US08421330B2
A carbon film of the present invention has an elongated needle shape whose radius decreases toward a tip. The shape is, preferably, a shape in which a field concentration coefficient β in the Fowler-Nordheim equation is expressed by h/r where r denotes the radius in an arbitrary position and h denotes height from the arbitrary position to the tip.
US08421328B2
An infrared heat lamp (200) having a vertical burning position includes an outer tubular member (202) and a heating element (208) having a coiled portion (214) at least partially disposed within the outer tubular member (202). The heating element (208) includes first and second terminal ends (210, 212), wherein the coiled portion (214) is defined therebetween, the coiled portion (214) having a plurality of turns (216) defining a through passage (218). The heat lamp (200) further includes an inner elongate member (222) disposed within the through passage (218) of the coiled portion (214), the inner elongate member (222) having a plurality of support members (224) extending therefrom. Each of the plurality of support members (224) engages at least one of the plurality of turns (216) of the coiled portion (214), whereby the coiled portion (214) is supported by the plurality of support members (224) when the heating element (208) is in a vertical orientation.
US08421325B2
An RF electrodeless plasma lamp with improved efficiency in higher lumens per watt includes a waveguide body, in which an RF signal drives the entire structure at the resonant frequency of the structure. The resonant frequency of the structure is lowered by increasing the overall capacitance of the waveguide body by adding at least two layers of dielectric material between the input feed and the bulb of the lamp. The layered structure can include an air cavity disposed between a dielectric layer and the input feed. In lowering the resonant frequency of the lamp, the device is capable of using RF amplifiers that have higher efficiency, and thus has a higher lumens per watt ratio.
US08421324B2
Provided is a spark plug that is excellent not only in salt resistance but also in stress corrosion cracking resistance. The spark plug includes a metal shell covered by a composite layer including a nickel plating layer and a chromate layer formed on the nickel plating layer. The chromate layer has a film thickness of 2 to 45 nm and Cr element concentration of not more than 60 at % and contains Ni in addition to Cr.
US08421317B2
An electric motor has an end cap assembly comprising: a base and a cover. The base has a first chamber configured to receive a commutator, a second chamber configured to receive electronic components, and brush boxes having passages configured to receive brushes. The first chamber and the second chamber are respectively formed on opposite sides of the base. The passages of the brush boxes open into the first chamber to allow the brushes to slidably contact a commutator disposed therein. The cover is fixed to the base and covers the second chamber.
US08421311B2
A flexible piezoelectric tactile sensor having a piezoelectric thin film, a first flexible substrate, a second flexible substrate, and at least one elastic body is revealed. The piezoelectric thin film includes an upper surface and a lower surface while the first flexible substrate is disposed on the upper surface of the piezoelectric thin film. The first flexible substrate consists of a first surface facing the upper surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface and a plurality of first electrodes formed on the first surface. The second flexible substrate, including a third surface facing the lower surface and a plurality of second electrodes formed on the third surface, is arranged on the lower surface of the piezoelectric thin film. Both the first electrodes and the second electrode are electrically connected with the piezoelectric thin film. The elastic body is set on the second surface, corresponding to the first electrodes.
US08421310B2
To provide a multi-layer piezoelectric element which is easy to be fabricated and which exhibits excellent durability, even when it is driven continuously for a long time under high electric field and high pressure. The multi-layer piezoelectric element comprising a stacked body wherein a plurality of piezoelectric layers and a plurality of metal layers are stacked alternately one on another and it is driven by applying a voltage to adjacent and opposing metal layers, wherein an average grain size of the piezoelectric crystal grains in a region of the piezoelectric layer, in which region the piezoelectric layer is sandwiched between the adjacent and opposing internal electrode in the stacking direction.
US08421309B2
In an ultrasonic motor, an elliptical vibration is generated by combining a longitudinal primary resonance vibration, resulting from an expansion and a contraction of a vibrator in a direction of a central axis, and a torsional secondary resonance vibration or a torsional tertiary resonance vibration resulting from twisting of the vibrator about the central axis. A dimension ratio of a rectangle of the vibrator is chosen such that a resonance frequency of the longitudinal primary resonance vibration, resulting from the expansion and the contraction of the vibrator in the direction of the central axis, and a resonance frequency of the torsional secondary resonance vibration or the torsional tertiary resonance vibration, resulting from twisting of the vibrator about rotation axis, substantially match. The vibrator includes, stacked in a short side direction of the cross-section, at least one torsional piezoelectric body that generates the torsional secondary resonance vibration or the torsional tertiary resonance vibration, and a piezoelectric body for longitudinal vibration that generates at least the longitudinal primary resonance vibration.
US08421302B2
According to one embodiment, there is provided a rotating electrical machine including a core, a coil extending from the core, and an electromagnetic shield which is provided outside the core, and has a plurality of shoulders projecting toward the coil. The coil includes an insulator covering outside of a conductor, a resistance layer formed on a surface of the insulator and contacting the core, and at least one potential grading layer formed on a surface of the insulator adjacent to the resistance layer. A boundary between the resistance layer and potential grading layer is provided at a position farther from the core than a point on a surface of the coil, where a distance between the coil and a shoulder of the electromagnetic shield closest to the core is the shortest.
US08421301B2
A reinforcement structure for a disc motor being received in the flat space formed at a side of a wheel center for driving the wheel to rotate as it can be activated to perform a rotation movement by the interactions of an electromagnetic field formed from its stators and a magnetic field resulting from its rotator, comprises: a rib structure, arranged inside a shell housing the disc-like stator for enhancing the structure integrity thereof without causing the thickness thereof to increase and thus maximizing the usefulness of the motor's limited space; and a fixing element, for fixing the stators to the inner side of the motor's outer shell for preventing the stators to be deformed by the magnetic force from the permanent magnets mounted on the rotors while preventing the stators from being attracted by the permanent magnets of the rotors, and thus enabling the motor to operate smoothly.
US08421298B2
A motor includes a casing, a rotor, a stator and a separation member. The rotor is rotatably coupled with the casing. The stator is disposed in the casing and drives the rotor to rotate. The stator includes a claw-pole member, an insulation member and a coil unit. The claw-pole member is coupled with the insulation member. The insulation member has a connection portion. The coil unit has a plurality of windings connected to each other via the connection portion. The coil unit is electrically connected to a circuit board, and a portion of the coil unit that is wound around the connection portion is an exposing portion. The separation member is disposed between the exposing portion of the coil unit and the casing.
US08421278B2
In order to actualize a power feeding control apparatus and a charging system that are capable of efficiently charging plural storage batteries using a load-capacity controlled power source, the power feeding control apparatus 1 is configured so that a changeover control of the feeding of the alternating-current voltage to each charger will be performed monitoring the magnitude of the alternating current flowing in each of the plural chargers 4 to 6, therewith, the power feeding control apparatus performs the feeding changeover control comprising the steps of: feeding only to a predetermined one particular charger at the early stage of the start of charging, in which stage a large charging current flows into a storage battery; monitoring inflow current of the predetermined one particular charger; and switching power feeding to another charger to start feeding thereto when the inflow current reduces to the charging saturation current (a current still flowing even at the fully charged state).
US08421276B2
An exemplary control system has an input connector operable to connect to a power source and at least one output connector operable to connect to either a load or a power source. A first solid state switch is also provided, operable to control a flow of current between the input connector and the output connector. A second solid state switch communicates with the first solid state switch and is operable to command the first solid state switch to prevent the flow of current between the output connector and input connector in response to the power source being connected to the output connector.
US08421267B2
A wireless power system includes a power source, power receiver, and components thereof. A current sensor senses the amount of current through the antenna. That amount of current is then used to adjust characteristics of the transmitting or receiving.
US08421266B2
A power distribution system for a rail vehicle includes a propulsion alternator, a first bus, a Head End Power (HEP) alternator, and a second bus. The propulsion alternator is joined to an engine of the rail vehicle. The first bus is joined with the propulsion alternator and is configured to electrically couple the propulsion alternator with a propulsion electric load that propels the rail vehicle. The HEP alternator is joined to the engine. The second bus is joined with the HEP alternator and is adapted to electrically couple the HEP alternator with a non-propulsion electric load of the rail vehicle. The propulsion alternator generates a first electric current to power the propulsion electric load and the HEP alternator separately generates second electric current to power the non-propulsion electric load. The HEP alternator and the second bus are electrically separate from the propulsion alternator and the first bus.
US08421265B2
A system for generating electricity including a building structure and one or more subsystems structurally integrated with the building structure. Each subsystem includes a vertically oriented tower, a scoop mounted on the tower and including an air intake opening and an air outlet opening, and turbine blades disposed within the scoop that are activated by air flow from the air intake opening to the air outlet opening of the scoop. One or more wind turbines are operatively connected to the turbine blades of the one or more subsystems to generate electricity.
US08421263B2
A large floating vertical axis wind turbine with a floating inner cylinder having rotor blades that rotate together as an assembly, and a floating outer cylinder with a central opening in which the floating inner cylinder rotates for support against tipping. Outriggers with floating devices on the ends extend out from the floating outer cylinder for additional stability. The floating inner cylinder is partially supported by a top bearing on the outer cylinder to carry some of the load from the rotor blades.
US08421261B2
In a water wheel with an integrated electrical generator, a ring element for forming a rotor is rigidly concentrically connected with the water wheel. The ring element is assembled of modular individual segments with inserted permanent magnets. At least one corresponding partial ring as a stator is allocated to the rotor, whereby each partial ring carries electrical coils in correlation to the permanent magnets of the ring element of the rotor. The partial rings of the stator are stationarily mounted by holding elements on support struts of the water wheel.
US08421255B2
A system for determining a temperature of a permanent magnet in a machine includes a voltage sensor that generates a voltage signal reflective of a stator voltage and a current sensor that generates a current signal reflective of a stator current. A processor receives the voltage and current signals and generates a temperature signal reflective of the temperature of the permanent magnet in the machine. A method for controlling a load of a machine includes generating a voltage signal, a current signal, and a temperature signal reflective of the temperature of a permanent magnet in the machine. The method further includes adjusting the load of the machine based on the temperature signal.
US08421253B2
An apparatus and method for generating electricity from relatively low velocity exhaust gas. The apparatus includes a plurality of axial flux generators perpendicularly mounted on a support ring that is axially aligned around the exhaust gas port opening. Each axial flux generator includes a plurality of radially aligned blades mounted on a rotating hub. The hub is mounted on a stationary axle supported above the support ring by brackets. Attached to the hub are two magnetic discs each with a plurality of magnets attached thereto. Located on the outside surface of each magnet disc is a flux disc that produces an inward force to hold the two magnet discs together. Mounted on the axle and located between the two magnetic discs is a fixed stator disc that includes three internal coil systems. When the exhaust gas moves through the exhaust port it interacts with the blades causing the two magnetic discs to rotate around the stator disc and thereby induces an electric current inside each coil system. The apparatus also includes an adjustable inverter that allows the operator to adjust the load on the generator so that the blower operates optimally.
US08421250B2
To provide a technique capable of positioning of a semiconductor chip and a mounting substrate with high precision by improving visibility of an alignment mark. In a semiconductor chip constituting an LCD driver, a mark is formed in an alignment mark formation region over a semiconductor substrate. The mark is formed in the same layer as that of an uppermost layer wiring (third layer wiring) in an integrated circuit formation region. Then, in the lower layer of the mark and a background region surrounding the mark, patterns are formed. At this time, the pattern P1a is formed in the same layer as that of a second layer wiring and the pattern P1b is formed in the same layer as that of a first layer wiring. Further, the pattern P2 is formed in the same layer as that of a gate electrode, and the pattern P3 is formed in the same layer as that of an element isolation region.
US08421242B2
A semiconductor package is provided. The semiconductor package includes an organic substrate, a stiffness layer, and a chip subassembly. The stiffness layer is formed on the organic substrate. The chip subassembly is disposed on the stiffness layer. The chip subassembly includes at least a first chip, a second chip, and a third chip. The second chip is disposed between the first chip and the third chip in a stacked orientation. The first chip, the second chip, and the third chip have the function of proximity communication.
US08421239B2
A method for forming crenulated conductors and a device having crenulated conductors includes forming a hardmask layer on a dielectric layer, and patterning the hardmask layer. Trenches are etched in the dielectric layer using the hardmask layer such that the trenches have shallower portions and deeper portions alternating along a length of the trench. A conductor is deposited in the trenches such that crenulated conductive lines are formed having different depths periodically disposed along the length of the conductive line.
US08421234B2
A semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a substrate, isolation layers and active regions formed in the substrate, and arranged alternately along a first direction parallel to a surface of the substrate, an inter layer dielectric formed on the isolation layers and the active regions, and having holes for respective contact plugs on the respective active regions, barrier layers formed in the holes, each of the barrier layers being formed on a top surface of an active region exposed in a hole and on one of two side surfaces of the hole, the two side surfaces of the hole being perpendicular to the first direction, and plug material layers formed on the barrier layers in the holes.
US08421233B2
A semiconductor device includes a lower-layer wire, an upper-layer wire including a wire portion and a first wide portion whose wire width is greater than the wire portion, and a contact formation portion in which a contact portion for connecting the lower-layer wire and the first wide portion with each other is provided. The contact formation portion has a planar shape of which a length L1 in a direction parallel to a wire width direction of the first wide portion is greater than a length L2 in a direction parallel to a wire length direction of the first wide portion.
US08421229B2
A semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate, an integrated circuit on the semiconductor substrate, an insulation layer covering the integrated circuit, and a plurality of metal line patterns on the insulation layer. First and second adjacent metal line patterns of the plurality of metal line patterns are spaced apart from each other by a space, and each of the first and second adjacent metal line patterns has at least one slit.
US08421226B2
A device includes a semiconductor chip having contact pads arranged on a first main face of the semiconductor chip. A first material has an elongation to break of greater than 35% covering the first main face of the semiconductor chip. An encapsulation body covers the semiconductor chip. A metal layer is electrically coupled to the contact pads of the semiconductor chip and extends over the encapsulation body.
US08421213B2
A package structure includes a first carrier board provided with a through hole, at least a filling hole in communication with the through hole, a semiconductor chip received in the through hole, and a fastening member disposed in the filling hole and abutting against the semiconductor chip so as to secure the semiconductor chip in position, thereby preventing the semiconductor chip in the through hole from displacement under an external force.
US08421212B2
A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: providing an interconnect structure having a structure bottom side, a structure top side, and a cavity, the structure bottom side electrically connected to the structure top side; mounting an integrated circuit entirely within the cavity, the integrated circuit having an active side coplanar with the structure top side; forming an encapsulation partially covering the interconnect structure and the integrated circuit, the encapsulation having an encapsulation top side coplanar with the structure top side and the active side; forming a top re-passivation layer over the structure top side and the encapsulation; and mounting a heat sink over the top re-passivation layer for removing heat from the active side.
US08421210B2
A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: forming a first terminal; connecting an integrated circuit to the first terminal; forming a second terminal connected over the first terminal and the integrated circuit by a vertical conductive post integral with the first terminal or the second terminal; and encapsulating the integrated circuit and the vertical conductive post leaving portions of the first terminal and the second terminal exposed.
US08421204B2
Disclosed are semiconductor die packages constructed from modules of embedded semiconductor dice and electrical components. In one embodiment, a semiconductor die package comprises a first module and a second module attached to the first module. One or more semiconductor dice are embedded in the first module, and one or more electrical components, such as surface-mounted components, are embedded in the second module. The first module may be formed by a lamination process, and the second module may be formed by a lamination process or a molding process. Patterned metal layers and vias provide electrical interconnections to the package and among the die and components of the package. The second module may be attached to the first module by coupling interconnect lands of separately manufactured modules to one another, or may be directly attached by lamination or molding.
US08421199B2
A semiconductor package structure includes: a dielectric layer; a metal layer disposed on the dielectric layer and having a die pad and traces, the traces each including a trace body, a bond pad extending to the periphery of the die pad, and an opposite trace end; metal pillars penetrating the dielectric layer with one ends thereof connecting to the die pad and the trace ends while the other ends thereof protruding from the dielectric layer; a semiconductor chip mounted on the die pad and electrically connected to the bond pads through bonding wires; and an encapsulant covering the semiconductor chip, the bonding wires, the metal layer, and the dielectric layer. The invention is characterized by disposing traces with bond pads close to the die pad to shorten bonding wires and forming metal pillars protruding from the dielectric layer to avoid solder bridging encountered in prior techniques.
US08421198B2
An integrated circuit package system includes: connecting an integrated circuit die and external interconnects; forming an encapsulation over the integrated circuit die and a portion of the external interconnects; and forming an isolation hole between the external interconnects and into a side of the encapsulation exposing the external interconnects.
US08421196B2
A semiconductor device includes a drift zone of a first conductivity type formed within a semiconductor body, wherein one side of opposing sides of the drift zone adjoins a first zone within the semiconductor body and the other side adjoins a second zone within the semiconductor body. First semiconductor subzones of a second conductivity type different from the first conductivity type are formed within each of the first and second zones opposing each other along a lateral direction extending parallel to a surface of the semiconductor body. A second semiconductor subzone is formed within each of the first and second zones and between the first semiconductor subzones along the lateral direction. An average concentration of dopants within the second semiconductor subzone along 10% to 90% of an extension of the second semiconductor subzone along a vertical direction perpendicular to the surface is smaller than the average concentration of dopants along a corresponding section of extension within the drift zone.
US08421191B2
Semiconductor structures are disclosed that include at least one FET gate stack located on a semiconductor substrate. The at least one FET gate stack includes source and drain extension regions located within the semiconductor substrate. A device channel is also present between the source and drain extension regions and beneath the at least one gate stack. Embedded stressor elements are located on opposite sides of the at least one FET gate stack and within the semiconductor substrate. Each stressor element includes a lower layer of a first epitaxy doped semiconductor material having a lattice constant that is different from a lattice constant of the semiconductor substrate and imparts a strain in the device channel, and an upper layer of a second epitaxy doped semiconductor material. At least one monolayer of dopant is located within the upper layer of each of the embedded stressor elements.
US08421188B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a diffusion region, a device isolation region, an inductor region, and a guard ring region, a guard ring formed on the substrate to be connected to the diffusion region in the guard ring region, an insulating film formed on the substrate, in which the insulating film includes an interconnect, and an inductor formed in the inductor region, in which the guard ring region surrounds the inductor region and the device isolation region.
US08421180B2
A semiconductor structure is provided. A second area is disposed between first and third areas. An epitaxial layer is on a substrate. A body layer is in the epitaxial layer in first and second areas. First and second gates are in the body layer and in a portion of the epitaxial layer. The first gate is in the substrate and partially in first and second areas. The second gate is in the substrate and partially in second and third areas. A first contact plug is in a portion of the body layer in the first area. A second contact plug is at least in the epitaxial layer in the third area and contacts the epitaxial layer and the second gate. The first contact plug is electrically connected to the second contact plug. A first doped region is in the body layer between the first contact plug and the first gate.
US08421176B2
A solid-state image pickup device relating to the present invention has a specific gap in a part of a lattice-shaped light blocking film pattern or wiring pattern having an opening enclosing a light reception region. Peripheral circuits and wiring layers on a pixel may be used as the light blocking film. In such a case, when multiple wiring layers are used as the light blocking film, layouts of a second and subsequent wiring layers is determined according to the layout of the first wiring layer above the light reception region. The specific gap is created in a part of the wiring enclosing the light reception region.
US08421169B2
A structure having a gap provided between a portion of two layers that are joined together is disclosed. The structure includes a first layer having an element formed within a first surface and a second layer having a second surface, adjacent to and in direct contact with at least a portion of the first surface on all sides of the element such that the element is completely enclosed. A recess of predetermined depth is arranged to provide the gap between the element and the second surface, and a groove formed in one of the first surface or second surface, the groove defining a boundary around the element. Sealing material is deformedly retained completely within the groove to form a seal around the element, such that the recess defines the gap.
US08421164B2
A memory array that includes access devices that are each electrically coupled to more than one memory cell. The memory cells are coupled to the access devices via diode devices. The access devices include vertical semiconductor material mesas upstanding from a semiconductor base that form a conductive channel between first and second doped regions, and also planar access devices.
US08421161B2
A semiconductor device has a semiconductor substrate in which first and second wells are formed. The substrate and wells are of the same conductivity type, but the second well has a higher impurity concentration than the first well. High-voltage MOS transistors are formed in the first well, and a low-voltage MOS transistor is formed in the second well. The high-voltage MOS transistors include a first transistor having a gate oxide layer with a first thickness and a second transistor having a gate oxide layer with a second thickness less than the first thickness. The low-voltage MOS transistor has a third gate oxide layer with a third thickness less than the first thickness. The second high-voltage MOS transistor provides efficient current conduction.
US08421159B2
In one exemplary embodiment of the invention, a semiconductor structure includes: a substrate; and a plurality of devices at least partially overlying the substrate, where the plurality of devices include a first device coupled to a second device via a first raised source/drain having a first length, where the first device is further coupled to a second raised source/drain having a second length, where the first device comprises a transistor, where the first raised source/drain and the second raised source/drain at least partially overly the substrate, where the second raised source/drain comprises a terminal electrical contact, where the second length is greater than the first length.
US08421157B2
A horizontal semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type and a semiconductor region of a second conductivity type on the semiconductor substrate. The device includes a collector layer of the first conductivity type within the semiconductor region, an endless base layer of the first conductivity type within the semiconductor region, and an endless first emitter layer of the second conductivity type in the endless base layer. The endless base layer is off the collector layer but surrounds the collector layer. A movement of carriers between the endless first emitter layer and the collector layer is controlled in a channel region formed in the endless base layer. An insulation film is disposed between the semiconductor substrate and the semiconductor region. A region of the first conductivity type is disposed in the semiconductor region to contact with a surface of the endless base layer nearest the semiconductor substrate.
US08421145B2
Provided is a power semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate, in which a current flows in a thickness direction of the semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor substrate includes a resistance control structure configured so that a resistance to the current becomes higher in a central portion of the semiconductor substrate than a peripheral portion of the semiconductor substrate.
US08421144B2
An electrically erasable programmable read-only memory includes a first polysilicon layer, a second polysilicon layer and a third polysilicon layer, the first polysilicon layer and the third polysilicon layer forming a control gate and the second polysilicon layer forming a floating gate. The first polysilicon layer is horizontally disposed in series with the second polysilicon layer and is connected to the third polysilicon layer, so that the control gate encloses all of the floating gate except for a tunnel surface of the floating gate.
US08421143B2
Disclosure is semiconductor device of a selective gate region, comprising a semiconductor layer, a first insulating film formed on the semiconductor layer, a first electrode layer formed on the first insulating layer, an element isolating region comprising an element isolating insulating film formed to extend through the first electrode layer and the first insulating film to reach an inner region of the semiconductor layer, the element isolating region isolating a element region and being self-aligned with the first electrode layer, a second insulating film formed on the first electrode layer and the element isolating region, an open portion exposing a surface of the first electrode layer being formed in the second insulating film, and a second electrode layer formed on the second insulating film and the exposed surface of the first electrode layer, the second electrode layer being electronically connected to the first electrode layer via the open portion.
US08421142B2
In one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a substrate, and a well region formed in the substrate. The device further includes device regions formed in the well region and defined by isolation trenches formed in the well region, the device regions extending in a first direction parallel to a principal surface of the substrate, and being adjacent to one another in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction. The device further includes isolation insulators buried in the isolation trenches to isolate the device regions from one another. The device further includes floating gates disposed on the device regions via gate insulators, and a control gate disposed on the floating gates via an intergate insulator. The device further includes first diffusion suppressing layers formed inside the respective device regions to divide each of the device regions into an upper device region and a lower device region. The device further includes second diffusion suppressing layers formed on side surfaces of the respective upper device regions, the side surfaces being perpendicular to the second direction.
US08421131B2
A graphene electronic device may include a silicon substrate, connecting lines on the silicon substrate, a first electrode and a second electrode on the silicon substrate, and an interlayer dielectric on the silicon substrate. The interlayer dielectric may be configured to cover the connecting lines and the first and second electrodes and the interlayer dielectric may be further configured to expose at least a portion of the first and second electrodes. The graphene electronic device may further include an insulating layer on the interlayer dielectric and a graphene layer on the insulating layer, the graphene layer having a first end and a second end. The first end of the graphene layer may be connected to the first electrode and the second end of the graphene layer may be connected to the second electrode.
US08421129B2
Semiconductor device using carbon nanotubes for a channel layer and method of manufacturing the same
A CNT channel layer of a transistor is cut along a direction perpendicular to the channel to form a plurality of CNT patches, which are used to connect between a source and a drain. The arrangement of the CNT channel layer formed of a plurality of CNT patches can increase the probability that part of CNT patches becomes a semiconductive CNT patch. Since part of a plurality of CNT patches forming the channel layer is formed of a semiconductive CNT patch, a transistor having a good on/off ratio can be provided.
US08421125B2
A semiconductor device includes a conductive pattern formed on a substrate, a conductive land formed to come into contact with at least part of the top surface of the conductive pattern, and a conductive section formed on the conductive land. The conductive section is electrically connected through the conductive land to the conductive pattern.
US08421123B2
A semiconductor device having a transistor and a rectifier includes: a current path; a first main electrode having a rectifying function and arranged on one end of the current path; a second main electrode arranged on the other end of the current path; an auxiliary electrode arranged in a region of the current path between the first main electrode and the second main electrode; a third main electrode arranged on the one end of the current path apart from the first main electrode along a direction intersecting the current path; and a control electrode arranged in a region of the current path between the second main electrode and the third main electrode. The transistor includes the current path, the second main electrode, the third main electrode, and the control electrode. The rectifier includes the current path, the first main electrode, the second main electrode, and the auxiliary electrode.
US08421119B2
A GaN related compound semiconductor element includes: a channel layer made of a GaN related compound semiconductor; and a source layer and a drain layer, which are disposed in a manner of sandwiching the channel layer. The source layer includes two adjacent ridge portions which are formed by selective growth. A source electrode is formed over the surface, sandwiched by the ridge portions, of the channel layer, and the surfaces of the respective two adjacent ridge portions. The selective-growth mask formed between the two ridge portions is removed by wet etching. In addition, as another embodiment, a gate electrode is formed in a manner that the direction of the longer dimension of the gate electrode is aligned with the m plane of the channel layer. Moreover, as still another embodiment, the channel layer has a multilayer structure in which a GaN layer doped with no impurity is used as an intermediate layer.
US08421116B2
The light emitting device of the invention comprises a first electrode, a second electrode being light transmitting, and a carrier sandwiched between the first electrode and the second electrode and containing light emitters, wherein the first electrode has a plurality of projections or a pn junction formed with a p-type semiconductor and an n-type semiconductor each on a surface being in contact with the carrier.
US08421110B2
Disclosed are a light emitting device, a method of manufacturing the same and a light emitting device package. The light emitting device of the embodiment includes a light emitting structure including a first conductive semiconductor layer, a second conductive semiconductor layer and an active layer between the first and second conductive semiconductor layers; a fluorescent layer on the light emitting structure; and a light extracting structure on the fluorescent layer. The light extracting structure extracts light, which is generated in the light emitting structure and incident into an interfacial surface between the fluorescent layer and the light extracting structure, to an outside of the light emitting structure.
US08421104B2
A light emitting diode apparatus with enhanced luminous efficiency is disclosed in the present invention. The light emitting diode apparatus includes a light emitting diode chip for providing a first light beam; a substrate, having a cross-section of a trapezoid, for supporting the light emitting diode chip, which is transparent to the first light beam; and an encapsulating body, containing a phosphor and encapsulating the light emitting diode chip and the substrate, for fixing the light emitting diode chip and the substrate and providing a second light beam when the phosphor is excited by the first light beam. Due to the shape of the substrate, contact area of the substrate with the phosphor is enlarged. Luminous efficiency is enhanced as well.
US08421103B2
A semiconductor light emitting device is provided. The semiconductor light emitting device comprises a plurality of compound semiconductor layers, an electrode layer, a conductive support member and a first buffer member. The compound semiconductor layers comprise a first conductive semiconductor layer, an active layer and a second conductive semiconductor layer. The electrode layer is disposed under the plurality of compound semiconductor layers. The conductive support member is disposed under the electrode layer. The first buffer member is embedded to be spaced apart, in the conductive support member.
US08421101B2
Provided are a semiconductor light emitting device and a method for manufacturing the same. The semiconductor light emitting device comprises a first electrode on an region of top surface of a first conductive semiconductor layer; a second electrode layer under a second conductive semiconductor layer; and a conductive support member under the second electrode layer, wherein the second conductive semiconductor layer includes a plurality of recesses on a lower portion of the second conductive semiconductor layer, wherein the second electrode layer has an uneven structure corresponding to the plurality of recesses.
US08421100B2
A nitride semiconductor light emitting device is provided. The nitride semiconductor light emitting device includes a first nitride layer comprising at least N-type nitride layer. An insulating member is formed on the first nitride layer having a predetermined pattern. An active layer is formed in both sides of the insulating member on the first nitride layer to emit light. A second nitride layer is formed in both sides of the insulating member on the active layer and the second nitride layer comprises at least a P-type nitride layer.
US08421098B2
Disclosed is a semiconductor light emitting device. The semiconductor light emitting device includes a light emitting structure including a first conductive semiconductor layer, an active layer below the first conductive semiconductor layer, and a second conductive semiconductor layer below the active layer; a channel layer below the light emitting structure, in which an inner portion of the channel layer is disposed along an outer peripheral portion of the light emitting structure and an outer portion of the channel layer extends out of the light emitting structure; and a second electrode layer below the light emitting structure.
US08421095B2
A method of fabricating a light emitting diode array, comprising: providing a temporary substrate; forming a first light emitting stack and a second light emitting stack on the temporary substrate; forming a first insulating layer covering partial of the first light emitting stack; forming a wire on the first insulating layer and electrically connecting to the first light emitting stack and the second light emitting stack; forming a second insulating layer fully covering the first light emitting stack, the wire and partial of the second light emitting stack; forming a metal connecting layer on the second insulating layer and electrically connecting to the second light emitting stack; forming a conductive substrate on the metal connecting layer; removing the temporary substrate; and forming a first electrode connecting to the first light emitting stack.
US08421091B2
Disclosed is a light-emitting element comprises a substrate; a light-emitting stack layer disposed on the substrate; wherein the light-emitting stack layer comprises a first semiconductor layer, a first active layer disposed on the first semiconductor layer, a magnetic film layer disposed on the first active layer, a second active layer disposed on the magnetic film layer, and a second semiconductor layer disposed on the second active layer.
US08421087B2
A semiconductor module having one or more silicon carbide diode elements mounted on a switching element is provided in which the temperature rise is reduced by properly disposing each of the diode elements on the switching element, to thereby provide a thermal dissipation path for the respective diode elements. The respective diode elements are arranged on a non-central portion of the switching element, to facilitate dissipation of the heat produced by each of the diode elements, whereby the temperature rise in the semiconductor module is reduced.
US08421085B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor light-emitting device includes a first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type, a second semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type, a light-emitting layer, a third semiconductor layer and a first electrode. The light-emitting layer is provided between the first and second semiconductor layers. The third semiconductor layer is provided on opposite side of the first semiconductor layer from the light-emitting layer, has a lower impurity concentration than the first semiconductor layer, and includes an opening exposing part of the first semiconductor layer. The first electrode is in contact with the first semiconductor layer through the opening. The third semiconductor layer further includes a rough surface portion which is provided on opposite side from the first semiconductor layer and includes a surface asperity larger than wavelength in the third semiconductor layer of peak wavelength of emission light emitted from the light-emitting layer.
US08421069B2
An object is to reduce leakage current and parasitic capacitance of a transistor used for an LSI, a CPU, or a memory. A semiconductor integrated circuit included in an LSI, a CPU, or a memory is manufactured using the transistor which is formed using an oxide semiconductor which is an intrinsic or substantially intrinsic semiconductor obtained by removal of impurities which serve as electron donors (donors) from the oxide semiconductor and has larger energy gap than a silicon semiconductor, and is formed over a semiconductor substrate. With the transistor which is formed over the semiconductor substrate and includes the highly purified oxide semiconductor layer with sufficiently reduced hydrogen concentration, a semiconductor device whose power consumption due to leakage current is low can be realized.
US08421057B2
A light-emitting device comprises an active-region sandwiched between an n-type layer and a p-type layer, that allows lateral carrier injection into the active-region so as to reduce heat generation in the active-region and to minimize additional forward voltage increase associated with bandgap discontinuity. In some embodiments, the active-region is a vertically displaced multiple-quantum-well (MQW) active-region. A method for fabricating the same is also provided.
US08421056B2
A light-emitting device epitaxial wafer includes an n-type substrate, an n-type cladding layer stacked on the n-type substrate, a light-emitting layer including a quantum well structure stacked on the n-type cladding layer, and a p-type cladding layer stacked on the light-emitting layer. The n-type cladding layer includes an epitaxial layer doped with a mixture of 2 or more n-type dopants including Si, and is not less than 250 nm and not more than 750 nm in thickness. Alternatively, a light-emitting device epitaxial wafer includes an n-type substrate, an n-type cladding layer stacked on the n-type substrate, a light-emitting layer stacked on the n-type cladding layer, and a p-type cladding layer stacked on the light-emitting layer. The n-type cladding layer includes 2 or more n-type impurities including Si.
US08421047B2
A system for electro-hydrodynamically extracting energy from wind includes an upstream collector that is biased at an electric potential and induces an electric field. An injector introduces a particle into the electric field. The wind drag on the particle is at least partially opposed by a force of the electric field on the particle. A sensor monitors an ambient atmospheric condition, and a controller changes a parameter of the injector in response to a change in the atmospheric condition.
US08421040B2
A writing apparatus includes a writing unit configured to write a first pattern onto a first mask substrate and a second pattern being complementary to the first pattern onto a second mask substrate using a charged particle beam, and an addition unit configured to add a positional deviation amount of the first pattern having been written on the first mask substrate to a writing position of the second pattern, wherein the writing unit writes the second pattern at the writing position on the second mask substrate, where the positional deviation amount of the first pattern has been added.
US08421033B2
Method and apparatus for producing an image associated with a biological sample is disclosed. The biological sample is focused on the biological sample based on fluorescence of a first fluorescent material and the image is captured based on fluorescence of the second fluorescent material. A computer readable memory device storing instructions to cause a data processing unit is also disclosed.
US08421028B2
A device for deflecting a particle beam out of a beam axis, or for guiding a particle beam into the beam axis, has a simple design, requires little space, and additionally ensures that no area of an object that is not to be struck is struck by a particle beam. The device may include components in the following sequence along the beam axis: first deflection element, a magnetic apparatus for providing a magnetic field axially to the beam axis, and a second deflection element. A particle beam apparatus may have a device of this type.
US08421024B2
A cradle for use with a radiation conversion device includes a cradle for carrying out charging of a radiation conversion device, which is disposed in the vicinity of an image capturing apparatus for capturing a radiation image of a subject, and which detects radiation that has passed through the subject and converts the radiation into image information. The cradle is equipped with a charging processor for carrying out charging with respect to a battery mounted in the radiation conversion device, an information acquiring section for acquiring information that includes subject information pertaining to the subject and includes image capturing conditions when the image information of the subject is captured, and a display unit for displaying the acquired information.
US08421015B1
An event detection and classification system uses a new type of optical sensing component, a Position Sensing Detector Focal Plane Array (PSD-FPA). The PSD-FPA provides for high-speed operation that allows for accurate sensing of fast artifacts that are unique to weapons fire and enables precise location of optical phenomenon. The system detects and classifies events, particularly weapons fire, and rejects false alarms. An optical lens sub-system focuses light onto a PSD-FPA, which senses the photons and generates electrical signals associated with individual elements of the PSD-FPA. These signals are processed to identify and classify weapons-related or other events. Background subtraction, variable gain, time-intensity and time-location correlation, digital filtering, Fourier analysis, and wavelet analysis are all used to successfully classify the events while rejecting false alarms.
US08421008B2
Provided is a pattern inspection apparatus including: a charge formation means which forms charge on a surface of a substrate (7) by generating an electron beam from a second electron source (20) which is different from an electron source (1) which generates an electron beam before irradiating an electron beam (3), a current measuring means (34) which measures a value of current flowing in the substrate while the charge is formed on the surface of the substrate by the charge formation means; and an adjustment means (37) which adjusts the charge formed by the charge formation means so that the value of the current measured by the current measuring means is a predetermined target value. Provided is also a pattern inspection method which uses the pattern inspection apparatus. Thus, it is possible to easily set an optimal condition of precharge executed before inspection of a pattern formed by a semiconductor apparatus manufacturing process and automatically inspection whether the precharge is good. Then, the inspection result is fed back to the operation afterward. This prevents lowering of the reliability of the inspection result and always enables a stable inspection.
US08421003B2
An optical transceiver is provided with a light pipe that intercepts, offsets and redirects a portion of the collimated transmit beam to create a virtual object in the receiver field-of-view to perform the BIT. The light pipe comprises an input face and first reflective surface in the transmitter FOV to intercept a portion of the beam along a first axis and re-direct the beam, a second reflective surface and output face in the receiver FOV that re-directs the portion of the beam along a second axis towards the receiver to create the virtual object in the receiver FOV and an optical channel that guides the redirected portion of the beam from the first reflective surface to the second reflective surface to offset the second axis from the first axis. The same detector used during normal operation of the transceiver is used to perform the BIT, which may include a simple “on/off” test or a radiometry test. The light pipe may be designed with an acceptance FOV that preserves collimation, which facilitates a measurement of alignment error between the transmit beam and receiver.
US08421001B2
A method for supplying a plurality of system components of a system with a common reference signal is described, in which an electrical output reference signal is created by a reference signal generator and a number of optical reference signals are generated using the electrical output reference signal. The optical reference signals are transmitted to the individual system components, and an electrical input reference signal for the corresponding system component is generated at or in the system component using the transferred optical reference signal. A corresponding reference signaling arrangement, a reference signal transmission facility, an electro-technical system having a number of system components and a system component for the system are also provided.
US08420997B2
A system accountably maintains an accumulated charge of a photo-detector charge well at or around a predefined level.
US08420996B2
An apparatus includes an array containing N sub-diffraction limit light sensors each having an associated light absorption activation threshold for switching from a reset state to an activated state, where the light absorption activation values lie within a range of values. The apparatus further includes a processor connected with a memory including computer program code, where the memory and computer program code are configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform estimating an intensity of light that illuminates the array based on electrical outputs of the array.
US08420990B2
There is provided an induction heating apparatus which continuously heats a steel plate using a solenoid system. The induction heating apparatus (1) includes: at least three heating coils (10A to 10D) disposed along a longitudinal direction of the steel plate to make the steel plate (2) pass through an inside thereof; and inductance adjusters (12A to 12D) disposed on electrical pathways (11) electrically connecting each of the heating coils and a power source applying a voltage to each of the heating coils and capable of generating self-induction and adjusting self-inductance in the self-induction, in which each of the inductance adjusters is disposed to cause a generation of mutual induction at least between the inductance adjusters mutually adjacent to one another.
US08420985B2
The de-fogging device and has an elongated heating element mounted within a housing. There is an elongated opening in the housing beneath the heating element for admission of air below the device and a second elongated opening in the housing above the heating element through which air heated by the heating element flows by convection. The device is mounted to a mirror or window and is positioned such that the heated air flows upwardly across the mirror or window. There is means for regulating the temperature of the heating element such that the heated air prevents any moisture in the air surrounding the mirror or window from condensing on it.
US08420978B2
A high-throughput, low cost, patterning platform is provided that is an alternative to conventional photolithography and direct laser ablation patterning techniques. The processing methods are useful for making patterns of microsized and/or nanosized structures having accurately selected physical dimensions and spatial orientation that comprise active and passive components of a range of microelectronic devices. Processing provided by the methods is compatible with large area substrates, such as device substrates for semiconductor integrated circuits, displays, and microelectronic device arrays and systems, and is useful for fabrication applications requiring patterning of layered materials, such as patterning thin film layers in thin film electronic devices.
US08420976B2
An apparatus for fitting two first workpieces with respective second workpieces of different dimensions has a track extending longitudinally through an assembly station and a welding station. An assembling appliance in the assembly station has a pair of jigs each dimensioned to fit with a respective one of the second workpieces, and a holdown appliance in the welding station similarly has a pair of differently sized holddowns. The holddown appliance can move between a pair of positions in each of which a respective one of the holddowns is aligned under the welding head. A workpiece holder in which either of the first workpieces can be held is shiftable between positions in the assembly station under the assembling appliances and a position in the welding station underneath a stationary welding head therein.
US08420975B2
A plasma torch includes a torch main unit and a nozzle. The torch main unit has a nozzle seat member on which the nozzle is mounted. The nozzle is arranged to move toward or away from the nozzle seat member in a direction substantially parallel to a center axis of the nozzle when the nozzle is mounted on or removed from the nozzle seat member. The nozzle has an electroconductive surface facing the nozzle seat member. The torch main unit has an elastic electric contact portion contacting with the electroconductive surface of the nozzle to form an electroconductive path for a pilot arc to the nozzle. The electroconductive surface of the nozzle presses the electric contact portion in the direction substantially parallel to the center axis when the nozzle is moved toward the nozzle seat member to mount the nozzle on the nozzle seat member.
US08420974B2
A fixing structure for a welding electrode and a welding head is shown which enable improvement of durability of a welding electrode, improvement of work efficiency in welding, and a reduction of time required for welding and also which make it possible to execute welding for an extended time with high reliability. In the fixing structure, a fixed section of a welding electrode is inserted via a thermally conductive material into an inserting section of a fixing base and a peripheral surface of the fixed section of the welding electrode is uniformly contacted to the fixing base to affix the welding electrode to the fixing base.
US08420970B2
A touch panel includes a substrate, plural first bridges, an insulating layer, plural conductive columns, plural second bridges, plural first sensing pads, plural second sensing pads, a reticulated electrode, and plural discharge electrodes. The insulating layer disposed on the substrate covers the first bridges and the substrate. The conductive columns are connected between the first sensing pads and the first bridges. The second bridges, the first sensing pads, the second sensing pads, the reticulated electrode, and the discharge electrodes are disposed on the insulating layer. Each of the second bridges is connected between two adjacent second sensing pads. The first sensing pads and the second sensing pads are located in openings of the reticulated electrode respectively and electrically insulated from the reticulated electrode. Each of the discharge electrodes connected to the reticulated electrode is located between two adjacent first sensing pads and between two adjacent second sensing pads.
US08420966B2
An electronic control apparatus includes a housing, a lid, a fastener, and a controller. The lid covers the opening of the housing to form a closed space defined by the lid and the housing. The fastener fixes the lid to the housing. The controller is located in the space. An isolation member is provided with an outer surface of one of the lid and the bottom of the housing. The outer surface has a liquid drip area where liquid is expected to drip. The isolation member causes the liquid dripped on the liquid drip area to flow down the outer surface in such a manner that the liquid avoids the fastener.
US08420958B2
A position apparatus of a touch device and a position method thereof are provided, wherein the touch device includes a plurality of scan lines. In the position method, a plurality of capacitances in the scan lines are sensed. Next, a plurality of capacitances respectively sensed in an ith scan line of the scan lines and a subset of the scan lines neighboring with the ith scan line are selected. When the capacitance sensed in the ith scan line is larger than each of the capacitances sensed in the subset of the scan lines, the capacitance sensed in the ith scan line is determined as a peak capacitance. Finally, a touch position is calculated according to the peak capacitance and the capacitances sensed in the subset of the scan lines.
US08420947B2
A method of manufacturing an integrated circuit system includes: providing a etch stop layer; forming a layer stack over the etch stop layer with the layer stack having an anti-reflective coating layer over a low temperature oxide layer; forming a photoresist layer over the anti-reflective coating layer; forming a first resist line and a second resist line from the photoresist layer with the first resist line and the second resist line separated by a through line pitch on the anti-reflective coating layer; etching the anti-reflective coating layer using a low-pressure polymer burst with a non-oxidizing gas mixture to remove a portion of the anti-reflective coating layer; and forming a first polymer layer over the first resist line.
US08420942B2
A device for cable management having a first component and a second component. Each of the first and second components have a generally flat elongate sheet having longitudinal parallel edges which provide complementary inter-engaging of the first and second components. The width of the second component is greater than that of the first component such that when the edges of the second component are engaged with those of the first component, the second component adopts a curved profile.
US08420940B2
A halogen-free flame-retardant cable includes a multi-core twisted wire including a plurality of insulated wires twisted together, the plurality of insulated wires each including a conductor and an insulation layer on an outer periphery of the conductor, an inner layer formed on an outer surface of the multi-core twisted wire, and an outer layer formed on the inner layer. The outer layer includes a resin composition including not less than 30 parts by mass of a flame retardant with respect to 100 parts by mass of thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU). The inner layer includes a resin composition comprising an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA) with a vinyl acetate (VA) content of not less than 33%, and the outer layer is subjected to cross-linking treatment.
US08420939B2
Flame retardant, low smoke emission and halogen free energy cable with silane cross-linked polyolefin insulation and polyamide jacket for electrical installations up to 600 V, based on: a) an electric conductor core made of copper or aluminum; b) an insulating layer made of silane cross-linked polyethylene; and c) a flame retardant nylon-6 jacket with low smoke emission; characterized in that said core a) is based on a plurality of soft copper wires with electrical resistivity no greater than 17,241 nOhm.m (0.15328 Ohm.g/m2) equivalent to a IACS 100% conductivity or aluminum with electrical resistivity not greater than 28,264 nOhm.m (0.07639 Ohm.g/m2) equivalent to a IACS 61% conductivity and having reduced insulating thicknesses.
US08420938B2
There is provided a insulated electric wire with an electric conductor on which at least a lubricating layer is formed, in which a lubricant is added to the lubricating layer so that granular bodies, with sizes of 5 nm to 3 μm, which are formed by coagulation of the lubricant disperse on a surface of the lubricating layer.
US08420930B2
The purpose of the disclosure is to provide an insulation structure for efficiently controlling a thermal flow and protecting objects that is easy to implement, has a low cost and is compliant with strict standards in terms of fire resistance while offering protection against crushing and immersion. Accordingly the disclosure relates to a method for protecting at least one object previously encapsulated in a sealed pocket, that comprises imbedding the objects without trapping any air in a body of a high thermal-resistance insulator containing gypsum crystals, said insulator body being cast in a structure having a high mechanical resistance to crushing, and said structure consisting of an intermediate mould or directly defining a housing. A casing obtained by said method comprises the body block of a high thermal-resistance insulator and the housing having a high mechanical resistance to crushing. Advantageously, the objects, such as an electronic board, are encapsulated in a silicone sealed pocket, and the housing includes steam discharge slots as well as an opening for casting the insulator body, said opening being then closed by a plate held on the housing by screws. Sealed ducts are provided in the plate, the insulator, and the pocket for passing electric wires therethrough.
US08420925B2
A solar energy collector produces electricity and heat using an optically transparent vessel containing one or more photovoltaic cells and a liquid that substantially fills the vessel. The vessel has a top with a flat exterior surface and a bottom with a concave exterior surface that is coated on the outside with a reflective material. Solar radiation traveling through the top of the vessel into the liquid and through the bottom strikes the reflective material on the outside of the vessel and is reflected back through the bottom, into the liquid and to a focal line adjacent to the interior surface of the top. Cooled liquid is fed into the vessel through an entry port and heated liquid is removed through an exit port. One or more photovoltaic solar cells are located adjacent to the interior surface of the top aligned with the focal line.
US08420916B1
A novel maize variety designated PH13BK and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH13BK with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH13BK through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH13BK or a locus conversion of PH13BK with another maize variety.
US08420911B1
A novel maize variety designated PH133Z and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH133Z with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH133Z through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH133Z or a locus conversion of PH133Z with another maize variety.
US08420908B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH594494. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH594494, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH594494 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH594494.
US08420902B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1024640. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1024640. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1024640 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety A1024640 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US08420901B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1024627. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1024627. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1024627 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety A1024627 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US08420900B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1024077. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1024077. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1024077 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety A1024077 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US08420897B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1024301. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1024301. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1024301 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety A1024301 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US08420890B2
The present invention discloses transgenic plants having an altered level of NAP protein compared to that of a non-transgenic plant, where the transgenic plants display an altered leaf senescence phenotype relative to a non-transgenic plant, as well as mutant plants comprising an inactivated NAP gene, where mutant plants display a delayed leaf senescence phenotype compared to that of a non-mutant plant. The present invention also discloses methods for delaying leaf senescence in a plant, as well as methods of making a mutant plant having a decreased level of NAP protein compared to that of a non-mutant plant, where the mutant plant displays a delayed leaf senescence phenotype relative to a non-mutant plant. Methods for causing precocious leaf senescence or promoting leaf senescence in a plant are also disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of identifying a candidate plant suitable for breeding that displays a delayed leaf senescence and/or enhanced yield phenotype.
US08420887B2
The present invention concerns a method for improving growth characteristics of plants by increasing expression and/or activity in a plant of an LRR receptor kinase or a homologue thereof. One such method comprises introducing into a plant an RLK827 nucleic acid molecule or functional variant thereof. The invention also relates to transgenic plants having improved growth characteristics, which plants have modulated expression of a nucleic acid encoding an LRR receptor kinase. The present invention also concerns constructs useful in the methods of the invention.
US08420884B2
Methods for screening compounds to treat an oncological disorder regulated through a tumor-inducing pathway are provided. The compounds are administered to non-human animal subjects having a disease model, so that the subjects display pathology symptoms that correspond to the oncological disorder in humans. The subjects carry a regulatable transgene expression, of which is associated with tumor formation, and further carry regulatable genes for suppression of tumor formation. The disease-pathology symptoms are induced using a site-specific recombination system to induce expression of the transgene associated with tumor formation and negatively regulate or eliminate the genes for suppression of the tumor formation. The methods further involve analyzing tumor formation in subjects administered the compound and comparing appearance and amount of tumors in the subjects administered the compound with control subjects not administered the compound. Also included are a vector for engineering a disease model and a kit for its use.
US08420882B2
A method of providing moisture therapy to a subject by applying a moist therapy compress against a treated body portion. The moist therapy compress includes a fluid-permeable shell, a flexible backing fastened to the shell to define an enclosure, and a hydrophilic zeolite fill granules loosely contained within the enclosure. The therapy compress is exposed to a source of moisture to cause absorption of water into the a hydrophilic zeolite, and the moisture is delivered from the hydrophilic zeolite through the fluid permeable shell to the treated body portion.
US08420881B2
The subject invention provides a potentially economically viable process for the destruction of small to large quantities of sulfur and nitrogen mustards and lewisite, their homologous/analogues, and similar chemical warfare agents at ambient conditions without producing any toxic by-products. The process uses the superoxide ion that is either electrochemically generated by the reduction of oxygen in deep eutectic solvents or chemically by dissolving Group 1 (alkali metals) or Group 2 (alkaline earth metals) superoxides, e.g. potassium superoxide, in deep eutectic solvents.
US08420880B2
A nuclear chemistry laboratory adopts In-site Cutting Technique to remove the large-scale glove box contaminated by transuranium compounds. During removal operation, to prevent further spreading of contamination, it is necessary to build an alpha airtight quarantine tent around the glove box that is ready to be cut. Each section of the quarantine tent maintains a stable airflow and sufficient air exchange to meet negative pressure requirements and effectively prevent leak of α contamination. It is necessary to install a negative pressure ventilation system to assure the operation of the quarantine tent that has a pressure gradient and allows airflow from low contamination area to high contamination area to effectively prevent spreading of α contamination and also increase the safety for the transuranium contaminated glove box that is not in service.
US08420875B1
The conversion of waste plastics material to hydrocarbon fuel products, particularly transportation fuels. The waste plastics material can be obtained from any suitable source, such as a municipal solid waste facility and from agricultural and horticultural activity. The plastics material feed, which can contain from about 10 to about 50 wt. % dirt, is reduced to an effective size, then dried, if needed, to a moisture level of 2 wt. % and less, then screened to removed dirt, then densified into nuggets of at least about 10 lb/ft3, then pyrolyzed.
US08420872B2
The present invention provides a process for preparing a fluorine-containing propene represented by the chemical formula CF3CF═CX1X2, wherein X1 is a hydrogen atom or chlorine atom, and X2 is a fluorine atom, chlorine atom, or hydrogen atom, by reacting a halogenated propene represented by the chemical formula CCIYZCF═CX1X2, wherein X1 and X2 are the same as above, and Y and Z may be the same or different and individually indicate a fluorine atom or chlorine atom, with anhydrous hydrogen fluoride in a gas phase in the presence of a chromium oxide or a fluorinated chromium oxide as a fluorination catalyst. The process of the present invention provides a fluorine-containing propene represented by the chemical formula CF3CF═CClX, wherein X is Cl, H or F, under relatively mild conditions at a high yield.
US08420870B2
A process and apparatus for recovering dichlorohydrins from a mixture comprising dichlorohydrins, one or more compounds selected from esters of dichlorohydrins, monochlorohydrins and/or esters thereof, and multihydroxylated-aliphatic hydrocarbon compounds and/or esters thereof, and optionally one or more substances comprising water, chlorinating agents, catalysts and/or esters of catalysts is disclosed. The mixture is stripped to recover dichlorohydrin(s) while distilling or fractionating the mixture to separate a lower boiling fraction comprising dichlorohydrin(s) from the mixture in one step. Advantages include more efficient recovery of dichlorohydrins for a given distillation column, less waste due to avoiding the conditions conducive to the formation of heavy byproducts, and reduced capital investment in recovery equipment.
US08420868B2
Disclosed is a process for the preparation of a 2,2,4,4-tetraalkylcyclobutane-1,3-diols by hydrogenation of a 2,2,4,4-tetraalkylcyclobutane-1,3-dione in the presence of a catalyst comprising ruthenium deposited on a carbon nanotube support. The process is useful for the preparation of 2,2,4,4-tetramethylcyclobutane-1,3-diol. The process may be carried out in the presence or absence of a solvent and in the liquid or vapor phase. Also disclosed is a process for modifying the cis:trans ratio of the 2,2,4,4-tetramethylcyclobutane-1,3-diol hydrogenation product by contacting the diol with hydrogen in the presence of a supported ruthenium catalyst.
US08420866B2
The present invention relates to a process for preparing a ketone, comprising the reaction of a composition (I) at least comprising a 1,1-disubstituted olefin, with a composition comprising dinitrogen monoxide, wherein the reaction is effected in the presence of a solvent which comprises at least one proton-donating functional group.
US08420861B2
Compounds for utilization as anti-tumor agents against cancer and certain inflammatory and arthritic conditions designed with multiple active sites to cause inhibition and cell death synthesized from the starting compound 1,4,5,8-tetrachloroanthraquinone. Included are anti-tumor compounds of the class 1,4,5,8-tetrakis-alkylaminoalkyl, 1,4,5,8-tetrakis-hydroxyalkylaminoalkyl, 1,4,5,8-tetrakis-chloroethylamino, 1,2-bischloroethylamino-1,4,5,8-tetrakis-aminoethylamino derivatives of Anthraquinone. Also includes mixtures of groupings such as 1-aminoalkylamino-4,5,8-tris-(1,2-dimethyl)aminoalkylamino anthraquinone, 1,2-dichloroethyl 1-aminoalkyl amino-4,5,8-tris-aminoethylamino anthraquinone, bis-1,4aminoalkylamino bis-5,8-alkylaminoanthraquinone, 1,4-bis-chloroalkylamino-5,8-bisaminoalkylamino anthraquinone and others.
US08420860B2
The present invention provides a triarylmethane compound and a color filter containing the compound in a blue pixel portion, the triarylmethane compound being capable of providing a colored material which causes little change in hue over a long period of time even under high temperature or light irradiation. For example, when used for preparing a blue pixel portion of a color filter, the triarylmethane compound is capable of providing a liquid crystal display device or the like which can provide a high-brightness liquid crystal display having excellent brightness over a long period of time even under high temperature or light irradiation. The triarylmethane compound contains, as a counter anion for a basic triarylmethane dye cation, a heteropolyoxometalate anion represented by (P2MoyW18-yO62)6−/6 wherein y=an integer of 1, 2, or 3, and the color filter contains the triarylmethane compound in a blue pixel portion.
US08420859B2
This invention relates to the use of lactamide compounds of formula (I): CH3CH(OH)C(═O)NR1R2, where R1 and R2 are each independently hydrogen; or C1-6 alkyl, C2-6 alkenyl or C3-6 cycloalkyl, each of which is optionally substituted by up to three substituents independently selected from phenyl, hydroxy, C1-5 alkoxy, morpholinyl and NR3R4 where R3 and R4 are each independently C1-3 alkyl; or phenyl optionally substituted by up to three substituents independently selected from C1-3 alkyl; or R1 and R2 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached form a morpholinyl, pyrrolidinyl, piperidinyl or azepanyl ring, each of which is optionally substituted by up to three substituents independently selected from C1-3 alkyl, in formulations to reduce the toxicity associated with other formulation components; to the use of certain lactamide compounds as solvents, especially in formulations, particularly in agrochemical formulations and in environmentally friendly formulations; to novel lactamide compounds; and to processes for preparing lactamide compounds.
US08420852B2
Phospholipase A2 (PLA2) forms are expressed in spinal cord whose inhibition induces a potent antihyperalgesia. PLA2 inhibitor compounds are provided that include a common motif consisting of a 2-oxoamide with a hydrocarbon tail and a four carbon tether. The compounds block Group IVA calcium dependent PLA2 (cPLA2) and/or Group VIA calcium independent PLA2 (iPLA2) and/or Group V secreted PLA2 (sPLA2). Pharmaceutical compositions of compounds having cPLA2 inhibitory activity (but not iPLA2 or sPLA2 inhibitory activity) are useful in treating multiple sclerosis, while compositions of compounds having sPLA2 inhibitory activity (as well as iPLA2 and CPLA2 activity) are useful in treating spinal cord injuries (with related functional recovery).
US08420841B2
A method of manufacturing a biodiesel fuel that comprises generating micro-droplets of a first reactant and mixing the micro-droplets of the first reactant with a second reactant that is substantially immiscible with the first reactant. The method also comprises transferring the mixture of the first reactant and second reactant into a transesterification reaction vessel. The first reactant is one of an alcohol or oil, and the second reactant is the other of the oil or the alcohol.
US08420840B2
A method comprising providing a starting composition comprising a polyunsaturated fatty acid, a polyunsaturated fatty ester, a carboxylate salt of a polyunsaturated fatty acid, a polyunsaturated triglyceride, or a mixture thereof; self-metathesizing the starting composition or cross-metathesizing the starting composition with at least one short-chain olefin in the presence of a metathesis catalyst to form self-/cross-metathesis products comprising: cyclohexadiene; at least one olefin; and one or more acid-, ester-, or salt-functionalized alkene; and reacting cyclohexadiene to produce at least one cycloalkane or cycloalkane derivatives. A method for producing cycloalkanes for jet fuel by providing a starting composition comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of algal and polyunsaturated vegetable oils, subjecting the starting composition to metathesis to produce metathesis product comprising at least one olefin, cyclohexadiene, and at least one acid-, ester-, or salt-functionalized alkene, and reacting the at least one olefin and cyclohexadiene to form cycloalkane(s).
US08420835B2
Novel catalytic processes for the production of carnosol from carnosic acid are presented. The carnosic acid may be in pure form, in an impure form, part of a plant extract, or may be present in rosemary needles. The catalyst may be iron, iron salts, a minor amount of water, rosemary needles, or a mixture thereof.
US08420831B2
The present invention relates to a process for preparing 1-O-acyl-2-deoxy-2-fluoro-4-thio-β-D-arabinofuranoses having formula I and intermediates thereof: wherein R1 represents —C(O)—C1-C6-alkyl or —C(O)-aryl; and R2 represents C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C4-perfluoroalkyl or aryl.
US08420821B2
The present invention provides a compound useful as a synthetic intermediate for an anti-HIV agent having an integrase inhibitory activity, a production method thereof, and a production method of an anti-HIV agent using the synthetic intermediate. Specifically, the present invention provides, for example, compounds represented by the formulas (6), (7-1), (7-2) and (8): wherein R is a fluorine atom or a methoxy group, R1 is a C1-C4 alkyl group, R2 is a hydroxyl-protecting group, and X2 is a halogen atom, a production method thereof, and a production method of an anti-HIV agent using the synthetic intermediate.
US08420818B2
The present invention relates to a novel process for the preparation of pyrido[2,1-a]isoquinoline derivatives of the formula wherein R2, R3 and R4 are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy and lower alkenyl, wherein lower alkyl, lower alkoxy and lower alkenyl may optionally be substituted by a group consisting of lower alkoxycarbonyl, aryl and heterocyclyl, and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The pyrido[2,1-a]isoquinoline derivatives of the formula I are useful for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases which are associated with DPP IV.
US08420816B2
Disclosed are JAK inhibitors of formula I where G1, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, and R7 are defined in the specification. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions, kits and articles of manufacture which contain the compounds, methods and materials for making the compounds, and methods of using the compounds to treat diseases, disorders, and conditions involving the immune system and inflammation, including rheumatoid arthritis, hematological malignancies, epithelial cancers (i.e., carcinomas), and other diseases, disorders or conditions associated with JAK.
US08420814B2
A nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound is represented by Formula (I): wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; A represents a heterocyclic residue that contains at least one nitrogen atom and forms a six-membered aromatic heterocyclic ring; and n represents an integer of from 1 to 3.
US08420813B2
The present invention provides compounds and pharmaceutical compositions that are selective antagonists of A2B adenosine receptors (ARs). These compounds and compositions are useful as pharmaceutical agents. Also provided are processes for the preparation of the compounds and their intermediates such as: wherein: R2 and R21 are defined in the description.
US08420797B2
The present invention provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions are novel nucleotide sequences for a constitutive regulatory element isolated from sorghum. A method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant using the regulatory sequences disclosed herein is provided. The method comprises transforming a plant cell to comprise a heterologous nucleotide sequence operably linked to one or more of the regulatory sequences of the present invention and regenerating a stably transformed plant from the transformed plant cell.
US08420789B2
A method is provided for purifying physiologically active proteins, especially antibodies, in order to remove impurities such as DNA contaminants and viruses with minimal loss of physiologically active proteins. The physiologically active protein is introduced into an aqueous solution of low conductivity at a pH of below the isoelectric point of the physiologically active protein to precipitate impurities as particles. The particles are removed, leaving a purified physiologically active protein.
US08420785B2
Provided herein are antibodies and antigen-binding antibody fragments that bind to human soluble Growth Stimulation-Expressed Gene 2 (ST2) protein, kits containing these antibodies and antibody fragments, and methods of using these antibodies and antibody fragments.
US08420783B2
Methods and compositions for immunotherapy of inflammatory and immune-dysregulatory diseases, using multispecific antagonists that target at least two different markers are disclosed. The different targets include proinflammatory effectors of the innate immune system and targets specifically associated with an inflammatory or immune-dysregulatory disorder, wherein the targets included in the latter group are not a proinflammatory effector of the immune system. Thus, the multispecific antagonist contains at least one binding specificity related to the diseased cell or condition being treated and at least one specificity to a component of the immune system. The multispecific antagonists are used in the treatment of various diseases that are generated or exacerbated by, or otherwise involve, proinflammatory effectors of the innate immune system.
US08420779B2
Disclosed is a composition of matter involving a recombinant fusion protein comprising a a pharmacologically active protein partner, and a small pharmacologically inactive protein domain partner of human origin, such as but not limited to, a 10th fibronectin III domain, a SH3 domain, a SH2 domain, a CH2 domain of IgG1, a PDZ domain, a thrombospondin repeat domain, an ubiquitin domain, a leucine-rich repeat domain, a villin headpiece HP35 domain, a villin headpiece HP76 domain, or a fragment or modification of any of these. Also disclosed are nucleic acids (e.g., DNA constructs) encoding the fusion protein, expression vectors and recombinant host cells for expression of the fusion protein, and pharmaceutical compositions containing the recombinant fusion protein and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and method of producing a pharmacologically active recombinant fusion protein.
US08420774B2
A modular peptide design strategy wherein the modular peptide has two functional units separated by a spacer portion is disclosed. More particularly, the design strategy combines a hydroxyapatite-binding portion and a biomolecule-derived portion. The modular peptides have improved non-covalent binding to the surface of the HA-based materials, and are capable of initiating osteogenesis, angiogenesis, and/or osteogenic differentiation.
US08420756B2
The present invention relates to the field of single site catalyst systems based on aromatic BINAM diamine ligands and suitable for oligomerising or polymerising ethylene and alpha-olefins.
US08420753B2
The present invention relates to novel materials particularly useful for ophthalmic applications and methods for making and using the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to relatively soft, optically transparent, foldable, high refractive index Materials particularly suited for use in the production of intraocular lenses, contact lenses, and other ocular implants and to methods for manufacturing and using the same.
US08420750B2
Copolymers comprising recurring units (A) of one or more of the general structural formulae -D-G-Arb-G-, -G-D-G-Arb- and/or -D-G- on one hand, and recurring units (B) of one or more of the general structural formulae —Ara-G-Arb-G-, -G-Ara-G-Arb- and/or —Ara-G- on the other hand, wherein D is a dibenzodiazocine-containing divalent group, Ara is a dibenzodiazocine-free divalent group containing a sulfone unit and/or a ketone unit, Arb is a dibenzodiazocine-free divalent group, and G is an ether or a thiether group. Preferably, recurring units (A) are of the general structural formula -D-G-Arb-G- and recurring units (B) are of the general structural formula —Ara-G-Arb-G-. Method for the preparation of the copolymers, compositions and articles made of the copolymers are also part of the invention.
US08420740B2
The present invention is directed to a bioadhesive thermogelling hydrogel composition for repairing and/or augmenting an intervertebral disc. The bioadhesive thermogelling hydrogel composition can be cross linked with the surrounding tissue so as to potentially serve as a nucleus pulposus replacement or augmentation along with serving to repair annular tears or fissure. The bioadhesive thermogelling hydrogel composition may include three main components: a thermal responsive polymer, an amine-containing polymer and a crosslinking component. All three components can be modified and combined in numerous ways to serve the need of the system as long as the amine-containing component is kept separate from the crosslinking component until the components are injected. The incorporation of a two-part crosslinking thermal responsive hydrogel permits smaller amounts of the crosslinking component to be used and enables the crosslinking dialdehyde to be delivered locally into the tissue that will react with the hydrogel. This helps prevent damage to tissues away from the hydrogel.
US08420739B2
There is provided a fluorine-containing elastomer composition assuring easy kneading and providing a crosslinked article having improved strength. The fluorine-containing elastomer composition comprises (A) an elastomer of a vinylidene fluoride/hexafluoropropylene copolymer having a branching coefficient of 30 to 300 ppm, a Mooney viscosity (ML1+10: 121° C.) of 7 to 80 and a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of 1.5 to 4, and (B) an elastomer of a vinylidene fluoride/hexafluoropropylene copolymer having a storage modulus G′ at 180° C. at 500 cpm of 500 to 900, and a mass ratio of (A)/(B) is 70/30 to 90/10.
US08420738B2
A thermoplastic elastomer composition which has excellent cleanability and is suitable for use as a medical rubber supply. It is characterized by comprising a rubber ingredient dynamically crosslinked with a crosslinking agent and a matrix which comprises a thermoplastic resin and in which the crosslinked rubber ingredient has been dispersed, the crosslinking agent comprising a triazine derivative.
US08420735B2
A modified microfibrillated cellulose, a resin composition and a resin composite material that contain the modified microfibrillated cellulose are provided. In a modified microfibrillated cellulose according to the present invention, a hydrolyzable-silyl-group-containing resin (A) bonds to or adheres to a cellulose surface and a silicon atom content is 0.01 to 0.5 atomic percent. A resin composition containing 0.1% to 10% by weight of the modified microfibrillated cellulose is also provided.
US08420733B2
A continuity additive according to one general approach includes a substance having an ability to reduce, prevent, or mitigate at least one of fouling, sheeting, and static level of a material present in a polymerization reactor system when added to the reactor system in an effective amount, with the proviso that the substance is not a polysulfone polymer, a polymeric polyamine, or an oil-soluble sulfonic acid; and a scavenger contacted with the substance, optionally, the scavenger neutralizing water coming in contact therewith. Additional continuity additives, methods of making continuity additives, and use of continuity additives are also presented.
US08420727B2
A polycarbonate resin composition with excellent rigidity (flexural strength) and impact resistance, and a method of preparing the same are disclosed. The polycarbonate resin composition includes 1 to 70 parts by weight of a filament filler of 5˜30 mm based on 100 parts by weight of the total amount of a first polycarbonate resin (A) having a weight-average molecular weight of 25,000 g/mol or less, the filament filler (B), and one of a second polycarbonate resin (C) having a weight-average molecular weight of more than 25,000 g/mol and a rubber-modified styrene graft copolymer resin and a styrene copolymer resin (C′). The polycarbonate resin composition provides high rigidity and impact strength, and thus is useful to manufacture a variety of molded articles such as mobile products, electronic components, etc.
US08420725B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a urethane resin composition that has excellent coating workability and storage stability not causing gelation with time and that can form a cured product such as a coating that has excellent heat resistance. The present invention relates to a urethane resin composition includes an alcohol-soluble urethane resin (A) having a hydrolyzable silyl group, inorganic particles (B), and an alcohol (C), in which the inorganic particles (B) have a functional group [Y] that can react with a functional group [X] generated from the hydrolyzable silyl group of the urethane resin (A), a coating material and an adhesive that contain the urethane resin composition, and a formed body obtained by using the urethane resin composition.
US08420713B2
Provided are a capsulated colorant, a method of preparing same and ink compositions including the capsulated colorant. The capsulated colorant includes a colorant and a polymer resin coated on the colorant. The polymer resin is a result of polymerization of a polymerizable composition comprising a basic monomer and a polymerizable unsaturated monomer. The ink composition comprises the colorant coated with the polymeric resin and a solvent, which may be water and at least one organic solvent.
US08420706B2
Various uses of fluoroalkenes, including tetrafluoropropenes, particularly (HFO-1234) in a variety of applications, including as blowing agents are disclosed.
US08420704B2
A process for preparing a polymer composite that includes reacting (a) a multi-functional monomer and (b) a block copolymer comprising (i) a first block and (ii) a second block that includes a functional group capable of reacting with the multi-functional monomer, to form a crosslinked, nano-structured, bi-continuous composite. The composite includes a continuous matrix phase and a second continuous phase comprising the first block of the block copolymer.
US08420703B2
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for collecting effective components from polyester fiber waste containing polyalkylene telephthalate as the main component, more specifically to provide a method for separating and removing foreign matters (mainly cotton) contained in polyester fiber waste. The purpose of the invention can be achieved by a method for separating and removing foreign matters from polyester waste, which includes throwing polyester fiber waste that contains polyalkylene telephthalate as the main component and foreign matters other than the polyalkylene telephthalate into a depolymerization reaction tank, subjecting a part or all of the polyester fiber to a depolymerization reaction with alkylene glycol to give a depolymerization reaction liquid, and then continuously or intermittently feeding the liquid to a foreign matter-separating and removing apparatus having specified characteristics.
US08420697B2
The invention provides a method of improving one or more clinical outcomes of an individual experiencing an acute respiratory attack. The acute respiratory attack may include acute reversible bronchospasm, severe acute bronchospasm, or acute exacerbation of asthma. The method includes administering to an individual suffering from an acute respiratory attack an effective amount of bedoradrine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in combination with a standard of care (SOC) treatment regimen.
US08420691B2
Combinations of certain analgesics with COX-II inhibitors, related pharmaceutical compositions, including advantageous galenical forms containing these combinations, and the use of such combinations in methods of treatment, in particular for the treatment of pain.
US08420677B2
Use of DIM and/or its derivatives for prevention, treatment and/or delay of age-related hearing loss in mammals.
US08420674B2
The invention relates to methods for decreasing adverse events associated with pirfenidone (5-methyl-1-phenyl-2-(1H)-pyridone) therapy. The invention discloses an optimized dose escalation scheme that results in the patient having increased tolerance to adverse events associated with the administration of pirfenidone. The invention also discloses a starter pack that may be used in conjunction with the dose escalation scheme.
US08420668B2
The present invention provides a compound of the formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof:
US08420667B2
Isoquinolone derivatives of the general formula Ik″ are provided. The compounds are NK3 antagonists and useful for the treatment of e.g. psychosis and schizophrenia.
US08420666B2
The present invention relates to phosphodiesterase (PDE) type 4, phosphodiesterase (PDE) type 7 and dual PDE type 4/PDE type 7 inhibitors. Compounds disclosed herein having the structure of Formula 1: can be useful in the treatment, prevention, inhibition or suppression of CNS diseases, for example, multiple sclerosis; various pathological conditions such as diseases affecting the immune system, including AIDS, rejection of transplant, auto-immune disorders such as T-cell related diseases, for example, rheumatoid arthritis; inflammatory diseases such as respiratory inflammation diseases including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, bronchitis, allergic rhinitis, adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and other inflammatory diseases including but not limited to psoriasis, shock, atopic dermatitis, eosinophilic granuloma, allergic conjunctivitis, osteoarthritis; gastrointestinal inflammation diseases such as Crohn's disease, colitis, pancreatitis as well as different types of cancers including leukaemia; especially in humans. Processes for the preparation of disclosed compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing the disclosed compounds and their use as PDE type 4, PDE type 7 and dual PDE type 4/PDE type 7 inhibitors are provided.
US08420665B2
The present invention relates to anti-cancer compounds, methods for their discovery, and their therapeutic use. In particular, the present invention provides analogs of the known anti-cancer compound amonafide, and structurally and functionally related compounds, and methods of using such compounds as therapeutic agents to treat a number of conditions associated with hyperproliferation.
US08420651B2
The subject of the present invention is compounds corresponding to the formula (I) in which: X represents a divalent (C2-C5)alkylene radical which is unsubstituted or substituted one or more times by an Alk group; R1 represents a phenyl, a naphthyl, a pyridyl, a 1-benzothienyl or a 1,3-benzodioxolyl; R2 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an Alk group, an OAlk group or else a group chosen from —S-Alk, —SO-Alk, —SO2-Alk, —CO—N(R4)-Alk, —N(R4)SO2-Alk, —N(R4)CO-Alk, —N(R4)SO2—N(Alk)2; R3 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an Alk group or an OAlk group; R4 represents a hydrogen atom or a (C1-C4)alkyl; Alk represents an unsubstituted or substituted (C1-C4)alkyl. Preparation process and therapeutic application.
US08420649B2
The present invention comprises a new class of compounds useful for the prophylaxis and treatment of protein kinase mediated diseases, including inflammation and related conditions. The compounds have a general Formula I wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, W and X are defined herein. The invention also comprises pharmaceutical compositions including one or more compounds of Formula I, uses of such compounds and compositions for treatment of p38 map kinase mediated diseases including rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pain and other inflammatory disorders, as well as intermediates and processes useful for the preparation of compounds of Formula I.
US08420637B2
The present invention provides a method of treating glaucoma or ocular hypertension which comprises applying to the eye of a person in need thereof an amount sufficient to treat glaucoma or ocular hypertension of a compound of formula I wherein Y, Q, Z, R, R1 and R2 are as defined in the specification. The present invention further comprises pharmaceutical compositions, e.g. ophthalmic compositions, including said compound of formula I.
US08420635B2
A method of preventing or treating a glucocorticoid receptor-related disease involving administering a therapeutically effective amount of a 1,2-dihydroquinoline compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US08420622B2
Compounds of formula I: I wherein at least one of R4 and R5 comprises Si(R6)3 as a substituent selectively attenuate production of Aβ(1-42) and hence find use in treatment of Alzheimer's disease and related conditions.
US08420614B2
The present invention provides compositions and methods for inhibiting or reversing fibrotic disorders by administering a Hic-5 antagonist to a mammal in need thereof. The invention also includes methods for screening compounds to identify Hic-5 antagonists useful in inhibiting or reversing fibrotic disorders.
US08420604B2
Methods are provided for promoting the adsorption of an active agent to microparticles by modifying the structural properties of the active agent in order to facilitate favorable association to the microparticle.
US08420593B1
Compositions are described according to embodiments of the present invention which include a neuronal potassium channel antagonist and a neuronal sodium channel antagonist, the neuronal potassium channel antagonist and the neuronal sodium channel antagonist each conjugated to a transporter moiety to form one or more conjugates. The transporter moiety is capable of crossing the blood/brain or blood/nerve barrier such that the conjugate is delivered to the brain and/or nerve. Inventive methods of treating a demyelinating condition in a subject are described herein which include administering an effective amount of a conjugate composition of the present invention to a subject having a demyelinating condition.
US08420581B2
A lubricating coating which is free from harmful heavy metals is formed on a premium threaded joint for pipes constituted by a pin and a box each having a contact surface comprising a threaded portion and an unthreaded metal contact portion (a sealing surface and shoulder) in order to provide the joint with galling resistance, gas-tightness, and anticorrosive properties such that the unthreaded metal contact portion is prevented from yielding even when the joint is made up with a high torque. The lubricating coating comprises one or both of a rosin and calcium fluoride; metal soap; wax; and a basic metal salt of an aromatic organic acid, and preferably it further includes a lubricating powder, magnesium carbonate, and/or a carbohydrate, particularly a cyclodextrin.
US08420578B2
A low-density ceramic proppant is formed from a light aggregate of a natural mineral and a ceramic binding material in the form of a proppant granule. The light aggregate expands in volume when burnt so that the density of the aggregate is changed. A method of preparing a proppant material is carried out by pre-crushing and pre-mixing of raw components. This is followed by their granulation into proppant granules, drying and screening of the granules to a selected size. The raw components include at least a ceramic binding material and a light aggregate of a natural mineral that, when burnt, expands in volume so that the specific volume of the aggregate is changed. The burning of the light aggregate may be accomplished before or after the aggregate is mixed with the binding material.
US08420542B2
A method of forming a reverse image pattern on a semiconductor base layer is disclosed. The method comprises depositing a transfer layer of amorphous carbon on the semiconductor base layer, depositing a resist layer on the transfer layer, creating a first pattern in the resist layer, creating the first pattern in the transfer layer, removing the resist layer, depositing a reverse mask layer, planarizing the reverse mask layer, and removing the transfer layer, thus forming a second pattern that is a reverse image of the first pattern.
US08420539B2
The invention relates to an additive for polishing composition, which can ensure stable polishing properties. The additive for polishing composition contains one or more amine compounds and an alcohol. The one or more amine compounds contain a quaternary ammonium salt. When the one or more amine compounds are contained in high concentration, the occurrence of precipitation of the amine compound can be prevented by including the alcohol.
US08420537B2
Recrystallization and grain growth of metal, such as Cu, is achieved at higher anneal temperatures of 150° C. to 400° C., for example, for short anneal times of five to sixty minutes by forming a metal stress locking layer on the Cu before anneal and chemical-mechanical polishing. The stress locking layer extends the elastic region of the Cu by suppressing atom diffusion to the free surface, resulting in near zero tensile stress at room temperature after anneal. Stress voiding, which creates reliability problems, is thereby avoided. Improved grain size and texture are also achieved. The stress locking layer is removed after anneal by chemical-mechanical polishing leaving the Cu interconnect with low stress and improved grain size and texture.
US08420528B2
Wirings mainly containing copper are formed on an insulating film on a substrate. Then, after forming insulating films for reservoir pattern and a barrier insulating film, an insulating film for suppressing or preventing diffusion of copper is formed on upper and side surfaces of the wirings, the insulating film on the substrate, and the barrier insulating film. Here, thickness of the insulating film for suppressing or preventing diffusion of copper at the bottom of a narrow inter-wiring space is made smaller than that on the wirings, thereby efficiently reducing wiring capacitance of narrow-line pitches. Then, first and second low dielectric constant insulating films are formed. Here, a deposition rate of the first insulating film at an upper portion of the side surfaces of facing wirings is made higher than that at a lower portion thereof, thereby forming air gaps. Finally, the second insulating film is planarized by interlayer CMP.
US08420520B2
The present invention provides a method for fabricating chip package comprises the following steps: forming a photoresist layer on a metal layer over a passivation layer, an opening in the photoresist layer exposing the metal layer, wherein said forming the photoresist layer comprises exposing the photoresist layer using 1X stepper with at least two of G-line, H-line and I-line; electroplating a gold layer over the metal layer exposed by the opening with an electroplating solution containing gold and sulfite ion; removing the photoresist layer and the metal layer not under the gold layer.
US08420517B2
A method of forming a multi-doped junction on a substrate is disclosed. The method includes providing the substrate doped with boron atoms, the substrate comprising a front substrate surface. The method further includes depositing an ink on the front substrate surface in a ink pattern, the ink comprising a set of silicon-containing particles and a set of solvents. The method also includes heating the substrate in a baking ambient to a first temperature and for a first time period in order to create a densified film ink pattern. The method further includes exposing the substrate to a dopant source in a diffusion furnace with a deposition ambient, the deposition ambient comprising POCl3, a carrier N2 gas, a main N2 gas, and a reactive O2 gas at a second temperature and for a second time period, wherein a PSG layer is formed on the front substrate surface and on the densified film ink pattern; and heating the substrate in a drive-in ambient to a third temperature; wherein a first diffused region with a first sheet resistance is formed under the front substrate surface covered by the densified film ink pattern, and a second diffused region with a second sheet resistance is formed under the front substrate surface not covered with the densified film ink pattern, and wherein the first sheet resistance is substantially smaller than the second sheet resistance.
US08420516B2
The present invention provides a method for producing an n-type Group III nitride semiconductor product having a high Si concentration and exhibiting favorable crystallinity. In the production method, specifically, an AlN buffer layer is formed on a sapphire substrate by MOCVD, and then a first layer (thickness: 2 μm) is formed from undoped GaN on the buffer layer by MOCVD at 1,140° C. Subsequently, a second layer (thickness: 200 nm) is formed from SiO2 on the first layer by plasma CVD, and then the second layer is removed by use of BHF (buffered hydrofluoric acid). Next, a GaN layer (thickness: 50 nm) is grown, by MOCVD at 1,140° C., on the first layer exposed by removal of the second layer without supply of an n-type dopant gas. Thus, on the first layer is provided a third layer formed of n-type GaN doped with Si at a high concentration and exhibiting favorable crystallinity.
US08420515B2
A method for manufacturing a solar cell is disclosed. A conductive layer is introduced into a mold having an interior defining a shape of a solar cell. A planar capillary space is formed along the conductive layer. A measure of silicon is placed in fluid communication with the capillary space. The silicon is melted and allowed to flow into the capillary space. The melted silicon is then cooled within the capillary space such that the silicon forms a p-n junction along the conductive layer.
US08420513B2
A thin film transistor (TFT), including a crystalline semiconductor pattern on a substrate, a gate insulating layer on the crystalline semiconductor pattern, the gate insulating layer having two first source/drain contact holes and a semiconductor pattern access hole therein, a gate electrode on the gate insulating layer, the gate electrode being between the two first source/drain contact holes, an interlayer insulating layer covering the gate electrode, the interlayer insulating layer having two second source/drain contact holes therein, and source and drain electrodes on the interlayer insulating layer, each of the source and drain electrodes being insulated from the gate electrode, and having a portion connected to the crystalline semiconductor pattern through the first and second source/drain contact holes.
US08420512B2
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the invention irradiates a first pulse laser beam with an irradiation energy density of 1.0 J/cm2 or higher to blow off particles on the surface of wafer in activating an impurity layer positioned at a shallow location from the surface of wafer such as p+-type collector layer in an FS-type IGBT or in an NPT-type IGBT. By irradiating a second laser beam, region, on which particles were, is activated in the same manner as the region, on which particles are not, and p+-type collector layer is formed uniformly. The manufacturing method according to the invention facilitates preventing nonuniform laser beam irradiation from causing in laser annealing and preventing defective devices from causing.
US08420509B2
The present invention provides a film for flip chip type semiconductor back surface, which is to be formed on a back surface of a semiconductor element flip-chip connected on an adherend, the film including a wafer adhesion layer and a laser marking layer, in which the wafer adhesion layer has an elastic modulus (at 50° C.) of 10 MPa or less and the laser marking layer has an elastic modulus (at 50° C.) of 100 MPa or more.
US08420508B2
A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: providing a base panel having a first side with a cavity and a second side opposite the first side; connecting an integrated circuit device and the first side; applying a resist mask having an opening on the second side, the opening offset from the cavity; forming a bump contact in the opening; applying an encapsulation in the cavity over the integrated circuit device and the first side; and forming a package lead by removing a portion of the base panel under the cavity, a flared tip of the package lead intersecting a base side of the encapsulation.
US08420507B2
A modified region 7 to become a starting point region for cutting is formed in a GaAs substrate 12 along a line to cut 5 upon radiation with laser light L which is pulsed laser light. As a consequence, the modified region 7 formed in the GaAs substrate 12 along the line to cut 5 is likely to generate fractures in the thickness direction of an object to be processed 1. Therefore, the modified region 7 having an extremely high function as a starting point region for cutting can be formed in the planar object to be processed 1 comprising the GaAs substrate 12.
US08420503B2
A method for easily manufacturing a transparent SOI substrate having: a main surface with a silicon film formed thereon; and a rough main surface located on a side opposite to a side where the silicon film is formed. A method for manufacturing transparent SOI substrate, having a silicon film formed on a first main surface of the transparent insulating substrate, while a second main surface of the transparent insulating substrate, an opposite to the first main surface, is roughened. The method includes at least the steps of: roughening the first main surface with an RMS surface roughness lower than 0.7 nm and the second main surface with an RMS surface roughness higher than the surface roughness of the first main surface to prepare the transparent insulating substrate; and forming the silicon film on the first main surface of the transparent insulating substrate.
US08420484B2
A semiconductor device having a buried gate that can realize a reduction in gate-induced drain leakage is presented. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a buried gate, and a barrier layer. The semiconductor substrate has a groove. The buried gate is formed in a lower portion of the groove and has a lower portion wider than an upper portion. The barrier layer is formed on sidewalls of the upper portion of the buried gate.
US08420478B2
Controlled localized defect paths for resistive memories are described, including a method for forming controlled localized defect paths including forming a first electrode forming a metal oxide layer on the first electrode, masking the metal oxide to create exposed regions and concealed regions of a surface of the metal oxide, and altering the exposed regions of the metal oxide to create localized defect paths beneath the exposed regions.
US08420456B2
An object is to provide a semiconductor device with improved reliability in which a defect stemming from an end portion of a semiconductor layer provided in an island shape is prevented, and a manufacturing method thereof. Over a substrate having an insulating surface, an island-shaped semiconductor layer is formed, a first alteration treatment is performed, a first insulating film is formed on a surface of the island-shaped semiconductor layer, the first insulating film is removed, a second alteration treatment is performed on the island-shaped semiconductor from which the first insulating film is removed, a second insulating film is formed on a surface of the island-shaped semiconductor layer, and a conductive layer is formed over the second insulating film. An upper end portion of the island-shaped semiconductor layer has curvature by the first alteration treatment and the second alteration treatment.
US08420454B2
An embodiment of a power device having a first current-conduction terminal, a second current-conduction terminal, a control terminal receiving, in use, a control voltage of the power device, and a thyristor device and a first insulated-gate switch device coupled in series between the first and the second conduction terminals; the first insulated-gate switch device has a gate terminal coupled to the control terminal, and the thyristor device has a base terminal. The power device is further provided with: a second insulated-gate switch device, coupled between the first current-conduction terminal and the base terminal of the thyristor device, and having a respective gate terminal coupled to the control terminal; and a Zener diode, coupled between the base terminal of the thyristor device and the second current-conduction terminal so as to enable extraction of current from the base terminal in a given operating condition.
US08420449B2
Aspects of the invention are directed to laser patterning apparatus capable of performing laser patterning on a thin film formed on a flexible substrate with a good yield and a laser patterning method thereof. The thin film formed on the flexible substrate can be patterned by laser using a laser patterning apparatus that can include a processing stage that has a reference processing surface on which the flexible substrate having the thin film formed thereon is disposed, a wrinkle removing device that is configured as a mechanism for stretching an outer periphery of a processing region of the flexible substrate so that tension is applied outward in the width direction and forward and backward in the transporting direction, and a laser scanner that scans a predetermined line of the thin film formed on the flexible substrate while emitting a laser beam thereto.
US08420446B2
A circuit member includes a lead frame material having a die pad, a lead part to be electrically connected with a semiconductor chip, and an outer frame configured to support the die pad and the lead part. The lead frame material includes a resin sealing region. Roughened faces, each having an average roughness Ra of 0.3 μm or greater, are formed on a surface in the resin sealing region of the lead frame material. The surface of the lead frame material except for the resin sealing region is a flat and smooth face. A two-layer plated layer formed by laminating a Ni plated layer and a Pd plated layer in this order or a three-layer plated layer formed by laminating the Ni plated layer, the Pd plated layer and an Au plated layer in this order is formed on the whole surface of the lead frame material.
US08420444B2
A semiconductor device includes a first bump that is located over a surface of a semiconductor element, and is formed on a first bump formation face distanced from a back surface of the semiconductor element at a first distance, and a second bump that is located over the surface of the semiconductor element, and is formed on a second bump formation face distanced from the back surface of the semiconductor element at a second distance being longer than the first distance, the second bump having a diameter larger than a diameter of the first bump.
US08420441B2
One object is to provide a semiconductor device with a structure which enables reduction in parasitic capacitance sufficiently between wirings. In a bottom-gate type thin film transistor including a stacked layer of a first layer which is a metal thin film oxidized partly or entirely and an oxide semiconductor layer, the following oxide insulating layers are formed together: an oxide insulating layer serving as a channel protective layer which is over and in contact with a part of the oxide semiconductor layer overlapping with a gate electrode layer; and an oxide insulating layer which covers a peripheral portion and a side surface of the stacked oxide semiconductor layer.
US08420440B2
A compound of Formula (I): wherein X, A, Y, Z, R1, R2, Ar, n and m are as described herein. The compound of Formula (I) is useful as part of a semiconducting composition to be deposited upon a surface. When heated, the compound of Formula (I) is converted to a crystalline semiconductor with high mobility.
US08420439B2
A method of producing a radiation-emitting thin film component includes providing a substrate, growing nanorods on the substrate, growing a semiconductor layer sequence with at least one active layer epitaxially on the nanorods, applying a carrier to the semiconductor layer sequence, and detaching the semiconductor layer sequence and the carrier from the substrate by at least partial destruction of the nanorods.
US08420436B2
A solar cell manufacturing method according to the present invention is a solar cell manufacturing method that forms a transparent conductive film of ZnO as an electric power extracting electrode on a light incident side, the method comprises at least in a following order: a process A forming the transparent conductive film on a substrate by applying a sputtering voltage to sputter a target made of a film formation material for the transparent conductive film; a process B forming a texture on a surface of the transparent conductive film; a process C cleaning the surface of the transparent conductive film on which the texture has been formed using an UV/ozone; and a process D forming an electric power generation layer on the transparent conductive film.
US08420433B2
A method is provided of forming a light sensing arrangement for use in a light sensor. The method comprises tiling a plurality of individual light sensing elements on a carrier, each element having a notch formed in an edge thereof, the notch being adapted to provide space, when the elements are tiled together, for an electrical connection to be made between the carrier and a surface of the element arranged to faced away from the carrier. Each element may comprise Silicon Photomultiplier (SPM) circuitry.
US08420432B2
Provided is a method of forming a semiconductor device. The method includes forming an insulating film on a semiconductor substrate, a conductive film on the insulating film, and a first structure and a second structure on the conductive film. The semiconductor substrate has first and second regions. The first and second structures are formed on the first and second regions, respectively. An impurity diffused region is formed in the semiconductor substrate using the first structure as a mask. The impurity diffused region overlaps the first structure. A portion of the first structure, and the conductive film are etched to respectively form a gate structure and a capacitor structure on the first and second regions.
US08420431B2
A method of fabricating a solar cell includes steps of: forming an amorphous carbon layer, an AlN layer and a first n-type nitride semiconductor layer on the surface of the graphite substrate, forming a mask layer with a plurality of openings on the first n-type nitride semiconductor layer; forming a plurality of second n-type nitride semiconductor layers on the portions of the first n-type nitride semiconductor layer which are exposed by the plurality of openings; forming a plurality of light absorption layers on the plurality of second n-type nitride semiconductor layers; forming a plurality of p-side nitride semiconductor layers on the plurality of the light absorption layers; forming a p-side electrode; and forming an n-side electrode.
US08420429B2
A back side illumination image sensor reduced in chip size has a capacitor disposed in a vertical upper portion of a pixel region in the back side illumination image sensor in which light is illuminated from a back side of a subscriber, thereby reducing a chip size, and a method for manufacturing the back side illumination image sensor. The capacitor of the back side illumination image sensor reduced in chip size is formed in the vertical upper portion of the pixel region, not in the outside of a pixel region, so that the outside area of the pixel region for forming the capacitor is not required, thereby reducing a chip size.
US08420428B2
A method for the formation of buried cavities within a semiconductor body envisages the steps of: providing a wafer having a bulk region made of semiconductor material; digging, in the bulk region, trenches delimiting between them walls of semiconductor material; forming a closing layer for closing the trenches in the presence of a deoxidizing atmosphere so as to englobe the deoxidizing atmosphere within the trenches; and carrying out a thermal treatment such as to cause migration of the semiconductor material of the walls and to form a buried cavity. Furthermore, before the thermal treatment is carried out, a barrier layer that is substantially impermeable to hydrogen is formed on the closing layer on top of the trenches.
US08420419B2
A method of fabricating a III-nitride semiconductor laser device includes: preparing a substrate product, where the substrate product has a laser structure, the laser structure includes a semiconductor region and a substrate of a hexagonal III-nitride semiconductor, the substrate has a semipolar primary surface, and the semiconductor region is formed on the semipolar primary surface; scribing a first surface of the substrate product to form a scribed mark, the scribed mark extending in a direction of an a-axis of the hexagonal III-nitride semiconductor; and after forming the scribed mark, carrying out breakup of the substrate product by press against a second region of the substrate product while supporting a first region of the substrate product but not supporting the second region thereof, to form another substrate product and a laser bar.
US08420418B2
A method of fabricating a light emitting device comprising: providing a substrate, wherein the substrate comprises a first major surface and a second major surface opposite to the first major surface, forming a plurality of light emitting stack layers on the first major surface, forming an etching protection layer on the plurality of light emitting stack layers, forming a plurality of discontinuous holes or continuous lines on the substrate by a laser beam with the depth of 10˜150 μm, cleaving the substrate through the plurality of discontinuous holes or continuous lines, providing a adhesion layer on the second major surface of the substrate, and expanding the adhesion layer to form a plurality of separated light emitting device.
US08420417B2
A method of making a light emitting device includes forming an active layer between first and semiconductor layers of different conductivity types, and forming a transparent conductive layer adjacent the second semiconductor layer. The transparent conductive layer includes a first transparent conductive region contacting a first region of the second semiconductor layer and a second transparent conductive region contacting a second region of the second semiconductor layer. An electrode is formed adjacent the first semiconductor layer in vertical alignment with the second region.
US08420415B2
A method and system for manufacturing a light conversion structure for a light emitting diode (LED) is disclosed. The method includes forming a transparent, thermally insulating cover over an LED chip. The method also includes dispensing a conversion material onto the cover to form a conversion coating on the cover, and encapsulating the LED, the silicone cover, and the conversion coating within an encapsulant. Additional covers and conversion coatings can be added.
US08420413B2
A pixel structure including a scan line, a data line, an active device, a shielding electrode, and a pixel electrode is provided on a substrate. The data line includes an upper conductive wire and a bottom conductive wire. The upper conductive wire is disposed over and across the scan line. The bottom conductive wire is electrically connected to the upper conductive wire. The active device is electrically connected to the scan line and the upper conductive wire. The shielding electrode is disposed over the bottom conductive wire. The pixel electrode disposed over the shielding electrode is electrically connected to the active device. In addition, parts of the pixel electrode and parts of the shielding electrode form a storage capacitor.
US08420410B2
A semiconductor die includes a group of spacer cells within the semiconductor die. The spacer cells include fiducial markings therein. The fiducial markings can be located within a metal layer, a diffusion layer, a polysilicon layer, and/or a Shallow Trench Isolation (STI) structure.
US08420406B2
Described is a method for analyzing the metabolites of a biological sample which comprises quantitatively determining one or more metabolites in said sample in a way that said quantitative determination resolves isotopic mass differences within one metabolite, said method being characterized in that the sample comprises or is derived from a cell which has been maintained under conditions allowing the uptake of an isotopically labeled metabolizable compound so that the metabolites in said cell are saturated with the isotope with which said metabolizable compound is labeled. This method may further comprise, prior to quantitative determining the metabolites, combining the biological sample (i.e. the first biological sample) with a second biological sample in which the metabolites are not isotopically labeled or are isotopically labeled differently from the first biological sample; and determining in said biological samples the relative quantity of metabolites which differ by their isotopical label. Furthermore described is a set of isotopically labeled metabolites obtainable by applying this method, as well as kits facilitating the application of this method and corresponding uses.
US08420398B2
A method of determining the phase of an estrous cycle that a mammal is in at a given time that a biological sample is obtained from the mammal is provided. The biological sample obtained from the mammal is combined with at least one flavonoid pigment that reacts with the biological sample on a hydrophobic surface to provide a color response. The estrus phase of the estrous cycle has a corresponding color response that is distinguishable from the color response of each other phase of the estrous cycle to an unaided human eye. The corresponding color response is correlated to the estrus phase of the estrous cycle.
US08420395B2
The subject invention provides a unidirectional site-specific integration system for integrating a nucleic acid into the genome of a target cell. The provided systems include a (1) a mutant, unidirectional site specific integrase, which can be provided by an integrase vector encoding the mutant integrase and (2) a targeting vector that includes: (a) a nucleic acid to be integrated; and (b) a vector attachment site, where the targeting vector attachment site serves as a substrate for the mutant, unidirectional site-specific integrase. In using the subject systems for site-specific integration, the targeting vector and integrase are introduced into the target cell and the cell is maintained under conditions sufficient to provide for site-specific integration of the nucleic acid into the target cell genome via a recombination event mediated by the site-specific integrase. Also provided are kits that include the subject systems. The subjects systems, methods and kits find use in a variety of different applications, several representative ones of which are described in detail as well.
US08420389B2
The present invention relates to recombinant anti-Nipah virus vaccines and the administration of such vaccines to animals, advantageously pigs. Advantageously, the anti-Nipah virus vaccine may comprise a recombinant avipox virus containing a Nipah virus glycoprotein gene. The invention encompasses methods of vaccinating animals, advantageously pigs, by administration of anti-Nipah virus vaccines that may comprise a recombinant avipox virus that may contain a Nipah virus glycoprotein gene.
US08420379B2
The invention relates to a material for capturing microbes or the like, a device for capturing microbes or the like, a method of capturing microbes or the like, and a method of producing a material for capturing microbes or the like, and has an object of using a pulverizable resin whereby a minor amount of microbes or the like contained in a large amount of a liquid, or microbes or the like contained in a small amount of a liquid can be captured efficiently, quickly, labor-savingly, and reliably. Disclosed is: a material for capturing microbes or the like, which comprises irregular-shaped powdery grains made of a pulverizable adsorbent resin and distributed in a predetermined grain size range, and which can adsorb or bond to a target such as a microbe contained in a liquid; a device for capturing microbes or the like; and a method of capturing microbes or the like.
US08420377B2
The invention provides transgenomic mitochondria, transmitochondrial cells and organisms, and the materials and methods for making such mitochondria, cells, and organisms.
US08420372B2
Porcine tissues were screened for the presence of Adeno-Associated Viruses (AAV). Several AAV sequences were isolated from various porcine tissues, and BLAST analysis confirmed high to low homology with known AAV sequences of different origin. Sequence analysis confirmed the isolation of at least three novel porcine AAV isolates which we named AAVpo1, -po2, and -po3. Novel AAVs derived from porcine tissues may significantly contribute to the generation of new preventive or curative clinical modalities acceptable for human use.
US08420370B2
The invention relates to a variant of a parent Termamyl-like alpha-amylase, which variant exhibits altered properties, in particular reduced capability of cleaving a substrate close to the branching point, and improved substrate specificity and/or improved specific activity relative to the parent alpha-amylase.
US08420365B2
The invention provides gene-targeted non-human animals comprising a genetically modified 11βHSD1 gene encodes a mutant 11βHSD1 polypeptide which is modulated by human 11βHSD1 modulating compounds. The invention further provides cells expressing mutant 11βHSD1 and cells isolated from gene-targeted animals, which cells produce a mutant 11βHSD1. The invention further provides methods of identifying agents that modulate 11βHSD1 activity, and are useful to treat 11βHSD1-related metabolic disorders.
US08420363B2
A device for detecting cells and/or molecules on an electrode surface is disclosed. The device detects cells and/or molecules through measurement of impedance changes resulting from the cells and/or molecules. A disclosed embodiment of the device includes a substrate having two opposing ends along a longitudinal axis. A plurality of electrode arrays are positioned on the substrate. Each electrode array includes at least two electrodes, and each electrode is separated from at least one adjacent electrode in the electrode array by an expanse of non-conductive material. The electrode has a width at its widest point of more than about 1.5 and less than about 10 times the width of the expanse of non-conductive material. The device also includes electrically conductive traces extending substantially longitudinally to one of the two opposing ends of the substrate without intersecting another trace. Each trace is in electrical communication with at least one of the electrode arrays.
US08420361B2
A method of treatment of biomass is described, characterized in that a microorganism of the species Clostridium sporosphaeroides is added to the biomass.
US08420360B2
The invention features methods for producing isoprene from cultured cells wherein the cells in the stationary phase. The invention also provides compositions that include these cultured cells and/or increased amount of isoprene. The invention also provides for systems that include a non-flammable concentration of isoprene in the gas phase. Additionally, the invention provides isoprene compositions, such as compositions with increased amount of isoprene or increased purity.
US08420354B2
This application provides a process for preparing enantiomerically pure β-D-dioxolane nucleosides. In particular, a new synthesis of (−)-DAPD, suitable for large scale development, is described. In one embodiment the invention provides a process for preparing a substantially pure β-D- or β-L-1,3-dioxolane nucleosides comprising a) preparing or obtaining an esterified 2,2-dialkoxy ethanol; b) cyclizing the esterified 2,2-dialkoxy ethanol with glycolic acid to obtain a 1,3-dioxolane lactone; c) resolving the 1,3-dioxolane lactone to obtain a substantially pure D- or L-lactone; d) selectively reducing and activating the D- or L-chiral lactone to obtain a substantially pure D- or L-1,3-dioxolane; e) coupling the D- or L-1,3-dioxolane to an activated and/or protected purine or pyrimidine base; and f) optionally purifying the nucleoside to obtain a substantially pure protected β-D- or β-L-1,3-dioxolane nucleoside.
US08420353B2
A humanized antibody is produced by process comprising the steps of: (a) selecting a specificity determining residue (SDR) of the complementarity determining region (CDR) of murine monoclonal antibody heavy chain and light chain variable regions; and (b) grafting said SDR to at least one of the corresponding amino acid sequences in human antibody variable regions.
US08420351B2
The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides.
US08420342B2
Provided are hydrolases, including lipases, saturases, palmitases and/or stearatases, and polynucleotides encoding them, and methods of making and using these polynucleotides and polypeptides. Further provided are polypeptides, e.g., enzymes, having a hydrolase activity, e.g., lipases, saturases, palmitases and/or stearatases and methods for preparing low saturate or low trans fat oils, such as low saturate or low trans fat animal or vegetable oils, e.g., soy or canola oils.
US08420320B2
The present invention relates, in general, to probes, methods, and kits used to determine the presence or absence of a microorganism in a sample. The probes, methods, and kits comprise at least one capture probe and/or at least one detector probe.
US08420318B2
Methods and apparatus for genome analysis are provided. A microfabricated structure including a microfluidic distribution channel is configured to distribute microreactor elements having copies of a sequencing template into a plurality of microfabricated thermal cycling chambers. A microreactor element may include a microcarrier element carrying the multiple copies of the sequencing template. The microcarrier element may comprise a microsphere. An autovalve at an exit port of a thermal cycling chamber, an optical scanner, or a timing arrangement may be used to ensure that only one microsphere will flow into one thermal cycling chamber wherein thermal cycling extension fragments are produced. The extension products are captured, purified, and concentrated in an integrated oligonucleotide gel capture chamber. A microfabricated component separation apparatus is used to analyze the purified extension fragments. The microfabricated structure may be used in a process for performing sequencing and other genetic analysis of DNA or RNA.
US08420316B2
The invention provides a method for Columbidae gender identification including: providing a DNA sample of a bird belonging to the Columbidae family; performing a polymerase chain reaction to the DNA sample with a first primer pair of a first primer designed within the region of the SEQ ID. NO.: 9 or a complementary sequence thereof and a P2 primer (SEQ ID. NO: 1) or a complementary sequence thereof, and a second primer pair of a second primer designed within the region of the SEQ ID NO.: 10 or a complementary sequence thereof and a P2 primer (SEQ ID. NO: 1) or a complementary sequence thereof; and determining gender by performing a melting curve analysis to a product from the polymerase chain reaction, wherein the result showing two peaks indicate a female gender and showing one peak indicate a male gender.
US08420309B2
Provided are methods of screening test compounds for the ability to alter calcium homeostasis in mammalian cells by experimentally determining if a compound affects CALHM1, CALHM2, or CALHM3 expression or activity. Additionally provided are methods of screening a test compound for the ability to inhibit ERK 1/2 phosphorylation in a mammalian cell. Further provided are methods of screening a test compound for the ability to inhibit amyloid-beta peptide accumulation in a mammalian cell or biological fluid, methods of screening for a test compound that may affect Alzheimer's disease and methods of determining the likelihood that a subject will be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Also provided are isolated and purified mammalian CALHM proteins, vectors comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding the CALHM1, CALHM2, and CALHM3 proteins, and mammalian cells transfected with the vectors. Additionally, methods of affecting Ca2+ levels in a mammalian cell are provided.
US08420303B2
A PEB unit has a first heat plate and a second heat plate. After an exposure process for a resist film for EUV on a wafer and before a development process, the PEB unit heats the wafer through the first heat plate at a first heating temperature. A heating time through the first heat plate is not less than 10 seconds and not more than 30 seconds. Thereafter, the PEB unit heats the wafer through the second heat plate at a second heating temperature lower than the first heating temperature. A temperature difference between the first heating temperature and the second heating temperature is not less than 20° C. and not more than 60° C.
US08420294B2
The present invention provides a salt represented by the formula (I): wherein R1 and R2 independently each represent a C1-C6 alkyl group or R1 and R2 are bonded each other to form a C5-C20 aliphatic ring together with the carbon atom to which they are bonded, R3 and R4 independently each represent a fluorine atom or a C1-C6 perfluoroalkyl group, X1 represents a C1-C17 divalent saturated hydrocarbon group in which one or more —CH2— can be replaced by —O— or —CO— and which may be substituted with one or more fluorine atoms, and Z1+ represents an organic counter ion.
US08420293B2
Embodiments in accordance with the present invention provide waveguide structures and methods of forming such structures where core and laterally adjacent cladding regions are defined. Some embodiments of the present invention provide waveguide structures where core regions are collectively surrounded by laterally adjacent cladding regions and cladding layers and methods of forming such structures.
US08420290B2
An acetal compound of formula (1) is provided wherein R1 is H, methyl or trifluoromethyl, R2 is a monovalent C1-C10 hydrocarbon group, R3 and R4 are H or a monovalent C1-C10 hydrocarbon group, R2 and R3 may together form an aliphatic hydrocarbon ring, and X1 is a single bond or a divalent C1-C4 hydrocarbon group. A polymer comprising recurring units derived from the acetal compound is used as a base resin to formulate a resist composition which exhibits a high resolution when processed by micropatterning technology, especially ArF lithography.
US08420289B2
An aromatic ring-containing polymer, a polymer mixture, an antireflective hardmask composition, and a method for patterning a material on a substrate, the aromatic ring-containing polymer including at least one aromatic ring-containing polymer represented by Formulae 1, 2, or 3.
US08420282B2
A method for producing a color filter, comprising: applying to a substrate at least one diacetylene capable of undergoing a light-activated color change reaction, and exposing the substrate to light thereby causing the exposed regions of the substrate to change color. The invention also provides devices comprising colored filters such as liquid crystal displays.
US08420273B2
The present invention relates to a sealing structure for polymer electrolyte fuel cell, which comprises a bipolar plate with sealing groove to be filled with rubber using a dispenser, and a gasket interposed between the bipolar plate and a membrane electrode assembly. That is, according to the present invention, the thickness deviation in a gasket can be softened by interposing a gasket between a rubber ands a membrane electrode assembly after filling rubber in a sealing groove formed on a bipolar plate using a dispenser. Also, nonuniform stress distribution can be resolved because a gasket covers with a pressure despite the height deviation of rubber, and a stress is not directly transmitted to a membrane electrode assembly and dispersed by a gasket despite nonuniform stress distribution.
US08420262B2
A nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes a negative electrode and a positive electrode. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material having a lithium ion absorption potential of 0.4 V (vs. Li/Li+) or more. The negative electrode current collector is made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material. The positive electrode current collector has a total area and specific capacitance larger than those of the negative electrode current collector, and is made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy.
US08420256B2
An electrochemical cell includes a flow plate and a seal that is contact with the flow plate. The seal forms an outer boundary of a sealed region to contain a reactant flow. The flow plate includes an opening that is located out of the sealed region to communicate leakage from the sealed region to an exhaust flow of the cell.
US08420251B2
A battery is provided with a plurality of unit cells each having a tab, a bus bar connecting the tab of one of the plurality of unit cells and the tab of another one of the plurality of unit cells, and a plurality of welding points disposed on a center of gravity of an area, in which the bus bar and the tab are overlapped, or a vicinity thereof, and at least one position of line segments, radiately extending from the center of gravity, or a vicinity thereof, such that the bus bar and the tab are connected to one another at the plurality of welding points.
US08420249B2
A battery module in which a plurality of cells are aligned includes a holder in which the cells are accommodated, a positive electrode current collector plate which is provided to face positive electrode terminals of the cells and electrically connects the positive electrode terminals, and a negative electrode current collector plate which is provided to face negative electrode terminals of the cells and electrically connects the negative electrode terminals, wherein the holder includes a plurality of accommodation sections, the cells are accommodated in the accommodation sections, a spacer made of an elastic member is disposed between the positive electrode current collector plate and the cells, the spacer further includes an extended portion extending toward the negative electrode terminals of the cells, and an edge of the extended portion close to the negative electrode terminals touches the negative electrode current collector plate.
US08420244B2
A battery pack includes a battery compartment, a terminal plate positioned within the battery compartment for retaining at least two batteries within the battery compartment, and a cover for enclosing the battery compartment, wherein, upon enclosing the battery compartment with the cover, the cover is configured to urge an exterior surface of one of the at least two batteries against an exterior surface of another of the at least two batteries to establish both physical and thermal contact between the at least two batteries.
US08420243B2
Two batteries are made mountable like a cartridge in a housing to achieve the large capacity of a battery pack and to improve the facilitation of operation such as replacement of a battery.The battery pack includes covers 2, 3 having four circumferential lateral surfaces one of which is opened; a lid body 5 opening and closing the opened lateral surface 4 of the housings; and a plurality of batteries 6a, 6b attached into and removed from the inside of the housing. The housing are formed to be divided in two portions one of which is a top cover 2 having the open lateral surface, another one of the two portions being a rear cover 3 mounted with a control substrate mounted thereon. The inside of the top cover is vertically divided in two by a partition plate 8 to form battery-storing portions 9a and 9b which can store the battery cartridges 6a and 6b, respectively.
US08420240B2
When charge power or discharge power of each individual sodium-sulfur battery included in a plurality of sodium-sulfur batteries becomes 1/n (n is a natural number) or less of a rated output, individual sodium-sulfur batteries are sequentially stopped. This prevents the discharge power (or the charge power) of the sodium-sulfur battery from becoming minute, so that a battery depth (or a stored energy) of the sodium-sulfur battery can be accurately managed.
US08420236B2
A magnetic semiconductor material contains at least one type of transition metals (Mn2+, Fe3+, Ru3+, Re2+, and Os3+) having five electrons in the d atomic orbital as a magnetic ion, in which the magnetic semiconductor material exhibits n-type electrical conduction by injection of an electron carrier and p-type electric conduction by injection of a hole carrier. A specific example is a layered oxy-pnictide compound represented by LnMnOPn (wherein Ln is at least one type selected from Y and rare earth elements of La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, and Lu, and Pn is at least one selected from pnicogen elements of N, P, As, Bi, and Sb). A high-sensitivity magnetic sensor, current sensor, or memory device can be made by using a magnetic pn homojunction structure made of thin films composed of the magnetic semiconductor material.
US08420227B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a composite material formed of an organic compound and an inorganic compound, and has an excellent carrier transporting property, an excellent carrier injecting property to the organic compound, as well as excellent transparency. A composite material of the present invention for achieving the above object is a composite material of an organic compound represented in the general formula below, and an inorganic compound. For the inorganic compound, an oxide of a transition metal, preferably an oxide of a metal belonging to groups 4 to 8 of the periodic table, in particular vanadium oxide, tantalum oxide, molybdenum oxide, tungsten oxide, rhenium oxide, and ruthenium oxide, can be used.
US08420220B2
A rubber composition comprising 0.3 to 10 parts by mass of sulfur and 0.1 to 10 parts by mass of a sulfeneamide base vulcanization accelerator represented by the following Formula (I) based on 100 parts by mass of a rubber component: (wherein R1 to R10 are a hydrogen atom, a linear alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a branched alkyl group having 3 to 4 carbon atoms, and they may be the same or different; R11 is a hydrogen atom, a linear alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms or a branched alkyl group having 3 to 10 carbon atoms; R12 to R15 are a hydrogen atom, a linear alkyl group or alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a branched alkyl group or alkoxy group having 3 to 4 carbon atoms, and they may be the same or different; and x represents an integer of 1 or 2).
US08420219B2
Method of applying corrosion control coats, especially integrated pretreatment layers or coats for atmospheric corrosion control, to metallic surfaces, using copolymers comprising as monomeric building blocks 20% to 70% by weight of monomers containing nitrogen heterocycles, 10% to 50% by weight of monomers containing acidic groups, 10% to 50% by weight of vinylaromatic monomers, and optionally 0% to 25% by weight of further monomers. Copolymers of the stated composition, and also preparations for applying corrosion control coats.
US08420214B2
A pre-adhesive composition is described comprising an acid-functional (meth)acrylate copolymer and an aziridine crosslinking agent, which when crosslinked provides a pressure-sensitive adhesive and pressure-sensitive adhesive articles.
US08420213B2
A composite substrate is a piezoelectric substrate that is transparent to light used for photolithography, and a supporting substrate for supporting the piezoelectric substrate are bonded together via an organic adhesive layer. Where at least one of the supporting substrate and the organic adhesive layer of the composite substrate absorbs light used for photolithography.
US08420211B2
Disclosed is a porous polyimide membrane of a three-layer structure having two surface layers (a) and (b) and a macrovoid layer interposed between the surface layers (a) and (b), wherein the macrovoid layer has a partition wall joined to the surface layers (a) and (b) and plural macrovoids surrounded by the partition wall and the surface layers (a) and (b), with an average void diameter in a membrane plane direction of from 10 to 500 μm; each of the partition wall of the macrovoid layer and the surface layers (a) and (b) has a thickness of from 0.1 to 50 μm and has plural pores having an average pore diameter of from 0.01 to 5 μm, the pores being communicated with each other and also communicated with the macrovoids; and the membrane has a total membrane thickness of from 5 to 500 μm and a porosity of from 70 to 95%.
US08420207B2
The invention relates to a substrate (10), provided with a thin-film multilayer comprising an alternation of n functional layers (40, 80) having reflection properties in the infrared and/or in solar radiation and (n+1) coatings (20, 60, 100), where n is an integer ≧2, said coatings being composed of a plurality of dielectric layers (24, 26; 64, 66; 104), so that each functional layer (40, 80) is placed between two coatings (20, 60, 100), at least two functional layers (40, 80) each being deposited on a wetting layer (30, 70) itself deposited respectively directly onto a subjacent coating (20, 60), characterized in that two subjacent coatings (20, 60) each comprise at least one dielectric layer (24, 64) and at least one noncrystalline smoothing layer (26, 66) made from a material that is different from the material of said dielectric layer within each coating, said smoothing layer (26, 66) being in contact with said superjacent wetting layer (30, 70) and in that these two subjacent coatings (20, 60) being of different thicknesses, the thickness of the smoothing layer (26, 66) of the subjacent coating (20, 60) that has a total thickness of less than that of the other subjacent coating (60, 20) is less than or equal to the thickness of the smoothing layer (66, 26) of this other subjacent coating (60, 20).
US08420206B2
A camouflage pattern or system which includes a simulated natural underwater environment or habitat having fish species therein is provided.
US08420200B2
A preform for an optical element is provided which involves less amount of deformation of glass in molding, and readily improves lifetime of the mold. The present preform for molding an optical glass element 10 exhibits an almost circular shape having a predetermined diameter in top view, exhibits a flattened semicircular shape having a predetermined overall height in side view, has a concave face on the top surface such that the predetermined overall height is attained at approximately the central position of the aforementioned circular shape, and has a concave face so as to fit along the convex face of the top surface such that a space is provided on the bottom face. The under surface may be either a concave face or a convex face. Also, the top surface may be either a concave face or a convex face.
US08420186B2
A method and apparatus of growing a thin film are provided. The method comprises at least (a) providing a number of substrates; (b) cleaning the substrates; and (c) placing the substrates into a reaction liquid; (d) vibrating the reaction liquid by ultrasonic waves such that a thin film is grown on the substrates evenly.
US08420185B1
A method for forming a metal film with twins is disclosed. The method includes: (a) forming a metal film over a substrate, the metal film being made of a material having one of a face-centered cubic crystal structure and a hexagonal close-packed crystal structure; and (b) ion bombarding the metal film at a film temperature lower than −20° C. in a vacuum chamber and with an ion-bombarding energy sufficient to cause plastic deformation of the metal film to generate deformation twins in the metal film.
US08420184B2
A method for preparing a surface modification coating of metal bipolar plates is disclosed, which comprises the following steps: providing a substrate; pre-treating the substrate by processing the substrate, depositing a Ni-layer on the substrate, or a combination thereof, to form an activated layer on the surface of the substrate; packing the substrate in a powder mixture containing a permeated master metal, an activator, and filler powder; and heat-treating the packing to allow the permeated master metal to diffuse into the activated layer and then to form a surface modification coating. The permeation rate of the permeated master metal can be increased due to the activated layer having a high defect concentration. Hence, it is possible to prepare a surface modification coating at a low temperature. The surface modification coating of the present invention can also decrease the interface contact resistance between the bipolar plates and gas diffusion layers.
US08420183B2
Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a composite sheet. The method comprises (a) irradiating a sheet of fibers and a matrix film at an irradiation zone with a plasma at substantially atmospheric pressure, and (b) impregnating the sheet of fibers with the matrix at an adhesion zone. The processes (a) and (b) are performed simultaneously, and the matrix film is irradiated with a plasma at said irradiation zone after being unwound from a roller and prior to entering said adhesion zone.
US08420181B2
Disclosed is a method for producing a polymer-based microfluidic device, including: forming a microstructure on a lower polymer matrix; coating the lower polymer matrix with TiO2 to perform patterning of TiO2; bonding the lower polymer matrix with an upper polymer matrix; and radiating UV lights thereto to convert TiO2-coated regions into hydrophilic regions. Disclosed also is a polymer-based microfluidic device obtained by the method. The method enables development of a microfluidic device having high stability and long-term durability.
US08420170B2
Disclosed is a deposition process for forming a glass film. An embodiment comprising the steps of disposing a substrate in a chemical vapor deposition chamber and exposing the substrate surface to a SiO2 precursor gas, a carrier gas, and optionally a dopant gas in the presence of ozone and exposing the reaction volume of the gases above the substrate surface to a high intensity light source.
US08420167B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes the steps of: conveying a plurality of substrates disposed in a direction perpendicular to a substrate processing surface into a processing chamber provided inside of a reaction tube, with an outer periphery surrounded by a heating device; and processing the substrates by introducing gas to a gas inlet tube provided on a side face of the reaction tube in a region for processing the substrates inside the reaction tube, so as to reach at least an outside of the heating device, and spouting the gas into the processing chamber from a slit-shaped gas spouting port disposed in a form so as to straddle at least a plurality of the substrates in a direction perpendicular to the substrate processing surface.
US08420165B2
Provided is a method for producing a silver fine powder covered with an organic substance, which comprises a step of mixing (i) a dispersion of silver particles covered with a protective material X1 that comprises an organic compound having an unsaturated bond and having a molecular weight of from 150 to 1000 in a liquid organic medium A, (ii) a protective material X2 that comprises an organic compound of which the number of the carbon atoms constituting the carbon skeleton is smaller than that of the organic compound to constitute the protective material X1, and (iii) a liquid organic medium B of which the ability to dissolve the protective material X1 therein is higher than that of the liquid organic medium A, thereby promoting the dissolution of the protective material X1 in the liquid organic medium B and the adhesion of the protective material X2 to the surface of the silver particles. Accordingly, the invention provides an industrial, large-scale mass-production system for a silver fine powder covered with a protective material having a low molecular weight, of which the sintering temperature can be greatly lowered.
US08420162B2
This invention relates to a method of making a coated article for use in insulating glass (IG) window units, vehicle windows, or the like. The coated article typically includes a low-E coated article, including a low-E (low emissivity) coating supported by a glass substrate. In certain example embodiments, rapid heating (not sufficient for tempering or heat bending) of the coated article is utilized in order to reduce the emissivity and/or sheet resistance of the coated article without significantly damaging the infrared (IR) reflecting layer(s) of the coating, thereby activating the coated article. The glass of the coated article does not become too hot during such rapid heating.
US08420161B2
A method for producing an anti-glare film includes applying a coating composition including at least a resin, a solvent, and fine particles to a substrate; drying the coating composition applied to the substrate so that a Benard cell structure is formed in the surface of the coating layer due to convection caused during volatilization of the solvent; and curing the resin contained in the coating composition having formed therein a Benard cell structure to form an anti-glare layer having fine irregularities with a moderate surface waviness. The anti-glare layer has a degree of white muddiness of 1.7 or less, as measured by quantitatively determining a diffuse reflection component of the diffused light incident upon the surface of the anti-glare layer.
US08420156B2
A method of forming a pattern and a method of manufacturing an organic light emitting device, the method of forming a pattern including providing an electromagnetic substrate for generating an electromagnetic field at a selectively controllable position by selectively controlling where current flows through the electromagnetic substrate; providing a patterning substrate for forming a pattern; aligning the electromagnetic substrate to a first surface of the patterning substrate; selectively applying current to the electromagnetic substrate to form the electromagnetic field at the predetermined position; providing masking powder in a vicinity of a second surface of the patterning substrate such that the masking powder reacts to the electromagnetic field; supplying a pattern forming material to the second surface of the patterning substrate; and cutting off the current to the electromagnetic substrate.
US08420154B2
In a method of manufacturing a glass substrate for an information recording medium including a step for chemically strengthening the glass substrate by contacting the glass substrate with chemical strengthening processing liquid containing chemical strengthening salt, concentration of Fe and Cr is 500 ppb or less in said chemical strengthening salt, respectively. The concentration may be detected by the use of an ICP (Inductively Coupled Plasma) emission spectrometry analyzing method or a fluorescent X-ray spectroscopy analyzing method.
US08420149B2
To provide a malt fermented beverage having refreshing finish, namely clear taste while ensuring robust feel by making use proportion of malt in starting materials high. Provided is a malt fermented beverage which includes an alcohol-containing material obtained by fermentation using wheat or barley as a part of starting material, serving as a component A; and an alcohol-containing distillate obtained by distilling an alcohol-containing material at least partly made of wheat/barley, serving as a component B; and is produced by adding the component B to the component A. Preferably, the component A is beer, and the component B is mugi shochu.
US08420145B2
The present invention provides isosorbide derivatives having the formula shown below and certain subgenera or species thereof, as flavor or taste modifiers, particularly, savory (“umami”) taste modifiers, savory flavoring agents and savory flavor enhancers in foods, beverages, and other comestible compositions,
US08420144B2
The present invention encompasses a method for screening for a kokumi-imparting substance by using the calcium receptor activity as an index, a composition containing a kokumi-imparting substance obtained by the screening method, a method for producing food or drink imparted with kokumi, and food or drink imparted with kokumi.
US08420126B2
Compositions having a combination of specific biological components have been found to exert a number of useful effects in mammalian cells, including modulating TGF β signaling, apoptosis, and proliferation of mammalian cells, as well as decreasing inflammation in mice. These components can be obtained commercially, or can be prepared from biological tissues such as placental tissues. Placental amniotic membrane (AM) preparations described herein include AM pieces, AM extracts, AM jelly, AM stroma, and mixtures of these compositions with additional components. The compositions can be used to treat various diseases, such as wound healing, inflammation and angiogenesis-related diseases.
US08420123B2
The present disclosure generally relates to methods of making nanoparticles having about 0.2 to about 35 weight percent of a therapeutic agent; and about 10 to about 99 weight percent of biocompatible polymer such as a diblock poly(lactic) acid-poly(ethylene)glycol.
US08420120B2
Dosage forms and drug delivery devices suitable for administration of pharmaceutical compounds and compositions, including the oral drug administration of compounds.
US08420118B2
Anionic non-phospholipids, as well as lipid nanostructures formed therefrom, are disclosed herein. Also disclosed are methods of producing and using same.
US08420100B2
Chimeric tumor suppressor activating peptides derived from matrix attachment region binding protein (MARBP) SMARI unique in their sequence comprising a arginine rich motif flanked by serine residues wherein from the stretch of four consecutive serine residues the first serine residue gets phosphorylated by the protein kinase C family of serine threonine kinases being indispensable for its functionality, the phosphorylation being directly correlated to the phosphorylation of p53 at serine 15 residue thereby stabilizing it, wherein the peptide activates p53 by modifying it post translationally which allow phosphorylation and translocation of p53 to the nucleus.
US08420097B2
The present invention relates to the provision of a DNA sequence of the major grass pollen allergen Lol p 4. The invention also encompasses fragments, new combinations of partial sequences and point mutants having a hypoallergenic action. The recombinant DNA molecules and the derived polypeptides, fragments, new combinations of partial sequences and variants can be utilized for the therapy of pollen-allergic diseases. The proteins prepared by recombinant methods can be employed for in vitro and in vivo diagnosis of pollen allergies.
US08420095B2
Microspheres containing antigens for allergy therapy, the microspheres having a binding constant of 1×104 M−1 toward a specific carbohydrate residue of intestinal and/or nasal epithelial cells.
US08420081B2
The invention provides an aqueous formulation comprising water and a protein, and methods of making the same. The aqueous formulation of the invention may be a high protein formulation and/or may have low levels of conductivity resulting from the low levels of ionic excipients. Also included in the invention are formulations comprising water and proteins having low osmolality.
US08420076B2
A therapy or prophylaxis of K. pneumoniae infections with a lytic bacteriophage specifically against K. pneumoniae, provides a lytic bacteriophage (DSM 24329) to a K. pneumoniae infected organism for the sake of relieving the serious complications of liver abscesses and bacteremia, and the high mortality rate of K. pneumoniae infections in Taiwan.
US08420067B2
The present invention relates generally to branched macromolecules bearing functional moieties. In particular, the invention relates to dendrimers, derived from lysine or lysine analogues, bearing a plurality of functional moieties. The invention further relates to the use of such macromolecules, particularly in therapeutic applications, and compositions comprising them.
US08420063B2
The present invention provides a lip cosmetic that has good gloss and good stability, while maintaining post-application secondary adhesion resistance. The lip cosmetic of the present invention is characterized by comprising the following components (a) to (d): (a) 4.5 to 35 mass % of glyceryl monoisostearate; (b) 20 to 80 mass % of one or more kinds of methyl phenyl silicones that do not separate out when mixed with (a) at 90° C. and separate out when mixed with (a) at 25° C.; (c) 5 mass % or more of water and/or glycerin, relative to the component (a), and 24 mass % or less, relative to the total amount of the cosmetic; and (d) 4 to 10 mass % of a wax.
US08420058B2
Compositions which contain an active ingredient, a propellant containing a hydrofluoroalkane (HFA), a co-solvent, and a low-volatility component are useful for administering the active ingredient via an aerosol.
US08420055B2
Amine functionalized magnetic nanoparticle compositions and processes for synthesizing the same are described. The process consists of obtaining a carboxylated polymer in substantially pure form, which is used to prepare a substantially size homogeneous, polymer coated carboxyl, functionalized magnetic nanoparticle. The carboxyl groups are converted to reactive primary amino groups by the use of a water-soluble carbodiimide followed by reaction of a large excess of a diamine. The amine-terminated nanoparticles are then reacted with bifunctional crosslinking agents and with various biomolecules to make nanoparticles for in vitro assays, cell sorting applications and target specific MR contrast agents.
US08420052B2
Provided herein are compounds and compositions which comprise the formulae as disclosed herein, wherein the compound is an amyloid binding compound. An amyloid binding compound according to the invention may be administered to a patient in amounts suitable for in vivo imaging of amyloid deposits, and distinguish between neurological tissue with amyloid deposits and normal neurological tissue. Amyloid probes of the invention may be used to detect and quantitate amyloid deposits in diseases including, for example, Down's syndrome, familial Alzheimer's Disease. In another embodiment, the compounds may be used in the treatment or prophylaxis of neurodegenerative disorders. Also provided herein are methods of allowing the compound to distribute into the brain tissue, and imaging the brain tissue, wherein an increase in binding of the compound to the brain tissue compared to a normal control level of binding indicates that the mammal is suffering from or is at risk of developing a neurodegenerative disease.
US08420047B2
An apparatus and a method for controllably converting aluminum into alane. In the system of the invention, a reaction between aluminum and hydrogen to form alane is performed at temperatures below 100° C. using a supercritical fluid such as CO2 as a reaction medium, with the optional inclusion of a co-solvent, such as an ether, in the reaction vessel. Inert gas is used to exclude unwanted gases such as oxygen. The reaction of aluminum and hydrogen has been observed to proceed at approximately 60° C. using Me2O as an added solvent in CO2 at supercritical pressures.
US08420036B1
Methods and systems for treating NOx-containing exhaust from an internal combustion engine. An exhaust aftertreatment system has at least a primary oxidation catalyst, a particulate filter, and a selective reduction catalyst (SCR). A bypass line diverts a portion of the exhaust from the exhaust line from a point downstream the particulate filter to a point upstream the SCR. A secondary oxidation catalyst on the bypass line is used to generate NO or NO2 to be returned to the exhaust line upstream the SCR.
US08420019B2
An hydraulic excavator is provided with an exhaust gas treatment apparatus in an exhaust pipe for effecting the purification treatment of exhaust gas including capturing the particulate matter in the exhaust gas. A space provided for mounting and removing a filter accommodating cylinder (31) is formed between the upstream cylinder (22) and the downstream cylinder (27). In particular, upwardly inclined connecting surfaces (23E and 28E) are provided on flange portions of upstream and downstream cylinders (22 and 27), respectively, and downwardly inclined connecting surfaces (32F and 32G) are provided on upstream side flange portions of filter accommodating cylinder (31). In consequence, a substantially V-shaped insertion space (S) which is gradually enlarged from a lower side to an upper side can be formed between the upstream cylinder (22) and the downstream cylinder (27).
US08420017B2
A microfluidic device is described that has a slug mixing arrangement. A reaction well has an input flow channel with a first valve near the reaction well, and a second valve further from the reaction well. A fluid source is connected to the segment in between the two valves. A second fluid source is connected behind the second valve. The channel between the two valves receives the first fluid by blind filling when the two valves are closed. The reaction well receives the first fluid followed by the second fluid when the first and second valves are open.
US08420011B2
The present invention provides an Al—Mg series alloy sheet of high-Mg with improved press formability and homogeneity which can be applied to automobile outer panels and inner panels. This is an Al—Mg series aluminum alloy sheet having 0.5 to 3 mm in thickness cast by twin-roll continuous casting and cold rolled, comprising over 8% but not more than 14% Mg, 1.0% or less Fe, and 0.5% or less Si with the remainder being Al and unavoidable impurities wherein the mean conductivity of the aluminum alloy sheet is in the range of at least 20 IACS % but less than 26 IACS %, the strength-ductility balance (tensile strength×total elongation) as a material property of the aluminum alloy sheet is 11000 (MPa %) or more, and the homogeneity and press formability of the sheet have been improved.
US08420007B2
Apparatus for producing lead and zinc from concentrates of zinc and lead sulfides or oxides, including: a source of zinc ore and/or lead ore concentrates, iron bearing and carbon containing materials; metallic iron fines and iron oxide fines; carbonaceous reductant; fluxing agent; and a binder; a mixer for forming a mixture from said concentrates and other materials; an agglomerator communicating with the mixer for forming agglomerates from the mixture; a melting furnace for melting the mixture and vaporizing lead and zinc; a pressure sealed feed system communicating with the agglomerator and the melting furnace for introducing agglomerates to the melting furnace; a pressure sealed chamber surrounding the melting furnace; a water-cooled condenser for receiving the vaporized metal and cooling and condensing the metal vapors to liquid metal; a tapping device communicating with the condenser for removing the liquid metal; and associated devices for separating the zinc and lead and recovering the lead and zinc metal separately.
US08420002B2
A method of RTM molding wherein a reinforcing fiber substrate is placed in a mold, each of a first and a second resin distribution media exhibiting a resin flow resistance lower than the resistance of the reinforcing fiber substrate is placed on each surface of the reinforcing fiber substrate, and the inside of the mold is evacuated and a resin is injected into the mold to thereby impregnate the reinforcing fiber substrate with the resin injected, characterized in that the first resin distribution medium exhibits a resin flow resistance lower than that of the second resin distribution medium, and the evacuation is carried out through the second resin distribution medium while the resin is injected through the first resin distribution medium. The method can be advantageously employed for producing, in particular, FRP structure which is thick and excellent in designability, lightweight property and/or strength.
US08420001B2
A three-dimensional object is manufactured from a powder of polymer material by selective sintering process by means of electromagnetic radiation of the powder, wherein the powder comprises a preselected polymer or copolymer and is subjected to selective sintering such that the manufactured three-dimensional object has a final crystallinity which is in such a range that the balance of properties, in particular mechanical properties including Young's modulus, tensile strength and elongation at break, is improved.
US08419997B2
The present invention relates to a method and to a device for injection molding plastic material, wherein the starting plastic material to be treated is first subjected to a pretreatment, wherein the plastic material is heated in a receiving container at a temperature below the melting temperature while constantly being mixed, and thereby at the same time is crystallized, dried and/or cleaned and/or the intrinsic viscosity thereof is increased. According to the invention, the plastic material pretreated in this way is transferred into a screw injection molding machine (10) having a screw (16) rotating in a housing (17) and being axially displaceable therein and/or acting as a piston, is plasticized in said screw, and molded into a molded part, for example a preform.
US08419995B2
An imprint method includes applying a light curable resin on a substrate to be processed, the substrate including first and second regions on which the light curable resin is applied, contacting an imprint mold with the light curable resin, curing the light curable resin by irradiating the light curable resin with light passing through the imprint mold, generating gas by performing a predetermined process to the light curable resin applied on a region of the substrate, the region including at least the first region, wherein an amount of gas generated from the light curable resin applied on the first region is larger than an amount of gas generated from the light curable resin of the second region, and forming a pattern by separating the imprint mold from the light curable resin after the gas being generated.
US08419993B2
The invention relates to an extrusion blow molding machine (1) with at least one extrusion head (2) and with at least two sheet dies (3), arranged next to one another, for the extrusion of sheet-like plastic preforms (4), with a multipart molding die (5) for processing two preforms into an essentially closed hollow body, having a device for handling the preforms (4). The device for handling the preforms comprises at least two grippers (10), arranged next to one another on a common carrier (8), for receiving the preforms (4), the distance between the grippers (10) being variable.
US08419985B2
The present invention relates to a polymeric nanoparticle comprising a medium for photon up-conversion, and to a method of producing such polymeric nanoparticle.
US08419984B2
A film is presented having super-pyroelectric properties. The film comprises nano-sized grains being in a ferroelectric phase and having at least three different crystallographic variants defining at least two polycrystalline macro-domains. The film is shaped to define at least one film region with the macro-domains of a predetermined shape and different orientations of crystallographic axes with respect to the film's surface, thereby enabling to apply a temperature change to the film to induce movement of the polycrystalline macro-domains boundaries enabling super-pyroelectric properties.
US08419981B2
A conductive paste composition and an electrode prepared using the same, the conductive paste composition including a conductive powder a binder resin; and a solvent, wherein the conductive powder includes a flake type powder having an average particle diameter (D50) of about 1.2 μm to about 3.0 μm, and a spherical powder having an average particle diameter (D50) of about 0.2 μm to about 2.0 μm, the flake type powder and the spherical powder are present in a weight ratio of about 1:0.4 to about 1:2, and the conductive powder and the binder resin are present in a weight ratio of about 1:0.04 to about 1:0.08.
US08419978B2
An anisotropic conductive film (ACF) composition includes a binder having a thermoplastic resin and a styrene-acrylonitrile (SAN) copolymer resin, a curing composition, and conductive particles.
US08419977B2
A conductive coating is described, suitable for coating a developer, charge or transfer roller in a developing apparatus to give a charge providing layer. The coating comprises a conductive polymer in a matrix. A roller is also described, suitable for a developing apparatus comprising, from the center to the periphery, a conductive mandrel, a conductive elastic base layer and a charge providing layer.
US08419969B2
An apparatus for production of a clathrate hydrate with enhanced latent heat storing capability includes a gas supplier for supplying a gas to an aqueous solution containing a quaternary ammonium compound, and a cooler for cooling the aqueous solution, the apparatus producing the clathrate hydrate with enhanced latent heat storing capability including both the quaternary ammonium compound and the gas as guests by supplying the gas to the aqueous solution with the gas supplier in the stage of cooling with the cooler.
US08419968B2
A polyol ester suitable for use as a lubricant or a lubricant base stock has a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. less than or equal to 22 cSt and a viscosity index of greater than or equal to 140. The ester comprises a reaction product of (a) at least one polyhydric alcohol having at least 2 primary hydroxyl groups, (b) at least one monocarboxylic acid having 2 to 15 carbon atoms and (c) at least one polycarboxylic acid having 2 to 15 carbon atoms, wherein the number of acid groups derived from the polycarboxylic acid(s) is at least 25% of the total number of acid groups derived from the monocarboxylic and polycarboxylic acids.
US08419966B2
An aspect of the present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a hexagonal ferrite magnetic powder comprising preparing a melt by melting a starting material mixture comprising a hexagonal ferrite-forming component and a glass-forming component; rapidly cooling the melt to obtain an amorphous material comprising 0.3 to 2.0 weight percent of carbon atoms; heating the amorphous material to a temperature range of 580 to 700° C. and maintaining the amorphous material within the temperature range to precipitate hexagonal ferrite magnetic particles; and collecting the hexagonal ferrite magnetic particles precipitated.
US08419963B2
A defect distribution in the vicinity of a surface of a glass substrate is inspected by a positron annihilation gamma ray measurement. A buffer layer including a brittle layer and/or a coating layer is created on the surface of the glass substrate. The brittle layer is formed by irradiating a gas cluster ion on the surface to deteriorate the glass. The coating layer is formed by coating the surface with a soft substance. Next, a thickness of the created buffer layer is measured by a positron annihilation gamma ray measurement. The surface of the glass substrate is then cleaned. To create a slurry, abrasive particles for the slurry are uniformly scattered on a polishing implement for polishing the glass substrate and a liquid component for the slurry is added thereto. The glass substrate is then chemically mechanically polished from the buffer layer with the slurry.
US08419951B2
A method of manufacturing a magnetic recording medium is provided, which include: forming a magnetic layer on the surface of a nonmagnetic substrate; forming a groove in which a nonmagnetic section is formed by etching a portion corresponding to a formation region of the nonmagnetic section in the magnetic layer and a magnetic recording section formed of the magnetic layer; applying a resin having an active energy ray curable functional group to the surface of the magnetic recording section so as to fill the groove; pressing a plate material against the resin so that the smooth surface of the plate material is in contact with the surface of the resin to make the surface of the resin smooth; removing the plate material from the resin; and forming the nonmagnetic section in the groove by etching and removing a portion located above the surface of the magnetic recording section in the resin having a smooth surface.
US08419937B2
A filter device has a cup-shaped filter housing (1), a filter element (13) in the housing and at least one end cap (21). A retaining device detachably fixes the filter element (13) along its longitudinal axis and has screwing elements (33, 41) interacting with each other and configured on the interior of the filter housing (1) and on the filter element (13). A sealing device (38) forms the seal between the filter element (13) and a housing terminating part (5) limiting the filter housing (1) at an end. The housing terminating part (5) forms an element receiving device having a fluid passage (43) concentric to the longitudinal axis (3). The fluid passage has inner screwing elements (41). A connecting piece (31) of the end cap (21) is able to be screwed into the passage using outer screwing elements (33). The sealing device has a sealing element (38) that is combined with the end cap (21) to form a cohesive component and that is accommodated in a seat (37) configured at the transition between the end cap (21) and the adjacent beginning of the thread turns (39) of the screwing elements (33) positioned at the connecting piece (31).
US08419935B2
The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for separating particles and dissolved matter from an untreated fluid stream. Specifically, the present invention includes a first pressure source which transports untreated fluid or contaminated aqueous fluid into a separator annulus with a filter element disposed therein. The untreated fluid is placed under appropriate pressure sufficient to produce turbulent flow, increased particle kinetics and/or cavitation allowing the desired fluid to penetrate and pass into and through the filter media. The treated fluid is then transported to a collection tank. The contaminant matter retained by the filter media may be removed by the nearly instantaneous reverse pressurization of the separator annulus by a second pressure source thereby removing the contaminant particles away from contact with the filter media, and which may then be transported to a waste collection tank or a separator for further treatment.
US08419933B2
A dialysis system includes a first fluid heater, a second fluid heater, a supplemental power source and a logic implementer. The logic implementer is configured to use the supplemental power source such that when the first and second heaters are powered simultaneously, a collective current draw does not exceed a maximum allowable current draw of a branch power source powering the system.
US08419930B2
The invention discloses a system for preparing high-quality gasoline through component oil refining hydrocarbon recombination hydrogenation and a method thereof, which is characterized by comprising an extraction system, a distillation system and a hydrogenation device, wherein the upper part of the extraction system is connected with the distillation system through a pipeline, and the lower part of the extraction system is connected with an extract oil hydrogenation device through the pipeline; light gasoline is recovered by the upper part of the distillation system through the pipeline; the lower part of the distillation system is connected with the heavy gasoline hydrogenation device through the pipeline; and reformate or ethylene feed are recovered through the lower part of the heavy gasoline hydrogenation device through the pipeline. The system for preparing high-quality gasoline through component oil refining hydrocarbon recombination hydrogenation and the method thereof has small scale and low cost and can remove olefin, mercaptan sulphur and diene.
US08419922B2
A liquid phase process for producing hydrogen gas in a reactor comprising the step of combining at least one oxidizable reactant with liquid water and at least one alkaline electrolyte to form a mixture having a pH, wherein the pH of the mixture is substantially maintained at a value of about 10.5 or greater and conducting a reaction in the presence of an electron transfer material that permits the movement of electrons. An alternative method produces hydrogen gas from a reaction in an electrochemical cell, the reaction characterized by an overall thermodynamic energy balance and half-cell reactions occurring at each of an anode and cathode. Energy transfers, such as thermal and electric, are analyzed and controlled in order to satisfy the thermodynamic energy balance of the reaction for efficient hydrogen production.
US08419918B2
A method of surface modifying a polyimide film, a method of manufacturing a flexible copper clad laminate using the same, and a flexible copper clad laminate (FCCL) having a two-layer structure manufactured thereby. The method of surface modifying a polyimide film is conducted by modifying the surface of a polyimide film through a first plasma treatment, dipping the polyimide film into a solution containing an ethyleneimine-based silane coupling agent prepared by mixing the compound of Formula 1 and the compound of Formula 2 at a molar ratio of with 0.25˜1, and then modifying the surface of the polyimide film through a second plasma treatment. The method of surface modifying a polyimide film is advantageous because it may be substituted for a conventional surface treatment processes using ion beams. Also, the FCCL having a two-layer structure, formed by conducting copper sputtering and electroplating on the surface modified polyimide film, has good adhesive strength between the polyimide film and the copper foil and can maintain such adhesive strength even at high temperatures for a long period of time. Further, it may be usefully applied to electronic parts, such as flexible printed circuit boards, TCP (Tape Carrier Package), COF (Chip On Film), etc.
US08419907B2
A metal ion eluting unit according to the present invention includes: a plurality of electrodes 102 and 103; a drive circuit (not shown) that applies a voltage between the electrodes; and a control circuit (not shown) that controls the drive circuit so that the drive circuit periodically reverses the polarity of the voltage applied between the electrodes, operates, from every time the polarity of the voltage applied between the electrodes is reversed until a predetermined period elapses, in a first current mode in which the value of a current flowing between the electrodes equals a first value, and operates, thereafter, in a second current mode in which the value of the current flowing between the electrodes equals a second current value different from the first current value. According to this configuration, metal ions can be efficiently and stably eluted for a prolonged period of time.
US08419906B2
Electroplating systems that include a plurality of electrodes, a power supply operably coupled to the plurality of electrodes, a platen for bearing a substrate on which metal features are to be formed, and an electrode support are disclosed. The electrode support may be configured for suspending the electrode assembly over an upper surface of the substrate disposed on the platen in spaced relation to and in alignment with the substrate or for supporting the electrode assembly in a stationary position over the substrate when the voltage is applied across the plurality of electrodes. The electrodes may be adjacent, mutually spaced and electrically isolated and connected in series so as to be oppositely polarized when the voltage is applied thereacross or may be connected so as to have alternating polarities when the voltage is applied thereacross.
US08419903B2
The invention relates to a method for controlling, manually or automatically, the composition or quality of one or more products removed from the head, the sump or a lateral removal point of the distillation column having a built-in heat-exchanger. The method is characterized in that, by changing the pressure in the column, in the region of the product removal, the new boiling temperature of the product is determined from the vapor pressure curve of the product at said pressure and the temperature of the distillation removal is adjusted to said new boiling temperature by means of the modified coolant flowing through the heat-exchanger, preferably in the counter direction.
US08419899B2
A paperboard comprises from greater than 0% to 100% recycled fibers and has a microorganism count of less than 5,000 colony forming units per gram of paperboard.
US08419897B2
A method for producing crude tall oil from black liquor soap while removing calcium carbonate and lignates is disclosed. Black liquor soap is first combined with an alkaline ash medium having a lower concentration of lignates and inorganic solids than the black liquor soap, to form washed tall oil soap, fortified brine, lignates, and calcium carbonate. The washed tall oil soap is then separated from the fortified brine, lignates, and calcium carbonate, by centrifugation, decantation, filtration, settling, or a combination of these techniques. Acidification of the washed tall oil soap gives crude tall oil and a spent acid mixture. The crude tall oil is separated from the spent acid. The spent acid is made alkaline, and at least a portion of it is returned for use as alkaline wash medium. The method avoids accumulation of calcium sulfate in acidulation units.
US08419892B2
The present invention provides a plasma process detecting sensor. In the plasma process detecting sensor, a hole diameter of an insulating film is spread with almost no spread of a hole diameter of an upper electrode. Therefore, when the plasma process detecting sensor is exposed to a plasma, positive ions incident onto the bottom of a contact hole are hard to collide with an inner wall surface of a hole main body of the insulating film. As a result, the inner wall surface of the hole main body of the insulating film is hard to undergo damage, and the generation of a defect level that assists electric conduction can be suppressed. It is thus possible to suppress age deterioration of a sensor function during the measurement of a charge-up under an environment of a plasma etching condition.
US08419886B2
A method of manufacturing two or more composite parts, the method comprising: assembling the composite parts on a mandrel by laying a series of layers of bands of composite material onto the mandrel with a placement machine,—rotating the mandrel as the bands are laid onto the mandrel; attaching two or more debulk frames (10, 11) to the mandrel between opposed edges of the composite parts after the composite parts have been assembled; wrapping the mandrel, debulk frames (10, 11) and composite parts in a debulk bag; heating the composite parts,—forming a vacuum between the mandrel and the debulk bag so that the debulk bag is sucked into voids between the debulk frames and the heated composite parts and progressively presses against the heated composite parts whereby excess material is squeezed by the debulk bag towards their opposed edges; and removing the debulk bag and the composite parts from the mandrel.
US08419882B2
In a method for continuously making pull-on disposable wearing, a web is fed in a machine direction. The web is formed with first fastener elements on both sides of a region defining a cut line extending in a cross direction. Second fastener elements on a fastener base sheet are engaged with the respective first fastener elements, and a region between these first fastener elements is cut away from the web. Then, the web is folded in two and a side edge of the web is bonded to the fastener base sheet. Thereafter, the web is successively cut along the cut lines to separate the web into segments each of which is a pull-on wearing article having front and rear waist regions adapted to be detachably connected with each other by the first and second fastener elements.
US08419877B2
Building panels with a thin and embossed surface layer and a sub layer between a surface layer and a core.
US08419867B2
Rose-color and yellow-color gold alloys are formed from a gold-base alloy containing silver and copper. Mining these elements is usually highly detrimental to the environmental. Environmentally friendly alloys are obtained through the use of recycled elements and elements recovered from mines utilizing specific guidelines. Jewelry manufactured from these environmentally friendly alloys may be more receptive to a consumer, resulting in a competitive advantage.
US08419865B2
A heat recovery system for use with a washing appliance having a tub includes a heat exchanger having a first tube and a second tube extending through the first tube such that the first tube and the second tube are substantially concentric. A first end connector is configured to couple to a first end portion of the first tube and a first end portion of the second tube. The first end connector is formed as one-piece and includes a first connection portion configured to couple in flow communication with the first tube, and a second connection portion configured to couple in flow communication with the second tube.
US08419858B1
method and system for decomposing organic compounds in wastewater that uses an interaction between an acid, a permeable structure and ultra violet light to accelerate the decomposition of organic compounds in wastewater. This invention can be used to decomposing organic compounds in industrial process and wastewater discharges, municipal drinking water supplies, food processing rinse water and commercial and residential water purification systems.
US08419854B2
In a film-forming apparatus in which two or more gases are used, a uniform film is formed. In a film-forming apparatus provided with a film-forming chamber and a shower head, the shower head is provided with a material gas diffusion chamber and a reactive gas diffusion chamber. A gas passage which communicates the material gas diffusion chamber and a material gas introduction pipe is constituted into multi-stages of one stage or more. Each stage has a gas passage represented by 2n-1 (where n is the number of stages). The first-stage gas passage has connected to the center thereof the material gas introduction pipe. Each of second-stage and subsequent-stage gas passages has connected to the center thereof connection holes which are provided on both ends of the previous-stage gas passages so as to be in communication with the previous-stage gas passages. Each of the final-stage gas passages is connected to the material gas diffusion chamber by connection holes formed on both ends of each of the gas passages.
US08419851B2
Mixed cement containing mainly ground granulated blast furnace slag with an alumina ratio of 12 to 17.5 mass % and Portland cement, wherein a ratio of mixture of the ground granulated blast furnace slag is made 10 to 60 mass % and wherein plaster having a specific surface area of 7000 cm2/g or more is mixed in by a ratio of 2 to 4 mass % converted to SO3 mass. By using this mixed cement as a concrete material, it is possible to suppress expansion of the concrete even if in contact with soil containing residual sulfates over a long period.
US08419845B2
The present invention provides an air filter including a main body, a pressure fan, a filter mode and a fixing assembly. The main body has a containing room, an entrance hole and an exit hole. The pressure fan is disposed in the containing room. The filter mode includes a first filter layer, a second filter layer and a frame body. The first filter layer is disposed in the entrance hole, and the second filter layer is disposed in the frame body. As such, users can select to use only the first filter layer or both filter layers at one time. Moreover, users only need to let the frame body pivot to a position away from the entrance hole so that users can change the filter layers faster and easier.
US08419832B2
The invention relates to a process for the purification of a gaseous mixture containing mercaptans and other acid gases comprising a stage of bringing said gaseous mixture into contact with an absorbent solution comprising an alkanolamine, a C2-C4 thioalkanol and water.
US08419831B2
Disclosed is a method for recovering carbon dioxide from a gas containing carbon dioxide, comprising the step (1) of bringing a gas containing carbon dioxide into contact with an aqueous solution containing 2-isopropylaminoethanol and at least one substance selected from the group consisting of piperazines and alkanolamines to absorb carbon dioxide into the aqueous solution; and the step (2) of heating the aqueous solution containing carbon dioxide absorbed therein, which is obtained in the step (1), to separate and recover carbon dioxide from the solution.
US08419829B2
A method and system for coal-to-liquids (CTL) conversion is provided. The system includes a coal gasifier configured to partially oxidize a coal fuel stream to generate a flow of synthesis gas (syngas), a Fischer-Tropsch (FT) reactor configured to receive the flow of syngas and to generate a stream of tail gas, and an absorber coupled in flow communication downstream of the FT reactor and configured to receive the stream of tail gas. The absorber is further configured to generate a first flow including carbon dioxide, C2 hydrocarbons, and higher boiling gas components (C3+) and a second flow including C1, carbon monoxide, hydrogen, and nitrogen. The system also includes a first membrane separator including a selective membrane configured to separate the second flow from the absorber generating a permeate flow of hydrogen and a non-permeate flow of combustion turbine fuel gas including methane and hydrogen.
US08419824B2
An object of the present invention is to produce briquettes that have high strength even when the amounts of binder and water used are decreased as much as possible. A method for producing briquettes that achieve this object includes a step of forming primary granules by using a powder containing a metal oxide and at least one of zinc oxide, lead oxide, and titanium oxide and a step of compressing the primary granules still containing the at least one of zinc oxide, lead oxide, and titanium oxide so as to mold the primary granules into secondary granules.
US08419820B2
Improved, solid water-soluble fertilizer (WSF) compositions are presented which comprise at least one acid (optionally nutritive) and at least one basic fertilizer component. In one or more embodiments of the present invention, the WSF compositions demonstrate improved solubility of one or more nutrients or additives in solution, do not require additional dissolution aids or anti-caking agents, demonstrate fast dissolution times, produce precipitate free solutions, are readily compounded without intermediate wetting or drying steps, do not generate gas, and demonstrate improved stability under typical usage conditions. Finally, the WSF compositions may be used in improved processes for the creation of stock solutions, optionally with cold water, and/or delivery of nutrients to plants.
US08419816B2
Provided is a gas isolation valve which separates reactive materials, principally gases, contained in a high temperature reactor from the surrounding atmosphere. The valve is of modular construction with each module having a gas providing section and a gas removal section. Any number of modules can be provided in series. A central chamber, open at each end gives unimpeded access to the high temperature reactor. It is through the central chamber that the product of the reactor is removed and harvested. In the case of Ilas invention the product is carbon nanotubes.
US08419815B1
A bird deflector and air replacement system for a jet engine, the bird deflector being conical or arcuate in shape as formed by suitable longitudinal and lateral interconnected bars, and the air replacement apparatus being one of a frustum or a selectively perforated tube or a modified cowl with cooperating external spaced-apart channels or openings formed therearound for directing additional air into the mainstream of the jet engine inlet. The system may be manufactured as an aftermarket add-on, or it may be manufactured as original cowl equipment for respective jet engine models.
US08419814B2
A method of manufacturing polycrystalline abrasive elements consisting of micron, sub-micron or nano-sized ultrahard abrasives dispersed in micron, sub-micron or nano-sized matrix materials. A plurality of ultrahard abrasive particles having vitreophilic surfaces are coated with a matrix precursor material in a refined colloidal process and then treated to render them suitable for sintering. The matrix precursor material can be converted to an oxide, nitride, carbide, oxynitride, oxycarbide, or carbonitride, or an elemental form thereof. The coated ultrahard abrasive particles are consolidated and sintered at a pressure and temperature at which they are crystallographically or thermodynamically stable.
US08419810B2
A process for producing biofuels by transforming triglycerides into at least two families of biofuels, monoesters of fatty acids and soluble ethers and/or acetals of glycerol, comprises: at least one transesterification step in which said triglyceride is reacted by heterogeneous catalysis with at least one primary monoalcohol selected from methanol and ethanol to produce at least one methyl and/or ethyl ester of the fatty acids of the starting triglycerides and glycerol, said products being free of by-products; and an etherification step in which the glycerol is reacted with at least one olefinic hydrocarbon containing 4 to 12 carbon atoms; and/or an acetalization step in which the glycerol is reacted with at least one compound selected from aldehydes, ketones and acetals derived from aldehydes or ketones.
US08419809B2
A solid electrolytic capacitor having an even conductive polymer layer and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The method of manufacturing a solid electrolytic capacitor includes the steps of forming a conductive polymer layer on an anode element by bringing a dispersion containing a conductive solid and a first solvent into contact with the anode element having a dielectric film formed thereon, washing the anode element with a second solvent higher in boiling point than the first solvent, in which the conductive solid can be dispersed, after the conductive polymer layer is formed, and drying the anode element washed with the second solvent at a temperature not lower than the boiling point of the first solvent and lower than the boiling point of the second solvent.
US08419802B2
An implant for deployment in select locations or select tissue for regeneration of tissue is disclosed. The implant includes collagen and or other bio-resorbable materials, where the implant may also be used for therapy delivery. Additionally, the implant may be “matched” to provide the implant with similar physical and/or chemical properties as the host tissue.
US08419800B2
A preassembled acetabular cup prosthesis comprising an outer shell and a ceramic liner located within the shell, said preassembled unit having been assembled ex-vivo under a controlled force selected to optimize the pre-stressing of the components of the prosthesis.
US08419799B2
An assembly tool (1) for assembly of a first component (2) of a prosthesis (4) to a second component (6) of the prosthesis (4) for use in joint arthroplasty is provided. The tool (1) includes a first member (8) operably associated with the first component (2). The first member (8) defines a first member longitudinal axis (10) of the first member (8). The tool also includes a second member (12) operably associated with the second component (6). The second member (12) defines a second member longitudinal axis (14) of the second member (12). The second member (12) is adapted to provide relative motion of the second member (12) with respect to the first member (8) when the second member (12) is rotated relative to the first member (8) about the second member longitudinal axis (14).
US08419792B2
Brush copolymers containing (a) monomeric units derived from an ethylenically unsaturated-containing monomer containing one or more boronic acid moieties; and (b) monomeric units derived from an ethylenically unsaturated-containing macromonomer having hydrophilic units and boronic acid units are disclosed.
US08419783B2
A delivery system for a medical device may include a sheath, a catheter slideably disposed within the sheath, and a hemostatic device comprising a housing disposed around and sealingly engaged with the sheath by a first seal. A sleeve is slideably coupled to the catheter and comprises a second seal sealingly engaging the catheter. The sleeve is movable between a first position, in which the sleeve is disposed outside of the housing and the first seal is sealingly engaged with an outer surface of the catheter, and a second position in which at least a portion of the sleeve is disposed within the housing between an inner surface of the housing and the outer surface of the catheter, wherein, in the second position, the first seal is sealingly engaged with an outer surface of the sleeve and the second seal is sealingly engaged with the outer surface of the catheter.
US08419782B2
A method of prosthesis delivery comprises advancing first, second and third guidewires through a first vessel, positioning the second guidewire in a second vessel that branches from the first vessel, positioning the third guidewire in a third vessel that branches from the first vessel, advancing a prosthesis over the first, second, and third guidewires to the vicinity of one of the second and third vessels, and deploying the prosthesis. The prosthesis can comprise a tubular stent-graft having a first eyelet adapted to receive a guidewire and a second eyelet adapted to receive a guidewire. A prosthesis delivery system comprises prosthesis delivery apparatus comprising a sheath, a prosthesis having a plurality of eyelets and being disposed in the sheath, a first guidewire tube for receiving a first guidewire and being positioned inside the prosthesis; a second guidewire tube for receiving a second guidewire and being positioned inside the prosthesis, and a third guidewire tube for receiving a third guidewire and being positioned inside the prosthesis.
US08419778B2
The present teachings provide one or more surgical implements for repairing damaged tissue, such as in the case of a spinal fixation procedure. A uniplanar bone anchor system for a fixation procedure is provided. The system can include a bone fastener including a head with a bearing surface and a shaft adapted to engage an anatomy. The system can also include a saddle, which can include a first bore formed about a longitudinal axis that receives the bone fastener and a coupling bore defined transverse to the longitudinal axis. The system can also include a coupling system, which can have a second bearing surface. The coupling system can be received through the coupling bore such that the second bearing surface of the coupling system can contact the bearing surface to permit the bone fastener to move in only one plane.
US08419774B2
A system for the treatment of a spine generally comprises an implant and an attachment device for securing the implant to a portion of a patient's bone. A first portion of the attachment device is sized for insertion into a hole in the bone, and a second portion of the attachment device is configured to be received in an opening of the implant. The first portion comprises a biocompatible material defined by a network of interconnected pores configured promote bone growth into the first portion.
US08419771B2
A crosslink is provided for joining two spine rods. The crosslink includes an elongate tie rod and a pair of housings at each end of the tie rod. The housings are preferably identical and have independent fasteners including a spine rod fastener and a tie rod fastener for connecting each housing to one of the spine rods and fixation of the tie rod. The tie rod fasteners include a pair of hemisphere clamps residing within a chamber in the housing which grip the tie rod therebetween to fix the tie rod to the clamp when a set screw applies a clamping force on the hemisphere clamps. The tie rod fastener is adjustable, so that both translation of the tie rod relative to the housings and rotation about three mutually perpendicular axes can be accommodated for orienting of the housings relative to the tie rod precisely where desired.
US08419766B2
The present invention provides a flexible actuator, and methods for manufacturing and using a flexible actuator, for transmitting high loads from a user to an end effector. In one exemplary embodiment, the flexible actuator can extend from a handle of a medical device to an end effector located on a distal end of the device. The actuator can include a head formed on a terminal end thereof with at least one planar surface that is approximately coplanar with an outer surface of the flexible actuator. In use, the actuator can be coupled to a medical device having an end effector located on a distal end thereof. Tension applied to the actuator can be effective to actuate the end effector.
US08419760B2
A surgical handpiece with a rotating spindle for receiving the coupling head of a surgical attachment or a cutting accessory. A gear train has plural drive heads that simultaneously rotate at different speeds. A clutch assembly has pins that move along the length of the spindle. The clutch assembly sets the position of the pins so they will engage one of the drive heads. The spindle rotates with the drive head with which the clutch pins are engaged.
US08419758B2
An ultrasonic surgical waveguide driving assembly for attachment to a surgical ultrasonic instrument handle with a cordless power source therein includes a reusable cordless ultrasonic transducer that has an ultrasonic waveguide couple at which the transducer is operable to excite a waveguide attached thereto and a power input disposed to substantially simultaneously connect the waveguide couple to a waveguide and the power input to a power source located within the handle.
US08419755B2
Various obesity treatment tools and methods are described herein, as well as treatments for other gastric-related diseases, e.g., GERD. Treatment includes reducing the size of the stomach pouch to limit the caloric intake as well as to provide an earlier feeling of satiety. This may be done by creating a smaller gastric pouch within the stomach directly from the interior of the stomach itself. The smaller pouches may be made through the use of individual anchoring devices, rotating probes, or volume reduction devices. A pyloroplasty procedure may also be performed to render the pyloric sphincter incompetent. A gastric bypass procedure may additionally be performed using atraumatic magnetic anastomoses devices so that sugars and fats are passed directly to the bowel while bypassing the stomach. Many of these procedures may be done in a variety of combinations. Treatment may create enforced behavioral modifications by discouraging the ingestion of high-caloric foods.
US08419752B2
An apparatus for application of surgical clips to body tissue is provided and includes a handle assembly; a shaft assembly including a housing extending distally from the handle assembly and defining a longitudinal axis; a plurality of surgical clips disposed within the shaft assembly; a jaw mounted adjacent a distal end portion of the shaft assembly, the jaw being movable between an open spaced-apart condition and a closed approximated condition; and a pusher bar reciprocally disposed within the housing of the shaft assembly and being detachably connectable to the housing of the shaft assembly, the pusher bar being configured to load a distal-most surgical clip into the jaws during distal movement and remain connected to the housing of the shaft assembly and in a distally advanced position during an approximation of the jaws.
US08419747B2
Articulating mechanisms, link systems, and components thereof, useful for a variety of purposes including, but not limited to, the remote manipulation of instruments such as surgical or diagnostic instruments or tools are provided. The link systems include links wherein at least two adjacent links are pivotable relative to one another around two distinct pivot points. Mechanisms for locking the links are also provided.
US08419730B2
System and methods are shown having a tube-within-tube assembly with a deployable curved deflectable tube or cannula that deploys from a straight cannula or trocar. The curved cannula has pre-curved distal end to create an angular range of 0° to 180° when fully deployed from the straight trocar. The curve is configured such that the flexible element carrying a treatment device can navigate through the angular range of deployment of the curved cannula. The curved cannula allows the flexible element to navigate through a curve within bone without veering off towards an unintended direction.
US08419721B2
A laser system for ophthalmic surgery includes a laser source to generate a pulsed laser beam, an XY scanner to receive the pulsed laser beam and to output an XY-scanning beam, scanned in two directions transverse to a Z direction, a Z scanner in a scanner housing to receive the XY-scanning beam and to output an XYZ-scanning beam scanned additionally in the Z direction, a mirror to deflect the XYZ-scanning beam received from the Z scanner, and an objective, in an objective housing, to receive the deflected XYZ-scanning beam and to focus the received XYZ-scanning beam onto a target region, wherein the scanner housing is separate from the objective housing.
US08419718B2
A protective handle for a mobile laser unit wherein the protective handle provides protection to a front section of the mobile laser unit from damage due to bumps and other impacts as the mobile laser unit is transported between treatment locations. The protective handle simultaneously acts to protect an attached optical fiber from damage during transport by limiting a bend radius of the laser fiber. The protective handle includes a U-shaped central segment having rear and forward surfaces defining a fiber optic support structure. The protective handle is attached to the mobile laser unit such that an optical fiber connector is centered within the U-shaped central segment and the optical fiber can rest on the fiber optic support structure.
US08419707B2
A device, a system, or a method is described for treating a disease or a condition of one or more joints of articulating bone in a mammalian subject. The device provides one or more medicaments to one or more joints of the mammalian subject. A device is described that includes one or more substrates configured to contact one or more body contours in proximity to one or more joints of articulating bone of a mammalian subject; one or more sensors configured to detect one or more physiological conditions of the one or more joints; and one or more microjet applicators supported by the one or more substrates and configured to respond to the one or more sensors by injecting one or more medicaments to the one or more joint tissues of the mammalian subject.
US08419697B2
Various embodiments of a fluid collection system having multiple storage chambers are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, the system may include a first chamber in fluid communication with a suction source and a second chamber in fluid communication with the first chamber. The second chamber may have a volume less than a volume of the first chamber. The second chamber may also comprise an inlet port for connecting to an external tube. The system may be configured to selectively drain liquid from the second chamber into the first chamber.
US08419685B2
This invention is an air block for industrial, medical, and non-medical uses. For example, the air block is connected to the proximal end of a vascular access catheter. The air block is either removably connected to the proximal end of the catheter or it is integral to the proximal end of the catheter. The air block permits introduction of other catheters or instrumentation through its central lumen and on into a lumen of the catheter while minimizing fluid loss or gain into the catheter. The air block further prevents air from entering the catheter and provides for removal of the air or other gas from the central lumen before it can enter the catheter where it could cause harm to the patient. The air block can be attached to various standard proximal catheter terminations including Luer fittings and hemostasis valve outer barrels.
US08419683B2
Apparatus and methods are provided to access bone marrow at various target areas. Such apparatus may include an intraosseous device operable to penetrate bone at a selected target area and a depth limiter operable to control depth of penetration of the intraosseous device into bone and associated bone marrow. A manual driver and a guide may be included to optimize optimum insertion of the intraosseous device at a selected insertion site on a sternum.
US08419677B2
Multi-luminal endoscopic systems for sterilely delivering deployable devices or obtaining bodily tissues. The system comprise an outer catheter comprising a wall that encloses an outer lumen; an inner catheter movably disposed within the outer lumen and having an inner lumen; a balloon-tipped catheter movably disposed within the inner lumen and having a distal end and a proximal end, wherein the distal end of the balloon-tipped catheter comprises a balloon tip that can be expanded to contact the wall of the outer catheter to provide a seal to prevent bodily fluids from entering the outer lumen; and a push catheter having a lumen and is located within the outer lumen. The delivery systems can comprise concentric catheters. Systems used for tissue collecting can comprise catheters with different common center.
US08419663B2
Disclosed is an apparatus for massaging the body of a user comprising an arcuate member extending between first and second opposed ends and a central portion therebetween. The first and second ends are oriented away from the central portion and the arcuate member defines an arc having an angle of less than 180 degrees. The apparatus further comprises gripping portions disposed at the first and second opposed ends and a therapy applicator connectable to the central portion.
US08419659B2
Methods for assessment of pelvic floor conditions based on tactile imaging are described. The vaginal wall is deformed before and after an interventional procedure using a transvaginal probe equipped with tactile pressure sensors and a motion tracking sensor. The vaginal wall coordinates and pressure patterns are obtained during the examination and used to build 3-D tactile image of the vagina and to calculate elasticity modulus profiles and spacing profiles along selected lines inside 3-D tactile image. The “before” and “after” profile values at specified locations are then compared to each other and to thresholds or profiles for normal conditions of vagina and its support structures. Methods of the invention may be used in estimating an improvement after an interventional procedure such as pelvic tissue regeneration, muscle repair or implantation of a supporting structure.
US08419652B2
This method for analysing the sounds of body fluid flows includes:—simultaneously acquiring (2) sounds from various locations of a body;—identifying (6) the points of maximum sound intensity (PMIs) of the acquired sounds for each acquisition instant;—determining (10) the source locations of the acquired sounds; and—determining (12, 14) the sound radiation patterns of the acquired sounds. A corresponding device, system and program perform this method.
US08419651B2
A method includes acquiring vibrational cardiac data from an array of N transducers wherein the transducers are coupled to a human. A master replica is selected from a segment of the vibrational cardiac data. The master replica is correlated with the segment to obtain a plurality of local maxima. Vibrational cardiac data that were emitted during a diastolic interval are extracted from each heart cycle with the aid of the plurality of local maxima. A two-dimensional space-time frequency power spectrum is processed for Equivalent Rectangular Bandwidth, which provides estimates of the energy produced by turbulent blood flow through a coronary stenosis.
US08419648B2
A method of measuring blood pressure and velocity proximally and distally of a stenosis in a vessel carrying blood includes the steps of providing a guide wire having both a pressure sensor and a velocity sensor disposed on a distal region of the guide wire, introducing the guide wire into the vessel, advancing the guide wire to position the pressure sensor and the velocity sensor proximally and distally of the stenosis, and measuring the blood pressure and velocity proximally and distally of the stenosis with the pressure sensor and the velocity sensor.
US08419643B2
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for non-invasive bone evaluation based on a broadband ultrasonic transducer emitting a train of ultrasonic wave packets of multiple carrier frequencies ranging from about 50 kHz to about 2 MHz. Receiving broadband ultrasonic transducer accepts broadband ultrasonic signal propagated through the bone. Computer processor provides for data analysis and feature extraction allowing diagnostic evaluation of the bone, including comparing the features of the received signal to a database of known bone conditions.
US08419637B2
An in-the-ear (ITE) physiological measurement device (2) includes a structure (4) formed for easy insertion into multiple shaped and sized ear canals. An inflatable balloon (6) surrounds an end portion of the structure (4) to be positioned in the ear. Optionally, a mushroom shaped tip (22) is connected with an end of the structure (4) and carries a plurality of sensors (8). Inflation of the balloon (6) expands the tip (22) radially to position the sensors (8) proximate to vascular tissue within the ear canal. Once suitably positioned, the one or more sensors (8) sense physiological signals from the vascular tissue and bone structure.
US08419627B2
A transmitting/receiving system includes a transmitting apparatus that generate modulated signals each containing a broadband signal component and a narrowband signal component, and transmits the modulated signals to the outside; and a receiving device that receives the modulated signals via at least three receiving antennas. The receiving device includes a signal processing system that processes the broadband signal component contained in the modulated signal; and a received-strength detecting system that processes the narrowband signal component contained in the modulated signal.
US08419626B2
A surgical system includes a first instrument defining a first channel and a second instrument receivable by the first channel. The second instrument defines a second channel. A valve coupled to the first instrument controls fluid flow through the first channel, such that impedance of fluid flow through the first channel is substantially the same without the second instrument received in the first channel and with the first channel partially blocked by the second instrument. In another aspect, a surgical apparatus includes an outer member and an inner member received within the outer member to define a first channel therebetween. The inner member houses an optical lens and defines a second channel for receiving a surgical instrument. The first and second channels are configured such that a pump having an inflow rate of up to about 0.7 L/min connected to the second channel can maintain fluid pressure inside an organ.
US08419618B2
A display device includes: a display unit that displays examination procedure information indicating an examination procedure of a subject; and a control unit that acquires position-related information of a capsule endoscope inserted into the subject, calculates a position of the capsule endoscope based on the acquired position-related information, determines a to-be-executed examination procedure of the subject corresponding to the calculated position, and performs control to display the examination procedure information indicating the determined to-be-executed examination procedure of the subject.
US08419617B2
An apparatus for introduction into a test body includes a functional portion for obtaining information on an inside of a test body; a power source for supplying power for driving the functional portion; and an enclosed container for accommodating the functional portion and the power source. A cross-sectional shape orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the enclosed container is an elliptical shape to make an outer shape small to alleviate a burden on a test subject during introduction into a body by swallowing or the like for test.
US08419616B2
An image pickup unit according to the present invention, includes a solid-state image pickup device provided with a light receiving portion for receiving photographing light refracted and reflected by a reflection surface of an optical reflection member. The image pickup unit also includes a protection member which is surface-joined to and to protect at least the area of an effective reflection surface within the reflection surface by which the photographing light is refracted and made incident on the light receiving portion. Thereby, when the image pickup unit is provided in an electronic endoscope including the optical component for refracting and reflecting the photographing light, it is possible to improve the assembling property of the image pickup unit including the optical component, and possible to prevent the optical component from being damaged under various environment.
US08419604B2
A device for manipulation of flat articles such as sheets of paper, plastic, cardboard and the like has at least one adjustable conveying unit with conveying elements, especially rollers. The at least one conveying unit is adjustable between at least two positions for performing at least two manipulations on the article. At least one switch that is adjustable between at least two positions for performing at least two manipulations on the article is provided.
US08419600B1
Resistance training exercise apparatus includes a vacuum load system. Movement of a user-engaged exercise member in a first exercise direction pulls a piston in a cylinder to create vacuum in a housing chamber, which vacuum provides load resistance resisting exercise movement of the user-engaged exercise member.
US08419592B2
An engine automatic-stop/restart system resumes injection of fuel when an engine restart condition is satisfied, and energizes the starter motor when, after injection of the fuel has resumed, starting of the engine is not completed. The system can also control the coupling degree of a forward clutch under certain conditions, and energize a solenoid to engage a starter pinion with a crankshaft ring gear when their relative speeds are close to each other. The system then releases the forward clutch after the pinion and the ring gear have engaged.
US08419589B1
An infinitely variable transmission, in which the driver and driven members can exchange their roles—with the driver becoming the driven, and vice versa. The initially chosen driver carries within it a number of movable parts, which the driving forces bring into contact with the driven member, in a manner designed to produce a momentary lock between the driver and driven members, at the point of the torque transfer between them. In one embodiment the driven member—which can be a flat disc—is clamped between two oppositely placed drivers. Infinite variability is achieved by controllably relocating the fixed diameter drivers to smaller or larger diameter points on the so clamped disc. The output can be harvested from the rotation of said driven disc directly. Or one or more driver members like these which are used to rotate said disc, can be brought into contact with different locations on said disc, and become driven by it. In such a case a number of different speeds, or torque levels, can be taken simultaneously as outputs from a single rpm/torque input. In embodiments with a single driver of convex shape input, the preferred driven member is a cone with a concave curvature, to allow for a larger contact zone than two opposing convex parts could provide. Either the flat clamped disc version, or the cone versions, can be stacked vertically or horizontally, with cones nested within each other, to multiply gear ratios and or torques as wished.
US08419577B2
The invention relates to a propulsion system for all-wheel drive motor vehicles, having a device for propulsion distribution to the front and the rear differential which transmit the drive output to the wheels assigned at the time, and with a device for coupled, variable distribution of the propulsion forces in the transverse and longitudinal directions of the vehicle depending on the operating situation of the vehicle for influencing the driving behavior, especially for improving the driving agility and driving stability. In the process the rear differential (18) is combined with an overriding drive (22), by means of which the drive torques can be shifted to the rear wheels (20) in alternation in the transverse direction of the vehicle, the rpm ratio or rpm error being dictated by means of the overriding drive (22) at the design point so that at a given curve radius which is assigned to the design point and which does not correspond to the narrowest curve, a reversal of the direction of the rotational speed difference takes place and thus the torque is not shifted to the wheel on the outside of the curve. By means of the propulsion distribution device (24, 26; 44, 46; 52) the drive torques can be shifted in alternation between the front differential (14) and rear differential (18) in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle.
US08419573B2
A bicycle rear derailleur includes a stationary member, a base member, a linkage mechanism, a movable member, a chain guide and an inner cable fixing portion. The stationary member non-movably attached to a bicycle frame and includes an outer cable receiving portion configured to receive an outer sheath of a control cable assembly. The base member is pivotally coupled to the stationary member about an axis spaced apart from a hub axis of a rear wheel. A movable member at one end of the linkage mechanism is movable relative to the base member in response to an inner cable that is attached to a portion of the linkage mechanism. The base member can move in response to tension applied by the inner cable without moving the chain guide which is coupled to the movable member.
US08419565B2
There is provided a golf club where a separation of a weight for swingweight adjustment can be certainly prevented and the weight can be easily detached/attached and replaced; concurrently, the center of gravity is slanted toward the shaft side, and the center of gravity position can be stabilized. The golf club 10 has a grip part 16 and a weight part 18. A threaded shaft 26 is established at the grip part 16 side, and a female screw part 22 is established in the weight part 18. In the gold club 10, the grip part 16 and the weight part 18 can be integrated in the state where a spring washer 30 is interposed, by screwing a threaded shaft 26 with a female screw part 22 under a condition where the spring washer 30 is mounted to the threaded shaft 26.
US08419559B2
An infant swing includes a carrier, a first foot, at least one arm, a second foot, a pivotal positioning mechanism, a driving device, and a power supply device. The arm is connected to the first foot and the carrier. A second pivot base of the second foot is pivotally connected to a first pivot base of the first foot. The second foot is used for supporting the carrier above a supporting surface cooperatively with the first foot and the arm. The pivotal positioning mechanism is disposed between the first pivot base and the second pivot base. The pivotal positioning mechanism is used for constraining rotation of the second foot. The driving device is used for driving the arm. The power supply device is used for providing electric power to the driving device so as to make the carrier capable of swinging relative to the first foot.
US08419554B2
A cage for a ball joint, the cage being configured annularly about a longitudinal axis and having an inner surface and an outer surface, two edges delimiting the inner surface and the outer surface and a window, in which the inner surface surrounds an inner space of the cage and two webs laterally adjoin the window. One edge of the cage has an offset relative to the longitudinal axis in relation to one of the two webs at the height of the window. A ball joint with a corresponding cage is also disclosed.
US08419553B2
A torque fluctuation absorber includes a first damper portion absorbing torque fluctuations caused by a torsion between a first rotary member and a second rotary member, a second damper portion absorbing torque fluctuations caused by a torsion between the second rotary member and a third rotary member, and a stopper portion. The first rotary member includes a first projecting portion projecting radially inwardly and being contactable with the stopper portion by the torsion between the first rotary member and the second rotary member. The third rotary member includes a second projecting portion projecting radially outwardly and being contactable with the stopper portion by the torsion between the third rotary member and the second rotary member. The second projecting portion makes contact with the stopper portion at a radially inner side relative to a portion where the first projecting portion makes contact with the stopper portion.
US08419546B2
A gaming system including a central server operable to communicate a plurality of different commands to a plurality of gaming devices to provide non-tournament game play and provide an elimination tournament. The gaming system contributes an average expected payout value of tournament games that were determined to be subsequently played by tournament players but were then not played because the players were eliminated before the end of the tournament to a tournament award. The tournament award is provided to a winner of the tournament.
US08419545B2
Techniques for controlling movements of an object in a videogame are disclosed. At least one video camera is used at a location where at least a player plays the videogame, the video camera captures various movements of the player. A designated device (e.g., a game console or computer) is configured to the video data to derive the movements of the player from the video data, and cause the object to respond to the movements of the player. When the designated device receives video data from more than one locations, players at the respective locations can play a networked videogame that may be built upon a shared space representing some or all of the real-world spaces of the locations. The video game is embedded with objects, some of which respond to the movements of the players and interact with other objects in accordance with rules of the video games.
US08419540B2
In a coordinate detection step, a series of coordinate values each of which indicates a position which is on a display screen and is inputted through a pointing device, are detected at intervals of a unit time. Further, an operation state determination step determines whether or not a player is controlling a first object with the pointing device. When the operation state determination step determines that the player is controlling the first object, the selection determination step determines whether or not an input track of the pointing device forms an enclosed area for enclosing a second object based on the series of coordinate values. When the enclosed area has been formed, the first object and the second object are caused to perform predetermined actions.
US08419531B2
The subject matter described herein includes methods, systems, and computer program products for determining an integrity measure of a game user using dynamic performance events. According to one aspect, the method includes providing a plurality of predetermined data events in a gaming interface for sending to a client device and inserting, during sending of the gaming interface to the client device, at least one dynamically generated data event into the predetermined data events for determining an integrity measure of a game user. After sending gaming interface to a client device, input response to the at least one dynamically generated data event is received. Based on the input response to the at least one dynamically generated data event, a game user integrity measure is determined.
US08419526B1
Gaming devices dispense tickets which are unrelated to a player's success on a particular game played on a gaming device or to the player's credits on a credit meter or other “cash out” indicator. The gaming devices provide gaming awards and also provide tickets. Other methods provide tickets during the play of wagering games. Still other embodiments comprise lottery terminals which dispense tickets other than those purchased by a lottery patron or won on a purchased lottery ticket.
US08419524B2
A gaming device which includes a variety of methods to allow the player to select patterns of wildcard symbols, from a plurality of wildcard symbol patterns, and use those patterns during subsequent games. One embodiment allows the player to select a pattern of wildcard symbols and use the selected pattern during a free spin bonus game.
US08419523B2
A slot machine 10 includes: reels 101-105 each having symbols 501; backlight devices M7 which individually light the symbols 501; a display window 150 which displays the symbols 501; and a motherboard 70 programmed to run a game in which the reels 101-105 are rotated to rearrange the symbols 501, and a prize is awarded according to a combination of the symbols 501. The motherboard 70 (a1) drives and rotating the reels 101-105; (a2) stops the rotation of a predetermined reel; (a3) causes a backlight source M70 of a backlight device M7, which corresponds to a winning-related symbol 501 out of the symbols 501 rearranged, to be in an on-state while causing a backlight source M70 of a backlight device M7 corresponding to a non-winning-related symbol 501 to be in an off-state; and (a4) executes (a3) every time the rotation of at least one of the reels 101-105 is stopped.
US08419513B2
A ventilation device (10), in particular for a vehicle interior, has a frame (12) which includes at least one opening (16), and at least one non-return flap (20), the non-return flap (20) having at least one recess (26) provided thereon through which a holding member (22) provided on the frame (12) extends, and the non-return flap (20), depending on the active pressure differential, being movably adjustable on the holding member (22) between a closed position, in which the non-return flap (20) rests against the frame (12) and closes the at least one opening (16) of the frame (12), and an open position. The holding member (22) is deformable between a mounting position, in which the non-return flap (20) can be mounted to the holding member (22), and a locked position, in which the non-return flap (20) can not be dismounted.
US08419511B1
An apparatus for splitting poultry mid-wings into separate radius and ulna portions. The apparatus includes a plurality of carrier blocks mounted to a drive chain that drives the carrier blocks along a path in a continuous loop around the apparatus. Each carrier block has recesses formed in it that cooperate with recesses formed in adjacent carrier blocks to form carrier slots that hold mid-wings in a predetermined orientation. A blade member having an upper blade and a lower blade extends into the path and is aligned with blade channels formed in the carrier blocks. The blade member bisects mid-wings that are held in the carrier slots as they move downstream. The carrier blocks rotate downwardly about the downstream end of the path and are separated from one another, thereby opening the carrier slots. The separated mid-wings contained in the slots are thereby allowed to fall out of the slots.
US08419509B2
In a swivel device, a swivel head provided with a plurality of tool spindles thereon is mounted on a support base to be turnable about a swivel shaft being upright on the support base. An annular space portion is formed between the support base and the swivel head in coaxial relation with the swivel shaft. The tool spindles each mounting a grinding wheel are arranged on the swivel head to extends in a horizontal plane which crosses the annular space portion at about a mid position in the vertical direction of the annular space portion. A direct drive motor is built in the annular space portion so that a driving center of the direct drive motor is at almost the same height as the horizontal plane including the axes of the grinding wheels. Thus, the swivel device can lower the positions of the rotational axes of the grinding wheels and is rigid against inclination caused by grinding resistance acting on the grinding wheels.
US08419500B2
A toy vehicle includes a main body assembly supported for movement on wheels and having opposing right and left lateral sides, opposing front and rear ends, and opposing top and bottom sides extending between the lateral sides and the ends. The combined opposing right and left lateral sides and opposing top and bottom sides of the main body assembly define a slot that extends through the toy vehicle. An arm is provided for lifting at least one track segment from a level below the main body assembly up and into the slot while one or more other propulsion elements are provided in or around the slot to engage and move the one track segment from the one end of the vehicle entirely through the main body assembly along the slot and out the opposing end of the vehicle.
US08419496B1
Attaching a first display panel and a second display panel can utilize a method that aligns the first display panel and the second display panel. The method provides the first display panel on a first stage and the second display panel on a second stage. The position of the second display panel is adjustable relative to the first display panel in at least two dimensions. The method can also include disposing the first display panel above the second display panel, aligning the first display panel with respect to the second display panel using an optical device, and adhering the first display panel to the second display panel. The method can be utilized including an apparatus comprising two stages and an optical or sensing system.
US08419493B2
An apparatus for manufacturing a light source and a method therefor are provided that enables a high efficient light source to be manufactured even when an optical element whose characteristic significantly varies is used. After maintaining temperatures of a laser device and a wavelength conversion element at a temperature where an output of light emitted from each of the device and the element is equal to or greater than a predetermined rate of the maximum output, the laser device and the wavelength conversion element whose temperatures have been maintained are joined together so that the output of the light emitted from the wavelength conversion element is equal to or greater than a predetermined value.
US08419481B2
An audio connector includes an audio plug and a jack. The audio connector includes an isolating housing and a terminal partially positioned in the housing. The jack forms a receiving portion for receiving the terminal. The terminal includes a metallic flange extending out of the housing. The housing forms an isolated covering portion on the main body surrounding the metallic flange.
US08419473B1
An electrical connector includes an insulating housing defining a plurality of terminal grooves each extending along a front-to-rear direction. A plurality of terminals includes a plurality of flat terminals made by stamping and bending metal strips and a plurality of spring terminals made by die-cutting upright metal boards of long rectangular shape. Each spring terminal is inserted forward and uprightly positioned in the corresponding terminal groove of the insulating housing without being pressed and bent. The flat terminals are molded in the insulating housing with front ends thereof acted as contacting ends and exposed outside. A lid is mounted to a back of the insulating housing for positioning a rear of the spring terminal. A latch is inserted forward in the insulating housing. A shielding shell is mounted to the insulating housing and electrically connects with the latch.
US08419459B2
A connector port provided on the outer surface of a housing of an electronic device includes: a connector holding section that is formed in the housing and has a connector opening; and an opening/closing cover including an attaching section that is screwed to the connector holding section, a flat cover section that is pivotably supported by the attaching section at the proximal end thereof and opens and closes the connector opening, and an elastically deforming section that is provided at the distal end of the cover section and elastically deforms to engage in the connector holding section. The connector holding section is formed as a recess on the outer surface of the housing, the opening/closing cover is housed in the recess, and the outer surface of the housing and the outer surface of the cover section are substantially flush with each other.
US08419453B2
A cable connector is disclosed. The cable connector includes a male connector and a female connector. The male connector includes a male base and male terminals received in the male base. The female connector includes a female base and female terminals locked with the female base. Two posts respectively protrude outwardly from ends of two side walls of the male base. Two locking slots which are tilting are respectively defined in the middles of two side walls of the female base. When assembled, the male base is pushed so that the posts are respectively locked with the corresponding locking slots. The male base of the present invention is steadily locked with the female base. Furthermore, the male base of the present invention is disassembled from the female base by pushing the male base, so that the posts are withdrawn from the locking slots.
US08419449B1
A split electrical grounding bushing having adjacent bushing portions with insulating bushing portions having guard tabs covering a gap formed between the insulating bushing portions creating a continuous insulating ring. The bushing portions are connected by a hinge permitting the bushing to be placed over electrical conductors or wires after being installed. Gaps in the insulating bushing portion are covered by attached guard tabs improving the safety of a split electrical bushing. The split electrical bushing is placed on a distal end of an electrical conduit. The split bushing may be an electrical grounding bushing providing an electrical ground connection.
US08419448B2
The present invention provides technology with high production efficiency for an elastic connector that electrically connects two connection target members. The technology enables an initial product to be quickly completed with a low initial cost, in correspondence to any distance between the connection target members and any angle formed between them. An elastic connector was obtained by forming a major-axis columnar body, in which a conductive part was formed by cross linking and hardening (solidifying) conductive members inside a tube-like part formed of an insulative rubber tube, and then cutting the major-axis columnar body with a cutting blade along a cutting line, which is in a direction crossing the axis of the major-axis columnar body, to shorten the major-axis columnar body. This elastic connector eliminates the need to create a new metal mold in its manufacturing. When a length to which the major-axis columnar body is cut is appropriately changed and it is cut to that length, an elastic connector that suit any distance between the connection target members and any angle formed between them can be obtained.
US08419447B2
A surface-mount technology (SMT) device connector (100) for connecting a removable component (150) to a substrate (160). The SMT device connector (100) includes an insulated housing (135) for receiving the removable component (150) and the insulated housing (135) is surface mounted to a SMT device connector location on the substrate (160). The SMT device connector also includes two stress relief posts (110) protruding from a mounting surface (137) of the insulated housing (135). The two stress relief posts (110) correspond to two stress relief post apertures (111) in the substrate (160) and the two stress relief posts (110) are not required to be constrained along a longitudinal axis (140) of the insulated housing (137) in the corresponding stress relief post apertures (111) to relieve stress on the SMT device connector (100) during SMT reflow.
US08419443B2
For an object of providing an electric connection box which can relax limitation of arranging electric components and connectors of a wiring harness, the electric connection box includes a box main body having a plurality of cassette blocks in which a relay is mounted. A fusible link is mounted at one cassette block. A top surface of the one cassette block is arranged at a higher position than a top surface of the cassette block adjacent to the one cassette block. The plurality of cassette blocks is arranged to locate each of the top surfaces thereof lower one by one in proportion to parting from the one cassette block.
US08419442B2
A socket detachably connects a connecting item to a substrate via connecting terminals. The socket includes a support member with first and second surfaces to fix the connecting terminals, and penetrating holes formed in the support member. Each connecting terminal includes first and second connecting parts formed on opposite ends thereof. Each connecting terminal is inserted into a corresponding penetrating hole in a state in which the first connecting part is fixed to the first surface and the second connecting part projects from the second surface of the support member.
US08419438B2
A newborn simulator for teaching patient care is provided. The newborn simulator includes a body comprising one or more simulated body portions sized to simulate a newborn baby and a head portion movably connected to a portion of the body. A simulated heart is positioned at least partially within the body along with a pair of simulated lungs. The simulator is operable without physical connection to an external device to provide a simulated heart beat and respiratory pattern.
US08419435B2
Apparatus for training the art of forcible door entry for emergency personnel such as firefighters and, in particular, a reusable forcible entry door training apparatus that allows individuals to simulate forcible entry of outward opening metal doors mounted in metal frames.
US08419432B2
The Tactile Sudoku Game Display for the Blind has 4 control buttons used by the blind game player to manually direct the attached computer to change the current game square up and down and left and right. The Game Display has 27 electromechanically raised and lowered dots similar to Braille dots arranged in 3 squares each with 9 dots arranged in 3 rows and 3 columns. The raised dots in the Game Display's lower-right square communicate the current status of 1 of the 81 Sudoku game squares to the blind game player by touch. And 1 raised dot in each of the Game Display's other 2 squares communicates the column number and row number of the current game square to the blind game player by touch. The game author's given starting game squares have only 1 of the 9 dots raised; and, the blind game player touches and depresses all but 1 of the 9 dots in each remaining game square to complete the game.
US08419429B2
Provided are an implant prosthetic part set and a method of manufacturing replication plaster model including an abutment using the same, which can take an impression of the location and the shape of a fixture in an oral cavity without using a typical impression copping, in order to manufacture an upper prosthesis coupled to the fixture implanted into an alveolar bone.
US08419428B2
A dental apparatus for retracting the cheeks and lips of a patient and illuminating the oral cavity of a patient is provided. The dental apparatus includes LEDs mounted on the cheek retractors. The apparatus allows a dentist to illuminate the interior of the oral cavity without needing additional equipment that hinders access to the oral cavity.
US08419417B2
A mold-tool system (100), comprising: a nozzle housing (102) having a melt passageway (103) extending from an input end (106) to an output end (108). A valve stem (104) is: (i) slide movable along the melt passageway (103), and (ii) slide supported by the input end (106) and by the output end (108).
US08419411B2
An aerosol container (1), comprising:—a reservoir (2) containing a propellant and a foodproduct;—operable discharge means (3) to discharge the foodproduct;—a dispensing head (10) defining a foodproduct receiving space (11) to receive the foodproduct from the discharge means (3), a distal part (15) of the head (10) having foodproduct shaping projections (12), wherein the foodproduct receiving space comprises an upstream foodproduct receiving space (11A, 11B) that widens, viewed in a foodproduct discharge direction, wherein a maximum diameter (D1) of the foodproduct receiving space of the dispensing head is larger than about 2 cm.
US08419404B2
A modular molding assembly comprises an input module for loading electronic devices for molding, a press station including one or more molding presses for molding the electronic devices, an output module for offloading molded electronic devices after they have been molded and a carrier that is movable at least between the input module and the press station and/or the press station and the output module. The carrier has an adaptor located thereon for detachably mounting a first attachment or a second attachment which is operative to perform a function of transporting the electronic devices and/or introducing a molding compound to the press station for conducting molding. The first and second attachments each has a corresponding mounting device for detachably mounting the first or second attachment onto the adapter and the first attachment has a different function from the second attachment.
US08419403B2
There is disclosed a conveyer and a conveying method that enable conveying a lengthy honeycomb formed article extruded at a high speed with a simple apparatus without causing cracks and deformation. The conveyer of a honeycomb formed article includes a plurality of lengthy cradles that are sequentially supplied and then sequentially support and convey the honeycomb formed article, and a fixed support that is fixed so as to extend from the extruder to a supply position of the lengthy cradles, supports the honeycomb formed article just after being extruded, and conveys it to one of the lengthy cradles, and the fixed support is an air float having a supporting face and a plurality of air ejection pores formed on the supporting face that conveys the honeycomb formed article by feeding air from the air ejection pores.
US08419402B2
A method and apparatus for a composite stringer. A method is used for manufacturing a hollow composite stringer. Foam is formed with a mandrel installed into the foam. A composite material and the foam is laid up onto a tool in a form of a stringer. The composite material and the foam in the form of the stringer is cured to form a cured stringer. The mandrel from the foam is removed to form the hollow composite stringer.
US08419397B2
A screw compressor includes a casing, a screw rotor and a gate rotor. The casing has a cylinder. The screw rotor is cylindrical-shaped and configured to be fitted into the cylinder. The gate rotor is configured to be engaged with the screw rotor. A, outlet width of a seal surface of the casing on a gas-outlet side of the screw rotor is larger than an inlet width of the seal surface on a gas-inlet side of the screw rotor. The seal surface of the casing is opposed to one surface of the gate rotor.
US08419394B2
To a hermetic compressor and a refrigeration cycle device having the same, an oil separator for separating oil from a refrigerant discharged from a compression unit is added. Separated oil is recollected into an oil pump driven by a driving motor. Because refrigerant separated from the oil is prevented from being re-introduced into the compressor, a cooling capability of the refrigeration cycle device may be enhanced. Because the oil pump is driven by the driving force of the driving motor, the compressor may have a simplified configuration, and the fabrication costs may be reduced. The oil used for a crankshaft lubrication process is returned to the oil pump by forming an oil pocket between bearing surfaces of a crankshaft and the oil pump, oil may be prevented from back-flowing to the oil separator from the crankshaft. This may allow oil to be smoothly recollected into the oil pump.
US08419391B2
A fuel gallery has a first opening port communicated to a variable volume chamber formed at a lower side of a plunger and a second opening port communicated to a fuel pressurizing chamber formed at an upper side of the plunger. A connecting tube member is provided in the fuel gallery for communicating the first and second opening ports with each other. During a fuel amount adjusting stroke, for example, in which the plunger is moved in an upward direction, a part of excessive fuel from the fuel pressurizing chamber is supplied to the variable volume chamber through the connecting tube member and the remaining part of the excessive fuel is discharged from the connecting tube member into the fuel gallery through a communication through-hole formed in the connecting tube member.
US08419387B1
A submersible pumping system includes a pump assembly, a motor and a seal section positioned between the pump assembly and the motor. The seal section includes a clean fluid circulation system, a contaminated fluid circulation system and at least one bag seal assembly. The bag seal assembly includes an upper mounting block, a lower mounting block and a bag seal extending over the upper mounting block and lower mounting block and providing a path for the clean fluid circulation system. The bag seal assembly further includes a mounting plate connected to the upper mounting block that limits the axial travel of the bag seal on the upper mounting block. The bag seal assembly optionally includes a breather tube connected to the mounting plate and extending along the exterior of the bag seal.
US08419385B2
A heat-dissipating fan includes a shaft seat. A coil base is coupled to the shaft seat. The coil base includes a base portion and a coil unit coupled to the base portion. The base portion includes a connection port electrically connected to the coil unit. The connection port is connected to a drive circuit. An impeller includes a hub and a permanent magnet. A shaft is coupled to the hub and rotatably coupled to the shaft seat about an axis. The permanent magnet is coupled to the hub and aligned with the coil unit. Since the coil base does not include electronic elements of the drive circuit, the axial height of the heat-dissipating fan is reduced, and the structure of the heat-dissipating fan is simplified.
US08419378B2
A fluid mover (1) includes a hollow body (2) provided with a straight-through passage (3) of substantially constant cross section with an inlet end (4) an outlet end (5) for the entry and discharge respectively of a working fluid. A nozzle (16) substantially circumscribes and opens into the passage (3) intermediate the inlet (4) and outlet (5) ends. An inlet (10) communicates with the nozzle (16) for the introduction of a transport fluid and a mixing chamber (3A) is formed within the passage (3) downstream of the nozzle (16). The nozzle internal geometry and the bore profile immediately upstream of the nozzle exit are disposed and configured to optimise the energy transfer between the transport fluid and working fluid. In use, through the introduction of transport fluid, the working fluid or fluids are atomized to form a dispersed vapor/droplet flow regime with locally supersonic flow conditions within a pseudo-vena contracta, resulting in the creation of a supersonic condensation shock wave (17) within the downstream mixing chamber (3A) by the condensation of the transport fluid. Methods of moving and processing fluids using the fluid mover are also disclosed.
US08419373B1
It is intended to provide a wind turbine blade with superior aerodynamic characteristics and rigidity, a wind turbine generator equipped with the wind turbine blade, and a method of designing the wind turbine blade. The wind turbine blade 1 is provided with a blade tip part 2, a blade root part 4 connected to a hub 112, and an airfoil part 6 disposed between the blade tip part 2 and the blade root part 4. The airfoil part 6 includes a flatback airfoil 10 with a blunt trailing edge 8 at least in an area in a longitudinal direction of the wind turbine blade 1 where a blade thickness ratio X is 40% to 50%. X indicates a ratio of a maximum thickness tMAX to a chord length LC. In the area where the blade thickness ratio X is 40% to 50%, the flatback airfoil has a trailing edge thickness ratio Y which is 5% to YH%, Y indicating a ratio of a trailing edge thickness tTE to the maximum thickness tMAX and YH has a relationship of YH=1.5X−30 with the blade thickness ratio X.
US08419366B2
Cooling arrangements for blades, and in particular turbine blades utilizing gas turbine engines include impingement apertures with impingement jets, which improve cooling efficiency. By providing a leading passage, which is divided at least into a lower section and an upper section, the lower section can have a wall, which is solid for structural integrity while an upper section has impingement apertures for greater cooling efficiency.
US08419357B2
An apparatus, especially a steam turbine, including a first delimiting part and a second delimiting part is provided. The delimiting parts are attached to one another forming a joint and enclosing at least a part of a first pressure chamber. A shielding element is also provided on the sides of the delimiting parts facing towards the first pressure chamber and is arranged to form a seal completely covering the joint, so that a cavity is formed between the delimiting parts and the shielding element. A line is routed in the cavity connecting the cavity to a second pressure chamber. In addition, a method for decreasing the force acting on a joint, which is formed by the joining together of a first delimiting part and a second delimiting part of an apparatus, especially a steam turbine, and for reducing the attachment forces acting on the joint is provided.
US08419355B2
A fluid flow machine has a flow path provided by a casing (1) and a rotating shaft (2), in which rows of rotor blades (3) and stator blades (4) are arranged, and includes at least one annular groove-type recess (5) being disposed in a blade (3, 4) tip area in an annulus duct wall of the casing (1) and/or the shaft (2). An upstream end point (E) of the recess (5) in a flow direction is set at a distance (e)>0 forward of a forward blade tip point (A), and a downstream end point (F) of the recess (5) is set at a distance (f) rearward of point (A), where: 0.5 L>(f)>0, and L is a distance between point (A) and a rearward blade tip point (B).
US08419354B2
A steam turbine includes two or more rotating blades and a diaphragm outer ring. Each of the rotating blades includes a tip cover, moisture-trapping grooves, a droplet ejection hole, and a drain guide groove. The tip cover is provided to a tip of each of the rotating blades and is connected in contact with another tip cover adjacent to the tip cover. The moisture-trapping grooves are formed in a longitudinal direction of each of the rotating blades. The droplet ejection hole is to connect an outside of the tip cover on a side of the diaphragm outer ring with an inside of the tip cover. The drain guide groove is to connect ends of the moisture-trapping grooves on the side of the tip cover with the droplet ejection hole. The diaphragm outer ring includes a drain pocket which faces the droplet ejection hole.
US08419348B2
A fan array fan section in an air-handling system includes a plurality of fan units arranged in a fan array and positioned within an air-handling compartment. One preferred embodiment may include an array controller programmed to operate the plurality of fan units at peak efficiency. The plurality of fan units may be arranged in a true array configuration, a spaced pattern array configuration, a checker board array configuration, rows slightly offset array configuration, columns slightly offset array configuration, or a staggered array configuration.
US08419346B2
A wind turbine arranged to operate in confined area is disclosed. The wind turbine is constrained within two axially displaced end plates and diametrically opposed wind barriers. The wind barriers are parallel to the axis and extend between end plates. The wind barriers each having an axially extending inner edge radially spaced from an outer swept surface of the turbine blades by less than 20% of the turbine radius. In another embodiment, there is disclosed a 2-dimensional array of wind turbines, with wind barriers being arranged between parallel axes.
US08419345B2
In one embodiment a system is disclosed that includes an actuation device coupled with a turbomachinery mechanism. The actuation device can include multiple fluid pathways and a valve to alternatively place each of these pathways in fluid communication with a supply port while another of the pathways is in fluid communication with a return port to selectively move an actuation member along a range of travel. A brake valve may also be included to provide pressurized fluid to the actuation member when the actuation device is in an on condition and divert at least a portion of the pressurized fluid away from the actuation member through another pathway when the actuation device is in an off condition. A fluid-powered brake is coupled to this further pathway to selectively apply braking force to the actuation member in response to the diverted pressurized fluid.
US08419342B2
A transfer device for transferring product stacks has a connecting element for connecting the transfer device to a transport device, and the transfer device has a number of receiver regions therein, that each receive a product stack. Each receiver region has guide elements with spring-loaded closure elements, and a plate that is movable in a spring-loaded manner toward the closing elements along the direction of the guide elements. When the transfer device with the product stacks therein reaches its transfer destination, the product stacks are pushed from the transfer device by the plates by spring force.
US08419341B2
There is described apparatus and methods for transporting and processing substrates including wafers as to efficiently produce at reasonable costs improved throughput as compared to systems in use today. A linear transport chamber includes linear tracks and robot arms riding on the linear tracks to linearly transfer substrates along the sides of processing chambers for feeding substrates into a controlled atmosphere through a load lock and then along a transport chamber as a way of reaching processing chambers. A four-axis robot arm is disclosed, capable of linear translation, rotation and articulation, and z-motion.
US08419314B1
Devices and methods for directing a non-aqueous phase liquid (NAPL) that migrate entrained in a fluid (e.g., a gas) from sediments in bodies of water by using trapping caps having an upwardly sloped surface toward an accumulation zone that contains a water table, in which migration of the gas carries the NAPL toward the accumulation zone.
US08419311B2
A surface drainage structure formed above a subgrade may include an elongate drain conduit disposed partially within the subgrade. The elongate drain conduit may define at least one drain slot extending through a wall thereof. The structure may include a pavement layer with an exposed top surface and a drainage channel extending therefrom. The drainage channel may be in fluid communication with the drain slot of the elongate drain conduit. A method of forming the surface drainage structure includes placing the elongate drain conduit in the subgrade, forming the pavement layer, cutting an upper channel along the elongate drain conduit, and cutting a lower channel and the drain slot in the elongate conduit.
US08419304B2
In speed control that is performed within a single operating cycle of a printer, three-level control of ON control, OFF control, and chopper control, is performed in place of the two-level control of ON control and OFF control, to effectively suppress speed variations due to load variations within a single operating cycle, even in small printers provided with DC motors having small output torques. In a printer comprising a DC motor 7, a paper feeding unit 5 that includes a paper feeding roller that uses the DC motor as the driving source, and a printing mechanism unit 2, for printing, in use of the printing mechanism unit 2, onto paper that is advanced by a specific amount by the paper feeding unit 5, an encoder 10 for outputting pulse signals according to the rotation of the DC motor 7 is provided. The encoder 10 is provided with a pulse forming region for forming a pulsed signal, on the periphery of an encoder plate, where this pulse forming region is provided with a non-uniform spacing region in a section within a uniform spacing region.
US08419302B2
A printing apparatus configured to carry out printing on paper with a printing head, while holding the paper between the printing head and a platen roller, includes: a paper guide block guiding the paper in between the printing head and the platen roller, and holding the platen roller; and a force applying member applying a force to any one of the paper guide block and the printing head in such a manner as to press the any one of the paper guide block and the printing head.
US08419300B2
A modular roll bar assembly for use in a continuous web imaging device includes a plurality of roll bars and a support frame configured to operably support the plurality of roll bars such that the plurality of roll bars define a web path having a non-linear shape with an entrance end and an exit end. The entrance end is configured to receive a substantially continuous web of substrate material, and the plurality of roll bars is configured to guide the continuous web past the exit end. A load cell is operably coupled to the support frame and configured to generate a signal indicative of a down force applied to the support frame. A controller is operably coupled to the load cell to receive the signal and to correlate the down force applied to the support frame indicated by the signal to a tension measurement value for the continuous web.
US08419290B2
An optical fiber fixing device for fixing optical fibers in an optical connector includes a supporting arm, two connecting arms, and a pressing arm. The supporting arm includes a first end and an opposite second end. The connecting arms respectively extend from the first end and the second end toward a same direction. The connecting arms are configured for insertion into the optical connector. The pressing arm extends from the supporting arm between the connecting arms. The pressing arm is configured for pressing the optical fibers onto the optical connector.
US08419283B2
An example journal air bearing for a rotatable shaft of an air cycle machine includes a top foil configured to receive a rotatable shaft, and an intermediate foil radially outboard the top foil. A journal sleeve is radially outboard the intermediate foil. The top foil and the intermediate foil establish apertures configured to communicate fluid between a first position radially inboard the top foil and a second position radially outboard the intermediate foil.
US08419281B2
An inner periphery of a molded part having a step from an inner periphery of an electroformed part is molded to a nonconductive coating which covers the surface of a master. When the nonconductive coating is removed, a radial clearance having a diameter greater than that of a bearing clearance is created between the inner periphery of the molded part, which is exposed to the interior, and an outer periphery of a shaft member. A bearing member which forms the bearing and radial clearance with the shaft member is manufactured by performing electroforming on the master with the nonconductive coating formed on part of the surface of the master, thereby forming the electroformed part; then injection molding the bearing member with the electroformed part and the nonconductive coating on the surface of the master inserted into a cavity; and then removing the nonconductive coating from the bearing member.
US08419278B2
A check valve includes two valve films of synthetic resin that put one on the other, and an air passage defined by two seal sections formed by means of bonding parts of the valve films together. A compression bag and air compression bag equipped with this check valve are also provided. An inlet of the air passage is defined by a straight line linking the respective upward flow side end sections of the seal sections. An outlet of the air passage is defined by a straight line linking the respective downward flow side end sections of the seal sections. In at least one of the seal sections, the valve films are not bonded together at the line of extension of the seal section, situated on the downward flow side of the downward flow side end section of the seal section.
US08419276B2
The present invention is directed to a mobile X-ray apparatus having a main unit, a moving carriage for installing the main unit, a column standing on the moving carriage, an X-ray generator supported by the column, and an image reader for reading X-ray image information from an imaging plate in which the X-ray image information is stored. The X-ray apparatus is provided with a brake for putting a brake on the moving carriage, a brake control means for applying the brake or releasing the brake, a read control means for prohibiting reading by the image reader, while the brake control means releases the brake, a cassette loading slot for inserting a cassette enclosing the imaging plate into the image reader, a blocking member for closing at least a part of the cassette loading slot to block the cassette to be inserted, and an open and close control means for closing the blocking member to prevent insertion of the cassette while the read control means prohibits reading.
US08419272B2
A temperature measuring apparatus and a temperature measuring method, comprising a light intensity measuring unit, a calculation unit, and a temperature output unit; wherein an object to be heated having a uniquely defined correlation between temperature and refractive index is irradiated with a probe laser beam in the light intensity measuring unit, and a light intensity property is determined which represents a relationship between time and light intensity of a reflected light or a transmitted light occurring as a result of interference of the multiply-reflected probe laser beam within the object to be heated. In the calculation unit, a virtual object to be heated having equivalent dimensional, thermal, and optical characteristics to those of the object to be heated is subjected to a thermal incidence equivalent to the heating conditions of the object to be heated. A light intensity property of the virtual object to be heated is irradiated with a probe laser beam having an equivalent property to said probe laser beam is acquired, and a virtual object to be heated having a light intensity property is obtained as a replicated object to be heated. The temperature output unit acquires temperature of the object to be heated at a predetermined position thereon at a predetermined time on the basis of the replicated object to be heated.
US08419266B2
A technique facilitates well servicing operations by utilizing a hopper system to introduce a dry additive into a mixing tank. The hopper system comprises a feeder and a hopper that delivers the dry additive into the feeder. The feeder, in turn, enables introduction of the dry additive into the cement mixing tank in a controlled manner. When the hopper system is used on a transportable cementing unit, the hopper system may be mounted on a cement mixing tank and also may incorporate a hopper that is both expandable to accommodate a greater amount of dry additive and contractible to facilitate transport.
US08419250B2
A vehicle headlamp includes a light source section 1 for emitting light accompanied by heat; a heat pipe 3 thermally connected with the light source section for absorbing and transferring the heat generated by the light source section; a heat radiating member 4 furnished in a position away from the optical axis of the light generated by the light source section and closer to the front than the light source section to be thermally connected to the heat pipe, for radiating the heat transmitted by the heat pipe to produce a convection current; and a headlamp case 6 housing light source section, the heat pipe, and the heat radiating member such that a part of the front lens for transmitting the light from the light source section is formed above the heat radiating material.
US08419224B2
The present invention relates to a light-emitting diode (LED) streetlight structure, which comprises a light-emitting module, a power module, and a lamppost. The light-emitting module is disposed on one side of the power module; the lamppost is disposed on the other side of the power module and corresponds to the light-emitting module. The light-emitting module comprises a light-emitting device and a heat-dissipating base for the light-emitting apparatus to be disposed on. The light-emitting apparatus includes a plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and a plurality of protection devices connected electrically with the plurality of LEDs. The plurality of protection devices are used for protecting the corresponding plurality of LEDs for preventing the situation when the light-emitting apparatus is failed caused by the damage of one of the plurality of LEDs.
US08419221B2
A keyboard includes a housing, which includes a front surface, a rear surface, and a top surface. The top surface has a key zone. A number of keys formed on the key zone. An air inlet is defined in the rear surface. A number of air outlets are defined in the key zone. A fan is received in the housing adjacent to the air inlet. The fan is configured for forcing air to flow into the housing through the air inlet. A heating element is positioned in the housing and configured to heat up the air in the housing. A switch is configured to switch on or off the heating element.
US08419211B2
A lamp tube includes a lamp shade, connectors fixed to opposite ends of the lamp shade, and a circuit board received in the lamp shade and electrically connected with the connectors. At least two resilient members protrude from opposite sides of the circuit board. Each resilient member is resiliently deformed and urged into contact with an inner surface of the lamp shade. The deformation of the at least two resilient members is for providing a spring push force to the circuit board, thus causing the circuit board to tightly engage the inner surface of the lamp shade, thereby retaining the circuit board in position inside the lamp shade.
US08419203B1
An light emitting diode (LED) assembly may include, but is not limited to: a printed circuit board comprising at least one aperture; a first LED mounted on a front surface of the printed circuit board; a second LED mounted on a rear surface of the printed circuit board; and a reflective surface configured to reflect light emitted by the second LED through the at least one aperture.
US08419188B2
A wavelength combining apparatus includes first and second optical devices. The first optical device collects and collimates or focuses light from multiple laser light sources. The second optical device includes multiple nonparallel dichroic surfaces to combine light received from the first optical device.
US08419186B2
A fundus observation apparatus that is capable of assisting an examiner in judging the presence or absence of abnormality in an examinee's eye based on a fundus tomographic image. The fundus observation apparatus includes an optical coherence tomography device that has an optical scanner for setting an image pickup position on a fundus of an examinee's eye, and is arranged to obtain a tomographic image of the fundus, and an information display unit that is arranged to display on a monitor the tomographic image obtained by the optical coherence tomography device and assisting information for assisting an examiner in performing judgment on the tomographic image, and the information display unit is arranged to change the assisting information based on image pickup information on the tomographic image.
US08419183B2
A preparation method includes: acquiring a frame of reference of ophthalmic lens defined at least by a first centering point and by a first orientation direction; acquiring a frame of reference of the rim of the eyeglass frame defined at least by a second centering point and a second orientation direction; acquiring a longitudinal profile representative of the shape of the rim and identified in the frame of reference of the rim; acquiring a curvature parameter or a curvature compensation parameter relating to the camber of the eyeglass frame; and putting the two frames of reference into coincidence, by positioning the two centering points relative to each other and by orienting the two orientation directions relative to each other as a function of the curvature parameter or the curvature compensation parameter so as to define the position and the orientation of the longitudinal profile in the frame of reference of the ophthalmic lens.
US08419177B2
After a gloss-based liquid is ejected from a liquid ejection head, which ejects liquid from nozzles of a nozzle row, to a predetermined position on a landing target to form a glossy layer, a white-based liquid is ejected onto the glossy layer to form a white layer, the ejection amount of the gloss-based liquid being greater than the ejection amount of the white-based liquid.
US08419174B2
The invention relates to a cartridge for ink-jet printer, comprising a cartridge body, a protective cover moving relatively to the cartridge body under pressure and a detection mechanism for cartridge and remaining ink volume, wherein the detection mechanism for cartridge and remaining ink volume includes the first and second detecting members respectively matching to the first and second sensors on the printer as well as a soft support cap set on the cartridge body and communicating to the ink storage chamber, of which the said second detecting member includes a movable lever, a fixed shaft set on the cartridge body, and a position adjustment member for the movable lever set on the protective cover. The said movable lever is connected with the rotating shaft of the cartridge body through the fixed shaft. It not only meets the detection requirement for cartridge and remaining ink volume, but also removes the movable lever in the ink storage chamber, greatly simplifying production processes and promoting identification accuracy.
US08419170B2
A method of manufacturing a printhead includes connecting an ink supply and driving electronics to a predetermined number of inkjet ejector sites. Each ejector site includes a fluid inlet and an electrical connector. The predetermined number of ejector sites connected to the ink supply and driving electronics is less than the total number of ejector sites available for use in the printhead.
US08419162B2
An inkjet recording apparatus includes: (a) a recording head; (b) a cap movable along a movement path between an extracted position and a retracted position, such that the cap covers a nozzle-opening surface of the recording head, when being positioned in the extracted position, and such that cap is located in an adjacent space adjacent to the recording head without covering the nozzle-opening surface, when being positioned in the retracted position; (c) a guide movable between a closing position and an opening position. The guide guides the recording sheet to be conveyed through a sheet conveyance space, and closes the movement path of the cap, when being positioned in the closing position. The guide opens the movement path of the cap, when being positioned in the opening position. The guide is positioned in the opening position when the cap is moved between the extracted and retracted positions, and is positioned in the closing position when the cap is positioned in the retracted position.
US08419158B2
An apparatus to sense the temperature of an ink-jet head includes at least one or more CMOS (complementary metal oxide semiconductor) lateral BJTs (bipolar junction transistors) to sense the temperature of the ink-jet head, and a current supply unit to supply a current to the CMOS lateral BJTs. Minimum sized CMOS lateral BJTs are applied to an ink-jet printer head so that precise temperature control can be performed in a shuttle or array type ink-jet printer.
US08419133B2
An upper portion of the back is pivotable relative to the lower portion between a neutral position and an extended position, with the upper portion being pivotable relative to the lower portion independent of the tilt position of the back. In one aspect, an adjustment mechanism is coupled between lower and upper back support members and pivots the upper support member between at least first and second support positions.
US08419129B2
There is provided a child car seat capable of preventing a seat body from being unintentionally moved to a turning position. The child car seat includes a pedestal and a seat body that can be slid with respect to the pedestal. A plurality of reclining positions and a turning position are included in a range within which the seat body can be slid. The seat body includes a retractable projecting member projecting toward the pedestal, and an operation member connected to the projecting member. The seat body can be held in the respective positions when the projecting member is engaged with the pedestal. An operation amount of the operation member, which is required for sliding the seat body between the reclining positions, is smaller than an operation amount of the operation member, which is required for sliding the seat body from the reclining position to the turning position.
US08419128B1
An insert for positioning an infant in a car seat. The insert includes a head support section to support the baby's head on both sides. Connected to the head support section is a body support section with elongate side members connected by an elastic under-body support panel extending therebetween. This panel can be sewn to the side members or, even more preferably, can be attached by tubular sleeves that are slidably received on the side members of the body support section. In this way, the position of the panel can be adjusted along the length of the insert. Additionally, by rotating the side members, or the sleeves on the side members, the tension on the panel can be adjusted to increase or decease the tension, as desired, to create a swaddling effect under the infant. Alternately, the insert serves as an infant swing or carrier.
US08419114B2
In accordance with exemplary embodiments, a hood latch assembly is provided for a vehicle. The hood latch assembly is configured to be positioned within a forward compartment of a vehicle and to releasably retain a hood of the vehicle in a closed position with a first hood latch and in a partly open position with a second hood latch. A hood latch release mechanism is configured to be positioned within a passenger compartment of the vehicle and be coupled to the hood latch assembly for releasing the first hood latch upon a first operation of the hood latch release mechanism and releasing the second hood latch upon a second operation of the hood latch release mechanism. This provides a dual-action release mechanism that can be operated entirely from within the vehicle.
US08419110B2
A sidewall construction arrangement for a trailer includes a plurality of upstanding panels. Each panel includes two opposing flanges. The flanges are disposed on opposing lateral edges of the panel. Adjacent flanges of two adjacent panels partially overlap each other. Each of a plurality of vertically oriented logistics posts includes two lateral margins. A first of the margins is attached to a respective first of the flanges of the two partially overlapping panels. A second of the margins of the post is attached to each of the first and second flanges of the two partially overlapping panels.
US08419108B2
The present invention relates to an assembly comprising a tailgate box and at least one link designed to be fitted on the box. The box is designed to receive a part that is fastened to the box by adhesive, said box having for this purpose an adhesive track, the box also including at least one lateral upright comprising a section member of open cross-section with the opening therein interrupting the adhesive track. The link comprises an additional segment of adhesive track, and the link and the upright being shaped so that the link can be fitted on the upright in such a manner that it closes the cross-section of the section member and causes the additional segment to span the interruption in the adhesive track.
US08419105B2
A sun visor for a vehicle has a sun visor body including a first shell and a second shell. The first shell includes a pin, and the second shell includes a boss having an insert hole. Further, a first reinforcing portion that extends in a given direction from at least one of the pin and the boss and a second reinforcing portion that extends in a direction intersecting with the direction of extension of the first reinforcing portion are provided.
US08419104B2
An all terrain vehicle with a tool less maintainable drive system, and having a seat designed to be straddled by the operator. The vehicle has a frame, a plurality of wheels attached to the frame, a steering mechanism attached at least one of the plurality of wheels, an engine mounted to the frame, and a clutch attached to the engine. The vehicle contains a system of features that can be removed without the use of tools. The system has a support attached to and extending outward from the frame, a removable footrest, a receiver attached to the removable footrest and configured to mate with the support, a locking mechanism attached to the receiver to secure the removable footrest with respect to the footrest support; and a removable clutch housing.
US08419102B2
A pair of parallel pins abutting against the inner peripheral surface of a hollow shaft are provided to a first arm part of a shank at a predetermined spacing in the longitudinal direction. This prevents the shank from tilting or rattling. Further, a coil spring restricts the rotation of the shank around the first arm part and keeps the position of the shank such that an interlocking part points upward.
US08419099B2
A vehicle body structure includes a vehicle body panel, a trim panel and a first mounting arrangement. The vehicle body panel includes interior and exterior attached panels. The exterior panel includes a base surface extending along a peripheral edge of the vehicle body panel and a mounting surface that is raised relative to an adjacent portion of the base surface. The mounting surface defines an aperture that extends to an opposite concave surface of the exterior panel. The base surface of the exterior panel abuts the interior panel along a majority of a perimeter of the mounting surface. The trim panel is coupled to the vehicle body panel. The first mounting arrangement couples the trim panel to the vehicle body panel and engages a periphery of the aperture through the mounting surface to at least partially retain the trim panel to the vehicle body panel in an installed position.
US08419097B2
A gripper for petroleum pipes, the gripper including a housing and two gripper arms. The gripper arms are provided, at end portions, with gripping surfaces and are pivotable, at opposite end portions, around respective first axes. Each of the gripper arms is connected to the housing by respective first pivotal links, each of the first pivotal links being pivotably connected to the respective gripper arm around a second axis which is between the gripping surface and the first axis. Each of the first pivotal links is pivotably connected to the housing around a third axis, and each of the gripper arms is connected to the housing by a respective second pivotal link around the first axis. Each of the second pivotal links is pivotably connected to the housing on respective fourth axis fixed relative to the housing, the two first pivotal links being independently pivotable.
US08419095B2
A pallet having a base and a locking assembly for securing a hoisting cable to the pallet with a removable locking member, and a method for use thereof.
US08419092B2
An eating utensil design for providing comfortable control of certain food. A user of the utensil can grasp the utensil which has at least three digit elements for grasping food. An example of the three digit elements are in the form of three channeled compartments for receiving a person's fingers or digits. Any three fingers or digits can be used such as the thumb or the four other fingers. The most common implementation includes using the thumb in one channel, and the index finger and the middle finger in two opposing channels. Thus an eating utensil is provided that allows comfortable and efficient manipulation of food while shielding the fingers from sauces and that can be quickly and single-handedly grasped for use and released.
US08419087B2
A mortise lock incorporating a modular powerpack with dual independent return mechanisms, one for the inside operator and one for the outside, using linear springs, and with a lockout feature for selective “locking out” of the return mechanisms to accommodate external operators with built-in powerpacks.
US08419067B2
An occupant-restraint system is provided for use in a vehicle. The system includes an extensible restraint strap and a mechanism for increasing the length of the extensible strap during sudden vehicle stoppage or slowdown.
US08419063B2
A convertible has at least one rollover protective structure, in particular a roll bar, which is extendable through an opening which is closable by a covering. In order to further optimize the opening movement of the covering during the extension of the rollover protective structure of the convertible, the covering is attached to a bodywork part with the aid of a multi-bar linkage which controls the opening movement of the covering.
US08419051B2
Both ends of a sack-like body are fixed to fastening sections provided in a pillar-like frame in the rearmost part of a vehicle, and the sack-like body is housed along an air bag housing space in a portion of a roof. The sack-like body is composed of a fabric-made article that shrinks longitudinally when extended widthwise. At the time of a rear-end collision, the air bag is inflated by gas supplied from an inflator, and turns into an inflated body, starting from a housed state in the air bag housing space, in such a way that both ends of the air bag are supported by the fastening sections, the inflated shape of the inflated body being restricted by the sack-like body. This inflated body constrains the head sections of vehicle cabin occupants who move rearward due to the rear-end collision.
US08419042B2
The present invention relates to a heel elevator device for a ski (120), wherein the heel elevator device (100) is adapted for being fixed to the ski (120) and adapted for connecting a plate element (108) to the ski (120), wherein the plate element (108) comprises a ski binding or a sole of a ski boot. The heel elevator device (100) comprises a supporting element (102) with a supporting section (801), a gravity based positioning element (130) movably supported in the supporting element (102), and a force transmitting piston (805) with a piston engaging section (806). The force transmitting piston (805) is slideably attached to the supporting section (801) in such a way that, when an engagement force is exerted, the force transmitting piston (805) moves slideably into an engagement position. In the engagement position, the piston engaging section (806) is engaged with the gravity based positioning element (130) for fixing the gravity based positioning element (130). When the gravity based positioning element (130) is fixed, the gravity based positioning element (130) is adapted for adjusting the plate element (108) in a fixed minimum climbing angle (α) with respect to the ski (120), and, when the gravity based positioning element (130) is movably supported in the supporting element (102), the gravity based positioning element (130) is adapted for being aligned to gravity.
US08419040B2
A tow hook support device for a vehicle, includes a vehicle structural member having a tubular shaped sidewall, and integrally provided to a vehicle body in a posture such that an axial direction of the tubular shaped sidewall coincides with a longitudinal direction of the vehicle; and a nut member integrally fixed to a tip of the vehicle structural member so as to be extended parallel to the axial direction of the tubular shaped sidewall, to which a tow hook is screwed and detachably fitted, the tow hook support device comprises, multiple grooves formed in the tubular shaped sidewall of the vehicle structural member so as to be positioned around an axis O of the tubular shaped sidewall and extended in the axial direction, by bending portions of the sidewall, and the nut member being arranged at a position in the tubular shaped sidewall and further inward than the multiple grooves so as to be coaxial with the axis O or extended parallel to the axis O, and being integrally fixed to the multiple grooves.
US08419033B2
A stabilizer apparatus includes: a stabilizer which has a torsion portion and arm portions extending from both end portions of the torsion portion so as to have an approximate U-shape; a bush which is provided at both the end portions of the torsion portion and is used for fixing the stabilizer to a vehicle body; and a movement stopper member which is made of resin, has a contact portion contacting the bush, and is integrally molded to the torsion portion so as to cover overall periphery of predetermined range of the torsion portion in an axial direction thereof, wherein a concavo-convex structure engaging with the movement stopper member is provided on a peripheral surface of the torsion portion. The reliability can be improved by preventing of the movement of the bush.
US08419027B2
A steering apparatus includes a first joint disposed on a control rod that extends rotatably through a head tube, two second joints disposed respectively on two suspension units, and two connecting bars each connected between the first joint and a respective one of the second joints. The first joint includes a seat disposed fixedly on the control rod, at least one first rotating member having a central axis and rotatable on the seat about the central axis of the first rotating member, and at least one second rotating member having a central axis and rotatable on the first rotating member about the central axis of the second rotating member. The axes of the first and second rotating members of the first joint are perpendicular to each other.
US08419021B2
One embodiment of a seal includes a body portion, a skirt portion, and an insert. The body portion is composed of a first material. The skirt portion extends from the body portion and is also composed of the first material. The skirt portion has an inboard leg and an outboard leg that move toward each other upon collapse in use. The insert is carried by the body portion and is composed of a second material which is more rigid than the first material.
US08419020B2
A fluid activated shaft bulkhead seal system includes an annular carrier fixed with respect to a bulkhead and about a shaft extending through the bulkhead and the annular carrier. The annular carrier supports a pair of lip seals each of which defines an outwardly facing pocket and a lip portion spaced from the shaft and a portion abutting the carrier. A foam body is disposed in the pocket of each lip seal. Each foam body includes a gel material configured to expand in the presence of fluid urging the lip portions of the lip seals into contact with the shaft to seal the annular carrier with respect to the shaft. An annular retainer is mated to each side of the annular carrier for retaining the foam body in the pocket of each lip seal.
US08419018B1
A golf putter configured to assist a player in marking the location of a golf ball on the golf course green and further provide retrieval capabilities of the golf ball subsequent completion of play. The golf putter further includes a shaft having a head secured to one end. The head includes a bottom surface having a recess that is generally annular in shape. Disposed within the recess is an annular shaped ball marking disc. The head further includes a magnet that is slidably mounted within an internal cavity that functions to releasably secure the ball marking disc to the bottom surface of the head of the putter. The golf putter further includes a ball retrieval apparatus that is disposed within the shaft opposite the head. The ball retrieval apparatus includes a plurality of arms manufactured of a resilient metal that are operable to be extended outward from the shaft in order to assist in the retrieval of a golf ball without the user having to bend over to retrieve the golf ball.
US08419013B2
A disclosed sheet aligning device includes a sheet conveyance path; a detecting unit configured to detect a side edge of a sheet being conveyed in the sheet conveyance path; a stopper provided on an upstream side of the detecting unit and configured to open/close in such a manner as to allow/prevent passage of the sheet through the sheet conveyance path and to position a leading edge of the sheet being conveyed in the sheet conveyance path; a first conveying unit provided on an upstream side of the stopper, the first conveying unit including a pair of first rollers configured to come in contact with/separate from each other; a second conveying unit provided on an upstream side of the first conveying unit, the second conveying unit including a pair of second rollers configured to come in contact with/separate from each other; and a horizontal movement unit configured to move the pair of first rollers in an axial direction of the first rollers based on a detection result output by the detecting unit.
US08419011B2
A value sheet store from which value sheets may be dispensed. The value sheet store includes a housing having an aperture from which value sheets are dispensed, and a shutter operable to block the aperture. The aperture may be at least partially defined by at least one roller. The shutter may be formed to interleave with the aperture to block the aperture. The shutter may also be formed to interleave with the roller. The value sheet store may be adapted to be removably engageable with a value sheet transporter for transporting sheets to or away from the store. The value sheet store may be configured so that the shutter blocks the aperture when the value sheet store blocks the aperture when the value sheet store and the transporter are not engaged and unblock the shutter when the value sheet store and the transporter are engaged.
US08419006B2
A paper automatic-feeding apparatus includes a first paper feeding path through which a paper medium passes; a second paper feeding path which is arranged separately from the first paper feeding path and through which a paper medium passes; a first fulcrum part to support a first chassis, which forms at least a part of the first paper feeding path, as a bearing so that the first chassis can be opened and closed; a second fulcrum part to support a second chassis, which forms at least a part of the second paper feeding path, as a bearing so that the second chassis can be opened and closed; and a fixation part to fix the first chassis and the second chassis so that the first chassis and the second chassis may be in a closed state through the fixation part being fixed on a predetermined fixed part; wherein the predetermined fixed part and the second fulcrum part are formed as a common part.
US08418994B2
An improved hot-cold inlet pipe structure includes an external-threaded pipe and an internal pipe forming an integrated piping structure. The internal pipe extends outwardly a wrapping section that covers a plurality of threaded openings of the external pipe. The internal pipe is composed of non-toxic materials that include plastic materials that are high resistance to pressure and climate change. The internal pipe also reduces the use of metallic materials and does not release of toxic chemical to water stream. A depressed section of the interior of a top of end of the inlet pipe includes a receiving chamber, the receiving chamber includes an opening that includes numerous slots. The slots receive a control valve unit such that the slots mesh with the control valve unit. This design is also beneficial in the manufacturing of the inlet pipe.
US08418978B2
A pole-mountable electronic chassis for mounting on an equipment support pole, including at least one enclosure for electronic circuitry and at least one passage completely through the enclosure sized, shaped, and arranged for receiving the pole. A passage web surrounds the passage and may optionally provide thermal conductivity or circuit support functions. A coupling is provided for fixing the enclosure in place. The coupling may be a low-profile coupling. The enclosure may be sized and shaped to also fit in industry-standard electronics racks.
US08418976B1
One or more mounting members are slidably mounted along the strap by threading the strap through a plurality of slits, typically a pair, in each mounting member. The mounting members can be flexible or inflexible, and formed from a variety of materials, such as metals, plastics or a composite material. Each mounting member can additionally include one or more wings, typically a pair, which allows the user to easily slide the mounting member along the strap. A user can grasp a wing to lift an edge of the mounting member away from the strap and then insert one or more sheets between the mounting member and the strap. Once the user releases the wing, the mounting member is urged toward the strap, creating sufficient pressure to hold the inserted sheet in place.
US08418973B2
A tripod head comprises a tripod mounting component, an angle adjusting component, and a camera mounting component. The angle adjusting component is configured to allow adjustment and locking of the angle between the tripod mounting component and the camera mounting component about first and second perpendicular axes. The camera mounting component is rotatably mounted to the angle adjusting component to allow the camera mounting component to be rotated and locked with respect to the angle adjusting component about a third axis.
US08418967B2
Embodiments of the present airfoil structural insert comprise an airfoil structural insert frame, a skin surface disposed about the airfoil structural insert frame, at least one attachment point operable for coupling to an aerodynamic structure, a leading edge disposed on one end of the airfoil structural insert frame, a trailing edge disposed on an opposite end of the airfoil structural insert frame, and at least one structural element configured to support the skin surface, wherein said structural element undergoes at least one nonlinear shape change from a first shape to a deflected shape.
US08418963B2
The present invention relates to an aircraft load frame (1) made of a composite material, characterized in that it comprises two side elements (2, 3) and a base element (7), the side elements (2, 3) being joined at the inner part of the frame (1) by means of the base element (7) and each of the side elements (2, 3) comprising a leg (4) joining the frame (1) to the aircraft fuselage skin, a web (5) and a lower flange (6) joining the web (5) and the base element (7).
US08418956B2
When a loss or degradation in the function of one of a first aircraft central hydraulic power source and a second aircraft central hydraulic power source occurs, a controller performs a control so as to operate the other backup hydraulic pump, out of a first backup hydraulic pump and a second backup hydraulic pump, which is connected downstream of the other hydraulic power source, which is the other of the first and second aircraft central hydraulic power sources. Oil flowing through the other backup hydraulic pump is cooled by an oil cooler of the other hydraulic power source by operation of the other backup hydraulic pump in a state where the other hydraulic power source is being operated.
US08418953B2
A nacelle for a gas turbine engine has an intake at the upstream end of the nacelle and an exhaust at the downstream end of the nacelle. The intake has, an intake lip and a diffuser. The diffuser has a main diffuser section and an optional shorter straight wall diffuser section. The main diffuser section is bounded by an inner wall of the nacelle, the inner wall curving in the airflow direction of the engine. On each longitudinal section containing the engine axis, at the downstream end of the main diffuser section the inner wall has a non zero curvature. Thus each circumferential position on the inner wall at the downstream end of the main diffuser section has a curvature defined by a respective radius of curvature. However, one or more of the radii of curvature differ from the others of the radii of curvature.
US08418952B2
An airship may include a hull substantially shaped as an oblate spheroid, one or more frame members defining a support structure, wherein the support structure forms at least a partial support for the hull, at least one horizontal stabilizing member operably coupled to a lower surface of the airship, and at least one horizontal stabilizing member having a first end and a second end. The at least one horizontal stabilizing member may define an anhedral configuration. The airship may also include a vertical stabilizing member having a first end pivotally coupled to the airship and a second end oriented to remain below an upper surface of the airship. The vertical stabilizing member may be configured to pivot within a vertical plane, and the first end of the vertical stabilizing member and the first end of the at least one horizontal stabilizing member may be operably coupled to one another.
US08418946B2
A crusher which can transmit energy to be applied to a piston to a silicon lump efficiently, and a silicon lump crushing apparatus which can crush a silicon lump into small pieces by suppressing the production of powders as much as possible and enables the automation of the crushing work of a silicon lump. The crusher is constituted such that a hammer head is connected to a piston. When compressed air is not applied to the piston, the hammer head is elastically urged to a standby position and when compressed air is applied to the piston, the hammer head is moved from the standby position to collide with the silicon lump. In the silicon lump crushing apparatus, a plurality of crushers having a hammer head to be collided with a silicon lump are opposed to the silicon lump supported on a support base and spaced apart from one another.
US08418945B2
A vertical shaft impact crusher includes a rotor for accelerating a first flow of material to be crushed, a first feed element for feeding the first flow of material to the rotor, a housing including a circumferential impact wall section against which the accelerated first flow of material may be crushed, and a second feed element for feeding a second flow of material towards a distributing wall section of the housing and further into the path of the accelerated first flow of material. A cavity ring separates the impact wall section from the distributing wall section. The cavity ring includes at least two ring segments. Supports are provided for supporting the ring segments. A locking device is provided for pressing the ring segments towards at least one of the supports.
US08418943B2
A method for processing unseparated egg shells includes placing unseparated egg shells in a separation tank containing fluid, applying cavitation to the unseparated egg shells in the fluid to thereby separate the egg shell membranes from the egg shells, and recovering the egg shell membranes. An apparatus for processing unseparated egg shells includes a separation tank for holding a fluid, a recirculating loop operatively connected to the separation tank, and at least one submersible mixer in the recirculating loop to recirculate the fluid and egg shell membranes and egg shells within the fluid. The apparatus further includes a membrane collection conveyor for conveying egg shell membranes from the separation tank and a shell conveyor positioned beneath the separation tank for conveying egg shells away from the separation tank.
US08418932B2
A wheel guard apparatus capable of preventing a wheel from derailing and preventing a vehicle from seriously deviating from a track even if the wheel has derailed includes a fixed portion fixed to a railroad tie located between main line rails; a movable portion supported by a rotating shaft provided on the fixed portion and extending in a horizontal direction and configured to be rotatable around the rotating shaft toward a track center side; and a guard rail located at a position separated from the rotating shaft of the movable portion and held to extend in parallel with the main line rail. The guard rail includes an outer stopper portion configured to prevent the wheel from derailing toward an inner side of the main line rail and an inner stopper portion configured to prevent a derailed vehicle from deviating to an outer side of a track.
US08418930B2
The temperature control circuit, to keep a temperature of an enclosed space within a temperature range, comprises a cooling unit to keep the temperature of the enclosed space below a maximum temperature of the temperature range, a heating unit to keep the temperature of the enclosed space above the minimum temperature of the temperature range, and an indicating unit to indicate whether the temperature is within the temperature range.
US08418927B2
An off-line response card having a plurality of sensors is provided with a replaceable cover, where the cover is provided with a plurality of questions and choices for questions. The choices are arranged into the cover so that each choice corresponds to one sensor in the response card when the cover is placed on the response card. The sensor is adapted to sense whether the choice in the cover is influenced (selected) and output identifying information of said sensor as a result of the influence.
US08418916B2
A card actuated automated banking machine (152, 198, 200) includes a plurality of transaction function devices. The transaction function devices include a card reader (170), a printer (174), a bill dispenser (176), a coin dispenser (178), a display (182), a check imaging device (186), and at least one processor (190). The machine is operative responsive to receiving a check and certification data to dispense cash in exchange for the check. The person presenting the check need not provide user identifying inputs through input devices in order to receive cash for the check. A check recipient prior to presenting the check for payment is also enabled to verify that the check will be paid through communication with at least one computer (204) through at least one consumer interface device (208).
US08418906B2
A locking shipping wedge is provided and generally includes a body portion having an elongate transverse member projecting from the body portion which is engageable with a drive assembly of a loading unit. A locking mechanism is provided on the body portion of the shipping wedge which is engageable with locking structure movably mounted within the loading unit.
US08418905B2
A surgical stapling instrument including a handle assembly, an elongated body portion extending distally from the handle assembly, a head portion and an indicator. A firing trigger is movable between first and second positions. The head portion includes an anvil assembly and a shell assembly. The anvil assembly is movable in relation to the shell assembly between spaced and approximated positions. The indicator is disposed in mechanical cooperation with the handle assembly and is movable between a first position and a second position in response to movement of the anvil assembly towards its approximated position. The indicator is movable between the second position and a third position in response to firing of the instrument.
US08418902B2
A telescopic bicycle carrier installed on a vehicle so as to be able to load a bicycle outside the vehicle, may include a guide rail located inside a bumper of the vehicle and fixed to an end of a body of the vehicle, a guide frame slidably installed on the guide rail along a lengthwise direction of the vehicle, a pair of expansion brackets installed on lateral sides of the guide frame and slidable toward or away from each other with respect to the guide frame in a widthwise direction of the vehicle through the guide frame, bicycle wheel fixtures pivotally installed on the pair of expansion brackets to fix wheels of the loaded bicycle, and bicycle body fixtures pivotally installed on the pair of expansion brackets to fix a body of the loaded bicycle, wherein the pair of expansion brackets may be received inside the bumper along with the guide frame in a retracted state where the expansion brackets slide toward each other into the guide frame, and may be extracted from the bumper along with the guide frame if necessary.
US08418901B2
A rapid deployment ammunition carrier has a shoulder mounted ammunition belt having a plurality of ammunition pouches and a plurality of body mounting straps. An ammunition belt carrying case is shaped to hold the ammunition belt therein with the body mounting straps positioned for rapid deployment from the carrying case. The carrying case is mounted to a vehicle seat for rapid deployment of the ammunition belt by an occupant of the vehicle.
US08418892B2
An aerosol spray cap 1 is discussed, which comprises two separate pieces, those of a base member 10 and a rotatable twist ring 20. The base member 10 is formed as a single cast piece for removably attaching to the top of an aerosol canister, and provides an actuator button which is integrated with the fluid passageway. This integrated fluid passageway and actuator button 11 interacts with the fluid out pipe of the aerosol canister, and so allows actuation of the aerosol. The rotatable twist ring, provides a means whereby the movement of the integrated fluid passageway and actuator button 11 is prohibited, thereby locking the operation of the aerosol.
US08418888B2
A bar gun assembly for receiving a multiplicity of fluid carrying tubes carrying a multiplicity of fluids, for example, flavored syrup and soda water, therein. The bar gun assembly has a handle having a handle body. The handle body is a multiplicity of ports and fluid channels therein. A supply line connector assembly engages the supply lines and the handle body. A backing plate assembly engages openings in the fluid chambers of the handle body to seal fluid therein. A nozzle assembly engages at least some of the fluid channels in the handle. The backing plate has a multiplicity of O-ring retainers fixedly engaged therewith.
US08418881B2
The present invention aims to provide a dispensing apparatus for dispensing individual tissue cassettes from a stack of cassettes, the apparatus includes a hopper for receiving a stack of tissue cassettes, the hopper having an aperture through which cassettes are dispensable; ejection means for ejecting a cassette through the aperture; and retention means for retaining all but one of the cassettes in the stack as an individual cassette is ejected.
US08418880B2
An exemplary embodiment of a probe cover dispenser includes a storage member for accommodating stacked probe covers and a retaining unit with a pair of supporting arms for holding or releasing one of the stacked probe covers. A slide connects the retaining unit. A linking rod with a protrusion portion and a recess portion connects the slidable access member. The linking rod is moved upwardly or downwardly and the protrusion portion or the recess portion is moved to a position corresponding to the slide such that a force is applied to push or pull the supporting arms to release or hold the one of the stacked probe covers in the storage member, while the slidable access member is moved upwardly or downwardly.
US08418877B2
An improved spill-proof cup, such as a “sippy cup.” The sippy cup has an internal partition that is angled toward the mouth of the sippy cup to decrease the amount of tilt required to dispense the entirety of the liquid from the sippy cup, thus improving comfort for the infant using the sippy cup while also teaching good drinking habits that can be applied to an adult type cup.
US08418869B2
A receptacle having a lid which has a pair of dampers configured to slow the movement of the lid from an open position toward a closed position. The dampers are provided at opposite ends of a pedal connected to the receptacle body at opposite lateral positions relative to a side of the receptacle body. The receptacle includes an air filtration device mounted in its lid which guides air through the filter device during the downward motion of the lid. The receptacle also includes at least one damper which provides dampening forces against the motion of the lid in both opening and closing directions. The receptacle also includes an anti-sliding device which increases the receptacle's resistance to sliding across a floor when a user steps on a pedal to actuate the lid.
US08418859B2
A spiral type cap-shaped object rack includes an upright stand, and a spiral carrier frame unit comprising an outer wire rod spirally extending around the upright stand, a plurality of inner wire rods spirally extending around the upright stand and spaced between the upright stand and the outer wire rod in a parallel manner at a lower elevation relative to the outer wire rod and a plurality of connection wire rods transversely connecting the outer wire rod and the inner wire rods to the upright stand.
US08418854B2
A package (10) comprising a tray component (20) and a hood component (30) containing a plurality of products (40). The tray component comprises a bottom panel (21) and at least two opposed outer side panels (22, 23). The hood component (30) is placed within the tray component (20), comprises a top panel (31) and at least two inner side panels (32, 33), wherein said two inner side panels placed respectively in face to face relation with said two outer side panels of said tray component. When no load is applied on the top panel, a gap (G) separates the products from the top panel, and when a load of 1.50 N/cm2 is applied uniformly on the top panel (31), the inner side panels (32, 33) bend inwardly towards the products (40), so that the inner side panels come in contact with the products without the top panel coming in contact with the products. The products (40) are sufficiently rigid so that they can stop or limit the inner panels (32, 33) from further bending when the inner panels (32, 33) come in contact with the products (40). The package provides improved resistance to vertical load and/or material saving.
US08418849B2
A packaging and storage device which includes one or more paperboard drawer structures which may be stacked and connected to form a book-like arrangement.
US08418848B2
A disc package assembly for packaging and accommodating multiple discs is provided. The disc package assembly includes an upper cover and a base. The upper cover includes a through-hole, a first annular protrusion, a second annular protrusion, and a restraining portion. The thickness of the upper cover gradually increases from the edge of the upper cover toward the center. Further, the base includes a hollow fastening portion and a third annular protrusion. An annular part is formed at the upper end of the fastening portion and has several slots. The fastening portion includes a central through-hole penetrating through the base. The thickness of the base gradually increases from the edge of the base toward the center. The disc package assembly may further include a thermal shrink film for wrapping over the disc package assembly and the discs.
US08418846B2
A hinged-lid package of filter cigarettes has a box (2) with an inner frame (10) and a lid (6) that opens/closes the box (2). Four corner edges of the box (2) which extend in the longitudinal direction of the box (2), are formed into longitudinal edges (16) having an arc-like shape in cross section of the box (2). The arc-like shape of the longitudinal edges (16) is formed with a plurality of longitudinal grooves made only in the inner surface of the box (2). The package has a reinforcement patch (64) arranged in the box (2) across the longitudinal grooves.
