US09007140B1
The present invention provides a digitally controlled, current starved, pulse width modulator (PWM). In the PWM of the present invention, the amount of current from the voltage source to the ring oscillator is controlled by the proposed header circuit. By changing the header current, the pulse width of the switching signal generated at the output of the ring oscillator is dynamically controlled, where the duty cycle can vary between 50% and 90%. A duty cycle to voltage converter is used to ensure the accuracy of the system under process, voltage, and temperature (PVT) variations. The proposed pulse width modulator is appropriate for dynamic voltage scaling systems due to the small on-chip area and high accuracy under process, voltage, and temperature variations.
US09007139B2
According to one embodiment, a first oscillator has an oscillation frequency that is changed depending on a temperature. A second oscillator has different temperature characteristics from the first oscillator. An on-chip heater heats the first oscillator and the second oscillator. A counter counts a first oscillation signal of the first oscillator. An ADPLL generates a third oscillation signal on the basis of a second oscillation signal of the second oscillator and corrects the frequency of the third oscillation signal on the basis of a count value of the counter.
US09007131B2
A frequency-control circuit includes a phase frequency detector configured to receive a reference frequency signal and generate an output detection signal. The phase frequency detector can be configured to detect a difference in phase and frequency between the reference frequency signal and a feedback of the output frequency signal. The frequency-control circuit also includes a frequency divider that is configured to apply a correction voltage to a feedback of the output frequency signal, the correction voltage being a function of a pulling signal having one or more unwanted frequency components. The frequency-control circuit also includes a loop filter configured to filter the output detection signal including the correction voltage and generate a control voltage signal. The frequency-control circuit also includes a voltage-controlled oscillator configured to receive the control voltage signal and generate an output frequency signal.
US09007126B2
A multi-mode amplifier system includes a supply converter and a multi-stage amplifier. The supply converter is configured to generate a plurality of varied supply signals according to an output power mode. The multi-stage amplifier is configured to generate an RF output signal from an RF input signal according to the varied supply signals.
US09007119B2
A method of operating a system including a MEMS device of an integrated circuit die includes generating an indicator of a device parameter of the MEMS device in a first mode of operating the system using a monitor structure formed using a MEMS structural layer of the integrated circuit die. The method includes generating, using a CMOS device of the integrated circuit die, a signal indicative of the device parameter and based on the indicator. The device parameter may be a geometric dimension of the MEMS device. The method may include, in a second mode of operating the system, compensating for a difference between a value of the signal and a target value of the signal. The method may include re-generating the indicator after exposing the MEMS device to stress and generating a second signal indicating a change in the device parameter.
US09007118B2
Signals generated by an array of photodiodes are applied to the inputs of corresponding edge detection circuits. Each edge detection circuit generates an output that changes state in response to a detected edge of the photodiode generated signal. The edge detection circuits may be formed by toggle flip-flop circuits. The outputs of the edge detection circuits are logically combined using exclusive OR logic to generate an output. The exclusive OR logic may be formed by a cascaded tree of exclusive OR circuits.
US09007116B2
An up-conversion mixer includes a mixer cell having at least one output node configured to generate an output. The up-conversion mixer further includes a first cascaded transconductance input stage coupled to the mixer cell, the first cascaded transconductance input stage configured to receive an input signal and to reduce a third order harmonic of the output. The up-conversion mixer further includes a second cascaded transconductance input stage coupled to the mixer cell, the second cascaded transconductance input stage configured to receive the input signal and to reduce a third order harmonic of the output.
US09007115B2
An integrated circuit includes a clock control unit configured to selectively output an external clock or a delayed clock acquired by delaying the external clock as an input clock in response to a divided clock generated by dividing the external clock, when a test mode is entered; and an internal circuit operating in response to the input clock.
US09007112B2
A low power State Retention Power Gating (SRPG) cell has a retention component and a non-retention component, and is operable in a run state, a first retention state, and a second retention state. In the run state, the retention and non-retention components are powered with a supply voltage. In the first retention state, the retention component is powered at the same supply voltage as in the run state, and the non-retention component is powered down. In the second retention state, the retention component is powered at a lower supply voltage than in the run state, and the non-retention component is powered down.
US09007108B1
A system and method are provided for frequency multiplication jitter correction. The method accepts an analog reference signal having a first frequency, and using the analog reference signal, derives a system clock signal having a second frequency, greater than the first frequency. A PLL using a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) is one example of a frequency multiplier. The method samples the amplitude of the analog reference signal using the system clock signal and converts the sampled analog reference signal into a digitized reference signal. In response to comparing the digitized reference signal to an ideal digitized reference signal, the phase error correction for the system clock signal is derived. The phase error correction at a first instance of time can be applied to the digitized data signal, previously converted from an analog data signal sampled at a first instance of time with the system clock signal.
US09007105B2
A PLL includes an oscillator, multiple time-to-digital converters (TDCs) and a system for the remaining functionality. The TDCs measure the oscillator's phase against respective multiple reference clocks. The system compares the respective measured phases with respective desired phases to obtain phase error signals. One is selected to close the loop. The others are monitored and adjusted when not equal to zero. When a new reference clock must be used, the loop is changed from including the old phase error signal to the new. The old phase error was zero because the loop was in lock, the new phase error is zero because it was monitored and adjusted. Therefore, upon switching the loop from the old to the new phase error signal, the loop remains locked and switching is hitless.
US09007096B1
An apparatus relating generally to voltage conversion includes an amplifier coupled to receive an input voltage and a reference voltage. First and second converters are coupled to the amplifier to receive a bias voltage. The first converter includes a first transconductor coupled to receive the bias voltage to adjust a first tail current, and a first differential input. A first inverter of the first converter has a first feedback device coupled input-to-output to provide a first transimpedance amplifier load. The first inverter is coupled to the first transconductor. The second converter includes a second transconductor coupled to receive the bias voltage to adjust a second tail current, and a second differential input. A second inverter of the second converter has a second feedback device coupled input-to-output to provide a second transimpedance amplifier load. The second inverter is coupled to the second transconductor.
US09007090B2
A programming element including a first transistor, a second transistor, and a capacitor between a logic circuit using a semiconductor element and a power supply is provided. In the programming element, a node where a drain electrode of the first transistor, a gate electrode of the second transistor, and one of electrodes of the capacitor are electrically connected to each other is formed. A potential can be supplied to each of a source electrode of the first transistor and the other of the electrodes of the capacitor. The power supply and the logic circuit are electrically connected to each other through a source electrode and a drain electrode of the second transistor. A connection state between the power supply and the logic circuit is controlled in accordance with the state of the second transistor.
US09007078B2
A pixel array module with a self-test function including a test circuit unit, a plurality of test lines, and a pixel array is provided. The test circuit unit provides the self-test function. The test lines are connected between the test circuit unit and the pixel array. The pixel array is connected to the test circuit unit through the test lines and includes a plurality of pixels. Each pixel includes a transistor. Each transistor has a first terminal and a second terminal. Regarding each of the pixels, a driving signal of the transistor is transmitted from the first terminal to the second terminal thereof under a normal mode, and a test signal of the transistor is transmitted from the second terminal to the first terminal thereof under a test mode. Furthermore, a self-test method of the foregoing pixel array module is also provided.
US09007074B2
A circuit and a method for sensing differential capacitance involve using plural storing capacitors to repeatedly sample charges of the differential capacitance in an over-sampling manner, and storing the charges sampled in different transfer rounds into different storing capacitors instead of repeatedly transferring charges for a single storing capacitor, so as to collect charge averages about both inputs and noises and in turn effectively reduce RF interference and source noises.
US09007069B2
A method of testing a short circuit protection system applied to a spur of an electric circuit. The short circuit protection system has a current limiting means which applies a current limit to the spur if the current thereon exceeds a trip level. The electric circuit has a power supply and an isolation means adapted to fully or partially isolate the power supply from the electric circuit if the current thereon exceeds a power supply trip level for longer than a deadband period. The method includes applying a test current demand to the short circuit protection system which has a current and duration sufficient for the spur current trip level but a current insufficient to exceed the power supply trip level and/or a duration insufficient to exceed the deadband period, and detecting if the current limiting means applies the current limit or not during the test current demand.
US09007067B2
A battery condition estimating apparatus for a battery pack having a plurality of battery cells connected in series includes an analog channel switching circuit and a battery gas gauge circuit. The analog channel switching circuit has a plurality of input ports and an output port, wherein the input ports are coupled to the battery cells via a plurality of analog channels, respectively, and the analog channel switching circuit is arranged to couple the output port to a selected input port of the input ports for allowing the output port N5 to be coupled to a selected battery via a selected analog channel. The battery gas gauge circuit is coupled to the output port of the analog channel switching circuit, and used for estimating a battery condition of the battery pack by monitoring the selected battery cell via the selected analog channel.
US09007064B2
In one embodiment, a method of evaluating electric joints includes: partially separating a terminal portion from a busbar portion of a joint formed between a battery cell terminal and an interconnector busbar; and measuring electric resistance between the terminal portion and the busbar portion. In another embodiment, the step of measuring includes connecting the terminal portion of the joint to a first clip of a first polarity and connecting the busbar portion of the joint to a second clip of an opposing polarity.
US09007063B2
The present invention is directed to an electrical wiring device that includes a test circuit that is configured to generate a recurring simulated fault signal. A detection circuit is configured to generate a test detection signal in response to the recurring simulated fault signal. An end-of-life monitor circuit is configured to generate an end-of-life detection signal if the test detection signal is not generated within a first predetermined period of time. At least one indicator is configured to emit an indication signal in response to the end-of-life detection signal. A response mechanism is configured to decouple the plurality of line terminals from the plurality of load terminals after a second predetermined period of time has elapsed following the end-of-life detection signal.
US09007047B2
The present invention relates to a vehicle buck power conversion control apparatus and method, which improves control performance of power conversion even when load current is changed by further considering input current varied according to the load current in controlling a pulse width modulation signal by using an existing fixed chopping wave.
US09007043B2
According to example configurations herein, a controller receives a value indicative of a number of phases in a power supply to be activated for producing an output voltage to power a load. A resonant frequency of the power supply changes depending on the number of phases activated. According to one configuration, a controller utilizes the value to proportionally adjust at least one control parameter associated with the power supply in accordance with a change in the resonant frequency. In addition to modifying a parameter based on the number of activated phases and/or the resonant frequency of the power supply, the controller can also use the value of the input voltage as a basis to adjust at least one control parameter. Moreover, according to one example configuration, the controller digitally computes values for the at least one control parameter based on a number of phases to be activated.
US09007041B2
A controller for protectively reducing an output of a converting circuit includes a feedback circuit, a logic control circuit, an over-state judgment circuit, and a protection control circuit, is disclosed. The feedback circuit generates a modulation signal according to an output of a converting circuit. The logic control circuit is coupled to the feedback circuit and controls the converting circuit according to the modulation signal for stabilizing the output of the converting circuit. The over-state judgment circuit receives an over-state reference signal and a detecting signal, and generates a protection signal in response to levels of the detecting signal and the over-state reference signal. The protection control circuit is coupled to the logic control circuit and the over-state judgment circuit and controls the logic control circuit to lower the output of the converting circuit when receiving the protection signal.
US09007029B2
The state of charge of a lithium-ion cell module including several cells is managed by observing changes in a cell's differential capacity curve exceeding or falling short of a preset limit value during a discharging or charging process of the cell. Each of the changes is a change which is specific for this particular cell and consistent with a specific state of charge of the cell, whereby the ordinal number of a differential capacity curve change is used as a basis for determining a state of charge of the cell consistent with the change or a difference in the states of charge between two or more cells. The thus determined state of charge differences between cells are then sought to be balanced by a balancing system adapted to balance a charge.
US09007024B2
Systems and methods are provided for managing the batteries and the power source as a single combined output to power the load, allowing the system to use power source with reduced maximum power output, reducing system cost and complexity. Furthermore, the switch matrix controller efficiently and dynamically manages the internal power transfer to minimize the charging/discharging cycle of the batteries while ensuring that the power source and the batteries meet changing load power demand. Finally, maximizing charging time and having independent control of each battery increase power efficiency, prolong the operational life of the battery, and increase overall system life.
US09007022B2
A stationary charging system that is capable of battery charging even when a charging unit has a fault is mounted in a vehicle and includes a power unit for generating direct-current charging power, a plurality of charging units (CHG1 to CHG9) that constitute the power unit, a control unit (MCU), and a first CAN communication line for allowing data exchange between the control unit the charging units, the charging units create charging unit status data concerning results of fault diagnosis on themselves, and transmit the data to the control unit, and the control unit classifies the charging units into a plurality of charging unit groups 4-1, 4-2, and 4-3, and changes output statuses of the charging units for each of the charging unit groups upon reception of charging unit status data indicative of a fault.
US09007015B1
A handheld device for jump starting a vehicle engine includes a rechargeable lithium ion battery pack and a microcontroller. The lithium ion battery is coupled to a power output port of the device through a FET smart switch actuated by the microcontroller. A vehicle battery isolation sensor connected in circuit with positive and negative polarity outputs detects the presence of a vehicle battery connected between the positive and negative polarity outputs. A reverse polarity sensor connected in circuit with the positive and negative polarity outputs detects the polarity of a vehicle battery connected between the positive and negative polarity outputs, such that the microcontroller will enable power to be delivered from the lithium ion power pack to the output port only when a good battery is connected to the output port and only when the battery is connected with proper polarity of positive and negative terminals.
US09007013B2
Disclosed is an inverter control system and method for an eco-friendly vehicle, by which overall improvements can be obtained in terms of switching loss, electromagnetic performance, noise-vibration-harshness (NVH) performance, control stability, and so forth, when compared to a conventional case in which one fixed switching frequency and one fixed sampling frequency are used over the entire operation area. To this end, the inverter control method for an eco-friendly vehicle which generates a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal according to a switching frequency and a sampling frequency and controls ON/OFF driving of a switching element, in which a controller changes and sets the switching frequency according to a current motor speed, changes and sets a sampling frequency according to the switching frequency, and controls on/off driving of a switching element according to the switching frequency corresponding to the motor speed and the sampling frequency.
US09007012B2
A slide-out or retractable room for a mobile living quarters, such as a recreational vehicle, is provided with actuating assemblies mounted on opposite side walls of the slide-out room and the adjacent wall of the main living area. The actuating assemblies include a pair of parallel gear racks mounted on the side wall, which are engaged by pinions rotated by torque shafts mounted on the main living quarters. Each torque shaft is rotated by a separate motor. A roller engages a bearing surface on the lower portion of the gear racks. Accordingly, the slide-out room is extended and retracted by rotating the torque shafts to cause the gear racks and the attached slide-out room to extend and retract. The weight of the slide-out room is supported by the rollers, thereby supporting the slide-out room off of the floor of the main living quarters as it extends and retracts. A synchronizing control operates the motors.
US09007011B2
A driving control device of a brushless motor includes an inverter circuit having: first arm-side switching elements that are connected between respective phases of respective armature coils of the brushless motor and one terminal of a power supply; and second arm-side switching elements that are connected between respective phases of the respective armature coils and the other terminal of the power supply, and a control unit, wherein, in a short-circuit braking according to a short-circuit braking signal, the control unit outputs a signal of turning off all the first arm-side switching element and outputs a signal of controlling the at least one of the second arm-side switching elements to perform a switching operation and turning on the other second arm-side switching elements.
US09007010B2
Provided is a system and method for calibrating an offset of a resolver in a motor of a vehicle. More specifically, a current is applied to the −d-axis of the motor, the Vq, Vd, Iq, and Id of the motor is measured and a power input to the motor is calculated by a controller, and when the input power is not within a predetermined range, the controller adjusts the offset of the resolver to a positive or negative value accordingly.
US09007004B2
A controller for an AC electric motor, includes a Feed Forward Torque Controller and a load model. The Torque controller directly derives a torque related component of applied motor voltages from a signal representing a torque command input T* and at least one motor parameter. The load model derives a motor speed value including a model of motor speed behavior of the AC electric motor to provide an output signal which represents the motor speed of the AC electric motor. This motor speed output signal is used in determining a frequency of rotation of an applied motor voltage vector. Where an input to the load model is the signal representing the torque command input T*, the load model uses the signal representing the torque command T*, at least over a part of an operating speed range of the AC motor which includes zero speed, to determine the motor speed output signal.
US09006999B2
A flicker suppression system for a dimmable LED bulb. In one embodiment, the system includes a rectifier circuit having input terminals and output terminals. The rectifier circuit is configured to rectify a line voltage to generate a rectified voltage at its output terminals. A resistor and switch are also included and coupled in series. A switch control circuit is directly coupled between the output terminals and configured to control the switch only as a function of the rectified voltage.
US09006986B2
Semiconductor light emitting devices are provided that include a first string of light emitting diodes (“LED”) that emit unsaturated light having a color point that is within at least eight MacAdam ellipses of one or more points within a first blue-shifted-yellow region on the 1931 CIE Chromaticity Diagram, a second string of LEDs that emit unsaturated light having color point that is within at least eight MacAdam ellipses from one or more points within a second blue-shifted-green region on the 1931 CIE Chromaticity Diagram, and a third light source that emits radiation having a dominant wavelength between 600 and 720 nm. A drive circuit is provided that is configured to supply a first drive current to the first string of LEDs, a second drive current to the second string of LEDs and a third drive current to the third string of LEDs, wherein at least two of the first, second and third drive currents are independently controllable.
US09006983B1
One exemplary implementation of the present disclosure is directed to a lighting system for detecting the source of glare in imagery. The lighting system includes a first illumination light and a second illumination light each having an associated signal light. Each illumination light is configured to be illuminated independent of the other illumination light and both signal lights. Each signal light has a different spectral peak from the other signal light. The lighting system further includes a control system configured to control the illumination of the first and second illumination lights and associated signal lights based at least in part on identified glare.
US09006961B2
The invention relates to a bearing shield (5) for an electrical motor having a rotor and a stator, wherein the bearing shield (5) has a receptacle (25) for a bearing (400) for bearing a shaft of the rotor (100) and wherein the bearing shield is arranged in a housing (35) of an electrical motor, wherein the bearing shield has a current carrier (13, 23, 24, 60) which is configured to connect at least one coil (74) of the stator to a power connection or to another coil (74) of the stator.
US09006955B2
A power converter comprises a nuclear radiation emitter having a first side and a second side, wherein the nuclear radiation emitter comprises a radiation-emitting radioisotope, a plurality of semiconductor substrates disposed over the first side of the nuclear radiation emitter, wherein each of the plurality of semiconductor substrates comprises a junction for converting nuclear radiation particles to electrical energy, and at least one high-density layer, wherein the high density layer has a density that is higher than a density of the semiconductor substrates, and wherein the high-density layer is disposed between two of the plurality of semiconductor substrates.
US09006951B2
Electrical machines, for example transverse flux machines and/or commutated flux machines, may be “balanced” to achieve reduced overall cogging torque via utilization of one or more cogging torque reduction devices. Cogging torque reduction devices may be configured and/or otherwise customized in order to reduce and/or minimize cogging torque in an electrical machine, by generating a counteracting cogging torque waveform that at least partially counteracts and/or cancels the initial cogging torque waveform of the electrical machine.
US09006950B2
A machine (1) having a rotor (11) including permanent magnets (PM) and field coils (EC). The magnets are housed in first axial recesses (E1) distributed in a circumferential portion of the magnetic body, thus defining circumferential polar sections. The coils are housed in second axial recesses (E2) distributed in an intermediate portion of the magnetic body and defining polar teeth (RT). The circumferential polar section includes a third recess (E3) having a maximum width at the top thereof, and the ratio of the maximum width of the third recess to a pole width of the circumferential polar section has a value of around 0.13 mm to around 0.44 mm.
US09006947B2
There is provided a spindle motor including: a base part including a base member and a lower thrust member fixedly installed on the base member; a shaft having a lower end portion fixedly installed on the base part; an upper thrust member fixedly installed on an upper end portion of the shaft; a sleeve disposed between the upper and lower thrust members and rotatably installed on the shaft; and a rotor hub fixedly installed on the sleeve to thereby rotate together therewith, wherein the sleeve includes a connection hole formed therein in order to connect an inner diameter portion thereof to an outer peripheral surface thereof.
US09006938B2
A system and method for altering the properties of a material by exposure of the material to a magnetic field is described herein. The method comprises generating a magnetic field; exposing a material to the magnetic field, and determining the optimum settings of the magnetic field parameters for the particular material. The magnetic field may be time varying or time invariant. Various properties of the magnetic field can be altered to determine the optimum settings for altering the material properties, including the amplitude, frequency, and waveform. In one embodiment, a method for improving the conductivity of a transmission line is provided, comprising: providing a high voltage electrical transmission line; temporarily installing a magnetic field generator along at least a portion of the transmission line; and generating a pulsed magnetic field around at least a portion of the transmission line using the magnetic field generator and simultaneously running a current through the transmission line.
US09006937B2
An inductive power transfer system and method for transferring power to an electrical device wirelessly. The system includes an inductive power outlet and an inductive power receiver. During operation, instruction signals are sent from the inductive power outlet to the inductive power receiver. When no instruction signals are transferred, the system is configured to deactivate such that power is drawn by the system only during operation.
US09006930B2
A power supply is coupled to an input voltage source. The power supply includes a plurality of converters. Each converter has an input for receiving an input voltage and an output for providing an output voltage. The inputs are connected in series and the outputs are connected in parallel to provide an output voltage. The power supply further includes an output regulating controller coupled to one of the plurality of converters for regulating the output voltage. The power supply further includes one or more input regulating controllers correspondingly coupled to the remaining one or more converters of the plurality of converters for regulating one or more input voltages.
US09006923B2
An electrical power supply system and method for an aircraft. The system includes an electrical network including primary generators powering the electrical distribution channels, and an homopolar generator making it possible to create an artificial neutral.
US09006918B2
A wind turbine having an electric machine in turn having a stator, and a rotor which rotates about an axis of rotation with respect to the stator; the rotor having a number of magnetized modules, and a number of supports for supporting the magnetized modules and arranged about the axis of rotation; and wherein at least two of the supports are parallel connected electrically.
US09006911B2
A method for forming patterns of dense conductor lines and their contact pads is described. Parallel base line patterns are formed over a substrate. Each of the base line patterns is trimmed. Derivative line patterns and derivative transverse patterns are formed as spaces on the sidewalls of the trimmed base line patterns, wherein the derivative transverse patterns are formed between the ends of the derivative line patterns and adjacent to the ends of the trimmed base line patterns. The trimmed base line patterns are removed. At least end portions of the derivative line patterns are removed, such that the derivative line patterns are separated from each other and all or portions of the derivative transverse patterns become patterns of contact pads each connected with a derivative line pattern.
US09006908B2
Systems and methods are provided for an interposer for coupling two or more integrated circuit dies to a circuit package. A first integrated circuit portion is disposed on a first location of a single semiconductor substrate. A second integrated circuit portion is disposed on a second location of the single semiconductor substrate, where the second integrated circuit portion is electrically isolated from the first integrated circuit portion along a first axis. The first and second integrated circuit portions are configured to provide an electrical coupling to two or more corresponding top die integrated circuits across a second axis that is perpendicular to the first axis.
US09006896B2
An embodiment of the invention provides a chip package which includes: a semiconductor substrate having a first surface and a second surface; a device region formed in the semiconductor substrate; a dielectric layer disposed on the first surface of the semiconductor substrate; a conducting pad structure located in the dielectric layer and electrically connected to the device region, wherein the conducting pad structure comprises a stacked structure of a plurality of conducting pad layers; a support layer disposed on a top surface of the conducting pad structure; and a protection layer disposed on the second surface of the semiconductor substrate.
US09006887B2
Methods of forming a microelectronic packaging structure are described. Those methods may include forming a solder paste comprising a sacrificial polymer on a substrate, curing the solder paste below a reflow temperature of the solder to form a solid composite hybrid bump on the conductive pads, forming a molding compound around the solid composite hybrid bump, and reflowing the hybrid bump, wherein the sacrificial polymer is substantially decomposed.
US09006881B2
An aspect of the present embodiment, there is provided a semiconductor device, including an insulating substrate, at least one semiconductor chip provided above the insulating substrate, a wiring terminal including a connection portion electrically connected to the semiconductor chip, a surrounding frame surrounding the semiconductor chip and the connection portion, an embedded material provided in the surrounding frame covering the semiconductor chip and the connection portion, and a pressing unit provided on a surface of the embedded material.
US09006878B2
A multilayered integrated optical and circuit device. The device has a first substrate comprising at least one integrated circuit chip thereon, which has a cell region and a peripheral region. Preferably, the peripheral region has a bonding pad region, which has one or more bonding pads and an antistiction region surrounding each of the one or more bonding pads. The device has a second substrate with at least one or more deflection devices thereon coupled to the first substrate. At least one or more bonding pads are exposed on the first substrate. The device has a transparent member overlying the second substrate while forming a cavity region to allow the one or more deflection devices to move within a portion of the cavity region to form a sandwich structure including at least a portion of the first substrate, a portion of the second substrate, and a portion of the transparent member. The one or more bonding pads and the antistiction region are exposed while the one or more deflection devices is maintained within the portion of the cavity region.
US09006877B2
A package for a micro-electromechanical device (MEMS package) includes an inner enclosure having an inner cavity defined therein, and a fill port channel communicating with the inner cavity and of sufficient length to allow a quantity of adhesive to enter the fill port channel while preventing the adhesive from entering the inner cavity.
US09006872B2
In one embodiment, a semiconductor chip package includes an insulation frame having an opening part formed in a center thereof and a via hole formed around the opening part; a semiconductor chip disposed cm the opening part; a conductive part filling the via hole; an inner insulation layer formed on bottom surfaces of the semiconductor chip and the insulation frame so as to expose a bottom surface of the conductive part; and an inner signal pattern formed on the inner insulation layer and electrically connecting the semiconductor chip and the conductive part. Embodiments also relate to a semiconductor module including a vertical stack of a plurality of the semiconductor chip packages, and to a method for manufacturing the same.
US09006868B2
The invention relates to a component and a method for producing said component. The component comprises a substrate (S), a chip (CH), a frame (MF), which is connected to the substrate (S) and on which the chip (CH) bears. A metallic closure layer (ML) encompasses the frame (MF), the substrate (S) and the chip (CH) such that a volume enclosed by the substrate (S), the chip (CH) and the frame (MF) is hermetically sealed.
US09006864B2
A semiconductor device containing an NPN bipolar junction transistor may be formed by forming a p-type radiation induced diode structure (RIDS) region in an intrinsic p-type base region of the NPN bipolar junction transistor at a boundary of the intrinsic p-type base region with a dielectric layer over a substrate of the semiconductor device, between an emitter of the NPN bipolar junction transistor and an extrinsic p-type base region of the NPN bipolar junction transistor. The p-type RIDS region has a doping density high enough to prevent inversion of a surface of the p-type RIDS region adjacent to the dielectric layer when trapped charge is accumulated in the dielectric layer, while the intrinsic p-type base region may invert from the trapped charge forming the radiation induced diode structure. The p-type RIDS region is separated from the emitter and from the extrinsic base region by portions of the intrinsic base region.
US09006858B2
In a Schottky diode having an n+-type substrate, an n-type epitaxial layer, at least two p-doped trenches introduced into the n-type epitaxial layer, mesa regions between adjacent trenches, a metal layer functioning as a cathode electrode, and another metal layer functioning as an anode electrode, the thickness of the epitaxial layer is more than four times the depth of the trenches.
US09006849B2
This invention comprises a method to make small MTJ element using hybrid etching and oxygen plasma immersion ion implantation. The method has no removal of the magnetic free layer (or memory layer) and hence prevents any possible physical damage near the free layer edges. After photolithography patterning, alternative Ta, Ru, Ta etchings are performed before it stops on an MgO intermediate layer above the free layer. Then an oxygen plasma immersion ion implantation is performed to completely oxidize the exposed portion of the free layer, leaving the hard mask covered portion unchanged which define the lateral width of the MTJ element.
US09006848B2
A nonvolatile magnetic memory device using a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) uses as a data storage unit an MTJ including a pinned magnetic layer, a nonmagnetic insulating layer, and a free magnetic layer which are sequentially stacked. The free magnetic layer includes at least one soft magnetic amorphous alloy layer in which zirconium (Zr) is added to a soft magnetic material formed of cobalt (Co) or a Co-based alloy.
US09006844B2
A method to prevent movable structures within a MEMS device, and more specifically, in recesses having one or more dimension in the micrometer range or smaller (i.e., smaller than about 10 microns) from being inadvertently bonded to non-moving structures during a bonding process. The method includes surface preparation of silicon both structurally and chemically to aid in preventing moving structures from bonding to adjacent surfaces during bonding, including during high force, high temperature fusion bonding.
US09006842B2
A Fin Field-Effect Transistor (FinFET) includes a semiconductor layer over a substrate, wherein the semiconductor layer forms a channel of the FinFET. A first silicon germanium oxide layer is over the substrate, wherein the first silicon germanium oxide layer has a first germanium percentage. A second silicon germanium oxide layer is over the first silicon germanium oxide layer. The second silicon germanium oxide layer has a second germanium percentage greater than the first germanium percentage. A gate dielectric is on sidewalls and a top surface of the semiconductor layer. A gate electrode is over the gate dielectric.
US09006832B2
A high-voltage MEMS system compatible with low-voltage semiconductor process technology is disclosed. The system comprises a MEMS device coupled to a high-voltage bias generator employing an extended-voltage isolation residing in a semiconductor technology substrate. The system avoids the use of high-voltage transistors so that special high-voltage processing steps are not required of the semiconductor technology, thereby reducing process cost and complexity. MEMS testing capability is addressed with a self-test circuit allowing modulation of the bias voltage and current so that a need for external high-voltage connections and associated electro-static discharge protection circuitry are also avoided.
US09006831B2
Provided is a semiconductor device having high ESD tolerance. A first via (16) is used for electrically connecting a pad to a drain of an NMOS transistor of an ESD protection circuit. The first via (16) is arranged directly above the drain and present substantially directly under the pad. Consequently, a surge current caused by ESD and applied to the pad is more likely to flow uniformly among all the drains. Then, respective channels of the NMOS transistor of the ESD protection circuit are more likely to uniformly operate, and hence the ESD tolerance of the semiconductor device increases.
US09006828B2
A display device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, an organic light emitting layer, a first transistor, and a second transistor. The first transistor includes a first semiconductor layer, a first conductive unit, a second conductive unit, a first gate electrode, and a first gate insulating film. The second transistor includes a second semiconductor layer, a third conductive unit, a fourth conductive unit, a second gate electrode, and a second gate insulating film. An amount of hydrogen included in the first gate insulating film is larger than an amount of hydrogen included in the second gate insulating film.
US09006820B2
A transistor includes a semiconductor body; a body region of a first conductivity type formed in the semiconductor body; a gate electrode formed partially overlapping the body region and insulated from the semiconductor body by a gate dielectric layer; a source diffusion region of a second conductivity type formed in the body region on a first side of the gate electrode; a trench formed in the semiconductor body on a second side, opposite the first side, of the gate electrode, the trench being lined with a sidewall dielectric layer; and a doped sidewall region of the second conductivity type formed in the semiconductor body along the sidewall of the trench where the doped sidewall region forms a vertical drain current path for the transistor.
US09006815B2
According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a silicon-containing substrate, a plurality of memory cells, and an insulating film. The substrate includes silicon. The plurality of memory cells is provided on the substrate with a spacing therebetween. The insulating film is provided on a sidewall of the memory cell. The insulating film includes a protrusion protruding toward an adjacent one of the memory cells above a void portion is provided between the memory cells.
US09006814B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a substrate including a cell region and a peripheral region, word lines on the substrate of the cell region, each of the word lines including a charge storing part and a control gate electrode sequentially stacked, and a peripheral gate pattern on the substrate of the peripheral region. Each of the control gate electrode and the peripheral gate pattern includes a high-carbon semiconductor pattern and a low-carbon semiconductor pattern, the low-carbon semiconductor pattern being on the high-carbon semiconductor pattern.
US09006813B2
A nonvolatile memory device includes gate structures formed over a substrate, each gate structure including a tunnel insulating layer, a floating gate, an inter-gate dielectric layer, and a control gate that are sequentially stacked, a protective layer formed on sidewalls of the floating gate, and a second insulating layer covering the gate structures and having an air gap formed between the gate structures, wherein an adhesive strength between the second insulating layer and the protective layer is smaller than an adhesive strength between the second insulating layer and the gate structure.
US09006811B2
One embodiment of a semiconductor device includes a fin on a first side of a semiconductor body. The semiconductor device further includes a body region of a second conductivity type in at least a part of the fin. The semiconductor device further includes a drain extension region of a first conductivity type, a source and a drain region of the first conductivity type, and a gate structure adjoining opposing walls of the fin. The body region and the drain extension region are arranged one after another between the source region and the drain region.
US09006808B2
Disclosed herein is an apparatus that includes a ferrocapacitor having a sidewall. An etch stopping film is disposed along the sidewall of the ferrocapacitor, with a hydrogen barrier film disposed between the etch stopping film and the sidewall of the ferrocapacitor.
US09006807B2
According to one embodiment, a solid-state image sensing device includes a semiconductor substrate having a first and second surface, an insulating film covering an element on the first surface, a pixel array including pixels configured to photoelectrically convert light applied on the side of the second surface, contact regions in the semiconductor substrate, one or more through-electrodes respectively provided in the contact regions, and first pads provided on the side of the second surface to correspond to the respective contact regions. The first pad extends in a first direction from the contact regions toward the pixel array.
US09006804B2
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device is provided herein and includes the following steps. First, a first interlayer dielectric is formed on a substrate. Then, a gate electrode is formed on the substrate, wherein a periphery of the gate electrode is surrounded by the first interlayer dielectric. Afterwards, a patterned mask layer is formed on the gate electrode, wherein a bottom surface of the patterned mask layer is leveled with a top surface of the first interlayer dielectric. A second interlayer dielectric is then formed to cover a top surface and each side surface of the patterned mask layer. Finally, a self-aligned contact structure is formed in the first interlayer dielectric and the second interlayer dielectric.
US09006798B2
A semiconductor device includes a trench transistor cell array in a silicon semiconductor body with a first main surface and a second main surface opposite to the first main surface. A main lateral face of the semiconductor body between the first main surface and the second main surface has a first length along a first lateral direction parallel to the first and second main surfaces. The first length is equal or greater than lengths of other lateral faces of the semiconductor body. The trench transistor cell array includes predominantly linear gate trench portions. At least 50% of the linear gate trench portions extend along a second lateral direction or perpendicular to the second lateral direction. An angle between the first and second lateral directions is in a range of 45°±15°.
US09006796B2
A method manufactures a sensor device for sensing a gaseous substance and includes a thin film transistor, which includes a source electrode, a drain electrode and a gate electrode; and an element sensitive to the gaseous substance. In particular, the method includes: forming a first metallic layer on a substrate; defining and patterning the first metallic layer for realizing the gate electrode; depositing a dielectric layer above the gate electrode; depositing a second metallic layer above the layer of dielectric material, defining and patterning the second metallic layer for realizing the source electrode and the drain electrode, and forming the sensitive element by filling a channel region of the thin film transistor with an active layer sensitive to the gaseous substance.
US09006792B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a GaN-based light emitting diode element having a great emission efficiency and suitable for an excitation light source for a white LED. The GaN-based light emitting diode element includes an n-type conductive m-plane GaN substrate, a light emitting diode structure which is formed of a GaN-based semiconductor, on a front face of the m-plane GaN substrate, and an n-side ohmic electrode formed on a rear face of the m-plane GaN substrate, wherein a forward voltage is 4.0 V or less when a forward current applied to the light emitting diode element is 20 mA.
US09006790B2
According to one embodiment a nitride semiconductor device includes a first, a second and a third semiconductor layer, a first and a second main electrode and a control electrode. The first layer made of a nitride semiconductor of a first conductivity type is provided on a substrate. The second layer made of a nitride semiconductor of a second conductivity type is provided on the first layer. The third layer made of a nitride semiconductor is provided on the second layer. The first electrode is electrically connected with the second layer. The second electrode is provided at a distance from the first electrode and electrically connected with the second layer. The control electrode is provided within a first trench via an insulating film. The first trench is disposed between the first and the second main electrodes, penetrates the third and the second layers, and reaches the first layer.
US09006785B2
Semiconductor trilayer structures that are doped and strained are provided. Also provided are mechanically flexible transistors, including radiofrequency transistors, incorporating the trilayer structures and methods for fabricating the trilayer structures and transistors. The trilayer structures comprise a first layer of single-crystalline semiconductor material, a second layer of single-crystalline semiconductor material and a third layer of single-crystalline semiconductor material. In the structures, the second layer is in contact with and sandwiched between the first and third layers and the first layer is selectively doped to provide one or more doped regions in the layer.
US09006783B2
Device structures and design structures that include a silicon controlled rectifier, as well as fabrication methods for such device structures. A well is formed in the device layer of a silicon-on-insulator substrate. A silicon controlled rectifier is formed that includes an anode in the well. A deep trench capacitor is formed that includes a plate coupled with the well. The plate of the deep trench capacitor extends from the device layer through a buried insulator layer of the silicon-on-insulator substrate and into a handle wafer of the silicon-on-insulator substrate.
US09006779B2
Disclosed are a nitride semiconductor light-emitting element and a method for manufacturing the same. The nitride semiconductor light-emitting element according to the present invention comprises: a current blocking part disposed between a substrate and an n-type nitride layer; an activation layer disposed on the top surface of the n-type nitride layer; and a p-type nitride layer disposed on the top surface of the activation layer, wherein the current blocking part is an AlxGa(1-x)N layer, and the Al content x times layer thickness (μm) is in the range of 0.01-0.06. Accordingly, the nitride semiconductor light-emitting element can increase the luminous efficiency by having a current blocking part which prevents current leakage from occurring.
US09006777B2
An organic light-emitting display and methods of manufacturing the same are disclosed. In one aspect, an organic light-emitting apparatus includes a substrate, a display unit on the substrate, a step compensation layer formed on the display unit and supplementing a step on a surface of the display unit, a first intermediate layer formed on the step compensation layer, and an encapsulation layer formed on the first intermediate layer and sealing the display unit.
US09006773B2
A housing for an optoelectronic component including a main housing body formed by a first plastics material, and which has a recess, and a coating formed by a second plastics material, and which, at least in a region of the recess, connects at least in places to the main housing body and is in direct contact with the main housing body, wherein the first plastics material is different from the second plastics material, and the first plastics material and the second plastics material differ from one another with regard to at least one of the following material properties: temperature resistance with regard to discoloration, temperature resistance with regard to deformation, temperature resistance with regard to destruction, and resistance to electromagnetic radiation.
US09006772B2
An organic light emitting diode (OLED) lighting apparatus includes a light emitting panel including an organic light emitting diode, a housing for housing the light emitting panel, a cover coupled to the housing and covering a front-side edge of the light emitting panel, a plurality of pins disposed between the housing and the light emitting panel and supporting an edge of the light emitting panel, and at least one contact bar disposed between the plurality of pins and a back-side edge of the light emitting panel.
US09006761B2
A light-emitting device includes a substrate (4), a light-emitting element (10) mounted on the substrate (4), a first resin (12) disposed to cover an upper portion of the light-emitting element (10), a second resin (14) disposed to cover a lower portion of the light-emitting element (10), a first phosphor (18) contained in the first resin (12), and a second phosphor (20) contained in the second resin (14). The first phosphor (18) converts light emitted directly from the light-emitting element (10) into a first phosphor-converted light having a wavelength longer than that of the light emitted directly from the light-emitting element (10) and emits the first phosphor-converted light, and the second phosphor (20) converts the light emitted directly from the light-emitting element (10) into a second phosphor-converted light having a wavelength longer than that of the first phosphor-converted light and emits the second phosphor-converted light. Because both the first and second resins (12, 14) have portions in contact with the light-emitting element (10), respectively, the first and second phosphors (18, 20) receive the light emitted directly from the light-emitting element (10) to convert the light emitted from the light-emitting element (10) into the first and second phosphor-converted lights, respectively. Positions of the first and the second resins are arranged depending on the wavelength range of light which respective phosphors can convert.
US09006760B2
A display panel includes: a substrate on which a plurality of feed terminals corresponding to a plurality of pixels are provided; a plurality of pixel electrodes corresponding to the respective pixels; a common electrode common to the pixels; and a plurality of light-emitting layers corresponding to the respective pixels and provided between the pixel electrodes and the common electrode. In plan view, within each of the pixels, the light-emitting layer and the feed terminal do not overlap, feed terminals of each column of pixels are provided in a column, and the common electrode is electrically connected to conductive layers, the conductive layers each having a shape of a line that overlaps a corresponding one of the columns of feed terminals. Accordingly, the display panel achieves a high aperture ratio even with the conductive layers formed therein.
US09006748B2
This semiconductor device includes a silicon carbide layer of a first conductivity type having first and second principal surfaces and including an element region and a terminal region surrounding the element region on the first principal surface. The silicon carbide layer includes a first dopant layer of the first conductivity type contacting with the first principal surface and a second dopant layer of the first conductivity type located closer to the second principal surface than the first dopant layer is. The terminal region has, in its surface portion with a predetermined depth under the first principal surface, a terminal structure including respective portions of the first and second dopant layers and a ring region of a second conductivity type running through the first dopant layer to reach the second dopant layer. The dopant concentration of the first dopant layer is twice to five times as high as that of the second dopant layer 22. When viewed along a normal to the first principal surface, the first dopant layer is arranged to contact with the ring region both inside and outside of the region.
US09006747B2
Provided are a technology that simply forms a particular crystal surface such as a {03-38} surface having high carrier mobility in trench sidewalls and a SiC semiconductor element where most of the trench sidewalls appropriate for a channel member are formed from {03-38} surfaces. A trench structure formed in a (0001) surface or an off-oriented surface of a (0001) surface with an offset angle 8° or lower of SiC is provided. The channel member is in the trench structure. At least 90% of the area of the channel member is a {03-38} surface or a surface that a {03-38} surface offset by an angle from −8° to 8° in the <1-100> direction. Specifically, the trench sidewalls are finished to {03-38} surfaces by applying a thermal etching to a trench with (0001) surfaces of SiC. Thermal etching is conducted in a chlorine atmosphere above 800° C. with nitrogen gas as the carrier.
US09006746B2
A Schottky barrier diode and a method of manufacturing the diode are provided. The diode includes an n− type epitaxial layer disposed on a first surface of an n+ type silicon carbide substrate and a plurality of p+ regions disposed within the n− type epitaxial layer. An n+ type epitaxial layer is disposed on the n− type epitaxial layer, a Schottky electrode is disposed on the n+ type epitaxial layer, and an ohmic electrode is disposed on a second surface of the n+ type silicon carbide substrate. The n+ type epitaxial layer includes a plurality of pillar parts disposed on the n− type epitaxial layer and a plurality of openings disposed between the pillar parts and that expose the p+ regions. Each of the pillar parts includes substantially straight parts that contact the n− type epitaxial layer and substantially curved parts that extend from the substantially straight parts.
US09006741B2
A memory device is provided, which includes a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and a memory layer interposed between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer. The memory layer includes a first portion and a second portion, each of which includes at least a nanoparticle. The nanoparticle includes a conductive material coated with an organic film. The first portion is in contact with the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer, and a side surface of the first portion is surrounded by the second portion.
US09006740B1
In an example, the present invention includes an integrated system on chip device. The device has a self test block configured on the silicon photonics device and to be operable during a test operation, the self test block comprising a broad band source configured to emit electromagnetic radiation from 1200 nm to 1400 nm or 1500 to 1600 nm to a multiplexer device. In an example, a self test output is configured to a spectrum analyzer device external to the silicon photonics device.
US09006735B2
To provide an oxide semiconductor film including a low-resistance region, which can be applied to a transistor. To provide a transistor including the oxide semiconductor film, which can perform at high speed. To provide a high-performance semiconductor device including the transistor including the oxide semiconductor film, which can perform at high speed, with high yield. A film having a reducing property is formed over the oxide semiconductor film. Next, part of oxygen atoms are transferred from the oxide semiconductor film to the film having a reducing property. Next, an impurity is added to the oxide semiconductor film through the film having a reducing property and then, the film having a reducing property is removed, so that a low-resistance region is formed in the oxide semiconductor film.
US09006733B2
In a semiconductor device including a transistor using an oxide semiconductor film, stable electric characteristics can be provided and high reliability can be achieved. A structure of the semiconductor device, which achieves high-speed response and high-speed operation, is provided. In a semiconductor device including a transistor in which an oxide semiconductor film, a gate insulating film, and a gate electrode layer are stacked in order and a sidewall insulating layer is provided on the side surface of the gate electrode layer, the sidewall insulating layer has an oxygen-excess regions, which is formed in such a manner that a first insulating film is formed and then is subjected to oxygen doping treatment, a second insulating is formed over the first insulating film, and a stacked layer of the first insulating film and the second insulating film are etched.
US09006728B2
It is an object to provide a semiconductor device having a new productive semiconductor material and a new structure. The semiconductor device includes a first conductive layer over a substrate, a first insulating layer which covers the first conductive layer, an oxide semiconductor layer over the first insulating layer that overlaps with part of the first conductive layer and has a crystal region in a surface part, second and third conductive layers formed in contact with the oxide semiconductor layer, an insulating layer which covers the oxide semiconductor layer and the second and third conductive layers, and a fourth conductive layer over the insulating layer that overlaps with part of the oxide semiconductor layer.
US09006727B2
An organic light emitting diode display and a manufacturing method thereof, and more particularly, an organic light emitting diode display having improved light extraction efficiency by forming both a first electrode and a second electrode as reflective electrodes to guide generated light to the side of a pixel, and a manufacturing method thereof.
US09006722B2
A light emitting device includes a pixel defining layer including a plurality of pixel defining layer elements, on a substrate; a first electrode in a space defined by the substrate and the pixel defining layer; a light emitting layer in a space defined by the first electrode and the pixel defining layer; and a second electrode on the light emitting layer and the pixel defining layer. The second electrode includes a plurality of layers, and an insulating layer between the plurality of layers, overlapping the light emitting layer, and exposing a layer among the plurality of layers in an area corresponding to the pixel defining layer.
US09006718B2
A organic EL display panel and similar are provided so as to constrain a gradual increase in contact resistance between a common electrode and a power supply layer. In a panel including a substrate, a pixel electrode, a power supply layer formed with separation from the pixel electrode, a resin partition layer having an aperture over the power supply layer and over the pixel electrode, an organic light-emitting layer, a functional layer in contact with the organic light-emitting layer in the aperture and electrically connected to the power supply layer, and a common electrode, an inorganic film is disposed between the functional layer and side walls of an opening for the aperture over the power supply layer in the resin partition layer.
US09006717B2
An organic light-emitting display apparatus includes a substrate, a plurality of organic light-emitting diodes on the substrate, and a plurality of capacitors located next to at least one side of one of the organic light-emitting diodes. The capacitors are arranged inside trenches within the substrate.
US09006707B2
In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for forming a logic device, including forming an n-type semiconductor device over a silicon (Si) substrate that includes an indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs)-based stack including a first buffer layer, a second buffer layer formed over the first buffer layer, a first device layer formed over the second buffer layer. Further, the method may include forming a p-type semiconductor device over the Si substrate from the InGaAs-based stack and forming an isolation between the n-type semiconductor device and the p-type semiconductor device. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09006704B2
A magnetic element is disclosed wherein first and second interfaces of a free layer with a Hk enhancing layer and tunnel barrier, respectively, produce enhanced surface perpendicular anisotropy to lower switching current or increase thermal stability in a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ). In a MTJ with a bottom spin valve configuration where the Hk enhancing layer is an oxide, the capping layer contacting the Hk enhancing layer is selected to have a free energy of oxide formation substantially greater than that of the oxide. The free layer may be a single layer or composite comprised of an Fe rich alloy such as Co20Fe60B20. With a thin free layer, the interfacial perpendicular anisotropy may dominate the shape anisotropy to generate a magnetization perpendicular to the planes of the layers. The magnetic element may be part of a spintronic device or serve as a propagation medium in a domain wall motion device.
US09006703B2
Aspects of the present invention relate to method for reducing lateral extrusion formed in semiconductor structures and semiconductor structures formed thereof. Various embodiments include a method for reducing lateral extrusion formed in semiconductor structures. The method can include removing a portion of a first lateral extrusion in an aluminum layer of the semiconductor structure, and determining a post-removal thickness of a dielectric layer positioned adjacent the aluminum layer. The post-removal thickness may be determined subsequent to the removing of the portion of the first lateral extrusion. The method can also include determining a difference between the post-removal thickness of the dielectric layer and a pre-removal thickness of the dielectric layer.
US09006701B2
A non-volatile memory device comprises first wires on and above a first plane; second wires extending in a direction crossing the first wires, on and above a second plane, third wires extending in parallel with the second wires on and above a fourth plane, and memory cells provided to correspond to three-dimensional cross-points of the first wires and the third wires, respectively, each of the memory cells including a transistor and a variable resistance element, the transistor including a first main electrode, a second main electrode, and a control electrode, the variable resistance element being placed on and above a third plane and including a lower electrode, an upper electrode and a variable resistance layer, wherein the upper electrode is connected to corresponding one of the third wires; and further comprises a first contact plug extending from the first main electrode to the second plane and connected to corresponding one of the second wires; a second contact plug extending from the second main electrode to the second plane; and a third contact plug extending from the second contact plug and connected to the lower electrode; wherein the second main electrode and the lower electrode are connected to each other via the second contact plug and the third contact plug.
US09006699B2
The present invention relates to a resistive random access memory using amorphous metallic glass oxide as a storage medium, comprising a substrate, an insulation layer, a first electrode layer, a resistive memory layer, and a second electrode layer. In the present invention, an amorphous metallic glass oxide layer is mainly used as the resistive memory layer of the resistive random access memory. Therefore, the resistive random access memory with storage medium of amorphous metallic glass oxide thin film having advantages of low operation voltage, low power consumption, and high set/reset resistance ratio are provided without using any thermal annealing processes or forming processes.
US09006698B2
A variable resistance element including: a first electrode; a second electrode; and a variable resistance layer having a resistance value which reversibly changes according to electrical signals applied, wherein the variable resistance layer includes a first variable resistance layer comprising a first oxygen-deficient transition metal oxide, and a second variable resistance layer comprising a second transition metal oxide having a degree of oxygen deficiency lower than a degree of oxygen deficiency of the first oxygen-deficient transition metal oxide, the second electrode has a single needle-shaped part at an interface with the second variable resistance layer, and the second variable resistance layer is interposed between the first variable resistance layer and the second electrode, is in contact with the first variable resistance layer and the second electrode, and covers the single needle-shaped part.
US09006697B2
A resistance change element includes a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and a memory layer. The memory layer is provided between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer. The memory layer is capable of reversibly transitioning between a first state and a second state due to at least one of a voltage and a current supplied via the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer. A resistance of the second state is higher than a resistance of the first state. The memory layer includes niobium oxide. One of a (100) plane, a (010) plane, and a (110) plane of the memory layer is oriented in a stacking direction from the first conductive layer toward the second conductive layer.
US09006681B2
A process of preparing a lamella from a substrate includes manufacturing a protection strip on an edge portion of the lamella to be prepared from the substrate, and preparing the lamella, wherein the manufacturing the protection strip includes a first phase of activating a surface area portion of the substrate, and a second phase of electron beam assisted deposition of the protective strip on the activated surface area portion from the gas phase.
US09006678B2
A system and method for producing a continuous or pulsed source of high energy electrons at or near atmospheric pressure is disclosed. High energy electrons are used to ionize analyte molecules in ambient air through collisions with reactant ions. The device includes an electron emitter, electron optics, and a thin membrane in an evacuated tube. The electron emitter may include a photocathode surface mounted on an optically transparent window and an external source of UV photons. The transparent window may include a UV transparent window mounted on an evacuated tube and/or the evacuated tube may be a transparent tube on which a photocathode surface film is deposited. The electron optics may include successive electrodes biased at increasing voltages. The membrane may include a material transparent or semi-transparent to energetic electrons. Upon impacting the membrane, continuous or pulsed electron packets are partially transmitted through to a high pressure ionization region.
US09006671B2
A radiological image detection apparatus includes: a lock mechanism including at least one first lock mechanism and at least one second lock mechanism, each including a coupling member moving between a coupling position at which the lock mechanism is coupled to a battery and a non-coupling position, the coupling member being installed with a manipulation part exposed to an outer surface of a portion of a case in which a battery accommodating part is installed, and the first lock mechanism setting a first direction of a movement direction of the corresponding coupling member from the coupling position to the non-coupling position and the second lock mechanism setting a second direction of a movement direction of the corresponding coupling member from the coupling position to the non-coupling position, being different from the first direction.
US09006669B2
According to one embodiment, a radiation detector includes a photodetector including a fluorescent film configured to convert radiation into light, and a photoelectric conversion element configured to convert light into an electrical signal, a circuit board configured to electrically drives the photodetector, and electronically processes an output signal from the photodetector, and a connection board configured to electrically connect the photodetector and circuit board, and including a flexible circuit board, and an IC mounting board connected to the flexible circuit board, less flexible than the flexible circuit board, and including an IC semiconductor element.
US09006661B1
A monolithic focal plane array (FPA) of an imaging system includes an array of multiple pixel unit cells disposed on a substrate. Each pixel unit cell includes: a first array of THz antennae disposed on a top layer of the substrate, and a second array of context imaging pixels disposed on the top layer of the substrate. The first and second arrays are interleaved on the top layer of the substrate. In addition, each THz antenna in the first array is shaped either in a bow-tie, circular or tuned waveguide configuration, and each context imaging pixel in the second array is shaped in a circular, or rectangular configuration.
US09006658B2
A thermal detector includes a fixed part, a thermal detection device, a supporting member, a cavity and a connection portion. The supporting member has a first plane and a second plane opposing to the first plane. The cavity is formed between the first plane and the fixed part. The connection portion connects the supporting member with the fixed part. The connection portion includes a curvature plane between the supporting member and the fixed part and the curvature plane facing the cavity.
US09006649B2
Mass spectrometers and methods for measuring information about samples using mass spectrometry are disclosed.
US09006636B2
A radiation sensor is provided comprising: one or more first pixels and one or more second pixels. A first optical element is provided over the first and second pixels, having a first field of view. A second optical element is provided over the one or more second pixels, having a second field of view. The second optical element is positioned between the first optical element and the one or more second pixels, wherein the first field of view is substantially narrower than, and lies substantially within, the second field of view.
US09006633B2
A method and system for image processing comprising an opening for entrance of light for forming an image by the system; at least one optical element through which the light passes; a variable aperture operatively associated with the at least one optical element placed in the optical train at an image plane and comprising a plurality of settings comprising first mask settings for shielding portions of the light and second mask settings for selectively masking portions of the light that pass through the first mask settings; an imager, the at least one processor being operatively connected to the variable aperture and imager for controlling the passage of the light through the variable aperture by selecting one of plurality of first mask settings and associated second mask settings, obtaining image results using the settings, comparing image results obtained by the respective mask settings, and determining the optimal first mask setting.
US09006632B2
The solid-state imaging device 1 includes an imaging photodetecting section 10, a trigger photodetecting section 20, a row selection section 30, a column selection section 40, a holding section 50, a pixel data output section 60, a trigger data output section 70, and a control section 80. The control section 80, when an absolute value of trigger data has changed into a state of being in excess of a first threshold, and then the state has continued for a predetermined time τ1 or more, judges it as a start of a light incidence, and starts a charge accumulating operation for each pixel unit, and when an absolute value of trigger data has changed into a state of being less than a second threshold, and then the state has continued for a predetermined time τ2 or more, judges it as an end of a light incidence, and causes a charge transferring operation and a data outputting operation to be performed for each pixel unit. Accordingly, a solid-state imaging device that can perform accurate imaging even for various applications and light incidence patterns is realized.
US09006631B2
An image sensor and a row averaging method for an image sensor capable of simultaneously selecting the pixels of the same color in the same column of different rows in a pixel array and performing a signal process, thereby preventing an increase in an area and a decrease in the sensing speed of the pixels in the sub-sampling mode and the binning mode of the image sensor.
US09006630B2
Aspects relate to improved optically black reference pixels in a CMOS iSoc sensor. A system can include a pointer P1 that indicates pixels to be read out during a readout time interval, a pointer P2 that indicates pixels to be reset during the time interval, and a pointer P3 that preserves a validity of a frame. The system also includes a pointer P4 configured to mitigate an integration time of column fixed pattern noise (FPN) rows independently of the integration time of other rows. In some aspects, pointer P4 can mitigate blooming into sampled rows from surrounding rows. Pointer P4 can be continuously rotated, in an aspect. Further, in some aspects, pointer P4 can jump on a second cycle to arrive one line before pointer P1.
US09006621B2
A hob includes at least one heating zone having several heating elements, a user interface for setting a heating capacity of the heating zone, and a control unit for operating the heating elements and for distributing the heating capacity among the heating elements according to a heating capacity distribution. In order to improve the efficiency of the hob, the control unit is configured to distribute the heating capacity among a larger number of heating elements when the heating capacity is below a threshold value than in the case, when the heating capacity is above the threshold value.
US09006619B2
A combination cooking appliance controls a radiant heating element provided in an oven cavity, both a blower and a convection heating element provided in an air plenum, and microwave energy sources to provide for numerous potential operating modes. The present invention is particularly concerned with the manner in which the various cooking components are configured and flexibly controlled to provide for short cook cycles in a variety of operational modes.
US09006618B2
A combined seat heater and capacitive occupancy sensor comprises a heating element (10) connected between a first (21) and a second (22) node, and a capacitive sensing network connected to the heating element to apply an oscillating voltage thereto and to derive the capacitive load of the heating element. A common mode choke (16) connects the first and second node to a third (23) and fourth (24) node, respectively. The capacitive sensing network comprises an oscillator (28), AC-coupled to the third and/or the fourth node to drive oscillating voltage into that node, and a transimpedance amplifier (32), which has a first input to receive the oscillating voltage as reference voltage and a second input operatively connected to the heating element. The transimpedance amplifier maintains a voltage on its second input equal to the reference voltage by driving a current into the second input. An output signal (44) indicates the AC component of the current driven into the second input.
US09006614B2
A cooking appliance have at least one burner operable in an ON condition for producing heat and an OFF condition for not producing heat and a Hot Surface Indicator having an illumination source that may be operated when the burner is not producing heat as well as a method for illuminating the Hot Surface Indicator.
US09006611B2
An electrode for use in a welding process may comprise a finite length electrode core. The electrode core may be encapsulated at least partially within a coating comprising a flux material. One end of the electrode core may be tapered from a first diameter D to a second smaller diameter D1. The tapered end may further be covered with a coating that enhances the arc starting capabilities of the electrode.
US09006610B2
Systems and methods for improved liquid cooling of a tungsten inert gas (TIG) welding torch are provided. The improved welding torch may feature conduits for conveying coolant from a cooling system to a collar, which holds a tungsten electrode of the welding torch, and back. A coolant return conduit may be disposed in a coolant supply conduit to improve thermal insulation of an outer surface of the welding torch. Some embodiments may feature a helical channel formed in the collar for conveying coolant around the electrode multiple times before returning the coolant through the return conduit.
US09006606B2
A flexible drill with a shaft having a nitinol portion (or nitinol region) provided between a stainless steel driver end and a stainless steel drill tip. The flexible drill with nitinol shaft is provided with a bearing surface to allow centering within a drill guide, low friction bearing and flexibility to drill around a curve. The bearing surface may be formed of a fluoropolymer such as LDPE (Low Density Polyethylene). The flexible drill shaft may be used through a drill guide, such as a curved drill sleeve.
US09006599B2
The invention concerns a method and apparatus for sorting a stream of products by scanning this stream of products with a bundle of concentrated light and analyzing the light originating from the scanned products and a background element, wherein this background element is chosen such that the corresponding detected light signal differs from the light signals originating from the products to be sorted in at least one parameter and wherein one or more control signals are generated by shifting the background level of the observed light signals to a signal level chosen such that, in the thus obtained signal, the signal level of the signal of a scanned product to be accepted distinguishes itself from the signal level of the signal of a scanned product to be rejected.
US09006570B2
A flame sensor apparatus and a cable assembly apparatus are provided for use in sensing characteristics of a flame within a combustion chamber. The flame sensor apparatus includes an electrical assembly remote from a sensor assembly. A cable assembly extends between the sensor assembly and the electrical assembly. The cable assembly includes two cable ends and a housing that defines an internal volume. Cable fittings are connected to the cable ends through a first seal. A second seal is located in the annular space between the electrical cable and the cable fitting opening at the first cable end. The cable assembly includes a third seal and at least one deformable sealing component located at the second cable end. The seals are configured to prevent moisture, gas, and contaminants from passing through the cable fitting opening. Additionally, a method of sealing an electrical cable and a flexible conduit is provided.
US09006568B2
A method of making a fluorothieno[3,4-b]thiophene derivatives and photovoltaic polymers containing same using 3-bromothiophene-2-carboxylic acid as a starting material. This synthetic route provides an easier synthesis as well as greater yield and a purer product, which produces superior results over the prior art less pure products. The resulting materials can be used in a variety of photovoltaic applications and devices, especially solar cells.
US09006561B2
Disclosed is a resin wiring sheet wherein generation of wrinkles due to heat treatment can be suppressed. The wiring sheet (1) has wiring (3) formed thereon by laminating a metal foil on the surface of a resin base material (2) and patterning the metal foil into a desired wiring shape. The resin base material (2) is a biaxially stretched sheet, which is stretched in the TD direction and the MD direction of the biaxially extending apparatus. In the wiring (3) formed on the wiring sheet (1), with respect to the components in the two directions that orthogonally intersect each other, the total length of the wiring (3) components in one direction is longer than the total length of the wiring (3) components in the other direction, thus the wiring has anisotropy, and said direction of the components accords with the MD direction of the stretched resin base material (2).
US09006559B2
A solar cell module comprises a plurality of solar cell elements including a front surface electrode and a wiring member electrically interconnecting the solar cell elements. The front surface electrode includes a bus bar electrode and finger electrodes, the finger electrodes including a plurality of first finger electrodes and connected to the bus bar electrode, and a plurality of second finger electrodes not connected to the bus bar electrode. The front surface electrode further includes a fine wire electrode that is disposed in a region extending from the bus bar electrode in a longitudinal direction of the bus bar electrode and that is electrically connected to the second finger electrodes, the fine wire electrode including first and second fine wire electrodes intersecting to each other. The wiring member is connected to an intersection of the first and second fine wire electrodes and to the bus bar electrode.
US09006556B2
Traditional power generation systems using thermoelectric power generators are designed to operate most efficiently for a single operating condition. The present invention provides a power generation system in which the characteristics of the thermoelectrics, the flow of the thermal power, and the operational characteristics of the power generator are monitored and controlled such that higher operation efficiencies and/or higher output powers can be maintained with variably thermal power input. Such a system is particularly beneficial in variable thermal power source systems, such as recovering power from the waste heat generated in the exhaust of combustion engines.
US09006553B2
A rod-shaped electronic percussion instrument is provided. A rod-shaped percussion instrument, which has a striking surface made of an elastic material in a substantially rectangular shape when viewed from above, is characterized in including: a plate-shaped member, which is made of a hard material in a substantially rectangular shape and is elastically supported by a position facing a bottom surface side of the striking surface; and two sensors, which are disposed on a surface side of the plate-shaped member and detect a vibration due to striking on the striking surface, wherein the two sensors are connected to electrically combine detection signals detected by the sensors and output the same.
US09006546B2
A light and stiff bow for stringed musical instruments may comprise a tubular stick having a plurality of spaced perforations, provided with a frog, a head, and a tensioning arrangement.
US09006542B1
A novel maize variety designated PH1VTZ and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH1VTZ with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH1VTZ through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH1VTZ or a locus conversion of PH1VTZ with another maize variety.
US09006541B1
A novel maize variety designated X08D365 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X08D365 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X08D365 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X08D365, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X08D365. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X08D365.
US09006534B1
A soybean cultivar designated S120115 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S120115, to the plants of soybean cultivar S120115, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar S120115, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar S120115. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S120115. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S120115, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar S120115 with another soybean cultivar.
US09006527B2
The present invention is in the field of soybean variety SJ1012347 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean variety SJ1012347 and its progeny, and methods of making SJ1012347.
US09006520B2
DIG-3 Cry toxins, polynucleotides encoding such toxins, and transgenic plants that produce such toxins are useful to control insect pests.
US09006517B2
The present invention is directed to controlling nematode infestation. The invention discloses methods and compositions for use in controlling nematode infestation by providing recombinant DNA molecules to the cells of a plant in order to achieve a reduction in nematode infestation. The invention is also directed to methods for making transgenic plants that express the recombinant DNA molecule for use in protecting plants from nematode infestation.
US09006513B2
The present invention relates to excision of explant material comprising meristematic tissue from seeds, and storage of such material prior to subsequent use in plant tissue culture and genetic transformation. Methods for tissue preparation, storage, and transformation are disclosed, as is transformable meristem tissue produced by such methods, and apparati for tissue preparation.
US09006509B2
A mass produced absorbent article having an image of a quality that is commercially acceptable. The image is produced by ink jet printheads applying ink to a web moving at high speed under the jets in the course of manufacturing the article. The image is printed at low resolution but is characterized in part by a higher coverage area ratio and brightness.
US09006508B2
A method of removing mercury and/or sulfur from a fluid stream comprising contacting the fluid stream with a sorbent comprising a core and a porous shell formed to include a plurality of pores extending therethrough and communicating with the core. The core comprises a copper compound selected from the group consisting of a basic copper oxysalt, a copper oxide, and a copper sulfide.
US09006496B2
The subject of the present invention is a method for separating phenolic compounds in salified form from a reaction medium comprising them. The method of the invention for separating phenolic compounds in salified form from an aqueous reaction medium resulting from the reaction of a phenolic compound and of glyoxylic acid in the presence of a base leading to a reaction medium comprising at least the excess of initial phenolic compound in salified form and the various mandelic compounds in salified form resulting from the reaction, is characterized by the fact that said reaction medium is brought into contact with a basic anion-exchange resin that leads to the selective attachment of the initial phenolic compound to said resin and to the recovery of an aqueous stream comprising the mandelic compounds in salified form resulting from the reaction, and that the phenolic compound in salified form attached to the resin is separated by a resin regeneration treatment.
US09006491B2
The current invention relates to the structure, synthesis of dialkyl(2,4,6- or 2,6-alkoxyphenyl)phosphine or its tetrafluoroborate, as well as its applications in the palladium catalyzed carbon-chlorine bond activation for Suzuki coupling reactions and carbon-nitrogen bond formation reactions. The dialkyl(2,4,6- or 2,6-alkoxyphenyl)phosphine or its tetrafluoroborate could coordinate with the palladium catalyst to activate the inert carbon-chlorine bond highly selectively and catalyze Suzuki coupling reaction with arylboronic acid or carbon-nitrogen bond formation reaction with organic amines. The current invention uses only one step to synthesize dialkyl(2,4,6- or 2,6-alkoxyphenyl)phosphine and its tetrafluoroborate is stable in the air. Compared with known synthetic routes of ligands used in activating carbon-chlorine bonds, the method of current invention is short, easy to operate. Moreover, with this type of ligands, the Suzuki coupling products of optically active chlorolactones and arylboronic acids would maintain their configuration and optical purity.
US09006490B2
A method for direct functionalization of polyaniline and other molecules with at least one diiminoquinoid ring through C—C bond formation is described. Fluoride ion, or a weak base whose conjugated acid form has a pKa value of 1-10, is used as a catalyst to react the molecule with an organic compound that has an abstractable proton directly bonded to the target carbon atom thereof to be bonded to the diiminoquinoid ring and has a pKa value less than 30 for the abstractable proton.
US09006484B2
A polymer having bis(diphenylphosphino)binaphthyl groups that can be used as a catalyst for an addition reaction, especially an asymmetric 1,4-addition reaction, or a reduction reaction, especially an asymmetric reduction reaction, and that can be easily recovered and recycled. The polymer having the bis(diphenylphosphino)binaphthyl groups is one resulting from repetition of a racemic or optically active 2,2′-bis(diphenylphosphino)-1,1′-binaphthyl compound substituted at 5-position thereof with an unsaturated terminal of one (meth)acryloyl group of a compound having multiple (meth)acryloyl groups, that another 2,2′-bis(diphenylphosphino)-1,1′-binaphthyl compound of a next unit is substituted at 5′-position thereof with an unsaturated terminal of another (meth)acryloyl group of the compound having multiple (meth)acryloyl groups so as to have a molecular weight of 1500 to 10000. The reduction catalyst comprises this polymer and a transition metal.
US09006476B2
A process for producing a high-purity dimethyl carbonate, which includes: (I) cooling a commercial grade dimethyl carbonate containing 1 ppm or more of chlorine to a temperature from +6° C. to −5° C. at a rate from 0.5-2° C./hour, to obtain a first solid dimethyl carbonate; (II) heating the first solid dimethyl carbonate to a temperature from −5° C. to +6° C. at a rate of 1-5° C./hour, to obtain a mixture comprising a second solid dimethyl carbonate and a predetermined amount of a first liquid dimethyl carbonate; (III) separating the first liquid dimethyl carbonate from the mixture, to obtain the second solid dimethyl carbonate; (IV) heating the second solid dimethyl carbonate to a temperature from 20° C. to 40° C., to obtain a second liquid dimethyl carbonate, wherein the second liquid dimethyl carbonate has a purity degree higher than 99.99% and a chlorine content lower than or equal to 1 ppm.
US09006471B2
The invention is directed to a process for production of furfural from pentoses and/or water-soluble pentosans, said process comprising converting said pentoses and/or water soluble pentosans in aqueous solution in a first step to furfural and in a second step feeding the aqueous solution containing furfural obtained in step one to the top of a distillation column to produce an aqueous, liquid downflow, which column is heated at the bottom part thereof, using at least one reboiler to produce an upflow steam flow, recovering a water and furfural containing vapor product stream from the top of said column, compressing said vapor flow and condensing it on the hot side of the reboiler at the bottom of said column to produce sufficient steam in said bottom part of the column to produce said upflow steam flow, and to recover an aqueous furfural containing solution as the condensate in the reboiler.
US09006466B2
A compound of formula (I-1) wherein n equals 0 or 1, Z represents O or S, R1 represents one group chosen among the group consisting of hydrogen, C1-C7 alkyl, substituted, or not, by a halogen, a hydroxyl or a —O—R12 group, wherein R12 is a C1-C7 alkyl, a group —CH2—O—CO—R5 wherein R5 is chosen among a hydrogen atom and a C1-C7 alkyl, substituted or not by at least one halogen, a group —O—R13, wherein R13 is chosen among hydrogen and a C1-C7 alkyl, an amine or a —CH2— amine, R′1 represents a group chosen among hydrogen and —O—R14, wherein R14 is chosen among hydrogen and a C1-C7 alkyl, and R2 is chosen among the group consisting of a C1-C7 alkyl, a C3-C6 cycloalkyl, an aryl group, and an heteroaryl group for the treatment of pathologies involving excess activity of at least one member of the kallikrein family.
US09006463B2
A method of performing a chemical reaction includes reacting a compound selected from the group consisting of an organohalide and an organo-pseudohalide, and a protected organoboronic acid represented by formula (I) in a reaction mixture: R1—B-T (I); where R1 represents an organic group, T represents a conformationally rigid protecting group, and B represents boron having sp3 hybridization. When unprotected, the corresponding organoboronic acid is unstable by the boronic acid neat stability test. The reaction mixture further includes a base having a pKB of at least 1 and a palladium catalyst. The method further includes forming a cross-coupled product in the reaction mixture.
US09006456B2
The present invention provides processes for the preparation of compounds of formula (I) including processes comprising a. reacting a compound of formula (II) with a nucleophile in the presence of water to give a compound comprising a thietane moiety in which the carbon atom at the 3 position of the thietane moiety is bonded to a nitrogen atom; wherein the nucleophile is selected the group consisting of: N3−, a sulfonamide having two hydrogen atoms bound to the nitrogen atom, a diimide having a hydrogen atom bound to the nitrogen atom or an anion thereof, NH2OH and NH3; and b. when the nucleophile used in step a. is N3− or NH2OH, reacting the compound produced in step a. with a suitable reducing agent to give a compound of formula (I); or when the nucleophile used in step a. is a sulfonamide, reacting the compound produced in step a. with a reagent suitable for cleaving the S—N bond of the sulfonamide group to give a compound of formula (I); or when the nucleophile used in step a. is a diimide, reacting the compound produced in step a. with a reagent suitable for cleaving the C—N bond of the amide group to give a compound of formula (I). The invention also relates to intermediates useful for the preparation of compounds of formula (I).
US09006448B2
An dabigatran etexilate intermediate of Formula-6a, and the use in the preparation of dabigatran etexilate thereof.
US09006445B2
This invention relates to a new crystalline form of Pridopidine, a drug substance currently in development for the treatment of Huntington's disease. More specifically the invention provides polymorphic Form II of the Pridopidine hydrochloride salt, a process for the preparation of this polymorphic form, pharmaceutical compositions comprising polymorphic Form II, and methods of uses of this polymorphic form.
US09006442B2
Compounds of Formula (I) along with processes for their preparation that are useful for treating, managing and/or lessening the diseases, disorders, syndromes or conditions associated with the modulation of cannabinoid (CB) receptors. Methods of treating, managing and/or lessening the diseases, disorders, syndromes or conditions associated with the modulation of cannabinoid (CB) receptors of Formula (I).
US09006439B2
Disclosed are novel camptothecin derivatives having anti-tumor activity (the basic structure thereof is as shown in the figure) and compositions of such compounds and use thereof. The compounds according to the present invention exhibit very good water solubility and stability, show good selectivity among drugs of the same category, and have a very high therapeutic index. Such compounds are promising as therapeutic agents for treating tumors.
US09006436B2
The present invention provides a method which enables the simple, economical and high-yield production which is a key intermediate of antidiabetic drug Januvia.
US09006435B2
LED compounds of the general structure: (B-S-)n-A-(-S-B)m (Structure 1); wherein the rod-like molecular nucleus A having the structure: -Ar(-T-Ar)p- (Structure 2); wherein T includes a diradical.
US09006434B2
A crystal of (S,E)-2-(2,6-dichlorobenzamido)-5-[4-(methyl-pyrimidin-2-ylamino)phenyl-yl]pent-4-enoic acid has excellent chemical and physical stability, and a medical use thereof.
US09006432B2
The present invention is directed to processes for the preparation of substituted pyrimidine derivatives, useful as intermediates in the synthesis of histamine H4 receptor modulators, and to intermediates in H4 modulator synthesis.
US09006428B2
The present invention relates to high transmission green dye for LCD, dye dispersion comprising the dye, coloring composite comprising the dye dispersion, color filter comprising the coloring composite, and synthetic method thereof.
US09006422B2
The present invention relates to an improved process for oxidizing 3-hydroxy-methyl-cephem derivatives to the corresponding 3-formyl-cephem derivatives. In particular this oxidation process is for the preparation of 7-[2-(5-amino-[1,2,4]thia-diazol-3-yl)-2-hydroxyimino-acetylamino]-3-formyl-8-oxo-5-thia-1-aza-bicyclo[4.2.0]oct-2-ene-2-carboxylic acid derivatives of formula (I) using a combination of a hypervalent iodine oxidizing agent of the type 10-I-3 such as bis(acetoxy)iodo-benzene (BAIB) and a catalyst such as 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-1-piperidinyloxy (TEMPO). These compounds of formula (I) are intermediates in the synthesis of ceftobiprole.
US09006414B2
Anti-sense-oriented RNA gene suppression agents in the form of a loop of anti-sense-oriented RNA is produced in cells of transgenic organisms, e.g. plants, by transcription from a recombinant DNA construct which comprises in 5′ to 3′ order a promoter element operably linked to an anti-sense-oriented DNA element and a complementary DNA element.
US09006409B2
The present invention relates to methods for producing a secreted polypeptide having biological activity, comprising: (a) transforming a fungal host cell with a fusion protein construct encoding a fusion protein, which comprises: (i) a first polynucleotide encoding a signal peptide; (ii) a second polynucleotide encoding at least a catalytic domain of an endoglucanase or a portion thereof; and (iii) a third polynucleotide encoding at least a catalytic domain of a polypeptide having biological activity; wherein the signal peptide and at least the catalytic domain of the endoglucanase increases secretion of the polypeptide having biological activity compared to the absence of at least the catalytic domain of the endoglucanase; (b) cultivating the transformed fungal host cell under conditions suitable for production of the fusion protein; and (c) recovering the fusion protein, a component thereof, or a combination thereof, having biological activity, from the cultivation medium.
US09006403B2
Provided are processes for the preparation of complexes that are useful in purifying compounds having an inhibitory effect on sodium-dependent glucose cotransporter SGLT. The processes can reduce the number of steps needed to obtain the target compounds and the complexes formed in the processes are typically provided in a crystalline form.
US09006401B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide processes for preparing thymus extracts and plant or fungal extracts, and more particularly provide compositions (Thyex-1-6A and -6B) produced in accordance with said processes, and methods for treatment of various conditions comprising administration of said compositions including but not limited to impaired physical vigor or aptitude, and aging and/or age-related conditions (arthritis, mobility deficits, loss of appetite, etc.). Additional aspects provide methods for building muscle mass, for reducing exercise recovery period, or for sustaining exercise intensity. Particular aspects relate to preparation of Houttuynia cordata extracts and the use of those extracts as an anti-emetic and/or anti-nausea treatment for a subject in need thereof.
US09006391B2
The present invention relates to a method for preparing cyclopeptides by means of protection with a substituted boronic acid. The present invention also discloses novel boronate esters of cyclopeptides of general formula (8).
US09006385B2
Thermoset elastomer compositions are disclosed. Such elastomers are the reaction product of (a) an ambient temperature liquid epoxy-terminated prepolymer formed by reacting a polyoxyalkyleneamine having a molecular weight of from 3000 to 20,000 with an excess of epoxide, wherein the polyoxyalkyleneamine has at least 3 active hydrogen atoms and (b) a curing agent comprising at least one amine or polyamine having an equivalent weight of less than 200 and having 2 to 5 active hydrogen atoms. Such elastomers can be used in applications such as for sealants, adhesives, coatings, gaskets, jointing and cast elastomers.
US09006376B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to Ge comprising heterocyclic compounds which can be used for the preparation of homopolymers and copolymers. The copolymers can be donor-acceptor (DA) alternating copolymers where the donor unit is a Ge comprising heterocyclic unit. The polymers can be used as materials in solar cells and other photovoltaic devices, transistors, diodes, light emitting devices (LEDs), conductors, supercapacitors, batteries, and electrochromic devices.
US09006366B2
Processes for making water-absorbent cross-linked polymers, such as polyacrylic acids/polyacrylates, using supercritical medium; and water-absorbent polymers, e.g. particles thereof, obtained by such processes, where such particles may be porous.
US09006351B2
The invention is to provide a polycarbonate resin composition and a molded polycarbonate resin article which combine excellent transparency and strength and which are suitable for use in the field of building materials, electrical/electronic field, automotive field, field of optical parts, etc. The invention relates to a polycarbonate resin composition containing a polycarbonate resin and an impact strength modifier, the polycarbonate resin containing structural units which are derived from a dihydroxy compound that has the portion represented by the following general formula (1) as part of the structure thereof and having a glass transition temperature lower than 145° C. and a molded polycarbonate resin article obtained by molding the composition. The polycarbonate resin composition gives a molded object having a thickness of 3 mm which has a total light transmittance of 60% or higher. CH2—O (1)
US09006349B2
The present invention relates to preparation and application of a temperature-sensitive polyethylene glycol/polyester block copolymer having a bioactive functional group introduced into a side chain thereof. More specifically, it relates to a temperature-sensitive polyethylene glycol/polyester block copolymer including a lactide segment having a bioactive functional group introduced into a side chain thereof and a method for preparing same. The temperature-sensitive polyethylene glycol/polyester block copolymer according to the present invention having a bioactive functional group introduced into a side chain thereof can be widely used as a drug delivery system, a support for tissue engineering, an adhesion inhibitor, etc.
US09006347B2
The invention provides a process for the synthesis of a polycarbonate, the process comprising the step of reacting carbon dioxide with at least one epoxide in the presence of a catalyst of formula (I) and a chain transfer agent. The invention also provides a polymerization system for the copolymerization of carbon dioxide and at least one epoxide comprising a catalyst of formula (I) and a chain transfer agent, polycarbonates produced by the inventive process, a block copolymer comprising a polycarbonate produced by the inventive process, and a method of producing the block copolymer. The invention also relates to novel catalysts of formula (III).
US09006343B2
Disclosed is the preparation of compositions which are blends of certain types of hydrogenated ethylene-dicyclopentadiene (E/DCPD) copolymers in combination with elastomeric polymers. An E/DCPD copolymer and an elastomeric polymer are co-dissolved in a common liquid reaction medium which is then subjected to hydrogenation conditions. These hydrogenation conditions serve to hydrogenate in-situ at least a portion of the residual double bonds of the E/DCPD copolymer component and possibly also eliminate any residual unsaturation which might be present in the elastomeric polymers. This combination of materials which has been hydrogenated in-situ can then be co-precipitated to form a polymer composition which can be molded into polyolefin materials of improved structural, thermal and mechanical properties with desirable impact resistance.
US09006337B2
The present invention relates to a method for making a polymer wherein during ring opening polymerisation is incorporated into the polymer chain at least one cyclic (alkyl) carbonate monomer having the formula (1) wherein Y is optional and represents the residue of a sulfhydryl reacted group, X represents a functional group reactive with a sulfhydryl group, L=—[CH2]n with n=0-10, or L=—[CH2]p-S—S—[CH2]q with p and q are 0-5 or L=-[PEG]- with PEG is a group that comprises a —[CH2CH2O]m-group with m=1-200, and R2 is hydrogen, methyl or ethyl. Optionally a cyclic (alkyl) acryloyl carbonate, or other additional monomer A may be used as comonomer. The polymer may be formed into a polymer article, such as a polymer film, such as a coating and modified and/or cross linked, to a polymer or polymer article obtainable, and to a biodevice, their use, and to the cyclic (alkyl)carbonates.
US09006331B2
The present invention relates to a process for imbibing a step-growth polymer into thermoplastic latex particles and a composition made by such a process. The composition is useful, for example, as a coating, an adhesive, a sealant, a primer, a caulk, a stain, or a filler for a variety of substrates.
US09006320B2
The present invention relates to a composition comprising an aqueous dispersion of a binder and a salt of the following fluoroalkyl phosphate: where n, p, q, R1, and R2 are defined herein. The composition of the present invention is useful as a block additive in paint formulations.
US09006316B2
The present invention is directed to novel organometallic complexes as catalysts for the reaction of compounds with isocyanate and hydroxyl functional groups to form urethane and/or polyurethane and the process employing such catalysts. More particularly, the present invention is directed to novel complexes of zinc(II) with substituted amidines. These novel catalysts are useful for the production of urethanes and polyurethanes which are important in many industrial applications.
US09006312B2
A curable resin composition for composites and electrical laminates including (I) at least one thermoset resin composition; (II) at least one hardener; and (III) at least one reinforcing material; wherein the composite or electrical laminate has a balance of properties including a combination of (a) a Tg of at least about 150° C.; and (b) a water uptake of less than about 2.5 wt %.
US09006311B2
Method of preparing a particle dispersion within a polymer is disclosed. The dispersion may include core shell rubber particles and the polymer may include epoxies. The particles are capable of being substantially dispersed within the polymer so as to substantially inhibit agglomeration of the particles. Mechanical properties, such as toughness are improved while glass transition temperature and viscosity are not substantially impaired by the presence of the particles.
US09006304B2
The present invention relates to aqueous polyurethane-polyurea dispersions which stabilize a foam—produced by mechanical expansion—without addition of further foam-stabilizing components in such a way that aqueous foams are obtainable which are stable both during temporary storage and during processing, so that they can be applied in the form of foam also by customary application methods and substantially retain the foam structure even after drying.
US09006302B2
The present disclosure provides a plurality of glass bubbles having an average true density of up to about 0.55 grams per cubic centimeter and a size distribution including a median size in a range from about 15 micrometers to 40 micrometers. A hydrostatic pressure at which ten percent by volume of the plurality of glass bubbles collapses is at least about 100 megapascals. In some embodiments, the plurality of glass bubbles is a graded fraction preparable by classifying a second plurality of glass bubbles, wherein the second plurality of glass bubbles has a higher percentage of glass bubbles with a size of up to ten micrometers than the first plurality of glass bubbles. Composites including the plurality of glass bubbles are also disclosed.
US09006298B2
The disclosed invention relates to a process for conducting a Fischer-Tropsch reaction, comprising flowing a reactant mixture comprising fresh synthesis gas and tail gas in a microchannel reactor in contact with a catalyst to form at least one hydrocarbon product, the catalyst being derived from a catalyst precursor comprising cobalt and a surface modified catalyst support.
US09006288B2
The present invention relates to a method of treating an incretin related disease such as diabetes, obesity and the like by delivery of long chain fatty acid to the colon by bypassing the upper digestive tract.
US09006287B2
The present invention provides a composition, such as a food and pharmaceutical agent, which comprises dihomo-γ-linolenic acid, and which has the effect of preventing or treating skin diseases; a composition such as a food and pharmaceutical agent which comprises dihomo-γ-linolenic acid and which has the effect of preventing or treating skin diseases; and a composition which comprises dihomo-γ-linolenic acid and which has the effect of preventing or treating diseases related to increased mast cell count.
US09006271B2
The invention provides a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R is C1-4 alkyl useful in the treatment of diseases and conditions for which antagonism of NK1 receptor is beneficial.
US09006270B2
The present invention relates to specific solid forms of (S)-pyrrolidine-1,2-dicarboxylic acid 2-amide 1-(4-methyl-5-[2-(2,2,2-trifluoro-1,1-dimethyl-ethyl)-pyridin-4-yl]-thiazol-2-yl)-amide, and its solvates. The present invention further relates to processes for preparing said solid forms, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said solid forms, and methods of using said solid forms and pharmaceutical compositions to treat disease.
US09006266B2
Heteroarylpiperidine and -piperazine derivatives of the formula (I) in which the symbols A, X, Y, L1, L2, G, Q, p, R1, R2 and R10 are each as defined in the description, and salts, metal complexes and N-oxides of the compounds of the formula (I), and the use thereof for controlling phytopathogenic harmful fungi and processes for preparing compounds of the formula (I).
US09006260B2
The present invention relates to certain spirocyclic compounds that are inhibitors of 11-β hydroxyl steroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11βHSD1), compositions containing the same, and methods of using the same for the treatment of diabetes, obesity and other diseases.
US09006259B2
This present disclosure is related to the field of N1-sulfonyl-5-fluoropyrimidinones and their derivatives and to the use of these compounds as fungicides.
US09006254B2
This invention relates to compositions, and related compounds and methods, of conjugates of immunomodulatory agents and polymers or unit(s) thereof. The conjugates may be contained within synthetic nanocarriers, and the immunomodulatory agents may be released from the synthetic nanocarriers in a pH sensitive manner.
US09006253B2
The invention provides a crystal of 2-(3,4-dichlorobenzyl)-5-methyl-4-oxo-3,4-dihydrothieno[2,3-d]pyrimidine-6-carboxylic acid (which has the chemical structure shown below) and a mixed crystal comprising such a crystal. The invention also provides methods of producing such crystals, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such crystals, and methods of modulating phosphodiesterase-9 activity and treating disorders such as overactive bladder syndrome by administration of an effective amount of the crystals.
US09006250B2
Novel 4-amino-6-(heterocyclic)picolinic acids and their derivatives and 6-amino-2-(heterocyclic)pyrimidine-4-carboxylates and their derivatives are useful to control undesirable vegetation.
US09006246B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a drug having the inhibitory activity on ENPP2 which is a different target from that of the existing drug, as a medicament useful in a urinary excretion disorder patient for whom the existing drug has the insufficient effect.The present invention provides a compound represented by the general formula (I): (wherein definition of each group is as defined in the description) having the ENPP2 inhibitory activity, a salt thereof or a solvate thereof or a prodrug thereof, and an agent for preventing or treating urinary excretion disorder and/or improving symptoms thereof, containing them as an active ingredient.
US09006244B2
Provided herein are novel compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof that are liver X receptor modulators. Also provided are compositions comprising compounds of the invention and a carrier. Additionally, use of the compounds herein and methods for treating a disease or disorder associated with the liver X receptor are further described.
US09006238B2
The present invention is related to pyrazolo pyridine derivatives of Formula (I), pharmaceutical composition thereof and to their use for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of disorders or conditions related to Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase (NADPH Oxidase).
US09006227B2
The present invention relates to novel substituted phenoxyethylamine derivatives, useful as modulators of cortical and basal ganglia dopaminergic and N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor-mediated glutamatergic neurotransmission. In other aspects the invention relates to the use of these compounds in a method for therapy and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of the invention.
US09006213B2
A therapeutic composition for treatment of a body tissue which includes an aqueous solution of a cross-linked polymer being capable of: (i) maintaining a liquid state in storage at room temperature for at least 24 hours; and (ii) assuming a gel state following deposition within the body tissue. The therapeutic composition can be effectively administered into a damaged body tissue via injection or catheterization, thereby treating the damaged body tissue.
US09006209B2
This invention relates to a stereochemically pure uracyl spirooxetane nucleoside phosphoramidate which inhibits the hepatitis C virus (HCV).
US09006208B2
An agent for treatment of dry eye comprising a combination of a P2Y2 receptor agonist at a therapeutically effective concentration and hyaluronic acid or a salt thereof at a therapeutically effective concentration, which agent has a dosage form of an ophthalmic agent, can promote the secretion of tear remarkably and can improve corneal epithelial disorders remarkably, and is therefore expected to be a novel agent for treatment of dry eye.
US09006207B2
Compounds and compositions for treating disorders related to TRPA1 are described herein.
US09006204B2
There is disclosed PrPSc aptamers. There is further disclosed PrPSc aptamers. There is further disclosed an infectious agent or neurodegenerative disease bifunctional aptamer comprising a first sequence component, and a second sequence component, wherein the first sequence component is a complement binding sequence component selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs 1-89 and 92-96, each having a 5′ end and a 3′ end, wherein the second sequence component binds to a specific infectious agent, and wherein the second sequence component sequence is inserted into the first sequence component from 1 to 5 bases from the 5′ end.
US09006199B2
Treatment of prostate cancer by regional and prolonged release of one or more nucleotide-based RNAi agents is provided.
US09006198B2
Disclosed herein are antisense compounds and methods for selectively reducing expression of an allelic variant of a huntingtin gene containing a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP). Such methods, compounds, and composition are useful to treat, prevent, or ameliorate Huntington's Disease (HD).
US09006187B2
The present invention relates to a novel compound with thiophene ring having an inhibitory activity against sodium-dependent glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) being present in the intestine and kidney, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same as an active ingredient, which is useful for preventing or treating metabolic disorders, particularly diabetes. The prevention also provides a method for preparing same, a pharmaceutical composition containing same, and a method for preventing or treating metabolic disorders, particularly diabetes.
US09006181B2
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for the treatment, management, or prevention of multiple myeloma and/or renal dysfunction in mammals. The methods of the invention comprise the administration of an effective amount of one or more pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide (“PACAP”) compounds, which includes PACAP, vasoactive intestinal peptide (“VIP”), their agonists, analogs, fragments, or derivatives, having one or more PACAP activities. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more PACAP compounds of the invention either alone or in combination with one or more other prophylactic/therapeutic agents useful in therapy for the treatment, management, or prevention of multiple myeloma and/or renal dysfunction.
US09006176B2
The subject matter of this invention is directed towards chemically and thermodynamically stable single-chain insulin (SCI) analogues that are resistant to deamidation and fibrillation. The invention further discloses improved methods for the recombinant expression, purification and refolding of SCI.
US09006173B2
This invention relates to the use of microcystins as agents for treatment of cancer. Also provided are methods of screening for microcystins with improved cytotoxicity.
US09006172B2
A peptide having a sequence selected from SEQ ID NO:11, SEQ ID NO:12, SEQ ID NO:13, SEQ ID NO:14, SEQ ID NO:15, SEQ ID NO:16, SEQ ID NO:17 and SEQ ID NO:18. Said peptide used for the treatment of type I diabetes, Type II diabetes, metabolic syndrome, or obesity, or of apetite suppression, or for mitigating insulin resistance, or for reducing an undesirably high fasting serum glucose level, or for reducing an undesirably high peak serum glucose level, or for reducing an undesirably high peak serum insulin level, or for reducing an undesirably large response to a glucose tolerance test.
US09006160B2
A lubricating oil composition comprising (a) a major amount of an oil of lubricating viscosity; and (b) an oil soluble epoxide compound having the following structure: wherein X is hydrogen or a substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C20 hydrocarbyl group, wherein the substituted hydrocarbyl group is substituted with one or more substituents selected from hydroxyl, alkoxy, ester or amino groups and Y is —CH2OR, —C(═O)OR1 or —C(═O)NHR2, wherein R, R1 and R2 are independently hydrogen or C1 to C20 alkyl or alkenyl groups; and further wherein the oil of lubricating viscosity does not contain a carboxylic acid ester.
US09006158B2
Polytetrahydrobenzoxazines and bistetrahydrobenzoxazines, obtainable by (A) reacting at least one diamine of the formula H2N-A-NH2 with a C1- to C12-aldehyde and a C1- to C8-alkanol at 20 to 80° C. with elimination and removal of water, (B) reacting the condensation product from (A) with a phenol which bears a long-chain substituent at 30 to 120° C., and optionally (C) heating the reaction product from (B) to 125 to 280° C. The resulting polytetrahydrobenzoxazines and bistetrahydrobenzoxazines are suitable as fuel or lubricant additives, especially as detergent additives for diesel fuels.
US09006149B2
A high-throughput flow system includes an array of wells and a separate mechanical tip positioned within each well. Each mechanical tip is separately actuated to impart a shear stress pattern. A separate sleeve may be associated with each tip for maintaining a predetermined distance between the tip and a floor of the tip's corresponding well, with each tip being rotatable within its corresponding sleeve. Alternatively, a separate post may be associated with each tip for maintaining a predetermined distance between the tip and a floor of the tip's corresponding well, with each tip being rotatable about its corresponding post.
US09006138B2
There is provided a honeycomb catalyst body including, a honeycomb substrate, plugging portions, and a three way catalyst. All the cells are open in the inflow side end face, the honeycomb substrate has two regions of an inflow side region and an outflow side region, the inflow side region of the honeycomb substrate is a region from the inflow side end face to a position of 10 to 90% of a length in an central axial direction of the honeycomb substrate from the inflow side end face, and 100 to 400 g/L of the three way catalyst is loaded on the partition walls in the inflow side region, no catalyst is loaded on the partition walls in the outflow side region, and a ratio of the length to a diameter of the inflow side end face of the honeycomb substrate is 1.1 to 2.0.
US09006128B2
The present invention provides a support for an electrode of a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell, a fuel cell, and a platinum-supported catalyst, and an electrode using the same. In particular, the present invention provides a method in which linear crystalline carbon nanofibers and nonlinear crystalline carbon particles with increased surface area and improved crystallinity are used to enhance the active site of catalyst particles and ensure the durability of the catalyst by the crystalline carbon materials. The linear crystalline carbon nanofibers are grown to have a predetermined fiber diameter by heat treatment at a high temperature in a gas phase of hydrocarbon in an inert gas atmosphere using an oxide such as Ni, Fe, Mn, etc. as a catalyst. The crystallinity of the linear crystalline carbon nanofibers is also improved by the heat treatment. As the nonlinear crystalline carbon particles, commercially available acetylene black that has been heat-treated at a high temperature under steam to expand the surface area and improve the crystallinity, can be used to thereby provide high surface area and ensure excellent oxidation resistance.
US09006121B2
A pipe choke for use in drilling and mining operations comprising a body including a first end and a second end configured to couple to a pipe, an opening extending through the body from the first end to the second end, and wherein the body includes a first phase comprising recrystallized silicon carbide and a second phase comprising silicon.
US09006113B2
A glass composition for protecting a semiconductor junction contains at least SiO2, Al2O3, MO, and nickel oxide, and substantially contains none of Pb, P, As, Sb, Li, Na and K (M in MO indicates one of alkali earth metals).
US09006110B1
A method for fabricating a patterned structure of a semiconductor device includes: forming first mandrels and second mandrels on a substrate, wherein a first spacing is defined between the two adjacent first mandrels and a second spacing is defined between the two adjacent second mandrels, the first spacing being wider than the second spacing; forming a cover layer to cover the first mandrels while exposing the second mandrels; etching the cover layer and the second mandrels; removing the cover layer; concurrently forming first spacers on the sides of the first mandrels and a second spacers on the sides of the second mandrels after removing the cover layer; and transferring a layout of the first and second spacers to the substrate so as to form fin-shaped structures.
US09006109B2
A method includes a step of performing a time multiplexed etching process, wherein the last etching step of the time multiplexed etching process is of a first time duration. After performing the time multiplexed etching process, an etching step having a second time duration is performed, wherein the second time duration is greater than the first time duration.
US09006104B2
In one example, the method includes forming a metal layer on a silicon-containing structure, after forming the metal layer, performing an ion implantation process to implant silicon atoms into at least one of the metal layer and the silicon-containing structure and performing a first millisecond anneal process so as to form a first metal silicide region in the silicon-containing structure.
US09006099B2
A semiconductor device has a substrate with a source region and a drain region formed on the substrate. A silicide layer is disposed over the source region and drain region. A first interconnect layer is formed over the silicide layer and includes a first runner connected to the source region and second runner connected to the drain region. A second interconnect layer is formed over the first interconnect layer and includes a third runner connected to the first runner and a fourth runner connected to the second runner. An under bump metallization (UBM) is formed over and electrically connected to the second interconnect layer. A mask is disposed over the substrate with an opening in the mask aligned over the UBM. A conductive bump material is deposited within the opening in the mask. The mask is removed and the conductive bump material is reflowed to form a bump.
US09006097B2
A method of forming a bump structure includes providing a semiconductor substrate and forming an under-bump-metallurgy (UBM) layer on the semiconductor substrate. The method further includes forming a mask layer on the UBM layer, wherein the mask layer has an opening exposing a portion of the UBM layer. The method further includes forming a copper layer in the opening of the mask layer and removing a portion of the mask layer to form a space between the copper layer and the mask layer. The method further includes performing an electrolytic process to fill the space with a metal layer and removing the mask layer.
US09006096B1
The present invention discloses methods and apparatuses for the separations of IC fabrication and assembling of separated IC components to form complete IC structures. In an embodiment, the present fabrication separation of an IC structure into multiple discrete components can take advantages of dedicated IC fabrication facilities and achieve more cost effective products. In another embodiment, the present chip assembling provides high density interconnect wires between bond pads, enabling cost-effective assembling of small chip components. In an aspect, the present process coats the component surfaces to facilitate the bonding of the bond pads. In another aspect, the present process coats the bond pads with shelled capsules to facilitate the bonding of the bond pads.
US09006093B2
A method of making a semiconductor structure includes forming a select gate stack on a substrate. The substrate includes a non-volatile memory (NVM) region and a high voltage region. The select gate stack is formed in the NVM region. A charge storage layer is formed over the NVM region and the high voltage region of the substrate. The charge storage layer includes charge storage material between a bottom layer of dielectric material and a top layer of dielectric material. The charge storage material in the high voltage region is oxidized while the charge storage material in the NVM region remains unoxidized.
US09006083B1
Methods and structures for GaN on silicon-containing substrates are disclosed, comprising a texturing process to generate a rough surface containing (111) surface, which then can act as an underlayer for epitaxial GaN. LED devices are then fabricated on the GaN layer. Variations of the present invention include different orientations of silicon layer instead of (100), such as (110) or others; and other semiconductor materials instead of GaN, such as other semiconductor materials suitable for LED devices.
US09006075B2
Memory cells are disclosed, which cells include a cell material and an ion-source material over the cell material. A discontinuous interfacial material is included between the cell material and the ion-source material. Also disclosed are fabrication methods and semiconductor devices including the disclosed memory cells.
US09006072B2
A method of forming a metal silicide layer includes the following steps. At first, at least a gate structure, at least a source/drain region and a first dielectric layer are formed on a substrate, and the gate structure is aligned with the first dielectric layer. Subsequently, a cap layer covering the gate structure is formed, and the cap layer does not overlap the first dielectric layer and the source/drain region. Afterwards, the first dielectric layer is removed to expose the source/drain region, and a metal silicide layer totally covering the source/drain region is formed.
US09006071B2
A semiconductor structure and method of manufacturing the same are provided. The semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor substrate having an isolated area comprising a first region and a second region. A first raised RSD region is formed in the first region and a second RSD region is formed in the second region. The first RSD region and second RSD region is separated laterally by a portion of the isolated area. A continuous silicide interconnect structure is formed overlying the first RSD region, the second RSD region and the portion of the isolated area situated between RSD regions. A contact may be formed on the surface of the silicide interconnect.
US09006070B2
Methods of making an integrated circuit are disclosed. An embodiment method includes etching a trench in a silicon substrate, depositing a first layer of isolation material in the trench, the first layer of isolation material projecting above surface of the silicon substrate, capping the first layer of isolation material by depositing a second layer of isolation material, the second layer of isolation material extending along at least a portion of sidewalls of the first layer of isolation material, epitaxially-growing a silicon layer upon the silicon substrate, the silicon layer horizontally adjacent to the second layer of isolation material, and forming a gate structure on the silicon layer, the gate structure defining a channel.
US09006060B2
An n-type field effect transistor includes silicon-comprising semiconductor material comprising a pair of source/drain regions having a channel region there-between. At least one of the source/drain regions is conductively doped n-type with at least one of As and P. A conductivity-neutral dopant is in the silicon-comprising semiconductor material in at least one of the channel region and the at least one source/drain region. A gate construction is operatively proximate the channel region. Methods are disclosed.
US09006054B2
A method to fabricate a diode device includes providing a fin structure formed in a SOI layer. The fin structure has a sacrificial gate structure disposed on the fin structure between a first end of the fin structure and a second end of the fin structure. The method further includes depositing first doped semiconductor material on the first and second ends of the fin structure, where the first doped semiconductor material on the first end of the fin structure has one of the same doping polarity or an opposite doping polarity as the first doped semiconductor material on the second end of the fin structure. The method further includes removing the sacrificial gate structure to form a gap between the deposited first doped semiconductor material; depositing a second doped semiconductor material within the gap and forming first and second electrical contacts conductively connected to the first doped semiconductor material.
US09006044B2
A method of manufacturing a graphene device may include forming a device portion including a graphene layer on the first substrate; attaching a second substrate on the device portion of the first substrate; and removing the first substrate. The removing of the first substrate may include etching a sacrificial layer between the first substrate and the graphene layer. After removing the first substrate, a third substrate may be attached on the device portion. After attaching the third substrate, the second substrate may be removed.
US09006034B1
Method of and devices for protecting semiconductor packages are provided. The methods and devices comprise loading a leadframe containing multiple semiconductor packages into a molding device, adding a molding material on a surface of the leadframe, molding the molding material, such that the molding material covers the entire surface of the semiconductor packages except conducting terminals, and singulating the semiconductor packages from the leadframe after molding the molding material.
US09006028B2
This document describes the fabrication and use of multilayer ceramic substrates, having one or more levels of internal thick film metal conductor patterns, wherein any or all of the metal vias intersecting one or both of the major surface planes of the substrates, extend out of the surface to be used for making flexible, temporary or permanent interconnections, to terminals of an electronic component. Such structures are useful for wafer probing, and for packaging, of semiconductor devices.
US09006022B2
A method is provided for fabricating a phase change memory. The method includes providing a semiconductor substrate having a bottom electrode connecting with one or more semiconductor devices, and forming a first dielectric layer on the semiconductor substrate. The method also includes forming a loop-shape electrode in the first dielectric layer, and forming a second dielectric layer having a first opening exposing a portion of the first dielectric layer and a portion of the loop-shape electrode. Further, the method includes forming a phase change layer in the first opening of the second dielectric layer such that a contact area between the phase change layer and the loop-shape electrode may be controlled to achieve desired contact, and forming a top electrode.
US09006013B2
According to one embodiment, a method is disclosed for manufacturing a semiconductor light emitting device. The method can include forming a nitride semiconductor layer including a light emitting layer on a first substrate having an unevenness, bonding the nitride layer to a second substrate, and separating the first substrate from the nitride layer by irradiating the nitride layer with light. The forming the nitride layer includes leaving a cavity in a space inside a depression of the unevenness while forming a thin film on the depression. The film includes a same material as part of the nitride layer. The separating includes causing the film to absorb part of the light so that intensity of the light applied to a portion of the nitride layer facing the depression is made lower than intensity of the light applied to a portion facing a protrusion of the unevenness.
US09006008B2
A method for manufacturing an organic electroluminescent element including, in the following order, an anode, a light-emitting layer, an electron injection layer, and a cathode, the method including the steps of: (A) forming the anode; (B) forming the light-emitting layer; (C) forming the electron injection layer; and (D) forming the cathode, in which the step (C) includes (i) applying an application liquid containing an ionic polymer to form a thin film, (ii) heating the thin film formed, (iii) storing a partially finished organic electroluminescent element obtained in (ii), and thereafter, (iv) heating the thin film again.
US09006002B2
The length of the polycrystalline silicon rod (100) is measured with a tape measure, then the polycrystalline silicon rod (100) is hit with a hammer (120), and this hammering sound is recorded in a recorder (140) through a microphone (130). Then, an acoustic signal of the hammering sound is subjected to a fast Fourier transform and a frequency distribution is displayed. Furthermore, a peak frequency f is detected which shows the largest sound volume in the frequency distribution obtained after the fast Fourier transform. The relationship between the length (L) of the polycrystalline silicon rod and the peak frequency f is obtained, and the firmness of the polycrystalline silicon rod is determined on the basis of whether or not the peak frequency f is in a range of f≧1,471/L (region A).
US09006000B2
A semiconductor device, such as a semiconductor die, is disclosed including embedded temperature sensors for scanning the junction temperature, Tj, at one or more locations of the semiconductor die while the die is operating. Once a temperature of a hot spot is detected that is above a temperature specified for the die or package containing the die, the die/package may be discarded. Alternatively, the functionality of the die may be altered in a way that reduces the temperature of the hot spots.
US09005990B2
The present invention concerns a method of purifying colistin using reverse phase chromatography, wherein loading a column with colistin base in acetic acid and high ethanol concentration and eluting with low ethanol concentration is performed.
US09005974B2
The invention provides a method for influencing the stability of an antibody producing cell, comprising directly or indirectly influencing the amount of BCL6 and/or Blimp 1 expression product within said antibody producing cell. Stable antibody producing cells and cell lines are also provided, as well as methods for producing antibodies using such cells and/or cell lines.
US09005968B2
The slow kinetics and low efficiency of reprogramming methods to generate human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) impose major limitations on their utility in biomedical applications. Here we describe a chemical approach that dramatically improves (>200 fold) the efficiency of iPSC generation from human fibroblasts, within seven days of treatment. This will provide a basis for developing safer, more efficient, non-viral methods for reprogramming human somatic cells.
US09005967B2
The present invention provides a method for improving iPS cell generation efficiency, which comprises a step of introducing a Myc variant having the following features: (1) having an activity to improve iPS cell generation efficiency which is comparative to, or greater than that of c-Myc; and (2) having a transformation activity which is lower than that of c-Myc; or a nucleic acid encoding the variant, in a nuclear reprogramming step. Also, the present invention provides a method for preparing iPS cells, which comprises a step of introducing the above Myc variant or a nucleic acid encoding the variant and a combination of nuclear reprogramming factors into somatic cells. Moreover, the present invention provides iPS cells comprising the nucleic acid encoding the Myc variant which can be obtained by the above method, and a method for preparing somatic cells which comprises inducing differentiation of the iPS cells.
US09005964B2
The present invention relates to endodermal progenitor cells and methods of isolation, culture, differentiation and use thereof.
US09005959B2
An exhaust system suitable for high volume exhaust from flexible disposable bags is described that prevents nutrient media volume loss and prevents cross-contamination without using any filters. The invention described here allows the use of disposable two-dimensional bioreactors for the cultivation of bacterial and other organisms and cells require high aeration.
US09005958B2
A cultivation apparatus and a cultivation method of a culture such as a cell or tissue. Provided are an incubator unit for accommodating a culture and a lever that penetrates through the incubator unit and can move in circular arc around a fulcrum as a center, the fulcrum being set at a wall of the incubator unit or in the vicinity thereof, then displacement is imparted to the culture by operating the lever. Bending force can be acted on the culture (cell construct) such as a cell or tissue, so that without any increase or decrease of a culture fluid in the incubator unit, namely, without any increase or decrease of pressure to the culture fluid, displacement required for cultivation can be imparted to the culture in the incubator unit. By curving, continuous compression and extension are generated in a direction of thickness from a concave portion to a convex portion of the curving.
US09005956B2
The present invention relates to a method of selectively obtaining phosphorus from solids containing heavy metals and phosphate. In this method, the solid is treated under acidic aerobic conditions using microorganisms comprising leaching microorganisms and polyphosphate-accumulating microorganisms, so that the heavy metals and the phosphates are released from the solid and the released phosphates may be taken up by the polyphosphate-accumulating microorganisms. The phosphorus-enriched biomass that is obtained in this manner is separated and may be utilized, e.g., as organic fertilizer.
US09005955B2
Cultures of Chlamydomonas are disclosed comprising greater than 340 mg/l triacylglycerols (TAG). The cultures can include buoyant Chlamydomonas. Methods of forming the cultures are also disclosed. In some embodiments, these methods comprise providing Chlamydomonas growing in log phase in a first culture medium comprising a nitrogen source and acetate, replacing the first culture medium with a second medium comprising acetate but no nitrogen source, and subsequently supplementing the second medium with additional acetate. In some embodiments, a culture can comprise at least 1,300 mg/l triacyglycerols. In some embodiments, cultures can be used to produce a biofuel such as biodiesel.
US09005950B2
The present invention relates to pectate lyase variants exhibiting alterations relative to a parent enzyme exhibiting pectate lyase activity as its major enzymatic activity; to a method of producing such enzymes; and to methods for using such enzymes in the textile, detergent and cellulose fiber processing industries. Compared to the parent enzyme, the pectate lyase variants of the present invention exhibit improved stability in detergents.
US09005948B2
The present invention provides a novel endoglucanase nucleic acid sequence, designated egl7, and the corresponding EGVII amino acid sequence. The invention also provides expression vectors and host cells comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding EGVII, recombinant EGVII proteins and methods for producing the same.
US09005941B2
The present invention includes methods, devices and systems for isolating a nucleic acid from a fluid comprising cells. In various aspects, the methods, devices and systems may allow for a rapid procedure that requires a minimal amount of material and/or results in high purity nucleic acid isolated from complex fluids such as blood or environmental samples.
US09005939B2
The present invention relates to an isolated, recombinant or synthetic polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide with protoilludene synthase activity and comprising a sequence selected from the group consisting of a) SEQ ID Nos. 1 or 14 of the attached sequence listing; b) a nucleic acid sequence complementary to SEQ ID Nos. 1 or 14; c) nucleic acid sequences which hybridize under stringent conditions to the nucleic acid sequences defined in a) and b) or their complementary strands, as well as to the polypeptide encoded by the isolated polynucleotide, as well as a method for the production of melleolides employing the polynucleotide or polypeptide of the invention.
US09005938B2
This invention relates to polypeptides having aldolase activity, including pyruvate activity such as, without limitation, HMG and/or KHG aldolase activity, polynucleotides encoding these polypeptides, and methods of making and using these polynucleotides and polypeptides. In some embodiments, the invention is directed to polypeptides having aldolase activity, including pyruvate activity such as, without limitation, HMG and/or KHG aldolase activity, including thermostable and thermotolerant activity, and polynucleotides encoding these enzymes, and making and using these polynucleotides and polypeptides. The polypeptides in accordance with the invention can be used in a variety of pharmaceutical, agricultural and industrial contexts. In some embodiments, the invention provides polypeptides and biosynthetic pathways that are useful in the production of R-2-hydroxy 2-(indol-3ylmethyl)-4-keto glutaric acid (R-MP) and certain stereoisomers of monatin, such as R,R and S,R monatin, and salts thereof, as well as certain stereoisomers of monatin derivatives, such as the R,R and S,R configurations, and salts thereof.
US09005935B2
The present invention provides new compositions for transposase-mediated fragmenting and tagging DNA targets. The invention relates to the surprising discovery that use of manganese ions (Mn2+) in transposase reactions improves the transposase reaction. It also relates to the surprising discovery that Mg2+ ions can be used in a transposase reaction with wild-type and/or engineered transposases at levels much higher than previously thought. The invention provides for the use of naturally-occurring transposases in in vitro reactions, as well as improved schemes for cleaving, tagging, and amplifying target DNA.
US09005929B2
A method for obtaining nucleic acid sequence information that can include steps of (a) providing a first sequencing reagent to a target nucleic acid, wherein the first sequencing reagent comprises at least two different nucleotide monomers, (b) detecting the incorporation of a nucleotide monomer present in the first sequencing reagent into a polynucleotide strand complementary to at least a portion of the target nucleic acid, (c) providing a second sequencing reagent to said target nucleic acid, wherein the second sequencing reagent comprises one or more nucleotide monomers, at least one of the one or more nucleotide monomers being different from the nucleotide monomers present in the first sequencing reagent, and wherein the second sequencing reagent is provided subsequent to providing the first sequencing reagent, and (d) detecting the incorporation of a nucleotide monomer present in the second sequencing reagent into the polynucleotide strand.
US09005918B2
The present disclosure provides an algae bioreactor and process. The algae bioreactor includes a container with an inlet and an outlet. An algae suspension present in the container interior moves from an inlet to an outlet along a flowpath. A light assembly, a liftwall, and a gas conduit are located in the container interior. The gas conduit extends along a length of the container and emits gas bubbles into the algae suspension. A diffuser is located on a bottom wall of the container, The flowpath, the liftwall, the gas conduit, and the diffuser produce an active flow of the algae from the container inlet to the container outlet. The container may be a deep-vessel container.
US09005911B2
A system and method for identifying a botulinum neurotoxin inhibitor employing a botulinum neurotoxin substrate complex having a peptide substrate, preferably SNAP-25, a reporter domain on one side of said peptide substrate and an immobilization domain on the opposite side of said peptide substrate. The botulinum neurotoxin inhibitor is identified by its ability to decrease the relative amount of cleaved complex, detected through measuring a decrease in complex bound to a solid support. The method of the present invention also utilizes novel cells that express a botulinum neurotoxin substrate complex. Also provided are novel stable cell lines that express the botulinum toxin substrate complex and viral vectors capable of efficiently expressing an active light chain of the BoNT within mammalian cells.
US09005909B2
A method of sample analysis is provided. In certain embodiments, the method comprises: a) labeling cells of a blood sample using an antibody that specifically binds to phospho-AMPK or a phosphorylated target thereof, to produce a labeled sample; and b) measuring antibody binding by a population of blood cells of the labeled sample using flow cytometry. In particular embodiments, the method may further comprise, prior to the labeling step: contacting blood with a test agent ex vivo or in vivo; and comparing the evaluation to results obtained from a reference sample of blood cells.
US09005902B2
A method of diagnosing in a host infection by or exposure to a mycobacterium which expresses ESAT-6 comprising (i) contacting a population of T cells from the host with one or more peptides or analogues selected from the peptides represented by SEQ ID NO:1 to 11 and analogues thereof which can bind a T cell receptor which recognises any of the said peptides, and (ii) determining whether the T cells of said T cell population recognise the peptide(s) and/or analogue(s). The method may performed in vivo. Peptides and a kit which enable the method to be carried out are provided.
US09005896B2
The present invention describes methods for amplifying a target nucleic acid wherein target nucleic acids hybridize to capture probe nucleic acids which are immobilized to a support via their 5′ end. The hybridization product is further extended with a polymerase to form a double stranded nucleic acid. To this double stranded nucleic acid, a hairpin nucleic acid is ligated. This ligation product is further amplified and sequenced.
US09005894B2
Disclosed is a method of determining KIR genotypes for one or more individuals in parallel, the method comprising: for each individual, amplifying the polymorphic exon sequences of the KIR genes, pooling the KIR amplicons, performing emulsion PCR followed by pyrosequencing in parallel to determine all the amplicon sequences present in the individual to determine which KIR alleles are present in the individual.
US09005891B2
The invention relates to methods of depleting RNA from a nucleic acid sample. The RNA may be any RNA, including, but not limited to, rRNA, tRNA, and mRNA. The method is useful for depleting RNA from a nucleic acid sample obtained from a fixed paraffin-embedded tissue (FPET) sample. The method may also be used to prepare cDNA, in particular, a cDNA library for further analysis or manipulation.
US09005882B2
Correction of reticle defects, such as EUV reticle defects, is accomplished with a second exposure. Embodiments include obtaining a reticle with a first pattern corresponding to a design for a wafer pattern, detecting dark defects and/or design/OPC weak spots in the first pattern, exposing a resist covered wafer using the reticle, and exposing the wafer using a second reticle with a second pattern or a second image field with openings corresponding to the dark defects, with a repair pattern on the reticle or on another reticle, or with a programmed e-beam or laser writer.
US09005880B2
New photoresist compositions are provided that are useful for immersion lithography. Preferred photoresist compositions of the invention comprise one or more materials that have sulfonamide substitution. Particularly preferred photoresists of the invention can exhibit reduced leaching of resist materials into an immersion fluid contacting the resist layer during immersion lithography processing.
US09005873B2
A method for producing a semiconductor device includes the steps of: applying a composition for forming a resist underlayer film for EUV lithography including a novolac resin containing a halogen atom onto a substrate having a film to be fabricated for forming a transferring pattern and baking the composition so as to form a resist underlayer film for EUV lithography; and applying a resist for EUV lithography onto the resist underlayer film for EUV lithography, irradiating, with EUV through a mask, the resist underlayer film for EUV lithography and a film of the resist for EUV lithography on the resist underlayer film, developing the film of the resist for EUV lithography, and transferring an image formed in the mask onto the substrate by dry etching so as to form an integrated circuit device.
US09005872B2
A resist composition including a base component (A) which exhibits changed solubility in a developing solution under action of acid, a basic-compound component (C) and an acid-generator component (B) which generates acid upon exposure, the component (B) including a compound represented by formula (b1), and the component (C) including at least one compound represented by formulas (c1) to (c3) (wherein Z1 represents a ring skeleton-containing hydrocarbon group, Q1 represents a divalent linking group containing oxygen, Y1 represents a fluorinated alkylene group, M+ represents an organic cation, R1 represents a fluorinated alkyl group or a hydrocarbon group, L1+ and L2+ represents a sulfonium or an iodonium, Z2 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group, Y2 represents a single bond or a divalent linking group containing no fluorine, R2 represents an organic group, Y3 represents an alkylene group or an arylene group; and Rf represents a fluorine-containing hydrocarbon group).
US09005870B2
According to one embodiment, an actinic-ray- or radiation-sensitive resin composition includes a resin (P) containing a repeating unit (A) that when exposed to actinic rays or radiation, is decomposed to thereby generate an acid and at least two types of repeating units B1), (B2) that when acted on by an acid, are decomposed to thereby generate an alkali-soluble group, wherein the alkali-soluble group generated by the repeating unit (B1) is different from the alkali-soluble group generated by the repeating unit (B2).
US09005860B2
An electrostatic-image developing toner contains a polyester resin prepared by addition reaction of a polycondensate of a carboxylic acid component and an alcohol component with an isocyanate-containing compound. The polycondensate has an active hydrogen group. The alcohol component includes a rosin diol represented by general formula (1): (wherein R1 and R2 are each independently hydrogen or methyl; L1, L2, and L3 are each independently a divalent linking group selected from the group consisting of carbonyl, carboxyl, ether, sulfonyl, optionally substituted linear alkylenes, optionally substituted cyclic alkylenes, optionally substituted arylenes, and combinations thereof; L1 and L2 or L1 and L3 are optionally taken together to form a ring; and A1 and A2 are rosin ester groups).
US09005857B2
The present invention relates to a thermochromic color-memory toner containing: a microcapsule pigment encapsulating a thermochromic color-memory composition; and a binder resin, in which the microcapsule pigment shows a hysteresis characteristic that, in a temperature-rise process, decoloration starts when the temperature reaches t3 and the pigment completely reaches a decolored state in a temperature region of t4 or higher, and in a temperature-drop process, coloration starts when the temperature reaches t2 and the pigment completely reaches a colored state in a temperature region of ti or lower, and ti is in a range of from −50 to 0° C. and t4 is in a range of from 50 to 150° C.
US09005856B2
A hydroxygallium porphyrazine derivative mixture including: a plurality of different hydroxygallium porphyrazine derivatives each represented by the following General Formula (A-2): where A1, A2, A3, A4, B1, B2, B3 and B4 each independently represent a nitrogen atom or a carbon atom bonded to hydrogen, with the proviso that both of A1 and B1 are carbon atoms each bonded to hydrogen or only one of A1 and B1 is a nitrogen atom, both of A2 and B2 are carbon atoms each bonded to hydrogen or only one of A2 and B2 is a nitrogen atom, both of A3 and B3 are carbon atoms each bonded to hydrogen or only one of A3 and B3 is a nitrogen atom, and both of A4 and B4 are carbon atoms each bonded to hydrogen or only one of A4 and B4 is a nitrogen atom.
US09005853B2
Provided are a photosensitive resin composition which is excellent in a moisture and heat resistance and provides a cured product thereof with a high elastic modulus at high temperature and which is excellent as well in a hollow structure holding property and a photosensitive film prepared by using the same, a forming method for a rib pattern, a hollow structure and a forming method for the same and an electronic component. In an electronic component having a hollow structure, a photosensitive resin composition is used as a rib material or a cover material for forming the hollow structure described above, and it is characterized by using a photosensitive resin composition containing (A) a photopolymerizable compound having at least one ethylenically unsaturated group and (B) a photopolymerization initiator and a photosensitive film obtained from the above photosensitive resin composition. Used as the component (A) are acrylate compounds or methacrylate compounds, to be specific, an acrylate compound or a methacrylate compound having an amide group and an acrylate compound or a methacrylate compound containing a urethane bond.
US09005850B2
Provided is a photolithography mask capable of forming fine patterns beyond a critical resolution of an exposer without replacing or changing the exposer. The mask includes an at least partially light absorbing phase shift layer and uses a complex wavelength light source.
US09005844B2
On each of upper and lower surfaces of a flat-plate-like support substrate having a longitudinal direction and having fuel gas flow channels formed therein, a plurality of power-generating elements A connected electrically in series are disposed at predetermined intervals along the longitudinal direction. On each of the upper and lower surfaces of the support substrate, a plurality of recesses are formed at predetermined intervals along the longitudinal direction. Each of the recesses is a rectangular-parallelepiped-like depression defined by four side walls arranged in a circumferentially closed manner and a bottom wall. That is, in the support substrate, frames are formed to surround the respective recesses. Fuel electrodes of the power-generating elements A are embedded in the respective recesses.
US09005833B2
The invention relates to a system having high-temperature fuel cells, for example SOFCs. A reformer connected upstream of the high-temperature fuel cells at the anode side, a start burner for the preheating of the cathodes of the high-temperature fuel cells, an afterburner and an operating heat exchanger are present at the system in accordance with the invention. Oxidizing agent can be supplied to the high-temperature fuel cell cathodes through the operating heat exchanger. In addition, it can be heated with the exhaust gas of the high-temperature fuel cells. Exhaust gas conducted through the operating heat exchanger can flow in an exhaust gas line together with environmental air and can then be conducted away into the environment as cooled exhaust gas.
US09005816B2
A cathode includes a carbon material having a surface, the surface having a first thin layer of an inert material and a first catalyst overlaying the first thin layer, the first catalyst including metal or metal oxide nanoparticles, wherein the cathode is configured for use as the cathode of a lithium-air battery.
US09005811B2
A composite of silicon and tin is prepared as a negative electrode composition with increased lithium insertion capacity and durability for use with a metal current collector in cells of a lithium-ion battery or a lithium-sulfur battery. This negative electrode material is formed such that the silicon is present as a distinct amorphous phase in a matrix phase of crystalline tin. While the tin phase provides electron conductivity, both phases accommodate the insertion and extraction of lithium in the operation of the cell and both phases interact in minimizing mechanical damage to the material as the cell experiences repeated charge and discharge cycles. In general, roughly equal atomic proportions of the tin and silicon are used in forming the phase separated composite electrode material.
US09005808B2
Selenium or selenium-containing compounds may be used as electroactive materials in electrodes or electrochemical devices. The selenium or selenium-containing compound is mixed with a carbon material.
US09005803B2
A secondary battery that can easily adjust power by disposing a plurality of jelly-rolls for the secondary battery in a case and connecting electrodes of the jelly-rolls in either electrical series or in electrical parallel, with corresponding welds. The secondary battery is constructed with a plurality of jelly-rolls each having a first electrode tab and a second electrode tab protruding from the jelly-roll, a case having an opening accommodating insertion of the jelly-rolls, and a cap plate sealing the opening of the case and bearing electrode terminals on a bottom side of the cap plate facing the jelly-rolls. The first electrode tabs protruding from the jelly-rolls are electrically connected to the electrode terminals and the second electrode tabs protruding from the jelly-rolls are electrically connected to the cap plate.
US09005799B2
A battery module and methods for bonding cell terminals of battery cells together are provided. The battery module includes a first battery cell having a first cell terminal, and a second battery cell having a second cell terminal. The battery module further includes an exothermal reactive layer having first and second sides. The first and second sides are disposed adjacent to the first and second cell terminals, respectively. The exothermal reactive layer is configured to ignite to form a bonding joint between the first and second cell terminals in response to a laser beam contacting at least a portion of the exothermal reactive layer.
US09005790B2
A battery module includes a plurality of rechargeable batteries, and a module case housing the plurality of rechargeable batteries, wherein at least one part of one side of the module case includes reinforcing fiber. Accordingly, the strength of the module case is improved.
US09005786B2
Lithium-ion batteries, unlike other chemistries, may need the voltage of every cell monitored. This may employ a wiring harness or interconnect board that connects the leads of each cell to battery monitoring electronics. These leads can be protected from each other by one or more methods including physical segregation, insulation, and fusing. If a fuse is used it can be located as close as possible to the terminal of the cell. The fuse can be located inside the sealed compartment of the cell itself. The leads would be passed out of the cell in a second location allowing the use of alternative sense lead wiring harnesses or interconnect board designs that save on packaging cost and volume. By locating the fuse inside the cell, design and validation efforts involved in placing a fuse inline with the wiring harness are eliminated.
US09005783B2
A secondary battery comprises an electrode assembly including a first electrode, a second electrode, a separator for insulating the first electrode and the second electrode from each other, a first electrode tab extending from the first electrode, a second electrode tab extending from the second electrode, and a pouch including a body and a cover. The body includes a receiving part for accommodating the electrode assembly, and a body sealing part extending from the receiving part. The cover includes a covering part corresponding to the receiving part of the body, and a cover sealing part corresponding to the body sealing part. At least two insulation layers and a conductive are provided at the body and the cover, respectively. The first electrode tab and the second electrode tab are electrically connected to the conductive layers of the body and the cover, respectively.
US09005781B2
A perpendicular recording medium having a perpendicular magnetic recording layer and a magnetically soft underlayer structure disposed beneath the recording layer. The soft underlayer structure includes at least first and second soft magnetic layers having different magnetic permeabilities to create a magnetic permeability gradient in the soft underlayer structure. One or more of the soft magnetic layers can be antiparallel coupled. The soft underlayer structure of the present invention having a magnetic permeability gradient advantageously leads to reduced adjacent track erasure (ATE) while maintaining good overwrite (OW) properties.
US09005778B2
There is provided a novel organic compound suitably used for a blue light-emitting device and an organic light-emitting device including the novel organic compound. The organic compound is an acephenanthryleno[4,5-k]benzo[e]acephenanthrylene derivative.
US09005776B2
A compound having a benzotriazole ring structure and a formula (1): wherein Ar is a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, aromatic heterocyclic group, or condensed polycyclic aromatic group; A and B are the same as or different from each other and each represent a hydrogen atom or a monovalent group of formula (2), provided that A and B are not simultaneously hydrogen atoms: wherein R1 to R8 are the same as or different and each represent a hydrogen atom, a deuterium atom, a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom, a cyano group, a trifluoromethyl group, a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, aromatic hydrocarbon group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group, or condensed polycyclic aromatic group; m is an integer of 0, 1 or 2; X represents a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom; when X is a nitrogen atom, the nitrogen atom does not have substituents or bonding groups of R1, R2, R3 and R4; and when m is 2, a plurality of R1, R2, R3, R4 and X each are the same or different.
US09005774B2
In one aspect, an organic light emitting diode device that includes a first electrode, a second electrode facing the first electrode, an emission layer interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and an auxiliary layer interposed between either one of the first electrode and the second electrode and the emission layer, wherein the auxiliary layer includes a substituted or unsubstituted pyrene-based compound having at least one appended phenyl group is provided.
US09005773B2
A novel substance exhibiting phosphorescence is provided. The novel substance is an organometallic complex represented by General Formula (G1). In General Formula (G1), R1 represents a haloalkyl group having 1 to 9 carbon atoms which may have a substituent. In addition, R2 represents any of an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having 5 to 8 carbon atoms which may have a substituent, and an aryl group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms which may have a substituent. Further, Ar represents an arylene group having 6 to 13 carbon atoms which may have a substituent. M represents either a Group 9 element or a Group 10 element.
US09005771B2
Compounds containing 2-azatriphenylene are provided. In particular, compounds containing a 2-azatriphenylene core having an additional aromatic group are provided. The compounds provided may be emissive or non-emissive materials. The compounds may be used in organic light emitting devices, particularly as host materials, hole blocking layer materials, or emitting dopants. Devices comprising 2-azatriphenylene containing compounds may demonstrate improved stability and efficiency.
US09005770B2
Provided are a novel compound, an organic EL element which contains such novel compound and has a high external extraction quantum efficiency and a long service life, an illuminating apparatus and a display apparatus.
US09005764B2
Provided is a windowpane for a combustion apparatus in which a light-blocking layer containing an inorganic pigment powder and a glass powder is formed on a surface of a transparent crystallized glass plate and the light-blocking layer can sufficiently hide an adhesive, a gasket or the like used to fix the windowpane to the body of the combustion apparatus and which can reduce the occurrence of cracks due to heat in the light-blocking layer. A windowpane for a combustion apparatus in which a light-blocking layer containing an inorganic pigment powder and a glass powder is formed on a surface of a transparent crystallized glass plate, wherein the light-blocking layer contains 30 to 50% by mass of the inorganic pigment powder and 50 to 70% by mass of the glass powder and has a thickness of 1 to 10 μm and the inorganic pigment powder has an average particle size of 0.8 μm or less.
US09005750B2
Provided is a transparent conductive film including a hard coat layer having sufficient hardness, a superior abrasion resistance, and a superior soil resistance; also, provided are an electronic device and a touch panel using the transparent conductive film. A transparent conductive film 10 includes a transparent film base 11, a transparent conductive layer 12, and a hard coat layer 13, wherein the hard coat layer 13 is formed of a composition for forming hard coat containing the component (A): a curable compound including at least one of an acrylate group and a methacrylate group; the component (B): a reactive fluorine-containing compound; and the component (C): a reactive silicon-containing compound.
US09005749B2
An intermediate transfer member that includes a mixture of superhydrophobic dimpled polyimide particles, an optional conductive component, and an optional polymer.
US09005748B1
A coating material containing borosilicate flake glass is disclosed, together with methods for the preparation and use thereof.
US09005736B2
An electronic component manufacturing method that efficiently grinds a cover layer provided on a substrate even when the substrate is warped includes the step of forming first grooves at intervals in a cover layer provided on a substrate by repeating grinding with a rotary blade at a pitch more than a thickness W of the rotary blade. Next, at least portions provided in the cover layer along the first grooves are removed to reduce the thickness of the cover layer by repeating grinding at a pitch equal to or less than the thickness W of the rotary blade.
US09005731B2
The present invention concerns a composite plate (1) comprising a first cover layer (3), a second cover layer (5), and a core layer (7) arranged between the first and the second cover layers (3, 5) and having a plurality of cells (9) which are at least partially open towards the first cover layer (3) and which are separated from each other by walls as well as a method of draining such a composite plate (1). In order to provide such a composite plate (1) in which improved resistance to ingress of liquid or formation of liquid accumulations is guaranteed in a simple and continual fashion it is proposed that a draining layer (13) is provided in the first cover layer (3), wherein the cells (9) are at least partially covered by the draining layer (13).
US09005724B2
A composition includes a mixture of a first polymer and a second polymer. The first polymer is selected from the group consisting of a polymer including ethylene residues and vinyl alcohol residues and a polymer including vinyl alcohol residues. The second polymer includes ethylene residues, vinyl acetate residues and maleic anhydride residues. An amount of the first polymer in the mixture is about 50% to about 95% by weight. An ink-printable composition includes the above composition as an ink-receiving material.
US09005719B2
Described herein are organoaminosilane precursors which can be used to deposit silicon containing films which contain silicon and methods for making these precursors. Also disclosed herein are deposition methods for making silicon-containing films or silicon containing films using the organoaminosilane precursors described herein. Also disclosed herein are the vessels that comprise the organoaminosilane precursors or a composition thereof that can be used, for example, to deliver the precursor to a reactor in order to deposit a silicon-containing film.
US09005709B2
A method for fabricating a substrate for transfer printing using a concave-convex structure and a substrate for transfer printing fabricated thereby. The method includes preparing a handling substrate having a concave-convex structure formed thereon; forming a sacrificial layer along the concave-convex structure on the handling substrate; coating a polymer on the handling substrate having the sacrificial layer formed thereon to form a polymer substrate having bumps filling a concave portion of the concave-convex structure; and removing the sacrificial layer from the handling substrate. The substrate includes a handling substrate having a concave-convex structure formed thereon; and a polymer substrate placed on the concave-convex structure and having bumps filling a concave portion of the concave-convex structure of the handling substrate. This process of manufacturing provides a device to be stably performed on an ultrathin substrate and may secure high degree of alignment and high transfer yield in a transfer printing process.
US09005705B2
A method for producing a substrate with a copper or a copper-containing coating is disclosed. The method comprises a first step wherein a first precursor, a second precursor and a substrate are provided. The first precursor is a copper complex that contains no fluorine and the second precursor is selected from a ruthenium complex, a nickel complex, a palladium complex or mixtures thereof. In the second step, a layer is deposited at least on partial regions of a surface of the substrate by using the first precursor and the second precursor by means of atomic layer deposition (ALD). The molar ratio of the first precursor:second precursor used for the ALD extends from 90:10 to 99.99:0.01. The obtained layer contains copper and at least one of ruthenium, nickel and palladium. Finally, a reduction is performed step in which a reducing agent acts on the substrate obtained after depositing the copper-containing layer.
US09005699B2
A method for manufacturing a magnetic recording medium includes the steps of (a) forming a perpendicular magnetic recording layer and (b) applying an ion beam to regions between tracks of the perpendicular magnetic recording layer so as to form separation regions for magnetically separating the tracks from each other. In the step (a), a continuous film layer composed of a multilayer film is formed, and CoB layers and Pd layers are laminated in the multilayer film. In the step (b), the CoB layers and the Pd layers are melted by the ion beam so as to form an alloy of metals contained in the CoB layers and the Pd layers to thereby form the separation regions.
US09005698B2
A process of forming an integrated circuit containing a piezoelectric thin film by forming a sol gel layer, drying in at least 1 percent relative humidity, baking starting between 100 and 225° C. increasing to between 275 and 425° C. over at least 2 minutes, and forming the piezoelectric thin film by baking the sol gel layer between 250 and 350° C. for at least 20 seconds, annealing between 650 and 750° C. for at least 60 seconds in an oxidizing ambient pressure between 700 and 1000 torr and a flow rate between 3 and 7 slm, followed by annealing between 650 and 750° C. for at least 20 seconds in a pressure between 4 and 10 torr and a flow rate of at least 5 slm, followed by ramping down the temperature.
US09005697B2
A method of manufacturing a thin film transistor array panel is provided, which includes: depositing an amorphous silicon layer on an insulating substrate; converting the amorphous silicon layer to a polysilicon layer by a plurality of laser shots using a mask; forming a gate insulating layer on the polysilicon layer; forming a plurality of gate lines on the gate insulating layer; forming a first interlayer insulating layer on the gate lines; forming a plurality of data lines on the first interlayer insulating layer; forming a second interlayer insulating layer on the data lines; and forming a plurality of pixel electrodes on the second interlayer insulating layer, wherein the mask comprises a plurality of transmitting areas and a plurality of blocking areas arranged in a mixed manner.
US09005694B2
The invention relates to a method for providing organic, semi-organic, mineral, inorganic and hybrid thin layers and thin layers containing nanoparticles, by simultaneous or alternate spraying of solutions of reactive partners (that is polymer/polymer interacting by hydrogen bonding, polyelectrolyte/small oligo-ion, inorganic compounds, etc.) on the surface of a solid substrate.
US09005693B2
An artificial fingerprinting solution that includes a heated blend of glyceryl trioleate and artificial sebum configured to approximate the fingerprint oil of a human. The artificial fingerprinting solution may also be included in a kit that also includes an artificial fingerprint stamp that has an artificial fingerprint transfer member that imitates a human fingerprint and is capable of receiving and holding at least a portion of the artificial fingerprint solution when the artificial fingerprinting transfer member contacts the artificial fingerprint solution.
US09005691B2
A method of producing a semifinished confectionary product, such as chocolate or similar, using at least one centrifugal unit for simultaneously grinding and mixing at least some of the ingredients of the semifinished product, and which includes an elongated processing chamber with a substantially horizontal axis, at least one inlet for the ingredients to be processed and one outlet for the processed ingredients, and a powered shaft fitted inside the processing chamber, coaxially with the axis, and fitted with a succession of radial appendixes arranged between the inlet and the outlet; the method including the steps of loading at least a first ingredient of the semifinished product through the inlet; grinding the first ingredient inside the grinding and mixing unit by rotating the shaft at a first speed; loading at least a second ingredient through the inlet, after grinding; rotating the shaft at a second speed to grind and mix the ingredients to form a mixture of the same grain size as the semifinished product; loading at least a third ingredient through the inlet; mixing the third ingredient with the previously ground mixture to form a further mixture; bringing the further mixture to a given temperature to obtain the semifinished product; and transferring the semifinished product to a storage or packaging station.
US09005682B2
This invention relates to a preparation comprising a probiotic bacterial strain and a prebiotic mixture comprising 5-70 wt % of at least one N-acetylated oligosaccharide selected from the group comprising Ga1NAcα1,3Ga1β1,4G1c and Ga1β1,6Ga1NAcα1,3Ga1β1,4G1c, 20-95 wt % of at least one neutral oligosaccharide selected from the group comprising Ga1β1,6Ga1, Ga1β1,6Ga1β1,4G1c Ga1β1,6Ga1β1,6G1c, Ga1β1,3Ga1β1,3G1c, Ga1β1,3Ga1β1,4G1c, Ga1β 1,6Ga1β 1,6Ga1β 1,4GIc, Ga1β 1,6Ga1β 1,3Ga1β 1,4GIc Ga1β 1,3Ga1β 1,6Ga1β 1,4GIc and Ga1β1,3Ga1β1,3Ga1β1,4G1c and 2-50 wt % of at least one sialylated oligosaccharide selected from the group comprising NeuAcα2,3Ga1β1,4G1c and NeuAcα2,6Ga1β1,4G1c. The invention extends to food products comprising said preparation and to the use of the preparation in the prevention and treatment of infections.
US09005676B2
This invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for modulating immune system comprising at least one polysaccharide extracted from Radix Astragali, Radix Codonopsis, Ganoderma sinense, or mixtures thereof, and their extraction process. The present invention further relates to a method of modulating immune system by applying said pharmaceutical composition to a subject suffering from cancers, and a method of preventing and/or pretreating and/or treating cancers in the subject, where said method comprises applying said pharmaceutical composition before/during chemotherapy.
US09005672B2
A bioscaffolding can be formed within a post-myocardial infarct region sufficient to cause attenuation of a rate of myocardial infarct expansion. A bioscaffolding may further be formed in the post-myocardial infarct region to cause an increase in posterior left ventricular wall thickness. The gel or bioscaffolding can be formed from a mixture of gel components of different gelation systems. For example, a bioscaffolding can be formed by mixing at least two different components of at least two different two-component gelation systems to form a first mixture and by mixing at least two different components (other than the components that make up the first mixture) of the at least two different two-component gelation systems to form a second mixture.
US09005669B2
Disclosed is a method for improving decontamination in meat, poultry, fish, fruit and vegetable processing using a combination of acid(s) and peroxy compound(s). The method comprises a “stacked” approach, sequentially adding the acid(s) and peroxy compound(s) to an aqueous stream to provide a point-of-use low-pH antimicrobial composition that is highly effective for decontamination of food products, as well as safer for use in a processing facility.
US09005662B2
An article comprising a polyelectrolyte complex comprising an interpenetrating network of at least one predominantly positively charged polyelectrolyte polymer and at least one predominantly negatively charged polyelectrolyte polymer, the polyelectrolyte complex further comprising a plurality of closed-shell pores, the plurality of pores having at least one average transverse dimension between about 100 nanometer and about 1000 micrometers.
US09005658B2
A pharmaceutical pellet is provided, comprising a spherical core containing the active substance with a smooth surface and a coating on the core, which controls pH-independent release of the active substance. With a pellet of this kind, the release of the active substance may follow a profile with a lag-phase from 60 minutes to 840 minutes, where during the lag-phase a proportion of 5 wt. % or less of the active substance is released. Furthermore, the active substance may be released from the pellet with a profile such that, after the lag-phase, the release of the active substance is between 3 and 25 wt. % per hour. The active substance is a metoprolol salt.
US09005642B2
Intumescent fire retardant paint includes an insecticide. The paint can be a latex. Another active agent, for example, a mold inhibitor, may be included. The insecticide may be, for example, a termiticide.
US09005639B2
A process for preparing silicate shell microcapsules comprises adding a water reactive silicon compound to an oil in water emulsion, thereby condensing and polymerizing the water reactive silicon compound to form silicate shell microcapsules having a core comprising the oil phase of the said emulsion. The water reactive silicon compound comprises a tetraalkoxysilane and an alkoxysilane having an amino or quaternary ammonium substituted alkyl group.
US09005637B2
Compositions and methods for combination therapy are provided. The compositions comprise a multiple unit dosage form having both a therapeutic agent and a nutritional supplement. The combination therapy is useful for restoring a nutrient depletion associated with a particular disease state. Additionally, the combination therapy can prevent or attenuate the depletion of a nutrient caused, in whole or in part, by the co-administrated therapeutic drug. Methods of manufacturing the formulations are likewise described.
US09005636B2
This invention relates to oral pharmaceutical compositions of metformin and rosuvastatin. In detail, a pharmaceutical composition comprising metformin, rosuvastatin, sustained release carriers and/or excipients reduces the side effects caused by statins and enhances safety, patients' convenience and compliance with its one-per-day dosage. In addition, regulation of an early effective blood concentration of the drug and maintenance of the drug's concentration at a steady level in vivo by a controlled-release can be advantageously used as a pharmaceutical composition for preventing and treating hyperlipidemia.
US09005635B2
A personal health care article. More particularly, a personal health care article comprising at least one porous disintegratable solid substrate comprising: from about 1% to about 70%, by weight of said substrate, of a surfactant, from about 10% to about 70%, by weight of said substrate, of one or more polymers, from about 0.025% to about 85%, by weight of said substrate, of one or more health care actives, optionally a plasticizer, and optionally an aesthetic agent wherein said article is ingestible. The invention also comprises a process for making a personal health care article.
US09005630B2
The present invention relates to a fusion protein comprising a first peptide and a second peptide linked together with a linker, wherein the first peptide is an allergen and the second peptide is a targeting unit and the second targeting unit peptide is a FGL-2 C-terminal peptide according to SEQ ID no 1. Provided herein are also uses of said fusion protein as a vaccine for treating shrimp allergy, as well as a vaccine composition and methods of its production.
US09005627B2
Contiguous overlapping peptides (COPs) for the treatment of allergic patients by Specific Immunotherapy (SIT) are provided from the sequence of the major allergen of ragweed pollen Amb a 1. Such peptides while providing all potential T cell epitopes are devoid of the three-dimensional structure of the original allergen, therefore reducing their ability to bind IgE.
US09005624B2
Provided are binding molecules that specifically bind to rabies virus and are capable of neutralizing the virus. Further provided are nucleic acid molecules encoding the binding molecules, compositions comprising the binding molecules and methods of identifying or producing the binding molecules. The binding molecules can be used in the diagnosis, prophylaxis and/or treatment of a condition resulting from rabies virus. In certain embodiments, they can be used in the post-exposure prophylaxis of rabies.
US09005623B2
The invention relates to a flu virus hemagglutinin-specific monoclonal antibody which recognizes an antigenic structure present both on the H1 and H3 subtypes of the hemagglutinins of type A flu viruses and on the hemagglutinin of type B flu viruses. Within type B flu viruses, the antigenic structure is present on the hemagglutinins of type B flu viruses belonging to the B/Victoria group and/or to the B/Yagamata group.
US09005611B2
A composition comprises a biological molecule that is susceptible to aggregation, dimerization or hydrolysis, wherein the ionic strength is less than 40 mM.
US09005582B2
A medical delivery system that enables the delivery of therapeutic agents to malignant tissue utilizing delivery agents and heating of the delivery agents thereby causing the release of the therapeutic agents within the tumor is disclosed. The therapeutic agents may be chemotherapy agents, radiation therapy agents, and other appropriate materials. The magnetic nanoparticles encapsulated by the therapeutic agents in a biocompatible coating may be delivered to tumor sites utilizing attenuated strains of bacteria that seek and reside at tumor sites. An alternating magnetic field device with a prescribed frequency range may be used to induce heating of the magnetic nanoparticles in the patient thereby melting the coating and releasing the therapeutic agents within the tumor.
US09005573B2
A new synthesis technique has been developed to prepare a family of coherently grown composites of at least two zeotypes. Examples of these composites are represented by the empirical formula. NanMmk+TtAl1-xExSiyOz where “n” is the mole ratio of Na to (Al+E), M represents at least one metal of zinc, Group 1, Group 2, Group 3 and the lanthanide series of the periodic table, and any combination thereof, “m” is the mole ratio of M to (Al+E), “k” is the average charge of the metal or metals M, T is the organic structure directing agent or agents, “t” is the mole ratio of N from the organic structure directing agent or agents to (Al+E), and E is a framework element such as gallium. The synthesis technique is the Layered Conversion Synthesis technique.
US09005572B2
A device includes a chemical hydride fuel pellet having a plurality of holes extending from a first end to a second end. A plurality of tubes formed of water vapor permeable and hydrogen impermeable material extend from the first end to the second end through the tubes. A container has an inlet for water vapor containing gas coupled to the first end of the tubes and an outlet coupled to the second end of the tubes. A hydrogen outlet is coupled to the fuel pellet.
US09005562B2
A method of purifying ammonia borane is provided whereby crude ammonia borane is dissolved in a basic aqueous solution, the solution is heated to decompose and precipitate impurities found in the crude ammonia borane, and the impurities are separated by filtration. The aqueous solution containing dissolved ammonia borane is then cooled to a temperature of from 10° C. to −10° C., to precipitate the ammonia borane, which is recovered and dried to yield a high-purity product.
US09005559B2
The invention provides an exhaust gas cleaning oxidation catalyst and in particular to an oxidation catalyst for cleaning the exhaust gas discharged from internal combustion engines of compression ignition type (particularly diesel engines). The invention further relates to a catalysed substrate monolith comprising an oxidising catalyst on a substrate monolith for use in treating exhaust gas emitted from a lean-burn internal combustion engine. In particular, the invention relates to a catalysed substrate monolith comprising a first washcoat coating and a second washcoat coating, wherein the second washcoat coating is disposed in a layer above the first washcoat coating.
US09005557B2
A process for reducing the amount of magnesium in a lithium-containing brine by adding an aqueous solution of KCl to the brine to precipitate at least some of the magnesium as carnallite salt is disclosed. Lithium salts prepared using this magnesium removal process are also disclosed.
US09005556B2
A simple, inexpensive and non-corrosive industrial separation method making it possible to separate zirconium and hafnium tetrachlorides from mixtures thereof, a simple industrial method allowing the zirconium/hafnium separation, and a method making it possible to produce fractions enriched with zirconium and containing hafnium at a trace level are disclosed.
US09005555B2
A method for preparing solid ruthenium nitrosyl nitrate, including: 1) drying a ruthenium-containing spent catalyst, and calcining the spent catalyst, and cooling to room temperature, whereby yielding a ruthenium-containing solid; 2) grinding the ruthenium-containing solid to yield a powder, introducing the powder to a fluidized bed reactor, aerating the fluidized bed reactor with nitrogen or an inert gas, charging hydrogen, whereby yielding ruthenium metal; 3) contacting a mixed gas of ozone and air with the ruthenium metal, whereby yielding gaseous ruthenium tetroxide; 4) introducing the gaseous ruthenium tetroxide into a three-stage absorption plant, whereby yielding an acid solution including ruthenium nitrate; 5) adding a solid of sodium nitrite to the acid solution, stirring, and heating a resulting solution, whereby yielding a solution of ruthenium nitrosyl nitrate; and 6) extracting the solution of ruthenium nitrosyl nitrate with anhydrous ether.
US09005552B2
Provided is a new catalyst capable of removing carbon monoxide economically without adding particular reaction gas externally. Also provided are a process for producing and an apparatus using such a catalyst. Impregnation of a Ni—Al composite oxide precursor of a nonstoichiometric composition prepared by the solution-spray plasma technique with a ruthenium salt to be supported and performing reduction treatment allows CO methanation reaction to selectively proceed even in the high-temperature range in which CO2 methanation reaction and reverse water-gas-shift reaction proceed preferentially with conventional catalysts. Selective CO methanation reaction occurs reproducibly with another Ni—Al composite oxide precursor or an additive metallic species. Also, the low-temperature activity of CO methanation reaction can be improved through steps different from conventional catalyst production processes in producing such a catalyst material, whereby the temperature window the resulting catalyst material has can be utilized most effectively.
US09005543B2
Apparatus for punching and solid phase extraction of dried biological fluid spot and related methods
An apparatus for punching and extracting analytes from a dried biological fluid spot includes a tube and a sorbent bed. The tube includes a proximal tube opening, a distal tube opening, and a distal section. The distal section includes a tube wall having a tapered diameter that reduces down to the distal tube opening. The apparatus may also include a tube extension that includes an extension wall having a tapered diameter that reduces from a proximal extension opening to a distal extension opening. The tube extension is movable between an attached position and a detached position. At the attached position, the tube extension is secured to the tube by frictional contact between the extension wall and the tube at the distal tube opening. At the detached position the tube extension is physically separate from the tube. The sorbent bed is disposed at an axial distance from the distal tube opening and in the tube or the tube extension. The sorbent bed has a composition configured for solid phase extraction.
US09005540B2
Hollow conjugated polyelectrolyte (HCPE) microcapsules contain at least one conjugated polyelectrolyte and at least one other polyelectrolyte of complementary charge and the microcapsule has a hollow core. The conjugated polyelectrolyte is a polymer with a multiplicity of charged repeating units where a portion of the charged repeating units form a pi-conjugated sequence. The complementary polyelectrolyte is a polymer with a complementary charged repeating unit to the charged repeating units of the conjugated polyelectrolyte. The HCPE microcapsules can be formed by successively coating a sacrificial core with alternating layers of complementary polyelectrolytes, at least one of which is a conjugated polyelectrolyte. The sacrificial core can be removed to form the hollow center of a HCPE microcapsule. The HCPE microcapsules can be contacted with a medium containing microbes where the HCPE microcapsules associate with the microbes and efficiently kill the microbes when irradiated with light or other electromagnetic radiation.
US09005539B2
A reaction chamber including an upper region for processing a substrate, a lower region for loading a substrate, a susceptor movable within the reaction chamber, a first sealing member positioned on a perimeter of the susceptor, a second sealing member positioned between the upper region and the lower region, wherein the first and second sealing members are selectively engaged with one another to limit communication between the upper region and the lower region.
US09005535B2
An exhaust treatment device includes an inner shell, an outer shell and insulation material positioned between the inner shell and the outer shell. An inlet tube has an end in communication with a cavity defined by the inner shell. A substrate for treating engine exhaust is positioned within the inner shell. A baffle plate includes a plurality of apertures positioned such that the exhaust passes through the apertures prior to entering the substrate. The baffle plate supports an end of the inner shell and the inlet tube.
US09005531B2
An apparatus for the decontamination of air, the apparatus comprising a housing (1) having an air inlet (4) and an air outlet (6) with an air passage (2) there between, means (20) for directing a stream of air through the housing, the housing containing a non-thermal plasma cell (30), an ultraviolet emitting device (40) and an ozone depletion catalyst (42), the non-thermal plasma comprising an anode (32), a dielectric (32) and a cathode (33), the cathode being in the form of a meshed enclosure which surrounds the ultraviolet emitting device and ozone depletion catalyst to form a reaction chamber and Faraday cage. The non-thermal plasma cell may also be provided as a columnar cell for forming an array of cells and the dielectric may comprise water droplets to improve the efficiency of the device.
US09005527B2
A biosensor system determines an analyte concentration of a biological sample using an electrochemical process without Cottrell decay. The biosensor system generates an output signal having a transient decay, where the output signal is not inversely proportional to the square root of the time. The transient decay is greater or less than the −0.5 decay constant of a Cottrell decay. The transient decay may result from a relatively short incubation period, relatively small sample reservoir volumes, relatively small distances between electrode surfaces and the lid of the sensor strip, and/or relatively short excitations in relation to the average initial thickness of the reagent layer. The biosensor system determines the analyte concentration from the output signal having a transient decay.
US09005521B2
The distribution of Ni—Si compound grains is controlled to thereby improve the properties of Corson alloys. The copper alloy for electronic materials comprises 0.4 to 6.0% mass of Ni and 0.1 to 1.4% by mass of Si, with the balance being Cu and unavoidable impurities.The copper alloy comprising: small particles of Ni—Si compound having a particle size of equal to or greater than 0.01 μm and smaller than 0.3 μm; and large particles of Ni—Si compound having a particle size of equal to of greater than 0.3 μm and smaller than 1.5 μm. The number density of the small particles is 1 to 2000 pieces/μm2 and the number density of the large particles is 0.05 to 2 pieces/μm2.
US09005517B2
A method for making a cordierite filter article, including: firing an extruded green body batch composition according to: a first temperature ramping from ambient temperature up to a first soaking temperature; a first soaking at a temperature of at least 1255° C. for at least 2 hours; a second temperature ramping from the first soak temperature down to a second soak temperature; and a second soaking at a temperature of at least 1250° C. and at least 5° C. below the first soaking temperature, as defined herein.
US09005514B2
The presently disclosed subject matter is directed to methods of making and using films that serve as barriers to atmospheric oxygen. More particularly, the presently disclosed subject matter pertains to methods of making and using films wherein at least one layer of the film contains a blend of primary and secondary barrier components. The primary barrier component is present in the layer in an amount of from about 65 to 95 weight percent, based on the blend weight, and comprises ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer having an ethylene unit content ranging from 21 to 30 mol %. The secondary barrier component is present in the layer in an amount of from about 5 to 55 weight percent, based on blend weight, and comprises ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer having an ethylene unit content ranging from 41 to 50 mol %.
US09005512B2
A resist layer constituted by a resist composition (which may include unavoidable impurities) including a polymerizable compound that includes polyfunctional monomers that become polymers having three dimensional structures by cross linking when polymerized and a polymerization initiating agent which is activated by one of light and an electron beam is formed on a substrate. A surface of a mold having a predetermined pattern of protrusions and recesses is pressed against the resist layer. Light is irradiated onto the resist layer to cure the resist layer. The mold is separated from the resist layer under conditions that the temperature of the resist layer is 40° C. or greater.
US09005503B2
A method of making an electrical stimulation lead includes disposing conductive contacts in a spaced-apart longitudinal arrangement within a mold. A portion of a stylet tube is disposed within the mold, and the stylet tube extends through the conductive contacts. Conductive wires are positioned external to the stylet tube and each contact is coupled to at least one of the wires. A non-conductive material is molded between adjacent pairs of the contacts, around the wires, and over the stylet tube, to form a portion of the lead. This portion includes the contacts, the stylet tube, the wires, and one or more non-conductive spacers formed from the non-conductive material. Finally, the portion of the lead is removed from the mold. Another method includes placing a temporary tube around the conductive contacts and forming spacers by introducing flowable, curable, non-conductive material within the tube and between the conductive contacts.
US09005488B2
The invention aims at an aqueous ink for high-temperature electrochemical cell electrodes and/or electrolyte containing particles of at least one mineral filler, at least one binder, and at least one dispersant. It also concerns the electrode and the electrolyte using such an ink.
US09005476B2
Polyarylene sulfide/liquid crystal polymer alloys are described as are methods of forming the polyarylene sulfide/liquid crystal polymer alloys. The polyarylene sulfide/liquid crystal polymer alloys are formed according to a melt processing method that includes melt processing a polyarylene sulfide with a reactively functionalized disulfide compound and a liquid crystal polymer in a one or two step process. The reactively functionalized disulfide compound is added in a stoichiometric amount to react with a portion of the polyarylene sulfide. The melt processing forms a polyarylene sulfide/liquid crystal polymer copolymer that is a compatibilizer in the alloy. The polyarylene sulfide/liquid crystal polymer alloys may provide low chlorine content products having excellent strength characteristics.
US09005473B2
A method of removing at least a portion of a silicon oxide material is disclosed. The silicon oxide is removed by exposing a semiconductor structure comprising a substrate and the silicon oxide to an ammonium fluoride chemical treatment and a subsequent plasma treatment, both of which may be effected in the same vacuum chamber of a processing apparatus. The ammonium fluoride chemical treatment converts the silicon oxide to a solid reaction product in a self-limiting reaction, the solid reaction product then being volatilized by the plasma treatment. The plasma treatment includes a plasma having an ion bombardment energy of less than or equal to approximately 20 eV. An ammonium fluoride chemical treatment including an alkylated ammonia derivative and hydrogen fluoride is also disclosed.
US09005468B2
The invention relates to a ternary composition comprising difluoromethane, 3,3,3-trifluoropropene and a hydrocarbon-derived compound containing at least two fluorine atoms and having a boiling point of between −30 and −18° C., which is selected from 1,1-difluoroethane, 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene. This composition is particularly suitable for use as a heat-transfer fluid in the presence of countercurrent heat exchangers.
US09005461B2
A plasma monitoring method using a sensor, the sensor having a substrate; a first electrode, the first electrode being a conductive electrode and formed on the substrate while being isolated from the substrate; an insulating film formed on the first electrode; a contact hole formed in the insulating film and having a depth from a surface of the insulating film to the first electrode; and a second electrode, the second electrode being a conductive electrode, formed on the surface of the insulating film, and faced to plasma during a plasma process, the plasma monitoring method including measuring and monitoring potentials of the first electrode and the second electrode or a potential difference between the first electrode and the second electrode during the plasma process is disclosed. A plasma monitoring system carrying out the plasma monitoring method is also disclosed.
US09005460B2
The present invention provides methods of selectively removing one or more graphene layers from a graphene material by: (1) applying a metal to a surface of the graphene material; and (2) applying a hydrogen containing solution to the surface of the graphene material that is associated with the metal. The hydrogen containing solution dissolves the metal along with one or more layers of graphene associated with the metal, thereby removing the layer(s) of graphene from the graphene material. In some embodiments, the hydrogen containing solution is an acidic solution, such as hydrochloric acid. In some embodiments, the metal is zinc. In some embodiments, the methods of the present invention are utilized to selectively remove one or more layers of graphene from one or more targeted sites on the surface of a graphene material.
US09005457B2
The present invention relates to a counter electrode for DSSC which includes a porous membrane include a carbon-based material calcinated at high temperature and a platinum nano-particles and maintains higher conductivity than a thin membrane and in which the electrolyte moves smoothly, a method of preparing the same, and a DSSC using the same which is improved in photoelectric efficiency.
US09005455B2
A device for extracting a liquid phase from a suspension, the device being characterized in that it comprises: a main duct for conveying a flow of said suspension, the duct being of a length that is sufficient to enable a layer of said suspension to develop that is depleted in solid phase; flow disturbance means for disturbing the flow of said suspension, said means being provided in the main duct and being adapted to cause at least one recirculation vortex to form so as to increase locally the thickness of said depleted layer; and liquid extraction means disposed in a region of the device where said suspension is enriched in liquid phase as a result of said recirculation vortex.A method of extracting a liquid phase from a suspension, the method comprising injecting said suspension into such a device at a flow rate suitable for causing at least one recirculation vortex to be formed, and extracting a fraction of said suspension that is enriched in liquid as a result of said vortex.
US09005449B2
A method of reducing disinfection by-products in water treated with disinfectants including contacting the water with an amount of a non-decomposed moss effective to reduce the level of disinfection by-products. A method of determining the effectiveness of a first method of reducing disinfection by-products in water treated with disinfectants, the first method including contacting the water with an amount of a non-decomposed moss effective to reduce the level of disinfection by-products, the method including determining the effectiveness of the first method by measuring the level of the disinfection by-products in water treated with disinfectants and contacted with the amount of non-decomposed moss.
US09005434B2
A water filter including a housing, at least one cylindrical filter component disposed within the housing, an inflow pipe extending through, and parallel to a longitudinal axis of, the at least one cylindrical filter component, the inflow pipe including a series of openings arranged along the length of the inflow pipe so as to cause a cyclonic motion of the contaminated water out of the inflow pipe and into contact with the at least one cylindrical filter component, a first outflow pipe that delivers filtered water from the at least one cylindrical filter component, and a second outflow pipe that delivers contaminants from the at least one cylindrical filter component.
US09005433B2
An oxidative treatment process, e.g., oxidative desulfurization or denitrification, is provided in which the oxidant is produced in-situ using an aromatic-rich portion of the original liquid hydrocarbon feedstock. The process reduces or replaces the need for the separate introduction of liquid oxidants such as hydrogen peroxide, organic peroxide and organic hydroperoxide in an oxidative treatment process.
US09005426B2
Described are methods and systems to apply a plurality of test voltages to the test strip and measure at least a current transient output resulting from an electrochemical reaction in a test chamber of the test strip so that a glucose concentration can be determined that are generally insensitive to other substances in the body fluid sample that could affect the precision and accuracy of the glucose concentration.
US09005425B2
Methods, systems, and compounds for detecting modified nucleic acid bases are disclosed and described. The methods provide for detecting a nucleic acid lesion and can include directing a nucleic acid adduct into a channel, wherein the nucleic acid adduct includes a nucleic acid having a lesion and a current modulating compound coupled to the nucleic acid at the lesion (110), and measuring a change in current through the channel in response to the current modulating compound to detect the lesion (112). The method can optionally include forming the nucleic acid adduct. Also provided is a method for identifying the number of repeat nucleotides in at least a portion of a nucleic acid strand, a method of assigning a registration marker within a nucleic acid, and a method of obtaining sequence information from a nucleic acid comprising assigning a registration marker on the nucleic acid.
US09005418B2
Proteins that are electrophoretically separated in a gel are derivatized to produce fluorescent emissions by incorporating halo-substituted organic compounds into one or both of the electrode buffer solutions at the two ends of the gel. The halo-substituted compounds used are ones that bear an electric charge at the pH of the buffer solutions and gel, and the polarity of the charge on the compounds is such that the compounds migrate from the electrode buffer into the gel under the electrophoretic influence concurrently with the migration of the proteins into the gel. Once the proteins are separated and distributed within the gel and the gel is fully penetrated with the halo-substituted compounds, the gel is irradiated with ultraviolet light to induce a reaction between the halo-substituted compounds and the proteins through the tryptophan residues on the proteins, producing fluorescent reaction products.
US09005412B2
An exemplary electrolyzer includes an electrode plate assembly including a plurality of perforated electrode plates and electrically conductive busbars. The plurality of electrode plates includes one or more positive electrode plates interleaved with one or more negative electrode plates. Each electrode plate has a first aperture and a second aperture, the second aperture being larger than the first aperture and lined with a non-conductive grommet. The plurality of electrically conductive busbars includes a first positive conductive busbar and a first negative conductive busbar. Respective conductive busbars extend through the first aperture of corresponding positive and negative electrodes and through the non-conductive grommet of the second aperture of each corresponding negative and positive electrode. The first positive conductive busbar is in electrical contact with each positive electrode and insulated from each negative electrode, and the first negative conductive busbar is in electrical contact with each negative electrode and insulated from each positive electrode.
US09005411B2
An electrochemical compressor includes one or more electrochemical cells through which a working fluid flows, and an external electrical energy source electrically connected to the electrochemical cell. Each electrochemical cell includes an anode connected to the electrical energy source; a cathode connected to the electrical energy source; an ion exchange membrane disposed between and in electrical contact with the cathode and the anode to pass an electrochemically motive material of the working fluid from the anode to the cathode, the ion exchange membrane comprising polar ionic groups attached to nonpolar chains; and a non-aqueous solvent comprising polar molecules, the polar molecules of the non-aqueous solvent being associated with and electrostatically attracted to the polar ionic groups of the ion exchange membrane.
US09005406B2
A method and a system for producing a change in a medium. The method places in a vicinity of the medium at least one energy modulation agent. The method applies an initiation energy to the medium. The initiation energy interacts with the energy modulation agent to directly or indirectly produce the change in the medium. The system includes an initiation energy source configured to apply an initiation energy to the medium to activate the energy modulation agent.
US09005404B2
An accelerated vapor recompression apparatus 10 converts incoming flow 35a to a concentrate 35c by developing a concentration profile 146 within a tank 30 holding a liquid 23 containing dissolved solids. The resulting curve 160 of saturation temperature of the stratified liquid 23 (such as a brine 23 or other material 23) moves away from the curve 162 corresponding to fully mixed conditions. The shift 174, 180 in saturation temperature results in increased boiling without increased energy from a heater 70 or compressor 50. A method 90, 200 of control of the system provides interventions 203, 204, 205, 206 at different levels 92, 94, 96, 98 of control, ranging from mass flows 35 to work of a compressor 50, heat from a heater 70, and a predictive processing 215 of feedback 217 for controlling commands 216 algorithmically.
US09005392B2
A method of joining substrate portions includes positioning the substrate portions such that the substrate portions overlap at an overlap area. The substrate portions each have a melting temperature and an outer surface. A fluid is heated to a temperature sufficient to at least partially melt the substrate portions. A jet of the heated fluid is directed from a fluid orifice onto the substrate portions at the overlap area. The heated fluid penetrates at least one of the outer surfaces of the substrate portions. The substrate portions are at least partially melted using the heated fluid. The substrate portions are compressed using a pressure applying surface adjacent the fluid orifice to join the substrate portions together at the overlap area.
US09005390B2
A room temperature bonding apparatus includes angle adjustment means supporting a first sample stage holding a first substrate so as to be able to change a direction of the first sample stage; a first driving device driving the first stage in a first direction; a second driving device driving a second sample stage holding a second substrate in a second direction not parallel to the first direction; and a carriage support table supporting the second sample stage in the first direction when the second substrate and the first substrate are brought into contact. The apparatus can impose a load exceeding a withstand load of the second driving device on the first and second substrates. Further, the apparatus uses angle adjustment means to change direction of the first substrate to be parallel with the second substrate and uniformly impose the larger load on a bonding surface.
US09005389B2
The invention relates to a method and a device for a bubble-free bonding of large-surface glass panes in an automatic production process. An embodiment of the device comprises: a) a pivoting bench plate having a securing device for receiving a glass pane, b) a barrier material application head having a camera for monitoring, at least one ventilation element being mounted by a mounting head, c) an adhesive metering and application head having a process control sensor for the application of adhesive, d) a gripping device having a covering plate gripper for receiving a covering plate, and e) a vacuum suction device and a closing device for the ventilation system.
US09005387B2
A method for fabricating a window member for a display device of a portable terminal includes: fabricating a high-hardness sheet to be attached to a surface of the window member (‘sheet fabrication step’), fabricating a body of the window member with a high-polymer synthetic resin (‘body fabrication step’), and attaching the high-hardness sheet to an outer surface of the body (‘attaching step’), in which the outer surface of the body is formed to have a curved surface in the body fabrication step.
US09005381B2
A method of molding a wind turbine blade in a mold is provided. The method includes applying a film to an inside surface of a mold, assembling component layers for the wind turbine blade on the film, performing curing to harden the component layers, and subsequently removing the cured wind turbine blade from the mold. Also provided is a film suitable for use in a wind turbine blade molding process and a mold suitable for molding a wind turbine blade.
US09005379B2
The present invention relates to a process for producing a pipe, particularly for supplying fuel to an engine, comprising the steps of: prearranging a pipe made of stainless steel (1), executing a hot-pressing operation at at least one end (3) of the pipe (1); and subjecting the at least one end (3) of the pipe (1) to heat treatment, followed by cooling.
US09005377B2
Methods for modifying a physical characteristic of finished endodontic instruments made from one or more superelastic alloys is described which include heat treating one or more finished endodontic instruments in a salt bath for a specific time (e.g., from about four hours to about six hours), at a specified temperature (e.g., from about 475° C. to about 550° C.), and preferably at a specified pH range.
US09005367B2
A liquid composition comprising (A) at least one polar organic solvent, selected from the group consisting of solvents exhibiting in the presence of from 0.06 to 4% by weight of dissolved tetramethylammonium hydroxide (B), the weight percentage being based on the complete weight of the respective test solution (AB), a constant removal rate at 50° C. for a 30 nm thick polymeric barrier anti-reflective layer containing deep UV absorbing chromophoric groups, (B) at least one quaternary ammonium hydroxide, and (C) at least one aromatic amine containing at least one primary amino group, a method for its preparation and a method for manufacturing electrical devices, employing the liquid composition as a resist stripping composition and its use for removing negative-tone and positive-tone photoresists and post etch residues in the manufacture of 3D Stacked Integrated Circuits and 3D Wafer Level Packagings by way of patterning Through Silicon Vias and/or by plating and bumping.
US09005362B2
The present invention is to provide a method for growing a group III nitride crystal that has a large size and has a small number of pits formed in the main surface of the crystal by using a plurality of tile substrates. A method for growing a group III nitride crystal includes a step of preparing a plurality of tile substrates 10 including main surfaces 10m having a shape of a triangle or a convex quadrangle that allows two-dimensional close packing of the plurality of tile substrates; a step of arranging the plurality of tile substrates 10 so as to be two-dimensionally closely packed such that, at any point across which vertexes of the plurality of tile substrates 10 oppose one another, 3 or less of the vertexes oppose one another; and a step of growing a group III nitride crystal 20 on the main surfaces 10m of the plurality of tile substrates arranged.
US09005355B2
Anticorrosive coating compositions as disclosed comprise a binding polymer and an aluminum phosphate corrosion inhibiting pigment dispersed therein. The coating composition comprises up to 25 percent by weight aluminum phosphate. The binding polymer can include solvent-borne polymers, water-borne polymers, solventless polymers, and combinations thereof. The aluminum phosphate is made by sol gel process of combining an aluminum salt with phosphoric acid and a base material. Aluminum phosphate colloidal particles are nanometer sized, and aggregate to form substantially spherical particles. The coating composition provides a controlled delivery of phosphate anions of 100 to 1,500 ppm, depending on post-formation treatment of the aluminum phosphate, and has a total solubles content of less than 1500 ppm, The amorphous aluminum phosphate is free of alkali metals and alkaline earth metals, and has a water adsorption potential of up to about 25 percent by weight water when present in a cured film.
US09005344B2
The present application is directed to a hydrophobic membrane assembly (28) used within a gas-generating apparatus. Hydrogen is separated from the reaction solution by passing through a hydrophobic membrane assembly (28) having a hydrophobic lattice like member (36) disposed within a hydrogen output composite (32) further enhancing the ability of the hydrogen output composite's ability to separate out hydrogen gas and prolonging its useful life.
US09005337B2
A system and method for the purification of biogas, the system comprising: a gas compressor for increasing the pressure of the biogas for processing; a gas processor for removing any CO2, volatile organic compounds, and H2S, from the gas; an optional biological sulfur removal system for treating offgas from the gas processor; a regenerative thermal oxidizer system for treating gas from the biological sulfur removal system for thermal destruction of volatile organic compounds, H2S, and CH4 slipped from the gas processor; a catalytic oxygen removal system for receiving product gas from the gas processor and removing oxygen from the product gas; and a caustic scrubber for receiving product gas from the catalytic oxygen removal system and neutralizing any acid formed during catalytic oxygen removal.
US09005331B2
Core-shell particles encapsulated by a thin film of a catalytically active metal are described. The particles are preferably nanoparticles comprising a non-noble core with a noble metal shell which preferably do not include Pt. The non-noble metal-noble metal core-shell nanoparticles are encapsulated by a catalytically active metal which is preferably Pt. The core-shell nanoparticles are preferably formed by prolonged elevated-temperature annealing of nanoparticle alloys in an inert environment. This causes the noble metal component to surface segregate and form an atomically thin shell. The Pt overlayer is formed by a process involving the underpotential deposition of a monolayer of a non-noble metal followed by immersion in a solution comprising a Pt salt. A thin Pt layer forms via the galvanic displacement of non-noble surface atoms by more noble Pt atoms in the salt. The overall process is a robust and cost-efficient method for forming Pt-coated non-noble metal-noble metal core-shell nanoparticles.
US09005328B2
A high temperature filter and a self-cleaning filtering system for filtering media, such as biomass materials, are provided. The filter and filtering system is particularly useful in the filtration of syngas in a plasma arc gasification process to remove char and other particles of down to a submicron size from the syngas. The filter is formed from a pleated metal mesh material including end caps secured by a high-temperature metallic paste or adhesive, such that the filter is capable of withstanding operating temperatures up to 2000° F. The system includes a backflush unit for injecting cleaning media therein to remove trapped char and other debris from the filter. At least two filtering systems can be placed in parallel so that one system can be cleaned while the other is operating. A method for filtering media is also disclosed.
US09005326B2
A cyclone separator has individual cyclones each provided with a cell tube with a guide device that causes a gas stream passing through the cell tube to rotate. A particle discharge is positioned perpendicularly to a longitudinal axis of the cyclone separator and discharges particles separated from the gas stream. The discharge direction of the separated particle is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the cyclone separator and is oriented toward the particle discharge. The individual cyclones include at least four individual cyclones that are arranged such that a connecting line, connecting of these four individual cyclones those individual cyclones that are neighboring each other at a minimal spacing, respectively, forms a diamond, wherein the sides of the diamond are positioned at an angle of 30 to 60 degrees relative to discharge direction.
US09005320B2
A plasma gasification reactor, and process for its operation, with one or both of, first, a quench zone within an upper part of a top section of the reactor and, second, feed ports through a lateral wall of a middle section of the reactor for supplying feed material to a feed bed within the middle section and the feed ports located proximate the feed bed. The quench zone is provided with nozzles for introducing a fluid to reduce the temperature of molten solid bits sufficiently to minimize their sticking within external ductwork. The middle section feed port arrangement assists in more thorough reaction of light particles in the feed material that may otherwise exit with gaseous products.
US09005319B2
The disclosed embodiments provide systems for the removal and use of tar from a biomass gasification system. For example, in one embodiment, a biomass gasification system includes a reactor configured to gasify a biomass fuel in the presence of air to generate a producer gas. The system also includes an absorber configured to receive a mixture of the producer gas and tar and to absorb the tar into an organic solvent to produce treated producer gas and a rich solvent mixture containing at least a portion of the tar. The system further includes a recycle line configured to direct the rich solvent mixture to a biomass gasifier.
US09005317B2
Modified solid fuel manufacturing method and modified solid fuels manufactured using the manufacturing method. When solid fuels are manufactured by crushing low grade coal, mixing the crushed low grade coal with solvent oil to prepare a slurry, heating the slurry to at least the boiling point of water to evaporate moisture included in the slurry, separating the solvent oil from the slurry to produce charcoal dust and compression compacting said charcoal dust, by heating the slurry to at least the boiling point of water, the non-volatile components included in the low grade coal are extracted with the solvent oil, the outer surface of the low grade coal and the internal surfaces of the pores are coated with the extracted non-volatile components, and the content of heavy oil added from the outside will be less than 0.5 mass % relative to the solid fuel after drying.
US09005315B2
A method for marking a petroleum hydrocarbon or a liquid biologically derived fuel by adding at least one compound having formula (I), wherein R1 and R2 independently represent hydrogen or C1-C4 alkyl groups, and G represents hydrogen or at least one substituent selected from the group consisting of C1-C18 alkyl and C1-C18 alkoxy.
US09005309B2
A four-link hydraulic buffer knee joint assembly which includes a hydraulic center axle configured at a center hole of a four-link hydraulic main body and utilizes a spring force and an oil-filling piston to achieve the auto-filling of hydraulic oil. The hydraulic center axle is able to utilize adjustable knobs provided on an outer side of the center axle to adjust the bending speed and the spring-back recovery speed. The setting location of the hydraulic center axle differs from the one of conventional joint assembly such that the overall size of the knee joint assembly is reduced while the joint assembly includes the functions of adjustable hydraulic bending and stretching speeds and buffering for the hydraulic head to return to its horizontal state. The four-link hydraulic main body comprises a setting changeable controlling axle for achieving the function of the buffered safety brake against the ground.
US09005299B2
Methods and devices are provided for knee joint replacement with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) substitution. Generally, the methods and devices can allow a knee joint to be partially or totally replaced in conjunction with substitution of the knee joint's ACL. In one embodiment, a knee replacement prosthesis can include a medial or lateral femoral implant, a femoral intercondylar notch structure, a medial or lateral tibial insert, and an ACL-substitution member. The ACL-substitution member can be configured to engage with the femoral intercondylar notch structure during a full range of knee motion and/or during only early knee flexion.
US09005296B2
An intervertebral implant can include: a tapered arcuate shape. The implant can include a solid non-elastic portion. The implant can include an implant-suitable material. The implant can be at least partially porous, and optionally, the pores can be filed with a biodegradable material that can include one or more active agents, such as growth factors. The implant can be formed from a hybrid of at least two implant-suitable materials. The implant can include a body having a rounded surface and a substantially flat surface. Optionally, the substantially flat surface can be opposite of the rounded surface. The rounded surface and substantially flat surface can extend from a base to a tip of the tapered arcuate shape. The base may be substantially flat, where the tip can be rounded. The tapered arcuate shape can extend from a substantially flat base and curve to a tip of the arc.
US09005294B2
An assembly for inserting an artificial disk is provided. The assembly includes an artificial disk, which includes a body which has a predetermined thickness to be inserted between vertebrae, and includes an incision recess incised on one side of the body in a sideways direction and a penetrating hole formed on the side on which the incision recess is formed in a vertical thickness direction, and a connecting unit which is inserted into the penetrating hole and serves as a shaft of a rotational movement of the body, and includes a connecting hole formed on a side surface of the connecting unit, and a guide protrusion, a first insertion tool which includes a connecting rod, and a handle, and a second insertion tool which includes a support rod, an insertion end, a support end, and a handle.
US09005292B2
A vertebral spacer includes a body having a top side, a bottom side, a front side, and a rear side. The top side is configured to be positioned adjacent to a first vertebra and the bottom side is configured to be positioned against a second vertebra. First, second, third and fourth bores extend through the body. First and second compression fasteners disposable in the first and third bores, and first and second locking fasteners disposable in the second and fourth bores. The first compression fastener and the first locking fastener cooperate to apply and lock a first predetermined compression force between the body and the first vertebra. The second compression fastener and the second locking fastener cooperate to apply and lock a second predetermined compression force between the body and the second vertebra.
US09005291B2
An implant having a base with a first contact surface and a hinged element, hingedly interconnected with a first portion of the base, providing a second contact surface. The first portion of the base is displaceable relative to a second portion so that the base can be shortened from an initial length towards a second length. A linking segment is hingedly connected to both the second portion of the base and to the hinged element so that shortening of the base causes the linking segment to push a region of the hinged element away from the base, thereby changing an angle of the second contact surface relative to the first contact surface.
US09005285B2
Medical delivery devices include a needle and a flexible compressible impermeable tube attached to the needle. The compressible tube has an open interior channel. The device is adapted to releasably hold a length of a medical implant in the open interior channel of the tube. The medical implant can be slidably inserted into the interior channel of the tube and is loosely held by the tube.
US09005281B2
Intraocular implants and methods of making intraocular implants are provided. The intraocular implants can improve the vision of a patient, such as by increasing the depth of focus of an eye of a patient. In particular, the intraocular implants can include a mask having an annular portion with a relatively low visible light transmission surrounding a relatively high transmission central portion such as a clear lens or aperture. This construct is adapted to provide an annular mask with a small aperture for light to pass through to the retina to increase depth of focus. The intraocular implant may have an optical power for refractive correction. The intraocular implant may be implanted in any location along the optical pathway in the eye, e.g., as an implant in the anterior or posterior chamber.
US09005280B2
A system designed to store an implant together with the tools necessary to implant the stored implant, and a method of using such system. Such system includes an implant storage tool adapted to retain the implant within a storage container. The implant storage tool is operable to provide an implant applicator.
US09005276B2
Stents and methods of fabricating stents with prohealing layers and drug-polymer layers are disclosed.
US09005275B2
This document provides methods and materials that can be used to replace a circumferential segment of an esophagus. For example, methods and materials that can be used to provide a tubular connection from one stump end of an esophagus to another stump end of the esophagus are provided.
US09005274B2
A method for treating a body conduit/lumen having an undesired reduced diameter includes determining a target diameter of the conduit/lumen in a target location of the conduit/lumen, and delivering a self-expanding metal stent in a contracted configuration to the target location. In a fully expanded configuration, the stent has a diameter that is more than 50% larger than the target diameter over an entire length of the self-expanding stent.
US09005271B2
A fenestrated stent graft (1) with a tubular side arm (11) extending therefrom in which the side arm can be turned inside out to extend into the stent graft during deployment of the stent graft and extended out during deployment. Also disclosed is a deployment device (19) for such a side arm stent graft which has a deployment catheter (26) and a side arm guide (32), the side arm guide is releasably fastened at a proximal end to the branch tube (11) and is able to be moved independently of the deployment catheter such that the branch tube can be extended from the tubular body of the stent graft while it is fastened onto the side arm guide. The side arm guide can be formed from a side arm catheter (32) and a side arm guide wire (34) carried in the side arm catheter.
US09005267B2
An endovascular delivery system includes an endovascular prosthetic device and a signal active guide wire engaging the endovascular prosthetic device. A rotary encoder is coupled with the guide wire and the endovascular prosthetic device to provide an encoder signal on the guide wire. The encoder signal is indicative of axial angular position of the endovascular prosthetic device during implantation of the endovascular prosthetic device in a body of a patient.
US09005265B2
A stent made of a material having a low strength and having a main body circumscribing a cylindrical shape and radially expandable from a contracted starting position into a dilated support position, comprising a) a plurality of support segments disposed around the circumference and arrayed on one another in the axial direction each segment being formed by a strut meandering in its coarse structure in its contracted starting position and having alternately opposing meandering curves expandable into the support position made of flexible material; b) a plurality of axial connectors connecting between zenith points of at least a part of the meandering curves in the axial-parallel direction of the support segments; (c) a plurality of x-ray marker projections, and d) at least one stabilizer for stabilizing the strut coarse structure in its contracted starting position against radial expansion and being automatically detachable upon radial expansion.
US09005261B2
A therapeutic laser with a source of pulsed electromagnetic radiation, a control device for controlling the intensity and/or the duration of the therapeutic laser applied to the tissue, and a detection device for detecting optoacoustic signals triggered by irradiating the living tissue with the pulsed electromagnetic radiation. The therapeutic laser is characterized by an evaluation device that acts on the control device and is used for calculating a degree of quality B(t) from the optoacoustic signals detected by the detection device for individual laser pulses applied to a predetermined laser spot and determining a fit function f(t) at a predetermined point in time Δt1, the fit function f(t) approximating the mean curve of B(t) for 0≦t≦Δt1. The intensity and/or the irradiation time of the therapeutic laser is defined by the parameters for the predetermined laser spot, the parameters being determined for the fit function f(t).
US09005251B2
The invention relates to bone compression devices and bone compression systems, and in particular, to bone compression devices and systems for use in connection with vertebrae. The bone compression devices and bone compression systems are disposed, or installed, along at least one bone to maintain the at least one bone in a desired spatial relationship. Broadly, the invention is directed to a bone compression device for placing in communication with at least one bone having a bone radius of curvature, the bone compression device comprising a plate having a pre-formed shape, a deformed shape, and at least one elastic shape therebetween, the pre-formed shape having a pre-formed radius of curvature less than the bone radius of curvature, the deformed shape having a deformed radius of curvature greater than the bone radius of curvature, and at least one of the at least one elastic shapes having an elastic radius of curvature that substantially corresponds to the bone radius of curvature. The invention is also directed to a bone compression system wherein the plate includes a string attached to each end of the plate and a tensioner for facilitating the movement of the plate from the pre-formed shape to the at least one elastic shape. Methods of maintaining a bone in a spatial relationship and methods of contouring the bone compression devices are also disclosed.
US09005248B2
The present invention provides spinous process implants and associated methods. In one aspect of the invention, the implant includes at least one extension with a first part and a second part where at least one arm is coupled to each of the first part and the second part. The first part and the second part are movable from a compact to a distracted state. In another aspect, the present invention provides a second extension that is slidingly coupled to the first and second arms. The second extension further comprises a third part and a fourth part that move with the first and second part.
US09005242B2
In one aspect, the present invention provides a device for occluding an aperture in a body, for example, a patent foramen ovale (PFO), including a first side adapted to be disposed on one side of the septum and a second side adapted to be disposed on the opposite side of the septum. The device has an elongated, low-profile delivery configuration and a shortened, radially expanded deployment configuration. The first and second sides are adapted to occlude the aperture upon deployment of the device at its intended delivery location. The device also includes a radially expandable center portion. In some embodiments, the center portion includes a plurality of ribs provided by slits in device. The ribs expand radially when the device is deployed. The expandable center portion facilitates the positioning of the device in the aperture. The device can be secured in the deployed configuration using a catch system.
US09005239B2
The invention relates to a medical instrument comprising at least one movable tool element and at least one actuating element which is mounted such as to be pivotal about a pivotal axis and is coupled to the at least one tool element for the purposes of moving the tool element as a result of a pivotal movement of the actuating element, wherein, for the pivotal mounting of the at least one actuating element, there is provided a pivotal bearing comprising a bearing shaft holder and a bearing shaft which is held in the bearing shaft holder in a working position, wherein the at least one actuating element incorporates the bearing shaft or the bearing shaft holder, wherein the bearing shaft holder has an insertion opening and is insertable through the insertion opening into the bearing shaft holder in a direction that is transverse or substantially transverse to the pivotal axis.
US09005236B2
A distal protection device provided with a filter basket having a self-expanding radial loop designed to position the filter basket within human vasculature and to hold the filter basket open during deployment.
US09005234B2
A vascular occlusion device for occluding a body cavity includes an elongate member for injecting embolization material into the body cavity and a deflecting device. The deflecting device is disposed around a distal end of the elongate member and is expandable to contact an interior wall of the body cavity in the expanded state. The deflecting device is configured to be deflected by the embolization material to change a shape of the deflecting device in the expanded state. The deflecting device provides a visual and tactile indication of completion of embolization based on the shape of the deflecting device in the expanded state.
US09005228B2
Vitrectomy probes and system related thereto are disclosed herein. The disclosure describes various example vitrectomy probes having an adjustable cutting port size. Various example features are described for adjusting the size of the cutting port. Further, the disclosure provides examples for adjusting the size of the cutter port while the vitrectomy probe is in operation.
US09005225B2
This disclosure is directed to a device for facilitating treatment via a vascular wall defining a vascular lumen containing an occlusion therein. The device includes an intravascular device including a shaft having a distal end and a proximal end. The device includes a handle assembly fixed about the proximal end of the shaft, the handle assembly including a first portion. Rotation of the first portion in a first direction about a longitudinal axis of the shaft causes rotation of the shaft in the first direction when a torque applied by the first portion to the shaft is below a first maximum torque. Further rotation of the first portion in the first direction about a longitudinal axis of the shaft does not cause rotation of the shaft in the first direction when the torque applied by the first portion to the shaft is equal to or above the first maximum torque.
US09005224B2
An implant delivery system for delivering a sheet-like implant is disclosed. The device includes an implant spreader assembly disposed proximate the distal end of a delivery shaft. The implant spreader assembly includes a first arm and a second arm. The arms are coupled to the delivery shaft such that the first arm and second arm are moveable between a closed position and an open position. When the first and second arms are in the closed position, the arms extend generally in the longitudinal direction. When pivoting to the open position the distal end of each arm travels in a generally transverse direction to spread a sheet-like implant.
US09005222B2
A system for supporting the urethra using an introducer needle, the ends of which are flattened and which have openings therethrough, a handle having a latch mechanism which engages the opening in the flattened portion of the first end of the introducer needle, an implant, and a connector joining the end of the implant to the flattened portion of one of the ends of the introducer needle. These components are used to draw the implant into position, either through vaginal or abdominal incisions, to form a U-shaped loop beneath the urethra. The ends of the implant are adjusted to provide proper support for the urethra. The implant can have slits that open under applied tensile force.
US09005219B2
A device includes a clip including first and second arms distal ends of which are biased apart and a core member including first and second portions connected to one another via a frangible link. The first portion includes a first protrusion for engaging a cut-out in the first arm. The frangible link is fractured when subjected to a load of at least a predetermined level deploying the clip. The device also includes a capsule slidably housing the core member and a proximal portion of the clip.
US09005217B2
Apparatus for controlling a steerable invasive probe having a handle. The apparatus includes a platform and a jig, which is mounted on the platform and is configured to receive the handle. The jig includes at least a first gear that is positioned and shaped to rotate the handle about an axis of the probe and a second gear that is positioned and shaped to operate a control on the handle for deflecting a tip of the probe. A drive module includes one or more motors. A transmission is coupled to the drive module and to the jig so as to controllably rotate at least the first and second gears and to translate the platform along a direction parallel to the axis in order to advance and retract the probe.
US09005210B2
The present invention relates in certain embodiments to medical devices for treating vertebral compression fractures. More particularly, embodiments of the invention relate to instruments and methods for controllably restoring vertebral body height by controlling the flow of bone cement into the interior of a vertebra and the application of forces causes by the cement flow. An exemplary system utilizes Rf energy in combination a conductive bone cement for selectively polymerizing the inflow plume to increase the viscosity of the cement. In one aspect of the invention, the system utilizes a controller to control bone cement flow parameters to either allow or disallow cement interdigitation into cancellous bone. A method of the invention includes pulsing the flows of bone cement wherein high acceleration of the flow pulses can apply expansion forces across the surface of the cement plume to reduce a vertebral fracture.
US09005208B2
An instrument for setting ligament tension between a distal femur and a proximal tibia has a rod mounted on a femur. The rod has an extension extending along a first axis. A first drive element is mounted on the distal femur and is rotatable about a second axis. A body is rotatably mounted on the rod extension for rotation about the first axis. The body has a second drive element engaging the first drive element and a third drive element extending about a third axis offset from the first and second axes. A ligament tensioning element is mounted on the body and has a foot for engaging a posterior condyle of a femur and has a fourth drive element. A fifth drive element engages both the third and fourth drive elements for moving the ligament balancer with respect to the body along the third axis.
US09005191B2
According to some embodiments, a method of treating a subject having diabetes or symptoms associated with diabetes is provided. The method includes delivering a neuromodulation catheter within a vessel (e.g., hepatic artery) having surrounding nerves that innervate the liver (e.g., sympathetic nerves of the hepatic plexus). The method may also include modulating (e.g., disrupting, ablating, stimulating) the nerves by mechanical compression, energy delivery, or fluid delivery.
US09005187B2
An implantable oxygen generator system is disclosed. The implantable oxygen generator system includes a receiver configured to generate an electrical current, and an electrode set configured to deliver the electrical current to water molecules of an interstitial fluid within a tissue, wherein the electrical current electrolyzes the water molecules into oxygen molecules.
US09005181B2
A connector for providing sterile access to a flexible container is provided that comprises a tubular member having a first portion and a second portion, each of the first portion and the second portion having an open end. The first portion and second portion are joined to each other by a frangible segment, with each of the first portion and the second portion having a gripable surface associated therewith that is configured to facilitate the application of torsional force to the tubular member at the frangible segment. Upon the application of a sufficient amount of torsional force, the frangible segment will break, permitting the first and second portions to be separated from each other.
US09005180B2
In certain embodiments, a vial adaptor for removing liquid contents from a vial comprises a piercing member and a bag. The bag can be contained within the piercing member such that the bag is introduced to the vial when the vial adaptor is coupled with the vial. In some embodiments, the bag expands within the vial as liquid is removed from the vial via the adaptor, thereby regulating pressure within the vial. In other embodiments, a vial comprises a bag for regulating pressure within the vial as liquid is removed therefrom. In some embodiments, a vial adaptor is coupled with the vial in order to remove the liquid. In some embodiments, as the liquid is removed from the vial via the adaptor, the bag expands within the vial, and in other embodiments, the bag contracts within the vial.
US09005178B2
A dispensing cartridge, particularly for dental impression materials, formed from a plastic material having at least one inlet and at least one outlet, and including a metal reinforcement tube.
US09005170B2
Methods and apparatus for employing an adhesive strap about a medical connection for improving connection integrity for greater safety and reliability and a cross contamination barrier for medical syringes is disclosed. Also, a shielding tube for a medical syringe which acts as a barrier against cross contamination across a syringe plunger is disclosed. The tube comprises a pattern of raised ribs inside to protect against potentially tube tearing edges of an associated plunger rod assembly and to provide a skid resistant surface when disposed about flanges of the syringe.
US09005160B2
A medicament delivery device includes a distal housing part; a proximal housing part in which a multi-chamber medicament container is arranged, with the proximal housing part movable relative to the distal housing part for mixing substances in the container; a plunger rod arranged to act on a stopper in the container, where movement of the housing parts toward each other forces the stopper against the plunger rod for mixing the substances in the container; a drive force unit for forcing the plunger rod for subsequent delivery of medicament; an activation member slidable through the distal housing part and releasably connected to the drive force unit; and a guide shell one-way rotatable in the distal housing part with threads that cooperate with threads on the proximal housing part. The guide shell and plunger rod have guide members such that they are rotationally locked but slidable in relation to each other.
US09005152B2
A dialysis system includes a fresh dialysis fluid membrane pump; a spent dialysis fluid membrane pump; a first balance chamber having a fresh dialysis fluid compartment connected fluidly to the fresh dialysis fluid membrane pump and a spent dialysis fluid compartment connected fluidly to the spent dialysis fluid membrane pump; a second balance chamber having a fresh dialysis fluid compartment connected fluidly to the fresh dialysis fluid membrane pump and a spent dialysis fluid compartment connected fluidly to the spent dialysis fluid membrane pump; and a dialysis fluid cassette, wherein at least one of the fresh dialysis fluid membrane pump, the spent dialysis fluid membrane pump, the first balance chamber and the second balance chamber includes a fluid receiving portion provided in the dialysis fluid cassette.
US09005146B2
A massage roller includes a generally resilient roller body and a plurality of massage zones having various densities provided on the roller body.
US09005143B2
In some embodiments, nerves surrounding arteries or leading to organs are targeted with energy sources to correct or modulate physiologic processes. In some embodiments, different types of energy sources are utilized singly or combined with one another. In some embodiments, bioactive agents or devices activated by the energy sources are delivered to the region of interest and the energy is enhanced by such agents.
US09005141B1
The present invention relates to a light-weight, small and portable ambulatory sensor for measuring and monitoring a person's physical activity. Based on these measurements and computations, the invented system quantifies the subject's physical activity, quantifies the subject's gait, determines his or her risk of falling, and automatically detects falls. The invention combines the features of portability, high autonomy, and real-time computational capacity. High autonomy is achieved by using only accelerometers, which have low power consumption rates as compared with gyroscope-based systems. Accelerometer measurements, however, contain significant amounts of noise, which must be removed before further analysis. The invention therefore uses novel time-frequency filters to denoise the measurements, and in conjunction with biomechanical models of human movement, perform the requisite computations, which may also be done in real time.
US09005140B2
The present invention relates to embodiments which enable repetitive measurement and monitoring of the load applied to an apparatus, in a system, and/or by a method which may exceed a predetermined threshold of weight. Specifically, the present invention relates to weight monitoring apparatus, locomotion monitoring apparatus, a gait-response apparatus, a weight monitoring system, and a therapeutic load monitoring method.
US09005130B2
A method for tracking cardiac conditions is disclosed. An electrical signal from a patient's heart is sensed. A heart signal parameter value and an associated heart rate value are computed from the electrical signal. Based on the heart rate value, one of a plurality of histograms stored in a histogram memory is updated with the heart signal parameter value. After a data collection time period has elapsed, a statistical value of the heart signal parameter is computed from the selected histogram. A detection threshold for abnormal values of the heart signal parameter is then computed based on the statistical value.
US09005129B2
A biometric monitoring device is used to determine a user's heart rate by using a heartbeat waveform sensor and a motion detecting sensor. In some embodiments, the device collects collecting concurrent output data from the heartbeat waveform sensor and output data from the motion detecting sensor, detects a periodic component of the output data from the motion detecting sensor, and uses the periodic component of the output data from the motion detecting sensor to remove a corresponding periodic component from the output data from the heartbeat waveform sensor. From this result, the device may determine and present the user's heart rate.
US09005120B2
A vital signs monitor system is integrated with personal protective equipment (“PPE”) so that upon wearing the PPE, the monitor is placed in an operational position to monitor a vital sign. In one embodiment, the vital signs sensor comprises a thermal sensor located at a mouth guard to automatically make operational contact with tissue under the tongue when the mouth guard is worn. A second vital signs monitor comprising reflective pulse oximetry devices senses oxygen saturation and heart rate. Vital signs data are communicated to an RF module located in an associated helmet for transmission to a remote location. A gateway at that remote location receives the transmitted vital signs data and forwards that data to a data collection, organization, and access system that is programmed to make the vital signs data available over the Internet. Medical personnel, coaches, supervisors at the location of the PPE can monitor the vital signs of the wearer by accessing the data collection, organization, and access system with hand held, or portable computing equipment over the Internet.
US09005119B2
A system and method for providing computerized, knowledge-based medical diagnostic and treatment advice. The medical advice is provided to the general public over networks, such as a telephone network or a computer network. The invention also includes a stand-alone embodiment that may utilize occasional connectivity to a central computer by use of a network, such as the Internet. New authoring languages, interactive voice response and speech recognition are used to enable expert and general practitioner knowledge to be encoded for access by the public. “Meta” functions for time-density analysis of a number of factors regarding the number of medical complaints per unit of time are an integral part of the system. A re-enter feature monitors the user's changing condition over time. A symptom severity analysis helps to respond to the changing conditions. System sensitivity factors may be changed at a global level or other levels to adjust the system advice as necessary.
US09005118B2
A surgical access system for providing access to a surgical site in a patient includes a surgical access device defining a port and a light emitter coupled to the surgical access device for illuminating the port. The light emitter preferably comprises an elongated shaft having a light transmitting element housed therein, which emits light transmitted to the elongated shaft from a light source. The elongated shaft is configured to be inserted in an elongated channel in the access device. The elongated channel has or forms a window for transmitting light emitted by the light emitter into the interior of the access device.
US09005113B2
In one embodiment, an endoscopic camera for a robotic surgical system includes a stereo camera module mounted to a robotic arm of a patient side cart. The optical and electro-optic components of the camera module are hermetically sealed within a first housing. Signals from an electro-optic component travel through traces in a ceramic substrate forming one side of the hermetically sealed first housing. A second housing surrounds the first housing and optical fibers are dispersed between the housings to provide lighting in a body cavity. The camera module may be sterilized by an autoclave.
US09005108B2
Devices and methods are provided for drug delivery. The device may include a housing configured for intralumenal deployment into a human or animal subject and first and second reservoirs within the housing, each reservoir having an actuation end, an opposed release end, and a plug moveable from the actuation end toward the release end. First and second drug formulations may be contained in the first and second reservoirs, respectively. The device may also include one or more actuation systems configured to drive the first and second plugs so as to drive the first and second drug formulations from the first and second reservoirs. The housing may include a porous membrane sidewall in fluid communication with the release ends of the first and second reservoirs, the porous membrane sidewall being configured to distribute the first and second drug formulations driven from the first and second reservoirs.
US09005099B2
Delivery systems and methods for delivering riboflavin (R/F) and UVA irradiation to the sclera are disclosed. The R/F is delivered and then activated with UVA irradiation through the use of LEDs or optical fibers, thereby causing cross-linking of the collagen tissue. Delivery systems include implantable structures which provide surfaces that conform to the sclera. The delivery systems include various types of structures for delivery of R/F onto the sclera surface. Additionally, the delivery systems include UVA sources which provide irradiation of R/F in sclera collagen tissue.
US09005089B2
An abdominal exercise device has a kneeling pad and a roller. The kneeling pad includes a top surface and two spaced apart kneeling recesses. The kneeling recesses are formed in the top surface of the kneeling pad. The roller is positioned movably relative to the kneeling pad when in use and includes a bracket, a left handle, a right handle, a front wheel and two rear wheels. The left and right handles are attached to a middle of the bracket. The front wheel is mounted on a front of the bracket. The rear wheels are mounted on a rear of the bracket. The kneeling recesses are ergonomically designed to correspond to contours of the human knees, thereby providing a comfortable support for a user's knees. The three wheels ensure that the roller has good balanced performance such that the user can steadily operate the roller.
US09005084B2
An improved finger exerciser to exercise each finger individually by depressing directly against the resistance of a spring. Embodiments are described wherein the device includes an electronic controller in operative communication with individual finger exercise elements to sense exercise parameters and provide tactile feedback to a user. In embodiments, the disclosed finger exerciser is configured to communicate sensed measurements to an integrated controller and/or a mobile device, such as a distance each finger is pressed, speed, response time, repetition count, and so forth. In embodiments, the exerciser is configured to provide tactile feedback, such as vibration, to a user via the finger pads. The finger exerciser may receive communications from an integrated controller and/or mobile device to activate a tactile stimulator. In some embodiments, the finger exerciser includes one or more spatial sensors to monitor movement of the device and communicate spatial information to an integrated controller and/or mobile device.
US09005083B2
A start safety circuit arrangement is incorporated into a work apparatus having an internal combustion engine. Combustion air and fuel are supplied to the combustion chamber by a control unit for the engine operation. The fuel/air mixture in the combustion chamber is ignited by an ignition plug. An operating mode selector has a start position for enriching the fuel/air mixture. A safety brake device in an operating mode brakes the work tool. A start position sensor is arranged on the operating mode selector and a brake position sensor is associated with the safety brake device. The status signal of the brake position sensor and the status signal of the start position sensor are combined to cause the control unit to disable the engine operation if the operating mode selector is in start position (III) and the safety brake device is in its standby mode (B).
US09005063B2
A hybrid drive train for a motor vehicle, comprising at least one internal combustion engine and at least one electric motor, which is functionally connected to the internal combustion engine, or can be functionally connected to said internal combustion engine, wherein a multi-speed transmission having two planetary gear sets, with at least one transmission input shaft and at least one transmission output shaft is provided, wherein the multi-speed transmission exhibits at least four shift elements, the selective actuation of which results in different transmission ratios between the at least one transmission input shaft and the transmission output shaft, such that at least three forward gears are realized.
US09005060B2
A derailleur 10, for moving a chain 60 to different sized sprockets arranged small to large in a sprocket nest 101 is disclosed. The derailleur 10 has a pivot guide feed arm 11 for directing the chain 60 onto one of multiple sprockets within the sprocket nest 101. The pivot guide feed arm 11 is rotatably mounted at a pivot end on an angular pivot pin 12 and when the pivot guide feed arm 11 rotates about the pivot pin 12 an opposite chain guide end of the pivot guide feed arm 11 traces a path substantially parallel to a tangent to the outer periphery of the sprocket nest 101. The movement of the pivot guide feed arm 11 is mechanically driven by a user command and is preferably moved by a connected rod or wire or cable 109.
US09005058B2
A belt-type stepless transmission is provided with: an input shaft; an input pulley having a stationary sheave and a movable sheave; a transmission shaft disposed parallel to the input shaft; an output pulley having a stationary sheave and a movable sheave; a belt wound around the input pulley and the pulley; an output shaft disposed coaxially with the transmission shaft; and a cam mechanism having a sheave-side cam which is provided and affixed to the movable sheave and a shaft-side cam which is provided and affixed to the output shaft and causing the sheave-side cam and the shaft-side cam to make contact with each other to thereby enable the transmission of torque between the movable sheave and the output shaft and apply an axial pressing force corresponding to the torque to the movable sheave.
US09005052B1
A golf ball having a core layer comprising a thermoplastic polyester elastomer formed from a polytetramethylene glycol with a molecular weight greater than or equal to 1400 g/mol is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, an inner core sphere is the core layer and has a diameter ranging from 0.875 inch to 1.4 inches. The core comprises the inner core, an intermediate core and an outer core. The mantle component comprises an inner mantle and an outer mantle. The cover layer is preferably composed of a thermoplastic polyurethane.
US09005050B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball that decrease the spin rate on the driver shots while suppressing the decrease in the spin rate on the approach shots in a golf ball having a urethane cover. The present invention provides a golf ball having a core consisting of a center and at least one intermediate layer covering the center, and a cover covering the core, wherein the cover contains polyurethane, and has a slab hardness of 85 or less in JIS A hardness, the core has a surface hardness of 60 or more in Shore D hardness, the intermediate layer has a thickness ranging from 0.5 mm to 2.0 mm, and a resin component constituting the intermediate layer has a hardness from 62 to 68 in Shore D hardness, a flexural modulus from 300 MPa to 500 MPa, and a maximum storage modulus E′ between −30° C. to 0° C. ranging from 1,000 MPa to 2,000 MPa.
US09005044B2
Described herein is an amusement ride that includes an object that supports a passenger, a carriage that releasably supports the object, a propulsion mechanism that accelerates the carriage and the object releasably supported by the carriage up to a desired velocity, and a braking mechanism that decelerates the carriage to release the object from the carriage at the desired velocity.
US09005041B2
A driveline shield system having a cap disposed to releasably engage a bearing mounted adjacent a drive shaft. The cap supports a tubular guard or shield in a coaxial position relative to the drive shaft. One or more lugs on the bearing are disposed to seat in corresponding slots formed in the cap. When the lugs are seated in the slots, rotation of the cap relative to the bearing causes the bearing and the cap to engage one another. A U-shaped clip is pivotally mounted to the cap and rotatable between a first position in which the clip extends into the slot and secures the lugs in engagement with the cap and a second release position in which the clip is retracted from the slot, thereby permitting relative rotation between the cap and bearing.
US09005037B2
A rotational vibration damper includes a primary side (32) and a secondary side (46) which is rotatable with respect to the primary side (32) around an axis of rotation (A) against the action of a damper element arrangement (28). At least one damper element unit (42) of the first group (70) and at least one damper element unit (42′) of the second group (70′) are pre-loaded, and the primary side (32) and the secondary side (46) are pre-loaded in a basic relative rotation position with respect to one another. Proceeding from the basic relative rotation position of the primary side (32) with respect to the secondary side (46), a pre-loading path (V, V′) of at least one pre-loaded damper element unit (42) is shorter than a maximum relative rotation path of the primary side (32) with respect to the secondary side (46).
US09005036B2
Users are arranged to employ gameplay terminals which including computing hardware for executing one or more software products The users share gameplay experiences by including in the one or more software products a host game software application for implementing one or more games on one or more of the terminals, and appending one or more software components to the host game software application for providing control of the host game software application on a real-time basis for recording gameplay experiences for sharing amongst the users based upon one or more of: game view, sub-game view, sensor data employed to control the game, video camera views of one or more users playing the game, game events occurring during playing the game. A software development kit is also described.
US09005030B2
A system for sharing score experiences includes one or more devices on which one or more games are played, a gameplay experience service arrangement and a communication arrangement for communicatively coupling the devices to the gameplay experience service arrangement. The devices include computing hardware for executing one or more games software products for implementing the one or more games when executed upon the computing hardware. The devices are operable to record a gameplay experience (GEV) played thereupon including an associated score, wherein the one or more devices are operable to upload their recorded gameplay experiences (GEV) and associated score to the gameplay experience service arrangement which maintains a score list corresponding to the uploaded gameplay experiences. The score list is accessible to the devices for identifying relative gameplay performances of users of the devices, for example via replaying of the recorded gameplay experiences.
US09005028B2
Methods and systems are described for automatically sending a popup or other message to another person's electronic device upon finishing a predetermined goal in a video game. The predetermined goal can be, for example, killing a first boss in under five minutes. The message to the friend can include a link or button enabled such that the friend can begin the game on his device in the same room, mission, scenario, etc. that the first player started out in so that the friend can attempt to duplicate or ‘one up’ the first player's achievement. Friends who are interested in receiving such messages can be determined from existing social networking sites.
US09005018B2
A gaming system identifies, from a gaming network having a cluster of electronic gaming machines (EGMs), those of the EGMs having an availability and unavailability for use. Those of the EGMs having the availability for use are organized. A user selects one of the organized EGMs.
US09005015B2
A gaming system including a central server linked to a plurality of gaming machines and a plurality of bonus awards. The central server monitors wagers on the gaming machines. Based at least in part on the wagers the central server determines when bonus events will occur and which gaming machine(s) will provide the bonus awards. In one embodiment, the central server determines which gaming machine will provide a primary bonus award and any secondary bonus awards. In one embodiment, the number of secondary bonus awards is determined based on the number of active gaming machines. The selected gaming machine then determines a component of or the amount of the bonus award to be provided to the gaming machine selected by the central server.
US09005011B2
Techniques for processing and presenting wagering data are presented herein. In one embodiment, a method comprises configuring a wagering game terminal for contemporaneously presenting content for a plurality of wagering games. Configuring the terminal can include dividing a player interface into a plurality of areas, wherein each of the areas is associated with one of the plurality of wagering games. The configuring can also include resizing the content to fit in the areas. The method can also include receiving, from a remote wagering game server, results for one or more of the wagering games, and selecting portions of the content, wherein the portions of the content graphically represent the results. The method can also include displaying the portions of the content.
US09005008B2
Methods and systems for making a side bet in a hybrid game having a gambling game portion and an entertainment game portion are provided. The side bet is made in regards to the play of the entertainment portion of the hybrid game and can be made using a real world credit, a game world credit or a game world element. If the side bet is made using a real world credit, the real world credits used by the gambling game portion of the hybrid game and credited to a player are incremented or decremented. If the side bet is made using a game world element, the entertainment game portion of the hybrid game is updated based on the outcome of the side bet.
US09004991B2
Provided is a temperature control apparatus of a working machine that is inexpensive, energy-saving and capable of eliminating the temperature difference between a temperature in a room in which the working machine is installed and a temperature of a working area.
US09004988B2
A slaughtered pig leg parts conveyor device is provided for conveying individual pig leg parts, wherein an individual pig leg part includes at least a portion of a pig leg and the pig foot. The conveyor device includes a track and one or more pig leg part carriers movable along said track, each carrier being adapted to carry an individual pig leg part. Each carrier has one pig foot retaining assembly adapted to engage on a single pig foot so as to retain the pig leg part in a position suspended from the carrier. The retaining assembly includes a pig foot aperture adapted to receive the pig foot.
US09004975B1
An optical toy adapted to enable a user, such as a child, to see a 3-dimensional image that is representative of an object being held in front of the toy. The toy includes a frame which surrounds a set of optical components and an optical components carrier. The set of optical components of the toy includes an optically-transparent (e.g., convex) lens and a reflective (e.g., concave) mirror surface that is located behind the transparent lens. The optical components carrier to which the set of optical components of the toy is attached is removable from the rear of the frame to be replaced by a different carrier having a different set of optical components.
US09004969B2
A method of making a spark plug electrode includes several steps. One step includes providing an inner core of a ruthenium (Ru) based alloy or an iridium (Ir) based alloy. Another step includes providing an outer skin over a portion or more of the inner core in order to produce a core and skin assembly. The outer skin can be made of platinum (Pt), gold (Au), silver (Ag), nickel (Ni), or an alloy of one of these. Yet another step includes increasing the temperature of the core and skin assembly. And another step includes hot forming the core and skin assembly at the increased temperature.
US09004963B1
A line collector for a marine propulsion unit comprises a spool-like body for collecting fishing line, nets, weeds, and other debris. The line collector can be positioned between two propellers to protect an internal seal of the marine propulsion unit.
US09004960B2
An improved outer layer of plating comprising a binary metal alloy of gold and palladium is employed on connector contacts. The binary metal alloy is plated on at least the contact surface of the contacts. Intermediate plating layers can be applied between the outer layer of gold and palladium and the conductive base of the contacts. The binary metal alloy of gold and palladium may be configured to have a mostly gold or a mostly silver appearance, depending upon the relative concentration of gold and palladium in the binary metal alloy.
US09004956B2
A conducting wire terminal seat comprises a main body which includes a first body and a second body. The first and second bodies respectively have a chamber for allowing an entry of high and low current (or voltage) conducting wires which is then electrically connected to metal units in respective chambers. A height (or length) of the first body is larger than a height (or length) of the second body, so that a distance from the first body to an operating area is smaller than a distance from the second body to the operating area. Therefore, the operator operates the loading and unloading operation of the high and low current conducting wires under a safer circumstance.
US09004955B2
A plug-in connector element (10) has at least two contact plates (72, 74) formed by shaped electrically conductive sheet metal strips. Each contact plate has a connection portion (76) for the electrical connection of the plug-in connector element (10) to an electrical line (6), a contact portion (82) for a detachable electrical connection of the plug-in connector element (10) to an associated connecting element, and a compensating portion (80) arranged between the connection portion (76) and the contact portion (82) for a resilient deflection of the contact portion (82) with respect to the connection portion (76). The connection portion (76), the compensating portion (80) and the contact portion (82) are integrally formed from the sheet metal strips (72, 74). A plug-in connector part has a plurality of plug-in connector elements.
US09004954B2
An electrical connection assembly includes a first connector which includes a first electrical contact surrounded by a first connector wall defining a first connector cavity. The first connector wall includes a plurality of ribs extending into the first connector cavity. A second connector is matable with the first connector along a mating axis and includes a second electrical contact in electrical communication with the first electrical contact when the first connector is mated with the second connector. The second connector includes a second connector body surrounding the second electrical contact.
US09004949B2
A stacked electric connector includes an insulating body, multiple electrically conductive terminals, a circuit board, a hub integrated circuit, and multiple outputting terminals. Multiple tongues portions extend forwards from the insulating body. Multiple terminal slots are disposed within the tongue portions. The electrically conductive terminals are disposed within the terminal slots. One end of each electrically conductive terminal extends out of the insulating body and is electrically connected to the circuit board. The electrically conductive terminals and the tongue portions together construct multiple connecting ports having the same interface. The hub IC is disposed on the circuit board and electrically connected to the electrically conductive terminals. The outputting terminals are disposed on the circuit board and electrically connected to the hub IC. An amount of the outputting terminals is equal to an amount of the electrically conductive terminals of each connecting port.
US09004948B2
An end cap of a lighting tube includes a first assembly member and a second assembly member. The first assembly member includes a first shell, several recesses, and two first position-limiting elements. The first shell has a first central-securing element, and the first shell forms a first area and a second area. The two first position-limiting elements are disposed on the first area. The second assembly member includes a second shell, a first elastic element, a second elastic element, and two positioning elements. An end of the second shell is connected to a lighting tube and a second central-securing element of the second shell is secured with the first central-securing element. The first elastic element is disposed on the second shell. The second elastic element is disposed on the second shell. The two positioning elements are disposed on the second shell.
US09004947B2
A shield connector is provided capable of reducing the number of components and assembly processes while ensuring shielding characteristics and movability. First and second connectors 10 and 20 respectively including terminals 16 and 26, connector housings 11 and 21 having operation opening portions 12 and 22 for connecting the terminals, and service covers 13 and 23 covering the opening portions, electric wires 40 connecting both the connectors, and a shield shell 50 shielding both the connectors and the electric wires are included. The shield shell is divided into a first shield shell 51 fixed to the first connector and second shield shells 52 and 53 fixed to the second connector, and the peripheral edges of the shield shells overlap each other while enabling relative movement between the first shield shell and the second shield shell. The service cover of the first connector has an interlocking portion 15.
US09004946B2
Electrical plug-and-socket connector, electrical mating connector, electrical plug-in connection and made-up electric cable. The disclosure relates to an electrical plug-and-socket connector, in particular electrical pin socket, with a plug-and-socket connector body and electromagnetic shielding provided on the plug-and-socket connector body, the plug-and-socket connector body and the shielding having coding means which correspond to each other, by means of which the shielding is provided in a certain orientation on the plug-and-socket connector body.
US09004933B2
A detonator (14) has a printed circuit board (18) with conductive contact pads (26) which are electrically connected to conductors (32, 34) by means of a compression-type fitting. The compression-type fitting includes a cover (40), a seal (46) and a locking member (54) through which the electrical conductors in the form of a cable (12) are slidably threaded in the stated order. The detonator (14) has at its trailing end (24) a wedge-shaped part (28) having a serrated surface (28A). Locking member (54) has a tapered cavity (56) having a serrated surface (56A). Cover (40) is slid along cable (12) to force locking member (54) into locking engagement with wedge-shaped part (28) to hold conductors (32, 34) in contact with contact pads (26).
US09004929B2
A method for producing electric components (1) for high-voltage applications, in particular ignition systems. An insulator (3) is produced as a hollow body from a thermoplastic material by an injection-molding method, the electrical functional part (2) is introduced into the insulator (3), and a casting material is cast in the intermediate space between the electrical functional part (2) and the insulator (3). Also, an electric component (1) having an electrical functional part (2) and an insulator (3) for high-voltage applications, in particular ignition systems The insulator (3) preferably consists of polyphenylene sulfide having a glass fiber content.
US09004927B2
A low-profile electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a plurality of contacts and a pair of mounting pieces positioned at opposite sides of the insulative housing. The insulative housing includes a half-opened plug-receiving space. Each contact includes a fixing portion, a deformable contacting portion extending into the plug-receiving space and a soldering portion for being mounted to a circuit board. Each mounting piece includes a retaining portion, a bending portion extending sidewardly from the retaining portion and a mounting portion parallel to the retaining portion. The mounting portions are adapted for being fixed to the circuit board in order that when a plug is inserted into the plug-receiving space, the mounting portions replace the soldering portions to bear a great deal of impact force.
US09004924B2
A magnetic power connector and an electronic system using a magnetic power connector are disclosed, wherein a magnetic element of the magnetic power connector is magnetically attracted to a matching magnetic connector to ensure a stable contact. In addition, the electrical conductive path created between the contact elements does not pass through any elastic elements, thereby avoiding heating and improving the lifespan of the elements. Furthermore, sealing can be disposed in the gaps between the connector elements to make the connector waterproof. In addition, a trigger signal can be generated by establishing an electrical connection between a signal contact element and the conductive element in the magnetic power connector so as to achieve the purpose of identification or control, thereby avoiding the functional failure caused by the damage of the contact element of the matching magnetic connector.
US09004923B2
A switching electrical power contactor having a bi-blade type switch, has ferrous plates attached to the blades to increase the current carrying capacity and reduce the resistance of the switch.
US09004922B2
An interactive education system for teaching patient care to a user is described. The system comprises a patient simulator; a virtual instrument for use with the patient simulator in performing patient care activities; means for sensing an interaction between the virtual instrument and the simulator, and means for providing feedback to the user regarding the interaction between the virtual instrument and the simulator. In one aspect, the system includes a maternal simulator, a fetal simulator, and a neonatal simulator.
US09004919B2
One possible embodiment of the invention could be a methodology of creating a proposed sulcus emergence profile for a dental implant surgical site, comprising of the following steps obtaining data of a specific patient's mouth needed to create a computer-generated virtual model of that patient's mouth; processing said obtained data to create a computer-generated virtual model of the patient's mouth; comparing virtual model data as it pertains to a site map of a proposed dental implant surgical site with virtual model data as it pertains to a site map of a mirror location in the mouth of the surgical site, allowing the mirror location site map to be transposed and overlaid upon the site map of the surgical site; and creating from that comparison of virtual model data, a proposed sulcus emergence profile for the implant surgical site.
US09004916B2
An orthodontic bracket includes a bracket body and a ligating member. The ligating member retains an archwire in an archwire slot and includes archwire control structure including projecting portions spaced apart in a mesial-distal direction with a recessed area therebetween. The recessed area and the projecting portions overlie the archwire slot. The recessed area may include a flat or a curved surface in a mesial-distal direction. The recessed area and projecting portions may define a radius of curvature that is less than the radius of curvature of the archwire seated in the slot. The archwire contacts one or both of the projecting portions resulting in a larger moment arm and better rotational control of the bracket with the force applied by the archwire.
US09004914B2
An Active Energy Assist (AEA) baking chamber includes an AEA light source assembly and a heater pedestal. The AEA baking chamber further includes a controller for controlling a power input to the AEA light source assembly and a power input to the heater pedestal. A method of forming interconnects on a substrate includes etching a substrate and wet cleaning the etched substrate. The method further includes active energy assist (AEA) baking the substrate after the wet-cleaning. The AEA baking includes placing the substrate on a heater pedestal in an AEA chamber, exposing the substrate to light having a wavelength equal to or greater than 400 nm, wherein said light is emitted by a light source and controlling the light source and the heater pedestal using a controller.
US09004913B2
A gas burner, which is particularly suitable for flame treatment of substrates having large surfaces, e.g. for coating such surfaces in a combustion chemical vapor deposition (CCVD) process, includes a burner body with a gas supply connection and a nozzle plate, wherein the burner body and the nozzle plate constitute together a gas plenum and the nozzle plate constitutes a perforated wall section of the plenum. The nozzle plate includes a large number of nozzles extending from a plenum side to a flame side of the nozzle plate and it is made of a plurality of sheets which are arranged in a stack and extend substantially perpendicular or substantially parallel to the nozzle extension. The sheets include through openings, wherein the through openings of all sheets are at least partly aligned with each other, or they have a comb-like form.
US09004906B2
A cavity insert for a mold stack is disclosed, the cavity insert being dimensioned to define a continuous annular cavity insert cooling chamber. The cavity insert also provides a first and second decompression chamber in fluid communication with each end of the cavity insert cooling chamber. Also disclosed is a chamber extension feature in fluid communication with the cavity insert cooling chamber to promote cooling in the downstream region of the cavity insert.
US09004903B2
The invention provides a deckle system for extrusion dies. In certain embodiments, the invention provides methods of cleaning an extrusion die equipped with a retractable external deckle system. Also provided in some embodiments is a deckle system having a novel deckle adjustment mechanism. In other embodiments, the invention provides an advantageous internal deckle member equipped with a removable, replaceable internally threaded insert.
US09004895B2
A thermoforming device heats a plastic film to a substantially uniform temperature, in order to impart a curved shape to said film. The device includes a chamber, the internal pressure of which is variable and which is closed by the film, a system for measuring a sag in the film arranged outside the chamber and opposite said film, and a system for heating the film. The heating system includes a hot air blowing unit which is suitable for producing a hot airflow flowing parallel to the film between two opposite edges of said film.
US09004892B2
An optical lens mold includes a mold body, a magnetic fluid, a plurality of thermocouples, a plurality of electromagnets, a controlling unit and a power source. The mold body defines a plurality of injection chambers and a cooling channel surrounding the plurality of injection chambers. The magnetic fluid contains magnetic particles and flows in the cooling channel. The thermocouples are capable of sensing temperatures of the plurality of injection chambers correspondingly. The electromagnets are positioned above the cooling channel corresponding to the plurality of thermocouples. The plurality of thermocouples and the plurality of electromagnets are connected to the controlling unit via the power source, the controlling unit is capable of the comparing the standard temperature value with temperature values sensed by the plurality of thermocouples, and maintaining the temperature of the plurality of injection chambers in a normal state.
US09004885B2
The present invention relates to a reciprocating compressor in which a cylinder of a compression unit is tightly fixed to a hermetic shell, and a stator of a reciprocating motor is fixed to the hermetic shell by a support spring consisting of a leaf spring, so as to reduce the gap between a compressor body and the hermetic shell and thus reduce the size of the compressor. In addition, the masses of the members of the reciprocating motor and of the compression unit, as well as the elasticity of the spring supporting the members, are properly adjusted to offset the force being applied to the hermetic shell, thereby minimizing the vibrations of the hermetic shell. Further, the relative velocity of the reciprocating motor increases such that the relative velocity of the reciprocating motor is faster than the relative velocity of the compression unit, thereby improving the efficiency of the motor.
US09004883B2
A low noise, high efficiency solenoid pump includes a housing containing a hollow electromagnetic coil. Within the coil resides a pump assembly defining a tubular body having a pair of opposed ends which respectively include an inlet or suction port and an outlet or pressure port and within which a plunger or piston resides. The piston is biased in opposite directions by a pair of opposed compression springs. A first compression spring limits and arrests travel of the piston during the suction or return stroke and a second compression spring limits travel of the piston during the pumping stroke and returns the piston after the pumping stroke. The piston includes a first check valve that opens to allow hydraulic fluid into a pumping chamber during the suction stroke and closes during the pumping stroke to cause fluid to be pumped out of the pumping chamber. A second check valve opens to allow pumped fluid to exit the pumping chamber and the pump body through the outlet or pressure port and closes to inhibit reverse flow.
US09004880B2
A fan motor set locating structure includes a base seat and a motor set. The base seat has a bearing cup. At least one locating notch is formed on a top section of the bearing cup. A bearing is disposed in the bearing cup. The motor set includes an insulation support. One side of the insulation support is formed with a sleeve. The sleeve is capped on the bearing cup. The sleeve has at least one protrusion section protruding from the sleeve to the bearing cup corresponding to the locating notch. The protrusion section is engaged in the locating notch in abutment with the bearing. Accordingly, the motor set can be quickly fixedly assembled with the bearing cup to fix the bearing. Therefore, the number of the components is decreased and the assembling process is speeded.
US09004876B2
A cooling system includes a fan group with a number of fans arranged in a row, a rail extending in a direction parallel to the row of the fans. A backup fan slidably mounted to the rail, a motor configured to control the movement of the backup fan, and a control board to determine whether there exists one malfunction fan in the fan group. When one abnormal fan exists in the fan group, the control board outputs a control signal to the motor, to enable the motor to drive the backup fan to move to a location corresponding to the abnormal fan.
US09004862B2
A control system for calibrating a wind turbine sensor placed on a component of a wind turbine and related methods are disclosed. The wind turbine includes a rotor having at least one wind turbine blade. The method comprises pitching one or more of the at least one of the wind turbine blades according to a predetermined pitch movement which induces a vibratory motion in the at least one turbine blade. A wind turbine sensor measures a vibratory response signal at least partly caused by the vibratory motion. A characteristic sensor response value is determined from the vibratory response signal. The characteristic sensor response value may be compared to a predetermined sensor calibration parameter to determine whether a difference is greater than a predefined tolerance parameter. In this manner, the wind turbine sensor may be calibrated.
US09004859B2
A casing treatment for a fan or compressor stage 10 of a gas turbine engine comprises circumferential grooves 16A, 16B, 16C, 16D and 16E which extend in a series disposed between the leading edges 20 and trailing edges 22 of blades 6 of a fan or compressor stage 10. The grooves 16 vary in depth d in order to optimise the stall margin of the fan or compressor stage 10 while preserving peak efficiency.
US09004848B2
A feeding device includes a housing, a first conveying mechanism mounted on the housing, and a distribution mechanism. The housing forming a receptacle space includes a top surface defining a receiving opening communicated with the receptacle space. The distribution mechanism includes a slide platform slidably mounted on the top surface, a distribution member, and elastic members. The slide platform defines an unloading opening communicated with the receiving opening and a mounting groove adjacent to the unloading opening. The distribution member is movably mounted in the mounting groove. The elastic member elastically resists the distribution member to protrude out from the unloading opening. The stacked feeding trays resist the distribution member to move away from the unloading opening. When the top feeding tray is moved above the distribution member, the distribution member retracts by an elastic force to separate the top feeding tray from the stacked feeding trays located below.
US09004844B2
A forklift truck includes a truck body, a fork, a mast, tilting and lifting mechanisms, tilt and lift levers, tilting and lifting operation detectors, an auxiliary switch, a tilt angle detector and a controller. The tilt and lift levers are adapted to operate the tilting and lifting mechanisms, respectively. The auxiliary switch is disposed on the lift lever at a position where the auxiliary switch and the lift lever are operable by the same operator's hand. The controller is adapted to control the tilting and lifting mechanisms based on signals from the tilting and lifting operation detectors and the auxiliary switch. When the auxiliary switch is in operative position and the lifting operation detector detects that the lift lever is in operative position, the controller controls the tilting mechanism so as to tilt the fork to have a predetermined tilt angle based on a signal from the tilt angle detector.
US09004843B2
Method and apparatus for handling aerogenerator blades that provide a versatile means for handling aerogenerator blades without an unbalanced distribution of the loads in the blade. The method comprises positioning an upper mounting part (103) over the blade after the upper mold has been retracted; lifting the blade with the upper mounting part from the under mold using a lifting means; positioning the blade over an under mounting part (104) which is fixedly attached to an inferior movable support (102); attaching the upper mounting part to the under mounting part, wherein the upper and under mounting parts together have the inner surface substantially corresponding to the shape of the blade outer profile section. The invention further comprises an apparatus for handling aerogenerator blades.
US09004841B2
Disclosed are apparatuses and methods for use thereof for loading bulk material into freight containers. One apparatus comprises a hopper configured to receive bulk material that is sized and shaped to be at least partially enclosable by a container to occupy a substantial volume of the container and a ram. The ram comprises a plate and a driver configured to move the plate from a back end of the hopper to an open end of the hopper to expel material into a container. Another apparatus comprises a hopper configured to receive bulk material that is sized and shaped to be at least partially enclosable by a container to occupy a substantial volume of the container and a reciprocating conveyor floor system. Optionally, a chute can be employed in combination with a loader vehicle to quickly and efficiently load bulk material into a container.
US09004836B2
A security fastener, for use with a corresponding key, having a channel in a head of the security fastener for receiving the key, the bottom of the channel being profiled wherein the depth of the channel varies along the length of the channel; a key for use with a security fastener; a combination, or a kit of parts, comprising a security fastener; a method of manufacturing a security fastener; and a method of processing an order for a security fastener.
US09004819B2
A method for installation of an offshore wind turbine. The method includes prefabrication of a foundation that provides buoyant force and uprighting force to the foundation so as to keep it upright without external forces. The method further includes installation on a dock that includes assembling the offshore wind turbine into a complete set, and finishing testing in a state of the complete set. The method further includes transporting the complete set to an offshore site in a way of floating on the water, and then offshore installation that includes sinking the complete set onto a sea bed by gravity on the offshore site, and fixing the foundation to finish the installation. The present invention also provides a method for recovery of an offshore wind turbine, which is performed generally in steps reversed to the method for installation.
US09004816B2
A method for remediating contaminated soil includes adding a heat-activated oxidizing agent into the soil; exposing the soil to direct current through a first set of electrodes so as to cause migration of the oxidizing agent through the soil and pore water contained in the soil; and exposing the soil to alternating current through a second set of electrodes so as to heat the soil and thus to activate the oxidizing agent. The first and second sets of electrodes are optionally the same set.
US09004807B2
A vehicle access control system includes an elongate, generally hollow, generally planar base platform having a first and a second distal end. A generally hollow enclosure is atop the base platform. A first lift gate is intermediate the enclosure and the first distal end of the base platform, while a second lift gate is intermediate the enclosure the second distal end of the base platform. A first lift arm is pivotally coupled to the first lift gate and extends generally perpendicularly away from a longitudinal axis of the base platform. Likewise, a second, opposing lift arm is pivotally coupled to the second lift gate and extends generally perpendicularly away from the longitudinal axis of the base platform. The base platform is configured for direct contact with a mounting surface. In addition, the vehicle access control system is transportable as a unit.
US09004806B2
An elongated clamp for securing a flexible fabric-like shroud to a scaffold support member including two opposed jaws movable between an open and closed position by a one pin and an at-least-one wedge combination. The flexible shroud is held to the support member by the clamp's gripping force. Multiple clamps securable at different points along the various standard support members can provide positive securement of the shroud.
US09004805B2
A progressive release or multi-point engagement device according to aspect of the present disclosure includes a first component and a second component connected to the first component with mounted coil spring. The first component is movable relative to the second component and latch by moving the canted coil spring to a second common groove. Alternatively, a second spring is used to move the second component and relative to a third component. When a second engagement position is desired, a relatively higher a force may be necessary to move the relevant component.
US09004802B2
A tolerance ring has a band with outwardly extending corrugated protrusions forming waves that engage an outer surface of a shaft. At one end of the tolerance ring is an inwardly flared guide surface extending axially and radially from the band. The guide surface acts as a tapered entrance to a bore of a housing to assist during assembly.
US09004796B2
An application device for applying a flowable substance includes an outer shell, and inner shell, and a reservoir defined between the inner and outer shells. The outer shell has an outer circumferential wall and an outer bottom. The inner shell has an inner circumferential wall and an inner bottom defining an inner space and is sealingly received in the outer shell for telescopic movement between a closed position and a released position. At least one orifice is formed in the inner bottom of the inner shell. A closure means closes off the at least one orifice in the closed position, wherein at least one pin forming at least part of the closure means extends from the outer shell.
US09004794B2
A telescopic chalk holder for drawing upon a drawing surface and including an outer cylinder having a tip at one end, a chalk stick received within the outer cylinder, the tip in radial receipt of the chalk stick, a push rod received by a second end of the outer cylinder and extending at least a portion of the chalk stick through the tip, and a push rod providing pressure to the chalk stick as the tip is manipulated over the drawing surface.
US09004793B2
A lipstick case lipstick body lift seat anti-slipped structure includes a lipstick case, an outer tube, a lift seat with an opening facing upward, and a lipstick body. A plurality of anti-slipped blocking grooves is formed on an upwardly inclined side of each of the two inclined guiding grooves. The outer tube is sleeved on an outer side of the small diameter guiding tube, and a spiral guiding groove is disposed on an inner wall of the outer tube concavely. The lipstick body is sleeved in the lift seat. Two lift guiding columns are disposed on an outer wall of the lift seat protrudingly for engaging with the inclined guiding grooves correspondingly and pressing into the spiral guiding groove. An anti-slipped blocking portion is protrudingly disposed on an outer diameter of each of the lift guiding columns corresponding to the anti-slipped blocking grooves.
US09004790B2
A cutter unit is incorporated in a printer to cut a paper in accordance with an instruction from a controller of the printer. The cutter unit includes a cutter blade, a position sensor for detecting that the cutter blade is or is not in a reference position, a motor for driving the cutter blade, a drive circuit for the motor, and a cutter control element for controlling the drive circuit on the basis of a result of the detection of the position sensor to operate the cutter blade in accordance with the instruction from the controller.
US09004788B2
A substrate processing apparatus is disclosed equipped with a transfer mechanism that transfers a substrate processed at a processing block to a carrier so that the increase of the number of transfer process is suppressed, improving the processing efficiency. The substrate processing apparatus is configured in such a way that, when a second-transfer module houses at least one substrate and a carrier that can house the at least one substrate is not placed in a carrier-placement unit, the at least one substrate is transferred to a buffer module. When the second transfer module houses at least one substrate and the carrier that can house the at least one substrate is placed in the carrier-placement unit, the at least one substrate is transferred to the carrier, regardless of whether or not a substrate is being transferred from the buffer module to the carrier.
US09004781B2
A method and structure for reinforcing a fusion splice part where optical fiber cores extending from sheaths of a pair of optical cables are spliced to each other, wherein a reinforcing member is provided along the fusion splice part so that both ends of the reinforcing member overlap with each of the sheaths of the optical cables; an adhesive tube covers the periphery of the fusion splice part provided with the reinforcing member so that both ends of the adhesive tube overlap with each of the sheaths of the optical cables, and is contracted; and a protective tube covers the periphery of the adhesive tube so that both ends of the protective tube overlap with each of the sheaths of the optical cables, the adhesive tube is outwardly projected in the length direction, and is contracted.
US09004777B2
An optical fiber coupling assembly includes a first optical fiber connector and a second optical fiber connector. The first optical fiber connector includes a first body having a first light incident surface, first optical lenses, first plugs, and second plugs. The first optical lenses, the first plugs, and the second plugs are formed on the first light incident surface. The first optical lenses are positioned between the first plugs, and the first plugs are positioned between the second plugs. The second plugs are longer than the first plugs. The second optical fiber connector includes a second body having a second light incident surface and second optical lenses formed on the second light incident surface. First engaging holes and second engaging holes are defined in the second light incident surface. The first plugs are inserted into the first engaging holes, and the second plugs are inserted into the second engaging holes.
US09004772B2
A rolling bearing unit includes: a rolling bearing; a grease reservoir in which grease is reserved; an outer ring spacer disposed adjacent to an outer ring of the rolling bearing; and a bellows-shaped grease medium that connects a second side wall that defines the grease reservoir on the outer ring spacer side, to a step portion of the outer ring. The grease medium is disposed so as to be impregnated with a base oil contained in the grease.
US09004765B1
An air foil bearing has a bearing housing having a shaft hole in which a rotary shaft is inserted and a top foil fixed to the shaft hole to support the circumference of the rotary shaft, an air flow path is formed at the top foil by means of a plurality of dams protruding on the inner surface of the top foil, and the air flow path is formed so that air between the top foil and the rotary shaft flows along the circumference of the inner surface of the top foil.
US09004763B2
A buried plug has interference which is made to exert a load or stress less in a widthwise direction of the guide rail than in a lengthwise direction of the guide rail, thereby protect raceways on the guide rail against any deformation such as bulge. The buried plug has a mating zone to press fit into a counterbore of a bolt hole and a leading zone to guide the mating zone into the counterbore. Let assuming a definition that a direction perpendicular to a lengthwise direction of the guide rail is referred to a direction opposed to the raceway surface or the widthwise direction of the guide rail, the interference exerting a force on the counterbore in the widthwise direction is determined less than the interference exerting the force on the counterbore in the lengthwise direction of the guide rail.
US09004750B2
A system connects a bracelet to a watch case by a link. The watch case includes a caseband and a back cover. The link includes a first hollow element and a second element partly nesting in the first hollow element. The first hollow element carries a first device to fasten to the watch case. The second element carries a second device to fasten to an adjacent bracelet link. The watch case includes a mechanical device arranged to pivot the first hollow element so that the first hollow element is pressed against the caseband of the watch case.
US09004741B2
A device for agitating a canister of material to mix the material therein. A housing in which the canister is inserted has a ball mounted to the bottom end of the housing. The ball is mounted on an axle driven by an external rotary power drill. The ball is located offset with respect to a main axis of the housing and is also mounted offset with respect to the axle of rotation thereby causing rotation of the canister as well as reciprocal motion of the canister.
US09004738B2
The present invention provides a display device comprising: back plate, lightguiding plate, optical film, and positioning unit. Lightguiding plate is disposed on back plate. Optical film is disposed on lightguiding plate. Optical film comprises at least one positioning section. Positioning section comprises first extending section extending out from the margin of optical film, and second extending section being connected with extending section. Positioning unit is disposed close to optical film and fixed on back plate. Positioning unit comprises main section and hold down section connecting to main section. The present invention, adding positioning unit comprising a groove holding first extending section and hold down section holding down second extending section on back plate, makes optical film positioned and prevents disposition and falloff during the manufacturing and transportation process. In addition, without applying tapes to position optical film, as a result, optical film waving is prevented.
US09004735B2
A backlight module includes a light guide plate and only one light source. The light guide plate has a main body and protrusions. The main body has a light emitting surface, a light incident surface, a first side surface, and a second side surface. The protrusions are positioned on the light incident surface, and face the light source. The protrusions diffuse the light rays from the only one light source and guides the light rays into the main body. The light emitting surface has a light emitting area and a marginal area surrounding the light emitting area. The marginal area has a light diffusion area adjacent to the light incident surface and the first side surface. An included angle between the light incident surface and the first side surface is an obtuse angle. An included angle between the light incident surface and the second side surface is an obtuse angle.
US09004734B2
A light guide plate includes a number of optical fibers positioned side by side and transparent curable glue adhering the optical fibers together. The optical fibers and the curable glue cooperatively form a light incident surface and a light output surface connected to the light incident surface. The light output surface defines light output holes.
US09004729B2
An internal IR filter assembly for an illuminator has a lamp disposed within a reflector with a face plate. A spring-biased IR filter is shaped as a hollow sleeve telescopically disposed over the lamp. A fixed cylindrical pedestal has one end coupled to the face plate. A sliding cylindrical mount is coupled to the IR filter and telescopically disposed over the fixed pedestal. A gear drive is engaged to a driven gear or hub. A motor is coupled to the gear drive to selectively and reversibly rotate the gear drive. The driven gear is coupled to the sliding cylindrical mount of the IR filter to selectively and reversibly translate the IR filter with respect to the lamp. At least one rod is coupled to the driven gear to prevent the rotation of the driven gear. The rod is slidable within the illuminator but rotationally fixed relative to the illuminator.
US09004715B1
A modular lighting assembly for a modular frame piece comprising a power module, a heat spreader, a circuit board with traces that provide electrical pathways, at least one illumination element, and a cover. The circuit board is disposed upon the heat spreader, the cover is disposed upon the circuit board and encapsulates the circuit board, the power module is electrically connected to the traces on the circuit board. The traces on the circuit board are electrically connected to the at least one illumination element to enable power transfer from the power module to the at least one illumination element. The modular lighting assembly can be slidably disposed within a slot of a modular frame profile.
