US08897260B2
A base station includes a radio communication unit that establishes communication with a mobile communication terminal using a plurality of component carriers. The base station further includes a determination unit that determines a handover factor. The base station also includes a control unit allocates to the mobile communication terminal a measurement time interval for at least one component carrier from the plurality of component carriers according to the handover factor. A channel quality of the at least one component carrier of another base station is measured during the measurement time interval.
US08897253B2
Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed for downlink resource allocation associated with a shared frequency band. A WTRU may receive resource allocation information associated with a component carrier and at least one carrier segment. The component carrier and the least one carrier segment may each comprise a plurality of resource block groups (RBG). At least two bitmaps may be associated with the resource allocation information. A size of a resource block group (RBG) of the component carrier and the at least one carrier segment may be based on a combined number of resource blocks (RB) of the component carrier and the one or more carrier segments divided by a 3GPP Rel-8/Rel-10 RBG size of the component carrier. The WTRU may determine at least one RBG allocated to the WTRU using the resource allocation information and may receive and decode the at least one RBG allocated to the WTRU.
US08897252B2
A method for transmitting data in a wireless communication system including a User Equipment (UE) and a radio access network (RAN) includes the following steps. Firstly, the RAN transmits a MAC protocol data unit (PDU) to the UE. Afterwards, the UE returns an acknowledgement signal in response to the MAC PDU. When the RAN receives the acknowledgement signal, it allocates an uplink resource for the UE to transmit data.
US08897248B2
A wireless device receives a control command for transmission of a random access preamble on a first cell in the plurality of cells. A fourth packet is scheduled for parallel uplink transmission with the random access preamble transmission. The fourth packet is one of a first control packet, a second packet and a third packet. The wireless device transmits the random access preamble. The wireless device transmits the fourth packet in parallel with the random access preamble, unless the random access preamble and the fourth packet are scheduled for transmission in the same cell group.
US08897247B2
The present application relates to a method in which a terminal performs channel interleaving in a multi-antenna wireless communication system. More particularly, the method comprises the following steps: constructing both channel quality indicator (CQI) information and coded data information into preset bit-wide vectors to generate a first interleaver input vector sequence; repeating both rank indicator (RI) information and acknowledgement/negative acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) information per the number (NL) of transmission layers to generate a second interleaver input vector sequence of preset bit-wide vectors and a third interleaver input vector sequence of preset bit-wide vectors; mapping the first interleaver input vector sequence, the second interleaver input vector sequence, and the third interleaver input vector sequence to an interleaver matrix, respectively; and reading the interleaver matrix by a column basis to generate an output vector sequence. The preset bit-wide is defined by the product of a modulation order (Qpm) and the number (NL) of transmission layers.
US08897245B2
Method for efficiently performing initial access in a multi-carrier broadband wireless access system
A method for efficiently performing an initial access in an MS in a multi-carrier broadband wireless access system is disclosed. The method includes scanning a plurality of carriers supported by a BS, and selecting one of the scanned carriers as a first carrier and receiving an SFH of the first carrier. The SFH of the first carrier includes at least one of a field indicating load status of the first carrier and recommended network entry carrier information including information about a second carrier in good load status.
US08897240B2
Methods for scheduling downlink (DL) data on a downlink subframe from a base station directed to at least one wireless terminal in a wireless network are provided. The methods include selecting a control channel element (CCE) region for a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) carried in a control region of the downlink subframe; determining whether a DL assignment corresponding to the DL data can be allocated on the selected CCE region based on a load imposed on a corresponding physical resource block (PRB) of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) of a future uplink subframe that will carry an ACK/NACK response corresponding to the DL assignment; and allocating the DL assignment on the selected CCE region when it is determined that the DL assignment can be allocated.
US08897239B2
A method of signalling resource allocation data in a communication system which uses a plurality of sub-carriers arranged in a sequence of chunks includes receiving an allocation of the sub-carriers for each of a plurality of user devices, which received allocation identifies a type of allocation of the sub-carriers. The received allocations are processed, in dependence on the identified type of allocation, to determine, for each user device, data identifying a start chunk and an end chunk within the sequence of chunks, which depend upon the sub-carriers allocated to the user device. Different resource allocation data is generated for each of the user devices using the data identifying the corresponding start chunk and end chunk determined by the processing, the resource allocation data including type data identifying the type of allocation. The respective resource allocation data is signaled to each of the plurality of user devices.
US08897238B2
A method and apparatus of reporting an amount of information in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment reports a first part indicating that an amount of information is larger than a specific value, and reports a second part indicating the amount of the information.
US08897237B2
Embodiments include methods and apparatus for granting scheduling requests in a wireless communications system that includes an eNB, a plurality of UEs, and a public safety system. The eNB receives multiple scheduling requests from multiple UEs, where each of the scheduling requests indicates that a corresponding UE is requesting uplink data transmission resources. The eNB determines a priority value for each of the scheduling requests based on multiple scoring criteria, resulting in a plurality of priority values associated with the scheduling requests. The eNB transmits one or more scheduling request grants to a subset of the UEs, where the subset includes one or more UEs that are associated with one or more scheduling requests having relatively high priority values. In an embodiment, the multiple scoring criteria include information associated with a public safety activity (e.g., a user role, a jurisdictional coverage area, an incident type, and/or an application type).
US08897230B2
A method and an apparatus are provided for operating a cascaded base station. Downlink data is received from a plurality of sub-base stations, each of the plurality of sub-base stations having at least one sector, and each of the at least one sector using at least one Frequency Allocation (FA). Data is extracted per FA from the downlink data. The data per sector is rearranged and re-mapped. The data per sector is transmitted to corresponding Remote Radio Units (RRUs).
US08897229B2
A method and apparatus for data delivery confirmation in a wireless/transmit receive unit (WTRU) including transmitting an uplink (UL) message, performing a mobility operation, determining that the UL message is not acknowledged, and generating a delivery failure message. The mobility operation is a handover or a radio resource control (RRC) connection reestablishment. A message including the delivery failure message is passed between protocol layers.
US08897226B2
A method and apparatus for reporting a maximum carrier power in a carrier aggregation scenario are disclosed. The method includes: a user equipment (UE) encapsulating a particular power headroom (PH) of an activated uplink component carrier (UL CC) and a particular maximum output power of a physical channel of the activated UL CC into a same power headroom report (PHR) and reporting the PHR to a base station (eNB). The method enables the eNB to acquire the power situation of the UE in time so as to perform scheduling more accurately.
US08897225B2
The present invention relates to a communication path control apparatus for controlling a communication path between a plurality of DUs and a plurality of RFUs, and a plurality of antennas included in the plurality of RFUs and a wireless communication system including the communication path control apparatus. Each of the plurality of DUs, the plurality of RFUs, and the plurality of antennas has a unique identifier, and the path control apparatus controls paths between the plurality of DUs and the plurality of RFUs based on identifiers. Accordingly, the wireless communication system can transmit and receive a signal through a specific RFU and a specific antenna included in a specific RFU and performs the next-generation wireless BS operation method, such as CoMP and multi-BS MIMO.
US08897219B2
A method and apparatus for transmitting a ranging signal, and a method and apparatus for receiving the ranging signal are disclosed. A ranging channel (RCH) for transmission of a ranging signal is allocated to the reuse-1 partition. However, the ranging channel (RCH) is allocated to the power-boosted reuse-3 partition only when there is no reuse-1 partition.
US08897212B2
A method for establishing a network connection includes storing access point identifier information and connection information corresponding to the access point identifier information, establishing a network connection to a target access point, acquiring target identifier information of the target access point, determining whether the target identifier information conforms to the access point identifier information, and using the connection information to connect to a target electronic device through the target access point when the target identifier information conforms to the access point identifier information.
US08897210B2
The present invention provides a method of scheduling asynchronous transmissions for a plurality of subscriber units. The method includes receiving information associated with a plurality of subscriber units that have uplink data to transmit, the information including uplink timing offset information associated with each of the subscriber units. Two or more subscriber units are then selected from a set of subscriber units having a timing offset differential, that is below a predetermined threshold, where the timing offset differential is the difference between the timing offset of a first subscriber unit and the timing offset of a second subscriber unit further selectively offset by a multiple of the transmission segment size, which minimizes the difference. The transmission segments, which are available for the uplink of data, are then allocated between the selected two or more subscriber units, which limits the number of transmission segments that have at least one of an overlap or a gap, and the amount of any overlap or gap, in order to minimize wasted scheduling opportunities.
US08897207B2
In a satellite communication network, comprised of a central hub and a plurality of remote terminals, a multi-layered return channel (inbound) bandwidth design, for at least the purpose of mitigating rain fade effects. In addition, an allocation algorithm for allocating timeslots against capacity requests from remote terminals over a multi-layered return channel bandwidth design on a burst-by-burst basis.
US08897203B2
A method is provided for providing an access node with a demodulation reference signal (DMRS). The method includes, when the UE and at least one relay node are present in a cell, the relay node transmitting the DMRS on a subset of a set of resource elements in which the UE transmits the DMRS.
US08897202B2
A relay node and a method thereof for transmitting data are provided in the present invention, which relates to the field of wireless communication technology. The method in the present invention includes: the relay node receiving data on multiple corresponding continuous or discontinuous downlink backhaul subframes according to the obtained scheduling information of downlink multiple subframes scheduling, and sending data on multiple corresponding continuous or discontinuous uplink backhaul subframes according to the obtained scheduling information of uplink multiple subframes scheduling. The technical solution of the present invention solves a problem of scheduling resources of multiple subframes for the relay node. Compared to a dynamic scheduling and semi-persistent scheduling method in the prior art, the technical solution of the present invention can more flexibly configure and use resources to ensure transmission of the backhaul link between a base station and the relay node.
US08897201B2
A method and an apparatus for acquiring a contribution value of a transfer node are disclosed. The method includes: acquiring charging information of a trust node which is in a trust network circumstance and joining in a session, and acquiring charging information of the transfer node which is in a distrust network circumstance and joining in the session; auditing the consistency of charging information between the transfer node and the trust node; computing the contribution value of the transfer node according to the auditing result and the charging information of the transfer node. The invention can effectively guarantee acquiring the contribution value of the transfer node truly and unfailingly in a distrust circumstance of network circumstance, and subsequently providing basis for rewarding the node which has contributed for transferring.
US08897192B2
Methods of combining semi-persistent resource allocation and dynamic resource allocation are provided. Packets, such as VoIP packets, are transmitted on the uplink and downlink using respective semi-persistent resources. For each mobile device, awake periods and sleep periods are defined. The semi-persistent resources are aligned with the awake periods so that most of the time the mobile device can turn off its wireless access radio during the sleep periods. In addition, signalling to request, and to allocate, resources for additional packets are transmitted during the awake periods, and the resources allocated for the additional packets are within the awake periods. Methods of extending the awake periods in various embodiments are also provided. Methods of determining the first on period are also provided.
US08897191B2
Disclosed herein relates to a sleep mode operation method, and the method of updating a sleep mode operation according to the present invention may include receiving a service flow configuration request (DSx-REQ) message including a service flow parameter for service flow configuration and a sleep cycle ID (SCID) for changing a sleep mode according to the service flow configuration from a base station during a sleep mode listening window; transmitting a service flow configuration response (DSx-RSP) message including the SCID; configuring the service flow according to the service flow identifier; and changing an SCID to the SCID for updating the sleep mode operation.
US08897190B2
A method for communicating with a mobile station is presented. The method includes transmitting a first radio block to the mobile station. The first radio block including an indication instructing the mobile station to enter a DTR mode. Before receiving an indication of whether the mobile station is in DTR mode, the method includes retransmitting to the mobile station at least one of the first radio block and a radio block previously transmitted to the mobile station using a timeslot that is not monitored by the mobile station when the mobile station is in the DTR mode.
US08897186B2
Methods and apparatus for communicating with the Internet via a gateway are disclosed. The gateway may be a Radio Access Network (RAN) gateway. The gateway may communicate data with at least one user equipment (UE). The gateway may route the data via one or more interfaces. The data may be routed by bypassing a core network.
US08897180B2
A method for transmitting a physical channel in a Time Division Duplex (TDD) communication system capable of carrier aggregation is provided for supporting aggregation of carriers having different TDD configurations. The communication method of a terminal in a TDD radio communication system accomplishing broadband through carrier aggregation of primary and secondary cells, of which aggregated carriers have different TDD Uplink-Downlink (UL-DL) configurations, includes receiving Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) through the secondary cell, and transmitting acknowledgement information corresponding to the PDSCH to a base station, where acknowledgement information is transmitted on a Physical Uplink Control CHannel (PUCCH) of the primary cell.
US08897178B2
An active transceiver circuit for transmission of a low bitrate data signal over and reception of a high bitrate data signal from a single ended transmission medium is provided. The active transceiver circuit includes an input port for receiving a low bitrate input data signal, an output port for delivering a high bitrate output data signal, a differential input/output port for launching a low bitrate data signal into the single ended transmission medium and for receiving a high bitrate data signal from the single ended transmission medium, a first and second single ended output driver adapted for each delivering, on their respective output nodes, the shaped low bitrate input data signal, and a high bitrate receiver for receiving the signals at output nodes of the first and second single ended output drivers, and for generating a high bitrate output data signal on the output port.
US08897177B2
Systems and methods performed by an IP telephony system allow a user to request that his IP telephony device be set into a conference calling mode for an indefinite period of time. When the user's IP telephony device is in the conference calling mode, all parties that attempt to call the user's IP telephony device are added to a conference bridge tied to the user's IP telephony device. All incoming calls are treated in this fashion until the user cancels the conference calling mode and returns to a normal calling mode.
US08897174B2
Described are computer-based methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, for network configuration management. In some examples, a network configuration management system generates a difference network configuration for a managed network and identifies a network change case from the difference network configuration. The network configuration management system can further select a network change case application template and select a configuration file template. The network configuration management system can further generate device configuration file for a network device and store the device configuration file. In other examples, the network configuration management system generates device configuration files for a plurality of network devices.
US08897173B2
Described herein are techniques related to wireless communication systems that may implement microwave backhaul for connectivity between network elements deployed by the wireless communication systems. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
US08897160B2
Mobile network services are performed at the edge in a flat mobile data network in a way that is transparent to most of the existing equipment in the mobile data network to reduce the load and increase efficiency on the mobile data network by breaking out data at the edge based on specific IP data flows. The mobile data network includes a radio access network and a core network. A first service mechanism in the radio access network breaks out data coming from a basestation based on breakout conditions, and performs one or more mobile network services. The second service mechanism determines what traffic satisfies breakout authorization criteria and informs the first service mechanism. The message from the second service mechanism triggers the first service mechanism to perform IP flow based breakout. An overlay network allows the first and second mechanisms to communicate with each other.
US08897153B2
A method and base station for jointly adjusting downlink AMC and MIMO modes. The base station comprises an AMC module, a fast feedback module and a joint adjustment module. The method comprises: a base station determining the current maximum available Downlink Interval Usage Code (DIUC) using a downlink Carrier to Interference plus Noise ratio (CINR) fed back by a terminal, using a MIMO mode fed back by the terminal to determine the current channel condition, and jointly adjusting the current MIMO mode and the DIUC of the terminal within the maximum available DIUC range according to the current channel condition. The method and base station overcome the shortcoming of adjusting MIMO modes or DIUCs separately, and provide more combinations of the MIMO modes and DIUCs to maximize spectral utilization and data transmission rate, thereby achieving ultimately the purpose of improving link reliability and system throughput.
US08897146B2
A Core Service Platform (CSP) system is integrated with an operator network and IT system to provide services to subscribers and operators. Based on information collected from the operator network and IT system, the CSP system delivers alerts to a subscriber's device and provides offers to resolve the condition causing the alerts. The CSP system provides customized contextual offers to the subscriber's device based on contextual assessments of a subscriber's current context, such as time in contract, loyalty status, data and voice usage, value of customer, time, location and purchase history. The CSP system also provides an operator a suite of tools for the operator to manage its pricing, offers, campaigns and other subscriber-related issues.
US08897128B2
In general, techniques are described for mapping WAN conditions to appropriate back-pressure mechanisms at the WAN edges to improve the performance of delay and/or loss-sensitive applications. In one example, a system includes a wide area network having a provider edge (PE) router to establish a Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) pseudowire over the wide area network. A Lossless Ethernet network attaches, by an attachment circuit, to the FCoE pseudowire at the PE router. A Fiber Channel Fabric connects to the Lossless Ethernet network and to a storage device that provides data for transmission over the wide area network by the FCoE pseudowire. The PE router detects a defect in the FCoE pseudowire and, in response to detecting the defect in FCoE pseudowire, injects an FCoE flow control extension into the Lossless Ethernet network by the attachment circuit.
US08897126B2
Apparatus, method and program for restoring path information to its original status when a trouble occurs on a network. An apparatus control part generates, based on a switch information list and an I/F information list stored in a nonvolatile storing part, link information that is prior to the reactivation and used for determining adjacent communication apparatuses. The apparatus control part acquires, via a control network from the adjacent communication apparatuses described in the generated link information, held path information. Thereafter, the apparatus control part (11) decides, based on a stored definition information list, a path sequence such that the path of a lower order layer is placed before the path of an upper order layer. Thereafter, the apparatus control part generates the path information based on the path sequence and further based on the previously acquired held path information.
US08897120B2
A transmitting apparatus for transmitting signals in a multi carrier system on the basis of a frame structure, each frame comprising at least two preamble patterns adjacent to each other in the frequency direction and at least two data patterns, said transmitting apparatus comprising a pilot mapper configured to map the same sequence of pilot signals on frequency carriers of each of said at least two preamble patterns in a frame, each preamble pattern having the same length, a data mapper configured to map data on frequency carriers of said at least two data patterns in a frame a transformer configured to transform said preamble patterns and said data patterns from the frequency domain into the time domain in order to generate a time domain transmission signal, and a transmitter configured transmit said transmission signal.
US08897112B2
An information recording and reproduction device comprises an optical pickup that has an objective lens and records information to a tape-form medium or reproduces information from a tape-form medium using laser light; a tape threading component that allows the tape-form medium to be arranged opposite the objective lens; a controller that detects that the tape-form medium is a cleaning tape; a movement mechanism that operates so as to bring the tape-form medium and the objective lens into contact with each other, in response to the detection by the control unit; and a first drive mechanism that plays out the tape-form medium in a state in which the tape-form medium and the objective lens are in contact with each other. The information recording and reproduction device is capable of cleaning the optical pickup even with a tape-form medium.
US08897107B2
There is provided a playback device including a light source, an objective lens that radiates light emitted onto an optical recording medium, and onto which is incident reflected light obtained from a recording surface of the optical recording medium, a condenser lens that condenses the reflected light, a photodetecting section configured to, provided that a confocal position is a focal position of the condenser lens, λ is a wavelength of light radiated onto the optical recording medium, and NA is a numerical aperture of the objective lens, extract and detect light within a range of a diameter less than 1.5λ/NA centered on an optical axis at the confocal position, and a phase difference imparting section that imparts a designated phase difference between a reflected light component from a readout track and a reflected light component from a track neighboring the readout track.
US08897102B1
A heat assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) transducer resides on a slider, has an air-bearing surface (ABS) and has a back side. The HAMR transducer includes a target waveguide, a plurality of assistant cores and a plurality of output devices. The target waveguide has an entrance at the back side and directs energy provided by a laser from the entrance at the back side toward the ABS. The assistant cores have a plurality of assistant core entrances at the back side. The assistant cores direct energy from the assistant core entrances to the output devices. In some aspects, the assistant cores and output devices may be used in aligning the laser and the target waveguide or checking the alignment of the laser and the target waveguide.
US08897101B2
To offer a timepiece faceplate having exceptional transmission of light as well as exceptional aesthetic appearance, and to offer a timepiece provided with the timepiece faceplate, a timepiece faceplate of the invention is provided with a first plate member including a material having an optical transmission property, and a second plate member including a material having an optical transmission property.
US08897091B1
A clock driver integrated circuit device and method is provided. The device can include a VTT regulator provided on a single integrated circuit (IC) chip. A first termination at an internal VDD/2 can be coupled to the VTT regulator. A VTT bus can be coupled to the first termination. A plurality of command control inputs can be coupled to the VTT bus. The plurality of command inputs can include A, BA, RAS, CAS, WE, CS, CKE, ODT, PARIN, and the like. A VDD termination can be coupled to a first end of the VTT bus and a ground can be coupled to a second end of the VTT bus. The method can include regulating or removing signal noise from a host controller via the clock driver IC device.
US08897086B2
One or more circuits may comprise an array of memory cells corresponding to a particular memory address, and a memory fault mitigation module. The one or more circuits may be operable to write a data block to the array of memory cells. The write operation may comprises a swap of a first portion of the data block with a second portion of the data block in response to a detection that one or more memory cells of the array is faulty, and storing the data block to the array of memory cells after the swap.
US08897073B2
A non-volatile memory device comprises an array of memory cells and a charge pump coupled to the memory cells. The charge pump is dynamically reconfigurable to operate in a bypass mode to provide a first voltage to the memory cells, a program mode to provide the first voltage to the memory cells, and an erase mode to provide a second voltage that has inverse polarity of the first voltage.
US08897068B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array configured to include a plurality of memory blocks, a voltage generator configured to output operating voltages for data input and output to global lines, and a row decoder configured to transfer the operating voltages to local lines of a memory block, selected from among the plurality of memory blocks, and supply a ground voltage to local lines of unselected memory blocks in response to address signals.
US08897061B2
An MTJ cell includes a first metal layer elongated in the X-direction; a second metal layer separated from the first metal layer and elongated in the Y-direction; a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) interposed between the overlapping parts of the first and second metal layers and having extended parts not covered by the second metal layer, the MTJ including a pinned layer, a barrier layer, and a storage layer sequentially laminated; and a yoke spanning across the second metal layer, with both ends in the X-direction contacting the top surface of the extended parts of the storage layer not covered by the second metal layer, either directly or through an insulator. The planar shapes of the MTJ and the yoke possess a quantum easy axis in the X-direction and Y-direction, respectively.
US08897053B1
Disclosed are various embodiments related to stacked memory devices, such as DRAMs, SRAMs, EEPROMs, ReRAMs, and CAMs. For example, stack position identifiers (SPIDs) are assigned or otherwise determined, and are used by each memory device to make a number of adjustments. In one embodiment, a self-refresh rate of a DRAM is adjusted based on the SPID of that device. In another embodiment, a latency of a DRAM or SRAM is adjusted based on the SPID. In another embodiment, internal regulation signals are shared with other devices via TSVs. In another embodiment, adjustments to internally regulated signals are made based on the SPID of a particular device. In another embodiment, serially connected signals can be controlled based on a chip SPID (e.g., an even or odd stack position), and whether the signal is an upstream or a downstream type of signal.
US08897051B2
A semiconductor storage device 100 includes a controller package 110 having a BGA terminal on a bottom surface thereof; and one or a plurality of memory packages 120 each including a plurality of semiconductor storage elements and mounted on the controller package. The controller package includes a bottom substrate having the BGA terminal on a bottom surface thereof; a power supply IC, mounted on the bottom substrate, for supplying a plurality of power supplies; and a controller mounted on the bottom substrate and operable by the plurality of power supplies supplied from the power supply IC. The controller provides an interface with an external system via the BGA terminal and controls a read operation from the semiconductor storage elements and a write operation to the semiconductor storage elements.
US08897045B2
An apparatus for controlling a converter has an ignition unit connected to power semiconductors in the converter and provides control signals for actuating the semiconductors. The apparatus has a control unit whose input is connected to measuring sensors providing actual values and whose output side is connected to the ignition unit. The control unit provides a reference variable for the ignition unit based on setpoint values and the actual values and the ignition unit actuates the power semiconductors such that the actual value corresponds to at least one of the setpoint values. A pilot unit has an output connected to the ignition unit and measures for calculating a step change reference variable for the ignition unit on the basis of at least one of the setpoint values. The ignition unit actuates the power semiconductors based on the step change reference variable.
US08897042B2
A power source system including power-factor modifying circuits to modify a power factor of supplied electric power, a time difference circuit to output start signals for instructing the power-factor modifying circuits to start an operation to the power-factor modifying circuits at specified time intervals, and a control circuit to supply the electric power to the power-factor modifying circuit to start the power-factor modifying circuit when the power-factor modifying circuit acquires the start signal output from the time difference circuit.
US08897041B2
Universal electrical power conversion methods and systems which may provide the combined capabilities of symmetrical and asymmetrical conversion, bidirectionality, and simplicity are provided. In some cases, the converter charges an inductor connected in parallel between a regulated port and an unregulated port using energy stored by a capacitor positioned in parallel between the inductor and one of the ports until the inductor has a level of current stored that corresponds to the change in voltage desired at the regulated port, then discharges stored energy into the other port until a current cutoff threshold level is reached in the inductor. Creating an LC tank circuit during conversion allows conversion processes to traverse sinusoidal discharge patterns. In some embodiments, the inductor is precharged with current to affect the discharge of the inductor. Multiple ports can be connected and disconnected from the same inductor with these methods and systems.
US08897033B2
An improved multi-purpose kickstand assembly 100 has a modular kickstand mechanism 134 to securely support an electronic communications device 102 in a landscape mode and/or portrait mode. One or more sensors in the electronic communications device can detect the position of a kickstand-magnet 156 secured to the kickstand 136 to electronically determine the position of the kickstand. The kickstand can serve as a channel 170 for a speaker port 166 and/or speaker 168 and can enhance antennae performance for improved audio quality.
US08897029B2
An isolated switching power converter includes a power isolation transformer having at least one primary winding, at least one secondary winding and a plurality of sides, a first power board mechanically coupled to a first side of the transformer, and a second power board mechanically coupled to a second side of the transformer. The first power board includes a primary side circuit electrically coupled to the at least one primary winding, and the second power board includes a secondary side circuit electrically coupled to the at least one secondary winding.
US08897027B2
A bonding pad structure is disclosed, which is composed of two bonding pad units that are symmetrically disposed with respect to an axial line. Each bonding pad units is further composed of at least two bonding pads, i.e. each bonding pad unit is composed of at least one first bonding pad and at least one second bonding pad. In an embodiment, the first bonding pad is arranged next to the axial line and the second bonding pad is arranged at a side of the corresponding first bonding pad away from the axial line while enabling the first bonding pad and the corresponding second bonding pad to be interconnected to each other by a first neck portion. Thereby, a plurality of solder areas of different sizes can be formed by the interconnecting of the at least two bonding pad units that can be used for soldering electronic components of different sizes.
US08897015B2
The present disclosure relates to a base plate, for example, for a power module, including a matrix formed of metal, for example, aluminum, wherein at least two reinforcements are provided in the matrix next to each other, and wherein the reinforcements are spaced apart from each other.
US08897014B2
Disclosed is a mechanical layout for a half-bride power module that is optimized for low inductance. In one embodiment, a first power module and a second power module are mounted on each side of a heat sink. An inductance cancelling bus bar is wrapped around the heat sink, the first power module and the second power module in a loop.
US08897010B2
A heat sink assembly includes a base plate coupled to a first side of an electronic device. A plurality of fins extend from the base plate and are positioned within a housing. The housing includes a first manifold defining a plurality of first passages and a second manifold defining a plurality of second passages in fluid communication with the plurality of first passages. At least one of the plurality of first passages extends between an adjacent pair of the plurality of second passages and is oriented to channel fluid toward at least one of the plurality of fins.
US08897004B2
In one embodiment, an ejection mechanism for ejecting a removable module from a piece of equipment includes a two-part ejection lever including a first lever portion that is snap fit to a second lever portion, wherein the first lever portion can separate from the second portion when a user pulls on the ejection lever in an attempt to eject the removable module when the module has been locked within the equipment.
US08897002B2
The present application describes various embodiments of systems and methods for providing internal components for portable computing devices having a thin profile. More particularly, the present application describes internal components configured to fit within a relatively thin outer enclosure.
US08896995B2
Apparatus, systems and methods for shock mounting glass for an electronic device are disclosed. The glass for the electronic device can provide an outer surface for at least a portion of a housing for the electronic device. In one embodiment, the shock mounting can provide a compliant interface between the glass and the electronic device housing. In another embodiment, the shock mounting can provide a mechanically actuated retractable. For example, an outer glass member for an electronic device housing can be referred to as cover glass, which is often provided at a front surface of the electronic device housing.
US08896991B2
A portable computing device is disclosed. The portable computing device can take many forms such as a laptop computer, a tablet computer, and so on. The portable computing device can include at least a single piece housing. The single piece housing including a plurality of steps. The plurality of mounting steps is formed by at least removing a preselected amount of housing material at predetermined locations on the interior surface. At least some of the mounting steps are used to mount at least some of the plurality of internal operating components to the housing.
US08896987B2
A transformer station for high and medium voltages is installed beneath the earth's surface, with at least one access point to the switchgear assembly and the ventilation shafts being arranged above ground. The station includes at least one power transformer for converting high voltage to medium voltage, at least one medium-voltage switchgear assembly and auxiliary and secondary as well as protection and control devices, and at least one access or transport shaft configured for transporting all large equipment and operating means into the station and can be used as an exhaust air shaft. The access or transport shaft has ventilation channels and a movable closure element. A base surface for placing the operating means and power transformers is provided beneath the access shaft. The power transformers can be inserted into boxes, which may be adjacent to one another, once the power transformers have been placed on the base surface.
US08896984B2
A solid electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element including a cathode portion and an anode portion, a cathode terminal bonded to the cathode portion, an anode terminal bonded to the anode portion, and an enclosure resin covering the capacitor element. The cathode terminal includes a cathode lower surface portion, a cathode connection portion, and a cathode support portion. The cathode connection portion is connected to an end portion of the cathode lower surface portion on an anode side and bonded to the cathode portion through a conductive adhesive. The cathode support portion is connected to a side portion of the cathode lower surface and brought into contact with a lower surface of the cathode portion on an end portion side of the cathode portion without involving the conductive adhesive therebetween.
US08896974B2
A thin film magnetic head includes a spin valve film that includes a magnetization free layer, a magnetization pinned layer and a non-magnetic spacer layer that is disposed between the magnetization free and pinned layers, and a pair of side layers that are disposed at both sides of the spin valve film in a track width direction and at least in the vicinity of the magnetization free layer and the magnetization pinned layer. Each of the side layers has a bias magnetic field application layer that includes a soft magnetic layer and applies a bias magnetic field in the track width direction to the magnetization free layer, and a gap layer that is positioned between the spin valve film and the bias magnetic field application layer, and the side layers have compression stresses at least in the vicinity of the magnetization pinned layer.
US08896964B1
An enlarged substrate for a magnetic recording medium used in a data storage device such as a hard disc drive (HDD). In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a substrate for a magnetic recording disc for installation in a 3½ inch form factor hard disc drive, the substrate having an overall diameter of nominally from 96.9 mm to 100.4 mm. In other embodiments, an apparatus comprises a substrate for a magnetic recording disc for installation in a 2½ inch form factor hard disc drive, the substrate having an overall diameter of nominally from 66.9 mm to 71.8 mm. In other embodiments, a data storage device has a magnetic recording medium that uses an enlarged substrate as set forth above.
US08896963B2
There are provided a spindle motor and a hard disk drive including the same. The spindle motor includes: a sleeve installed on a base member and having a circulation hole; a shaft inserted into the sleeve; a rotor hub installed on an upper end of the shaft; and a thrust member installed in an installation groove formed in an upper portion of the sleeve and forming a connection part, the connection part allowing the circulation hole to be in communication with a sealing part formed by the sleeve and the rotor hub and having a liquid-vapor interface of a lubricating fluid disposed therein, wherein the connection part is formed between the sleeve and the thrust member in a circumferential direction, and at least any one part of a radial outer portion of the connection part has an axial gap smaller than that of another part thereof in the circumferential direction.
US08896959B1
According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk apparatus includes a magnetic disk having a plurality of tracks, each of the plurality of tracks having a plurality of servo areas and a plurality of data areas, the plurality of servo areas and the plurality of data areas being alternately arranged respectively, a magnetic head, and a processor. When a plurality of positioning errors related to one servo area are present in the first track, the processor updates the positioning error of the one servo area with a positioning error closest to a second track that is next to the first track. The processor writes data in the second track by a shingled write recording system by using the updated positioning error.
US08896957B1
A disk drive is disclosed comprising a disk surface comprising a radius, a head operable to generate a read signal, and a voice coil motor (VCM) operable to actuate the head over the disk surface. A back electromotive force (BEMF) voltage generated by the VCM is measured. The VCM is controlled to move the head over substantially the entire radius of the disk surface in response to the BEMF voltage, and while moving the head the read signal from the head is processed to detect residual data recorded on the disk surface after erasing the disk surface.
US08896956B1
A method for reading a track of data may include positioning a read head at an initial position relative to the track of data and obtaining initial track signals, filtering the initial track signals, positioning the read head at an initial subsequent position relative to the track of data and obtaining initial subsequent track signals, and filtering the initial subsequent track signals. In an initial equalization, the filtered initial track signals and the filtered initial subsequent track signals are equalized to obtain equalized track signals. The read head is positioned at a further subsequent position relative to the track of data and further subsequent track signals are obtained The further subsequent track signals are filtered. In a subsequent equalization, previously obtained equalized track signals and the filtered further subsequent track signals are equalized. A storage device operating according to the method may have an equalizer in hardware or firmware.
US08896948B2
Described are embodiments of an invention for customizing the range of acceptable write conditions to a tape of a tape cartridge that contracts or expands laterally based on environmental conditions. The tape drive utilizes servo information to determine if the tape has expanded or contracted from the nominal dimension and to determine the magnitude of the expansion or contraction. In the case of expansion, the magnitude of the determined expansion and the stored maximum amount of contraction must be below a predetermined threshold value to allow a write. In the case of contraction, the magnitude of the determined contraction and the stored magnitude of expansion must be below the same predetermined threshold value to allow a write. If the determined magnitude of contraction or expansion is greater than the stored magnitude of contraction or expansion, respectively, then the new extreme is stored.
US08896922B2
A display device includes a transparent active element array substrate and a color display layer. The transparent active element array substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The color display layer disposed on the first surface of the transparent active element array substrate.
US08896917B2
An inspection system including a catadioptric objective that facilitates dark-field inspection is provided. The objective includes an outer element furthest from the specimen having an outer element partial reflective surface oriented toward the specimen, an inner element nearest the specimen having a center lens comprising an inner element partial reflective surface oriented away from the specimen, and a central element positioned between the outer lens and the inner lens. At least one of the outer element, inner element, and central element has an aspheric surface. The inner element is spatially configured to facilitate dark-field inspection of the specimen.
US08896913B1
A laser amplifier includes an input aperture operable to receive laser radiation having a first polarization, an output aperture coupled to the input aperture by an optical path, and a polarizer disposed along an optical path. A transmission axis of the polarizer is aligned with the first polarization. The laser amplifier also includes n optical switch disposed along the optical path. The optical switch is operable to pass the laser radiation when operated in a first state and to reflect the laser radiation when operated in a second state. The laser amplifier further includes an optical gain element disposed along the optical path and a polarization rotation device disposed along the optical path.
US08896906B2
Pigment based inks are provided. The inks include a non-polar carrier fluid; and a surface-functionalized pigment particle including a nitrogen-inked moiety to the surface of the pigment particle through a nitrogen link at one end of the nitrogen-linked moiety and a block copolymer having at least two blocks attached at another end, the pigment particle suspended in the non-polar carrier fluid. A combination of an electronic display and an electronic ink employing the pigment and a process for making the pigment-based inks are also provided.
US08896900B2
An organic light-emitting display device including: a first substrate; a second substrate disposed to face the first substrate; a display unit interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and comprising an organic light-emitting device; a sealing member disposed to surround the display unit between the first substrate and the second substrate and that bonds the first substrate to the second substrate; and a filler disposed in the sealing member to cover the display unit and comprising photochromic materials, wherein the photochromic materials comprise a first photochromic material that absorbs light in a wavelength of about 470 nm to about 490 nm and a second photochromic material that absorbs light in a wavelength of about 550 nm to about 580 nm.
US08896897B2
A micromechanical component has a light window; a mirror element adjustable with respect to the light window from a first position into at least one second position about at least one axis of rotation, an optical sensor having a detection surface designed to ascertain a light intensity on the detection surface and to provide a corresponding sensor signal. The light window, the mirror element in the first position and the detection surface are situated in relation to one another in such a way that a portion of a light beam reflected on the light window strikes the detection surface at least partially; and an evaluation unit designed to define, on the basis of the sensor signal, information regarding an instantaneous position of the mirror element and/or an instantaneous intensity of the deflected light beam.
US08896896B2
A method is disclosed. The method includes simulating a preprinted form using a presentation overlay. The presentation device is directed to present the overlay as if it had been preprinted on the paper. Document data is then mixed with the simulated preprinted form such that the result accurately simulates a real preprinted form.
US08896886B2
Methods and devices identify gloss levels and appearance colors for different printers based on the common printing capabilities of the different printers. Such gloss levels and appearance colors are formed from different combinations of one or more colorant marking materials combined or stacked on a print substrate surface. Further, such methods and devices identify common color metameric pairs based on the gloss levels and the appearance colors. Each of the common color metameric pairs has the same appearance color, but has a different gloss level. Patterns of different gloss levels in an area of uniform appearance color form a differential gloss security feature on a printed document. The methods herein can store a file with the common color metameric pairs in a non-transitory storage medium that is operatively connected to at least one of the different printers.
US08896868B2
There is disclosed a method of, mobile device for and apparatus for using a mobile device to actuate a multifunction peripheral device using near field communication. The mobile device includes a user interface for receiving a selection of an electronic document and instructions regarding a selected document processing operation to be performed by the multifunction peripheral and for receiving a selection of an electronic address to which the electronic document is to be directed by the multifunction peripheral. The mobile device also includes a first near field communications transceiver for receiving input indicating that the mobile device is within range of a second near field communication transceiver, for receiving communication, at the first near field transceiver from the second near field communication transceiver, indicating that the first near field communication transceiver is ready to accept the electronic document, instructions pertaining to the selected document processing operation, and the electronic address.
US08896863B2
A method of determining one or more performance metrics associated with a print shop may include identifying one or more historical print jobs from a historical print job database. Each historical print job may include a historical print job type and historical job content information. The method may include generating, by a computing device, one or more synthetic print jobs based on the historical job type and historical job content information associated with the identified historical print jobs, and determining, by the computing device, one or more performance metrics associated with processing the one or more synthetic print jobs by a print shop.
US08896858B2
The application discloses systems and methods for securing a document while routing through native or third party infrastructure. A process resident on the user's platform generates a three-part secure document from the user's original document. The first part is public and contains document metadata such as a public key. The public key is used to encrypt the second part of the document's metadata which includes a user supplied password. The third part contains the original document that has been symmetrically encrypted using the user supplied password. The result is that only the first part of the new document is visible to unsecured transmission channels or third party infrastructure.
US08896855B2
An image processing apparatus having an operation panel and capable of accessing a network by operation of the operation panel, comprises a determination unit that determines whether or not an operation performed on the operation panel is a control operation relating to the image processing apparatus; a print job receiving unit that receives a print job from the network; and a job control unit that executes the print job received by the print job receiving unit if the determination unit determines, when the print job is received by the print job receiving unit, that the operation panel is being operated and that the operation performed on the operation panel is a control operation relating to the image processing apparatus.
US08896854B2
An image reading apparatus with a structure capable of reliably discharging a document, and a multi-functional machine having the same are disclosed. The image reading apparatus includes a document feed path having a document outlet, a reading unit which reads an image of a document fed through the document feed path, and a guide member which is disposed at the document outlet downstream of the reading unit to form a curl on the trailing end portion of the document. The curl formed on the document may make it possible for a subsequent document being discharged to push the curled document out of the document outlet.
US08896851B2
One aspect of the present invention relates to copying a paper document including no information in the original user information area and also no information in the latest user information area. Another aspect of the present invention relates to copying document including no information in the original user information area but some information in the latest user information area.
US08896842B2
Systems for imaging a sample are provided. The system includes an optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging portion having an associated OCT path defined by one set of optical elements between an OCT signal delivery optical fiber and the sample; an image capture portion having an associated image capture path defined by a second set of optical elements between an image capture device and the sample, different from the OCT path; and an illuminator portion having an associated illumination path defined by a third set of optical elements between an illumination source and the sample. The OCT path, the image capture path, and the illuminator path have at least one optical element in common, and the respective paths differ from each other by at least one optical element. The OCT path and the image capture path share a common intermediate conjugate image plane. Focal control is achieved for the OCT path and the image capture path concurrently through adjustment of one or more common optical elements distal to the common intermediate conjugate plane, such that focal control requires no differential adjustment between optical elements not in common to both paths.
US08896841B2
An optical imaging method in an embodiment includes: a scanning step to scan each of a plurality of A-lines of an object with a signal light while alternately changing the phase difference between the signal light and a reference light to two preset phase differences; a detection step to detect the interference light of the signal light passing through the A-line and the reference light; and an imaging step to generate a complex interference spectrum based on the detection results of the interference lights corresponding to the plurality of A-lines sequentially obtained in the detection step according to the scanning, and form, based on the complex interference spectrum, the tomographic image along the arrangement of the plurality of A-lines in which a complex conjugate artifact is substantially removed.
US08896828B2
An apparatus and method for inspecting a container having a mouth, and a base with a punt opposite of the container mouth. Light energy is directed into the container and through the container mouth, using at least one light source, and light energy transmitted through the container mouth is sensed. The at least one light source is disposed on at least one side of the container so that the light energy is directed through a side wall of the container and onto the punt of the container base such that at least a portion of the light energy is reflected off the punt to extend through the container mouth to the light sensor.
US08896827B2
Disclosed are methods and apparatus for performing inspection or metrology of a semiconductor device. The apparatus includes a plurality of laser diode arrays that are configurable to provide an incident beam having different wavelength ranges. The apparatus also includes optics for directing the incident beam towards the sample, a detector for generating an output signal or image based on an output beam emanating from the sample in response to the incident beam, and optics for directing the output beam towards the detector. The apparatus further includes a controller for configuring the laser diode arrays to provide the incident beam at the different wavelength ranges and detecting defects or characterizing a feature of the sample based on the output signal or image.
US08896818B2
Methods and systems for using spectrally separated light pulses to collect more LIDAR information are presented. In one embodiment, a monochromatic pulse is transmitted to collect range information and a white pulse is transmitted a short time afterwards to collect spectral responsivity information or color of the target. In another embodiment, the white light pulse is used to collect both range and spectral responsivity information of the target. In another embodiment, the spectral separated laser is spatially spread in order to collect range information over more than one point at a time.
US08896813B2
An exposure method and apparatus exposes a substrate via a projection optical system and a liquid. The liquid is circulated in a circulation path. At least a part of the liquid in the circulation path is supplied through a discharge path to a space below the projection optical system, the discharge path being connected to the circulation path. The substrate is exposed via the projection optical system and the liquid.
US08896811B2
A method for positioning a substage, supported by a main stage, relative to a reference object, the substage moveable in a direction between a first and second position relative to the main stage. The method includes positioning the first stage using a passive force system that is activated by positioning the main stage. The passive force system includes two magnet systems, each magnet system being configured to apply a force in the direction to the first stage with respect to the second stage in a non-contact manner, the forces resulting in a resultant force applied to the first stage in the direction by the passive force system. A magnitude and/or a direction of the resultant force depends on the position of the first stage relative to the second stage, and the first stage has a zero-force position between the first and second position in which the resultant force is zero.
US08896808B2
A lithographic apparatus includes an illumination system, an array of individually controllable elements, a projection system, and a control system. The illumination system conditions a radiation beam. The array of individually controllable elements modulates the cross-section of the radiation beam. The projection system projects the modulated radiation beam onto a target portion of a substrate. The control system calculates a pattern that is to be formed on the array of individually controllable elements. The calculation includes an adjustment of the pattern, such that its focal plane is shifted in response to a measured separation between the target portion of the substrate and a focal plane of the projection system.
US08896806B2
An exposure apparatus that exposes a substrate includes: an optical system that includes an emission surface from which an exposure light is emitted; a first surface that is disposed in at least a part of a surrounding of an optical path of the exposure light emitted from the emission surface; a second surface that is disposed in at least a part of a surrounding of the first surface and at a position lower than the first surface; a space portion into which a liquid can flow via a first aperture between the first surface and the second surface and which is opened to the atmosphere via a second aperture different from the first aperture; and a first recovery portion that recovers at least a part of the liquid flowing into the space portion. Here, the emission surface, the first surface, and the second surface are opposed to the surface of the substrate in at least a part of the exposure of the substrate, and the substrate is exposed with the exposure light from the emission surface via the liquid between the emission surface and the surface of the substrate.
US08896801B2
Provided is a liquid crystal display. The liquid crystal display includes: a substrate; a gate line, a common electrode line and a data line formed on the substrate; an insulating layer formed on the gate line, the common electrode line and the data line; a pixel electrode formed on the insulating layer; a microcavity formed on the pixel electrode and including a liquid crystal injection hole; a common electrode formed on the microcavity; a support member formed on the common electrode; and a capping layer formed on the support member and covering the liquid crystal injection hole, in which the common electrode line and the common electrode are connected to each other through a contact hole formed in a passivation layer.
US08896798B2
The present invention provides a design of a bonding pad of a LCD panel and a flexible printed circuit (FPC). Each bonding pad is divided into three sections. Therefore, more bonding pads can be disposed on a high resolution panel without reducing total bonding width. Furthermore, the bonding pad with three sections, the FPC bonding pad and the panel bonding pad which are coupled with each other have different area so that misalignment is avoided in the process of bonding of the FPC and panel bonding pad. Besides that, a bonding area of each FPC bonding pad and panel bonding pad are substantially the same to assure resistance.
US08896787B2
A light-emitting assembly includes a light guide plate (LGP), a first infrared light-emitting part, a second infrared light-emitting part and a visible light-emitting part. The LGP has printed circuit patterns formed on a lower surface thereof. The first infrared light-emitting part includes a plurality of first infrared light-emitting diodes (LEDs) disposed at a first side of the LGP and spaced apart by intervals having different sizes. The second infrared light-emitting part includes a plurality of second infrared LEDs disposed at a second side of the LGP and spaced apart by intervals having different sizes. The visible light-emitting part includes a plurality of visible LEDs disposed at a third side of the LGP and spaced apart by intervals having different sizes, so that infrared light and visible light that is emitted from the two different kinds of light sources may be uniformly provided to a touch screen panel.
US08896779B2
Provided is a laser oscillation device. A second substrate is disposed above a first substrate in such a manner that a wedge cell is formed between the first and second substrates. A liquid crystal layer is formed by two or more liquid crystals which are injected into the wedge cell and have different pitches. Therefore, a consecutive wavelength-variable lasing process is possible in a certain wavelength region.
US08896778B2
It is an object to provide a liquid crystal display device including a thin film transistor with high electric characteristics and high reliability. As for a liquid crystal display device including an inverted staggered thin film transistor of a channel stop type, the inverted staggered thin film transistor includes a gate electrode, a gate insulating film over the gate electrode, a microcrystalline semiconductor film including a channel formation region over the gate insulating film, a buffer layer over the microcrystalline semiconductor film, and a channel protective layer which is formed over the buffer layer so as to overlap with the channel formation region of the microcrystalline semiconductor film.
US08896777B2
In an active matrix type liquid crystal display device, in which functional circuits such as a shift register circuit and a buffer circuit are incorporated on the same substrate, an optimal TFT structure is provided along with the aperture ratio of a pixel matrix circuit is increased. There is a structure in which an n-channel TFT, with a third impurity region which overlaps a gate electrode, is formed in a buffer circuit, etc., and an n-channel TFT, in which a fourth impurity region which does not overlap the gate electrode, is formed in a pixel matrix circuit. A storage capacitor formed in the pixel matrix circuit is formed by a light shielding film, a dielectric film formed on the light shielding film, and a pixel electrode. Al is especially used in the light shielding film, and the dielectric film is formed anodic oxidation process, using an Al oxide film.
US08896774B2
To provide an optical film which may be used as a λ/4 plate and may provide a display device which has specific optical characteristics, may be manufactured with high productivity and has an excellent 3D-display performance. To provide a 3D-display device having a physical properties having excellent antireflective property and light fastness with high productivity. An optical film having at least one optically anisotropic layer, wherein an in-plane retardation. Re at an arbitrary wavelength in a visible light region is 80 nm to 201 nm, an Nz value represented by the following equation is 0.1 to 0.9, and when the in-plane retardations at wavelengths of 450 nm, 550 nm and 650 nm are referred to as Re450, Re550 and Re650, respectively, Re450/Re550 is 1.18 or less and Re650/Re550 is 0.93 or more. Nz=0.5+Rth/Re (Rth: a retardation in a thickness direction)
US08896768B1
Mounting systems can attach a digital media player to a television. Mounting systems can include a base, sidewalls, and hooks configured to enter vents of the television. Hooks can include a front portion that protrudes away from the base and into a vent of the television such that the hook attaches the base to the television.
US08896765B1
Systems and methods for personalized video display include providing an interface on the touch device, maintaining a layout template that includes a primary video display window and a user selectable information window, and send the layout template to the television. The television can display the template layout and embedded content. Additionally, the touch device can detect gestures from a user and communicate instructions to the television based on the gesture input.
US08896761B2
According to one embodiment, a television receiver includes: a housing; a circuit board; a flexible printed wiring board comprising a base layer, a conductive layer, and a protective layer. The circuit board is installed in the housing. The flexible printed wiring board is configured to be electrically connected to the circuit board. The base layer includes a first surface and a second surface positioned on an opposite side of the first surface. The conductive layer is provided on at least one of the first surface and the second surface of the base layer. The protective layer is configured to cover the base layer and the conductive layer, and includes an outer edge portion positioned on an outside of a periphery portion of the base layer.
US08896760B2
A signal processing device and signal processing method. A plurality of tuner circuits includes at least one that selectively provides a signal from among a plurality of signal bands potentially in an input signal in response to a control signal having a transition between a first state and a second state. A correction circuit corresponds to at least one of the plurality of tuner circuits, and is configured to receive the control signal and provide a corrected control signal for the tuner circuit. The corrected control signal has a gradual transition between the first state and the second state as compared to the transition between the first state and the second state in the control signal.
US08896759B2
A method and system to improve the performance of phase correlation motion estimation for low-bit-precision implementation are described herein. Phase correlation uses the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) with operations with infinite-precision constants. Since physical implementations use finite-precision arithmetic, there is some loss in precision relative to the ideal infinite-precision case. In low-complexity implementations, it is desirable to use as few bits as possible, and if the precision is too low, the performance of traditional phase correlation suffers. A pre-processing technique is applied to the data prior to taking the FFT, which minimizes the negative effects of finite precision in the FFT and allows high quality results from phase correlation. The pre-processing step is a content-dependent contrast adjustment that maps the range of the input images' pixel values to the range of input values for the FFT. There is no post-processing required after the FFT to compensate for the pre-processing step.
US08896755B2
Disclosed herein is a reception apparatus including: a reception portion configured to receive audio video content; a trigger extraction portion configured to extract trigger information for operating an application program transmitted along with the audio video content and executed in interlocked relation to the audio video content; a table acquisition portion configured to acquire a correspondence table for associating the trigger information with commands for controlling the operation of the application program; a command determination portion configured such that, based on the acquired correspondence table, the command determination portion determines the commands associated with the extracted trigger information; and a control portion configured to control the operation of the application program in response to the determined commands.
US08896753B2
A camera-mounted cellular phone (1) comprises a camera sensor (3) which picks up an image, a switch (2) which is configured to switch and set at least equal to or more than two operation modes each corresponding to an image-pickup distance from the camera sensor (3) to an object, and an LED (4) which emits light together with an image-pickup. At the time of image-pickup, an image-pickup operation is performed by controlling a focal point of the camera sensor (3) in accordance with an operation mode switched and set by the switch (2), and the luminous brightness of the LED (4) is controlled in accordance with the operation mode switched and set.
US08896734B2
A solid-state image sensor includes a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type, a second semiconductor region of a second conductivity type that is arranged to contact a lower face of the first semiconductor region and functions as a charge accumulation region, a third semiconductor region including side faces surrounded by the second semiconductor region, a fourth semiconductor region of the second conductivity type that is arranged apart from the second semiconductor region, and a transfer gate that forms a channel to transfer charges accumulated in the second semiconductor region to the fourth semiconductor region. The third semiconductor region is one of a semiconductor region of the first conductivity type and a semiconductor region of the second conductivity type whose impurity concentration is lower than that in the second semiconductor region.
US08896731B2
According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a pixel interpolation unit. The pixel interpolation unit includes a calculating unit that adds, to a first frequency band component, a second frequency band component in a direction in which the amount of change in the sensitivity level value of an acquired color component is determined to be small. The second frequency band component is in a frequency band higher than the first frequency band component.
US08896729B2
An image processing apparatus has an input unit for inputting an image captured by an image sensor, a shading correction amount calculation unit for calculating per pixel a shading correction amount to be applied to the image inputted from the input unit, a γ correction gain calculation unit for calculating a γ correction gain depending on the shading correction amount and pixel values of the image sensor pixels, and a gain correction unit for applying gain correction to the pixel values based on the γ correction gain, wherein shading correction and γ correction are performed simultaneously by the gain correction with the gain correction unit.
US08896715B2
Video image stabilization provides better performance on a generic platform for computing devices by evaluating available multimedia digital signal processing components, and selecting the available components to utilize according to a hierarchy structure for video stabilization performance for processing parts of the video stabilization. The video stabilization has improved motion vector estimation that employs refinement motion vector searching according to a pyramid block structure relationship starting from a downsampled resolution version of the video frames. The video stabilization also improves global motion transform estimation by performing a random sample consensus approach for processing the local motion vectors, and selection criteria for motion vector reliability. The video stabilization achieves the removal of hand shakiness smoothly by real-time one-pass or off-line two-pass temporal smoothing with error detection and correction.
US08896714B2
A system controller sets an optical correction ratio, which is a distribution ratio in which a shake angle detected by a gyro sensor is distributed to optical shake correction, in accordance with an optical zoom magnification and controls a prism driver to correct the shake angle multiplied by the optical correction ratio by the optical shake correction, and also controls a read controller to correct the rest of the angle by electronic shake correction.
US08896713B2
Systems, methods, and computer readable media for stabilizing video frames based on information from a motion sensor are described. In general, digital video stabilization techniques are disclosed for generating and applying image-specific transformations to individual frames (images) in a video sequence after, rather than before, the image has been captured. The transformations may be used to counter-balance or compensate for unwanted jitter occurring during video capture due to, for example, a person's hand shaking.
US08896707B2
Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing video qualification, which might include implementing video quality measurements at a subscriber premises and qualification of the subscriber premises for particular levels of video data transmission. In some cases, one or more customer premises equipment might comprise video quality chips that might perform measurements of the telecommunications links, and might send the results to a server associated with the service provider. The server might determine available video services, based on the results of the measurements, and might send the subscriber notifications indicating that the subscribers qualify for particular video services. In some cases, implementing video qualification might include the server determining that video service levels provided to a customer premises has been decreased or otherwise negatively affected. The server might order diagnosis and repairs of the affected equipment, and might send a notification to the subscriber indicating that repairs are underway.
US08896704B2
A testing apparatus, coupled to a mobile storage device, includes a control module and an intermediate module. The intermediate module, coupled to a television system and the mobile storage device, is for switching a subordinate status of the mobile storage device. The control module controls the intermediate module to write target data into the mobile storage device, and to allow the mobile storage device to output the target data to the television system.
US08896703B2
A technique of enhancing a scene containing one or more off-center peripheral regions within an initial distorted image captured with a large field of view includes determining and extracting an off-center region of interest (hereinafter “ROI”) within the image. Geometric correction is applied to reconstruct the off-center ROI into a rectangular or otherwise undistorted or less distorted frame of reference as a reconstructed ROI. A quality of reconstructed pixels is determined within the reconstructed ROI. One or more additional initially distorted images is/are acquired, and matching additional ROIs are extracted and reconstructed to combine with reduced quality pixels of the first reconstructed ROI using a super-resolution technique to provide one or more enhanced ROIs.
US08896701B2
An active infrared sensor may include an imaging infrared sensor to provide an output signal conveying time-sequential infrared images of a scene which includes a subject, a beam generator to generate a millimeter wave energy beam, and a processor. An initial infrared image of the scene may be stored in a memory. After storing the initial infrared image, the beam generator may illuminate the subject with the millimeter wave energy beam. A temperature change across the subject due to the millimeter wave energy beam may be estimated based on the output signal and the stored initial infrared image. The beam generator may stop illuminating the subject when a highest temperature change across the subject is at least equal to a predetermined temperature change limit.
US08896693B2
Techniques to monitor multiple targets with a single camera are disclosed. In one embodiment, an image sensor is provided with two or more readout circuits, each operating independently and is designed to read out charges from a designated area of the image sensor. When two or more designated sensing areas in the image sensor are being focused onto different objects and read out respectively, such an image sensor is capable of monitoring multiple targets. When placed in traffic surveillance, a camera equipped with such an image sensor is able to monitor multiple forward and backward lanes in near or far field. Further with the control of the designated areas, different resolutions of the images may be produced.
US08896684B2
A system and method for enhancing display content includes receiving a video signal made up of video frames from at least one image sensor and identifying a driving path based at least in part on steering wheel data. The system and method also includes performing a first segmentation on the at least one video frame to divide the at least one video frame into a plurality of segments containing input pixel data, altering input pixel data based on a segment associated with the input pixel data to create output pixel data and providing the at least one video frame comprising the output pixel data to a display.
US08896679B2
Described embodiments include a system, method, and computer program product. A described system includes a receiver circuit configured to receive a medical image that includes a region of interest of a mammalian body part, and a reference image that includes a landmark subsurface feature of the mammalian body part, the landmark subsurface feature having a spatial relationship to the region of interest. The system includes a registration circuit configured to register the region of interest and the landmark subsurface feature of the mammalian body part. The system includes a computer-readable, recordable-type media configured to maintain informational data corresponding to the registration of the region of interest and the landmark subsurface feature of the mammalian body part.
US08896668B2
A method of combining data from multiple sensors is disclosed. The method includes receiving lines of image data at an image processor having an input for a single camera. Each line of the image data includes first line data from a first image captured by a first camera and second line data from a second image captured by a second camera. The method also includes generating an output frame having a first section corresponding to line data of the first image and having a second section corresponding to line data of the second image. The first section and the second section are configured to be used to generate a three-dimensional (3D) image format or a 3D video format.
US08896667B2
An electronic device may have a stereoscopic camera module with left and right image sensors separated by a stereo base line. The camera module may have an adjustable convergence such that the position at which objects are captured by the left and right image sensors with zero horizontal disparity can be moved closer to and farther from the electronic device. The convergence of the camera module may be adjusted such that a region of interest or an object (i.e., subject) is captured with minimal horizontal disparity. With arrangements of this type, conflicts between accommodation (e.g., the location of a display) and convergence (e.g., the perceived location of the region of interest or subject either behind, on the plane of, or in front of a display) may be reduced.
US08896666B2
A board inspection device includes an irradiation device for irradiating light on a printed circuit board, a CCD camera for imaging the irradiated part of the circuit board. First image processing is performed for a first exposure time such that an inspection target region is free of brightness saturation, and second image processing is performed using a second exposure time corresponding to the insufficiency of the first exposure time relative to a certain exposure time appropriate for measurement of a measurement standard region. Thereafter, image data for three-dimensional measurement is prepared for the inspection target region using the value of image data obtained by the first image processing, and image data for three-dimensional measurement is prepared for the measurement standard region using a value obtained by summing the image data value acquired by the second image processing and the image data value acquired by the first image processing.
US08896662B2
The systems and methods described herein include, among other things, a technique for calibrating the outputs of multiple sensors, such as CCD devices, that have overlapping fields of view and mapping the pixels of those outputs to the pixels of a display screen by means of a lookup table so that a user can see a selected field of view within the larger fields of view that are seen by the sensors.
US08896660B2
Techniques for computing error-bounded position and orientation (pose) of a panoramic camera in real-world environments. Such environments may include large interior spaces (e.g., buildings) A space may include multiple rooms. For example, a technique for capturing images associated with an environment includes the following steps/operations. First, respective placements of fiducials in the environment are determined so as to satisfy at least one constraint. Images are captured, with an image capture device (e.g., camera), associated with the environment with the fiducials placed therein. A pose estimation of the image capture device is then determined based on projections of the fiducials in the captured images. The pose estimation may be optimized so as to obtain an optimal pose per image. Also, the fiducial placements may be optimized so as to obtain optimal fiducial placements. Then at least one constraint may include a constraint associated with the number of visible fiducials, a constraint associated with a distance from a viewpoint to a fiducial, and/or a constraint associated with an angle subtended by pairs of fiducials.
US08896657B2
Disclosed are a scene video switch system and a scene video switch method. The system comprises an input unit configured to input an image currently captured by a video capture unit to serve as a current image; a detection unit configured to detect all of interesting elements and latent elements in the current image so as to determine a maximum possible existing area of the interesting elements; a state switch unit configured to carry out, by using a predetermined finite state machine, switching between scene states of the maximum possible existing area according to predetermined different scene states and switching conditions; and a display unit configured to extract, based on a current scene state switched by the state switch unit, an area of concern coinciding with the current scene state from the maximum possible existing area to serve as a scene video for display.
US08896648B2
A laser driving unit drives a semiconductor laser apparatus including a plurality of light sources, includes a light detecting part to detect light emissions from the light sources, a driving current generator to generate a driving current based on an input signal, an auxiliary driving current generator to generate an auxiliary driving current in an initial time period of an ON-time of the driving current, and an auxiliary current set part to set an auxiliary amount of the auxiliary driving current to be added to the driving current, for each of the light sources, based on a difference between the light emissions detected by the light detecting part and a target light emission of the light sources.
US08896645B2
An image erasing apparatus includes: a first carrying section carrying a recording medium; a second carrying section carrying the recording medium; a branching section branching a carrying path into the first carrying section and the second carrying section; a first erasing section erasing an image of the recording medium in the first carrying section; a second erasing section erasing the image of the recording medium in the second carrying section; a third carrying section carrying the recording medium passing through the first erasing section to the second carrying section; and a control section selecting the carrying path of the recording medium depending on an image erasing mode.
US08896641B2
An organic light emitting display device includes: a display panel including red, green, blue, and white (RGBW) subpixels; a first data conversion unit configured to convert red, green, and blue (RGB) data signals into RGBW data signals; an average picture level calculation unit configured to calculate an average picture level (APL) for the RGB data signals; a peak luminance controller configured to control luminance of at least one frame by using the APL and a look-up table; and a data compensation unit configured to perform a compensation operation on at least one of the RGB data signals in response to color coordinates of white (W) data signals among the RGBW data signals output from the first data conversion unit being different from a target value.
US08896638B2
An initial light control value calculation section calculates the backlight's initial light control value K0 according to brightness of an inputted image signal for each area. A black area measurement section measures a black area S by obtaining ratio of the number of pixels satisfying Y≦Y0 (Y: brightness signal level, Y0: black level threshold) in the screen. A minimum light control value output section determines a minimum light control value Kmin based on comparison between the measured black area S and a black area threshold S0 and outputs a maximum value permissible for the light control value as the value Kmin when the black area S is the threshold value S0 or less. An LED control signal calculation section outputs a control signal to LED light sources based on a light control value K1 as the higher one of K0 and Kmin.
US08896627B2
An information display device of an embodiment includes: a storage unit that stores the image data in association with information of the image data; a retrieval condition receiving unit that receives an input of a retrieval condition; a retrieval unit that retrieves the image data from the storage unit according to the received retrieval condition; a display control unit that displays an entire image representing an entire range in which the retrieved image data is distributed on a client terminal; and an operation receiving unit that receives an operation of an input unit by a user on a screen on which the entire image is displayed. The display control unit extracts the image data included in a range represented by a locus formed by an operation of the input unit, and displays the extracted image data on the client terminal together with the entire image.
US08896620B2
Computer input devices are described herein for use in manipulating digital images on a display apparatus.
US08896617B2
Systems and methods for aggregation of textures at multiple resolution levels are described herein. An embodiment includes a preprocessing system that aggregates textures associated with objects of interest at multiple resolution levels. Individual textures may have a “pyramid” of resolution levels, and aggregated textures may be combined into a “tree” or a “forest”. Additionally, a texture forest may also be organized spatially and in resolution using the nodes of a quadtree, based on the 3D coordinates of the geometric primitives using each texture. A client identifies a resolution level for each object of interest in an image frame, groups objects based on resolution levels. The client may then test one texture coordinate per object at the beginning of a texture tree, recursively towards each child node of the tree, accumulating texture replacement transforms as a texture matrix. The client may then draw all the textures with the appropriate transform.
US08896611B2
A bidirectional data transmission system and the transmitting method thereof are disclosed. A video graphics array interface or an interface including a display data channel is utilized in the bidirectional data transmission to transmit data in bi-direction.
US08896606B2
A touch screen to smooth a moving trajectory of a touch unit input as a curved line and to display the moving trajectory, and a display method of the touch screen are provided. The display method of the touch screen may include sampling coordinates at touch points when a touch unit moves on a touch screen, determining whether a moving trajectory of the touch unit is a curved line according to inclination between the coordinates, and fitting the sampled coordinates to a curve and displaying the fitted curve on the touch screen upon determining that the moving trajectory of the touch unit is the curved line.
US08896605B2
Data records are grouped into clusters according to attributes of the data records to be correlated. At least two of the clusters that satisfy a proximity criterion are merged. At least one ellipsoid is created for presentation in a scatter plot visualization based on the grouping and merging, the ellipsoid including pixels representing multiple corresponding data records. The ellipsoid has a characteristic based on a corresponding local correlation of the attributes of the data records represented by the ellipsoid. The characteristic of the ellipsoid is adjusted based on a direction of the local correlation.
US08896603B2
Example methods and apparatus to bind properties in a process control system are disclosed. A disclosed example method involves associating a binding type with a property of a configuration element. A plurality of values for the property are then retrieved based on the plurality of values being associated with the binding type. At least some of the plurality of values are presented to a user. The example method also involves receiving a user-selected value from the at least some of the plurality of property values and generating a binding reference to bind the user-selected value to the configuration element.
US08896601B1
A method for projecting geographic data (e.g., latitude and longitude coordinates) from a spherical surface onto a two-dimensional Cartesian space is provided. Such a capability can employ a coordinate testing and transformation method to map the projected geographic data within the two-dimensional Cartesian space so that distances measured on the spherical surface remain relatively consistent with distances measured in the two-dimensional Cartesian space. Further, this capability allows for the use of efficient search algorithms to find projected geographic points within a particular geographic search area.
US08896590B2
In one embodiment of the present invention, a display controller includes a stable pixel writing period in one horizontal period in a display device, the stable pixel writing period being a period during which a voltage outputted from a gate driver is at a high level. The display controller also includes a first stable pixel writing period determination circuit which determines, by using a reference signal independent from the frame rate in the display device, the stable pixel writing period during which the voltage is at the high level. Thus, the display controller can be provided in which, regardless of whether and how the frame rate is changed, the stable pixel writing period can be of a target length.
US08896583B2
A common electrode driving method, comprises: generating a first common electrode signal to be applied to a storage electrode line of each row of pixels on an array substrate, and a second common electrode signal to be applied to a common electrode forming a liquid crystal capacitance with pixel electrodes of each row of pixels on the array substrate, the first common electrode signal being opposite to a gate signal for gate electrodes applied to the corresponding row of pixels in terms of transition timing; and inputting the first common electrode signal to each row of pixels, and inputting the second common electrode signal to the common electrode.
US08896580B2
The present technique provides a system and method for providing instrument-activated buttons having a sub-surface mechanism for triggering a desired function upon interaction with an above-surface electronic/digital user device, such as a digitizing pointing device. The instrument-activated buttons may be disposed in a display device, a tablet computing device, or any other suitable electronic device. A user navigates a housing surface of the electronic device until a signal identifies the sub-surface button, which may then be activated by performing an instrument-based activation event. The activation event may be a button click, a tip movement, or any other suitable trigger on the electronic/digital user device. A wireless communication is then transmitted between the sub-surface mechanism and the electronic/digital user device to initiate the function associated with the instrument-activated button.
US08896576B2
A touch panel includes: an infrared light transmitting material through which infrared light is transmitted and which has a surface as a touch surface (20) touched by a detection subject; area sensors (3) including photo sensor elements (4) below a touch region, which is touched by the detection subject, of the infrared light transmitting material; and infrared light sources (1) provided outside the touch region, the infrared light sources (1) emitting infrared light along said surface of the infrared light transmitting material such that an entire circumference of the detection subject touching the touch surface (20) is irradiated with the infrared light, the touch panel detecting a position touched by the detection subject so that the photo sensor element (4) receives, among infrared light emitted by the infrared light sources (1) along said surface, infrared light reflected by the detection subject and transmitted through the infrared light transmitting material.
US08896573B1
An apparatus includes a touch sensor that includes a mesh of multiple first and second lines of conductive material extending across a display, where the display includes multiple pixels. The first lines are substantially parallel to each other, and the second lines are substantially parallel to each other. Each of the pixels has a first pixel pitch (PPx) along a first axis and a second pixel pitch (PPy) along a second axis that is perpendicular to the first axis. The first pixel pitch is equal to a distance between corresponding features of two adjacent pixels along the first axis, and the second pixel pitch is equal to a distance between corresponding features of two adjacent pixels along the second axis. The first and second lines extend across the display at first and second angles, respectively, relative to the first axis.
US08896570B2
A detecting method for a touch device, the method includes the steps of reading all sensed values of a frame associated with the touch device, computing a difference between a maximum sensed value and a minimum sensed value of all the sensed values of the frame, comparing the difference with a base value to generate a comparison result and executing a corresponding operation based on the comparison result.
US08896563B2
A consumer electronic product includes at least a transparent housing and a flexible display assembly enclosed within the transparent housing. In the described embodiment, the flexible display assembly is configured to present visual content at any portion of the transparent housing.
US08896560B2
In an embodiment, a processor includes a graphics domain including a graphics engines each having at least one execution unit. The graphics domain is to schedule a touch application offloaded from a core domain to at least one of the plurality of graphics engines. The touch application is to execute responsive to an update to a doorbell location in a system memory coupled to the processor, where the doorbell location is written responsive to a user input to the touch input device. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US08896551B2
A system and a method for improving recognition of a touch keyboard in an electronic device include setting a fuzzy set corresponding to each virtual key of the touch keyboard displayed on a touch panel. The improving method further includes receiving coordinates of a touch point on the touch panel, confirming a touched virtual key corresponding to the touched coordinates and executing a function of the touched virtual key. The improving method further confirming one or more adjacent virtual keys of the touched virtual key, and revising a fuzzy set of the received virtual key or a fuzzy set of an adjacent virtual key, if a backspace virtual key and the adjacent virtual key have been touched in turn after the touched virtual key.
US08896544B2
An information processing apparatus is provided which includes a read unit for reading pattern information formed by conductive material and an execution unit for executing a predetermined processing based on the pattern information read by the read unit.
US08896537B2
An optical navigation system cooperated with a light source for being used in a mouse is provided. The mouse transmits a mouse signal to a computer for navigation control. The optical navigation system includes an optical sensing array and a circuitry. The optical sensing array is utilized for receiving a reflected light from a surface indicating features of the surface for generating a digital frame corresponding to intensity variation caused by the reflected light. The circuitry is coupled to the optical sensing array, and utilized for generating a digital displacement signal by monitoring the intensity variation of two different digital frames, wherein the two digital frames are captured by the optical sensing array at two different time. Additionally, the mouse suspends the mouse signal to the computer if the intensity variation is flat.
US08896535B2
An image processing apparatus includes an extracting unit for extracting a feature point from a captured image; a recognizing unit for recognizing a position of the feature point; a display unit for displaying, based on the position of the feature point, a feature-point pointer indicating the feature point and a mirrored image of the captured image in a translucent manner; and an issuing unit for issuing, based on the position of the feature point, a command corresponding to the position of the feature point or a motion of the feature point.
US08896527B2
A user control input system for a host with a display. A controller establishes a communication link with the host and includes a first motion sensor. At least a second motion sensor is also in communication with the host. First user movement induces the first motion sensor to generate a first signal that is communicated to the host such that the host induces movement of a cursor on the display to move with respect to control objects at a first resolution. Second user movement induces the second motion sensor to generate a signal that is communicated to the host such that the host processing unit induces movement of the cursor at a second coarser resolution. The cursor can include first and second indicia such that the second indicium is moved proportional to the second motion at a finer resolution than movement of the first indicia.
US08896512B2
A pixel circuit for a display includes a pixel storage node for storing and presenting a pixel voltage to a pixel display element, a cell storage node for storing the data on the pixel storage node, and a first storage capacitor and a second storage capacitor each including a first electrode and a second electrode. The first electrode of the first storage capacitor is operatively coupled to the pixel storage node and the first electrode of the second storage capacitor operatively coupled to the cell storage node. The second electrode of the first and second storage capacitors is operatively coupled to a respective different one of first and second independent voltage signal lines. The pixel circuit further includes a pixel write circuit configured to write the pixel voltage to the pixel storage node during a data write cycle, and to provide respective voltage signals to the first and second independent voltage signal lines, each of the respective voltage signals being changed during the data write cycle in order to increase or reduce the pixel voltage.
US08896507B2
A liquid crystal device comprises an active matrix substrate (6) and a counter-substrate (7) provided with homeotropic alignment surfaces (11). A layer of nematic liquid crystal material is provided between the alignment surfaces (11) so as to form a vertically aligned nematic device. The substrates (6, 7) carry a pixel electrode arrangement and a counter-electrode arrangement which define a plurality of pixel regions. Each of least some of these regions has a pixel electrode (13), which may be split into two halves, and a counter-electrode (8) which are arranged to apply an electric field for controlling the liquid crystal director (12) out-of-plane tilt angle. A further electrode (14), for example in the form of a plurality of parallel fingers, cooperates with at least one of the other electrodes (8, 13) to apply a second electric field for controlling the director in-plane azimuth angle. Such a device may be used, for example, as a switchable public/private display.
US08896505B2
A display, including a substrate having a display area including first and second non-overlapping pixel groups and a gutter located between the first and second pixel groups, the gutter having a dimension in a first direction separating the first and second pixel groups, and each pixel group includes a plurality of pixels, each pixel having three or more differently colored sub-pixels; and wherein the pixel centers of the pixels in each pixel group are arranged in a regular two-dimensional array having one dimension parallel to the first direction, and wherein the pixels within a pixel group are separated by an inter-pixel separation in the first direction; and one or more electrical elements arranged within the gutter, each subpixel being connected to one of the one or more electrical elements, wherein the gutter dimension is greater than the inter-pixel separation, so that artifacts in a displayed image are reduced.
US08896500B2
A head-mounted display device that is mounted on the head of an observer and forms a virtual image before the eyes of the observer includes: a display device that forms an image, which is the source of image light, from image data; a light source that emits the image light representing the formed image; a light guide unit that forms a virtual image from the emitted image light; and a display control unit that turns off the light source and changes the head-mounted display device to a suspension mode when a suspension request is received from the outside.
US08896499B2
A a stereoscopic image display includes: a liquid crystal display panel including a 3D control line to which a 3D control voltage is applied, and a plurality of pixels, each of the pixels being divided into a main pixel portion and an active black stripe; and a 3D control voltage generation circuit that supplies a 3D control voltage to the 3D control line and discharges a voltage of the active black stripe down to a black gray voltage.
US08896486B2
A multiband antenna comprises a feeder member, a radiation conductor, a short-circuit member, a grounding plane and a feeder cable. The feeder member has a first coupling side. Two end of the short-circuit member are respectively connected with the radiation conductor and the grounding plane. The short-circuit member has a second coupling side parallel to and conformable to the first coupling side with a gap existing therebetween. The feeder cable has a central wire and an outer wire respectively connected with the feeder member and the grounding plane. The feeder member transmits a high-frequency fed-in signal to the short-circuit member in a capacitive coupling way. The multiband antenna of the present invention has a simplified antenna structure, a miniaturized size and wide frequency bands.
US08896484B2
The present invention relates to a dynamic radiation pattern diversity antenna system comprising a transmission line, a plurality of varactor diodes, and a radiation pattern control unit. The transmission line defines a plurality of unit cells. Each varactor diode is electrically connected to a corresponding unit cell. The radiation pattern control unit is electrically connected to each of the plurality of varactor diodes, and controls the electrical actuation thereof. Upon electrical actuation of the varactor diodes, each unit cell radiates at an angle corresponding to a voltage applied to the corresponding varactor diode.
US08896475B2
A converter may include multiple converter stages connected in series. Each converter stage may receive a clock signal and an analog input signal, and may generate an analog output signal and a digital output signal. Each converter stages may include an encoder generating the digital output signal, a decoder generating a reconstructed signal, a delaying converter generating a delayed signal, and an amplifier generating a residue signal, wherein the delayed signal may be a continuous current signal.
US08896470B2
An electronic device for disambiguation of stroke input, the device comprising: an input device coupled to the microprocessor for accepting a stroke input; and a stroke disambiguation module resident in the memory for execution by the microprocessor. The device is configured to: receive a signal representing a stroke input sequence at the stroke disambiguation module; apply one or more stroke disambiguation rules to the stroke input sequence to generate an updated input sequence; and transmit a signal representing the updated input sequence.
US08896468B2
Control devices and methods for a road toll system that is based on vehicle-based on-board units, using recording vehicles, control vehicles and a violation server, wherein the recording vehicle reads out a toll parameter from the on-board unit of a passing vehicle via a DSRC radio interface, compares it to a shape parameter of the vehicle detected by a sensor, and based thereon, in case of inconsistency, generates a violation data record and transmits it to the violation server, wherein the control vehicle registers the position or surroundings thereof in the violation server, and the violation server makes available to a control vehicle such violation data records, the locations of the violations of which are within the surroundings of a position of the control vehicle, wherein the control vehicle issues an alert message when it detects a violating vehicle in the surroundings, and wherein, during the transmission of a violation data record from the recording vehicle to the violation server and/or from the violation server to the control vehicle, the violation data record is divided into a TCP part and a UDP part.
US08896458B2
This method of converting a displacement of a magnetic object into a signal directly perceptible by a human being, comprises: —the acquisition (32) of a temporal succession of measurements of a magnetic field modified by the displacements of the object during a sliding time window of predetermined duration, —the construction (34) on the basis of this acquired temporal succession of measurements of several signals each representing a characteristic of the measured magnetic field dependent on a corresponding characteristic of the displacement of the object, and —the adjustment (50) of several parameters of the directly perceptible signal as a function of the signals so as to render these characteristics directly perceptible.
US08896456B2
A method and apparatus for indicating a seat location. An indicator is activated for a seat in a passenger cabin when a passenger leaves the seat. The indicator indicates a location of the seat when activated.
US08896454B2
To examine a contamination state of a worker having worked in a radiation controlled zone, a first unit detects contamination of a front or back surface of the worker and outputs a first signal indicating a contamination state of the surface. A second unit detects contamination of an arm's inner side surface of the worker and outputs a second signal indicating a contamination state of the arm's side surface. A third unit detects contamination of a trunk's side surface of the worker and outputs a third signal indicating a contamination state of the trunk's side surface. A processing unit detects the presence of contamination of the front or back surface and the armpit's both sides based on the outputted first signal, on the second signal output when the second unit moves up together with the third unit, and on the third signal output when the third unit moves up.
US08896453B2
A measurement device is provided with a sensor for detecting body motion of a subject and a CPU for executing processing for generating display data. The CPU includes a first discrimination unit for discriminating a sleeping state of the subject for each unit period, based on a sensor signal output from the sensor, a second discrimination unit for discriminating a level of the sleeping state of a predetermined period consisting of a predetermined number of continuous unit periods, based on the sleeping state for each unit period, a decision unit for deciding a display mode for each predetermined period, according to the level of the sleeping state of the predetermined period, and a generation unit for generating display data for displaying the level of the sleeping state of the subject in the predetermined period on a display device with a graph along the time axis.
US08896452B2
An imaging pest detection device, adaptable to mounting on known pest traps, utilizing a camera module and LED light providing daily gathering of images of the catch-can interior, thereby providing a remote real-time awareness of trap contents with reduced labor and increased accuracy and immediacy of trap condition.
US08896450B1
An automatic alarm system that indicates the presence of a fish strike at an unattended fishing pole comprises a small transmitter located at an upper tip of the fishing pole activated by a motion sensor that energizes a transmitter and a light whenever a fish moves the rod. The sensitivity of the movement is adjustable via a switch, which allows the user to ignore small movement caused by breezes or other effects. A receiver is carried by the fisherman, comprising a small enclosure which is provided with both a vibrating and audible alarm. The receiver is capable of receiving pages up to hundreds of feet away. Both components are powered by user replaceable batteries.
US08896439B2
A medical imaging device that uses electromagnetic or acoustic information to generate a patient image is remotely maintained. A set of operational characteristics for the device is maintained by a maintenance system disposed remotely from the device. Data from sensors disposed local to the device are received over a network at the maintenance system. A set of parameter measures is derived from the received data and analyzed in comparison with the set of operational characteristics to identify a predicted malfunction of a component of the device. The maintenance system is thus able to initiate a repair of the medical imaging device by generating an alert in response to identification of the predicted malfunction.
US08896436B1
A method for providing notification of an alarm event to a plurality of individuals and communication therebetween having steps that include: receiving an alarm event signal from an alarm system indicating an alarm event; determining a customer associated with the alarm event; determine a plurality of individuals that are to be contacted based upon the customer that has been determined as being associated with the alarm event; selecting a transmission vector having a corresponding transmission identifier; correspondingly associating the selected transmission identifier with the alarm event; sending an alarm event notification to each of the plurality of individuals utilizing the selected transmission vector; and receiving a response to the notification and automatically associating the same; directing each of the plurality of individuals into a virtual chat room corresponding to the alarm event; and facilitating communication between the individuals within the virtual chat room.
US08896417B2
A system for operating a gate of a vehicle may include a laser diode unit that shows step positions for operating the gate by radiating a plurality of laser points onto the ground, an ultrasonic wave sensor unit that measures the distance between the bottom of the rear bumper and the step positions and senses step input from a change in the distance due to the user stepping on the step positions, a gate driving unit that opens/closes the gate, using a driving part, and a control unit that controls the opening/closing operation of the gate driving unit on the basis of information on a step-on status kept for a predetermined time by the user which may be found by the ultrasonic wave sensor unit.
US08896413B2
A controlling device interacts dynamically with a plurality of appliances using state information known to a master appliance. The master appliance conveys to the controlling device the state information and the controlling device uses the state information to dynamically configure itself to command functional operations of one or more of the plurality of appliances. The master appliance also causes a graphical representation of the current configuration of the controlling device to be displayed on a display device that is associated with the master appliance.
US08896411B2
An information processing apparatus has a short-distance wireless communication unit which communicates with external equipment, an input unit, a timer, and a control unit. The input unit generates a press event in response to depression of the input unit and a release event in response to release the input unit from the depression. The timer measures an elapsed time. The control unit starts the timer in response to reception of the press event, transmits a press command or a release command to the external equipment in response to the reception of the press event or the release event, and transmits the release command to the external equipment when the control unit detects that the elapsed time reaches a specific time and no event is received from the input unit.
US08896409B2
Provided is a technique to secure compositional or microstructural uniformity of a ceramic sintered body while increasing the area of the ceramic sintered boy, thus improving basic performance including non-linearity, maximum withstand energy and aging characteristics. A plurality of small varistor pieces 11 and insulating resin are kneaded and extruded for shaping, whereby a sheet-form varistor layer 13 can be formed where a plurality of small varistor pieces 11 are spaced from one another and are aligned on the same plane, and the adjacent small varistor pieces 11 are bonded via insulating resin.
US08896395B2
A thin film bulk acoustic resonator (FBAR) includes a first electrode stacked on a substrate over a cavity, a piezoelectric layer stacked on the first electrode, and a second electrode stacked on the piezoelectric layer. Multiple lateral features are formed on a surface of the second electrode, the lateral features including multiple stepped structures.
US08896389B2
The present disclosure relates to an oscillation circuit including a differential negative resistance element, a resonance circuit connected to the differential negative resistance element, and a stabilization circuit connected in parallel with the negative resistance element to suppress parasitic oscillation. The stabilization circuit includes a variable shunt resistor and an adjusting device for adjusting the shunt resistor.
US08896387B1
In one embodiment, a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) is provided. The VCO includes a tank circuit. Also, the VCO includes a first pair of transistors. The drains of the first pair of transistors are coupled to the tank circuit and the gates of the first pair of transistors are cross-coupled with the drains of the first pair of transistors. The first pair of transistors each have a first threshold voltage. The VCO further includes a second pair of transistors. The drains of the second pair of transistors are respectively coupled to the sources of the first pair of transistors and the gates of the second pair of transistors are respectively coupled to the gates of the first pair of transistors, The second pair of transistors each have a second threshold voltage higher than the first threshold voltage.
US08896383B2
A variable supply rail generator is described. The variable supply rail generator includes a regulator configured to use an estimated load current for a power amplifier to optimize efficiency. The variable supply rail generator also includes a power amplifier controller. The power amplifier controller provides the estimated load current to the regulator.
US08896382B2
In an amplification device, an amplification unit has a transistor and amplifies a signal that is input. A control unit applies, when a power source is turned on, a pinch-off voltage to a gate of the transistor before applying a drain bias voltage to a drain of the transistor and then applies a gate bias voltage to the gate of the transistor.
US08896376B2
The disclosed digital amplifier (200) is provided with a voltage value conversion block (220) for converting a digital value of a digital pulse width of a digital modulation block (210) to a voltage value; and an integration circuit block (230) for generating a triangular wave by way of a master clock and modulating the generated triangular wave on the basis of a signal corresponding to the value of the modulation width of digital pulse width modulation. The disclosed digital amplifier (200) is provided with a low-pass filter (260) for demodulating pulse power that has been power-amplified by way of a drive circuit (250) to analog power of an audio band, and an error amplifier (290) for computing the voltage difference between the voltage of a low-pass filter (280) and the low-pass filter (260) and amplifying thereof.
US08896372B2
A first amplification section and a second amplification section included in an amplification apparatus amplify two constant amplitude signals generated by vector decomposition. An impedance inverting circuit inverts the impedance of the signal amplified by the second amplification section. A combining circuit corrects the phases of the signal amplified by the first amplification section and the signal whose impedance is inverted by the impedance inverting circuit, and combines and outputs these signals. The combining circuit includes a line which is (λ/4)+γ in length and which is an asymmetrical circuit element and a line which is (λ/4)−δ in length and which is an asymmetrical circuit element.
US08896366B2
A semiconductor device includes a power supply voltage level/slope detection unit configured to detect a level of a power supply voltage and a slope of a power supply voltage curve, and output a power supply voltage level/slope detection signal, a pumping voltage detection unit configured to detect a level of a pumping voltage based on a reference pumping level to output a pumping detection signal, an oscillation signal generation unit configured to generate an oscillation signal in response to the pumping detection signal and the power supply voltage level/slope detection signal, and a pumping unit configured to generate the pumping voltage by performing a charge pumping operation in response to the oscillation signal.
US08896361B2
The invention relates to a receiving circuit for transmission through interconnections used for sending a plurality of electrical signals.Each of the output signals of the receiving circuit produced by the receiving circuit of the invention is delivered by an output of a combining circuit having 4 inputs and 4 outputs. Each signal terminal of the receiving circuit is connected to a first input terminal of a differential circuit, the differential circuit also having a second input terminal and a single output terminal. The common terminal of the receiving circuit is connected to the second input terminal of each of the differential circuits. Each input of the combining circuit is coupled to the output terminal of one of the differential circuits. Each of the output signals of the receiving circuit is a linear combination of the voltages between one of the signal terminals and the common terminal.
US08896360B2
A level-up shifter circuit is suitable for high speed and low power applications. The circuit dissipates almost no static power, or leakage current, compared to conventional designs and can preserve the signal's duty cycle even at high data rates. This circuit can be used with a wide range of power supplies while maintaining operational integrity.
US08896354B1
A driving device is disclosed, which relates to a technology for reducing consumption of a leakage current unnecessary for a driver circuit. The driving device includes: a pre-driver configured to output a drive control signal upon receiving a power-supply voltage in response to an input signal, and change a voltage level of the drive control signal in response to a control signal so as to selectively provide the changed voltage level; an output driver configured to receive the power-supply voltage in response to the drive control signal, and output the received power-supply voltage to an output terminal; and a bulk-voltage controller configured to selectively control bulk-voltage levels of the pre-driver and the output driver in response to the control signal.
US08896348B2
In a semiconductor device, there are provided first to third pairs of nMOS transistors between a GND and two sense nodes and first to third pairs of pMOS transistors between the two sense nodes and the power supply. A first internal clock signal and its inverted signal are supplied to gates of the first pair of nMOS transistors and the second pair of nMOS transistors, respectively. Complementary external clock signals are supplied to the gates of the third pairs of nMOS transistors and the third pairs of pMOS transistors. An inverted version of a second internal clock signal and the second internal clock signal are supplied to gates of the first and second pairs of pMOS transistors. The two sense nodes are connected to inputs of a differential amplifier. The output of the differential amplifier is latched by a latch circuit. An equalizing circuit precharges/equalizes the two sense nodes.
US08896347B2
A synchronous digital signal capture system includes a first flip-flop and a synchronization module. The first flip-flop receives a logic control signal and a first clock signal having a first frequency. The first flip-flop is configured to output a synchronized data signal based on the logic control, and generate a synchronous reset signal that is a logic inverse of the synchronized data signal generated at the data output. The synchronization module receives a primary data signal and is configured to generate the logic control signal based on the primary input signal, a second clock signal, and the synchronous reset signal such that the first flip-flop generates the synchronized signal.
US08896344B1
A method of configuring a programmable integrated circuit device with a user logic design includes analyzing the user logic design to identify unidirectional logic paths within the user logic design and cyclic logic paths within the user logic design, assigning the cyclic logic paths to logic in a first portion of the programmable integrated circuit device that operates at a first data rate, assigning the unidirectional logic paths to logic in a second portion of the programmable integrated circuit device that operates at a second data rate lower than the first data rate, and pipelining the unidirectional data paths in the second portion of the programmable integrated circuit device to compensate for the lower second data rate. A programmable integrated circuit device adapted to carry out such method may have logic regions operating at different rates, including logic regions with programmably selectable data rates.
US08896342B2
An integrated circuit of a multiple die package structure having a plurality of semiconductor devices, each of the plurality of semiconductor devices may include an active termination circuit configured to perform an active termination operation to the semiconductor device, and to be turned off in a disable state of an active termination setting code, a multiple die package information transfer unit configured to transfer a multiple die package information signal, and a compulsory termination unit configured to selectively convert the active termination setting code into the disable state in response to the multiple die package information signal.
US08896335B2
An apparatus controls a temperature of a device by circulating a fluid through a heat sink in thermal contact with the device. The apparatus includes an adjustable cold input, which inputs a cold portion of the fluid having a first temperature, and an adjustable hot input, which inputs a hot portion of the fluid having a second temperature higher than the first temperature. The apparatus further includes a chamber, connected to the cold input and hot input, in which the cold and hot portions of the fluid mix in a combined fluid portion that impinges on the heat sink. The combined fluid portion has a combined temperature that directly affects a temperature of the heat sink. The cold input and hot input are adjusted to dynamically control the combined temperature, enabling the heat sink temperature to compensate for changes in the device temperature, substantially maintaining a set point temperature of the device.
US08896332B2
A pattern generator generates a pattern signal which represents a test signal to be supplied to a DUT. A driver generates a test signal having a level that corresponds to the pattern signal, and outputs the test signal thus generated to the DUT. A voltage modulator changes, in a predetermined voltage range, the voltage level of the test signal output from the driver DR.
US08896326B2
An occupant detection system includes a controller, a sensing electrode, and a shield electrode, the electrodes disposed in a vehicle seat. The controller is electrically coupled to the sensing electrode and shield electrode by a sensing circuit. The controller is configured to send an input signal to the sensing electrode, the shield electrode, or both and measures current, impedance, or capacitance values to determine the presence of an object on the seat, to classify the object, or both.
US08896324B2
A method for providing an in-vivo assessment of relative movement of an implant that is positioned in a living being is provided wherein a first assembly and a second assembly are positioned within the living being. The first assembly includes a passive electrical resonant circuit that is configured to be selectively electromagnetically coupled to an ex-vivo source of RF energy and, in response to the electromagnetic coupling, generates an output signal characterized by a frequency that is dependent upon a distance between the first assembly and the second assembly at the time of the electromagnetic coupling.
US08896321B2
The abnormality detection system is provided for detecting an abnormality of an object. The abnormality detection system includes a high-frequency power source, a primary coil, a secondary coil and a controller. The high-frequency power source supplies power. The primary coil receives the power supplied from the high-frequency power source. The secondary coil is mounted to the object in noncontact with the primary coil for receiving power supplied from the primary coil. The controller is operable to detect the power received by the secondary coil and also to determine whether or not an abnormality is present in the object based on the detected power.
US08896317B2
A method of determining the dominant output wavelength of an LED, includes determining an electrical characteristic of the LED which is dependent on the voltage-capacitance characteristics, and analyzing the characteristic to determine the dominant output wavelength.
US08896315B1
A battery cell balancing system is operable to utilize a relatively small number of transformers interconnected with a battery having a plurality of battery cells to selectively charge the battery cells. Windings of the transformers are simultaneously driven with a plurality of waveforms whereupon selected battery cells or groups of cells are selected and charged. A transformer drive circuit is operable to selectively vary the waveforms to thereby vary a weighted voltage associated with each of the battery cells.
US08896304B2
A magnetic sensor includes first and second MR elements, and an electrode electrically connecting the first and second MR elements to each other. The electrode includes a first portion having a first surface, a second portion having a second surface, and a coupling portion coupling the first and second portions to each other. The first surface is in contact with an end face of the first MR element. The second surface is in contact with an end face of the second MR element. Each of the first and second surfaces has a three-hold or higher rotationally symmetric shape. The diameter of a first inscribed circle inscribed in the outer edge of the first surface and the diameter of the second inscribed circle inscribed in the outer edge of the second surface are greater than the width of the coupling portion.
US08896303B2
One embodiment of the present invention relates to a vertical Hall-effect device. The device includes at least two supply terminals arranged to supply electrical energy to the first Hall-effect region; and at least one Hall signal terminal arranged to provide a first Hall signal from the first Hall-effect region. The first Hall signal is indicative of a magnetic field which is parallel to the surface of the semiconductor substrate and which acts on the first Hall-effect region. One or more of the at least two supply terminals or one or more of the at least one Hall signal terminal comprises a force contact and a sense contact.
US08896301B2
According to one aspect, there is provided a method for compensating for gyroscope bias on a portable electronic device having a gyroscope, and at least one of an accelerometer and a magnetometer. The method includes determining a first attitude matrix and a second attitude matrix using data from the accelerometer and the magnetometer, determining a difference between the first attitude matrix and the second attitude matrix, estimating a rotational velocity based on the difference between the first attitude matrix and the second attitude matrix, and compensating for an output from the gyroscope to generate a compensated output that compensates for the gyroscope bias using the estimated rotational velocity.
US08896299B2
Provided is a position detector device capable of suppressing the effect of external magnetic fields on precision in detection. A position detector device (1) comprises: a subject to be detected (4a), which rotates along with the rotation of a handle grip (3) that is disposed on a handlebar (2); a detector unit (5) that detects the subject to be detected (4a); and a case (7) which houses the subject to be detected (4a) and the detector (5). The subject to be detected (4a) is treated as a magnetic cylindrical body, the detector unit (5) is treated as a magnetic detector unit (5) that detects changes in magnetism. A support member (6) rotatably supports the subject to be detected (4a), and further comprises a housing member (65) that houses the detector unit (5) on the interior circumference side of the subject to be detected (4a).
US08896295B2
A sensor with multiple magnetic field sensing elements for use in current sensing and other applications is presented. The sensor includes an arrangement of two or more magnetic field sensing elements to sense magnetic field associated with a target. The sensor further includes circuitry to generate a sensor output signal based on sensing of at least one of the magnetic field sensing elements of the arrangement. Also included is a programmable misalignment adjustment block to control the circuitry to generate the output signal with compensation for misalignment between the sensor and the target. The programmable misalignment adjustment block can be programmed to select measurement of one of the two or more magnetic field sensing elements, or alternatively, a mathematical combination of measurements of the two or more magnetic field sensing elements, for generating the sensor output signal when a test of the sensor indicates a misalignment.
US08896293B2
A system for sensing and controlling concentration of magnetic particles in magnetorheological fluid comprising a wire coil and an AC voltage generator that, when energized, creates a magnetic flux field including a fringing field. When the fringing field extends through the magnetorheological fluid, the impedance in the circuit is proportional to the concentration of magnetic particles. A reference wire coil identical to the sensing wire coil is connected therewith. A demodulator is connected to each of the coils sends an impedance difference signal to a feedback controller connected to controllable dispensing apparatus for adding a calculated amount of replenishing fluid to the magnetorheological fluid. The system may be incorporated into an integrated fluid management module having apparatus for receiving and replenishing spent magnetorheological fluid and a sensor system in accordance with the present invention for use in a magnetorheological finishing system having a carrier wheel.
US08896287B2
A cable identification system is provided. The cable identification system includes a cable having a plurality of conductors with an electrical connector secured to at least one end. All but one of the conductors are enclosed in a shield conductor. The remaining additional conductor is positioned external to the outer surface of the shield conductor. The electrical connector is adapted to connect the plurality of conductors to a mating connector. The cable identification system further includes a signal generator adapted to connect the electrical connector to the mating connector. The signal generator is configured to generate and transmit a unique signal over the additional conductor in the cable. The cable identification system further includes a portable device configured to detect the unique signal when positioned adjacent the cable at any point along the cable.
US08896280B2
A switching regulator includes a multiphase converter which includes a plurality of main phases configured to covert a power supply voltage to a lower voltage for application to an electronic device at different load conditions. The switching regulator also includes an auxiliary phase configured to operate in a pulse frequency modulation mode during a light load condition so that power is supplied to the electronic device by at least the auxiliary phase during the light load condition.
US08896266B2
An electric vehicle includes a power receiving connector that is connected to a battery via a relay, and an electric charger includes a power supply connector that is connected to the power receiving connector. When a high voltage is applied to the power receiving connector due to a weld failure of the relay, a warning lamp flashes to notify an operator of the risk. Then the connection state is detected between the connectors. When the connectors are not connected to each other, a warning buzzer issues a warning sound. When the connectors are connected to each other, the warning buzzer is turned off. The power receiving connector is covered by the power supply connector in this manner, the operator is unlikely come in contact with the power receiving connector, and thus the output of a warning sound from the warning buzzer is stopped.
US08896254B2
A robot which is able to complete all or a part of desired operations and take a safety countermeasure in order to prevent an unexpected result from being obtained, even when a power source of a motor-based robot is unintentionally and suddenly cut off. A method of controlling a robot, which includes a main power source, a subsidiary power source and a motor to receive power from at least one of the main power source and the subsidiary power source, includes driving the motor using power supplied from the subsidiary power source if power supplied from the main power source is cut off, selecting at least one of a plurality of safety control modes to stably control the robot in consideration of a current state of the robot, and controlling the robot to operate in the selected safety control mode.
US08896249B2
A position sensorless control methodology for an electrical machine is provided. In particular, one aspect provides a method for position sensorless operation of an electrical machine using direct position error computation from stator flux observation results and stator current measurement.
US08896244B2
A motor control system is provided, including a motor and a control module. The motor operates at a rotational velocity, and creates a regenerative current. The motor has a target field weakening current that is configured for limiting the regenerative current to a threshold value. The control module is in communication with the motor. The control module receives a motor torque command. The control module includes control logic for identifying the target field weakening current based upon the motor torque command and the rotational velocity of the motor.
US08896240B2
A multifunctional electric tool has a housing, a motor arranged in the housing, a transmission device driven by the motor, a speed controlling device. At least two output shafts which have different dimensions are to be used with the tool wherein the output shaft is used to control the activation of the speed controlling device. The rotational speed of the electric tool may thus be automatically adjusted to match with the rotational speed of the accessory installed on the output shaft.
US08896230B1
The present invention provides an LED backlight drive circuit, which includes a first power supply module, an electrical inductor, a rectifier diode, a MOS transistor, an electrolytic capacitor, an LED light string, a voltage division module, a voltage comparator, a second power supply module, and an LED constant-current drive chip. The LED backlight drive circuit is arranged to include a voltage comparator in an external circuit of the LED constant-current drive chip to detect output voltage of the drive circuit so that high voltage, the voltage comparator is caused to supply a low voltage level to forcibly pull down a PWM dimming signal or an ENA enabling signal of the LED constant-current drive chip to achieve an over-voltage protection function and also enable removal of over-voltage protection module from a conventional LED constant-current drive chip.
US08896227B2
A system for directly driving light emitting diodes (LEDs). A string of LEDs is coupled across an input voltage and includes a plurality of separate groups of LEDs. Each of a plurality of switches is coupled in parallel with an associated one of the groups of LEDs for controlling current flow through the associated group of LEDs in response to a control signal from a controller circuit. A switch protection circuit is associated with at least one of the switches. The switch protection circuit is configured to place the switch into a conducting state in the event of failure of an LED in the associated group of LEDs.
US08896216B2
An illumination system includes multiple light emitting devices arranged in an area so as to be spaced apart from each other. Each light emitting device includes multiple light emitting diode arrays each of which has one light emitting diode or a plurality of light emitting diodes connected in series. The numbers of the light emitting diodes included in each light emitting diode arrays differs from each other. A controller is configured to establish one or more groups each including one or more light emitting devices and adjust an illumination state of each light emitting device by controlling the driving state of the one or more light emitting diode arrays included in each light emitting device. The controller may select the number of light emitting devices included in each group based on an external condition.
US08896196B2
A field emission flat light source and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The field emission flat light source includes an anode (110), a cathode (120), a light guide plate (130) and a separation body (140). The anode (110) and the light guide plate (130) are separated by the separation body (140). The cathode (120) is provided in the contained space (150) formed by the anode (110), the light guide plate (130) and the separation body (140). The anode (110) includes an anode substrate (112), a metal reflective layer (114) provided on the anode substrate (112) and a light emitting layer (116) provided on the metal reflective layer (114). The cathode (120) includes a cathode substrate (122) and an electron emitter (124) provided on the surface of the cathode substrate (122). The thermal conductivity of the field emission flat light source is improved. The field emission flat light source is applied to the field of the liquid crystal display or the illumination light.
US08896193B2
A spark plug including a ceramic insulator having an axial hole, a center electrode inserted into the axial hole, a metallic shell provided around the insulator, a ground electrode fixed to the metallic shell, and a tip joined to a distal end portion of the ground electrode and forming a spark discharge gap between the tip and a forward end portion of the center electrode. The ground electrode includes an outer layer and an inner layer provided inside the outer layer and formed of a metal containing copper as a main component. The tip is joined to the ground electrode by a fusion portion containing a metal forming the tip and a metal forming the outer layer. The fusion portion is in contact with the inner layer and contains copper. The spark plug efficiently conducts heat from the tip to the inner layer to improve corrosion resistance of the tip.
US08896188B2
Resonator structures and electrodes are described, as well as methods for manufacturing the same. Resonator electrodes may be formed using two or more photolithographic steps and masks, with different masks being used to define different features of the electrodes. The masks may create self-aligned electrodes, which can be aligned with one or more anchors of the resonator.
US08896187B2
There is provided a piezoelectric film having an alkali niobate-based perovskite structure expressed by a general formula (NaxKyLiz)NbO3(0≦x≦1, 0≦y≦1, 0≦z≦0.2, x+y+z=1), wherein the alkali niobate has a crystal structure of a pseudo-cubic crystal, a tetragonal crystal, an orthorhombic crystal, a monoclinic crystal, a rhombohedral crystal, or has a crystal structure of coexistence of them, and when total of K—O bonding and K-Metal bonding is set as 100% in a binding state around K-atom of the alkali niobate, a K—O bonding ratio is 46.5% or more and a K-Metal bonding ratio is 53.5% or less, wherein the Metal indicates a metal atom included in the piezoelectric film.
US08896182B2
A driver system comprises a direct current (DC) voltage source and a first bi-directional DC-to-DC converter having a primary side coupled to the DC voltage source and a secondary side and configured to convert a first voltage on the primary side to a second voltage on the secondary. The driver system also comprises a second bi-directional DC-to-DC converter having a primary side coupled to the DC voltage source and a secondary side coupled to the secondary side of the first bi-directional DC-to-DC converter and configured to convert the first voltage on the primary side to a third voltage on the secondary. The first and second bi-directional DC-to-DC converters are capable of boosting the first voltage, and the second control signal is a complement of the first control signal. A voltage difference between the second and third voltages comprises an output voltage that comprises an amplification of the first control signal.
US08896178B2
A synchronous motor drive system improves the design flexibility regarding torque characteristics as compared with conventionally available design flexibility. A synchronous motor has a rotor and a stator. Each of at least two adjacent stator teeth has a slit formed at the tip thereof. Each of a plurality of stator teeth has a main coil wound therearound in concentrated winding. Between each two adjacent teeth having a slit, a sub-coil is wound around in a manner of being accommodated in the respective slits. The drive device separately controls electric current supplied to the main coils and electric current supplied to the sub-coil.
US08896177B2
An interior permanent magnet motor in provided which is made up of a permanent magnet, and a rotor core of which an insertion aperture for the permanent magnet to be inserted thereinto is formed in the rotor core. Additionally, the interior permanent magnet motor includes a first end plate which is connected to the rotor core and of which a first seating portion for the permanent magnet is disposed thereto is formed in the first seating portion and a second end plate which is connected to the rotor core and of which a second seating portion for the permanent magnet is disposed thereto is formed in the second end plate.
US08896175B2
A rotor for an electric machine excited by magnetic poles formed by one or more embedded permanent magnets includes a magnetic body and the one or more embedded permanent magnets associated with the magnetic body defining first magnetic poles and second magnetic poles of alternating magnetic polarity along a rotor direction. For at least one of the one or more embedded permanent magnets a rotor segment is arranged between the one or more embedded permanent magnets and a first surface of the magnetic body. At least one retainer element connects the rotor segment to a portion of the magnetic body.
US08896174B2
An active magnetic bearing includes a bearing housing, a bearing stator, a bearing armature, a position detector, a jacket, and a stress buffering member. The bearing stator is accommodated in the bearing housing to support rotation of a rotor by using a magnetic force. The bearing armature is disposed to be spaced apart from the bearing stator by an interval and fixed to the rotor. The position detector is installed in the bearing housing to detect a position of the rotor. The jacket is interposed between the bearing stator and the bearing armature to seal a space between the bearing stator and the bearing housing. The stress buffering member connected to opposite ends of the jacket and the bearing housing, to buffer a stress generated due to differences between thermal exposition coefficients and temperatures of the bearing housing and the jacket.
US08896171B2
In an ECU attached to a motor assembly, inverter FETs, which generate outputs for driving a motor, are electrically connected to a substrate. A plurality of screw holes is formed in a heat sink thereby to fix the substrate. A resin member is provided between the heat sink and the substrate and has a plurality of motor terminals and a resin mold, which integrally fix the motor terminals by molding the motor terminals. The motor terminal has an embedded part, a L-shaped substrate-side exposed part and a motor-side exposed side including a curbed part. The resin member and the substrate are tightened together and fixed to the heat sink.
US08896169B2
A method for fabricating a motor is described that includes attaching a circuit board of a motor control assembly to a first side of a mounting adapter, and attaching a second side of the mounting adapter to a stator assembly.
US08896166B2
An electric drive unit includes an electric motor, which has a stator and a rotor, a gearbox, an electric circuit and a housing. The housing forms a motor compartment in which the electric motor is arranged and a gearbox chamber in which at least a part of the gearbox is arranged. The electric drive unit also includes a lubricating circuit in which a lubricating fluid is conveyed in order to lubricate and cool the gearbox and the rotor of the electric motor, the lubricating fluid circulating between the motor compartment and the gearbox chamber. The drive unit further includes a cooling circuit in which a cooling fluid is conveyed in order to cool the electric circuit and also the stator of the electric motor. The cooling fluid of the cooling circuit is connected to the lubricating fluid of the lubricating circuit in such a manner as to be able to exchange heat.
US08896164B2
A stepping motor uses a low-cost ferrite magnet instead of an expensive rare-earth magnet. The stepping motor has characteristics equivalent or superior to those of a conventional stepping motor. The stepping motor is provided with a rotor 300, a stator yoke 200, and bearings 501 and 502 which rotatably hold the rotor 300 with respect to the stator yoke 200. The rotor 300 has a columnar shape and has plural magnetic poles arranged in the circumferential direction of the outer circumferential surface. The stator yoke 200 has an outer cylindrical portion and an inner circumferential portion which surrounds the rotor 300 and which has plural first pole teeth and plural second pole teeth. The outer diameter “d” of the rotor 300 and the outer diameter “D” of the stator yoke 200 are set so that the ratio of “d/D” is greater than 0.6.
US08896163B2
A miniature electric motor (1) with an outer diameter (DA) that is smaller than or equal to 6 mm, has a hollow cylindrical stator (2) with stator coils (8) and a magnetic rotor (4) rotatably arranged around a rotational axis (16) in the stator (2) by means of a rotor shaft (10). The stator coils (8) can be energized in order to generate a magnetic rotational field in dependence upon the rotational position of the magnetic rotor (4). A sensor chip (20) having at least one magnetic field sensor (22) is arranged in such a manner in an area axially adjacent to a front face of the magnetic rotor (4) located within a plane that is vertical to the rotational axis (16) that the magnetic field sensor (22) is impinged in such a way by the magnetic field that the rotational position of the rotor can be evaluated.
US08896160B2
Disclosed are an apparatus and method of controlling switch units between a battery pack and a load, and a battery pack and a battery management system comprising the same. The apparatus comprises a memory for storing the turn-off number and order of first and second switch units connecting the battery pack with the load according to current ranges; and a control unit for equalizing the turn-off order of the first switch unit and the second switch unit with reference to the turn-off number and order in a current range corresponding to a magnitude level of discharge current of a battery. Accordingly, the present invention reduces the frequency of breakdown or malfunction of the switch units and increases the using period of the switch units.
US08896143B2
Disclosed is a direct drive wind turbine including a plurality of blades connected to a hub, a generator including a stator and a rotor, the stator being fixed on a nacelle of the wind turbine and a rotation sensor having a static element and a moving element. The hub is directly connected to the rotor of the generator. The static element of the rotation sensor is mounted on a stationary element of the wind turbine, in particular the stator, at a distance from the rotation axis of the hub, and the moving element of the rotation sensor is mounted on the rotor of the generator at a distance from the rotation axis of the hub.
US08896134B2
The film for back surface of flip-chip semiconductor according to the present invention is a film for back surface of flip-chip semiconductor to be formed on a back surface of a semiconductor element having been flip-chip connected onto an adherend, wherein a tensile storage elastic modulus at 23° C. after thermal curing is 10 GPa or more and not more than 50 GPa. According to the film for back surface of flip-chip semiconductor of the present invention, since it is formed on the back surface of a semiconductor element having been flip-chip connected onto an adherend, it fulfills a function to protect the semiconductor element. In addition, since the film for back surface of flip-chip semiconductor according to the present invention has a tensile storage elastic modulus at 23° C. after thermal curing of 10 GPa or more, a warp of the semiconductor element generated at the time of flip-chip connection of a semiconductor element onto an adherend can be effectively suppressed or prevented.
US08896129B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a circuit region where a circuit element is formed, a multilayer wiring layer that is formed on the substrate and composed of a plurality of wiring layers and a plurality of via layers that are laminated, and an electrode pad that is formed on the multilayer wiring layer. An interlayer insulating film is formed in a region of a first wiring layer that is a top layer of the plurality of wiring layers, in the region the electrode pad and the first circuit region overlapping each other in a planar view of the electrode pad.
US08896123B2
Provided is a nonvolatile memory device having a three dimensional structure. The nonvolatile memory device may include cell arrays having a plurality of conductive patterns having a line shape three dimensionally arranged on a semiconductor substrate, the cell arrays being separated from one another; semiconductor patterns extending from the semiconductor substrate to cross sidewalls of the conductive patterns; common source regions provided in the semiconductor substrate under a lower portion of the semiconductor patterns in a direction in which the conductive patterns extend; a first impurity region provided in the semiconductor substrate so that the first impurity region extends in a direction crossing the conductive patterns to electrically connect the common source regions; and a first contact hole exposing a portion of the first impurity region between the separated cell arrays.
US08896116B2
A microelectronic package includes a substrate (110), a die (120) embedded within the substrate, the die having a front side (121) and a back side (122) and a through-silicon-via (123) therein, build-up layers (130) built up over the front side of the die, and a power plane (140) in physical contact with the back side of the die. In another embodiment, the microelectronic package comprises a substrate (210), a first die (220) and a second die (260) embedded in the substrate and having a front side (221, 261) and a back side (222, 262) and a through-silicon-via (223, 263) therein, build-up layers (230) over the front sides of the first and second dies, and an electrically conductive structure (240) in physical contact with the back sides of the first and second dies.
US08896113B2
According to one embodiment, the base plate includes first and a second faces that are opposed to each other; the second face has a contoured rear surface, and the first area is set in the center of the plate. There is a second area with via holes in the peripheral areas of the center part. Also, the thickness of the second area is less than the thickness of the first area.
US08896109B2
A semiconductor device has a first semiconductor die mounted over a carrier. Wettable contact pads can be formed over the carrier. A second semiconductor die is mounted over the first semiconductor die. The second die is laterally offset with respect to the first die. An electrical interconnect is formed between an overlapping portion of the first die and second die. A plurality of first conductive pillars is disposed over the first die. A plurality of second conductive pillars is disposed over the second die. An encapsulant is deposited over the first and second die and first and second conductive pillars. A first interconnect structure is formed over the encapsulant, first conductive pillars, and second die. The carrier is removed. A second interconnect structure is formed over the encapsulant, second conductive pillars, and first die. A third conductive pillar is formed between the first and second build-up interconnect structures.
US08896105B2
Microelectronic devices and methods for manufacturing microelectronic devices are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method includes constructing a radiation sensitive component in and/or on a microelectronic device, placing a curable component in and/or on the microelectronic device, and forming a barrier in and/or on the microelectronic device to at least partially inhibit irradiation of the radiation sensitive component. The radiation sensitive component can be doped silicon, chalcogenide, polymeric random access memory, or any other component that is altered when irradiated with one or more specific frequencies of radiation. The curable component can be an adhesive, an underfill layer, an encapsulant, a stand-off, or any other feature constructed of a material that requires curing by irradiation.
US08896104B2
A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate including a first face and a second face on a side opposite to the first face; an external connection terminal formed on the first face of the semiconductor substrate; a first electrode formed on the first face of the semiconductor substrate and electrically connected to the external connection terminal; an electronic element formed on or above the second face of the semiconductor substrate; a second electrode electrically connected to the electronic element and having a top face and a rear face; a groove portion formed on the second face of the semiconductor substrate and having a bottom face including at least part of the rear face of the second electrode; and a conductive portion formed in the groove portion and electrically connected to the rear face of the second electrode.
US08896098B2
To provide a power storage device with improved cycle characteristics and a method for manufacturing the power storage device, a power storage device is provided with a conductive layer in contact with a surface of an active material layer including a silicon layer after an oxide film, such as a natural oxide film, which is formed on the surface of the active material layer is removed. The conductive layer is thus provided in contact with the surface of the active material layer including a silicon layer, whereby the conductivity of the electrode surface of the power storage device is improved; therefore, cycle characteristics of the power storage device can be improved.
US08896093B2
A vertical TVS (VTVS) circuit includes a semiconductor substrate for supporting the VTVS device thereon having a heavily doped layer extending to the bottom of substrate. Deep trenches are provided for isolation between multi-channel VTVS. Trench gates are also provided for increasing the capacitance of VTVS with integrated EMI filter.
US08896092B2
An anti-fuse element that includes a capacitance unit having an insulation layer and at least a pair of electrode layers formed on upper and lower surfaces of the insulation layer. The capacitance unit has a protection function against electrostatic discharge. Because the capacitance unit has a protection function against electrostatic discharge, an anti-fuse element can be provided which is less likely to cause insulation breakdown due to electrostatic discharge at the time of, for example, mounting a component.
US08896091B2
To reduce the radio frequency (RF) losses associated with high RF loss plating, such as, for example, Nickel/Palladium/Gold (Ni/Pd/Au) plating, an on-die passive device, such as a capacitor, resistor, or inductor, associated with a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) is placed in an RF upper signal path with respect to the RF signal output of the RFIC. By placing the on-die passive device in the RF upper signal path, the RF current does not directly pass through the high RF loss plating material of the passive device bonding pad.
US08896087B2
A semiconductor chip includes a substrate including a surface, an active transistor region and a substrate contact region formed on the substrate, a shallow trench isolation (STI) area formed in the surface and disposed at least partially between the active transistor region and the substrate contact region, and at least one capacitor at least partially buried in the STI area.
US08896079B2
A camera module has a sensor chip including a sensor unit formed on a main surface around which sides are disposed. A lens chip is fixed to the sensor chip with a spacer unit and includes a lens unit corresponding to the sensor unit. A light shieldable layer covers a first side of the sensor chip and a side of the spacer unit. A first cutting surface includes a second side of the sensor chip and a side of the light shieldable layer on a same plane.
US08896074B2
A microelectromechanical vibration isolation system includes a microelectromechanical structure having a plurality of fin apertures etched therethrough, and a plurality of fins each disposed within a respective one of the plurality of fin apertures and spaced apart from the microelectromechanical structure so as to define a fluid gap therebetween. The fluid gap is configured to provide squeeze film damping of vibrations imparted upon the microelectromechanical structure in at least two dimensions. The system further includes a frame surrounding the microelectromechanical structure, and a plurality of springs each coupled to the microelectromechanical structure and to the frame. The plurality of springs is configured to support the micromechanical structure in relation to the frame.
US08896069B2
Semiconductor devices are provided which have a tensile and/or compressive strain applied thereto and methods of manufacturing. The structure includes a gate stack comprising an oxide layer, a polysilicon layer and sidewalls with adjacent spacers. The structure further includes an epitaxially grown straining material directly on the polysilicon layer and between portions of the sidewalls. The epitaxially grown straining material, in a relaxed state, strains the polysilicon layer.
US08896065B2
A bottom-contacted top gate (TG) thin film transistor (TFT) with independent field control for off-current suppression is provided, along with an associated fabrication method. The method provides a substrate, and forms source and drain regions overlying the substrate, each having a channel interface top surface. A channel is interposed between the source and drain, with source and drain contact regions immediately overlying the source/drain (S/D) interface top surfaces, respectively. A first dielectric layer is formed overlying the source, drain, and channel. A first gate is formed overlying the first dielectric, having a drain sidewall located between the contact regions. A second dielectric layer is formed overlying the first gate and first dielectric. A second gate overlies the second dielectric, located over the drain contact region.
US08896062B2
The invention provides a semiconductor device, including: a semiconductor base, on an insulation layer; source/drain regions abutting opposite first sides of the semiconductor base; and gates at opposite second sides of the semiconductor base, wherein the semiconductor base includes a cavity, and the insulation layer is exposed by the cavity. The invention also provides a method for forming a semiconductor device, including: forming a semiconductor bottom on an insulation layer; forming source/drain regions, the source/drain regions abutting opposite first sides of the semiconductor bottom; forming gates on opposite second sides of the semiconductor bottom; and removing a part of the semiconductor bottom to form a cavity in the semiconductor bottom, the cavity exposing the insulation layer. With the technical solutions provided by the invention, short-channel effects can be alleviated, and the resistance of the source/drain regions and parasitic capacitance can be reduced.
US08896061B2
A field device and method of operating high voltage semiconductor device applied with the same are provided. The field device includes a first well having a second conductive type and second well having a first conductive type both formed in the substrate (having the first conductive type) and extending down from a surface of the substrate, the second well adjacent to one side of the first well and the substrate is at the other side of the first well; a first doping region having the first conductive type and formed in the second well, the first doping region spaced apart from the first well; a conductive line electrically connected to the first doping region and across the first well region; and a conductive body insulatively positioned between the conductive line and the first well, and the conductive body correspondingly across the first well region.
US08896054B2
According to one embodiment, a memory device includes first and second fin type stacked structures each includes first to i-th memory strings (i is a natural number except 1) that are stacked in a first direction, the first and second fin type stacked structures which extend in a second direction and which are adjacent in a third direction, a first portion connected to one end in the second direction of the first fin type stacked structure, a width in the third direction of the first portion being greater than a width in the third direction of the first fin type stacked structure, and a second portion connected to one end in the second direction of the second fin type stacked structure, a width in the third direction of the second portion being greater than a width in the third direction of the second fin type stacked structure.
US08896042B2
An object is to provide a semiconductor device with a novel structure. The semiconductor device includes a first wiring; a second wiring; a third wiring; a fourth wiring; a first transistor having a first gate electrode, a first source electrode, and a first drain electrode; and a second transistor having a second gate electrode, a second source electrode, and a second drain electrode. The first transistor is provided in a substrate including a semiconductor material. The second transistor includes an oxide semiconductor layer.
US08896037B2
A solid-state imaging device including: a semiconductor layer; a charge accumulation region configured to be formed inside the semiconductor layer and serve as part of a photodiode; and a reflective surface configured to be disposed inside or under the charge accumulation region and be so formed as to reflect light that has passed through the charge accumulation region and direct the light toward a center part of the charge accumulation region.
US08896035B2
Disclosed is a metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET) having phase transition material incorporated into one or more components and an associated method. The MOSFET can comprise an asymmetric gate electrode having a phase transition material section (e.g., a chromium or titanium-doped vanadium dioxide (VO2) section) above the drain-side of the channel region. Additionally or alternatively, the MOSFET can comprise source and drain contact landing pads comprising different phase transition materials (e.g., un-doped VO2 and chromium or titanium-doped VO2, respectively). In any case, the phase transition material(s) are pre-selected so as to be insulative when the MOSFET is in the OFF state and the voltage difference between the drain region and the source region (VDS) is high in order to minimize leakage current and so as to be conductive when the MOSFET is in the ON state and VDS is high in order to maintain drive current.
US08896026B2
Provided is a nitride semiconductor device including: a nitride semiconductor layer over a substrate wherein the nitride semiconductor has a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) channel inside; a drain electrode in ohmic contact with the nitride semiconductor layer; a source electrode in Schottky contact with the nitride semiconductor layer wherein the source electrode is spaced apart from the drain electrode; a dielectric layer formed on the nitride semiconductor layer between the drain electrode and the source electrode and on at least a portion of the source electrode; and a gate electrode disposed on the dielectric layer to be spaced apart from the drain electrode, wherein a portion of the gate electrode is formed over a drain-side edge portion of the source electrode with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween, and a manufacturing method thereof.
US08896024B1
Provided is an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection structure including a first and a second well region adjacent to each other, a first and a second doped region disposed in the first well region, a fourth and a fifth doped region disposed in the second well region, and a third doped region disposed in the first region and extending into the second well region. The second doped region is disposed between the first and the third doped regions, forming a diode with the first doped region, forming, together with the first well region and the second well region, a first bipolar junction transistor (BJT) electrically connecting to the diode, and having no contact window disposed thereon. The fourth doped region is disposed between the third and the fifth doped regions, forming a second BJT with the second well region and the first well region.
US08896022B2
A compound semiconductor device has a buffer layer formed on a conductive SiC substrate, an AlxGa1-xN layer formed on the buffer layer in which an impurity for reducing carrier concentration from an unintentionally doped donor impurity is added and in which the Al composition x is 0
US08896014B2
A light-emitting element includes a conductive layer functioning as a first electrode, an electroluminescent layer, and a conductive layer functioning as a second electrode, and further includes an insulating material filling a defect portion in the electroluminescent layer so that the defect portion is sealed. In the light-emitting element, the conductive layer functioning as a second electrode overlaps with the conductive layer functioning as a first electrode with the electroluminescent layer and the insulating material interposed therebetween and is in contact with a top surface of the electroluminescent layer.
US08896011B2
AC LED according to the present invention comprises a substrate, and at least one serial array having a plurality of light emitting cells connected in series on the substrate. Each of the light emitting cells comprises a lower semiconductor layer consisting of a first conductive compound semiconductor layer formed on top of the substrate, an upper semiconductor layer consisting of a second conductive compound semiconductor layer formed on top of the lower semiconductor layer, an active layer interposed between the lower and upper semiconductor layers, a lower electrode formed on the lower semiconductor layer exposed at a first corner of the substrate, an upper electrode layer formed on the upper semiconductor layer, and an upper electrode pad formed on the upper electrode layer exposed at a second corner of the substrate. The upper electrode pad and the lower electrode are respectively disposed at the corners diagonally opposite to each other, and the respective light emitting cells are arranged so that the upper electrode pad and the lower electrode of one of the light emitting cells are symmetric with respect to those of adjacent another of the light emitting cells.
US08896009B2
An exemplary light-emitting diode (LED) includes a substrate, a first electrode and a second electrode sandwiching the substrate therebetween, an LED chip electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrode, a reflector located on the first electrode and the second electrode and surrounding the LED chip, and a first retaining wall mounted on an edge of the first electrode and a second retaining wall mounted on an edge of the second electrode. The first retaining wall and the second retaining wall are made of conductive material. The first retaining wall and the second retaining wall are at a same side of the LED. Outer surfaces of the first retaining wall and the second retaining wall are exposed out of the reflector.
US08896005B2
A lighting device, comprising a solid state light emitter and a removable encapsulant element. A lighting device element, comprising a solid state light emitter and an encapsulant holding element configured to releasably hold a removable encapsulant element. A lighting device component, comprising a removable encapsulant element. A method, comprising removing a first removable encapsulant element from a lighting device that comprises at least a first solid state light emitter and inserting a second removable encapsulant element into the lighting device. An encapsulant element comprising a substantially transparent first material and a luminescent material within the first material.
US08896004B2
Disclosed are a white LED, which has color reproducibility comparable with that of a cold-cathode tube and improved brightness, and a backlight and a liquid crystal display device comprising the white LED. The white LED comprises at least one light emitting element selected from ultraviolet light emitting diodes, purple light emitting diodes, ultraviolet light emitting lasers, and purple light emitting lasers, and a phosphor layer. The phosphor layer comprises a green phosphor satisfying formula 1, a blue phosphor satisfying formula 2 or 3, and a red phosphor satisfying formula 4 or 5: a trivalent cerium- and terbium-activated rare earth boride phosphor represented by formula 1: M1-x-yCexTbyBO3 wherein M represents at least one element selected from Sc (scandium), Y (yttrium), La (lanthanum), Gd (gadolinium), and Lu (lutetium); and x and y are respective numbers of 0.03
US08896002B2
A method for producing a semiconductor laser having an edge window structure includes the steps of forming masks of insulating films on a nitride-based III-V compound semiconductor substrate including first regions and second regions periodically arranged in parallel therebetween; and growing a nitride-based III-V compound semiconductor layer in a region not covered by the masks. The first region between each two adjacent second regions has two or more positions, symmetrical with respect to a center line thereof, where laser stripes are to be formed. The masks are formed on one or both sides of each of the positions where the laser stripes are to be formed at least near a position where edge window structures are to be formed such that the masks are symmetrical with respect to the center line. The nitride-based III-V compound semiconductor layer includes an active layer containing at least indium and gallium.
US08896001B2
A nitride semiconductor light-emitting device includes a nitride semiconductor light-emitting chip including an active layer for outputting polarized light, the active layer having a non-polar plane or a semi-polar plane as a growth plane; and a light-transmissive cover for transmitting light from the active layer. The light-transmissive cover includes a first light-transmissive member located in an area, among areas to the side of the nitride semiconductor light-emitting chip, and in a direction perpendicular to a polarization direction of the polarized light, and a second light-transmissive member located in an area above the nitride semiconductor light-emitting chip. The first light-transmissive member has a higher diffuse transmittance than the second light-transmissive member.
US08896000B2
A light-emitting element package includes plural substrates and plural light-emitting elements disposed on each of the substrates. The light-emitting elements are arranged on each substrate so that an arrangement of the light-emitting elements on each substrate becomes same in an arrangement state in which the substrates are arranged with a regular pitch along a first direction and a second direction which are directions perpendicular to the substrate. The light-emitting elements are arranged on each substrate so that a pitch of the light-emitting elements on each substrate is equal to a pitch of the light-emitting elements between the neighboring substrates in the arrangement state of the substrates.
US08895999B2
A method of manufacturing an organic light-emitting display device is disclosed. The method includes: uniformly forming an active layer on an entire surface of a substrate on which an organic light-emitting diode, a thin film transistor (TFT), and a capacitor are to be formed; performing a first mask process on the active layer to form a pixel electrode of the organic light-emitting diode, a gate electrode of the TFT, and an upper electrode of the capacitor; performing a second mask process to form an insulating layer having openings that expose the pixel electrode, the upper electrode, and the active layer in a region of the TFT; performing a third mask process to form a source-drain electrode that contacts an exposed portion of the active layer; and performing a fourth mask process to form a pixel-defining layer (PDL) that exposes the pixel electrode and covers the TFT and the capacitor.
US08895993B2
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure includes a gallium nitride (GaN) layer on a substrate; an aluminum gallium nitride (AlGaN) layer disposed on the GaN layer; and a gate stack disposed on the AlGaN layer. The gate stack includes a III-V compound n-type doped layer; a III-V compound p-type doped layer adjacent the III-V compound n-type doped layer; and a metal layer formed over the III-V compound p-type doped layer and the III-V compound n-type doped layer.
US08895992B2
A semiconductor structure includes a first III-V compound layer. A second III-V compound layer is disposed on the first III-V compound layer and is different from the first III-V compound layer in composition. A carrier channel is located between the first III-V compound layer and the second III-V compound layer. A source feature and a drain feature are disposed on the second III-V compound layer. A gate electrode is disposed over the second III-V compound layer between the source feature and the drain feature. A fluorine region is embedded in the second III-V compound layer under the gate electrode. A diffusion barrier layer is disposed on top of the second III-V compound layer. A gate dielectric layer is disposed over the second III-V compound layer. The gate dielectric layer has a fluorine segment on the fluorine region and under at least a portion of the gate electrode.
US08895970B2
An organic light-emitting display device and a method of manufacturing the same. The organic light-emitting display device includes: an active layer that is formed by patterning a semiconductor layer formed by laser crystallization; a gate electrode that is disposed to correspond to a channel area of the active layer; a first insulating layer that is disposed between the active layer and the gate electrode; a second insulating layer that is disposed on the gate electrode; and first test patterns that are formed on the second insulating layer and contact source and drain regions of the active layer and the gate electrode, respectively.
US08895965B2
Provided is a photoelectric conversion element including a photoconductor containing a complex of a conductive polymer and/or polymer semiconductor and a protein containing at least one dye having a long-lived excited state.
US08895962B2
Laser pyrolysis reactor designs and corresponding reactant inlet nozzles are described to provide desirable particle quenching that is particularly suitable for the synthesis of elemental silicon particles. In particular, the nozzles can have a design to encourage nucleation and quenching with inert gas based on a significant flow of inert gas surrounding the reactant precursor flow and with a large inert entrainment flow effectively surrounding the reactant precursor and quench gas flows. Improved silicon nanoparticle inks are described that has silicon nanoparticles without any surface modification with organic compounds. The silicon ink properties can be engineered for particular printing applications, such as inkjet printing, gravure printing or screen printing. Appropriate processing methods are described to provide flexibility for ink designs without surface modifying the silicon nanoparticles.
US08895942B2
A system for curing a low dielectric constant (low-k) dielectric film on a substrate is described, wherein the dielectric constant of the low-k dielectric film is less than a value of approximately 4. The system comprises one or more process modules configured for exposing the low-k dielectric film to electromagnetic (EM) radiation, such as infrared (IR) radiation and ultraviolet (UV) radiation.
US08895940B2
The invention relates to a family of devices to be used for sanitizing switches. The device is placed around the periphery of the switch and contains a means for exposing the switch touch surfaces to UV light source local to the switch in order to maximize the exposure of the switch to the UV light source. Because the light is localized and directed toward the switch contact surfaces, the device may be used continuously while humans or animals are present without detrimental exposure to the UV light, ensuring a sanitary switch contact surface so as to reduce or prevent infection or disease resulting from transference of contamination from one person to another via contact transference with said switch surface.
US08895937B2
The present disclosure provides a convertor for X-ray radiography and its manufacturing method and an X-ray detector, wherein the surface of the scintillator facing the X-ray is covered with photonic crystals of a two-dimensional or three-dimensional spatial structure capable of reflecting the visible light facing the photonic crystals generated by the scintillator to increase the intensity of the output light of the scintillator by more than 100%, thus enhancing the image brightness and improving the image resolution, in addition to reducing to a certain extent the interference between pixels due to the ability of the photonic crystals to control the direction of the light being reflected, for example, by controlling the reflecting direction so as to be vertical to the surface of the scintillator, and the manufacturing method and material for the photonic crystals are low in cost without toxicity, enabling it to be used more widely.
US08895935B2
An assembly for a charged particle detection unit is described. The assembly comprises a scintillator disc, a partially coated light guide a thin metal tube for allowing the primary charged particle beam to pass through and a photomultiplier tube (PMT). The shape of scintillator disc and light guide are redesigned to improved the light signal transmission thereafter enhance the light collection efficiency. A light guide with a conicoidal surface over an embedded scintillator improved the light collection efficiency of 34% over a conventional design.
US08895930B2
A bolometric detector of a terahertz radiation, including an assembly reflective for said electromagnetic radiation; at least one bolometric microbridge suspended above the reflective assembly and including a first bowtie antenna, a resistive load coupled with said antenna, and a thermometric element coupled with the resistive load. The reflective assembly includes a reflective layer; an insulating layer on the reflective layer; a periodic array of metallic patterns on the insulating layer, the thickness and the dielectric permittivity of the insulating layer, and the pitch and the filling factor of the array being selected to obtain a constructive interference at the level of said microbridge.
US08895929B2
Improved analytical, diagnostic, monitoring, and other methods (and their associated devices) for evaluating the extent of deposition of an agent onto a substrate are described. Exemplary methods may be used in the in the monitoring of the dental health of patients or in the fast, efficient screening and/or characterization of formulations in terms of their use for depositing oral actives onto tooth surfaces. The methods involve the direct or in situ analysis of substrates, onto which agents are deposited, using Near-IR spectroscopy and/or UV spectroscopy.
US08895926B2
A motion detector camera includes a housing, viewing electronics mounted within the housing, an IR emitter exposed on a surface of the housing, a motion detector exposed on a surface of the housing, and a controller operatively coupled to the viewing electronics, the IR emitter, and the motion detector, wherein the controller is adapted to send an activation signal to the IR emitter and to the viewing electronics when the controller receives a triggering signal from the motion detector.
US08895925B2
A detector structure having a sensor for detecting energy impinging on the structure in the infrared and/or optical frequency band; an electronics section disposed behind the sensor for processing electrical signal produced by the sensor in response to the sensor detecting the infrared and/or optical energy; and an electrically conductive layer for inhibiting electromagnetic energy outside of the visible and infrared portions of the spectrum, such electrically conductive layer being disposed between impinging energy and the electronics section, such layer having a transmissivity greater than 90 percent in the visible and infrared portions of the spectrum and being reflective and/or dissipative to portions of the impinging energy outside of the visible and infrared portions of the spectrum. In one embodiment an electrically conductive layer having a substantially constant absorptivity to electromagnetic energy within the visible and infrared portions of the spectrum. In one embodiment, the layer is graphene.
US08895923B2
A system for performing sample probing. The system including an topography microscope configured to receive three-dimensional coordinates for a sample based on at least three fiducial marks; receive the sample mounted in a holder; and navigate to at least a location on the sample based on the at least three fiducial marks and the three-dimensional coordinates.
US08895908B2
A low cost, lightweight frangible wing slot seal can be applied to a guidance wing slot of a folding fin aerial rocket or missile, providing a barrier against exposure of internal missile components to external contaminants, while allowing unhindered deployment of missile guidance wings simply by bursting through the seals. The simple design is nearly foolproof, and has no impact the likelihood of weapon failure. The seal is a flexible sheet which is sufficiently thin so as not to exceed the required volume envelope of the missile. The sheet includes a burst seam, which is breached when impacted by the leading edge of a deploying wing. No additional wing deployment force is required, and after deployment the seal has minimal impact on the aerodynamic performance of the wing.
US08895906B2
A magnetic flux concentrator is used to control the end heating of a tubular material in an electric induction heat treatment process. The magnetic flux concentrator may consist of fixed elements, or a combination of fixed and moveable elements to accommodate end heating of tubular materials having different dimensions or material properties.
US08895903B2
Methods and apparatus for controlling the supply of power to a radiant heater of a cooking appliance
Methods and apparatus for controlling the supply of power to a radiant heater of a cooking hob. According to one implementation a method is provided that includes the use of a control circuit that is configured to deliver power to the radiant heater via first and second electrical paths. One control method includes supplying a first level of power to the radiant heater through a closed disconnection switch situated in the first electrical path while sensing a temperature of the cooking hob. Upon detecting that the temperature has reached or exceeded a predetermined temperature, the control circuit terminates the supply of power to the radiant heater through the first electrical path by opening the disconnection switch and for at least a period of time initiating the supply of a second level of power to the radiant heater through the second electrical path, the second level of power being less than the first level of power and sufficiently low to cause the radiant heater to cool.
US08895888B2
A device to provide improved anti-smudging, better gripping and longer shelf-life to products and surfaces includes an electric superheated steam generator and an electric low-ion plasma generator to provide superheated steam and low-ion plasma to the surfaces of products including plastics. One embodiment envisions the superheated steam generator and the low-ion plasma generator being contained in a housing while another embodiment anticipates a conveyor means positioned in front of the superheated steam generator and the low-ion plasma generator. A method for the improving of anti-smudging, gripping and shelf-life for properties includes the application of superheated steam and low-ion plasma by means of a superheated steam generator and a low-ion plasma generator to products for specific periods of time and at specific distances to attain desired surface and bulk properties. The superheated steam and low-ion plasma may be applied individually, simultaneously or sequentially.
US08895882B2
A touch panel includes a substrate and sensing units. Each sensing unit includes an electrode line, first electrode patterns, second electrode patterns and connecting lines. The electrode line extends along a second direction and has first openings arranged along the second direction and first breaches corresponding to the first openings. Each first breach connects the corresponding first opening and the exterior of the electrode line. The first electrode patterns are respectively disposed in the first openings. Each first electrode pattern has a second opening and a second breach connecting the second opening and the exterior of first electrode pattern. The second electrode patterns are respectively disposed in the second openings and respectively connected with the electrode line through the second breaches. The connecting lines are disposed on at least one side of the electrode line and connected with the corresponding first electrode pattern through the first breach.
US08895881B2
A power window switch has a case, a substrate disposed in the case, a window operation knob disposed on the case, a window lock button disposed on a front side of the window operation knob on the case, a window operation switch mechanism disposed in the case and activated in accordance with an operation of the window operation knob, a window lock switch mechanism disposed in the case and activated in accordance with an operation of the window lock button, and a connector having a terminal with a first terminal end protruding from the case and a second terminal end connected to the substrate. The window lock switch mechanism includes two conductive plate springs, and a pressing unit for pressing the plate springs.
US08895878B2
In order, in the case of a cable feedthrough comprising a cable fixing unit with a fixing housing which is provided with a cable fixing member and a holding section as well as a shield contact element making contact with a cable shield of a cable guided through the cable feedthrough, to configure the cable fixing unit as simply and inexpensively as possible, on the one hand, and, on the other hand, to provide an electrically conductive connection between the cable shield and a wall section bearing the cable feedthrough which is as good as possible it is suggested that the cable feedthrough have a mounting unit which can be connected to a wall section of an appliance, that the mounting unit be connectable or connected to the cable fixing unit in a form locking manner and that the mounting unit be designed such that it provides an electrically conductive connection between the shield contact element and the wall section.
US08895869B2
Electrode protective films 13a and 13b are formed on the surface of the metal layer using imidazole preflux, as terminal electrodes 35a and 35b of an electronic component. The terminal electrodes of an electronic component on which the protective films are formed are fixed by electroconductive adhesives 33a and 33b supplied to mounting lands 40a and 40b. Thereby an electronic component mounting structure without change in resistance caused by electroconductive adhesives is provided.
US08895868B2
A wiring substrate includes a wiring layer made of copper, an electrode layer made of copper, and an insulating layer arranged adjacent to the electrode layer. The wiring layer is stacked on the electrode layer and the insulating layer. The insulating layer and the wiring layer are stacked with an adhesive layer interposed between the wiring insulating layer and the wiring layer. The electrode layer and the wiring layer are stacked without the adhesive layer interposed between the electrode layer and the wiring layer.
US08895866B2
A printed circuit board structure includes a plurality of circuit layer plates stacked together in which each of the stacked circuit layer plates includes an epoxy resin plate body and a fabric structure completely encapsulated in the epoxy resin plate body, and each circuit layer plate stacked between two circuit layer plates is further provided with filler particles distributed in its epoxy resin plate body, and the two opposite and outermost circuit layer plates thereof have metal soldering pads on the outer surfaces of the epoxy resin plate body thereof, and the two opposite and outermost circuit layer plates do not have the filler particles in its epoxy resin plate body thereof.
US08895863B2
A multilayer printed circuit board includes an insulating substrate, circuit layers arranged in the insulating substrate, an electronic component, an electrode disposed on the circuit layer exposed from a surface of the insulating substrate and including a soldered portion at which a terminal of the electronic component is soldered, an internal layer conductor disposed on the circuit layer located inside the insulating substrate and defining through holes in a radial manner centering on the soldered portion, a heat releasing conductor disposed on the circuit layer next to the circuit layer on which the internal layer conductor is disposed, and connection vias inserted in the through holes and coupling the electrode and the heat releasing conductor so as to enable a heat transfer between the electrode and the heat releasing conductor. The internal layer conductor and the heat releasing conductor overlap a whole area of the soldered portion.
US08895857B2
Flame-retardant composition and insulated wire, and method for producing flame-retardant composition
A flame-retardant composition that is more excellent in heat resistance than a conventional flame-retardant composition. The flame-retardant composition contains silane-crosslinked polyolefin, polyolefin, a metallic hydrate, a phenolic antioxidant, a sulfurous antioxidant, a metallic oxide, and a copper inhibitor. The sulfurous antioxidant is preferably a benzimidazole compound, and the metallic oxide is preferably a zinc oxide. The silane-crosslinked polyolefin is preferably polyethylene having a density of 0.880 to 0.910 g/cm3 that is silane-crosslinked. The polyolefin is preferably polyethylene having a density of 0.880 to 0.910 g/cm3, or an olefin elastomer having a melting point of 140° C. or more.
US08895853B2
A cable tray preserving cable support functionality under fire impact, including a bed for laying and supporting at least one cable. The bed is made from fire resistant textile woven material which is embedded in resin. The textile woven material is provided on both sides with respect to the longitudinal direction of the cable tray with a fire resistant attachment device. The attachment devices are coupled to the textile woven material, wherein, with burned-off resin, the attachment devices remain coupled to the textile woven material to take up tension force from the textile woven material when the textile woven material extends like a hammock between the attachment devices to still support the at least one cable. An installation kit for an electrical installation, and an electrical installation with cable trays of this sort are also described.
US08895851B2
A magnetically shielded cable arrangement, comprising at least two AC cables (201-203) comprising a spaced portion extending between two close portions of parallel cables, such spaced portion sequentially including a diverging portion, a widely spaced portion and a converging portion, and an EMF shielding system (1) laid over said at least two AC cables (201-203), said EMF shielding system (1) comprising a conductor (2, 3, 11, 12) having two branches (2, 3) forming a median portion (4, 5) and end portions (7-10), the median portion width being equal to or larger than the AC cables distance in the widely spaced portion and the width at the extremities of the end portions (7-10) being larger than the AC cables distance in the close portions and smaller than the AC cables distance in the widely spaced portion, said conductor (2, 3, 11, 12) comprising an inner electrical path (2a, 3a) and an outer electrical path (2e, 3e) connected together (11, 12) at relevant longitudinal ends.
US08895847B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for converting electromagnetic radiation, such as solar energy, into electric energy with increased efficiency when compared to conventional solar cells. A photovoltaic (PV) device may incorporate front side and/or back side light trapping techniques in an effort to absorb as many of the photons incident on the front side of the PV device as possible in the absorber layer. The light trapping techniques may include a front side antireflective coating, multiple window layers, roughening or texturing on the front and/or the back sides, a back side diffuser for scattering the light, and/or a back side reflector for redirecting the light into the interior of the PV device. With such light trapping techniques, more light may be absorbed by the absorber layer for a given amount of incident light, thereby increasing the efficiency of the PV device.
US08895846B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for converting electromagnetic radiation, such as solar energy, into electric energy with increased efficiency when compared to conventional solar cells. A photovoltaic (PV) unit, according to embodiments of the invention, may have a very thin absorber layer produced by epitaxial lift-off (ELO), all electrical contacts positioned on the back side of the PV device to avoid shadowing, and/or front side and back side light trapping employing a diffuser and a reflector to increase absorption of the photons impinging on the front side of the PV unit. Several PV units may be combined into PV banks, and an array of PV banks may be connected to form a PV module with thin strips of metal or conductive polymer applied at low temperature. Such innovations may allow for greater efficiency and flexibility in PV devices when compared to conventional solar cells.
US08895839B2
Photovoltaic devices (e.g., solar cells) are disclosed that include at least three radiation absorbing layers, each capable of absorbing radiation over a different wavelength range of the solar radiation spectrum. Any two of these three wavelength ranges can be partially overlapping, or alternatively they can be distinct. The layers are disposed relative to one another so as to form two junctions, each of which includes a depletion region. In some cases, the radiation absorbing layers can collectively absorb radiation over a wavelength range that spans at least about 60%, or 70%, or 80%, and preferably 90% of the solar radiation wavelength spectrum. By way of example, in some embodiments, one layer can exhibit significant absorption of solar radiation (e.g., it can absorb at least one radiation wavelength at an absorptance greater than about 90%) at wavelengths less than about 0.7 microns while another layer can exhibit significant absorption of the solar radiation at wavelengths in a range of about 0.7 microns to about 1 micron. The third layer can in turn exhibit a significant absorption of solar radiation at wavelengths greater than about 1 micron.
US08895838B1
Material and antireflection structure designs and methods of manufacturing are provided that produce efficient photovoltaic power conversion from single- and multijunction devices. Materials of different energy gap are combined in the depletion region of at least one of the semiconductor junctions. Higher energy gap layers are positioned to reduce the diode dark current and enhance the operating voltage by suppressing both carrier injections across the junction and recombination rates within the junction. Step-graded antireflection structures are placed above the active region of the device in order to increase the photocurrent.
US08895828B1
Clix sticks (Clix Stixs) systems may comprise a tunable percussion instrument which may resemble a conventional drum stick on one end, and a fixed arm and flexible arm comprising a plurality of bamboo spoons on the other end. Clix sticks may further comprise a connector tube, whereby the connector tube for connecting the drum stick to the bamboo spoons. The fixed arm may comprise a pair of bamboo spoons which may be disposed in an inverted relationship creating a closed sound chamber. Within the closed sound chamber may be a clapper and a clapper support. In use, a user may grip the handle and swing the clix sticks upward and downward or against a drummable surface. The flexible arm may knock into the closed sound chamber producing an immediate clicking sound, and the clapper may knock into the interior walls of the closed sound chamber producing a delayed clicking sound.
US08895817B2
A method for breeding tomato plants that produce tomatoes with reduced fruit water content including the steps of crossing at least one Lycopersicon esculentum plant with a Lycopersicon spp. to produce hybrid seed, collecting the first generation of hybrid seeds, growing plants from the first generation of hybrid seeds, pollinating the plants of the most recent hybrid generation, collecting the seeds produced by the most recent hybrid generation, growing plants from the seeds of the most recent hybrid generation, allowing plants to remain on the vine past the point of normal ripening, and screening for reduced fruit water content as indicated by extended preservation of the ripe fruit and wrinkling of the fruit skin.
US08895808B2
Methods of, and compositions for, assembling one or more transcription units in a genome without a linked selectable marker or other unwanted transcription unit are provided. Also provided methods of, and compositions for, assembling one or more transcription units in a genome with a reduced frequency of vector backbone.
US08895807B2
There are provided a method for promoting plant biomass by overexpression of a gene coding a small GTP binding protein RabG3b or mutants thereof, a vector including the gene, a transgenic plant comprising the expression vector and a method for preparing the transgenic plant.
US08895804B2
The present invention relates to plant cells and plants, which are genetically modified, whereby the genetic modification leads to an increase in the activity of a starch-phosphorylating OK1 protein in comparison to the corresponding wild type plant cells or wild type plants that have not been genetically modified. In addition, the present invention concerns means and methods for the manufacture of such plant cells and plants. These types of plant cells and plants synthesize a modified starch. Therefore, the present invention also concerns the starches synthesized from the plant cells and plants according to the invention, methods for manufacturing these starches, and the manufacture of starch derivatives of these modified starches, as well as flours containing starches according to the invention.Furthermore, the present invention also relates to nucleic acids, coding starch-phosphorylating OK1 proteins, vectors, host cells, plant cells, and plants containing such nucleic acid molecules. In addition, the present invention relates to OK1 proteins that have starch-phosphorylating activity.
US08895801B2
A method for engineering and utilizing large DNA vectors to target, via homologous recombination, and modify, in any desirable fashion, endogenous genes and chromosomal loci in eukaryotic cells. These large DNA targeting vectors for eukaryotic cells, termed LTVECs, are derived from fragments of cloned genomic DNA larger than those typically used by other approaches intended to perform homologous targeting in eukaryotic cells. Also provided is a rapid and convenient method of detecting eukaryotic cells in which the LTVEC has correctly targeted and modified the desired endogenous gene(s) or chromosomal locus (loci) as well as the use of these cells to generate organisms bearing the genetic modification.
US08895799B2
Provided are an absorbent and an absorptive article containing the absorbent which has excellent water absorbability and leakage prevention ability, and has an intent to achieve reductions in the weight and thickness of an absorptive article.The absorbent comprises a polysaccharide that causes a gelation reaction in the presence of a polyvalent metal ion and a source of the polyvalent ion, in which the polyvalent ion is supplied simultaneously with or after dissolution and swelling of the polysaccharide. The absorptive article containing the absorbent can achieve excellent water absorbability and leakage prevention ability and thus reductions in the weight and thickness as the absorptive article.
US08895796B2
Described herein are processes and related devices and systems for the conversion of higher hydrocarbons, such as in the form of waste plastics, petroleum sludge, slope oil, vegetable oil, and so forth, into lower hydrocarbons, which can be used as fuels or raw materials for a variety of industrial and domestic uses.
US08895786B2
A process for reducing ethyl acetate and/or diethyl acetal concentration of a crude ethanol product by hydrolysis is disclosed. A portion of the water is initially separated from the crude ethanol product in a first column residue. Ethyl acetate in the first column distillate is hydrolyzed to form additional ethanol and acetic acid. Product ethanol is recovered in a second distillation column preferably in a side stream and acetic acid is removed in the second column residue.
US08895781B2
One aspect of the invention relates to a method of animation or amidation, comprising the step of combining a substrate, comprising a reactive C—H bond, and an amine or amide, comprising a reactive N—H bond, in the presence of an oxidizing agent and a metal-containing catalyst, thereby forming a product with a covalent bond between the carbon of the reactive C—H bond and the nitrogen of the reactive N—H bond.
US08895776B2
Modulators of the prostacyclin (PGI2) receptor useful for the treatment of disorders related thereto
The present invention relates to amide derivatives of Formula (XIIIa) and pharmaceutical compositions thereof that modulate the activity of the PGI2 receptor. Compounds of the present invention and pharmaceutical compositions thereof are directed to methods useful in the treatment of: pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH); idiopathic PAH; familial PAH; PAH associated with a collagen vascular disease, a congenital heart disease, portal hypertension, HIV infection, ingestion of a drug or toxin, hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, splenectomy, pulmonary veno-occlusive disease (PVOD) or pulmonary capillary hemangiomatosis (PCH); PAH with significant venous or capillary involvement; platelet aggregation; coronary artery disease; myocardial infarction; transient ischemic attack; angina; stroke; ischemia-reperfusion injury; restenosis; atrial fibrillation; blood clot formation in an angioplasty or coronary bypass surgery individual or in an individual suffering from atrial fibrillation; atherosclerosis; atherothrombosis; asthma or a symptom thereof; a diabetic-related disorder such as diabetic peripheral neuropathy, diabetic nephropathy or diabetic retinopathy; glaucoma or other disease of the eye with abnormal intraocular pressure; hypertension; inflammation; psoriasis; psoriatic arthritis; rheumatoid arthritis; Crohn's disease; transplant rejection; multiple sclerosis; systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE); ulcerative colitis; ischemia-reperfusion injury; restenosis; atherosclerosis; acne; type 1 diabetes; type 2 diabetes; sepsis; and chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD).
US08895768B2
Provided are a cyclopara(hetero)arylene compound and a method for producing the same. More specifically, provided is a cycloparaphenylene compound represented by Formula (I): wherein Ar1, Ar2, Ar3, and Ar4 are the same or different, and represent an optionally substituted divalent aromatic group or an optionally substituted divalent heteroaromatic group, and n1, n2, n3, and n4 are the same or different, and represent an integer of 1 or more.
US08895765B2
A method for preparing fatty acid alkyl ester for bio-diesel fuel is disclosed wherein fatty acid, specifically fatty acid distillate reacts with alcohol. The method does not require the glycerin purification process, and has the superior conversion ratio of fatty acid. The method for preparing fatty acid alkyl ester for bio-diesel fuel comprises the step of carrying out a counter current type esterification reaction of fatty acid and alcohol in each tray of a counter current column reactor at a temperature of 200 to 350° C. and a pressure of 1 to 35 bar. Here the raw material of the fatty acid is fed to an upper part of the counter current column reactor and the alcohol is fed to a lower part of the counter current column reactor. The counter current column reactor has a number of trays which are installed horizontally to have a number of vertical compartments. Each of the number of trays has an opening part at one end thereof to communicate one compartment with an adjoining compartment. The opening parts of two adjoining trays are alternately installed with each other.
US08895756B2
The present invention provides pharmaceutical formulations of lyophilized bendamustine suitable for pharmaceutical use. The present invention further provides methods of producing lyophilized bendamustine. The pharmaceutical formulations can be used for any disease that is sensitive to treatment with bendamustine, such as neoplastic diseases.
US08895751B2
A process comprising the step of synthesizing 2,6-dibromo-4,8-dihexylbenzo[1,2-d:4,5-d′]bis(thiazole) from 2,5-dihyxylbenzene-1,4-diamine.
US08895744B2
The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2 and R3 are as defined in the description, to their pharmaceutical compositions and use thereof for the treatment of cancer expressing oncogenic ALK protein, particularly anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL), diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL), inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors (IMT) and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
US08895722B2
Antisense compositions targeted against an mRNA sequence coding for a selected protein, at a region having its 5′ end from 1 to about 25 base pairs downstream of a normal splice acceptor junction in the preprocessed mRNA, are disclosed. The antisense compound is RNase-inactive, and is preferably a phosphorodiamidate-linked morpholino oligonucleotide. Such targeting is effective to inhibit natural mRNA splice processing, produce splice variant mRNAs, and inhibit normal expression of the protein.
US08895721B2
Double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) induces sequence-specific post-transcriptional gene silencing in many organisms by a process known as RNA interference (RNAi). Using a Drosophila in vitro system, we demonstrate that 19-23 nt short RNA fragments are the sequence-specific mediators of RNAi. The short interfering RNAs (siRNAs) are generated by an RNase III-like processing reaction from long dsRNA. Chemically synthesized siRNA duplexes with overhanging 3′ ends mediate efficient target RNA cleavage in the lysate, and the cleavage site is located near the center of the region spanned by the guiding siRNA. Furthermore, we provide evidence that the direction of dsRNA processing determines whether sense or antisense target RNA can be cleaved by the produced siRNP complex.
US08895717B2
The present invention relates to the fields of molecular biology and drug delivery. In certain embodiments, the present invention provides methods for the delivery of a siNA (e.g., a siRNA) to a cell via a neutral (non-charged) liposome. These methods may be used to treat a disease, such as cancer.
US08895716B2
The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions include a novel nucleotide sequence for a promoter. A method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant using the promoter sequence disclosed herein is provided. The method comprises stably incorporating into the genome of a plant cell a nucleotide sequence operably linked to the promoter of the present invention and regenerating a stably transformed plant that expresses the nucleotide sequence.
US08895710B2
The present invention relates to a chromatography ligand defined by the following formula R1—R2—N(R3)—R4—R5 wherein R1 is a substituted or non-substituted phenyl group; R2 is a hydrocarbon chain comprising 0-4 carbon atoms; R3 is a hydrocarbon chain comprising 1-3 carbon atoms; R4 is a hydrocarbon chain comprising 1-5 carbon atoms; and R5 is OH or H. The invention also comprises a separation matrix, comprising the described ligands coupled to a porous support, such as particles or a membrane. The ligand and matrix according to the invention is useful for purification of biomolecules or organic compounds, such as proteins, polypeptides, DNA etc. An advantageous use according to the invention is the purification of antibodies.
US08895702B2
In one embodiment, a masked monoclonal antibody (mAb) is provided, the mAb, encoded by a nucleic acid sequence or an amino acid sequence molecule comprising a signal sequence, a masking epitope sequence, a linker sequence that is cleavable by a protease specific to a target tissue; and an antibody or a functional fragment thereof. In another embodiment, a cross-masked mAb heterodimer complex is provided, comprising a first masked mAb, comprising a first signal sequence, a first masking epitope sequence, a first linker that is cleavable by a protease specific to a target tissue, and a first antibody or fragment thereof; and a second masked mAb, comprising a second signal sequence, a second masking epitope sequence, a second linker that is cleavable by a protease specific to a target tissue, and a second antibody or fragment thereof.
US08895698B2
The present invention relates to the field of diagnostics, therapeutics and immunological reagents. More particularly, the present invention provides binding partners of antibodies specific for dendritic cell (DC) antigens. The present invention further provides diagnostic and/or therapeutic agent based on the binding partners or antibodies specific for the binding partners.
US08895696B1
Methods for building peptide chains containing sulfonyl modified amines at the N-terminus, or, within amino acid side chains, of a growing peptide in a solid-phase peptide synthesis are described. Further, compositions having a sulfonyl modified amine attached to the N-terminus, or within an amino acid side chain, of a polypeptide containing three or more amino acid residues are described.
US08895690B2
A copolyamide resin for molding including a diamine component which includes two or more diamines and a dicarboxylic acid component. The diamine component includes 70 mol % or more of a xylylenediamine which includes 20 mol % or more of p-xylylenediamine and the dicarboxylic acid component includes 70 mol % or more of a straight-chain aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having 6 to 18 carbon atoms. The copolyamide resin contains particles having a major diameter of 50 μm or more in an amount of 1000 particles/g or less, the particles being made of a polyamide having a melting point higher than that of the copolyamide resin by 20° C. or more when measured by a differential scanning calorimetry. The copolyamide resin has very uniform and stable properties and is excellent in any of mechanical properties, heat resistance, chemical and physical properties, and molding properties. An efficient production method of the copolyamide resin, its resin composition, and its molded article are also described.
US08895687B2
This invention includes a wettable biomedical device containing a high molecular weight hydrophilic polymer and a hydroxyl-functionalized silicone-containing monomer.
US08895686B2
Disclosed are soil additives capable of hydrophilizing soil particles and/or increase available water capacity in soil. The soil additive are capable of increasing the available water content/capacity (AWC) in soils, the additive in one embodiment comprising a polymer composition having a hydrophilic portion and a hydrophobic portion, wherein the hydrophobic portion of the copolymer binds with the soil particle surface and the hydrophilic portion of the copolymer can bind with water. This results in the prevention, arrest or decelerated loss of water from the targeted area, for example the plant root zone, which allows for improved water usage efficiency by plants, grasses, vegetation, etc.
US08895684B2
The invention provides a first composition comprising at least the following: i) a modified polymer comprising at least one branched modified polymer macromolecule (b1) and at least one linear modified polymer macromolecule (a1), and wherein the at least one branched modified polymer macromolecule and the at least one linear modified polymer macromolecule each, independently, comprises at least one amine group selected from the group consisting of formulas (1A-1F), each as described above Formula 1A, Formula 1B, Formula 1C, Formula 1D, Formula 1E, Formula 1F, and combinations thereof; and wherein the at least one branched modified polymer macromolecule further comprises one of the structures (ib1-ib4) as described above, and the at least one linear modified polymer macromolecule further comprises one of the structures (iib1-iib2) as described above.
US08895682B2
The present invention provides a thermoplastic acrylic resin of a copolymer comprising 10 to 70% by weight of a repeating unit derived from the particular methacrylate monomer, 5 to 40% by weight of a repeating unit derived from the particular vinyl aromatic monomer, and 20 to 50% by weight of a repeating unit of the particular cyclic acid anhydride, characterized in that a molar ratio (B/A) is within the range of more than 1 to not more than 10, wherein (A) is a content of the repeating unit of the vinyl aromatic monomer and (B) is a content of the repeating unit of the cyclic acid anhydride, and the total amount of remaining monomers to 100 parts by weight of the copolymer is not more than 0.5 part by weight.
US08895681B2
Amorphous hydrofluoroolefin telomers are prepared by a free-radical polymerization process conducted at high temperature and pressure in the presence of non-monomeric chain transfer agent.
US08895678B2
A cross-linkable silicone composition comprising at least the following components: (A) an organopolysiloxane represented by an average unit formula and containing phenyl and alkenyl groups; (B) an organopolysiloxane represented by a general formula and containing phenyl and alkenyl groups; (C) an organopolysiloxane having in one molecule at least one phenyl group and two silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms; and (D) a hydrosilylation catalyst, can be cross-linked by a hydrosilylation reaction and forms a solid body which has high hardness at room temperature and becomes significantly soft or a liquefied at high temperature.
US08895675B2
A block copolymer comprising two or more of blocks of the following formula (1), wherein at least two of a plurality of m's present in the copolymer represent a number of 5 or more, Ar's in adjacent two blocks in the copolymer are mutually different, and the copolymer has two Ar's when composed of 2 blocks of the formula (1), has two or more Ar's when composed of 3 blocks of the formula (1) and has four or more Ar's when composed of 4 or more blocks of the formula (1): (in the formula (1), Ar represents a conjugative divalent group and represents the same divalent group in an identical block, and m represents a number of 1 or more showing the number average polymerization degree of Ar present in one block).
US08895671B2
The present invention provides a vulcanizable composition containing a specific hydrogenated nitrile rubber, at least one cross-linking agent and carbon nanotubes, a process for preparing such composition and the use thereof for preparing vulcanizates. Said vulcanizates exhibit excellent heat performance, oil resistance and mechanical strength.
US08895667B2
Methods are provided for making reversible crosslinked polymers. Exemplary methods comprise reacting first and second thermoplastic polymers having non-hindered olefins in the presence of a metathesis catalyst under conditions sufficient to form a crosslinked polymer. In certain embodiments, the methods comprise providing a crosslink promoting additive to improve the strength of the crosslinked polymer. In some embodiments, the methods comprise decrosslinking a crosslinked polymer through a metathesis or an ozonolysis reaction.
US08895666B2
A method for producing a (meth)acrylic polymer particle comprises polymerizing a monomer (X) having a (meth)acryloyl group to produce a polymer particle, and polymerizing a monomer mixture (Y) in the presence of the polymer particle, in which the monomer (X) is 90 to 99.9% by mass and the monomer mixture (Y) is 0.01 to 10% by mass in terms of the ratio among monomer raw materials to be supplied for polymerization; and the monomer mixture (Y) comprises 1 to 80% by mol of a monomer (a) having a basic nitrogen atom or having a blocked isocyanate as a functional group, 5 to 80% by mol of a (meth)acrylate monomer (b) of at least one alcohol selected from the group consisting of an aliphatic alcohol having 2 or more carbon atoms, an aromatic alcohol, and a cyclic alkyl alcohol, and 0 to 94% by mol of a monomer (c) other than the monomer (a) and the monomer (b).
US08895651B2
The invention relates to a composition for printing a seed layer for electrodeposition or electroless deposition of a metal for the production of full-area or structured metallic surfaces on a substrate, comprising 0.1 to 6% by weight of electrolessly and/or electrolytically coatable particles, 40 to 98.8% by weight of at least one solvent, 0 to 15% by weight of a crosslinker, 0.1 to 6% by weight of at least one dispersing additive, 0 to 5% by weight of at least one further additive and 1 to 20% by weight of at least one polymer, said at least one polymer being in the form of a dispersion. The invention further relates to a process for producing full-area or structured metallic surfaces on a substrate, and to a use of the process.
US08895648B2
A flame-retardant resin composition comprises a base resin (A), such as a polyester, polyamide or polycarbonate resin, and an organophosphorus compound (B) having at least one of the following formulas (I), (II) and (III): where A is selected from O, S, SO2, a single bond, alkyl, and —CH2—P1; P1 is a phosphorus-containing group of the formula: R1 and R2 are the same or different and each is selected from H, O-alkyl, O-aryl, alkyl, aryl, and OM; R3 is H or alkyl; M=Na, K, Zn, Al, Ca; a is an integer from 0 to 4, provided that a is at least 1 unit for each polymer chain; n is an integer from 1 to 100,000 and m is an integer from 0 to 100,000.
US08895636B2
Rigid polyurethane foams or rigid polyisocyanurate foams with low brittleness are produced by the reaction of polyisocyanate polyetherester polyols based on aromatic dicarboxylic acids obtained by esterification of a dicarboxylic acid composition containing aromatic dicarboxylic acids and aliphatic dicarboxylic acids, fatty acids, aliphatic or cycloaliphatic diols having 2 to 18 carbon atoms or alkoxylates thereof, and a polyether polyol having a functionality of not less than 2.
US08895634B2
A perfected process for the production of expanded plastic materials, comprising a hot molding phase of a starting polymeric blend inside a mold, wherein the heating of said blend is effected by making the same a heat source, by triggering an exothermic reaction in its interior. With respect to the known art in the field, the process of the invention allows an improvement in the heating of the polymeric mass inside the mold, reducing the times necessary for effecting it and homogenizing the thermal values inside this mass.
US08895630B2
New associative thickeners of the HEUR type (Hydrophobically modified Ethylene oxide URethane) whose hydrophobic monomer is based on alkyl cyclohexylols. These are new polyurethanes that allow a broad thickening of a medium shear gradient aqueous formulation while limiting the increase in the low shear gradient viscosity. The invention also concerns the compositions containing them and their uses in different formulations such as aqueous paints.
US08895629B2
An improved method for the manufacture of an oil-in-water emulsion involves circulation of emulsion components between a first container and a second container via a homogenizer and/or via a microfluidization device. Usefully, all of the emulsion components from the first container are emptied before being returned.
US08895618B1
Disclosed are compositions comprising amantadine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and one or more excipients, wherein at least one of the excipients modifies release of amantadine. Methods of administering the same are also provided.
US08895617B1
Disclosed are compositions comprising amantadine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and one or more excipients, wherein at least one of the excipients modifies release of amantadine. Methods of administering the same are also provided.
US08895615B1
Disclosed are compositions comprising amantadine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and one or more excipients, wherein at least one of the excipients modifies release of amantadine. Methods of administering the same are also provided.
US08895610B1
This application pertains to compositions and use of platinum(IV) compounds to alter zinc-binding sites, zinc-binding domains, zinc metalloproteins or zinc-associated proteins. Such interactions alter specific activities of these zinc-binding sites and associated protein functions, therefore offering therapeutic value.
US08895604B2
Solid forms of (1r,4r)-6′-fluoro-N,N-dimethyl-4-phenyl-4′,9′-dihydro-3′H-spiro[cyclohexane-1,1′-pyrano[3,4,b]indol]-4-amine hydrochloride, in particular crystalline forms and/or amorphous forms thereof, pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments containing these solid forms, the use of these solid forms, and a process for obtaining such solid forms.
US08895599B2
The present invention provides pharmaceutical compositions containing benzene compound(s) represented by General Formula (1) below and, particularly, LPL-activating compositions for use in hyperlipidemia therapeutic and preventive agents, anti-obesity agents, and the like: wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined in the specification.
US08895596B2
Novel compounds of the structural formula (I) are activators of AMP-protein kinase and are useful in the treatment, prevention and suppression of diseases mediated by the AMPK-activated protein kinase. The compounds of the present invention are useful in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes, hyperglycemia, metabolic syndrome, obesity, hypercholesterolemia, and hypertension.
US08895593B2
Synergistic microbicidal compositions containing N-methyl-1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one.
US08895585B2
An object of the present invention is to provide to a compound and a pharmaceutical composition, which have excellent Syk-inhibitory activity. The present invention provides a nicotinamide derivative represented by the following formula (I) (wherein R1 represents a halogen atom; R2 represents a C1-12 alkyl group, a C2-12 alkenyl group, a C2-12 alkynyl group, a C3-8 cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, an ar-C1-6 alkyl group or a heterocyclic group, each optionally having at least one substituent; R3 represents an aryl group or a heterocyclic group each optionally having at least one substituent; and R4 and R5 each independently represent a hydrogen atom; and R2 and R4 may form a cyclic amino group optionally having at least one substituent together with the nitrogen atom to which they bind) or a salt thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition for use in the treatment of a Syk-related disease which comprises the nicotinamide derivative or a salt thereof.
US08895581B2
The present invention encompasses compounds of general formula (1), wherein the groups R1 to R7, Qa, Qb, L, n and m are defined as in claim 1, which are suitable for the treatment of diseases characterized by excessive or abnormal cell proliferation, pharmaceutical preparations containing such compounds and their use as medicaments.
US08895576B2
The invention provides methods for treating various conditions using derivatives of cyclopamine having the following formula:
US08895566B2
Compounds of Formula I are useful for inhibiting AKT protein kinases. Methods of using compounds of Formula I and stereoisomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, for in vitro, in situ, and in vivo diagnosis, prevention or treatment of such disorders in mammalian cells, or associated pathological conditions are disclosed.
US08895560B2
Certain quinolizidine and octahydropyridopyrazine compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of their use, inter alia, as opioid receptor antagonists are disclosed.
US08895557B2
Ecteinascidin formulations, methods of preparing the same, articles of manufacture and kits with such formulations, and methods of treating proliferative diseases with the same formulations are provided.
US08895551B2
The invention relates to acrylamide compounds of Formula I mentioned below. The invention is also directed to the use compounds of Formula I to treat or prevent a disorder responsive to the blockade of calcium channels, and particularly N-type calcium channels. Compounds of the present invention are especially useful for treating pain.
US08895545B2
In part, the present invention is directed to antibacterial compounds.
US08895537B2
The present specification discloses pharmaceutical compositions, methods of preparing such pharmaceutical compositions, and methods and uses of treating a cardiovascular disease in an individual using such pharmaceutical compositions.
US08895531B2
The present invention includes compounds and compositions of ®-2′-fluoronucleoside phosphonates, as well as methods to treat HIV, HBV, HCV or abnormal cellular proliferation comprising administering said compounds or compositions.
US08895526B2
Provided is a mosaic mouse model for use in determining the potency of an shRNA in vivo for reducing survival of cancer cells of chemotherapy-resistant leukemia. The syngeneic mouse recipient is transplanted with tet-on competent leukemia cells carrying a bicistronic nucleic acid construct comprising a promoter operably linked to a fusion gene associated with chemotherapy-resistant leukemia, and a sequence encoding a reverse tet-transactivator protein, such that both coding sequences are co-expressed from the promoter. Also provided are methods of treating soft tissue cancers.
US08895525B2
Patterns of microRNA (miRNA) expression are correlated to the degrees of tumor cell differentiation in human prostate cancer. MiRNAs can complementarily bind to either oncogenes or tumor suppressor genes, resulting in targeted gene silencing and thus changes of cellular tumorigenecity. Using miRNA microarray analysis, 8 down-regulated and 3 up-regulated known miRNAs in androgen-independent human prostate cancer cell lines, such as LNCaP C4-2B and PC3, compared to those androgen-dependent cell lines, such as LNCaP and PC3-AR9 were consistently detected. Fluorescent in-situ hybridization assays in human prostate cancer tissue arrays containing sixty patients at different stages also showed the same miRNA expression patterns in hormone-refractory prostate carcinomas (HRPC) compared to androgen-sensitive non-cancerous prostate epithelium. In-vitro tumorigenecity assays using one of the identified miRNAs, mir-146a, were performed to provide validation of its function in prostate cancer. Gain-of-function transfection of mir-146a markedly suppressed its targeted ROCK1 gene expression in androgen-independent PC3 cells, consequently resulting in reduced cancer cell proliferation, invasion and metastasis to human bone marrow endothelial cell monolayers. Since ROCK1 is the key kinase for activating hyaluronan-mediated HRPC transformation in vivo and in PC3 cells, mir-146a should function as a tumor-suppressor gene in modulating the ROCK1-associated tumorigenecity.
US08895509B2
The present invention provides a method of treating an ovarian cancer, the method comprising delivering one or more miR-200 family members to a mammalian subject in need thereof in an amount effective to treat the ovarian cancer. Also provided are methods of preventing metastasis of an ovarian cancer, the method comprising delivering one or more miR-200 family members to a mammalian subject in need thereof in an amount effective to prevent metastasis. Further provided are methods of sensitizing an ovarian cancer to a cytotoxic therapy, the method comprising delivering one or more miR-200 family members to a mammalian subject in need thereof in an amount effective to sensitize the ovarian cancer to the cytotoxic therapy. The invention also contemplates methods of reducing epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in an ovarian cancer or cancer cell as well as methods of inducing mesenchymal-to-epithelial transition (MET).
US08895507B2
Soluble proteins, e.g. Hevin, can trigger synapse formation; and other soluble proteins, e.g. SPARC antagonize this activity. Such proteins are synthesized in vitro and in vivo by astrocytes. Methods are provided for protecting or treating an individual suffering from adverse effects of deficits in synaptogenesis, or from undesirably active synaptogenesis.
US08895503B2
A method for nasal administration of a pharmaceutical composition comprising a hydrophilic bioactive substance and any one of (a) to (c): (a) a peptide having the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:1; (b) a peptide having the same amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO:1 except that one or several amino acids are deleted, substituted and/or added, the peptide having nasal mucosal permeability; (c) a peptide having an amino acid sequence represented by the reverse sequence of (a) or (b), the peptide having nasal mucosal permeability, with the proviso that a C-terminal amidated peptide is excluded. A hydrophilic bioactive substance having a low transmucosal absorption capability which has conventionally been able to be administered by only injection can be nasally administered. Such a pharmaceutical composition is useful for improvement of the pain and the inconvenience of patients caused by administration by injection.
US08895501B2
The invention provides an eye-drop vaccine for therapeutic immunization of a mammal comprising Copolymer 1, a Copolymer 1-related peptide, or a Copolymer 1-related polypeptide, for treating neuronal degeneration caused by an injury or disease, disorder or condition in the central nervous system (CNS) or peripheral nervous system (PNS), for preventing or inhibiting neuronal secondary degeneration which may otherwise follow primary injury in the CNS, for promoting nerve regeneration in the CNS or in the PNS after an injury, disease, disorder or condition or for protecting CNS and PNS cells from glutamate toxicity.
US08895491B2
The present disclosure relates to a concentrated acidic floor cleaner and methods of using it to clean floors. The concentrated acidic floor cleaner can be diluted to form a use solution that is effective at removing polymerized grease, including animal and vegetable fats and non-trans fats, and other soils from floors. The use solution is especially useful for cleaning floors in commercial kitchens of full service and quick service restaurants and is effective on a variety of floors, including quarry tile.
US08895485B2
Methods and compositions are disclosed that comprise cement kiln dust having a mean particle size that has been altered. An embodiment discloses a method of preparing cement kiln dust comprising: providing cement kiln dust having an original particle size; and altering the mean particle size of the cement kiln dust from the original size by grinding, separating, or a combination thereof. Another embodiment discloses a well treatment fluid comprising: cement kiln dust having a mean particle size that has been altered from its original size by grinding, separating, or a combination thereof; and water.
US08895480B2
A well fracturing fluid is shown which includes an aqueous base fluid, a hydratable polymer, such as a guar gum, and a suitable crosslinking agent for crosslinking the hydratable polymer to form a polymer gel. The hydratable polymer has a higher molecular weight which is achieved by improvements in the processing of the guar split. The higher molecular weight polymer provides improved performance in well fracturing operations.
US08895476B2
Aqueous and substantially anhydrous fluids having particularly low thermal conductivities and variable densities are disclosed. The fluids include: one or more organic and/or inorganic salts and at least one aprotic polar organic solvent, a mixture of aprotic and protic polar organic solvents, and/or a polar organic solvent having both protic and aprotic polar functional group linkages. The fluids optionally include one or more viscosifying agents and are free of cross-linking agents. Methods for formulating and using the fluids are also disclosed.
US08895474B2
Compounds of Formula (I), wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, are suitable for use as herbicides.
US08895464B2
A process for a continuous regeneration of a catalyst wherein the regeneration section includes at least two separate zones. The regeneration includes an upper combustion zone, and an lower combustion zone, where the process utilizes at least two independent regeneration gas loops for control of the amount of oxygen to regenerate the catalyst. The upper combustion zone can be divided into multiple zones, and the combustion zone can be divided into multiple zones.
US08895460B2
A glass composition according to the present invention comprises: phosphorus, vanadium and at least one transition metal selected from a group consisting of tungsten, iron, and manganese, the glass composition not containing substances included in the JIG level A and B lists, a softening point of the glass composition being 550° C. or lower.
US08895458B2
An abrasive cloth which comprises an article in a sheet form having, in at least a part thereof, nanofibers comprising a thermoplastic polymer and having a number average single fiber fineness of 1×10−8 to 2×10−4 dtex wherein the sum of single fiber fineness percentages (which is defined in the specification) of a single fiber fineness of 1×10−8 to 2×10−4 dtex is the range of 60% or more, and exhibits a stress at 10% elongation in a longitudinal direction of 5 to 200 N/cm-width; and a method for preparing a nanofiber structure, which comprises providing a nanofiber dispersion having a dispersant and, dispersed therein, nanofibers comprising a thermoplastic polymer and having a number average diameter of 1 to 500 nm, attaching the dispersion to a support, and then removing said dispersant. The above abrasive cloth is excellent in texturing characteristics, and the above method allows the preparation of a nanofiber structure wherein nanofibers form a composite with the support.
US08895455B2
To form an insulating film with extremely low concentration of impurities such as carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, chlorine, etc in a film. There are provided the steps of forming a specific element-containing layer on a substrate by supplying source gas containing a specific element into a processing container in which the substrate is accommodated; changing the specific element-containing layer into a nitride layer, by activating and supplying gas containing nitrogen into the processing container; and changing the nitride layer into an oxide layer or an oxynitride layer, by activating and supplying gas containing oxygen into the processing container; with this cycle set as one cycle and performed for at least one or more times.
US08895449B1
A method of selectively removing fluorocarbon layers from overlying low-k dielectric material is described. These protective plasma treatments (PPT) are delicate alternatives to traditional post-etch treatments (PET). The method includes sequential exposure to (1) a local plasma formed from a silicon-fluorine precursor followed by (2) an exposure to plasma effluents formed in a remote plasma from a fluorine-containing precursor. The remote plasma etch (2) has been found to be highly selective of the residual material following the local plasma silicon-fluorine exposure. The sequential process (1)-(2) avoids exposing the low-k dielectric material to oxygen which would undesirably increase its dielectric constant.
US08895448B2
To form a single crystal silicon membrane with a suspension layer, a single crystal silicon substrate with crystal orientation <111> is prepared. A doped layer is formed on the top surface of the single crystal silicon substrate. Multiple main etching windows are formed through the doped layer. A cavity is formed through the single crystal silicon substrate by anisotropic etching. The doped layer is above the cavity to form a suspension layer. If two electrode layers are formed on the two ends of the suspension layer, a micro-heater is constructed. The main etching windows extend in parallel to a crystal plane {111}. By both the single crystal structure and different impurity concentrations of the single crystal silicon substrate, the single crystal silicon substrate has a higher etch selectivity. When a large-area cavity is formed, the thickness of the suspension layer is still controllable.
US08895446B2
A method includes forming a plurality of trenches extending from a top surface of a semiconductor substrate into the semiconductor substrate, with semiconductor strips formed between the plurality of trenches. The plurality of trenches includes a first trench and second trench wider than the first trench. A first dielectric material is filled in the plurality of trenches, wherein the first trench is substantially fully filled, and the second trench is filled partially. A second dielectric material is formed over the first dielectric material. The second dielectric material fills an upper portion of the second trench, and has a shrinkage rate different from the first shrinkage rate of the first dielectric material. A planarization is performed to remove excess second dielectric material. The remaining portions of the first dielectric material and the second dielectric material form a first and a second STI region in the first and the second trenches, respectively.
US08895442B2
Electronic apparatus and methods of forming the electronic apparatus include cobalt titanium oxide on a substrate for use in a variety of electronic systems. The cobalt titanium oxide may be structured as one or more monolayers. The cobalt titanium oxide may be formed by a monolayer by monolayer sequencing process such as atomic layer deposition.
US08895439B2
A method for forming a fine exposure pattern where a width and an interval of the pattern are each 1CD, by first exposing a photoresist by using an exposure mask where an interval ratio of a light shielding part and a light transmission part is 2CD:1CD to 4CD:1CD, and then second exposing the photoresist after the exposure mask is shifted at a predetermined interval, or second exposing the photoresist by using an exposure mask formed at a position where a light transmission part is shifted at a predetermined interval, and developing the photoresist, such that it is possible to form a display device having a pixel electrode including a plurality of fine branch electrodes having a smaller width and interval than a resolution of an exposure apparatus.
US08895438B2
The invention relates to a method 10 for forming a multi-level surface on a substrate 2, wherein said surface comprises areas of different wettability, the method comprising the step (A, B) of applying a multi-level stamp to the substrate for forming the multi-level surface, said multi-level stamp having different structural regions 1a arranged along the multi-level surface for locally altering wettability properties of at least a portion of a level of the multi-level surface 2a, 2b. The invention further relates to a semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device.
US08895433B2
Interconnect structures including a graphene cap located on exposed surfaces of a copper structure are provided. In some embodiments, the graphene cap is located only atop the uppermost surface of the copper structure, while in other embodiments the graphene cap is located along vertical sidewalls and atop the uppermost surface of the copper structure. The copper structure is located within a dielectric material.
US08895432B2
A method of fabricating a self-aligned buried bit line in a structure which makes up a portion of a vertical channel DRAM. The materials and processes used enable self-alignment of elements of the buried bit line during the fabrication process. In addition, the materials and processes used enable for formation of individual DRAM cells which have a buried bit line width which is 16 nm or less.
US08895426B2
A gate-last method for forming a metal gate transistor is provided. The method includes forming an opening within a dielectric material over a substrate. A gate dielectric structure is formed within the opening and over the substrate. A work function metallic layer is formed within the opening and over the gate dielectric structure. A silicide structure is formed over the work function metallic layer.
US08895423B2
A diode is described with a III-N material structure, an electrically conductive channel in the III-N material structure, two terminals, wherein a first terminal is an anode adjacent to the III-N material structure and a second terminal is a cathode in ohmic contact with the electrically conductive channel, and a dielectric layer over at least a portion of the anode. The anode comprises a first metal layer adjacent to the III-N material structure, a second metal layer, and an intermediary electrically conductive structure between the first metal layer and the second metal layer. The intermediary electrically conductive structure reduces a shift in an on-voltage or reduces a shift in reverse bias current of the diode resulting from the inclusion of the dielectric layer. The diode can be a high voltage device and can have low reverse bias currents.
US08895419B2
This nitride-based semiconductor light-emitting element includes: a nitride-based semiconductor multilayer structure including a p-type semiconductor region, the nitride-based semiconductor multilayer structure having a growing plane which is an m-plane; and an electrode which is arranged on an AldGaeN layer. The AldGaeN layer is formed of a GaN-based semiconductor. The electrode includes Ag as the principal component and also includes Ge and at least one of Mg and Zn.
US08895415B1
The method and apparatus disclosed herein relate to preparing a stack structure for an electronic device on a semiconductor substrate. A particularly beneficial application of the method is in reduction of internal stress in a stack containing multiple layers of silicon. Typically, though not necessarily, the internal stress is a compressive stress, which often manifests as wafer bow. In some embodiments, the method reduces the internal stress of a work piece by depositing phosphorus doped silicon layers having low internal compressive stress or even tensile stress. The method and apparatus disclosed herein can be used to reduce compressive bow in stacks containing silicon.
US08895413B2
Methods and systems for monolithic integration of photonics and electronics in CMOS processes are disclosed and may include fabricating photonic and electronic devices on two CMOS wafers with different silicon layer thicknesses for the photonic and electronic devices bonded to at least a portion of each of the wafers together, where a first of the CMOS wafers includes the photonic devices and a second of the CMOS wafers includes the electronic devices. The electrical devices may be coupled to optical devices utilizing through-silicon vias. The different thicknesses may be fabricated utilizing a selective area growth process. Cladding layers may be fabricated utilizing oxygen implants and/or utilizing CMOS trench oxide on the CMOS wafers. Silicon may be deposited on the CMOS trench oxide utilizing epitaxial lateral overgrowth. Cladding layers may be fabricated utilizing selective backside etching. Reflective surfaces may be fabricated by depositing metal on the selectively etched regions.
US08895411B2
Embodiments of the invention relate generally to creating semiconductor junctions with reduced contact resistance. In one embodiment, the invention provides a method of forming a composition of material, the method comprising: providing at least two populations of semiconducting materials; layering the at least two populations of semiconducting materials to form at least two layers; and consolidating the at least two populations of semiconducting materials, wherein the consolidating creates an electrical connection between the at least two layers.
US08895408B2
A method of layout of pattern includes the following processes. A graphic data of a first wiring in a first area of a semiconductor wafer is extracted. The first area is a semiconductor chip forming area. The first area is surrounded by a scribed area of the semiconductor wafer. The first area includes a second area. The second area is bounded with the scribed area. The second area has a second distance from a boundary between the semiconductor chip forming area and the scribed area to an boundary between the first area and the second area. A first dummy pattern in the first area is laid out. The first dummy pattern has at least a first distance from the first wiring. A second dummy pattern in the second area is laid out. The second dummy pattern has at least the first distance from the first wiring. The second dummy pattern has at least a third distance from the first dummy pattern.
US08895407B2
A manufacturing method of an SOI substrate which possesses a base substrate having low heat resistance and a very thin semiconductor layer having high planarity is demonstrated. The method includes: implanting hydrogen ions into a semiconductor substrate to form an ion implantation layer; bonding the semiconductor substrate and a base substrate such as a glass substrate, placing a bonding layer therebetween; heating the substrates bonded to each other to separate the semiconductor substrate from the base substrate, leaving a thin semiconductor layer over the base substrate; irradiating the surface of the thin semiconductor layer with laser light to improve the planarity and recover the crystallinity of the thin semiconductor layer; and thinning the thin semiconductor layer. This method allows the formation of an SOI substrate which has a single-crystalline semiconductor layer with a thickness of 100 nm or less over a base substrate.
US08895406B2
Provided are methods for making a device or device component by providing a multilayer structure having a plurality of functional layers and a plurality of release layers and releasing the functional layers from the multilayer structure by separating one or more of the release layers to generate a plurality of transferable structures. The transferable structures are printed onto a device substrate or device component supported by a device substrate. The methods and systems provide means for making high-quality and low-cost photovoltaic devices, transferable semiconductor structures, (opto-)electronic devices and device components.
US08895394B2
A high voltage vertical field effect transistor device (101) is fabricated in a substrate (102, 104) using angled implantations (116, 120) into trench sidewalls formed above recessed gate poly layers (114) to form self-aligned N+ regions (123) adjacent to the trenches and along an upper region of an elevated substrate. With a trench fill insulator layer (124) formed over the recessed gate poly layers (114), self-aligned P+ body contact regions (128) are implanted into the elevated substrate without counter-doping the self-aligned N+ regions (123), and a subsequent recess etch removes the elevated substrate, leaving self-aligned N+ source regions (135-142) and P+ body contact regions (130-134).
US08895392B2
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate having a trench formed therein. A migration assist layer is formed in the trench and on the substrate. A buried layer in formed in the trench by migrating material from the migration assist layer and the semiconductor substrate.
US08895376B2
A thin film transistor includes: an insulating layer; a gate electrode provided on the insulating layer; a gate insulating film provided on the gate electrode; a semiconductor layer provided on the gate insulating film, the semiconductor layer being formed of oxide; source and drain electrodes provided on the semiconductor layer; and a channel protecting layer provided between the source and drain electrodes and the semiconductor layer. The source electrode is opposed to one end of the gate electrode. The drain electrode is opposed to another end of the gate electrode. The another end is opposite to the one end. The drain electrode is apart from the source electrode. The channel protecting layer covers at least a part of a side face of a part of the semiconductor layer. The part of the semiconductor layer is not covered with the source and drain electrodes above the gate electrode.
US08895364B1
A structured wafer that includes through passages is used for device processing. Each of the through passages extends from or along one surface of the structured wafer and forms a pattern on a top surface area of the structured wafer. The top surface of the structured wafer is bonded to a device layer via a release layer. Devices are processed on the device layer, and are released from the structured wafer using etchant. The through passages within the structured wafer allow the etchant to access the release layer to thereby remove the release layer.
US08895360B2
The present disclosure provides one embodiment of a stacked semiconductor device. The stacked semiconductor device includes a first substrate; a first bond pad over the first substrate; a second substrate including a second electrical device fabricated thereon; a second bond pad over the second electrical device over the second substrate, the second bond pad electrically connecting to the second electrical device; a second insulation layer over the second bond pad having a top surface, the second insulation layer being bonded toward the first bond pad of the first substrate; and a through-substrate-via (“TSV”) extending from a surface opposite to the first bond pad through the first substrate and through the top surface of the second insulation layer to the second bond pad.
US08895357B2
Presented is an integrated circuit packaged at the wafer level wafer (also referred to as a wafer level chip scale package, WLCSP), and a method of manufacturing the same. The WLCSP comprises a die having an electrically conductive redistribution layer, RDL, formed above the upper surface of the die, the RDL defining a signal routing circuit. The method comprises the steps of: depositing the electrically conductive RDL so as to form an electrically conductive ring surrounding the signal routing circuit; and coating the side and lower surfaces of the die with an electrically conductive shielding material.
US08895353B2
Counter anions having oxidative properties alter the performance of solution processed multilayer polymer light emitting diodes (PLEDs) that use cationic conjugated polyelectrolytes (CPEs) as electron injection layers (EILs). In some versions, PLEDs with poly(2-methoxy-5-(2′-ethylhexyloxy)-1,4-phenylene vinylene) (MEH-PPV) emissive layers and cationic CPE EILs are altered with halide counter anions to exhibit a systematic increase in device performance. Exemplary oxidative counter anions are halide counter anions with F−>Cl−>Br−>I− in terms of device performance.
US08895333B2
The number of photomasks is reduced in a method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display device which operates in a fringe field switching mode, whereby a manufacturing process is simplified and manufacturing cost is reduced. A first transparent conductive film and a first metal film are sequentially stacked over a light-transmitting insulating substrate; the first transparent conductive film and the first metal film are shaped using a multi-tone mask which is a first photomask; an insulating film, a first semiconductor film, a second semiconductor film, and a second metal film are sequentially stacked; the second metal film and the second semiconductor film are shaped using a multi-tone mask which is a second photomask; a protective film is formed; the protective film is shaped using a third photomask; a second transparent conductive film is formed; and the second transparent conductive film is shaped using a fourth photomask.
US08895332B2
This invention provides a light-emitting diode chip with high light extraction, which includes a substrate, an epitaxial-layer structure for generating light by electric-optical effect, a transparent reflective layer sandwiched between the substrate and the epitaxial-layer structure, and a pair of electrodes for providing power supply to the epitaxial-layer structure. A bottom surface and top surface of the epitaxial-layer structure are roughened to have a roughness not less than 100 nm root mean square (rms). The light generated by the epitaxial-layer structure is hence effectively extracted out. A transparent reflective layer not more than 5 μm rms is formed as an interface between the substrate and the epitaxial-layer structure. The light toward the substrate is more effectively reflected upward. The light extraction and brightness are thus enhanced. Methods for manufacturing the light-emitting diode chip of the present invention are also provided.
US08895323B2
A method for forming MRAM (magnetoresistive random access memory) devices is provided. A bottom electrode assembly is formed. A magnetic junction assembly is formed, comprising, depositing a magnetic junction assembly layer over the bottom electrode assembly, forming a patterned mask over the magnetic junction assembly layer, etching the magnetic junction assembly layer to form the magnetic junction assembly with gaps, gap filling the magnetic junction assembly, and planarizing the magnetic junction assembly. A top electrode assembly is formed.
US08895318B2
An ammonia compound concentration measuring device includes: a pipe unit through which the circulating gas flows; a converter which is disposed in the pipe unit and converts an ammonia compound into ammonia; a measurement device which measures a first measurement value as a concentration of ammonia contained in a first circulating gas flowing inside a pipe line passing through the converter in the circulating gas flowing inside the pipe unit and a second measurement value as a concentration of ammonia contained in a second circulating gas flowing inside a pipe line not passing through the converter in the circulating gas flowing inside the pipe unit; and a controller which controls operations of the pipe unit and the measurement device and calculates the concentration of the ammonia compound of the measurement subject contained in the circulating gas from a difference between the first measurement value and the second measurement value.
US08895308B1
The invention provides for engineering and optimization of systems, methods, and compositions for manipulation of sequences and/or activities of target sequences. Provided are compositions and methods related to components of a CRISPR complex particularly comprising a Cas ortholog enzyme.
US08895296B2
An object of the present invention relates to providing a nucleic acid analyzer capable of testing a plurality of test items in parallel, and of obtaining high efficiency of specimen processing even if the test item or a measuring object is changed. The present invention relates to an analyzer including a carousel rotatable about a rotation axis, a plurality of reaction containers held along a circumferential edge of the carousel, and at least one detector having a light source for irradiating the reaction container with excitation light and a detection element for detecting fluorescence from a reaction liquid in the reaction container. The detector is removable. By attaching a desired detector, it is possible to perform fluorescence measurement in response to the test item. According to the present invention, it is possible to test a plurality of test items in parallel, and even if the test item or the measuring object is changed, the high efficiency of specimen processing can be obtained.
US08895292B2
A microfluidic chip device (MCD) and its use for performing miniaturized assays on magnetic microbeads (MMs) are described. The MCD is particularly useful for carrying out miniaturized transcript analysis by aiding affinity capturing (TRAC) assays, including PCR. The MCD comprises at least one reaction chamber with sealable liquid connections and at least one fluidic pillar filter in each chamber. The fluidic pillar filter comprises rods with spacings allowing MMs to pass. The sealable liquid connections feed liquid to the reaction chamber, wherein air bubbles are removed. The liquid stream contacts the MMs, which are manipulated with a magnetic rod. The liquid connections enable trapping of the MMs behind the pillar filters or in the channel, while the liquid is changed.
US08895287B2
A recombinant micro-organism producing resveratrol by a pathway in which phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL) produces trans-cinnamic acid from phenylalanine, cinnamate 4-hydroxylase (C4H) produces 4-coumaric acid from said trans-cinnamic acid, 4-coumarate-CoA ligase (4CL) produces 4-coumaroyl CoA from said 4-coumaric acid, and resveratrol synthase (VST) produces said resveratrol from said 4-coumaroyl CoA, or in which L-phenylalanine- or tyrosine-ammonia lyase (PAL/TAL) produces 4-coumaric acid, 4-coumarate-CoA ligase (4CL) produces 4-coumaroyl CoA from said 4-coumaric acid, and resveratrol synthase (VST) produces said resveratrol from said 4-coumaroyl CoA. The micro-organism may be a yeast, fungus or bacterium including Saccharomyces cerevisiae, E. coli, Lactococcus lactis, Aspergillus niger, or Aspergillus oryzae.
US08895285B2
The present invention provides a modified ethylenediamine-N,N′-disuccinate:ethylenediamine lyase. The present invention also provides a protein that comprises the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1; or a protein that comprises an amino acid sequence derived from the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1 by deletion, substitution, or addition of one or more amino acid residues, and has an ethylenediamine-N,N′-disuccinate:ethylenediamine lyase activity.
US08895280B2
The present invention generally relates to improvements in enzyme immobilization, particularly for use in the field of carbon dioxide capture and sequestering. It has been discovered that the utilization of sol-gel processes to immobilize enzymes in polysilicate-polysilicone copolymer coatings and particles, and the deposition of these coatings on solid state supports or use of suspensions of these particles, provides significant benefits for use in industrial applications involving enzymatic catalysts.
US08895277B2
The present invention provides methods and compositions of polypeptides having isoprene synthase activity with improved performance characteristics. In particular, the present invention provides legume isoprene synthases for increased isoprene production in recombinant host cells.
US08895258B2
A sensor for measuring a concentration of a specific protein using a biosensor with a measurement speed improved from a conventional impedance measurement. The sensor is capable of efficiently and accurately measuring impedance generated by a selective binding to the protein by Fourier-transforming an electric current signal obtained by applying a potential signal of a delta function waveform. The device for measuring a protein using a biosensor is capable of measuring concentration of the protein with accuracy, measurement time is shortened and the concentration of protein can be accurately measured by removing the influence of dispersion.
US08895247B2
The present invention describes a method for detection of human papillomavirus (HPV) types and a kit for detection of said HPV types.
US08895246B2
This invention provides a novel method for amplifying and detecting a target gene rapidly with high sensitivity under isothermal conditions. In such method, a sequence to be amplified can be freely designed regardless of the template sequence, an amplified product can be amplified and detected within a short period of time with high sensitivity, and thus, the gene expression level can be determined more easily than is possible with prior art.
US08895242B2
The present technology relates to a nanoparticle platform based on the unique and varied properties of DNA. Circular DNA can be replicated using a strand displacing polymerase to generate long linear concatamers of controllable length that spontaneously fold into a ball conformation due to internal base-pairing. These balls of DNA are discreet particles that can be made in variable sizes on a nanometer size scale in a scalable manner. The particles can be used in a variety of manners, discussed herein, including specific targeting, drug delivery to cancer cells, and diagnostics. Nanoparticles may also serve as multifunctional platforms for the integration of many currently used cancer therapeutic techniques.
US08895239B2
The disclosed technology relates to a genetically engineered biological indicator, comprising: at least one test organism and at least one reporter gene suitable for producing an indicator enzyme, the reporter gene being taken up by the test organism; and at least one repressor gene that inhibits expression of the reporter gene until the reporter gene is exposed to at least one inducer. A process and an apparatus for using the biological indicator are disclosed.
US08895235B2
Disclosed is a process for producing a photoresist pattern, comprising the steps of: preparing a photomask that comprises a metal nano structure having a metal film arranged thereon and can generate a plasmon resonance, on a mask substrate; preparing a photoresist film that is formed on the surface of the resist substrate and is sensible to light having a wavelength (X); bringing the photomask into contact with the photoresist film; and exposing the photoresist film to light having a wavelength (Y) that is longer than the wavelength (X) and is shorter than the peak wavelength of a plasmon resonance band of the metal nano structure, thereby transferring a pattern of the metal film in the photomask onto the photoresist film.
US08895231B2
A pattern is formed by coating a first positive resist composition comprising a base resin, a photoacid generator, and a base generator having both a 9-fluorenylmethyloxycarbonyl-substituted amino group and a carboxyl group onto a substrate to form a first resist film, patternwise exposure, PEB, and development to form a first resist pattern, heating the first resist pattern for causing the base generator to generate a base for inactivating the pattern to acid, coating a second positive resist composition comprising an alcohol and an optional ether onto the first resist pattern-bearing substrate to form a second resist film, patternwise exposure, PEB, and development to form a second resist pattern.
US08895229B2
A composition for formation of upper layer film, which is used for forming an upper layer film on the surface of a photoresist film and which comprises a resin (A) having a repeating unit represented by the following general formula (1-1) and not having a repeating unit represented by the following general formula (1-2), and a resin (B) having a repeating unit represented by the following general formula (1-2) and not having a repeating unit represented by the following general formula (1-1). [In the general formulas (1-1) and (1-2), R1 is hydrogen or the like; R2 is single bonds or the like; and R3 is a fluorine-substituted, linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, or the like.] The composition can form an upper layer film giving a sufficiently high receded contact angle.
US08895228B2
The present invention pertains to a method for preparing a printing form from a photosensitive element by thermal treatment, wherein a gas jet emitting from a nozzle assembly impinges the exterior surface of the element to smooth or polish and mitigate marks and deformations that can be generated during development. Impingement with a heated gas jet provides surface polishing from rapid and specific convective heat flux to the exterior surface of the printing plate.
US08895221B2
A thermal image receiver element dry image receiving layer has a Tg of at least 25° C. as the outermost layer. The dry image receiving layer has a dry thickness of at least 0.5 μm and up to and including 5 μm. It comprises a polymer binder matrix that consists essentially of: (1) a water-dispersible acrylic polymer comprising chemically reacted or chemically non-reacted hydroxyl, phospho, phosphonate, sulfo, sulfonate, carboxy, or carboxylate groups, and (2) a water-dispersible polyester that has a Tg of 30° C. or less. The water-dispersible acrylic polymer is present in an amount of at least 55 weight % of the total dry image receiving layer weight and at a dry ratio to the water-dispersible polyester of at least 1:1 to and including 20:1. The thermal image receiver element can be used to prepare thermal dye images after thermal transfer from a thermal donor element.
US08895218B2
Employment of a carrier core material for an electrophotographic developer containing 0.8 to 5% by weight of Mg, 0.1 to 1.5% by weight of Ti, 60 to 70% by weight of Fe and 0.2 to 2.5% by weight of Sr and having an amount of Sr dissolved with a pH4 standard solution of 80 to 1000 ppm, a carrier using the core material and a process for producing them, and an electrophotographic developer using the carrier.
US08895213B2
Provided are a mask, a method of manufacturing a mask, a light radiating device, a method of radiating light and a method of manufacturing an ordered photo-alignment layer. By the mask, collimated light or nearly collimated light may be irradiated with uniform illumination on the object to be irradiated. Further, by the mask, light may be effectively irradiated even in a state where the object to be irradiated has the curved surface.
US08895193B2
A solid ionic electrolyte having an organic plastic crystal solvent (e.g. succinonitrile) doped with lithium bioxalato borate salt (LiBOB) may be used in an electrochemical device. Electrochemical devices are disclosed having a cathode, an anode, and a solid ionic electrolyte having a neutral organic plastic crystal solvent doped with LiBOB alone or in combination with another lithium salt. Such devices have a stable electrolyte interface over a broad potential window combined with high energy density delivery capacity and, in one example, the favorable properties of a neutral organic plastic crystal matrix such as succinonitrile.
US08895184B2
In regards with the porous film provided on the surface of the electrode used for the secondary battery or so, the present invention provides the porous film which can contribute to reduce the adhered material to the roll during the roll winding of the electrode. The secondary battery electrode formed by adhering; the porous film comprising the inorganic filler and the binder, and styrene and the polymer having the glass transition temperature of 15° C. or less as said binder, the porous film slurry comprising the inorganic filler, the polymer having the glass transition temperature of 15° C. or less and the solvent, and the electrode composite layer comprising the binder and the electrode active material, to the current collector, and said porous film is provided on the surface of the electrode composite layer.
US08895180B2
A secondary battery includes an electrode assembly comprising a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode; an external member wrapped around a side surface of the electrode assembly; a cover coupled to the external member; and a terminal protection member between the electrode assembly and the cover.
US08895176B2
A rechargeable lithium battery module includes a first rechargeable lithium battery cell combined with a second rechargeable lithium battery cell, the first rechargeable lithium battery cell being the same or different than the second rechargeable lithium battery cell, and the rechargeable lithium battery module has an output voltage of about 13.6 V to about 15.6 V.
US08895174B2
A cable-type secondary battery is provided. The cable-type secondary battery includes an electrode assembly and a covering capable of surrounding the electrode assembly. The electrode assembly includes a first polarity electrode, a second polarity electrode, and a separator or an electrolyte layer interposed between the two electrodes. Each of the electrodes has an elongated shape and a structure in which an electrode active material is applied to the surface of a current collector whose shape in cross section orthogonal to the lengthwise direction thereof is circular, elliptical or polygonal. The covering includes a thermally conductive cover member as an upper half part and a thermally insulating cover member as a lower half part. The upper half part and the lower half part are divided by a horizontal plane passing the center of the cross section orthogonal to the lengthwise direction of the cable-type secondary battery.
US08895171B2
Prior to loading into a vehicle, a duct is attached to a battery such that the duct is moveable between a loading position and a post-loading position. Before the battery and duct are loaded into the vehicle, the duct is positioned in the loading position. After the battery and duct are loaded into the vehicle, the duct is positioned in the post-loading position and secured.
US08895161B2
A ferromagnetic graphene includes at least one antidot such that the ferromagnetic graphene has ferromagnetic characteristics. A spin valve device includes a ferromagnetic graphene. The ferromagnetic graphene includes a first region, a second region, and a third region. At least one antidot is formed in each of the first region and the third region. The first region and the third region are ferromagnetic regions, whereas the second region is a non-ferromagnetic region.
US08895156B2
An organic light emitting diode that can improve a driving voltage and emission efficiency includes a first electrode, an organic layer formed on the first electrode and including an emitting layer and an electron transport layer that is doped with an organic n-type impurity, and a second electrode formed on the organic layer. The electron transport layer is made of C60. An organic light emitting display includes the organic light emitting diode.
US08895145B2
Hydrophobic silica particles are produced by reacting them with a hydrosiloxane agent.
US08895136B2
A transparent conductive film which comprises: a transparent adhesive layer; a first polycycloolefin film laminated on one surface of the transparent adhesive layer; a second polycycloolefin film laminated on the other surface of the transparent adhesive layer; a plurality of first transparent electrode patterns formed on the first polycycloolefin film; and a plurality of second transparent electrode patterns formed on the second polycycloolefin film. The transparent conductive film shows little color phase irregularity when observed from any direction.
US08895119B2
Provided is a thermal transfer sheet capable of forming an image having excellent glossiness, and having no printing wrinkle or having a lesser possibility of generating wrinkles. A thermal transfer sheet in which a dyestuff layer or a transcriptive protective layer is formed on one surface of a substrate and a back face layer is formed on another surface of the substrate, wherein the back face layer contains (A) a resin of which weight-average molecular weight (Mw) is more than 15,000; (B) a resin of which weight-average molecular weight (Mw) is not more than 15,000; and (C) a lubricant ingredient; and wherein the (B) resin is contained at an amount range of 3% by weight to 40% by weight on the basis of the total solid content weight of the back face layer.
US08895116B2
The crystalline semiconductor film is formed following steps that supplying a film formation gas to a second gas diffusion area from a gas introduction port provided in an upper electrode; supplying the film formation gas to a first gas diffusion area from the second gas diffusion area through holes provided in a dispersion plate between the first gas diffusion area and the second gas diffusion area; supplying the film formation gas into a treatment room from the first gas diffusion area through holes in a shower plate between the first gas diffusion area and the treatment room; generating glow discharge plasma by supplying high frequency electricity from an electrode surface of the upper electrode; generating crystal nuclei on a substrate provided over a lower electrode facing the upper electrode; and growing the crystal nuclei. A portion of the dispersion plate which faces the gas introduction port has no hole.
US08895107B2
A chemical vapor deposition reactor and method. Reactive gases, such as gases including a Group III metal source and a Group V metal source, are introduced into a rotating-disc reactor and directed downwardly onto a wafer carrier and substrates which are maintained at an elevated substrate temperature, typically above about 400° C. and normally about 700-1100° C. to deposit a compound such as a III-V semiconductor. The gases are introduced into the reactor at an inlet temperature desirably above about 75° C. and most preferably about 100°-250° C. The walls of the reactor may be at a temperature close to the inlet temperature. Use of an elevated inlet temperature allows the use of a lower rate of rotation of the wafer carrier, a higher operating pressure, lower flow rate, or some combination of these.
US08895101B2
The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a cable-type secondary battery comprising an electrode that extends longitudinally in a parallel arrangement and that includes a current collector having a horizontal cross section of a predetermined shape and an active material layer formed on the current collector, and the electrode is formed by putting an electrode slurry including an active material, a polymer binder, and a solvent into an extruder, by extrusion-coating the electrode slurry on the current collector while continuously providing the current collector to the extruder, and by drying the current collector coated with the electrode slurry to form an active material layer.
US08895095B2
A beverage maker is disclosed with a removable filter carrier, a receiver for the removable filter carrier, and a locking mechanism to selectively secure and seal the carrier to the beverage maker by way of lifting the carrier to engage a sealing surface. In use, the filter carrier is linearly inserted into the receiver via a front face of the beverage maker. The receiver may also include the locking mechanism. The locking mechanism includes a lever that is actuated to operate the locking mechanism. Actuation of the lever is translated to lift and clamp the filter carrier against the seal surface. In the ‘sealed’ position, the lever is selectively fixed in place until the user actuates the lever so as to release the filter carrier. In the ‘released’ position, the filter carrier is still supported by the locking mechanism but it may be selectively removed from the receiver. The locking mechanism reduces or eliminates conventional issues with securing a filter carrier to a beverage maker such as properly aligning the filter carrier so that it may be secured to the beverage maker, the filter carrier disengaging from the beverage maker during use, or not being able to remove the filter carrier after a brew cycle.
US08895094B2
To reduce the glycemic load in the daily nutrition of diabetics, obese and for weight-reducing diets, this invention claims cooking or baking processes and other procedures for food—rich in carbohydrates—in which the structure of the raw complex carbohydrates is mostly preserved and/or short saccharides are encapsulated. This objective is attained by reducing the magnitude of the complex carbohydrate fractioning by the undesired effect of adiabatic heating during grain grinding, or during conventional cooking and also through the encapsulation of already processed monosaccharide's, disaccharides or broken carbohydrate chains in capsules within denaturalized protein matrixes, in order to make their digestion deeper and longer. These processes and procedures allow the ingestion of less restricted portions of food, very similar to the conventional ones while due to their prolonged digestion, naturally limiting the immediate production of glucose (Glycemic Index).
US08895089B2
A sealed battery includes: a columnar battery case encapsulating a chargeable/dischargeable electrode assembly and electrolyte in an interior and having a vent that cleaves up when a pressure in the interior exceeds a threshold; a cover that covers at least a portion of an outer surface of the vent of the battery case to prevent the vent from being covered with resin which is formed on the battery case; and a temperature protection device electrically connected with a terminal of the battery case and capable of blocking electric current when a temperature exceeds a threshold. The cover includes an overhang located to cover at least a portion of the temperature protection device when the temperature protection device is mounted on the cover. The temperature protection device is at least partially covered with the overhang and, together with the cover, covered with the resin.
US08895087B2
A composition having a curcuminoid and an essential oil of turmeric. A composition having a curcuminoid and an essential oil of turmeric, wherein the essential oil is present in an amount sufficient to cause an enhancement of bioavailability of curcumin when the composition is administered to a human as compared to bioavailability of curcumin obtained upon administration of a composition prepared without adding essential oil to the curcuminoid. A method to prepare a composition having a curcuminoid and an essential oil of turmeric.
US08895083B2
A composition is disclosed which comprises cinnamon or cinnamon extract such as cinnamon aqueous extract TC 112 and panax ginseng or extract from panax ginseng standardized to 1.5 to 7% ginsenosides and may comprise an artificial sweetener. The composition is embodied in the form of a pill or food product with 120 mg of cinnamon aqueous extract and 120 mg of ginseng standardized to 1.5 to 7% ginsenosides. The composition is used as a daily dosage for improvement of cognitive function, prevention or treatment of Alzheimer's disease, maintenance or lowering of blood-sugar levels, prevention of arterial disease or the improvement of cognitive function in diabetics.
US08895079B2
A blood lipid lowering agent that functions through a same mechanism as berberine (e.g. berberine, one or more pharmacologically acceptable salts of berberine or a mixture thereof) and a blood lipid lowering agent that functions through a different mechanism than berberine (e.g. phytosterols, phytostanols, esters thereof or mixtures thereof) act synergistically to improve blood lipid profiles, for example, lowering total cholesterol, LDL-C or nonHDL-C, and triglyceride, and increasing the ratio of HDL-C to nonHDL-C. The two may be used in combination to treat or reduce the chance of contracting cardiovascular disease, hyperlipidemia, atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease, angina, cerebrovascular disease, stroke, overweight or obesity, diabetes, insulin resistance, hyperglycemia, hypertension, arrhythmia, diseases of the central nervous system, diseases of the peripheral nervous system and/or inflammation. The blood lipid lowering agent that functions through a same mechanism as berberine, with or without the blood lipid lowering agent that functions through a different mechanism than berberine, may also be used to control weight.
US08895075B2
A herbomineral composition for the treatment of sickle cell disease is described in the present invention. The herbo mineral composition include some herbal ingredients such as Jaiphal, Sunthi, Jivanti, Haritaki, Guduchi, Shatavari, Dadima, Pippali, along with the therapeutic minerals such as Abrakha Bhasma and Loha Bhasma at suitable concentrations to obtain synergistic anti sickling activity. The composition exhibited up to 60-87% antisickling activity on RBCs in ‘vitro’ at various concentrations. Patients treated with this composition found relief from most of the severe symptoms of sickle cell disease and sickle cell anemia, and had excellent improvement in quality of life.
US08895074B2
A method of parenterally administering a composition, the method including parenterally administering to a person a composition including krill oil in an oil-in-water emulsion. A parenterally applicable pharmaceutical composition, including an oil-in-water emulsion including a phospholipid obtained from a marine crustacean.
US08895056B2
The present invention relates to the regional delivery of therapeutic agents for the treatment of vascular diseases wherein regional delivery refers to delivery of a therapeutically effective amount of the therapeutic agent to an area of the vessel that includes not only afflicted tissue but non-afflicted tissue at the periphery of the afflicted tissue as well.
US08895053B2
The subject invention provides improved testosterone gel formulations.
US08895047B2
Implantable catheters are provided which comprise an antimicrobial agent incorporated in a coating or bulk distributed, in combination with a fibrinolytic agent incorporated in a top coating.
US08895041B2
A cleansing composition comprising at least 5% of a surfactant, at least about 25% water, a cyclodextrin complex comprising a perfume, wherein 80% of the plurality of perfume raw materials comprise a FDV of at least 0.69.
US08895035B2
The present invention provides a novel alkoxyimino derivative or a salt thereof, as well as to a pest control agent containing the derivative or salt thereof as an active ingredient, which shows an excellent pest control effect on a wide range of pests in the agricultural and horticultural field and is also capable of controlling resistant pests. The novel alkoxyimino derivative is characterized by being represented by general formula [I] (in the formula, X, R1, R2 and Q are as defined in the specification) and the post control agent is characterized by containing as an active ingredient the alkoxyimino derivative or a salt thereof.
US08895031B2
The invention generally relates to the prevention and/or treatment of cancer, and, more specifically, to the treatment of tumors, including solid tumors and their metastases, without radiation or standard chemotherapeutic agents. In one embodiment, the invention involves a method comprising: a) providing a subject with tumor cells, b) removing at least a portion of said tumor cells from said subject to create removed cells, c) treating at least a portion of said removed cells ex vivo, using stimulating agents, including thapsigargin and/or thapsigargin-related compounds, so as to create treated tumor cells; and d) introducing said treated tumor cells (or fragments thereof) in vivo into the same subject to generate anticancer therapeutic effects.
US08895023B2
Nanoparticles for providing immune responses for the treatment or prophylaxis of infection by infectious agents such as viruses, parasites, bacteria, prions and fungi are described which comprises a core including metal and/or semiconductor atoms, wherein the core is covalently linked to a plurality of ligands, the ligands including a carbohydrate residue capable of stimulating an innate immune response, a T cell helper peptide and a danger signal. This platform may then be adapted by including one or more further ligands capable of producing a specific response to a target infectious agent.
US08895010B2
Antibody polypeptides that specifically bind human CD40L are provided. The antibody polypeptides do not activate platelets. The antibody polypeptides are useful in the treatment of diseases involving CD40L activation, such as graft-related diseases and autoimmune diseases. The antibody polypeptides may be domain antibodies (dAbs) comprising a single VH or VK domain. The half-life of the antibody polypeptides may be increased by modifying the antibody polypeptides to be dual specific reagents that can also bind human serum albumin (HSA) or another antigen.
US08895007B2
The present invention provides antibodies which bind to an epitope in the extracellular domain of human CC chemokine receptor 4 (CCR4) and which are capable of inhibiting the binding of macrophage-derived chemokine (MDC) and/or thymus and activation regulated chemokine (TARC) to CCR4. Also provided are inter alia immunoconjugates and compositions comprising such antibodies and methods and uses involving such antibodies, particularly in the medical and diagnostic fields.
US08895000B2
The invention provides methods for inhibiting the interaction of endosialin with endosialin ligands. The inhibition is effectuated on the genetic level, by inhibiting endosialin gene expression, and on the protein level, by blocking the interaction of cell-surface expressed endosialin with ligands such as fibronectin and collagen. The invention provides methods for identifying inhibitors of the interaction of endosialin with endosialin ligands. Also provided are methods for inhibiting angiogenesis and neovascularization in vivo and in vitro.
US08894999B2
The present invention relates to Death Receptor-6 (DR6) proteins which are members of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) receptor family, and have now been shown to be important for regulating apoptosis in cells of the nervous system. In addition, it has been discovered that p75 is a ligand for DR6. As a result, this invention relates to methods for inhibiting the interaction of DR6 and p75 using DR6 and/or p75 antagonists. In addition, the methods described herein include methods of promoting survival of cells of the nervous system using DR6 antagonists, optionally in combination with p75 antagonists, and methods of treating neurodegenerative conditions by the administration of a DR6 antagonists, optionally in combination with a p75 antagonist.
US08894997B2
The present invention is directed to particular monoclonal antibodies and fragments thereof that find use in the detection, prevention and treatment of influenza virus infections. In particular, these antibodies may neutralize or limit the replication of H1N1 influenza virus. Also disclosed are improved methods for producing such monoclonal antibodies.
US08894995B2
A method of treating a disorder or condition of viral etiology by administration of an activated form of antibodies to an antigen, wherein said activated form is obtained by repeated consecutive dilution combined with external impact, and the antigen is a substance or a pharmaceutical agent exerting influence upon the mechanisms of formation of this particular pathological syndrome.
US08894982B2
A water in oil emulsion lip treatment composition comprising at least one non-polar silicone oil, at least one non-polar organic oil, at least one amphiphilic organic emollient oil, at least one water in oil surfactant; and at least one oil in water surfactant.
US08894978B2
A new skin care system includes day and night skin cream compositions comprising nutrients and antioxidants for use by children between six months and eighteen years of age. The day skin cream composition provides protection from UV radiation and the night skin cream composition contains no sun protection ingredients and elevated levels of nutrients and antioxidants. A child-friendly bottle for each composition can be used by young children without difficulty. A fragrance included in each composition is popular with children, and the bottle for the day composition has graphics indicating day-time use and the bottle for the night composition has graphics indicating night-time use. The day composition is applied topically each day to the face after tooth-brushing, and the night composition is applied topically to the face each night after tooth-brushing.
US08894968B2
The invention relates to pharmaceutical agents containing a particulate inorganic matrix having a diameter of from 0.1 nm to 100 μm, preferably 1 nm to 10 μm, particularly preferably 1 nm to 1 μm, such as, for example, topaz, (Al2F2)[SiO4], and chiolite, Na[Al3F4], preferably wavellite, Al3(PO4)2(OH,F)2, calcium carbonate, CaCO3, maghemite, γ-Fe2O3, particularly preferably zeolites, gen. formula Mn[(AlO2)x(SiO2)y] (M=metal, e.g. Na), magnetite, Fe3O4, and barium sulphate, BaSO4, and very particularly preferably gallium phosphate, GaPO4, apatite or fluorohydroxyapatite, Ca5(PO4)3(OH,F)=3Ca3(PO4)2*Ca(OH,F)2, and fluorspar, CaF2, which, in addition to the natural isotope distribution of the structure type-forming elements of the anions and cations, also contain medically usable contents of positron-emitting nuclides, such as, for example, [15]O, [30]P, [13]N, preferably [65]Ga, [11]C, particularly preferably [13]Ba, [26]Al, and very particularly preferably [68]Ga and [18]F, the preparation thereof, and the use of these composition in medicine, particularly preferably in diagnostic imaging, in particular positron emission tomography (PET), on animals and humans, and in vitro diagnostics.
US08894967B2
A process for the production of highly thermally-integrated hydrogen by reforming a hydrocarbon feedstock wherein a stream of air or water, whose temperature is less by at least 200° C. than the combustion temperature inside a burner, is mixed with the effluent that is obtained from said burner, so as to reduce the temperature of this effluent to less than 725° C.; the mixture obtained is used to superheat at least one stream of water vapor and/or hydrocarbon feedstock in gaseous form, whereby said stream that is thus superheated by indirect heat exchange is injected directly into a reforming reactor where it is used as a fuel; and the second heat exchanger and is used to totally evaporate a stream of liquid water and/or hydrocarbon feedstock.
US08894966B2
A micro-mixer and use thereof for synthesis of barium sulfate particles is disclosed. The micro-mixer includes feeding tubes, reservoirs, a mixing channel, a buffer reservoir and a sampling tube. The mixing channel is made of hydrophobic materials and processed into a spiral structure, in which baffles are set in interval arrangement at both sides of the channel wall. The types of the baffles include leaning-forward baffles, vertical baffles and leaning-backward baffles. Setting the baffles helps produce local secondary flow in the mixer, which enhances fluids mixing process. The micro-mixer is suitable to rapid reactions or precipitation processes, whose reaction time is much less than mixing time, and has broad application prospects in many fields involving mixing reaction such as pharmaceutical and chemistry industry.
US08894964B2
A crystalline carbon material with controlled interlayer spacing and a method of manufacturing the crystalline carbon material are disclosed. The crystalline carbon material has peaks of a (002) plane at 2θ=23°±5.0° and 2θ=26.5°±1.0° when X-ray diffraction is measured using a CuKα ray. The peak height at 2θ=23°±5.0° is higher than the one at 2θ=26.5°±1.0°.
US08894962B2
A carbon material and a method of manufacturing the carbon material are provided that can improve hardness and physical properties while fully gaining the benefit of SPS method, which makes it possible to obtain a dense carbon material with very short time. The carbon material is manufactured by a first step of filling mixture powder containing a carbon aggregate and a binder in a mold, and a second step of sintering the mixture powder by a spark plasma sintering method while compressing the mixture powder. The carbon material is characterized by having a Shore hardness HSD value of 60 or greater, and having a thermal expansion anisotropy ratio, an electrical resistivity anisotropy ratio, or a thermal conductivity anisotropy ratio, of 1.5 or greater.
US08894961B2
A process for the production of sodium cyanide crystals comprising; (a) contacting impure hydrogen cyanide and sodium hydroxide in a reactor with mixing for a maximum contact time of about 5 seconds; (b) feeding the resulting mixture to a continuous evaporative crystallizer to produce a slurry of sodium cyanide crystals; (c) passing the slurry of sodium cyanide crystals from the crystallizer over a hot surface to precipitate onto the surface and remove sodium carbonate, and passing said slurry back to the crystallizer; and (d) separating the sodium cyanide crystals from the slurry.
US08894955B2
The present invention provides a process for removing mercaptans from a gas stream. In the process, a first mercaptan-comprising gas stream comprising at least a mercaptan of the general formula: R1—SH, wherein R1 is an alkyl group comprising 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and an acid component is contacted with an absorption medium to obtain a mercaptan-depleted gas stream. The absorption medium includes a substituted disulphide and a base. The substituted disulphide is of the general formula R2—SS—R3, wherein R2 and R3 are carbon comprising substituents of which the corresponding R2—SH and R3—SH thiols have a vapor pressure below the vapor pressure of any R1—SH thiol, and at least one of R2 and R3 is an electron withdrawing group.
US08894952B1
A method of reducing nitrogen oxide includes a process of injecting a reductant including an amine compound and an exhaust gas including nitrogen oxide into a catalyst system including a silver alumina (Ag/Al2O3) catalyst.
US08894943B2
A catalyst-carrying filter includes a gas-inflow-side layer and a gas-outflow-side layer, the gas-inflow-side layer including a PM collection layer that has a small average pore size and a PM removal catalyst layer that supports or is coated with an oxidizing catalyst, and the gas-outflow-side layer including a gas purification catalyst layer that supports or is coated with a gas purification catalyst. An amount of oxidizing catalyst supported on the PM collection and PM removal catalyst layer is larger than that of the gas purification catalyst layer by a factor of 1.05 to 10 and an amount of noble metal contained in the PM collection and PM removal catalyst layer is smaller than an amount of noble metal contained in the gas purification catalyst layer.
US08894941B2
SOx removal equipment for reducing sulfur oxides from flue gas from a boiler, a cooler provided on a downstream side of the SOx removal equipment, for reducing the sulfur oxides that remain in the flue gas and decrease a gas temperature, CO2 recovery equipment including an absorber for bringing CO2 in the flue gas into contact with a CO2 absorption liquid to be reduced, and a regenerator for causing the CO2 absorption liquid to emit CO2 to recover CO2 and regenerate the CO2 absorption liquid, a heat exchanger which is provided on an inlet passage side of the electric dust collector, for decreasing a temperature of the flue gas are included, and a mist generation material in the flue gas is converted from a gas state to a mist state to cause particulates in the flue gas to arrest and reduce the mist generation material in the mist state.
US08894937B2
A method of producing a deodorizing or odor neutralizing fog includes a tank with an input port and an exit port, and a fogging portion located within the tank. A deodorizing or odor neutralizing liquid is added to the tank upon which the fogging portion is configured to float. Compressed air is input through said input port and is expelled on the deodorizing or odor neutralizing liquid through at least one nozzle located on the fogging portion, thereby vaporizing the deodorizing or odor neutralizing liquid. The vapor combines with the compressed air within the tank to form the deodorizing or odor neutralizing fog.
US08894935B2
A monitoring system for a selective catalyst reduction system according to the present invention includes a selective catalyst reduction system that reacts with ammonia and reduces NOx, a first NOx sensor that is disposed upstream of the selective catalyst reduction system and measures the amount of the NOx that flows into the selective catalyst reduction system, a second NOx sensor that is disposed downstream of the selective catalyst reduction system and measures the amount of the NOx that is reduced, an injector that is disposed between the first NOx sensor and the selective catalyst reduction system and injects a urea solution, and a control portion that calculates reduction efficiency based on signals that are detected from the first NOx sensor and the second NOx sensor, determines the necessary amount of the ammonia according to the reduction efficiency, and controls the injection amount of the urea solution through the injector. The first and second NOx sensors are mean value sensors having a permissible deviation of ±6.7%.
US08894933B2
A portable handheld medical diagnostic device includes a front housing and a rear housing opposite the front housing. The front housing and the rear housing form a protective enclosure. A main circuit board is located in the protective enclosure. The main circuit board includes a controller facilitating a physiologic measurement. A display device is connected to the main circuit board that displays information related to the physiologic measurement. A frame is located in the protective enclosure that carries the display device and locates the display device adjacent the front housing such that the display device can be viewed from outside the protective enclosure. The frame includes a strip port formed integrally therewith that is accessible from outside the protective enclosure.
US08894931B2
A sample analyzer comprising: a reagent container set section for setting a reagent container; a reader/writer configured to read out an information from the recording medium attached to the reagent container set in the reagent container set section and configured to write an information on the recording medium; a writing instruction section configured to issue an instruction to write the information on the recording medium; and a controller configured to control the reader/writer to write the information on the recording medium attached to the reagent container set in the reagent container set section if the kind information read out from the recording medium indicates the specific reagent and the writing instruction section has issued the writing instruction. Also, a method of writing information on a recording medium attached to a reagent container.
US08894929B2
An example rack accommodation device includes a base capable of supporting supporters on a plurality of stages in a first direction and in a plurality of rows in a second direction across the first direction. The supporters are each configured to hold a rack capable of holding a plurality of upright sample holders each accommodating a sample. A first movement mechanism is configured to move the supporters in the first direction, and a second movement mechanism is configured to move the supporters in the second direction.
US08894927B2
A shower sterilization system is provided. The system comprises shower apparatus including water supply means (2), a shower head (6) and shower conduit means (4) connecting the shower head to the water supply means. An applicator device (16) is located between the water supply means and the shower head for receiving a sterilization or biocidal composition in use and allowing said sterilization or biocidal composition to be delivered to one or more parts of said shower apparatus.
US08894925B2
A method and device are provided for treating flammable materials, fuels for example, by irradiation of the materials with ultra-violet radiation. In one embodiment, the apparatus suited for connection to a fuel line includes a body with centrally-formed duct and UV light sources mounted outside of the duct at upper and lower sides. It is to be appreciated that the invention has utility for many different fuel system applications, for example in aircraft, boats and in other motive vehicles. Further, the device can be conveniently mounted, if desired, on different fuel platforms including on bowsers.
US08894921B2
An improved flue gas cooler 10, or bank of coolers 10, handles flue gas G from aluminum reduction cells in an aluminum smelter plant. Each flue gas cooler 10 has a gas inlet chamber 14, a gas outlet chamber 16, and a matrix of gas cooling tubes 18 extending between the inlet chamber and the outlet chamber. Each cooling tube 18 has a bell-shaped inlet end 19 comprising an aerodynamically curved gas-accelerating profile effective to facilitate streamlined flow of flue gas G into the tube. The improved flue gas cooler makes it possible to connect the flue gas cooler to receive flue gas G direct from the aluminum reduction cells without getting clogged by dust and sublimates present in the flue gas.
US08894920B2
A method for making a thin, free-standing ceramic sheet may include drawing a carrier film proximate a casting head and across a casting bed of a tape caster at a rate from about 2 cm/min to about 500 cm/min. Depositing a thin film of ceramic slip less than about 150 μm on the carrier film with the casting head. The ceramic slip may comprises a ceramic powder with an ultimate crystallite size of less than about 10 μm dispersed in a fluid vehicle such that the ceramic slip has a ceramic solids fraction of greater than about 20% by volume. The deposited ceramic slip may be dried on the carrier film thereby forming a green ceramic sheet on the carrier film. After the green ceramic sheet is dried, the green ceramic sheet may be sintered.
US08894918B2
Methods are disclosed for producing architectural preforms and high-temperature composite structures containing high-strength ceramic fibers with reduced preforming stresses within each fiber, with an in-situ grown coating on each fiber surface, with reduced boron within the bulk of each fiber, and with improved tensile creep and rupture resistance properties tier each fiber. The methods include the steps of preparing an original sample of a preform formed from a pre-selected high-strength silicon carbide ceramic fiber type, placing the original sample in a processing furnace under a pre-selected preforming stress state and thermally treating the sample in the processing furnace at a pre-selected processing temperature and hold time in a processing gas having a pre-selected composition, pressure, and flow rate. For the high-temperature composite structures, the method includes additional steps of depositing a thin interphase coating on the surface of each fiber and forming a ceramic or carbon-based matrix within the sample.
US08894917B2
Methods of making a porous cordierite ceramic honeycomb article are provided. In example methods, a batch composition includes a quantity of non-crosslinked pore former provided as a superaddition of about 20% or less of a dry weight of a quantity of inorganic components. Batch compositions are also provided that include a quantity of clay and other substantially nonfibrous inorganic components sufficient to yield an article including cordierite. Example batch compositions can include clay having a median particle size of about 7 μm or less and/or provided in an amount that is 10% or less of the dry weight of the quantity of inorganic components.
US08894904B2
The present invention relates to a device for distributing tablet blanks to the dies of a tablet press. The present invention moreover relates to a system consisting of the device according to the invention and a tablet press and to a method for forming tablets from tablet blanks.
US08894896B2
A method of making garment material, the method having the steps: applying coagulant (34) to a substrate (32); applying a foam (38) of the polymeric material to the substrate (32); allowing the coagulant (34) to coagulate some of the foam (38); and removing uncoagulated foam (38) from the substrate (32) to leave a layer of coagulated polymeric material on the substrate (32).
US08894893B2
A method of preparing transparent or nontransparent silica aerogel granules. The method includes forming a granular wet gel by spraying a silica sol into alcohol, the silica sol being prepared by mixing a water glass solution or an opacifier-containing water glass solution with an inorganic acid solution, forming a granular alcohol gel through gelation aging and solvent substitution of the granular wet gel in alcohol, hydrophobically modifying the surface of the granular alcohol gel using an organic silane compound, and drying the surface modified gel at ambient pressure or in a vacuum. The method may prepare silica aerogel granules in a short period of time through heat treatment at a relatively low temperature and at ambient pressure or in a vacuum, thereby ensuring excellent economic feasibility, continuity and reliability, suited for mass production.
US08894892B2
Providing a mold and a manufacturing method therefor wherein protrusions are easy to be pressed into a resin base material and the protrusions are easy to be pulled out from the resin base material. The present invention provides a mold comprising a stamping surface (1a) formed depending on a via pattern and a protruding portion (21, 22) formed in convex shape from the stamping surface (1a), wherein the protruding portion has a base portion (111, 121) merging into a main surface of the stamping surface (1a) to have a curvature and a slope portion (113, 123) progressively decreasing in outer diameter thereof from the base portion (111, 121) to a top portion (112, 122) of the protruding portion (21, 22).
US08894879B2
A lignocellulosic fibrous composite having one or more solvents and a dried lignocellulosic fiber, wherein the dried lignocellulosic fiber has been processed by ruminant digestion and anaerobic digestion. A method for preparing a lignocellulosic fibrous composite is also disclosed including the steps of providing excrement from an animal which has undergone ruminant digestion, introducing the cow excrement into an anaerobic digester, modifying the cow excrement to a first wet product, and drying the first wet product to, in turn, generate a lignocellulosic fibrous composite.
US08894872B2
A liquid etching composition comprising: (a) at least one etching agent precursor having an activation temperature of at least 400° C., at which temperature said precursor yields an active agent suitable for chemical etching of glass, said precursor present at a concentration of at least 2.5% w/w; (b) a binder; and (c) a liquid vehicle.
US08894871B2
The present invention relates to a lithography method using tilted evaporation, and includes: (1) coating a resist on top of a substrate; (2) patterning the resist using a lithography process; (3) tilt-evaporating a first thin film material on an upper layer of the patterned resist to form a modified pattern mask; (4) evaporating a second thin film material on the top of the substrate with the modified pattern mask; and (5) removing the resist coated on the top of the substrate.
US08894867B2
Disclosed is a method for producing ZnO contact layers for solar cells. The layers are etched using hydrofluoric acid so as to generate a texture.
US08894863B2
Systems and methods are presented for removing an ionic material from a fluid using a capture polymer that sequesters the ionic material and an anchor particle bearing a tethering polymer. The tethering polymer complexes with the capture polymer after the capture polymer has sequestered the ionic material, thereby affixing a complex of capture polymer and ionic material to the anchor particle to form a removable complex. The removable material can be segregated from the fluid via a removal system, thereby removing the ionic material from the fluid.
US08894862B2
In a water environment in conjunction with one or more types of oil, a method of in-situ burning including placing a fire resistant sorbent material in contact with the oil and allowing the oil to wick into the sorbent material. The method further includes burning the oil using the sorbent material as a wick.
US08894851B1
A lubricant reclamation system comprising a reclamation housing providing an exterior shell and an interfacing surface defining a housing interior. One or more conductive reclamation subassemblies are disposed within the housing interior. Each conductive reclamation subassembly comprises a conductive reclamation matrix having a series of conductive reclamation passages passing therethrough. Power is provided to the conductive reclamation matrix to energize the material. The energized material aids in the reclamation process by interacting with ionic characteristics of the fluid, magnetic particulate matter, and the like. An additive delivery subassembly is disposed within the housing interior. The additive delivery subassembly comprises an additive form having a series of additive passages passing therethrough. An additive is embedded within the additive delivery subassembly in a manner enabling dissolution of the additive as the fluid passes through the plurality of additive passages.
US08894840B2
A process is disclosed for catalytically converting two feed streams. The feed to a first catalytic reactor may be contacted with product from a second catalytic reactor to effect heat exchange between the two streams and to transfer catalyst from the product stream to the feed stream. The feed to the second catalytic reactor may be a portion of the product from the first catalytic reactor.
US08894820B2
One exemplary embodiment can be a fractionation zone for an alkylation apparatus. The fractionation zone can be a column adapted to receive a feed including at least one alcohol, water, and at least one ketone. The column may provide an overhead stream including the at least one ketone and a side-stream including the at least one alcohol and water.
US08894813B2
In general, the present disclosure is directed to creped tissue webs, and products produced therefrom. The creped webs and products are strong, soft, and have improved strike-through and absorbency properties. The improvement in both strike-through and absorbency is achieved in-part by increasing the basis weight of the web, while at the same time reducing the creping composition add-on levels.
US08894808B2
The method and the apparatus are used for preparing fold lines on laminated materials on the basis of cardboard. At least one region intended for providing the fold line is subjected to heat such that an at least partial local reduction of shear fracture stresses of the material is produced in said region. The application of heat is done using a heating device, which is disposed adjacent to a guide device for the laminate. The local reduction of the shear fracture stresses supports local delamination, which supports the formation of a folding joint.
US08894802B2
The invention relates to a method for the production of composite elements comprising at least one outer layer a) and a layer b) firmly bonded to it, an adhesion promoter c) being applied between the outer layer a) and the layer b) firmly bonded to it, the outer layer a) being continuously moved and the adhesion promoter c) and the layer b) firmly bonded to it or the starting materials thereof being applied in succession to the outer layer, the application of the adhesion promoter c) being effected by means of a rotating disk which is mounted horizontally or with a slight deviation from the horizontal of up to 15°, wherein the rotating disk is provided with teeth on the edge.
US08894783B2
This invention relates to an apparatus for explosively dispersing particles of reactive metals into the atmosphere to form a fuel-air explosive. Also, this invention relates to a composition, which enhances the performance of metal augmented charge (MAC) devices. The metal augmented charge (MAC) includes flaked aluminum powder and polytetrafluorethylene. The MAC is pressed into solid billets. A preferred embodiment of the present invention involves a system with heavy-walled warhead, which comprises a canister and a cylinder of MAC disposed in the canister, so that said cylinder is in contact with the interior wall of the canister. Further, a high explosive is disposed in the cylinder with a fuze in direct contact with the high explosive, in such a way that the fuze detonates the high explosive.
US08894779B2
Provided is bearing steel excellent in post spheroidizing-annealing workability and in post quenching-tempering hydrogen fatigue resistance property. The bearing steel has a chemical composition containing, by mass %: 0.85% to 1.10% C; 0.30% to 0.80% Si; 0.90% to 2.00% Mn; 0.025% or less P; 0.02% or less S; 0.05% or less Al; 1.8% to 2.5% Cr; 0.15% to 0.4% Mo; 0.0080% or less N; 0.0020% or less O; and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, to thereby effectively suppress the generation of WEA even in environment where hydrogen penetrates into the steel, so as to improve the rolling contact fatigue life and also the workability such as cuttability and forgeability of the material.
US08894769B2
The invention concerns a material evaporation chamber including a vacuum chamber (10), a first pumping unit (13) to pump said chamber and sources of material. According to the invention, a wall (23) liable to provide total or partial vacuum tightness, delineates within this chamber a first volume (25) and a second volume (22). Certain sources of material (17) having a main axis (18) are placed in the second volume (22). This second volume (22) is pumped by a second pumping unit (24). The wall (23) includes recesses (26) which are each centered on the main axis (18) of one of the sources of material (17). The evaporation chamber also comprises means (27) for plugging or clearing each of said recesses (26), said means (27) being controlled individually to protect the sources of material (17) having a main axis (18) unused.
US08894757B2
The CO2 capture system by chemical absorption for removing CO2 from a combustion exhaust gas by a solvent, comprising: an absorber for absorbing CO2 by a solvent, a regenerator for heating a rich solvent absorbed CO2 thereby releasing CO2, a gas exhaust system for discharging gas from the regenerator, a gas compressor installed in the gas exhaust system, a heat exchanger disposed downstream of the gas compressor for exchanging heat between compressed gas and rich solvent to be supplied to the regenerator, a gas-liquid separator disposed downstream of the heat exchanger for separating gas from condensed water, a condensed water supply system for supplying condensed water from the gas-liquid separator to the regenerator, another gas exhaust system for discharging gas containing high-concentration CO2 from the gas-liquid separator, and a compressor disposed downstream of the gas-liquid separator in the another gas exhaust system for pressurizing the gas containing high-concentration CO2.
US08894755B2
A gas-liquid separator includes a housing which encloses a separation chamber, an inlet port for feeding the multi-phase flow into the separation chamber, a liquid outlet port for discharging the liquid dominated flow from the separation chamber and a gas outlet port provided at a position above both the inlet port and the liquid outlet port for discharging the gas dominated flow from the separation chamber. Both the inlet port and the liquid outlet port are positioned adjacent to an elongated lower bottom wall of the housing and define a flow direction into the and out of the separation chamber approximately aligned along the bottom wall. The separation chamber extends above the bottom wall in between the inlet port and the liquid outlet port. The liquid outlet port is provided with a gas seal to prevent entrainment of free gas from the separation chamber into the liquid outlet port.
US08894754B2
A concentrator photovoltaic apparatus for controlling internal condensation includes a light receiving module including one or more photovoltaic cells in a waterproof enclosure, at least one primary lens sealed to the waterproof enclosure for concentrating sunlight, a waterproof breather membrane regulating the pressure of the air located inside the enclosure, and a regenerative desiccant in a thermally decoupled dryer tube or thermally coupled to an internal surface of the enclosure. Smaller breather membrane vents and/or positive time delays between the temperature of the desiccant and the temperature of the enclosure may prolong an adsorption phase of the desiccant, which may substantially contribute to efficiency, reliability, and autonomous control of condensation.
US08894750B2
A system is described herein which provides an ozonated liquid. The system comprises a liquid inlet arranged to continuously accept a liquid into the system at a desired flow rate; a liquid outlet to dispense ozonated liquid out of the system, the ozonated liquid having an oxidation-reduction potential of at least 450 mV due solely to ozone dissolved in the liquid, the liquid outlet being in fluid communication with the liquid inlet and arranged to dispense the ozonated liquid out of the system at the desired flow rate. The system has a tank-less ozonation flow path between the liquid inlet and the liquid outlet, the flow path adapted to ozonate the accepted liquid, producing the ozonated liquid to be dispensed out of the system. The accepted liquid has a fluid residence time in the ozonation flow path of less than 5 minutes prior to being dispensed as the ozonated liquid.
US08894738B2
A titanium base alloy powder having lesser amounts of aluminum and vanadium with an alkali or alkaline earth metal being present in an amount of less than about 200 ppm. The alloy powder is neither spherical nor angular and flake shaped. 6/4 alloy is specifically disclosed having a packing fraction or tap density between 4 and 11%, as is a method for making the various alloys.
US08894731B2
Abrasive articles possessing a highly open (porous) structure and uniform abrasive grit distribution are disclosed. The abrasive articles are fabricated using a metal matrix (e.g., fine nickel, tin, bronze and abrasives). The open structure is controlled with a porosity scheme, including interconnected porosity (e.g., formed by leaching of dispersoid), closed porosity (e.g., induced by adding a hollow micro-spheres and/or sacrificial pore-forming additives), and/or intrinsic porosity (e.g., controlled via matrix component selection to provide desired densification). In some cases, manufacturing process temperatures for achieving near full density of metal bond with fillers and abrasives, are below the melting point of the filler used, although sacrificial fillers may be used as well. The resulting abrasive articles are useful in high performance cutting and grinding operations, such as back-grinding silicon, alumina titanium carbide, and silicon carbide wafers to very fine surface finish values. Techniques of use and manufacture are also disclosed.
US08894728B2
In the case of a device for gasification of carbonaceous fuels, having a discharge for slags into a slag bath, a solution is supposed to be created with which the gasifier discharge opening is reliably kept at a temperature that guarantees that the slag will flow out. This is achieved in that the gasifier discharge opening (6) is equipped with a ceramic drip edge (7) that can be electrically heated.
US08894723B2
A method for the formation of lithium includes a layer on a substrate using an atomic layer deposition method. The method includes the sequential pulsing of a lithium precursor through a reaction chamber for deposition upon a substrate. Using further oxidizing pulses and or other metal containing precursor pulses, an electrolyte suitable for use in thin film batteries may be manufactured.
US08894716B2
A method of orienting a femoral head member of an implant relative to an acetabular member positioned in the acetabulum including implanting a femoral stem of an implant within an intramedullary canal of a femur, inserting an acetabular member in the acetabulum, positioning a femoral head member of the implant at least partially in the acetabular member with the femoral head member including a curved articulating surface and a plurality of indicia on the curved articulating surface, and orienting the femoral head member relative to the acetabular member and generally aligning one of the indicia on the curved articulating surface with an alignment feature of the acetabular member to signify an orientation of the femoral head member relative to the acetabular member.
