US07889719B2
A method and an apparatus for selecting a communication channel according to usage patterns maintained in a database for multiple communication channels available to reach a recipient are described. Each communication channel is associated with at least two communication systems. Usage patterns of a communication channel are related to daily communication channel usage information including the corresponding business activities of the recipient. In responding to a request to reach the recipient, one communication channel of a communication service is selected according to the usage patterns retrieved from the database to establish a network communication with the recipient.
US07889718B2
Determining a physical location of a network device includes determining a network address associated with the network device and correlating the network address with a physical location. The network address associated with the network device is an address of the network device, an address of a router coupled to the network device or an address of an other device at a same physical location as the network device. The other device may be a gas meter or an electric meter. A table may be consulted for the location information.
US07889712B2
A router is described that includes a routing table containing route information and a module to evaluate a route and detect a loop path associated with the route using the routing table. A process is described to detect and eliminate routing loops associated with recursive routes in a routing table, so as to provide a routing table that will be loop free.
US07889711B1
Filters are selectively applied to packets depending on forwarding equivalence classes (FECs) of the packets. A FEC filter is defined within the network device and qualified by incoming interface information that identifies source sites of the packets. A label distribution protocol (LDP) FEC is configured such that packets of the given FEC are associated with the FEC filter. The FEC identifies a destination site of the packets received by the router and is automatically combined with incoming interface information. In this way, packet flows may be filtered based on FECs of the packets. FEC filters may be further refined to operate at forwarding class granularity. The techniques allow accurate billing of packets traveling between specific source and destination sites regardless of the number of interfaces of the network device the packets utilize. In addition, the filtering can be used to provide anti-spoofing capabilities.
US07889709B2
Embodiments of the present invention distinguish a first type of data packet transmitted over a random access communication channel of a wireless cellular communications system from a second type of data packet transmitted over the same random access communication channel, allowing the first and second data packet data packet types to share a common set of random access channels through the use of different types of channel coding. This reduces data packet collision probability by eliminating the need to segregate the set of random access channels according to data packet type. Backward compatibility with legacy base stations that handle only the first data packet type is maintained in that no changes to the first data packet type are needed.
US07889703B2
An adaptive modulation and coding (AMC) method for data transmission by various modulation orders and coding rates is provided. A signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of a transmission channel is estimated. Quality of service (QOS) parameters are provided, defining maximum allowable delay and packet error rate (PER). A retransmission limit is determined from the maximum allowable delay. An optimum packet length is determined based on the QOS parameters and the SNR. A modulation order and a coding rate most suitable for the estimated SNR and the defined PER are selected based on the optimum packet length and the retransmission limit.
US07889692B2
Data communication includes an estimate of packet error rate that is useful, for example, when there is insufficient data transmission to provide a direct measurement of packet error rate. At least one pilot channel output provides a basis to determine an estimated packet error rate. One example includes using a pilot channel ratio of an energy-per-chip to a noise spectrum density. Another example includes using a pilot symbol error rate from the pilot channel as the basis for determining the traffic channel packet error rate.
US07889691B2
A method for distributing a packet to a plurality of moving nodes comprising receiving a packet containing at least a message, a sender identifier, a location of a sender, an identifier for a relay node and distance from the sender and the relay node, determining if a node receiving the packet is the relay node and immediately distributing the packet to a plurality of moving nodes if the receiving node is the relay node. If the receiving node is not the relay node, the method further comprises steps of waiting a set period of time, determining if a packet is received from a different sender containing the same message, within the period of time and distributing the packet to a plurality of moving nodes if a packet containing the same message is not received within the period of time. The distributed packet includes an identifier for a successive relay node.
US07889689B2
The invention relates to switching between a point-to-multipoint channel and a point-to-point channel for transmitting multicast data from a mobile communication network to a mobile station. According to a first aspect of the invention, the mobile station determines the link quality of a point-to-multipoint channel employed for the transmission and requests from the network a switch to a point-to-point channel in case the determined link quality is too low. According to a second aspect of the invention, the network estimates the link quality of a point-to-multipoint channel while using at least a point-to-point channel for the transmission of multicast data, and orders the mobile station to switch to this point-to-multipoint channel, in case the estimated link quality of the point-to-multipoint channel is sufficiently high.
US07889663B1
Test equipment operable to evaluate handoff in wireless networks can be configured as an infrastructure test system or a client mobility test system. The infrastructure test system includes a plurality of client emulating devices and a client motion emulator for testing real access points. Each client emulating device is operable to emulate multiple individual virtual mobile devices (“virtual mobile devices”). The client motion emulator computes a mathematical representation of the modeled network and motion of virtual mobile devices in that network. The client motion emulator employs the mathematical representation to calculate path loss between virtual mobile devices and the real access points in the modeled network. The calculated path loss information is transmitted to the virtual mobile devices. Path loss of communications from a virtual mobile device to an access point is implemented via a programmable attenuator.
US07889650B2
A method for establishing a Diameter session for packet flow based charging with multiple ways for establishing the Diameter session between a TPF and a CRF. The Diameter session can be established for each bearer of each subscriber, which means that for GPRS the Diameter session is established for each PDP Context State Model of each subscriber. The Diameter session can also be established for the bearers with a same APN of each subscriber. The Diameter session can further be established for all the bearers of each subscriber. The invention improves the mechanism for establishing Diameter sessions and makes the implementation of the charging flow more integrated. Moreover, the multiple ways for establishing Diameter sessions between the TPF and the CRF provided in the present invention can be flexibly selected according to the practical charging applications.
US07889644B2
Method and apparatus for implementing multi-time scale adaptive routing in an IP network are described. One embodiment is a packet router that supports multi-time scale resource management. The packet router comprises a management agent that manages differentiated services policy information database operable to store policies on forwarding packets in the packet router; a resource server system that controls forwarding of packets in the packet router based on adaptive selections of policies from the policy information database; a flow measurement system that monitors packet flows through the packet router and generates statistic reports which affect the resource server systems selection of control; and a hardware forwarding engine that receives and forwards packets in response to the resource server system controls.
US07889636B2
A communication system includes a call agent that coordinates and supervises communications between endpoints. The call agent allocates a QoS agent for each endpoint involved in a call. The QoS agents generate reservations for the call in order to provide the call with a guaranteed amount of bandwidth and an established QoS. Each endpoint or location associated with an endpoint has a reservation policy that determines how calls are to be handled when a reservation is or is not obtained and when a reservation is lost or obtained during a call. The communication system is able to handle reservations, or the lack thereof, during various situations like on hold, call transfer, call forwarding, conference call, and shared line services.
US07889634B1
An apparatus includes a transmitter to transmit a first orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing signal including a first signal burst with a plurality of first fields of a first type. Each of a plurality of pair fields includes a second field of a second type and a third field of a third type. The second type is different than the first type and the third type is different than the first type and the second type. Each first field in the first signal burst is transmittable prior to a corresponding pair field of the plurality of pair fields. Each second field of a given pair field comprises an indicator to indicate whether a first field is transmitted subsequent to the given pair field. A controller selects a number of pair fields to be transmitted in the first signal burst of the first orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing signal.
US07889615B2
This invention directs to an optical disc assembly configured to receive an analyte which can be detected by a standard optical disc reader or an optical disc reader modified therefrom. The optical disc assembly may preferably be designed so that the optical disc reader can track the disc and detect the analyte concurrently and discriminably. The optical disc assembly contains or encodes optically readable features which are trackable by the optical disc reader and which have encoded speed information enabling the optical disc reader to rotate the optical disc assembly at a determinable speed. The optical disc assembly also includes an analyte section capable of receiving the analyte that can be detected by the optical disc reader.
US07889613B2
In a multilayer optical disc having information layers conforming to a plurality of different optical disc standards, because the type of each information layer is not recorded in the other information layers, in read and write operations by a compatible optical disc device conforming to a plurality of optical disc standards, every time the information layer being accessed changes, it has been necessary to read the type of the information layer and select a method of generating a tracking error signal adapted to the type of information layer, so access has taken time. In order to solve the above problem, in the optical multilayer disc according to the present invention, having information layers conforming to a plurality of different optical disc standards, in an area in one of the information layers, information about the other information layers is recorded. The time required to access the other information layers can be reduced by using this information to select a tracking error signal generating method.
US07889605B2
The present invention provides an information reproducing apparatus which can directly and intuitively designate a reproduction point, as desired by a user, on the basis of a change in level of a visually-provided information amount. An optical disk reproducing apparatus 100 reads content data from an optical disk 10 loaded and has a reproduction-time specification operating unit 220 which is formed by a movable operator MF. The reproduction-time specification operating unit 220 displays a change in amount of information on a beat according to elapsed time in the entire content data and includes a movable operator MF which is used to specify reproduction time of the optical disk 10 while being movable in an operation area OF corresponding to a display area A1. The reproduction-time specification operating unit 220 moves the movable operator MF such that the center of the movable operator MF corresponds to the reproduction time of the contents data in the beat density data displayed on a display unit 221.
US07889604B2
An information recording medium is provided with: a first recording layer in which one portion of record information including predetermined data can be recorded, the predetermined data being (i) capable of setting a recording layer close to a physically or optically recorded state, and (ii) capable of setting the recording layer close to a buffer state for finalizing; and a second recording layer in which another portion of the record information can be recorded by laser light transmitted through the first recording layer, the information recording medium is provided with a management area in which management information can be recorded, the management information including (iii) identification information indicating whether or not there is a predetermined data recording area in which the predetermined data can be recorded, (iv) position information of the predetermined data recording area, and (v) attribute information of the predetermined data recording area.
US07889600B2
A vessel-mountable integrated sonar system is provided. The vessel-mountable integrated sonar system comprises at least one imaging sonar data acquisition device and at least one processing system electronically and removably connected to the at least one imaging sonar data acquisition device, wherein the sonar data acquisition device preferably provides acoustic data to the processing system, producing sonar imageries utilizing the acoustic data, and wherein the system provides digital tilt and azimuth direction feedback for accurate geo-referencing of data to localize targets of interest.
US07889596B2
A method and a system for determining the position of a drill bit are presented. The method comprises determining positions of seismic wave detectors, recording seismic waves generated at the drill bit, identifying events at the drill bit, determining a plurality of relative positions of the drill bit, and determining, based at least partly on a starting position and a sum of the relative positions, an absolute position of the drill bit. The method further comprises determining a position of the drill bit at a second event in relation to a position of the drill bit at a first event, and determining a second seismic wave propagation velocity between the drill bit and at least one of the detectors, based at least partly on the determined position of the drill bit at the second event.
US07889595B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a clock inputting unit configured to receive a system clock and a data clock, a clock dividing unit configured to divide a frequency of the data clock to generate a data division clock and determining a phase of the data division clock according to a division control signal, a phase dividing unit configured to generate a plurality of multiple-phase data division clocks each having a predetermined phase difference according to the data division clock, and a first phase detecting unit configured to detect a phase of the system clock based on a predetermined selection clock among the multiple-phase data division clocks, and generate the division control signal according to the detection result.
US07889587B2
A program circuit generates first and second currents to program the fuse. The second current is higher than the first current. A control circuit controls generating the first and second currents in succession.
US07889583B2
A tracking circuit of a memory circuit is provided. The tracking circuit is coupled between a control circuit and a sense amplifier, delays a word-line pulse signal generated by the control circuit by a delay period to generate a sense amplifier enable signal enabling the sense amplifier to detect data bits output by a memory cell array. In one embodiment, the tracking circuit comprises a plurality of dummy cells and a dummy bit line. At least one of the plurality of dummy cells comprises a plurality of cascaded transistors cascaded between the dummy bit line and a ground voltage for lowering down a dummy bit line signal on the dummy bit line when the word-line pulse signal is enabled. The dummy bit line is coupled to the dummy cells and carries the dummy bit line signal.
US07889574B2
A semiconductor memory device employs a clamp for preventing latch up. For the purpose, the semiconductor memory device includes a precharging/equalizing unit for precharging and equalizing a pair of bit lines, and a control signal generating unit for producing a control signal which controls enable and disable of the precharging/equalizing unit, wherein the control signal generating unit includes a clamping unit to clamp its source voltage to a voltage level lower than that of its bulk bias.
US07889562B2
Memory devices and methods of operating memory devices are provided. In one such embodiment, a programming voltage pulse or an erase voltage pulse is applied to memory cells of a memory device. A rate at which programming or erasing is proceeding is determined. The programming voltage pulse or the erase voltage pulse is adjusted at least partially in response to the determined rate. The adjusted programming voltage pulse or the adjusted erase voltage pulse is applied to the memory cells that failed to program or erase.
US07889553B2
A non-volatile memory cell includes: a substrate including diffusion regions for a read-out transistor; a capacitor formed in a poly-silicon layer adjacent the substrate, the capacitor including a floating gate for the read-out transistor and a control gate, the floating gate and the control gate each having finger extensions, the finger extensions from the floating gate interdigitating with the finger extensions from the control gate; anda programming line coupled to the control gate.
US07889547B2
A memory having a memory cell, a resistance estimator and a write current generator. The resistance estimator is coupled to the memory cell to estimate the resistance of the memory cell and outputs an estimated resistance level. According to the estimated resistance level, the write current generator generates a write current to flow through the memory cell and to change the resistance of the memory cell. The write current is in a pulse form, and the write current generator sets the pulse width, or magnitude, or both the pulse width and the magnitude of the write current according to the estimated resistance level.
US07889546B2
A phase-change random access memory (PRAM) device includes a PRAM cell array including a first sector and a second sector, a first global bit line coupled to a first local bit line of the first sector and a first local bit line of the second sector, and a first plurality of global bit line discharge units coupled to the first global bit line, the first plurality of global bit line discharge units configured to discharge the first global bit line in response to a first global discharge signal.
US07889540B2
A semiconductor device has a first inverter including a drive transistor and a load transistor; a second inverter including a drive transistor and a load transistor, a transmission transistor provided between the output terminal of the first inverter and one line of a bit line pair, a transmission transistor provided between the output terminal of the second inverter and the other line of the bit line pair; and an isolation transistor for isolating the drive transistor and the transmission transistor. The transmission transistor, the transmission transistor, the drive transistor, and the isolation transistor are formed in a continuous active region and the isolation transistor is provided between the drive transistor and the transmission transistor.
US07889537B2
The present invention provides a method for writing data to a non-volatile memory device having first wirings and second wirings intersecting one another and memory cells arranged at each intersection therebetween, each of the memory cells having a variable resistive element and a rectifying element connected in series. According to the method, the second wirings are charged to a certain voltage not less than a rectifying-element threshold value, prior to a rise in a selected first wiring. Then, a selected first wiring is charged to a voltage required for writing or erasing, after which a selected second wiring is discharged.
US07889532B2
In an embodiment, a bit line sense amplifier of a semiconductor memory device with an open bit line structure includes sense amplifier blocks, first voltage drivers, and a second voltage driver. The sense amplifier blocks include a first sense amplifier and a second sense amplifier, each sensing and amplifying a signal difference between a bit line and a complementary bit line. The first voltage drivers apply a power source voltage to the first sense amplifier, and the second voltage driver applies a ground voltage to the second sense amplifier. The first voltage drivers are disposed for every two or more sense amplifier blocks in a bit line sense amplifier region in which the sense amplifier blocks are arranged, and the second voltage driver is disposed in a conjunction region in which a control circuit is located to control the sense amplifier blocks. Both capacitive noise and device size are minimized.
US07889526B2
A cat-ear power supply is operable to generate a DC voltage and draws current from an AC power source near the beginning and end of a half-cycle of the AC power source. A controllably conductive switching circuit selectively charges an energy storage capacitor to produce the DC voltage and become conductive to charge the energy storage capacitor near the beginning of the half-cycle of the AC power source. A latch circuit controls the controllably conductive switching circuit to become non-conductive in response to the magnitude of the DC voltage. A switch voltage monitor circuit controls the controllably conductive switching circuit to become non-conductive and resets the latch circuit when the magnitude of a switch voltage across the switching circuit exceeds a predetermined switch voltage threshold. The switching circuit becomes conductive to charge the energy storage capacitor near the end of the half-cycle when the magnitude of the switch voltage drops below the predetermined switch voltage threshold.
US07889522B2
A flyback switching power supply capable of regulating an operation frequency based on a current regulation mechanism is disclosed. The flyback switching power supply includes a transformer, a switch, a switch control circuit, and a regulation circuit. The transformer includes a primary winding for receiving an input voltage, a secondary winding for generating an output voltage, and an auxiliary winding. The switch is serially connected to the primary winding for controlling a current flowing through the primary winding. The switch control circuit has a frequency control port and functions to work around an operation frequency for controlling the switch. The operation frequency is under control by a frequency setting current flowing through the frequency control port. The regulation circuit is electrically coupled between the auxiliary winding and the frequency control port. The regulation circuit adjusts the frequency setting current based on an induced current generated by the auxiliary winding.
US07889521B2
A three-pin integrated synchronous rectifier is the synchronous rectifier chip where the quantity of connection pins is the smallest possible quantity. The three-pin integrated synchronous rectifier uses a control pin to receive a control signal used as a power bias voltage and a synchronous pulse to make the synchronous rectifier chip operate normally. The control signal is obtained from the output pin of an auxiliary winding via a diode. The other pins are respectively the drain pin and the source pin of an internal power transistor and are connected with the output winding and the voltage output terminal for transmitting the power of the transformer to supply current for the loading.
US07889518B2
In one embodiment, a power converter generates an output voltage by modulating an input voltage according to operations of a first switch and a second switch connected in a half-bridge arrangement. The power converter includes a switch driver circuit for controlling the turning on and off of the first and second switches. A PWM controller generates a switch driver control signal for controlling the switch driver circuit according to an output voltage. The switch driver circuit generates an on-time control signal for turning off the first switch when the first switch has been turned on for longer than a threshold period.
US07889513B2
A semiconductor device including a package substrate having, at the periphery of the main surface thereof, bonding leads disposed in a row, a semiconductor chip mounted inside of the row of the bonding leads on the main surface of the package substrate, wires for connecting pads of the semiconductor chip and the bonding leads of the substrate, a sealing body for resin sealing the semiconductor chip and the wires, and solder bumps disposed on the back surface of the package substrate. The top of loop of each of the wires is disposed outside the wire connecting portion so that the wire connection between the bonding leads and the pads of the semiconductor chip has a stable loop shape to prevent wire connection failure.
US07889509B2
A circuit board (10, 10″, 10′″) comprising: a board core (11) having a main core surface (12) and a rear core surface (13); a ceramic capacitor (101, 101′, 101″, 101′″, 101″″, 101″″′, 101″″″) having a main capacitor surface (102) and a rear capacitor surface (103), having a structure in which a first inner electrode layer (141) and a second inner electrode layer (142) are alternately stacked with a ceramic dielectric layer (105) interposed therebetween, and having a plurality of capacitor function units (107, 108) being electrically independent from each other, the ceramic capacitor (101, 101′, 101″, 101′″, 101″″, 101″″′, 101″″″) being buried in the board core (11) in a state where the main core surface (12) and the main capacitor surface (102) are directed in a same direction; and a buildup layer (31) having a structure in which an interlayer insulating layer (33, 35) and a conductor layer (42) are alternately stacked on the main core surface (12) and the main capacitor surface (102) and having a semiconductor integrated circuit device mounting region (23, 51, 52) for mounting a semiconductor integrated circuit device (21, 53, 54) having a plurality of processor cores (24, 25) on a surface (39) of the buildup layer (31), wherein the plurality of capacitor function units (107, 108) are capable of being electrically connected to the plurality of processor cores (24, 25), respectively.
US07889507B2
First and second housings of a metal sheet are superposed over each other and fixed to each other by bolts to form an element receiving space. An antenna is fixed to the second housing by a bolt so as to be adjacent to the first housing. A hook section is fixed to the first housing. The hook section is inserted in a hole of the antenna, a step-shaped forward lower step section of the hook section is engaged with the peripheral edge of the hole in the antenna, and thus the first housing and the antenna are fixed to each other. The antenna is embedded in resin and covered by the resin.
US07889506B2
A function expansion datacard including a main board, a connector, a housing and a holder is provided. Several chips and the connector are disposed on a surface of the main board. The connector is situated near the edge of the main board. The housing disposed on the main board covers the chips and exposes a connection surface of the connector. The holder movably disposed at the housing is moved in and out the housing. The holder is situated over the connector and moves in a direction perpendicular to the connection surface.
US07889504B2
A portable electronic device includes: a printed circuit board having opposite first and second surfaces and provided with at least one electronic component, the first surface being provided with at least one conductive pad that is electrically coupled to the electronic component; and a flexible circuit board having a main part stacked on the second surface of the printed circuit board, and an extension part extending and folded from the main part and stacked on the first surface of the printed circuit board. The extension part is provided with at least one conductive bump thereon. An outer surface of the main part is provided with at least one input key that is electrically coupled to the conductive bump. The conductive pad is bonded to the conductive bump.
US07889499B2
There is disclosed a self-contained electronic apparatus containing at least some power-dissipating components which may require cooling. The self-contained electronic apparatus may also include a removable and replaceable energy storage module. The removable and replaceable energy storage module may include a power element to provide electrical energy for the self-contained electronic apparatus and a cooling element to cool at least a portion of the power dissipating components.
US07889491B2
An assembly of a shockproofing module and an electronic device carrier case includes an electronic device carrier case and a plurality of shockproofing modules. The electronic device carrier case has two side walls spaced apart from each other, and each of the side walls is formed with at least one hole. Each shockproofing module is disposed at a respective one of the holes in the side walls, and includes a shockproofing washer and a pin component. The shockproofing washer is disposed at the respective one of the holes in the side walls, and the pin component is extended into the shockproofing washer and causes a part of the shockproofing washer to expand in radial directions, thereby enabling the shockproofing washer to engage tightly the side wall and avoiding tilting of the pin component, thus enhancing the stability of the shockproofing modules disposed at the side walls.
US07889490B2
A sever including a chassis, at least one first tray, at least one second tray, a power supply module, multiple input/output interface circuit boards, and multiple mother boards is provided. The first and second trays are slidably disposed in the chassis, and the first and second trays can be drawn out of the chassis in opposite directions. The power supply module is disposed on a bottom plate of the chassis. The input/output interface circuit boards are disposed on the first tray, respectively. The power supply module is located between two input/output interface circuit boards. Each input/output interface circuit board has multiple input/output interfaces. The mother boards are disposed on the second trays, respectively. The input/output interface circuit boards and the power supply module are correspondingly electrically connected to the mother boards.
US07889487B2
A portable computer and a hinge mechanism thereof are provided. The portable computer includes a display screen, a host and a hinge mechanism. The hinge mechanism is connected with the display screen and the host. The hinge mechanism is used for rotating the display screen around the host. The hinge mechanism includes a bottom board, a pivot, a network connecter and a slanting board. The pivot is disposed on the bottom board, wherein one end of the pivot is connected with the host and the other end of the pivot is connected with the display screen. The network connecter is disposed on the bottom board. The slanting board is disposed on the bottom board and slants to the pivot. The slanting board has an opening which exposes the network connecter.
US07889478B2
An electricity conducting wheel includes a wheel body, and an electricity conducting plate; the wheel body includes a bearing, a frame, and a conducting tire around the frame; the conducting plate is joined in the wheel body, with the bearing being held in a middle fitting hole thereof; the conducting plate has several conducting parts extending outwards from its fitting hole; the frame is directly joined on the bearing and the conducting parts of the conducting plate in an injection molding process thereof; the conducting plate has several fastening sections protruding from an outward end of each of the conducting parts; the fastening sections bend so that an angle exists between each of the conducting parts and each of the fastening sections; the tire is directly joined on the frame and the fastening sections of the conducting plate in another injection molding process, whereby the tire is formed.
US07889477B2
A high voltage power supply for a static neutralizer is disclosed. The high voltage power supply includes a resonant converter and a load with an emitter module having an emitter, reference electrode, and a capacitance value. The resonant converter is disposed to have a resonant frequency and an output coupled to the load. The resonant converter generates an output waveform with an amplitude sufficient for generating to ions by corona discharge when the load receives the output waveform. The load is predominantly capacitive when the resonant converter is operating at the resonant frequency.
US07889471B2
A power supply providing current interruption based on the energy from the supply over a sliding window of time is disclosed. The output current from the supply is periodically reestablished.
US07889468B2
Circuit nodes are identified which, in unpowered mode, can be charged with positive or negative charges but cannot be discharged. Then protective elements are added to allow the discharge of these nodes. These elements do not affect the operation of the circuit in powered mode. Discharges of the two polarities are handled, positive and negative. The circuit is thus more resistant to ESD and passes CDM tests.
US07889465B2
An apparatus and method for preventing the miswiring of a protection device. The protection device includes line terminals and load terminals. The protection device further includes a latching mechanism, adapted to move between a closed state which establishes electrical contact between said line and load terminals, and an open state which prevents electrical contact between said line and load terminals; and an initial reset prevention mechanism, adapted to prevent said latching mechanism from being set in said closed state until power is applied to said line terminals.
US07889464B2
A leakage current detection interrupter with fire protection means, comprising: (i) a leakage current protection circuit, (ii) an electrical cord with metallic fire shields, and (iii) a fire protection circuit, wherein, in operation, the leakage current protection circuit and the fire protection circuit detect a fault condition including a leakage current, a ground fault and a fire hazard, and disconnect the source of electricity from the at least one user accessible load when leakage current, ground fault or fire hazard is detected. The electrical cord with metallic fire shields, the fire protection circuit, and the indicator circuit can be combined with any ground fault circuit interrupter, arc fault circuit interrupter, immerse detection circuit interrupter, appliance leakage current interrupter and electronic leakage current interrupter.
US07889452B2
Hard disk drive preamplifier timers and methods to calibrate hard disk drive preamplifier timers are disclosed. A timer in a hard disk drive preamplifier comprises a first switch to selectively store charge in a storage device based on an input signal, the storage device receiving a first current and storing the charge to cause the storage device to have a first voltage that increases at a first rate; a compensation device to cause the first voltage to be substantially equal to a second voltage after a predetermined time period; and a trigger to output a signal when the first voltage is substantially equal to the second voltage, the predetermined time period controlling a transition time between a first hard disk drive operating condition and a second hard disk drive operating condition different than the first operating condition.
US07889443B2
An optical system comprising two lens cells, each lens cell comprising multiple lens elements, to provide imaging over a very wide image distance and within a wide range of magnification by changing the distance between the two lens cells. An embodiment also provides scannable laser spectroscopic measurements within the field-of-view of the instrument.
US07889434B2
A zoom lens for use in endoscopic devices, in which a plurality of lens units is arranged in a lens cylinder perpendicular to the center line thereof. Among the plurality of lens units at least one lens unit may be hydraulically adjustable in the axial direction of the lens cylinder so as to vary the focal length of the zoom lens. Furthermore, the focal length of individual lenses of the lens unit may be varied by pneumatically varying the shape of the lenses in order to vary the total focal length of the zoom lens in this way.
US07889431B2
A zoom lens includes, in order from a magnification side, a negative first lens group for focus adjustment adapted to be fixed during power-varying, a positive second lens group adapted to move during power-varying, a negative third lens group, a positive fourth lens group, and a positive fifth lens group, and a positive sixth lens group adapted to be fixed during power-varying, the sixth lens group having a stop arranged nearest to the magnification side. Each lens is a single lens. A ratio of a back focal length of the entire system to a focal length at a wide-angle end of the entire system is larger than 2.5, and Fno. is set constant over the whole region of power-varying.
US07889430B2
The dilemma encountered in most projection systems of having the etendue of the LED-based light source used often being much larger than the etendue of the imager used, causes such systems to have poor throughput efficiency. The etendue folding illumination systems of this invention being comprised of at least one folded collimator/concentrator having coupled into its input aperture an LED-based light source and having an output aperture characteristics that match the target etendue, overcome this dilemma by folding the light source etendue to match the target etendue of the projection system imager while efficiently conserving the flux generated by the light source.
US07889425B1
This invention is a device for displaying three-dimensional images using an array of spinning microlenses. It can create high-resolution, large-scale, moving, three-dimensional images that can be viewed by people in different locations, with full parallax, without special eyewear. Unlike currently available methods, this invention: does not require special eyewear, works for multiple viewers, provides parallax in all directions, does not have a very restrictive viewing zone, does not produce only transparent images, does not require coherent light, is scalable to large displays, does not require liquid movement to adjust lens shape, and does not require complex systems to individually control large numbers of lenses.
US07889423B2
A surgical microscope (100) has an illuminating module (120). The illuminating module contains an illuminating optic which images a field diaphragm (124) to a parallel illuminating beam path at infinity. The field diaphragm (124) is illuminated by a light source. The illuminating optic includes a first lens assembly and a second lens assembly which functions to image the field diaphragm (124) into the object region (108) via the microscope main objective (101) of the surgical microscope (100). An in-coupling element (128) is provided between the first lens assembly (125) and the second lens assembly (126) and this in-coupling element couples the OCT-scanning beam into the illuminating beam.
US07889415B2
A system and method for an optical component that masks non-active portions of a display and provides an electrical path for one or more display circuits. In one embodiment an optical device includes a substrate, a plurality of optical elements on the substrate, each optical element having an optical characteristic which changes in response to a voltage applied to the optical element, and a light-absorbing, electrically-conductive optical mask disposed on the substrate and offset from the plurality of optical elements, the optical mask electrically coupled to one or more of the optical elements to provide electrical paths for applying voltages to the optical elements. In another embodiment, a method of providing an electrical signal to optical elements of a display comprises electrically coupling an electrically-conductive light-absorbing mask to one or more optical elements, and applying a voltage to the mask to activate the one or more optical elements.
US07889400B2
An image reading apparatus includes a driving source, a conveying mechanism, a reading control unit, an acceleration distance measuring unit, an interruption determination unit, a stop control unit, a deceleration distance measuring unit, a setback control unit, and a setback distance setting unit. The acceleration distance measuring unit measures an acceleration distance from a moving start position of a conveyed object to a position where the conveyed object has been shifted to the constant-velocity moving state. The deceleration distance measuring unit measures a deceleration distance from a position of the conveyed object when operation of the reading control unit has been stopped to a position where move of the conveyed object in a conveyance direction has been stopped. The setback distance setting unit sets a setback distance to move the conveyed object by the setback control unit based on the acceleration distance and the deceleration distance.
US07889391B2
A method and system for allowing a computer system platform the ability to intervene in the content workflow and perform additional color management based upon the content state and any color management policies in place is provided. Profile data from a source is converted to an intermediate color space upon entry into the platform at a choke point. In response to the current color content, profile data, and/or policy controls of the platform, color management input can be managed to change color management data immediately, change color management data at a later point, and/or ignore color management data.
US07889388B2
An image forming apparatus with a saving mode in which imaging materials to be used are reduced, includes: an image processing part that converts image data from which an image will be formed into corresponding image data in an output color space; and an image forming part that forms the image from the image data converted by the image processing part, using the imaging materials, the image processing part reducing a color component of non-dominant (n+m)-component color mixed into a dominant n-component color in the image data converted, where n and m are integers of 1 or greater.
US07889374B2
The subject application is directed to a mobile document processing system and method. A request for a transient address corresponding to mobile document processing operations is first received from an associated user. Upon receipt of the request, a transient address is generated corresponding to the associated user. Transient address data is then generated for routing electronic documents in accordance with a received document processing request. A document processing request is then received corresponding to a request for the performance of processing of at least one electronic document. The at least one electronic document is then routed to an associated document processing device, data storage device, or facsimile device corresponding to the transient address. The associated document processing device, data storage device, or facsimile device then commences a document processing operation according to the received document processing request. Upon the occurrence of a selected event, the transient address is deleted.
US07889367B2
An information processing apparatus according to the present invention determines whether a slip sheet should be inserted after a page of interest has been printed according to at least one of the paper type for the page and the size of an object on the page. If it is determined that a slip sheet is necessary for the page, a slip-sheet insert command for inserting a slip sheet for the page is automatically issued.
US07889359B2
This invention can provide an information processing apparatus and control method thereof, and a program, which can efficiently execute processing associated with font settings. To accomplish this, font information of a first character and font information of a second character, which are located before and after the position of an input character are acquired. When the acquired font information of the first character and the acquired font information of the second character include the same font type, the font type is set as font type information used for the input character. When the acquired font information of the first character and the acquired font information of the second character include different font types, parsing is executed for the character string including the input character, and font type information used for the input character is set based on the parsing result.
US07889350B2
Hollow core fiber RFOG having symmetric M-(or W-)shape, three-(or two-)mirror configurations. These symmetric configurations help to cancel out polarization error induced bias of the RFOG even when light of the unwanted ESOP is present. The RFOG resonator with optical components forming substantially small cross-coupling angles between their polarization axes, and/or with polarizing elements inserted into the resonator, and/or with resonator mirrors having identical reflectivity for light of different polarization states, can effectively reduce the polarization mode induced bias error.
US07889345B2
A method of detecting a level of anesthetic agent in an anesthesia vaporizer is disclosed. The anesthetic agent forms a column of liquid within an external indicator; the method projects a beam of light into the external indicator. The method further receives the beam of light after the beam of light has traveled through the column of liquid, and detects when the level of anesthetic agent drops below a predetermined level.
US07889339B1
Ellipsometry using two waveplates of complementary retardation in a dual rotating compensator configuration is disclosed. Two waveplates of complementary retardation may be used to increase the useful spectral range of a rotating compensator ellipsometer, in particular towards the deep Ultraviolet (UV) spectrum. The improved rotating compensating ellipsometer disclosed herein enables a user to select specific and different waveplate retardations for the purpose of increasing the operating wavelength range of the rotating compensating ellipsometer.
US07889335B2
A method for collecting and analyzing spectrum data to identify a composition of a sample material is described. The method includes obtaining a sample material, receiving a geographical location of the sample material at a handheld instrument, and analyzing the sample material to obtain sample spectrum data using the handheld instrument. The method also includes determining whether to perform an analysis of the sample spectrum data using the handheld instrument, or to perform the analysis of the sample spectrum data using a remote computer. The method also includes determining a composition of the sample material based on an analysis of the sample spectrum data and recording in a memory area at least one of the composition and the geographical location of the sample material.
US07889334B2
Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopic (SERS) systems and methods for detecting biomolecules of interest, such as a bacterium or virus are provided.
US07889332B2
A physical quantity measuring apparatus utilizing optical frequency domain reflectometry of the invention includes a tunable laser; a first polarization-maintaining fiber; a polarization-maintaining coupler; a second polarization-maintaining fiber; a third polarization-maintaining fiber; a sensor consists of fiber Bragg gratings formed at a core of the third polarization-maintaining fiber; a fourth polarization-maintaining fiber; a photodiode detects Bragg reflected light from the sensor and reference light from the referential reflecting end; a controller detects a modulation of an interference intensity between the Bragg reflected light and the reference light, based on an intensity change of multiplexed light of the Bragg reflected light and the reference light; an incidence part inputs the measuring light; and an optical path-length adjuster arranged on the third polarization-maintaining fiber; the incidence part provided on the first polarization-maintaining fiber, or on both the second and third polarization-maintaining fibers.
US07889330B2
A method of producing an image of an object residing inside a transparent container of a first color includes: illuminating the container and the object with light of a second color, the second color being substantially the inverse of the first color; and producing an image of the object through the container. An image produced by this method can exhibit substantially the same color as the object itself, even when the image is taken through a colored transparent wall.
US07889323B2
There are provided a wafer stage and methods for chucking a wafer using the same. The wafer stage includes a wafer chuck adapted to hold a wafer; lift pins adapted to pass through the wafer chuck, move vertically, and support the wafer; and an air expulsion unit adapted to expel air towards an edge of the wafer. The method for attaching a wafer to a wafer chuck comprises lowering lift pins supporting the wafer; and expelling air towards an edge of the wafer using an air expulsion unit.
US07889322B2
A specimen inspection stage implemented with a processing stage coupling mechanism provides a capability to conduct with maximum efficiency post-processing specimen inspections on-board a processing platform. Heavy inspection equipment is mounted on a specimen inspection stage that is separate from a processing stage. In a preferred embodiment, the processing stage moves in response to an applied motive force and performs laser-based processing operations on a specimen. While laser processing is ongoing, the specimen inspection stage remains parked in its home position. When it is time for post-processing inspection, a stage coupling and decoupling mechanism couples together the specimen inspection stage and the processing stage, which transports the specimen inspection stage to and from the specimen position.
US07889307B2
A space between substrates in a liquid crystal optical modulator can be sealed with a metal by using a simple configuration. In a seal structure between the substrates constituting a liquid crystal cell in a liquid crystal optical modulator, metal members are provided on the opposing surfaces of the two substrates, and the base metal surfaces of the metal members are brought into direct contract and joined. As a result, a low-melting metal such as a solder that has been conventionally introduced into the joint section becomes unnecessary, and a metal seal providing for strong bonding can be formed with a simple configuration. The liquid crystal optical modulator has a first substrate having a first electrode pattern including a pixel electrode, a second substrate having a second electrode pattern including a counter electrode, and a metal seal disposed so as to be sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate. The metal seal is formed between a first metal member composed of a metal material and formed on the first substrate and a second metal member composed of a metal material and formed on the second substrate by directly joining the metal surfaces of the two metal members.
US07889305B2
The liquid crystal display device includes a first insulation substrate, a gate line which is disposed on the first insulation substrate and extends substantially in a first direction, first and second data lines which are insulated from the gate line, extend substantially in a second direction and intersect the gate line, a pixel electrode which includes first and second sub-pixel electrodes which are each provided with different data voltages via the first and second data lines, respectively, and which are separated from each other by a gap, the second sub-pixel electrode at least partially overlapping the first and second data lines, a second insulation substrate which faces the first insulation substrate, a black matrix which is disposed on the second insulation substrate and includes an irregular shape and extends substantially along the first and second data lines and a liquid crystal layer which is interposed between the first and second insulation substrates.
US07889301B2
An array substrate adopted for a liquid crystal display (LCD) device and the liquid crystal display device are provided. The array substrate includes a substrate, a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of data lines, a plurality of switching devices, and an insulating layer, wherein the insulating layer is deposited above the scan lines and the data lines, and has a plurality of free ends. A pair of the free ends faces each other and defines a broken region, and each free end has a tilt down profile with a decreasing width facing the broken region. The profile can avoid the short circuiting between the two adjacent array pixels, which is caused by the residual reflective electrode during the process.
US07889299B2
A liquid crystal display device includes: a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other; a pixel electrode on an inner surface of the first substrate; a first alignment layer of a ferroelectric liquid crystal material over the pixel electrode, the first alignment layer having a first spontaneous polarization along a first direction; a common electrode on an inner surface of the second substrate; a second alignment layer of the ferroelectric liquid crystal material over the common electrode, the second alignment layer having a second spontaneous polarization along the first direction; a liquid crystal layer in between the first alignment layer and the second alignment layer, the liquid crystal layer including a nematic liquid crystal material and a dye material; and a first polarizer disposed on an outer surface of one of the first substrate and the second substrate.
US07889295B2
It is an object of the present invention to provide a liquid crystal display device which has a wide viewing angle and less color-shift depending on an angle at which a display screen is seen and can display an image favorably recognized both outdoors in sunlight and dark indoors (or outdoors at night). The liquid crystal display device includes a first portion where display is performed by transmission of light and a second portion where display is performed by reflection of light. Further, a liquid crystal layer includes a liquid crystal molecule which rotates parallel to an electrode plane when a potential difference is generated between two electrodes of a liquid crystal element provided below the liquid crystal layer.
US07889294B2
An electro-optical device includes a pair of substrates that hold an electro-optical material therebetween and include a plurality of pixels each having a reflective display region and a transmissive display region; a reflective film that is provided in the reflective display region and has a flat surface in a portion of the reflective display region adjacent to the transmissive display region, the portion of the reflective display region serving as a first mirror-reflection region; and colored layers each of which is formed in only the first mirror-reflection region and the transmissive display region.
US07889293B2
A display device that is divided into a plurality of pixel regions including first, second, and third pixel regions includes a first color filter occupying the first pixel region and a second color filter occupying the second pixel region, which neighbors the first pixel region, and overlapping the first color filter. The first color filter is disposed on the second color filter in the overlapping region of the first color filter and the second color filter, and a central line of the overlapping region deviates from the boundary line between the first pixel region and the second pixel region.
US07889286B2
A backlight unit for a display device includes a frame having a bottom surface, a side wall and a groove, the groove disposed at a corner of the side wall; a lamp over the bottom surface and disposed along a first direction; a side support corresponding to at least one end of the lamp and disposed along a second direction being substantially perpendicular to the first direction; and a first fixing unit disposed at an end of the side support and including a first portion, the first portion extending from the side support along the second direction and corresponding to the groove.
US07889282B2
A digital television combination integrated circuit is employed which includes a video signal D/A converter which converts a digital video signal to an analog video signal, and an audio signal D/A converter which converts a digital audio signal to an analog audio signal; there are provided a level shift circuit which extracts a luminance signal in the video signal which is outputted from the video signal D/A converter, and a low pass filter which extracts the DC component of the output signal of this level shift circuit; and the output signal of this low pass filter is supplied as a control voltage signal for gain control of an audio amplification circuit.
US07889271B2
A solid state image pickup device is provided which can reduce crosstalks between range finding photoelectric conversion elements (AF sensor) and photometry photoelectric conversion elements (AE sensor). The solid state image pickup device has an n-type epitaxial semiconductor region, a p-type first well region formed in the semiconductor region, a p-type second well region formed in the semiconductor region and electrically separated from the first well, an n-type first impurity doped region formed in the first well region and an n-type second impurity doped region formed in the second well, wherein a photometry photoelectric conversion element is formed by using the p-type first well region and n-type first impurity doped region, and a range finding photoelectric element is formed by using the p-type second well region and n-type impurity doped region.
US07889270B2
An image pickup apparatus using a solid image pickup device includes a manual focus adjusting unit configured to control the position of a focus lens in response to a user's input operation; an edge detecting unit configured to detect edge components of each pixel from an image signal obtained by image pickup and to output detection levels of the detected edge components; a color signal replacement unit configured to replace a signal of a pixel corresponding to the detection level or signals of pixels in a predetermined range containing the corresponding pixel on the image signal with a predetermined color signal when the detection level is equal to or higher than a predetermined value; and a display unit configured to display an image based on an output image signal from the color signal replacement unit.
US07889265B2
A control method for an imaging apparatus includes photoelectrically converting a photographic subject image formed by an imaging optical system, repetitively detecting a photographic subject region based on a signal obtained from the photoelectric conversion applied to the photographic subject image, storing photographic subject information of the detected photographic subject region, acquiring the stored photographic subject information, reading, from the stored photographic subject information, photographic subject information corresponding to a point in time when an operation for reading the photographic subject information is performed, and setting an imaging parameter based on the read photographic subject information.
US07889259B2
An image pickup apparatus has an image pickup device including an imaging section, in which signal charges read out from plural photosensitive cells are vertically transferred over vertical transfer paths and the transferred signal charges are in turn horizontally transferred over a horizontal transfer path, which has a branching section for assigning the transferred signal charges to plural output channels, i.e. plural horizontal transfer paths provided at the end of the horizontal transfer path. A temperature sensor for detecting the temperature of the image pickup device is provided on the imaging section, and a temperature-induced drift compensator corrects a transfer error of signal charges in the image pickup device. The compensator modifies transfer error correction based on the detected temperature. The image pickup apparatus can thus substantially reduce an assignment error even when the temperature of the image pickup device changes.
US07889255B2
Each of the unit cells provided on a semiconductor substrate of a solid-state imaging device comprises a first p-type well which isolates the semiconductor substrate into an n-type photoelectric conversion region, a second p-type well which is formed in the surface of the photoelectric conversion region and in which a signal scanning circuit section is formed, and a signal storage section which is comprised of a highly doped n-type layer which is formed in the surface of the photoelectric conversion region apart from the second p-type well and higher in impurity concentration than the photoelectric conversion region. The signal storage section having its part placed under a signal readout gate adapted to transfer a packet of signal charge from the storage section to the signal scanning circuit section and its part at which the potential becomes deepest located under the readout gate.
US07889249B2
A system and method for canceling dark photocurrent in a color sensor circuit is disclosed. A color sensor is described including a color sensor circuit, a dark color sensor circuit, and a differential amplifier circuit. The color sensor circuit receives photocurrent from a color component of a light input. The color sensor circuit outputs a first voltage indicating intensity of the color component. The dark color sensor circuit receives dark photocurrent and outputs a second voltage indicating an offset voltage. The differential amplifier circuit is coupled to the color sensor circuit and to the dark color sensor circuit. The differential amplifier circuit receives the first and second voltages and outputs a final output that cancels contributions of the offset voltage in the first voltage due to the dark photocurrent.
US07889247B2
A solid-state imaging device includes: a pixel array unit including unit pixels arranged in a matrix, each of the unit pixels having a photoelectric conversion element that converts a light signal to a signal charge, an amplifying transistor that amplifies and outputs the signal charge as a signal voltage, and a capacitive element whose one end is connected to a control electrode of the amplifying transistor; a driving means for selectively supplying a predetermined voltage to the other end of the capacitive element; and a signal processing circuit that performs a predetermined signal processing with respect to a signal output from each pixel of the pixel array unit.
US07889245B2
Automatic white balancing of a digital image. In one example embodiment, a method for automatic white balancing of a full-color input image includes several acts. First, pixels of the input image are selected according to one or more predetermined criteria. Next, global gain values for R and B components of the input image are determined using the selected pixels. Then, local gain values for the R and B components of each individual pixel of the input image are determined based on characteristics of each individual pixel. Next, a final gain value for the R and B components of each individual pixel of the input image is determined based on contributions of the local and global gain values. Finally, a white-balanced output image is produced by adjusting the R and B components of each pixel in the input image using the corresponding final gain value.
US07889231B2
An image-recording system having at least one camera, having a receiving device and having a signal connection between the camera and the receiving device. The receiving device generates a PWM-coded signal which is transmitted to the camera. A clock signal is obtained in the camera from the PWM-coded signal.
US07889219B2
A thermal head includes a substrate; a plurality of driver ICs configured to be arranged in a main scanning direction; a heater element configured to include a heat storage layer, a heating resistor layer which is made of a plurality of pairs of effective heating portions, and an electrode layer which is patterned to supply electricity to the heating resistor layer; and a protective layer configured to cover a surface of the heater element, wherein the folded electrode is formed by adjusting an area thereof such that a heat distribution of each heating resistor becomes uniform. In such a thermal head, the number of manufacturing processes or the cost does not increase and a heat distribution becomes uniform, so that a good printing result having good a degree of gloss and image can be obtained.
US07889218B2
A head mechanism of a thermal printer includes a platen roller rotatably supported by a housing, and a thermal head arranged at a front end of a head bearing member the front end of which is adapted to be rotatable about a rear end supported by the housing, and arranged to face the platen roller, and is constructed such that, during recording, a sheet provided for recording is sandwiched between the platen roller and the thermal head, and an electric current is selectively applied to heat-generating elements arranged in the thermal head, thereby obtaining desired recording. The thermal head and the platen roller are arranged to form a gap with a dimension smaller than the thickness of the sheet provided for recording during non-recording.
US07889214B2
A display device produces color images by sequentially projecting monochromatic images. Multispectral light is projected via optical means and a filter arrangement with changeable primary color filters onto an imaging device. For each primary color the imaging device produces a number of constant-length pulses corresponding to a desired brightness level. The pulse length is chosen to be as short as possible for a first primary color. The pulse length for the other primary colors is adapted according to the respective share of the corresponding color filters in the color wheel. The time during which secondary colors are produced due to a transition between two primary color filters is increased by increasing the aperture of the optical means, by spatially relocating the focal point of the optical means for a disc-like filter arrangement, or by accordingly adding pure color light at the onset and the end of a transition between two color filter segments which produces secondary color light. Secondary color light is used to increase the brightness of the projected image.
US07889211B2
A method of measuring peak signal to noise ratio (PSNR) of full color video, both total and component contributions as well as providing PSNR full color and component maps includes converting the components of the full color video for both reference and impaired video signals to RGB values, and computing the error energy for each of the G, B and R channels between the reference and impaired video signals. Each component contribution to the error for the full color video components is assessed by setting the other components to a reference value, such as zero. Also the total full color PSNR is computed in RGB. Finally a color residual PSNR map is generated and displayed together with the computed PSNR results to enable a user to visualize where the significant impairments occur in the impaired video.
US07889209B2
The invention provides techniques for wrapping a two-dimensional texture conformally onto a surface of a three dimensional virtual object within an arbitrarily-shaped, user-defined region. The techniques provide minimum distortion and allow interactive manipulation of the mapped texture. The techniques feature an energy minimization scheme in which distances between points on the surface of the three-dimensional virtual object serve as set lengths for springs connecting points of a planar mesh. The planar mesh is adjusted to minimize spring energy, and then used to define a patch upon which a two-dimensional texture is superimposed. Points on the surface of the virtual object are then mapped to corresponding points of the texture. The invention also features a haptic/graphical user interface element that allows a user to interactively and intuitively adjust texture mapped within the arbitrary, user-defined region.
US07889205B1
Transparency groups or other images may be rendered on graphics hardware using a GPU utilizing only a single frame buffer and without the need to switch contexts to another frame buffer. A single frame buffer may be allocated and the overall background image may be rendered to the frame buffer. In order to render a foreground image to be combined with the background image, a sub-image of the background image is copied from the frame buffer to a texture atlas. The foreground image may then be rendered to the portion of the frame buffer from which sub-image was copied. The foreground image may then be copied from the frame buffer into the texture atlas. Additionally, both the sub-image of the background image and the foreground image may be merged and copied from the texture atlas into the frame buffer.
US07889201B2
According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a connector, a graphics controller, a management controller, and a power supply control module. The graphics controller controls output of video signals and audio signals from the connector. The management controller inputs/outputs the various commands via the connector. The power supply control module supplies power for operation to both of the graphics controller and the management controller during a power-off state, and supplies power for operation only to the management controller in a power-on state. Both of the graphics controller and the management controller include a function of acquiring identification information of the connection destination by means of the signal line. And, the management controller deactivates the function of acquiring identification information of the connection destination by means of the signal line during a power-on state.
US07889198B2
A rectangle marker on a display of a signal analyzer simultaneously designates time and frequency intervals of data from a signal under test for analysis. The data of the signal under test is displayed as a graph having time and frequency axes. Sub-graphs show data designated by the rectangle marker as processed in the time domain, frequency domain and modulation domain. The resulting display provides an overview of the signal under test and simultaneously provides displays of measurements and analyzes for a designated portion of the data.
US07889193B2
A data model which is designed for being superposed with an image of a real object in an optical object tracking process is determined by the following steps: providing a three-dimensional CAD model (10) for representing the real object, and thereafter there are different synthetic two-dimensional views (31 to 34) of said CAD model (10) generated. Each generated view (31 to 34) is subjected to edge extraction for determining at least one extracted edge (38, 39) in the respective view, with the edges (38, 39) extracted from said respective views (31 to 34) being transformed to a three-dimensional contour model (85, 91) corresponding to said data model to be determined. Permits rapid and efficient generation of a contour model as a data model intended for being superposed with an image of a real object.
US07889187B2
A plumbing fixture is operated by a user interface that has an enclosure with a faceplate from which a pedestal seamlessly projects outward. An alphanumeric display is visible through the faceplate and a plurality of switches respond to the user pressing different portions of the faceplate. A selector includes a selector ring that has a plurality of permanent magnets and which is positioned to rotate around the pedestal. A Hall effect sensor of the selector is located adjacent the selector ring and produces an electrical signal in response to motion of the permanent magnets. The user interface also enables the selection of a plurality of predefined operating configurations for the plumbing fixture. An optional wireless remote control may be provided by which the user can activate and deactivate the plumbing fixture and select from among the predefined operating configurations.
US07889185B2
Methods, systems, and graphical user interfaces for activating hyperlinks are disclosed. In one embodiment, a portable electronic device: displays content on a touch screen display, wherein the content includes a plurality of links to additional content; detects a contact by a finger with the touch screen display, wherein the contact includes an area of contact; determines a point within the area of contact; determines a link in the plurality of links that satisfies two or more predetermined criteria with respect to the point, including a closest proximity criterion and a maximum proximity criterion; and activates the determined link.
US07889184B2
Methods, systems, and graphical user interfaces for displaying hyperlink information are disclosed. In one embodiment, a portable electronic device with a touch screen display: displays content on the touch screen display, wherein the content includes a plurality of links to additional content; detects a contact by a finger with the touch screen display, wherein the contact includes an area of contact; determines a point within the area of contact; choosing a first link in the plurality of links based on proximity of the first link to the determined point; and displays information associated with the first link over the displayed content, wherein the information associated with the first link includes information other than anchor text of the first link.
US07889183B2
The present invention is related to a liquid crystal display. The liquid crystal display includes a display panel, a plurality of pixels formed on the display panel, a sensing unit disposed among the pixels and generating a sensor data signal based on a touch to the display panel, a plurality of image data lines connected to the pixels and transmitting image data signals, and a sensor data line connected to the sensing unit and transmitting the sensor data signal. The sensor data line is separated from an image data line adjacent thereto with respect to the pixel.
US07889176B2
A pointing device includes a sense electrode structure and a displaceable member. The sense electrode structure includes an arrangement of peripheral sense electrodes in a peripheral region surrounding a central sense electrode. The displaceable member is movable in an operational zone over the sense electrode structure. The displaceable member includes a target electrode facing the sense electrodes and overlapping at least a respective portion of the central sense electrode in each position of the displaceable member in the operational zone.
US07889163B2
Embodiments of exemplary MEMS interferometric modulators are arranged at intersections of rows and columns of electrodes. In certain embodiments, the column electrode has a lower electrical resistance than the row electrode. A driving circuit applies a potential difference of a first polarity across electrodes during a first phase and then quickly transition to applying a bias voltage having a polarity opposite to the first polarity during a second phase. In certain embodiments, an absolute value of the difference between the voltages applied to the row electrode is less than an absolute value of the difference between the voltages applied to the column electrode during the first and second phases.
US07889159B2
Active matrix light emitting device display and its driving technique is provided. The pixel includes a light emitting device and a plurality of transistors. A capacitor may be used to store a voltage applied to a driving transistor so that a current through the light emitting device is independent of any shifts of the transistor and light emitting device characteristics. A bias data and a programming data are provided to the pixel circuit in accordance with a driving scheme.
US07889151B1
An antenna includes a support structure and radiating element. The radiating element includes a dielectric planar substrate having a first and a second surface, at least two conductive spiral arms extending outward from and spiraling about an axis of rotation formed on the first surface, and a feed conductor extending outward from and spiraling about an axis of rotation formed on the second surface. The feed conductor may be substantially aligned with one of the conductive spiral arms. When the support structure is placed upon a substantially planar surface, the radiating element is positioned at height h from the planar surface, wherein height h is about one-fourth the wavelength of the antenna's operating frequency. The antenna may produce an omni-directional antenna pattern in azimuth and a broad antenna pattern in elevation, with both patterns having nulls near the horizon. An external reflector may be operatively coupled to the antenna.
US07889150B2
A carrier system for a high-frequency antenna having at least two electrodes situated at a predefined distance from one another and implemented as essentially flat, a dielectric being situated between the at least two electrodes, is distinguished in that the at least two electrodes are situated on a frame part which is as difficult to deform as possible. The frame part preferably has recesses or openings in such a way that air having εr=1 is essentially situated between the at least two electrodes as the dielectric.
US07889143B2
An antenna system internal to a radio device, the system comprising separate antennas and having separate operating bands. The system is implemented as decentralized in a way that each antenna is typically based on a small-sized chip component, which are located at suitable places on the circuit board and possibly on also another internal surface in the device. The chip component comprises a ceramic substrate and at least one radiating element. The operating band of an individual antenna covers, for example, the frequency range used by a radio system or only the transmitting or receiving band in that range. At least one antenna is connected to an adjusting circuit with a switch, by which the antenna's operating band can be displaced in a desired way. In this case the operating band covers at a time a part of the frequency range used by one or two radio systems.
US07889142B1
An aircraft wing that includes a conductive ground plane adjacent the wingtip, where the ground plane conforms to an aerodynamic surface of the wing. Because the ground plane conforms to the aerodynamic surface, it has minimal impact on the aerodynamics of the wing. The ground plane can be part of a wingtip device that is detachably secured to the tip of a main wing portion. The ground plane described herein can be used on any aircraft wing structure that employs an antenna including, but not limited to, a wing of a UAV.
US07889138B2
The invention relates to a data transmission system comprising an antenna provided with a monopole radiating element held in place by an earth plane provided with a conducting surface. According to the invention, the radiating element is located facing the surface of the earth plane so as to interact with the latter in order to improve its performance.
US07889133B2
Multilateration techniques are used to provide accurate aircraft tracking data for aircraft on the ground and in the vicinity of an airport. From this data, aircraft noise and operations management may be enhanced. Aircraft noise may be calculated virtually using track data in real-time and provided to a user to determine noise violations. Tracking data may be used to control noise monitoring stations to gate out ambient noise. Aircraft emissions, both on the ground and in the air may be determined using tracking data. This and other data may be displayed in real time or generated in reports, and/or may be displayed on a website for viewing by airport operators and/or members of the public. The system may be readily installed in a compact package using a plurality of receivers and sensor packages located at shared wireless communication towers near an airport, and a central processing station located in or near the airport.
US07889128B2
An array antenna apparatus which has an away antenna formed by a plurality of antenna elements, and subjects received signals, which are received by the antenna elements, to weighting using array weights of complex numbers. The array antenna apparatus includes a delay device for delaying a signal; a weighting device for separating ea of the received sirs into first and second received signals, delaying any one of the first and second received signals by using the delay device, so as to weight the first and second received signals at different timings; and a first adding device for adding the weighted first and second received signals to each other. The weighting device weights any one of the first and second received signals by using the real part of the relevant array weight, and weights the other received signal by using the imaginary part of the array weight.
US07889124B2
A wireless utility asset mapping device comprises a pole, a positioning receiver connected to the pole, a wireless modem connected to the positioning receiver and the pole, and at least one waterproof housing enclosing the positioning receiver and the wireless modem. The wireless modem is a long range wireless modem and has a range of at least 500 feet in low density and high density areas. The wireless utility asset mapping device may also comprise an external interface module, and external equipment in communication with the external interface module. A utility asset is located and the wireless utility asset mapping device is placed over the location of the utility asset. The coordinate of the wireless utility asset mapping device is determined and wirelessly transmitted over long distance in low density and high density areas.
US07889116B2
An object detecting apparatus for detecting an object by a plurality of radars, with improved accuracy of identity determination and acquisition of position information in fusion of detection results. The object detecting apparatus is arranged to obtain a moving path of a detected point by a radar and to perform pairing as follows: if a detected point by a radar exists in a region based on the moving path and if a relative velocity thereof is matched with that of the detected point of interest, the detected point is paired as a corresponding detected point.
US07889110B2
The present invention provides an A/D converter includes: a plurality of comparators for comparing a plurality of respective standard voltages with an analog input value for a magnitude thereof, the comparators being arranged depending on magnitudes of the standard voltages; a logic boundary detector for detecting a logic boundary point where output signals from the comparators change from one level to another level; and a plurality of majority circuits for being supplied with the output signals from the comparators and determining output signals based on a majority vote on the output signals from the comparators, the majority circuits having logic threshold values adjusted for respective input terminals thereof which are supplied with the output signals from the comparators.
US07889109B2
A ΔΣ modulation digital-analogue converter of the present invention includes: a look-up table in which a correspondence relationship between each of a plurality of possible input values of an input signal externally supplied, and each of compensation values individually associated with the possible input values, are stored; and a nonlinear compensation circuit (6) for compensating the input signal externally supplied, based on a compensation value associated with the input signal among the compensation values, and supplying a ΔΣ modulation section (1) the input signal thus compensated. A sine wave is used as the input signal. The compensation value is set based on magnitudes of a spectrum of odd-order harmonics whose frequencies are A times more than a frequency of the sine wave (A is an odd number), the spectrum obtained in such a manner that an output of a D-Class amplifier (2) or an output of the ΔΣ modulation digital-analogue converter is subjected to a frequency analysis without a compensation with respect to the sine wave by the nonlinear compensation circuit (6). Therefore, it is possible to provide a ΔΣ modulation digital-analogue converter which (i) suppresses generation of odd-order harmonics with a simple circuit arrangement, and therefore (ii) is excellent in SNR and THD+N.
US07889108B2
A hybrid delta sigma ADC architecture and method is disclosed to implement a high-resolution delta-sigma modulator with a single-bit output. The system contains a low-order multi-bit analog noise-shaping loop, followed by a high-order single-bit digital modulator. The combination simplifies the analog modulator, and allows the use of most of the full-scale input range.
US07889105B2
An analog input signal obtained from an analog sensor group 104A and first and second calibration voltages obtained by high-precision voltage-dividing resistors are successively selected by a multiplexer, digitally converted through an AD converter and then input to a microprocessor. The microprocessor calculates a collinear approximate coefficient based on the first and second calibration voltages in cooperation with a program memory, and corrects the digital conversion value to the analog input signal by using the approximate coefficient, thereby correcting a linear error of the conversion characteristic of the AD converter. In the calculation of the approximate coefficient, upper and lower limit check is executed on measurement values and calculation coefficients, and also plural calculation results are averaged to enhance the precision.
US07889102B2
A method and apparatus for compressing data is described. An input string to be compressed is received. The input string is encoded with compressor using a compression algorithm using several sizes of dictionaries and windows. The compressor processes the input string with a selected size of the dictionary and window yielding the most compression of the input string among the different sizes of dictionaries and windows.
US07889100B2
A Water Friend or Foe System (WFSS) includes a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card in a SIM reader on a marine vessel. A transmitter, which is coupled to the SIM reader, transmits information from the SIM card, as well as positioning information, to a WFFS tracking station.
US07889092B2
An alert device is disclosed. The alert device has at least one light, at least one speaker, and a communication system configured to receive an alert notification containing instructions for each of at least one pattern and duration of activation of the at least one light, at least one pattern and duration of activation of the at least one speaker, and an overall duration of the alert notification. The alert device further has a controller communicatively coupled with the at least one light, the at least one speaker, and the communication system. The controller is configured to monitor the communication system for the alert notification, decode the alert notification, activate the at least one light and the at least one speaker for their respective at least one patterns and durations of activation, and deactivate the at least one light and the at least one speaker after the overall duration elapses.
US07889084B2
An ID detection device includes a transmit/receive antenna unit having a transmit/receive antenna and a movement mechanism for making the transmit/receive antenna scan, wherein a file folder in which the RFID tags are arranged close to one another in a row is set on the transmit/receive antenna unit, to make the transmit/receive antenna scan in a row direction in which the RFID tags are arranged.
US07889074B2
A method of preparing a computer module for the receipt of an activation alert communicated from a sensor system includes programming the computer module to recognize the activation alert and communicating the activation alert to the computer module. The computer module initializes a start-up and initialization sequence in response to receiving the activation alert.
US07889072B2
A failure information detection device that detects abnormality of a vehicle-mounted device that is mounted in a vehicle has: an attachment detection portion that detects whether a first component part has been attached to the vehicle; an abnormality detection portion that detects abnormality of a second component part that is disposed on the first component part; and an abnormality information discernment portion that discerns that abnormality information regarding the abnormality is not based on a failure of the vehicle-mounted device if the attachment detection portion detects that the first component part has not been attached to the vehicle.
US07889069B2
A device and method for monitoring a patient having a sensing device taking sensor data continuously and a transmitter located on the patient and internally powered. The transmitter is normally in a power-down state and powered-up for transmitting the sensor data. A receiver is located remote from the patient and receives the sensor data transmitted wirelessly from the transmitter. The transmission is typically a burst and can also be initiated on a command. For the burst, the sensor data is accumulated over a first period. The transmitter can transmit the sensor data over a second period of time. The second period of time is shorter than the first period of time. Once the transmission is complete, transmitter can be powered down. A further step displays the sensor data at the receiver in pseudo real-time. The display is shifted by a sum of the first and the second period of time.
US07889051B1
Location-Based Addressing (LBA) is a method of controlling and commissioning networked lighting devices. The lighting devices communicate over a wireless network using radio frequency communication protocols. The lighting devices are commissioned or grouped based on their respective locations in a building floor plan or a building architecture. The lighting devices are commissioned to respond to radio frequency communications that correspond to their respective locations. This imposed location-based architecture reduces the amount of transmitted data required to control the lighting devices and, thus, reduces the radio bandwidth required to control the lighting devices. In other words, controlling devices “multicast” instructions and controlled devices “listen” for instructions and act only upon instructions that correspond to their respective location. Hand shaking or two-way communication between the controlling devices and the controlled devices is not required.
US07889046B2
A conductor assembly of the type which, when conducting current, generates a magnetic field or in which, in the presence of a changing magnetic field, a voltage is induced. In the assembly a first layer, tubular in shape, is formed about an axis. The axis includes a curved portion along which a conductor may be positioned to define a first conductor path. The first layer also includes a curved portion having a shape that includes a curve extending along the curved portion of the axis. A first conductor is arranged about the curved portion of the first layer in a first helical configuration including a curved segment, helical in shape and formed about the curved portion of the axis. The configuration is capable of sustaining a magnetic field having multipole components oriented in directions transverse to the axis.
US07889041B2
A transformer to isolate a primary winding from a signal winding include a primary substrate (which may comprise a printed circuit board (PCB)) and a secondary substrate. The primary and secondary substrates may each have three openings to allow first and second E-E core halves to be joined therebetween. A first insulator may be disposed between the primary and secondary substrates to isolate the primary substrate from the secondary substrate. A second insulator may secure the primary and secondary substrates in place and insulate the secondary substrate from the core. The primary and secondary substrates may each include a Faraday shield its outer layers. A shield slit to prevent shorting between the legs of the E-E core may be formed by cutting a channel in the shield between the opening of the primary and secondary substrates. A retaining clip may be used to clamp together the primary substrate, first and second core E-E core halves, secondary substrate and second insulator. A primary winding and sense winding may be disposed within the primary substrate and a signal winding may be disposed within the secondary substrate. The primary, sense, and signal windings may be positioned so that the magnetic flux produced by the primary winding passes through the signal and sense windings in substantially equal proportions. The primary and signal winding may enter the E-E core from opposite directions to choke any common mode current therebetween.
US07889026B2
The electrically tunable inductive device includes an electromagnet including an electromagnet core and a bias or tuning coil cooperating therewith to define opposing magnetic poles for generating a quiescent magnetic field that may be varied. An inductor is tunable based upon the variable magnetic field and includes an inductor core having a toroidal shape and fixed at a position adjacent the opposing magnetic poles of the electromagnet, and an inductor or signal coil is around at least a portion of the inductor core. The electromagnet core may include a pair of opposing legs and a bight portion therebetween defining a horseshoe shape. The inductor core may be positioned between ends of the opposing legs of the electromagnet core, and the tuning coil may surround the bight portion of the electromagnet core. The electrically tunable inductive device may have the combination of fine precision, high speed and high power handling, useful for tunable RF filters.
US07889022B2
An electromagnetic interconnect method and apparatus effects contactless, proximity connections between elements in an electronics system. Data to be communicated between elements in an electronic system are modulated into a carrier signal and transmitted contactlessly by electromagnetic coupling. The electromagnetic coupling may be directly between elements in the system or through an intermediary transmission medium.
US07889021B2
A comb limiter combiner for front end filtering reduces bit error rates with an increased reception range. Notch filters are tuned to suppress interfering frequency-hopped signals. An output comb filter suppresses out-of-band intermodulation products generated by any non-linear devices (such as limiters and the notch filters) in each of the comb limiter combiner sub-bands. Sensitivity is further increased by the use of cryogenically cooled high temperature superconductor components for the filters, amplifiers, and limiters used in each sub-band.
US07889014B1
One embodiment in accordance with the invention is a method that can include utilizing a ring oscillator module to determine a process corner of an integrated circuit as fabricated that includes the ring oscillator module. The impedance of an output driver of the integrated circuit can be altered based on the process corner of the integrated circuit as fabricated.
US07889007B2
A differential amplifier, which has good linearity and noise performance, includes a first side that includes first, second, third, and fourth transistors and an inductor. The first and second transistors are coupled as a first cascode pair, and the third and fourth transistors are coupled as a second cascode pair. The third transistor has its gate coupled to the source of the second transistor, and the fourth transistor has its drain coupled to the drain of the second transistor. The first transistor provides signal amplification. The second transistor provides load isolation and generates an intermediate signal for the third transistor. The third transistor generates distortion components used to cancel third order distortion component generated by the first transistor. The inductor provides source degeneration for the first transistor and improves distortion cancellation. The sizes of the second and third transistors are selected to reduce gain loss and achieve good linearity for the amplifier. The differential amplifier also may include a second side that functions similarly to the first side.
US07889001B2
Systems and methods for reduced distortion in a class D amplifier are provided. An “ideal” digital output signal is produced. The “ideal” digital output signal is then compared to the actual output signal in an error amplifier. The integrator input is the difference between the output stage waveform and the ideal output stage waveform. The net input to the integrator now comprises the imperfections of the power stage, and the feedback loop drives their average to zero. This error is then amplified and integrated. The integrated signal is than applied to a summer where it is added to the analog input. Then as in the typical Class D amplifier, the integrated signal is compared in an error amplifier to a ramp signal generated from the ramp generator.
US07888999B2
The present invention discloses a premium power amplifier applied in an antenna module, and the premium power amplifier includes a first transmission unit, having two symmetrical and identical first arc-shaped circuits, two secondary power amplifiers connected in parallel with each other, and a second transmission unit having two symmetrical and identical second arc-shaped circuits, in which those components above are installed between a power amplifier and an output terminal of the antenna. So that the output power of the antenna can be improved greatly, and the effective transmission distance can be extended.
US07888997B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses are provided for linear envelope elimination and restoration transmitters that are based on the polar modulation operating in conjunction with the orthogonal recursive predistortion technique. The polar modulation technique enhances the battery life by dynamically adjusting the bias level. Further, the analog orthogonal recursive predistortion efficiently corrects amplitude and phase errors in radio frequency (RF) power amplifiers (PA) and enhances the PA output capability. Additionally, even-order distortion components are used to predistort the input signal in a multiplicative manner so that the effective correction bandwidth is greatly enhanced. Also, the predistortion scheme, which uses instantaneously feed-backed envelope distortion signals, allows for correction of any distortion that may occur within the correction loop bandwidth, including envelope memory effects.
US07888996B1
Chopper stabilized operational amplifiers are in common use. One drawback of these amplifiers, however, is that there is an inherent tone present at the chopper frequency. Conventional circuits have attempted to reduce the effects of this tone by using various filtering schemes, such as a notch filter. Here, however, a track-and-hold circuit is used in conjunction with matched amplifiers to compensate for this tone.
US07888993B2
An electronic device supplied by multiple supply voltages includes a bias current generating stage and maximum current selection stage. The bias current generating stage comprises a crude bias current generator for generating an crude bias current during a power up phase in which at least one of the multiple supply voltages has not yet reached its target supply voltage level, a reference current stage for providing a reference current having a target current value greater than the target value of the crude bias current when the multiple supply voltages have reached their target supply voltage levels. The maximum current selection stage is adapted to continuously output a bias current which is the maximum current of the crude bias current and the reference current.
US07888982B2
A semiconductor memory apparatus having a clock signal generation circuit and a data output circuit is presented. The apparatus includes a delay locked loop (DLL), a phase locked loop (PLL), a frequency discrimination unit, and a data output buffer. The DLL circuit is configured to negatively delay a clock signal to generate a DLL clock signal. The PLL circuit is configured to receive the DLL clock signal to generate a control voltage in response to a frequency of the DLL clock signal and to generate a PLL clock signal of a frequency corresponding to a level of the control voltage. The frequency discrimination unit is configured to discriminate a frequency of the DLL clock signal in accordance with the level of the control voltage to generate a frequency discrimination signal. The data output buffer is configured to receive the DLL clock signal or the PLL clock signal to buffer output data signals.
US07888974B2
An object of the present invention provides a frequency synthesizer having a broad frequency entraining range which can finely set a frequency over a broad band by a novel principle.As a specific solving means, a sinusoidal signal of an output frequency of a voltage-controlled oscillator is subjected to orthogonal detection, a vector rotating at the differential frequency (speed) between the output frequency and the frequency of the frequency signal used for the detection is created, and the frequency of a vector when the output frequency of the voltage-controlled oscillator is equal to a set value is calculated in advance. The voltage signal corresponding to the difference between the frequency of the vector and the calculated frequency is fed back to the voltage-controlled oscillator when the voltage-controlled oscillator is driven, and PLL is formed so that the difference is equal to zero. Accordingly, the output frequency of the voltage-controlled oscillator is adjusted to the set frequency when PLL is locked. After the difference between both the frequencies is increased after PLL is locked, the set value is integrated by the integrating circuit portion and added to the control voltage.
US07888972B2
An inverter device includes at least a first transistor connected between a power source node and ground. The first transistor includes a first gate and a first terminal that are internally capacitive-coupled to control a boost voltage at a boost node. The first terminal is one of a first source and a first drain of the first transistor.
US07888967B2
A voltage-level translator circuit including two pairs of branches in parallel, each pair including a low-impedance branch, where the low-impedance branches can be activated or deactivated. A possible application is the voltage level switching of data originating from an integrated circuit.
US07888966B1
An interface for use of device whose core circuitry operates in one voltage domain, but exchanges signal with another device (or “host”) according a different voltage domain, and the use of such an interface for supplying data using a double data rate (DDR) transfer, is presented. One concrete example of this situation is a memory card, where the internal circuitry uses one voltage range for its core operating voltages, but exchanges signals with a host using different, input/output voltage range. According to a general set of aspects, the interface receives data signals from the device at the device's core operating voltage domain, individually level shifts these to the input/output voltage domain, and then combines them into a DDR signal for transfer to the host device, where a (non-level shifted) clock signal from the host device is used as the select signal to form the DDR data signal.
US07888955B2
Methods and apparatus for testing devices using serially controlled resources have been described. Examples of the invention can relate to an apparatus for testing a device under test (DUT). In some examples, an apparatus can include an integrated circuit (IC) having a serialized input coupled to test circuits, the test circuits selectively communicating test signals with the DUT responsive to a test control signal on the serialized input.
US07888950B2
A structural health monitoring system and method uses a resonant transmission line sensor. A resonant transmission line sensor, which includes one or more sensor conductors and a dielectric material disposed at least proximate the one or more sensor conductors, is coupled to the structure. The dielectric material exhibits a dielectric constant that varies when at least a portion of the transmission line sensor is subjected to one or more stimuli. One or more resonant frequencies of the transmission line sensor are determined, and the determined one or more resonant frequencies are then correlated to the structural health of the structure.
US07888948B2
A method of controlling an analog signal in an integrated circuit includes generating a first control signal having a first predetermined duration within the integrated circuit. The first control signal is configured to cause the analog signal to have a first signal level. The first signal level is compared to a level of a target signal. A second control signal is generated within the integrated circuit based on a result of the comparison. The second control signal is configured to cause the analog signal to have a second signal level. The second control signal has a second predetermined duration that is different than the first predetermined duration.
US07888941B2
Oil-based mud imaging systems and methods that measure formation permittivity. In some embodiments, disclosed logging systems include a logging tool in communication with surface computing facilities. The logging tool is provided with a sensor array having at least two voltage electrodes positioned between at least two current electrodes that create an electric field in a borehole wall, and is further provided with electronics coupled to the voltage electrodes to determine a differential voltage magnitude and phase. From the magnitude and phase, formation resistivity and permittivity measurements can be determined and used to construct a borehole wall image.
US07888932B2
A method of assembling an eddy current array probe to facilitate nondestructive testing of a sample is provided. The method includes positioning a plurality of differential side mount coils at least partially within a flexible material. The method also includes coupling the flexible material within a tip portion of the eddy current array probe, such that the flexible material has a contour that substantially conforms to a portion of a surface of the sample to be tested.
US07888930B2
The present invention provides a method for testing a disc shaped mold structure having a convexo-concave pattern formed on a surface thereof based on a desired design pattern, including at least: transferring a magnetic signal corresponding to a convexo-concave pattern formed on the entire surface of the mold structure to a medium in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the medium, obtaining a reproduction signal by electrically reproducing the magnetic signal from the medium onto which the magnetic signal has been transferred, and comparing the desired design pattern with the reproduction signal.
US07888929B2
A system for determining magnetic permeability of a material. Two electrical inductors formed as primary and secondary concentric coils share a common magnetic core space. A first AC voltage applied to the primary coil creates a magnetic flux in the core proportional to the magnetic permeability of the material. The magnetic flux induces an AC voltage in the secondary coil indicative of the apparent magnetic permeability of the sample. The apparent permeability is corrected for conductivity by imposing a second AC voltage and resistor in series across first and second electrodes disposed in the material. When the material is a magnetorheological fluid, the magnetic permeability is proportional to the concentration of magnetic particles in the sample and can be back-calculated from the amplitude of the secondary voltage signal.
US07888923B2
An apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises a current sensor, an error amplifier, a comparator, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), control logic, and drivers. The error amplifier is adapted to receive a reference voltage and a feedback voltage, and the comparator has a first input terminal and a second input terminal, where the sum of at least a first portion of a common mode voltage and an output of the error amplifier is input into the first input terminal, and wherein the sum of at least a second portion of the common mode voltage and an output of the current sensor is input into the second input terminal. The ADC receives the sum of the second portion of the common mode voltage and the output of the current senor. Additionally, the ADC has a plurality of internal threshold voltages that are between the common mode voltage and an overcurrent limit adjustment voltage. The control logic receives an output from the comparator and the ADC, and the drivers are each adapted to receive at least one control signal from the control logic so as to provide drive signals to a converter.
US07888920B2
A power supply device is disclosed in the present invention, which includes a DC-DC boost converter and a charge recycling circuit. The DC-DC boost converter is utilized for boosting an input voltage to generate an output voltage, and adjusting a voltage level of the output voltage according to a level switching signal. The charge recycling circuit is electrically connected to the DC-DC boost converter, and is utilized for generating a current path according to the level switching signal to recycle redundant charges from the DC-DC boost converter when the output voltage is switched from high to low and to return stored charges back to the DC-DC boost converter when the output voltage is switched from low to high, so as to accelerate voltage switching of the output voltage and to reduce power consumption of the DC-DC boost converter.
US07888912B2
Occurrence of overcharging and over discharging of batteries mounted on vehicles that travel on tracks in a wireless transit system is prevented by estimating a state of charge (SOC) of the batteries with accuracy. An equivalent circuit of the battery is composed of three circuit elements connected in series, including (i) a first component resistance R1 (ii) a component circuit which includes a capacitance C and a second component resistance R2 connected in parallel and (iii) an open circuit voltage of the battery. The open circuit voltage of the equivalent circuit is calculated using R1 calculated from measurements of current and voltage of the battery, as well as values k=R2/R1 and τ=C×R2. The SOC if the battery is calculated from the open circuit voltage.
US07888910B2
Techniques for sequencing switched single capacitor for automatic equalization of batteries connected in series are described herein. In one embodiment, a battery equalizer includes a single capacitor, at least two switching circuits to be coupled to each of at least two batteries coupled in series. The battery equalizer further includes at least two driver circuits corresponding the at least two switching circuits and a controller. The controller is programmed to control the driver circuits in order to drive the switching circuits to sequentially couple the single capacitor to one of the batteries coupled in series during charging and/or discharging of the batteries. Only one of the switching circuits is turned on at a given time such that only one of the batteries is coupled to the single capacitor at the given time. Other methods and apparatuses are also described.
US07888903B2
Provided is an apparatus and method for estimating sensor signals to stabilize a posture of a mobile satellite tracking antenna. The apparatus includes: an angular velocity estimating unit for estimating an angular velocity signal by removing an error signal generated from an input angular velocity sensor signal through a first low frequency band filtering operation; and an inclination angle estimating unit for estimating an inclination angle signal by receiving an inclination angle sensor signal, extracting low frequency component of inclination angle signal through performing a second low frequency band filtering operating on the received inclination angle sensor signal, obtaining an inclination angle integrating signal through integrating the estimated angular velocity signal, extracting high frequency component of inclination angle signal through performing a high frequency band filtering operation on the inclination angle integrating signal, and adding the extracted low frequency component and high frequency component of inclination angle signal.
US07888897B2
A semiconductor integrated circuit for sensorless driving of a brushless motor, has: an induced voltage detecting circuit which includes a comparator for comparing a voltage induced in an exciting coil by a rotation of a rotor of the brushless motor with a midpoint voltage of the rotor of the brushless motor and outputting a detection signal corresponding to a comparison result, and detects a zero cross point where the induced voltage crosses the midpoint voltage; a logic circuit that outputs a control signal for controlling the brushless motor, in response to a command signal for regulating an operation of the brushless motor and an output signal of the comparator; and a power transistor circuit that supplies a driving current to the exciting coil.
US07888887B2
A luminescent lamp lighting device includes a plurality of switch circuits 3, 4 each connected to each of luminescent lamps 5, 6 in series under one-to-one correspondence, a plurality of optical coupling circuits 9, 10 each connected to each of the switch circuits under one-to-one correspondence to turn on/off the switch circuits and a plurality of current detecting circuits 7, 8 each connected to each of the luminescent lamps in series under one-to-one correspondence to detect currents flowing the luminescent lamps. The device determines whether the luminescent lamps are turned on or not, based on the currents detected by the current detecting circuits and controls the optical coupling circuits based on the determination result so as to allow all of the luminescent lamps but a luminescent lamp requiring a highest lighting voltage to be turned on in order of low lighting voltage, next allow the lighted luminescent lamps to be turned lighted off, and allow all of the remaining luminescent lamps to be turned on again after turning on the luminescent lamp requiring the highest lighting voltage.
US07888885B2
A control circuit controls a driving circuit of a discharge lamp. The driving circuit comprises a half bridge and a clock generator that determines the switching frequency of the half bridge. The control circuit comprises a regulator that regulates the value of the switching frequency when the value of the voltage across the lamp exceeds a threshold value.
US07888880B2
The configurations of a dielectric barrier discharge lamp (DBDL) system and the driving method thereof are provided in the present invention. The proposed DBDL system includes a driver circuit receiving a DC input voltage and generating an AC output voltage, including a transformer having a primary winding and a secondary winding, a dielectric barrier discharge lamp coupled to the secondary winding and a burst mode dimming circuit including a first switch. In which, the first switch is turned on when the first switch is starting such that the first switch and the primary winding forms a conducting path so as to apply a driving high voltage to the DBDEL and turn off the first switch after the DBDL is breaking through by the driving high voltage such that a driving normal voltage is applied to the DBDL.
US07888878B2
In the case where the number of pixels is increased in a display device making use of electron source elements, a period, in which one pixel is caused to continue to emit light, shortened, and so there is caused a need of applying a high voltage between upper and lower electrodes of an electron source element in a short period. Therefore, there is caused a problem that a drive circuit is made severe in operating condition and so the display device is degraded in reliability. Two TFTs are arranged on each of pixels. Also, a time gradation system is used, in which one frame period is divided into a plurality of sub-frame periods, a light emitting or non-emitting state of each of the pixels is selected in the respective sub-frame periods, and gradation is represented by adding up periods, in which the light emitting state is selected in the respective sub-frame periods. Thus it is possible to provide a display device having a high reliability and a method of driving the same.
US07888874B2
In an example embodiment, an electrodeless plasma lamp is provided which comprises a lamp body comprising a dielectric material having a relative permittivity greater than 2, and a bulb adjacent to the lamp body, the bulb containing a fill that forms a plasma when RF power is coupled to the fill from the lamp body. An RF feed is coupled to the lamp body and a radio frequency (RF) power source for coupling power into the lamp body through the RF feed is provided. A shortest distance between an end of the bulb and a point on the RF feed traverses at least one electrically conductive material of the lamp body.
US07888862B2
In an organic EL display panel, one sealing substrate is shared between two organic EL substrates, thereby achieving thinning and lightening of the panel body. The display panel includes a sealing substrate having a first concave portion and a second concave portion opposite the first concave portion, a first transparent glass substrate hermetically sealed on the first concave portion, a first organic light emitting element formed on a surface of the first transparent glass substrate, a first desiccant disposed on a bottom surface of the first concave portion, a second transparent glass substrate hermetically sealed on the second concave portion, a second organic light emitting element formed on a surface of the second transparent glass substrate, a second desiccant disposed on a surface of the second concave portion, wherein the first organic light emitting element and the second organic light emitting element achieve a shared use of the sealing substrate.
US07888861B2
A luminous means having a first, light-transmissive carrier (1), a second carrier (3), and an organic layer stack (4), which is arranged between the first carrier (1) and the second carrier (3), at least one electrical connection region (5) being provided on the rear side (4), which faces away from the first carrier (1), of the second carrier (3), which connection region is provided for connecting the luminous means (20) to a further, identical luminous means. In addition, the invention specifies a lighting device with such a luminous means.
US07888860B2
An organic light emitting device includes a plurality of colored pixels, and a white pixel, wherein the respective pixels include; a first electrode, a second electrode which faces the first electrode, and a light emitting member disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and the white pixel further includes; a first semi-transparent member disposed on the first electrode to form a microcavity with the second electrode.
US07888857B2
A three-dimensional light emitting device and a method for fabricating the light emitting device are provided. The light emitting device comprises a substrate and a semiconductor nanoparticle layer wherein the substrate is provided with a plurality of three-dimensional recesses and the surface having the recesses is coated with semiconductor nanoparticles. According to the three-dimensional light emitting device, the formation of the semiconductor nanoparticles on the surface of the recessed substrate increases the light emitting area and enhances the luminescence intensity, leading to an increase in the amount of light emitted from the light emitting device per unit area. Therefore, the three-dimensional light emitting device has the advantage of improved luminescence efficiency.
US07888852B1
A light-emitting diode (LED) heat dissipation structure is provided, including a package body, a heat dissipation frame, at least one light emitting die, a plurality of conductive leads, and a plurality of conductive wires. The package body forms a cavity and has an outside surface. The heat dissipation frame is coupled to the package body and has a portion disposed inside the cavity. The end section of the heat dissipation frame that projects beyond the lateral segment of the outside surface is bent to extend along the outside surface. The light emitting die is accommodated in the cavity and set on the heat dissipation frame. The conductive leads are disposed in the cavity and each extends through a side wall of the cavity to project beyond a lateral segment of the outside surface. The conductive wires connect the light emitting die and the conductive leads inside the cavity.
US07888849B2
TO reduce frequency variations caused by a change in frequency constant and suppress unnecessary vibrations in the case where the frequency constant of apiezoelectric substrate has a gradient. A piezoelectric resonator has vibrating electrodes 4 and 5 facing each other, which are formed on two major surfaces of apiezoelectric substrate Ia, and trapped vibrations are generated between the two vibrating electrodes. The piezoelectric substrate Ia has a constant thickness. The frequency constant of the piezoelectric substrate Ia has a gradient in a surface direction. The vibrating electrodes 4 and 5 are formed to have a gradient thickness so that the thickness gradually increases as the frequency constant of the piezoelectric substrate increases. By forming the vibrating electrodes to have a gradient thickness, unnecessary in-band vibrations are suppressed, and frequency variations are reduced.
US07888848B2
The present invention provides a piezoelectric single crystal device excellent in heat resistance and capable of stably maintaining the electromechanical coupling factor k31 in a lateral vibration mode at a high value of 50% or more without a decrease even in an operating environment in which the temperature changes from room temperature to a high temperature (specifically, 150° C.), and also provides a fabrication method thereof. Specifically, assuming that the [101] axis of a tetragonal system having the [001] axis as a C axis (with the largest lattice constant) is a polarization direction 3, a normal direction 1 to an edge face T of the piezoelectric device is within the solid-angle range of ±25° with respect to the [-101] axis substantially orthogonal to the polarization direction 3, the range including the [-101] axis. Assuming that the [011] axis of the tetragonal system is the polarization direction 3, the normal direction 1 to the edge face T of the piezoelectric device is within the solid-angle range of ±25° with respect to the [0-11] axis substantially orthogonal to the polarization direction 3, the range including the [0-11] axis. In any case, the electromechanical coupling factor k31 in the direction orthogonal to the polarization direction 3, i.e., in the lateral vibration mode, is 50% or more.
US07888847B2
An improved acoustic lens and an improved ultrasonic transducer system comprising an improved acoustic lens and related methods are provided. The improved acoustic lens may have a uniform loss along an elevation axis or may have a loss along the elevation axis that provides for an apodization of an acoustic signal. The improved acoustic lens may be a multi-component lens. In a two-component lens embodiment, the inner lens component, for interfacing with a transducer, may have a concave outer surface and the outer lens component may have a flat or convex outer surface. In a three-component lens embodiment, the inner lens component, for interfacing with a transducer, may have a concave outer surface, the middle lens component may have a concave outer surface and the outer lens component may have a flat or convex outer surface.
US07888846B2
When an actuator is driven, a stationary element continuously generates a pressing force for spreading in a radial direction such that the stationary element is relatively retracted into movable elements positioned at both ends of the stationary element. As a result, a distance between the movable elements adjacent to each other is reduced, and a contracting operation is performed. When the actuator is not driven, only a relatively low frictional force is generated between the moving elements and the stationary element. Hence, the movable elements and the stationary element can change relative position by small external force.
US07888840B2
A microphone that identifies the direction along which acoustic waves propagate with one diaphragm, and has superior durability is provided. The microphone includes a circular diaphragm supported at a center portion thereof. When the diaphragm receives acoustic waves, each position around the center thereof will vibrate with a phase depending upon the direction of the acoustic waves. First electrodes are arranged on one surface of the diaphragm and second electrodes are arranged facing corresponding first electrodes to form a first capacitor. Third electrodes are arranged on the other surface of the diaphragm and fourth electrodes are arranged facing corresponding third electrodes to form a second capacitor. A controller applies a voltage to the second capacitors so that the capacitance of the first capacitors will be constant and identifies the direction along which the acoustic waves propagate based on the difference in the voltages applied to each of the second capacitors.
US07888831B2
A rotor structure for a motor comprising a rotor having an end surface; a shaft extending from the end surface; an encoder member attached to the end surface of the rotor; and a coupler coupled to the shaft adjacent to the encoder member for coupling a further member to the shaft, in which the coupler surrounds the shaft and has a lip associated therewith, the lip extending from the coupler towards the encoder member so as to define a void between the coupler and the encoder member. The void defined by the rotor structure may act to contain matters such as swarf that is ejected from the rotor when the encoder member is fixed to the rotor. The rotor may be used in a motor of an electric power assisted steering (EPAS) system.
US07888825B2
Task—To provide a worker safety management system that can adapt itself to changes in the conditions of the workers and the machines in a flexible manner and can finely manage the safety of the worker.Means to Achieve the Task—Worker safety is managed by using safety management information stored in an ID tag. The safety management information includes a work area code indicating a work area permitted to the corresponding worker and a danger avoiding capability code indicating a danger avoiding capability of the worker. The danger avoiding capability indicated by the danger avoiding capability code is determined from a worker skill of the corresponding worker that is evaluated in a standardized manner from past work experience of the corresponding worker and credits earned in a safety education program, and a specific degree of danger in the work area permitted to the worker.
US07888824B2
A power supply module for an LCD includes a system power supply module and a backlight power supply module. The system power supply module is used to drive a display panel module of the LCD. The backlight power supply module utilizes a power factor correction device to convert an input AC voltage to a DC voltage, and then utilizes a DC/AC inverter to convert the DC voltage to an AC driving voltage to drive the backlight module. The power supply module is also applicable to a plurality of LCDs.
US07888814B2
A vehicle (400) such as an aircraft is provided (101) with a source of light (401) that provides both a power wavelength component (404) as well as a safety-pilot wavelength component (102, 415). An optical conduit (405) is then used (104) to couple this source of light to a light-to-electricity conversion apparatus. So configured, the optical conduit delivers light from this source of light to the light-to-electricity conversion apparatus such that the light source then serves as a source of electricity in the vehicle while the safety-pilot wavelength component serves, at least in part, as a visual warning and/or beneficial reaction-inducement to onlookers.
US07888808B2
A system in package integrating a plurality of semiconductor chips, including a first chip mounted commonly in a plurality of system in packages and at least including a CPU, a second chip having a different specification for each of the plurality of system in packages depending on a connection of internal lines, and a module substrate including the first chip and the second chip adjacent to each other and having a shape common to the plurality of system in packages. The first chip includes a first module connection terminal on the first chip along a first side facing the second chip or in an area different from the first chip and facing the second chip. A second side of the second chip includes a second module connection terminal to be connected with the first chip. The first and the second module connection terminals are connected by a bonding wire.
US07888804B2
The present invention relates generally to semiconductors, and more specifically to semiconductor memory device structures and an improved fabrication process for making the same. The improved fabrication process allows the self-aligned contacts and local interconnects to the processed simultaneously. The process allows the minimal distance requirement between the self-aligned contacts and the local interconnects to be widened, which makes the patterning of self-aligned contacts and local interconnects easier. The widened minimal distance requirement also allows further memory cell shrinkage. The improved structures of self-aligned contacts and local interconnects also have excellent isolation characteristic.
US07888803B2
A printed circuit board including a conductor portion, an insulating layer formed over the conductor portion, a thin-film capacitor formed over the insulating layer and including a first electrode, a second electrode and a high-dielectric layer interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a via-hole conductor structure formed through the second electrode and insulating layer and electrically connecting the second electrode and the conductor portion. The via-hole conductor structure has a first portion in the second electrode and a second portion in the insulating layer. The first portion of the via-hole conductor structure has a truncated-cone shape tapering toward the conductor portion.
US07888799B2
A semiconductor device in the first embodiment includes: an electrode pad and a resin projection, formed on an active surface; a conductive film deposited from a surface of the electrode pad to a surface of the resin projection; a resin bump formed with the resin projection and with the conductive film. The semiconductor device is conductively connected to the opposing substrate through the resin bump electrode. The testing electrode is formed with the conductive film that is extended and applied to the opposite side of the electrode pad across the resin projection.
US07888798B2
In a semiconductor device and a method of forming the same, the semiconductor device comprises: a first insulating layer on an underlying contact region of the semiconductor device, the first insulating layer having an upper surface; a first conductive pattern in a first opening through the first insulating layer, an upper portion of the first conductive pattern being of a first width, an upper surface of the first conductive pattern being recessed relative to the upper surface of the first insulating layer so that the upper surface of the first conductive pattern has a height relative to the underlying contact region that is less than a height of the upper surface of the first insulating layer relative to the underlying contact region; and a second conductive pattern contacting the upper surface of the first conductive pattern, a lower portion of the second conductive pattern being of a second width that is less than the first width.
US07888796B2
A semiconductor device with semiconductor chips stacked thereon is provided. The semiconductor device is reduced in size and thickness. In a first memory chip and a second memory chip, first pads of the first memory chip located at a lower stage and hidden by the second memory chip located at an upper stage are drawn out by re-wiring lines, whereby the first pads projected and exposed from the overlying second memory chip and second pads of the second memory chip can be coupled together through wires. Further, a microcomputer chip and third pads formed on re-wiring lines are coupled together through wires over the second memory chip, whereby wire coupling of the stacked memory chips can be done without intervention of a spacer.
US07888793B2
Provided are methods of forming sealed via structures. One method involves: (a) providing a semiconductor substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface; (b) forming a layer on the first surface of the substrate; (c) etching a via hole through the substrate from the second surface to the layer, the via hole having a first perimeter at the first surface; (d) forming an aperture in the layer, wherein the aperture has a second perimeter within the first perimeter; and (e) providing a conductive structure for sealing the via structure. Also provided are sealed via structures, methods of detecting leakage in a sealed device package, sealed device packages, device packages having cooling structures, and methods of bonding a first component to a second component.
US07888792B2
A system and method of attaching a heat sink to an integrated circuit chip includes providing a compliant material for constraining the heat sink's mechanical motion while simultaneously allowing for thermal expansion of the heat sink.
US07888790B2
Embodiments of the present invention describe a bare die package and its methods of fabrication. The bare die package comprises a die electrically coupled to a package substrate, and a displacement constraint. In an embodiment of the present invention, the displacement constraint is a plurality of members fixedly attached onto the package substrate and surrounds the die. When the bare die package is secured between a socket and a heat sink, the plurality of members provide structural support to the package substrate and prevent excessive substrate warpage.
US07888789B2
A transfer material capable of transferring a fine wiring pattern to a substrate reliably and easily. The transfer material includes at least three layers of a first metal layer as a carrier, a second metal layer that is transferred to the substrate as a wiring pattern, and a peel layer adhering the first and second metal layers releasably. On the surface portion of the first metal layer, a concave and convex portion corresponding to the wiring pattern is formed, and the peel layer and the second metal layer are formed on a region of the convex portions.
US07888783B2
A chip package structure includes a chip-placed frame that having an adhesive layer thereon; a chip includes a plurality of pads on an active surface thereon, and is provided on the adhesive layer; a package structure is covered around the four sides of the chip-placed frame, and the height of the package structure is larger than the height of the chips; a plurality of patterned metal traces is electrically connected to the plurality of pads, another end is extended out to cover the surface of the package structure; a patterned protective layer is covered on the patterned metal traces and another end of the patterned metal traces is exposed; a plurality of patterned UBM layer is formed on the extended surface of the patterned metal traces; and a plurality of conductive elements is formed on the patterned UBM layer and is electrically connected to one end of the exposed portion of the patterned metal traces.
US07888773B2
In a semiconductor integrated circuit device and a method of formation thereof, a semiconductor device comprises: a semiconductor substrate; an insulator at a top portion of the substrate, defining an insulator region; a conductive layer pattern on the substrate, the conductive layer pattern being patterned from a common conductive layer, the conductive layer pattern including a first pattern portion on the insulator in the insulator region and a second pattern portion on the substrate in an active region of the substrate, wherein the second pattern portion comprises a gate of a transistor in the active region; and a capacitor on the insulator in the insulator region, the capacitor including: a lower electrode on the first pattern portion of the conductive layer pattern, a dielectric layer pattern on the lower electrode, and an upper electrode on the dielectric layer pattern.
US07888770B2
A fuse box for a semiconductor device is disclosed and includes a first fuse group comprising a plurality of first fuses, arranged in a first direction and having a first cutting axis, each first fuse comprising a first portion having a first fuse pitch, a second portion having a second fuse pitch smaller than the first fuse pitch, and a third portion connecting the first and second portions, a second fuse group comprising a plurality of second fuses, arranged in the first direction and having a second cutting axis, each second fuse comprising a first portion having a first fuse pitch, a second portion having a second fuse pitch smaller than the first fuse pitch, and a third portion connecting the first portion and the second portion, and a third fuse group comprising a plurality of third fuses, wherein each third fuse has either the first cutting axis or the second cutting axis, comprises a first pattern arranged in the first direction and having a first fuse pitch, and a second pattern arranged in a second direction and having a second fuse pitch smaller than the first fuse pitch, and is arranged to bypass the first fuse or the second fuse.
US07888769B2
A semiconductor integrated circuit device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a semiconductor substrate; an internal circuit formed on the semiconductor substrate, a first potential and a second potential being supplied to the internal circuit, thereby applying an operating voltage to the internal circuit; a fuse disposed above a semiconductor region of a first conductivity type, and electrically connected to the internal circuit, the semiconductor region being supplied with the second potential and being formed in the semiconductor substrate; and a protective element formed in the semiconductor region of the first conductivity type and protecting the internal circuit in response to positive and negative abnormal voltages generated in a wiring through which the fuse and the internal circuit are connected to each other.
US07888765B2
An optical semiconductor device includes a phototransistor for receiving incident light. The phototransistor includes a collector layer of a first conductivity type formed on a semiconductor substrate, a base layer of a second conductivity type formed on the collector layer, and an emitter layer of a first conductivity type formed on the base layer. A thickness of the emitter layer is equal to or less than an absorption length of the incident light in the semiconductor substrate.
US07888761B2
An electron detector (30) for detection of electrons comprises a semiconductor wafer (11) having a central portion (12) with a thickness of at most 150 μm, preferably at most 100 μm, formed by etching an area of a thicker wafer. On opposite sides of the central portion (12) there are n-type and p-type contacts (16, 31). In operation, a reverse bias is applied across the contacts (16, 31) and electrons incident on the layer (15) of intrinsic semiconductor material between the contacts (16, 31) generate electron-hole pairs which accelerate towards the contacts (16, 31) where they may detected as a signal. Conductive terminals (24, 32) contact the contacts (16, 31) and are connected to a signal processing circuit in IC chips (28, 37) mounted to the semiconductor wafer (11) outside the active area of the detector (30). The contacts (16, 31) are shaped as arrays of strips extending orthogonally on the two sides of the intrinsic layer (15) to provide two-dimensional spatial resolution. In an alternative detector (10), there is a single contact (19) on one side to provide one-dimensional spatial resolution.
US07888756B2
A magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) structure is of the type having a tunnel barrier positioned between a fixed ferromagnetic layer and a free ferromagnetic layer, the tunnel barrier includes a first barrier layer contacting either the fixed ferromagnetic layer or the free ferromagnetic layer. The first barrier layer transmits a high spin polarization and is selected from the group consisting of metal oxides, metal nitrides, and metal oxynitrides. The second barrier layer, which contacts the first barrier layer, has a low barrier height and is selected from the group consisting of metal oxides, metal nitrides, and metal oxynitrides.
US07888755B2
A storage element 3 has an arrangement in which magnetization fixed layers 31 and 32 are provided above and below a storage layer 17 for storing information based on the magnetization state of a magnetic material through intermediate layers 16 and 18, directions of magnetizations M15 and M19 of ferromagnetic layers 15 and 19 closest to the storage layer 17 of the magnetization fixed layers 31 and 32 above and below the storage layer 17 are opposite to each other, the two intermediate layers 16 and 18 above and below the storage layer 17 have a significant difference between sheet resistivity values thereof and in which the direction of a magnetization M1 of the storage layer 17 is changed with application of an electric current to the lamination layer direction to record information on the storage layer 17.
US07888748B2
A metal supplying an N well voltage is provided in a first metal interconnection layer. The metal is electrically coupled to an active layer provided in an N well region by shared contacts so that the N well voltage is supplied to the N well region. A metal supplying a P well voltage is provided in a third metal interconnection layer. The metal supplying the N well voltage is formed using a metal in the first metal interconnection layer and thus does not require a piling region to the underlayer, and only a piling region to the underlayer of the metal for the P well voltage needs to be secured. Therefore, the length in the Y direction of a power feed cell can be reduced thereby reducing the layout area of the power feed cell.
US07888738B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a microelectronic structure including a conductive element contacting a bulk semiconductor region of a substrate, the bulk semiconductor region being separated from a semiconductor-on-insulator (“SOI”) layer of the substrate by a buried dielectric layer. The microelectronic structure includes a trench isolation region overlying the buried dielectric layer, the trench isolation region sharing an edge with the SOI layer; a conformal layer overlying the trench isolation region, the conformal layer having a top surface and an opening defining a wall extending from the top surface towards the trench isolation region, the top surface including a lip portion adjacent to the wall; a dielectric layer overlying the top surface of the conformal layer; and a conductive element in conductive communication with the bulk semiconductor region, the conductive element consisting essentially of at least one of a semiconductor, a metal, and a conductive compound of a metal, and extending through the dielectric layer, the opening in the conformal layer, the trench isolation region, and the buried dielectric layer, and the conductive element contacting the lip portion.
US07888737B2
A semiconductor device includes: a monocrystalline substrate; an inter-layer film formed on the monocrystalline substrate; a contact hole penetrating the inter-layer film and partially exposing an upper surface of the monocrystalline substrate; a sidewall formed on an inner surface of the contact hole; a plurality of first monocrystalline layers which include few defects, fill the contact hole, and cover the inter-layer film; and a plurality of second monocrystalline layers which include many defects and cover the sidewall and an upper surface of the inter-layer film so as to be sandwiched between the first monocrystalline layers and the inter-layer film.
US07888732B2
An integrated circuit (200) includes one of more transistors (210) on or in a substrate (10) having semiconductor surface layer, the surface layer having a top surface. At least one of the transistors are drain extended metal-oxide-semiconductor (DEMOS) transistor (210). The DEMOS transistor includes a drift region (14) in the surface layer having a first dopant type, a field dielectric (23) in or on a portion of said surface layer, and a body region of a second dopant type (16) within the drift region (14). The body region (16) has a body wall extending from the top surface of the surface layer downwards along at least a portion of a dielectric wall of an adjacent field dielectric region. A gate dielectric (21) is on at least a portion of the body wall. An electrically conductive gate electrode (22) is on the gate dielectric (21) on the body wall. A source region (18) of the first doping type is in the body region (16), a drain region (20) of the first doping type is in the drift region (14), and interconnects (521) are operable to electrically connect the one or more transistors to each other on the integrated circuit (200).
US07888729B2
A first portion of a semiconductor substrate belonging to a flash memory device region is recessed to a recess depth to form a recessed region, while a second portion of the semiconductor substrate belonging to a logic device region is protected with a masking layer. A first gate dielectric layer and a first gate conductor layer formed within the recessed region such that the first gate conductive layer is substantially coplanar with the top surfaces of the shallow trench isolation structures. A second gate dielectric layer, a second gate conductor layer, and a gate cap hard mask layer, each having a planar top surface, is subsequently patterned. The pattern of the gate structure in the flash memory device region is transferred into the first gate conductor layer and the first gate dielectric layer to form a floating gate and a first gate dielectric, respectively.
US07888716B2
To eliminate uneven distribution of electrons caused by variation in threshold voltages of gates for distributing electrons and to have sensitivity in a long wavelength in a pixel structure of a solid-state image sensor of a charge sorting method, the structure has: a photodiode that generates electrons by photoelectric conversion; a plurality of charge-storage sections that store electrons generated in the photodiode; and a gate structure that is arranged between the photodiode and the charge-storage sections and controls transfer of electrons generated in the photodiode to the plurality of charge-storage sections, in which the gate structure is made up of plural stages of gates, and the plural stages of gates at least have: a front stage gate that is arranged adjacent to the photodiode and controls readout of electrons generated in the photodiode; and a rear stage gate that is arranged adjacent to the plurality of charge-storage sections on the rear stage of the front stage gate and performs control of distributing electrons read out by readout control of the front stage gate to the plurality of charge-storage sections.
US07888714B2
Considering further promotion of high output and miniaturization of a sensor element, it is an object of the present invention to form a plurality of elements in a limited area so that an area occupied by the element is reduced for integration. It is another object to provide a process which improves the yield of a sensor element. According to the present invention, a sensor element using an amorphous silicon film and an output amplifier circuit constituted by a thin film transistor are formed over a substrate having an insulating surface. In addition, a metal layer for protecting an exposed wire when a photoelectric conversion layer of the sensor element is patterned is provided between the photoelectric conversion layer and the wire connected to the thin film transistor.
US07888713B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a compound semiconductor, a semiconductor layer formed on a surface of the substrate and a constituent of the semiconductor layer including a nitride semiconductor different from a constituent of the substrate, a via hole provided in the substrate and configured to extend from a rear surface side of the substrate to the semiconductor layer, a ground electrode formed on an inner wall of the via hole, a contact layer provided in the semiconductor layer and configured to extend from a surface of the semiconductor layer to the ground electrode, a gate electrode and a drain electrode, each of which being formed on the semiconductor layer, and a source electrode formed on the semiconductor layer and connected to the ground electrode through the contact layer.
US07888701B2
An integrated circuit arrangement includes a Shockley diode or a thyristor. An inner region of the diode or of the thyristor is completely or partially shielded during the implantation of a p-type well. This gives rise to a Shockley diode or a thyristor having improved electrical properties, in particular with regard to the use as an ESD protection element.
US07888699B2
A light emitting device includes a resin case including a concave portion with a reflector portion surrounding a light emitting element, a first lead and a second lead that are formed of a metal, exposed at a bottom of the concave portion of the case, and disposed away from each other in a predetermined direction, and a resin sealing material filled in the concave portion. The first lead includes a light emitting element mounting portion, a first wire connection portion, a first bleed-out preventing notch, and an opposite notch. The second lead includes a protective device mounting portion, a second wire connection portion, and a second bleed-out preventing notch. The first lead and the second lead are arranged such that, in the predetermined direction, the light emitting element mounting portion is opposed to the second bleed-out preventing notch, the first wire connection portion is opposed to the protective device mounting portion, and the opposite notch is opposed to the second wire connection portion.
US07888697B2
A lead frame includes a base material, a reflection layer formed on a part of the base material, and a characteristic sustaining layer formed at least on the reflection layer to cover the reflection layer for sustaining a characteristic of the reflection layer by isolating the reflection layer from an outside. The reflection layer includes the characteristic to exhibit a predetermined reflectivity to light with a predetermined wavelength, and the characteristic sustaining layer prevents a decrease in the reflectivity of the reflection layer and transmits light reflected by the reflection layer.
US07888692B2
Microcavity comprising two reflectors, at least one semiconductor layer separating said reflectors and a semiconductor quantum well wherein at least one of said reflectors and of said at least one semiconductor layer comprises a structure which is adjusted to localize a polariton in said microcavity.
US07888691B2
A semiconductor light emitting device comprises a light emitting layer disposed between an n-type region and a p-type region. The light emitting layer is adapted to emit first light having a first peak wavelength. A first wavelength converting material is adapted to absorb the first light and emit second light having a second peak wavelength. A second wavelength converting material is adapted to absorb either the first light or the second light and emit third light having a third peak wavelength. A filter is adapted to reflect fourth light having a fourth peak wavelength. The fourth light is either a portion of the second light or a portion of the third light. The filter is configured to transmit light having a peak wavelength longer or shorter than the fourth peak wavelength. The filter is disposed over the light emitting device in the path of at least a portion of the first, second, and third light.
US07888688B2
A method and system for removing heat from an LED facilitates the fabrication of LEDs having enhanced brightness. A thermally conductive interposer can be attached to the top of the LED. Heat can flow through the top of the LED and into the interposer. The interposer can carry the heat away from the LED. Light can exit the LED though an at least partially transparent substrate of the LED. By removing heat from an LED, the use of more current through the LED is facilitated, thus resulting in a brighter LED.
US07888681B2
A display device including both an n-channel thin film transistor and a p-channel thin film transistor each having excellent electric characteristics and high reliability is demonstrated, and a method for manufacturing thereof is also provided. The display device includes an inverted-staggered p-channel thin film transistor and an inverted-staggered n-channel thin film transistor in which a gate insulating film, a microcrystalline semiconductor film, and an amorphous semiconductor film are sequentially stacked over a gate electrode. The microcrystalline semiconductor film contains oxygen at a concentration of 1×1016 atoms/cm3 or less. Mobilities of the n-channel thin film transistor and the p-channel thin film transistor are from 10 to 45 cm2/V·s and 0.3 cm2/V·s or less, respectively.
US07888679B2
A display device that requires less manufacturing time is presented. The display device includes a light blocking member formed on a substrate, a semiconductor layer formed on the light blocking member, and a gate insulating layer formed on the semiconductor layer. Gate conductors, a first interlayer insulating layer, data conductors, a second interlayer insulating layer, and a pixel electrode are formed. A third interlayer insulating layer is deposited with an opening that extends to the pixel electrode. An organic light emitting member is formed in the opening, and a common electrode is formed. The light blocking member contains nickel and silicon oxide. The presence of nickel-and-silicon-oxide light blocking member below the semiconductor improves the crystallizing speed for the semiconductor layer, reducing the overall manufacturing time. Further, the light blocking member is disposed under the pixel electrodes to prevent light leakage, improving the contrast ratio and image quality.
US07888668B2
A phase change memory and the method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The phase change memory includes a word line, a phase change element, a plurality of heating parts, and a plurality of bit lines. The phase change material layer is electrically connected to the word line and the heating parts. Each heating part is electrically connected to a respective bit line.
US07888665B2
An integrated circuit includes a first electrode and a cup-shaped electrode interface coupled to the first electrode. The integrated circuit includes a dielectric spacer at least partially laterally enclosed by the electrode interface and a resistance changing material laterally enclosed by the spacer and contacting the electrode interface. The integrated circuit includes a second electrode coupled to the resistance changing material.
US07888655B2
The invention relates to a transfer mechanism for transferring a specimen (2) from a first position in a first holder (40) to a second position in a second holder (10) and/or vice versa, each holder (10, 40) equipped to detachably hold the specimen, the transfer of the specimen between the holders taking place in a transfer position different from the second position, characterized in that when the specimen is transferred between the holders (10, 40) a mechanical guidance mechanism positions the holders with a mutual accuracy higher than the mutual accuracy in the second position, and said mechanical guidance mechanism not positioning at least one of the holders (10, 40) when the specimen is in the second position. The mechanical guidance mechanism may comprise extra parts (50). At least one of the holders (40) may be equipped to hold a multitude of specimens.
US07888654B2
A stable cold field electron emitter is produced by forming a coating on an emitter base material. The coating protects the emitter from the adsorption of residual gases and from the impact of ions, so that the cold field emitter exhibits short term and long term stability at relatively high pressures and reasonable angular electron emission.
US07888630B2
A reduced size high frequency quadrupole is provided having four elongated electrodes with oscillating power supplied to produce an electromagnetic field. An ion source is provided to supply the quadrupole with a negative ion beam and a positive ion beam. The quadruople has a buncher section, an acceleration section, and a neutralizer section where the ions can be bunched, accelerated and then mixed to produce a neutral ion beam of high energy.
US07888627B2
An optical encoder includes a scale which is installed on one member of which, displacement is detected, and a detecting head which is installed on the other member which moves relatively with respect to the one member, and is disposed facing the scale. A predetermined optical pattern in a direction of relative movement is provided, and the detecting head includes a light emitting section which irradiates a predetermined light on the scale, a light detecting section which includes a light receiving surface which receives light through the optical pattern, which is irradiated on the scale from the light emitting section, and which detects light distribution formed on the light receiving surface, a first light transmitting member which is disposed in an optical path between the light emitting section and the scale, and a second light transmitting member which is disposed in an optical path between the scale and the light detecting section. The optical encoder further includes a stray-light reduction element which is interposed between a surface of the first light transmitting member and a surface of the second light transmitting member, and which reduces stray light which does not contribute to signal detection.
US07888619B2
A machine for the treatment of containers, includes at least one container-treatment station. The machine is of the type in which each treatment station comprises a cover having a nozzle which is provided with: gripping elements for seizing the outside of the container, and impervious connection elements between the inside of the container and a vacuum pumping chamber which is provided in the cover. In addition, the machine is of the type in which the impervious connection elements include a cartridge which is mounted in the cover. The cartridge includes an axial segment, known as the connection segment, which extends inside the pumping chamber and which is equipped with radial holes. The pumping chamber is connected to the interior of the cartridge via the radial holes.
US07888618B2
The invention relates to a steam cutting device (1), comprising at least one container (5), for a fluid (8), a current source (2), a controller (3) and a burner (6), connected to the container (5), by means of a supply line (7), for generation of a steam jet exiting through a nozzle. According to the invention, such a steam cutting device (1), in which no, or almost no fluid is found in the burner in stand-by mode or after switch-off of the steam cutting device such that post-evaporation can be avoided, may be achieved, whereby a relief line (22) is connected to the supply line (7), for relieving the supply line (7) and/or the burner (6), on or after the ending of the steam cutting process. A regulation valve (24) can be provided in the relief line, which can be connected to the controller (3) itself coupled to a sensor (25), for determining the pressure in the burner (6).
US07888611B2
A limit switch control device comprises a shaft, a sensor, an upper limit reed switch, a lower limit reed switch and a drive element that cooperate with a control circuit. The sensor is combined on the shaft which is driven by the drive element, which is provided with an upper limit witch and a lower limit switch, so that when the sensor detects the upper limit and the lower limit reed switches, the upper and the lower limit switches will be triggered to power off the drive element.
US07888608B2
A cable organizer is disclosed. The cable organizer includes a cable spool that is mountable to an underside of a support surface and is used to organize, store and separate cables and power cables used to operate and power electrical appliances. The cable spool is formed from cup structures that are fitted or snapped together and that include the flexible shells or skirts and core portions. The cable organizer preferably includes a surge protected power supply with a plurality of power outlets for providing power to power cables organized, stored and separated by the cable organizer. The power supply is preferably mountable between the cable spool and the underside of the work surface.
US07888605B2
A multilayer printed circuit board has an IC chip included in a core substrate in advance, and an intermediate layer provided on a pad of the IC chip. Due to this, it is possible to electronically connect the IC chip to the multilayer printed circuit board without using lead members and a sealing resin. Also, by providing the intermediate layer made of copper on the die pad, it is possible to prevent resin residues on the pad and to improve connection characteristics between the pad and a via hole, and to improve reliability.
US07888580B2
An electronic musical system in which tone generator parameters of each of tone generators respectively assigned to tracks of a sequencer of an electronic musical apparatus can easily be controlled by using a musical control apparatus, while tracks are switched. In the setting of the tone generator parameters of the tone generators assigned to the tracks, setting contents are input by using control operating elements of the musical control apparatus. There are prepared in advance templates in each of which control operating elements are made to correspond to tone generator parameters controlled by the control operating elements, and each tone generator is made in one-to-one correspondence with one of the templates, whereby tone generator parameters of a tone generator assigned to a track currently designated by a user are set by manipulating the control operating elements of the musical control apparatus.
US07888578B2
An electronic musical score display device comprises an electronic display panel displaying at least one page of musical score data; a manipulator that will transmit a page turn signal wirelessly, generated from a pressure contact such as the pressing of a foot; and a microprocessor that controls the divided pages of musical score data being shown on the electronic display panel, which after receiving the page turn signal will perform a page turn action. Therefore, a performer is not required to manually turn pages on the electronic musical score display device by hand, so the performance is not interrupted due to page turning, thereby increase the performance quality.
US07888577B2
A musical instrument amplification system comprising a footswitch and a main amplification device, its control panel having a variety of controls, such as switches, sliders, dials and the like allowing the user to set a variety of parameters for amplification. A remote footswitch having several controls is connected to the front-panel, the controls may be assigned either to a set of specific amplification parameters, or to the control for a particular parameter, allowing the performer improved access to the amplifier controls whilst performing.
US07888540B2
A method of producing a fuel composition from a bio-oil feedstock is provided, wherein the bio-oil feedstock is subjected to a step of oil extraction to produce a bio-oil and deoiled residue. At least a portion of the deoiled residue is gasified to produce a hydrogen-containing gas. The bio-oil is subjected to an upgrading process to ultimately produce a fuel composition. At least a part of the hydrogen-containing gas produced in the gasification of deoiled residue is used in the upgrading process of producing a fuel composition. The upgrading process, which can involve hydro-treating, hydroisomerization and at least one separation step, produces light hydrocarbons in addition to the product fuel composition. The light hydrocarbons can be used in the gasification operation, e.g., to reduce tar formation.
US07888538B1
A process for the insertion of a partially fluorinated olefin into a fluorinated iodide in the presence of a nickel catalyst at a temperature of a maximum of 150° C. with an initial rate of 0.01 mole/hour without loss of selectivity is disclosed, as well as use of the process for insertion of a perfluorinated olefin with an initial rate of 0.04 mole/hour.
US07888537B2
The present invention provides a process for decomposing a cumene hydroperoxide to produce phenol and acetone. The process utilizes a solid catalyst that can be non-layered or layered. The process includes: (1) introducing a process stream containing cumene hydroperoxide into a reaction vessel; (2) contacting the process stream with catalyst particles to form a process stream; and (3) withdrawing a portion of the product stream from the reactor and recovering phenol and acetone products.
US07888521B2
Provided are aluminum chelates having the formula (I). Also provided are compositions having these chelates, methods of producing these chelates, and methods of modifying the viscosity of a liquid or a semisolid using these chelates.
US07888518B2
A preparation method of a dye incorporated in a recording layer for a high density optical recording medium, having the following general chemical structural formula (I): is provided.
US07888510B2
It was an object of the present invention to provide novel compounds that are suitable in particular as active substances in medicaments, preferably in medicaments for the regulation of neuropeptide Y receptors, particularly preferably of neuropeptide Y5 (NPY5) receptor, for the regulation of food ingestion (food intake), preferably for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of disorders of food ingestion, such as obesity, anorexia, cachexia, bulimia or type II (non insulin dependent) diabetes, for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of disorders of the peripheral nervous system, disorders of the central nervous system, anxiety, depression, cognitive disorders, preferably memory disorders, cardiovascular diseases, pain, epilepsy, arthritis, hypertensive syndrome, inflammatory diseases, immune diseases and other NPY5 mediated disorders in animals and mammals, including man. Said object was achieved by providing 1,4-disubstituted piperidine compounds of general formula (I) wherein the substituents are defined in claim 1.
US07888508B2
Compounds which are pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine derivatives or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, their preparation process and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them are disclosed; these compounds are useful in the treatment of diseases caused by and/or associated with an altered protein kinase activity such as cancer, cell proliferative disorders, Alzheimer's disease, viral infections, auto-immune diseases and neurodegenerative disorders; also disclosed is a process under SPS conditions for preparing the compounds of the invention and chemical libraries comprising a plurality of them.
US07888504B2
Compounds are provided which are glucokinase activators and thus are useful in treating diabetes and related diseases and have the structure wherein in the ring represents one or two double bonds; R1 is aryl or heteroaryl; R2 is halogen, cycloalkyl, heterocyclyl, aryl, or heteroaryl; R5 is as defined herein; Z is O, S, S(O), S(O)2, or NR5a; X is S, O, N, NR3, or CR3; Y is NCR4 or N4; R3, R4, and R5 are as defined herein; R8 is aryl or heteroaryl; R6 and R7 are independently H, halogen, or alkyl; m is 0 or 1; and n is 0 to 3, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. A method for treating diabetes and related diseases employing the above compounds is also provided.
US07888496B2
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for the identification of species-specific material in pharmaceutical products. In particular, the present invention relates to methods for the identification of species-specific DNA in a population of a different species or following contact (e.g., growth) with cells of a different species.
US07888489B2
The invention relates to a nucleotide sequence comprising; a synonymous nucleotide coding sequence with optimized codon frequency such that a native codon has been exchanged with a synonymous codon, the synonymous codon encoding the same amino acid as the native codon and having a higher frequency in codon usage as defined in Table 1 than the native codon; and optionally the nucleotide sequence comprises control sequences such as; one translational termination sequence orientated in 5′ towards 3′ direction selected from the following list of sequences; TAAG, TAGA and TAAA, preferably TAAA, and/or one translational initiator coding sequence orientated in 5′ towards 3′ direction selected from the following list of sequences; gctnccyyc (SEQ ID NO:20), using ambiguity codes for nucleotides; v (A/C/G); n (A/C/G/T), preferably 5′-GCT TCC TTC-3′ (SEQ ID NO:21). The invention further relates to a consensus translational initiator sequence; 5′-mwChkyCAmv-3′ (SEQ ID NO:16), preferably the translational initiator sequence is selected from the list consisting of; 5′-mwChkyCAAA-3′ (SEQ ID NO:17), 5′-mwChkyCACA-3′ (SEQ ID NO:18), and 5′-mwChkyCAAG-3′ (SEQ ID NO:19).
US07888486B2
The disclosure provides novel molecules related to growth and differentiation factor-8 (GDF-8), in particular mouse and humanized antibodies, and antibody fragments, including those that inhibit GDF-8 activity and signaling in vitro and/or in vivo. The disclosure also provides methods for diagnosing, treating, ameliorating, preventing, prognosing, or monitoring degenerative orders of muscle, bone, and insulin metabolism, etc., in particular amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). In addition, the disclosure provides pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of such disorders by using the antibodies, polypeptides, polynucleotides, and vectors of the invention.
US07888485B2
The present invention concerns antibodies that neutralize at least one biological activity of pleiotrophin. The antibodies can inhibit cancer cell growth and angiogenesis in vitro or in vivo. The present invention provides for methods of inhibiting cancer cell growth or angiogenesis in a subject comprising administering to said subject an effective amount of the antibodies described herein. The present invention also provides for methods of making the neutralizing antibodies described herein.
US07888481B2
The present invention includes compositions and methods that include antibodies that selectively neutralize a bioactivity of at least two interferon alpha (“IFNα”) protein subtypes for the protein subtypes A, 2, B2, C, F, G, H2, I, J1, K, 4a, 4b and WA, but does not neutralize at least one bioactivity of IFNα protein subtype D. Examples of bioactivity for measurement include activation of the MxA promoter or antiviral activity and variants, derivatives and fragments thereof. The invention also includes host cells, hybridomas and plasmacytomas that produce antibodies. Because of their unique selectivity and affinity, the antibodies of the present invention are useful to detect IFNα subtypes in sample or tissue and/or for therapeutic applications that include, but are not limited to the treatment and/or amelioration of an IFNα related disorder such as SLE, lupus, type I diabetes, psoriasis, AIDS and Graft versus Host Disease.
US07888479B2
The invention provides humanized antibodies that bind to a plurality of b-chemokines, particularly monocyte chemotactic proteins MCP-1, MCP-2 and MCP-3. The invention also provides therapeutic reagents and methods of treating disorders associated with detrimental MCP activity.
US07888466B2
Human G-protein chemokine receptor polypeptides and DNA (RNA) encoding such polypeptides and a procedure for producing such polypeptides by recombinant techniques is disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for utilizing such polypeptides for identifying antagonists and agonists to such polypeptides and methods of using the agonists and antagonists therapeutically to treat conditions related to the underexpression and overexpression of the G-protein chemokine receptor polypeptides, respectively. Also disclosed are diagnostic methods for detecting a mutation in the G-protein chemokine receptor nucleic acid sequences and detecting a level of the soluble form of the receptors in a sample derived from a host.
US07888450B2
A liquid crystal polymer represented by the following formula (I): wherein D represents a n-valence connecting group; n represents an integer of 3 to 20; L1 represents a single bond or a bivalent connecting group; P represents a polymer having at least one ester bond and/or amide bond and having a weight-average molecular weight of 1,000 or more; m represents an integer that satisfies the relation of n≧m; R represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent; when a plurality of L1, a plurality of P, or a plurality of R are present in a molecule, they may be the same or different from each other; and P and P, or P and R may bond together.
US07888442B2
A method of preparing oligomeric compounds from polyfunctional reactants in the presence of heterogeneous catalysts that exhibit size selective characteristics, such that further reaction between first generation products or first generation products and reactants is less favored than between the starting reactants is disclosed. Preparation of oligomeric polyacrylate compounds in a liquid solution using these catalysts is also disclosed comprising reacting X—H acidic Michael donor compounds with unsaturated Michael acceptor compounds containing more than one unsaturated group.
US07888438B2
A catalyst for olefin polymerization of the present invention includes a solid titanium catalyst component (I) including titanium, magnesium, halogen, and a cyclic ester compound (a) represented by the following formula (1): wherein n is an integer of 5 to 10; R2 and R3 are each independently COOR1 or R, and at least one of R2 and R3 is COOR1; a single bond (excluding Ca—Ca bonds, and a Ca—Cb bond in the case where R3 is R) in the cyclic backbone may be replaced with a double bond; a plurality of R1's are each independently a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; and a plurality of R's are each independently a hydrogen atom or a substituent, but at least one of R's is a hydrogen atom, and an organometal compound catalyst component (II). When this catalyst for olefin polymerization is used, an olefin polymer having a broad molecular weight distribution can be produced.
US07888434B2
A polyamide resin composition which can improve heat resistance and water absorbency while suppressing the deterioration of processability is provided. Provided is a polyamide resin composition having an aromatic polyamide resin and an epoxy group-containing phenoxy resin having an epoxy group in the molecule of the phenoxy resin, wherein the content of the epoxy group-containing phenoxy resin is 30 to 50% by mass.
US07888428B1
The present invention is drawn to a surfactant initiator. The surfactant initiator includes a first hydrophilic chemical group bonded to a first hydrophobic chemical group to form a first portion. A second portion is also included, made up of a second hydrophilic chemical group bonded to a second hydrophobic chemical group. A homolytic cleavable group chemically bonds the first and second portions. At least one of the first and second portions is configured to initiate free-radical polymerization upon separation of the homolytic cleavable group. Such surfactant initiators can be used to produce latex particulates and associated suspensions and inks.
US07888427B2
Latent doping is provided wherein a conducting polymer is mixed with a dopant in solution without the doping reaction occurring unless solvent is removed. Regioregular polythiophenes are a particularly important embodiment. A composition comprising (i) at least one polymer comprising conjugation in the polymer backbone, (ii) at least one dopant for the polymer, (iii) at least one solvent for the polymer and latent dopant, wherein the polymer, the latent dopant, and the solvent are formulated so that the latent dopant does not substantially dope the polymer when formulated, but does substantially react with the polymer when the solvent is removed. Formulation of the composition can comprise adjusting the order of mixing, the amounts of the components, and the temperature. Methods of formulating the compositions and methods of using the compositions are also provided. OLED, PLED, photovoltaic, and other organic electronic devices can be fabricated.
US07888426B2
The present invention provides a polymerizable material for making a polymeric article, the polymerizable material comprising: a water-soluble polyvinyl alcohol having crosslinkable groups; and a modifier in an amount sufficient to improve one or more physical properties of a polymeric article made from the polymerizable material, wherein the one or more physical properties are selected from the group consisting of stress at break (N/mm2), percentage of elongation at break, toughness or energy to break (N·mm), and susceptibility to fracture. The modifier is selected from the group consisting of nanoparticles having a hydrophilic surface, a copolymer having hydrophobic groups or units for imparting at least one desired physical property to said ophthalmic device and hydrophilic groups or units in an amount sufficient to render the copolymer miscible with the polyvinyl alcohol, and mixtures thereof. In addition, the present invention provides a polymeric article obtained by polymerization of a polymerizable material of the invention and also a method for modifying one or more physical properties of a hydrogel article obtained from the polymerization of a crosslinkable polymer.
US07888425B2
Dual-crosslinkable urethanes including urethanes having air curable ethylenic unsaturation and at least one moisture curable functionalized group exhibit good strength, chemical stability, and hardness and can be made by incorporating moisture curable functionalized groups into ethylenically unsaturated urethanes.
US07888424B2
A curable aqueous polymer dispersion is prepared by: I) reacting a (meth)acrylate polymer A) that carries ethylenically unsaturated groups and functional groups capable of a condensation or addition reaction, with at least one compound B) which Ia) carries at least one functional group that is complementary to the functional groups of the copolymer A) that are capable of undergoing a condensation or addition reaction, and additionally at least one ionogenic, ionic group or a combination thereof, or which Ib) carries at least one functional groups that is complementary to the functional groups of the copolymer A) that are capable of condensation or addition reaction and is capable of forming an ionogenic or ionic group in a condensation or addition reaction, to give a copolymer AI) which carriers ethylenically unsaturated groups and ionogenic groups, ionic groups or a combination thereof, II) with the proviso that when the ionogenic groups are present in compound B), converting at least some of the ionogenic groups of the copolymer AI) into ionic groups, and III) dispersing the copolymer AI) in an aqueous dispersion medium.
US07888422B2
A medical grade adhesive comprises a mixture of at least one cross-linkable pressure sensitive adhesive component and at least one non-cross-linkable pressure-sensitive adhesive component, wherein the amount of each of said components is such that the resultant adhesive can adhere to human skin for a period of up to about 7-10 days but can be removed without causing trauma to the skin.
US07888415B2
A method of polymerizing poly(cyclic)olefin monomers encompassing (a) combining a monomer composition containing the poly(cyclic)olefin monomers, a non-olefinic chain transfer agent and an activator compound to faun a mixture; (b) heating the mixture; and (c) adding a polymerization catalyst containing Ni and/or Pd. The non-olefinic chain transfer agent includes one or more compounds selected from H2, alkylsilanes, alkylalkoxysilanes, alkylgermanes, alkylalkoxygermanes, alkylstannanes, and alkylalkoxystannanes. The activator is characterized as having an active hydrogen with a pKa of at least 5. The resulting poly(cyclic)olefin polymers can be used in photoresist compositions.
US07888402B2
The invention relates to radiation-curable, water-emulsifiable compounds containing isocyanate groups or capped isocyanate groups, and to their use.
US07888390B2
The invention relates to a method for the preparation of platinum (II) complexes, in particular dicarboxylatoplatinum (II) complexes containing a neutral bidentate ligand, such as oxaliplatin. The method includes the step of reacting a bis-dicarboxylatoplatinate (II) species with a suitable neutral bidentate ligand to form a neutral dicarboxylatoplatinum (II) complex and, if necessary, recrystallizing the product to form a pure dicarboxylatoplatinum (II) complex containing a neutral bidentate ligand. The invention also relates to a method for producing a bis-dicarboxylatoplatinate (II) species, and to new platinum (II) complexes that can be made by the method of the invention.
US07888388B2
The present invention easily and efficiently provides a peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor ligand, and a composition for amelioration of insulin resistance or for prevention and/or amelioration of the insulin resistance syndrome containing the same, as an active ingredient.The present invention relates to a peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor ligand which comprises a prenylflavonoid, a chalcone derivative exclusive of prenylflavonoids, a flavonol derivative exclusive of prenylflavonoids, and a salt, a glycoside and/or an esterified substance thereof acceptable as a pharmaceutical preparation or a food or a beverage; a composition containing the above ligand; a plant-derived extract containing the above ligand; and a process for producing the above extract.
US07888386B2
In one aspect, the invention relates to compounds of formula I: where a and R1-6 are as defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compounds of formula I are serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors. In another aspect, the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds; methods of using such compounds; and process and intermediates for preparing such compounds.
US07888378B2
Thiadiazole compounds, compositions, bioconjugates, and methods for targeting and photoactivation at target sites.
US07888375B2
A new class of diketo acids constructed on pyridinone scaffolds, designed as inhibitors of HIV replication through inhibition of HIV integrase, is described. These compounds are useful in the prevention or treatment of infection by HIV and in the treatment of AIDS and ARC, either as the compounds, or as pharmaceutically acceptable salts, with pharmaceutically acceptable carriers, used alone or in combination with antivirals, immunomodulators, antibiotics, vaccines, and other therapeutic agents, especially other anti-HIV compounds (including other integrase-based anti-HIV agents). Methods of treating AIDS and ARC and methods of treating or preventing infection by HIV are also described.
US07888360B2
This invention comprises the novel compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, X, Y and Z have defined meanings, having histone deacetylase inhibiting enzymatic activity; their preparation, compositions containing them and their use as a medicine.
US07888355B2
There are provided methods of inhibiting growth and metastasis of melanoma, methods of sensitizing melanoma cells to apoptosis, and methods of treating a subject having melanoma using acetyl isogambogic acid, celastrol, or a derivative thereof. There are further provided derivatives of celastrol and compositions comprising acetyl isogambogic acid, celastrol, or a derivative thereof.
US07888353B2
Compounds in accord with Formula I: wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined in the specification, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, methods of making, pharmaceutical compositions containing and methods for using the same.
US07888349B2
Piperazine, [1,4]diazepane, [1,4]diazocane, and [1,5]diazocane fused imidazo ring compounds (i.e., imidazoquinolines, tetrahydroimidazoquinolines, imidazonaphthyridines, tetrahydroimidazonaphthyridines, and imidazopyridines), pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, intermediates, methods of making, and methods of use of these compounds as immunomodulators, for inducing or inhibiting cytokine biosynthesis in animals and in the treatment of diseases including viral and neoplastic diseases are disclosed.
US07888340B2
Steroid compounds processing a hydrogen donor in 3beta position, either in the form of a hydroxy- or a sulfate group, function as efficient blockers of the 3alpha-hydroxy-pregnan-steroid action and thus have utility as therapeutic substances for the prevention and/or treatment of steroid related CNS disorders. Treatment methods based on the administration of these substances are disclosed, and these substances either alone or in combination are also suggested for the manufacture of pharmaceuticals for the treatment of many specific steroid induced CNS disorders.
US07888318B1
This invention relates to formulations of polypeptides and their derivatives that act as inhibitors or regulators of the immune or coagulation systems and are of use in organ transplantation. It provides solutions which include, for example, complement inhibitors or regulators of T- or B-lymphocyte function in modified molecular forms that can be used to perfuse and modify organs prior to transplantation or to store organs prior to transplantation, and to localise agents on organs. It further provides for a preparation for perfusion of an organ prior to transplantation or storage of the organ comprising: a soluble derivative of a soluble polypeptide, said derivative comprising two or more heterologous membrane binding elements with low membrane affinity covalently associated with the polypeptide which elements are capable of interacting, independently and with thermodynamic additivity, with components of membranes of the organ exposed to extracellular perfusion fluids; and a physiologically acceptable flush storage solution.
US07888317B2
Glucagon-like peptide 2, a product of glucagon gene expression, and analogs of glucagon-like peptide 2, have been identified as gastrointestinal tissue growth factors. Their effects on the growth of small bowel and pancreatic islets are described. Their formulation as a pharmaceutical, and their therapeutic use in treating disorders of the bowel, are described.
US07888310B2
The present invention is directed to a method of identifying patients to be treated by dopamine agonist therapy comprising the step of analyzing a plasma or urine sample from said patient for concentrations of norepinephrine (NE), norepinephrine metabolites (NE metabolites), dopamine, dopamine metabolites, serotonin, serotonin metabolites, or fasting triglycerides, wherein one or more of: (a) NE metabolites, (b) NE/NE metabolites: dopamine/dopamine metabolites, (c) NE and serotonin, (d) NE/NE metabolites and serotonin, (e) NE and serotonin metabolites, (f) NE/NE metabolites and serotonin metabolites, or (g) NE is/are greater than about 30% over normal level; or dopamine/dopamine metabolites are less than about 30% below normal; or fasting triglycerides are greater than about 150 mg/dl and/or said patient has blood pressure of greater than about 135/85 mm Hg. The present invention is also directed to treating identified patients with dopamine agonist therapy.
US07888307B2
There is provided a new branched primary alcohol composition and the sulfates thereof exhibiting good cold water detergency and biodegradability. The branched primary alcohol composition has an average number of branches per chain of at least 0.7, having at least 8 carbon atoms and containing both methyl and ethyl branches. The primary alcohol composition may also contain less than 0.5 atom % of quaternary carbon atoms, and a significant number ethyl branches, terminal isopropyl branches, and branching at the C3 position relative to the hydroxyl carbon. The process for its manufacture is by skeletally isomerizing an olefin feed having at least 7 carbon atoms followed by conversion to an alcohol, as by way of hydroformylation, and ultimately, sulfation to obtain a detergent surfactant. Useful catalysts include the zeolites having at least one channel with a crystallographic free diameter along the x and/or y planes of the [001] view ranging from greater than 4.2 Å and less than 7 Å, but allows one to skeletally isomerize the olefin to produce a variety of branches, while retaining ready biodegradability and good cold water detergency.
US07888303B2
A solidification matrix includes methacrylate, sodium carbonate, and water. The methacrylate, sodium carbonate, and water interact to form a hydrate solid having a growth exponent of less than about 3%.
US07888302B2
A composition and method comprising same for selectively removing residues such as, for example, ashed photoresist and/or processing residues are disclosed herein. In one aspect, there is provided a composition for removing residue wherein the composition has a pH ranging from about 2 to about 9 comprising: a buffer solution comprising an organic acid and a conjugate base of the organic acid in a molar ratio of acid to base ranging from 10:1 to 1:10; a fluoride, and water, provided that the composition is substantially free of an added organic solvent. In another aspect, the composition may further comprise a corrosion inhibitor and/or a surfactant.
US07888300B2
The invention provides a cleaning liquid for semiconductor devices which is capable of removing deposits on a surface of an object to be cleaned including a photoresist, an antireflective film, an etching residue and an ashing residue at a low temperature in a short period of time with reduced environmental burdens and without causing corrosion of an interlayer dielectric film, a metal, a metal nitride, and an alloy in the object to be cleaned. The cleaning liquid for semiconductor devices according to the invention contains a reducing agent and a surfactant and has a pH of 10 to 14.
US07888295B2
A well treatment composition is formed from an aqueous crosslinkable hydrated polymer solution. Combined with the polymer solution is a solid boric acid or borate crosslinking agent and a solid metal oxide or metal hydroxide pH buffering agent that has limited solubility (less than 100 kg/m3 at 20° C.) within the polymer solution that provides the solution with a pH of from about 8 to about 11. The composition may be introduced into a subterranean formation through a wellbore that penetrates the formation. The composition may provide at least one of shortened shear recovery time and an increase in the thermal stability of the aqueous polymer solution.
US07888287B2
6-Amino-5-halo-4-pyrimidinecarboxylic acids having poly-substituted aryl substituents in the 2-position, and their amine and acid derivatives, are potent herbicides demonstrating a broad spectrum of weed control.
US07888277B2
A precursor of a ceramic adhesive suitable for use in a vacuum, thermal, and microgravity environment. The precursor of the ceramic adhesive includes a silicon-based, preceramic polymer and at least one ceramic powder selected from the group consisting of aluminum oxide, aluminum nitride, boron carbide, boron oxide, boron nitride, hafnium boride, hafnium carbide, hafnium oxide, lithium aluminate, molybdenum silicide, niobium carbide, niobium nitride, silicon boride, silicon carbide, silicon oxide, silicon nitride, tin oxide, tantalum boride, tantalum carbide, tantalum oxide, tantalum nitride, titanium boride, titanium carbide, titanium oxide, titanium nitride, yttrium oxide, zirconium boride, zirconium carbide, zirconium oxide, and zirconium silicate. Methods of forming the ceramic adhesive and of repairing a substrate in a vacuum and microgravity environment are also disclosed, as is a substrate repaired with the ceramic adhesive.
US07888274B2
To provide a reinforcing woven fabric, which is excellent in deformability, capable of following a complicated shape and excellent in retention of the shape, and a preform using it, a fiber reinforced plastic molded component and a process for producing them. Provided is a reinforcing woven fabric where a resin material is stuck on at least one surface of a fabric substrate containing a plurality of reinforcing fiber bundles, then the resin material stuck over two or more reinforcing fiber bundles is peeled from a part of the two or more reinforcing fiber bundles by varying the relative position of a plurality of reinforcing fiber bundles constituting the fabric substrate, wherein the maximum value of load till a tensile strain in a non fiber axial tensile test reaches 1% is in a range of 0.01 to 0.75 N.
US07888269B2
A method includes forming a layer of silicon oxynitride (SiON), silicon rich nitride (SiRN) or silicon nitride (Si3N4) over a layer of semiconducting material. The method further includes forming a first layer of anti-reflective material over the layer of SiON, SiRN or Si3N4 and forming a second layer of anti-reflective material over the first layer. The method also includes using the first layer, second layer and layer of SiON, SiRN or Si3N4 as a mask when etching a pattern in the layer of semiconducting material.
US07888263B2
In semiconductor integrated circuit and device fabrication interconnect metallization is accomplished by a clad Ag deposited on a SiO2 level on a Si surface. The clad Ag has a layer of an alloy of Ag and Al (5 atomic %) contacting the SiO2, a layer of substantially pure Ag and an outer layer of the Ag and Al alloy. The alloy improves adhesion to the SiO2, avoids agglomeration of the Ag, reduces or eliminates diffusion at the SiO2 surface, reduces electromigration and presents a passive exterior surface.
US07888261B2
A method for forming conductive contacts and interconnects in a semiconductor structure, and the resulting conductive components are provided. In particular, the method is used to fabricate single or dual damascene copper contacts and interconnects in integrated circuits such as memory devices and microprocessor.
US07888254B2
Semiconductor device having a refractory metal containing film and method for manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the same of the present invention in which the semiconductor device is provided with a fuse structure or an electrode pad structure, suppress the copper blowing-out from a copper containing metal film. The semiconductor device comprises a silicon substrate, SiO2 film provided on the silicon substrate, copper films embedded in the SiO2 film, TiN films covering an upper face of a boundary region between an upper face of copper films and the copper films, and the SiO2 film, and SiON films covering an upper face of the TiN films.
US07888250B2
A compound semiconductor is placed in a reaction vessel (12) of which the inner gas is subjected to replacement with a low-vapor-pressure gas (2) whose equilibrium vapor pressure at the melting point of the compound semiconductor is 1 atm or lower. The low-vapor-pressure gas is urged to flow along the surface of the compound semiconductor while keeping the internal pressure of the reaction vessel at a value not lower than that equilibrium vapor pressure. The surface of the compound semiconductor is irradiated with a pulsed-laser light (3) whose photon energy is higher than the band gap of the compound semiconductor. Thus, only that part of the compound semiconductor which is located at the pulsed-laser light irradiation position is instantly heated and melted while keeping the atmospheric temperature of the low-vapor-pressure gas at a room temperature or a temperature equal to or lower than the decomposition temperature.
US07888244B2
A method of forming a virtually defect free lattice mismatched nanoheteroepitaxial layer is disclosed. The method includes forming an interface layer on a portion of a substrate. A plurality of seed pads are then formed by self-directed touchdown by exposing the interface layer to a material comprising a semiconductor material. The plurality of seed pads, having an average width of about 1 nm to 10 nm, are interspersed within the interface layer and contact the substrate. An epitaxial layer is then formed by lateral growth of the seed pads over the interface layer.
US07888235B2
A method for fabricating a semiconductor substrate. In an embodiment, this method includes the steps of transferring a seed layer on to a support substrate; and depositing a working layer on the seed layer to form a composite substrate. The seed layer is made of a material that accommodates thermal expansion of the support substrate and of the working layer. The result is a semiconductor substrate that includes the at least one layer of semiconductor material on a support substrate.
US07888234B2
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor body with a trench comprises the steps of etching the trench (11) in the semiconductor body (10) and forming a silicon oxide layer (12) on at least one side wall (14) of the trench (11) and on the bottom (15) of the trench (11) by means of thermal oxidation. Furthermore, the silicon oxide layer (12) on the bottom (15) of the trench (11) is removed and the trench (11) is filled with polysilicon that forms a polysilicon body (13).
US07888223B2
A method for fabrication a p-type channel FET includes forming a gate on a substrate. Then, a PAI ion implantation process is performed. Further, a pocket implantation process is conducted to form a pocket region. Thereafter, a first co-implantation process is performed to define a source/drain extension region depth profile. Then, a p-type source/drain extension region is formed. Afterwards, a second co-implantation process is performed to define a source/drain region depth profile. Thereafter, an in-situ doped epitaxy growth process is performed to form a doped semiconductor compound for serving as a p-type source/drain region.
US07888217B2
A method for fabricating a gate dielectric of a field effect transistor is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of removing a native oxide layer, forming an oxide layer, forming a gate dielectric layer over the oxide layer, oxidizing the gate dielectric layer, and annealing the layers and underlying thermal oxide/silicon interface. Optionally, the oxide layer may be nitridized prior to forming the gate dielectric layer. Optionally, the gate dielectric layer may be nitridized prior to oxidizing the gate dielectric layer. In one embodiment, at least portions of the method are performed using processing reactors arranged on a cluster tool.
US07888211B2
A method of manufacturing a flash memory device includes preparing a semiconductor substrate comprising a cell area and a peripheral area, forming a first well and an oxide-nitride-oxide (ONO) layer in the cell area, forming a second well in the peripheral area of the semiconductor substrate comprising the first well and forming a first oxide layer in the peripheral area, forming a first polysilicon layer over the ONO layer and the first oxide layer and performing a first etch process to form a memory gate comprising an ONO layer pattern and a first polysilicon pattern in the cell area, forming a second oxide layer pattern and a second polysilicon pattern over either sidewall of the memory gate and forming a gate in the peripheral area, performing a third etch process so that the second oxide layer pattern and the second polysilicon pattern remain over only the one sidewall of the memory gate to form a select gate, and forming a first impurity area in the semiconductor substrate between the memory gates adjacent to each other.
US07888209B2
A semiconductor memory device with the thickness of both a tunnel film and a top film provided thereon configured to be in the FN tunneling region (4 nm or more). Data retention characteristics can be improved by configuring both a tunnel film and a top film to have a thickness in the FN tunneling region. Secondly, a high-concentration impurity region of a conductivity type the same as that of the substrate is provided in a substrate region arranged between assist gates provided adjacently to each other. The aforementioned high-concentration impurity region makes a depletion layer extremely thin when bias is applied to the assist gates. Hot holes generated between bands in the depletion region are injected into a charge storage region and the holes and electrons make pairs and disappear, enabling easy data erasing.
US07888192B2
A method is disclosed for forming an integrated circuit including a common gate FinFET device and a split gate FinFET device. Taller fins and shorter fins of different heights are formed in a semiconductor surface. Layers of gate dielectric material and gate electrode material are formed over tops and sides of the fins. The gate electrode material layer is planarized using chemical-mechanical polishing to remove the gate electrode material from the tops of the taller fins, leaving the gate electrode material over the tops of the shorter fins. The planarized material is patterned to form split (dual) gate structures on the sides of the taller fins and common gate structures on the tops and sides of the shorter fins.
US07888188B2
Microelectronic devices and methods for manufacturing microelectronic devices are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a device includes a support member and a flexed microelectronic die mounted to the support member. The flexed microelectronic die has a plurality of terminals electrically coupled to the support member and an integrated circuit operably coupled to the terminals. The die can be a processor, memory, imager, or other suitable die. The support member can be a lead frame, a plurality of electrically conductive leads, and/or an interposer substrate.
US07888180B2
A semiconductor apparatus includes a semiconductor device having electrodes on its opposed frontside and backside, respectively, a first external electrode connected to the electrode at the frontside, the first external electrode having a first major surface generally parallel to the frontside of the semiconductor device, and a first side surface generally perpendicular to the first major surface, and a second external electrode having a second major surface generally parallel to the backside of the semiconductor device, a second side surface generally perpendicular to the second major surface, and a projection protruding perpendicular to the second major surface and connected to the electrode at the backside, The first side surface of the first external electrode and the second side surface of the second external electrode serve as mount surfaces. The semiconductor device is located between the first external electrode and the second external electrode.
US07888179B2
The semiconductor device is made up of two wiring boards, a semiconductor chip, and a sealing part. The two wiring boards are spaced apart, and a semiconductor chip is mounted so as to span the two wiring boards. The semiconductor chip includes a predetermined circuit and a plurality of electrode pads on one side thereof. The wiring board includes a plurality of connection pads on a semiconductor chip-mounting face, and a plurality of lands on the opposite side thereof. The land is electrically connected to a corresponding connection pad. An external terminal is formed on each of the lands. Further, the electrode pad formed in the semiconductor chip is electrically connected to the corresponding connection pad of the wiring board. Moreover, the semiconductor chip, the semiconductor chip mounting face of the wiring board, and the side faces of the wiring board are covered with the sealing part.
US07888168B2
Embodiments of the invention contemplate the formation of a high efficiency solar cell using novel methods to form the active region(s) and the metal contact structure of a solar cell device. In one embodiment, the methods include the use of various etching and patterning processes that are used to define point contacts through a blanket dielectric layer covering a surface of a solar cell substrate. The method generally includes depositing an etchant material that enables formation of a desired pattern in a dielectric layer through which electrical contacts to the solar cell device can be formed.
US07888165B2
Methods of forming a phase change material are disclosed. The method includes forming a chalcogenide compound on a substrate and simultaneously applying a bias voltage to the substrate to alter the stoichiometry of the chalcogenide compound. In another embodiment, the method includes positioning a substrate and a deposition target having a first stoichiometry in a deposition chamber. A plasma is generated in the deposition chamber to form a phase change material on the substrate. The phase change material has a stoichiometry similar to the first stoichiometry. A bias voltage is applied to the substrate to convert the stoichiometry of the phase change material to a second stoichiometry. A phase change material, a phase change random access memory device, and a semiconductor structure are also disclosed.
US07888164B2
A method of fabricating a programmable via structure is provided. The method includes providing a patterned heating material on a surface of an oxide layer. The oxide layer is located above a semiconductor substrate. A patterned dielectric material is formed having a least one via on a surface of the patterned heating material. The at least one via is filled with a phase change material such that a lower surface of the phase change material is in direct contact with a portion of the patterned heating material. A patterned diffusion barrier is formed on an exposed surface of the at least one via filled with the phase change material. A method of programmable a programmable via structure made by the method is also disclosed.
US07888161B2
A method for producing a solid-state imaging device, which including: a photoelectric conversion section; a charge transfer section having a charge transfer electrode; and an antireflection film covering a light-receiving region in the photoelectric conversion section, wherein forming the antireflection film includes: forming a sidewall on a lateral wall of the charge transfer electrode after forming the charge transfer electrode; forming an antireflection film on a substrate surface where the sidewall is formed; forming a resist on the antireflection film; melting and flattening the resist to expose the antireflection film on the charge transfer electrode; removing the antireflection film by using the resist as the mask; removing the sidewall; covering the charge transfer electrode with an insulating film; and forming a light-shielding film that reaches a level lower than the top surface of the antireflection film, and that surrounds the periphery of the antireflection film.
US07888153B2
Provided is a method of manufacturing a vertical light emitting device. The method of manufacturing the vertical light emitting device may include forming an emissive layer including a n-type semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a p-type semiconductor layer on a substrate, forming a first trench dividing the emissive layer into light emitting device units in which the emissive layer remains on the lower part of the first trench to a desired, or alternatively, a predetermined thickness, forming a passivation layer on the emissive layer, forming a p-type electrode on the p-type semiconductor layer of the emissive layer, forming a metal supporting layer on the passivation layer and the p-type electrode, removing the substrate, removing a remaining portion of the emissive layer when the surface of the emissive layer is exposed by removing the substrate, forming a n-type electrode on the n-type semiconductor layer of the emissive layer, and cutting the metal supporting layer to divide the emissive layer into the light emitting device units.
US07888150B2
The present invention provides a display comprising a panel having a display region for displaying an image and a peripheral region defined therein, a plurality of thin film transistors (TFTs) formed in the display region, p-type and n-type TFTs formed in the peripheral region, and at least one photo diode formed in a horizontal structure in the display or peripheral region; and a method of manufacturing the display. According to the present invention, n-type and p-type TFTs and a photo diode can be together formed without an additional process when forming the TFTs using a polycrystalline silicon thin film, and various peripheral circuits can be configured using such elements.
US07888145B2
A selective oxidation layer is formed by alternately growing an AlAs layer and an XAs layer containing a group III element X with a thickness ratio in a range between 97:3 and 99:1 on a plurality of semiconductor layers including an active layer. The selective oxidation layer is selectively oxidized to manufacture a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser.
US07888133B2
The invention relates to method of detecting autoantibodies from patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis. To this end, according to the invention, at least two peptide units are used of which at least one peptide unit comprises a part not derived from (pro)filaggrin, fibrin, fibrinogen, vimentin, cytokeratin 1 and cytokeratin 9, and which peptide unit comprises the motif XG, and a peptide unit comprising the motif XnonG, wherein X is a citrulline or an analogue thereof, and nonG is an amino acid other than glycine.
US07888132B2
A histological specimen retaining device for processing tissue. The histological specimen retaining device comprises a foldable permeable sheet having edges and a permeable target disposed on the foldable permeable sheet within the edges of said sheet thereby providing extended flap portions. The extended flap portions are foldable to overlap the target. The histological specimen retaining device also comprises a malleable securing strip attached to the permeable sheet of a length sufficient to secure said folded flap portions overlapping said target.
US07888126B2
An apparatus, process, coating, and filter for the accurate measurement of total mercury concentration in flue gas. In one aspect, the concentrations of both elemental and oxidized mercury are preserved by the apparatus for analysis. Accordingly, embodiments of the present apparatus and process can be used to determine regulatory compliance or for process control measurement.
US07888121B2
Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for targeted cleavage of a genomic sequence, targeted alteration of a genomic sequence, and targeted recombination between a genomic region and an exogenous polynucleotide homologous to the genomic region. The compositions include fusion proteins comprising a cleavage domain (or cleavage half-domain) and an engineered zinc finger domain and polynucleotides encoding same. Methods for targeted cleavage include introduction of such fusion proteins, or polynucleotides encoding same, into a cell. Methods for targeted recombination additionally include introduction of an exogenous polynucleotide homologous to a genomic region into cells comprising the disclosed fusion proteins.
US07888112B2
The invention is related to polynucleotide-based cytomegalovirus vaccines. In particular, the invention is plasmids operably encoding HCMV antigens, in which the naturally-occurring coding regions for the HCMV antigens have been modified for improved translation in human or other mammalian cells through codon optimization. HCMV antigens which are useful in the invention include, but are not limited to pp65, glycoprotein B (gB), IE1, and fragments, variants or derivatives of either of these antigens. In certain embodiments, sequences have been deleted, e.g., the Arg435-Lys438 putative kinase in pp65 and the membrane anchor and endocellular domains in gB. The invention is further directed to methods to induce an immune response to HCMV in a mammal, for example, a human, comprising delivering a plasmid encoding a codon-optimized HCMV antigen as described above. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising plasmids encoding a codon-optimized HCMV antigen as described above, and further comprising adjuvants, excipients, or immune modulators.
US07888111B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a cell culture vessel which is simple in structure and easy to handle, and is capable of preventing damage to the cells when separated, promoting transport of nutrients and excretion of effete matter, and elevating the culturing efficiency improving effect by the structural features. In order to attain the above object, there is provided a cell culture vessel including a culture section provided with a plurality of projections having an equivalent diameter smaller than the cells to be cultured and the culture section side walls enclosing the culture section, wherein the distance between an arbitrary position on the culture section/side wall boundary line and the nearest projection is smaller than the diameter of the cells to be cultured. The effect of the projections in the vessel given to the cultured cells is enhanced.
US07888107B2
A method and apparatus are provided for processing a nucleic acid. The apparatus includes a disposable self-contained processing module that contains the nucleic acid and substantially all of the fluids to effect a nanoparticle hybridization test, a pump coupled to the processing module, a valving system disposed between the pump and processing module and a control system coupled to the pump and valving system causing the processing fluids to interact with the nucleic acid to effect a sandwich hybridization test using nanoparticles.
US07888106B2
The present invention provides a microarray for multiple sample analysis that does not require an alignment of well walls with corresponding probe sets. Methods for building and using such a microarray are also within the scope of the present invention.
US07888105B2
A process for preparing a second compound stereo-selectively is described. The process comprises reacting a substrate comprising at least one first compound with a reagent in the presence of a biological catalyst and a solvent comprising at least one (hydro)fluorocarbon so as to convert a first compound into the second compound.
US07888104B2
The invention relates to a novel enzyme obtained from Bacillus agaradherens (DSM 9948), which can be regarded as cyclodextrin glucanotransferase (CGTase) and also as α-amylase. The invention also relates to sufficiently similar proteins or derivatives that exhibit amylolytic and/or CGTase activity, to the corresponding nucleic acids and micro-organisms that produce said proteins and derivatives, to methods for the production of said proteins and to diverse uses of the same. In addition, said proteins can be further developed for other, predominantly technical purposes. The invention relates in particular to detergents and cleaning agents containing CGTase of this type, to methods for cleaning textiles or hard surfaces using CGTase of this type or corresponding agents and to the use thereof for cleaning textiles or hard surfaces.
US07888103B2
The method of detoxification of yperite—bis(2-chloroethyl)sulfide—by the use of a haloalkane dehalogenases or their compositions, the method of preparation of dehalogenationating enzymes and of decontamination compositions which contains at least one wild type and/or modified haloalkane dehalogenase (EC 3.8.1.5) as an chemically active component. The preferred dehalogenases are LinB from Sphingomonas paucimobilis UT26, DhaA from Rhodococcus rodochrous NCIMB 13064, DmbA from Mycobacterium bovis 5033/66. Decontamination is utilizable for detoxification of yperite from the surfaces of instrumentality, constructional objects, human or animal skin and elements of environment by the treatment of yperite with the detoxification composition according the invention at +10° C. to +70° C., preferably at about +40° C. and pH from 4 to 12.
US07888102B2
The invention relates to the production of coronaviruses. In particular, the invention relates to methods for producing SARS-CoV by using cells expressing a functional SARS-CoV receptor.
US07888100B2
The invention relates to peptides which bind to MHC Class I and to MHC Class II molecules. These peptides are useful in different therapeutic and diagnostic contexts.
US07888099B2
In one aspect, the present invention provides methods for producing conifer somatic embryos. The methods of this aspect of the invention each include the steps of cultivating conifer embryogenic cells in, or on, a synchronization medium that comprises an absorbent composition and at least one synchronization agent selected from the group consisting of abscisic acid and a gibberellin. Some embodiments of the methods provide a synchronized population of conifer somatic embryos wherein at least about 50% of the embryos are at about the same developmental stage. Some embodiments of the methods of the invention yield at least 100% more cotyledonary somatic embryos than an identical method for producing conifer somatic embryos that does not utilize a synchronization medium comprising an absorbent composition and at least one synchronization agent selected from the group consisting of abscisic acid and a gibberellin.
US07888098B2
The invention provides a process for the purification recombinantly expressed, self-assembled VLP from the homogenate of a bacterial host, wherein the process can be scaled up to a commercial production scale in a cost effective manner. The process comprises a first chromatography using an anion exchange matrix, a second chromatography using hydroxyapatite and, optionally, a size exclusion chromatography. VLP preparations obtained by the process of the invention are essentially free of endotoxin contaminations.
US07888095B2
The present invention provides methods of designing and generating polypeptide variants that have altered function compared to a parent polypeptide. The present invention further provides a computer program product for carrying out the design of a variant polypeptide. The present invention further provides nucleic acids encoding terpene cyclase variants, as well as vectors and host cells comprising the nucleic acids. The present invention further provides variant terpene cyclases; methods of producing the variant terpene cyclases; and methods of producing isoprenoid compounds.
US07888092B2
Provided herein is are polypeptides that include the protease domain of a type II transmembrane serine protease (MTSP) as a single chain. Methods using the polypeptides to identify compounds that modulate the protease activity of an MTSP are provided. Also provided are MTSPs designated MTSP3 and MTSP4 and a form of an MTSP designated MTSP6.
US07888088B2
The present invention provides a superoxide dismutase gene from Potentilla atrosanguinea, a construct containing the gene coding for superoxide dismutase and transformed E. coli producing the SOD protein.
US07888085B2
The invention relates to a method for increasing biogas production of thermophilic anaerobe systems. More closely, a biomass containing a consortium comprising polymer-degrading, acetogenic and methanogenic microorganisms is inoculated with a microorganism culture before the start of or during biogas production. Said microorganism is a thermophilic, acetogenic, hydrogen producing bacterium. As an example, Caldicellulosiruptor saccharolyticus is applied. According to the invention production if methane containing biogas is significantly increased.The invention is useful for intensifying biogas production and thereby increasing its feasibility.
US07888080B2
A process for preparing optically active alkanols of the formula I in which n is an integer from 0 to 5; Cyc is an optionally substituted, mono- or polynuclear, saturated or unsaturated, carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring, and R1 is halogen, SH, OH, NO2, NR2R3 or NR2R3R4+X−, with R2, R3 and R4 independently of one another being hydrogen or a lower alkyl or lower alkoxy radical and X− being a counterion, which process comprises incubating in a medium comprising alkanone of the formula II in which n, Cyc and R1 are as defined above, an enzyme having a polypeptide sequence (i) SEQ ID NO: 1 or (ii) in which, compared to SEQ ID NO:1, up to 25% of the amino acid radicals have been altered by deletion, insertion, substitution or a combination thereof and which retains at least 50% of the enzymic activity of SEQ ID NO:1, with the compound of the formula II being enzymically reduced to give the compound of the formula I, and isolating the product formed.
US07888077B2
The present invention provides a method for producing an L-amino acid using a bacterium of the Enterobacteriaceae family, particularly a bacterium belonging to the genus Escherichia or Pantoea, which has been modified to attenuate expression of the kefB gene.
US07888063B2
This invention provides compositions and methods for producing translational components that expand the number of genetically encoded amino acids in eukaryotic cells. The components include orthogonal tRNAs, orthogonal aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, orthogonal pairs of tRNAs/synthetases and unnatural amino acids. Proteins and methods of producing proteins with unnatural amino acids in eukaryotic cells are also provided.
US07888058B2
The present invention provides a transformed cell in which a polynucleotide having a nucleotide sequence encoding an amino acid sequence of an osmosensing histidine kinase having no transmembrane region is introduced in a functional form into a cell deficient in at least one hybrid-sensor kinase, a method of assaying the antifungal activity of a test substance using the transformed cell, and a method of searching an antifungal compound using the method, and the like.
US07888057B2
A method of immunologically analyzing plasmin-digested products of stabilized fibrin, characterized by using a combination of a monoclonal antibody (a) which does not react with stabilized fibrin, fibrinogen, and plasmin-digested products of fibrinogen, but reacts with a neoantigen which is newly exposed in a D domain by digesting stabilized fibrin with plasmin, and a monoclonal antibody (b) which recognizes a site different from that recognized by the monoclonal antibody (a), and specifically reacts with plasmin-digested products of stabilized fibrin, wherein one of the monoclonal antibodies (a) and (b) is carried on a magnetic particle, and the other is labeled with an enzyme, and a chemiluminescent substrate is used as a substrate for the enzyme, is disclosed.
US07888054B2
The invention provides Ehrlichia canis antigens that can be used to detect E. canis infected animals regardless of whether the animals have been vaccinated for E. canis. The invention also provides compositions and methods for determining the presence of E. canis antigens and antibodies.
US07888045B2
The invention provides isolated nucleic acid and amino acid sequences of taste cell specific G-protein coupled receptors, antibodies to such receptors, methods of detecting such nucleic acids and receptors, and methods of screening for modulators of taste cell specific G-protein coupled receptors.
US07888035B2
Methods and compositions for the characterizing of cancers by assessing RNA levels, such as determining an RNA pattern, are provided herein. The diagnosis, prognosis, monitoring and treatment or a cancer can be determined by detecting one or more RNAs, such as microRNAs.
US07888030B2
The present invention provides circulating biomarkers for conditions associated with metabolic syndrome, including diabetes mellitus, hypertension and congestive heart failure. The biomarkers include plasma DNA, neuron-specific enolase, 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase, rhodopsin, retinoschisin, RPE65 and cardiac troponin T. Methods and kits for detecting these biomarkers in the prediction, monitoring and diagnosing of disease are provided, particularly for determining mRNA levels thereof in a subject's blood.
US07888029B2
The present invention is directed to eubacterial tmDNA sequences and the corresponding tmRNA sequences. The present invention is further directed to alignments of eubacterial tmDNA sequences and the use of the sequences and sequence alignments for the development of antibacterial drugs. The present invention is also directed to the use of the sequences for the development of diagnostic assays.
US07888026B2
A probe, a set of probes, and a probe carrier on which the probe or the set of probes is immobilized, are provided for classification of fungus species. The probe or the set of probes is capable of collectively detecting fungus of the same species and distinguishingly detecting those fungus from fungus of other species. The probe is an oligonucleotide probe for detecting a pathogenic fungus DNA and includes at least one of base sequences of SEQ ID NOS. 1 to 3 and mutated sequences thereof.
US07888010B2
The present invention concerns methods and compositions for isolating, enriching, and/or labeling miRNA molecules and for preparing and using arrays or other detection techniques for miRNA analysis. Moreover, the present invention concerns methods and compositions for generating miRNA profiles and employing such profiles for therapeutic, diagnostic, and prognostic applications.
US07888002B2
It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for simply mixing two or more types of liquids in a porous carrier. The present invention provides a method for mixing two or more types of liquids in a porous carrier, which comprises: laminating a first porous carrier consisting of an upstream portion and a down stream portion that are integrated with each other on a second porous carrier consisting of an upstream portion and a downstream portion that are integrated with each other, such that the upstream portion of the first porous carrier and the upstream portion of the second porous carrier form a bifurcated portion; adding a first liquid to the upstream portion of the first porous carrier; adding a second liquid to the upstream portion of the second porous carrier; and giving external force in a vertical direction towards the first and second porous carriers at a position wherein the first porous carrier is laminated on the second porous carrier on the side downstream of the bifurcation point of the bifurcated portion, so as to mix the first liquid with the second liquid in the first and second porous carriers.
US07887998B2
Disclosed is a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprising at least one silver halide emulsion layer and at least one hydrophilic colloid layer on a support, wherein silver halide in the silver halide emulsion layer has a silver bromide content of 40 to 90 mol %, and the silver halide emulsion layer is spectrally sensitized with a specific dye.
US07887994B2
Disclosed herein is a photoresist composition suitable for coating onto a large substrate and having improved coating uniformity to prevent occurrence of stains, a coating method thereof, a method of forming an organic film pattern using the same, and a display device fabricated thereby. The present invention thus provides a photoresist composition comprising a polymeric resin with an incorporated polysiloxane resin, a photosensitive compound, and an organic solvent. Accordingly, the photoresist composition can be coated onto a large substrate by a spinless coating method, and thereby coating uniformity can be improved, the occurrence of stains such as cumulous stains and resin streaks can be prevented, and the coating rate and quality of a final product prepared using the photoresist composition can also thereby be enhanced.
US07887981B2
The electrophotographic photoreceptor of the present invention includes a cylindrical support, a photosensitive layer and an outermost surface layer that are layered onto the cylindrical support in this sequence from the cylindrical support side. The outermost surface layer includes a charge transport material and a curable resin. The proportion of the content of the curable resin in the outermost surface layer increases in the layer thickness direction with distance from the photosensitive layer side. The process cartridge and electrophotographic apparatus of the present invention are provided with the electrophotographic photoreceptor.
US07887967B2
A power source system comprises: a chemical reaction unit producing a gas for power generation; a generator unit reacting a part of the gas for power generation to generate power, and ejecting unreacted part in the gas for power generation as an offgas; a heating apparatus provided in the chemical reaction unit setting the chemical reaction unit to a predetermined temperature by a heat quantity by a combustion reaction using a combustion component of the offgas and the fuel for combustion; and a controller calculating a quantity of the combustion component in the offgas to control a heat quantity generated by the heating apparatus in order to maintain the predetermined temperature of the chemical reaction unit according to a calculated change of the quantity of the combustion component in the offgas.
US07887957B2
A non-aqueous air battery of the present invention includes a negative electrode for which a material which absorbs and releases lithium ions is used as a negative electrode active material, a positive electrode for which oxygen is used as a positive electrode active material, and a non-aqueous electrolyte disposed between the negative electrode and the positive electrode. The positive electrode contains a donor-acceptor molecule in which an electron-donating donor (D) having a porphyrin ring is connected to an electron-accepting acceptor (A) composed of a fullerene derivative, with a conductive spacer therebetween. An example of the donor-acceptor molecule is triphenylporphyrinyl bithienyl N-methylpyrrolidino[60]fullerene.
US07887953B2
A positive electrode for an alkaline storage battery is disclosed, comprising a conductive base material and an active material layer attached to the base material, the active material layer comprising an active material and a binder, the binder comprising an elastic copolymer comprising one or more tetrafluoroethylene units and one or more propylene units.
US07887951B2
A rechargeable battery having a current collector plates that a have a stable and reliable connection to an uncoated portion of one of the anode and the cathode of the electrode assembly. The rechargeable battery includes the electrode assembly, a case, a cap assembly, and the current collecting plates. The electrode assembly includes the anode, the cathode, and a separator arranged between the anode and the cathode. The case houses the electrode assembly. The cap assembly closes and seals the case and includes an electrode terminal. The current collecting plates connect the electrode assembly and the cap assembly and each include a plurality of current collecting protrusions that extend into the electrode assembly. The current collecting protrusions of one current collector plate are arranged among the current collecting protrusions of another current collecting plate, and the uncoated region of one of the anode and the cathode is arranged among these current collecting protrusions.
US07887944B2
An electrode assembly for use in a galvanic cell is provided. The galvanic cell may include a first electrode, a gel polymer adhesive electrolyte in contact with the first electrode, a polymer tri-phase electrolyte layer, a separator coupled between the gel polymer adhesive electrolyte and the polymer tri-phase electrolyte layer, and a second electrode in contact with the polymer tri-phase electrolyte. A method of making and using an electrode assembly for use in a galvanic cell is provided.
US07887936B2
A composite support designed to successfully receive a transfer layer made of a crystalline material so that the assembly forms an epitaxy substrate, with the support having a longitudinal plane of symmetry parallel to its principal surfaces and a plurality of layers. The support includes a central first layer having a first thermal expansion coefficient at a specified temperature T and extending transversely on either side of the plane of symmetry and at least one pair of lateral layers. The layers of each pair, one with respect to the other, have arrangements in the composite support that are substantially symmetrical with respect to the plane of symmetry; second thermal expansion coefficients at the temperature T that are substantially identical to one another; and thicknesses that are substantially identical to one another. The layers of the support are made of materials that are chosen in such a way that the composite support has an overall thermal expansion coefficient at the temperature T that is sufficiently close to the thermal expansion coefficient of the material of the transferred layer at the temperature T to avoid generating an excessive number of defects in the transfer layer.
US07887927B2
This invention provides a moldable, multiple-layer composite composition, which is a precursor to an electrically conductive composite flow field plate or bipolar plate. In one preferred embodiment, the composition comprises a plurality of conductive sheets and a plurality of mixture layers of a curable resin and conductive fillers, wherein (A) each conductive sheet is attached to at least one resin-filler mixture layer; (B) at least one of the conductive sheets comprises flexible graphite; and (C) at least one resin-filler mixture layer comprises a thermosetting resin and conductive fillers with the fillers being present in a sufficient quantity to render the resulting flow field plate or bipolar plate electrically conductive with a conductivity no less than 100 S/cm and thickness-direction areal conductivity no less than 200 S/cm2.
US07887925B2
The invention relates to a composition for the protection of a shaped article against corrosion, said composition comprising (a) a polyisobutene having a glass transition temperature of less than −20° C. and surface tension of less than 40 mM/m at a temperature above the glass transition temperature of said polyisobutene, (b) a filler material and (c) an anti-oxidant composition. The anti-oxidant composition comprises a primary and/or a secondary anti-oxidant, the primary anti-oxidant being selected from the group consisting of sterically hindered phenol compounds. The invention further relates to a wrapping tape comprising said composition for the protection of a shaped article, a process for the manufacture of said wrapping tape and a process for covering a shaped article with said wrapping tape.
US07887921B2
A laminated glass unit having at least two sheets of glass separated and bonded by a polymeric interlayer material, and further having multi-layer thin film coatings on each of the unbonded surfaces of the at least two glass sheets, is disclosed. Two or more of such laminated glass units can be utilized in various configurations to form an insulated glass unit. The thin films deposited on the unbonded glass surfaces have anti-reflective, iridescence-suppressing and solar control properties when suitable configurations, materials and layer thicknesses are chosen. The laminated glass unit and insulated glass units of the invention exhibit an excellent combination of low visible light reflectance and thermal insulating properties.
US07887917B2
Provided are inorganic fibers containing calcium and alumina as the major fiber components. According to certain embodiments, the inorganic fibers containing calcia and alumina are provided with a coating of a phosphorous containing compound on at least a portion of the fiber surfaces. Also provided are methods of preparing the coated and non-coated inorganic fibers and of thermally insulating articles using thermal insulation comprising the inorganic fibers.
US07887915B2
In one embodiment, an article incorporating a selectively-releasable adhesive includes a substrate having a surface and a layer of selectively-releasable adhesive provided on the surface of the substrate, the selectively-releasable adhesive comprising a copolymer formed from a multifunctional alcohol and a multifunctional carboxylic acid that has been cured.
US07887910B2
A laminated optical element includes an optical substrate made of an optical material, an intermediate layer provided on the optical substrate, and an optical resin layer provided on the intermediate layer. The optical resin layer is made of a resin composed of an organometallic polymer having an -M-O-M- bond (M is a metal atom), a metal alkoxide and/or a hydrolysate thereof having only one hydrolyzable group, and an organic polymer having a urethane bond and a methacryloxy group or an acryloxy group. The intermediate layer is obtained by dispersing metal oxide microparticles in a matrix resin composed of a metal alkoxide having a radical polymerizable group and a hydrolyzable group and/or a hydrolysate thereof.
US07887905B2
There is provided a constraining green including a first constraining layer having a surface disposed on the one of the top and bottom surfaces of the ceramic laminated body, the first constraining layer containing a first inorganic powder; and a second constraining layer disposed on a top of the first constraining layer and containing a second inorganic powder and a fly ash. The constraining green sheet serves to ensure less shrinkage of the ceramic laminated body and improve debinding characteristics.
US07887902B1
An in-line process for forming pre-finished siding manufactured from cellular poly vinyl chloride comprising embossing, milling, parting, punching, and coating the poly vinyl chloride such that the resulting siding is suited for use in an environment exposed to a wide range of fluctuating temperatures and moisture. The process accommodates the natural expansion and contraction of cellular poly vinyl chloride by producing a novel milled clapboard configuration that, when used as siding, can be installed to create a historically correct clapboard installation.
US07887901B2
An article comprising a paint film disposed on at least a portion of a thermoplastic section. The thermoplastic section is made of a thermoplastic composition. The thermoplastic composition has a compatibilized blend of a poly(arylene ether) and a polyamide, an electrically conductive carbon black, and an impact modifier. The electrically conductive carbon black has agglomerates and the agglomerates have an average agglomerate size greater than or equal to 30 square micrometers. The weight ratio of electrically conductive carbon black to polyamide is greater than or equal to 0.043.
US07887890B2
Provided is a method of manufacturing a plastic substrate with lower auto-fluorescence and better specificity. The method includes: (a) preparing a plastic substrate having an Atomic Force Microscopic (AFM) surface roughness of Ra<3 nm or Rq<4 nm under the condition of 50 μm×50 μm or less; (b) treating the plastic substrate with plasma; and (c) treating the plastic substrate with a surface-modifying monomer. A plastic substrate manufactured by the method is also provided. The plastic substrate exhibits a remarkably low auto-fluorescence and thus better specificity for detection of target biomolecules, which enables the broad application of a plastic substrate, which can be easily designed to include a microfluidic structure relative to a glass substrate but has been limitedly used due to high auto-fluorescence, to microarrays, biochips, or well plates. Furthermore, the method of manufacturing the plastic substrate enables an enhancement in the surface specificity of the plastic substrate and easy adjustment of the surface characteristics of the plastic substrate.
US07887888B1
A method for fabricating graphene nanoribbons comprises the steps of providing a chamber with a first and a second cavity, which are separated by a divider that defines an opening to place the first cavity in fluid communication with the second cavity; positioning a graphite sample in the first cavity; positioning a container with a metal disposed therein in the second cavity; heating the container to expel a cloud of metal; injecting a gas into the second cavity to propel the cloud of metal through the opening and into the first cavity where it contacts the graphite sample to produce dislocation bands; removing the graphite sample from the chamber; and electrostatically depositing the dislocation bands on a substrate as graphene nanoribbons.
US07887877B2
At a first timing, an ink jetting unit of a printer head coats an aqueous ink or an organic solvent ink on pixel forming regions on a panel substrate. At a second timing, a first infrared light source unit or a second infrared light source unit disposed adjacently to the ink jetting unit radiates infrared light to the aqueous ink or the organic solvent ink coated on the pixel forming regions to heat the ink and vaporize and dry the solvent in the aqueous ink or the organic solvent ink to fix a hole transporting material or an electron transporting material on the panel substrate.
US07887867B2
The present invention is directed to stabilized non-sour dairy base materials which may be used as a heavy cream substitute or other culinary purposes in food products.
US07887860B2
The invention provides a pharmaceutical composition which comprises a pharmaceutical carrier and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of cobaltocene-octamethyl, stigmastan-3,5 -diene,galaxolide, benzyl salicylate, eucalyptol, and α-pinene. Also provided is a method of preparing a composition having antimicrobial activity comprising extracting a plant material in an organic solvent, contacting the extracted material to a chromatographic column, and eluting from the chromatographic column with a mobile polar phase to obtain a composition. The plant material is from Mammea Americana, Marchantaceae polymorpha, or Callistemon citrinus. Also provided is a method of inhibiting the growth of a mycobacterium, comprising administering a composition comprising a carrier and at least one compound selected from among cobaltocene-octamethyl, stigmastan, 3,5-diene, friedelin, galaxolide, benzyl salicylate, eucalyptol, and α-pinene.
US07887856B2
A composition for treating cancer cells and a preparation method therefor are provided. The novel flavonoid compounds are obtained from natural plants, and more particularly the compounds have a cytotoxicity on cancer cells.
US07887854B2
The present invention relates to a Cynara scolymus extract with a high content of caffeoylquinic acids, and a composition containing said Cynara scolymus extract with a Phaseolus vulgaris extract.Said composition is useful in reducing obesity as it reduces cholesterol, triglycerides and blood glucose by sensitising the cells to insulin. This combination, when taken before meals, reduces the appetite, leading to a reduction in body weight. The extracts are preferably formulated in Oenothera biennis oil, fish oil, or oils rich in unsaturated ω-3 fatty acids.
US07887845B2
The present invention is concerned with pharmaceutical compositions of antiviral compounds which can be administered to a mammal, in particular a human, suffering from a viral infection. These compositions comprise particles obtainable by melt-extruding a mixture comprising one or more antiviral compounds and one or more appropriate water-soluble polymers and subsequently milling said melt-extruded mixture.
US07887844B2
A multiparticulate for controlled release of a drug comprises crystalline drug, a glyceride having at least one alkylate substituent of at least 16 carbon atoms, and a poloxamer, wherein at least 70 wt % of the drug in the multiparticulate is crystalline.
US07887839B2
Oral formulations of G-2MePE including microemulsions, coarse emulsions, liquid crystals, tablets and encapsulated forms of G-2MePE have improved bioavailability than conventional aqueous formulations. In particular, microparticles, nanoparticles and microemulsions can exhibit great neuroprotective effects after oral administration. In a microemulsion formulation, G-2MePE can nearly completely inhibit cerebral infarction in an animal model of stroke even after the stroke had been initiated. Thus, improved oral formulations can be desirably used to treat a variety of neurodegenerative conditions with improved convenience and improved efficacy.
US07887825B2
An emulsifier composition including an ester selected from the group consisting of: pentaerythritol, dipentaerythritol, tripentaerythritol, and mixtures thereof; at least one alkoxylated nonionic emulsifier; and less than 10% by weight water, where partial glycerides may be present in an amount of less than 10% by weight, based on the amount of component (a) present in the composition, is provided. A process for the production of an emulsion, including dispersing the emulsifier composition in an oil phase; heating the emulsifier composition dispersed in the oil phase to a temperature above the phase inversion temperature thereof; heating an aqueous phase to a temperature above the phase inversion temperature thereof; and stirring the oil phase with the aqueous phase and cooling to room temperature is also provided. A cosmetic composition including the emulsifier composition is also provided.
US07887818B2
Neospora caninum is the causal agent of bovine neosporosis which results in high levels of abortion. The protective efficacy of two Neospora antigens: Neospora cyclophilin (NcCyP) and NcSRS2 was evaluated. Mice vaccinated with recombinant (r) NcCyP, rNcSRS2, and the combination rNcCyP plus rNcSRS2, formulated with adjuvant ImmuMax-SR® and CpG were challenge-infected 3 weeks following the booster immunization and necropsied 3 weeks after the challenge infection. Mice vaccinated with rNcCyP, rNcSRS2, or the combination of rNcCyP and rNcSRS2 responded with high levels of NcCyP- or NcSRS2- specific antibodies. Mice which received vaccines formulated with either rNcCyP or the combination rNcCyP and rNcSRS2 had a higher (p<0.01) percent protection when compared to the mock- or non-vaccinated mice. Groups immunized with rNcSRS2 alone exhibited slightly lower levels of protection. Results indicate that NcCyP is a highly efficacious vaccine candidate useful in protection against Neospora infection.
US07887815B2
The present invention relates, e.g., to an isolated peptide consisting of the sequence MKKDDQIAAAIALRGMA (SEQ ID NO:1) or an active variant thereof, wherein the peptide or active variant can bind specifically to an antibody induced by a causative agent of Lyme disease (a pathogenic Borrelia), e.g. in a sample from a subject having Lyme disease. Also disclosed are linear multimeric peptides that contain the peptide represented by SEQ ID NO:1 as well as one or more additional peptide epitopes from other Borrelia proteins that can also bind specifically to an antibody as above. Compositions and diagnostic kits comprising a peptide of the invention are described, as are diagnostic assays using the peptide(s).
US07887799B2
The present invention provides novel Fibroblast Growth Factor-like (FGF-like) polypeptides and nucleic acid molecules encoding the same. The invention also provides vectors, host cells, antibodies and methods for producing FGF-like polypeptides. Also provided for are methods for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases associated with FGF-like polypeptides.
US07887792B2
The present invention provides muscle-derived cells, preferably myoblasts and muscle-derived stem cells, genetically engineered to contain and express one or more heterologous genes or functional segments of such genes, for delivery of the encoded gene products at or near sites of musculoskeletal, bone, ligament, meniscus, cartilage or genitourinary disease, injury, defect, or dysfunction. Ex vivo myoblast mediated gene delivery of human inducible nitric oxide synthase, and the resulting production of nitric oxide at and around the site of injury, are particularly provided by the invention as a treatment for lower genitourinary tract dysfunctions. Ex vivo gene transfer for the musculoskeletal system includes genes encoding acidic fibroblast growth factor, basic fibroblast growth factor, epidermal growth factor, insulin-like growth factor, platelet derived growth factor, transforming growth factor-β, transforming growth factor-α, nerve growth factor and interleukin-1 receptor antagonist protein (IRAP), bone morphogenetic protein (BMPs), cartilage derived morphogenetic protein (CDMPs), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and sonic hedgehog proteins.
US07887788B2
The disclosure herein relates to a cosmetic composition comprising at least 27% by weight of at least one wax having a tack of greater than or equal to 0.7 N·s and a hardness of less than or equal to 3.5 MPa.The disclosure also relates to a cosmetic composition comprising at least one wax having a tack of greater than or equal to 0.7 N·s and a hardness of less than or equal to 3.5 MPa and a compound chosen from a dextrin ester of fatty acid(s) and/or a filler having a BET specific surface area of greater than or equal to 100 m2/g, and the disclosure further relates to an assembly (1) for packaging and applying a product for coating keratin fibers.
US07887764B2
A mixer and mixer assembly for turbulent mixing and enhancing a chemical reaction is provided. A method for using a mixer and mixer assembly for treatment of fluids is also provided. The mixer generally includes a first and second end, a surface configured for turbulent mixing, a catalyst supported thereon, and surface structure configured to increase interaction of catalyst and reactant. The mixer assembly generally includes a mixer inserted inside a fluid container or a tube and may also include a catalytic sleeve for enhancing interaction between catalyst and reactant.
US07887761B2
This invention provides a honeycomb catalyst having an excellent purification efficiency and a small pressure loss and can be mounted even in a limited space, the honeycomb catalyst comprising: porous partition walls 4 having plural pores 25, which are arranged to form plural cells 3 allowing communication between two end faces; plugging portions being arranged to plug the cells 3 in one of the end faces; and catalytically active components 5, 15 loaded on surfaces of partition walls 4 and inner surfaces of pores 25, wherein many catalytically active component-loading pores 35 through which a gas can pass are formed in partition walls 4, and a ratio of a mass (MW) of the catalytically active component loaded on the surfaces of partition walls 4 to a mass (MP) of the catalytically active component 5 loaded on the inner surfaces of the pores 25 is (MW):(MP)=1:3 to 3:1.
US07887742B2
The process and the apparatus serve for the blow moulding of containers (2). A parison (1) composed of a thermoplastic material is first subjected to heat conditioning along a transport path in the region of a heating section (30). The parison is then subjected to a forming process within a blow mould with exposure to blowing pressure to give heat container. The heat conditioning of the parisons is carried out by a plurality of mutually superposed radiant heaters (41). The blow moulding of the container is followed by wall-thickness measurement at at least one level within the height of the container. The heating power of a radiant heater associated with this height level is controlled. The control system receives a prescribed wall-thickness value as required value and the measured wall thickness as actual value.
US07887741B2
A method includes heating a thermoplastic sheet to a predetermined temperature, and placing the heated sheet between a male die and a female die. The female die has a grain pattern on an inner surface thereof and a plurality of minute holes extending therethrough. The method further includes closing the male die and the female die to press the sheet against the inner surface of the female die, drawing the sheet to the female die by vacuum pressure through the plurality of minute holes, and thereby the grain pattern on the female die is transferred to the sheet. After that, thermoplastic molten plastic material is injected into a space between the laminate material and the male die, and is cooled down so that the plastic product is formed by integrating the sheet and the injected material.
US07887739B2
An improved method of imprint lithography involves using fluid-induced pressure from electric or magnetic fields to press a mold onto a substrate having a moldable surface. In essence, the method comprises the steps of providing a substrate having a moldable surface, providing a mold having a molding surface and pressing the molding surface and the moldable surface together by electric or magnetic fields to imprint the molding surface onto the moldable surface. The molding surface advantageously comprises a plurality of projecting features of nanoscale extent or separation, but the molding surface can also be a smooth planar surface, as for planarization. The improved method can be practiced without mechanical presses and without sealing the region between the mold and the substrate.
US07887737B2
A method for producing a one-piece catheter comprising a hub (3) and a tube-shaped flexible part (4) wherein the tube shaped flexible part (4) has an interior which is divided in two region one being cone-shaped (7-8) and one being cylindrical (5). A one-piece catheter of the above mentioned kind and a mould for moulding such catheter.
US07887736B2
A superhydrophobic polymer fabrication is provided. According to one method for preparing a superhydrophobic polymer fabrication, the superhydrophobic polymer fabrication can be fabricated quickly and easily, and the superhydrophobic surface can be repeatedly imprinted using a template, so that mass production of the superhydrophobic polymer fabrication over a large area can be economically implemented.
US07887727B2
The present invention relates to a process for manufacturing a microporous polyolefin film which can be used for various battery separators, separating filters and membranes for microfiltration. The process for manufacturing a microporous polyolefin film according to the invention comprises mixing/extrusion through efficient and separate injection of 15-55% by weight of polyolefin (Component I), and 85-45% by weight of a diluent (Component II) which forms thermodynamic single phase with the polyolefin and a diluent (Component III) which can undergo thermodynamic liquid-liquid phase separation with the polyolefin, into an extruder.
US07887708B2
A method and a device for treating water using an electromagnetic field. The method comprising the steps of subjecting the water to the electromagnetic field generated utilizing an inductor coil; and varying a frequency of a driving signal for the inductor coil such that the generated electromagnetic field has a varying frequency.
US07887698B2
An apparatus for treatment of water in an aquatic environment. Water is first pumped from a reservoir to a first mixing station. An inert gas is introduced into the pumped water at the first mixing station to provide inert gas saturated water, which inert gas saturated water will displace undesired gasses in the water in the reservoir. The inert gas saturated water is then pumped to a sparging column such that the inert gas and undesired gasses will be released from the inert gas saturated water to provide depleted water. The depleted water is oxygen enriched at a second mixing station.
US07887685B2
A gas sensor for detecting NOX is provided. The gas sensor may have a plurality of substrate members, a first sensing electrode, and a second sensing electrode. The gas sensor may also have a first heater element associated with the first sensing electrode and being located on a first side of one of the plurality of substrate members, and a second heater element associated with the second sensing electrode and being located on a second opposing side of the one of the plurality of substrate members.
US07887683B2
The invention relates to an electrochemical gas sensor having both a reference sensor and an active sensor, whereby each reference and active sensor includes a substrate, a counter electrode deposited on a surface of the substrate, a sensing electrode also deposited on the surface, and a solid electrolytic material in electrical contact with both electrodes for carrying a flow of ions between them, which measures a concentration of a gas and compensates for relative humidity differences between sample gas and surrounding atmosphere. The sensor also includes a layer of solid electrolytic material on the sensing electrode of the reference sensor and a film of solid electrolytic material on the sensing electrode of the active sensor, whereby the layer is thicker than the film. The invention may further include a reference electrode in both the reference and active sensors for improving sensor accuracy and/or repeatability.
US07887681B2
An electrode surface coating and method for manufacturing the electrode surface coating comprising a conductive substrate; a surface coating of platinum having a rough configuration and an increase in the surface area of 5 times to 500 times of the corresponding surface area resulting from the basic geometric shape of the electrode. A method for electroplating an electrode surface with platinum coating having a rough surface, comprising electroplating the surface of a conductive substrate at a rate such that the metal particles form on the conductive substrate faster than necessary to form shiny platinum and slower than necessary to form platinum black.
US07887670B2
The present invention provides a gas introducing mechanism and a processing apparatus for processing an object to be processed, which can supply a gas uniformly over the whole region of a processing space so as to enhance uniformity of a process in the surface of the object to be processed. The gas introducing mechanism 50, which is adapted to provide a process to the object W to be processed, by using the gas, in a processing vessel 4, includes a gas introducing ring member 54 for introducing the gas from the exterior of the processing vessel 4, a disk-like rotary base 56 provided rotatably below a top plate 48 in the processing vessel 4, and a ring-shaped gas injection ring member 60 provided around a rotary base 56 so as to be closer and opposed to the gas introducing ring member 54. A gas injecting slit 58 is provided in the ring-shaped gas injection ring member 60, the slit 58 being formed along the circumferential direction of the rotary base. A ring-shaped gas guide groove 62 is provided on at least either one of opposing side faces of the gas introducing ring member 54 and gas injection ring member 60, along the circumferential direction, corresponding to a gas introducing port.
US07887664B1
An irrigation hose (10) includes a continuous strip member (27). The continuous strip member (27) is formed by extruding a substrate (20) and allowing the substrate (20) to cool. Then a flow path (25) is extruded on the substrate (20). The continuous strip member (27) is then operatively connected to the inner wall 10a of the irrigation hose (10).
US07887662B2
A hose assembly comprises: a flexible corrugated inner hose suitable for conveying and dispensing loose-fill insulation material, and a non-conforming outer hose snugly fitted about the inner hose, the outer hose having a substantially cylindrical outer surface that is substantially free of corrugations.
US07887658B2
An apparatus for building tire comprises an outer shaft 3, an intermediate shaft 2, and a center shaft 1 which are disposed coaxially with each other, a building drum 14 supported on the outer shaft 3 and having a uniform outer diameter over the entire length, and means for rotating these shafts disposed on one side of the building drum 14. The building drum 14 consists of axially divided two drum portions 15, 16 which are displaced in mutually approaching and separating directions and are radially expanded and contracted. The intermediate shaft 2 is reciprocably connected to one drum portion 15. The one drum portion 15 is drivably connected to the other drum portion 16 to be able to reciprocably move in mutually opposite directions. Cam members 28, 29 bringing the drum portions into radial expansive/contractive transformations are reciprocably connected to the center shaft 1. The apparatus further comprises a first motor constantly drivably connected to the intermediate shaft 2 and to the center shaft 1 and selectively drivably connected to the outer shaft 3, and a second the second motor constantly drivably connected to the center shaft 1.
US07887646B2
The present invention provides oriented magnetic steel plate with excellent coating adhesion, in particular coating edge peeling resistance, that is, oriented magnetic steel plate with excellent coating adhesion containing, by mass %, Si: 1.8 to 7% and having a primary coating having forsterite as its main ingredient on its surface, said oriented magnetic steel plate characterized in that said primary coating contains one or more of Ce, La, Pr, Nd, Sc, and Y in an areal weight per side of 0.001 to 1000 mg/m2; characterized in that said primary coating contains Ti in an areal weight per side of 1 to 800 mg/m2; and characterized in that said primary coating contains one or more of Sr, Ca, and Ba in an areal weight per side of 0.01 to 100 mg/m2.
US07887642B2
A device for spraying spray products in a dishwasher enables the dishes to be impinged upon with dishwashing fluid in an efficient manner and to avoid wear and tear caused by moving parts and to provide trouble-free operation. The spraying device sprays dishwashing fluid into the inside of the washing container and includes at least one spray channel that guides at least one dishwashing liquid and is integrated into the bottom, top and/or wall area of the washing container, whereby openings which are oriented toward the interior of the washing container are provided on one side and enable the dishwashing fluid to pass therethrough. An improved more homogeneous distribution of dishwashing fluid is provided and it is possible to dispense with moving parts, such as spray arms for the distribution of dishwashing fluid, leading to greater freedom in terms of washing container and wash basket design.
US07887623B2
An apparatus for collecting smoke and dust with a deodorizing function which has excellent capability for maintenance and an improved deodorizing and silencing effect, the apparatus having a housing and a bulkhead having an opening and disposed in the housing to separate a space for deodorizing and filtering exhaust gas from a space for discharging exhaust gas, a vacuuming device for vacuuming exhaust gas disposed in the space for discharging and communicating with the opening of the bulkhead, a filtering device for filtering exhaust gas disposed in the space for deodorizing and filtering and communicating with the vacuuming device through the opening of the bulkhead, and a deodorizing device for deodorizing the exhaust gas concentrically disposed at an outer side of the filtering device.
US07887620B2
A description is given of a process for removing carbon dioxide from gas streams in which the partial pressure of the carbon dioxide is less than 200 mbar, in particular flue gases, the gas stream being contacted with a liquid absorption medium which comprises an aqueous solution (A) of a tertiary aliphatic alkanolamine and (B) an activator of the formula R1—NH—R2—NH2, where R1 is C1-C6-alkyl and R2 is C2-C6-alkylene, the sum of the concentrations of A and B being 2.5 to 7 mol/l, and the molar ratio of B to A being in the range of 1:3 to 1.5:1. The activator is, for example, 3-methylaminopropylamine, the tertiary aliphatic amine methyldiethanolamine, methyldiisopropanolamine or n-butyldiethanolamine. The process permits substantial removal of carbon dioxide and the regeneration of the absorption medium is possible with relatively low energy consumption.
US07887619B2
An adsorptive filter material for the adsorption of acids or acid forming substances from the air is presented, which comprises an ion exchange material. The ion exchange material comprises a strong alkaline anion exchange resin with a ratio of at least 60% in the hydrogencarbonate form and a cation exchange resin in the H form with a ratio of not more than 15%.
US07887617B2
Method and apparatus for determining the ore content and for further treatment of the ore, the ore content of the crushed ore being monitored in the method on-line and the information on the ore content being utilized in the further treatment of the ore.
US07887616B1
A fungicidal composition having fertilizer properties, the composition containing a high percentage of potassium polyphosphate is disclosed. The composition is useful as a fungicide and as a fertilizer for application to plants and, particularly, commercial crops. A method of making the polyphosphate composition is described, as well as methods of using same.
US07887612B2
A portable appliance comprises a dirt inlet, first and second cyclonic stages wherein each cyclonic stage comprises a plurality of cyclones in parallel and the second cyclonic stage is downstream from the first cyclonic stage and a fluid flow motor.
US07887607B2
The method of the subject invention, which comprises (a) forming a plurality of abrasive structures having a three-dimensional shape on a backing by using a first abrasive slurry and drying the abrasive structures, and (b) spray-coating in a specific way a second abrasive slurry over the three-dimensional abrasive structures to form a coating layer and drying the coating layer, provides a coated abrasive having improved flexibility, surface roughness, and use life.
US07887605B2
A reformer for a fuel cell including: at least one reaction plate in which a channel is formed on a surface thereof; a cover plate disposed on the surface of the reaction plate; a bonding part which is formed between the reaction plate and the cover plate and which integrally fixes the reaction plate and the cover plate to each other; and a heat processing part which is formed outside the channel and which reduces a contact area between the reaction plate and the cover plate and controls thermal energy supplied to the reaction plate.
US07887602B2
Reactive dyes of formula wherein the variables are defined herein. B is an aliphatic bridging member, R1 is C1-C4alkyl, halogen or an —SO2—Z radical, R2 and R3 are each independently of the other C1-C4alkoxy, R4, R5 and R6 are each independently of the others hydrogen or unsubstituted or substituted C1-C4alkyl, k and q are each independently of the other the number 0 or 1, p is the number 0, 1 or 2, X1 and X2 are each independently of the other halogen, and T is halogen, a non-fiber-reactive substituent or a fiber-reactive radical of formula wherein (R7)0-2 denotes from 0 to 2 identical or different substituents from the group halogen, C1-C4alkyl, C1-C4alkoxy and sulfo, Z is vinyl or a —CH2—CH2—U radical and U is a group that is removable under alkaline conditions, Q is a —CH(Hal)-CH2-Hal or —C(Hal)=CH2 group and Hal is halogen, or T is a radical of formula wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, k, p and q each have the definitions given above, are suitable especially for dyeing cotton and yield dyeings having good all-round fastness properties.
US07887601B2
Disclosed herein is at least one compound chosen from compounds of leuco type of formula (I), dyes of azomethine type comprising a pyrazolopyridine unit of formula (II) corresponding to the compounds of formula (I), mesomeric forms, isomeric and tautomeric forms thereof, acid-addition salts thereof and solvates thereof:
US07887599B2
This invention is directed to the field of medical implants, and more specifically to biodegradable injectable implants and their methods of manufacture and use. The injectable implants disclosed herein comprise glycolic acid and bio-compatible/bio-absorbable polymeric particles containing a polymer of lactic acid. The particles are small enough to be injected through a needle but large enough to avoid engulfment by macrophages. The injectables of this invention may be in a pre-activated solid form or an activated form (e.g., injectable suspension or emulsion).
US07887597B2
There is disclosed systems and methods for spinal nucleus replacement by constructing channels through vertebral segments on either side of an area into which the spinal nucleus is to be positioned, the channels running from a channel end outside of the area to a channel end abutting the area. One end of a suture is inserted into the outside channel end of a first one of the channels and passed through the first channel and into the area and out of the area through the second channel until it emerges from the second channel. The suture is then used to pull the nucleus into the area.
US07887582B2
A tissue shaping device adapted to be deployed in a lumen to modify the shape of target tissue adjacent to the lumen. In one embodiment the device includes first and second anchors; a connector disposed between the first and second anchors; and a focal deflector disposed between the first and second anchors and may be adapted to extend away from the lumen axis and toward the target tissue and/or away from the lumen axis and away from the target tissue when the device is deployed in the lumen. The invention is also a method of modifying target tissue shape. The method includes the steps of providing a tissue shaping device comprising proximal and distal anchors, a connector disposed between the proximal and distal anchors, and a focal deflector; placing the tissue shaping device in a lumen adjacent the target tissue; applying a shaping force from the focal deflector against a lumen wall to modify the shape of the target tissue; and expanding the proximal and distal anchors to anchor the device in the lumen.
US07887575B2
A stent-graft comprising an expandable stent and a plurality of graft segments, each graft segment having a first end attached to the stent and a second end not attached to the stent. In one embodiment, the plurality of overlapped graft segments form a continuous conduit wherein each overlap between axially adjacent graft segments comprises a fluid-tight seal when the stent in the radially expanded configuration sandwiches the graft segments against a wall of a body lumen. In another embodiment, there are one or more discontinuities in the plurality of graft segments. The discontinuities may be aligned with branch lumens. The graft segments may be cut perpendicular to the stent-graft axis, or on a bias. A delivery system for and method of deploying the stent-graft are also claimed.
US07887573B2
An introducer deploys an endoluminal device in a distal location from a proximal location. The introducer comprises a retrograde portion, an anterograde portion axially moveable relative to the retrograde portion, a shaft having a distal tip and an anterograde sheath attached to the distal tip, and anchoring means in at least one of the retrograde portion or the anterograde portion for anchoring the device during deployment from its proximal end to its distal end. An inner sheath may be mounted concentrically over the shaft with the endoluminal device mounted concentrically over the inner sheath. The anchoring device may comprise an inflatable balloon mounted radially inside the retrograde portion, a tether, or an extended portion of the endoluminal device confined by a notch in the interface of two sheaths in the retrograde portion of the introducer, or may comprise a holder in the anterograde portion.
US07887555B2
A clip for engaging tissue includes a generally annular-shaped body defining a plane and disposed about a central axis extending normal to the plane. The body includes alternating inner and outer curved regions, defining a zigzag pattern about a periphery of the clip. The body is biased towards a planar configuration lying in the plane and deflectable towards a transverse configuration extending out of the plane. Tines extend from the inner curved regions, the tines being oriented towards the central axis in the planar configuration, and parallel to the central axis in the transverse configuration. The tines may include primary tines and secondary tines that are shorter than the primary tines. The primary tines may be disposed on opposing inner curved regions and oriented towards one another such that they overlap in the planar configuration.
US07887548B2
A surgical device suitable for use in spinal fusion of the cervical vertebrae is provided. The surgical device includes an inner tubular body and an outer tubular body. The inner and outer tubular body each has a lengthwise region and a distal portion with a discontinuous wall forming a fenestration. The fenestrations are alignable to provide a passage through the wall of the surgical device. The surgical device may provide any of several benefits, including unobstructed access to a surgical site, greater stability, and improved tactile control.
US07887542B2
Various method and apparatuses may be used to perform a procedure, such as a resection of a portion of the anatomy for preparation of the implants of a prosthetic. Various resecting member, including saw blades having selected geometries and shapes, can be used to assist in the resection of an anatomy to provide for implantation of a prosthetic. In addition, a cutting block assembly may be used to guide the resecting member. The cutting block assembly may be moveably mounted relative to the portion to be resected.
US07887532B2
A system and method for resecting corneal tissue is disclosed. A resection pattern is selected for resecting corneal tissue. The resection pattern is incised in a cornea using a surgical laser, leaving one or more uncut gaps in the incised resection pattern. Any uncut gaps left in the resection pattern may thereafter be incised using an alternate surgical instrument.
US07887530B2
A surgical instrument including a housing, an endoscopic portion, a drive gear, a drive motor, a shift motor and an end effector is disclosed. The endoscopic portion extends distally from the housing and defines a longitudinal axis. The drive gear is disposed at least partially within the housing and is rotatable about a drive gear axis which extends therethrough. The drive gear is selectively movable along the drive gear axis. The drive motor is disposed in mechanical cooperation with the drive gear and is configured to rotate the drive gear. The shift motor is disposed in mechanical cooperation with the drive gear and is configured to move the drive gear along the drive gear axis. The end effector is disposed adjacent a distal portion of the endoscopic portion.
US07887527B2
In an absorbent article 1 including a liquid-permeable topsheet 2 positioned at a surface that contacts with a human body; a non liquid-permeable backsheet 3 positioned at a surface opposite to the topsheet 2; and an absorbent body 4 provided between the topsheet 2 and the backsheet 3, a three-dimensional gather 6 is formed by a folding portion 32 at which the backsheet 3 is folded up to the topsheet 2 side along both side portions in a longitudinal direction of the absorbent body 4, and a nonwoven fabric at least partially adhered to this folding portion 32. The three-dimensional gather 6 has a free end 62 structured with the nonwoven fabric.
US07887519B2
A medical valve having a close mode and an open mode includes a housing having a proximal end, a distal end, and an interior. The valve also has a valve mechanism within the interior. In illustrative embodiments, the valve mechanism has a gland member and a lifter member. The lifter member moves the gland member toward the proximal end of the housing as the valve transitions from the closed mode to the open mode.
US07887511B2
A disposable, wearable, self-contained insulin dispensing device includes a housing and an insulin source in the housing that is connected to a catheter for injecting insulin into a user. The catheter projects generally perpendicularly to a generally planar surface of the housing configured for abutting a skin surface of the user; which planar surface includes an adhesive layer for adhering the housing surface to the skin surface. A removable release sheet covers the adhesive layer for protecting the adhesive layer prior to use of the device. The release sheet is provided with a catheter protection element to enclose and protect an end portion of the catheter, such that removal of the release sheet for exposing the adhesive layer also exposes the end portion. A pump in the housing includes an actuator employing a shape memory alloy wire.
US07887510B2
The present invention relates to a device and method to control suction in a patient environment. The device comprises a body portion having an interior chamber adapted for coupling to a source of the vacuum; a valve comprising a shaft rotatably coupled to the body portion; and an actuator coupled to the shaft of the valve. In operation the valve is rotatable between i) a first position in which the vacuum is provided to the interior chamber via the valve at a first predetermined level and ii) a second position in which the vacuum is interrupted to the interior chamber. The actuator is adapted to move between a first position and a second position which increases the vacuum in the interior chamber to a second predetermined level for clearing occluded suction lines in the patient circuit.
US07887506B1
Disclosed is a medical injection assembly in which the assembly is adapted to reduce the risk of accidental injection of a patient and prevent cross contamination of patients or injectors.
US07887499B2
A sleep-aiding device for restricting stretching of a wearer's legs to full extension to reduce leg muscle cramping during sleep includes an adjustable belt worn about a wearer's waist during sleep, with leg members extending between the belt at the wearer's waist and attachment at lower portions of the wearer's legs, generally below the wearer's knees, e.g. in a particular implementation by engagement of the wearer's feet through end loops positioned midway between the toes and ankle. The leg members have predetermined lengths between the belt and attachment at the lower portions of the wearer's legs that are adjustably selected to restrict stretching of the wearer's legs to full extension during sleep.
US07887485B2
An ultrasonic image boundary extracting apparatus capable of accurately extracting outlines of tissues based on reception signals respectively output from ultrasonic transducers by receiving ultrasonic echoes. The ultrasonic image boundary extracting apparatus includes: an analysis unit for obtaining an interrelationship among plural reception signals with respect to a region within an object to be inspected from among reception signals obtained by transmitting ultrasonic waves toward the object from plural ultrasonic transducers and receiving ultrasonic waves reflected from the object; and a boundary detection unit for detecting a boundary between plural different tissues within the object based on the interrelationship to thereby generate information on a tissue boundary.
US07887483B2
The present invention discloses a safe surgical mouth gag (MG) having a substantially planar frame larger than the maximal mouth aperture which is defined by at least two cross members, i.e., a longitudinal maxillary cross member and a mandibular cross member and by at least one rod connecting said maxillary and said mandibular cross members; and modules maneuverably interconnected to the same. The modules are selected from a tongue blade approximately perpendicular to the frames' plane, which is vertically displaceable with respect to said mandibular cross member; a retaining member within which said tongue blade shaft is slidably displaceable; retraction elements for urging the cheeks away from the oral cavity; abutment members for contacting the upper teeth or upper maxilla; and at least one light auxiliary located adjacent to oral cavity, adapted to illuminate the same effectively.
US07887479B2
A method of estimating the blood flow rate of a heart ventricle assist device which is positioned externally of, or implanted in, a patient. The assist device comprises a blood pump having a rapidly rotating, electrically powered impeller, and comprises briefly interrupting power to the impeller to cause its rotation to slow. From this, blood viscosity can be estimated, which viscosity is used to obtain real time, estimated blood flow rates and pressure heads. Apparatus for accomplishing this is disclosed.
US07887472B2
A horizontal rotary torso exercising apparatus allows a user to strengthen the core muscles of the body and obtain maximum flexibility of the spine without squeezing or pinching the intervertebral discs or nerves. The apparatus is comprised of a frame supporting a longitudinally adjustable bench covered by a contoured pad. The contoured pad follows the natural curvature of the spine by providing a raised lumbar region with lateral pads. A rod is supported by the frame with two collars including bearings. At one end of the rod is a rack for holding weights and at the opposite end is a height adjustable leg rest. The user lies supine on the bench, places knees over the leg rest, and rotates the lower body at the waist side to side through a number of repetitions. The movement rotates the leg rest, the rod, and the rack about the axis of the rod.
US07887462B1
A hand exercise device 100 and method for exercising human hands 102 and digits 104 comprising a plurality of separate digit sleeves 110 wherein the diameter and length are such that the separate digit sleeves 110 slide over finger and thumb digits 105, 106 of a human hand 102; a magnetic element 120 is attached with the separate digit sleeve 110 at or near a distal end 116 of the separate digit sleeve 110, wherein the magnetic element 120 will facilitate a desired exercise in multidirectional movements when the magnetic element 120 is approximated near another magnetic 129 or ferrous metal surface 150. The hand exercise device may include a flat or wavy ferrous material 150, 151, 152 or a randomly disposed magnetic field 161 to aid in exercising the hand.
US07887458B2
A clutch controller that transmits appropriate torque during engaging operation of a clutch and prevents excessive increase or decrease in engine speed. The clutch controller performs request follow-up control under which a clutch actuator is actuated based on a difference between actual transmission torque that is transmitted from a drive-side member to a driven-side member of a clutch, and request transmission torque that is determined based on a rider's accelerator operation, such that the actual transmission torque approximates the request transmission torque. If an engine operates in a predetermined operation condition, rotational speed maintaining control is performed under which the clutch actuator is actuated such that the actual transmission torque approximates the engine torque, in place of the request follow-up control.
US07887453B2
The transmission has a plurality of members that can be utilized in a powertrain to provide nine forward speed ratios and one reverse speed ratio. The transmission includes four planetary gear sets having six torque-transmitting devices and five fixed interconnections. The powertrain includes an engine and torque converter that are continuously connected to at least one of the planetary gear members, and an output member that is continuously connected with another one of the planetary gear members. The six torque-transmitting devices provide interconnections between various gear members, the transmission housing and the input member, and are operated in combinations of two to establish at least nine forward speed ratios and at least one reverse speed ratio.
US07887449B2
A speed-change transmission apparatus for effecting a speed-changing on an engine drive force with utilizing a continuously variable speed-change device, a plurality of planetary transmission mechanisms and a plurality of clutches is constructed to be capable of effecting the speed-changing operation smoothly, regardless of a centrifugal force generated in the clutches. An output from the continuously variable speed-change device and a drive force from the engine are combined by a planetary transmission section. The drive force from this planetary transmission section is transmitted via a clutch section to an output shaft. First, second, third and fourth clutches of the clutch section are configured to be switched over respectively between an engaged condition and a disengaged condition, as clutch members are engaged with or disengaged from output side rotational members.
US07887443B2
A frame for measuring a pitcher's circle includes a housing for engagement with a pitcher's plate, a measuring line and a guide rod. The measuring line is swivel connected to a centering member on the housing, with its free end connected to the guide rod. The measuring line has a predetermined length such that the tip of the guide rod represents the radial distance of the pitcher's circle when the measuring line is fully extended from the centering member. The pitcher's circle is marked out by simply walking the guide rod about the pitcher's plate. A leveling member is provided on the guide rod to ensure that the guide rod is kept at 90° vertical to prevent measuring inaccuracies.
US07887439B2
A golf ball having an outside surface with a plurality of dimples formed thereon. The dimples on the ball have a cross-sectional profiles formed by a catenary curve. Combinations of varying dimple diameters, shape factors, and chordal depths in the catenary curve are used to vary the ball flight performance according to ball spin characteristics, player swing speed, as well as satisfy specific aerodynamic magnitude and direction criteria.
US07887436B2
A wood-type golf club head has a hollow structure having a specific configuration in which, in order to make it easier to rotate the club head around the clubshaft during swing while maintaining a large lateral moment of inertia, the relative positions of the club face, the center of gravity, the clubshaft center line and the heel are optimized by limiting the face progression within a range between 21 to 27 mm, and the area ratio (S1/S2) of two specific right-angle triangles (OGP and ORQ) described on a horizontal plane (HP2) within a range of from 4 to 10.
US07887429B2
A putting training aid comprises a short-putt module, a long-putt module, and a third putting module. The short-putt module includes a telescoping cylindrical shaft that is attached to the user's putter. When used, the short-putt module forces the user to keep the short-putt stroke straight. The long-putt module includes an arcuate guide to which a putter may be attached, thereby requiring the user to use an arcuate stroke for a long putt. The third putting module includes use of a mounting assembly that connects a putter to a horizontal bar. This embodiment allows movement of the putter along a generally defined arc that allows a slight transverse or perpendicular movement of the putter during the stroke.
US07887423B2
A universal joint includes an outer member defining an interior opening and a plurality of grooves within the opening extending along a longitudinal axis. An inner member is disposed within the opening and includes a plurality of pockets opposing the grooves. A drive ball is disposed within each pocket and engages the opposing groove. Each of the pockets and each of the grooves opposing the pockets include a central axis passing through a ball center of the drive balls. The drive balls are supported by the pockets and define a pocket contact angle. The drive balls are also supported by the grooves and define a groove contact angle. The pocket contact angle is less than the groove contact angle to urge the drive balls upward against the grooves.
US07887409B2
A gaming device includes a plurality of symbol groups which each include a plurality of symbols. In one embodiment, each of the symbols is associated with a probability of being generated. The gaming device includes a plurality of player selectable selections. The gaming device includes a plurality of outcome pools. Each pool includes the number of designated symbols which are generated for each selection. That is, each pool determines how many symbols will be generated for the indicated group for each selection. Each time a player picks one of the selections, the gaming device selects one of the pools. The gaming device generates the designated number of symbols associated with the picked selection which is determined by the selected pool. The gaming device provides the player an outcome or award, based at least in part, on the generated symbols.
US07887405B2
An off-line remote lottery system which enables players to purchase instant-type lottery game outcomes from a randomized prize data stream in a central computer, and view the outcomes on remotely disposed gaming computers which do not require an on-line connection during play.
US07887404B2
The invention is directed to a gaming network and a method for conducting an electronic wagering game, such as a pull-tab game or other instant win game, having a finite pool of outcome records from which outcomes are selected for the players. The method may include receiving value from a player, receiving game option selections for the wagering game from the player, and selecting a plurality of outcome records for the wagering game from the finite pool of outcome records for the wagering game based on the game option selections from the player. The method may further include determining whether each selected outcome record is a winning outcome or a losing outcome for the wagering game, and displaying the outcomes of the plurality of selected outcome records to the player in a single graphical outcome presentation. In one embodiment, the outcome presentation may be in the form of a printed ticket printed at a player terminal unit and presenting information relating to the outcomes selected for the player. In another embodiment, the outcome presentation may be in the form of a video display at a player terminal unit providing a graphical presentation of information relating to the selected outcomes, such as the display of a single outcome of a second wagering game corresponding to the selected outcomes of the wagering game.
US07887399B2
A method of monitoring the production history of consumable animal primal cuts. Data collected from animal breeders and animal feeders is provided to a centralized data management system. An independent auditor also collects data on the operations of animal feeders. The data is analyzed to identify trends or relationships between aspects of the production lifecycle. Quality data on the quality of the primal cuts is also provided to the data management system. Feedback on procedures to be adjusted to improve primal cut quality can be provided to feeders.
US07887395B2
A sanding tool includes a handle assembly with a support member and a head assembly that includes a sanding member that is rotatable relative to the handle assembly about a drive axis. The sanding tool also includes a pivot assembly that pivotably couples the head assembly to the support member of the handle assembly. The support member pivotably supports the pivot assembly, the drive axis extends through the pivot assembly, and the head assembly is pivotable about a plurality of different axes relative to the support member. The plurality of different axes includes an axis that is substantially aligned with the drive axis.
US07887394B2
The present invention is a static pressure pad for supporting both sides of a raw wafer without contact by a static pressure of a fluid supplied to the both sides of the raw wafer in a double-disc grinding machine for a semiconductor wafer, wherein in patterns of lands to be banks of surrounding pockets formed on a surface side of supporting the raw wafer of the static pressure pad, an outer circumferential land pattern required to support the raw wafer is a concentric circle with respect to a rotation center of the raw wafer, and a land pattern inside the outer circumferential land pattern is a non-concentric circle with respect to the rotation center of the raw wafer and asymmetrical with respect to all the straight lines which bisect the static pressure pad. With this static pressure pad, there is provided the double-disc grinding machine and a double-disc grinding method for the semiconductor wafer, which can minimize a “middle ring” of average components obtained by averaging a nanotopography of the wafers after the double-disc grinding.
US07887388B2
A pneumatic manual air pump powered car racing game presents a housing which serves as a powering station from which a race car is propelled down a race track. A pump handle is manipulated to pressurize an air chamber with substantial pressure, which is released to discharge the race car from its starting position at the housing end of the race track to the distal end of the race track. A race car's starting position refers to the releasably yet hermetically sealed male to female junction between the housing and race car. A signal is comprised at the distal end of the race track to indicate a conclusive race by a triggering device, including a mechanical or electronic device for alerting a player that the race car has reached the end of the track. A race is arranged by two or more users with multiple devices by setting up a parallel series of race tracks.
US07887387B2
An unstuffed shell sewn from plush fabric has one or more openable and resealable seams allowing for insertion and removal of several stuffing components. Each of the stuffing components comprises an outer fabric surface enclosing a stuffing material. The stuffing components are shaped to fit within and fill out specific areas of the unstuffed shell, for example, the head, arms, legs and torso of the shell. Each stuffing component has a unique identifying feature, which may be color, labels or shape, or a combination of two or more identifying features. In the preferred embodiment, each stuffing component is uniquely identified by color, with an optional tag or imprinted or embroidered label attached to the fabric. The tag or label may having writing or an image to convey a thought or message. In an exemplary embodiment, each stuffing component corresponds to one or more personal characteristics or qualities that are described in a storybook that is read by or to a child to teach character building. The stuffing components can be repeatedly inserted and removed to reinforce the child's understanding.
US07887373B1
A connector socket for engaging with a first plug and a second plug with different widths is disclosed. The connector socket includes an insulation base, and a metal casing embracing the insulation base. A first engagement space and a second engagement space are defined. The first plug occupies the first engagement space after entering the metal casing. The second plug occupies the first engagement space and the second engagement space after entering the metal casing. The connector socket further includes an elastic device mounted in the insulation base and partially extends into the second engagement space. When the first plug enters the first engagement space, the elastic device leans against a side of the first plug close to the second engagement space. When the second plug enters the first engagement space and the second engagement space, the elastic device leans against a top surface of the second plug. A top sidewall of the metal casing could stop the elastic device. Thereby, the elastic device could be prevented from being excessively deformed.
US07887372B2
A fastening device for a low-profile fuses of vehicle, which can achieve simple and robust coupling of the low-profile fuse while enabling the fuse to be easily connected to or disconnected from a vehicular junction box, is disclosed. The fastening device serves to connect or disconnect the low-profile fuse to or from the junction box via upward/downward movement thereof while maintaining coupling between the low-profile fuse and the junction box, and includes a socket integrally formed at an upper surface of the junction box and having plug coupling recesses and a fuse connecting recess indented in the upper surface of the junction box, terminals being disposed inside the fuse connecting recess so as to be exposed to the outside, and a plug vertically movably coupled in the socket while being coupled laterally with the low-profile fuse to enable connection or disconnection between the low-profile fuse and the terminals.
US07887370B2
An electrical connector has an insulative housing, a plurality of first terminals, a plurality of second terminals and a terminal shield. The first and second terminals are mounted in the insulative housing and each terminal has a soldering segment. The terminal shield substantially shields the soldering segments of the second terminals and prevents electromagnetic interference so that transmitting high frequency signals on the second terminals is stable.
US07887368B1
An electrical connector includes a housing having a mating interface and an interior chamber, an electrical contact having a terminating segment and a mating segment, and a dielectric insert held within the interior chamber of the housing. The dielectric insert includes a contact channel and a resilient finger extending into the contact channel. The terminating segment of the electrical contact extends within the contact channel of the dielectric insert. The resilient finger is engaged with the terminating segment of the electrical contact to retain the electrical contact within the interior chamber of the housing such that the mating segment of the electrical contact extends along the mating interface of the housing.
US07887367B2
In a contact housing having a contact chamber for accommodating a contact body which can be inserted into the contact chamber through an assembly opening in a direction of insertion, in an operational position of the contact body in which it is stopped within the contact chamber, at least one element of contact chamber is lying against a stopping surface (support surface), of contact body, which generally points in a direction opposite to the insertion direction in such a way that the removal of the contact body is generally prevented counter to the insertion direction, the present invention provides that a center axis of the assembly opening has a lateral offset transversely to the direction of insertion with respect to a center axis of the stopped contact body; that in the contact chamber, in the direction of insertion, behind the assembly opening, a displaceably situated, elastically flexible spring is provided that extends into the path of the contact body, which narrows the path for the contact body and can be deflected by the contact body, and which is designed to be stressed in an assembly position during the insertion of the contact body.
US07887364B2
A coaxial cable adapter includes: an outer sleeve pipe, having an inserting slot with a straight aperture disposed therein; a rubber gasket, formed by a straight cylindrical soft rubber, and disposed in the inserting slot of the outer sleeve pipe; and an inner sleeve pipe, having a metal locking head and a plastic cylindrical pushing pipe respectively disposed on two ends of a central pipe, in which one end of the central pipe extends out of the pushing pipe. When the inner sleeve pipe and the outer sleeve pipe are joined, the soft rubber gasket is deformed and filled in the gaps of the adapter to wrap a cable, thereby achieving a better inner waterproofness. Meanwhile, as the adapter has an entirely metal case, its strength is also enhanced.
US07887362B2
A supporting device of a socket is located around a socket for supporting the electronic device and the transmission wire. When the plug located at the end of the transmission wire of the electronic device is plugged into the socket to connect with a power source or transmit data via the Internet, the supporting device of the present invention supports the electronic device to prevent the transmission wire and the plug from being pulled and dragged due to the electronic device being far away from the socket. The problem of the electronic device being damaged due to the electronic device being pulled and dragged is also overcome. The electronic device is protected and continues operating so that it can connect with a power source or transmit data via the Internet.
US07887360B2
A system and method for providing cord, hose and cable fastening (CHCF) so Industrial, Commercial and Home users (ICAHUs) can assure that cords, hoses and cables, including but not limited to electrical cords, cannot be accidentally disconnected or unplugged. The system and method allows ICAHUs to work safely and efficiently and to avoid cords, hoses and cables that may accidentally disconnect or unplug themselves in the course of everyday use. ICAHUs can easily apply collar mechanisms to the end of cords, hoses or cables aft of said cord's respective plug ends, hose's ends or cables' ends, and then subsequently attach said collar mechanisms together using a series of collar ties that are adjustable in length and tension, and tie connectors which facilitate said adjustment of said collar ties. The method comprises a system in which cords, hoses and cables, including but not limited to standard electrical cords may be fastened together then held tightly together without easily becoming accidentally unplugged. Said system and method also supports securing said cord, hose or cable to itself, to another, or to an object to secure and store either before or after said cords, hoses and cables are used.
US07887355B2
A pressing member has a pressing section capable of pressing semiconductor devices with different shapes having an external shape within a predetermined range. The pressing section is held, via a coupling pin, by paired arm members coupled to paired lever members rotationally movably supported by a socket main body section. When the pressing member is in a pressing state, the opposite ends of the coupling pin are held by a circular arc surface portion of holding walls. When the pressing member is in a standby state, the opposite ends of the coupling pin are disengaged from the circular arc surface portion of the holding walls.
US07887354B2
In a coaxial cable connector assembly, having a connector sleeve or retaining end of a coaxial cable and a coupling member between the sleeve and a terminal port to draw the sleeve into engagement with an end of the port, an internal locking device is made up of an annular groove formed along an internally threaded portion of the coupling member and a compressible washer which is pre-assembled in the groove, the coupling member having a male threaded end complementary to the internally threaded portion and washer so that when advanced through the internally threaded portion and washer will increase the torque loading between the coupling member and sleeve to resist accidental loosening or disengagement therebetween. The washer is an endless ring and formed in varying cross-sections for insertion into close-fitting engagement with the groove and may be utilized alone or in combination with seal and spring members at the interface between the male threaded end of the port and the internally threaded portion of the coupling member. In a modified form, an endless compressible liner is employed in place of the washer and groove to resist accidental loosening or disengagement between the post and coupling member.
US07887351B2
An electrical connector for a flat conductor that has a novel positioning and retaining structure is disclosed. The electrical connector comprises a housing, a pressure member and a plurality of conductive terminals spaced with a certain interval and planted onto the housing. The electrical connector is characterized in a pair of prominences internally molded at two sides of a lower surface of the pressure member, and another pair of protrusions internally molded at two inner lateral walls of the housing near a front edge of the housing, namely the edge receiving the flat conductor. Thereby, when the flat conductor is inserted into the electrical connector, the flat conductor is firstly positioned by the protrusions of the housing, and then when the pressure member is closed to the housing, the flat conductor is engaged with the prominences of the pressure member.
US07887350B2
A fixture for a floating connector is to be mounted on a substrate and has at one end a connection portion to be connected to the substrate. The two fixtures are used in the floating connector including a plurality of contacts, an insulator fixing the contacts therein and having flanges, and a housing covering the insulator and fixing the contacts therein. The fixtures each include at the other end an anchoring bent piece adapted to engage the flange of the insulator to prevent the insulator from floating upwardly to an excessive extent. The floating connector using the fixtures is able to completely prevent the contacts from being buckled or deformed to an excessive extent when the floating connector is being fitted with or removed from a mating connector.
US07887349B1
A safety electric outlet receiving an electrical plug having a first live standard sized plug blade and second neutral standard sized plug blade including an outlet housing having at least two slots permitting the admission of the first and the second plug blade. A live side power supply coupled to the outlet and a neutral side of the outlet is provided. A first set of contacts coupled to the live side power supply and in a normally open state and supported on a first live side lever. A second set of contact is coupled to the live side through the first set of contacts and couples to the neutral side of the circuit in a normally open state supported on a second live side lever. A third set of contacts is coupled to the second and to the neutral side of the circuit in a normally open state on a first neutral side levers. A fourth set of contacts is coupled to the third set of at least four pairs of contacts and thereby couples the third set of contacts to neutral, the fourth set of contacts in a normally open state and supported on a second neutral side levers.
US07887342B1
A structure having an USB memory module has a housing and a storage device. The housing is hollow and has a chamber defined therein. The memory module of the data storage device is partially received in the chamber of the housing and partially exposed beyond the housing.
US07887337B1
An electrical connector includes a housing, a circuit board, a cover and a ground element. The housing has a first side wall and a second side wall, the first and second side walls define a first inserting slot and a second inserting slot, respectively. The circuit board is mounted in the housing and defines a plurality of contact terminals. The cover is supported on the side walls and defines a plurality of locating grooves. The ground element is mounted to the housing and has an elastic cantilever arm, one end of the ground element opposite to a free end of the cantilever arm passes through the first inserting slot firstly and then the second inserting slot, the cantilever arm enters into an inside of the housing from the first inserting slot and then springs up to make the free end thereof blocked by the first side wall.
US07887336B2
A double-sided connector is provided including: an insulating member having an insulating substrate and an elastomer insert-molded on both faces of the insulating substrate, and a through-hole formed along a thickness direction of the insulating substrate and the elastomer; a conductive member formed on an inner face of the through-hole, both ends of the conductive member exposed at the both faces; and a contact terminal part provided at one end of the conductive member. A protrusion is formed on at least a first face of the two faces of the insulating member and near one of the two ends of the through-hole. The protrusion formed by a part of the elastomer protruding from the first face enables an approximately hemispherical point of contact part connected to the sloping part and covering the top.
US07887330B2
A system for simulating one or more hemorrhages in order to provide a more dynamic and realistic hemorrhage simulation in order to train medical personnel and other critical care givers, such as first responders, medics, and emergency medical technicians (EMTs) on treating hemorrhages. The system includes a reservoir, a flow controller, and at least one conduit connected to at least one simulated wound site wherein the system supplies fluid to the simulated wound site in order to simulate a hemorrhage. The system may further include a plurality of wound sites that have their respective fluid flows controlled by the fluid flow controller. In at least one embodiment, the reservoir and the flow controller are housed within a bag. In at least one embodiment, the system further includes an audio system for providing audio cues to the simulation participants to enhance the realism of the simulation.
US07887329B2
A system and method for training a subject for control processes, preferably for a particular task. The task may optionally comprise a sport, such as basketball for example; additionally or alternatively, the task may comprise an area of skills to be improved, such as general improvement of physical reflexes and/or reactions. The present invention enables cognitive skills associated with the task to be improved, without requiring physical fidelity to the physical actions that are normally performed during the actual task. Improving these cognitive skills results in improved control processes during performance of the actual task by the subject.
US07887327B2
Pre-surgical planning for cranial and facial reconstruction includes preparing a computer generated jaw or skull model for determining a locational position for a dental implant, a surgical bone implant to repair missing bone in the cranium, install ear prostheses, and/or install nose prostheses. The computer generated jaw or skull model is made from medical imagery and computer aided design. A surgical guide is prepared with oversize holes in registration with analogs for the dental or surgical bone implants to be inserted at the locational positions determined by a dentist or surgeon in the jaw or cranial skull model. The surgical guide is fitted atop each analog, and the surgical guide is bonded to the jaw or skull model at a predetermined angle of the analog in the jaw or skull. The surgical guide is removed from the model attached to the law or skull of a patient for accurate drilling during the dental or surgical procedure for insertion of the implants into the jaw or skull of the patient.
US07887316B2
A method and apparatus for forming three-dimensional objects by laser sintering that includes the use of dense phase pneumatic conveying to internally recycle overflow powder, and to thoroughly blend overflow, recovered and virgin powder to provide a consistent powder feed mix to a laser sintering machine. Overflow powder from the laser sintering machine is recovered and recycled back into the laser sintering machine for reuse. The approach results in a compact and reliable powder recycle system with complete blending and minimum attrition to the handled powder.
US07887314B2
A comestible product sheeter is configured to provide enhanced access to the rollers and other components of the roller assembly. The one or more frame members of the roller assembly are configured to support the rollers at different vertical locations. Enhanced access is provided to both the rear and front rollers of the roller assembly by supporting one of the rollers in a cantilever configuration. The roller assembly may also be provided with a pivotally mounted cutting roller support arm to further improve access to the rollers and other components of the roller assembly.
US07887308B2
A volumetric pump (1) comprising a piston (2) and a cylindrical chamber (3), contains an inlet port (10) and an outlet port (11). The piston (2) is actuated by a rotor (5) bearing an eccentric shaft (6). The shaft (6), being connected to the piston (2), causes the piston to slide back and forth inside the cylinder chamber (3) while having a bidirectional angular movement. The instroke of the piston (2) sucks a fluid (15) from the inlet port (10) through a first channel (12) into the pump chamber (3), the fluid being propelled through a second channel (13) to the outlet port (11) during the outstroke of the piston (2). The inlet (10) and outlet port (11) are opened and closed alternatively by the bidirectional angular movement of the piston (2) which acts as a valve for the inlet and outlet ports (10, 11).
US07887307B2
A circulation pump is provided. The circulation pump has an electric motor with a stator, a rotor and a motor circuit. The electric motor is disposed in a housing which has a first chamber, in which the stator and the rotor are disposed, and a second chamber, which is separate from the first chamber and in which at least one carrier is positioned, on which at least part of the motor circuit is disposed. The first chamber and the second chamber are connected by at least one connection opening, by means of which at least one electrical element of the motor circuit, which is disposed on the at least one carrier, is in thermal contact with the stator in the first chamber. By providing a housing with separate chambers, the stator in the first chamber may be liquid cooled and the second chamber containing the carrier may be air-cooled.
US07887306B2
The present invention discloses a linear compressor including a shell, a compressor main body installed in the shell and composed of a cylinder, a piston reciprocated inside the cylinder to compress refrigerant, and a linear motor for driving the piston, and elastic members spaced apart from the bottom of the shell to support the compressor main body inside the shell. In this configuration, since installation positions of the elastic members approach a gravity center of the compressor main body, a rotation moment imparted to the elastic members can be lowered and vibration of the compressor main body can be reduced.
US07887301B2
Provided is an electrohydrodynamic (EHD) micro-pump and a method of operating the same. The EHD micro-pump includes a plurality of electrodes alternately disposed on a substrate, an insulating layer covering the electrodes on the substrate, a carbon nanotube (CNT) layer formed on the insulating layer, a cover that forms a chamber with the substrate to accommodate the plurality of electrodes on the substrate where the cover includes a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, an upper electrode formed on an inner surface of the cover facing the plurality of electrodes, and a power supplier that applies a voltage to the plurality of electrodes.
US07887296B2
A fan-turbine rotor assembly for a tip turbine engine includes an outer periphery scalloped by a multitude of elongated openings which define an inducer receipt section to receive an inducer section and a hollow fan blade section. Each fan blade section includes a turbine section which extends from a diffuser section.
US07887289B2
The invention provides a blower system of a high performance, which is constructed to have stabilized characteristics, a high efficiency, a reduced thickness and a reduced noise. A blower system according to the invention includes an impeller, a motor for rotating the impeller and having a rotor and a stator, and a bell-mouth for supplying air to an intake port in the impeller, wherein the rotor is fixed to the impeller, and the stator is fixed to the bell-mouth. A gap between the impeller and the bell-mouth is composed of a gap between the rotor and the stator of the motor. Alternatively, the rotor is fixed to the impeller, and the stator is fixed to a fitting for mounting a housing of the blower system or the blower system.
US07887281B2
The vehicle is adapted for use in hospitals and nursing homes, and is provide with features and safety mechanisms that are needed as innovated support for medical caregivers. The transport vehicle consisting of a frame part that is generally attached to the chassis with nut, bolts, screws and sealant as part of a constructing process that includes welding and joining an instrument projecting from a main part to a frame plate. Left and right side running boards consist of clamps for inserting into metal brackets attached on both side of the vehicle in a manner that allows for removing the runner boards whenever they are not needed. The invention consisting of a multipurpose plastic folding chair is provided for lifting patients from their in-house bed and placing them into a passenger bed of the transparent passenger compartment for transporting the patient to a treatment location.
US07887279B2
A pair of carousels is provided in an automated storage and retrieval system. A mast, a pair of elevation frames, and a pair of scara arms are provided between the carousels. One of the scara arms includes a plurality of arms stacked from lower to upper arms such that a hand of the scara arm takes a high position. The other of the scara arms includes a plurality of arms stacked from upper to lower arms such that a hand of the scara arm takes a low position.
US07887274B2
The internally threaded connector device (10a) is a thin-walled, internally threaded tube. A relatively short portion of the device includes a polygonal wrench gripping flange area. The device (10a) is installed on an existing short length of externally threaded stud (BS). Another length of externally threaded stud (12) is installed in the internally threaded connector (10a) so that the second externally threaded stud (12) extends beyond the face of a secured component, such as a flange (F). In an exemplary embodiment, a conventional nut (N) or the like is installed on the end of the second externally threaded stud (12) to secure a flange (F) and associated gasket (G) and pipe (P) to a manifold assembly (M).
US07887272B2
A lashing device includes a stretching device which is to be fastened between two fixing points that are to be secured to one another, the stretching device including stretching device parts which are each connectible to one of the fixing points. At least a first stretching device part has a stretching rod extending in the longitudinal direction of the stretching device and has a threaded portion. A second stretching device part supports a nut part which is to be screwed onto the thread of the first stretching device part. Between the first and the second stretching device part, a coupling part is arranged which, by snap action, allows mutual rotation of the two stretching device parts in at least a direction of rotation which corresponds to tightening of the stretching device and counteracts rotation in the opposite direction.
US07887268B2
Spindle assemblies with inline direct drive feed are disclosed. In one embodiment, a manufacturing system includes a support structure configured to be positioned proximate a workpiece, a carriage moveably coupled to the support structure, and a head assembly coupled to the carriage. The head assembly includes a spindle assembly, comprising a feed unit and a spindle unit. The feed unit includes a feed motor coupled to a drive mechanism, the feed motor and the drive mechanism being disposed along a longitudinal axis of the spindle assembly. The spindle unit has an aft end operatively coupled to the drive mechanism of the feed unit, the spindle unit including a fluid-driven motor coupled to a tool collet chuck, the spindle unit being configured to translate along the longitudinal axis by actuation of the feed motor.
US07887260B2
A device for maintaining very long tubes or pipelines in position and damping same in relation to fixed support structures is inserted between a pipeline and a fixed support which can be used to position a plurality of pipelines. The device includes a cylindrical sleeve comprising a central hub and side walls which project out externally, such that a pipeline can be passed through a central hole. An elastically-deformable shaped component is provided around the central hub and between the side walls of the sleeve in order to provide damping at least radially and to perform an elastic return function. The component deforms temporarily when it abuts against the fixed support in accordance with the movements of the pipeline owing to environmental stresses. The device controls and absorbs axial and radial movements following the positioning of the pipeline and the expansion thereof.
US07887259B2
The present invention uses one or more sediment survey techniques to map the sediment of a water course in three dimensions. The sediment survey techniques result in sediment definition that may be used to identify zones of sediment (whether areas or volumes) that are likely to contain contaminants. This may be based on the identity of the sediment, the location of the sediment in the water course, the depth of the sediment and/or the thickness of the sediment layer. In one embodiment, the sediment survey techniques, and the resulting sediment definition, may be used in combination with geomorphology techniques to calculate an adjusted contaminant concentration for sediment zones. Based on the adjusted contaminant concentrations for a site, selective sediment removal may be used to achieve the most effective removal of contaminant with the least of sediment removal or sediment testing.
US07887257B2
A multiple layer drain seal device for rapidly sealing the apertures in a drain grate, the drain seal having a lower sealing layer and an upper protective cover layer, the lower sealing layer being separable from the upper protective cover layer except at discrete attachment points, wherein the lower sealing layer is softer, more flexible and has lower shear resistance than the upper protective cover layer, such that the lower sealing layer sags into the drain grate apertures but the upper protective cover layer does not.
US07887256B2
A water collection and storage assembly for receipt and gradual dispersion of water comprises a half pipe assembly defining a chamber and having an interior, the half pipe assembly having at least one half pipe having an inlet, an outlet, and a corrugated exterior comprising alternating ribs and valleys, wherein the chamber is defined by the interior of the half pipe assembly and the interior is smooth.
US07887253B2
In a jolting device (1) for a construction machine, particularly for a slip-form paver, comprising a housing (18), a vibration generator (19) arranged in the housing (18), and a fastening means (10) including at least one coil spring (8) having a plurality of spring windings, with said fastening means (10) being operative for fastening the housing (18) to the construction machine, it is provided that the interspaces between the spring windings of said at least one coil spring (8) are closed or at least partially filled towards the interior by an elastic element (22).
US07887247B2
An underground earth retention strut construction method using a horizontal frame structure is disclosed, in which since a vertical member is formed after a horizontal frame structure is first installed and completed, it is possible to minimize any interference between the vertical member and the horizontal frame structure for thereby achieving an easier construction and enhancing a construction quality. The interval of the temporary vertical member is widened during an underground excavation work, so that the ground excavation work is easy. The improved horizontal frame structure of an architecture comprises a pair of straight members which are connected by at least one plate; and a “#”-shaped connection member which is connected at a portion in which the straight members cross with each other.
US07887239B2
A guide table device is provided with a lower-side plate 10 provided with a pair of rolling member rolling grooves 11 formed in a first (X) direction, an upper-side plate 30 provided with a pair of rolling member rolling grooves 31 formed in a second (Y) direction, an intermediate member 20 having rectangular configuration provided with four side portions to which four rolling member rolling grooves 21 are formed so as to be opposed to a pair of rolling member rolling grooves of the lower-side plate and a pair of rolling member rolling grooves of the upper-side plate, and a plurality of balls 40 disposed to be rollable between four rolling member rolling passages formed by the lower-side plate, the upper-side plate and the intermediate member. The four rolling member rolling grooves 21 formed to the four side portions of the intermediate member 20 are formed on the same plane.
US07887236B2
Embodiments of an X-ray source for a mobile X-ray diagnostic unit with a C-arm include a generator vessel that may be mounted to a hollow frame of the C-arm. The generator vessel may have a first subregion with a high-voltage generator and a second subregion with an X-ray source. In some embodiments, the first subregion, the second subregion, or both subregions may be at least partially inside a portion of the hollow frame of the C-arm. The generator vessel may be at least partially filled with insulating oil for cooling the high-voltage generator and/or the X-ray source.
US07887235B2
A device includes a current source circuit to separately provide a first current and a second current and a thermal detection device coupleable to the output of the current source circuit. The device further includes a voltage detection circuit to provide a first indicator of a first voltage representative of a voltage at the thermal detection device in response to the second current and a second indicator of a second voltage representative of a voltage difference between the voltage at the thermal detection device in response to the second current and a voltage at the voltage detection device in response to the first current. The device further includes a temperature detection circuit to provide an over-temperature indicator based on the first indicator and the second indicator, wherein an operation of a circuit component of the device can be adjusted based on the over-temperature indicator.
US07887233B2
A thermoelastic device comprising an expansive element is disclosed. The expansive element is formed from a material, which is preselected on the basis that it has one or more of the following properties: a resistivity between 0.1 μΩm and 10.0 μΩm; chemically inert in air; chemically inert in the chosen ink; and depositable by CVD, sputtering or other thin film deposition technique.
US07887230B2
A mixer is provided that is configured for attachment to a power tool for mixing a viscous material, and includes a shaft defining a shaft axis, and a plurality of paddles attached to the shaft and extending radially from the shaft. All of the paddles have generally the same axial distance to the first end of the shaft, and the paddles are configured for rotation about the shaft axis in a direction of rotation. Each of the paddles has a general “S”-shape defined between a top end and a bottom end of the paddle, and between a leading surface and a trailing surface of the paddle.
US07887225B2
In a direct-type backlight unit, a board has upper and lower surfaces defining a thickness therebetween. A plurality of unit light sources are disposed on the board. Here, in each of the unit light sources, a wiring pattern is formed on the board. A light emitting device is disposed on the wiring pattern to electrically connect thereto. A non-conductive side wall surrounds, without interruption, the light emitting device at a predetermined interval therefrom, the non-conductive side wall having a height lower than that of the light emitting device. Also, an encapsulant is formed in a dome shape inside the side wall. In this fashion, the light emitting devices are mounted on the board by a chip-on-board technique.
US07887220B2
A light emitting diode linear light which is high powered and has enhanced uniformity and illumination and is safe to humans, environmentally friendly, and possesses an extremely long lifetime is disclosed. The LED lighting comprises a polygonal light pipe, a light reflector panel, two LED packages, two LED PCBs, a plurality of heatsinks, a plurality of heat pipe assemblies, a protective housing, a back cover, and a diffuser cover. The polygonal light pipe comprises a transparent or semitransparent material. A patterned surface on the light emitting surface of the light pipe diffuses the emitted light. A patterned surface on the surface of the light pipe opposite the light emitting surface reflects light. The plurality of heat pipe assemblies comprise heatsinks and heat pipes. The heat pipes are hollow pipes that are filled with a liquid such as water or coolant and cooperate with the heatsinks to dissipate heat.
US07887215B2
A portable lamp comprising an electric power supply module and a lighting module arranged in a triangular architecture. The lighting module comprises a printed circuit on one surface of which at least one LED and a switch are fitted. The top surface of the switch comprises a pushbutton placed against a first surface of the printed circuit. The printed circuit comprises a through hole leaving the pushbutton accessible via a second surface of the printed circuit.
US07887208B2
A direct type back-light device comprising: a reflection plate; a plurality of linear light sources disposed in parallel; and a light diffusion plate disposed, in this order, in which the light diffusion plate includes on at least one main surface a plurality of concave or convex structural units each having three or more sloped sides, has a maximum height Rz of the main surface having the structural units being not more than 1000 μm, and in a vertical cross section of the light diffusion plate, which lies immediately above a region between central axes of adjacent linear light sources and in which a direction perpendicular to a central axis direction of the linear light source is defined as a cutting-plane line, includes a portion: in which the number of lines representing the sloped sides n of which gradients Xn (unit:degree, where n is a natural number and is a subindex for representing each sloped side) differ is 2 or more, and in which all gradients Xn have, between an average distance aL(mm) between the central axes of the adjacent linear light sources and a minimum distance bL(mm) between the central axis of the linear light source and the main surface facing the linear light source in the light diffusion plate, a relationship of 12.5−10×(bL/aL)
US07887205B1
An emergency lighting system comprises a wall unit housing that may readily be located and secured between wall studs in a conventional structure. The housing includes a rotatable door to which an emergency lamp is secured, said door being in a closed position when main electrical power is on such that the lamp is hidden within the housing. The rotatable door is coupled to a motor that is supplied battery power when main electrical power loss is detected, thereby rotating the door to an open position and exposing the emergency lamps. The emergency lamps are also illuminated by battery power.
US07887202B1
A mirror assembly includes a reflective element assembly providing a reflective view, a base mounted to a motor vehicle, a support arm assembly having a first end attached to the base for movement between a folded configuration and an unfolded configuration, and a second end mounted to the reflective element assembly, a detent assembly interposed between the first end of the support arm assembly and the base, and a pivot assembly associated with the detent assembly and adapted for manual and motorized movement of the support arm assembly between the folded configuration and the unfolded configuration. The detent assembly includes an actuator plate and a detent plate, the actuator plate having a first series of detent structures and the detent plate having a second series of detent structures complementary to the first series of detent structures for nested engagement of the actuator plate and the detent plate.
US07887200B2
The disclosed embodiments relate to a method and apparatus to align bit weights in a display device. There is provided a method for calibrating light output in a display device, the method comprising: displaying a first video pattern, the first video pattern comprising a first set of pixels divided into a first subset of pixels and a second subset of pixels, the first subset of pixels having a first intensity level, the second subset of pixels having an intensity level corresponding to a fully off state; measuring a first light output value associated with the first video pattern; displaying a second video pattern, the second video pattern comprising a second set of pixels, each of the second set of pixels having a second intensity level corresponding to a fraction of the first intensity level, the fractional value of second intensity level being determined so that a second light output value associated with the second video pattern is intended to equal the first light output; measuring the second light output value; and adjusting the fractional value of the LSB to converge the second light output value with the first light output value.
US07887197B2
A light source unit includes a light emitting element, a substrate on which the light emitting surface is disposed, a sealing portion which transmits light from the light emitting surface, and a collimator lens having an inverted truncated hexagonal pyramid shape for forming light emitted from the sealing portion into a bundle of parallel rays of light, the sealing portion having two or more convexly curved surfaces which project in a direction in which light is emitted therefrom.
US07887195B2
A projection display includes a projection unit projecting an image on a screen, an image processor capable of adjusting an image display area where an image is projected on the screen by processing an image signal to be input to the projection unit, and an image-outline adjusting mechanism supporting the projection unit and capable of adjusting the image display area by positioning the projection unit. The image processor is capable of adjusting the image display area in one translational degree of freedom, and the image-outline adjusting mechanism is capable of positioning the projection unit in five degrees of freedom except for one translational degree of freedom.
US07887185B2
The invention is directed to an arrangement and a method for measuring the anterior segment of the eye using interferometric means. The eye is illuminated by a convergent beam bundle and aligned with the optical axis of the measuring device by generating directional stimuli and accommodation stimuli by means of a display which is mirrored into the beam path.
US07887179B2
An inkjet recording apparatus includes a platen holding a recording medium at a position opposed to a recording head, a suction generating member for suctioning the recording medium to the platen, a first recessed portion provided at a region on the platen and connected with the suction generating member, where the region faces a scanning area of the recording head, and a second recessed portion provided at a position on the platen and connected with the suction generating member, where the second recessed portion is provided on the downstream side of a region opposed to the scanning area and provided at a position corresponding to an end portion of the recording medium to be conveyed.
US07887178B2
Disclosed is a transferring apparatus for a liquid material spray printer, which prevents shaking of a transferring table generated when the transferring table on which a subject to be coated is mounted is reciprocating. The transferring apparatus includes a flat table; a pinion gear installed to the flat table to transfer a driving force; a support roller installed to the flat table and having magnetism; and a transferring table installed to an upper portion of the flat table and supported by the support roller. A rack gear to be engaged with the pinion gear is installed to a lower surface of the transferring table to reciprocate within a range so that liquid material sprayed from a spray assembly is coated on a surface of the subject. Thus, shaking of the transferring table is prevented due to the magnetism of the support roller while the transferring table is reciprocating.
US07887174B2
The liquid ejection apparatus includes a first liquid chamber which supplies liquid to pressure chambers of an ejection head; a gas flow channel which has a first end connected to an upper portion of the first liquid chamber and which forms a flow channel for gas to be expelled from the first liquid chamber; a second liquid chamber which accommodates the liquid and is separated from the first liquid chamber by means of a partition; a gas flow channel opening and closing device which opens and closes the gas flow channel so that the gas moves from the first liquid chamber to the second liquid chamber and is dissolved into the liquid accommodated in the second liquid chamber; a pressure control device which controls internal pressures of the ejection head in such a manner that an internal pressure of the second liquid chamber is less than an internal pressure of the first liquid chamber and controls the gas flow channel opening and closing device so that a bubble having a prescribed size is created at a bubble creation position, a bubble pressure measurement element measuring an internal pressure of the bubble present at the bubble creation position; and a gas judgment device which judges presence or absence of the gas in the first liquid chamber according to a measurement result of the bubble pressure measurement element.
US07887172B2
A liquid container includes a case having a liquid reservoir portion defined therein, and a covering member attached to the case to cover an atmospheric introduction opening formed at the case. When the covering member moves relative to the case, the atmospheric introduction portion is opened, and thereby the liquid reservoir portion is brought into fluid communication with the atmosphere.
US07887168B2
A main tank has a storage space which stores a liquid. A sub tank has a predetermined interior space and an atmosphere communicating hole which makes the interior space communicate with an atmosphere, formed therein, and has an opening and closing valve which opens and closes the atmosphere communicating hole. When the main tank is not mounted on a main tank installing portion, the opening and closing valve closes the atmosphere communicating hole. When the main tank is mounted on the main tank installing portion, a discharge operation of discharging the liquid from the nozzles of the head with the atmosphere communicating hole closed by the opening and closing valve is carried out. Thereafter, the opening and closing valve opens the atmosphere communicating hole. Accordingly, the liquid is prevented from being leaked out from the sub tank when the main tank is removed.
US07887149B2
There is provided a capacitive load driving circuit connected to a capacitive load that causes ejection, from an ejecting nozzle, of a liquid droplet of a droplet amount that corresponds to a voltage level of charging voltage, the capacitive load driving circuit including: a first line that is connected to the capacitive load and that applies the charging voltage to the capacitive load; a power source line carrying dc voltage that is supplied from a power source for driving of the capacitive load; a charging control signal line that controls a voltage level of the charging voltage with respect to the capacitive load; and an N-type electric field effect transistor to whose source the first line is connected, and to whose drain the power source line is connected, and to whose gate the charging control signal line is connected.
US07887147B2
The invention relates to an item of furniture including a furniture body, a furniture part which is displaceably received in or on the furniture body, and an ejection device having at least one ejection element for displacing the moveable furniture part from a closed position into a first open position. At least one lockable drive device is provided for driving the at least one ejection element. The invention is characterized by means for displacing the at least one ejection element beyond the first open position.
US07887143B2
An apparatus which allows for the counter rotation of a wheel accessory is disclosed. The apparatus is intended for mounting on a wheel of a vehicle. The apparatus has a base plate for attaching to the wheel, a transmission mechanism coupled to the base plate and a rotation prevention mount attached to the transmission mechanism. The transmission mechanism has an input shaft and an output shaft which extend in opposite directions from the transmission mechanism. The input shaft rotates in the direction of the vehicular wheel. The output shaft rotates counter to the vehicular wheel. A method for using a wheel accessory that rotates counter to the rotation of a vehicular wheel is also disclosed.
US07887141B2
An articulated cart includes a chassis, a bed pivotably coupled to the chassis, a set of front wheels operably coupled to the chassis, and a set of rear wheels operably coupled to the bed. A method of manufacturing an articulated cart and of dumping an articulated cart are further included.
US07887139B2
A vehicle seat frame which is lightweight and strong includes a seat cushion frame supporting a seat cushion, a seat back frame supporting a seat back, a recliner rotatably connecting the seat back relative to the seat cushion and adjusting the rotation angle thereof and a shoulder belt anchor provided on the seat back frame for supporting one end of a shoulder belt. The back center frame of the seat back frame includes a hollow quadrangular shape outer peripheral portion and a reinforcement plate provided in the outer peripheral portion and placed in parallel with a direction of load to be applied on the shoulder belt anchor from the shoulder belt.
US07887137B2
A chair having a frame with one of a seat component and a backrest component, the seat component having a base member and a seat member while the backrest component include a base member and a backrest member where one of the seat and backrest component base member is connected to the frame. Complementary clip means on the one of the seat and backrest component base member allow the member to cooperate with the or each respective one of seat and backrest member, whereby either the respective seat member or backrest member can be clipped to the seat or backrest component base member. A toggle joint provides a snap over type connection effective when the one of the seat and backrest component base member and the one of the respective seat and backrest member are clipped together to cause one of the base member and the seat/backrest member to be in tension and the other member to be in compression when the two members of the component are clipped together.
US07887130B1
A moving workstation and its method of operation are described. A workstation described herein includes a chair and operator equipment that move together in a pivoting motion through an automatic, time-controlled program, where an orientation of the chair relative to the operator equipment is maintained during the pivoting motion. Such a workstation can reduce manpower requirements while improving vigilance of workstation operators.
US07887123B2
A front side frame includes a bend portion which is operative to bend outward when an impact load acts on the front side frame from ahead. The bend portion is provided in a specified location such that the bend portion in a bending state substantially contacts a damper of the suspension from a vehicle front side. Accordingly, a rear end of the front side frame can be prevented properly from moving back when the impact load acts on the front side frame from ahead.
US07887122B2
A one-piece shotgun is configured to absorb impact energy when a front of the vehicle is impacted. The shotgun comprises an upper portion, a mid portion, and a lower portion, the upper portion having an end configured to connect to a hinge pillar; and a Z-trigger formed by two indentations and being located adjacent the upper portion end. The indentations of the Z-trigger are located on an outer side and an inner side of the shotgun to cause substantially lateral bending when sufficient force is applied to the shotgun.
US07887116B2
A vehicle occupant protection system in one embodiment includes a control device disposed in a front portion of a vehicle body; a plurality of first sensors mounted in the front portion of the vehicle body; two first actuators each mounted under a front seat equipped with a first seat belt; and a second actuator mounted under a rear seat equipped with a plurality of second seat belts; wherein each of the first sensors is adapted to detect a vehicle crash and send an activation signal to the control device when it occurs, and the activated control device is adapted to activate the first and second actuators to pivot the front and rear seats upward a predetermined angle to push seated vehicle occupants rearward.
US07887114B2
An adjustable toolbox for use in conjunction with a bed on a pickup. The adjustable toolbox includes a base portion, a mounting portion and a lid portion. The base portion has a recess formed therein that is adapted to receive at least one object. The mounting portion is operably attached to the base portion so that at least part of the mounting portion is slidable with respect to the base portion to adjust a width of the adjustable toolbox. The lid portion is operably attached to at least one of the base portion and the mounting portion.
US07887111B2
The invention provides a contact lens gripper comprising a tweezers gripper having first and second gripper arms hingedly connected to an actuation support for moving the free ends of the arms towards and away from each other so as to grasp and release a soft contact lens. The invention also provides a contact lens gripping unit comprising a mounting bar to which a plurality of individual contact lens grippers are mounted at a predetermined distance from each other, wherein each of the individual grippers is a contact lens gripper according to any one of the preceding claims.
US07887105B2
A lock has a body for extending through the sash and frame of a closed window. A head attached to a first end of the body bears on the outside of the sash. A movable abutment attached to a second end of the body may be positioned (a) so as to bear against the inside of the frame when the window is latched or locked or (b) so as to be able to pass through a hole in the frame to allow the window to be opened. Optionally, the body may have a variable length. Optionally, a plug or seal may be provided in the frame to close a hole in the frame when the window is open. Optionally, the abutment may slide and rotate on a pin in a slot at the second end of the body. Optionally, the abutment may slide and rotate on a pin in a slot at the second end of the body. Optionally, a spring may be provided over the body which, in an extended position, extends across a portion of the abutment.
US07887092B1
A harpoon breaching tool that allows security officers, SWAT teams, police, firemen, soldiers, or others to forcibly breach metal doors or walls very quickly (in a few seconds), without explosives. The harpoon breaching tool can be mounted to a vehicle's standard receiver hitch.
