US08520734B1
A method and system for communicating a computer rendered image sequence from a host computer to a remote computer. The method comprises determining, at the host computer, while performing a progressive encoding of an image portion of the computer rendered image sequence, motion of the image portion, wherein the progressive encoding comprises generating a lossy encoding of a frequency transform of the image portion and a first refinement encoding of the frequency transform; generating, at the host computer, a motion vector representing the motion; and communicating, from the host computer to the remote computer, the lossy encoding, the first refinement encoding, and the motion vector.
US08520725B2
A data equalizing circuit includes an equalizer configured to control a gain of data according to a value of a control code and output a controller gain; and a detection unit configured to divide n cycles of the data into N periods, count data transition frequencies for n/N periods while changing the value of the control code, calculate dispersion values of data transition frequencies for 1/N periods of the data from the data transition frequencies for the n/N periods, and finally output the value of the control code corresponding to a largest dispersion value, wherein n is equal to or greater than 2 and is set such that boundaries of the respective n/N periods of the data have different positions in the 1 UI data.
US08520720B2
A spread spectrum communication system includes a first and a second antenna, a first and a second radio frequency demodulator, a first and a second analog-to-digital converter, a first and a second filter, a clear channel assessment device, and a selection device. The radio frequency demodulators convert radio frequency signals to baseband signals, respectively. The analog-to-digital converters convert baseband signals to digital signals, respectively. The filters filter the first and second digital signals to generate filtered signals, respectively. The clear channel assessment device generates a channel assessment signal and a path selection signal according to signal characteristics of the filtered signals. The selection device refers to at least one of the channel assessment signal and path selection signal to selectively output one of the filtered signals, or generate no signal output.
US08520717B2
Radiolocalization receiver having a plurality of correlation taps, and including a module of cross-correlation detection in which spurious correlation terms are detected by statistical analysis of the frequencies of the candidate peaks. The system can restrict further integration to those taps whose frequency is outside the cross-interference signal, or trigger new acquisition of different space vehicles, upon detection of a cross-interference situation.
US08520706B2
In current transmitting methods, an instantaneous interruption of a transmission data may occur at the time of switching a system. A sending method of the present invention is a sending method for transmitting a data string signal to a primary system and a backup system in which: a first periodic signal which becomes a reference signal and a second periodic signal with a longer cycle period than the first periodic signal are generated; a data string signal is synchronized with the first periodic signal; and the data string signal synchronized with the first periodic signal is multiplexed by a cycle period synchronized with the second periodic signal to transmit it to the primary system and the backup system. A receiving method of the present invention is a receiving method for receiving a data string signal multiplexed by a predetermined cycle period from a primary system and a backup system in which: synchronous processing of reception signals received from a primary system and a backup system is performed; processing for aligning phases of reception signals which are received from the primary system and the backup system and on which the synchronous processing has been performed with the phase of the predetermined cycle period is performed; and switching between a reception signal which is received from the primary system and on which said phase alignment processing has been performed and a reception signal which is received from the backup system and on which phase aligning processing have been performed is performed.
US08520705B2
In a device and a method for serial data transmission between a position-measuring device and a control unit, made up of an interface unit on the control side and an interface unit on the measuring-device side, which are connected to each other for the transmission of serial data packets with the aid of a bidirectional data channel, the interface unit on the control side includes a control-side transmitter unit for transmitting serial data packets via the data channel to a measuring-device-side receiver unit disposed in the interface unit on the measuring-device side. The interface unit on the measuring-device side includes a measuring-device-side transmitter unit for transmitting serial data packets via the data channel to a control-side receiver unit disposed in the interface unit on the control side. Data packets transmitted by the control-side transmitter unit include a clock sequence at the beginning, from whose time characteristic it is possible to derive the frequency of a control-side transmitter clock signal underlying the transmission. The receiver unit on the measuring-device side includes a measuring-device-side clock-recognition unit which evaluates the clock sequence and, in order to read in control-side output data included in the data packet, generates a measuring-device-side receiver clock signal, whose frequency corresponds to a great extent to that of the transmitter clock signal on the control side.
US08520704B2
Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate identifying peers based upon encoded signals during peer discovery in a peer to peer network. For example, direct signaling that partitions a time-frequency resource into a number of segments can be utilized to communicate an identifier within a peer discovery interval; thus, a particular segment selected for transmission can signal a portion of the identifier, while a remainder can be signaled based upon tones communicated within the selected segment. Moreover, a subset of symbols within the resource can be reserved (e.g., unused) to enable identifying and/or correcting timing offset. Further, signaling can be effectuated over a plurality of peer discovery intervals such that partial identifiers communicated during each of the peer discovery intervals can be linked (e.g., based upon overlapping bits and/or bloom filter information).
US08520703B2
An aspect of the invention provides an efficient transportation of ESG fragments to a receiver through the formation of containers. A container comprises at least one ESG fragment, but may contain a plurality of fragments. A fragment may be also carried by more than one container. Aspects of the present invention utilize a simple and extensible header structure apart from the fragments and independent of the type and format of the individual fragments. In an aspect of the present invention, compression is applied over the entire container, including the fragments and any headers. In an aspect of the present invention, a 3GPP metadata envelope is carried within the container without the need for unnecessary repetition of parameters, such as for example, version, validity time, and identification. In an aspect of the present invention, a simplified container system allows for the updating of previously received fragments.
US08520697B2
An interface which effects communication between first and second systems and includes a first arrangement for communicating with the first system using a first protocol and a second arrangement for communicating with the second system using a second protocol. At least one of the arrangements includes a mechanism for effecting wireless communication. In accordance with the invention, a third arrangement is included for translating data received from the first system in accordance with the first protocol into data adapted for the second system in accordance with the second protocol. In the illustrative embodiment, the inventive interface further includes an arrangement for translating data received from the second system in accordance with the second protocol into data adapted for the first system in accordance with the first protocol. In the illustrative embodiment, the second system is a Personal Computer, the first system is a peripheral adapted to be connected to the computer, the first protocol is a Bluetooth protocol and the second protocol is a Universal Serial Bus (USB) protocol. In the illustrative embodiment, the inventive interface leverages Universal Serial Bus technology, particularly “plug and play” capability, to simplify the installation and use of Bluetooth-enabled peripherals.
US08520692B2
A peer to peer communications system implements scheduling of traffic intervals in a distributed manner utilizing connection priority and interference information. A peer to peer timing structure includes a user scheduling interval, with ordered transmission request and response intervals, and an associated traffic interval. The priority associated with a request of an early interval is higher than the priority of a request of a later interval. A first device, connected to a second device, makes a decision as to whether or not to yield the traffic interval as a function of estimated interference that it will impose on higher priority connection receivers if it transmits during the traffic interval. The second device makes a decision as to whether or not to transmit a positive transmission request response signal as a function of a generated received signal quality value, based on received requests for its own and for higher priority connections.
US08520679B1
A multiport switch distributes conversations over links in a trunk. The multiport switch includes receiver ports, transmitter ports, and a routing engine. The receiver ports receive data frames belonging to one or more of the conversations. The transmitter ports transmit the received data frames over the links in the trunk. The routing engine distributes the conversations over the links in the trunk by identifying at least one field in each of the received data frames, assigning each of the received data frames to a corresponding one of the one or more conversations based on the identified fields, and selecting the links in the trunk over which to transmit the received data frames based on the conversation assignments.
US08520671B2
A system and method transmits graphic data received at varying frequencies at a fixed data rate. The frequency dependent data and associated data clock signal are received and the frequency dependent data is converted to frequency independent data. A ratio of a number of data clock cycles to a number of reference clock cycles is determined and transmitted. The frequency independent data and header data are transmitted, at a fixed rate, to a receiver, the fixed rate being a frequency greater than the frequency of the associated data clock signal. The received the frequency independent data is converted to frequency dependent data based upon the received determined ratio. The communication channel may include an optical fiber and a tension member wherein control data is transmitted along the tension member and graphic data is transmitted along the optical fiber.
US08520668B2
Embodiments of the invention include a method for routing an Internet Protocol (IP)-based call through a first IP-based network to a second IP-based network. The method includes receiving an IP-based call request in the first network; identifying one or more geographic trunk groups that can be used to route the call request out of the first network, wherein each of the one or more geographic trunk groups represents a logical grouping of one or more IP trunk groups between the first IP-based network and the second IP-based network; selecting one of the one or more geographic trunk groups; and routing the received call request via the selected geographic trunk group to an IP address associated with the selected geographic trunk group. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
US08520652B2
A method for interpreting timing information at a communication support entity operable to communicate wirelessly, includes the steps of: at a first time at the communication support entity, receiving an indicator of a predetermined form over a link from another communication support entity; receiving over the link data representing one or more relative times; interpreting each such relative time represented by the received data as indicating the absolute time that is offset after the first time by the respective relative time together optionally with a latency value; and determining in dependence on the received data the manner in which the communication support entity is to communicate wirelessly at that absolute time.
US08520635B2
A method and a system for intra-BS carrier handover are provided. The method comprises: a mobile station scanning predetermined carriers within the base station based on predetermined rules; obtaining a scanning report comprising channel quality information of part of or all of the predetermined carriers; and sending the scanning report to the base station; the base station obtaining the channel quality information in the scanning report; selecting a target carrier from the predetermined carriers; and informing the mobile station of the selected target carrier via a message; and the mobile station handing over to the target carrier in a predetermined manner in response to the message. By using the method, seamless handover of intra-BS carriers can be performed in a multi-carrier system for ensuring the service continuity of the mobile station to eliminate carrier handover time delay.
US08520630B2
A method and apparatus for predicting a handover of a Mobile Station (MS) of a plurality of MSs to one or more target Base Stations (BSs) of a plurality of BSs in a wireless communication network. The method includes predicting a need for a handover of a MS to one or more target BSs selected from the plurality of BSs based on a handover threshold. The handover threshold is associated with a quality of a signal received by the MS. The method further includes transferring datapath associated with the MS to one or more of the one or more target BSs and one or more gateways prior to the handover of the MS. The one or more gateways are associated with one or more of a serving BS associated with the MS and the one or more target BSs. The plurality of BSs includes the serving BS.
US08520628B2
A method and apparatus for monitoring other channel interference in wireless communication system are described. An OSI Monitor Set (OSIMonitorSet) is updated at the beginning of every superframe of a reverse link (RL) serving sector. A list of Pilot PN's (PilotPN's) of the sectors whose pilot strength (PilotStrenth) is larger than or equal to an other sector interference Monitor Threshold (OSIMonitorThreshold) in an OSIMonitorSet is provided, wherein the PilotPN and the PilotStrength are fields in an Overhead Parameter List (OverheadParameterList) of an Overhead Message Protocol and the OSIMonitorThreshold is a configuration attribute of the Overhead Message Protocol. The PilotPN of the reverse link Serving Sector (RLServingSector) are excluded. It is determined if the size of the list OSI Monitor Set Size (OSIMonitorSetSize) is larger than or equal to NOSIMonitorSet, wherein NOSIMonitorSet is a configuration attribute of the Overhead Message Protocol. Strongest PilotStrength of NOSIMonitorSet PilotPN's are kept.
US08520627B2
An apparatus and method relates to transmission of media independent (MIH) handover protocol information, the access point includes a wired interface module to receive, through a wired network, indication information indicating whether an access point that manages a neighboring heterogeneous subnet supports a protocol to conduct a media independent handover (MIH), a storage module to store the received indication information, a frame generating module to generate a frame including the stored indication information, and a wireless interface module to transmit the generated frame to a mobile node.
US08520625B2
A transmit switched antenna system utilizes one of several antennas selection protocols combined with feedback from a receiving device to take advantage of time and space transmission for the same information. A transmit device transmits first information over a first subset of a set of antennas and receives an ACK or NACK from the receiver along with a channel quality indicator. If a NACK is received, the transmitter selects a next antenna subset for transmission, based on the antenna selection protocol utilized. One protocol randomly selects the next subset and does not require the channel quality indicator. Another protocol determines the next antenna subset based on channel quality history, and a third protocol selects the next antenna subset based on expectation of retransmissions for different protocols.
US08520623B2
Disclosed is a configuration of a guard band for a radio communication system formed of consecutive sub-bands. Particularly disclosed are designs of a middle guard band for preventing interference between adjacent sub-bands and regulating a difference in frequency between signals transmitted in each sub-band in a radio communication system such as a multi-carrier OFDM system and a multi-carrier CDMA system that forms a wideband through carrier aggregation. Related transmission/reception method and apparatus are further disclosed.
US08520620B2
A method and apparatus for allocating resource between uplink ACK/NACK channel and downlink control channel supporting spatial multiplexing in an OFDM-based wireless communication system which configures uplink ACK/NAK channel implicitly using reference signals for discriminating among resource allocation spaces and physical channel resource. The method is capable of multiplexing the uplink ACK/NACK channel associated with the control channel extended by spatial multiplexing into the uplink ACK/NACK channel resource which does not support spatial multiplexing.
US08520616B2
A method of pairing users for an uplink multi-user multiple-input-multiple-output (MU-MIMO) system under coordinated multipoint transmission (CoMP) scenario in a communication system, which includes: selecting, by a first cell of the communication system, at least one initial user served by the cell as a first paired user; selecting, by the first cell, a candidate paired user according to the service type of the first paired user; and determining, from the different service types of the first paired user and the candidate paired user, a pairing type to be formed, and determining whether the candidate paired user and the first paired user can be paired into the pairing type to be formed by using a predetermined determination criterion according to the pairing type. It is further provided a device for performing the method. The throughput and communication efficiency of the communication system can be improved with the method and device for pairing users.
US08520615B2
In general, the invention is directed to techniques for breaking out mobile data traffic from a mobile service provider network to a packet data network. For example, as described herein, a breakout gateway device (BGW) receives a first service request and data traffic for a data session associated with the requested service from a mobile device in a radio access network, wherein the first service request is addressed to a serving node of a mobile core network of the mobile service provider network, and wherein the data traffic is destined for the PDN. A control packet analysis module forwards the first service request from the breakout gateway device to the serving node. A breakout module of the BGW bypasses the serving node by sending the data traffic from the breakout gateway device to the PDN on a data path from the radio access network to the PDN.
US08520610B2
The present invention relates a method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving data using multiple codewords in a communication system using SC-FDMA (single carrier frequency division multiple access). A transmitter generates the multiple codewords for user data and transmits the generated multiple codewords. A receiver receives the multiple codewords and sequentially performs decoding and SIC (successive interference cancellation) on the received multiple codewords. Therefore, this structure can minimize a PAPR (peak to average power ratio) and considerably reduces interference between symbols in a frequency selective fading environment.
US08520582B2
The present invention discloses a method for allocating MBMS resources and a method for receiving non MBMS data, wherein said method for allocating MBMS resources comprises: way 1: a transmitter using parts on the MBMS resources allocated for the MBMS to send a non MBMS, and informing a receiver of usage state of resources which are used to send the non MBMS in said parts of the MBMS resources through system information; or way 2: a transmitter using parts of the MBMS resources allocated for the MBMS to send a non MBMS only for one or more receivers which are not power limited. The present invention can avoid configuring the MBMS for the over allocation MBMS subframes using complex scheduling algorithms, and implements the flexible allocation of the MBMS subframes.
US08520574B2
A translator is connected to a first network for transferring data in a first protocol, to a second network for transferring data in a second protocol, and to a translation server to which other translators are connected, for retaining translation information for a protocol translation between the first protocol and the second protocol. The translator generates a second address in the first protocol corresponding to a first address in the second protocol provided to a terminal accommodated in the second network. It retains a correspondence between the first address and the second address as the translation information and registers the correspondence at the translation server.
US08520570B2
Provided is a data communication system including a first communication terminal, a second communication terminal and a connection point apparatus. The first communication terminal includes connection point data transmitting means. The connection point data transmitting means transmits connection point data for communicating with the connection point apparatus. The second communication terminal includes connection point data receiving means and communication means. The connection point data receiving means attempts to the receive connection point data from the first communication terminal. The communication means attempts to communicate with the connection point apparatus by using the connection point data received by the connection point data receiving means.
US08520569B2
Infrastructure relays are used to relay signals to multi-antenna receivers where the received signals are then processed using MIMO processing. The transmissions can use spatial multiplexing and/or space time block coding.
US08520567B2
Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate transmitting at least two different types of information in a single signal, whereby the different types of information can be encoded and decoded independently. Thus, changes to one type of information does not affect a second type of information.
US08520557B2
A method and apparatus for facilitating communication between a plurality of wireless devices is provided. The method may comprise establishing, by a first wireless device, a communication path with at least one of a plurality of wireless devices via a network, wherein the communication path provides for half duplexed direct communication between the first wireless device and the at least one of the plurality of wireless devices, maintaining each established communication path until a triggering event occurs, generating content, in the first wireless device, to be transmitted to at least one of the plurality of wireless devices with the established communication path, wherein the generated content includes non-voice data, and transmitting, from the first wireless device, the generated content through the established communication path to the at least one wireless device of the plurality of wireless devices.
US08520541B2
A system for managing network bandwidth, according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises a configuration storage module and a call manager. The configuration storage module includes a supported codecs storage, codec lists, administrator settings storage and reservation storage list. The call manager includes an extension module, trunk module, location service engine, settings manager, bandwidth manager and media stream manager. The call manager receives an offer message for a call having one or more media types. The call manager uses information included in the offer message, along with information stored in the configuration storage module, to negotiate a call settings list with one or more other sites for connecting the call, and thereby manage bandwidth for the call.
US08520538B2
An inspection node receives an event to begin monitoring a traffic flow where the event comprises a flow identifier associated with the traffic flow. The inspection node receives the traffic flow where the traffic flow comprises a plurality of packets and begins inspecting the plurality of the packets to obtain an application identifier. Based upon the flow identifier and the application identifier, the inspection node performs a sampling process on the traffic flow. After determining the end of the traffic flow, the inspection node terminates the sampling process.
US08520534B2
Various embodiments relate to a system and related method of measuring at least one transport link's performance in a communications network. An originating device controlled by a customer may generate testing frames that are transported to a receiving device also controlled by the customer through the at least one transport link that connects the two devices. In some embodiments, the transport links may transfer the testing frames while the transport links are transporting other data traffic. The receiving device may parse incoming frames and, upon identifying the testing frames, may generate echoing response frames. In some embodiments, the echoing response frames may be placed in one of a series of priority-based service queues. The originating device may then receive the response frames through the transport links and may measure the stream of incoming frames to measure and analyze the transport links' performance.
US08520518B2
Techniques for controlling wireless network operations associated with a flow control process of a wireless network involving a data session established between a mobile station and a service node. The network processor examines quality of service (QoS) data associated with the data session. The network processor causes the flow control process to be bypassed for the mobile station based on the QoS data indicating that the data session is associated with a predetermined traffic class (e.g. background traffic class). This serves to prohibit the flow control process from stopping the flow of data packets in the data session without terminating the data session based on detection of an out-of-coverage condition. Otherwise, the network processor allows the flow control process to be performed for the mobile station based on the QoS data indicating that the data session is not associated with the predetermined traffic class.
US08520513B2
A method for variably controlling a bit rate of video data through end-to-end channel status sensing in a Wireless Broadband (WiBro) network is provided. The method includes classifying wireless channel statuses of a transmission side and a reception side into normal and abnormal statuses during video data transmission; variably controlling and determining an encoding bit rate of a transmission side's encoder according to the classification result; and comparing the determined encoding bit rate with a Down Link Modulation & Coding Selection Level (DL MCS Level) which is a parameter of the reception side, so as to vary a final encoding bit rate of the transmission side.
US08520505B1
Technologies are generally presented for a relay forwarding system combining a data efficiency of soft forwarding that increases generalized signal-to-noise ratio (GSNR) with the ability to use hybrid-automatic repeat requests (H-ARQs) substantially high throughput levels may be maintained by using repair instead of packet re-requests. A relay may receive an incoming signal and perform both a soft forward to a relay destination and a non-forwarded hard decode within the relay. The hard decode results may be analyzed for errors locally to detect suspected bit errors and H-ARQ ACK/NACK signals may be sent so that retransmission can be obtained before a rolling buffer in the relay reaches frame end.
US08520501B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method for enabling a transmitter to transmit a sequence in a wireless communication system, and to an apparatus for the same. A sequence-transmitting method comprises the steps of: performing at least one of a complex conjugate operation and a reverse operation on a first sequence to generate a second sequence; mapping the second sequence to a plurality of subcarriers in an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) symbol; and transmitting the OFDMA symbol to a receiver. The invention also relates to an apparatus for the sequence-generating method.
US08520493B2
A method for transmitting messages from first units of an integrated circuit to at least one second unit of the integrated circuit. The first units generate first digital messages and transform them into second digital messages obtained by application of an orthogonal or quasi-orthogonal transformation to the first messages. The second messages of the first units are added up and transmitted to the second unit.
US08520488B2
An optical pickup device, an optical drive using the same, and a method of forming a beam spot are provided. The optical pickup includes a light source system that includes a light source corresponding to at least one of a digital versatile disc (DVD) and a Blu-ray disc (BD). The light source forms a beam spot having an oval shape with a long axis and a short axis on an information recording track of the disc, and the light source is disposed such that the long axis is maintained at an angle ranging from 0° to 30° with respect to a radial direction passing through a rotation center of the disc.
US08520487B2
An element holding device of the present invention includes: a guide portion engaging with a guide shaft; a lens fixing portion on which to fix a collimator lens; an arm portion; an insertion portion having a hole portion in which to insert a guide shaft; a wire fixing portion made by protruding a side surface of the insertion portion in a −Y direction; and a wire fixed on the wire fixing portion. A bent portion being a leading end portion of the wire is housed in a slit. Thereby, excess deformation of a contact portion is suppressed.
US08520485B2
A recording apparatus includes the following elements. A recording light source emits pulse laser light for recording. A first light source emits first CW laser light. An irradiation optical system irradiates an optical recording medium with the pulse laser light and the first CW laser light via an objective lens in the state in which the optical axis of the first CW laser light is tilted with respect to the optical axis of the pulse laser light. A reception optical system outputs, to a first light receiver, a returned light portion of the first CW laser light which has been reflected by a reflection surface formed on the optical recording medium and which has been input through the objective lens. A focus servo controller performs focus servo control for the objective lens on the basis of a first reception signal obtained by the first light receiver.
US08520480B2
An optical disc apparatus includes an optical pickup for outputting an output signal according to reflected light from an optical disc medium, measures a level of a reflected signal corresponding to reflected light from a medium surface prior to reading of information recorded on the medium, predicts, based on the measured level of the reflected signal, whether or not the reflected signal from the medium surface will satisfy a predetermined detection condition when a focus state is to be detected, and uses a result of the predicting to detect a state where the output signal satisfies the predetermined detection condition as a state where a focus of an objective lens included in the optical pickup is on a signal surface of the medium while relatively moving the objective lens with respect to the medium surface when the information recorded on the medium is to be read therefrom.
US08520476B2
A recording/reproducing apparatus includes an optical source and a near-field light generating unit. The near-field light generating unit includes two conductors facing to each other at a predetermined distance and generating near-field light between the two conductors by irradiation of light from the optical source. These two conductors are arranged so that a direction along which the two conductors face to each other is substantially in parallel with the longitudinal direction of a recording mark region. Here, the recording mark region is prepared from a predetermined recording material and having shape anisotropy when information is recorded on a recording medium on which the recording mark is independently formed.
US08520471B1
A forward and aft open-ended, towed underwater acoustic source having a hollow with a plurality of wires disposed in parallel across one or both of the end openings. In operation, water flows around the wires and proceeds through the hollow body, exiting the aft open end of the body. The tensioned wires are situated normal to the direction of flow in order to cause production of Strouhal vibration frequencies due to the vortex shedding action of the water flow behind the wires. The source transmits broadband acoustic energy without requiring heavy transducers.
US08520459B2
A method for storing data into a memory is provided. In this method, at first, data desired to be written into the memory is provided, wherein the data comprises a plurality of data records. Then, a memory space of the memory for storing the data is provided. Thereafter, a data-writing step is performed to write the data into the memory. In the data-writing step, at first, it is determined that if the values of all the data records of the data are cleared values to provide a first determined result. Then, it is determined that if the data matches an erasing unit of the memory to provide a second determined result. Thereafter, the contents of the memory space are erased, when both the first determined result and the second determined result are yes.
US08520456B2
A semiconductor memory apparatus may comprise: an input buffer block configured to receive a write signal and a reference level signal, compare a the write signal with a the reference level signal to generate a first write control signal, and delay the first write control signal by a predetermined time to generate a second write control signal; a first decoder block configured to combine the second write control signal inputted from the input buffer block with externally inputted command signals, and generate a first write command signal; a clock control block configured to generate a clock control signal for determining determine a level of an internal clock signal in response to a level of the first write control signal outputted from the input buffer block; and a write signal control block configured to generate an internal write command signal according to a level of the first write command signal inputted from the first decoder block and the clock control signal inputted from the clock control block.
US08520454B2
A SRAM device which can set a threshold voltage of a selection transistor appropriate for all the cells on an SRAM array is disclosed. The SRAM device uses a field effect transistor as the selection transistor. The field effect transistor includes a gate to drive the transistor and a terminal to control a threshold voltage, which are electrically separated from each other. The SRAM device also includes a circuit which, in a reading operation, gradually increases a voltage supplied to the terminal at the start of the reading to control the threshold of the selection transistor.
US08520450B2
Methods for generating a refresh signal in a semiconductor device and methods for performing a refresh operation in a semiconductor memory device are disclosed. A method for generating a refresh signal includes measuring a temperature of the semiconductor memory device, generating a temperature controlled voltage based on the measured temperature, generating an N-bit digital signal based on the temperature controlled voltage, and generating a refresh signal whose frequency is determined by the N-bit digital signal. The generation of the temperature controlled voltage includes generating a first current that is increased when the measured temperature is decreased and is decreased with the measured temperature is increased, and generating the temperature controlled voltage.
US08520447B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a data coding logic for generating converted data groups and a inverted flag data from original data groups received by the semiconductor memory device. The number of zeros in the converted data groups is less than or equal to the number of zeros in the original data groups. The semiconductor memory device also includes data decoding logic for generating the original data groups from the converted data groups and the inverted flag data. A peripheral circuit may be enabled to program the converted data groups and the inverted flag data into the memory cells and read the converted data groups and the inverted flag data from the memory cells. A control logic may be enabled to generate control signals for the data coding logic, the data decoding logic, and the peripheral circuit.
US08520435B2
A method of operating a nonvolatile memory device includes performing a first program loop, including a first program operation and a first program verification operation, for memory cells of a first page, counting a number of times that the first program loop is performed and storing the counted number when a memory cell having a threshold voltage higher than a first verification voltage, among the memory cells of the first page, is detected, and performing a second program loop, including a second program operation and a second program verification operation, for memory cells of a second page in response to the stored number for the first program loop.
US08520428B2
Various embodiments of this disclosure may describe a circuit for transmitting data from a transmitting region of an integrated circuit to a receiving region of the integrated circuit. The circuit may level-shift the data to the appropriate voltage level and may have good tolerance to clock skews. Other embodiments, including an integrated circuit having the circuit or a system with the integrated circuit, may also be disclosed or claimed.
US08520426B2
In a driving method of a semiconductor device which conducts a multilevel writing operation, a signal line for controlling on/off of a writing transistor for conducting a writing operation on a memory cell using a transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer is disposed along a bit line, and a multilevel writing operation is conducted with use of, also in a writing operation, a voltage which is applied to a capacitor at a reading operation. The potential of a bit line is detected while data writing is conducted, and thereby whether a potential corresponding to the written data is normally applied to the floating gate can be confirmed without a writing verify operation.
US08520424B2
A memory device in a 3-D read and write memory includes memory cells. Each memory cell includes a resistance-switching memory element (RSME) in series with a steering element. The RSME has first and second resistance-switching layers on either side of a conductive intermediate layer, and first and second electrodes at either end of the RSME. The first and second resistance-switching layers can both have a bipolar or unipolar switching characteristic. In a set or reset operation of the memory cell, an ionic current flows in the resistance-switching layers, contributing to a switching mechanism. An electron flow, which does not contribute to the switching mechanism, is reduced due to scattering by the conductive intermediate layer, to avoid damage to the steering element. Particular materials and combinations of materials for the different layers of the RSME are provided.
US08520422B2
A memory module and a layout method of the memory module. The memory module includes memory devices connected to corresponding tabs through corresponding damping resistors formed on a printed circuit board and includes a first signal line group in a first region between the memory devices and the damping resistors and a second signal line group in a second region between the corresponding damping resistors and the connecting terminals.
US08520419B2
A current controlled power converter includes a converting part configured to convert a three-phase ac voltage into a dc voltage or converts a dc voltage into a three-phase ac voltage, ac side current detection portions configured to detect an ac side current of the converting part, dc side current detection portions configured to detect a dc side current of the converting part, and a control section configured to control the converting part by pulse-width modulation using a spatial vector modulation method based on the ac side current detected by the ac side current detection portions and the dc side current detected by the dc side current detection portions. The control section corrects an amplitude error of the ac side current detected by the ac side current detection portions, and an offset error of the ac side current detected by the ac side current detection portions.
US08520417B2
The disclosure details implementations of apparatuses, methods, and systems for regulating DC bus voltages. In an implementation, the system is configured to regulate the DC bus voltage directly by operating at the DC bus rather than indirectly on the AC side of the DC bus. In one implementation, the DC voltage regulator is configured with components including a DC voltage regulator power control board, a switching device, a resistor, and a flyback diode. In one non-limiting implementation example, the DC voltage regulator may be used to control the DC bus voltage of a doubly fed induction generator of a wind turbine. In this implementation, the DC voltage regulator effectively protects the converter of the induction generator and also reduces the transient torques on the generator shaft during voltage irregularities. This, in turn, reduces excessive wear on the wind turbine gearbox by limiting fatigue loads on the gear teeth that may result from transient torques.
US08520413B2
A power converter includes first and second circuit modules, a first capacitor, a second diode and a control module. The first circuit module includes a switching element in parallel with a first diode. The second circuit module includes a first inductor and the first circuit module. The inductor is in series with the first circuit module. The first capacitor is in parallel with the second circuit module. The second diode includes a first terminal and a second terminal, where the first terminal is in series with the second circuit module and the first capacitor, and the second terminal is coupled to a second power terminal. The control module varies one or more of the first capacitor and the first inductor based on at least one of a current of a load circuit or an input voltage. A resonating waveform is generated by a resonant circuit of the second circuit and is used by the control module to turn off the switching element under zero-current and zero-voltage conditions.
US08520411B2
A control method is provided for controlling an asymmetric DC-DC converter including first and second power switches that are driven respectively by first and second control signals, and a voltage-converting circuit that is operatively associated with the first and second power switches for generating an output signal. The voltage-converting circuit includes a primary coil unit and a secondary coil unit operatively associated therewith for voltage conversion, and including first and second coils that have a turn ratio not equal to one. The control method includes: sampling the output signal to obtain a sample signal corresponding thereto; and generating the first and second control signals, which correspond respectively to first and second duty cycles having a sum of one, based on a comparison between the sample signal and a reference signal such that the first and second power switches are driven in an alternating manner.
US08520408B2
A telecommunications system including a frame to which telecommunications equipment is mounted. The frame defines a patch panel region and an active equipment region. Patch cords are interconnected between the patch panel region and the active equipment region. The system further includes a slack storage panel that stores patch cord slack. The slack storage panel defines a single cable routing pathway. The patch cords are routed through the slack storage panel such that no portion of the length of each patch cord overlaps itself. In systems including both copper and fiber cables, the copper cables are routed separately from the fiber cables.
US08520399B2
An electronics module has a flexible substrate having conductors, an array of functional components on the substrate, the functional components arranged to contact at least one conductor, and perforations in the flexible substrate, the perforations arranged to increase stretchability of the flexible substrate, the conductor arranged around the perforation and the functional components arranged to one of reside between the perforations or partially cover the perforations. A method of manufacturing a flexible electronics module involves mounting at least two functional components onto a flexible substrate, forming electrical interconnects configured to provide connection between the two functional components, and perforating the flexible substrate with cuts configured to increase stretchability of the substrate.
US08520398B2
An electronic device includes a supporting member, a circuit board fixed to the supporting member, a bottom cover assembled with the supporting member, and at least one conductive resilient sheet fixed on the circuit board. The conductive resilient sheet includes a fixing portion fixed on the circuit board and a conductive portion. The conductive portion defines a first elastic sheet and a second elastic sheet. The bottom cover is fixed between the first elastic sheet resisting the outer side of the bottom cover and the second elastic sheet resisting the inner side of the bottom cover.
US08520394B2
A circuit board unit of an ECU has an upper surface on which semiconductor elements are installed, a lower surface that is on the opposite side of the circuit board unit from the upper surface, and a cutout portion that is formed below the upper surface. A power module includes a conductive protruding piece and an electrically insulating main portion that holds the protruding piece. The conductive protruding piece is inserted in the cutout portion to support the circuit board unit, and is electrically connected to the semiconductor elements.
US08520393B2
Heat dissipation apparatus for dissipating heat generated by a heat-generating component mounted to a circuit board. In one embodiment, the heat dissipation apparatus includes a thermally-conductive heat sink adapted to be placed in contact with the heat-generating component, a bracket adapted to hold the heat sink in place relative to the heat-generating component, and a single coil spring mounted to the bracket adapted to urge the heat sink into contact with the heat-generating component.
US08520371B2
A digital photo frame includes a body, a back shell defining a hole and a rotary support. The rotary support is rotatably connected to the back shell, includes a rotary base rotatably received in the hole, a connection member pivotedly connected to the rotary base, and an elongated support body slidably coupled to the connection member. The connection member includes a spring tab, a support body defining a plurality of channels. The channels are arranged along a lengthwise direction of the connection portion. the spring tab is selectively snappingly engaged in one of the channels. One of the rotary base and the back shell includes a plurality of protrusions, and the other one of the rotary base and the back shell defines a plurality of notches corresponding to the protrusions, the protrusions are snappingly engaging in the respective notches.
US08520368B2
An object is to provide gas insulated switchgear that is able to inhibit heat generation of a pressure container. Electrically-conductive members that are non-magnetic and have higher electric conductivity than that of the material of which the pressure container is made, are provided on the inside and on the outside of the pressure container, while being positioned along a main bus and being attached via a flange of the pressure container. Thus, eddy current that occurs when an electric current flows through the main bus are caused to flow through the electrically-conductive members having higher electric conductivity than that of the pressure container. Also, a current return path for the eddy current is formed by a flow path including the electrically-conductive members. Consequently, it is possible to reduce the eddy current flowing on the pressure container and to inhibit an increase in the temperature of the pressure container.
US08520355B2
Protection of a motor controller from a transient voltage is described. A method for protecting a motor controller from a transient voltage includes providing an electromagnetic interference (EMI) filter having at least a first input terminal, a second input terminal, a first output terminal, and a second output terminal, the EMI filter configured to suppress electromagnetic interference. The method also includes coupling a first voltage clamping device and a second voltage clamping device in series between the first output terminal and the second output terminal. The method also includes coupling a spark gap device to a ground conductor and to a shared node between the first voltage clamping device and the second voltage clamping device.
US08520351B2
Methods of the invention include an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection method capable of detecting a slew rate of an input signal and capable of determining whether the slew rate of the input signal is greater than a threshold value. For an ESD event having a slew rate in excess of the threshold value said method generates a trigger signal which generates an activation signal that activates the ESD dissipation circuitry and that controls the length of time the dissipation circuit remains active. The method further comprises shunting the ESD energy away from a protected internal circuit. The method maintaining the shunting of the energy for a period of time sufficient to discharge of the ESD energy without damaging the protected circuitry.
US08520339B2
This disclosure is directed to air-bearing sliders used in magnetic storage systems that employ a trench arranged between a transducing head connected to a slider body and a leading edge of the slider body. The trench is configured to divert air passing over an air-bearing surface of the slider body away from the transducing head.
US08520337B1
A perpendicular magnetic recording transducer with leading and trailing bevel side wall angles at air bearing surface for use in a data storage device is provided. The transducer includes a magnetic writer pole having a pole tip facing an air bearing surface (ABS). The pole tip includes a pole tip face having a leading edge, a trailing edge, a first side wall, and a second side wall. The first side wall includes a first side wall section adjoining the leading edge and a second side wall section adjoining the trailing edge. The first side wall section is at a first angle measured from a perpendicular center line dividing the trailing edge. The second side wall section is at a second angle measured from a perpendicular center line dividing the trailing edge. The second angle is greater than three degrees. The first angle is greater than the second angle.
US08520333B2
A structure for erasure of magnetic media in a hard drive includes a main field pole magnet polarized in a direction toward a drive spindle motor in the hard drive. At least two quadrature magnets are disposed adjacent the main field pole magnet and polarized in a direction toward the main field pole magnet. The main field pole magnet and the at least two quadrature magnets are shaped to provide a slot for insertion of the magnetic media. At least two inverse polarity magnets are disposed on portions of the main pole and quadrature magnets forming the slot. The inverse polarity magnets are polarized in a direction opposed to the direction of the main field pole magnet.
US08520329B2
A piezoelectric actuator having reduced sizes, a lens barrel and an optical device. A piezoelectric actuator is provided with: a first actuator including first piezoelectric elements to be displaced in a first direction; a second actuator, which includes second piezoelectric elements to be displaced in a second direction intersecting with the first direction, and is arranged in a direction intersecting with the first direction with respect to the first actuator; and a relative displacement member, which is arranged between the first actuator and the second actuator and can be relatively displaced in the first direction with respect to the first actuator.
US08520328B2
For a lens barrel that restricts the rectilinear of a lens group using a restricting portion such as a rectilinear key, the light-shielding property for external light, the degree of freedom of design relating to the arrangement of the interlocking section for a cam ring, as well as a change in the relative distance between a front group and a rear group are increased. A lens barrel has a first group (front group) 101 and a second group (rear group) 102 that are movable in the optical axis direction. The first group cam ring 124 is cam-engaged with and held by the holding member (the first group barrel 111) of the first group 101, and the second group cam ring 126 is cam-engaged with and held by the holding member (the second group barrel 112) of the second group 102. The moving cam ring 123 guides the first group cam ring 124 and the second group cam ring 126, and the fixed tube 122 is cam-engaged with the moving cam ring 123 to thereby rotatably support it. The front group and the rear group are cam-engaged with and held by different cam rings. The front group and the rear group are held and guided by the moving cam ring 123.
US08520317B2
A zoom lens and an image pickup apparatus are disclosed. The zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens group having a positive refractive power, a second lens group having a negative refractive power, a third lens group having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens group having a positive refractive power, and a fifth lens group having a positive refractive power. The fifth lens group includes a fixed group having a negative refractive power, and a movable group having a positive refractive power and being movable in a direction substantially orthogonal to the optical axis. The image formed on an image surface is movable in a direction substantially orthogonal to the optical axis by moving the movable group of the fifth lens group in the direction substantially orthogonal to the optical axis. The fifth lens group is satisfied predetermined conditions.
US08520316B2
A wide-angle zoom lens system includes a first lens group with negative refraction power, a second lens group with positive refraction power, and a third lens group with positive refraction power. The first lens group, the second lens group, and the third lens group move along an optical axis of the zoom lens system in focusing. The wide-angle zoom lens system satisfies the formulas: 0.77<|f2/f1|<1.1; and 0.7
US08520315B2
A zoom projection lens includes a first lens set and a second lens set arranged in sequence from an object side to an image side of the zoom projection lens. The first lens set has a negative optical power. The second lens set has a positive optical power. The first lens set has a first lens. The second lens set has a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and an aperture stop disposed between the second lens and the third lens. The first lens is an aspherical plastic lens. One of the third and fourth lenses is an aspherical glass lens. The zoom projection lens satisfies: 1.463<|tt/lt|<1.505, in which, tt represents an overall length of the zoom projection lens, and lt represents a length of the zoom projection lens from the object side of the first lens to an image side of the fourth lens.
US08520312B2
A finder apparatus superimposes, on an image formed by an observation optical system of a reverse-Galilean finder including an objective lens group and an eyepiece lens group, display on a display member arranged outside an optical path of the observation optical system by using an optical path combination member arranged between the objective lens group and the eyepiece lens group, thereby making a user observe the image on which the display is superimposed. The finder apparatus includes a target lens group that guides light from the display member, and which is provided in an optical path from the display member to the eyepiece lens group. Further, the focal length of the eyepiece lens group, and a combined focal length from the target lens group through the eyepiece lens group satisfy predetermined formulas.
US08520300B1
This specification describes technologies relating to controlling optical amplifiers. In one implementation, an optical amplifier is provided. The optical amplifier includes a light amplifying medium for receiving an input optical signal and outputting an output amplified signal; a first measuring block for measuring a change in power of the input signal; a pump laser for supplying pump light to the light amplifying medium; and an electronic control for controlling the power of the pump light in response to the measured change in power of input signal to provide an output amplified signal having a substantially constant power for one or more changes in the power of the input signal.
US08520299B2
The present disclosure provides an approach to more efficiently amplify signals by matching either the gain materials or the pump profile with the signal profile for a higher-order mode (HOM) signal. By doing so, more efficient energy extraction is achieved.
US08520297B2
A spectrum shaping scheme for chirped pulse amplification (CPA): uses a spectrum decomposing system with CTSI construction, a spectrum synthesizing system with CTSI structure that is symmetrical to the decomposing structure, and a spectrum shaping system including an aperture and a planar reflector for spectrum shaping function design. The scheme includes the following steps: firstly decomposing the spectrum of a chirped temporal pulse laser to a spectral domain; then shaping the spectrum in the spectral domain; finally synthesizing un-shiftily this shaped spectrum in the spectral domain into a temporal chirped pulse with a designed shape. The scheme has the benefit that it can be not only utilized in a general laser spectrum shaping and spectrum modulation, but also can be utilized for a high energy and ultra-high peak-power laser system in chirped pulse amplification with a large caliber and with a chirped pulse bandwidth of a few nanometers.
US08520296B2
A sub-pixel structure of color electrophoretic display includes a driving unit, a display unit and a transparent electrode, wherein the display unit is disposed on the driving unit and the transparent electrode is disposed on the display unit. The display unit includes a plurality of first charged particles and a plurality of second charged particles. A color of the first charged particles is different from a color of the second charged particles. Diameters of the first charged particles are greater than diameters of the second charged particles. The first charged particles and the second charged particles have the same electrical property. The sub-pixel structure of color electrophoretic display has high light utility efficiency.
US08520278B2
Optical logic gate having a second-harmonic generator element that receives a first and a second optical input signal respectively having a first and a second angular frequency and respectively having a first and a second polarization, and which provides a second-harmonic optical signal having a third angular frequency and a third polarization. The third angular frequency is equal to the sum of the first and the second angular frequency. The third polarization is a function of the first and the second polarization. The second-harmonic generator element includes a second-harmonic generator layer in a material having a non-null second-order optical tensor.
US08520277B2
An image processing apparatus may include a first screen processing unit, a moiré component calculation unit, a first correction unit, and a second screen processing unit. The first screen processing unit performs screen processing on image data to form screen processed image data. The moiré component calculation unit calculates an original moiré component that corresponds to a low-frequency component of the screen processed image data and a low-frequency component of the image data. The first correction unit corrects the image data based on a calculated moiré component. The second screen processing unit performs the screen processing on the corrected image data.
US08520276B2
Methods and systems are disclosed which are capable of efficiently performing color management of a variable gloss color printing system. The methods and systems select at least one set of the linear color values corresponding to the color profile for the printing device (at the nominal gloss condition). The linear color values selected comprise those obtained from color values corresponding to each node of the color profile at the nominal gloss condition. In a colorimetric embodiment, the linear color values can comprise: tristimulus values XYZ; red, green, blue (RGB); or luminance component Y, and two chromatic components C1 and C2 (YCC). In a reflectance embodiment, the linear color values comprise reflectance spectra. This exemplary method adds an offset term to each of the linear color values to produce a corresponding set of modified linear color values, and generates a color profile for the printing device at the desired gloss condition based on the modified linear color values.
US08520268B2
Disclosed is an apparatus for scanning a surface with electromagnetic radiation. The apparatus comprises a base plate for supporting a medium said medium having a scanning surface to be scanned, an optical head unit adapted to scan the scanning surface with electromagnetic radiation propagating along an optical axis, a fluid film generation unit connected to the optical head unit and adapted to generate a fluid film between the scanning surface and a gliding surface of the fluid film generation unit for maintaining a predetermined distance between the gliding surface and the scanning surface during scanning operation of the optical head unit across the scanning surface, and control means for controlling the position of the fluid film relative to the optical axis.
US08520254B2
A system and method for routing and processing print jobs within a print job set considers the setup characteristics of each print job. Each print job set may be classified as a first job processing speed set, a second job processing speed set, or another job processing speed set based on the corresponding setup characteristics. First job processing speed sets are routed to a first group of print job processing resources, while second job processing speed sets are routed to a second group of print job processing speed resources. Each resource group may include an autonomous cell.
US08520246B2
A system and method automatically detect parameters of a printer on a network having an unknown profile, to create a useable profile for the printer having the unknown profile by querying, via a predetermined protocol between a network administrator processor and the printer on the network having the unknown profile, a first state of the printer on the network having the unknown profile. The network administrator processor identifies parameters associated with the state of the printer on the network having the unknown profile by comparing the first state of the printer on the network having the unknown profile to the second state of the printer on the network having the unknown profile and the third state of the printer on the network having the unknown profile and creates a useable profile for the printer on the network having the unknown profile based upon the identified parameters.
US08520232B2
A useful method for analyzing a print job in a multiple-printer environment is provided. The method includes receiving a print job, the print job specifying values of job parameters, reading out values of the job parameters specified in the print job, determining whether the printer settings of the plurality of printers conform to said read out values of the job parameters of the print job, and communicating a result of the conformity determination to a user.
US08520228B2
The image forming apparatus according to the present invention is controlled in such a way that it can generate from document data, original copy data for outputting an original copy of the document data and carbon copy data for outputting a carbon copy of the document data (S103 and S105), start output processing of the generated original and carbon copy data (S104, S106, S107, and S108), determines whether or not the original copy data has been deleted in the middle of the output processing (S109), and gives user a message prompting user to discard the outputted result of the carbon copy data when it is determined that the original copy data has been deleted in the middle of the output processing (S112 and S113).
US08520216B2
A shape measuring apparatus includes: an optical system configured to guide a light from a light source having a wideband spectrum to an object to be measured and a reference face; an imaging unit configured to image the interfering light intensity distribution image output from the optical system; an optical path length difference changing unit configured to change the optical path length difference; and an arithmetic processing unit configured to obtain the peak value of an interfering light intensity sequence indicating the change in the interfering light intensity due to the change in the optical path length difference at each measurement position of the interfering light intensity distribution images stored in the image storing unit, and configured to obtain the peak value as the position in the direction of the optical axis at each measurement position of the object to be measured.
US08520215B2
A transversal change of the position of a measured sample surface exposed to the influence of visible radiation for example actinic light, is measured interferometrically by a reflecting target, which is in mechanical contact with the measured sample surface, and reflects a measuring beam, generated together with a reference beam by a laser source, and the transversal change of the position of the measured sample surface is detected from the phase difference of harmonic waves in the beam of interfering radiation. The device involves, for example, a special detection connection of photodetectors, a measuring unit and a basic module with a computer, the design of reflecting targets for liquid and solid samples, an optomechanical dimension transmitter and a holder of solid samples.
US08520214B2
An optical gyroscope is provided for measuring a small angular difference. The gyroscope includes a laser, a pre-selection polarizer, a first beam splitter, a coil of optical fiber, a second beam splitter, a post-selection polarizer, a spectrometer and an analyzer. The laser emits a pulse beam of coherent photons. The beam has pulse duration σ. The pre-selection polarizer pre-selects the photons, and the first beam splitter separates the photons by their horizontal |+ and vertical |− polarization eigenstates. These beams are launched into a fiber optical coil of radius r, which preserves polarization. The coil rotates by a difference rotation angle Δθ. The second beam splitter recombines the polarized photon beams as they exit the coil. The post-selection polarizer post-selects the photons. The spectrometer captures the post-selected photons and measures the associated frequency translation δω. The analyzer determines the difference rotation angle as Δ θ = ± ( c σ 2 tan χ 2 r ) δω , such that c is speed of light, and χ is post-selection polarization phase angle.
US08520206B2
A method for quantitatively determining the viscoelastic properties of a complex medium with suspended particles in suspension, which involves: characterizing the medium opacity by measuring the medium's transport length l*; introducing a sample of the medium into a flask; placing the flask in a thermostatically-controlled measuring chamber; projecting a coherent light beam on the sample and detecting scattered light as a series of sequenced images; analyzing the movement of particles based on time by calculating the inter-image distance d2 and the ratio d2/d2max; and establishing an analytical expression E putting into direct relationship, the measured l*, the ratio d2/d2max and the mean square displacement MSD for the purpose of calculating the medium's viscous and elastic moduli.
US08520204B2
A Dyson imaging spectrometer includes an entry port extending in a direction X, an exit port, a diffraction grating including a set of lines on a concave support, an optical system including a lens, the lens including a plane first face and a convex second face, the convex face of the lens and the concave face of the diffraction grating being concentric, the optical system being adapted to receive an incident light beam coming from the entry port and to direct it toward the diffraction grating, to receive a beam diffracted by the diffraction grating, and to form a spectral image of the diffracted beam in a plane of the exit port, the spectral image being adapted to be spatially resolved in an extension direction X′ of the image of the entry port. The diffraction grating includes a set of non-parallel and non-equidistant lines and/or the support of diffraction grating is aspherical in order to form an image of the entry port in the exit plane of improved image quality and of very low distortion.
US08520193B2
Method for irradiating granules, in the case of which the granules are arranged in a sample container (2) and are irradiated with an irradiation lamp (3), the granules being periodically mixed during the irradiation such that different surfaces of the granules are irradiated.It is preferred to make use for the irradiation of a device which comprises a. at least one irradiation lamp (3), and b. at least one sample container (2) for the granules to be irradiated, the sample container being connected to a drive so that the sample container can be moved during the irradiation and the granules can be mixed.
US08520184B2
There is provided an exposure apparatus capable of accurately performing an exposure process and a measurement process based on a liquid immersion method. The exposure apparatus (EX), which forms a liquid immersion area (AR2) of a liquid (LQ) on an image surface side of a projection optical system (PL), and exposes a substrate (P) via the projection optical system (PL) and the liquid (LQ) of the immersion area (AR2), is provided with a measuring device (60) which measures at least one of a property and composition of the liquid (LQ) for forming the liquid immersion area (AR2).
US08520183B2
Provided are a display substrate, a liquid crystal display (LCD) including the display substrate, and a method of manufacturing the display substrate. The display substrate includes: an insulating substrate; a gate wiring formed on the insulating substrate and extending generally in a first direction; a data wiring which is insulated from the gate wiring, intersects the gate wiring, and which extends generally in a second direction; a pixel electrode formed in a pixel region defined by the gate wiring and the data wiring; and a storage wiring which is formed on the same layer as the gate wiring, is overlapped by the data wiring to be insulated from the data wiring, and which extends generally in the second direction, wherein each of the gate wiring and the storage wiring has a tapered surface oriented generally at an inclination angle of approximately 30 degrees or less with respect to the insulating substrate.
US08520182B2
A flat panel display is disclosed. In one embodiment, the display includes i) a first substrate including a display area, wherein at least one display element is formed in the display area, ii) a second substrate covering the display area and connected to the first substrate, iii) a sealant formed between the first and second substrates. In one embodiment, the first substrate and the second substrate comprise a first cut surface and a second cut surface, respectively. Further, each of the first cut surface and the second cut surface has a plurality of corners each of which is concave from the perspective of the display area.
US08520180B2
A display device includes an array substrate, a display medium layer, a transparent layer and a sealant. The array substrate has a first region and a second region surrounding the first region. The display medium layer is disposed on the array substrate and located in the first region. The transparent layer with an upper surface is disposed on the display medium layer. The upper surface has a display region and a predetermined sealing region surrounding the display region. The sealant is formed on the array substrate and located in the second region. Also, the sealant surrounds the transparent layer and the display medium layer and covers the predetermined sealing region of the transparent layer. In addition, a method for fabricating the display device is also provided. Since the sealant surrounds the transparent layer and the display medium layer and covers the predetermined sealing region of the transparent layer, the packaging performance of the above display device may be improved.
US08520157B2
When an active area (AA) side of CS trunk wiring groups (BB1, BB2) is viewed as the inner side, a feed portion (F) of at least one auxiliary capacitance bus line (CsL), which is a path for current flow from the active area (AA) to a point of connection on at least one of CS trunk wiring lines (bb) of each of the CS trunk wiring groups (BB1, BB2), is routed from a start point (S) on the active area (AA) side, through a region (R1) on the inner side of the point of connection, and to a region (R2) on the outer side of the point of connection and connected to the point of connection.
US08520148B2
A tuner circuit and a method of designing a tuner circuit for removing a buffer circuit for video drive for increasing drive current capacitance added to an output terminal is provided, unlike a buffer for small-current drive installed in a tuner circuit. The method of designing a tuner circuit has a buffer installed in an integrated circuit (IC) of small-current drive in a video output terminal, and includes an RF converting portion, a tuning portion and a demodulation portion, in which a video output signal of the buffer in IC is input to an input circuit for processing a signal without an external buffer for drive, and the amount of attenuation of a signal at high frequency due to small drive current is measured to improve a frequency characteristic of a video signal in the tuner circuit in proportion to the amount of attenuation. Thus, an additional buffer for drive is not required, so that the number of devices is reduced, to thereby lower the material costs.
US08520147B1
A system comprising a single or multiple independent video sources, where each video source manages to transmit its video data information using a predefined video segment size. The system comprises a segmented video data processing unit that receives the transmitted video segments, groups and processes the received video segments in accordance with the corresponding video source, produce video data information from the received video segments, and stores in proper order the processed video data information from a single source into a single memory queue. An output display processing unit receives the video data information from at least one of the memory queues, and manages the processing and formatting of the received video data information in accordance with preselected preferences such as output image video format, resolution, and/or starting location of a first video pixel of the output image. The processed and formatted video data information is used to display the output image using a high resolution electronic display.
US08520137B2
Disclosed are a wafer-level lens module including a plurality of wafer-scale lenses that are stacked and an image pickup device including the wafer-level lens module and an image sensor. Each wafer-scale lens includes a substrate with a light-transmission part, and a lens element fixed on one side or both sides of the substrate. The lens element includes an optical zone, corresponding to the light-transmission part of the substrate, and an extended zone disposed outside the optical zone. A trench or protrusion is formed as an alignment guide on one or both sides of the substrate, adjacent to the light-transmission part, and a protrusion or trench, aligned with the trench or protrusion, is formed in the extended zone of the lens element. The lens element is aligned on the substrate such that an inclined portion of the protrusion contacts corners of the trench.
US08520130B2
An image capturing apparatus senses a subject by an image sensor to acquire image data, detects a face from the image data, estimates a distance from the image sensor to the detected face in a real space, obtains first and second depths of field based on a focal length, an f-number, and the estimated distance/a distance in the real space to an in-focus point when acquiring the image data used to detect the face, calculates a first and second scan ranges based on the first/second depths of field and the estimated distance/the distance to the in-focus point, detects the in-focus point based on a contrast signal acquired while driving the focus lens in the first or second scan range selected by a selection unit, which selects the first scan range if at least part of the first and second scan ranges overlaps, otherwise does not select the first scan range.
US08520123B2
The image sensor and the imaging substrate are arranged in a space formed between the connection portion and the plane formed by the holding portion.
US08520122B2
A lens driving device, an autofocus camera and a camera-equipped mobile terminal are provided that can correct movement of a lens in an optical axis direction and tilt of an optical axis, and reduce the dimension thereof in the optical axis direction. The device includes: a lens support 5 for supporting a lens at an inner circumference; a plurality of coils 19a to 19d disposed at regular intervals in a circumferential direction on an outer periphery of the lens support 5; a base 8 that supports the lens support 5 so as to move freely in an optical axis direction of the lens; and a magnet portion 17 provided on the base 8 and facing each of the coils 19a to 19d, in which an electric current of equal current value is applied to each of the coils 19a to 19d when moving the lens support 5 in the optical axis direction, and current values of the electric current applied to predetermined coils 19a to 19d are varied when correcting tilt of the optical axis of the lens.
US08520121B2
A digital camera is provided that includes a camera body and a monitor device. The camera body includes an imaging module, an image stabilization module, a first connector half and a first wireless communication module. The monitor device is detachable from the camera body and includes a monitor, a second connector half complemental to the first connector half and a second wireless communication module complemental to the first wireless communication module. An operation of the image stabilization module is suspended when monitor device is detached from the camera body.
US08520109B2
In a first reset period, electrons on a floating node shared by conversion elements are reset by a sequence of reset voltages before electrons in the first conversion element are transferred to the floating node for common use. In a second reset period, electrons on the floating node are reset by a first reset voltage after the electrons in the first photoelectric conversion element are transferred to the floating node and before electrons in the second photoelectric conversion element are transferred to the floating node. The first and the second reset periods are different in length. The first reset period includes a sub-period in which resetting is performed by a highest reset voltage of the plurality of reset voltages, and the second reset period includes a sub-period in which resetting is performed by the first reset voltage, wherein these two sub-periods are substantially equal in length.
US08520108B2
A photoelectric conversion device prevents a pseudo signal caused by the parasitic capacitance of a transfer switch from being input to an amplifier. A photoelectric conversion device (50) includes a pixel (10) which outputs a signal to a signal line (107), an amplifier which amplifies the signal supplied via the signal line (107), and an isolation switch (121) inserted between a signal line (108) and the input node of the amplifier. The pixel (10) includes a photodiode, a floating diffusion (FD), a transfer switch which transfers the charge of the photodiode to the FD, and an amplification transistor which outputs a signal to a signal line (109) in accordance with the potential of the FD. The isolation switch (121) is turned off at least in a period when a transfer pulse for controlling the transfer switch of the pixel (10) transits.
US08520104B2
An image sensor device may include a dual-gated charge storage region within a substrate. The dual-gated charge storage region includes first and second diodes within a common charge generating region. This charge generating region is configured to receive light incident on a surface of the image sensor device. The first and second diodes include respective first conductivity type regions responsive to first and second gate signals, respectively. These first and second gate signals are active during non-overlapping time intervals.
US08520102B2
A solid-state imaging apparatus is provided that including a plurality of amplifiers each one amplifying a signal from each one of a plurality of pixels. The amplifier including first and second field effect transistors, gate electrodes of which are connected to the same voltage node (VBL); and a first wiring connected between the voltage node and the gate electrodes of the first and second field effect transistors. The first and second field effect transistors are arranged in a direction perpendicular to a direction in which the plurality of amplifiers is arranged. Material of the first wiring has a resistivity smaller than that of the gate electrodes of the first and second field effect transistors.
US08520099B2
An imaging apparatus comprises an imaging element, an image selection unit, and an image compositing unit. The image selection unit selects, from among a plurality of image data pieces of the image data generated by the imaging element, a first image data piece and a second image data piece. The image selection unit selects, as the second image data piece, an image data piece generated with light from an object that is received via first pixels of the imaging element and received via second pixels of the imaging element for generating the first image data piece. The image compositing unit generates composited image data by compositing the first image data piece and the second image data piece.
US08520098B2
When a shooting mode is changed from a non-super-resolution mode to a super-resolution mode, an image pickup apparatus lowers a compression ratio in a compression unit. On the other hand, when the shooting mode is changed from the super-resolution mode to the non-super-resolution mode, the image pickup apparatus raises a compression ratio in the compression unit.
US08520076B2
A liquid crystal display is capable of detecting a failure of a gate driver, and a method of testing the same are provided. The liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal display panel on which liquid crystal cells connected to thin film transistors (TFTs) located at crossings between gate lines and data lines are formed, a data driver that drives the data lines of the liquid crystal display panel, and a gate driver which includes first to nth stages (n is a natural number larger than 1) formed on the liquid crystal display panel that generates normal scan signals for turning on the TFTs in a normal mode, and that generates test scan signals for turning off the TFTs in a test mode.
US08520072B1
Video monitoring and alarm verification technology, in which a first connection is established between a first device and a camera located in a monitored property associated with a user of the first device and image data captured by the camera is received over the first connection and at the first device. A determination is made to establish a second connection with a second device that enables sharing of the received image data with the second device and, in response to the determination, the second connection is established between the first device and the second device. The received image data is shared with the second device over the second connection and the second device is restricted from directly accessing image data captured by the camera located in the monitored property.
US08520064B2
System and method for a visual display system with a two-way mirror, which is between the observation zone and the image display device, positioned at an angle to reflect a backdrop surface that may be wider than the image display device or a backdrop with mirrored sides to extend the visual perception of the backdrop surface. A camera may be included with the visual display system for telepresence applications. The two-way mirror may extend into wall panels on the sides to form a room that appears to extend in depth by the reflection of the wall panels and a backdrop panel.
US08520055B2
A recording medium includes a base-view stream and a dependent-view stream. The base-view stream is used for monoscopic video playback. The dependent-view stream is used for stereoscopic video playback in combination with the base-view stream. The recording medium further includes a first file and a second file. The first file refers to the base-view stream in monoscopic video playback, and the second file refers to the base-view stream in stereoscopic video playback.
US08520040B2
A thermal printer which transfers ink to a printing medium to print an image, comprises a transfer unit configured to transfer dye ink to the printing medium to print an image, and transfer an overcoat onto the entire image to protect the image; and a control unit configured to control transfer of the overcoat by the transfer unit. The control unit forms a region where no overcoat is transferred to embed information in the overcoat, and forms, in the vicinity of the region where no overcoat is transferred, a pattern for hiding the information, to avoid visual perception of the information by a difference in gloss between the region where no overcoat is transferred and a region where the overcoat is transferred.
US08520039B2
An image-signal processing device includes an image-enlargement processing unit that generates image signals representing an image which has been enlarged by repeating pixels; a pattern-data output unit that outputs, for each of repetition areas which are obtained by repeating the pixels, a pattern data item in accordance with signals which are obtained by removing signals corresponding to a predetermined number of upper bits from a corresponding one of the image signals, the pattern data item being used to reproduce, in the pixels included in the repetition area, gradation based on the signals that are obtained by removing the signals corresponding to the predetermined number of upper bits from the image signal; and an addition unit that adds, for the repetition area, the pattern data item to the signals corresponding to the predetermined number of upper bits included in the image signal.
US08520035B2
In a method of driving a display panel, a gate signal is outputted to the display panel based on a first control signal. A gamma-corrected analog voltage is generated. A pre-charge compensating analog voltage is generated. A data voltage waveform is generated to include the generated gamma-corrected analog voltage and the generated pre-charge compensating analog voltage during one horizontal period of the display panel. The display panel has a pixel structure in which a data line is alternately connected to first and second subpixel columns adjacent to each other. The pre-charge compensating voltage has a level different from that of the gamma-corrected analog voltage where the latter represents a grayscale level represented by a received digital data signal. According to the method, display defects due to a difference of pre-charging levels used during plural horizontal periods may be decreased so that display quality of the display panel may be improved.
US08520033B2
An image display system and a pixel array driving method thereof are disclosed. The image display system has a source driver having a first and a second digital-to-analog converter and a first and a second switching circuit. The first digital-to-analog converter converts an N-bit digital code to a first analog signal, where N is a positive integer. The second digital-to-analog converter converts a K-bit digital code to a second analog signal, where K is a positive integer and is smaller than N. The first switching circuit controls coupling between a first display data, a second display data and the first and second digital-to-analog converters, and, the second switching circuit controls connections between the first and second analog signals and a first and a second operational amplifier. The first and second operational amplifiers are coupled to a first and a second data line of a pixel array, respectively.
US08520020B2
Stereoscopic color management of images with plural views. Image data for each view is defined in a component input device color space. Image data in the component input device color spaces is converted to a nominal source color space using plural input transforms each corresponding to one of the plural views. A rendering transform is used to convert image data for each view in the nominal source color space to a nominal destination color space. The nominal source color space, nominal destination color space and rendering transform are the same for all views. The image data for each view in the nominal destination color space is ultimately converted to a component output device color space associated with a stereoscopic output device respective of the view using a respective output transform.
US08519998B2
A transmitter/receiver transmits and receives ultrasonic waves to and from a desired region of a subject via an ultrasonic probe. A signal processor obtains a plurality of physical quantities from signals outputted by the transmitter/receiver having received ultrasonic echoes from the subject. A voxel-value generator generates a voxel value containing the plurality of physical quantities. An image generator generates a three-dimensional image by using the plurality of physical quantities including any of the rate, power value or dispersion of a blood flow contained in the voxel value and sequentially executing a rendering process on each voxel. A display controller controls a display to display the generated three-dimensional image.
US08519995B2
According to various embodiments of the invention, gamma curves for multiple pixel groups can be calibrated using look-up tables or by using reference voltage groups provided by gamma voltage generators so that the pixels can display multiple images with correct gray levels at different view angles. Therefore, color shift can be avoided or lessened without necessarily using extra circuitry on the display panel. Also, any related light transmittance or light utilization efficiency reduction may be decreased or eliminated.
US08519992B2
A display apparatus is provided which includes a display element section (2) for displaying an image in an image display region, a light detection sensor (3) for detecting the intensity of light in the image display region or in the proximity of the image display region using a thin film transistor formed on the same insulating substrate (1) as that of the display element section (2), and a light control circuit (5) for controlling the luminance when the display element section (2) displays an image based on a result of the detection by the light detection sensor (3).Since the light intensity is detected by the light detection sensor (3) using the thin film transistor formed on the same insulating substrate (1) as that of the display element section (2), such a situation that the scale of the apparatus increases for light intensity detection can be prevented while good image display under various environments is made possible.
US08519991B2
An image display apparatus according to the present invention comprises a display panel having a plurality of row wirings, a plurality of column wirings, and a plurality of pixels, a row wiring driving circuit which sequentially selects the row wirings and outputs a scanning signal to the selected row wiring, a column wiring driving circuit which outputs a modulation signal generated based on image data to the plurality of column wirings, in synchronization with the output of the scanning signal, and a variable resistance circuit which dynamically changes resistance values between the column wiring driving circuit and the column wirings, wherein the variable resistance circuit changes the resistance values according to a position of the selected row wiring so that the resistance value becomes higher as the selected row wiring is closer to the column wiring driving circuit.
US08519986B2
An input device for effective navigation, a user interface device and a user interface method, and a computer-readable recording medium having embodied thereon a computer program to perform the method, the user interface device including a display unit, a rotatable input unit used to instruct a movement and a selection of a highlighted item in the display unit, and a control unit to control the device to perform a function corresponding to the received signal when a movement signal or a rotation signal is received from the input unit.
US08519983B2
Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, an input device may be utilized in conjunction with a scanned beam display or the like, or may be based on the scanning platform as used in a scanned beam display such as a MEMS based scanner. An input event such as illumination of a photodetector or reflection of a scanned beam off of a retroreflector may be correlated with a timing event of the scanning platform such as a refresh signal, or a horizontal and vertical sync signals. The correlation of the timing event may be representative of an X-Y location, and in some embodiments of a Z location, that may be utilized to provide input data back to a host device.
US08519982B2
An electronic device has a display, a controller, and a pair of haptic transducers connected to the display. The controller configures the haptic transducers to momentarily vibrate the display. A pair of sensors disposed on the display detects variations caused by the user touch in the vibrations. Based on an analysis of these variations, the controller can determine the location of the user touch on the touch-sensitive display.
US08519964B2
A portable multifunction device displays a first user interface object and a second user interface object on a touch screen display. Upon detecting a finger-down event at the first user interface object and one or more finger-dragging events on the touch screen display, the device moves the first user interface object on the touch screen display along a path determined by the finger-dragging events until the first user interface object at least in part overlaps the second user interface object. Upon detecting a finger-up event at the second user interface object, the device visually replaces the second user interface object with the first user interface object.
US08519946B2
A user interface or control includes a cushion-type support member and a user input member that is interconnected with and carried by the support member. The support member defines an upwardly facing recess, and the input member may be a user interface or control device that is contained within the upwardly facing recess. The support member may be formed to surround the recess about the user interface or control device. The support member may include an air vent that vents air exhausted from the user interface or control device. The user interface or control device may be a laptop computer having a body including a keyboard contained within the recess, and a screen carried by the body. The user interface or control device may alternatively be an electronic input member having an upwardly facing screen, a convertible input member movably mounted to a mounting member, or a game controller.
US08519942B2
A display device includes a display module for displaying an image, a backlight module for providing backlight to the display module, a memory, a brightness computing module, a retrieving module, and a backlight adjusting module. The memory is used for storing a relationship between an image brightness and a backlight adjusting coefficient. The brightness computing module is used for computing the brightness of a current display image. The retrieving module is used for retrieving a backlight adjusting coefficient corresponding to the current display image from the memory according to the current display image brightness. The backlight adjusting module is used for adjusting backlight brightness provided by the backlight module according to the backlight adjusting coefficient retrieved by the retrieving module.
US08519941B2
An apparatus for driving a backlight unit including a lamp unit including a plurality of lamps includes an error amplifying unit configured to detect an error voltage between a feedback voltage corresponding to a current flowing to the lamp unit and a preset first reference voltage, a soft signal generation unit configured to generate a soft start signal of the lamp unit, a high-frequency signal driving signal generating unit configured to generate a high-frequency driving signal of the of the lamp unit, a high-frequency driving termination determining unit configured to generate a high-frequency driving termination signal when the error voltage is equal in voltage level to the soft start signal, and a high-frequency driving signal blocking unit configured to block the high-frequency driving signal in advance when the high-frequency driving termination signal is inputted.
US08519937B2
A projection display may include a spatial light modulator that receives light from a light source via an analog modulator. The analog modulator may be a liquid crystal device. The bit depth may be increased by modulating the light from the lamp, for example to account for different pixel luminance levels.
US08519935B2
A display device having bi-directional shift registers is disclosed. The display device includes a display panel, a first dummy shift register set, a second dummy shift register set, a third dummy shift register sets, a fourth dummy shift register sets, a first valid shift register set coupled between the first dummy shift register set and the second dummy shift register set, a second valid shift register set coupled between the third dummy shift register set and the fourth dummy shift register set, and a first directional circuit coupled to a first valid register in the first valid register set and the third dummy shift register set.
US08519931B2
A source driver and drive control method that cancel offset voltages and enable quality display when a vertical synchronization signal is not fed to the source driver. A source driver receives a horizontal synchronization signal of an image signal, and a binary control signal which varies in two values in synchronization with the horizontal synchronization signal and in which start values of adjacent frames of the image signal are different, excluding a vertical synchronization signal of the image signal, to apply a drive voltage to source signal lines of a display panel. In the source driver, the vertical cycle of the image signal is analyzed based on the binary control signal; a pseudo vertical synchronization signal is generated based on the vertical cycle; and a cancel operation of an offset voltage component of the drive voltage is performed based on the pseudo vertical synchronization signal.
US08519920B2
An organic light emitting device includes a substrate having a plurality of pixels, each pixel comprising a plurality of sub-pixels. Each sub-pixel includes an emission area that has a first electrode, a second electrode and an emitting layer, with the emitting layer of at least one sub-pixel includes a phosphorescence material. In addition to these features, the device includes a scan line to provide scan signal to a corresponding sub-pixel, a data line configured to supply data signal to a corresponding sub-pixel, and a power supply line to provide power to a corresponding sub-pixel. The data line and power supply line have a single-layer structure, and a taper angle of each of the data line and the power supply line lies in a predetermined range.
US08519915B2
A display device having at least a plurality of pixel circuits, connected to signal lines to which data signals in accordance with luminance information are supplied, arranged in a matrix, wherein pixel circuits of odd number columns and even number columns adjacent sandwiching an axis in a column direction parallel to an arrangement direction of the signal lines have a mirror type circuit arrangement symmetric about the axis of the column direction, and there are lines different from the signal lines between signal lines of adjacent pixel circuits.
US08519896B2
An antenna includes a board having a substrate and a ground electrode, electrodes provided on external surfaces of the substrate, a feeding element provided near an end surface of the board. The feeding element includes an electrically insulating base member and a feeding radiation electrode provided on the base member. A non-feeding element including a substantially line-shaped electrode is provided on the board and includes at least one end thereof connected to the ground electrode and electromagnetically coupled with the feeding element. At least part of the substantially line-shaped electrodes is provided on the end surface of the board.
US08519878B2
Techniques and devices provide analog-to-digital conversion at two or more signal frequencies or frequency bands and can be used to construct multi-mode analog-to-digital converters in various circuits, including receivers and transceivers for wireless communications and radio broadcast environments. Adjustable analog-to-digital converters based on the described techniques can be configured to adjust circuit parameters to adapt the technical specifications of different input signals at different signal frequencies or frequency bands, such as FM, HD-radio, and DAB radio signals in radio receiver applications.
US08519873B2
In higher order sigma-delta modulators (SDMs), there are oftentimes errors introduced by the digital-to-analog (DAC) switches. Namely, parasitic capacitances associated with switches can introduce second harmonic spurs. Here, however, compensation circuits and buffers are provided. The buffers bias the switches in saturation, and the compensation circuits provide a “ground boost” for the buffers. The combination of the buffer and compensation circuit reduces the second harmonic spur, while also improving the Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) and Signal-to-Noise-plus-Distortion Ratio (SNDR).
US08519868B2
Methods for estimating travel time using at least two remote systems to record the timestamps associated with obtaining identifying information of a wireless Bluetooth enabled, or other WPAN technology, electronic device in a vehicle. A remote system in one embodiment is a Bluetooth enhanced traffic controller. Characteristics of Bluetooth technology, such as a unique address for each Bluetooth capable device are used to detect a vehicle with a Bluetooth device by at least a first and a second remote system. Vehicle identifying data including at least a time stamp is transmitted by the remote systems to a central system. The central system determines a travel time, or an estimated travel delay. Travel time related data is provided by the central system to a display, such as a variable or dynamic message sign.
US08519863B2
A process instrument includes a transducer, a two wire interface, a microprocessor, a digital to analog converter, a first control circuit, and a second control circuit. A current passing through the two wire interface indicates a condition of the transducer. The microprocessor is interfaced with the transducer. The digital to analog converter receives a signal from the microprocessor indicating a current value. The first control circuit is coupled to the digital to analog converter and adapted to control the current passing through the two wire interface to the current value. The second control circuit is coupled to the digital to analog converter and supplies current to a secondary load.
US08519862B2
A handheld computer includes a processor; a memory in communication with the processor; and at least one light-emitting device that emits visible light as a visual indicator of an occurrence of a designated event. The processor is programmed to selectively activate the visual indicator in response to an occurrence of a designated event to provide the visual indicator to a user of the handheld computer. The processor is programmed to monitor for occurrence of two or more different types of designated events. The processor varies the visual indicator based on the type of the event for which occurrence is being signaled by that visual indicator, such that a different visual indicator is associated with each type of event for which the processor is programmed to monitor.
US08519860B2
Alert information is provided to a user of a device. In response to receiving an alert notification, a current location of the device is determined and converted to a device geographical tile that encompasses the determined current location; alert data received about the alert are processed and stored in an alert database if it is determined that a device tile code of the device geographical tile matches any alert geographical tiles that define the alert; a database query of the alert database is performed to identify alerts having one or more alert geographical tile codes that match the device tile code that have not been presented to a user of the device; and the user of the device is notified via the user interface of the device of the identified alerts and the user is prompted to view the identified one or more alerts via the user interface of the device.
US08519857B2
Systems and methods of controlling a fan in an electronic system are disclosed. One example method includes obtaining a control setting of the fan and current speed of the fan. The example method further includes determining a fan speed threshold associated with the obtained control setting. The example method further includes comparing the fan speed threshold to the current speed. The example method further includes generating an alert based on the comparison.
US08519852B2
An apparatus used for reducing the incidence of aspiration in patients using a two-axis inclinometer is disclosed. The apparatus uses a two-axis inclinometer that is attached in the region of the patient's upper body to measure the absolute angular elevation of the patient's upper body, which is then transmitted to a display or other output device. In one embodiment, the instrument can be mounted to the head of a bed in a plurality of orientations and accurately measure the absolute angular elevation of the patient's upper body. In other embodiments the absolute angular elevation of the patient's upper body information is processed and transmitted to the nurses' station or to a data recorder. The disclosure also relates to a method for measuring the physical orientation of a patient, using such two-axis inclinometer apparatus.
US08519847B2
A method for scheduling communications over a wireless communication subsystem and a radio frequency identification (RFID) communication subsystem comprising determining one or more periods of activity of the wireless communication subsystem; deriving one or more periods of non-activity on the basis of the one or more determined periods of activity; synchronizing an operation of the radio frequency identification (RFID) communication subsystem with the one or more periods of non-activity; and triggering the operation of the radio frequency identification (RFID) communication subsystem in accordance with the one or more derived periods of non-activity to enable substantially concurrent communications operation of the wireless communication subsystem and the radio frequency identification (RFID) communication subsystem.
US08519845B2
The system and method for tracking people provides for the tracking of individuals in large crowds, such as the tracking of individual pilgrims during the Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca. A polling request is initially transmitted from a tracking station to a mobile device associated with a particular person of interest. Upon receipt of the polling request, a location signal is transmitted back to the tracking station. The location signal includes positional and time data representative of the location of the mobile device at the time of transmission. Additionally, a supplemental location signal is also transmitted to the tracking station, the supplemental location signal being representative of the location of the mobile device when the mobile device is detected within proximity of a fixed sensor. A visual display image of the path of the person of interest is then displayed at the tracking station overlaid on a geographic map.
US08519844B2
Augmented reality and location determination methods and apparatus are disclosed according to some aspects of the description. In one aspect, an augmented reality method includes accessing first location information regarding a location of a user interaction device in a physical world, wherein the user interaction device is configured to generate an augmented reality representation with respect to the physical world, using the first location information, generating second location information which has increased accuracy regarding the location of the user interaction device in the physical world, and communicating augmented data to the user interaction device, and wherein the augmented data comprises the augmented reality representation.
US08519830B2
A system and method of lighting protocol and architecture to control lighting parameters, consisting of an X-byte data packet with command, addressing, Hue, Saturation, and Intensity selection, and fading control whereby commands set a remote device state with no need for a constant stream of data, each fixture computing its own parameters. Management of a lighting fixture is done with its own local controller having light management thus eliminating the need for the central controller to handle a magnitude of lighting fixtures. The central controller sending only commands for state changes, eliminating the need for continuous computation and command transmission to all fixtures within its realm. The remote controller manages transitions from one state to another after a command.
US08519825B2
An RFID transponder (1) comprises a demodulator (3) for demodulating received phase modulated carrier signals (CSQ), converting them down to a modulated baseband signal (MS) and filtering the converted signal. Sampling means (7) sample the filtered signal (FS) and store an actual sampling value (S(t0)) and a previous sampling value (S(t1)) of the filtered signal (FS). Subtracting means (8) calculate a difference (DS) between the actual sample value (S(t0)) and the previous sample value (S(t1)). Difference evaluation means (9) evaluate the difference (DS) according to the following criteria: a. if the difference is positive and outside of a predefined zero range (ZR) a first logical value is determined; b. if the difference is negative and outside of the zero range a second logical value is determined; c. if the difference is within the zero range the logical value of the latest evaluation is kept.
US08519824B1
A modular environment for a vehicle. The modular environment may include a configurable service space with a mounting system within the vehicle that has a number of modules configured to releaseably engage the mounting system. The module environment also may include a service space control system able to electronically communicate with and identify at least one of the modules. The modular environment may also include an arch framework that supports a number of fixed modules and a number of configurable modules. A further embodiment is shown of a method for using a service space control system that controls a modular environment for a vehicle having a configurable service, and including a mounting system configured to releaseably engage a number of modules in a service space. The service space control system electronically communicates with and can identify at least one of the modules and limit its use to only authorized users.
US08519822B2
An apparatus for selecting a virtual card application from a multi-application contactless card, including a receiver configured to receive an authentication command containing a card key from a card reader. The apparatus further includes a verifier configured to verify the card key in the virtual card applications and to select a card application for communication with the card reader by means of a key match. The apparatus further includes a transmitter configured to transmit a response of the selected card applications to the card reader.
US08519813B2
The invention comprises a liquid cooled inductor system including at least an inductor and an immersion fluid directly contacting at least a portion of the inductor, such as an inductor core and/or an inductor winding. The immersion fluid is a substantially non-electrically conducting fluid. Preferably, the inductor comprises an inductor core, such as an annularly shaped core, having a plurality of sub-millimeter sized coated particles having alternating magnetic and non-magnetic layers. Optionally, a cooling coil passes through the immersion fluid, the cooling coil carrying a liquid coolant used to remove heat from the inductor.
US08519810B2
A micro-machined magnetic relay has a moveable cantilever comprising a soft magnetic material and having a first end and a second end. The cantilever has a rotational axis which is a flexure supported by a substrate. The cantilever has a first state and a second state. A first permanent magnet is disposed near the first end of the cantilever to force the cantilever in the first state. A second movable magnet causes changes of magnetic forces and torques on the cantilever. Therefore, the direction of a sum of torque on the cantilever is reversed. As a result, the cantilever flips from the first state to the second state. The relay can be used as a proximity sensor to detect the motion of an object associated with the second movable magnet.
US08519808B2
An electromagnetic relay, includes a fixing contact; a movable contact configured to be moved to or from the fixing contact in an approaching and separating direction; a movable part; a driving part configured to drive the movable part; a pressing part configured to press the movable contact based on the driving of the movable part; and a magnetic body provided at an external periphery side of at least one of the fixing contact, the movable contact, and an air space in the approaching and separating direction of the fixing contact and the movable contact.
US08519805B2
An electronic circuit includes a first transmission line connected to a DC power source, a second transmission line having one end connected to the first transmission line at a connecting node, a narrow portion formed in the second transmission line and provided at a position that is away from a specific position by equal to or greater than ⅛ wavelength of a signal, the specific position being away from the connecting node at a distance equal to ¼ wavelength, and a capacitor having one end connected to the other end of the second transmission line and the other end connected to a reference potential.
US08519802B2
The present invention discloses a pulse width modulation driving IC. The pulse width modulation driving IC includes a first pin, for receiving a first signal, a second pin, for receiving a second signal, a comparing unit, for comparing the first signal with a reference voltage, to generate a comparison result indicating a operating mode of the pulse width modulation driving IC, and an output unit, for outputting a pulse width modulation output signal according to the first signal, the second signal and the comparison result.
US08519801B2
A digitally controlled oscillator is provided. The digitally controlled oscillator includes a pair of transistors cross-coupled to each other, a switched capacitor array coupled to the pair of transistors and a plurality of frequency tracking units coupled to the pair of transistors. The pair of transistors provides an output signal. The switched capacitor array tunes a frequency of the output signal. The frequency tracking units tune the frequency of the output signal to a target frequency. At least one of the frequency tracking units is capable of selectively providing a first capacitance and a second capacitance. A tuning resolution of the frequency tracking unit is determined by a difference between the first and second capacitances.
US08519798B2
Embodiments of the invention relate to apparatus and method for reducing electromagnetic interference (EMI) and radio frequency interference (RFI) in computer systems via a chaotic frequency modulation. In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a first cell comprising a chaotic signal generator to generate a chaotic signal and a phase-locked loop (PLL) to generate a modulated output signal based at least on an un-modulated reference signal and the chaotic signal.
US08519796B2
There is provided a bias circuit including a power amplifier in which influence of variation of a gate length L is reduced and variation of a gain among products is low. Two NPN- and PNP-type current mirror circuits 101 (NPN type) and 102 (PNP type) are inserted on an input side of a bias circuit 103. It is designed that a gate length of a transistor Q1 on an output side of the current mirror circuit 101 is longer than that of the other transistor. In this manner, even when an error is generated, influence of the error can be suppressed to be small.
US08519792B2
A differential voltage sensing method for achieving input impedance matching comprises the steps of: providing a first bio-potential signal to a first variable resistor for generating a first signal; providing a second bio-potential signal to a second variable resistor for generating a second signal; differentially amplifying first and second signals for generating a third signal; selecting an operation band of the third signal for generating first and second logic signals; and dynamically adjusting one of the impedances of the first and second variable resistors according to the first and second logic signals, wherein each of the first and second bio-potential signals has a common signal voltage level and a differential signal voltage level.
US08519787B2
Provided is a high frequency amplifier that can suppress from increasing the circuit size while improving efficiency at the time of low output. A high frequency amplifier according to one aspect of the present invention includes a carrier amplifier 7 that amplifies an input signal, a peak amplifier 8 that amplifies the input signal with a predetermined amplitude or greater among the input signal, an envelope detector 3 that extracts envelope information of the input signal, and a bias control circuit 4 that calculates a calculation voltage to be supplied to the carrier amplifier 7 according to the envelope information, compares the calculation voltage and a threshold, and changes the calculation voltage to be supplied to the carrier amplifier 7.
US08519779B2
A voltage supply circuit includes, inter alia, a clock generator, a negative voltage pump, a level shifter, a clock controller, and a pump circuit. The clock generator generates a first clock swinging between a positive voltage and a ground voltage. The negative voltage pump generates a negative voltage. A level shifter shifts the first clock by the negative voltage to output a second clock swinging between the negative voltage and the ground voltage. The clock controller generates a third clock by inverting the second clock and also generates a fourth clock by inverting the third clock. The pump circuit generates a high voltage according to the third and fourth clocks.
US08519763B2
Integrated circuits that support dual-edge clocking are provided. Integrated circuits may include phase-locked loops that generate square-wave clock signals. The clock signals may be provided from off-chip equipment through input-output pins. The clock signals may be routed through a clock distribution network to provide local clock signals to pulse generators that generate clock pulses on rising and falling clock edges. The pulse generators may generate clock pulses that are triggered by the rising and falling clock edges with a common pulse width for optimum performance. Duty cycle distortion introduced by the clock network may be minimized for optimum performance. Adaptive duty cycle distortion circuitry may be used to control the pull-up/pull-down drive strengths of the clock buffer so that the high clock phase of the local clock signals is approximately a half clock cycle.
US08519762B2
An adjusting circuit of duty cycle includes an edge detecting circuit, a flip-flop connected to the edge detecting circuit, a feedback control circuit connected to the flip-flop and a charge pump circuit connected to the feedback control circuit. The edge detecting circuit detects an edge of an inputted clock signal. The flip-flop sets an outputting terminal thereof at a first level according to a clock signal outputted by the edge detecting circuit. The charge pump circuit controls a duration of the first level outputted the outputting terminal of the flip-flop by charging and discharging a capacitor. The flip-flop sets the outputting terminal thereof at a second level contrary to the first level according to a clock signal outputted by the feedback control circuit. An adjusting method of duty cycle is also disclosed. The adjusting circuit of duty cycle has a simple structure, a stable performance and a fast speed.
US08519750B2
Four energization switching devices and positive/negative switching devices are controlled to form a path charging a positive capacitor; a path connecting a power supply with the positive capacitor in series and energizing an inductor to charge a control terminal of a target switching device; a path charging the control terminal using electromagnetism in the inductor; a path supplying circulating current to the power supply when potential of the control terminal becomes higher than voltage of the power supply; a path charging a negative capacitor; a path connecting the power supply with the negative capacitor in series and energizing the inductor to discharge the control terminal; a path discharging the control terminal using electromagnetism in the inductor; and a path supplying circulating current to the power supply when potential of the control terminal becomes lower than potential of a negative terminal of the power supply.
US08519744B2
A method and an associated apparatus for a signal rectification and timing circuit. A variable amplitude input signal is generated. An upper threshold level is determined and a lower threshold level is determined. The variable amplitude input signal and the upper threshold level are input into a first comparator. The variable amplitude input signal and the lower threshold level are input into a second comparator. A first digital output signal is generated in the first comparator using a hysteresis circuit and a second digital output signal is generated in the second comparator using a hysteresis circuit. The first digital output signal and the second digital output signal are input into a logic array. A digital level pulse output signal is generated in the logic array that has a digital transition where the variable amplitude input signal passed through a threshold level.
US08519738B2
An impedance calibration circuit includes: a first calibration unit configured to compare a first converted voltage obtained by converting a first calibration signal with a reference voltage and vary the first calibration signal; a voltage detection unit configured to activate a voltage detection signal according to a level of a power supply voltage; a multiplexing unit configured to select and output the reference voltage or the first converted voltage in response to the detection signal; and a second calibration unit configured to compare a second converted voltage obtained by converting a second calibration signal with the level of the output signal of the multiplexing unit and vary the second calibration signal.
US08519737B2
In one implementation, a memory device includes non-volatile memory and a memory controller communicatively coupled to the non-volatile memory over a first bus. The memory device can also include a host device interface through which the memory controller communicates with a host device over a second bus, wherein the host device interface includes an impedance calibration circuit that is adapted to calibrate a signal transmitted over the second bus by host device interface so that a source impedance associated with the signal matches, within a threshold value, a load impedance associated with the host device over the second bus.
US08519728B2
Methods and apparatuses for modifying a stage position and measuring at least one parameter of a motor connected with a stage during a commanded stage position are described. In one embodiment of one aspect of the invention, the motor is configured to move the stage in a first direction in response to the at least one parameter and determine whether the at least one parameter is within a threshold range.
US08519724B2
A plate of substantially uniform thickness is formed from an electrically conductive material. The plate has a top surface defined to support a part to be measured. The plate has a bottom surface defined to be connected to a radiofrequency (RF) transmission rod such that RF power can be transmitted through the RF transmission rod to the plate. The plate is defined to have a number of holes cut vertically through the plate at a corresponding number of locations that underlie embedded conductive material items in the part to be measured when the part is positioned on the top surface of the plate.
US08519716B2
A battery pack includes a voltage detection part configured to detect the voltage of a battery unit including multiple chargeable and dischargeable secondary cells; a current detection part configured to detect a current flowing through the battery unit; a dischargeable capacity calculation part configured to calculate the dischargeable capacity of the battery unit based on the current detected by the current detection part; and a capacity correction part configured to correct the remaining capacity of the battery unit, the remaining capacity including the dischargeable capacity calculated by the dischargeable capacity calculation part, wherein the capacity correction part is configured to correct the remaining capacity based on an estimated dischargeable capacity calculated from the relationship between a preset predetermined voltage and the drop rate of the voltage of the battery unit, in response to the voltage of the battery unit becoming less than or equal to a predetermined threshold.
US08519715B2
A test fixture for testing a plurality of longitudinal battery cells includes: a base plate; a plurality of holding structures for holding the battery cells, the holding structures being mounted on the base plate and configured to hold the battery cells with their longitudinal axes being perpendicular with respect to the base plate; and a plurality of contacts arranged on the base plate to electrically contact positive and negative terminals of each of the battery cells.
US08519711B2
In an MRI apparatus, a detecting unit that includes a thermographic imaging equipment and a normal imaging camera detects a change in temperature of an imaging space from outside of the imaging space. A judging unit judges whether the imaging space has a point at a temperature greater than a threshold TH, and if the judging unit judges the imaging space has such a point with a temperature greater than the threshold, the apparatus stops the sequence that applies a gradient magnetic field to the subject.
US08519706B2
In a method and magnetic resonance tomography apparatus for triggered implementation of a measurement (composed of partial measurements) in the magnetic resonance tomography apparatus, at least one image data set is determined from the data acquired within the scope of the partial measurements, and for triggering a reference point of the movement phase of the movement is used. The image data set is acquired in segments; the reference point is detected by a control device independent of a partial measurement, and the partial measurement following the detected reference point is conducted depending on the independently detected reference point. The wait time that specifies the interval from the end of the partial measurement to the beginning of the next partial measurement is adapted depending on the point in time of detection.
US08519705B2
A method and apparatus are provided for performing an in-situ magnetic resonance imaging of an object. The method includes the steps of providing an atomic magnetometer, coupling a magnetic field generated by magnetically resonating samples of the object through a flux transformer to the atomic magnetometer and measuring a magnetic resonance of the atomic magnetometer.
US08519704B2
A magnetic-balance-system current sensor includes: a magnetoresistive element, a resistance value of the magnetoresistive element being changed by applying an induction magnetic field generated by a measurement target current; magnetic cores disposed near the magnetoresistive element; a feedback coil disposed near the magnetoresistive element and configured to generate a cancelling magnetic field that cancels out the induction magnetic field; and a magnetic-field detecting bridge circuit having two outputs. The measurement target current is measured on the basis of a current flowing through the feedback coil when the induction magnetic field and the induction magnetic field and the cancelling magnetic field cancel each other out. The feedback coil, the magnetic cores, and the magnetic-field detecting bridge circuit are formed on a same substrate. The feedback coil is of a spiral type, and the magnetic cores are provided above and below the feedback coil.
US08519700B2
An angular position sensor includes a moving element consisting of at least one essentially cylindrical permanent magnet turning about it axis, at least two magnetosensitive elements and at least one processing circuit furnishing a signal dependent on the absolute position of the moving element The magnetosensitive elements are located essentially at the same point and in that they measure the tangential component of the magnetic field and the radial and/or axial component of the magnetic field for furnishing 2 sinusoidal signals that are essentially 90° out of phase.
US08519699B2
An electrical current sensor is disclosed having conducting coil portion and an insulating body portion, the conducting coil portion comprising a coil portion with one or more helical windings made of a wire conductor and encircling a central cavity. Adjacent windings are separated by a dielectrically effective gap, wherein the insulating body portion comprises a dielectric spacer comprising a helical gap maintaining protuberance configured for insertion in the central cavity of the windings such that the gap maintaining protuberance is at least partially inserted in the gap between windings.
US08519696B2
An integrated circuit comprises at least first and second frequency generating circuits, wherein each frequency generating circuit comprises a reference frequency source; a voltage controlled oscillator; and a feedback control circuit for controlling the voltage controlled oscillator to provide a desired output frequency signal. The output of the voltage controlled oscillator of the first frequency generating circuit is switched into the feedback control circuit of the second frequency generating circuit to provide a test signal for testing one or more components of the feedback control circuit of the second frequency generating circuit.
US08519692B2
An output voltage of a voltage regulator is set to within a prescribed voltage range in a short time. The voltage regulator comprises: an amplifier (AMP) that amplifies a difference between a reference voltage and a voltage proportional to an output voltage; an NMOS transistor (MN1) that has a control terminal connected to an output terminal of the amplifier (AMP) and that drops a power supply voltage to output an output voltage; a first capacitive element (C1) that has a first terminal connected to the output terminal of the amplifier (AMP) and a second terminal connected to ground; a second capacitive element (C2) that has a first terminal connected to the output terminal of the amplifier (AMP); and a control circuit (11) that, subsequent to supply of the power supply voltage, controls operation activation of the amplifier (AMP) and also supplies a drive signal to a second terminal of the second capacitive element (C2).
US08519691B2
Apparatus and method for providing current limiting in a DC-DC converter and especially to methods and apparatus suitable for a start-up mode of operation. The invention monitors the inductor (L) current when the high side supply switch is on against a peak current limit threshold. If the inductor current reaches the peak current limit threshold the high side switch is turned off. The inductor current when the low side switch is off is monitored against a valley current threshold. As long as the inductor current is above the valley current threshold turn on of the low side switch is inhibited. In this way current limiting is provided and the problems of stair-stepping are avoided. Embodiments employing lossless current sensing are described. The invention may be implemented in a start-up mode of operation wherein the converter is controlled purely by the peak current limit and valley current threshold which are increased over time.
US08519687B2
A power source device capable of improving the power conversion efficiency at a light load independent of an input power source voltage is realized. For example, a clock signal is output from a common control unit to a PWM-mounted drive unit including a reverse-current detection circuit in addition to a peak current control method. This clock signal is selected by a mode setting signal from either of a clock signal with a constant frequency or a clock signal which is generated via a one-shot pulse generation circuit every time an output voltage at an output power source node decreases. When the latter is selected, the switching frequency at a light load decreases and the power conversion efficiency improves. Furthermore, the peak current control method can reduce the input power source voltage dependence of the switching frequency.
US08519683B2
The present invention includes: a main switch Tr1 connected to two ends of a DC power supply Vi via a first primary winding 1a and a second primary winding 1b, connected to the first primary winding in series, of a transformer T1; a series circuit connected to the two ends of the main switch, and including a reactor L1, a diode D1, a smoothing capacitor Co and a hoist winding 1c connected to the second primary winding in series; a series circuit connected to the two ends of the main switch, and including a diode D2, a diode D3 and the smoothing capacitor; a control circuit 10 to turn on and off the main switch; a soft-switching circuit Da1, Tra1, La1, Ca1 to cause the main switch to perform a soft-switching operation each time the main switch turns on; and a switching control circuit 20 to switch the soft-switching circuit between operating and non-operating modes in accordance with the state of a load.
US08519678B2
Battery charging circuitry is provided. A charge controller receives electrical energy from a photovoltaic panel. A first timer provides a stream of clock pulses. A second timer is triggered by the clock pulses and generates a pulse-width modulated (PWM) signal. A duty cycle of the PWM signal is determined by way of comparing a time-varying capacitor voltage to a signal derived from a storage battery voltage. Transfer of electrical energy from the photovoltaic panel to the storage battery is regulated by a shunting element using the PWM signal.
US08519674B2
A method for gathering information from battery sensors—for instance, information regarding the state-of-charge (SOC), temperature and/or other characteristics of battery cells in a vehicle battery pack—and using that information to estimate or predict battery degradation or state-of-health (SOH). According to an exemplary embodiment, the method uses both a time-based algorithm and an event-based algorithm to predict or estimate battery degradation. The event-based algorithm may select certain data from the battery conditions (e.g., a state-of-charge (SOC) swing (ΔSOC) or an SOC maximum (SOCMax)), instead of using the entire set of battery condition data, and may use this information in its prediction or estimate.
US08519664B2
Method for controlling a machine or an electrical load supplied with electric power over a long line
A drive controller arranged to provide electrical power from a power supply to a machine or load over a long AC power cable of the order of kilometers. The drive controller is arranged with circuits and/or control processes to provide AC current at a constant ratio of voltage and frequency to said machine or load. The drive controller maintains voltage and frequency at the machine terminals despite fluctuations in voltage and/or frequency that would ordinarily be caused by the load. This is done by estimating the voltage and current at the machine terminals and adapting the drive controller output accordingly to actively vary the converter output dependent on the load of the machine or other load. In other aspects of the invention a method and a computer program for carrying out the method are described.
US08519663B2
A power supply system is provided. The power supply system includes a converter converting a direct input current into a polyphase alternating output current including a plurality M of phases. The converter includes two input terminals, is arranged at the input of the element and delivers the polyphase alternating current to element. The power supply system also includes a controller controlling the converter, a storage bank including at least one storage capacitor between the input terminals, a device protecting the element from over-voltages or over-currents of the polyphase alternating current, between the converter and element, including a plurality of switching arms between the respective phases of the polyphase alternating current. Each switching arm includes two thyristors connected head-to-tail and in parallel. The controller applies a negative voltage to the terminals of at least one thyristor during a period greater than a predetermined turn-off time of the thyristor.
US08519659B2
Provided is a low-cost control device for an electric servo press, which is excellent in operability and operation efficiency, capable of abruptly stopping a servomotor in a safe and reliable manner within a short time period in response to an abrupt stop command while avoiding hard actuation of a mechanical brake, even in the case of runaway of the servomotor or the like. An electric servo press performs switching to rotation stop control for a servomotor according to an abrupt stop motion based on an abrupt stop command signal to perform brake actuation to cause a mechanical brake to actually start braking and to forcibly interrupt rotational drive power to the servomotor at a scheduled stop time at which the servomotor is stopped according to the abrupt stop motion.
US08519645B2
A drive signal generating unit generates a drive signal used to alternately deliver a positive current and a negative current to a coil. The drive signal is such that nonconducting periods are set before and after a positive current conducting period and the nonconducting periods are set before and after a negative current conducting period. A driver unit generates the drive current in response to the drive signal generated by the drive signal generating unit and then supplies the drive current to the coil. The drive signal generating unit sets the width of a nonconducting period such that, after the drive start of the linear vibration motor, the width of a nonconducting period to be set before at least the first conducting period of the drive signal is shorter than the width of a nonconducting period to be set before each conducting period during steady operation of the linear vibration motor.
US08519637B2
There is provided a digital PWM generator according to a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention including: an A/D converter dividing a predetermined reference voltage into a plurality of sections corresponding to a predetermined first set value, searching a section to which the magnitude of an input voltage Vin corresponds, among the plurality of sections, and converting a value corresponding to the searched section into a digital signal; a frequency selector providing a counting number by counting a predetermined high-speed counting clock during a one-cycle section of a predetermined reference clock; and a PWM signal generator converting the digital signal from the A/D converter into a ratio value corresponding to a ratio for the reference voltage and generating a PWM signal having a controlled duty ratio of the reference clock by using the ratio value and the counting number from the frequency selector.
US08519634B2
Drive circuitry drives a plurality of solid state light emitters coupled between a higher voltage node and a lower voltage node. The drive circuitry includes a switching regulator, such as a buck regulator, having a switch and an inductive element coupled between the switch and the lower voltage node to electrically connect the switch to the lower voltage node. A controller drives the switch in accordance with an output signal produced by the solid state light emitters. Input power supply circuitry supplies an input power supply signal for providing a voltage level at the higher voltage node to operate the solid state light emitters. The input power supply circuitry is configured for supplying the controller with a first power supply signal produced based on the input power supply signal. Operation power supply circuitry is electrically connected to the lower voltage node for supplying the controller with a second power supply signal when the voltage level developed at the lower voltage node is sufficient to support operation of the controller.
US08519633B2
A pulsed electric operating current that rises during a pulse duration is generated for operating at least one radiation-emitting semiconductor component. For this purpose, in a method for producing a control device for operating the at least one radiation-emitting semiconductor component, a temporal profile of a thermal impedance representative of the at least one radiation-emitting semiconductor component is determined. A profile of the electric operating current that is to be set is determined depending on the determined temporal profile of the thermal impedance. The control device is furthermore designed such that the profile of the operating current that is to be set is set in each case during the pulse duration.
US08519629B2
The present invention is directed to a lighting device. A lighting unit includes at least one lighting string, and each lighting string includes one or serial-connected lighting elements. An AC/DC power converter converts an AC voltage to a DC voltage, therefore providing a current to the lighting unit. In one embodiment, a detecting unit performs detection to generate a detect signal; in another embodiment, a brightness adjusting unit, after adjustment, generates adjust signals that represent different brightness modes respectively. Subsequently, a resistor network generates a control signal according to the detect signal or the adjust signal, and a switch unit controls the brightness of the lighting unit according to the control signal.
US08519625B2
A light quantity control apparatus, which controls light quantity of a light of a vehicle, includes a traffic-jam-information obtaining unit obtaining traffic-jam-information including information on positions and on presence/absence of a traffic jam, a vehicle-position obtaining unit obtaining a position of a vehicle, a traffic-jam identifying unit identifying whether the vehicle is in a traffic jam based on the traffic-jam-information and the position of the vehicle, a traffic-jam-time light quantity control unit decreasing the light quantity compared with a normal time if the vehicle is in a traffic jam, an urban-district obtaining unit obtaining information on whether or not the vehicle is in an urban district or near an intersection, and an urban-district-traveling-time light quantity control unit decreasing the light quantity compared with a case where the vehicle is in an area other than urban districts and intersections if the vehicle is in the urban district or near an intersection.
US08519617B2
It is an object of the present invention to provide a light emitting element with a low driving voltage. In a light emitting element, a first electrode; and a first composite layer, a second composite layer, a light emitting layer, an electron transporting layer, an electron injecting layer, and a second electrode, which are stacked over the first electrode, are included. The first composite layer and the second composite layer each include metal oxide and an organic compound. A concentration of metal oxide in the first composite layer is higher than a concentration of metal oxide in the second composite layer, whereby a light emitting element with a low driving voltage can be obtained. Further, the composite layer is not limited to a two-layer structure. A multi-layer structure can be employed. However, a concentration of metal oxide in the composite layer is gradually higher from the light emitting layer to first electrode side.
US08519615B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a material which does not substantially have a hole injection barrier from an electrode. A composite material containing an organic compound and an inorganic compound, in which measured current-voltage characteristics of a thin-film layer formed from the composite material which is sandwiched between a pair of electrodes each having a work function of 3.5 eV to 5.5 eV follow Formula (1) below, is manufactured. J = { A exp ( - ϕ a 2 kT ) } V + BV n ( 1 )
US08519614B2
The lighting device includes a substrate, a light-emitting element formed over one of surfaces of the substrate, and a rear surface metal layer formed on another surface of the substrate, which is opposite to the surface over which the light-emitting element is formed. The light-emitting element has a structure in which an organic compound layer containing a light-emitting substance is provided between a pair of electrodes. The substrate has a layered structure of an organic insulating layer and a metal layer including at least one internal metal layer. The internal metal layer is thermally bonded to the rear surface metal layer through a via hole formed in the organic insulating layer. The resistance of the via hole is lower than that in the case of thermal bonding not through the via hole.
US08519613B2
An organic light-emitting device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a light-emitting layer disposed between the first and second electrodes. The light-emitting layer contains an organic compound emitting photoluminescent light with a peak wavelength of 430 to 480 nm. The organic compound has a profile factor of 0.02 or less at a wave number of 1,300 to 1,680 cm−1 as calculated from Huang-Rhys factors.
US08519610B2
An organic luminescent element comprises a substrate, an organic electroluminescence element formed on one surface thereof and having a light-emitting section emitting light to the substrate, and a lens attached on the other surface of the substrate. A refraction index of the lens is ≧ that of the substrate. An area of the light-emitting section, parallel to the substrate's surface, is smaller than an area of the substrate on which the lens is attached. An angle θ between a line perpendicular to the substrate's surface in a direction from the light-emitting section toward the substrate and a straight line connecting an end of the light-emitting section and an end of the lens, is set to be ≧60°.
US08519606B2
A spark plug (1) includes an insulator (2) and a metal shell (3), including a middle section (41) positioned between a collar section (16) and a tool engaging section (19). The middle section (41) has a bulged section (42), a first slender section (43) and a second slender section (44) that is the most slender at a portion positioned further to the leading end side than the bulged section (42). In a cross-section including the axis CL1, when the distance between both slender sections (43) and (44) along the axis CL1 is F (mm) and the bulged amount to the inside in diametrical direction of a most bulged section (42M) with respect to an imaginary line that connects a portion that is positioned furthest to the inside in diametrical direction of both slender sections 43 and 44 is G (mm), the relationship 0.00
US08519600B2
An ultrasonic transducer includes: a piezoelectric transducer (1) emitting ultrasonic waves; and a backing layer (4) provided in contact with a back side of the piezoelectric transducer (1) and attenuating ultrasonic waves that are emitted toward the back side of the piezoelectric transducer (1) and have an opposite phase to the phase of ultrasonic waves emitted toward a front side of the piezoelectric transducer (1). The acoustic tubes (5) are disposed in the backing layer (4) such that a longitudinal direction of each acoustic tube (5) is in line with a traveling direction of the ultrasonic waves emitted by the piezoelectric transducer (1) toward the front and the back side. The acoustic tubes (5) have mutually different lengths on the basis of a principle of an acoustic wave synthesis, and attenuate in whole or in part the ultrasonic waves emitted by the piezoelectric transducer (1) toward the backing layer (4).
US08519599B2
A piezoelectric actuator unit includes a piezoelectric layer, a first electrode and a second electrode which are arranged to be sandwiching the piezoelectric layer, and which form an active portion of the piezoelectric layer by sandwiching the piezoelectric layer, a capacitor which is connected in series to the active portion, and a voltage applying mechanism which applies a first voltage to the capacitor, and a second voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode to cause a piezoelectric deformation in the active portion of the piezoelectric layer.
US08519596B1
A graphene triboelectric charging device and a method of generating electricity by the same are provided. The device can include an electric power generating unit including a triboelectric layer, a polyester layer disposed to face the triboelectric layer, and a graphene layer interposed between the triboelectric layer and the polyester layer, a holder accommodating the electric power generating unit and having an uneven surface configured to receive a portion of the electric power generating unit when it is deformed by external force, and a friction unit disposed to face the electric power generating unit and configured to deform the electric power generating unit, wherein the friction unit is disposed to face the uneven surface.
US08519592B2
A synchronous electric motor includes rotor having a plurality of radially-oriented magnetic dipoles and a stator. Stator teeth group with a plurality of sets of stator teeth are arranged in the same position in terms of an electrical angle with another stator teeth group to provide rotational symmetry about an axis of the rotor. In each of the stator teeth groups a predetermined number of stator teeth are arranged at intervals different from intervals of the rotor magnetic dipoles. A main coil is wound about a predetermined number of stator teeth with a sub-coil further wound around one or more a teeth. Phase and magnitude of a resulting magnetic field is adjusted by the number of loops of the main coil and sub-coil. A given stator tooth can produce maximum torque despite any difference between an alignment of the stator tooth and an inter-polar interval of the stator.
US08519584B2
The present disclosure relates to a magnetic motor including a drive magnet, a motion magnet, and an acceleration field. The drive magnet includes magnetic shielding, typically on a portion thereof, altering the magnetic field of the drive magnet. In some embodiments, the motion magnet has a cross-section that is generally in the shape of a ‘V’ or ‘A’. The acceleration field is created by the interaction between the drive magnet and the motion magnet as the motion magnet is passed through the altered magnetic field of the drive magnet. The altered magnetic field of the drive magnet may often be near a first end of the drive magnet. In further embodiments, the motion magnet can be operably coupled to an output shaft and rotate around the central axis of the output shaft. The present disclosure, also relates to a device, including the magnetic motor, for generating energy from a turbine.
US08519580B2
An electric machine has a stator and a rotor arranged on a rotor shaft for rotation about a shaft axis, wherein the shaft axis defines an axial, a radial and a tangential direction. The rotor has at least one continuous axial rotor channel. The stator has a lamination stack extending over the rotor viewed in the axial direction. The lamination stack completely surrounds the rotor, forming a closed inner rotor chamber and has at least one axial stator channel running continuously in the axial direction and that is completely closed when viewed on the sectional plane. The electric machine has covers which are designed to form in conjunction with the lamination stack at least one radial channel running in the radial direction. The radial channels connect the axial stator channel(s) to the inner rotor chamber by means of a fluid connection but are otherwise closed.
US08519574B2
Provided are a lens driving motor and an elastic member of the lens driving motor. The elastic member of a lens driving motor, the elastic member includes a first spring and a second spring. The second spring is different from the first spring and disposed together with the first spring on one side of a carrier to support the carrier. A first lead line of a coil and a first external power source are connected to the first spring, and a second lead line of the coil and a second external power source are connected to the second spring to supply power to the coil. Since the carrier can be assembled to other part after a (+) lead line and a (−) lead line of the coil are connected to the first and second springs, respectively, using solder, a process is simple and convenient.
US08519573B2
A reciprocating vibration generator making the magnetic circuit of a permanent magnet a closed loop so as to obtain a high vibration force, specifically a vibration linear actuator having a ring-shaped weight, a reciprocating vibrator having a ring-shaped permanent magnet in a center hole of the weight, a first plate spring and a second plate spring supporting this reciprocating vibrator with respect to a recessed case and an end plate to be able to elastically displace in a thickness direction between a first end face and a second end face, a tube-shaped toroidal coil running through a center hole of the ring-shaped permanent magnet and generating a reciprocating vibration magnetic field for driving the ring-shaped permanent magnet to reciprocate in the thickness direction, and a columnar core running through the inside of this toroidal coil, wherein the ring-shaped permanent magnet is magnetized in the thickness direction, and the toroidal coil has a lower stage toroidal coil and an upper stage toroidal coil coaxial with and adjacent to the same, wound in the opposite direction, and connected in series with the same.
US08519565B2
A control system is provided for use with a plurality of generator sets. The control system may have at least one load discrete signal cable, a ramping discrete signal cable, a switching device, and a control module associated with a first of the plurality of generator sets. The control module may be configured to detect a signal on the at least one load discrete signal cable generated by a second of the plurality of generator sets indicative of a load on the second of the plurality of generator sets, and to activate the switching device to implement an operational status change of the first of the plurality of generator sets based on the detection. The control module may also be configured to generate a signal on the ramping discrete signal cable to inhibit others of the plurality of generator sets from changing operational status during the operational status change of the first of the plurality of generator sets.
US08519564B2
An apparatus for providing power to an electronic device may include a power input configured to receive an input voltage from a power supply, and a rectifier operatively connected to the power input and configured to convert the input voltage to a first voltage. The rectifier may further be configured to transmit the first voltage to a first power output operatively connected to the rectifier. The apparatus may further include a power converter operatively connected to the rectifier and configured to convert the first voltage to a second voltage different than the first voltage and a first relay operatively connected to the rectifier to selectively prevent the first voltage from being transmitted through the first power output. The power converter may further be configured to transmit the second voltage to a second power output operatively connected to the power converter.
US08519561B2
A power module includes an upper arm circuit unit and a lower arm circuit unit each having a power semiconductor element; an insulating substrate with the units mounted on one surface thereof; a metal base bonded onto the other surface of the substrate opposite to the one surface where the units are mounted; a first connection conductor for supplying a high potential to the upper unit from outside; a second connection conductor for supplying a low potential to the lower unit from outside; an insulating sheet interposed between the conductors; and a resin case disposed on the metal base to support the conductors, the conductors are flat conductors and laminated with the sheet sandwiched therebetween; the sheet extends from one end of the laminated structure to secure the creepage distance between the conductors; and the case is furnished with a recess for containing the laminated structure.
US08519546B2
An electronic device includes a first semi-conductor die, a second semi-conductor die and an electrically conductive element. The electrically conductive element includes a first electrically conductive part interposed at least partially between the first semi-conductor die and the second semi-conductor die, wherein said first part is electrically coupled to the first semi-conductor die. The electrically conductive element further includes a second electrically conductive part electrically coupled to the first part, wherein said second part extends from at least part of the first part. The first part is an electrically conductive strap between the dice, and the second part is clip extending from at least part of the strap.
US08519544B2
A semiconductor device can include a carrier substrate, and a first semiconductor die disposed on a surface of the carrier substrate. An encapsulant can be disposed over the first semiconductor die and the carrier substrate. The semiconductor device can include first vias disposed through the encapsulant as well as second vias disposed through the encapsulant to expose first contact pads. The first contact pads are on upper surfaces of the first semiconductor die. The semiconductor device can include conductive pillars that fill the first vias, and first conductive metal vias (CMVs) that fill the second vias. The conductive pillar can include a first conductive material, and the first CMVs can be in contact with the first contact pads. The semiconductor device can include a conductive layer disposed over the encapsulant. The conductive layer can electrically connect one of the first CMVs with one of the conductive pillars.
US08519543B1
A multi-die integrated circuit assembly includes an interposer substrate larger than the typical reticle size used in fabricating the “active area” in which the through-silicon vias (TSVs) and interconnect conductors are formed in the interposer. At the same time, each of the dies has its external power/ground and I/O signal line connections concentrated into a smaller area of the die. The dies are disposed or mounted on the interposer such that these smaller areas (with the power/ground/IO connections) overlap with the active area of the interposer. In this configuration, a plurality of dies having a combined area substantially greater than the active area of the interposer can be mounted on the interposer (and take advantage of the active area for interconnections).
US08519537B2
A 3D semiconductor package using an interposer is provided. In an embodiment, an interposer is provided having a first die electrically coupled to a first side of the interposer and a second die electrically coupled to a second side of the interposer. The interposer is electrically coupled to an underlying substrate, such as a packaging substrate, a high-density interconnect, a printed circuit board, or the like. The substrate has a cavity such that the second die is positioned within the cavity. The use of a cavity may allow smaller conductive bumps to be used, thereby allowing a higher number of conductive bumps to be used. A heat sink may be placed within the cavity to aid in the dissipation of the heat from the second die.
US08519536B2
A semiconductor device that has a flipchip semiconductor die and substrate. A first insulating layer is formed over the substrate. A via is formed through the first insulating layer. Conductive material is deposited in the via to form a conductive pillar or stacked stud bumps. The conductive pillar is electrically connected to a conductive layer within the substrate. A second insulating layer is formed over the first insulating layer. Bump material is formed over the conductive pillar. The bump material is reflowed to form a bump. The first and second insulating layers are removed. The semiconductor die is mounted to the substrate by reflowing the bump to a conductive layer of the die. The semiconductor die also has a third insulating layer formed over the conductive layer and an active surface of the die and UBM formed over the first conductive layer and third insulating layer.
US08519535B2
A method comprises determining a warpage of an integrated circuit (IC) package design. The IC package design includes a substrate having a top solder mask on a first major surface and a bottom solder mask on a second major surface opposite the first major surface. The first major surface has an IC die mounted over the top solder mask. The design is modified, including modifying an average thickness of one of the group consisting of the top solder mask and the bottom solder mask, so as to reduce the warpage. An IC package is fabricated according to the modified design.
US08519534B2
At least one microspring has applied thereover a laminate structure to provide: mechanical protection during handling and wafer processing, a spring spacer layer, strengthening of the anchor between spring and substrate, provision of a gap stop during spring deflection, and moisture and contaminant protection. A fully-formed laminate structure may be applied over the microspring structure or a partly-formed laminate structure may be applied over the microspring structure then cured or hardened. The tip portion of the microspring may protrude through the laminate structure and be exposed for contact or may be buried within the contact structure. The laminate structure may remain in place in the final microspring structure or be removed in whole or in part. The laminate structure may be photolithographically patternable material, patterned and etched to remove some or all of the structure, forming for example additional structural elements such as a gap stop for the microspring.
US08519525B2
A semiconductor encapsulation comprises a lead frame further comprising a chip carrier and a plurality of pins in adjacent to the chip carrier. A plurality of grooves opened from an upper surface of the chip carrier partially dividing the chip carrier into a plurality of chip mounting areas. A bottom portion of the grooves is removed for completely isolate each chip mounting area, wherein a width of the bottom portion of the grooves removed is smaller than a width of the grooves. In one embodiment, a groove is located between the chip carrier and the pins with a bottom portion of the groove removed for isolate the pins from the chip carrier, wherein a width of the bottom of the grooves removed is smaller than a width of the grooves.
US08519520B2
A semiconductor package method for co-packaging high-side (HS) and low-side (LS) semiconductor chips is disclosed. The HS and LS semiconductor chips are attached to two opposite sides of a lead frame, with a bottom drain electrode of the LS chip connected to a top side of the lead frame and a top source electrode of the HS chip connected to a bottom side of the lead frame through a solder ball. The stacking configuration of HS chip, lead frame and LS chip reduces the package size. A bottom metal layer covering the bottom of HS chip exposed outside of the package body provides both electrical connection and thermal conduction.
US08519517B2
A semiconductor package system, and method of manufacturing thereof, includes: an electrical substrate having a contact pad; a support structure having a lead finger thereon; a bump on the lead finger, the bump clamped on a top and a side of the lead finger and connected with the contact pad; and an encapsulant over the lead finger and the electrical substrate.
US08519514B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, at least one via hole provided on the substrate, a through silicon via provided in the at least one via hole, and an interface chip that is electrically connected to the core chips through the through silicon via. The via hole includes a bowing shaped portion in which a diameter of a center portion is larger than diameters of both edges.
US08519513B2
A semiconductor wafer includes a die, an edge seal, a bond pad, a plating bus, and trace. The die is adjacent to a saw street. The edge seal is along a perimeter of the die and includes a conductive layer formed in a last interconnect layer of the die. The bond pad is formed as part of metal deposition layer above the last interconnect layer or part of the last interconnect layer. The plating bus is within the saw street. The trace is connected to the bond pad and to the plating bus (1) over the edge seal, insulated from the edge seal, and formed in the metal deposition layer or (2) through the edge seal and insulated from the edge seal.
US08519509B2
An object of one embodiment of the present invention is to provide an antifuse which has low writing voltage. The antifuse is used for a memory element for a read only memory device. The antifuse includes a first conductive layer, an insulating layer, a semiconductor layer, and a second conductive layer. The insulating layer included in the antifuse is a silicon oxynitride layer formed by adding ammonia to a source gas. When hydrogen is contained in the layer at greater than or equal to 1.2×1021 atoms/cm3 and less than or equal to 3.4×1021 atoms/cm3 or nitrogen is contained in the layer at greater than or equal to 3.2×1020 atoms/cm3 and less than or equal to 2.2×1021 atoms/cm3, writing can be performed at low voltage.
US08519506B2
A galvanic isolation integrated circuit system includes a semiconductor substrate; a layer of thermally conductive material, e.g., CVD nano- or poly-diamond thin film or boron nitride CVD thin film, formed over the semiconductor substrate; a first integrated circuit structure formed over the layer of thermally conductive material; a second integrated circuit structure formed over the layer of thermally conductive material, the second integrated circuit structure being spaced apart from the first integrated circuit structure; and a galvanic isolation structure formed over the layer of thermally conductive material between the first and second integrated circuit structures and connected to the first integrated circuit structure and the second integrated circuit structure.
US08519503B2
The present specification discloses front-side contact back-side illuminated (FSC-BSL) photodiode array having improved characteristics such as high speed of each photodiode, uniformity of the bias voltage applied to different photodiode, low bias voltage, reduced resistance of each photodiode, and an associated reduction in noise. The photodiode array is made of photodiodes with front metallic cathode pads, front metallic anode pad, back metallic cathode pads, n+ doped regions and a p+ doped region. The front metallic cathode pads physically contact the n+ doped regions and the front metallic anode pad physically contacts the p+ doped region. The back metallic cathode pads physically contact the n+ doped region.
US08519491B2
The present invention discloses a MEMS sensing device which comprises a substrate, a MEMS device region, a film, an adhesive layer, a cover, at least one opening, and a plurality of leads. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The MEMS device region is on the first surface, and includes a chamber. The film is overlaid on the MEMS device region to seal the chamber as a sealed space. The cover is mounted on the MEMS device region and adhered by the adhesive layer. The opening is on the cover or the adhesive layer, allowing the pressure of the air outside the device to pressure the film. The leads are electrically connected to the MEMS device region, and extend to the second surface.
US08519474B2
An electronic device includes a transistor, wherein the electronic device can include a semiconductor layer having a primary surface, a channel region, a gate electrode, a source region, a conductive electrode, and an insulating layer lying between the primary surface of the semiconductor layer and the conductive electrode. The insulating layer has a first region and a second region, wherein the first region is thinner than the second region. The channel region, gate electrode, source region, or any combination thereof can lie closer to the first region than the second region. The thinner portion can allow for faster switch of the transistor, and the thicker portion can allow a relatively large voltage difference to be placed across the insulating layer. Alternative shapes for the transitions between the different regions of the insulating layer and exemplary methods to achieve such shapes are also described.
US08519472B2
A semiconductor device includes stacked-gate structures including a plurality of cell gate patterns and insulating patterns alternately stacked on a semiconductor substrate and extending in a first direction. Active patterns and gate dielectric patterns are disposed in the stacked-gate structures. The active patterns penetrate the stacked-gate structures and are spaced apart from each other in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and the gate dielectric patterns are interposed between the cell gate patterns and the active patterns and extend onto upper and lower surfaces of the cell gate patterns. The active patterns share the cell gate patterns in the stacked-gate structures.
US08519470B2
A semiconductor chip includes a redistribution interconnect that is implemented by shorting bumps, and a semiconductor package and a system each including the semiconductor chip. The semiconductor chip includes a semiconductor substrate, a passivation film disposed on the semiconductor substrate, and a plurality of pseudo bumps disposed on the passivation film. Each pseudo bump is directly connected to adjacent pseudo bumps to form at least one redistribution interconnect.
US08519469B2
Methods of forming memory and memory devices are disclosed, such as a memory device having a memory cell with a floating gate formed from a first conductor, a control gate formed from a second conductor, and a dielectric interposed between the floating gate and the control gate. For example, a select gate may be coupled in series with the memory cell and has a first control gate portion formed from the first conductor and a second control gate portion formed from a third conductor. A contact may be formed from the third conductor and coupled in series with the select gate. Other methods and devices are also disclosed.
US08519451B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a source region having p-type conductivity, a drain region having p-type conductivity, a channel region provided between the source region and the drain region and having n-type conductivity, a lower gate insulating film provided on the channel region, a lower gate electrode provided on the lower gate insulating film, an upper gate insulating film provided on the lower gate electrode, an upper gate electrode provided on the upper gate insulating film, and a switching element connected between the lower gate electrode and the source region.
US08519450B1
Embodiments relate to a graphene-based memory device. The graphene-based memory device includes a first graphene layer and a second graphene layer. A first insulation layer is located between the first and second graphene layers. The first insulation layer has an opening between the first and second graphene layers, and the first graphene layer is configured to bend into the opening to contact the second graphene layer based on a first electrostatic force.
US08519448B2
Methods and apparatus relating to very large scale FET arrays for analyte measurements. ChemFET (e.g., ISFET) arrays may be fabricated using conventional CMOS processing techniques based on improved FET pixel and array designs that increase measurement sensitivity and accuracy, and at the same time facilitate significantly small pixel sizes and dense arrays. Improved array control techniques provide for rapid data acquisition from large and dense arrays. Such arrays may be employed to detect a presence and/or concentration changes of various analyte types in a wide variety of chemical and/or biological processes. In one example, chemFET arrays facilitate DNA sequencing techniques based on monitoring changes in hydrogen ion concentration (pH), changes in other analyte concentration, and/or binding events associated with chemical processes relating to DNA synthesis.
US08519446B2
A gas sensor for sensing chemical gases utilizes a metal oxynitride as the sensing material, which changes its conductivity when exposed to the analyte gas. The change in conductivity is measured for the sensor output. The metal may be either tungsten or molybdenum.
US08519436B2
Fabrication of monolithic lattice-mismatched semiconductor heterostructures with limited area regions having upper portions substantially exhausted of threading dislocations, as well as fabrication of semiconductor devices based on such lattice-mismatched heterostructures.
US08519428B2
A vertical stacked light emitting structure includes a substrate unit, a stacked type light emitting module, and a flip-chip type light emitting module. The substrate unit includes a substrate body. The stacked type light emitting module includes a first light emitting unit and a light guiding unit. The first light emitting unit includes at least one first LED bare chip disposed on and electrically connected to the substrate body, and the light guiding unit includes at least one light guiding body disposed on the first LED bare chip. The flip-chip type light emitting module includes a second light emitting unit. The second light emitting unit includes at least one second LED bare chip disposed on the light guiding body and electrically connected to the substrate body. Hence, the first LED bare chip, the light guiding body, and the second LED bare chip are stacked on top of one another sequentially.
US08519427B2
Provided are a light emitting device and a lighting system having the same. The light emitting device includes: a plurality of metal layers spaced to each other; a first insulation film disposed on an outer part of a top surface area of the plurality of metal layers and having an open area where a portion of top side of the plurality of metal layers is opened; a light emitting chip disposed on at least one of the plurality of metal layers and electrically connected to other metal layers; and a resin layer on the plurality of metal layers and the light emitting chip.
US08519420B2
An exemplary LED package includes first and second electrodes, an LED chip and two electrically conductive wires. The first electrode has a top surface and an opposite bottom surface. A recess is defined in the top surface of the first electrode. The second electrode has a top surface and an opposite bottom surface. A recess is defined in the top surface of the second electrode. The LED chip has a bottom surface attached to the top surface of the first electrode, and a top surface on which a first pad and a second pad are formed. One of the electrically conductive wires has an end connecting to the first pad and an opposite end joining with a bottom of the recess of the first electrode. The other has an end connecting to the second pad and an opposite end joining with a bottom of the recess of the second electrode.
US08519405B2
The present invention relates generally to a thin film transistor, an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display including the same, and manufacturing methods of them. The thin film transistor comprises: a substrate; a gate electrode disposed on the substrate; a gate insulating layer disposed on the gate electrode; a semiconductor layer disposed on the gate insulating layer; an inter layer dielectric disposed on the entire surface of the substrate; and source and drain electrodes disposed on the inter layer dielectric and connected to the semiconductor layer, and in which the gate electrode is disposed so as to correspond to the entire surface of the semiconductor layer, and a manufacturing method thereof. The organic light emitting diode (OLED) display comprises the elements of the thin film transistor described above, and also includes an insulating film disposed on the entire surface of the substrate, and a first electrode, an organic layer, and a second electrode disposed on the insulating film, the first electrode being electrically connected to any one of the source and drain electrodes, and the gate electrode is disposed so as to correspond to the entire surface of the semiconductor layer.
US08519404B2
The present invention provides a display device and a manufacturing method thereof that can simplify manufacturing steps and enhance efficiency in the use of materials, and further, a manufacturing method that can enhance adhesiveness of a pattern. One feature of the invention is that at least one or more patterns needed for manufacturing a display panel, such as a conductive layer forming a wiring or an electrode or a mask for forming a desired pattern is/are formed by a method capable of selectively forming a pattern, thereby manufacturing a display panel.
US08519402B2
Design structures, structures and methods of manufacturing structures for providing latch-up immunity for mixed voltage integrated circuits. The structure includes a diffused N-Tub structure embedded in a P-wafer and provided below a retrograde N-well to a non-isolated CMOS logic.
US08519399B2
An array substrate for a display device and its fabrication method are disclosed. The array substrate for a display device includes: a gate wiring and a gate electrode connected to the wiring formed on a substrate; a gate insulating layer formed on the gate electrode; an active layer and a barrier metal layer stacked with the gate insulating layer interposed therebetween on the gate electrode; a data wiring formed on the barrier metal layer and source and electrodes connected to the data wiring; a passivation film formed on the source and drain electrodes and the data wiring and having a contact hole exposing a portion of the drain electrode, the barrier metal layer and the active layer; and a pixel electrode formed on the passivation film and being in contact with the drain electrode and the barrier metal layer including the active layer.
US08519398B2
In a pixel portion, a scan signal line and an auxiliary capacitor line are formed using a second conductive film, and a data signal line is formed using a first conductive film. In a TFT portion, a gate electrode is formed using the first conductive film and electrically connected to the scan signal line formed using the second conductive film through an opening in a gate insulating film. Further, a source electrode and a drain electrode are formed using the second conductive film. In the auxiliary capacitor portion, the auxiliary capacitor line formed using the second conductive film serves as a lower electrode, the pixel electrode serves as an upper electrode, and the passivation film used as a dielectric film is interposed between the capacitor electrodes.
US08519395B2
A display device according to an exemplary embodiment includes: gate wires, at least one of the gate wires having a first multi-layered structure including a first transparent conductive layer formed on the substrate and a first metal layer formed on the first transparent conductive layer and at least another one of the gate wires having a first single-layered structure formed with the first transparent conductive layer; a semiconductor layer formed on a part of the gate wires; and data wires with at least one of the data wires having a second multi-layered structure including a second transparent conductive layer formed on the semiconductor layer and a second metal layer formed on the second transparent conductive layer and at least another one of the data wires having a second single-layered structure formed with the second transparent conductive layer.
US08519381B2
An organic semiconductor device includes, between a pair of electrodes of a first metal electrode and a second electrode, at least, a light-emitting layer, a hole injection layer which removes holes from the first metal electrode, a hole transporting layer formed on the light-emitting layer on a side of the first metal electrode for transporting the holes removed by the hole injection layer to the light-emitting layer, and an electron transporting layer formed on the light-emitting layer on a side of the second electrode for removing electrons from the second electrode and transporting the electrons to the light-emitting layer, wherein the organic semiconductor device further includes a crystallinity controlling member which is a series of discontinuous clusters along the contact surface of the hole injection layer that is in contact with the first metal electrode, for controlling an orientation of crystalline molecules.
US08519376B2
Nonvolatile resistive memory devices are disclosed. In some embodiments, the memory devices comprise multilayer structures including electrodes, one or more resistive storage layers, and separation layers. The separation layers insulate the resistive storage layers to prevent charge leakage from the storage layers and allow for the use of thin resistive storage layers. In some embodiments, the nonvolatile resistive memory device includes a metallic multilayer comprising two metallic layers about an interlayer. A dopant at an interface of the interlayer and metallic layers can provide a switchable electric field within the multilayer.
US08519371B2
According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile memory device includes a substrate, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a memory. The first electrode is provided on the substrate. The second electrode crosses on the first electrode. The memory portion is provided between the first electrode and the second electrode. At least one of an area of a first memory portion surface of the memory portion opposed to the first electrode and an area of a second memory portion surface of the memory portion opposed to the second electrode is smaller than an area of a cross surface of the first electrode and the second electrode opposed to each other by the crossing.
US08519370B2
A patient's lesion is localized for the purpose of administering radiation treatment by obtaining a beam shape representation along one or more beam directions of a radiation treatment device. An image corresponding to the lesion is obtained from each beam direction, and the beam shape and image are fixed to a common coordinate system to facilitate alignment.
US08519369B1
A handheld illumination device is disclosed. The handheld illumination device may include a housing configured to be held in a hand, an input device configured to be actuated by a user, a battery, an illumination source, and a processing circuit. In response to an actuation of the input device, the processing circuit is configured to start a timer without illuminating the illumination source and, upon expiration of the timer, to illuminate the illumination source.
US08519365B2
The invention relates to a method and apparatus for treatment of a solid tumor. More particularly, the invention comprises a multi-axis and/or multi-field charged particle cancer therapy system. In one embodiment, the tumor is imaged from multiple directions in phase with patient respiration. The two-dimensional images are combined to produce a three-dimensional picture of the tumor relative to patient features. The resulting three-dimensional image is used in generation of a radiation treatment plan and subsequent radiation therapy with the radiation beam in terms of control of two-dimensional beam trajectory, delivered beam energy, delivered beam intensity, and/or beam velocity each as a function of patient vertical translation position, patient rotation position, and/or patient respiration.
US08519361B2
A system for sanitizing an enclosed structure has first and second sensors, a germicidal ultraviolet light source, a motor, and a controller. The first sensor detects humans within the enclosed structure. The second sensor detects the position of at least one door to the structure. The motor selectively moves the light source from an inactive position to an active position. The controller receives inputs from the first and second sensors and transmits outputs to the light source and the motor. When the controller receives signals that no humans or animals are present in the enclosed structure and that the door is in a closed position, the controller transmits a signal to the motor to move the light source from the inactive to the active position. If humans are detected in the structure or if the door is detected open, then the controller deactivates or repositions the light source.
US08519357B2
A cleaning apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a casing that defines an inlet opening on a first surface thereof and an outlet opening on a second surface thereof. An elongate path is formed therebetween for receiving an article to be cleaned. A sanitizing device is carried by the casing in proximity to the path for sanitizing the article to be cleaned. A first roller is carried by the casing and extends into the path. The first roller is configured to rotate in the direction of the path to thereby translate the article to be cleaned from the inlet opening to the outlet opening.
US08519352B1
A radiation monitor and a hand-foot-cloth monitor include a hand monitoring unit capable of accurately measuring surface contamination regardless of the size of the hand of the examinee. A hand monitoring unit (7A) includes a fixed detecting unit (73a) and a movable detecting unit (72a) arranged to face the fixed detecting unit (73a) and movable reciprocatingly in a direction facing the fixed detecting unit (73a), an urging unit (79a) urging the movable detecting unit (72a) in a direction separating from the fixed detecting unit (73a), a pressing member (74a) arranged between the fixed detecting unit (73a) and the movable detecting unit (72a) and pressable by the hand of the examinee, and an interlock mechanism (77a) moving the movable detecting unit (72a) against the urging force of the urging unit (79a) in a direction approaching the fixed detecting unit (73a) according to the amount of pressing of the pressing member (74a).
US08519350B2
Surfaces or surface portions incorporated into gas-filled neutron detectors are coated with and/or composed of at least partially, neutron reactive material. The surfaces may be flat or curved fins or plates, foils, porous or filamentary material, or semi-solid material or aerogel. The incorporation of the extended surfaces coated with or composed of neutron reactive material increases the neutron detection efficiency of the gas-filled detectors over conventional coated designs. These surfaces or surface portions increase the amount of neutron reactive material present in the detector over conventional coated designs and, as a result, increase the neutron detection efficiency. The surfaces can be made of conductive, semiconductive or insulative materials. The surfaces are arranged such that they do not detrimentally detract from the main function of a gas-filled detector with particular attention to gas-filled proportional detectors.
US08519345B2
A miniaturized floating gate (FG) MOSFET radiation sensor system is disclosed, The sensor preferably comprises a matched pair of sensor and reference FGMOSFETs wherein the sensor FGMOSFET has a larger area floating gate with an extension over a field oxide layer, for accumulation of charge and increased sensitivity. Elimination of a conventional control gate and injector gate reduces capacitance, and increases sensitivity, and allows for fabrication using standard low cost CMOS technology. A sensor system may be provided with integrated signal processing electronics, for monitoring a change in differential channel current ID, indicative of radiation dose, and an integrated negative bias generator for automatic pre-charging from a low voltage power source. Optionally, the system may be coupled to a wireless transmitter. A compact wireless sensor System on Package solution is presented, suitable for dosimetry for radiotherapy or other biomedical applications.
US08519339B2
A scintillator material comprises a rare-earth halide coated with a layer comprising a resin and a pigment. In an embodiment, the scintillator material is used in an ionizing-radiation detector, and in particular embodiment, a gamma camera. The layer can adhere well and act as an absorbent or reflector depending on the color of the pigment.
US08519333B2
The present invention relates to a charged particle system for reticle or semiconductor wafer defects inspection and review, and more particularly, relates to an E-beam inspection tool for reticle or semiconductor wafer defects inspection and review without gravitational AMC settling. The charged particle system is an upside down electron beam inspection system with an electron beam aimed upward. The face down design may prevent AMC from gravitational settling on the inspected face of the specimen during inspection, thereafter having a cleaner result compared with conventional face-up inspection system.
US08519330B2
Systems and methods are described for laser ablation of an analyte from a specimen and capturing of the analyte in a dispensed solvent to form a testing solution. A solvent dispensing and extraction system can form a liquid microjunction with the specimen. The solvent dispensing and extraction system can include a surface sampling probe. The laser beam can be directed through the surface sampling probe. The surface sampling probe can also serve as an atomic force microscopy probe. The surface sampling probe can form a seal with the specimen. The testing solution including the analyte can then be analyzed using an analytical instrument or undergo further processing.
US08519325B1
The present invention provides a spectrally selective planar optical radiation concentrator, in which different spectral components of solar energy can be collected for different applications such as heat, illumination and electricity. The optical radiation concentrator has two basic components, an angle selective optical filter and a light redistribution reflector for collecting, trapping and concentrating radiant energy. It further comprises a light deflecting component and a fluorescent wavelength shifter to improve acceptance angle and concentration efficiency respectively. The planar optical radiation concentrator exhibits the potential for light weight, high concentration ratio and efficiency, and the ability for passive tracking.
US08519310B2
A cooking appliance. The cooking appliance includes a cook top for a kitchen. One side of the cook top includes a cooking area with cooking areas. The cooking areas may be operated via an induction cooker. The bottom side of the cooking appliance has a display. The display can provide useful information thereon such as the time. The cook top can be arranged in a first horizontal position for use of the cooking areas, and folded to a second vertical position during non use to display information on the display. The cooking appliance also includes a data reader, such as an RFID reader or bar code scanner to obtain data from a food product package. The data may include suggested recipes, cooking temperatures, and/or cooking times. The obtained data may be used to assist in controlling the operation of the cooking areas.
US08519308B2
The present invention concerns an improved perforated lid (10) for containers for cooking foods, comprising holes (15) for the passage of vapor and gas going upwards and of condensed vapor going downwards and means for cooling and condensing vapor passing through said holes, and means for supporting said means for cooling vapor, wherein said means for cooling vapor are made of a sequence, starting from the container for cooking foods and going upwards, comprised of a perforated lower plate (11), at least one perforated intermediate plate (12) and an upper plate (13) that is not perforated, and said means for supporting said means for cooling vapor are made of a lower spacing element (16), positioned between said lower plate (11) and said intermediate plate (12) and of an upper spacing element (18), positioned between said intermediate plate (12) and said upper plate (13).The invention further concerns a fryer (20) for use with said perforated lid (10).
US08519304B2
A method, apparatus, and structure are provided for implementing selective rework for chip stacks. A backside metal layer to create resistive heating is added to a chip backside in a chip stack. A rework tool applies a predefined current to the backside metal layer to reflow solder connections and enables separating selected chips in the chip stack.
US08519303B2
A manufacturing method is presented for manufacturing cored welding electrode, including provision of a cored electrode structure with core fill material substantially enclosed within a sheath material, and application of a sodium based feeding lubricant to the cored electrode structure. A cored welding electrode is provided, including a tubular sheath material with a center core area, a core fill material within the core area, and a sodium based lubricant coating on the sheath material, wherein the lubricant comprises sodium sulfate, sodium carbonate, and/or sodium nitrite.
US08519302B2
An electric arc welder for depositing weld metal along a groove between two edges of a metal workpiece where the welder comprises a first electrode driven by a first wire feeder toward a point in said groove, a second electrode driven by a second wire feeder toward the point and a main power source with a first output terminal connected to the first electrode and a second output terminal connected both to the second electrode and directly or indirectly to the metal workpiece to create a second electrode path and a workpiece path. The power source includes a high speed switching output stage for creating current with a selected AC waveform between the first and second output terminals where the waveform of the main power source is generated by a waveform generator controlling a pulse width modulator circuit to determine the current operation of the output stage.
US08519294B2
The invention concerns an electrode wire comprising a metal core coated with a zinc surface cladding whereof the thickness ranges between 2 and 4 μm, thereby providing a better compromise between machining speed, precision of workpieces and surface condition of the machined workpieces.
US08519293B2
In a gas-insulated power apparatus in which contiguous vessels 11, 12 (GIBC1, GIBC2) are coupled by way of flanges 111, 121 of respectives thereof, and power conductors 112, 122 (GIBC5) insulated from the vessels by an insulating gas 13 are included in the vessels, by squeezing the flange 111 of the vessel on one side to be coupled by a pressing member 14 screwed to the flange 121 of the vessel on other side and the flange 121 of the vessel on other side, positions of the vessel on one side and the vessel on other side coupled as described above relative to each other can be shifted in a peripheral direction of the flange, and therefore, even when a direction of leading out a gas-insulated bus or the like becomes various depending on products, various directions can be dealt with out depending only on design of respective product specifications.
US08519289B2
A secondary trip mechanism is provided for an electrical switching apparatus, such as a circuit breaker. The circuit breaker includes a housing, separable contacts enclosed by the housing, and an operating mechanism for opening and closing the separable contacts. The operating mechanism includes a poleshaft, a latch assembly, and a trip D-shaft for unlatching the latch assembly in response to a trip condition. The secondary trip mechanism includes a trip D-shaft assembly disposed on the trip D-shaft, and a link assembly. The link assembly includes a linking member having opposing first and second ends. The first end cooperates with the poleshaft. The second end cooperates with the trip D-shaft assembly. When the poleshaft moves in response to a trip condition, the linking member transmits movement of the poleshaft into movement of the trip D-shaft assembly. An electrical switching apparatus is also disclosed.
US08519283B2
An improved cover assembly for use with an electrical switching apparatus can be said to comprise a retention device that is structured to be disposed on the electrical switching apparatus and a cover that comprises an engagement element and that is disposed on the retention device. The cover is translatable between a first configuration and a second configuration and is configured such that a locking element will resist movement of the cover toward the second configuration. In the first configuration, the engagement element and the retention device confront one another to resist movement of the cover away from the electrical switching apparatus. However, in the second configuration, the engagement element and the retention device are clear of one another and enable the cover to be pivoted away from the electrical switching apparatus to provide access to the control elements of the switching apparatus.
US08519282B2
Disclosed herein is a joystick device, including: a control shaft having one end to which a control knob is attached and the other end to which a turning portion of a turning device is connected; a holder supporting the control shaft shiftably in an axial direction of the control shaft; a case body supporting the holder turnably around a turning shaft portion extending in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the control shaft; an elastic member biasing the control shaft in the axial direction; and an axial force adjusting portion capable of adjusting a pressing force by varying a biasing force of the elastic member, the pressing force being adapted to shift the control shaft in the axial direction.
US08519274B2
A pin and a method of establishing contact between a pin and plating of a circuit board hole is provided. Embodiments include a pin comprising a pair of outwardly biased flexible beams that each extend from a body of the pin, the flexible beams connected at one end to one another at the body of the pin and separated from each other at an end opposite the end connected to the body, the separation between the pair of flexible beams forming an open slot, each flexible beam including a contact point that contacts the plating of the hole when the pin is inserted into the circuit board hole.
US08519270B2
A circuit board having a cavity is provided. The circuit board includes a first core layer, a second core layer, and a central dielectric layer. The first core layer includes a core dielectric layer and a core circuit layer, wherein the core circuit layer is disposed on the core dielectric layer. The second core layer is disposed on the first core layer. The central dielectric layer is disposed between the first core layer and the second core layer. The cavity runs through the second core layer and the central dielectric layer and exposes a portion of the core circuit layer.
US08519264B2
A super repellant coated gasket is configured for installation on an enclosure that houses at least one network protector. The coating may be hydrophobic, superhydrophobic, or oleophobic.
US08519257B2
Systems and methods for disposing and supporting a solar panel array are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system for supporting a solar panel array includes the use of support columns and cables suspended between the support columns, with the solar panels received by solar panel receivers that are adapted to couple to the cables. The solar panel array may then be used to provide power as well as shelter. Cooling, lighting, security, or other devices may be added to the solar panel array.
US08519255B2
The present invention provides a thermoelectric material and a method of manufacturing it. The thermoelectric material contains a half-Heusler compound including a composition represented by: (Ti1−aAa)1+x(Ni1−bBb)1+y(Sn1−cCc) where 0≦a<0.1, 0≦b<0.1 and 0≦c<0.1; −0.1≦x≦0.2 and 0
US08519246B2
A wheat cultivar, designated SJ909-371, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds, plants, and hybrids of wheat cultivar SJ909-371, and to methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing plants from wheat cultivar SJ909-371 with themselves or with plants from another wheat variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a wheat plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic wheat plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to wheat varieties or breeding varieties and plant parts derived from wheat cultivar SJ909-371, to methods for producing other wheat varieties, lines or plant parts derived from wheat cultivar SJ909-371, and to the wheat plants, varieties, and their parts derived from the use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing wheat cultivar SJ909-371 with another wheat cultivar.
US08519242B1
A novel maize variety designated X00B158 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X00B158 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X00B158 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X00B158, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X00B158. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X00B158.
US08519240B1
A novel maize variety designated X03B465 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X03B465 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X03B465 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X03B465, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X03B465. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X03B465.
US08519238B1
The present invention provides an inbred corn line designated NPFX5428, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line NPFX5428 with plants of another corn plant. The invention further encompasses all parts of inbred corn line NPFX5428, including culturable cells. Additionally provided herein are methods for introducing transgenes into inbred corn line NPFX5428, and plants produced according to these methods.
US08519236B1
Basically, this invention provides for an inbred corn line designated NPFF6228, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line NPFF6228, with plants of another corn plant. The invention relates to the various parts of inbred NPFF6228, including culturable cells. This invention also relates to methods for introducing transgenic transgenes into inbred corn line NPFF6228, and plants produced by said methods.
US08519232B1
A novel soybean variety, designated XBP10001 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XBP10001, cells from soybean variety XBP10001, plants of soybean XBP10001, and plant parts of soybean variety XBP10001. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XBP10001 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety XBP10001, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XBP10001, and methods of characterizing soybean variety XBP10001. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XBP10001 are further provided.
US08519230B2
A soybean cultivar designated 2522121658 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 2522121658, to the plants of soybean 2522121658, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 2522121658, and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 2522121658 with itself or with another soybean variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to soybean cultivars, or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean variety 2522121658, to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 2522121658, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing the cultivar 2522121658 with another soybean cultivar.
US08519227B2
There is provided an Agrobacterium transformation method for monocotyledons, comprising a step of infecting an intact seed.
US08519218B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH212179. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH212179, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH212179 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 CH212179.
US08519214B2
This invention provides for proteins which are expressed in the avian oviduct, packaged into eggs laid by the avian, then isolated.
US08519210B2
A process for the oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane is disclosed. The process may include: contacting an ethane feed and an oxygen-containing gas in the presence of an oxidative dehydrogenation catalyst in an oxidative dehydrogenation reaction zone under conditions to oxidatively dehydrogenate at least a portion of the ethane to produce a product stream comprising ethylene, carbon oxides, water, and unreacted oxygen and ethane, wherein an oxygen concentration in the product stream is at least 0.1 mol %; contacting the product stream with an oxygen elimination catalyst in an oxygen elimination reaction zone to combust at least a portion of the oxygen; recovering from the oxygen elimination reaction zone an effluent having a reduced oxygen content; separating water from the effluent; separating carbon oxides and any non-condensable gas(es) from the ethylene and the unreacted ethane; and separating the ethylene from the unreacted ethane.
US08519207B2
The present invention relates to a process for the hydrogenation, in particular selective hydrogenation of at least one unsaturated hydrocarbon compound comprising reacting the at least one unsaturated hydrocarbon compound with hydrogen in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst, wherein the hydrogenation catalyst comprises a mixture of an ordered intermetallic compound and an inert material. According to another aspect, the present invention is concerned with the use of a mixture of at least one ordered intermetallic compound and at least one inert material, as a catalyst. The mixtures for use as a catalyst in the present invention can be prepared easily and achieve a superior activity in relation to the prior art, while preserving the high selectivity to the target compounds, e.g. in the selective hydrogenation of acetylene to ethylene.
US08519204B2
Processes and systems for stabilization and subsequent hydrogenation of an immiscible olefin are described. Methods of stabilizing a microbial-derived olefin composition are also described.
US08519202B2
Produce methyl chloride and sulfur dioxide using a reactor with lanthanum oxychloride, and contacting the lanthanum oxychloride with methanesulfonyl chloride under conditions sufficient to convert a portion of the methanesulfonyl chloride to methyl chloride and sulfur dioxide.
US08519181B2
The disclosure relates to a process for the preparation of acetic acid. The process comprises reacting a decanter heavy, organic phase of an acetic acid production process with acetic anhydride to convert acetaldehyde in the decanter heavy, organic phase to ethylidene diacetate and separating it from the decanter heavy, organic phase. Ethylidene diacetate can be hydrolyzed to recover acetic acid.
US08519169B2
A method of purifying 1α-hydroxy-20-methyl-2-methylene-19,24,25,26,27-pentanorvitamin D3 to obtain 1α-hydroxy-20-methyl-2-methylene-19,24,25,26,27-pentanorvitamin D3 in crystalline form. The method includes the steps of preparing a solvent of either ethyl formate or a mixture of ethyl formate and hexane, dissolving a product containing 1α-hydroxy-20-methyl-2-methylene-19,24,25,26,27-pentanorvitamin D3 to be purified in the solvent, cooling the solvent and dissolved product below ambient temperature for a sufficient amount of time to form a precipitate of 1α-hydroxy-20-methyl-2-methylene-19,24,25,26,27-pentanorvitamin D3 crystals, and recovering the 1α-hydroxy-20-methyl-2-methylene-19,24,25,26,27-pentanorvitamin D3 crystals.
US08519167B2
A method for the preparation of 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (“FDCA”) and/or an alkyl ester of FDCA includes the step of contacting a feed comprising a starting material selected from 5-alkoxymethylfurfural, 2,5-di(alkoxymethyl)furan and a mixture thereof with an oxidant in the presence of an oxidation catalyst. The feed may also comprise 5-hydroxymethylfurfural as a further starting material.
US08519165B2
There is provided a process for the preparation of a compound of formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, X and Y are as described in the description. Such compounds may, for example, be useful intermediates in the synthesis of drugs such as Dronedarone. Intermediate steps of the process comprise formulae according to (II) and (III).
US08519157B2
The present invention provides a method for producing of ultra-clean and high-purity N-methyl pyrrolidone through using industrial grade N-methyl pyrrolidone as raw material. After the pretreatment, sorption and dehydration with 4A molecular sieve, twice membrane filtrations are carried out through using β-cyclodextrin composite membrane for the first and 18-crown-6 composite membrane for the second. The filtrate is rectified under vacuum and filtered through using complexant composite microporous membrane to obtain the product. The ultra-clean and high-purity N-methyl pyrrolidone, produced by the method provided by the present invention, is up to the SEMI C8 standard. And the purity of the product is over 99.8%, the moisture content is less than 0.03%, and the content of single metal ion is less than 1 ppb. Comparing to the prior art, the present invention has the advantage such as the stable quality of the product, simple operation, and is suitable for industrial continuous production.
US08519155B2
The present invention relates to the choline and tromethamine salt of Licofelone.
US08519143B2
The present invention relates to derivatives of ((phenyl)-3,6-dihydropyridin-1-yl)(bridged piperazinyl)-1-alkanone derivatives and ((phenyl)-2,5-dihydropyrrol-1-yl) (bridged piperazinyl)-1-alkanone corresponding to Formula (I): in which the variables are as defined herein, to the preparation thereof and to the therapeutic use thereof.
US08519132B2
The invention concerns processes for oxidizing an alcohol to produce a carbonyl compound. The processes comprise contacting the alcohol with (i) a gaseous mixture comprising oxygen; and (ii) an amine compound in the presence of a catalyst, having the formula: where each of R1-R12 are independently H, alkyl, aryl, CF3, halogen, OR13, SO3R14, C(O)R15, CONR16R17 or CO2R18; each of R13-R18 is independently alkyl or aryl; and Z is alkl or aryl.
US08519130B2
Phosphorescent materials and devices with improved device manufacturing, fabrication, stability, efficiency, and/or color.
US08519127B2
Embodiments of this invention provide methods for therapeutic use of cyclic G-2-allylProline (cG-2-allylP) to treat peripheral neuropathies, including toxin-induced peripheral neuropathy and diabetic peripheral neuropathy as well as manufacture of medicaments including tablets, capsules, and other orally active compositions containing cG-2-allylP, as well as injectable solutions that are useful for treatment of such conditions.
US08519123B2
The present invention provides a compound of general formula 7, useful as potential antitumour agents against five human cancer cell lines. The present invention further provides a process for the preparation of pyrrolo[2,1-c][1,4]benzodiazepine linked imidazo[1,5-a]pyridine conjugates attached through a piperazine moiety and different alkane spacers of general formula 7 wherein R represents H, OCH3, CF3, CN, F or Cl; n=3, 4, 5 or 6.
US08519121B2
Dextran for preparing medicine for anti-lung cancer, has repeated structure unit and molecular weight of 1.5-2.5 million Daltons. The dextran is extracted from land slug.
US08519118B2
Inhibition of RIP140 increases glucose transport. Compounds that inhibit RIP140 expression or activity are useful for treating disorders associated with aberrant glucose transport (e.g., diabetes), treating obesity, increasing metabolism (e.g., fatty acid metabolism), and increasing brown fat.
US08519115B2
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for detection and quantification of individual target molecules in biomolecular samples. In particular, the invention relates to improved, stable nanoreporter probes that are capable of binding to and identifying target molecules based on the probes' uniquely detectable signal. Methods for identifying target-specific sequences for inclusion in the probes are also provided, as are methods of making and using such probes. Polynucleotide sequences of certain nanoreporter components are also provided. The probes can be used in diagnostic, prognostic, quality control and screening applications.
US08519102B2
Conjugates of a Factor VIII moiety and one or more water-soluble polymers are provided. Typically, the water-soluble polymer is poly(ethylene glycol) or a derivative thereof. Also provided are compositions comprising the conjugates, methods of making the conjugates, and methods of administering compositions comprising the conjugates to a patient.
US08519099B2
The current invention provides methods for producing a polypeptide as inclusion bodies in bacterial host cells. The present methods are carried out by forming a gene construct comprising the genetic sequence encoding a polypeptide operatively linked to that of an inclusion partner protein, such as E. coli thioredoxin or a modified E. coli thioredoxin, such that host cells comprising the gene construct produce the polypeptide as intracellular inclusion bodies. The methods of the present invention facilitate the rapid isolation and purification of recombinant proteins. In addition, the present methods may be useful for producing polypeptides or proteins which are small and are typically difficult to express, as well as those proteins that are toxic to host cells such as E. coli. The present invention also provides plasmids, vectors and host cells to be used in the present invention for production of polypeptides, and methods of production of polypeptides using these vectors and host cells. The invention further provides methods for producing protein molecular weight ladders for use in protein gel electrophoresis, as well as proteins and protein molecular weight ladders produced by these methods.
US08519097B2
The invention provides conjugates, comprising an organ, tissue or tumor cell homing molecule linked to a moiety. Such a moiety can be, for example, an oligonucleotide, small interfering RNA, gene, virus, protein, pharmaceutical or detectable agent. In addition the invention provides methods to diagnose or treat a pathology of the muscle or heart, by administrating to a subject having or suspected of having a pathology a molecule or conjugate that homes to, binds to and is taken up by the muscle cells or heart cells.
US08519090B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to yellow-to-transmissive conjugated polymers, a method to prepare the yellow conjugated polymers, the use of the yellow conjugated polymers in an electrochromic and/or electroluminescent device comprising neutral state primary subtractive colored conjugated polymers, and a method to prepare the device comprising the yellow conjugated polymer. The yellow conjugated polymers comprise a sequence of dioxythiophene units alternating with aromatic units, thiophene units, furan units, and/or pyrrole units. The yellow conjugated polymers are prepared by cross-condensation reactions. The yellow conjugated polymers can be soluble and preparation of the device involves deposition of the yellow conjugated polymer from solution onto a surface.
US08519089B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to alternating donor-acceptor (DA) polymers that are soluble and display a blue or green neutral state that oxidizes to a transmissive state for use as an electrochromic polymer. The D units have 3,4-dioxythiophene, 3,6-dialkoxythieno[3,2-b]thiophene or 3,5-dialkoxy-dithieno[3,2-b:2′,3′-d]thiophene groups. Embodiments of the invention are directed to a method for preparation of the alternating DA polymeric sequences of the DA polymers by a cross-condensation of a nucleophilic acceptor monomer and an electrophilic donor monomer.
US08519087B2
Disclosed are a benzobis(thiadiazole)-based alternating copolymer, a method for preparing the same, and an organic electronic device including the same.The present disclosure provides a benzobis(thiadiazole)-based alternating copolymer represented by the chemical formula 1: wherein R1, R2 or R3 is hydrogen or C1-C20 linear, branched or cyclic alkyl, X is S, O, NR4, PR5, or HC═CH, wherein R4 or R5 is C1-C20 linear, branched or cyclic alkyl, Y is C, Si or N (in this case only one of R2 and R3 exists), and m is an integer from 1 to 3.
US08519082B2
A polycarbonate copolymer includes a repeating unit represented by a formula (1) below and a molar copolymer composition represented by Ar2/(Ar1+Ar2) in a range of 25 mol % to 50 mol %. In the formula (1): Ar1 and Ar2 represent a divalent aromatic group; a chain end is terminated by a monovalent aromatic group or a monovalent fluorine-containing aliphatic group; and n represents an average repeating number of an Ar1 block and is a numeral of 1.0 to 3.0, provided that Ar1 and Ar2 are not the same.
US08519079B2
Compounds with guanidine structure and uses thereof as organopolysiloxane polycondensation catalysts
A compound having a guanidine structure and uses thereof as organopolysiloxane polycondensation catalysts are described.
US08519077B2
N-type conjugated compounds are disclosed which include at least one conjugated electron-acceptor unit The conjugated electron-acceptor unit includes a diborylene unit. The compounds find application in an electron acceptor layer of an electronic device.
US08519076B2
A UV-crosslinkable polyacrylate pressure-sensitive adhesive composition having a polyacrylate having photoinitiator units incorporated therein by polymerization and being produced by a free-radical solvent-free polymerization process.
US08519073B2
A compound represented by general formula (I); and a polymeric compound including a structural unit (a1) represented by general formula (II). wherein R represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group or a halogenated lower alkyl group; each of R1 to R3 independently represents an alkyl group or a fluorinated alkyl group, with the provision that no fluorine atom is bonded to a carbon atom adjacent to the tertiary carbon atom to which R1 to R3 are bonded, and at least one of R1 to R3 represents a fluorinated alkyl group; and R2 and R3 may form a ring structure.
US08519066B2
Embodiments include poly(allyl ether)s of polycyclopentadiene polyphenol that can be obtained by allylation of a polycyclopentadiene polyphenol, where the aromatic hydroxyl group(s) (—OH) are converted to HR1C═CR1—CH2—O— and/or H2R1C—CR1═HC—O—, where R1 is as described herein. Embodiments also include thermosettable compositions including the poly(allyl ether)s of polycyclopentadiene polyphenol and products obtained by curing the thermosettable compositions.
US08519059B2
The invention provides articles obtained from curing a composition consisting of a polymercapto crosslinking agent, a vulcanization accelerator, an inorganic base, a nitrogen containing chelating agent, wherein the nitrogen containing chelating agent is selected from the group consisting of 1,10-phenanthroline and 2,2-bipyridyl, and polyethylenimine; and a halogenated elastomer; wherein said nitrogen containing chelating agent is soluble in said halogenated elastomer.
US08519058B2
Novel, crosslinked polymers using biomass derived materials, such as aldaric acids and derivatives, are provided. The polymers can be used as hydrogels and in antimicrobial compositions.
US08519055B2
Disclosed are polyester resins and solvent borne thermosetting coating compositions that include these resins in combination with at least one crosslinker. The polyester resins contain 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol and exhibit a combination of good solubility in organic solvents and high hardness with good flexibility in a coating composition.
US08519054B2
Thermoset polyolefin elastomer obtained by static curing with water a silane-grafted thermoplastic heterophasic polyolefin composition (I) having a flexural modulus equal to or lower than 150 MPa, and comprising: (a) a crystalline propylene homopolymer or copolymer of propylene with up to 15% by weight of ethylene or other alpha-olefin comonomer(s), or their combinations, and (b) a copolymer or a composition of copolymers of ethylene with other alpha-olefins containing from 15% by weight to less then 40% by weight of ethylene; said thermoset polyolefin elastomer having a compression set value of from 30 to 65%, a ratio of elongation at break to compression set values of above 8, and hardness shore A values below 90.
US08519051B2
The present invention provides a block copolymer for a drug conjugate which comprises a water-soluble polymer region consisting of polyethylene glycol and a polyamino acid region having a hydrazide group and a hydrophobic group in the side chain.
US08519041B2
The invention relates to absorptive, crosslinked polymeric composition that are based on partly neutralized, monoethylenically unsaturated monomer carrying acid groups wherein the absorptive crosslinked polymer may be coated with a polymeric coating, and have improved properties, in particular in respect of their capacity for transportation of liquids in the swollen state, and which have a high capacity and a high gel bed permeability.
US08519040B2
Disclosed are a novel ionic organic compound and a method for producing the ionic organic compound by a simple process. Also disclosed are a hydrogelling agent composed of an ionic organic compound obtained by the method, an alcohol gelling agent, a gel which uses the gelling agent, while using water or methanol as a medium, and a carbon nanotube dispersant composed of the compound. Specifically disclosed is an ionic organic compound represented by general formula (1). The compound is obtained by a condensation reaction of (A) an aromatic diamide compound or cyclohexane diamide compound having a 4-(chloromethyl)benzamide group at both ends, and (B) a compound selected from N,N,N′,N′-tetramethylalkylenediamines which may have a substituent wherein there are 1-6 carbon atoms between nitrogen atoms. The thus-obtained ionic organic compound serves as a gelling agent which is capable of gelling a neutral aqueous solution or an alcohol. The solvent solubility can be changed by substituting the anion of the thus-obtained ionic compound with another anion by anion-exchange. (In the formula, A represents a linking moiety having one or more optionally substituted aromatic rings or a linking moiety composed of a cyclohexane ring; B represents a cationic functional group having a quaternized nitrogen atom, which is selected from N,N,N′,N′-tetramethylalkylenediamines which may have a substituent wherein there are 1-6 carbon atoms between nitrogen atoms; X represents a monovalent anion; and n represents an integer of 1-800.)
US08519035B2
The present invention is related to the use of specific cyclic and/or polymeric aryl-phosphines as flame retardants and to a method for reducing the flammability of organic material by incorporating into the material these specific cyclic and/or polymeric phosphines. Moreover, the invention is related to a polymeric composition containing a polymeric material and at least one of the specific cyclic and/or polymeric phosphines in an amount of from 1 to 15% by weight, based on the weight of the polymeric material. The invention also relates to a composition comprising at least one of the specific cyclic and/or polymeric phosphines and at least one polymerizable monomer.
US08519034B2
The present invention is directed to the use of compound (A) and compound (B) in a polyethylene composition for increasing the lifetime of a pipe made of said polyethylene composition which is in permanent contact with chlorinated water, wherein compound (A) has the following formula (I): wherein—R6, R7 and R8 independently are non-substituted or substituted aliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbyl radicals which may comprise OH-groups, X1, X2, and X3 independently are H or OH, with the proviso that at least one of X1, X2, and X3 is OH, and the entire molecule does not comprise an ester group; wherein compound (B) has the following formula (II): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 independently are H, or non-substituted or substituted aliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbyl radicals which may comprise heteroatoms, and wherein the base resin of said polyethylene composition consists of a polyethylene homo- or copolymer.
US08519030B2
The invention relates to a copolymer which is suitable as a superplasticizer for hydraulic binders and comprises 5 to 55 mol % of an isoprenol polyether derivative structural unit, 2 to 90 mol % of an acrylic acid derivative structural unit and 2 to 90 mol % of a hydroxyalkyl acrylate structural unit.
US08519029B2
A non-ionic polyether-polyester copolymer for extending workability to a cementitious mixture containing hydraulic cement and water, wherein the copolymer includes residues of at least the following monomers: Component A including an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid ester monomer having a moiety hydrolysable in the cementitious mixture, wherein the hydrolyzed monomer residue has an active binding site for a component of the cementitious mixture; and, at least one of: Component B including an ethylenically unsaturated, carboxylic acid ester or alkenyl ether monomer having at least one C2-4 oxyalkylene side group of about 1 to 30 units; or, Component C including an ethylenically unsaturated, carboxylic acid ester or alkenyl ether monomer having at least one C2-4 oxyalkylene side group of 31 to about 350 units; wherein the molar ratio of Component A to the sum of the molar ratios of Component B and Component C is about 1:1 to about 10:1.
US08519023B2
The present invention concerns improved polymerizable anaerobic compositions which contain (meth)acrylic ester monomers, peroxy polymerization initiators, saccharin a saccharin derivative or a related sulfimide derivative and an activator containing a ferrocene moiety.
US08519018B2
A resin includes: an acrylate; and a curing agent to cure the acrylate. The resin is adapted to adhere to a degradable material selected from the group consisting of polylactic polymer (PLA), polyhydroxyalkonate (PHA), poly 3 hydroxybutrate co 3 hydroxyhexanote (PHBH), and paper. The curing agent includes a photoinitiator or a sensitizer that, when cured, form a hard coat when the resin is exposed to ultraviolet radiation or an electron beam.
US08519013B2
An object of the present invention is providing a method for producing formic acid under mild reaction conditions and by a simple procedure. As a means for achieving the object, the method for producing formic acid of the present invention is characterized by a reaction between carbon dioxide and hydrogen in the presence of an ionic liquid. According to the present invention, it is possible to generate formic acid effectively, because the method does not require that carbon dioxide be brought into a supercritical state and because no basic substances are required to be added to the reaction system.
US08519011B2
Disclosed is a process for converting synthesis gas to liquid hydrocarbon mixtures useful in the production of fuels and petrochemicals. The synthesis gas is contacted with at least two layers of synthesis gas conversion catalyst wherein each synthesis gas conversion catalyst layer is followed by a layer of hydrocracking catalyst and hydroisomerization catalyst or separate layers of hydrocracking and hydroisomerization catalysts. The process can occur within a single reactor, at an essentially common reactor temperature and an essentially common reactor pressure. The process provides a high yield of naphtha range liquid hydrocarbons and a low yield of wax.
US08519009B2
Disclosed are compositions that include treated biodiesel glycerin. The disclosed compositions may be utilized as soil-amendments for controlling pests, weeds and for enhancing growth of plants. The biodiesel glycerin utilized in the disclosed compositions may be treated by one or more steps including neutralization, heating, refluxing, condensing, and distilling.
US08519007B2
The present invention discloses certain diterpenes that can be used to inhibit androgen receptor activity, induce apoptosis and block cell cycle progression of androgen receptor-dependent cells. Androgen receptor has been associated with various diseases such as prostate cancer, androgeneic alopecia, breast cancer, acne etc. Accordingly, the present invention further discloses methods of treating androgen receptor-associated diseases by administering the disclosed diterpenes.
US08519003B2
The present invention relates to phenoxyphenylamidines of the general formula (I), to a process for their preparation, to the use of the amidines according to the invention for controlling unwanted microorganisms and also to a composition for this purpose, comprising the phenoxyphenylamidines according to the invention. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for controlling unwanted microorganisms by applying the compounds according to the invention to the microorganisms and/or their habitat.
US08518997B2
The invention features 4-((phenoxyalkyl)thio)-phenoxyacetic acids and analogs, compositions containing them, and methods of using them as PPAR delta modulators to treat or inhibit the progression of, for example, dyslipidemia.
US08518995B2
A method for a prevention and/or treatment of irritable bowel syndrome or amelioration of a symptom thereof in a subject, comprises administering to said subject an effective amount of a compound of formula I:
US08518992B2
The invention provides a method of synthesis of N-6-trimethyl-L-lysine (TML) derivative compounds for potential treatment of disorders resulting from deficiencies in the TML-carnitine pathway. The invention also provides a method of purification of TML and TML derivative compounds. The treatment of conditions of the diseases late infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (LINCL) and neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (NCL) with TML were shown in the original parent application.
US08518990B2
A method for treating, preventing or ameliorating a hyperliferative disease and/or disorder in a mammal, comprises administering a therapeutically effective amount of one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of a compound of Formula (III), a compound of Formula (IV), and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of Formula (III) or Formula (IV): wherein R2 is selected from the group consisting of methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, vinyl and allyl.
US08518988B2
Herein described is a novel crystalline form of the hydrochloride of the (4-hydroxycarbamoyl-phenyl)-carbamic acid (6-dimethylamino methyl-2-naphtalenyl) ester. In particular, herein described is a polymorph of the hydrochloride of the (4-hydroxycarbamoyl-phenyl)-carbamic acid (6-dimethylamino methyl-2-naphtalenyl) ester, characterized by a Powder X Ray Diffraction spectrum as indicated in FIG. 1, and/or by a DSC profile as indicated in FIG. 2, and/or by a TGA profile as indicated in FIG. 3 and/or by an IR spectrum as indicated in FIG. 4.
US08518985B2
The invention relates to novel compounds of the formula (I), in which W, X, Y, Z and CKE are each as defined above, to several methods and intermediates for preparation thereof and to the use thereof as pesticides and/or herbicides. The invention also relates to selective herbicidal compositions which comprise firstly haloalkylmethyleneoxyphenyl-substituted ketoenols and secondly a compound which improves crop plant compatibility.The present invention further relates to the enhancement of the action of crop protection compositions comprising especially haloalkylmethyleneoxyphenyl-substituted ketoenols, by the addition of ammonium or phosphonium salts and optionally penetration enhancers, to the corresponding compositions, to methods for production thereof and to the use thereof in crop protection as insecticides and/or acaricides and/or for preventing undesired plant growth.
US08518980B2
There are disclosed compound of Formula (1): A1, A2, A3 and A4 which may be the same or different, represent N or CR1, X is a divalent group selected from O, S(O)n, C═W, NR4, NC(═O)R5 and CR6R7, W is O, S, NR20, Y is N or CR8, one of R4, R5, R6, R8, R9 and NR20 represents -L-R3, in which L is a single bond or a linker group, additionally, R1, R3-R9, which may be the same or different, independently represent hydrogen or a substituent and R20 represents hydrogen, hydroxyl, alkyl optionally substituted by aryl, alkoxy optionally substituted by aryl, aryl, CN, optionally substituted alkoxy, optionally substituted aryloxy, optionally substitute alkanoyl, optionally substituted aroyl, NO2, NR30R31, in which R30 and R31, which may be the same or different, represent hydrogen, optionally substituted alkyl or optionally substituted aryl; additionally, one of R30 and R31 may represent optionally substituted alkanoyl or optionally substituted aroyl, n represents an integer from 0 to 2, in addition, when an adjacent pair of A1-A4 each represent CR1, then the adjacent carbon atoms, together with their substituents may form a ring B, when X is CR6R7, R6 and R7, together with the carbon atom to which they are attached may form a ring C, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, in the manufacture of a medicament for the therapeutic and/or prophylactic treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Becker muscular dystrophy or cachexia.
US08518975B2
This invention provides novel compounds that are modulators of gamma secretase. The compounds have the formula Also disclosed are methods of modulating gamma secretase activity and methods of treating Alzheimer's Disease using the compounds of formula (I).
US08518973B2
A compound having the following formula [I] or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: wherein A is an aromatic five-membered heterocycle which optionally is fused with a cycloalkane ring; B is an alkylene; R1 and R2 are hydrogen, hydroxyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, heterocycle, amino, alkylamino, arylamino or acyl, or R1 and R2 join together to form a heterocycle; X and Y are hydrogen, halogen, hydroxyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, mercapto, alkylthio, arylthio, carboxyl, an ester of carboxyl, an amide of carboxyl, cyano or nitro; p is 0, 1 or 2; and q is 0 or 1. The compound is useful for treating diseases in which angiogenesis or augmentation of vascular permeability is involved.
US08518971B2
A compound of formula (I): wherein A, p, R1, R3, R4, R5, R6, m, R7, n and R8 are as defined in claim 1. Furthermore, the present invention relates to intermediates used to prepare compounds of formula (I), to methods of using them to combat and control insect, acarine, nematode and mollusc pests and to insecticidal, acaricidal, nematicidal and molluscicidal compositions comprising them.
US08518953B2
The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of protein kinases. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising those compounds and methods of using the compounds and compositions in the treatment of various disease, conditions, and disorders. The invention also provides processes for preparing compounds of the invention.
US08518951B2
Described herein are 4-methyl-piperazine-1-carbothioic acid amide derivatives and analogs, as well as compositions containing the same, for the treatment or prophylaxis of viral infections and diseases associated therewith, particularly those viral infections and associated diseases caused by hemorrhagic fever viruses, such as Arenaviruses.
US08518949B2
Crystalline polymorphous forms of the rifaximin (INN) antibiotic named rifaximin δ and rifaximin ε useful in the production of medicinal preparations containing rifaximin for oral and topical use and obtained by means of a crystallization process carried out by hot-dissolving the raw rifaximin in ethyl alcohol and by causing the crystallization of the product by addition of water at a determinate temperature and for a determinate period of time, followed by a drying carried out under controlled conditions until reaching a settled water content in the end product, are the object of the invention.
US08518946B2
Pharmaceutically acceptable salts of (R)-7-[3-amino-4-(2,4,5-trifluorophenyl)-butyryl]-3-trifluoromethyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-imidazo[1,5-a]pyrazine-1-formic acid, their preparation methods, compositions containing the said pharmaceutical salts and their use as medicaments, especially as dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP-IV) inhibitors are disclosed. Of the many acceptable salts, one example is the following.
US08518943B2
The present invention concerns 2-oxo-1-pyrrolidine derivatives, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as pharmaceuticals.
US08518940B2
The present invention embraces compounds selected for interacting with the Fingers-Palm pocket of telomerase and use thereof for modulating the activity of telomerase and preventing or treating diseases or conditions associated with telomerase.
US08518922B2
The invention provides and describes solid state 17α-ethynyl-5α-androstane-3α,17β-diol including amorphous and crystalline forms and specific polymorphic forms thereof. Anhydrates and solvates of 17α-ethynyl-5α-androstane-3α,17β-diol include Form III anhydrate and Form I solvate. The invention further relates to solid and suspension formulations containing 17α-ethynyl-5α-androstane-3α,17β-diol in a described solid state form and use of the formulations to treat cancers or precancers such as prostate cancer or breast cancer in subjects or human patients. The invention also relates to methods to make liquid formulations from solid state forms of 17α-ethynyl-5α-androstane-3α,17β-diol and uses of such formulations in treating the described conditions.
US08518921B2
Compositions useful for inducing bone growth or inhibiting bone loss in an animal comprising one or more isoflavones or isoflavone metabolites and methods for inducing bone growth or inhibiting bone loss in an animal utilizing such compositions. The compositions and methods are particularly useful for post-menopause, post-andropause, gonadectomized, spayed, or neutered animals.
US08518919B2
The present invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising azelastine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof including azelastine hydrochloride, and optionally one or more additional active agents. Preferred such compositions further comprise one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers or excipients that reduce the amount of post-nasal drip, and/or that minimize or mask the unpleasant bitter taste associated with post-nasal drip, of the compositions into the oral cavity, upon intranasal or ocular administration of the compositions. Especially effective excipients used in the compositions of the present invention are hypromellose as a viscosity modifier and sucralose as a taste-masking agent. The invention also provides methods of treating or preventing certain disorders, or symptomatic relief therefrom, by administering the compositions of the invention to a patient, e.g., for the symptomatic relief of allergic rhinitis, non-allergic vasomotor rhinitis, allergic conjunctivitis, as well as other disorders.
US08518911B2
The invention encompasses pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyridine derivatives which selectively inhibit microtubule affinity regulating kinase (MARK) and are therefore useful for the treatment or prevention of Alzheimer's disease. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use are also included.
US08518907B2
The present invention relates to compounds, compositions, and methods for the study, diagnosis, and treatment of traits, diseases and conditions that respond to the modulation of CTNNB1 gene expression and/or activity, and/or modulate a beta-catenin gene expression pathway. Specifically, the invention relates to double-stranded nucleic acid molecules including small nucleic acid molecules, such as short interfering nucleic acid (siNA), short interfering RNA (siRNA), double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), micro-RNA (miRNA), and short hairpin RNA (shRNA) molecules that are capable of mediating or that mediate RNA interference (RNAi) against CTNNB1 gene expression.
US08518905B2
The present invention relates to the use of a TLR9 agonist and/or a TLR4 antagonist and/or a NOD2 agonist for treatment or prevention of disorders involving TLR4 activation, such as systemic sepsis and necrotizing enterocolitis.
US08518900B2
Described are methods for making macrolides, and, in particular, a method for making optionally substituted 20,23-dipiperidinyl-5-O-mycaminosyl-tylonolide and derivatives thereof, as well as uses of macrolides to make medicaments, methods of treatment using macrolides, and methods for making intermediates that, among other uses, may be used to make macrolides. Also described are solvated and non-solvated crystalline forms of 20,23-dipiperidinyl-5-O-mycaminosyl-tylonolide, as well as methods for making such crystalline forms, medicaments comprising (or derived from) such crystalline forms, methods for making medicaments comprising (or derived from) such crystalline forms, methods of treatment using such crystalline forms, and kits comprising such crystalline forms.
US08518886B2
The present invention relates generally to the use of γ-glutamyl antioxidants, particularly γ-glutamyl-cysteine, as cytoprotective agents to prevent reperfusion injury (i.e., hemorrhagic transformation) of the blood-brain barrier during reperfusion following an ischemic stroke. The γ-glutamyl antioxidants can be used alone or used in combination with an agent which inhibits the reverse movement of Na/Ca exchange in the blood-brain barrier such as 2-[2-[4-(4-nitrobenzyloxy)phenyl]ethyl]isothiourea methanesulphonate (KB-R7943).
US08518885B2
A novel class of peptide α-ketoamides useful for selectively inhibiting calpains, selectively inhibiting cysteine proteases, and generally inhibiting all cysteine proteases, having the formula M-AA2-AA1-CO—NH—(CH2)n—R3. Processes for the synthesis of peptidyl α-ketoamide derivatives. Compositions and methods for inhibiting cysteine proteases, inhibiting calpains, and treating disease caused by cysteine proteases and calpains are provided.
US08518879B2
The present invention relates to skin care compositions, including cosmeceuticals, for topical application, and more particularly, a skin cream, comprising cell culture medium conditioned by cells grown in two-dimensional culture. Also included are methods of using such compositions and kits comprising the skin cream therein.
US08518876B2
The invention describes compositions of peptide analogs that are active in blood or cleavable in blood to release an active peptide. The peptide analogs have a general formula: A-(Cm)x-Peptide (SEQ ID NO: 76), wherein A is hydrophobic moiety or a metal binding moiety, e.g., a chemical group or moiety containing 1) an alkyl group having 6 to 36 carbon units, 2) a nitrilotriacetic acid group, 3) an imidodiacetic acid group, or 4) a moiety of formula (ZyHisw)p (SEQ ID NO: 50), wherein Z is any amino acid residue other than histidine, His is histidine, y is an integer from 0-6; w is an integer from 1-6; and p is an integer from 1-6; wherein if A has alkyl group with 6 to 36 carbon units x is greater than 0; and Cm is a cleavable moiety consisting of glycine or alanine or lysine or arginine or N-Arginine or N-lysine, wherein x is an integer between 0-6 and N may be any amino acid or none. The peptide analogs are complexed with polymeric carrier to provide enhanced half-life.
US08518873B2
Glycopeptide antibiotics, such as oritavancin, demonstrate significant activity against both a vegetative form of C. difficile and C. difficile spores. Methods for the treatment, prophylaxis and prevention of C. difficile infection and disease in animals, including humans, are described.
US08518871B2
The present disclosure provides peptides and peptide compositions, which facilitate the delivery of an active agent or an active agent carrier wherein the compositions are capable of penetrating the stratum corneum (SC) and/or the cellular membranes of viable cells.
US08518867B2
The invention relates to a solid, textile or skin care composition which comprises a water-soluble carrier, a textile-softening clay and a textile or skin care compound. The invention especially relates to a solid, textile or skin care composition wherein the water-soluble carrier is particulate and is coated with a powder comprising the softening clay and the textile or skin care compound. The invention also relates to textile-softening detergents or cleaning agents which comprise the textile or skin care composition.
US08518864B2
A grease composition for constant-velocity joints which is inexpensive and which and which has an improved anti-flaking property without using materials which have environmental burdens, and a constant-velocity joint enclosing this grease are provided. A grease composition for constant-velocity joints comprising:(a) a base oil,(b) a diurea thickener,(c) a zinc dialkyldithiophosphate,(d) a sulfurized molybdenum dialkyldithiocarbamate,(e) a zinc dialkyldithiocarbamate, and(f) a sulfur-nitrogen extreme pressure additiveis provided.
US08518861B2
A solid zirconium cross-linking agent and use in a cross-linking composition in oil field applications such as hydraulic fracturing and plugging of permeable zones. The zirconium cross-linking agent is prepared by a process comprising contacting a zirconium complex with an alkanolamine and water at particular mole ratios of alkanolamine and water to zirconium.
US08518854B2
Heterogeneous catalyst systems, methods of making these systems, and methods of using these systems, wherein catalytically active gold is deposited onto composite support media. The composite support media is formed by providing nanoporous material on at least a portion of the surfaces of carbonaceous host material. In representative embodiments, relatively fine, nanoporous guest particles are coated or otherwise provided on surfaces of relatively coarser activated carbon particles. Catalytically active gold may be deposited onto one or both of the guest or host materials either before or after the guest and host materials are combined to from the composite host material. PVD is the preferred catalyst system of depositing gold.
US08518843B2
To provide a heat-absorbing glass plate which comprises soda lime silica glass containing coloring components, the coloring components containing, as represented by mass % based on the following oxides, from 0.45 to 0.61% of total iron as calculated as Fe2O3 and from 0.2 to 0.6% of TiO2, which contains substantially no CoO, Cr2O3, V2O5, MnO nor CeO2, which has a mass proportion of bivalent iron as calculated as Fe2O3 in total iron as calculated as Fe2O3 of from 45 to 60%, which has a solar transmittance of at most 42% calculated as 4 mm thickness, which has a visible light transmittance (by illuminant A) of at least 70% calculated as 4 mm thickness, and which provides a transmitted light having a dominant wavelength of from 492 to 500 nm.
US08518840B2
A synthetic resin leather has a substrate and a synthetic resin layer attached to the substrate. The substrate is a both sides cross-knitted fabric and is prepared by cross-knitting a first yarn with 10 to 40 in count including single spun or mixed spun fibers made of rayon, cotton, polyester, nylon, acryl, or urethane and a second yarn with 50 to 300 in denier including crimpy long fiber filaments, thermoplastic elastomer long fiber filaments or polyurethane long fiber filaments; and knitting the both-sided cross-knitted fabric so loops made of the first yarn and loops made of the second yarn are formed on the front and rear sides of the substrate and are in alternating positions on the front side as compared to the rear side; and, on each side of the substrate, loops of the first and second yarns are formed in alternating positions in longitudinal and transverse directions.
US08518839B2
The invention relates to a rolled product having a thickness that can be adjusted by means of separation. The inventive product comprises an alternating stack (2) of sheets (4) and layers (6) of an adhesive material (8). Each of said sheets (4) has an intrinsic resistance to tearing and each layer (6) of adhesive material (8) joins together two adjacent sheets (4) in the stack (2) using a bond strength that is lower than the tearing resistance of the sheets (4). In this way, each sheet (4) can be detached from the stack (2) without being torn. According to the invention, each sheet (4) is essentially made from woven fibers and each sheet (4) belonging to each pair of sheets (4) which are adjacent to the same layer (6) of adhesive material (8) is impregnated, throughout the thickness thereof, with a mass of adhesive material (8) which is incorporated in the shared layer (6) of adhesive material (8).
US08518836B1
One or more techniques or systems for forming a pattern during semiconductor fabrication are provided herein. In some embodiments, a photo resist (PR) region is patterned and a spacer region is formed above or surrounding at least a portion of the patterned PR region. Additionally, at least some of the spacer region and the patterned PR region are removed to form one or more spacers. Additionally, a block co-polymer (BCP) is filled between the spacers. In some embodiments, the BCP comprises a first polymer and a second polymer. In some embodiments, the second polymer is removed, thus forming a pattern comprising the first polymer and the spacers. In this manner, a method for forming a pattern during semiconductor fabrication is provided, such that a width of the spacer or the first polymer is controlled.
US08518834B2
A method for forming an oxide film on a carbon film includes the steps of forming a carbon film on an object to be processed; forming an object-to-be-oxidized layer on the carbon film; and forming an oxide film on the object-to-be-oxidized layer while oxidizing the object-to-be-oxidized layer.
US08518831B2
A method of forming semiconductor memory device includes forming first to fourth spacers over a target layer including a first region and second regions adjacent to the first region so that a first spacer group including the first spacers spaced at a first interval is formed in the first region of the target layer, a second spacer group including the second spacers spaced at second intervals is formed in the second regions, a third spacer is formed between the first and the second spacer groups, and fourth spacers are formed between the third spacer and the first spacer group; forming an overlap pattern blocking the target layer; and forming first patterns, spaced at the first interval and each formed to have a first width, in the first region and second patterns, spaced at the second intervals and each formed to have a second width, in the second regions.
US08518830B2
Disclosed is a plasma etching method capable of carrying out an etching process while preventing an etching shape defect such as a bowing from occurring. The plasma etching method includes etching an organic film formed on the substrate to a middle depth using an inorganic film as a mask by generating plasma between an upper electrode a surface of which is formed with a silicon containing material and a lower electrode where a substrate to be processed is placed thereon in a processing chamber; forming a protective film including the silicon containing material of the upper electrode on a side wall of an etching region formed from the etching process by applying a negative DC voltage on the upper electrode while generating the plasma; and continuing the etching process using the plasma thereby etching the organic film to a predetermined depth.
US08518828B2
According to a disclosed semiconductor device fabrication method according to one embodiment of the present invention, a layer having a line-and-space pattern extending in one direction is etched using another layer having a line-and-space pattern extending in another direction intersecting the one direction, thereby obtaining a mask having two-dimensionally arranged dots. An underlying layer is etched using the mask, thereby providing two-dimensionally arranged pillars.
US08518826B2
One aspect of the present invention is a method of processing a substrate. In one embodiment, the method comprises forming an electrical conductor on or in the substrate by providing a mixture comprising metal particles and an electroless deposition solution and electrolessly depositing a metal matrix and co-depositing the metal particles. In another embodiment, the method comprises forming an electrical conductor on or in the substrate by providing a mixture comprising metal particles and an electrochemical plating solution and electrochemically plating a metal matrix and co-depositing the metal particles. Another aspect of the present invention is a mixture for the formation of an electrical conductor on or in a substrate. Another aspect of the present invention is an electronic device.
US08518823B2
The present invention relates to a through silicon via (TSV). The TSV is disposed in a substrate including a via opening penetrating through a first surface and a second surface of the substrate. The TSV includes an insulation layer, a barrier layer, a buffer layer and a conductive electrode. The insulation layer is disposed on the surface of the via opening. The barrier layer is disposed on the surface of the insulation layer. The conductive electrode is disposed on the surface of the buffer layer and fills the via opening. The buffer layer further covers a surface of the conductive electrode at the side of the second surface. The present invention further discloses a method of forming the TSV.
US08518819B2
A semiconductor contact structure and method provide contact structures that extend through a dielectric material and provide contact to multiple different subjacent materials including a silicide material and a non-silicide material such as doped silicon. The contact structures includes a lower composite layer formed using a multi-step ionized metal plasma (IMP) deposition operation. A lower IMP film is formed at a high AC bias power followed by the formation of an upper IMP film at a lower AC bias power. The composite layer may be formed of titanium. A further layer is formed as a liner over the composite layer and the liner layer may advantageously be formed using CVD and may be TiN. A conductive plug material such as tungsten or copper fills the contact openings.
US08518814B2
A method of fabricating a high-density laser diode stack is disclosed. The laser diode bars each have an emitter surface and opposing surfaces on either side of the emitter surface. Each laser diode bar has metallization layers on the opposing surfaces and a solder layer on at least one of the metallization layers. The solder layer is applied to a semiconductor wafer prior to cleaving the wafer to create the laser diode bars. The laser diode bars are arranged in a stack such that the emitter surfaces of the bars are facing the same direction. The stack of laser diode bars is placed in a vacuum chamber. An anti-reflection coating is deposited on the emitter surfaces of the laser diode bars in the chamber. The laser diode bars are joined by applying a temperature sufficient to reflow the solder layers in the chamber.
US08518812B2
Some embodiments include methods of forming contacts. A row of projections may be formed over a semiconductor substrate. The projections may include a plurality of repeating components of an array, and a terminal projection. The terminal projection may have a sacrificial material spaced from semiconductor material of the substrate by a dielectric structure. An electrically conductive line may be formed along the row. The line may wrap around an end of the terminal projection and bifurcate into two branches that are along opposing sides of the repeating components. The individual branches may have regions spaced from the sacrificial material by segments of gate dielectric. The sacrificial material may be removed, together with the segments of gate dielectric, to form a contact opening. An electrically conductive contact may be formed within the contact opening and directly against the regions of the branches.
US08518811B2
In one embodiment, the semiconductor device includes a first doped region disposed in a first region of a substrate. A first metal electrode having a first portion of a metal layer is disposed over and contacts the first doped region. A second doped region is disposed in a second region of the substrate. A dielectric layer is disposed on the second doped region. A second metal electrode having a second portion of the metal layer is disposed over the dielectric layer. The second metal electrode is capacitively coupled to the second doped region.
US08518808B2
A GaN sample in a sealed enclosure is heated very fast to a high temperature above the point where GaN is thermodynamically stable and is then cooled down very fast to a temperature where it is thermodynamically stable. The time of the GaN exposure to a high temperature range above its thermodynamic stability is sufficiently short, in a range of few seconds, to prevent the GaN from decomposing. This heating and cooling cycle is repeated multiple times without removing the sample from the enclosure. As a result, by accumulating the exposure time in each cycle, the GaN sample can be exposed to a high temperature above its point of thermodynamic stability for a long time but the GaN sample integrity is maintained (i.e., the GaN doesn't decompose) due to the extremely short heating duration of each single cycle.
US08518798B2
One or more embodiments relate to a method for forming a semiconductor structure, including: forming a semiconductor layer; and forming a dielectric layer over a back side of said semiconductor layer. In one or more embodiments, the dielectric layer may be a silicone rubber layer.
US08518795B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming an isolation region defining an active region in a semiconductor substrate, forming a first insulating film over the semiconductor substrate, forming a second insulating film having etching properties different from those of the first insulating film over the first insulating film, selectively removing the second insulating film from a first region over the active region and the isolation region by dry etching using a fluorocarbon-based etching gas, removing a residual film formed by the dry etching over the first insulating film by exposure in an atmosphere containing oxygen, and selectively removing the first insulating film from the first region by wet etching.
US08518783B2
A field effect transistor having a gate structure that comprises an interfacial layer positioned in between the transistor channel region and a high-K dielectric layer of the gate stack. The interfacial layer comprises AlxSiyOz, which has a higher relative dielectric constant value than SiO2. A method of forming the gate structure of a field effect transistor. The method includes forming a gate stack comprising, in order: a SiO2-based layer adjacent a channel region of the field effect transistor; a high-K dielectric layer on the SiO2-based layer; and a gate electrode on the high-K dielectric layer. The method also includes introducing Al into the SiO2-based layer to form an AlxSiyOz interfacial layer in between the high-K dielectric layer and the channel region. A heating step to allows Al introduced into channel region to diffuse out of the channel region into the interfacial layer.
US08518772B2
A fabricating method of a semiconductor device includes forming an interlayer insulation layer on a substrate, the interlayer insulation layer including a storage node contact plug, forming an etch stop layer on the interlayer insulation layer, the etch stop layer including a silicon layer or a silicon germanium layer, forming a molding insulation layer on the etch stop layer, forming a hole in the molding insulation layer by selectively etching the molding insulation layer until a portion of the etch stop layer is exposed, forming a first conductive layer conformally on an inner surface of the hole and on a top surface of the molding insulation layer, and forming a metal silicide pattern in a predetermined area of the etch stop layer exposed by the molding insulation layer by annealing the first conductive layer and the etch stop layer.
US08518771B2
A method is provided for manufacturing a solid-state imaging device including a semiconductor substrate having a photoelectric conversion portion, a pixel transistor region and a logic circuit region. The method includes the steps of forming a first gate electrode on the semiconductor substrate with a first gate insulating film therebetween, a second gate electrode in the pixel transistor region on the semiconductor substrate with a second gate insulating film therebetween; forming a first insulating layer to cover the first gate electrode, the second gate electrode, a floating diffusion region where a floating diffusion portion is to be formed, and the photoelectric conversion portion; and forming an offset spacer on a sidewall of the first gate electrode by etch back of the first insulating layer in a state where the photoelectric conversion portion, the pixel transistor region and the floating diffusion region are masked.
US08518766B2
A field effect transistor (FET) includes a body region and a source region disposed at least partially in the body region. The FET also includes a drain region disposed at least partially in the body region and a molybdenum oxynitride (MoNO) gate. The FET also includes a dielectric having a high dielectric constant (k) disposed between the body region and the MoNO gate.
US08518759B2
A method for fabricating a field-effect transistor is provided. The method includes forming a substrate region, forming two terminal regions at the substrate region, one terminal region being a source region and the other terminal region being a drain region, forming two electrically insulating insulating layers, which are arranged at mutually opposite sides of the substrate region and are adjoined by control regions, forming an electrically conductive connecting region, which electrically conductively connects one of the terminal regions and the substrate region the conductive connecting region comprising a metal-semiconductor compound, leveling a surface by chemical mechanical polishing after forming the control regions, etching-back the control regions after polishing, and performing a self-aligning method for forming the metal-semiconductor compound in the etched-back regions, on the substrate region, and on a terminal region.
US08518751B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device comprises: preparing a lead frame including a package external region and a package internal region, a burred surface being provided at a top end of a side of the lead frame, and a fracture surface being provided in the vicinity of the top end of the side; chamfering the top end of the side in the package external region; mounting a semiconductor element on the lead frame and sealing the semiconductor element with mold resin in the package internal region; and removing resin burr provided on the side of the lead frame in the package external region after the chamfering and the sealing.
US08518745B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device is provided. The method includes the steps of pasting a film for forming a protective layer in which a support base, an adhesive layer, and a thermosetting resin layer are laminated, in that order, onto a bumped wafer in which a low dielectric material layer is formed, with the thermosetting resin layer serving as a pasting surface, and further, peeling the support base and the adhesive layer from the thermosetting resin layer, forming a protective layer by thermally curing the thermosetting resin layer, and dicing the bumped wafer and the protective layer together.
US08518743B2
A die structure and a die connecting method using the same are provided. The die structure includes a die and a bump structure. The bump structure includes a body and a solder layer. The body is disposed on the die. The solder layer is disposed on the body. The method includes providing a die structure mentioned above, providing a circuit board mentioned above, and soldering the solder layer of the die structure with the tine layer on the copper block of the circuit board. In different embodiments, a tin layer is omitted from the circuit board, wherein the solder layer of the die structure is directly soldered onto the surface of the copper block.
US08518741B1
A method for fabricating a multi-chip stacked structure includes joining multiple wafers with interconnect structures interposed between each set of adjacent wafers. As each wafer is added to the stack, the new wafer is thinned to expose a through silicon via and back side metallization is performed. After the last wafer has been so joined, the wafer stack is diced and then joined to a substrate with a final interconnect structure interposed between the final wafer and the substrate.
US08518733B2
Provided is a method of manufacturing an electromechanical transducer having a reduced variation in a breakdown strength caused by a variation in flatness of an insulating layer. In the method of manufacturing the electromechanical transducer, a first insulating layer is formed on a first substrate, a barrier wall is formed by removing a part of the first insulating layer, and a second insulating layer is formed on a region of the first substrate after the part of the first insulating layer has been removed. Next, a gap is formed by bonding a second substrate on the barrier wall, and a vibration film that is opposed to the second insulating layer via the gap is formed from the second substrate. In the forming of the barrier wall, a height on a gap side in a direction vertical to the first substrate becomes lower than a height of a center portion.
US08518730B2
A sapphire wafer dividing method including a cut groove forming step of forming a plurality of cut grooves on the back side of a sapphire wafer along a plurality of crossing division lines formed on the front side where a light emitting layer is formed, a modified layer forming step of forming a plurality of modified layers inside the sapphire wafer along the division lines, and a dividing step of dividing the sapphire wafer into individual light emitting devices along the modified layers as a division start point, thereby chamfering the corners of the back side of each light emitting device owing to the formation of the cut grooves in the cut groove forming step.
US08518728B2
In case that a conventional TFT is formed to have an inversely staggered type, a resist mask is required to be formed by an exposing, developing, and droplet discharging in forming an island-like semiconductor region. It resulted in the increase in the number of processes and the number of materials. According to the present invention, a process can be simplified since after forming a source region and a drain region, a portion serving as a channel region is covered by an insulating film serving as a channel protecting film to form an island-like semiconductor film, and so a semiconductor element can be manufactured by using only metal mask without using a resist mask.
US08518727B2
An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device and method of fabrication that includes a substrate having a device region, an outer dam region and an encapsulation region. The encapsulation region includes an inner dam region, an outer dam region and an encapsulation region that correspond to the device region. An encapsulation agent is formed in the encapsulation region of the encapsulation substrate, and filling dams are formed of the same material in the outer dam region and the inner dam region of the encapsulation substrate.
US08518725B2
A method for processing a silicon substrate includes providing a combination of a first silicon substrate, a second silicon substrate, and an intermediate layer including a plurality of recessed portions, which is provided between the first silicon substrate and the second silicon substrate, forming a first through hole that goes through the first silicon substrate by executing etching of the first silicon substrate on a surface of the first silicon substrate opposite to a bonding surface with the intermediate layer by using a first mask, and exposing a portion of the intermediate layer corresponding to the plurality of recessed portions of the intermediate layer, forming a plurality of openings on the intermediate layer by removing a portion constituting a bottom of the plurality of recessed portions, and forming a second through hole that goes through the second silicon substrate by executing second etching of the second silicon substrate by using the intermediate layer on which the plurality of openings are formed as a mask.
US08518723B2
A method of fabricating a semiconductor integrated circuit device, including providing a semiconductor substrate, sequentially forming an etching target layer and a hard mask layer on the semiconductor substrate, forming first etch masks on the hard mask layer, the first etch masks including a plurality of first line patterns spaced apart from one another at a first pitch and extending in a first direction, forming first hard mask patterns by etching the hard mask layer using the first etch masks, forming second etch masks on the first hard mask patterns, the second etch masks including a plurality of second line patterns spaced apart from one another at a second pitch and extending in a second direction different from the first direction, forming second hard mask patterns by etching the first hard mask patterns using the second etch masks, forming spacers on sidewalls of the second hard mask patterns, and patterning the etching target layer using the second hard mask patterns having the spacers.
US08518713B2
Generally, conjugate systems, self-illuminating quantum dot conjugates, methods of detecting a target in a host, methods of treating a disease in a host, and the like, are described herein.
US08518705B2
The present invention provides structures and methods that allow polymers of any length, including nucleic acids containing entire genomes, to be stretched into a long, linear conformation for further analysis. The present invention also provides structures and methods for selecting and stretching polymers based on their lengths. Polymers are loaded into a device and run through the structures. Stretching is achieved by, e.g., applying shear forces as the polymer passes through the structures, placing obstacles in the path of the polymer, or a combination thereof. Since multiple molecules may be stretched in succession, extremely high throughput screening, e.g., screening of more than one molecule per second, is achieved.
US08518704B2
A monitoring system is presented. The monitoring system may include a first chemical vessel containing a first chemical mixture and a second chemical vessel containing a second chemical mixture. The monitoring system may further include a sensor configured to selectively receive a first sample flow of the first chemical mixture from the first chemical vessel and a second sample flow of the second chemical mixture from the second chemical vessel. The sensor may be configured to measure a first sample attribute value of the first sample flow and a second sample attribute value of the second sample flow. By multiplexing multiple sample flows through a sensor, the monitoring system may monitor attributes of multiple chemical mixtures without requiring separate sensors for each chemical mixture monitored by the system.In an embodiment, the monitoring system is preferably configured to control an attribute of a chemical mixture. In such a case, the monitoring system may further include a control system configured to receive the first sample attribute value and the second sample attribute value from the sensor. The control system is further preferably configured to input the first sample attribute value into a first attribute control algorithm to calculate a first attribute control output. The first chemical mixture includes a first bulk attribute value, and the control system is preferably configured to direct the adjusting of the first bulk attribute value.
US08518698B1
The invention provides a method of promoting apoptosis of human glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) tumor cells. The method comprises isolating GBM tumor cells from a human brain biopsy specimen, isolating human neural stem cells (HNSCs) from the biopsy specimen, transforming the isolated HNSCs with an operative PEX gene, and exposing GBM tumor cells to the transformed HNSCs to thereby promote apoptosis of the tumor cells mediated by the expressed PEX gene.
US08518682B2
A tissue engineering composition adapted for application to an interior surface of a body lumen of a patient. The composition comprises (a) a carrier medium that is adapted to flow and to stably adhere the composition to the body lumen and (b) microcapsules, which are dispersed within the carrier medium and which contain one or more living cells encapsulated within a coating that includes a biodegradable polymer. The composition promotes growth of the cells on the lumen surface subsequent to application of the composition to the lumen.
US08518676B2
The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having C4-dicarboxylic acid transporter 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, and methods of producing C4-dicarboxylic acids, such as malic acid.
US08518673B2
The present disclosure includes a method for processing a beer stream for the recovery of oil. The method includes a step of extracting oil from a beer stream into an organic phase comprising an organic solvent to provide in the organic phase at least a portion of the oil. In general, a beer stream refers to a composition containing alcohol, water, oil, and particulates, and can be a result of a fermentation process. The beer stream can contain other components commonly found in a stream coming off a fermentation process such as, for example, glycerol and acetic acid.
US08518669B2
An object is to provide a means of highly producing an oxalate decarboxylase originating in a microorganism. A recombinant expression plasmid vector, which contains an α-amylase promoter belonging to the genus Bacillus and an oxalate decarboxylase gene originating in a microorganism that is provided under the control of the promoter, is constructed. A host bacterium is transformed with this vector to prepare an oxalate decarboxylase producing bacterium. A recombinant oxalate decarboxylase is produced by culturing the producing bacterium and then recovering the oxalate decarboxylase thus produced.
US08518664B2
Methods of determining the amount of microorganisms present in a test sample. The methods include a) incubating the test sample with a growth media to form an incubated sample, wherein the growth media includes an enzyme substrate and the enzyme substrate includes an enzymatically hydrolyzable group and a fluorescent group, wherein microorganisms present in the test sample include an enzyme that hydrolyzes the hydrolyzable group from the fluorescent group to form a fluorescently detectable product, wherein the fluorescently detectable product has both an acidic and basic species; b) exciting the fluorescently detectable product with light having a wavelength of Exλiso for a time sufficient for the fluorescently detectable product to emit light, wherein Exλiso is the absorbance isosbestic point of the fluorescently detectable product; c) detecting light emitted at a wavelength of Emλ1; and d) quantifying the light emitted at the wavelength of Emλ1, wherein the quantity of the light emitted at the wavelength Emλ1 is indicative of the amount of microorganisms present in the test sample.
US08518663B2
In various embodiments, the invention relates to a method for identifying the presence of particular bacteria in a sample. The method includes collecting a sample that includes or has been exposed to the particular bacteria and detecting, in the sample, at least one volatile organic compound indicative of the presence of the bacteria.
US08518659B2
The present invention relates to a method for determining the degree of risk of onset of autism, comprising the step of measuring the triglyceride concentration or the cholesterol concentration in a very low-density lipoprotein fraction of plasma or serum isolated from a subject, or the triglyceride concentration or the cholesterol concentration of plasma or serum. In addition, the present invention provides a kit for determining the degree of risk of onset of autism and a method for screening for a candidate substance for agents for treating autism using a non-human mammal, in which the above described method is utilized.
US08518658B1
Disclosed is a method and associated device for the rapid identification of viable bacterial contaminants in food products. The method detects viable microbes by using a combined ATP-bioluminescence immunoassay. Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium were selected as target organisms in various matrices including ground beef homogenate, apple juice, milk, and phosphate-buffered saline. Specific antibodies were immobilized on the surface of well plates in which the sample matrices were incubated. The plates were washed, and the wells were incubated with BacTiter-Glo reagent in Mueller-Hinton II broth. Bioluminescent output was measured with a luminometer and signal-to-noise ratios were calculated. The LOD was not affected by the presence of non-target cells. A strong linear correlation was observed between the number of cells and luminescent output over 4 orders of magnitude. This method provides a means of simultaneously detecting and identifying viable pathogens in complex matrices.
US08518657B2
A method for diagnosing the presence of hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) or predicting the risk of developing HSP in a human subject, comprising detecting the presence or absence of a defect in a gene encoding a polypeptide comprising the sequence of FIG. 9 (SEQ ID NO: 19), in a nucleic acid sample of the subject, whereby the detection of the defect is indicative that the subject has or is at risk of developing HSP.
US08518652B2
Methods/reagents for detecting and/or treating cancers or potential cancers are disclosed. In one embodiment, methods and reagents for detecting truncated forms of P2X7 protein in cells are described. In one embodiment, methods and reagents for increasing the amount and/or activity of full-length P2X7 in cells are described. In one embodiment, methods and reagents for decreasing the amount and/or activity of truncated P2X7 in cells are described.
US08518649B2
This invention is in the field of homeostasis analysis. More particularly, it relates to systems and methods for analyzing persistent homeostatic perturbations, i.e. chronic stress, by measuring levels of biomarkers that are related to chronic stress. This invention is also directed to systems and methods for analyzing the molecular mechanisms of chronic stress.
US08518648B2
It has been demonstrated that the level of HBP increases in individuals that subsequently develop severe sepsis. Accordingly, the level of HBP, HBP/WBC ratio or HBP/NC ratio in an individual can be used to determine whether or not an individual is at risk of developing severe sepsis.
US08518647B2
The present invention provides novel methods and compositions for the diagnosis and treatment of colon cancers. In particular, the present invention provides diagnostics and prognostics for colon (including colon adenocarcinoma) cancer patients, wherein the methods related to measuring miR levels can predict poor survival. The invention also provides methods of identifying inhibitors of tumorigenesis.
US08518641B2
The invention relates to a method of for detecting DNA damage in a tissue sample. The method includes the steps of exposing sample DNA to a tagged DNA-damage binding factor and then shearing the DNA to produce fragments. After separating damaged from undamaged DNA, the two are amplified and differentially labeled. The labeled fragments can be immobilized on a microarray allowing the location and extent of any DNA damage to be determined.
US08518632B2
In a method of manufacturing an electroforming mold, a first photoresist layer is formed on an upper surface of a bottom conductive film of a substrate, and the first photoresist layer is divided into a first soluble portion and a first insoluble portion. A conductive material is thermally deposited on an upper surface of the first photoresist layer within a predetermined temperature range, to thereby form an intermediate conductive film. An intermediate conductive film is patterned. A second photoresist layer is formed on an exposed upper surface of the first photoresist layer after the intermediate conductive film is removed, and on an upper surface of the intermediate conductive film remaining after patterning. The second photoresist layer is divided into a second soluble portion and a second insoluble portion. Next, the first and second photoresist layers are developed, and the first and second soluble portions are removed.
US08518616B2
Reduced can be interferential streaks produced in a halftone image when using a photoreceptor support (also called a drawn tube) having been subjected to tool bit cutting processing, and provided can be an electrophotographic photoreceptor capable of obtaining high quality in response to the light printing field or the like and an image forming method employing the electrophotographic photoreceptor. Also disclosed is an electrophotographic photoreceptor possessing a cylindrical support and provided thereon, a photosensitive layer, the cylindrical support possessing a processing profile regularly formed along a central axis, provided on a circumferential surface of the cylindrical support, wherein the processing profile satisfies Formula 1: Formula 1 ΔL≧10 μm, where ΔL, represents a difference between a processing period width and another processing period width in a central axis direction of the cylindrical support in an image region.
US08518614B2
An apparatus for detecting a position of a mark from a mark signal obtained by capturing an image of the mark includes a signal processor. The signal processor is configured to set a processing window with respect to each of a plurality of positions relative to the mark signal, to calculate an even function intensity of the mark signal in the processing window with respect to each of the plurality of positions, and to detect the positions of the marks based on the even function intensity calculated with respect to each of the plurality of positions.
US08518589B2
A fuel cell system in which a low open circuit voltage (OCV) is maintained in a start-up mode and in a shut-down mode, and a method of operating the same, the method including: supplying an anode off-gas and air to the cathode in an open circuit voltage state in a start-up mode and cutting off supply of the fuel gas to the cathode in a normal operating mode; and supplying the fuel gas and air to the cathode in a shut-down mode, and if a load is cut off, purging the cathode and the anode in the OCV state.
US08518583B2
A main object of the present invention is to provide an air cathode capable of achieving both high initial discharge capacity and high capacity retention. In the present invention, the problem is solved by providing an air cathode used in a metal-air battery, comprising: an air cathode layer containing a conductive material, a particulate catalyst and a fibrous catalyst; and an air cathode current collector for collecting current of the air cathode layer, wherein the ratio of the fibrous catalyst to the total weight of the particulate catalyst and the fibrous catalyst is 10% by weight or less.
US08518575B2
A pouch-type lithium secondary battery including a battery unit having a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate, and a separator between the positive and negative electrode plates; electrode tabs extending from each of the positive and negative electrode plates of the battery unit, respectively; a case having a space to accommodate the battery unit; a sealing surface along the periphery of the space; and a protection circuit board electrically connected to the electrode tabs, wherein portions of each of the electrode tabs extend outside the case, and are bent in an upright position with respect to a plane of the sealing surface.
US08518570B2
A battery system includes: a battery unit formed by electrically connected in series a plurality of cell groups each made up with a plurality of battery cells electrically connected in series; a plurality of sensing lines for detecting voltages of respective battery cells in the battery unit; an integrated circuit provided to each of the cell group, to which the sensing lines for detecting voltages of respective battery cells in the cell group are connected; a case having housed therein a substrate at which a plurality of integrated circuits provided for the cell groups respectively are mounted; noise protection capacitors disposed between input terminals of the plurality of sensing lines; and at least one protection element against static electricity which is connected between the input terminals and the case.
US08518568B2
A battery module includes a plurality of battery cells and a system configured for passing a fluid past at least a portion of the plurality of battery cells in a parallel manner.
US08518567B2
An automatic battery-overcharge power disconnection device electrically coupled to a battery includes an insulating frame, a space formed by enclosing edges of the frame, two grooves formed on a lateral edge of the frame, a flexible board installed at another opposite lateral edge of the frame, an opening formed at an end of the flexible board, a knife portion disposed on an internal side of the opening; a symmetrically folded electro-conductive thin plate, having two half-plate portions and a folding portion between two half-plate portions, and passed into the opening of flexible board, such that the two half-plate portions are clamped at the flexible board, and the folding portion is situated opposite to the knife portion; two conductive electrodes, each having a connecting portion extended out from the conductive connecting portion freely, disposed in the two grooves respectively, and electrically coupled to the two half-plate portions.
US08518565B2
A glass substrate for information recording medium, said glass substrate being composed of an aluminosilicate glass containing 60-75% by mass of SiO2, 5-18% by mass of Al2O3, 3-10% by mass of Li2O, 3-15% by mass of Na2O and 0.5-8% by mass of ZrO2 relative to the entire glass components. The glass substrate for information recording medium contains neither As (arsenic) nor Sb (antimony), while containing at least one polyvalent element selected from the group consisting of V (vanadium), Mn (manganese), Ni (nickel), Nb (niobium), Mo (molybdenum), Sn (tin), Ce (cerium), Ta (tantalum) and Bi (bismuth). The molar ratio of the total amount of the polyvalent elements to the amount of Al2O3 is within the range of 0.02-0.20.
US08518559B2
There is provided conductive organic arylamine compounds. The compounds may be prepared as films and such films may be used as a hole transporting layer, an emissive layer or an electron transporting layer in organic light emitting devices.
US08518553B2
The invention relates to a layered structure comprising a first intermediate layer, said first intermediate layer comprising at least one element of group IVB, group VB or group VIB; a second intermediate layer deposited on top of said first intermediate layer, said second intermediate layer comprising a diamond-like nanocomposite composition; a diamond-like carbon layer deposited on top of said second intermediate layer. The invention further relates to the use of a substrate coated with such a layered structure for high shear and/or high impact applications and to a method to cover a substrate with such a layered structure.
US08518549B2
A method for making a coated article includes: providing a substrate; forming a prefabricated layer on a surface of the substrate by vacuum sputtering, the prefabricated layer being a metal layer containing the metal element ‘N’, or an unsaturated oxide layer containing the metal element ‘N’ and ‘M’, the ‘N’ being one or more metals selected from a group consisting of titanium, aluminum, and zinc, the ‘M’ being calcium, barium, or a mixture of calcium and barium; and thermal oxidizing the prefabricated layer to form a color layer on the substrate, the color layer being an oxide layer of the metal element ‘N’, or an oxide layer of the metal element ‘N’ and ‘M’. The color value of the color layer has a L* coordinate between 91 and 98, an a* coordinate between −1 and 1, and a b* coordinate between −2 and 2 in the CIE LAB color system.
US08518544B2
A glass sheet for a laminated glass to be fit into a frame of an automobile in a flash-mount structure, that is a glass sheet having a good strength, is provided. In the glass sheet of the present invention, the maximum value of the plane compressive stress on the edge of the glass sheet is at least 10 MPa and at most 18 MPa, and the maximum value of the plane compressive stress inside from the edge of the glass sheet is at most 2.4 MPa.
US08518537B2
An artificial dielectric material comprising a plurality of blocks of dielectric material, each block have at least one conductive fiber or wire embedded within. A method of making the material is disclosed where a plurality of strands or wires are embedded in dielectric layer which is then chopped in blocks. These blocks then fall randomly into a container in any order or pattern and are glued into a solid layer.
US08518528B2
A ceramic foam filter for molten aluminum alloys comprising an alumina silicate rich core and a boron glass shell and a chemical composition comprising: 20-70 wt % Al2O3, 20-60 wt % SiO2, 0-10 wt % CaO, 0-10 wt %; MgO and 2-20 wt % B2O3.
US08518527B2
The present invention provides a method for improving the flame retardant efficiency of a phenoxyphosphazene compound, and provides a prepreg, a laminate, and a laminate for printed circuit that are made by the method. The present invention compounds a phenoxyphosphazene compound and a dihydrobenzoxazine ring-containing compound in a halogen-free flame retardant resin composition, so as to effectively improve the flame-retardant efficiency of the phenoxyphosphazene compound. Besides, the prepreg, the laminate and the laminate for printed circuit that are made by the method for improving the flame retardant efficiency of a phenoxyphosphazene compound have excellent flame retardancy, chemical resistance, anti-CAF property, high glass transition temperature (Tg), high thermal resistance, low dielectric dissipation factor, low moisture, and low C.T.E, etc. Furthermore, epoxy resins are interfused to greatly overcome the brittleness of the benzoxazine resin, so, the cured resin has comparatively high flexural strength and good processability.
US08518526B2
An article includes a substrate having a surface and a nanofence supported by the surface. The nanofence includes a multiplicity of primary nanorods and branch nanorods, each of the primary nanorods being attached to said substrate, and each of the branch nanorods being attached to a primary nanorods and/or another branch nanorod. The primary and branch nanorods are arranged in a three-dimensional, interconnected, interpenetrating, grid-like network defining interstices within the nanofence. The article further includes an enveloping layer supported by the nanofence, disposed in the interstices, and forming a coating on the primary and branch nanorods. The enveloping layer has a different composition from that of the nanofence and includes a radial p-n single junction solar cell photovoltaic material and/or a radial p-n multiple junction solar cell photovoltaic material.
US08518521B2
Provided is a composite molded article which can increase resistance to peeling at an interface and suppress excessive peeling of a fiber-reinforced polymer material portion even when thermal shock is repeatedly applied. The composite molded article comprises a metal member using metal as a base material and having a surface; and a fiber-reinforced polymer material portion coated on at least part of the surface of the metal member and having a polymer material as a matrix and a plurality of reinforcing fibers for reinforcing the matrix. The surface of the metal member has a plurality of projections juxtaposed regularly or randomly at a pitch distance greater than diameters of the reinforcing fibers. The respective facing projections form enterable spaces which part of the matrix enters and at least part of the reinforcing fibers can enter.
US08518514B2
Simple design of a multilayer optical recording medium is achieved while suppressing interlayer crosstalk and confocal crosstalk in the multilayer optical recording medium. Simple recording and reading control by a recording and reading unit is also achieved. The multilayer optical recording medium includes at least three or more recording and reading layers deposited one above the other with intermediate layers interposed therebetween, and information can be read by light irradiation from the layers. The intermediate layers have film thicknesses of two types or less, and all the recording and reading layers except the recording and reading layer farthest from a light incident surface have substantially the same optical constant.
US08518511B2
A composite seam system including a narrow weld bead joining two panels of fabric and a seam tape applied thereon. The applied seam tape comprises a top layer, a reinforcing layer and an adhesive layer melted through the reinforcing layer and connecting the top layer to the fabric panels over the weld bead. The narrow weld bead and the small seam allowance of the fabric panels it joins allows the seam tape to be secured over the weld bead to the fabric panels while lying in a flat plane. The use of a narrow reinforcing layer of woven polyester, nylon or non-woven ultra-fine fibrous material in the seam tape allows the seam tape to be flexible enough to move with the fabric it joins, reducing the incidence of tape edge abrasion.
US08518500B2
A thermal transfer sheet includes a sheet substrate; a protective layer provided on the sheet substrate; and an adhesive layer provided on the protective layer, wherein a refractive-index difference between the protective layer and the adhesive layer is less than 0.10.
US08518498B2
The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display, wherein arrangement of liquid crystal molecules thereof is controlled by using a monomer that is polymerized by ultraviolet rays to provide a pre-tilt. To prevent damage to organic material layers when irradiating ultraviolet rays to the monomer, a blocking film made of an ultraviolet absorbing agent is formed on or over at least one such layer.
US08518489B2
Provided is a method for forming a micropattern using a mask template. The method includes: forming a mask template on a substrate, wherein the mask template has an exposure section through which a portion of the substrate is exposed to the exterior and a non-exposure section provided by a polymer material applied on the remaining portion of the substrate; supplying conductive ink to the top of the mask template to deposit the conductive ink on the non-exposure section and on the substrate exposed through the exposure section; and heat treating the conductive ink in order to extract the conductive ink nanoclusters dissolved or dispersed in the conductive ink, wherein the conductive ink nanoclusters disposed on the non-exposure section are bound to the non-exposure section to form an insulating pattern having electrical insulating property, while the conductive ink nanoclusters disposed on the substrate form a conductive pattern having electroconductive property. The method enables formation of a micropattern without any alignment error between patterns in the case of a direct printing process.
US08518484B2
This invention relates to vapor phase reagent dispensing apparatus having a bubbler tube and also a metal seal aligned and in contact with the hardened opposing flat surfaces of a top wall member and a protuberance on a side wall member, wherein the hardened opposing flat surfaces of the top wall member and the protuberance have a hardness greater than the hardness of the metal seal. The dispensing apparatus may be used for dispensing of reagents such as precursors for deposition of materials in the manufacture of semiconductor materials and devices.
US08518482B2
This invention relates to a vapor phase reagent dispensing apparatus having a bubbler tube and also a metal seal aligned and in contact with the hardened opposing flat surfaces of a top wall member and a protuberance on a side wall member, wherein the hardened opposing flat surfaces of the top wall member and the protuberance have a hardness greater than the hardness of the metal seal. The apparatus further has a temperature sensor and a source chemical level sensor extending through a centrally located portion of the top wall member and generally vertically downwardly to a sump cavity centrally located on a bottom wall member. The dispensing apparatus may be used for dispensing of reagents such as precursors for deposition of materials in the manufacture of semiconductor materials and devices.
US08518477B2
A process to apply a foamable water-based adhesive comprises combining, in a pressure-tight container having an outlet valve, a) a first aqueous polymer having a pH-value above 6 and containing a dissolved or dispersed salt that can liberate a gas, and b) a second aqueous polymer comprising an acid and having a pH-value lower than 5, and combined aqueous releasing the combined aqueous polymers from the pressure-tight container through the outlet valve onto a substrate, whereby gas bubbles are formed in the aqueous polymers leaving the valve, thus foaming the water-based adhesive.
US08518475B2
In certain example embodiments, a coated article includes respective layers including hydrogenated diamond-like carbon (DLC) and zirconium nitride before heat treatment (HT). During HT, the hydrogenated DLC acts as a fuel which upon combustion with oxygen produces carbon dioxide and/or water. The high temperature developed during this combustion heats the zirconium nitride to a temperature(s) well above the heat treating temperature, thereby causing the zirconium nitride to be transformed into a new post-HT layer including zirconium oxide that is very scratch resistant and durable.
US08518473B2
The present invention includes a method for preparing a nanoparticle filled nanocomposite material, the method including the steps of providing a plurality of nanoparticles. attaching a first layer of organic ligand to the nanoparticle via a phosphate or phosphonate linkage, covalently attaching a second layer of matrix compatible polymer to said first layer of organic ligand to produce modified nanoparticles, providing a polymer matrix and dispersing the modified nanoparticles in the polymer matrix, wherein the dispersement of the modified nanoparticles into the polymer matrix results in a nanocomposite material, and wherein the modified nanoparticles are modified such that the first layer is proximal to the nanoparticle and the second layer is distal to the nanoparticle. Also within the scope of the invention are modified nanoparticles, alternative nanocomposite materials and methods of making the same.
US08518472B2
Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to large-area transparent conductive coatings (TCCs) including carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and nanowire composites, and methods of making the same. The σdc/σopt ratio of such thim films may be improved via stable chemical doping and/or alloying of CNT-based films. The doping and/or alloying may be implemented in a large area coating system, e.g., on glass and/or other substrates. In certain example embodiments, a CNT film may be deposited and then doped via chemical functionalization and/or alloyed with silver and/or palladium. Both p-type and n-type dopants may be used in different embodiments of this invention. In certain example embodiments, silver and/or other nanowires may be provided, e.g., to further decrease sheet resistance. Certain example embodiments may provide coatings that approach, meet, or exceed 90% visible transmission and 90 ohms/square target metrics.
US08518470B2
The invention relates to shortening particle compositions that are suitable for use in preparing batter or dough products such as biscuits, pizza crusts, pot pie crusts, cinnamon rolls, or dry mixes for same. Typically, the shortening compositions are low in trans fatty acids and in saturated fatty acids. For example, the shortening particle composition may comprise less than about 3% wt. total trans fatty acids and a total of about less than about 61% wt. saturated fatty acids and trans fatty acids.
US08518467B2
Methods, devices, and compositions relating to processed grain products are shown for ground corn flour, soybean meal, cottonseed meal, and wheat middlings. An exemplary method shown is a fiber separation process for the ethanol industry corn products of Distillers Dried Grains (DDG) and Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles (DDGS) resulting from the widely used dry grind technology. A shown process and apparatus allows the removal and separate recovery of fiber-reduced products with expanded potential for use as a non-ruminant feed product in addition to the removal and separate recovery of a fiber-enriched product. The fiber enriched and fiber reduced products each have uses in the feed industry. The specific processes, devices, and compositions shown are readily adaptable to feed mills.
US08518466B2
A preparation method for selenium covered basic copper chloride includes the steps of: (a) adding crystalline basic copper chloride (TBCC), water and stabilizer in a reactor; adding sodium hydroxide solution with stirring; reacting to form a hydroxyl-modified crystalline basic copper chloride after discharge, washing, and negative pressure leaching; (b) adding the hydroxyl-modified crystalline basic copper chloride and water in the reactor, adding selenous acid with stirring; adding copper sulfate pentahydrate after reaction; forming selenium covered basic copper chloride comprising crystalline basic copper chloride, basic cuprous selenide, and basic cupric sulfate after discharge, rinsing, negative pressure filtration, and drying. The selenium covered basic copper chloride is used as feed addictives of trace elements having nonhygroscopic property, good liquidity, and stable chemical property. The selenium covered basic copper chloride is easy to incorporate with feed, low price, low cost in adding, weak acidic solubility, easy to absorb.
US08518465B2
An acid milk beverage that without the use of conventionally employed various thickening stabilizers, excels in product quality stability, and that realizes good flavor and calorie suppression, being of light type; and a process for producing the same. There is provided an acid milk beverage characterized in that there are contained polydextrose and at least one glucide selected from the group (a) consisting of glucose, fructose, sugar, trehalose, maltose, erythritol, sorbitol, xylitol, maltitol, lactitol, palatinose and galactooligosaccharide, and that the sum of these soluble solid contents is in the range of 12.0 to 17.0 mass %, containing substantially none of thickening stabilizers. Further, there is provided a process for producing the acid milk beverage.
US08518461B2
The present invention relates to a method for treating inflammation comprising administering a subject in need thereof with a therapeutically effective amount of a composition comprising bamboo vinegar or the phenolic fraction thereof. The method for preparing the phenolic fraction is also provided.
US08518460B2
A pharmaceutic composition for treating psoriasis. Ii has an active component and a carrier. The active component has a major active ingredient osthol and a group of minor active ingredients: xanthotoxol, xanthotoxin, isopimpinellin, bergapten, and imperatorine. The major active ingredient osthol accounts for at least 90% by weight of the active component, which accounts for 5-35% by weight of the overall pharmaceutic composition.
US08518453B2
The present invention is a new method and composition that enhance bone repair, formation, maintenance and slowing of bone resorption. The present invention relates to methods and compositions that enhance collagen formation, tendon health and tendon injury healing, bone maintenance and bone injury healing, and the prevention and treatment of metabolic diseases. The present invention is a part of the therapy to maintain bone health among patients with diabetic bone resorption and others with metabolic disorders. In one embodiment, the composition is a composite of hydroxyapatite and an organic matrix composed of milk pH-dependent serum proteins, i.e., bone morphogenic proteins (BMP), milk serum-derived specific proteins (MSSP), and milk serum derived proteins.
US08518445B2
The present invention teaches how to change the skin color perception, mainly the facial color from red, blue or yellow to white appearance, using quantum and optical principles. By selecting the right size and material of particles compounded in cosmetic preparations and applying the preparations to the skin, the scattering and/or emission from micro- and nanoparticles can provide a complementary color or in proximity to that complementary color of the skin color. The mixture of the color provided by the particles and the reflected color from the skin will whiten the skin or make inconspicuous of the hyperchromic portion of the skin. The invention can also be used for other applications in which the particles can be applied to a surface or blended into a material, such as, for example, automobile paint, house paint, glass color and nail polish.
US08518441B2
The present invention provides solid dispersions or solid dispersion pharmaceutical preparations containing a water-soluble polymeric substance(s) and a phenylalanine compound of the formula (1) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein A represents the formula (2) and the like, B represent an alkoxy group and the like, E represents a hydrogen atom and the like, D represents a substituted phenyl group and the like, T, U and V represent a carbonyl group and the like, Arm represents a benzene ring and the like, R1 represents an alkyl group and the like, R2, R3, and R4 may be the same or different from one another and each represent a hydrogen atom, a substituted amino group and the like, and J and J′ represent a hydrogen atom and the like; production methods thereof; and solubilized pharmaceutical preparations containing a solubilizer(s) and the compound (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. According to the solid dispersion pharmaceutical preparations or solubilized pharmaceutical preparations, though they contain the phenylalanine compound of the formula (1) that is a poorly-soluble drug as an active ingredient, the pharmaceutical preparations having high solubility and oral absorbability can be obtained.
US08518438B2
Liquid softgel fill formulations include (i) 26-32% by weight acetaminophen, (ii) 47-51% by weight polyethylene glycol having an average molecular weight of 200-800, (iii) 3-7% by weight propylene glycol, (iv) 9-13% by weight Povidone K17, and (v) 6-10% by weight purified water. The fill formulations are free of alkali metal ions. Also disclosed are a method of preparing the above-described fill formulations and softgel capsules containing the same fill formulations.
US08518437B2
Liposomes that contain at least 10 mol % of a negatively charged lipid coupled to a non-zwitterionic moiety are stable in the blood. Liposomes containing at least 1 mol % of such lipids may be frozen safely.
US08518425B2
Anhydrous antiperspirant compositions comprising particulate antiperspirant active; capsules comprising a shear-sensitive shell which encapsulates perfume; and a carrier for the particulate antiperspirant active and capsules; wherein the capsules have a shell of cross-linked gelatin coacervate having a thickness of from 0.25 to 9 μm and providing from 10 to 40% by weight of the capsules, a volume average particle diameter of from 25 to 70 μm, a ratio of shell thickness to the average particle diameter in the range of from 1:5 to 1:120, and a Hysitron hardness in the range of from 1.5 MPa to 50 MPa.
US08518420B2
A method for growing bone cells. In one aspect, the present invention provides a method for growing bone cells, comprising the steps of (a) anodizing a titanium substrate to form an array of titanium dioxide nanotubes on a surface of the titanium substrate, (b) subjecting the anodized titanium substrate to a radio frequency plasma discharge to chemically modify the array of titanium dioxide nanotubes formed on the surface of the titanium substrate, (c) seeding bone cells onto the surface of the titanium substrate that has an array of titanium dioxide nanotubes thereon after the subjecting step, and (d) incubating the seeded bone cells for a period of time effective for the cells to grow and proliferate.
US08518407B2
Antibodies that interact with interleukin-1 receptor type 1 (IL-1R1) are described. Methods of treating IL-1 mediated diseases by administering a pharmaceutically effective amount of antibodies to IL-1R1 are described. Methods of detecting the amount of IL-1R1 in a sample using antibodies to IL-1R1 are described.
US08518404B2
Activatable binding polypeptides (ABPs), which contain a target binding moiety (TBM), a masking moiety (MM), and a cleavable moiety (CM) are provided. Activatable antibody compositions, which contain a TBM containing an antigen binding domain (ABD), a MM and a CM are provided. Furthermore, ABPs which contain a first TBM, a second TBM and a CM are provided. The ABPs exhibit an “activatable” conformation such that at least one of the TBMs is less accessible to target when uncleaved than after cleavage of the CM in the presence of a cleaving agent capable of cleaving the CM. Further provided are libraries of candidate ABPs, methods of screening to identify such ABPs, and methods of use. Further provided are ABPs having TBMs that bind VEGF, CTLA-4, or VCAM, ABPs having a first TBM that binds VEGF and a second TBM that binds FGF, as well as compositions and methods of use.
US08518401B1
A therapeutic agent for an inflammatory disease comprising an antibody or a CX3CR1 antagonist that inhibits an interaction of fractalkine and CX3CR1 is provided.
US08518396B2
The present invention is directed to compositions and methods of transplanting tissue, for example, in breast augmentation procedures. The compositions include adipose tissue and compounds that reduce tissue volume loss and increase survival rate of the adipose tissue when the composition is introduced into breast tissue.
US08518379B2
The present invention provides medicaments useful for reducing phosphorus serum level, especially in those subjects affected from hyperphosphatemia. More specifically, the present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions to be administered by oral route in fasting periods, in order to absorb phosphorus compounds from fluids of the enteric tract, especially from saliva.
US08518377B2
The invention relates to pressurized gas formulations for dosage aerosols, in which a medicament is formulated suspended in TG 227 ea (1,1,1,2,3,3,3-heptafluoropropane) and/or TG 134 a (1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane) as a propellant, and to their use for producing a medicament. The aerosol is preferably an inhalation aerosol.
US08518365B2
The invention relates to a method and an installation for producing sulfuric acid. First of all, a product gas flow (5) containing sulfur dioxide is produced. The product gas flow (5) is supplied to a reaction chamber (1). A catalyst (3) is located in the reaction chamber (1). In the presence of the catalyst sulfur dioxide reacts to form sulfur trioxide. In further parts of the installation the resulting sulfur trioxide is converted to sulfuric acid. According to the invention, an oxidizing gas flow (6) is supplied to the reaction chamber (1) alternately with the product gas flow (5).
US08518357B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus for managing sulfur are disclosed. In some embodiments, the method comprise the following: obtaining material containing sulfur; refining the material to develop a high sulfur content heavy fraction fuel oil and a low sulfur content light fraction fuel oil; burning the low sulfur content light fraction fuel oil in apparatus that emit to the atmosphere; burning the high sulfur content heavy fraction fuel oil to produce energy thereby generating flue gas containing sulfur oxide; and removing and disposing of sulfur in the flue gas using a sulfur sequestration system that includes utilizing sulfur removed from the flue gas to form a brine material.
US08518356B2
A feed gas comprising CO2, H2S and H2 is treated to produce an H2-enriched product and an H2S-lean, CO2 product. The feed gas is separated to provide the H2-enriched product and a stream of sour gas. The stream of sour gas is divided into two parts, one of which is processed in an H2S removal system to form one or more streams of sweetened gas, and the other of which bypasses the H2S removal system, the stream(s) of sweetened gas and the sour gas bypassing the H2S removal system then being recombined to form the H2S-lean, CO2 product gas. The division of the sour gas between being sent to and bypassing the H2S removal system is adjusted responsive to changes in the H2S content of the sour gas, so as to dampen or cancel the effects of said changes on the H2S content of the H2S-lean, CO2 product gas.
US08518355B2
A method of using a catalyst comprises exposing a catalyst to at least one reactant in a chemical process. The catalyst comprises copper and a small pore molecular sieve having a maximum ring size of eight tetrahedral atoms. The chemical process undergoes at least one period of exposure to a reducing atmosphere. The catalyst has an initial activity and the catalyst has a final activity after the at least one period of exposure to the reducing atmosphere. The final activity is within 30% of the initial activity at a temperature between 200 and 500° C.
US08518353B1
Circulating dry scrubbing (CDS) systems and methods utilizes a particle classification unit operation to separate unreacted sorbent (such as lime, limestone, or sodium-based sorbent) such that a reactive fraction of the cut stream may be selectively recovered to a flue gas scrubbing system. This reduces the amount of fresh sorbent that must be supplied for pollutant removal.
US08518348B2
A histological specimen retaining device for processing tissue. The histological specimen retaining device comprises a foldable permeable sheet having edges and a permeable target disposed on the foldable permeable sheet within the edges of said sheet thereby providing extended flap portions. The extended flap portions are foldable to overlap the target. The histological specimen retaining device also comprises a malleable securing strip attached to the permeable sheet of a length sufficient to secure said folded flap portions overlapping said target.
US08518343B2
Solid matter in a cavity is used to produce a solution of at least one solid matter in a solvent. The solid matter which is soluble in the solvent in initially covered and/or surrounded in the cavity by a medium which is insoluble in a solvent, such that dissolving of the solid matter is prevented. Subsequently the solvent is guided to the cavity and the medium which is insoluble in the solvent is treated in such a manner that contact is made between the solvent and the soluble solid matter, enabling the solid matter to dissolve in the solvent. Solutions including two or more solid matter can be produced in an advantageous manner.
US08518332B2
An air pollution control apparatus 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention has a denitration catalyst layer 13 that removes NOx in flue gas 12, and atomizes HCl into the flue gas 12 to oxidize Hg, and also includes a swirling-flow generating member 30A that includes a swirling-flow generating-member body being partitioned to correspond to each passage of the denitration catalyst layer 13 and a plurality of swirling-flow generating vanes arranged on the partition inner walls to generate a turbulent flow, on an inlet 13a side of the denitration catalyst layer 13. With this configuration, a laminar flow of the flue gas 12 in a flue gas duct 19 is changed to a swirling flow, thereby enabling to increase a contact time between the flue gas 12 and a denitration catalyst and to improve the oxidation reaction efficiency between Hg in the flue gas 12 and the denitration catalyst.
US08518327B2
The invention provides a system and method for dissolution testing. The system includes multiple dissolution vessels and a dose carrier positioned above the dissolution vessels. The dose carrier holds multiple removable carousels that receive individual doses for dissolution tested. Carousels that receive tablets or sinkers typically have a first configuration, while carousels that receive baskets typically have a second configuration. The two different configurations of carousels are interchangeable on the same dose ring. The system further includes a drive head positioned above the dose carrier, the drive head having a basket arbor and a mixing paddle removably and interchangeably attached. A pipettor integral with the system transfers sample aliquots having volumes in the range of 50 μl to 1 ml from the dissolution vessels to wells of an external receptacle.
US08518325B2
There is described a unit for sterilizing a web of packaging material, the unit having a bath containing a sterilizing agent in which the web is advanced continuously; and an aseptic environment containing sterile air, connected to an outlet of the bath, and housing drying means for removing residual sterilizing agent from the web; the aseptic environment is divided into two regions by a narrow-section channel, along which the web travels, and which is sized to produce a predetermined difference in pressure between the two regions, and so force air into the channel from the higher-pressure region to the lower-pressure region to dry the web.
US08518313B2
Disclosed herein is a process for heat treating a foamed copolyester thermoplastic sheet structure in order to achieve a sheet structure having a compression set resistance (as determined according to ISO 1856, 22 hours, 70° C., 30% compression) of less than 11%. Heat treating involves annealing followed by at least two cycles of pre-compression at approximately the annealing temperature.
US08518304B1
The present invention features additions of nanostructures to interconnect conductor particles to: (1) reduce thermal interface resistance by using thermal interposers that have high thermal conductivity nanostructures at their surfaces; (2) improve the anisotropic conductive adhesive interconnection conductivity with microcircuit contact pads; and (3) allow lower compression forces to be applied during the microcircuit fabrication processes which then results in reduced deflection or circuit damage. When pressure is applied during fabrication to spread and compress anisotropic conductive adhesive and the matrix of interconnect particles and circuit conductors, the nano-structures mesh and compress into a more uniform connection than current technology provides, thereby eliminating voids, moisture and other contaminants, increasing the contact surfaces for better electrical and thermal conduction.
US08518288B2
A process for forming thermoelectric nanoparticles includes the steps of forming a core material reverse micelle or micelle, adding a bismuth containing compound to the core material reverse micelle or micelle forming a reverse micelle or micelle having the bismuth containing compound dispersed therein, adding a tellurium containing compound with the formed micelle or reverse micelle in the presence of a reducing agent that alloys with the bismuth containing compound forming composite thermoelectric nanoparticles having a core and shell structure, and washing the core and shell nanoparticles in a solvent mixture including ammonium hydroxide, water and methanol wherein the core and shell nanoparticles remain un-agglomerated and have a particle size of from 1-25 nanometers.
US08518285B2
A substrate section for a flexible display device is disclosed. The substrate section includes: a first substrate, a second substrate disposed above a center region of the first substrate, a reinforcing layer disposed between the first and second substrates, configured to reinforce adhesion between the first and second substrates, and a barrier layer disposed above the second substrate and surrounding side surfaces of the second substrate and of the reinforcing layer.
US08518279B1
A method for providing a capping layer configured for an energy assisted magnetic recording (EAMR) head including at least one slider. The method comprises etching a substrate having a top surface using an etch to form a trench in the substrate, the trench having a first surface at a first angle from the top surface and a second surface having a second angle from the top surface. The method further comprises providing a protective coating exposing the second surface and covering the first surface, removing a portion of the substrate including the second surface to form a laser cavity within the substrate configured to fit a laser therein, and providing a reflective layer on the first surface to form a mirror, the cavity and mirror being configured for alignment of the laser to the laser cavity and to the mirror and for bonding the laser to the laser cavity.
US08518272B2
A system for separating components of a composition according to density. The system includes a torque generating device, a separation device, and a housing. The separation device separates the composition into different components according to density. The housing accommodates the separation device. The housing includes a base having an interface that transfers torque from the torque generating device to the separation device, a cover, and a conduit for introducing the composition into the separation device without opening the cover.
US08518269B2
A low cost method and system for treating water, which will be used in an industrial process, is provided. A system of the invention generally includes at least one containing means, at least one coordination means, at least one chemical application means, at least one mobile suction means, and at least one filtration means. The coordination means can control the necessary processes depending on the system needs (e.g., water quality or purity). The method and system of the invention purifies the water and eliminates suspended solids without the need of filtering the totality of the water volume, but only filtering a small fraction of up to 200 times less than the flow filtered by a conventional water treatment filtration system.
US08518263B2
Hydrophobic, asymmetric membranes are formed integrally from elastomeric polymers. The membranes have a dense, discriminating layer and a thick, porous support layer and require no other support. The membranes of the invention provide an economic advantage over prior art composite membranes used for separating target organics from a mixture. Using the methods of the invention it is possible to separate two or more organic components wherein discrimination is made on the basis of molecular size.
US08518260B2
A method of controlling diffusive sodium transport from the dialysate solution to the blood of a patient undergoing hemodialysis treatment or from the blood to the dialysate solution includes calculating SNa+average, an average of the patient's historic serum sodium concentrations, and estimating SNa+estimated, the patient's pre-dialysis serum sodium concentration, based on the average of the patient's measured historic pre-dialysis serum sodium concentrations, SNa+measured. The method enables adjusting DNa+, the sodium concentration of the dialysate solution, based on the average of the patient's historic serum sodium concentrations, SNa+average, if needed, and performing the dialysis treatment of the patient using a dialysate solution containing a sodium concentration DNa+.
US08518255B2
A water purifier that performs back washing extremely effectively even when raw water contains a large amount of impurities includes an attachment main body including an inflow passage into which raw water from an inflow port flows, and first and second outflow passages through which water flows toward outflow ports; and a water purification main body that is attached rotatably to the attachment main body and includes a first flow passage, a second flow passage, and a third flow passage, a first filter member disposed between the first flow passage and the second flow passage and a second filter member disposed between the second flow passage and the third flow passage, wherein, when the attachment main body and the water purification main body are in a rotation position corresponding to a water purification mode, the first flow passage and the second flow passage communicate with the inflow passage and the first outflow passage, respectively, and when the attachment main body and the water purification main body are in a rotation position corresponding to a back washing mode, the third flow passage and the first flow passage communicate with the inflow passage and the second outflow passage, respectively, whereby the first filter member is back washed.
US08518252B1
The present invention provides a new and improved system for on-site and on-demand production of sterile water for injection (SWFI) from potable water or water that meets the EPA drinking water quality upon preconditioning, in conjunction with reconstitution of IV fluids using dry chemicals or concentrate pre-filled bags, suitable for use at a site under non-clean room environment conditions, and capable of adjusting feed water temperatures. The present invention includes a water temperature conditioning module, a water preconditioning module, a hydrothermal processor, a fluid staging compartment, and combinations and variations thereof.
US08518251B2
A strainer device (1) is described, which may be mounted on a pour-out of a container by way of fastening means (12) on a lower side (14) which may face the container (3). The strainer device (1) comprises a plurality of sieve elements (10) which are pivotably arranged on a sieve element holder (15) in a plane parallel to the lower side (14) of the strainer device (1), at least partly separated from one another by way of slots (11). As a whole a flexible, bendable comb-like strainer device (1) is formed, which is may be fastened with a fixation device (2) on the pour-out of the container in a simply releasable manner. The strainer device (1) is preferably designed of a heat-resistant plastic, wherein stainless steel may also be applied completely or partly for the design of the sieve elements (10) and/or the sieve element holder (15).
US08518246B2
A device for continuously, periodically monitoring water for microbial germs, comprising a reactor and at least one reagent feed line into the reactor and at least one metering device for reagents as well as at least one measuring device for detecting the presence of microorganisms, wherein the reactor comprises a reactor chamber and a filtrate chamber, which is separated from said reactor chamber by means of a filter, a water feed line as well as a reagent feed line empty into the reactor chamber and at least one water discharge line leads out of the filtrate chamber, and a controller is set up to use pump/valve means to lead a predefinable quantity of water into the reactor chamber and through the filter as well as to introduce a predefinable quantity of reagent into the reactor chamber.
US08518244B2
This invention relates to an improved hydrotreating process for removing sulfur from naphtha and distillate feedstreams. This improved process utilizes a hydrotreating zone, an acid gas removal zone, and a pressure swing adsorption zone having a total cycle time of less than about 30 seconds for increasing the concentration of hydrogen utilized in the process.
US08518243B2
The fuel properties of petroleum hydrocarbon waste having an API gravity varying from about 5 to 30 are improved by heating the hydrocarbon to a temperature of about 35° C. to 90° C. and mixing the heated hydrocarbon stream with a suitable solvent to reduce the viscosity of the hydrocarbon, which is then separated by a centrifuge to obtain an aqueous phase stream, an oil phase stream, and a separated solids stream. The oil phase stream has a viscosity range of about 250 centipoise (cP) to about 1000 cP. The oil phase stream is utilized in a refinery, while a slurry fuel is prepared with the separated solids stream and aqueous phase stream as a feedstock for road asphalt, a fuel for a combustor, or a fuel for a gasification process. The oil phase stream is used for fuels and feedstock for making carbon fiber.
US08518239B2
This invention is directed to hydrocracking catalysts and hydrocracking processes employing a magnesium aluminosilicate clay. The magnesium aluminosilicate clay has a characteristic 29Si NMR spectrum. The magnesium aluminosilicate clay is the product of a series of specific reaction steps. Briefly, the magnesium aluminosilicate clay employed in the catalyst and process of the present invention is made by combining a silicon component, an aluminum component, and a magnesium component, under aqueous conditions and at an acidic pH, to form a first reaction mixture and subsequently the pH of the first reaction mixture is adjusted to greater than about 7.5 to form a second reaction mixture. The second reaction mixture is allowed to react under conditions sufficient to form the magnesium aluminosilicate clay. The resulting magnesium aluminosilicate clay combines high surface area and activity for use in hydrocracking catalysts and processes.
US08518238B2
A method for inhibiting the formation of fouling materials during hydrocarbon processing is provided. Hydrocarbon media, which is undergoing treatment with a basic wash and contains carbonyl compounds is contacted with hydroxylamine and naphthalene sulfonate to inhibit the formation of fouling materials and to minimize the deposition of fouling compounds that may occur during hydrocarbon processing.
US08518237B2
The service life of amperometric electrochemical oxygen sensors is increased by operating the electrodes of such sensors at a polarization voltage suitable for measuring the oxygen content of samples only during calibration or when measuring such samples and thereafter modulating the polarization voltage to a lower voltage such that substantially no electrical current is produced by the electrodes.
US08518231B2
The invention relates to a process for production of diaryl carbonate combined with the electrolysis of the resultant alkali metal chloride-containing process wastewater. The process according to the invention makes possible, inter alia, improved utilization in electrolysis of the alkali metal chloride-containing solution obtained in the production of diaryl carbonate.
US08518230B2
A method of reducing tin whisker formation including steps of a) providing a tin or tin-alloy bath containing one or more sources of tin and one or more crystal plane orientation enhancing compounds selected from imides, imines, amides, polyamides, amines, polyamines, polyols, dibutyl thiourea, allyl thiourea, amino thiazole, rhodanine, sulfosalicylic acid and sulfamides; and b) electrodepositing a layer of tin or tin-alloy on a substrate, the tin or tin-alloy layer is free of crystal planes or equivalent planes thereof forming an angle of 5° to 22° with an adjacent crystal plane or an equivalent plane.
US08518224B2
The present invention provides a plating apparatus with multiple anode zones and cathode zones. The electrolyte flow field within each zone is controlled individually with independent flow control devices. A gas bubble collector whose surface is made into pleated channels is implemented for gas removal by collecting small bubbles, coalescing them, and releasing the residual gas. A buffer zone built within the gas bubble collector further allows unstable microscopic bubbles to dissolve.
US08518222B2
A continuous plating apparatus, when the number of the workpieces simultaneously transferred in the plating tank in a completely immersed state is N, (N+1) cathode relay members that extend in a workpiece transfer direction and (N+1) power supply units being provided outside the plating tank, anode terminals of the power supply units being connected to opposed anodes that are provided in the plating tank, cathode terminals of the power supply units being respectively connected to the cathode relay members so that power is supplied to each of the workpieces transferred in the plating tank from a corresponding power supply unit among the power supply units through a corresponding cathode relay member among the cathode relay members, and each of the power supply units being able to be controlled by constant current control when being transferred in the plating tank in a completely immersed state, by current gradual increase control when being carried into the plating tank in a partially immersed state, and by current gradual decrease control when being carried out from the plating tank in a partially immersed state.
US08518221B2
Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to techniques for making a coated article including a transparent conductive indium-tin-oxide (ITO) film supported by a heat treated glass substrate. A substantially sub-oxidized ITO or metallic indium-tin (InSn) film is sputter-deposited onto a glass substrate at room temperature. The glass substrate with the as-deposited film thereon is subjected to elevated temperatures. Thermal tempering or heat strengthening causes the as-deposited film to be transformed into a crystalline transparent conductive ITO film. Advantageously, this may reduce the cost of touch panel assemblies, e.g., because of the higher rates of the ITO deposition in the metallic mode. The cost of touch-panel assemblies may be further reduced through the use of float glass.
