to the time limit; receiving a request to print a second document from a second application; identifying a remaining time of the time window; retrieving, in response to the remaining time exceeding zero, the indication of the print setting; and sending, bypassing the printer driver GUI, a second print job corresponding to the second document and the print setting to the printer.
US08842321B2
The information processing apparatus includes a storage section for storing function information on a function provided in a printing device, and a creating section for creating, based on the function information, a data structure having a data section for storing actual data of a setting value for the function and an index section for storing information for accessing the actual data of the setting value. In addition to the setting value for a printer driver which gives a printing instruction to the printing device, the creating section allows the data section to store a setting value which can be used by a printer driver which gives the printing instruction to a printing device of a different model and/or the printer driver of a different version.
US08842315B2
A customized print job duplication method implemented in a print shop management system that includes a data processing apparatus having a non-transitory memory for storing a software program and a processor for executing the software program, wherein the software program includes program code configured to cause the data processing apparatus to execute a customized print job duplication process, which includes the steps of providing print job duplication options to allow selection of which sub-sections of a first print job will be duplicated, duplicating from the first print job the sub-sections selected for duplication, and creating a second print job with existing data and a set of settings to be applied to a second document processing job, the set including the settings duplicated from the first print job in the duplicated sub-sections.
US08842303B2
In an embodiment, provided is an image reading device that includes: a light source that includes a first block and a second block arranged alternately, both blocks including light-emitting elements arranged linearly, the first and the second block lighting independently, and the light-emitting elements in a same block of the first and the second block lighting at a same time; a scanning unit that scans a document by irradiating the document with light from the light source; a lighting control unit that lights one of the first and the second block of the light source and then lights the other; a peak level acquiring unit that acquires a peak level of scanned data of each of the first and the second block; and an abnormality determining unit that determines that the light-emitting element is abnormal when the peak level becomes equal to or smaller than a given value.
US08842298B2
A multifunction printer includes an image capture apparatus including an image capture platform for holding an object of which an image is to be captured; a lid having a closed position in which the lid is proximate the image capture platform, and an open position in which the lid is away from the image capture platform; and a camera that is pivotably affixed to the lid; and a printing apparatus including: a media advance system for advancing a sheet of media to a print region; and a printhead.
US08842290B2
A sensing apparatus comprises an excitation source configured to induce waves in a target, and a fiber optic interferometer configured to sense the induced waves in the target. The fiber optic interferometer comprises a probe segment having a probe segment end, and an adjustable coupler configured to permit setting a gap between the probe segment end and the target. A controller is coupled to the adjustable coupler and configured to set the gap between the probe segment end and the target.
US08842286B2
In the case of a fiber-optic Sagnac interferometer, the output of an analog/digital converter and thus output signals processed in a main control circuit as well as a phase resetting signal for a phase modulation encompass a first word width. An input of a digital/analog converter and thus a resetting signal, which acts on the phase modulator, encompasses a second word width, which is smaller than the word width, with which the resetting and modulation signal is computed. A residual value signal comprising a third word width, which can be added to the output signal of the analog/digital converter via an adder, is obtained from the surplus, low-value bits.
US08842282B2
A spectrometer cell can include a spacer, at least one end cap, and at least one mirror with a reflective surface. The end cap can be positioned proximate to a first contact end of the spacer such that the end cap and spacer at least partially enclose an internal volume of the spectrometer cell. The mirror can be secured in place by a mechanical attachment that includes attachment materials that are chemically inert to at least one reactive gas compound. The mechanical attachment can hold an optical axis of the reflective surface in a fixed orientation relative to other components of the spectrometer cell and or a spectrometer device that comprises the spectrometer cell. The mirror can optionally be constructed of a material such as stainless steel, ceramic, or the like. Related methods, articles of manufacture, systems, and the like are described.
US08842280B2
Disclosed is an analytical apparatus wherein a container is automatically transferred and the container is automatically closed with a cap member, said analytical apparatus being provided with a suitable mechanism that reliably closes the container. The analytical apparatus is provided with an optical sensor composed of at least one pair of a light source (4) and a light detector (5), which face each other with the container disposing position therebetween, and which are disposed such that the container disposing position is irradiated with light, and the analytical apparatus detects whether the container (1) is disposed or not or the absence/presence of the cap of the container, corresponding to a transmitted light quantity detected by means of the optical sensor. Thus, cap closing is prevented from being performed if there is no container, and the container is prevented from being transferred without the cap.
US08842275B2
The invention relates to a method for estimating the quantity of light scattered by a heterogeneous participating media, the light being transmitted by a light environment comprising a plurality of light sources. In order to improve the display while minimising the required calculation time, the method comprises steps for: estimation of first projection coefficients in an orthonormal basis of spherical functions, said first projection coefficients being representative of the reduction of light intensity in a point of said media, said estimation of first projection coefficients being carried out for each point of a first set of points of said media, and estimation of the quantity of light scattered by said media, according to at least one scattering direction of the light, using said first estimated projection coefficients.
US08842272B2
One embodiment relates to an apparatus that includes an illumination source (102) for illuminating a target substrate (106), objective optics (108) for projecting the EUV light which is reflected from the target substrate, and a sensor (110) for detecting the projected EUV light. The objective optics includes a first mirror (202,302, or 402) which is arranged to receive and reflect the EUV light which is reflected from the target substrate, a second mirror (204, 304, or 404) which is arranged to receive and reflect the EUV light which is reflected by the first mirror, a third mirror (206, 306, or 406) which is arranged to receive and reflect the EUV light which is reflected by the second mirror, and a fourth mirror (208, 308, or 408) which is arranged to receive and reflect the EUV light which is reflected by the third mirror.
US08842268B2
The present invention obtains a statistical distribution of inter-core crosstalk by measuring the inter-core crosstalk of a multi-core optical fiber while changing the wavelength of incident light in a predetermined range including a specific wavelength relative to the multi-core optical fiber, or while changing a polarization state of incident light entering the multi-core optical fiber. According to the present invention, there is no need to measure the crosstalk by rewinding the multi-core optical fiber and changing the phase difference between cores around the zero point of the equivalent propagation constant difference between cores.
US08842264B2
Detection and characterization of immunologically detected substances are performed electronically on human and animal biological fluids such as whole blood, serum, plasma, urine, milk, pleural and peritoneal fluids, and semen, which fluids are contained in a thin chamber forming a quiescent fluid sample, which chamber has at least two parallel planar walls, at least one of which is transparent.
US08842262B2
A radar apparatus for detecting a distance to an object by receiving an electromagnetic wave reflected by the object is disclosed. The radar apparatus comprises a scan part and an electromagnetic wave emitter. The scan part includes a polarized light separation member configured to pass a preset first component of the electromagnetic wave and reflect a preset second component of the electromagnetic wave. The first and second components, respectively, are polarized lights having first and second polarization directions, which are perpendicular to each other. The scan part scans the second component of the electromagnetic wave in a predetermine scan angle range by rotating the polarized light separation member around a predetermined rotation axis. The electromagnetic wave emitter emits the electromagnetic wave toward the polarized light separation member of the scan part.
US08842258B2
An exposure apparatus includes a mask, a substrate which passes through a region disposed below the mask while moving in a first direction, a light source unit disposed above the mask, where the light source irradiates light on the substrate through the mask, and at least one blind disposed below the light source unit, where the blind blocks the light irradiated from the light source unit, where a second direction is perpendicular to the first direction in a same plane as the first direction, the blind is a polyhedron having a width, a length and a thickness and is disposed such that a direction of the length is substantially parallel to the second direction, and the blind is rotatable around a rotation axis substantially parallel to the second direction, and where the width is greater than the thickness.
US08842256B2
Provided is an easily fabricated awning-member molded article having excellent strength, and an awning formed from a plurality of such awning-member molded articles. When an awning-member molded article is viewed from its bottom surface, a small-triangular plate portion bent toward a bottom surface of a second dihedron and a small-triangular plate portion bent toward a bottom surface of a third dihedron have a predetermined thickness at their portions abutted against each other, so that the second dihedron and the third dihedron in each basic element are coupled to each other. Further, a middle-triangular plate portion bent toward the bottom surface of the second basic element and a middle-triangular plate portion bent toward the bottom surface of the third basic element are provided with a predetermined thickness at their portions abutted against each other, so that the second basic element and the third basic element are coupled to each other.
US08842248B2
A display device includes a pixel group having first to fourth pixels in a 2×2 matrix, wherein the areas of the first and second pixels is greater than the areas of the third and fourth pixels, so that, when a storage bridge which connects storage electrodes is formed between the first and second pixels, an opening area through which light is transmitted in each of the first and second pixels has the same area as the opening areas in each of the third and fourth pixels.
US08842247B2
In an embodiment, an optical device includes a first substrate; a second substrate; a liquid crystal layer; a plurality of first electrodes; a second electrode; and a light shielding portion. The liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate. The plurality of first electrodes is provided on the first substrate and arranged in a first direction, extending in a second direction. The second electrode is provided on the second substrate. The light shielding portion is configured to be provided at a position between the first substrate and the second substrate to overlap with the first electrodes when viewed from the third direction. The light shielding portion covers a less space than the first electrodes.
US08842237B2
A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel, a first back light module (BLU), a polarizer, a second BLU and a pattern retarder. The first BLU is disposed below the liquid crystal display panel for emitting light. The polarizer is disposed on the first BLU, to convert the light into a first light. The second BLU is disposed between the liquid crystal display panel and the first BLU for emitting a second light. The pattern retarder is disposed between the liquid crystal display panel and the first BLU. The pattern retarder includes plural first and second polarizing regions with orthogonal polarization states, and the first and second polarizing regions are arranged in an interlaced order. Also, the polarization state of the first light is orthogonal to the polarization state of the second polarizing region.
US08842234B2
The invention provides a backlight module and a LCD device. The backlight module includes a side frame, and a rear panel; the rear panel is provided with a side wall fixedly matched with the side frame, the side wall of the rear panel is provided with a light source, and a gap is reserved between the top of the side wall and the side frame. The invention can effectively block the path that the heat at the side of the light source is transferred to the LCD panel, and can effectively prevent the risk of the liquid crystal liquefaction of the LCD panel, thereby improving the optical display taste of the LCD panel.
US08842230B2
A method of manufacturing, with high mass productivity, liquid crystal display devices having highly reliable thin film transistors with excellent electric characteristics is provided. In a liquid crystal display device having an inverted staggered thin film transistor, the inverted staggered thin film transistor is formed as follows: a gate insulating film is formed over a gate electrode; a microcrystalline semiconductor film which functions as a channel formation region is formed over the gate insulating film; a buffer layer is formed over the microcrystalline semiconductor film; a pair of source and drain regions are formed over the buffer layer; and a pair of source and drain electrodes are formed in contact with the source and drain regions so as to expose a part of the source and drain regions.
US08842223B2
The present technology relates to a transmitter apparatus, an information processing method, a program, and a transmitter system capable of easily transmitting a wideband signal.The transmitter apparatus includes: a first acquisition unit that obtains first transmission control information; a second acquisition unit that obtains second transmission control information similar to information input to another transmitter apparatus; and a generating unit that processes transmission target data based on a parameter contained in the first transmission control information and generates data including the processed transmission target data and the second transmission control information. The present technology can be applied to a transmitter apparatus that transmits a DVB-C2 signal.
US08842222B2
A method for producing a first output image and a second output image for being projected by a first projector and a second projector, respectively, is disclosed. The method comprises: providing a source image comprising a plurality of pixels, each pixel having a source value, providing an inverted threshold value for each pixel of the plurality of pixels, and generating thereof a temporary image comprising a temporary value for each pixel of the plurality of pixels. The method further comprises: generating the first output image comprising a first output value for each pixel of the plurality of pixels, the first output value being generated from the temporary value and the source value for each pixel, and generating the second output image comprising a second output value for each pixel of the plurality of pixels, the second output value being generated from the temporary value.
US08842217B2
An image processing apparatus including an image acquisition unit configured to acquire, as an image, a result of imaging, on an image sensor unit, light traveling from an object via an opening of a stop, a control unit configured to control a shape of the opening based on a function which defines a temporal change of the shape of the opening when the image acquisition unit acquires the image, and a detection unit configured to detect a blur state in the image based on the function.
US08842214B2
An image capturing element is provided with: a color filter in which a basic arrangement pattern having first and second arrangement patterns arranged to be symmetrical about a point is repeated. The first arrangement pattern comprises first filters arranged on pixels in 2×2 arrangement located at the upper-left portion and a pixel located at the lower-right in a 3×3 pixel square arrangement, second filters arranged on the center and lower end lines in the vertical direction of the square arrangement, and third filters arranged on the center and right lines in the horizontal direction of the square arrangement. The second arrangement pattern comprises the first filters having the same arrangement as in the first arrangement pattern, and the second filters and the third filters having the arrangements interchanged with each other compared to the arrangements in the first arrangement pattern.
US08842213B2
The stability is improved with which focus control is performed by an image capture device that brings a face region image into focus according to the contrast method. A human detection circuit 3 performs a human image search by using a threshold value Thh1. A face detection circuit 2 performs a face image search by using a threshold value Thf1. When an entire body image region corresponding to an entire body of a person is detected and a face image region corresponding to a face of the same person is detected in the captured image through the human image search and the face image search, the face detection circuit 2 performs redetermination with respect to the face image region by using a threshold value Thf2. The redetermination by using the threshold value Thf21 has higher accuracy compared to the face image search by using the threshold value Thf1.
US08842211B2
An imaging element includes a light receiving surface having pixels, and a low-pass filter device configured to focus predetermined light on a predetermined pixel of the pixels of the light-receiving surface.
US08842209B2
A zoom lens system, in order from an object side to an image side, comprising: a first lens unit having positive optical power; a second lens unit having negative optical power; a third lens unit having positive optical power; a fourth lens unit having positive optical power; and a fifth lens unit having negative optical power, wherein the first lens unit is composed of only optical elements having optical power, in zooming from a wide-angle limit to a telephoto limit at the time of image taking, at least the first lens unit is fixed with respect to an image surface, and the condition: 0.7<|M4G/M5G|<11.0 (M4G: an amount of movement of the fourth lens unit with respect to the image surface in zooming, M5G is an amount of movement of the fifth lens unit with respect to the image surface in zooming) is satisfied.
US08842196B2
A data recording apparatus includes: a data recording device that records acquired data in a recording medium; a target data specifying device that specifies target data to which data processing is to be performed out of data recorded in the recording medium based on an instruction by a user; a recordable data number calculation device that calculates a number of the acquired data that will be able to be recorded in the recording medium by performing the data processing to the target data based on a remaining capacity of the recording medium and a content of processing of the data processing; a display control device that displays on a display device a result of the calculation by the recordable data number calculation device before the data processing is performed.
US08842183B2
Systems for monitoring an inventory condition of objects based on captured images are described. An exemplary system includes at least one storage drawer, each storage drawer including a plurality of storage locations for storing objects, wherein each drawer is associated with an identifier with known color attributes; and an image sensing device configured to capture an image of one of the storage drawers along with the associated identifier. A data storage device of the system stores, for each storage drawer, information of the known color attributes of the associated identifier. A data processor of the system is configured to access information of the known color attributes of the identifier associated with the drawer corresponding to the captured image; determine color attributes of the identifier in the captured image; determine a correction factor based on the color attributes of the identifier in the captured image and the known color attributes of the identifier; and apply the correction factor to subsequent images captured by the image sensing device.
US08842176B2
A system and method of automatically controlling vehicle exterior lights including an image sensor and a controller to generate headlamp control signals.
US08842174B2
An apparatus and method for imaging a biologic fluid sample quiescently residing within a chamber is provided. The chamber includes a first panel and a second panel, between which the biologic fluid sample quiescently resides. At least one of the first and second panels is flexible. The chamber has one or more fields that are each defined by a cross-sectional area. The apparatus comprises a field illuminator, a chamber flattener, a positioner, and an image dissector. The field illuminator has an objective lens. The chamber flattener has a platen with a window and a cover plate. The chamber flattener is operable to cause the chamber to assume a substantially uniform Z-axis position for substantially all of the fields within the chamber. The positioner is adapted to position the objective lens and the chamber relative to one another. The image dissector is adapted to image the sample residing within the chamber.
US08842171B2
A stereoscopic image display device comprises: a display device that displays left-eye image data in a left-eye frame and right-eye image data in a right-eye frame; liquid crystal shutter glasses that alternately open and close a left-eye shutter and a right-eye shutter in synchronization with the display device; and a control circuit that controls the ON duty ratio of a backlight of the display device to a first set value if the luminance of each of the left-eye and right-eye frames is less than a predetermined reference value, and controls the ON duty ratio of the backlight of the display device to a second set value if the luminance of each of the left-eye and right-eye frames is greater than the reference value.
US08842162B2
The subject matter discloses a method, comprising obtaining a scene from a video camera and defining at least one point of the scene; creating a first scene terrain model of the scene, said first scene terrain model comprises a typical human object size in pixels in said at least one point of the scene; creating a second scene model of the scene, said second model defines a false positive determination that said at least one point comprises a human object; wherein said second scene model is created when the scene does not contain a human object; obtaining an image of the scene, said image is captured by a video camera; determining whether the human object is detected at the at least one point of said captured image by applying said first scene terrain model and said second scene model on the least one point.
US08842157B2
The present invention provides a method, an apparatus, and a system for implementing a videoconferencing application and relates to the field of communications technologies. The videoconferencing system can provide an application related to the geographic location of each participant, including: obtaining an address of at least one conference site by performing resolving; acquiring information related to the address of the conference site according to the address of the conference site; and sending the related information to one or more of the conference sites, where the related information is used to provide a reference for a user to attend a conference. When a conference is held by using the videoconferencing system, the videoconferencing system can provide an application related to the geographic location of each participant, enriching service functions that the videoconferencing system can provide and improving the user satisfaction.
US08842156B1
More specifically, the invention describes a public standalone information access tool, such as bidirectional video terminal/kiosk for receiving a variety of services and for information exchange. The kiosk is connected to a plurality of remotely located representatives/operators specializing in different services. The customer receives help and share documents with at least one operator. The kiosk provides people from small remote villages an opportunity to receive all services available in a large city.
US08842154B2
Systems and methods for processing video are provided. Video compression schemes are provided to reduce the number of bits required to store and transmit digital media in video conferencing or videoblogging applications. A photorealistic avatar representation of a video conference participant is created. The avatar representation can be based on portions of a video stream that depict the conference participant. A face detector is used to identify, track and classify the face. Object models including density, structure, deformation, appearance and illumination models are created based on the detected face. An object based video compression algorithm, which uses machine learning face detection techniques, creates the photorealistic avatar representation from parameters derived from the density, structure, deformation, appearance and illumination models.
US08842150B2
In one embodiment, a first message for a video call is received from a first end point. The first end point may be communicating using a first protocol, such as H.323. The first message is for a second end point that communicates using a second protocol, such as SIP. The first message may be an early offer in SIP to start a video call. The first message includes media information that is needed to initiate the video call. The media information is stored and may be later used to initiate the video call with the second end point. The stored media information is mapped to one or more messages that are sent to the second end point to initiate the video call using a slow start initiation procedure in H.323.
US08842142B2
A print station system having a chassis for housing a modular print station; a power source in communication with the print station; a controller circuit card assembly in communication with the print station; a display panel in communication with the print station; a media rewind hub; a pair of adjustable media guides connected about a base of the print station; and at least one sensor affixed to the print station base and being operable for detecting the presence and position of media passing through a media feed path of the print station system.
US08842140B2
To provide a liquid crystal display device capable of reducing the occurrence of a multi-contour in the display of a moving image to the minimum, the cycle of execution of an intermittent lighting operation in backlight scanning and the cycle of a vertical synchronization signal are made equal when an interpolation image insertion mode in which an interpolation image signal generated on the basis of two or more continuous frame images is inserted between frames and written into a liquid crystal panel is executed, and the cycle of the execution of the intermittent lighting operation in the backlight scanning is made longer than the cycle of the vertical synchronization signal (or the backlight scanning is disabled) when an overlapped image output mode in which the same frame image is written into the liquid crystal panel continuously n times is executed.
US08842139B2
A driving method for driving an electrophoretic display apparatus includes writing first image data into a display unit provided with a plurality of pixels; creating second image data including image data which corresponds to first contour pixels, and which is extracted from the first image data, each of the first contour pixels being a first pixel located adjacent to a second pixel having a gray-scale level different from a gray-scale level of the first pixel, the first pixel and the second pixel being included in the plurality of pixels; and writing the second image data into the display unit.
US08842128B2
A method of processing image data that includes identifying picture elements of a first image portion having a first hue and a first saturation assigned to the first hue, the first hue lying in a first critical hue interval, identifying picture elements a second image portion having a second hue and a second saturation assigned to the second hue, the second hue lying in a second critical hue interval, and changing the first saturation by an amount delta S, at least one of the first and the second hues not being changed, and the delta S varying for picture elements lying in the first image portion.
US08842125B2
A network server includes a processor, a network, and a computer-readable medium that stores content data for use on a client device having a graphics card with a GPU and a general purpose processor. The content data includes a graphics program configured to execute on the graphics card of the client device to generate graphics content. A compatibility test program includes a test instruction executable on the graphics card to generate a compatibility indication that is indicative of whether the graphics card of the client device is capable of correctly executing the graphics program. A request processing routine includes instructions that, when executed on the processor of the network server, are configured to receive a request for the content data from the client device via the network interface and, in response to the received request, automatically provide the compatibility test program to the client device.
US08842121B2
A single instruction multiple data (SIMD) processor with a given width may operate on registers of the same width completely filled with fragments. A parallel set of registers are loaded and tested. The fragments that fail are eliminated and the register set is refilled from the parallel set.
US08842119B2
Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to display system performance information are disclosed. An example method involves normalizing data representative of an operation performed by a system, a first performance metric of the system, and an event that occurred during the operation and during measurement of the first performance metric. A first object indicative of a duration of the operation is displayed. A second object is displayed with the first object. The second object is indicative of the first performance metric during the performance of the operation. An event marker is displayed with the first and second objects. The event marker is indicative of the event. The event is representative of an instance in which the first performance metric exceeded a first threshold or fell below a second threshold. The first and second objects and the event marker are aligned along a same timeline in a same graph.
US08842114B1
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for adjusting a depth of displayed objects within a region of a display. In use, a display that displays one or more objects three-dimensionally is identified. Additionally, a region within the display is determined. Further, a depth of objects displayed within the region is adjusted.
US08842111B2
Techniques are described that can be used to adjust a refresh rate of a display device. For example, the refresh rate change can be triggered by a user application for a variety of circumstances such as a change in power source from AC to DC or display of 24 frames per second (fps) video. Contents of a primary buffer can be copied to a dummy buffer and a display engine can read video from the dummy buffer to provide video to a display. The clock rate of a clock used to read out pixels can be adjusted using software commands. Video is written to another buffer and during a vertical blanking interval, the display engine reads frames from the another buffer instead of the dummy buffer.
US08842109B2
The occurrence of the halo phenomenon caused in a display panel unit is detected in a liquid crystal display device that displays an image in the display panel unit including color filters of a plurality of colors by respectively controlling emission ratios of a plurality of LEDs emitting lights of colors respectively corresponding to the plurality of color filters. Upon detection, a part of the display panel unit, for example, the channel number and the vicinity thereof are set as a non-detection area in which the detection of the halo phenomenon is restricted and the remaining area is set as a detection area. The chroma of light, which corresponds to mixed light from the plurality of LEDs, is reduced by controlling the emission ratios of the LEDs on the basis of the detection result in the detection area, so that the color of light is closer to white.
US08842108B2
An array substrate for a liquid crystal display device includes: a substrate; a gate line and a data line on the substrate; a common line parallel to and spaced apart from the gate line; a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line; a plurality of pixel electrodes in the pixel region; a plurality of common electrodes alternating with the plurality of pixel electrodes; at least one outermost common electrode at an edge portion of the pixel region; a black matrix corresponding to the thin film transistor, the gate line and the data line, the black matrix including an inorganic material and having an open portion; and a color filter layer in the open portion.
US08842107B2
A display device includes a display panel configured to receive a first-frame image signal for displaying a first-frame image in a first frame. The display panel is further configured to receive a second-frame image signal for displaying a second-frame image in a second frame that immediately follows the first frame such that the display panel appears to display a transition region associated with a boudary between a portion of the first-frame image and a portion of the second-frame image and moving in a moving direction. The display device further includes an optical effect layer and electrode sets. The electrode sets respectively overlap different portions of the optical effect layer and are configured for sequentially starting affecting the different portions of the optical effect layer such that the optical effect layer appears to display a light-blocking section that moves in the moving direction and overlaps the transition region.
US08842103B2
A method of driving liquid crystal display panel includes generating a plurality of eye data frames from a received frame of image data. A high data frame having a first liquid crystal rotating attribute and a low data frame having a lesser second liquid crystal rotating attribute are respectively generated from a respective two of the generated plurality of eye data frames. The high data frame and the low data frame are alternatingly used to drive the liquid crystal display panel according to a time division rate such that liquid crystal molecules are subjected to low and higher crystal rotating forces. In one embodiment, each pixel is space-divided into first and second sub areas having different distances between the first and second pixel electrodes, and the high data and the low data are time-divided and displayed on the pixel, enhancing visibility of the resulting image for different viewing angles.
US08842093B2
An electrostatic capacitance type touch sensor is provided. The touch sensor includes a substrate and a grid pattern formed on a surface of the substrate by a plurality of first linear wires and a plurality of second linear wires, the first linear wires being arranged parallel to each other at a predetermined interval, and the second linear wires being arranged parallel to each other at a predetermined interval and intersecting with the first linear wires. A separation portion is provided to the first linear wires and the second linear wires to form a sensor portion and a dummy sensor portion which are located next to each other and electrically separated from each other. The shape of a gap between the sensor portion and the dummy sensor portion located next to each other is improved not being formed into a band-like shape surrounded by two parallel conductive linear wires, and a boundary between the sensor portion and the dummy sensor portion located next to each other can be less-visible thereby improving the appearance, and the capacitance between the sensor portion and the dummy sensor portion located next to each other is reduced, thereby improving the accuracy of detecting a touch by adjusting the sensitivity.
US08842084B2
Gesture based control of objects displayed on touch screen displays is described. An object is displayed on a touch screen display, and a first touch operation is detected at a first position on the display. The first position is within an area that is associated with the displayed object. A second touch operation is detected within the area. After detecting the first and second touch operations another, a third touch operation is detected at a third position. A distance between the third position and the first position is calculated. When the distance is greater than a predetermined value, a copy of the object is displayed on the touch screen display.
US08842074B2
A portable electronic device with a touch-sensitive display is disclosed. One aspect of the invention involves a computer-implemented method in which the portable electronic device: displays an application on the touch-sensitive display; and when the application is in a predefined mode, performs a predefined operation in response to each gesture of a set of multiple distinct gestures on the touch-sensitive display. Another aspect of the invention involves a computer-implemented method in which the portable electronic device: displays a first application; when the first application is in a first mode, performs a first operation upon detecting a first gesture on the touch-sensitive display; and performs the first operation upon detecting a second gesture on the touch-sensitive display, wherein the second gesture is different from the first gesture.
US08842073B2
A keyboard, a driving method and an assembling method for the keyboard, and an electronic device are described. The keyboard includes a base plate, on which a first magnetic member and a second magnetic member are formed; a keycap, disposed above the base plate; and an X-shaped holder disposed between the base plate and the keycap for supporting the keycap, and a third permanent magnet is provided on the sliding end, wherein the keycap is movable between a first position and a second position lower than the first position along a direction substantially perpendicular to the base plate, and wherein the third permanent magnet is in a position substantially opposite to the second magnetic member when the keycap is in the first position, and the third permanent magnet slides to a position substantially opposite to the first magnetic member when the keycap is in the second position.
US08842070B2
A method for navigating information displayed on a display of a computer system includes determining movement of the computer system. The movement of the computer system is sensed by a movement sensor.
US08842069B2
Input apparatus for multi-layer on screen display and method of generating input signal for the same
An input apparatus for a multi-layer on-screen display and a method of generating an input signal for a multi-layer on-screen display. The input apparatus includes: an acceleration sensing unit for sensing an acceleration of a motion of the input apparatus; a processing unit for obtaining information including a motion depth and a motion pattern of the input apparatus using the sensed acceleration and determining a layer to be activated from the information; and a transmitter for generating a signal including the determined layer and outputting the signal to the multi-layer OSD.
US08842064B2
Methods and systems are disclosed to provide intra-pixel illumination to a modulating display panel, where regions of a pixel are provided incident light with controlled intensity and color at different periods of the panel's addressing cycle. This can lead to increased resolution beyond that intrinsic to the panel's physical make up, providing an enhanced resolution 2D panel, as well as a high resolution panel suitable for autostereoscopic purposes when used with a further lens array. For example, when the left hand side of all pixels are illuminated in one frame creating an image, and the right hand side of the pixels are illuminated within a second frame creating a further image, then the combined image, assuming temporal averaging, is twice the native resolution. Despite the temporal trade off, the eye's tolerance to local variation of color and intensity makes this feasible with realistic addressing periods.
US08842062B2
A pixel driving circuit is electrically coupled between a first data line and a second data line and between a first scan line and a second scan line, and includes a first switch, a second switch, a third switch, a fourth switch, a liquid crystal capacitor electrically connected between the first switch and the second switch, a first capacitor electrically connected to the first switch, a second capacitor electrically connected to the second switch, a first storage capacitor, a second storage capacitor and at least one switching unit. The first storage capacitor is electrically connected to the third switch and supplied by a reference voltage. The second storage capacitor is electrically connected to the fourth switch and supplied by the reference voltage. The at least one switching unit is used for redistributing charges in the pixel driving circuit.
US08842055B2
An apparatus for emitting radiation is provided. The apparatus comprises an antenna formed on a substrate, and a high impedance surface (HIS). The HIS has a plurality of cells formed on the substrate that are arranged to form an array that substantially surrounds at least a portion of the antenna. Each cell generally includes a ground plane, first plate, second plate, and an interconnect. The ground plane is formed on the substrate, while the first plate (which is substantially rectangular) is formed over and coupled to the ground plane. The first plate for each cell is also arranged so as to form a first checkered pattern for the array. The second plate (which is substantially rectangular) is formed over and is substantially parallel to the first plate. The first and second plates are also substantially aligned with a central axis that extends generally perpendicular to the first and second plates hand have a interconnect formed therebetween. The second plate for each cell is also arranged so as to form a second checkered pattern for the array.
US08842050B2
An antenna is described. The antenna includes a planar circular structure. The antenna also includes a radiating element located at the center of the planar circular structure. The antenna further includes one or more parasitic elements located on a contour around the radiating element. The parasitic elements are aligned in parallel direction with the radiating element. The parasitic elements protrude from the planar circular structure. The antenna includes switches separating each of the one or more parasitic elements from ground. A switch in a first position creates a short between a parasitic element and ground. A switch in a second position creates an open circuit between the parasitic element and ground.
US08842035B2
An apparatus includes an extendable wand, and a sensor head coupled to the wand. The sensor head includes a continuous wave metal detector (CWMD) and a radar. When the wand is collapsed, the wand and the sensor head collapse to fill a volume that is smaller than a volume filled by the sensor head and the wand when the wand is extended. Frequency-domain data from a sensor configured to sense a region is accessed, the frequency-domain data is transformed to generate a time-domain representation of the region, a first model is determined based on the accessed frequency-domain data, a second model is determined based on the generated time-domain representation, the second model being associated with a particular region within the sensed region, and a background model that represents a background of the region is determined based on the first model and the second model.
US08842033B1
A predistortion generator includes a sample input, a summing circuit to output predistorted samples to a DAC, and distortion term processors, each including a product generator and a FIR filter in tandem. The distortion term processors include a second-order and/or a third-order distortion term processor. In the second-order distortion term processor, the product generator generates a product of only two samples corresponding to a current sample as a respective second-order distortion term that is filtered by the FIR filter thereof using a respective FIR filter characteristic. In the third-order distortion term processor, the product generator generates a product of only three samples corresponding to the current sample as a respective third-order distortion term that is filtered by the FIR filter thereof using a respective FIR filter characteristic. The FIR filter characteristics of FIR filters are configured to reduce distortion in a designated Nyquist zone.
US08842032B2
A method and circuit to perform noise shaped splitting of a digital input signal may include using multiple layers to process the input signal. In the first layer, the most significant bits of the input signal may be distributed to a plurality of branches. Dynamic element matching may be performed using the least significant bits of the input signal. Based on the results of the dynamic element matching, values may be added to the plurality of branches. If there is insufficient data activity, dynamics enhancement may be performed to increase the data activity. The output signals of each of the plurality of branches in the first layer may be provided to a second layer, in which these steps can be repeated on each of the output signals. The outputs of the second layer may be provided to a plurality of three level unit elements.
US08842031B1
The stability of a delta-sigma modulator may be improved by limiting a value within the delta-sigma modulator. For example, the value provided to a quantizer may be limited, by a limiter circuit in the delta-sigma modulator, to a value within a single step range of the quantizer. The limiter circuit may be placed in an inner loop of the delta-sigma modulator to decouple the stability of the inner loop from an outer loop. For example, a delta-sigma modulator may be constructed with an inner loop having a sixth order and an outer loop having a second order, in which the stability of the delta-sigma modulator is proportional to that of a second order.
US08842027B2
A method for evaluating capacitor weighting of an analog-to-digital (ADC) is provided. An equivalent weighting value of each composed capacitor in each sub-capacitor-array may be obtained by adding the switch device to the ADC which enables each sub-capacitor-array in a digital-to-analog (DAC) to be measured by each other. The ADC can calculate and then obtain a correct digital output by using the calibrated equivalent weighting and successive approximation result of each input signal.
US08842025B2
A method of setting specific scan codes for a manual input device includes the steps of establishing a transmission channel between the manual input device and a scan code register of a computing device, receiving at least one scan code, which corresponds to at least one input key of the manual input device and is for setting a customized specific code for enabling the computing device to perform a specific function, from the manual input device, saving the customized specific code to the scan code register of the computing device, and closing the transmission channel.
US08842012B2
A combination non-programmable and programmable key for a security device of the type used to display items of merchandise includes a non-programmable portion for cooperating with a mechanical lock of the security device and a programmable portion for cooperating with a sensor of the security device that is operatively coupled to an alarm for indicating a security threat to the security device or to an item of merchandise displayed on the security device. The non-programmable portion includes a side assembly having a magnet that cooperates with a magnetically attractable locking pin to unlock the mechanical lock of the security device. The programmable portion emits an energy signal that cooperates with the sensor of the security device to disarm the alarm and thereby permit the security device to be removed or an item of merchandise to be removed without the alarm indicating a security threat.
US08842011B2
An anti-sweep device having a mechanism that allows a customer to take a pre-determined number of items from a peg or display hook, after which the hook is locked for a pre-determined period of time before allowing another predetermined number of items to be taken.
US08842006B2
Disclosed is a security and alarm system. When sensors detect something of note, they alert a master unit which in turn captures pertinent information (e.g., an image or sound) and places a mobile-telephone call to deliver the alert and the captured information. The recipient of the call (for example, an owner of the system or a security service) evaluates the information and takes appropriate action such as alerting a local police department. Some embodiments offer two-way service: In addition to delivering alerts, the system responds to calls from an authorized user requesting current information. Two-way communications allow some embodiments to deliver “Breach of Peace” alerts to users. In one scenario, a public security service sends out a warning within a geographical area that the peace has been breached. The system receives the warning and alerts its user to the situation. The user then takes appropriate action.
US08842003B2
A system and method for viewing a target in a background from a user's perspective. In one form, the views are selectable by the user on, for example, a GPS equipped cell phone, to include a view from the participant's position, zoom, pan, and tilt views, or views from another geographic location, giving increased situational awareness and identification of the target. Other information can be conveyed, such as messages or advertisements, on a billboard, which may be a geo-referenced area on or near the target. Preferably, an orientation mechanism shows when the device is correctly pointed to a target.
US08841999B2
An apparatus for providing deceleration rate information of a user operating a vehicle is disclosed. The apparatus includes a unit including an accelerometer, a processor, and a lighting mechanism. The processor receives from the accelerometer deceleration info of the vehicle and variably adjusts at least one aspect of the lighting mechanism, thereby quantitatively signaling the deceleration rate to a driver of a following vehicle. The unit may be mounted on an article of clothing, a bag, or the vehicle itself.
US08841991B2
Contact detection units are attached to an information transfer device in a predetermined arrangement pattern to detect contact with a human body. Presentation units are attached to the information transfer device in a predetermined arrangement pattern to present a tactile stimulus. A contact detection unit that has detected contact is specified. Based on the arrangement distribution of the specified contact detection unit and a type of information to be presented via a tactile stimulus, a presentation unit to be driven is specified. The specified presentation unit is driven and controlled.
US08841988B2
A garage door opener (GDO) system and method include a remote keyless entry (RKE) receiver and a GDO system interconnected by a vehicle bus. Upon receiving a RKE GDO request signal from a key fob, the RKE receiver forwards a command signal over the vehicle bus to the GDO transmitter. Upon receiving the command signal from the RKE receiver, the GDO transmitter transmits a garage door signal to a GDO receiver of a garage to control a garage door.
US08841980B2
A coil comprises a set of windings with a generally annular shape and formed by a plurality of series-connected partial windings made of a superconductor with a high critical temperature, in which these partial windings are arranged next to each other in stratified form, and at least one cooling sheet which is made of thermally conductive material and arranged in contact with this set of windings and which is designed to be connected in a thermally conductive manner to a cryogenic cooling system.
US08841978B2
An electronic component includes a capacitor having a desired capacitance value and a laminate including a plurality of laminated insulating material layers. Land electrodes are provided on a bottom surface of the laminate. Internal conductors face the land electrodes, respectively, across the insulating material layer within the laminate, have areas larger than those of the land electrodes, respectively, and contain the land electrodes, respectively, when seen in a planar view from a z-axis direction. A capacitor conductor is provided on the positive direction side of the capacitor conductors in the z-axis direction and faces the capacitor conductors.
US08841973B2
A circuit arrangement for generation of radio frequency output signals which form a broadband frequency ramp, with a reference oscillator, a phase detector, a loop filter, a VC oscillator for generating the output signals, a frequency divider, a step-down mixer and a local oscillator for generating a local oscillator signal. The reference oscillator, the phase detector, the loop filter, the VC oscillator, the frequency divider and the step-down mixer belong to a phase-locking loop. The frequency divider and the step-down mixer are in the feedback path of the phase-locking loop. The step-down mixer mixes the output signals and the local oscillator signal. The frequency of the output signal is adjustable by varying the division ratio of the frequency divider. Characteristics of the output signal are improved using the adjustable frequency of the local oscillator signal.
US08841967B2
A radio frequency (RF) power amplifier system that comprises a power amplifier configured to amplify an RF input signal to generate an RF output signal. The power amplifier has a gain that is controlled by a supply voltage to the power amplifier. An amplitude detector is configured to generate an amplitude signal indicative of an amplitude of the RF input signal. A power supply generates the supply voltage to the power amplifier based on the amplitude signal indicative of the amplitude of the RF input signal. The gain of the power amplifier is allowed to have variations over the amplitude range of the RF input signal in favor of having a supply voltage that is monotonic relative to the amplitude of the RF input signal across an amplitude range of the RF input signal.
US08841958B1
A charge pump circuit is disclosed. The charge pump circuit comprises a transfer capacitor receiving a first clock phase and a driving capacitor receiving a second clock phase, the second clock phase opposite to the first clock phase. The circuit includes a first switch coupling an input node to the transfer capacitor. The first switch being controlled by the driving capacitor. The circuit further includes a second switch coupling the input node to the driving capacitor. The second switch being controlled by the transfer capacitor. The circuit also includes a third switch coupling the transfer capacitor to an output node. The third switch being controlled by the driving capacitor. The third switch operating in phase opposition to the first switch. The circuit finally includes a charge storage capacitor coupled to the output node.
US08841955B1
The voltage level shifter includes a first voltage shift circuit, a second voltage shift circuit, a first switch circuit, a second switch circuit, a third switch circuit and a fourth switch circuit. The first voltage shift circuit receives a first input voltage, and the second voltage shift circuit receives a second voltage shift circuit. When the first voltage is high level voltage, a second output voltage and a first voltage are transformed to a ground voltage so as to open the second switch circuit and the fourth switch circuit, and then the first output voltage is transited to a system voltage. When the second voltage is high level voltage, a first output voltage and a second voltage are transited to a ground voltage so as to open the first switch circuit and the third switch circuit, and then the second output voltage is transited to the system voltage.
US08841950B2
A device and a method for implementing pulse width modulation for switching amplifiers (120) is described herein. In one embodiment, the device includes a sampling signal generator (202) to generate a sampling signal (208) and a modulation unit (102) operatively coupled to the sampling signal generator (202). The modulation unit (102) generates differential pulse width modulated waveforms based on the sampling signal (208) and differential input signals (220-1 and 220-2) such that at least one differential pulse width modulated waveform has a duty cycle equivalent to a pre-determined non-zero minimum pulse width at all values of the differential input signals (220-1 and 220-2).
US08841943B2
Various apparatuses, methods and systems for damping a current driver are disclosed herein. For example, some embodiments provide an apparatus for supplying current, including an output transistor connected between a voltage supply and a current output, and an active clamp connected between the current output and a current sink. The active clamp is adapted to connect the current output to the current sink when a voltage at the current output reaches a predetermined state relative to a voltage at a control input of the output transistor.
US08841942B2
A voltage switch circuit uses PMOS transistors to withstand high voltage stress. Consequently, the NMOS transistors are not subject to high voltage stress. The lightly-doped PMOS transistors are compatible with a logic circuit manufacturing process. Consequently, the voltage switch circuit may be produced by a logic circuit manufacturing process.
US08841924B2
The electrical properties of particle solutions can be investigated on a single particle basis by using micro fluidic channels. The impedance can be measured across the channel using at least one pair of conductive electrodes, at least one electrode of a pair being a fingered electrode having a plurality of fingers. The pattern of fingered electrodes creates a longer and more complicated measurement signal shape which leads to a significant improvement of measurement sensitivity. An application for the proposed technology is to significantly improve the measurement sensitivity of impedance measurements on blood cells, leading to a better differentiation between different types of white blood cells. Better measurement sensitivity also enables the measurement of smaller particles and higher throughput.
US08841921B1
Wideband low loss signal couplers use an electric field antenna for voltage detection and a magnetic loop for current detection both placed inside and coupled to the center conductor of a coaxial or parallel plate airline. The signal coupling factor increases with frequency thus favoring detection of harmonic components generated by the nonlinearly operated RF transistors. In order to adapt also to various power levels and associated harmonic receiver sensitivity the detectors can be adjusted such as to vary the basic level of coupling. A calibration method allows considering non-infinite directivity of the signal couplers to be accurately considered even when they are terminated with very high VSWR, generated by impedance tuners connected to the signal couplers.
US08841920B2
The invention relates to a lithography system. The lithography system has a projection lens system and a capacitive sensing system. The projection lens system is provided with a final projection lens. The capacitive sensing system is arranged for making a measurement related to a distance between the final projection lens and a target. The capacitive sensing system includes at least one capacitive sensor. Additional, the capacitive sensing system is provided with a flexible printed circuit structure and at least one integrated flex print connector. The at least one sensor is located in the flexible printed circuit structure. The flexible printed circuit structure has a flexible base provided with conductive electrodes for the at least one sensor and conductive tracks. The conductive tracks extend from the electrodes along the at least one integrated flex print connector.
US08841917B2
The present techniques include methods and systems for detecting the grounding condition of an electrical system to automatically determine a suitable electrical drive configuration. The drive includes a test resistor which may be connected or disconnected from the drive to measure different drive voltages. The measured drive voltages are analyzed to determine a type of grounding configuration of the electrical system in which the drive is to be installed. Embodiments also include determining ground resistance condition such as a high resistance ground (HRG) fault or a ground resistance fault when the drive is in operation.
US08841916B2
A solar photovoltaic panel is disclosed that includes a photovoltaic cell, a local management unit connected between the cell and a string bus, and a bypass device connected to the cell that is operable to bypass the local management unit when conducting a flash test. The panel preferably further includes a transient detector connected to the cell that is operable to sense an output from the cell having a predetermined transient rise time. The transient detector and the bypass device may be contained within a junction box integrated into the panel and may include the local management unit within the junction box. The transient detector may include a switch connected to a circuit that electrically bypasses the local management unit when the switch is turned on as a result of an output transient rise time less than the predetermined time, thus facilitating a flash test of the photovoltaic panel.
US08841911B2
A radio frequency coil assembly is provided that includes a first radio frequency coil for receiving a magnetic resonance signal from a tested body; a second radio frequency coil for receiving a magnetic resonance signal from the tested body; and a third radio frequency coil for receiving a magnetic resonance signal from the tested body and having a shape that is different from that of at least one of the first and second radio frequency coils so as to increase local sensitivity in an image-picked-up region.
US08841909B2
The present embodiments relate to a balanced-to-unbalanced transformer for converting a symmetrical high-frequency signal into an asymmetrical high-frequency signal. The balanced-to-unbalanced transformer includes two coil windings made of wire. The two coil windings are electrically insulated from each other and are wound on a winding form. Each of the two coil windings has an input at one end of the winding form for the symmetrical high-frequency signal and an output at another end of the winding form for the asymmetrical high-frequency signal. The two coil windings lie on top of one another in a radial direction of the winding form.
US08841903B2
A metal detection apparatus that uses one or more operating frequencies. The metal detection apparatus comprises, among other things, a transmitter unit that provides transmitter signals to a transmitter coil that is coupled to a receiver coil, which is connected to the input of a receiver unit. The transmitter unit comprises a frequency generator that provides an operating frequency to the input of an amplifier stage, whose output is connected via a transformer to the transmitter coil. The amplifier stage is connected to a first tap and the transmitter coil is connected to a second tap of the same transformer winding of the transformer. A resonant circuit is formed that is tuned to the operating frequency, and can be tuned optimally and independently of other parts of the transmitter unit.
US08841902B2
A test set-up (10) for non-destructive detection of a flaw in a device being tested by means of an eddy current has an excitation coil (14), to which an excitation signal (SE) can be sent to act on the device being tested (16) with an electromagnetic alternating field, a receiving coil (17) to generate a coil signal (SP), which is a function of the flaw in the device being tested (16), an analog-digital converter (21), which is coupled to the receiving coil (17) on the input side, a filter arrangement (22), which is coupled to the analog-digital converter (21) on the input side and is designed for band-pass filtering and scan rate reduction, and a demodulator (27), which is coupled to an output of the filter arrangement (22) on the input side.
US08841901B2
The present invention is directed to a system and a method for inspecting a subsea pipeline. The method comprises the steps: detecting a defect along the subsea pipeline using a subsea magnetometric tomography method (MTM) module adjacent the subsea pipeline; and determining a position of the subsea MTM module, thereby determining the position of the defect. The method further comprises determining the position of the subsea MTM module relative to a surface vessel; and determining an absolute position of the surface vessel.
US08841884B2
A battery charging method and system with a temperature-compensated charge profile requires that, during a ‘bulk stage’, a regulated constant charge current is provided to the battery until the voltage across it increases to a predetermined ‘absorption stage voltage limit’, at which time charging transitions to an ‘absorption stage’. During the absorption stage, a charge current is provided which maintains the voltage across the battery at the absorption stage voltage limit, until: 1) the charge current falls to a predetermined current threshold, 2) the charge delivered to the battery during the absorption stage reaches a predetermined charge threshold, or 3) the difference in charge between two successive intervals of equal duration becomes zero, at which time charging transitions to a ‘float stage’. During the ‘float stage’, a regulated constant charge current is provided, such that the voltage across the battery varies with the temperature of the battery.
US08841881B2
A method, computer-readable medium, system, and apparatus for improving energy transfer with a vehicle are disclosed.
US08841872B2
A method and arrangement in connection with an electric drive system are provided. The electric drive system includes an intermediate circuit with two or more supply units and two or more inverter units connected thereto, and an electric machine having two or more three-phase windings galvanically separated from each other. Two or more inverter units are connected to the three-phase windings. The arrangement also includes first main circuit switches to galvanically separate each supply unit from a supply, second main circuit switches to galvanically separate each supply unit from the intermediate circuit, first intermediate circuit switches to galvanically separate each inverter unit from the intermediate circuit, and second intermediate circuit switches to galvanically separate each inverter unit from the electric machine.
US08841868B2
A substantially spherical rotor can be controlled with accuracy even in a relatively low speed rotation. In controlling rotational motions of a rotor 3 of a spherical ultrasonic motor 1, phases of voltages to be applied to three stators 9a, 9b, 9c are determined to set the direction of a rotation axis of the rotor 3. Frequencies of voltages to be applied to the three stators 9a, 9b, 9c are adjusted to control the rotation speed of the rotor 3. Thereby, control with high accuracy is enabled in a relatively low speed rotation.
US08841867B2
A crossed field device, such as a magnetron or crossed field amplifier, that includes a cathode, an anode, one or more magnetic elements, and one or more extraction elements. In one embodiment, the crossed field device includes an annular cathode and anode that are axially spaced from one another such that the device produces an axial electric (E) field and a radial magnetic (B) field. In another embodiment, the crossed field device includes an oval-shaped cathode and anode that are radially spaced from one another such that the device produces a radial electric (E) field and an axial magnetic (B) field. The crossed field device may produce electromagnetic (EM) emissions having a frequency ranging from megahertz (MHz) to terahertz (THz), and may be used in one of a number of different applications.
US08841865B2
A lighting control system as disclosed herein may include a plurality of lighting apparatuses provided in a building, a display for displaying an image representing the plurality of lighting apparatuses, an input interface for selecting at least one region on the image that corresponds to one or more of the plurality of lighting apparatuses, a memory for storing the defined region of the image, and a controller configured to control the lighting apparatuses. One or more control groups may be configured based on the selected region and the image may be updated to display the control groups.
US08841859B2
In embodiments of the present invention, a method and system is provided for designing improved intelligent, LED-based lighting systems. The LED based lighting systems may include fixtures with one or more of rotatable LED light bars, integrated sensors, onboard intelligence to receive signals from the LED light bars and control the LED light bars, and a mesh network connectivity to other fixtures.
US08841848B2
A method of controlling an illumination apparatus includes a malfunction detecting step for detecting a malfunction of an organic electroluminescence element based on its electrical characteristic, a short-circuit malfunction restoration step for applying a short-circuit malfunction restoration pulse to an element that is determined to be a short-circuit malfunction, a short-circuit malfunction restoration determination step for determining whether the element that is determined to be the short-circuit malfunction is restored, a malfunctioning element determination step for storing into a storage, when an element that is determined to be the short-circuit malfunction is not restored, individual information including identification information on the element as a malfunctioning element, and a turn-on control step for controlling the turn-on state of a light-emitting surface based on a state of distribution of the malfunctioning organic electroluminescence elements.
US08841843B2
A short arc type mercury lamp structure has Hg and a rare gas which are enclosed inside a light-emitting tube. Kr is enclosed as the rare gas. It is possible to realize the initial intensity of radiation at the same level as in the case in which Ar is enclosed and prevent a sudden decrease in the intensity of radiation when the lamp is lighted for a long time. The longevity of the lamp is greatly increased than that of a lamp in which Ar is enclosed. The anode satisfies the formula: 1−r/(d0×tan θ)≧0.66, where r (mm) is the radius of the leading end surface of the anode, θ(°) is the angle between the electrode axis and the taper surface in the axial cross-section of the anode, and d0 (mm) is the inter-electrode distance.
US08841833B2
An organic EL display includes: lower electrodes arranged on a substrate so as to correspond to red, green and blue organic EL elements, respectively; hole injection/transport layers arranged on the lower electrodes so as to correspond to the red, green and blue organic EL elements, respectively, the hole injection/transport layers having one or both of hole injection and hole transport properties; red and green organic light-emitting layers arranged on the hole injection/transport layers for the red and green organic EL elements, respectively, and including a low-molecular material; a blue organic light-emitting layer arranged on whole surfaces of the red and green organic light-emitting layers and the hole injection/transport layer for the blue organic EL element; and an electron injection/transport layer and an upper electrode arranged on a whole surface of the blue light-emitting layer, the electron injection/transport layer having one or both of electron injection properties and electron transport properties.
US08841831B2
A light emitting device includes a first luminous body having a first light source and a long wavelength cut-off filter; and a second luminous body generating light of different color from that of the first luminous body, and having a second light source and a short wavelength cut-off filter. The first and the second light source emit light in a first wavelength range and a second wavelength range extending to a longer wavelength side than the first wavelength range while overlapping with the first wavelength range, respectively. The long and the short wavelength cut-off filter cut off light having a wavelength longer than a first set wavelength and shorter longer than a second set wavelength, respectively. Thus, light emitted from the first luminous body and light emitted from the second luminous body are mixed together, such that light in between the first set wavelength and the second set wavelength is reduced.
US08841830B2
A field emission cathode device includes a substrate and a carbon nanotube structure. The substrate includes a first surface. The carbon nanotube structure defines a contact body and an emission body. The contact body is contacted to the first surface of substrate. The emission body is curved away from the first surface. The carbon nanotube structure includes a number of carbon nanotubes joined end to end from the contact body to the emission body to form a continuous structure.
US08841825B2
A spark plug for an internal combustion engine is provided which is equipped with an inward top end protrusion. The inward top end protrusion extends inwardly from a top end of a cylindrical housing within which a porcelain insulator is disposed. The porcelain insulator has a center electrode disposed therein. The inward top end protrusion is at least partially located to be closer to the top of the spark plug than a top end of the porcelain insulator is in an axial direction of the spark plug. This enhances the strength of an electric field surrounding the center electrode, which facilitates the ease with which an electron is emitted by the center electrode and thus permits an initial required voltage at the spark plug to be decreased, thereby resulting in an increase in service life of the spark plug.
US08841823B2
A wear cap including a flexible barrel and a rigid disc enables a high-frequency ultrasonic transducer to properly align to the surface of a material to be tested. The wear cap may be employed for any type of contact sensor that requires a protective wear cap and that needs to align to the surface of a material to be tested. An ultrasonic transducer assembly includes a wear cap and an ultrasonic transducer. The ultrasonic transducer is mounted in the wear cap and includes a transducer body with a cylindrical shape. A method of producing a wear cap for an ultrasonic transducer includes selecting a flexible material, forming a flexible barrel from the flexible material, selecting a rigid material, forming a rigid disc from the rigid material, and affixing the rigid disc to an end of the flexible barrel.
US08841822B2
An efficient electrical power generator employs a plurality of piezoelectric devices in a rigid container. The top cover of the rigid container is capable of moving and in direct contact with a large hydraulic cylinder. A small cylinder, hydraulically coupled with the large one, through tubing is capable to displace a liquid contained in the tubing. An input force applied on the small cylinder, is multiplied by the large cylinder, which compresses the piezoelectric devices causing them to produce an electrical output.
US08841819B2
An acoustic wave device includes: a first piezoelectric thin film resonator including a first lower electrode, a first upper electrode and a first piezoelectric film sandwiched between the first lower and upper electrodes; a decoupler film provided on the first upper electrode; and a second piezoelectric thin film resonator provided on the decoupler film and including a second lower electrode, a second upper electrode and a second piezoelectric film sandwiched between the second lower and upper electrodes, wherein the first piezoelectric film and the second piezoelectric film comprise aluminum nitride and include an element increasing a piezoelectric constant of the aluminum nitride.
US08841816B2
On an upper surface of a fixed substrate, a plurality of strap-shaped base electrodes are arranged in parallel to each other. On each of the base electrodes, an electret is formed. The electret has a width wider than the width of each base electrode, and the electret covers an exposed surface of the base electrode. A movable substrate is disposed in parallel to and facing the surface of the fixed substrate where the electrets and others are formed. The movable substrate is movable relatively to the fixed substrate. On a facing surface of the movable substrate, strip-shaped counter electrodes are each formed so as to face each base electrode.
US08841814B2
In an electric motor 11, a rotary shaft 12 has an outer circumferential surface 21 with a diameter that decreases from a larger diameter section 17 having a first diameter toward a smaller diameter section 18 having a second diameter smaller than the first diameter. A sleeve 13 is mounted by interference fit with an inner circumferential surface 22 with a diameter that decrease from a front end adjoining the larger diameter section 17 toward a rear end adjoining the smaller diameter section 18, to the outer circumferential surface 21 of the rotary shaft 12. With such a construction, the sleeve 13 is fitted with the substantially entire surface of the inner circumferential surface 22 to the outer circumferential surface 21 of the rotary shaft 12.
US08841805B2
A motor has a motor body and a control unit, which is joined to the motor body. A resolver is connected to the control unit through a flat cable. The flat cable is arranged such that the width direction of the flat cable corresponds with a circumferential direction of the motor body. The flat cable extends outwardly in a radial direction of the motor case.
US08841804B2
An electric motor and a vehicle drive device having the same are provided. The electric motor includes a core unit having plural core assemblies, each being wound with a coil; an bus ring; plural supporting members having terminal accommodating portions; and an attachment member which includes at least one of a first holding portion for holding a first sensor for measuring a temperature of an oil stored in the case and a second holding portion for holding a second sensor for measuring a temperature of the coils at a predetermined second position. The attachment member is fixed to one of the supporting members such that the first or the second sensor is positioned at a corresponding one of the first position and the second position between adjacent terminal accommodating portions.
US08841798B2
An apparatus comprises a transformer coupled to a mains power, a backup power source comprising a first battery, a first power supply line switch configured to switch the power source between the backup power source and the mains power, a connecting interface coupling the power source to an external electronic device comprising a second battery which is rechargeable and a second power supply line switch which is configured such that the external electronic device is able to be powered by either the power source or a second battery, and a charging detector configured to detect the availability of the mains power, wherein the first power supply line switch is further configured to couple the backup power source to the external electronic device via the connecting interface when the mains power is not available such that the first battery is able to deliver power to the external electronic device.
US08841797B2
A wireless annunciator for an electrical generator displays data regarding operation of the electrical generator to provide feedback to a remote observer regarding performance of the electrical generator in meeting the demands placed thereon. The wireless annunciator wirelessly receives transmissions from one or more wireless modules and displays information based on the data contained in the transmissions. The wireless modules may be associated with sensors, for example, that measure various performance parameters of the electrical generator, such as current draw, fuel level, fuel pressure, and the like. A load management controller can communicate with one or more load-side modules, either wirelessly or across wired links, to control operation of one or more loads to avoid overloading of the electrical generator.
US08841796B2
A turbine farm comprises a plurality of individual turbines each having an auxiliary component circuit. The farm further comprises; a master transformer arranged to be coupled between each of the plurality of individual turbines and an electrical grid and an auxiliary transformer coupled between the sub-station transformer and the auxiliary component circuit in each of the individual turbines. When in use power is transmitted from the sub-station transformer back to each auxiliary component circuit.
US08841788B2
A Wave Energy Converter (WEC) (70) to be applied in water vehicles (100, 200) and floating bodies (300) is described. The WEC (70) involves a mass-spring-damper system comprising at least one oscillating mass (12), springs (14) at the rate of at least two springs (14) for each oscillating mass (12), said springs (14) being arranged radially to said oscillating mass (12), and at least two power take-off (PTO) devices (13) having different degrees of freedom (DOF). WEC (70) is applied in the motoring and concomitant or alternative energy generation in water vehicles (100, 200) and floating bodies (300). Energy generation is consequent to external disturbances including waves, currents and conventional motoring which results in oscillations in the system containing said WEC (70).
US08841782B2
An integrated circuit package system includes: providing a substrate; forming a conductive layer over the substrate; forming a mold gate layer having an organic material without polymerization over the conductive layer; and attaching an integrated circuit over the substrate adjacent the mold gate layer.
US08841781B2
A chip having a bump layout suitable for the chip on glass technology and a driving IC includes a plurality of first bumps and a plurality of second bumps for electrically connecting to a glass substrate of a displayer. The first and second bumps are disposed on a surface of the chip and near two opposite long sides of the chip respectively. The ratio of the total contacting area of the first bumps to that of the second bumps is between 0.8 and 1.2. Thus, a pressure applied on the chip and the glass substrate of the displayer for connection can be uniformly exerted all over the chip, and the stability of the connection is therefore improved.
US08841778B2
A Three-Dimensional Structure (3DS) Memory allows for physical separation of the memory circuits and the control logic circuit onto different layers such that each layer may be separately optimized. One control logic circuit suffices for several memory circuits, reducing cost. Fabrication of 3DS memory involves thinning of the memory circuit to less than 50 microns in thickness and bonding the circuit to a circuit stack while still in wafer substrate form. Fine-grain high density inter-layer vertical bus connections are used. The 3DS memory manufacturing method enables several performance and physical size efficiencies, and is implemented with established semiconductor processing techniques.
US08841773B2
A multi-layer interconnect structure for stacked die configurations is provided. Through-substrate vias are formed in a semiconductor substrate. A backside of the semiconductor substrate is thinned to expose the through-substrate vias. An isolation film is formed over the backside of the semiconductor substrate and the exposed portion of the through-substrate vias. A first conductive element is formed electrically coupled to respective ones of the through-substrate vias and extending over the isolation film. One or more additional layers of isolation films and conductive elements may be formed, with connection elements such as solder balls being electrically coupled to the uppermost conductive elements.
US08841772B2
A semiconductor device capable of realizing highly reliable three-dimensional mounting, and a method of manufacturing the same, are provided. A projected electrode 9 is formed in a region outside of an element mounting region of a substrate 5. The projected electrode 9 includes a protruding portion that protrudes from the front face of a molding resin portion 10. The distal end of the protruding portion is a flat face 13. In addition, a portion of the projected electrode 9 whose cross section is larger than the protruding portion is positioned inside the molding resin portion 10.
US08841771B2
A semiconductor device with a transistor region has a first conductor pattern formed within a multilayer interconnect structure positioned under a signal line and above the transistor region. The first conductor pattern is coupled to ground or a power supply and overlaps the transistor region. The signal line overlaps the first conductor pattern.
US08841768B2
A chip package is provided, the chip package including: first encapsulation structure; first passivation layer formed over first encapsulation structure and first electrically conductive layer formed over first passivation layer; at least one chip arranged over first electrically conductive layer and passivation layer wherein at least one chip contact pad contacts first electrically conductive layer; at least one cavity formed in first encapsulation structure, wherein at least one cavity exposes a portion of first passivation layer covering at least one chip contact pad; second encapsulation structure disposed over first encapsulation structure and covering at least one cavity, wherein a chamber region over at least one chip contact pad is defined by at least one cavity and second encapsulation structure; wherein second encapsulation structure includes an inlet and outlet connected to chamber region, wherein inlet and outlet control an inflow and outflow of heat dissipating material to and from chamber region.
US08841767B2
A bumping process comprises steps of forming a metal layer with copper on a substrate, and the metal layer with copper comprises a plurality of first zones and second zones; forming a photoresist layer on the metal layer with copper; patterning the photoresist layer to form a plurality of openings; forming a plurality of copper bumps within the openings, each of the copper bumps covers the first zones and comprises a first top surface; forming a connection layer on the first top surface; removing the photoresist layer; removing the second zones and enabling each of the first zones to form an under bump metallurgy layer, wherein the under bump metallurgy layer, the copper bump, and the connection layer possess their corresponded peripheral walls, and covering sections of a first protective layer formed on the connection layer may cover those peripheral walls to prevent ionization phenomenon.
US08841761B2
An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display according to an exemplary embodiment includes: a display substrate; an organic light emitting element on the substrate; a sealing member covering the organic light emitting element; a sealant formed between a surrounding portion of the display substrate and a surrounding portion of the sealing member; and an impact absorption layer under the display substrate, wherein an area ratio of the impact absorption agent in the impact absorption layer increases from the surrounding portion of the display substrate to a center of the display substrate such that the impact absorption ratio of the outer portion of the surrounding impact absorption layer is higher than the impact absorption ratio of the center impact absorption layer, and accordingly, damage to the surrounding portion of the display substrate that is weak against external impact may be prevented.
US08841757B2
An electromagnetic wave shielding layer can be provided on the backside of a semiconductor element that is flip-chip connected to an adherend, and a semiconductor device having the electromagnetic wave shielding layer can be manufactured without deteriorating productivity. The present invention provides a film for the backside of a flip-chip type semiconductor to be formed on the backside of a semiconductor element that is flip-chip connected to an adherend, having an adhesive layer and an electromagnetic wave shielding layer.
US08841755B2
The present invention relates to a through silicon via (TSV). The TSV is disposed in a substrate including a via opening penetrating through a first surface and a second surface of the substrate. The TSV includes an insulation layer, a barrier layer, a buffer layer and a conductive electrode. The insulation layer is disposed on a surface of the via opening. The barrier layer is disposed on a surface of the insulation layer. The buffer layer is disposed on a surface of the barrier layer. The conductive electrode is disposed on a surface of the buffer layer and a remainder of the via opening is completely filled with the conductive electrode. A portion of the buffer layer further covers a surface of the conductive electrode at a side of the second surface and said portion is level with the second surface.
US08841753B2
A semiconductor device includes: an interlayer insulating film formed on a substrate; a wiring formed in the interlayer insulating film in a chip region of the substrate; a seal ring formed in the interlayer insulating film in a periphery of the chip region and continuously surrounding the chip region; and a first protective film formed on the interlayer insulating film having the wiring and the seal ring formed therein. A first opening is formed in the first protective film in a region located outside the seal ring when viewed from the chip region, and the interlayer insulating film is exposed in the first opening.
US08841747B2
A method for using a metal bilayer is disclosed. First, a bottom electrode is provided. Second, a dielectric layer which is disposed on and is in direct contact with the lower electrode is provided. Then, a metal bilayer which serves as a top electrode in a capacitor is provided. The metal bilayer is disposed on and is in direct contact with the dielectric layer. The metal bilayer consists of a noble metal in direct contact with the dielectric layer and a metal nitride in direct contact with the noble metal.
US08841741B2
A high breakdown voltage diode of the present embodiment includes a first conductive semiconductor substrate, a drift layer formed on the first conductive semiconductor substrate and formed of a first conductive semiconductor, a buffer layer formed on the drift layer and formed of a second conductive semiconductor, a second conductive high concentration semiconductor region formed at an upper portion of the buffer layer, a mesa termination unit formed on an end region of a semiconductor apparatus to relax an electric field of the end region when reverse bias is applied between the semiconductor substrate and the buffer layer, and an electric field relaxation region formed at the mesa termination unit and formed of a second conductive semiconductor.A breakdown voltage of a high breakdown voltage diode, in which a pn junction is provided to a semiconductor layer, is increased, and a process yield is improved.
US08841734B2
A sensor element includes: a first substrate in which a diaphragm is configured on a main surface; a second substrate which is provided on the side opposite to the diaphragm of the first substrate; a cavity which is provided just below the diaphragm of the first substrate; a bonding position which is provided at a bonding position between the first substrate and the second substrate for airtight sealing of the cavity; and a bump portion which is provided at the fitting portion, and protects a fitted state between the first substrate and the second substrate.
US08841732B2
CMOS devices (60, 61, 61′) having improved latch-up robustness are provided by including with one or both WELL regions (22, 29) underlying the source-drains (24, 25; 31, 32) and the body contacts (27, 34), one or more further regions (62, 62′, 62-2) doped with deep acceptors or deep donors (or both) of the same conductivity type as the corresponding WELL region and whose ionization substantially increases as operating temperature increases. The increase in conductivity exhibited by these further regions as a result of the increasing ionization of the deep acceptors or donors off-sets, in whole or part, the temperature driven increase in gain of the parasitic NPN and/or PNP bipolar transistors inherent in prior art CMOS structures. By clamping or lowering the gain of the parasitic bipolar transistors, the CMOS devices (60, 61, 61′) are less likely to go into latch-up with increasing operating temperature.
US08841728B2
In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first diffusion layer of a first conductivity type and a second diffusion layer of a second conductivity type that are provided in a semiconductor layer at a distance, the second conductivity type being an opposite conductivity type of the first conductivity type, a first insulating film and a second insulating film that are provided on the semiconductor layer between the first diffusion layer and the second diffusion layer at a distance, a gate electrode provided on the first insulating film, and a threshold regulating electrode provided on the second insulating film.
US08841723B2
The present invention discloses an LDMOS device having an increased punch-through voltage and a method for making same. The LDMOS device includes: a substrate; a well of a first conductive type formed in the substrate; an isolation region formed in the substrate; a body region of a second conductive type in the well; a source in the body region; a drain in the well; a gate structure on the substrate; and a first conductive type dopant region beneath the body region, for increasing a punch-through voltage.
US08841716B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a first doped portion to a first depth and a second doped portion below the first depth. A deep trench capacitor is formed in the substrate and extends below the first depth. The deep trench capacitor has a buried plate that includes a dopant type forming an electrically conductive connection with second doped portion of the substrate and being electrically insulated from the first doped portion.
US08841707B2
According to one embodiment, a solid-state imaging device includes a semiconductor region, a first diffusion layer, a second diffusion layer, a third diffusion layer, an insulating film, a potential layer, and a read electrode. The semiconductor region includes first and second surfaces. The first diffusion layer is formed in the first surface. The first diffusion layer's concentration is a maximum value in a position at a first depth. The charge accumulation layer has a second depth. The second diffusion layer contacts the first diffusion layer. The third diffusion layer is formed in a position which faces the second diffusion layer in respect to the first diffusion layer. The insulating film is formed on the first surface. The potential layer is formed on the insulating film and has a predetermined potential. The read electrode is formed on the insulating film.
US08841696B2
An SCR includes a first doped region of a first type having a first doping concentration. A first well of the first type and a first well of a second type are disposed in upper areas of the first doped region of the first type such that the first well of the second type is laterally spaced from the first well of the first type by a non-zero distance. A second doped region of the first type has a second doping concentration that is greater than the first doping concentration and is disposed in the first well of the second type to form an anode of the SCR. A first doped region of the second type is disposed in the first well of the first type and forms a cathode of the SCR.
US08841692B2
A lead frame comprises on a same plane, a pad part including an LED chip mounting upper surface A on which at least an LED chip is to be mounted, and a lead part including an electric connection area C in which an electric connection with the LED chip is made. A relationship between an area S1 of the mounting upper surface of the pad part 2 and an area S2 of a radiating lower surface opposite to the mounting upper surface is represented by 0
US08841691B2
A method of fabricating a Light Emitting Diode with improved light extraction efficiency, comprising depositing a plurality of Zinc Oxide (ZnO) nanorods on one or more surfaces of a III-Nitride based LED, by growing the ZnO nanorods from an aqueous solution, wherein the surfaces are different from c-plane surfaces of III-Nitride and transmit light generated by the LED.
US08841687B2
Provided are a light emitting device package and a lighting system including the light emitting device package. The light emitting device package includes a package body, at least one electrode on the package body, a light emitting device on the package body, a reflective structure around the light emitting device on the package body and a lens on the light emitting device and the electrode.
US08841686B2
A light emitting diode includes a carbon nanotube layer, a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, an active layer, a first electrode and a second electrode stacked on an epitaxial growth surface of a substrate. A first part of the carbon nanotube layer is covered by the first semiconductor layer and a second part of the carbon nanotube layer is exposed. The first electrode is electrically connected with the second semiconductor layer and the second electrode electrically is connected with the second part of the carbon nanotube layer.
US08841684B2
A light-emitting device includes a circuit substrate including at least a pair of electrodes, an LED element electrically mounted on the circuit substrate, a phosphor plate disposed on an upper surface of the LED element, a diffuser plate disposed on an upper surface of the phosphor plate, and a white resin disposed on an upper surface of the circuit substrate and covering a peripheral side surface of the LED element, a peripheral side surface of the phosphor plate, and a peripheral side surface of the diffuser plate. The present invention makes it possible to obtain a planar light-emitting surface even with a plurality of LEDs, and also, a problem of color-ring occurrence caused by a phosphor may be less represented.
US08841667B2
A transistor structure disposed on a substrate includes a gate electrode, a gate insulating layer overlapping the gate electrode, a channel layer overlapping the gate electrode, and a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes overlapping the gate electrode. The gate insulating layer is disposed between the channel layer and the gate electrode. Besides, the gate insulating layer is located among the first electrodes, the second electrodes, and the gate electrode. The first electrodes and the second electrodes are alternately arranged along a first direction. Each of the first electrodes has a first width along the first direction. Each of the second electrodes has a second width along the first direction. A ratio of the first width to the second width ranges from 2 to 20. A driving circuit structure having the transistor structure is also provided.
US08841663B2
A thin-film transistor includes a gate electrode, a source electrode, a drain electrode, a gate insulation layer and an oxide semiconductor pattern. The source and drain electrodes include a first metal element with a first oxide formation free energy. The oxide semiconductor pattern has a first surface making contact with the gate insulation layer and a second surface making contact with the source and drain electrodes to be positioned at an opposite side of the first surface. The oxide semiconductor pattern includes an added element having a second oxide formation free energy having an absolute value greater than or equal to an absolute value of the first oxide formation free energy, wherein an amount of the added element included in a portion near the first surface is zero or smaller than an amount of the added element included in a portion near the second surface.
US08841662B2
An object is, in a thin film transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer, to reduce contact resistance between the oxide semiconductor layer and source and drain electrode layers electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor layer. The source and drain electrode layers have a stacked-layer structure of two or more layers in which a layer in contact with the oxide semiconductor layer is formed using a metal whose work function is lower than the work function of the oxide semiconductor layer or an alloy containing such a metal. Layers other than the layer in contact with the oxide semiconductor layer of the source and drain electrode layers are formed using an element selected from Al, Cr, Cu, Ta, Ti, Mo, or W, an alloy containing any of these elements as a component, an alloy containing any of these elements in combination, or the like.
US08841655B2
An organic EL element (1) includes a three-layer-structured light-emitting layer (5). A first light-emitting layer (5a) is made of a host material higher in HOMO than an organic light-emitting material (|HOMO (host material for first light-emitting layer)|>|HOMO (phosphorescence-emitting material)|). A second light-emitting layer (5c) is made of a host material lower in LUMO than the organic light-emitting material (|LUMO (host material for second light-emitting layer) |<|LUMO (phosphorescence-emitting material)|). A third light-emitting layer (5b) is made of a material higher in HOMO and lower in LUMO than the organic light-emitting material (|HOMO (host material for third light-emitting layer)|>|HOMO (phosphorescence-emitting material)|, |LUMO (host material for third light-emitting layer)|<|LUMO (phosphorescence-emitting material)|). This ensures transferring holes and electrons to the third light-emitting layer (5c). Consequently, a recombination ratio between holes and electrons increases, a voltage for driving the organic EL element (1) decreases, and light-emitting efficiency increases.
US08841645B2
Some embodiments include a memory device and methods of forming the same. The memory device can include an electrode coupled to a memory element. The electrode can include different materials located at different portions of the electrode. The materials can create different dielectrics contacting the memory elements at different locations. Various states of the materials in the memory device can be used to represent stored information. Other embodiments are described.
US08841638B2
An particle beam therapy system comprises a scanning electromagnet for scanning a particle beam which travels in a vacuum duct so as to irradiate an irradiation object and an irradiation unit comprising a beam outlet window, wherein the irradiation unit is configured such that the vacuum duct can be divided by a flange surfacewhich is provided at a position closer to an irradiation object than a scanning electromagnet, in a case where a vacuum duct for a scanning irradiation method which is provided at a position closer to an irradiation object than the flange surface is moved so as not to overlap a beam line of the particle beam, a ride filter for a broad beam irradiation method can be provided at space where the vacuum duct for a scanning irradiation method was provided before it was moved.
US08841637B2
A method of performing nanolithography is disclosed, comprising use of an optical printing head that enables a super-resolution lithographic exposures compatible with conventional optical lithographic processes. The super-resolution exposures are carried out using light transmitted through specially designed super-resolution apertures, of which the “bow-tie” and “C-aperture” are examples. These specially designed apertures create small but bright images in the near-field transmission pattern. A printing head comprising an array of these apertures is held in close proximity to the object to be exposed. A data processing system is provided to re-interpret the layout data into a modulation pattern used to drive the multiple individual channels and the multiple exposures.
US08841634B2
Field balancing may be performed with an irradiation system including a plurality of adjustable radiant-energy emitters. The irradiation system powers the radiant-energy emitters from a power source and radiant energy is emitted from the radiant-energy emitters, where an amount of radiant energy emitted from each emitter is capable of being varied based on power received from the power source. A plurality of radiant-energy sensors detects an amount of radiant energy which includes radiant energy created directly by at least one of the radiant-energy emitters. The amount of radiant energy detected at at least two of the radiant-energy sensors is compared, and at least one of the radiant-energy emitters is adjusted by varying the power received from the power source so that the amount of radiant energy detected at each of the radiant-energy sensors tends towards becoming approximately equal. The emitting of radiant energy from each radiant-energy emitter is terminated when a total amount of radiant energy emitted from the plurality of adjustable radiant-energy emitters exceeds a predetermined threshold value, where the threshold value is sufficient to allow the total amount of radiant energy emitted from the plurality of adjustable radiant-energy emitters to sanitize a particular area in which the emitters are located.
US08841630B2
Commercially available High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopes (HR-TEM) and Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopes (HR-STEM) are nowadays equipped with correctors for correcting the axial spherical aberration Cs of the so-named objective lens. Inevitably other aberrations become the limiting aberration. For the hexapole type correctors, also known as Rose correctors, or variants thereof, six-fold axial astigmatism, also known as A5, and sixth-order three lobe aberration, also known as D6, introduced by the corrector, are known to become the limiting aberration. The invention shows that by adding a weak hexapole (126) in the cross-over between the hexapoles, a Rose like corrector or a Crewe like corrector free of A5 or D6 can be made, or, by adding both the weak hexapole and a dodecapole, a corrector that is free of both A5 and D6.
US08841628B2
A radiological image-capturing device includes: a first read control section that executes a first read mode in which electric signals stored in a plurality of pixels are read out simultaneously in units of a plurality of rows; and an emission-start determining section that determines that the emission of radiation from a radiation source onto an image-capturing panel has started when the values of the electric signals read by the first read control section have become greater than an arbitrarily settable threshold. If it is determined by the emission-start determining section that the emission of said radiation has started, the first read control section terminates the reading of the electric signals, and thereby brings the image-capturing panel into an exposure state.
US08841627B2
A method for imaging an object by means of photoneutron transmission is provided. The method determines the position of the photoneutron rays based on the position of a neutron collimator, to overcome the problem of incapability of imaging due to loss of position information of the photoneutrons during moderation thereof. The method also images the object by arranging detector module arrays.
US08841624B2
The present invention provides a radiographic image detector that maintains even resolution in 6 directions before and after 4 pixel binning processing. In the radiographic image detector, first TFT switches of each pixel are switched ON according to control signals from plural first scan lines, and charge signals according to accumulated charges are transmitted through data lines. For each pixel group configured by combinations of plural adjacent pixels, second TFT switches of the pixels configuring each of the pixel groups are switched ON according to control signals from plural second scan lines, and binning processing is performed in which 4 pixels worth of charges are read simultaneously and are combined, and charge signals according to the amount of the combined charges are transmitted through the data lines.
US08841618B2
For examining objects, in particular for inspecting persons for suspicious items, devices having a scanning system for scanning the object and having an evaluating system are known. An optical marking system is provided, which indicates the position of an item classified as suspicious on the object itself or in a mirror image of the object by means of visible light.
US08841611B2
A gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer (GC-MS) system includes a multi-capillary GC column coupled to a mass analyzer through an ionization interface. The ionization interface includes an ionization device and an ion guide configured for receiving a high-capacity gas-sample flow from the GC column and transmitting a compressed ion beam to the mass analyzer. The ion beam may be converging.
US08841608B2
A method for raising the resolving power, specificity, and peak capacity of conventional ion mobility spectrometry is disclosed. Ions are separated in a dynamic electric field comprising an oscillatory field wave and opposing static field, or at least two counter propagating waves with different parameters (amplitude, profile, frequency, or speed). As the functional dependencies of mean drift velocity on the ion mobility in a wave and static field or in unequal waves differ, only single species is equilibrated while others drift in either direction and are mobility-separated. An ion mobility spectrum over a limited range is then acquired by measuring ion drift times through a fixed distance inside the gas-filled enclosure. The resolving power in the vicinity of equilibrium mobility substantially exceeds that for known traveling-wave or drift-tube IMS separations, with spectra over wider ranges obtainable by stitching multiple segments. The approach also enables low-cutoff, high-cutoff, and bandpass ion mobility filters.
US08841604B2
A mass analyzer comprises: an electrical field generator, providing a time-varying electric field for injection of ions to be analyzed, excitation of ions to be analyzed or both; first and second detection electrodes, each of which receives a respective voltage pickup due to the time-varying electric field and provides a respective detection signal based on a respective image current at the detection electrode; and a differential amplifier, providing an output based on the difference between the detection signal for the first detection electrode and the detection signal for the second detection electrode. It may also be provided that the electrical field generator comprises at least one field generating electrode without a spatially symmetrical counterpart and the capacitance between each field generating electrode and the first detection electrode is substantially the same as the capacitance between that field generating electrode and the second detection electrode.
US08841600B2
Disclosed are various embodiments of circuitry and methods to compensate for variations in hysteresis associated with the comparators of an interpolation circuit in a single track optical encoder. Such variations in hysteresis may be minimized or eliminated by providing appropriately configured resistor ladder circuits to condition the inputs to the comparators, or by programming or trimming resistors in positive feedback loops of the comparators. The single track optical encoder configurations disclosed herein permit very high resolution reflective optical encoders in small packages to be provided. Methods of making and using such optical encoders are also disclosed.
US08841597B2
An optical proximity sensor and housing for the same are disclosed. The housing is provided with at least two support structures and at least two modules. A first of the support structures transfers vertical forces applied to one end of a module to an opposite end of the opposite module. A second of the support structures inhibits a pivoting of the modules about the first support structure.
US08841595B2
An image sensor includes an array of pixels. Each pixel has at least one photo-sensitive element. Readout circuitry receives an analog signal from each pixel at a first time and at a second time, between which the analog signal changes. The image sensor further includes associated support circuitry which is a source of time variant noise. The signal level at both first and second times includes pixel noise. Sample and hold circuitry is provided to maintain substantially level at least a proportion of this support circuitry noise time invariant at the sensor output between the first time and the second time.
US08841593B2
An image sensor module is installed in a sensing device, and is used to detect a reflected light of an object. The image sensor module includes a carrier, a light sensing element, and a package body. The light sensing element is disposed on a substrate. The carrier is disposed on the substrate in the sensing device. The light sensing element is installed in the carrier, and is electrically connected with the substrate via multiple solder balls. The package body is installed on the carrier, and has a reflecting and diverting element, which is located between the light sensing element and the object and is used for reflecting reflected light of the object and diverting the reflected light towards a receiving direction of the light sensing element. The light sensing element receives the reflected light and generates a corresponding sensing signal.
US08841592B1
Technologies pertaining to determining when glare will be perceived by a hypothetical observer from a glare source and the intensity of glare that will be perceived by the hypothetical observer from the glare source are described herein. A first location of a potential source of solar glare is received, and a second location of the hypothetical observer is received. Based upon such locations, including respective elevations, and known positions of the sun over time, a determination as to when the hypothetical observer will perceive glare from the potential source of solar glare is made. Subsequently, an amount of irradiance entering the eye of the hypothetical observer is calculated to assess potential ocular hazards.
US08841582B2
An engine driven welding machine that includes a frame with lower tubular portions that extend across the ends of the frame. The lower tubular portions make it easier to lift the engine driven welding machine onto an elevated surface, such as the bed of a truck. The frame may include two different lifting portions that extend across the same side or end of the frame at different levels. For example, two tubular portions of the frame may extend generally horizontally across the same side or end of the frame to provide two lifting areas at different levels of the frame.
US08841580B2
A cylindrical lens (4) diverges a laser beam (L1) in the Y-axis direction (i.e., within the YZ plane) but neither diverges nor converges it in the X-axis direction (i.e., within the ZX plane). An objective lens (5) converges the laser beam (L1) emitted from the cylindrical lens (4) into a point P1 in the Y-axis direction and into a point P2 in the X-axis direction. As a consequence, the cross section of the laser beam (L1) becomes elongated forms extending in the X- and Y-axis directions at the points P1, P2, respectively. Therefore, when the points P1, P2 are located on the outside and inside of the work (S), respectively, an elongated working area extending in the Y-axis direction can be formed in a portion where the point P2 is positioned within the work (S).
US08841578B2
A laser blanking system for cutting material stock includes a first series of conveyor lanes that include a plurality of support conveyors which are situated in parallel, generally spaced apart relationships. A second series of conveyor lanes is situated downstream from the first series. The second series includes a plurality of support conveyors situated in parallel, generally spaced apart relationships with respect to each other. The laser blanking system further includes a multiple-axis gantry system. The multiple-axis gantry includes a moveable transverse-axis component is supported by and moveable along a longitudinal-axis component that is situated adjacent to a longitudinal edge of the first and second series. A moveable laser head is supported by the transverse-axis component. A controller operatively controls movements of each one conveyor of the first and second lanes, the transverse-axis component, and the laser head as stock material is indexed downstream and supported by the system.
US08841566B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to load cell assemblies configured for measuring loads or weight associated with a semi-trailer. In one embodiment, a load cell assembly includes a shear plate load cell configured to be coupled between a frame and a support member of the semi-trailer. The shear plate load cell detects or measures the trailer's weight with a sensor positioned on a strain sensing section of a plate. The strain sensing section is positioned at a location offset from the plate's centerline. The shear plate load cell is accordingly configured to provide an ideal moment balance that allows accurate load measurements independent of where the load is applied relative to the load cell or the support member.
US08841565B2
A filling system for containers that are supplied to a filling device via a supplying device and that are removed from the filling device via a removal device, said filling system includes a measuring device for weighing the filled containers. The measuring device is formed by circulating measuring sensors that convey containers from an inlet side to an outlet while concurrently weighing the containers, and circulating synchronously with the container flow. The measuring sensors are oriented at right angles to a direction along a horizontal belt along which the containers are conveyed. Each one has measuring fingers that collectively form a multi-fingered measuring device.
US08841539B2
A thermoelectric device based on a multilayer structure having alternate layers of metal/material mixture. The alternate layers have differing metal content. The layer structure is irradiated with ionizing radiation to produce nanoclusters in the layers. The differing metal content serves to quench the nanoclusters to isolate nanoclusters along the radiation track. The result is a thermoelectric device with a high figure of merit. In one embodiment, the multilayer structure is fabricated and then irradiated with high energy radiation penetrating the entire layer structure. In another embodiment, layers are irradiated sequentially during fabrication using low energy radiation.
US08841535B2
A system and method for visual representation of sound, wherein the system and method obtain sound information from a multimedia content; generate an icon based on the sound information obtained; generate a directional indicator based on the sound information; and then display the icon and the directional indicator on a display screen. The sound information typically includes various attributes that can be mapped to various properties of the display elements (icon and directional indicator) to provide details relating to the sound via a visual display.
US08841528B2
A keyboard device of the present invention includes a front guide shaft that is provided on the front portion of a front lid and projects toward sides of the front lid, a rear guide shaft that is provided on the front portion of a rear lid and projects toward sides of the rear lid, and a guide groove that guides the front guide shaft and the rear guide shaft in the front and back directions of a musical instrument case. The guide groove is provided with a guide recess where the rear guide shaft comes in so that the front lid and the rear lid are placed on the same plane when a keyboard lid is closed and covers a keyboard section.
US08841524B1
A novel maize variety designated X75B219 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 X75B219 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X75B219 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X75B219, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X75B219. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X75B219.
US08841519B1
A novel maize variety designated X08C990 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 X08C990 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X08C990 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X08C990, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X08C990. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X08C990.
US08841514B2
A transgenic plant that overexpresses sucrose synthase. The transgenic plant has a genetic construct that encodes a sucrose synthase peptide.
US08841509B2
The invention relates to methods and compositions for identifying maize plants that have newly conferred tolerance or enhanced tolerance to, or are susceptible to, Gray Leaf Spot (GLS). The methods use molecular genetic markers to identify, select and/or construct tolerant plants or identify and counter-select susceptible plants. Maize plants that display newly conferred tolerance or enhanced tolerance to GLS that are generated by the methods of the invention are also a feature of the invention.
US08841500B2
Provided is a process for preparing alkyl aromatic compounds. The process comprises contacting an alkane under dehydrogenation conditions in the presence of a dehydrogenation catalyst, e.g., a pincer iridium catalyst, to form olefins, and then contacting the olefins generated with an aromatic compound under alkylation conditions. Both reactions are conducted in a single reactor, and occur simultaneously.
US08841499B2
Embodiments of methods and apparatuses for isomerization of paraffins are provided. In one example, a method comprises the steps of compressing a C4− hydrocarbons-containing stabilizer vapor stream to form a compressed C4− hydrocarbons-containing stabilizer stream. A C4 hydrocarbons-containing feed stream that comprises unbranched C4 hydrocarbons is contacted with a chloride-promoted isomerization catalyst in the presence of hydrogen to form a branched C4 hydrocarbons-containing reaction zone effluent. At least a portion of the compressed C4− hydrocarbons-containing stabilizer stream is combined with the branched C4 hydrocarbons-containing reaction zone effluent to form a C4 hydrocarbons-containing combined stream. The C4 hydrocarbons-containing combined stream is separated into a C3− hydrocarbons-containing stabilizer vapor stream and a C4 hydrocarbons-rich product stream that comprises branched C4 hydrocarbons.
US08841495B2
This invention relates to a process for thermochemically transforming biomass or other oxygenated feedstocks into high quality liquid hydrocarbon fuels. In particular, a catalytic hydropyrolysis reactor, containing a deep bed of fluidized catalyst particles is utilized to accept particles of biomass or other oxygenated feedstocks that are significantly smaller than the particles of catalyst in the fluidized bed. The reactor features an insert or other structure disposed within the reactor vessel that inhibits slugging of the bed and thereby minimizes attrition of the catalyst. Within the bed, the biomass feedstock is converted into a vapor-phase product, containing hydrocarbon molecules and other process vapors, and an entrained solid char product, which is separated from the vapor stream after the vapor stream has been exhausted from the top of the reactor. When the product vapor stream is cooled to ambient temperatures, a significant proportion of the hydrocarbons in the product vapor stream can be recovered as a liquid stream of hydrophobic hydrocarbons, with properties consistent with those of gasoline, kerosene, and diesel fuel. Separate streams of gasoline, kerosene, and diesel fuel may also be obtained, either via selective condensation of each type of fuel, or via later distillation of the combined hydrocarbon liquid.
US08841494B2
Compositions and methods for forming hydrocarbon products from triglycerides are described. In one aspect, the methods involve the thermal decomposition of fatty acids, which can be derived from the hydrolysis of triglycerides. The thermal decomposition products can be combined with low molecular weight olefins, such as Fischer-Tropsch synthesis products, and subjected to molecular averaging reactions. Alternatively, the products can be subjected to hydrocracking reactions, isomerization reactions, and the like. The products can be isolated in the gasoline, jet and/or diesel fuel ranges. Thus, vegetable oils and/or animal fats can be converted using water, catalysts, and heat, into conventional products in the gasoline, jet and/or diesel fuel ranges. These products are virtually indistinguishable from those derived from their petroleum-based analogs, except that they can have virtually no aromatic, sulfur or nitrogen content, they are derived, in whole or in part, from renewable resources, and can also be derived from domestically available coal and/or natural gas.
US08841492B2
The present invention relates to a process for efficient purification of MTBE-containing mixtures and for preparation of isobutene by cracking of MTBE-containing mixtures.
US08841489B2
The invention relates to a continuous method for carrying out a multiphase aldol condensation reaction to obtain mixed α,β-unsaturated aldehydes by reacting a mixture of two aliphatic aldehydes having different numbers of carbon atoms, i.e. 2 to 5, in the molecule in a vertical tubular reactor in a concurrent flow in the presence of an aqueous solution of a basically reacting compound. In said method, the aldehyde mixture is dispersed in the aqueous phase in the form of drops, and the aqueous solution of the basically reacting compound flows through the tubular reactor as a continuous phase in laminar conditions.
US08841485B2
According to the present invention, a liquid phenol resin that has excellent characteristics of a phenol resin, such as thermal resistance and hardenability, and can produce a molded product having excellent flexibility, and a method of preparing the resin are provided.The present invention relates to a liquid phenol resin obtained by reacting (A) oils and (B) phenols with (C) a secondary and/or a tertiary alkylamine compound, wherein a nitrogen content based on the whole liquid phenol resin is 3% by weight to 30% by weight, and (A):(B)=10:90 to 90:10.
US08841483B2
The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of voltage-gated sodium channels. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disorders.
US08841480B2
The present invention accordingly provides a process for preparing light-colored polyphenylene-polymethylene polyisocyanates comprising the steps (a) providing an amount of chlorine, (b) separating the chlorine provided in the step (a) to obtain a first chlorine fraction having a content of free and bound bromine and iodine of <50 ppm and a second chlorine fraction having an increased content of free and bound bromine and iodine that depends on the original amount of bromine and iodine in the chlorine provided in step (a) and the separation split, (c) reacting carbon monoxide with at least a portion of the first chlorine fraction to form a first phosgene fraction, (d) reacting carbon monoxide with at least a part of the second chlorine fraction to form a second phosgene fraction, (e) reacting at least a portion of a first phosgene fraction with at least one amine of the diphenylmethane diamine series (MDA) to form the corresponding polyphenylene-polymethylene polyisocyanate (PMDI), and (f) reacting at least a portion of the second phosgene fraction with at least one primary amine with the exception of mono- and polyphenylene-polymethylene polyamines to form an at least one isocyanate-containing reaction solution.
US08841479B2
The invention relates to low monomer 1:1 monoadducts of reactive olefinic compounds and diisocyanates, to the production and to the use thereof.
US08841478B2
A method for preparing a trans-{4-[(alkylamino)methyl]cyclohexyl}acetic acid, which is useful as a raw material compound for manufacture of medicaments and the like, comprising the step of reducing amide group of a compound represented by the following general formula (6) (R1 represents hydrogen atom or a C1-6 alkyl group, and R2 represents a C1-6 alkyl group, a C3-6 cycloalkyl group, a (C3-6 cycloalkyl)(C1-6 alkyl) group, a C6-10 aryl group, or a C7-12 aralkyl group).
US08841472B2
Disclosed are compounds of the formulae wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, and R13 are hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, arylalkyl, or alkylaryl, R10, R11, and R12 are alkylene, arylene, arylalkylene, or alkylarylene, and the chromogen moiety is an atom or group of atoms that impart color to the compound in the visible, infrared, or ultraviolet wavelength range.
US08841462B2
The invention relates to bicyclic heterocycles of formulae I and II with anti-cancer and/or anti-inflammatory activity and more specifically with MEK kinase inhibitory activity. The invention provides compositions and methods useful for inhibiting abnormal cell growth, treating a hyperproliferative disorder, or treating an inflammatory disease in a mammal. The invention also relates to methods of using the compounds for in vitro, in situ, and in vivo diagnosis or treatment of mammalian cells, or associated pathological conditions.
US08841461B2
Provided is a method for selectively demethylating a 2-methoxy group. Specifically provided is a production method of a compound represented by formula (7) below through the following reactions.
US08841451B2
The invention relates to the formation of synthesized fractal constructs and the methods of chemical self-assembly for the preparation of a non-dendritic, nano-scale, fractal constructs or molecules. More particularly, the invention relates to fractal constructs formed by molecular self-assembly, to create synthetic, nanometer-scale fractal shapes. In an embodiment, a nanoscale Sierpinski hexagonal gasket is formed. This non-dendritic, perfectly self-similar fractal macromolecule is comprised of bisterpyridine building blocks that are bound together by coordination to (36) Ru and (6) Fe ions to form a nearly planar array of increasingly larger hexagons around a hollow center.
US08841441B2
The invention relates to a method for producing regenerated biopolymers in the form of carbohydrates, using a solvent system that contains the biopolymers dissolved therein. The solvent system is based on a melted ionic liquid and optionally a protic solvent or a mixture thereof. The biopolymers dissolved in the solvent system are precipitated in a coagulation medium, said medium comprising a protic coagulant or a mixture of protic coagulants. The method according to the invention is characterized in that the surface tension σ of the coagulant or the mixture of coagulants is 99% to 30% of the surface tension σ of water, the surface tension being measured according to ASTM D 1590-60 at a temperature of 50° C. The method according to the invention is economical and flexible and leads to advantageous products, especially in the form of staple fibers which are especially not fibrillated and have an advantageous wet to dry strength ratio.
US08841432B2
The present disclosure provides a DNA molecule capable of replication in Mycobacteria having a nucleic acid sequence as disclosed in SEQ ID NO: 1, a shuttle vector constructed using it and a transformed cells containing the present vector. The vector of about 18 kb of the present disclosure contains 16 ORFs, a replication origin and a rep-like protein essential for replication. Therefore, the plasmid of the present disclosure can be utilized as a gene delivery system/research, and also in a therapeutic system such as immune therapeutics by effectively delivering proteins or heterologous DNA and expressing the encoded DNA in cells.
US08841431B2
The present invention is related to a nucleic acid capable of binding to hepcidin.
US08841430B2
The present invention relates to the use of regulatory sequences for mediating specific, early transient expression in proliverative neuronal determined cells. Furthermore, the uses of recombinant nucleic acid molecules comprising said defined regulatory sequences for mediating specific, early transient expression in proliverative neuronal determined cells as well as for the generation of non-human transgenic organisms and/or host cells are disclosed. In addition, the invention provides for transgenic non-human animals and/or host cells comprising said regulatory sequences and/or recombinant nucleic acid molecules. The invention also describes methods for the preparation of such vectors, host cells and transgenic non-human animals as well as methods for the detection and/or isolation of neuronal determined cells. Additionally, methods for screening of compounds capable of regulating neuronal determined cell activity, neurogenesis, stimulating proliferation of neuronally committed precursor cells and/or neuronal differentiation are provided and the invention also relates to methods for the detection and analysis of neuronal differentiation, neuronal migration and/or neuronal determination processes. Finally, the invention relates to diagnostic and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the regulatory sequences, recombinant nucleic acid molecules, host-cells or isolated neuronal determined cells described herein.
US08841421B2
A method of identifying a compound for use in therapy which modulates the interaction of S1OO A9 with a ligand comprising:—determining whether a candidate compound is capable of modulating the interaction of S1OO A9 with RAGE or the interaction of S1OO A9 with a TLR (Toll like receptor), or—determining whether a candidate compound is capable of binding to S100A9 in a manner which disrupts binding of S1OO A9 with RAGE or the binding of S100A9 with a TLR, to thereby identify whether the compound may be used in therapy.
US08841420B2
The present invention relates to an oral composition and an immunogenic composition for the suppression of the pathogenic effects of the intra-oral bacterium Porphyromonas gingivalis associated with periodontal disease.
US08841415B2
The present invention relates to a three-dimensional structure of the intracellular domain (AICD) of human amyloid precursor protein (APP695) in complex with human Fe65-PTB2 (i.e. a protein-complex comprising the intracellular domain (AICD) of human amyloid precursor protein (APP695) and the human Fe65-PTB2), as well as to methods and uses of said three-dimensional structure for identifying ligands which modify the interaction between the AICD and the Fe65-PTB2. Moreover, the present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions which contain one or more of such identified ligands for the prevention or treatment of neurodegenerative disorders.
US08841395B2
The present invention provides a method for producing a water-absorbent resin by a reversed-phase suspension polymerization method, wherein an odor originating from a raw material component, in particular, a petroleum hydrocarbon dispersion medium, was reduced, and a water-absorbent resin obtained by the method. More specifically, the present invention provides a method for producing a water-absorbent resin comprising performing a reversed-phase suspension polymerization of a water-soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomer in a petroleum hydrocarbon dispersion medium by using a surfactant, wherein an aqueous solution of the water-soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomer is dispersed in the dispersion medium at a specific pouring rate to reduce an odor, and a water-absorbent resin obtained by the method, are provided.
US08841389B2
A process for preparing a polymer in the form of an aqueous dispersion or a water-redispersible powder includes free-radically initiated heterophase polymerization of one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers and optionally subsequent drying of the polymer dispersions obtained, wherein the polymerization is performed in a jet loop reactor.
US08841384B2
Material composed of a polyazacycloalkane grafted on polypropylene fibres.Process for the preparation of this material.Process for removing metal cations present in a liquid by bringing this liquid into contact with the said material.
US08841376B2
A rubber formulation with good wet traction properties includes one or more elastomers and at least two types of particulate filler materials including at least one of which has a relatively high free surface energy in water (i.e., a supplemental filler). The formulation containing the supplemental filler(s) can provide a vulcanizate that has a British pendulum (skid) number that is at least ˜5% greater than that of a vulcanizate made from an essentially identical formulation that does not contain the supplemental filler(s). Also provided is a method for providing such a formulation which involves identifying one or more supplemental fillers having relatively high free surface energies in water, replacing at least 15% (by wt.) of one or more of the conventional particulate fillers in the formulation with an approximately equivalent volume of supplemental filler particles, and providing the modified formulation.
US08841372B2
The present invention relates to a silicone composition cross-linkable into elastomer, and to a method which uses the composition of the invention to form joints for sealing and assembling the components of a power train. The silicone elastomers prepared from the composition according to the invention have the following properties: good resistance to aging in chemically aggressive fluids, such as those used for example in a power train, in this case motor oils, gearbox and axle lubricants, oil/gasoline mixtures, coolants, and fuels or antifreeze liquids; good adhesive properties including on surfaces soiled with oils used in power trains; and good mechanical strength properties, such as tensile strength, modulus at 100% elongation, and Shore hardness.
US08841343B2
The present invention relates to a mosquito repellent comprises at least one or more mosquito repelling compound selected from the group consisting of citronellic acid, geranic acid and derivatives thereof in an effective amount to repel mosquitoes.
US08841341B2
The invention provides a compound termed Carolacton having the structure and derivatives thereof for medical use against biofilm formation by bacteria.
US08841336B2
Compounds of the formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein, R1 is optionally substituted tetrazolyl, R2 is optionally substituted phenyl, optionally substituted pyridinyl or optionally substituted thienyl, and R3, R4, R5, R6 R7 and R8 are as defined herein. Also provided are methods of using the compounds for treating diseases associated with the P2X3 and/or a P2X2/3 receptor antagonist and methods of making the compounds.
US08841328B2
The present invention relates to the use of selective insecticidal compositions, characterized by an effective amount of an active compound combination comprising (a) (1) at least one haloalkylnicotinic acid derivative of the formula (I) in which AA and R1A are as defined in the description, or (2) at least one phthalic acid diamide of the formula (II) in which XB, R1B, R2B, R3B, L1B, L2B and L3B are as defined in the description, or (3) at least one anthranilamide of the formula (III) in which A1C, A2C, XC, R1C, R2C, R3C, R4C, R5C, R7C, R8C and R9C are as defined in the description, and (b) at least one crop plant compatibility-improving compound from the group of compounds given in the description, in particular cloquintocet-mexyl, isoxadifen-ethyl and mefenpyr-diethyl for controlling insects and/or arachnids, and a method for controlling insects and/or arachnids using the compositions.
US08841326B2
Curcumin analogs and methods are provided for treatment of disease.
US08841318B2
The present invention provides substituted tricyclic heteroaryl compounds, including, for example, pyridoindoles, pyrimidinoindoles and triazinoindoles that modulate the activity of Janus kinases and are useful in the treatment of diseases related to activity of Janus kinases such as immune-related diseases, skin disorders, myeloid proliferative disorders, cancer, and other diseases.
US08841302B2
The present invention is directed to a combination product for treating or ameliorating hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection or disorders or symptoms associated therewith in a subject in need thereof comprising, a HCV inhibitor and one or more therapeutic agents selected from either or both a HCV protease inhibitor and one or more different therapeutic agents administered in combination in an effective amount to the subject.
US08841301B2
The disclosure generally relates to compounds of formula I, including their salts, as well as compositions and methods of using the compounds. The compounds are ligands, antagonists of the NR2B receptor and may be useful for the treatment of various disorders of the central nervous system.
US08841293B1
The present invention provides a compound of Formula I: Formula I wherein R is H or F; and A is: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US08841292B2
Sudden cardiac arrest is treated by reducing blood temperature from about 37° C. to 33° C., following resuscitation, by injecting hypothermia inducing drugs such as a cannabinoid type into the patient's body, preferably in combination with physical surface body cooling.
US08841288B2
Compounds of Formula (I): able to inhibit kinase activity, in particular Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases activity. The disclosure also relates to the use of compounds of Formula (I) for treatment of pathological conditions associated to alterations in Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases activity.
US08841279B2
The invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a macromolecular drug and an oligoguluronate or oligogalacturonate, e.g., having a number average degree of polymerization in the range 5 to 18, a guluronate (or galacturonate) fraction (FG) of at least 0.80, a mannuronate fraction (FM) of no more than 0.20, and having at least 95% mole with a degree of polymerization less than 20. The composition may be used in a method of treatment which comprises administering the composition to a mucosal surface in a human or non-human vertebrate subject.
US08841278B2
The invention is related to anti-viral compounds, compositions containing such compounds, and therapeutic methods that include the administration of such compounds, as well as to processes and intermediates useful for preparing such compounds.
US08841277B2
The present disclosure provides methods for treating subjects having non-small cell lung cancer, wherein the methods comprise administering to the subject a cytidine analog, such as 5-azacytidine. Also provided are methods relating to identification and treatment of particular non-small cell lung cancer types sensitive to particular cytidine analogs.
US08841269B2
The present invention provides methods for increasing sensitivity of cancer cells to an antiestrogen agent, such as a selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM). The methods include administering to the subject a polynucleotide in an amount effective to increase the antiestrogen agent sensitivity of the cancer cells. The cancer cells may be estrogen receptor positive, such as ER-α66 positive or ER-α36 positive, prior to the administering. Also provided are methods for decreasing the amount of estrogen receptor present in a cancer cell, methods for determining whether antiestrogen agent sensitivity of cancer cells in a subject can be increased, methods for diagnosing whether a subject has, or is at risk for developing, cancer, and methods for identifying an agent that increases the amount of let-7 miRNA in a cell.
US08841265B2
This invention provides a composition comprising a triterpenoid saponin, comprising two side groups attached to carbons 21, and 22 of the triterpenoid saponin backbone, for inhibiting skin or ovarian tumor cell growth.
US08841243B2
A natural gas engine lubricating oil composition is disclosed which comprises (a) a major amount of an oil of lubricating viscosity, (b) one or more phosphorus-containing anti-wear additives, (c) one or more ashless dispersants, (d) one or more alkaline earth metal salts of an alkyl-substituted hydroxyaromatic carboxylic acid, and (e) one or more antioxidants, wherein the natural gas engine lubricating oil composition contains no more than about 0.03 weight percent of phosphorus, based on the total weight of the natural gas engine lubricating oil composition, and further wherein the natural gas engine lubricating oil composition is substantially free of any alkali metal-containing detergents.
US08841240B2
Novel slick water fracturing fluid compositions are disclosed, where the compositions including with slick water fracturing compositions including a partially hydrolyzed polyacrylamide polymer system within invert emulsion and an effective amount of a friction reducer booster system, where the effective amount is sufficient to reduce a drag friction of the composition by an additional amount of at least 5% in the first 30 seconds of evaluation in high salinity and low temperature environments.
US08841239B2
Nanoscale patterns prepared by lithography are used to direct the self-assembly of amphiphilic molecules to form patterned nanosubstrates having a desired distribution of chemical functional moieties. These patterns can be fabricated over a large area and require no special limitations on the chemistry the assembled amphiphiles. Hydrophilic/hydrophobic patterns can be created and used to direct the deposition of a single functional component to specific regions of the surface or to selectively assemble polymer blends to desired sites in a one step fashion with high specificity and selectivity. The selective deposition of functional moieties on a patterned surface can be based on electrostatic forces, hydrogen bonding, or hydrophobic interactions. The methods and patterned nanosubstrates of the invention can be used in the assembly of functional polymer systems, polyelectrolytes, biomolecules, conducting polymers, colloids and nanoparticles, and find wide technological applications in biosensors, biochips, photonics and electronics.
US08841232B1
The present disclosure generally relates to an advanced ceramic catalyst made by metal oxides dispersed in refractory ceramics and the process of making same. The advanced ceramic catalyst is capable of significantly lowering carbon foot prints and noxious emissions by generating the same heat energy with much lower quantity of fuel such as of natural gas, propane and other gaseous hydrocarbons. A process of making such a catalyst from inexpensive combination of metal oxide prepared in solution to have many oxygen lattice defects and particle size distribution selected from nanometer to millimeter range which can provide a huge surface area for combustion reaction thus lowering the activation energy of combustion.
US08841231B2
The invention concerns a novel process for the preparation of supported metallic catalysts in which the metallic phase is deposited in the form of agglomerates of nanoparticles of metallic oxide and forms a layer of fine thickness at the surface of the support. The process for the preparation of a catalyst comprises preparing in aqueous phase a colloidal suspension of agglomerates of nanoparticles of metallic oxide, then depositing that suspension on a porous support, drying the catalyst precursor obtained, and optionally calcining and reducing the precursor by means of any reducing compound. The invention also concerns the catalysts obtained by said process and their uses in reactions for the transformation of unsaturated organic compounds. The invention is applied to the refining field and more particularly to the treatment of gasolines obtained by steam cracking and/or obtained by catalytic cracking.
US08841224B2
Dielectric ceramic composition comprising a compound shown by a general formula {A1−x(RE)2x/3}y-B2O5+y and has a tungsten bronze-type structure. In the formula, “A” is at least one selected from a group comprising Ba, Ca, Sr and Mg, “B” is at least one selected from Nb and Ta, “RE” is at least one selected from Sc, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu, and said “x” and “y” satisfies 0
US08841219B2
Lithography processes are provided. The lithography process includes installing a reticle masking (REMA) part having a REMA open region in a lithography apparatus, loading a reticle including at least one reticle chip region in which circuit patterns are disposed into the lithography apparatus, and sequentially exposing a first wafer field, which includes a first chip region corresponding to the reticle chip region, and a second wafer field, which includes a second chip region corresponding to the reticle chip region, of a wafer to rays using the reticle and the REMA part to transfer images of the circuit patterns onto the wafer. An edge boundary of the REMA open region transferred on the first wafer field is located on a scribe lane region between the first and second chip regions while the first wafer field is exposed. Methods of manufacturing a semiconductor device using the lithography process are also provided.
US08841215B2
Afforded are a polishing agent, and a compound semiconductor manufacturing method and semiconductor device manufacturing method utilizing the agent, whereby the surface quality of compound semiconductor substrates can be favorably maintained, and high polishing rates can be sustained as well. The polishing agent is a polishing agent for GaαIn(1-α)AsβP(1-β) (0≦α≦1; 0≦β≦1) compound semiconductors, and includes an alkali metal carbonate, an alkali metal organic salt, a chlorine-based oxidizer, and an alkali metal phosphate, wherein the sum of the concentrations of the alkali metal carbonate and the alkali metal organic salt is between 0.01 mol/L and 0.02 mol/L, inclusive. The compound semiconductor manufacturing method comprises a step of preparing a GaαIn(1-α)AsβP(1-β) (0≦α≦1; 0≦β≦1) compound semiconductor, and a step of polishing the face of the compound semiconductor utilizing an aforedescribed polishing agent.
US08841209B2
A method for forming coreless flip chip ball grid array (FCBGA) substrates comprising the steps of sequentially depositing a pair of laminates, each having a plurality of insulated metallization layers simultaneously respectively on each side of a temporary carrier substrate, and then removing the temporary carrier to separate the pair of laminates, so that each laminate has an outer ball grid metal pad array, and during the depositing of the pair of laminates on the carrier substrate, further depositing a supporting layer of dielectric material enclosing the metal pad array, wherein said supporting layers of dielectric material provides structural support for each of the laminates after the separation.
US08841198B2
An isolation layer of a semiconductor device and a process for forming the same is described herein. The isolation layer includes a trench that is defined and formed in a semiconductor substrate. A first liner nitride layer is formed on the surface of the trench and a flowable insulation layer is formed in the trench including the first liner nitride layer. The flowable insulation layer is formed such to define a recess in the trench. A second liner nitride layer is formed on the recess including the flowable insulation layer and the first liner nitride layer. Finally, an insulation layer is formed in the recess on the second liner nitride layer to completely fill the trench.
US08841187B2
Disclosed is a semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the semiconductor device. The method for fabricating the semiconductor device comprises steps of: forming a side cliff in a substrate in accordance with a gate mask pattern, the side cliff being substantially vertical to a substrate surface; forming a dielectric layer on the substrate that comprises the side cliff; etching the dielectric layer to have the dielectric layer left only on the side cliff, as a dielectric wall; and burying the side cliff by a substrate growth, the burying is performed up to a level higher than the upper end of the dielectric wall.
US08841182B1
Methods of treating metal-containing thin films, such as films comprising titanium carbide, with a silane/borane agent are provided. In some embodiments a film including titanium carbide is deposited on a substrate by an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process. The process may include a plurality of deposition cycles involving alternating and sequential pulses of a first source chemical that includes titanium and at least one halide ligand, a second source chemical that includes metal and carbon, where the metal and the carbon from the second source chemical are incorporated into the thin film, and a third source chemical, where the third source chemical is a silane or borane that at least partially reduces oxidized portions of the titanium carbide layer formed by the first and second source chemicals. The treatment can form a capping layer on the metal carbide film.
US08841171B2
A method of making a stackable semiconductor assembly that includes a semiconductor device, a heat spreader, an adhesive, a plated through-hole, first build-up circuitry and second build-up circuitry is disclosed. The heat spreader includes a bump and a flange. The bump defines a cavity. The semiconductor device is mounted on the bump at the cavity, electrically connected to the first build-up circuitry and thermally connected to the bump. The bump extends into an opening in the adhesive and the flange extends laterally from the bump at the cavity entrance. The first build-up circuitry and the second build-up circuitry extend beyond the semiconductor device in opposite vertical directions. The plated through-hole extends through the adhesive and provides signal routing between the first build-up circuitry and the second build-up circuitry. The heat spreader provides heat dissipation for the semiconductor device.
US08841170B2
A method of singulating semiconductor devices in the close proximity to active structures by controlling interface charge of semiconductor device sidewalls is provided that includes forming a scribe on a surface of a semiconductor devices, where the scribe is within 5 degrees of a crystal lattice direction of the semiconductor device, cleaving the semiconductor device along the scribe, where the devices are separated, using a coating process to coat the sidewalls of the cleaved semiconductor device with a passivation material, where the passivation material is disposed to provide a fixed charge density at a semiconductor interface of the sidewalls, and where the fixed charge density interacts with charge carriers in the bulk of the material.
US08841162B2
A method for forming a photodetector device includes forming an insulator layer on a substrate, forming a germanium (Ge) layer on the insulator layer and a portion of the substrate, forming a second insulator layer on the Ge layer, patterning the Ge layer, forming a capping insulator layer on the second insulator layer and a portion of the first insulator layer, heating the device to crystallize the Ge layer resulting in an single crystalline Ge layer, implanting n-type ions in the single crystalline Ge layer, heating the device to activate n-type ions in the single crystalline Ge layer, and forming electrodes electrically connected to the single crystalline n-type Ge layer.
US08841156B2
The micro-electromechanical semiconductor component is provided with a first semiconductor substrate, which has an upper face, and a second semiconductor substrate, which has an upper face. Both semiconductor substrates are bonded resting on the upper faces thereof. A cavity is introduced into the upper face of at least one of the two semiconductor substrates. The cavity is defined by lateral walls and opposing top and bottom walls, which are formed by the two semiconductor substrates. The top or the bottom wall acts as a reversibly deformable membrane and an opening extending through the respective semiconductor substrate is arranged in the other of said two walls of the cavity.
US08841148B2
A method for making light emitting diode includes following steps. A substrate having an epitaxial growth surface is provided. A first semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second semiconductor layer is epitaxially grown on the epitaxial growth surface of the substrate in that sequence. A first optical symmetric layer is formed on the second semiconductor layer. A metallic layer is applied on the first optical symmetric layer. A second optical symmetric layer is formed on the metallic layer. The substrate is removed. A first electrode is configured to cover entire exposed surface of the first semiconductor layer. A second electrode is electrically connected to the second semiconductor layer.
US08841147B2
A method for making a light emitting diode includes the following steps. A first epitaxial substrate having a first epitaxial growth surface is provided. A carbon nanotube layer is placed on the first epitaxial growth surface. An intrinsic semiconductor layer is grown on the first epitaxial growth surface epitaxially. A second epitaxial substrate is formed by removing the carbon nanotube layer, wherein the second epitaxial substrate has a second epitaxial growth surface. A first semiconductor layer, an active layer and a second semiconductor layer are grown on the second epitaxial growth surface in that order. A part of the first semiconductor layer is exposed by etching a part of the active layer and the second semiconductor layer. A first electrode is applied on the first semiconductor layer and a second electrode is applied on the second semiconductor layer.
US08841138B2
A substrate surface on which either a substance to detect analyte or an analyte per se is immobilized, which surface is formed by a treatment of substrate surface with a liquid which contains uncrosslinked polymer based on polyethylene glycol chain segment, said treatment conducted either simultaneously with the immobilization of said substance or analyte or after said substance or analyte has been immobilized on said surface. The non-specific adsorption of impurity protein or the like which is co-existent in sample for assay is significantly restrained.
US08841132B2
The present invention provides compounds of Formula I: wherein: R1 is a label (e.g., a detectable group and an anti-tumor agent); L is present or absent and when present is a linking group; and x represents an integer from 1 to 10; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compounds are useful for, among other things, identifying cysteine sulfenic acids in proteins and monitoring oxidative damage in proteins and cells. Adduct formation can be detected using analytical methods such as electrospray ionization mass spectrometry and fluorescence.
US08841131B1
A cholesterol-level measuring apparatus including a portable body having a cholesterol level detecting means for identifying a cholesterol level in a blood sample, and a display screen communicatively coupled to the cholesterol level detecting means for illustrating a learned cholesterol level in the blood sample. Notably, the cholesterol level detecting means includes a disposable test strip having a color-changing reactive reagent that changes color in response to the learned cholesterol level in the blood sample.
US08841130B2
An endometriosis diagnostic in which a biological sample of a female mammal having had a menstrual cycle within 90 days of the biological sample having been obtained from the female mammal is subjected to an in vitro diagnostic procedure in which the biological sample is contacted with an apatite compound for an effective time to provide a responsive visual appearance. Based on the visual appearance, a determination is made whether the female mammal has endometriosis.
US08841123B2
Methods for culturing undifferentiated mammalian cells, such as stem and progenitor cells, are provided. The methods involve incubating the cell in the presence of a sustained release composition containing at least one growth factor, wherein the sustained release composition continuously releases the growth factor(s), and wherein the presence of the sustained level of growth factor maintains the cell in an undifferentiated state.
US08841116B2
Methods and microfluidic circuitry for inline injection of nucleic acids for capillary electrophoresis analysis are provided. According to various embodiments, microfabricated structures including affinity-based capture matrixes inline with separation channels are provided. The affinity-based capture matrixes provide inline sample plug formation and injection into a capillary electrophoresis channel. Also provided are methods and apparatuses for a microbead-based inline injection system for DNA sequencing.
US08841113B2
The present invention relates to a method for producing lactic acid from plant biomass without requiring sterilization, and specifically relates to a method for producing lactic acid comprising culturing alkaliphilic lactic acid bacteria under non-sterile condition and at a pH of 9 to 11 in a medium containing a cellulose glycosylation solution and then further culturing the bacteria at a pH of 5 to 9.
US08841108B2
A method of producing a metalloprotein inhibitor, the method comprising generating antibodies directed at a composition including a metal ion-bound chelator, wherein the composition is selected having structural and electronic properties similar to a functional domain of the metalloprotein, thereby producing the metalloprotein inhibitor.
US08841104B2
The invention generally relates to methods of using compositions that include sets of magnetic particles, members of each set being conjugated to an antibody specific for a pathogen, and magnets to isolate a pathogen from a body fluid sample.
US08841096B2
The invention relates to a method for the amination of at least one keto group in a multicyclic ring system comprising at least one keto group into an amino group, using at least one enzyme E having transaminase activity.
US08841092B2
The present invention relates to methods of use of glycosyltransferases and related compounds. The invention exploits the reversibility of glycosyltransferases to generate new sugars, unnatural biomolecules and numerous one-pot reactions for generation of new biomolecules having varied backbones such as enediynes, vancomycins, bleomycins, anthracyclines, macrolides, pluramycins, aureolic acids, indolocarbazoles, aminglycosides, glycopeptides, polyenes, coumarins, benzoisochromanequinones, calicheamicins, erythromycin, avermectins, ivermectins, angucyclines, cardiac glycosides, steroids or flavinoids. In preferred embodiments, the invention specifically relates to biosynthesis of anticancer (the enediyne calicheamicin, CLM), anthelmintic agents (the macrolides avermectin, ivermectin and erythromycin) and antibiotic (the glycopeptide vancomycin, VCM) natural product-based drugs developed by reversible, bidirectional glycosyltransferase-catalyzed reactions.
US08841084B2
Disclosed herein are methods of detecting and/or prognosing myocardial infarction by detecting a proteolytic fragment of caspase-3 such as the p17 fragment or the p12 fragment. The myocardial infarction can be STEMI or NSTEMI.
US08841082B2
The invention relates to a method for determining one or more cellularly bound analytes in a liquid sample, said method being carried out using a device comprising: at least one feeding zone (5) for applying the liquid sample; a porous membrane (2) that is suitable for letting cellular components penetrate therethrough and includes at least one indicator zone on the membrane, said indicator zone being able to interact with the cellularly bound analyte and containing at least one binding element against the cellularly bound analyte; and at least one absorption area (3) on the membrane, which absorbs the liquid after the liquid has passed the indicator zones. The at least one indicator zone lies between the feeding zone (5) and the absorption area (3). The method is carried out for concentrating and quantifying the minor cell population in heterogeneous cell populations, for example in cases of fetomaternal hemorrhage or in chimera, detecting an analyte provided at a low concentration on cells, determining the hematocrit value, and/or determining, in parallel, cellularly bound analytes in mixed-field reactions.
US08841075B1
A Homologous Pairing Capture Assay is described which enables detection of coalignment between homologous DNA sequences. The assay involves ligating closely positioned homologous sequences to each other thereby generating head-to-head ligation products or inverted repeats. DNA fragments containing an inverted repeat are then converted into hairpin DNA molecules. The hairpin DNA molecules can then be readily separated from DNA molecules free of inverted repeats. Also described are various diagnostic applications and kits relating to the assay.
US08841069B2
The disclosure relates to chips containing nucleic acid probes or primers and their use in methods to detect nucleic acid molecules of DNA viruses. The disclosure includes DNA chips with probes immobilized via a dendron-mediated linkage in contact with a thermocycler capable of automatically regulating the temperature, temperature cycle times, and number of temperature cycles of the chips to provide genetic diagnosis in one step.
US08841061B2
A positive resist composition comprising a polymer having carboxyl groups substituted with an acid labile group having formula (1) exhibits a high contrast of alkaline dissolution rate before and after exposure, a high resolution, a reduced acid diffusion rate, and forms a pattern with good profile, minimal edge roughness, and etch resistance. In formula (1), R1 is methylene or ethylene, R2 is alkyl, aryl, or alkenyl, which may contain oxygen or sulfur, R3 is fluorine or trifluoromethyl, and m is an integer of 1 to 4.
US08841057B2
A resin binder for use in a toner for electrophotography, containing a polycondensation resin obtainable by polycondensing an alcohol component containing an aliphatic polyhydric alcohol having two or more secondary carbon atoms with a hydroxyl group bound thereto (an alcohol A), and a carboxylic acid component, wherein the alcohol A is contained in an amount of from 10 to 100% by mol, of the alcohol component; and a toner for electrophotography containing the resin binder. The toner for electrophotography of the present invention is suitably used in developing latent images formed in electrophotography, electrostatic recording method, electrostatic printing method or the like.
US08841055B2
An emulsion aggregation toner composition is disclosed that includes toner particles with at least one small crystalline molecule, such as a trans-cinnamic diester, at least one amorphous resin, optional waxes, coagulants, pigments, and combinations thereof. In other embodiments, the small crystalline molecule is biodegradable and can be made using raw materials derived from renewable resources. Such small crystalline molecules are also compatible with amorphous binder resins, to provide toner compositions with reduced minimum fusing temperatures without sacrificing electrical performance. Processes for preparing emulsion aggregation toner compositions are also described.
US08841052B2
In order to provide an electrophotographic photosensitive member with which a ghost is suppressed even under a low temperature and low humidity environment, and a process cartridge and an electrophotographic apparatus having the electrophotographic photosensitive member, the electrophotographic photosensitive member has a support, an undercoat layer formed on the support, and a photosensitive layer formed on the undercoat layer and comprising a charge generating material and a hole transporting material, wherein the undercoat layer comprises a particular amine compound.
US08841050B2
A photosensitive resin composition includes: an alkali-soluble resin; an o-naphthoquinonediazidesulfonic acid ester; a silsesquioxane having at least two thiol groups in a molecule; and a solvent. The silsesquioxane is obtained by subjecting to condensation a silane material which includes a thiol-group-containing silane represented by RaSi(ORb)3. Ra represents a C1-C8 organic group that contains a thiol group and that is free from an aromatic group, or an organic group that contains a thiol group and an aromatic group. Rb independently represents hydrogen, a C1-C6 alkyl group, a C1-C6 acyl group, or a C6-C15 aromatic group.
US08841041B2
An Organic Rankine Cycle system is combined with a fuel cell system, with the working fluid of the Organic Rankine Cycle system being integrated directly into the cooling system for the fuel cell. The waste heat from the fuel cell is therefore applied directly to preheat and evaporate the working fluid in the Organic Rankine Cycle system to thereby provide improved efficiencies in the system.
US08841040B2
In a method to cold-start a fuel cell system at sub-zero temperatures, the fuel cell system comprises a fuel cell stack, upstream of which is connected a heating device to heat a cooling agent to be circulated by a coolant pump. To reduce the demand for stored electrical energy, the cold fuel cell stack is operated at such a capacity that it generates power that is sufficient only to operate the heating device and the coolant pump. The power generated by the fuel cell stack is used to operate the heating device for heating the cooling agent as well as the coolant pump, whereby the coolant pump circulates the cooling agent between the fuel cell stack and the heating device. The heating device is switched off as soon as the fuel cell stack reaches a preset temperature that is higher than the original temperature.
US08841038B2
A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack and a humidifier. The humidifier includes an unreacted gas inlet port connected to an end of an unreacted hydrogen discharge pipeline, which is connected at the other end to a hydrogen outlet port of the fuel cell stack, such that the unreacted hydrogen discharged from the fuel cell stack via the hydrogen outlet port is led by the unreacted hydrogen discharge pipeline into the humidifier. The humidifier regulates the humidity and concentration of the unreacted hydrogen led thereinto, and the unreacted hydrogen is then discharged from the humidifier.
US08841036B2
Disclosed herein is a flexible fuel cell including, one or a plurality of cell sections, and a sealing sheet covering the cell section or sections, wherein the cell section has, at least, a pair of electrode sheets which form an anode and a cathode and at least one of which is accompanied by an oxidoreductase present at a surface thereof, a separator which is disposed between the electrode sheets and which has a proton-permeable membrane, a pair of current collectors which are electrically conductively connected respectively to the electrode sheets with a conductive adhesive, and a fuel reservoir section which is provided at such a position as to make contact with the anode at least and in which a fuel solution containing a fuel component is reserved.
US08841035B2
Disclosed are a flame retardant electrolyte solution for a rechargeable lithium battery including a lithium salt, a linear carbonate-based solvent, an ionic liquid including ammonium cations, and a phosphoric acid-based solvent, and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same.
US08841034B2
An electrolyte for an electrochemical device according to the present invention has a chemical structure formula represented by a general formula (1): where M is a group 13 or 15 element of the periodic table; A+ is an alkali metal ion or an onium ion; m is a number of 1-4 when M is a group 13 element, and is a number of 1-6 when M is a group 15 element; n is a number of 0-3 when M is a group 13 element, and is a number of 0-5 when M is a group 15 element; R is a halogen atom, a C1-C10 halogenated alkyl group, a C6-C20 aryl group, or a C6-C20 halogenated aryl group; a hydrogen atom in R may be replaced with a specific substituent; and a carbon atom in R may be replaced by a nitrogen atom, a sulfur atom or an oxygen atom.
US08841032B2
The invention relates to microporous membranes having high meltdown temperature, low shutdown temperature, and resistance to heat shrinkage at elevated temperature. The membranes can be produced by stretching a sheet comprising polymethylpentene, polyethylene, and diluent, and then removing the diluent. The membranes can be used as battery separator film in, e.g., lithium ion batteries.
US08841028B2
A lead acid storage battery composed of plates, the lead acid storage battery being obtained by packing an active material into a grid plate provided with a frame section having a quadrangular profile shape, and lateral grid strands and longitudinal grid strands that form a grid inside the frame section. The lateral grid strands are composed of thick lateral strands having a thickness equal to the thickness of the frame section, and thin lateral strands of smaller width and thickness than the thick strands, the longitudinal grid strands being composed of thick longitudinal strands that have a thickness that is less than thickness of the frame section, one end in the thickness direction being arranged in the same plane as one end of the frame section in the thickness direction, and thin longitudinal strands of smaller width and thickness than the thick longitudinal strands.
US08841024B2
A secondary battery electrode which suppresses decrease in capacity and lithium deposition at low temperatures is provided. An electrode for a secondary battery includes an electrode active material layer containing a polymer having a cationic group, an anion corresponding to the cationic group, and an electrode active material, and the cation density in the polymer is 0.1 to 15 meq/g.
US08841022B2
A secondary battery includes an electrode assembly; a first terminal electrically connected to the electrode assembly, wherein the first terminal includes a first collecting plate contacting the electrode assembly and having at least one opening; a first terminal plate comprising at least one protrusion extending into the at least one opening; and a first coupling terminal extending through the first terminal plate and electrically coupled to the first collecting plate; a case housing the electrode assembly; and a cap assembly sealing the case.
US08841013B2
Disclosed is a battery pack including a battery module array, wherein a reinforcement member is coupled to side walls of end plates or sides of main members at an outer side of an outermost battery module of the battery module array to minimize deformation of the battery pack when the battery pack is vibrated in the front and rear direction.
US08840991B2
A composite carbon nanotube structure includes a carbon nanotube film structure and a graphite structure. The carbon nanotube structure defines a number of micropores therein. The graphite structure and the carbon nanotube film structure are composited together. The graphite structure comprising a number of graphite segments filled in the micropores.
US08840990B2
The present invention provides porous organosilicate layers, and vapor deposition systems and methods for preparing such layers on substrates. The porous organosilicate layers are useful, for example, as masks.
US08840987B2
A layered insulation apparatus and method of making that contains a multiple layer insulation that has a top outside moisture barrier layer, followed by a first flame retardant layer, followed by a metal layer, followed by a second flame retardant layer, and finally followed by a bottom moisture barrier outside layer. A sound abatement layer may optionally be layered on top of the first moisture barrier layer.
US08840982B2
The invention relates to a glass substrate (10) having a main face that exhibits a texture in relief having a depth of at least 1 mm, characterized in that said main face (11) is provided with a thin-film stack (100) having reflection properties in the infrared and/or in solar radiation.
US08840980B2
A stiffened structure includes stiffeners (14.1, 14.2, 14.3) and nodes (12) at which three stiffeners (14.1, 14.2, 14.3) of different directions intersect, with the surfaces of the stiffeners (14.1, 14.2, 14.3) being arranged in planes that are perpendicular to the same plane, whereby the stiffened structure includes at least one opening (26) and is characterized in that the opening (26) is surrounded by a hexagonal belt, formed by peripheral stiffeners (40).
US08840979B2
A T-profile junction of composite materials with a T-profile (1) and a base plate (2). The T-profile (1) comprises a web (3) and at least two flanges (4-7). The flanges (4-7) are angled with respect to the web (3). A fillet (11, 12) is provided between the web (3) and each of the flanges (4-7). At least one tension bar (16, 32, 40, 50, 65) is releasably mounted to the base plate (2). The web (3) is provided with at least one passage (23, 24, 33, 34). Said at least one tension bar (16, 32, 40, 50, 65) reaches through the at least one passage (23, 24, 33, 34). The at least one tension bar (16, 32, 40, 50, 65) is biased against the base plate (2) and the respective flanges (5, 6) of said T-Profile (1).
US08840978B2
An identification device, preferably a wristband or adhesive label, is configured to receive identifying indicia by means of a direct thermal printer. A direct thermal layer includes antimicrobial particles embedded therein and is exposed, i.e., does not have a protective overcoat or varnish covering the direct thermal layer. The antimicrobial particles increase the surface available silver ions and are preferably formed of an aqueous dispersion of silver chloride-coated titanium dioxide particles. The antimicrobial particles may also be formed of an inorganic silver-containing compound such as silver zirconium phosphates or a silver substituted zeolite.
US08840973B2
A retardation film comprising a cellulose derivative and a plasticizer, wherein a total haze, Htotal, of the retardation film meets the following condition: 0.1%≦Htotal≦0.4%; and a ratio of a internal haze, Hi, to the total haze, Hi/Htotal, of the retardation film meets the following condition: Hi/Htotal≦0.5.
US08840966B2
A polymer useful in coating compositions is described. The polymer is preferably an unsaturated polyurethane polymer, which preferably has an iodine value of at least 10. The polymer may be combined with one or more liquid carriers to form a liquid coating composition useful in coating a variety of substrates, including planar metal substrates.
US08840963B2
The present invention relates to an aqueous epoxy resin composition which is able to contain a large amount of water because it uses an epoxy resin and a coagulant and thereby allows an emulsifier and water to be stably adsorbed and captured on tangled particle surfaces of the coagulant. The aqueous epoxy resin composition according to the present invention comprises a highly compatible formulation producing a good cross-linking bond in a curing reaction with a curing agent and hence it can effect functions including those of a coating agent, a primer agent, a mortar agent and an adhesive agent in a two-part formulation, and it entails a formulation using absolutely no volatile organic compounds in large amounts and hence it is environmentally-friendly and can also markedly reduce production costs.
US08840961B1
A sticky valve or slide mechanism within a musical wind instrument is opened, wiped dry, cleaned and lubricated with a composition including diatomaceous earth, a solvent, and a lubricant, and closed, making the instrument ready to play with the composition being left within the valve or slide mechanism. When the mechanism again becomes sticky, it is wiped dry and lubricated with a conventional lubricant.
US08840960B2
A method of cleaning a carbon work piece includes the step of applying an acetone cleaning agent to the carbon work piece to remove debris therefrom. The removal of debris promotes adhesion between the carbon work piece and a subsequently applied coating. For example, other steps may precede the acetone cleaning step, such as submersing the carbon work piece in deionized water. In one example, a subsequent coating process deposits an alumina coating on the carbon work piece.
US08840958B2
Performing atomic layer deposition using a combined injector that sequentially injects source precursor and reactant precursor onto a substrate. The source precursor is injected into the injector via a first channel, injected onto the substrate and then discharged through a first exhaust portion. The reactant precursor is then injected into the injector via a second channel separate from the first channel, injected onto the substrate and then discharged through a second exhaust portion separate from the first exhaust portion. After injecting the source precursor or the reactant precursor, a purge gas may be injected into the injector and discharged to remove any source precursor or reactant precursor remaining in paths from the first or second channel to the first or second exhaust portion.
US08840952B2
An in vitro testing process for simulating conditions of a stomach, comprising, in combination: providing an intragastric device to an acetone bath; inducing swelling of the intragastric device; exacerbating weak spots in the intragastric device; observing the results; and estimating the results of an in vivo study. Improvements to an intragastric space filler to reduce failure at a balloon to shaft area including an adhesive fillet, washers, a balloon cuff and collar, a molded in balloon fillet, and a one-piece molded balloon assembly.
US08840944B2
A method for improving the sensory properties and resistance of food and drink products, especially uncured meat products, to various kinds of micro-organisms and in particular food spoilage and food poisoning bacteria includes contacting the food or drink product with a composition comprising alkali metal salts having as anions propionate and a co-anion selected from lactate, acetate, and combinations thereof, and as cations potassium and hydrogen, wherein the weight-based ratio of lactate/propionate is in the range of 0 to 20 and the weight-based ratio of acetate/propionate is in the range of 0.05 to 3.5.
US08840942B2
Provide an oven and optional cooking accessories having a high emissivity thermal protective layer on a substrate surface which comprises a metal or ceramic. The layer comprises from about 5% to 30% of an inorganic adhesive, from about 45% to 92% of at least one filler, and from about 1% to 25% of one or more emissivity agents; or from about 5% to 35% of colloidal silica, colloidal alumina, or combinations thereof, from about 23% to 79% of at least one filler, and from about 1% to 25% of one or more emissivity agents.
US08840939B2
The invention relates to a composition comprising a Vigna unguiculata seed extract. The composition is advantageously cosmetic, pharmaceutical, dermatological or nutraceutical. The invention further relates to a method for extracting a Vigna unguiculata seed extract, as well as to the resulting extract. The invention further relates to one such composition or one such extract for use in the prevention or treatment of disorders or pathologies of the skin, mucosae or appendages, for use in the prevention or treatment of vascular disorders, or for use in the prevention or treatment of adipose tissue alterations. Finally, the invention relates to a method for cosmetic care of the skin, appendages or mucosae, in order to improve the condition or appearance thereof, comprising the administration of one such composition or one such extract.
US08840927B2
The present invention is a method for the modification of the surfaces of polymeric materials with polymer coatings that may be subsequently treated to be lubricious and anti-microbial. The method comprises incubating a photo-initiator-coated polymeric material with an aqueous monomer that is capable of free radical polymerization and exposing the incubating polymeric material to UV light creating a modified surface on said polymeric material. The method may additionally comprise adding a silver component to the modified surface. The silver component may be provided as a silver salt coating or a silver salt contained within a hydrogel bonded to the acrylate modified polymeric material surface.
US08840926B2
The present invention provides sialic acid analogs and their compositions useful for the treatment of sialic acid deficiencies.
US08840914B2
Methods of fabricating implantable medical devices, preferably with PEEK, having antimicrobial properties, are disclosed. The antimicrobial effect is produced by incorporating ceramic particles containing antimicrobial metal cations into molten PEEK resin, which is subsequently allowed to cool and set in its final shape achieved by injection molding, cutting and machining or other techniques.
US08840910B2
There is provided an antifouling coating composition capable of forming an antifouling coating film which has stable coating film consumption degree on ships, underwater structures and the like and which exhibits excellent antifouling property over a long term. The antifouling coating composition includes a hydrolyzable copolymer (A) and an antifouling agent (B), wherein the hydrolyzable copolymer (A) is, e.g., a metal salt bond-containing copolymer having a component unit derived from a monomer (a21) represented by the general formula (II): CH2═C(R2)—COO-M-O—CO—C(R2)═CH2 (II) [In the formula (II), M is zinc or copper, and R2 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group], and a component unit derived from other unsaturated monomer (a22) copolymerizable with the monomer (a21), and wherein the antifouling agent (B) includes at least medetomidine.
US08840909B2
Subject of the present invention is a solid ant bait comprising an insecticide and a bait composition. Another subject is a process for the preparation of said ant bait, comprising extruding a mixture, which contains the insecticide and the bait composition. Yet another subject is a method for controlling ants, comprising offering to said ants the ant bait according to the invention. Finally, a subject is a use of the ant bait according to the invention for controlling ants.
US08840908B2
Compositions and methods, including vaccines and pharmaceutical compositions for inducing or enhancing an immune response are disclosed based on the discovery of useful immunological adjuvant properties in a synthetic, glucopyranosyl lipid adjuvant (GLA) that is provided in substantially homogeneous form. Chemically defined, synthetic GLA offers a consistent vaccine component from lot to lot without the fluctuations in contaminants or activity that compromise natural-product adjuvants. Also provided are vaccines and pharmaceutical compositions that include GLA and one or more of an antigen, a Toll-like receptor (TLR) agonist, a co-adjuvant and a carrier such as a pharmaceutical carrier.
US08840907B2
Two or more Neisserial proteins are joined such that they are translated as a single polypeptide chain. Hybrid proteins are represented by the formula NH2-A-[-X-L-]n-B—COOH where X is an amino acid sequence, L is an optional linker amino acid sequence, A is an optional N-terminal amino acid sequence, B is an optional C-terminal amino acid sequence, and n is an integer greater than 1. Proteins where each of the n -X- moieties shares sequence identity to each other -X- moiety, the protein is a ‘tandem protein’.
US08840906B2
Embodiments of the invention include methods and compositions useful in a vaccination strategy capable of neutralizing HIa to provide immunoprotection against S. aureus pneumonia. In certain aspects the invention includes a HIa with reduced toxicity, represented by a recombinant mutant form of HIa (HlaH35L) in which histidine 35 is converted to leucine, which can be used to abrogate the productive assembly of the toxin and protect a subject from staphylococcal pneumonia.
US08840905B2
The present invention relates to methods for treating neurological-urological conditions. This is accomplished by administration of at least one neurotoxin.
US08840899B2
It is disclosed herein that treatment of a subject with an mTOR inhibitor enhances antigen-specific T cell immune responses. Thus, provided herein is a method of enhancing an antigen-specific T cell response in a subject by administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of an mTOR inhibitor. The antigen can be any antigen, such as an antigen from a pathogen or a vaccine, or a tumor antigen. In some embodiments, the method further comprises administering to the subject a vaccine, such as a virus vaccine or a cancer vaccine. The mTOR inhibitor can be administered either before or after vaccination to enhance the quantity and quality of the T cell immune response and immunological memory. In some examples, the mTOR inhibitor is rapamycin or a rapamycin analog.
US08840896B2
The present invention concerns novel antibody variants, particularly anti-HER2 antibody variants having substitutions at positions within the variable domains of the heavy and light chains.
US08840889B2
Presented herein are therapeutic agents that modulate one or more immune functions and uses of such therapeutic agents in the prevention, treatment and management of diseases. In one aspect, the therapeutic agents modulate one or more signal transduction pathways induced by the binding of B7-H7 to B7-H7CR, or the binding of B7-H2 to either ICOS, CD28, or CTLA-4. In another aspect, the therapeutic agents modulate the binding of B7-H7 to B7-H7CR, or the binding of B7-H2 to either ICOS, CD28, or CTLA-4. The therapeutic agents can be used in the prevention, treatment and/or management of diseases in which it might be useful to modulate one or more immune functions (e.g., cancer, infectious disease, autoimmune disease, and transplantation rejection). In another aspect, presented herein are methods for identifying receptor-ligand interactions.
US08840887B2
The present invention relates to the use of VEGF antagonists and a novel anti-α5β1 antibody for treating cancer and inhibiting angiogenesis and/or vascular permeability, including inhibiting abnormal angiogenesis in diseases. The present invention also relates to compositions and kits comprising novel anti-α5β1 antibodies and methods of making and using them.
US08840869B2
The invention relates to an alcohol-free cosmetic or therapeutic foam carrier comprising water, a hydrophobic organic carrier, a foam adjuvant agent, a surface-active agent and a gelling agent. The cosmetic or therapeutic foam carrier does not contain aliphatic alcohols, making it non-irritating and non-drying. The alcohol-free foam carrier is suitable for inclusion of both water-soluble and oil soluble therapeutic and cosmetic agents.
US08840864B2
A method of preparing ZSM-5, including: providing a nanocrystalline ZSM-5 seed having a size of 70-150 nm; adding the nanocrystalline ZSM-5 seed to a stock solution including water glass as a silica source, an alumina source, a neutralizer and water to form a reaction mixture; and maintaining the reaction mixture at 150-200° C. to crystallize the reaction mixture. The method is advantageous in that ZSM-5 having small and uniform crystal sizes and including no impurities can be synthesized in a short period of time.
US08840859B2
A method of producing silica from geothermal fluid containing low concentration of the silica of less than 275 ppm includes the steps of treating the geothermal fluid containing the silica by reverse osmosis treatment thereby producing a concentrated fluid containing the silica, seasoning the concentrated fluid thereby producing a slurry having precipitated colloids containing the silica, and separating the silica from the slurry.
US08840846B2
An apparatus for catalytic cracking of feedstock includes a first channel in which a feedstock is treated with an adsorbent to obtain a treated intermediate. The apparatus further comprises a separator-reactor vessel. The separator-reactor vessel includes an adsorbent separating region to remove the adsorbent from the treated intermediate. The separator-reactor vessel further includes a second channel connected to the adsorbent separating region. The treated intermediate is contacted with a catalyst in the second channel to produce a cracking yield. The second channel terminates in a catalyst separating region of the separator-reactor vessel. The catalyst is removed from the cracking yield in the catalyst separating region. The separator-reactor vessel further includes a physical partition disposed between the adsorbent separating region and the catalyst separating region to separate the two regions.
US08840837B2
A biological sterilization indicator (BI) and method of using same. The BI can include a housing, and a container positioned in the housing. The container can contain a liquid and at least a portion of the container can be frangible. The BI can further include a first chamber and a second chamber. The second chamber can include at least one source of biological activity. The BI can further include a first fluid path positioned to fluidly couple the first chamber and the second chamber, and a second fluid path positioned to allow displaced gas to move out of the second chamber. The method can include moving displaced gas out of the second chamber via the second fluid path as a sterilant is moved into the second chamber via the first fluid path and/or as the liquid is moved into the second chamber via the first fluid path.
US08840831B2
A method of producing a PCD body includes the step of providing a region of coarser diamond particles between a source of binder phase and a region of fine grained diamond particles having a particle size less than 2 μm. The binder phase is caused to infiltrate the diamond mass through the region of coarser diamond particles under elevated temperature and pressure conditions suitable to produce PCD. The invention further provides for a PCD diamond composite manufactured by the method of the invention wherein the PCD body is substantially free of abnormal diamond growth.
US08840827B2
One embodiment of the invention provides a method for compression molding cosmetic panels with visible carbon fiber weaves using clear or lightly filled resins. The method uses a modified, two-step compression molding process to reflow the surface of a partially cured preform of carbon fiber weave and epoxy resin.
US08840822B2
The method of manufacturing a molded article including a component insert-molded in a molding material mixed with solid powder includes an injecting step of injecting the molding material and the solid powder into a molding die, an agitating step of agitating the molding material and the solid powder within the molding die to disperse the solid powder in the molding material, and an embedding step of pressing and embedding the component into an agitated mixture of the molding material and the solid powder.
US08840820B2
The disclosure relates to foamed binders for wood strand products and methods and systems for producing wood strand products using foamed binders. In some embodiments, the disclosure includes a method for producing a wood strand product from cellulosic particles, the method comprising the steps of foaming a phenol formaldehyde binder to produce a foam, tumbling the cellulosic particles in a rotary blender, applying the foam to the cellulosic particles in the rotary blender, blending the cellulosic particles and the foam so that the foam covers the cellulosic particles, and consolidating the cellulosic particles under heat and pressure.
US08840815B2
Provided is a composite cathode active material including layered lithium manganese oxide and lithium-containing metal oxide.Also, the present invention provides a secondary battery, a battery module, and a battery pack which have improved power characteristics by including the composite cathode active material.
US08840810B2
The present invention relates to the antioxidant compounds which are synthesized or derived from benzofuranone compound and benzoic acid compound. The antioxidant compound with remarkable heat resistance possesses carbon-centered radical quencher and primary antioxidant synergism. It can be use as additive for polymer to enhance its stability of melting flow and color.
US08840804B2
A formula and method for reducing water hardness includes the combination of a sulfate donor, salt of phosphoric acid, and salt of sulfamic acid. Preferred formulas include effective amounts of sodium bisulfate, sodium hexametaphosphate, and sulfamic acid. In a swimming pool, preferred formulas are effective in reducing calcium to under 200 ppm within a two day period. In addition, preferred formulas provide ongoing effectiveness in suppressing scaling, staining and cloudy water.
US08840802B2
An aspect of the present invention relates to a method of manufacturing hexagonal ferrite magnetic powder. The method of manufacturing hexagonal ferrite magnetic powder comprises wet processing hexagonal ferrite magnetic particles obtained following acid treatment in a water-based solvent to prepare an aqueous magnetic liquid satisfying relation (1) relative to an isoelectric point of the hexagonal ferrite magnetic particles: pH0−pH*≧2.5, wherein, pH0 denotes the isoelectric point of the hexagonal ferrite magnetic particles and pH* denotes a pH of the aqueous magnetic liquid, which is a value of equal to or greater than 2.0, adding a surface-modifying agent comprising an alkyl group and a functional group that becomes an anionic group in the aqueous magnetic liquid to the aqueous magnetic liquid to subject the hexagonal ferrite magnetic particles to a surface-modifying treatment, and removing the water-based solvent following the surface-modifying treatment to obtain hexagonal ferrite magnetic particles.
US08840801B2
This invention relates to a manufacturing method of colloid comprising magnetic nanoclusters and magnetic nanocluster colloid made by the same. More particularly, this invention relates to a manufacturing method of colloid comprising magnetic nanoclusters comprising magnetic precursor and heterometal precursor by a certain ratio and magnetic nanocluster colloid made by the same.
US08840798B2
A slurry composition for chemical mechanical polishing, including 0.1% to 20% by weight of an aminosilane-surface treated polishing agent; 0.001% to 5% by weight of an additive selected from amino acids, amino acid derivatives, salts thereof, and combinations thereof; 0.0001% to 0.5% by weight of a corrosion inhibitor; and 0.01% to 5% by weight of an oxidizing agent, with the balance being a solvent, is provided. The slurry composition for chemical mechanical polishing has a conspicuously high polishing rate for silicon oxide films, is capable of selectively preventing the removal of silicon nitride films, does not cause an imbalance in polishing, gives an excellent degree of planarization, has excellent stability over time and dispersion stability, causes less generation of particles and scratches, and produces very satisfactory polished surfaces of barrier metal films and oxide films.
US08840794B2
A device for separating ferromagnetic particles from a suspension has a tubular reactor and a plurality of magnets which are arranged outside the reactor, the magnets (9) being movable along at least a part of the length of the reactor (2) up to the vicinity of a particle extractor (5) by means of a rotary conveyor (8).
US08840786B2
A system for removing dissolved contaminants, particulate contaminants, and oil contaminants from industrial waste water, the system including a gas floatation and primary oil contaminant removal subsystem including a tank for receiving a flow of the industrial waste water and a flow of gaseous microspheres, wherein the gaseous microspheres combine with oil droplets in the waste water to form flocs which float to the surface and are removed to provide processed waste water with the majority of the oil contaminants removed, and a contaminant removal subsystem for removing dissolved contaminants, particulate contaminants, and any remaining oil contaminants from the processed waste water.
US08840780B2
A device for processing a hydrocarbon resource may include a hydrocarbon processing container configured to receive the hydrocarbon resource therein and having a pair of opposing ends with an enlarged width medial portion therebetween. The device may also include a radio frequency (RF) source, and a first spirally wound electrical conductor surrounding the hydrocarbon processing container and coupled to the RF source. The device may further include a second spirally wound electrical conductor carried within the hydrocarbon processing container. The first spirally wound electrical conductor may be configured to generate magnetic fields with the hydrocarbon processing container that are parallel with an axis thereof.
US08840772B2
The present teachings are directed to a method of converting water and a carbon-containing compound, such as CO2, into a hydrocarbon through a process of absorbing sunlight on a light-absorbing component to photoelectrochemically oxidize water and reacting the products from that water oxidation reaction over a catalyst with the carbon-containing compound to produce the desired hydrocarbon compound.
US08840770B2
Techniques for electrodepositing selenium (Se)-containing films are provided. In one aspect, a method of preparing a Se electroplating solution is provided. The method includes the following steps. The solution is formed from a mixture of selenium oxide; an acid selected from the group consisting of alkane sulfonic acid, alkene sulfonic acid, aryl sulfonic acid, heterocyclic sulfonic acid, aromatic sulfonic acid and perchloric acid; and a solvent. A pH of the solution is then adjusted to from about 2.0 to about 3.0. The pH of the solution can be adjusted to from about 2.0 to about 3.0 by adding a base (e.g., sodium hydroxide) to the solution. A Se electroplating solution, an electroplating method and a method for fabricating a photovoltaic device are also provided.
US08840769B2
A catalyst precursor resin composition includes an organic polymer resin; a fluorinated-organic complex of silver ion; a monomer having multifunctional ethylene-unsaturated bonds; a photoinitiator; and an organic solvent. The metallic pattern is formed by forming catalyst pattern on a base using the catalyst precursor resin composition reducing the formed catalyst pattern, and electroless plating the reduced catalyst pattern. In the case of forming metallic pattern using the catalyst precursor resin composition, a compatibility of catalyst is good enough not to make precipitation, chemical resistance and adhesive force of the formed catalyst layer are good, catalyst loss is reduced during wet process such as development or plating process, depositing speed is improved, and thus a metallic pattern having good homogeneous and micro pattern property may be formed after electroless plating.
US08840768B2
A preparation method for molecular recognition sensor by electrodeposition is provided. The preparation method is as following: forming molecularly imprinted polymeric micelles by self-assembly of ionic type photosensitive copolymers; forming a film on the surface of an electrode by electrodepositing the molecularly imprinted polymeric micelles at a constant potential; crosslinking the electrodeposited micellar film via ultraviolet light irradiation; extracting the template molecules from the crosslinked film to obtain electrode modified by the molecularly imprinted polymeric micellar film; and connecting the modified electrode with a sensor device and a computer to construct a molecular recognition sensing system capable of specifically detecting the template molecules.
US08840767B2
A low maintenance reference electrode has a liquid junction body with a multiplicity of micron-sized capillary channels extending through the body for transporting electrolyte to a test solution. A viscosity-increasing agent thickens the electrolyte to limit its flow to a rate on the order of microliters/day so that a few milliliters of electrolyte suffice to provide an extended electrode life.
US08840763B2
Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to a method for seasoning a sputtering target in-situ with a substrate to be processed. New semiconductor compounds containing oxygen, nitrogen, and an element such as zinc, cadmium, tin, indium, and gallium are beginning to replace silicon as the material for active channels in TFTs. The new semiconductor compounds may be deposited by a reactive sputtering process. During the sputtering process, reactive gas reacts with the metal from the sputtering target and deposits on the substrate. Some of the reactive gas may react at the surface and lead to a buildup of a compound at the target surface. Because oxygen and nitrogen are quite reactive, an oxide or nitride compound may develop at the target surface. The oxide or nitride may be removed by seasoning the sputtering target. The seasoning may occur while the substrate is within the processing chamber.
US08840756B2
The present invention relates to the field of paper and relates to a sheet including a high-definition high-contrast multitone watermark having areas of pronounced brightness. Such watermark is particularly obtained by means of a part (4) including a surface (5) having a raised area and perforations (6). The perforations (6) are such that making the cross-section thereof, at a given distance from the draining surface, directly depends on said distance. The present invention also relates to the method for manufacturing said part that is used for forming one such watermark, to the part itself, and to the use of said part when forming a watermark.
US08840744B2
A method of preventing a handheld electronic device from slipping in relation to a smooth hard surface having a low coefficient of friction is disclosed. The method includes forming a decorative layer from a label stock; forming a contoured surface on an anti-slip layer; bonding the decorative layer and the anti-slip layer together to form an anti-slip skin; and adhering the anti-slip skin to the handheld electronic device. The contoured surface prevents the handheld device from slipping on the hard surface.
US08840743B2
Method for fabricating a balloon catheter including providing an inner tubular member having a distal section and a distal end with a lumen extending therein and forming a balloon having a distal leg with a first segment having a first diameter and a first wall thickness and a second segment having a second wall thickness. The second diameter is greater than the first diameter and the first wall thickness is greater than the second wall thickness. The distal end section of the inner tubular member can be positioned in the balloon and bonded to the first segment while reducing the diameter of the second segment. Method also provided for fabricating a multilayer balloon catheter including removing at least a portion of an outer layer from the distal leg of the balloon.
US08840740B2
Described herein is a novel method and apparatus for preventing spark propagation from a hydraulic joint to a surrounding medium, such as a fuel source. The hydraulic joint includes a fitting and a tube. A tip seal may be placed about the edge of the hydraulic fitting or a sleeve may be placed about the joint, each resulting in an independent mechanical barrier between the joint and surrounding medium, thereby preventing spark propagation to the surrounding medium.
US08840731B2
A composition for machine dishwashing that includes a one copolymer obtainable by copolymerization of N-vinylamide, vinyl acetate, polyether, and alkoxylate.
US08840729B1
An air conditioning drain cleaning system with an automated blow-out cycle to clean out an evaporator pan drain pipe. The system has a pneumatic valve assembly, a controller, a float level switch assembly and a plurality of air lines in a manifold for actuating the pneumatic valve assembly and blowing out the drain pipe. The controller directs the system to initiate or repeat a blow-out cycle until the drain pipe is clear. The pneumatic valve assembly bisects the drain pipe to selectively close the pipe for cleaning with a pair of high pressure air shots, one shot toward each pipe end to dislodge a clog. The float level switch assembly signals the controller if the condensate level in the drain pan drops. If the condensate level does not drop, the controller initiates a further blow-out cycle at increased pressures until the line is clear.
US08840725B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a recursive liner system that facilitates providing more uniform flow of gases proximate the surface of a substrate disposed within an apparatus for processing a substrate (e.g., a process chamber). In some embodiments, a recursive liner system may include an outer liner having an outer portion configured to line the walls of a process chamber, a bottom portion extending inward from the outer portion, and a lip extending up from the bottom portion to define a well; and an inner liner having a lower portion configured to be at least partially disposed in the well to define, together with the outer liner, a recursive flow path therebetween.
US08840721B2
The present invention provides a method of producing low-resistivity silicon single crystal containing a dopant at a relatively high concentration by adding a large amount of the dopant to silicon melt when the silicon single crystal is pulled up, with suppressing occurrence of dislocation in the crystal. Specifically, the present invention provides a method of manufacturing silicon single crystal by bringing silicon seed crystal into contact with silicon melt and pulling up the silicon seed crystal while rotating the crystal to grow silicon single crystal whose straight body section has a diameter of φ mm below the silicon seed crystal, the method comprising: the dopant-adding step of adding a dopant to the silicon melt during growth of the straight body section of the silicon single crystal, while rotating the silicon single crystal at a rotational speed of ω rpm (where ω≧24−(φ/25)).
US08840716B2
It is an object of the present invention to provide an ink set which makes it possible to obtain recorded images that have a broad color reproduction range and a high saturation, as well as glossiness without conspicuous graininess caused by dot expression, and which in particular makes it possible to achieve an extreme suppression of graininess caused by dot expression in cases where the ink set is used on media that have a coating layer, and to obtain recorded images with extremely superior coloring characteristics in cases where the ink set is used on ordinary paper. The present invention provides an ink set comprising at least a yellow ink (Y), magenta ink (M), cyan ink (C) and red ink (R), wherein the L* values in the CIE-stipulated Lab display system of aqueous solutions of the respective inks diluted 1000 times by weight are in the following ranges: (Y): at least 89 but no more than 94, (M): at least 76 but no more than 93, (C): at least 74 and no more than 87, (R): at least 55 and no more than 74.
US08840699B2
An air filter media construction or arrangement is disclosed. The air filter media construction or arrangement includes strips of media comprising corrugated sheets secured to facing sheets and forming inlet and outlet flutes secured to one. A preferred projection/receiver arrangement is described. Methods of assembly and use are also provided.
US08840687B2
A method of making a multi-layer current collector comprises forming a first layer from a first formulation over each major surface of a current collector substrate, and forming a second layer from a second formulation over each of the first layers, wherein one of the first formulation and second formulation is a graphite formulation and the other of the first formulation and second formulation is a carbon black formulation.
US08840686B2
A method for encapsulating a thin-film lithium-ion type battery, including the steps of: forming, on a substrate, an active stack having as a lower layer a cathode collector layer extending over a surface area larger than the surface area of the other layers; forming, over the structure, a passivation layer including through openings at locations intended to receive anode collector and cathode collector contacts; forming first and second separate portions of an under-bump metallization, the first portions being located on the walls and the bottom of the openings, the second portions covering the passivation layer; and forming an encapsulation layer over the entire structure.
US08840685B2
An improved capacitor, and method for making the capacitor, is described. The capacitor has an anode and a dielectric on the anode. A cathode layer is on the dielectric wherein the cathode layer comprises at least one conductive layer and an insulative adhesion enhancing layer.
US08840683B2
A method for forming an industrial textile product by spiral winding an array of machine direction (MD) yarns to form a system having a defined width, and then connecting the MD yarns in the cross machine (CD) direction with resin. This method is a replacement for conventional weaving or knitting of substrates which can be used as forming, press or dryer fabrics in papermaking, and other industrial applications. Devices for forming the product are also described.
US08840682B2
Present invention relates to an oxidizing composition for keratin fibers especially for human hair with improved lightening effect and therefore, improved coloring and bleaching effects are easily achieved of the compositions applied after mixing with the said composition. Present inventors have surprisingly found out that a composition comprising at least one oxidizing agent and additionally at least one alkalizing agent, at least one carbonate source and at least one urea derivative delivers an improved and homogeneous lightening performance and leaves hair in an improved cosmetically acceptable conditioned status.
US08840675B2
A minimal invasive hip arthroplasty device is provided. The device includes a long nail portion, a lag screw portion, distal locking screws, and a resurfacing head. The long nail portion is inserted into a shaft body of a femur from a top portion of the femur and disposed in the femur. The lag screw portion engages and anchors at the long nail portion through a lag screw hole, and the lag screw portion is inserted into a neck of the femur. The distal locking screws queue through the shaft body of the femur perpendicularly and fix the long nail portion to the femur further. The resurfacing head includes a cup portion configured to cover a head of the femur and a fixing pin portion configured to be inserted into the head and the neck of the femur and engaging the lag screw portion through a resurfacing head hole.
US08840673B2
A multi-component elbow joint assembly incorporated into reconditioned end surfaces established between an upper humerus bone and opposing lower radius and ulna bones. The assembly includes a first component anchored into the upper humerus reconditioned end surface and exhibits a first exposed support surface. A second component is anchored into the lower reconditioned bone end surface of at least one of the radius and ulna bones and exhibits a second exposed support surface. An intermediate component is supported in at least one of eccentric or rotational fashion between the first and second anchored components.
US08840667B1
Implementations of devices for use in cervical spinal operations. Implementations may include a template including a central hole therethrough and two or more screw holes therethrough. The central hole may be configured to be inserted over a handle of a trial. The template may be configured to place a first of the two or more screw holes over a rostral vertebra and to place a second of the two or more screw holes over a caudal vertebra. Implementations may also include a template including a central hole therethrough and two or more screw holes therethrough. The central hole may be configured to couple over an inserter. The template may be configured to place a first of the two or more screw holes over a rostral vertebra and to place a second of the two or more screw holes over a caudal vertebra.
US08840662B2
A method for percutaneously replacing a heart valve of a patient. In some embodiments the method includes the steps of percutaneously delivering a replacement valve and an expandable anchor to a vicinity of the heart valve in an unexpanded configuration; expanding the anchor to a deployed configuration in which the anchor contacts tissue at a first anchor site; repositioning the anchor to a second anchor site; and deploying the anchor at the second anchor site.
US08840657B2
A self expanding stent (10) formed from a resilient wire. The resilient wire comprises a zig zag form including an odd number of struts (12) such as seven struts and a bend (14) between each strut. There is first loop (18) of the resilient wire at the terminal end of a first strut and a second loop (18) of the resilient wire at the terminal end of a last strut. The stent as formed is substantially planar but in use is formed into a substantially cylindrical form (20) by being stitched onto a tubular body of a biocompatible graft material with at least the first strut and the last strut overlapping.
US08840655B2
A medical system for treating an internal tissue opening can include a closure device and associated delivery device. The delivery device can include an actuating assembly configured to partially deploy the closure device by a first movement, and deploy a second portion of the closure device by a second movement. The delivery device can also include a release assembly to selectively release or disconnect the closure device from the delivery device. The delivery device can include a tip member coupled to the distal end of a catheter. The tip member can include a first passageway and a second passageway being in a spaced apart arrangement. A guidewire can be received into the first passageway to facilitate positioning of the delivery device. The second passageway can house and facilitate delivery of the closure device.
US08840654B2
Method and apparatus for optically stimulating neurons of a plurality of auditory nerve pathways of a person to provide auditory sensations for the person by generating a plurality of pulsed light signals having one or more successive pulses. The spectrum of a detected audio signal is divided into M channels. In some embodiments, an N-of-M coding strategy is employed, where, for any given time frame, only N of the M channels are selected and illuminated to stimulate the auditory nerves. In some embodiments, the M channels are organized into bins, where, for any given time frame, only a maximum number of channels are illuminated per bin. This limits the number of illuminated channels-per-length of cochlea and therefore prevents localized heating of the cochlea and reduces power consumption of the device.
US08840653B2
A two-piece clamping element comprises two separate, i.e., non-integral, opposing first and second clamping jaws forming a laterally open cavity to receive a pin or rod-shaped element. Each clamping jaw has a bore aligned with one another to receive a screw, wherein a pivot bearing is arranged opposite said cavity allowing the two opposing clamping jaws to come in contact to one another. The pivot bearing comprises at least one set of complementary part-cylindrical bearing surface portions. An anti-rotation pin extends between the two jaw members.
US08840640B2
Various embodiments of a device are shown and disclosed for closing a vascular access puncture site following percutaneous diagnostic or therapeutic interventional procedures. The vascular closure device includes an improved plug that is configured to be positioned adjacent to the hole in the vasculature. The plug may be shaped to prevent the plug from moving away from the hole in the blood vessel due to pulsatile pressure from the blood. In one embodiment, the plug may include a plurality of projections that extend outward from the plug and contact surrounding tissue in the tissue puncture tract to prevent the plug from moving away from the hole in the blood vessel.
US08840639B2
An endoscopic forceps is provided and includes a housing having a handle assembly including a movable handle having a mechanical interface disposed thereon. An end effector assembly connected to a distal end of the shaft includes a pair of first and second jaw members movable relative to one another from an open to a clamping position. A drive assembly includes a resilient member. A lock assembly is pivotably coupled to the housing and in operative communication with the movable handle. The lock assembly is movable with the handle assembly. The mechanical interface moves along the lock assembly when the movable handle is moved proximally causing the lock assembly to rotate about the pivot point and into communication with the resilient member such that the resilient member is prevented from moving distally against the bias provided therefrom such that the first and second jaw members remain in the clamping position.
US08840635B2
Improved lancet configurations and protective lancet endcap configurations are disclosed. In example forms, one or more flexing cantilevers project from the lancet body for coupling with a cooperating receiver of a lancing device. A gripping handle extends from a sterility cap for ease of removal from and replacement over the lancet tip. A lancet body has a smoothly curved wave contour with at least one crest and at least one trough for engagement with a cooperating receiver of a lancing device.
US08840633B2
A lancet device includes a housing with a cantilever spring extending therein and defining a lancet having a puncturing end on the cantilever spring. An actuator extends within the housing through an opening at the forward end. The actuator includes an interfering engagement with the cantilever spring. Movement of the actuator into the housing through the forward end pivots the cantilever spring against its relaxed condition and then releases the engagement with the cantilever spring, thereby permitting the cantilever spring to pivot the lancet structure to an extended position with the puncturing end extending through the forward opening, and to return to the relaxed condition retracting the puncturing end back within the housing.
US08840629B2
A system for performing surgery on a joint. The system includes a robotic subsystem and a navigation subsystem. The navigation subsystem provides the robotic subsystem, during the surgery, with information relating to positions of the bones associated with the joint thereby enabling separate tracking of the bones when the bones move during the surgery. The robotic subsystem includes a base, a plurality of arms, and a cutting tool. The navigation subsystem may include a plurality of locating devices.
US08840624B2
A phacoemulsification probe includes a first portion for interconnecting the probe with a phacoemulsification machine. A probe tip has a first end connected with the first portion and a second end curved up to a predetermined angle. The probe tip defines a channel therein for aspirating material through the probe tip from a surgical region.
US08840623B2
A joint between two bone segments is fused by passing an elongated, rectilinear bone fusion device over a guide pin across the joint and into tight engagement within bores formed in the bone segments, to thereby restrict movement of the elongated bone fusion device across the joint. The elongated, rectilinear bone fusion device also provides bony in-growth within the bores along the exterior surface of the bone fusion device.
US08840616B2
Methods and apparatus for performing knee arthroplasty, including, but not limited to, bicruciate retaining knee arthroplasty, are described herein. Methods and apparatus for preparing a distal femur for a femoral implant as well as methods and apparatus for preparing a proximal tibia for a tibial implant are described. These methods and apparatus, in at least some embodiments and uses, facilitate decreasing the complexity of knee arthroplasty procedures such as bicruciate retaining procedures, while maintaining, if not improving on, the safety, accuracy and/or effectiveness of such procedures.
US08840613B2
Methods of reducing device drag on implantable articles are disclosed herein. The methods include coating the contact surfaces of implantable articles with bioabsorbable lubricating coatings.
US08840612B2
An intraosseous device is disclosed that can be positioned to straddle a bone fracture to stabilize the fracture and provide structural support for the bone and the surrounding areas. The device includes wire assemblies that are deployable on each side of the fracture to anchor the device within the bone. For the device, an elongated tube is formed with a plurality of slots at each tube end. A central member is mounted inside the tube and moveable members are positioned inside the tube, one at each tube end. Wires connect the moveable members to the central member. A rod cooperates with each moveable member and is rotatable to draw each moveable member inwardly toward the central member. This forces each wire to bow and displace a central wire portion through a corresponding slot and into contact with the bone's inner wall to anchor the device in the bone.
US08840611B2
A clamping device for an external fixation system includes a post component having a yaw axis, a first clamp secured to the post component and rotatable about the yaw axis, and a second clamp secured to the post component and rotatable about the yaw axis relative to the first clamp. The device includes a tightening component configured in a manner that an action of tightening the tightening component simultaneously locks both the first and second clamps in a gripping arrangement and substantially eliminates their relative rotation about the yaw axis. Interdigitating components can be spaced apart by high spring rate biasing elements that so as to allow for smooth adjustment of the clamping device components relative to each other until the appropriate position is achieved and until after a sufficiently high clamping load has been applied.
US08840609B2
A jaw heating element of a handpiece of a thermal tissue operating system is tested on an ongoing basis by supplying a test heater power signal to the jaw heating element between individual thermal tissue operations. Voltage and current through the jaw heating element is sensed and the resistance of the jaw heating element is calculated. If the calculated resistance is outside a range of predetermined acceptable values, an error condition is indicated.
US08840607B2
A steerable laser probe may include a handle, an actuation structure of the handle, a housing tube, a flexible tube, an optic fiber, and a wire having a pre-formed curve. The flexible tube may be disposed within the housing tube wherein a distal end of the flexible tube projects out from a distal end of the housing tube. The optic fiber may be disposed within an inner bore of the handle, the housing tube, and the flexible tube. The wire may be disposed within the housing tube.
US08840606B2
An endovascular laser treatment device designed to be used with an optical fiber to treat venous diseases such as varicose veins is provided. The device includes a spacer that positions the distal end of the optical fiber away from the inner wall of the blood vessel during delivery of laser energy to provide an even distribution of thermal energy around the vessel, thereby avoiding vessel perforation and incomplete vessel collapse.
US08840597B2
The present invention relates to an absorbent fabric for medical treatment or menstruation, and more particularly, to a convenient and sanitary absorbent article to be used as a tampon, a blood-absorbing fabric for surgery, etc. The present invention provides an absorbent article for medical treatment or menstruation, wherein a flat absorbent article is provided with removal means and is formed into a cylindrical shape. The flat absorbent article is formed by forming an absorbent layer on a liquid passage layer. The removal means is arranged to cover the liquid passage layer and the absorbent layer of the flat absorbent article in the widthwise direction, and a portion of the removal means is outwardly exposed from the flat absorbent article in the widthwise direction of the flat absorbent article. The flat absorbent article is wound in the lengthwise direction and thus is formed into a cylindrical absorbent article, thereby fixing the removal means in the cylindrical absorbent article.
US08840590B2
A safety pen needle assembly is provided herein which includes a tubular carrier (12) having a distal end, a proximal end and a transverse engagement wall (30) located between the proximal and distal ends. The engagement wall includes an aperture (32). A needle (16) is further provided having a distal end, for injection into a patient, and a proximal end, along with a needle hub (14). The needle is fixed to the needle hub so as to move therewith, and the needle hub is disposed in the carrier distally of the engagement wall. The assembly also includes a shield (18) for selectively covering the distal end of the needle. A first biasing element (20) is provided for urging the needle hub from a first hub position where the needle extends through the aperture of the engagement wall to a second hub position where the proximal end of the needle is located distally of a proximally-facing outer surface of the engagement wall. In addition, a second biasing element (22) is provided for urging the shield from a first shield position where the distal end of the needle is not covered by the shield to a second shield position where the distal end of the needle is covered by the shield.
US08840583B2
A retractable syringe, comprising a needle having a tip and a base, a needle collar coupled to the needle, the needle collar including at least one groove disposed in a bottom portion of the needle collar and extending from the portion of the needle collar nearest to the base of the needle toward the tip of the needle, a fitting coupled to the needle collar and including a sealing element disposed between a first portion of the fitting and the needle collar, a barrel unit, the barrel unit designed for coupling to the fitting, a plunger unit having a piston on a first end of the plunger unit, the plunger unit and piston being positioned in the barrel unit, an extractor element coupled to the first end of the plunger and having a proximal end adjacent to the plunger and a distal end, the extractor element designed for coupling to the needle collar and encompassing at least a portion of the at least one groove.
US08840581B2
Components for a medical infusion fluid handling system, such as an APD system, in which one or more lines (such as solution lines), spikes or other connection ports may be automatically capped and/or de-capped. This feature may provide advantages, such as a reduced likelihood of contamination since no human interaction is required to de-cap and connect the lines, spikes or other connection ports. For example, a fluid handling cassette may include one or more caps that cover a corresponding spike and include a raised and/or recessed feature to assist in removal of the one or more caps from the cassette. A solution line cap may include a hole and recess, groove or other feature to engage with a spike cap and enable removal of the spike cap.
US08840580B2
A gas supply system appropriate for an abdominal cavity and a luminal cavity is provided. The gas supply system reduces a pressure of gas, supplied from a source of gas for supplying gas of a predetermined kind, to a predetermined pressure value upon which gas, whose pressure is reduced, is controllably lowered to a first pressure value appropriate for a body cavity of a first kind of a specimen to allow gas to be supplied to the body cavity of the first kind. In the meantime, gas, supplied from the source of gas, is lowered to a second pressure value appropriate for a body cavity of a second kind of the specimen to allow gas to be supplied to the body cavity of the second kind.
US08840576B2
Thus this invention relates to a device, preferably hand held, designed for the installation of an adjustable tension, stretchable, brace that allows equal tension throughout the entire width of the brace during installation. The device of the invention is used in conjunction with pins that are positioned at either end of the brace and are removed when the brace is secured in position.
US08840572B2
A system is provided by applying pressure to a portion of a body of an individual in a chamber having an aperture along a vertical axis for receiving the portion of the body of the individual. A pressure sensor is coupled to the chamber for measuring a pressure inside the chamber. A negative feedback control system, calibrates, adjusts and maintains the pressure inside the chamber.
US08840568B2
A device for the medical treatment is provided which includes not only a function for applying turning force to a guide wire but also a function for inserting an end portion of the guide wire into an opening of a catheter and therefore is excellent in workability. In one form, a device for the medical treatment includes a guide wire connecting section capable of being connected to a guide wire to apply turning force to the guide wire, and a catheter connecting section to which a catheter can be connected and which can relatively move toward and away from the guide wire connecting section.
US08840565B2
A test battery method and system for use in assessing auditory function (e.g., the screening or diagnosis of impairments, fitting of hearing aids, etc.) is provided which performs one or more auditory tests including, for example, an acoustic reflectance test. Such an acoustic reflectance test may be a reflectance tympanometry test that includes a feedback system to control static pressure in the ear canal. Such acoustic reflectance tests may be used alone or in combination with one or more other auditory tests. Further, for example, such a battery of tests may include middle-ear muscle reflex tests in combination with one or more other auditory or hearing tests.
US08840554B2
Disclosed are systems and methods for reconstructing a three-dimensional ultrasound image. The method may include generating a two-dimensional image having various directivities in a frequency space based on plane wave data; manipulating the generated two-dimensional image to generate three-dimensional image data; and reconstructing a three-dimensional ultrasound image by performing an inverse fast Fourier transformation on the three-dimensional image data. The method may further include using a fast Fourier transformation, a lookup table, back-projection, filtering, de-noising, compressed sensing, and/or the projection-slice theorem.
US08840550B2
A system and method allows diagnosis of a patient for physiological abnormality such as a neurological deficiency. An involuntary reflex cough event is induced within the patient that activates the nucleus ambiguus and medial motor cell column of the patient and stimulates involuntary cough activated paraspinal muscles in the pelvis of the patient. An electromyogram (EMG) is obtained from the involuntary cough activated paraspinal muscles while inducing involuntary reflex cough and determining its duration. The intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) is determined and the IAP is correlated with the EMG duration of the involuntary cough event within a processing device to diagnose a physiological abnormality such as a neurological deficiency within the patient.
US08840546B2
A system for illuminating a body orifice includes: a frustoconical optical waveguide speculum includes a distal end, a proximal end wider than the distal end, an at least partially circumferential body wall having a bore passing between the proximal and distal ends of the speculum; and a base that couples to the speculum and receives a light source such that the speculum is configured to propagate light from the light source along the body wall. In a preferred embodiment, the body wall defines between an inner and outer surface of the body wall a fluidic channel configured to delivery fluid to the distal end of the speculum and a suction channel configured to drain fluid from distal end of the speculum.
US08840539B2
This embodiment suggests new approach for Endovascular Ventricular Assist Device, using the mathematical objective & principle of superposition allow design and calculation of the body response to VAD pump located in the Aorta. This new approach allows minimal invasive Endovascular VAD that result in similar relief to the heart as partial VAD. Using special power transfer technique will allow wireless power transformation into the aorta. This methods and technique should dramatic reduce VAD barrier.
US08840538B2
An apical ring for coupling a conduit of a ventricular assist device to a heart has an annular disk with a central aperture for receiving the conduit. A collar is axially aligned with the central aperture and has a cylindrical shape interrupted by a gap between first and second ends of the collar. The collar has a fixed section joined to the annular disk and has a cantilever section extending from the fixed section to the first end of the collar. A tightener selectively drives the first end toward the second end to close the gap in order to retain the conduit within the collar. The cantilever section includes a relief slot that is expandable for extending a circumferential length of the cantilever section in response to interacting with the conduit when the gap is closed.
US08840535B2
Method and apparatus for centrifugal blood component separation including temperature sensing in each of a plurality of separation cells. The temperature of unit of bloods over time is recorded. If the temperature of any of the units exceeds a pre-determined maximum, portions of the blood separation device may be cooled. A controller may determine which of the units to process first, generally proceeding from the warmest unit to the coolest. The order of unit processing may be changed during processing. The detected temperature may be used to calibrate a pressure sensor used to predict the volume of a component separated from a composite fluid by predicting the volume of the composite fluid from sensed pressure and predicting the volume of other separated components from sensed movement of the other components to collection bags.
US08840532B2
A method of strap control and an apparatus including a combined strap-length adjuster and strap keeper is disclosed for use with strap-length adjuster comprising two rings. The strap-length adjuster includes openings that permit the attachment of a tether to the strap keeper. The arrangement allows the tether to not interfere with the positioning or movement of the straps, and maintains the straps close to the strap-length adjuster and prevents slippage of the strap through the strap-length adjuster.
US08840530B2
An article of athletic equipment for a wearer with a foot and a leg including a knee joint includes an article of footwear operable to secure to the foot. The equipment also includes a knee coupling member that is operable to secure to the leg about the knee joint. The knee coupling member is operable to extend superiorly and inferiorly about the knee joint. Moreover, the equipment includes a biasing member that is coupled to the article of footwear and the knee coupling member. The biasing member biases the article of footwear relative to the knee coupling member to bias the foot toward plantarflexion relative to the leg to increase proprioception of the foot relative to the leg.
US08840528B2
A portable neck exercising device comprising an adjustable frame that can be securely and removably positioned between two sides of a door frame, a set of pulleys attached to the frame, a head band, and flexible tensioning bands attached to the head band, threaded through the pulleys, and removably connected to the frame using various tensions, such that a user can variably exercise their neck muscles by moving their head, neck, and torso in a variety of directions.
US08840525B2
Provided is a control apparatus for an internal combustion engine, which quietly restarts the engine with a reduced torque shock when a re-acceleration request is made by a driver. A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine, for controlling a clutch provided between the internal combustion engine and an automatic transmission, includes: an accelerator opening-degree detection unit for detecting a pressing amount of an accelerator; a fuel-supply stopping unit for stopping fuel injection to the internal combustion engine when the accelerator is not pressed down; and a clutch direct-coupling ratio control unit capable of arbitrarily changing a power amount transmitted by the clutch from engagement for direct coupling to disengagement of the clutch, in which, when the accelerator is pressed down while the clutch is disengaged in a fuel-supply stop state, the clutch is engaged in a slipping manner so that internal combustion engine rpm becomes equal to or higher than target cranking rpm to restart the internal combustion engine.
US08840516B2
A dynamic damper device includes a planetary gear mechanism including plural differentially rotatable rotating elements, an elastic member that couples a rotating shaft rotated by being transmitted with a power with a first rotating element of the planetary gear mechanism, speed control devices that are coupled with second rotating elements different from the first rotating element and control rotation speeds of the second rotating elements, and a torque control device that is coupled with the first rotating element and controls torque acting on the first rotating element. Accordingly, the dynamic damper device achieves an effect that vibration can be appropriately reduced.
US08840511B2
A vehicle drive device configured with an input member coupled to an internal combustion engine, a rotary electric machine, an output member coupled to wheels, and a power transfer mechanism that drivably couples the input member, the rotary electric machine, and the output member. An oil collecting portion is configured to collect oil supplied by rotation of the power transfer mechanism, The collected oil falling passage is configured to cause the oil collected by the oil collecting portion to flow downward to be supplied to a portion of a facing wall surface located above a cylindrical member. A communication oil passage communicates between the gap and the inside housing space is formed at a portion of abutment between the subject support bearing and the support projecting portion.
US08840510B2
A speed reduction mechanism includes: a speed reduction unit that includes an input member formed of an external gear that makes circular motion about a rotation axis with an eccentric amount, and a rotation force applying member formed of an internal gear that is in mesh with the input member; and a lubricating oil supply unit that supplies lubricating oil to a bearing of the speed reduction unit. The lubricating oil supply unit includes an oil tank arranged outside of the rotation force applying member, an oil delivery passage that delivers the lubricating oil to the oil tank, and a first oil introduction passage that introduces the lubricating oil from the oil tank to the bearing. The lubricating oil is delivered to the oil delivery passage through pumping action of the input member based on the circular motion.
US08840507B2
An apparatus has a first motor for moving an actuator, a first brake for selectively braking the motor, a second brake that is engaged, the second brake dissipating torque spikes in the system, and a gear attaching the first motor to the actuator to cause the actuator to move and to the second brake whereby the torque spikes overcome stiction in the engaged brake so that the torque spike is dissipated in the engaged brake.
US08840503B2
A hydrostatic mechanical transmission according to the disclosure includes: a hydrostatic transmission which transmits power generated in an engine using a pump and a motor; a main transmission unit which transmits the engine power to a final driving unit through a driving shaft; a complex planetary gear which synthesizes and transmits the engine power transmitted from the hydrostatic transmission and the main transmission unit; and an automatic manual sub-gearshift which receives the synthesized engine power from the complex planetary gear so as to perform a transmission function and transmits the engine power to the final driving unit.
US08840500B2
An electro-mechanical drive unit connectable with multiple power sources for launching and propelling a vehicle includes an output member, a stationary member, a gear-train, and a torque-transmitting device. The drive unit also includes a compound planetary gear arrangement having a first, second, third, and fourth junction points. The power sources include a first motor/generator and a second motor/generator. The second motor/generator is operatively connected to the compound planetary gear arrangement at the first junction point via the gear-train and the output member is operatively connected to the compound planetary gear arrangement at the second junction point. Additionally, the first motor/generator is operatively connected to the compound planetary gear arrangement at the fourth junction point. Furthermore, the torque-transmitting device is engageable to ground the third junction point to the stationary member.
US08840499B2
A series-parallel hybrid vehicle which uses two planetary gear mechanisms, the first one (4) dedicated to low vehicle speeds and the second (5) dedicated to high vehicle speeds. The two planetary gear mechanisms include pilot shafts (3rd shafts) which are alternatively coupled to an electric generator (3); output shafts which drive the wheels (9) through a differential (6); and input shafts which receive power from an engine (1). An electrical motor (2) drives the wheels in parallel with the two planetary gear mechanisms. A flywheel (85), less than 1% of the vehicle weight, is coupled to the generator (3) to store kinetic energy of the vehicle during decelerations. The planetary gear mechanisms makes possible higher efficiency at low vehicle speeds where decelerations are frequents. The energy storage performance of the flywheel equals that of ultra-capacitors.The system provides improvements regarding over torque protection and power-train arrangement.
US08840497B2
A pulley device for a belt or chain tensioning or guide roller includes a pulley, a rolling bearing, and a spacer configured to support the rolling bearing and having a transverse mounting surface disposable against an external element. An attachment member includes a threaded portion with an outer diameter and a retaining ring is disposed on the attachment member and retains the attachment member axially relative to the spacer. The ring has an inner diameter lesser than the outer diameter of the threaded portion in a free state and opening such that the ring is radially deflectable. Preferably, the spacer has a recess extending from the mounting surface defined by a frustaconical surface tapering outwardly toward the mounting surface and a shoulder extending inwardly from the frustoconical surface, the ring being deflectable radially inwardly by the recess so as to be disposed generally against the shoulder of the recess.
US08840495B2
In one aspect, the invention is directed to a belt tensioner for tensioning a belt, comprising a pivot shaft that is fixedly mountable with respect to an engine block of an engine, a tensioner arm rotatably mounted to the pivot shaft for pivoting about a tensioner arm axis in a first direction and in an opposing second direction, a pulley rotatably mounted to the tensioner arm for rotation about a pulley axis, and a tensioner spring positioned to bias the tensioner arm in the first direction, wherein the tensioner spring has a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is engaged with the tensioner arm, and a micro adjustment mechanism that is operatively connected to control the position of the second end of the tensioner spring so as to control the tension in the tensioner spring.
US08840485B2
A modular golf club includes a plurality of components that are removably coupled so that the physical attributes of the golf club head may be tuned. The inventive golf club head includes a body member and at least one of a removable sole member and a removable face member.
US08840481B2
A power transmitting part for transmitting power has an annular main body section and a transmitting section. The transmitting section has a first protruding section extending outward in a radial direction from the main body section and a second protruding section extending toward a first side in an axial direction from a circumferential-direction-facing edge portion of the first protruding section.
US08840479B2
The invention relates to a communication device between an audiovisual information playback system (1) and at least one electronic game machine (2), each electronic game machine comprising a viewing means (200), a means (210) for interacting with the user and a means of payment (220), characterized in that each electronic game machine (2) is connected to the playback system (2) via a network interface (21) and an associated LAN (3), and comprises specific means (20, 21, 22) for managing a means of payment, a viewing means and an interactive means, in order to enable, on the electronic game machine (2), the selection and payment of at least one selection stored on the playback system (2), with a view to playback thereof on the playback system, the specific means (22) of managing payment means and the specific means (21) of managing viewing means and the interactive means being triggered by the activation means of the electronic game machine (2).
US08840468B1
A fantasy league weighted aggregation system that accepts user selections and fantasy league data, applies a weighting to at least one or more players if a weighting exists, for example based on ratio of entry fees for leagues, etc., and displays an aggregate view of the combination based on the weighting. The aggregate view includes a plurality of player strength categories associated with each player such as a list of players for, favorable to, unfavorable to, neutral to and against the first user, the second user or the third user. Other embodiments may display a coarse grained favorable and unfavorable aggregate view. The system may also calculate a range of optimal scores for particular players according to a strategy to improve a standing in at least one league while minimizing loss of standing across multiple leagues or using other strategies.
US08840467B2
When a mobile terminal obtains a container upon movement of a display range, a processor increases points in a storage unit. When the mobile terminal opens a container obtained by movement of the display range or as a present from another mobile terminal, the processor opens the container at predetermined success percentages, and writes an item obtained from the opened container in the storage unit. When the mobile terminal presents a container without opening it, the processor transmits screen data indicating a present to the other mobile terminal. The processor converts an item in the storage unit into points to increase the points in the storage unit based on an operation of the user of the mobile terminal.
US08840460B2
A method is described of providing a game for use with a gaming machine that is arranged to select symbols, present the selected symbols on a display and award an award if a winning outcome occurs. The method comprises receiving identification data for a player and displaying representations of game play of the game, wherein at least one character is depicted as one or more graphic objects. At least one attribute of the character may be amended if a triggering event occurs during game play. The amended attribute may be stored for retrieval in a subsequent game session by the player, wherein the stored amended attribute is associated with the identification data for the player.
US08840458B2
In accordance with the present invention, a gaming device such as a slot machine calculates a speed of game play, and in turn determines a pay schedule based on the speed of game play. In some embodiments, a count is adjusted throughout a multiple play session based on point values associated with symbols on the reels of a slot machine, and payouts are awarded in accordance with (i) a finishing count, and/or (ii) a “virtual average speed”.
US08840452B2
The present invention relates to an air conditioner for a vehicle, which has a mode door of a single plate member including a first door portion that closes at least two vents, a second door portion that closes one vent, and bridge portions that connect the first door portion and the second door portion with each other, thereby opening and closing a plurality of vents by the single mode door, reducing the number of components, weight and manufacturing costs by simplifying the entire structure of the mode door because it uses the single plate member, reducing the size of the air conditioner, preventing bad smells caused by inhabitation of molds and being reusable due to the use of the single plate member, and preventing the door from being caught because the plate member has bent portions formed at end portions thereof.
US08840447B2
An abrasive article for polishing a surface of a workpiece. The abrasive article includes a plurality of polishing islands arranged to interact with a workpiece to maintain a substantially constant contact area. Abrasive features are associated with at least some of the plurality of polishing islands. The abrasive features apply cutting forces to the work piece during motion of the abrasive article relative to the workpiece.
US08840446B2
An inner ring for a carrier head has an inner surface configured to circumferentially surround the edge of a substrate positioned on the substrate mounting surface, an outer surface, and a lower surface to contact a polishing pad. An outer ring for a carrier head has an inner surface circumferentially surrounding the inner ring, an outer surface, and a lower surface to contact the polishing pad.
US08840440B2
A holder for a floating balloon having a variety of protrusions or holes form to or through which a floating balloon can be tied, and a slit to allow a first end and a second and to be separated apart so that the holder can be attached to a variety of objects or human body parts.
US08840435B2
The invention relates to an electrical connector (1) with an inner housing (2), an outer housing (3) and a locking arrangement (L). In order to provide a control mechanism for a correct insertion of the inner housing (2) into the outer housing C(3), the invention provides that the electrical connector (1) has an indicator sleeve (18), whose insertion into the outer housing (3) is blocked by the locking arrangement (L), if the inner housing (2) is incompletely inserted into the outer housing (3).
US08840430B2
Systems and methods (900) for providing an electrical connector (101, 700) in an electronic device (100). The electrical connector comprises a connector body (350) comprising a planar layer of insulator material having a first face (470) opposed from a second face (370), and a peripheral wall extending around a periphery of the connector body. The electrical connector further comprises one or more conductive posts (401, 403, 405, 407), each having an electrical contact at a first end, and a spring anchor (311, 313, 315, 317) at an opposing end. The connector body comprises one or more elongated cavity structures, each comprising a recess (613) molded into the second face. Conductive spring members (301, 303, 305, 307), each comprised of an elongated cantilevered beam element, are secured by one of the spring anchors within one of the cavity structures. An outer seal (360) is provided, coextensive with the peripheral wall.
US08840428B2
To electromagnetically-shield an L-shaped terminal in a compact and reliable manner while easily and securely fixing the L-shaped terminal, there is employed an insulating split inner housing having an L-shaped terminal receiving portion including an electric-contact-portion-side receiving portion covering an electric contact portion of the L-shaped terminal connected to a shielded wire and a wire-connection-portion-side receiving portion covering a wire connection portion of the L-shaped terminal, the electric-contact-portion-side receiving portion is covered by a conductive shield shell, the wire-connection-portion-side receiving portion is covered by a conductive housing connected to the shield shell and to a shield portion of the shielded wire, and the L-shaped terminal is insulated by the inner housing from the shield shell and the conductive housing.
US08840419B2
A communication connector comprises a connector body and a tab operating mechanism. The connector body has a locking tab at a front top portion thereof and is fitted to a case at a rear portion thereof, wherein the case is provided with a pivot portion. The tab operating mechanism includes a press member and spring means. The press member is pivotally mounted to the pivot portion of the case. The spring means is disposed between the case and the locking tab for engaging with the locking tab from a lower position. With the present invention, the spring means can assist the locking tab 11 to return to its normal position, while the press member can limit the locking tab within an angle for protecting the locking tab from being overly bent by improper external force. Such features make the present invention a robust and reliable communication connector.
US08840413B2
A hermetic adapter includes an adapter body, a hermetic seal disposed between the adapter body and a pin, a contact connected to the pin which is disposed within a dielectric, the dielectric being disposed within the adapter body. A sealing ring is press-fit into the adapter body and includes a sharp edge configured to deform a surface of an external adapter to which the hermetic adapter is attachable.
US08840412B2
A waterproof connector includes a plate-like cable having a plurality of conductor parts, a connector housing having a rectangular insertion opening, a sealing member through which the plate-like cable is inserted and that seals between the insertion opening and the plate-like cable, and a holder that covers an outer periphery of an opening end part of the connector housing, that has a lock part which engages with the opening end part, and that holds the plate-like cable. A plurality of bosses are protruded on the holder and are inserted into a plurality of connector side through holes formed in the opening end part and a plurality of cable side through holes formed in the plate-like cable. A back end surface of the sealing member abuts against the plurality of bosses.
US08840411B2
It is the object of the present invention to provide a connector 10 which provides a stable connection that is resistant to the rocking motion of a connecting object in insertion direction, longitudinal pitch direction, or the direction of the thickness of the connector, while maintaining the low-profile level so as to prevent the deflection of the connecting object even when the connector is mounted on a flexible board e.g., an FPC.
US08840408B2
A board terminal has a flat-plate shaped connection portion to be connected to an electric component at one end and an insertion portion to be inserted in and soldered to a through-hole of a printed circuit board at the other end and is formed in a crank shape by being provided with a support plate portion protruding in a plate thickness direction of the connection portion between the connection portion and the insertion portion. Also, the insertion portion is formed in a location on only one side in a width direction of the support plate portion.
US08840401B2
A method of obtaining advice pertaining to a fitness-related activity performed by a user is provided. A user accesses a central site via a network, such as the Internet, then visits a physical location associated with a fitness-related activity. Information identifying the location is provided to the central site. The user then receives live advice pertaining to the fitness-related activity from a personal advisor, via the network from the central site. Fitness-related activities for which advice is provided include, for example, use of exercise equipment, consumption of foods or beverages, and engagement in other activities having an impact on a user's physical, mental or spiritual well-being.
US08840397B2
A device for producing a thin-walled elongate body from thermoplastic material includes a removable sleeve (25) and a bush (33), the casing of the removable sleeve (25) and the bore (31) in the bush (33) are arranged eccentrically with respect to the axis of symmetry of the core and, by rotation relative to one another, a displacement of the core can be achieved both in terms of magnitude and also in relation to a deflection angle.
US08840395B2
A hot runner nozzle having an electrical heating element includes a connector for producing an electrical connection to a connection line, terminal contacts for the heating element terminating in an insulation body for the connector that separates the terminal contacts from one another electrically. The connection line has contact elements that are electrically contactable with the terminal contacts of the heating element. The insulation body is arranged at least in part in a receiving sleeve of the connector, that the connection line may be fixed in or on the receiving sleeve such that the contact elements of the connection line electrically contact the terminal contacts of the heating element, and that a first end of the receiving sleeve that faces towards the heating element wraps around the insulation body and has on this first end two opposing feet that face outward and that are attached to the heating element.
US08840391B1
The invention disclosed herein is a device to prevent damage from molten plastic to electrical wiring, heater bands and insulation of an injection molding machine. Specifically, the device consists of a flat metal disc with an aperture in the center which attaches to the distal end of the nozzle housing of an injection molding machine. When the nozzle of the injection molding machine extends through the aperture of the flat metal disc to inject molten plastic into a mold, the flat metal disc prevents molten plastic from entering the nozzle housing and damaging the electrical wiring, heater bands and insulation of the injection molding machine.
US08840389B2
An extrusion device, in particular for plastic materials comprising: an extrusion head (2) having a nozzle (2a) for ejection of at least one plastic material (M1, M2); a first duct (5) formed in said head (2) for feeding a first plastic material (M1) to said ejection nozzle (2a); a second duct (β) formed in said head (2) for feeding a second plastic material (M2) to said ejection nozzle (2a); and a selection element (8), disposed in the vicinity of said ejection nozzle (2a) and able to be switched between a first operating condition at which it closes the second duct (6) to enable feeding of the first plastic material (M1) through the first duct (5), and a second operating condition at which it closes the first duct (5) to enable feeding of the second plastic material (M2) through the second duct (6).
US08840388B2
A system includes a dispensing station and top and bottom mold portion paths. The dispensing station is configured to dispense materials into one or more hemispherical cavities of a plurality of top mold portions and a plurality of bottom mold portions. The plurality of top mold portions are conveyed at a first speed along the top mold portion path, and the plurality of bottom mold portions are conveyed at a second speed along the bottom mold portion path. The dispensing station can include at least one nozzle coupled to a six-axis robotic member that is configured to move at variable speeds.
US08840386B2
Various mold apparatuses and methods for forming a polymer with induction heat energy are provided. In one embodiment of the present invention, a mold apparatus for forming polymer includes a mold having a top mold portion and a top mold surface that is magnetic. The bottom mold portion of the mold includes an induction heating unit that is at least partially embedded in the bottom mold portion that provides induction heat energy to the mold. The mold apparatus is constructed and arranged to dissipate greater than about 50% of the induction heat energy in the top mold portion. The induction heating unit of the bottom portion of the mold provides rapid heating to the top mold surface to provide high surface quality polymer parts and a shorter molding cycle time while utilizing less energy.
US08840383B2
An apparatus for constructing a high pressure fluid pump having a piston housing, a pump head connected to and supported by the piston housing, and a pump pedestal for supporting the pump head and the piston housing is provided. The pump head receives water at low pressure and, in combination with the piston housing, produces fluid through a flow channel at high pressure. The combination of piston housing and pump head contains a valve which, in response to a suction on one side of the valve, allows water at low pressure to pass through the valve into a receiving chamber, and, in response to a high pressure fluid in the receiving chamber, enables fluid at a high pressure to pass through the valve and eventually to an output port while closing off the input path. The pump can have an aluminum pump head structured to withstand high pressure fluid impact.
US08840373B2
A gas turbine rotor is provided with a longitudinal stack of blade supporting disks each including a medial web and a radially outer rim. The disks are spaced from one another by axial gaps. The disks include recesses in the forward and aft major surfaces thereof proximal to the juncture of the webs and rims thereof. Annular spacers received with the recesses in the disks span the axial gaps and provide a load path for the axial compressive preloading of the disks and the transmission of torque along the disk stack.
US08840371B2
A cooling system for use in regulating a temperature of a component is described herein. The cooling system includes a plurality of flow control assemblies that are defined across a sidewall of the component for channeling a cooling fluid across a surface of the sidewall. The plurality of flow control assemblies are configured to adjust a plurality of fluid flow characteristics of the cooling fluid. The plurality of flow control assemblies includes a first flow control assembly configured to adjust a first fluid flow characteristic, and at least a second flow control assembly configured to adjust a second fluid flow characteristic that is different than the first fluid flow characteristic.
US08840365B2
A turbocharger is provided herein. The turbocharger includes a housing and an adjustable core at least partially circumferentially surrounded by the housing, the adjustable core having a turbine rotor coupled to a compressor rotor via a shaft. The turbocharger further includes an adjustment mechanism coupled to the adjustable core configured to adjust an axial position of the housing relative to the adjustable core in response to adjustment commands.
US08840363B2
An airfoil in a gas turbine engine includes an outer wall, a cooling fluid cavity, and a plurality of cooling fluid passages. The outer wall has a leading edge, a trailing edge, a pressure side, a suction side, and radially inner and outer ends. The cooling fluid cavity is defined in the outer wall, extends generally radially between the inner and outer ends of the outer wall, and receives cooling fluid for cooling the outer wall. The cooling fluid passages are in fluid communication with the cooling fluid cavity and include zigzagged passages that include alternating angled sections, each section having both a radial component and a chordal component. The cooling fluid passages extend from the cooling fluid cavity toward the trailing edge of the outer wall and receive cooling fluid from the cooling fluid cavity for cooling the outer wall near the trailing edge.
US08840362B2
According to an embodiment, at least one first outer ring has an annular outer ring cavity to which external cooling steam is supplied. A radial direction cooling hole connecting with the outer ring cavity is formed in the stator blades connected to the first outer ring. An annular inner ring cavity connecting with the radial direction cooling hole is formed in a first inner ring constituting one diaphragm together with the first outer ring. Cooling steam blowing holes connecting an annular wheel space and the inner ring cavity are formed. The annular wheel space is formed between the first inner ring and a rotor wheel adjacent to the first inner ring.
US08840359B2
A rotor assembly, including at least one driven member, e.g., a compressor rotor, and at least one driving member, e.g., a turbine. At least one rotating thermal insulator rigidly attached to either the driven member or the driving member. A coupling feature that includes mating geometric surfaces on the driven member and the driving member, wherein the geometric surfaces are configured to allow radial sliding, relative centering, torque transmission, and axial constraint between the driven member and the driving member.
US08840352B2
A pipe handling catwalk is provided for moving tubulars or pipe to and from a work floor of well drilling or service rigs. The catwalk includes a variable height V-door for guiding pipe to the work floor. The V-door is made of a series of sequential pivotally attached segments that can extend from, and retract into, the catwalk at an angle relative to the catwalk along a guide track disposed at an end of the catwalk.
US08840350B2
In accordance with exemplary embodiments, a system for isolating magnesium components from fastener devices is provided to prevent corrosion. The system comprises an isolation member of a metal other than magnesium and configured within a hole for receiving the fastener formed in a magnesium component. A compressible sealing washer having a first diameter is positioned over the hole and an isolation washer having a second diameter being less than the first diameter, and consisting of a similar metal as the isolation member, is placed over the compressible sealing washer. The fastener passes through the isolation washer, the compressible sealing washer and the isolation member within the hole, where is it tightened to compress the compressible sealing washer between the isolation member and isolation washer forming a water-tight seal around the hole to resist corrosion of the magnesium component.
US08840349B2
An adjusting screw configured to be adjustable by multiple different tools is described. An example adjusting screw includes a cylindrical body portion having a first end, a second end, and an outer curved surface. The example adjusting screw also includes a first raised portion on the first end and offset from a longitudinal axis of the cylindrical body and a second raised portion on the first end and offset from the longitudinal axis of the cylindrical body and opposing the first raised portion. Each of the first and second raised portions is configured to engage a first socket to turn the cylindrical body about the longitudinal axis. Additionally, the first and second raised portions are configured to engage a second socket larger than the first socket to turn the cylindrical body about the longitudinal axis.
US08840334B2
A tiltable linkage mechanism including a first plate, a second plate, a swinging plate, a first hinge, a second hinge and a third hinge is provided. The first plate includes an upper surface, the second plate includes a bottom surface facing the upper surface of the first plate and a position limiting structure disposed on the bottom surface. The position limiting structure further has two opposite clamping surfaces. The first plate and the second plate pivotally connect with each other through the first hinge. The swinging plate and the first plate pivotally connect with each other through the second hinge. The swinging plate and the second plate pivotally connect with each other through the third hinge which is disposed in the position limiting structure. The third hinge has an end portion that can slide between the two clamping surfaces. In this way, when the second plate tilts from the first plate, the second plate rotates about the first hinge, the swinging plate rotates about the second hinge, and the end portion of the third hinge slides within the position limiting structure.
US08840329B2
A conveyance device including a drive roller that feeds a sheet medium from a media roll having the sheet medium wound in a roll that can rotate on a center axis of the roll, a drive roller that supplies the sheet medium from the media roll, a roll rotating unit that rotates the media roll and rewinds the supplied sheet medium, and first and second brake devices that apply a load to rotation of the media roll and are disposed to the roll rotating unit, wherein the first brake device is controlled to apply the load when not energized.
US08840324B2
A blade drive device includes: a board including an opening; a blade movable between a position receding from the opening and a position covering at least a portion of the opening; a first actuator including a first rotor rotatable about a first axis and a first stator, and being capable of driving the blade; a second actuator including a second rotor rotatable about a second axis and a second stator, and being capable of driving the blade; first and second positioning portions respectively positioning the first and second actuators; and a first biasing member respectively biasing the first and second actuators toward the first and second positioning portions.
