US08593115B2
Circuits and methods for bidirectional power conversion are provided that allow mobile and other devices to generate power suitable to support multiple modes of operation. The bidirectional power converters of the present invention may operate in both step up and step down configurations rather than having a single dedicated conversion function and use many of the same components thereby reducing converter size and complexity.
US08593114B2
Control device for doubly-fed induction generator in which feedback linearization method is embedded
The present invention relates to a control device for a doubly-fed induction generator in which a feedback linearization method is enabled and further provides a control device for a doubly-fed induction generator in which a feedback linearization method is embedded, characterized in that the control device divides and measures positive sequency components and negative sequency components from stator voltage and current, rotor voltage and current, and signals of stator magnetic flux and rotor magnetic flux of the doubly-fed induction generator.
US08593095B2
An example method of initiating operation of a wound field synchronous machine in a motoring mode includes estimating an initial position of a rotor of a wound field synchronous machine using a carrier injection sensorless stimulation signal. The method tracks an operating position of the rotor based on current harmonics of the wound field synchronous machine. The method also calibrates the tracking using the initial position.
US08593092B2
A control system controls a multiphase rotating machine by a 120° energization process and a PWM process. In the 120° energization process, respective ones of switching elements of a high side arm and switching elements of a low side arm of a power conversion circuit are turned on. In the PWM process, the switching elements of the power conversion circuit turn on/off so that two phases that are connected to the switching elements that are in the on-state are alternately rendered conductive to the high potential side input terminal and the low potential side input terminal of the power conversion circuit.
US08593090B2
A motor drive is provided that includes a control circuit or board and a one or more functional circuits or option boards coupled to the control board, and a profile that includes a configuration for the option board. A method of operating a motor drive that includes loading a profile for a option board coupled to a control board of the controller, wherein the profile comprises a configuration for the option board. A tangible machine-readable medium implementing the method is also provided.
US08593089B2
There are provided a motor driving apparatus and method. The motor driving apparatus includes: a speed detecting unit detecting a rotation speed of a motor according to an edge of a hall signal, and counting a preset clock signal while allocating a weighted value thereto according to a preset reference count value at the time of counting the clock signal based on the detected speed; a position calculating unit calculating a rotation position of the motor according to a count value of the speed detecting unit; and a driving unit driving the motor according to position information of the motor calculated by the position calculating unit.
US08593070B2
A three phase rectifier rectifies received three phase a.c. power to generate a ripple d.e. voltage. A power distribution bus conveys distribution power comprising the ripple d.c. voltage or an a.c. voltage derived therefrom to a location of an LED based lamp that is distal from the three phase rectifier. Additional circuitry disposed with the LED based lamp drives the LED based lamp using the distribution power.
US08593062B2
An LED lamp includes a light source configured to emit radiation with a peak intensity at a wavelength between about 250 nm and about 550 nm; and a phosphor composition configured to be radiationally coupled to the light source. The phosphor composition includes particles of a phosphor of formula I, said particles having a coating composition disposed on surfaces thereof; ((Sr1-zMz)1-(x+w)AwCex)3(Al1-ySiy)O4+y+3(x−w)F1-y-3(x−w) I wherein the coating composition comprises a material selected from aluminum oxide, magnesium oxide, calcium oxide, barium oxide, strontium oxide, zinc oxide, aluminum hydroxide, magnesium hydroxide, calcium hydroxide, barium hydroxide, strontium hydroxide, zinc hydroxide, aluminum phosphate, magnesium phosphate, calcium phosphate, barium phosphate, strontium phosphate, and combinations thereof; and A is Li, Na, K, or Rb, or a combination thereof; M is Ca, Ba, Mg, Zn, or a combination thereof; and 0
US08593059B2
The lighting device includes a layer containing a light-emitting organic compound which is provided over a substrate; a first barrier layer covering the layer containing a light-emitting organic compound; a second barrier layer provided over the first barrier layer; a sealant provided between the first barrier layer and the second barrier layer; a resin layer including a desiccant which is surrounded by the first barrier layer, the second barrier layer, and the sealant; and a resin substrate which is provided over the second barrier layer and has a first uneven structure on a surface in contact with the second barrier layer and a second uneven structure on a surface in contact with the air, and the second uneven structure has a larger height difference than the first uneven structure.
US08593058B2
An organic light-emitting display device includes an anode electrode, an organic layer on the anode electrode, the organic layer having an emission layer, and a cathode electrode on the organic layer through which light emitted from the emission layer of the organic layer passes, wherein a thickness of the cathode electrode in a first region is different from a thickness of the cathode electrode in a second region.
US08593047B2
A pixel tube for field emission display includes a sealed container, an anode, a phosphor, and a cathode. The sealed container has a light permeable portion. The anode is located in the sealed container and spaced from the light permeable portion. The phosphor layer is located on the anode. The cathode is spaced from the anode and includes a cathode emitter. The cathode emitter includes a carbon nanotube pipe. One end of the carbon nanotube pipe has a plurality of carbon nanotube peaks.
US08593046B2
A spark plug includes a tubular metal shell extending in an axial direction, wherein the metal shell includes: an externally threaded portion formed on a tip end side of an outer periphery of the metal shell; a seat portion formed on a rear end side of the externally threaded portion in the axial direction and protruding radially outward; and a nickel layer provided on an outer surface of the metal shell, wherein the nickel layer contains phosphorus, and a phosphorus concentration in a portion in which a nickel concentration is 50 at % in a thickness direction of the nickel layer itself is 6 at % or more and 20 at % or less.
US08593044B2
Apparatus and associated methods involve an assembly of multiple LED light engines in which a desired number of LED lamps are mounted to a plate that forms a wall of an enclosure. In an illustrative example, three LED light engines may be mounted to a plate that may be slidably installed as a wall of an extruded housing that contains electrical connections from an AC power inlet to each light engine. In various examples, the number and layout arrangement of the LED light engines may be custom selected for a particular application.
US08593043B2
An LED lighting apparatus includes a support unit including a support surface facing an illumination side, a plurality of LED chips supported on the support surface, and a cover that covers the support surface and transmits light from the LED chips. The cover includes a periphery which, as viewed in plan, includes four first sides that are spaced apart from each other and four second sides each connecting ends of adjacent ones of the first sides. The first sides consisting of two pairs of parallel sides, and each of the first sides constituting one of the two pairs and each of the first sides constituting the other one of the two pairs form a right angle. Each of the first sides and each of the adjacent second sides form an obtuse angle.
US08593041B1
The present invention discloses a heatsink apparatus for use with a backlight module. The heatsink apparatus is used to dissipate heat buildup from a light source, and includes a heatsink and a backframe. The heatsink is thermally in contact with the light source. The backframe and the heatsink jointly define a ventilation shaft on a surface of the backframe. The present invention further includes a backlight module incorporated with the heatsink. With the provision of the ventilation shaft of the heatsink, the performance of the heat dissipation is increased, and the service life of the light source is therefore prolonged.
US08593036B2
The present invention relates generally to a High Efficiency MEMS Micro-Vibrational Energy Harvester (μVEH) having a thick beam bimorph architecture. The disclosed architecture is capable of producing a voltage of sufficient magnitude such that the requirement to connect a plurality of harvesters in series to produce an adequate voltage magnitude is eliminated.
US08593034B2
An electrostrictive composite includes two electrostrictive layers spaced with each other. The electrostrictive layers extend from a first side to a second side. The first side is spaced with and correspond to the second side. The electrostrictive layers are electrically connected with each other at the first side. The electrostrictive layers are insulated from each other at the second side.
US08593033B2
A stick-slip piezo motor. A piezo housing holds at least two piezo elements. The piezo elements are both rigidly connected to the piezo housing. At the end of each of the piezo elements is a piezo friction element. Each of the piezo friction elements is in friction contact with a moving friction element. While oscillating between a stick phase and a slip phase, both of the friction elements operate in conjunction to move the moving friction element in a desired travel direction. The piezo elements oscillate out of phase such that when one of the oscillating piezo elements is operating in the slip phase and moving in a direction opposite to the desired travel direction, the other oscillation piezo element is operating in the stick phase and is moving in the travel direction in order to counteract and overcome unwanted dragging of the moving piezo element.
US08593032B2
A novel Si MEMS piezoresistive resonator is described. The resonator has a shape of a frame, such as a ring or a polygon frame, which has two or more anchors. Electrodes located at the outer or inner rim of the resonant structure are used to excite the structure electrostatically into resonance with a desired mode shape. One or plurality of locally doped regions on the structure is used for piezoresistive readout of the signal. In the most preferred embodiments, the structure is a ring, which has four anchors, two electrodes and four piezoresistive regions at different segments of the structure. The piezoresistive regions are alternatively located at the outer rim and inner rim of the structure in such a way that the piezoresistive signals of the same sign from different regions can be collected. Advantages of this device are large readout signal, large electrode area, robustness, suppressed out-of-plane vibration and larger usable linear range.
US08593028B2
A magnet for a generator is provided. The magnet includes a base magnet with a main surface having a length and a width and a skewed magnet module arranged at the main surface. A rotor of a generator including the magnet is provided as well as a generator with a stator and rotor including the magnet.
US08593012B2
A potential energy storage system incorporating multiple track mounted shuttle units having motor/generator drive bogies and structure with an integral transfer mechanism for removably carrying energy storage masses from a first lower elevation storage yard to a second higher elevation storage yard employing excess energy from the electrical grid driving the motors, removing the masses in the second storage yard for energy storage, retrieving the masses and returning the masses from the second storage yard to the first storage yard recovering electrical energy through the generators.
US08593004B2
The invention concerns an apparatus for generating power, in particular electric energy, from wave motion in water basins. It comprises at least an operating unit, including gearing provided for unidirectional rotation and to continuously operate at least one power generator in response to the movements of a control element susceptible to alternating linear movements deriving from the wave motion. Each operating unit comprises at least a main or driving shaft (11, 12; 11b) solidly carrying a driving wheel (13, 14; 13b) engaged and placed in rotation by said linear control element (15, 15b) and at least two driven shafts (21, 22; 21b, 22b) operated by the main shaft through a unidirectional drive mechanism (20, 20b) and each connectable to at least a power generator.
US08593000B2
A semiconductor device includes an alignment mark formed over a semiconductor substrate and an inhibition pattern arranged over the alignment mark with a pattern edge of the inhibition pattern located in a mark functional region of the alignment mark in order to inhibit the alignment mark being recognized as such by an image detector of an exposure device.
US08592992B2
A semiconductor device has a semiconductor die. An encapsulant is formed over the semiconductor die. A conductive micro via array is formed over the encapsulant outside a footprint of the semiconductor die. A first through-mold-hole having a step-through-hole structure is formed through the encapsulant to expose the conductive micro via array. In one embodiment, forming the conductive micro via array further includes forming an insulating layer over the encapsulant and the semiconductor die, forming a micro via array through the insulating layer outside the footprint of the semiconductor die, and forming a conductive layer over the insulating layer. In another embodiment, forming the conductive micro via array further includes forming a conductive ring. In another embodiment, an insulating layer is formed over the semiconductor die for structural support, a build-up interconnect structure is formed over the semiconductor die, and a conductive interconnect structure is formed within the first through-mold-hole.
US08592985B2
Some embodiments include methods of forming conductive structures. An electrically conductive material may be deposited with a first deposition method. The first deposition method has a first deposition rate and forms a first portion of a conductive structure. A second portion of the conductive structure may be formed by depositing the electrically conductive material with a second deposition method having a second deposition rate. The second deposition rate may be different from the first deposition rate by at least about a factor of 3. In some embodiments, a region of the conductive structure is utilized as a transistor gate of a DRAM cell. Some embodiments include semiconductor constructions.
US08592977B2
A method for fabricating an integrated circuit (IC) chip includes providing a passivation layer over a circuit structure, an opening in the passivation layer exposing a pad of the circuit structure, next forming a first titanium-containing layer over the pad exposed by the opening, next performing an annealing process by heating the titanium-containing layer at a temperature of between 300 and 410° C. for a time of between 20 and 150 minutes in a nitrogen ambient with a nitrogen purity of great than 99%, next forming a second titanium-containing layer on the first titanium-containing layer, and then forming a metal layer on the second titanium-containing layer.
US08592974B2
An electronic component includes a high voltage switching transistor encased in a package. The high voltage switching transistor comprises a source electrode, a gate electrode, and a drain electrode all on a first side of the high voltage switching transistor. The source electrode is electrically connected to a conducting structural portion of the package. Assemblies using the abovementioned transistor with another transistor can be formed, where the source of one transistor can be electrically connected to a conducting structural portion of a package containing the transistor and a drain of the second transistor is electrically connected to the second conductive structural portion of a package that houses the second transistor. Alternatively, the source of the second transistor is electrically isolated from its conductive structural portion, and the drain of the second transistor is electrically isolated from its conductive structural portion.
US08592971B2
The semiconductor package as well as a method for making it and using it is disclosed. The semiconductor package comprises a semiconductor chip having at least one heat-generating semiconductor device and a volumetrically expandable chamber disposed to sealingly surround the semiconductor chip, the volumetrically expandable chamber filled entirely with a non-electrically conductive liquid in contact with the semiconductor device and circulated within the volumetrically expandable chamber at least in part by the generated heat of the at least one semiconductor device to cool the at least one semiconductor device.
US08592965B1
An integrated circuit includes a first die and a second die positioned in a package. The first die has a redistribution layer formed on the die and including a plurality of relocated bond pads. The relocated bond pads are positioned near an inner edge of the first die that is adjacent to an inner edge of the second die. Each relocated bond pad is coupled to a corresponding bond pad on the second die through a respective bonding wire. The first die further includes a plurality of original bond pads. The redistribution layer further includes at least one intermediate bond pad electrically interconnected through a respective conductive trace to a corresponding original bond pad. Each intermediate bond pad is electrically connected to a corresponding relocated bond pad through a respective bond wire.
US08592956B2
There is disclosed a resist underlayer film composition, wherein the composition contains a polymer obtained by condensation of, at least, one or more compounds represented by the following general formula (1-1) and/or general formula (1-2), and one or more kinds of compounds and/or equivalent bodies thereof represented by the following general formula (2). There can be provided an underlayer film composition, especially for a trilayer resist process, that can form an underlayer film having reduced reflectance, (namely, an underlayer film having optimum n-value and k-value), excellent filling-up properties, high pattern-antibending properties, and not causing line fall or wiggling after etching especially in a high aspect line that is thinner than 60 nm, and a patterning process using the same.
US08592932B2
Apparatus and methods are provided for high density packaging of semiconductor chips using silicon space transformer chip level package structures, which allow high density chip interconnection and/or integration of multiple chips or chip stacks high I/O interconnection and heterogeneous chip or function integration.
US08592929B2
A spin transfer torque magnetic random access memory (STT-MRAM) device includes magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) with reduced switching current asymmetry. At least one switching asymmetry balance layer (SABL) near the free layer of the MTJ reduces a first switching current Ic(p-ap) causing the value of the first switching current to be nearly equal to the value of a second switching current Ic(ap-p) without increasing the average switching current of the device. The SABL may be a non-magnetic switching asymmetry balance layer (NM-SABL) and/or a magnetic switching asymmetry balance layer (M-SABL).
US08592928B2
According to one embodiment, a magnetic random access memory includes a selection element formed on a semiconductor substrate, an interlayer dielectric film formed above the selection element, a contact layer formed in the interlayer dielectric film, and electrically connected to the selection element, a lower electrode layer made of a metal material, and electrically connected to the contact layer, a metal oxide insulating film made of an oxide of the metal material, and surrounding a side surface of the lower electrode layer, a magnetoresistive element formed on the lower electrode layer, an upper electrode layer formed on the magnetoresistive element, a sidewall insulating film formed on a side surface of the magnetoresistive element and a side surface of the upper electrode layer, and a bit line electrically connected to the upper electrode layer.
US08592927B2
A magnetic element is disclosed that has a composite free layer with a FM1/moment diluting/FM2 configuration wherein FM1 and FM2 are magnetic layers made of one or more of Co, Fe, Ni, and B and the moment diluting layer is used to reduce the perpendicular demagnetizing field. As a result, lower resistance x area product and higher thermal stability are realized when perpendicular surface anisotropy dominates shape anisotropy to give a magnetization perpendicular to the planes of the FM1, FM2 layers. The moment diluting layer may be a non-magnetic metal like Ta or a CoFe alloy with a doped non-magnetic metal. A perpendicular Hk enhancing layer interfaces with the FM2 layer and may be an oxide to increase the perpendicular anisotropy field in the FM2 layer. The magnetic element may be part of a spintronic device or serve as a propagation medium in a domain wall motion device.
US08592918B2
An integrated circuit structure includes a substrate having a first portion in a first device region and a second portion in a second device region; and two insulation regions in the first device region and over the substrate. The two insulation regions include a first dielectric material having a first k value. A semiconductor strip is between and adjoining the two insulation regions, with a top portion of the semiconductor strip forming a semiconductor fin over top surfaces of the two insulation regions. An additional insulation region is in the second device region and over the substrate. The additional insulation region includes a second dielectric material having a second k value greater than the first k value.
US08592917B2
According to an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a second semiconductor layer provided on a first semiconductor layer and including first pillars and second pillars. A first control electrode is provided in a trench of the second semiconductor layer and a second control electrode is provided on the second semiconductor layer and connected to the first control electrode. A first semiconductor region is provided on a surface of the second semiconductor layer except for a portion under the second control electrode. A second semiconductor region is provided on a surface of the first semiconductor region, the second semiconductor region being apart from the portion under the second control electrode and a third semiconductor region is provided on the first semiconductor region. A first major electrode is connected electrically to the first semiconductor layer and a second major electrode is connected electrically to the second and the third semiconductor region.
US08592916B2
A lower raised source/drain region is formed on a planar source/drain region of a planar field effect transistor or a surface of a portion of semiconductor fin adjoining a channel region of a fin field effect transistor. At least one contact-level dielectric material layer is formed and planarized, and a contact via hole extending to the lower raised source/drain region is formed in the at least one contact-level dielectric material layer. An upper raised source/drain region is formed on a top surface of the lower raised source/drain region. A metal semiconductor alloy portion and a contact via structure are formed within the contact via hole. Formation of the upper raised source/drain region is limited to a bottom portion of the contact via hole, thereby preventing formation of, and increase of parasitic capacitance by, any additional raised structure in source/drain regions that are not contacted.
US08592911B2
A semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The semiconductor device has a metal sidewall spacer on the sidewall of a gate electrode on the drain region side. The metal sidewall spacer is made of such metals as Ta, which has an oxygen scavenging effect and can effectively reduce EOT on the drain region side, and thus the ability to control the short channel is effectively increased. In addition, since EOT on the source region side is larger, the carrier mobility of the device will not be degraded. Moreover, such asymmetric device may have a better driving performance.
US08592901B1
A metal oxide semiconductor field transistor including a gate electrode, a gate dielectric layer, a source region, a drain region, and a top doped region are provided. The drain region of a first conductivity type is located in a substrate. The source region of the first conductivity type is located in the substrate and surrounded the drain region. The gate electrode is located above the substrate between the source region and the drain region. The gate dielectric layer is located between the gate electrode and the substrate. The top doped region of a second conductivity type is located in the substrate between the gate electrode and the drain region. The top doped region includes at least three regions. Each of the three regions has a dopant concentration gradient and a concentration gradually decreased from a region adjacent the gate electrode to a region adjacent the drain region.
US08592894B2
A method of forming a power semiconductor device comprises forming a first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type extending across the power semiconductor device; forming an epitaxial layer of the first conductivity type over the first semiconductor layer, the epitaxial layer having a doping concentration that increases from a first surface of the epitaxial layer towards the first semiconductor layer; forming a body region of a second conductivity type in the epitaxial layer extending from the first surface of the epitaxial layer into the epitaxial layer, wherein a junction between the body region and the epitaxial layer is at or substantially adjacent to a region of the epitaxial layer having a maximum doping concentration; and forming a gate region such that the gate region is adjacent at least a portion of the body region. In operation of the semiconductor device, the portion of the body region adjacent the gate region functions as a channel region of the semiconductor device.
US08592892B2
A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes: a memory element, the memory element including: a semiconductor substrate; a first insulating film formed on a region in the semiconductor substrate located between a source region and a drain region, and having a stack structure formed with a first insulating layer, a second insulating layer, and a third insulating layer in this order, the first insulating layer including an electron trapping site, the second insulating layer not including the electron trapping site, and the third insulating layer including the electron trapping site, and the electron trapping site being located in a position lower than conduction band minimum of the first through third insulating layers while being located in a position higher than conduction band minimum of a material forming the semiconductor substrate; a charge storage film formed on the first insulating film; a second insulating film formed on the charge storage film; and a control gate electrode formed on the second insulating film.
US08592888B2
An apparatus including a first layer configured to enable a flow of charge carriers from a source electrode to a drain electrode, a second layer configured to control the density of charge carriers in the first layer using an electric field formed between the first and second layers, and a third layer positioned between the first and second layers to shield the first layer from the electric field, wherein the third layer includes a layer of electrically conducting nanoparticles and is configured such that when stress is applied to the third layer, the strength of the electric field experienced by the first layer is varied resulting in a change in the charge carrier density and a corresponding change in the conductance of the first layer.
US08592887B2
A semiconductor storage device includes an interlayer insulating film provided between select gate electrodes, a first fill material extending along upper portions of memory cell gate electrodes so as to cover air gaps residing between the memory cell gate electrodes, the first fill material extending along sidewalls of the select gate electrodes and sidewalls of the interlayer insulating film so as to define a recess above the first fill material extending along the sidewalls of the select gate electrodes and the sidewalls of the interlayer insulating film, a second fill material filling the recess above the first fill material, and a plurality of contacts formed through the interlayer insulating film, the contacts physically contacting each of device areas formed in a semiconductor substrate.
US08592882B2
According to one embodiment, there is disclosed a magnetic random access memory comprising: a semiconductor substrate; a selective transistor formed at the surface region of the semiconductor substrate and having a gate electrode, a gate insulating film, a source and a drain; and a magnetoresistive element formed on the drain including a magnetic storage layer in which a magnetization direction is variable, a magnetic reference layer in which a magnetization direction is fixed, and a nonmagnetic layer sandwiched between the magnetic storage layer and the magnetic reference layer.
US08592877B2
Embodiments of embedded MEMS sensors and related methods are described herein. Other embodiments and related methods are also disclosed herein.
US08592868B2
Normally-off semiconductor devices are provided. A Group III-nitride buffer layer is provided. A Group III-nitride barrier layer is provided on the Group III-nitride buffer layer. A non-conducting spacer layer is provided on the Group III-nitride barrier layer. The Group III-nitride barrier layer and the spacer layer are etched to form a trench. The trench extends through the barrier layer and exposes a portion of the buffer layer. A dielectric layer is formed on the spacer layer and in the trench and a gate electrode is formed on the dielectric layer. Related methods of forming semiconductor devices are also provided herein.
US08592867B2
A HEMT comprising a plurality of active semiconductor layers formed on a substrate. Source electrode, drain electrode, and gate are formed in electrical contact with the plurality of active layers. A spacer layer is formed on at least a portion of a surface of said plurality of active layers and covering the gate. A field plate is formed on the spacer layer and electrically connected to the source electrode, wherein the field plate reduces the peak operating electric field in the HEMT.
US08592863B2
A photodetector with internal gain comprising a semiconductor structure in which impact ionization events are produced mostly by minority charge carriers; a first biasing contact and a second biasing contact located in the semiconductor structure; a means of defining, in the semiconductor structure, a photon collection region close to first biasing contact; a P-N type junction formed in the semiconductor structure between the two biasing contacts and close to the second biasing contact; and a collector contact which is located in the P-N junction and used to collect current in the P-N junction.
US08592860B2
Apparatus and methods for electronic circuit protection under high stress operating conditions are provided. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a substrate having a first p-well, a second p-well adjacent the first p-well, and an n-type region separating the first and second p-wells. An n-type active area is over the first p-well and a p-type active area is over the second p-well. The n-type and p-type active areas are electrically connected to a cathode and anode of a high reverse blocking voltage (HRBV) device, respectively. The n-type active area, the first p-well and the n-type region operate as an NPN bipolar transistor and the second p-well, the n-type region, and the first p-well operate as a PNP bipolar transistor. The NPN bipolar transistor defines a relatively low forward trigger voltage of the HRBV device and the PNP bipolar transistor defines a relatively high reverse breakdown voltage of the HRBV device.
US08592856B2
A high power LED lamp has a GaN chip placed over an AlGaInP chip. A reflector is placed between the two chips. Each of the chips has trenches diverting light for output. The chip pair can be arranged to produce white light having a spectral distribution in the red to blue region that is close to that of daylight. Also, the chip pair can be used to provide an RGB lamp or a red-amber-green traffic lamp. The active regions of both chips can be less than 50 microns away from a heat sink.
US08592855B2
Disclosed is a light emitting device package. The light emitting device package includes a substrate comprising a recess, a light emitting chip on the substrate and a first conductive layer electrically connected to the light emitting chip. And the first conductive layer includes at least one metal layer electrically connected to the light emitting chip on an outer circumference of the substrate.
US08592854B2
The invention relates to a substantially transparent electronic device comprising a first contact surface provided with a first pattern of electrically conductive lines and a second contact surface provided with a second pattern of electrically conductive lines, the first contact surface extending parallel to the second contact surface, wherein the first pattern is rotationally displaced with respect to the second pattern by an angle between 15 and 165 degrees. The electrically conductive lines of the said first pattern and the said second pattern are substantially not transparent for visible light and are preferably used as shunting lines. The invention further relates to a method of manufacturing such device.
US08592838B1
Methods and systems for a combination of up converters and semiconductor light sources in low voltage display or indicator system that can be battery powered. The display or indicator system includes one or more spatial light modulators and one or more up converters in combination with one or more semiconductor light sources. The spatial light modulator can be a liquid crystal display or a micro electro mechanical system or other spatial light modulator and can use direct modulation of the semiconductor light sources to modulate the visible emission from the up converters. The spatial light modulator can be placed between the up converting light source and the viewer or behind the up converting light source depending on the type of spatial light modulator, or modulation may be applied directly to one or more semiconductor light sources or arrays of semiconductor light sources that excite the up converters.
US08592836B2
A light emitting device includes a solid light-emitting element; a mounting substrate mounting the solid light-emitting element thereon; an encapsulating member encapsulating the solid light-emitting element; and a lead frame electrically connected to the solid light-emitting element through a wire. The lead frame is arranged on a rear surface of the mounting substrate, and the mounting substrate includes a front mounting surface on which the solid light-emitting element is mounted. The front mounting surface having a smooth surface region covered with the encapsulating member. The mounting substrate further includes a wire hole through which the wire extends from the front mounting surface of the mounting substrate to the rear surface thereof.
US08592831B2
An integrally packaged optronic integrated circuit device including an integrated circuit die containing at least one of a radiation emitter and radiation receiver and having a transparent packaging layer overlying a surface of the die, the transparent packaging layer having an opaque coating adjacent to edges of the layer.
US08592830B2
The LED unit 100 comprises a plurality of the LED module 1 and the heat radiation plate. Each the LED module 1 comprises the LED chip and the package for incorporating the LED chip therein; the package has the electrical insulation property. Each the package comprises the sub-mount member which is located between the LED chip and the heat radiation plate and which has heat conductivity; these are integrally formed. The LED modules are arranged on the first surface of the heat radiation plate. This configuration makes it possible for the LED unit to efficiently disperse the heat in the LED chip 10 to the heat radiation plate.
US08592828B2
An organic light emitting device and a method for manufacturing that same are discussed, which can reduce thickness and weight of the device as well as the manufacturing cost. The organic light emitting device includes according to an embodiment an organic light emitting diode (OLED) formed on a glass substrate; an adhesive layer formed to cover the OLED; and a metal foil formed on the adhesive layer to seal the OLED and bonded to the glass substrate, wherein the metal foil is formed of an alloy having the same or substantially the same thermal expansion coefficient as that of the glass substrate.
US08592827B2
A light-emitting device includes: a carrier; a light-emitting structure formed on the carrier, wherein the light-emitting structure has a first surface facing the carrier, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and an active layer between the first surface and the second surface; a plurality of first trenches extended from the first surface and passing through the active layer so a plurality of light-emitting units is defined; and a plurality of second trenches extended from the second surface and passing through the active layer of each of the plurality of light-emitting units.
US08592821B2
It is an object of the present invention to provide an organic transistor having a low drive voltage. It is also another object of the present invention to provide an organic transistor, in which light emission can be obtained, which can be manufactured simply and easily. According to an organic light-emitting transistor, a composite layer containing an organic compound having a hole-transporting property and a metal oxide is used as part of the electrode that injects holes among source and drain electrodes, and a composite layer containing an organic compound having an electron-transporting property and an alkaline metal or an alkaline earth metal is used as part of the electrode that injects electrons, where either composite layer has a structure of being in contact with an organic semiconductor layer.
US08592817B2
A method of fabricating MOTFTs on transparent substrates by positioning opaque gate metal on the substrate front surface and depositing gate dielectric material overlying the gate metal and a surrounding area and metal oxide semiconductor material on the dielectric material. Depositing selectively removable etch stop material on the semiconductor material and photoresist on the etch stop material to define an isolation area in the semiconductor material. Removing uncovered portions of the etch stop. Exposing the photoresist from the substrate rear surface using the gate metal as a mask and removing exposed portions leaving the etch stop material overlying the gate metal covered. Etching the semiconductor material to isolate the TFT. Selectively etching the etch stop layer to leave a portion overlying the gate metal defining a channel area. Depositing and patterning conductive material to form source and drain areas on opposed sides of the channel area.
US08592814B2
Disclosed is a semiconductor device which consumes low power and has high reliability and tolerance for electrostatic discharge. The semiconductor device includes, over a first substrate, a pixel portion and a driver circuit portion both of which have a thin film transistor having an oxide semiconductor layer. The semiconductor device further possesses a second substrate to which a first counter electrode layer and a second counter electrode layer are provided, and a liquid crystal layer is interposed between the first and second substrates. The first and second counter electrode layers are provided over the pixel portion and the driver circuit portion, respectively, and the second counter electrode layer has the same potential as the first counter electrode layer.
US08592812B2
Provided is a device for analyzing at least one of a generated amount of positive charges, a generated amount of negative charges, and a generated amount of ultraviolet (UV) light. The device includes a substrate on which at least one of a first device configured to detect a variation in threshold voltage relative to the generated amount of positive charges, a second device configured to detect a variation in threshold voltage relative to the generated amount of negative charges, and a third device configured to detect a variation in threshold voltage relative to the generated amount of UV light is formed. Each of the first through third devices includes a first isolation region disposed in the substrate which define first and third active regions each of a first conductivity type and second and fourth active regions each of a second conductivity type different from the first conductivity type, first impurity regions disposed in the first active region and spaced apart from each other and having the second conductivity type, a floating gate crossing over the first active region between the first impurity regions and extending over the second active region, a second impurity region disposed in the second active region and having the first conductivity type, and a conductive structure electrically connected to the second impurity region.
US08592794B2
A resistance random access memory element includes a first electrode, an insulating layer, a diffusing metal layer, and a second electrode superimposed in sequence. The insulating layer includes a plurality of pointed electrodes. A method for making a resistance random access memory element includes growing and forming an insulating layer on a surface of a first electrode. A diffusing metal layer is formed on a surface of the insulating layer. A second electrode is mounted on a surface of the diffusing metal layer. A negative pole and a positive pole of a driving voltage are connected with the first and second electrodes, respectively. The diffusing metal in the diffusing metal layer is oxidized into metal ions by the driving voltage. The metal ions are driven into the insulating layer and form a plurality of pointed electrodes after reduction.
US08592793B2
A non-volatile memory device includes a plurality of pillars, where each of the plurality of pillars contains a non-volatile memory cell containing a steering element and a storage element and at least one of a top corner or a bottom corner of each of the plurality of pillars is rounded. A method of making non-volatile memory device includes forming a stack of device layers, and patterning the stack to form a plurality of pillars, where each of the plurality of pillars contains a non-volatile memory cell that contains a steering element and a storage element, and where at least one of top corner or bottom corner of each of the plurality of pillars is rounded.
US08592781B2
A first and a second fluorescent dye are mixed into a solution, the first dye being positively ionized in the solution and the second dye being negatively ionized in the solution and having different fluorescence wavelengths from the first dye. The solution is flown onto a measured surface, and the surface is excited with an evanescent wave to produce a fluorescence intensity distribution of two colors. A fluorescence intensity of the surface is measured using a two-dimensional imaging element, the element providing a fluorescence intensity of each color separated from the other colors, thereby calculating a ratio of the fluorescence intensities of the colors. Using an equation expressing a relationship between the ratio of fluorescence intensities and a wall zeta potential, the ratio is converted to a two-dimensional distribution of wall zeta potentials. This achieves visualizing in real time and quantitatively evaluating the two-dimensional distribution of wall zeta potentials, and surface modifications.
US08592776B2
With a multi-beam type charged particle beam apparatus, and a projection charged particle beam apparatus, in the case of off-axial aberration corrector, there is the need for preparing a multitude of multipoles, and power supply sources in numbers corresponding to the number of the multipoles need be prepared. In order to solve this problem as described, a charged particle beam apparatus is provided with at least one aberration corrector wherein the number of the multipoles required in the past is decreased by about a half by disposing an electrostatic mirror in an electron optical system.
US08592773B2
The present invention relates to processing electronics (18) for a detector (12) of an X-ray imaging device (14), the processing electronics (18) with a pulse counter section (22) having at least one count output (30) and with an integrator section (24) having an intensity output (32), wherein the processing electronics (18) is adapted to be connected to a sensor (16) in such a manner that X-ray photons (58) arriving at the sensor (16) can be processed by the pulse counter section (22), by the integrator section (24), or both, and wherein the processing electronics (18) comprises a processor (34) adapted to be connected to the count output (30) and to the intensity output (32) and adapted to output a count result (K) that takes into account both count information (N) obtained at the count output (30) and intensity information (I) obtained at the intensity output (32), so that the count result (K) contains information (N) obtained from the pulse counter section (22) and information (M) obtained from the integrator section (24). The present invention further relates to a corresponding detector element (10) for a detector (12), an X-ray imaging device (14), a method for determining a count result (K) from a detector element (10), a computer program, a data carrier and a detector (12) for an X-ray imaging device (14).
US08592767B2
Disclosed are tunable catalysts and methods of controlling the activity of a catalyst. For example, disclosed are methods of controlling the activity of a catalyst, comprising providing a catalyst, comprising a ferroelectric substrate of finite thickness comprising two opposing surfaces, the ferroelectric substrate being characterized as having a polarization; an electrode surmounting one of the surfaces of the ferroelectric substrate; and a catalytically active material surmounting the surface of the ferroelectric substrate opposing the electrode; and subjecting the ferroelectric substrate to a controllable electric field to give rise to a modulation of the polarization of the ferroelectric substrate, whereby the modulation of the polarization controllably alters the activity of one or more chemical species on the catalytically active material.
US08592763B2
Disclosed are embodiments of an ion beam sample preparation apparatus and methods for using the embodiments. The apparatus comprises a tilting ion beam irradiating means in a vacuum chamber that may direct ions toward a sample, a shield blocking a portion of the ions directed toward the sample, and a shield retention stage with shield retention means that replaceably and removably holds the shield in a position. The shield has datum features which abut complementary datum features on the shield retention stage when the shield is held in the shield retention stage. The tilting ion beam irradiating means may direct ions at the sample from more than one tilt angle. A rotating shield retention stage is also disclosed which works in concert with the tilting ion beam irradiating means.
US08592759B2
A simplified sample preparation on a sample support for ionization with laser desorption (MALDI or LDCI, for example) includes depositing an analyte material onto a deposition site, providing a sample site which is intended as the substrate for a matrix crystal layer at a distance from the deposition site, and establishing a liquid communication between the deposition site and the sample site. A device for the preparation of samples for ionization with matrix-assisted laser desorption, and a sample support for use with the inventive method are also disclosed.
US08592755B2
A method of operating a switching valve of a GC-MS apparatus is provided with installing a sample injector; connecting a first capillary column downstream of the sample injector; installing a heart-cutting unit downstream of the first capillary column; installing a first interconnecting column and a second capillary column to the heart-cutting unit respectively; connecting a switching valve to the heart-cutting unit via a first interconnecting column and a second capillary column respectively wherein the switching valve includes a plurality of ports; connecting the switching valve to an MS via a second interconnecting column; and switching ports to create different sample loops for passing compounds from the heart-cutting unit to the MS or passing compounds from the heart-cutting unit to the discharge column to be purged.
US08592753B2
This invention refers to an ion mobility spectrometer in a fluid subjected to an electric field and an acoustic wave for the selective detection, classification and quantitative determination of the concentration of charged particles, based on their electrical mobility. The functioning of this device is based on the application of an electric field in a classification region occupied by a fluid. The electric field provokes drift of the charged particles through the classification region. The drifting particles suffer a lateral perturbation in their trajectory due to an oscillatory movement of the fluid in which they are immersed when this is subjected to an acoustic wave. Both the spectrometer and the method of discrimination and detection of the current of charged particles is the object of this invention.
US08592747B2
A method, system and apparatus for obtaining a parameter of interest from a plurality of sensors in a fiber optic cable deployed in a wellbore are disclosed. Light having variable frequency within a range of frequencies is propagated along the fiber optic cable. Signals are received that are responsive to interaction of the propagated light with the plurality of sensors. The received signals are filtered using a programmable filter. The parameter of interest is obtained from the filtered signals. In one aspect, the fiber optic cable is coupled to a member deployed in the wellbore and the parameter of interest is related to the member.
US08592744B2
A light sensor is used to detect ambient light conditions. According to an example embodiment, a light sensor (112) detects color temperature and, in some instances, intensity characteristics of ambient light (120, 130, 140) in an environment and uses these detected characteristics (116) to determine the location of the sensor relative to natural and artificial light sources. This location determination is used to selectively operate circuits in a device such as a hand-held telephone, computer device or personal data assistant (PDA).
US08592740B2
The invention relates to image sensors and more particularly those which are intended to capture images at low luminance levels. An active-pixel image sensor is provided, each pixel comprising, on the surface of a semiconductor active layer, a photodiode region adjacent a transfer gate itself adjacent a charge storage region, the transfer gate permitting, when it receives a transfer pulse, the transfer of charge from the photodiode region to the storage region. The photodiode region is adjacent an accelerating gate isolated from the semiconductor active layer. Switching means are provided so as to apply to the accelerating gate, during an integration phase preceding the transfer pulse, a series of high-potential/low-potential alternations inducing an electric field alternately in one direction and in the other direction between the photodiode region and the active layer region located beneath the accelerating gate. Impacts with atoms of the lattice create secondary electrons, thereby increasing the sensitivity of the sensor.
US08592737B2
A simultaneous deployment device for the control surfaces of a projectile for which each control surface is intended to be pivoted by a motor after its deployment to ensure the piloting, each control surface being held within the projectile and deployed towards the exterior of the projectile by the expansion of elastic means, each control surface being deployed by a rotation with respect to a control surface support and following a deployment axis that is crosswise to that of the projectile, wherein the elastic means are common means to ensure the deployment of all the control surfaces, the expansion of the elastic means generating a push stress directed along the axis of the projectile and being exerted on a push plate which transmits the push stress to as many slides as there are control surfaces to be deployed, each slide cooperating without slipping with a matching profile integral with a base of the control surface to make this pivot with respect to its support and first releasable locking means that maintain the elastic means in the compressed position.
US08592729B2
A glass-ceramic panel, which may cover or receive at least one heating element, and may serve as a cook-top The panel is coated, in at least one region of a face, with a coating such that the total color difference delta E*, measured on the opposite face, between said coated region and an uncoated region, is less than about 1 and/or such that this coating has a luminance L* of greater than about 70. A process for manufacturing the panel and a cooking device comprising said panel.
US08592728B2
A food-cooking device including at least one heating member arranged to heat food placed inside a cooking utensil. At least one sensor arrangement is arranged to sense the temperature of the cooking utensil. The food-cooking device is adapted to control the heating member based on the temperature sensed by the sensor arrangement. A cooking utensil is adapted to facilitate the heating of food with a food-cooking device. The cooking utensil includes a body designed with a hollow adapted to contain the food.
US08592723B2
A data structure for weld programs associates configuration data for a welding system with a plurality of weld programs and weld sequence data. The data structure allows the welding system to be configured for a particular part, operator, or stage in a welding process, and to be easily reconfigured when the part, operator, or stage changes, providing improved efficiency and flexibility in operation.
US08592719B2
A system and method for determining a wear condition of a welding consumable includes a welding torch having a consumable component and a wire delivery system configured to deliver wire to the welding torch during a welding process. The welding system also includes a power source configured to deliver power to the welding torch to perform the welding process. A controller is included that is configured to monitor at least one operational characteristic of the delivery of wire to the welding torch over a selected period, determine a wear condition of the consumable component from the at least one operational characteristic, and generate a signal indicating detection of the wear condition.
US08592717B2
A workpiece dividing method for dividing a workpiece having an uneven incident surface upon which a pulsed laser beam falls. The workpiece dividing method includes a coating step of applying a coating member to the incident surface of the workpiece, thereby planarizing the incident surface of the workpiece, the coating member transmitting the pulsed laser beam and having a refractive index close to that of the workpiece for the pulsed laser beam, a modified layer forming step of applying the pulsed laser beam to the workpiece from the side of the incident surface in the condition where a focal point of the pulsed laser beam is set inside the workpiece after performing the coating step, thereby forming a modified layer inside the workpiece, and a dividing step of applying an external force to the workpiece after performing the modified layer forming step, thereby dividing the workpiece as starting from the modified layer formed inside said workpiece as a break start point.
US08592714B2
A gripper device for laser welding and vision inspection is provided which includes a frame unit releasably mounted on a front end of an arm of a robot and a clamping unit mounted on the frame unit. Additionally, embodied in this single gripper device is a laser-vision exchange (first) module, a laser-vision sharing (second) module and a laser-vision target (third) module all embodied in a single gripper device to irradiate laser beam for welding a welding object and obtain a vision source of an inspection object.
US08592708B2
Sealed chamber for monitoring pressure 23 is provided on sealed tank 37. Sealed tank 37 is filled with insulating gas. And, a connection using insulated pipe 19 is provided between medium-pressure space 18 that makes a medium pressure and sealed chamber for monitoring pressure 23. In sealed chamber for monitoring pressure 23, a pressure monitoring and controlling means is provided for monitoring the internal pressure thereof to activate the pressure-release control in response to the situation where the monitored internal pressure has reached the predetermined setting value. The pressure monitoring and controlling means includes solenoid valve 28 that is capable of opening sealed chamber for monitoring pressure 23 to the atmosphere, pressure detector 26 that detects the internal pressure, and pressure monitor 27, which activates solenoid valve 28 for pressure-release when pressure detector 26 detects that the internal pressure has reached the predetermined abnormal pressure value.
US08592705B2
A keypad assembly includes a support member, a key switch, a keycap and a resilient member. The key switch is fixed on the support member, and includes a triggering portion. The keycap is located opposite to the triggering portion. The support member and the key switch are located between the keycap and the resilient member. The resilient member interconnects the keycap and the support member. The resilient member is elastically deformed via resisting the triggering portion when the key switch is not triggered.
US08592701B2
A clutch pedal switch for a vehicle may include a switch body on which a first fixed contact point and a second fixed contact point are formed with a predetermined distance therebetween, a first elastic member disposed around the first fixed contact point to apply elastic force to the first fixed contact point, and a first operation contact point is formed to selectively contact the first fixed contact point, a second elastic member disposed around the second fixed contact point to apply elastic force in the second fixed contact point direction, and a second operation contact point is formed to selectively contact the second fixed contact point, a rotating member disposed between the first fixed contact point and the second fixed contact point and is rotated by rotation of a pedal to apply force to the first elastic member and the second elastic member such that the first and second fixed contact points selectively contact the first and second operation contact points, and a terminal connected to the first elastic member and the second elastic member to transfer a contact signal of the first and second fixed contact points with the first and second operation contact points.
US08592698B2
A capacitive touch system uses at least two first integrated circuits to simultaneously scan a touch panel, each of the first integrated circuits only for scanning a portion of the touch panel to retrieve the sensed data from its responsible traces. Therefore, the capacitive touch system can maintain a good frame rate, even the touch panel is a large scale touch panel. A data transmission method transmits only the non-zero sensed values to a second integrated circuit where a calculation with the non-zero sensed values is executed, and thereby reduces the data transmission time.
US08592687B2
A signal line is a linear conductor provided within a laminated body. A first ground conductor is provided on a positive direction side in a z axis direction within the laminated body, compared with the signal line, and overlaps with the signal line in a planar view seen from the z axis direction. A second ground conductor is provided on a negative direction side in the z axis direction within the laminated body, compared with the signal line, and overlaps with the signal line in the planar view seen from the z axis direction. Via hole conductors connect the ground conductors to each other. In the first ground conductor, a plurality of opening portions are arranged along the signal line in the planar view seen from the z axis direction. The via hole conductors are provided between the opening portions adjacent to one another, in an x axis direction.
US08592686B2
A method for manufacturing a printed circuit board assembled panel by a simple process with an excellent material yield and a high conforming product rate. Unit printed circuit boards previously manufactured are arranged in a frame in a prescribed relationship. Then, the printed circuit boards are fixed to one another, and the printed circuit board and the frame body are fixed to one another.
US08592684B2
An electrical insulating cap formation is disclosed. The electrical insulating cap formation includes a strip of material and one or more electrical insulating caps each comprising a tubular section and a closed end section, in which the one or more electrical insulating caps are carried on the strip of material by their end sections. The strip of material includes a wing portion which extends over at least a part of the tubular sections of the one or more electrical insulating caps. The strip of material is formed such that an outer edge of the wing portion is spaced apart from the tubular sections of the one or more electrical insulating caps.
US08592683B2
An insulated electric wire having an external diameter of less than 1.1 mm includes a conductor and an insulator that covers the conductor, and the insulator has a thickness of 0.25 mm or less, and is made from a material that is free from a halogen element and has a breaking elongation of 10% or more and a flexural modulus of more than 2.0 GPa.
US08592676B2
A solar cell in which an n-type fine silicon particle film is formed in a lamination layer on the surface of a transparent substrate via a transparent electrode, and the n-type fine silicon particle film is covalently bound to the transparent electrode via the first organic coating formed on the surface of the transparent electrode and the second organic coating formed on the surface of the n-type fine silicon particle film and the n-type fine silicon particle film is covalently bound to the p-type fine silicon particle film via the second organic coating formed on the surface of the n-type fine silicon particle film and the third organic coating formed on the surface of the p-type fine silicon particle film.
US08592674B2
Means for Solving the ProblemsThe thermoplastic resin composition (X1) of the present invention comprises (A1), (B1), (C1), and optionally (D1) below: 1 to 90 wt % of an isotactic polypropylene (A1); 9 to 98 wt % of a propylene/ethylene/α-olefin copolymer (B1) containing 45 to 89 mol % of propylene-derived structural units, 10 to 25 mol % of ethylene-derived structural units, and optionally, 0 to 30 mol % of C4-C20 α-olefin-derived structural units (a1); 1 to 80 wt % of a styrene-based elastomer (C1); and 0 to 70 wt % of an ethylene/α-olefin copolymer (D1) whose density is in the range of 0.850 to 0.910 g/cm3, wherein (A1)+(B1)+(C1)+(D1)=100 wt %.
US08592667B1
A novel maize variety designated PH18FC and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH18FC with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH18FC through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH18FC or a locus conversion of PH18FC with another maize variety.
US08592661B1
A citrus cultivar designated CALLOR1 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of citrus cultivar CALLOR1, to the plants of citrus cultivar CALLOR1, to the plant parts of citrus cultivar CALLOR1, and to methods for producing progeny of citrus cultivar CALLOR1. The invention also relates to methods for producing a citrus plant CALLOR1 containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic citrus plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to citrus cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from citrus cultivar CALLOR1. The invention also relates to methods for producing other citrus cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from citrus cultivar CALLOR1, and to citrus plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid citrus seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar CALLOR1 with another citrus cultivar.
US08592658B2
A soybean cultivar designated S100323 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S100323, to the plants of soybean cultivar S100323, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar S100323, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar S100323. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S100323. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S100323, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar S100323 with another soybean cultivar.
US08592655B2
A new lettuce variety designated Sun Quest is described. Sun Quest is an iceberg lettuce variety exhibiting stability and uniformity.
US08592652B2
The invention relates to a method of generating or increasing a pathogen resistance in plants by reducing the expression of at least one subtilisin polypeptide or a functional equivalent thereof. The invention relates to novel nucleic acid sequences coding for a Hordeum vulgare subtilisin (HvRNR9) and Triticum aestivum subtilisin (TaRNR9) polynucleotide and describes homologous sequences (RNR9) thereof, and to their use in methods for obtaining a pathogen resistance in plants, and to nucleic acid constructs, expression cassettes and vectors which comprise these sequences and which are suitable for mediating a fungal resistance in plants. The invention furthermore relates to transgenic organisms, in particular plants, which are transformed with these expression cassettes or vectors, and to cultures, parts or transgenic propagation material derived therefrom.
US08592650B2
The invention provides specific transgenic soybean plants, plant material and seeds, characterized in that these products harbor a specific herbicide tolerance transformation event at a specific location in the soybean genome (elite event EE-GM3). The invention also provides for methods of producing soybean plants and seeds having elite event EE-GM3.
US08592646B2
The present document is directed to promoter sequences and promoter control elements, polynucleotide constructs comprising the promoters and control elements, and methods of identifying the promoters, control elements, or fragments thereof. The document further relates to the use of such promoters or promoter control elements to modulate transcript levels in plants, and plants containing such promoters or promoter control elements.
US08592641B2
A film that is biodegradable and water-sensitive (e.g., water-soluble, water-dispersible, etc.) in that it loses its integrity over time in the presence of water is provided. More specifically, the film contains a combination of a biodegradable polyester and a water-sensitive thermoplastic starch. The desired water-sensitive attributes of film may be achieved in the present invention by selectively controlling a variety of aspects of the film construction, such as the nature of the components employed, the relative amount of each component, the manner in which the film is formed, and so forth.
US08592638B2
In the process of the invention, an aliphatic C2-C14 hydrocarbon product is prepared from natural fats or derivatives thereof. The process comprises the steps of: (i) providing a natural fat or derivative thereof, (ii) deoxygenating a natural fat or derivative thereof originating from step (i) to yield an aliphatic C9-C28 hydrocarbon, (iii) hydrocracking an aliphatic C9-C28 hydrocarbon originating from step (ii) to yield a product comprising an aliphatic C2-C14 hydrocarbon, (iv) isomerising an aliphatic C2-C14 hydrocarbon originating from step (iii) into an isomerised aliphatic C2-C14 hydrocarbon, and optionally (v) recovering an isomerised C2-C14 hydrocarbon originating from step (iv) as said C2-C14 hydrocarbon product. Pure and high quality light fuel is easily obtained in sufficient amounts.
US08592636B2
The present invention relates to a process of reacting specific compounds, which are defined below with hydrogen in the presence of a structured catalyst based on sintered metal fibers (SMF) coated by a ZnO layer with Pd-nanoparticles, to reactions of these specific compounds with hydrogen in the presence of said catalyst and an organic base as well as to vitamins, carotinoids, perfume ingredients, and/or food or feed ingredients prepared by using this reaction.
US08592631B2
A process for synthesizing 2-methoxymethyl-1,4-benzenediamine, its derivatives of formula (IV) and the salts thereof, which comprises a reductive amination step. The preferred final product is 2-methoxymethyl-1,4-benzenediamine of formula (IV-a). These compounds may be used as primary intermediates in compositions for dyeing keratin fibers.
US08592627B2
A process for producing (meth)acrylic acid comprising the steps of: supplying a cooling medium to a crystallizer (1) from a heat source device (4A), thereby crystallizing (meth)acrylic acid from a crude (meth)acrylic acid solution; discharging the cooling medium from the crystallizer (1) and returning the cooling medium to the heat source device (4A); supplying a heating medium to the crystallizer (1) from a heat source device (4B), thereby melting the (meth)acrylic acid; and discharging the heating medium from the crystallizer (1) and returning the heating medium to the heat source device (4B); wherein temperature of the cooling medium returned to the heat source device (4A) is maintained constant by utilizing a first buffer tank (5); and temperature of the heating medium returned to the heat source device (4B) is maintained constant by utilizing a second buffer tank (6).
US08592625B2
The present invention relates to a process for resolving S-3-(Aminomethyl)-5-methylhexanoic acid, which adopts benzoyl-L-glutamic acid, 4-methyl benzoyl-L-glutamic acid, benzene sulfonyl-L-glutamic acid or 4-methyl benzene sulfonyl-L-glutamic acid as a resolution agent to make a first resolution to racemic 3-aminomethyl-5-methylhexanoic acid, and adopts the resolution agent same to that of the first resolution to make a second resolution to the first resolution product to obtain the second resolution product, thus the resolution salt product is obtained, and further hydrolyzed by an acid, the resolution agent is extracted to be separated, the pH is adjusted to be neutral, the product S-3-(Aminomethyl)-5-methylhexanoic acid, i.e. the pregabalin, is then precipitated by distillation, therefore the present invention has the characteristics of polluting the environment slightly, high efficiency and stability, simpleness and practicality, producing product with high purity and a low production cost, and is suitable for large-scale production.
US08592622B2
A polymerizable fluorine-containing compound represented by formula (1), wherein R1 represents a polymerizable double-bond containing group, R2 represents an acid-labile protecting group, R3 represents a fluorine atom or fluorine-containing alkyl group, and W represents a bivalent linking group. This compound can provide a fluorine-containing polymer compound that has a weight-average molecular weight of 1,000-1,000,000 and contains a repeating unit represented by formula (2), wherein R2, R3 and W are defined as above, each of R4, R5 and R6 independently represents a hydrogen atom, fluorine atom or monovalent organic group, at least two of R4, R5 and R6 may be combined to form a ring. This polymer compound can provide a resist composition capable of forming a pattern that is transparent to exposure light and superior in rectangularity.
US08592619B2
The invention relates to compounds comprising a cycloalkyne or heterocycloalkyne group and a redox group. Said compounds are of general formula (I) wherein Z is a cycloalkyne or heterocycloalkyne with at least 8 links, optionally substituted by a halogen atom or a linear or branched C1 to C5 alkyl, A is an organic structure having oxidation-reduction properties, and B is an organic link between the cycloalkyne or heterocycloalkyne cycle and the organic structure A. The invention is especially applicable to the field of molecular electronics.
US08592616B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure include compounds including a M6 based cluster core with luminescent properties, methods for producing these compounds, as well as to luminescent materials with liquid crystalline properties including these compounds.
US08592614B2
The present invention relates to new types of material mixtures composed of at least two substances, one serving as a matrix material and the other being an emission material capable of emission and containing at least one element of atomic number greater than 20, and for their use in organic electronic components such as electroluminescent elements and displays.
US08592613B2
The present invention relates to a method for producing fatty acid alkyl esters as well as cellulosic simplified sugars, shortened protein polymers, amino acids, or combination thereof resulting from the simultaneous esterification and hydrolysis, alcoholysis, or both of algae and other oil containing materials containing phospholipids, free fatty acids (FFA), glycerides, or combination thereof as well as polysaccharides, cellulose, hemicellulose, lignocellulose, protein polymers, or combination thereof in the presence of an alcohol and an optional acid catalyst.
US08592610B2
The present invention relates to novel compounds of the formula (I), in which W, X, Y, Z, G, A and t have the meanings given above, to a plurality of processes and intermediates for their preparation and to their use as pesticides and/or herbicides. Moreover, the invention relates to selective herbicidal compositions comprising, firstly, the spiroheterocyclic tetronic acid derivates and, secondly, a crop plant compatibility-improving compound.The present invention furthermore relates to increasing the activity of crop protection compositions comprising in particular phenyl-substituted bicyclooctane-1,3-dione derivates by adding ammonium salts or phosphonium salts and, if appropriate, penetrants, to the corresponding compositions, to processes for their preparation and to their use in crop protection as insecticides and/or acaricides and/or for preventing unwanted plant growth.
US08592606B2
The present invention is related to a family of liquid group 4 precursors represented by the formula: (pyr*)M(OR1)(OR2)(OR3) wherein pyr* is an alkyl substituted pyrrolyl, wherein M is group 4 metals include Ti, Zr, and Hf; wherein R1-3 can be same or different and selected from group consisting of linear or branched C1-6 alkyls; preferably C1-3 alkyls; R4 is selected from the group consisting of C1-6 alkyls, preferably branched C3-5 alkyls substituted at 2, 5 positions to prevent the pyrrolyl coordinated to the metal center in η1 fashion; n=2, 3, 4. Most preferably the invention is directed to (2,5-di-tert-butylpyrrolyl)(tris(ethoxy)titanium, (2,5-di-tert-amylpyrrolyl)(tris(ethoxy)titanium, and (2,5-di-tert-amylpyrrolyl)(tris(iso-propoxy)titanium. The invention is also directed to (cyclopentadienyl)(2,5-di-methylpyrrolyl)(bis(ethoxy))titanium. Deposition methods using these compounds are also contemplated.
US08592605B2
The present invention relates to a process for the regioselective synthesis of 1-alkyl-3-halo-alkylpyrazole-4-carboxylic acid derivatives by cyclization of 2,3-disubstituted acrylic acid derivatives, and to the hydrazones formed as intermediates in the process.
US08592600B2
The invention relates to crystalline forms of racemic ilaprazole, 2[[(4-methoxy-3-methyl-2-pyridinyl)-methyl]sulfinyl]-5-(1H-pyrrol-1-yl) 1H-Benzimidazole. The invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition for inhibiting gastric acid secretion comprising a crystalline Form of ilaprazole according to the invention in an amount effective to inhibit gastric acid secretion and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The invention also provides methods of treatment for various acid-related gastrointestinal (GI) disorders.
US08592588B2
A process is provided for the preparation of camptothecin derivatives, such as irinotecan, in a one-pot operation.
US08592584B2
Compositions and methods are disclosed in embodiments relating to induction of cell death such as in cancer cells. Compounds and related methods for synthesis and use thereof, including the use of compounds in therapy for the treatment of cancer and selective induction of apoptosis in cells are disclosed. Compounds are disclosed in connection with modification of procaspases such as procaspase-3. In embodiments, compositions are capable of activation of procaspase-3.
US08592583B2
The invention relates to a process for the preparation of 5-(2-amino-pyrimidin-4-yl)-2-aryl-1H-pyrrole-3-carboxamides and to the useful intermediate compounds of such process. The process allows to obtain the desired products in high yields and purity. The synthesis is starting from the coupling of an acetal with a beta-ketoester; the resultant compound is acetylated and then reacted with a dialkyl acetal of N,N-dimethylformamide to give an intermediate which is cyclized to 5-(2-amino-pyrimidin-4-yl)-2-aryl-1H-pyrrole-3-carboxylic ester; the carboxylic ester is then hydrolyzed and the resultant carboxylic acid is finally condensed with an appropriate form of ammonia to give the desired carboxamide. The compounds prepared according to the process of the invention are endowed with protein kinase inhibiting activity and, more particularly, Cdc7 or Cdc7/Cdks inhibiting activity. The compounds are useful in the treatment of a variety of cancers, cell proliferative disorders and diseases associated with protein kinases.
US08592579B2
The invention provides compounds of formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The formula I compounds inhibit tyrosine kinase activity thereby making them useful as anticancer agents and for the treatment of Alzheimer's Disease.
US08592578B2
The present invention relates to a process for preparing difluoromethyl-substituted pyrazol-4-ylcarboxylic acids and their esters, 2-(aminomethylidene)-4,4-difluoro-3-oxobutteric esters of the formula (I) in which R1, R2 and R3 independently of one another are C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-haloalkyl, C2-C6-alkenyl, C3-C10-cycloalkyl or benzyl or NR2R3 is a 5- to 10-membered heterocyclic radical, to a process for preparing compounds of the formula (I) wherein an appropriate 3-aminoacrylic ester is reacted with difluoroacetyl fluoride and to the use of compounds of the formula (I) in the process for preparing difluoromethyl-substituted pyrazol-4-ylcarboxylic acids and their esters.
US08592577B2
A method of preparing a compound represented by Structural Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the variables of Structural Formula (I) are as described in the specification and claims. Additionally, the present invention relates to compounds of Structural Formula (I), which are useful as inhibitors of protein kinase.
US08592573B2
Thermoplastic heteropolysaccharide derivatives, articles employing such thermoplastic heteropolysaccharide derivatives and methods for making such thermoplastic heteropolysaccharide derivatives are provided.
US08592571B2
The invention relates to compositions and methods for modulating the expression of apolipoprotein B, and more particularly to the downregulation of apolipoprotein B by chemically modified oligonucleotides.
US08592559B2
An object of the present invention is to provide an antibody inhibiting infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV). The present invention provides an anti-hepatitis C virus antibody that recognizes a whole or a part of the conformation of a hepatitis C virus particle as an epitope and binds thereto, so as to be able to inhibit the binding of hepatitis C virus to the surface of a host cell and to inhibit HCV infection, a humanized antibody thereof, and an inhibitory agent for infection with hepatitis C virus.
US08592544B2
A polymeric compound containing a residue of a metal complex represented by formula (1) [wherein M represents a metal atom selected from ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium and platinum; R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R8 independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, or the like; m represents an integer of 1 to 3; n represents an integer of 0 to 2; Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4 and Z5 independently represent a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom, provided that at least two member of Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4 and Z5 represent a nitrogen atom, and when any one member of Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4 and Z5 represents a carbon atom, a hydrogen atom bound to the carbon atom may be substituted by a substituent; a moiety represented by formula (2) represents a bidentate monoanionic ligand; and Rx and Ry are atoms bound to the metal atom M and independently represent a carbon atom, an oxygen atom or a nitrogen atom] and a bivalent group.
US08592537B2
A catalyst system for the polymerization of olefins comprising (A) a catalyst component obtained by reacting a Mg(OR1)(OR2) compound, in which R1 and R2 are identical or different and are each an alkyl radical having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, with a tetravalent transition metal compound having at least a Metal-halogen bond, used in amounts such that the molar ratio Met-al/Mg is from 0.05 to 10; (B) an aluminum alkyl compound and (C) a linear or branched halogenated alkyl compound.
US08592534B2
Provided are poly(ferrocenyl)silane based network polymers, methods of preparing the same, and films including the poly(ferrocenyl)silane based network polymers. The network polymers have a steric network structure and are prepared by using a simplified process.
US08592521B2
A method for preparing a primer composition adapted to form a polysiloxane hard film on a cured primer layer of the composition comprising processes [1] or [2]: the process [1] comprising the steps of (I) preparing a primer precursor containing a vinyl polymer having a hydrolysable silyl group and an organic UV absorbing group bonded at side chains thereof and silica fine particles dispersed in an organic solvent; (II) adding water to the primer precursor obtained in (I) for hydrolysis; and (III) adding a dehydrating agent to the composition containing the hydrolyzate obtained in (II) to remove moisture from the composition; or the process [2] comprising (IV) hydrolyzing a vinyl polymer having a hydrolysable silyl group and an organic UV absorbing group bonded at side chains thereof by addition of water thereto; (V) adding silica fine particles dispersed in an organic solvent to the resulting hydrolyzate obtained in (IV); and (VI) adding a dehydrating agent to the composition obtained in (V) to remove moisture from the composition.
US08592515B2
Pneumatic rubber tire with a component comprised of a silica reinforced rubber composition comprised of specialized polybutadiene rubber, functionalized styrene/butadiene elastomer and cis 1,4-polyisoprene rubber.
US08592512B2
The invention relates to a composition containing at least one microgel, at least one carbon nanotube and at least one organic medium. Said organic medium can be cross-linked or non cross-linked.
US08592501B2
A composition is described that includes at least one polyolefin, at least one thermoplastic bio-resin derived from starch or soy or both, and at least one compatibilizer having at least one polyolefin and at least one polar group. Surface coverings and floor coverings, such as laminated floor coverings, having the composition, are also described.
US08592499B2
A method for preparing an organopolysiloxane compound by mixing (A) an organopolysiloxane of the formula (1): wherein R1 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group and may be the same or different, R is a divalent hydrocarbon group, and n is an integer of at least 2, with (B) an organic compound of the formula (2) or (3): wherein R2 is H or a monovalent hydrocarbon and R3 is a divalent hydrocarbon and (C) an organic compound of the formula (4): wherein R1 and R3, respectively, have the same meanings as defined above, R4 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group, and p is 0 or 1, wherein components (A), (B) and (C) are reacted with one another under conditions that a ratio between an amino group equivalent PNH in component (A) and an isocyanate group equivalent PNCO in components (B) and (C) is such that 0.8≦(PNCO/PNH) and a molar ratio between component (B) and component (C) is such that 0.6≦[component (B)/component (C)].
US08592490B2
Self-microemulsifying drug delivery systems and microemulsions used to enhance the solubility of pharmaceutical ingredients comprising a polyoxyethylene sorbitan fatty acid ester emulsifier; a fatty acid ester co-emulsifier and an oil.
US08592489B2
Compositions having a combination a) of one or more glycerol monoalkyl ether(s) of the general formula R—O—CH2—CHOH—CH2OH in which R is a branched or unbranched C3-C18-alkyl group, where the alkyl group can be substituted by one or more hydroxyl and/or C1-C4-alkoxy group(s) and/or the alkyl chain can be interrupted by up to four oxygen atoms, with b) an antioxidant or two or more antioxidants as stabilizer(s), the simultaneous presence of phosphocholines and phosphocholine derivatives being excluded.
US08592481B2
Provided is a method of treating a patient suffering from a pain state by administering to the patient a gastric retentive dosage form of gabapentin that is capable of administration in once-daily or twice daily dosing regimens. By reducing the need to administer gabapentin from the thrice-daily administrations characteristic of immediate release gabapentin, the gastric retentive gabapentin dosage forms provided herein have the advantages of improving patient compliance for gabapentin treatment. In addition to the foregoing, the gastric retentive gabapentin dosages forms also exhibit decreased blood plasma concentrations and increased bioavailability throughout the dosing regimen.
US08592472B2
The present invention relates to co-crystals of propiconazole and a co-crystal forming compound.
US08592470B2
A compound represented by formula (1-1) or (1-2), or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof retains the principal therapeutic effect of sitaxentan and has an improved CYP inhibitory effect: wherein R1 is a halogen atom, etc., R2 is a methyl group, etc., R3 is a C1-6 alkyl group, etc., and M is a group represented by: etc.
US08592469B2
Diazonamide analogs having anti-mitotic activity, useful for the treatment of cancer and other proliferative disorders, and related pharmaceutical compositions are provided.
US08592467B2
Compounds of formula (I) are useful in treating conditions or disorders prevented by or ameliorated by histamine-3 receptor ligands. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the histamine-3 receptor ligands, methods for using such compounds and compositions, and a process for preparing compounds within the scope of formula (I).
US08592465B2
Compounds according to formula (I) are disclosed where Q is S, N, or O; X is optional, and can be O═, S═, ═N—NH2, ═N—OH, or —OH; Y is optional and can be —N(H)—, O, or C1 to C20 hydrocarbon; and R1 and R2 are each independently substituted or unsubstituted single-, fused- or multiple-ring aryl or (hetero)cyclic ring systems. Methods of making these compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, and their use, particularly for treating or preventing cancer, are also disclosed.
US08592461B2
The present invention provides a plant disease control agent containing at least one of tetrazoyloxime dirivatives and salts thereof, and at least one selected from the group consisting of fosetyl, propamocarb, basic copper chloride, chlorothalonil, manzeb, cymoxanil, folpet, iminoctadine, cyazofamid, metalaxyl, fludioxonil, tebuconazole, prothioconazole, thiamethoxam, azoxystrobin and salts thereof.
US08592453B2
The invention provides compounds of formula I: in salt or zwitterionic form or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1-6, a-e and Q are as defined in the specification. These compounds are muscarinic receptor antagonists. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, processes for preparing such compounds and methods of using such compounds to, for example, treat pulmonary disorders such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma.
US08592447B2
A class of acridone compounds has been discovered that exhibits chemosensitizing and antiparasitic activity. Described herein are pharmaceutical compositions and methods for their use to treat parasitic infections, such as malaria and toxoplasmosis, and to sensitize resistant cells, such as multidrug resistant cells to other therapeutic agents. The pharmaceutical compositions and methods may also be used to treat and/or prevent psychotic diseases such as schizophrenia.
US08592422B2
In one aspect, the invention relates to bicyclic triazole and pyrazole lactams, derivatives thereof, and related compounds, which are useful as positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
US08592416B2
There are provided substituted isoquinolin-1(2H)-one derivatives which selectively inhibit the activity of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase PARP-1 with respect to poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase PARP-2. The compounds of the present invention are therefore useful in treating diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular diseases, central nervous system injury and different forms of inflammation. The present invention also provides methods for preparing these compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and methods of treating diseases utilizing pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds. A screening method for the identification of compounds capable of binding several PARP proteins, as well the probes used in such method, are further objects of the invention.
US08592406B2
There is provided a transnasal anticonvulsive pharmaceutical composition including a poorly soluble anticonvulsant. The anticonvulsive pharmaceutical composition comprising a poorly soluble anticonvulsant as an active component, which is transnasally spray-administered, comprises diethylene glycol monoethyl ether and fatty acid ester, wherein the fatty acid ester is selected from the group consisting of caprylocaproyl polyoxylglyceride, isopropyl palmitate, oleoyl polyoxylglyceride, sorbitan monolaurate 20, methyl laurate, ethyl laurate, and polysorbate 20. Also, the anticonvulsive pharmaceutical composition comprising a poorly soluble anticonvulsant as an active component, which is transnasally spray-administered, comprises diethylene glycol monoethyl ether, fatty acid ester, methylpyrrolidone, water and alcohol. Therefore, the transnasal anticonvulsive pharmaceutical composition may be useful to highly enhance the bioavailability of the poorly soluble anticonvulsant. Also, the transnasal anticonvulsive pharmaceutical composition may be useful to allow the poorly soluble anticonvulsant to show the improved viscosity and/or enhanced solubility in order to effectively deliver the poorly soluble anticonvulsant at a therapeutic dose.
US08592404B2
The invention relates to derivatives of porphyrin, particularly chlorins and/or bacteriochlorins, which can be used in photodynamic therapy. According to the formulas of the invention, X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, X6, X7, X8, which may be identical or different, each represent halogen atoms or hydrogen atoms. R1, R2, R3, R4, which may be identical or different, are each selected from the following groups: —OH, amino acids, —OR and —NHR and/or a chlorine atom, wherein R is an alkyl group having between 1 and 12 carbon atoms. The invention also relates to an anticancer and/or antiviral and/or antimicrobial medicament for human or animal use, which contains one or more compounds as the main active ingredient.
US08592402B2
Described herein are compounds that are antagonists of lysophosphatidic receptor(s). Also described are pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments that include the compounds described herein, as well as methods of using such antagonists, alone and in combination with other compounds, for treating LPA-dependent or LPA-mediated conditions or diseases.
US08592400B2
Drug combinations which contain a PDE4-inhibitor and a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), processes for preparing them, and their use in treating in particular respiratory complaints such as COPD, chronic sinusitis, and asthma. The PDE4 inhibitors of the drug combinations include compounds of general formula 1 wherein X is SO or SO2, but preferably SO, R3 is an optionally substituted, mono- or bicyclic, unsaturated, partly saturated or saturated heterocyclic group or an optionally substituted, mono- or bicyclic heteroaryl, and R1 and R2 have the meanings given in claim 2.
US08592394B2
The invention relates to novel synthetic derivatives of β-glycolipids and uses thereof as immunomodulators. More particularly, the invention relates to synthetic derivatives of β-glycolipids, specifically, the compounds of any one of Formula I, II III and IV or any mixture or combination thereof, and particularly the ALIB-97 (Formula II) derivative and uses thereof for the treatment of different pathologic disorders, particularly, immune-related hepatic disorders and pathologies associated with the metabolic syndrome.
US08592389B2
In some embodiments, the present invention concerns antisense oligonucleotides against targets of miR-21. In some embodiments, the invention is directed to a method for diagnosing fibrosis and/or fibrosis related diseases and to a method for screening a pharmaceutically active compound for the treatment of fibrosis and/or fibrosis related diseases. The present invention further relates to compositions for use in the treatment, amelioration, and/or prevention of fibrosis. In certain embodiments, the compositions modulate the activity of a miRNA for the treatment, amelioration, and/or prevention of fibrosis. In certain embodiments, the compositions inhibit the activity of miR-21 for the treatment, amelioration, and/or prevention of fibrosis.
US08592387B2
The present invention generally provides methods for administering a composition having an ILK-based protein or peptide having a sequence that is at least 90% homologous to wild-type human integrin-linked kinase (ILK) protein for use in treating or administering to cardiac cells in vitro or in vivo. The ILK-based protein or peptide may further have a mutation or substitution at a position corresponding to amino acid position 211 of wild-type human ILK replacing the arginine (R) with an alanine (A). The present invention further provides compositions having polynucleotides encoding such proteins or peptides. Various vectors, delivery reagents and the like are also provided for use in delivering the compositions to cells. The compositions administered to cells in vitro or in vivo according to present methods may be used to treat, prevent, etc., heart failure, ischemic disease, cardiomyopathy, etc.
US08592386B2
Provided are methods and compositions, including topical compositions, for inducing tolerance to a sensitizing agent known to provoke contact hypersensitivity in a subject. Included are methods of topically applying to the subject an effective amount of an antisense composition targeting the start site or splice site of a CFLAR mRNA.
US08592385B2
It is an object of the present invention to provide a polyion complex used as a non-viral gene vector, which achieves sufficiently high gene expression efficiency to a target cell. The polyion complex of the present invention comprises a block copolymer formed by binding polyethylene glycol to polycation via a disulfide group and a nucleic acid.
US08592382B2
The present application relates to an oral formulation of amphotericin B and other therapeutic agents, which formulation comprises one or more fatty acid glycerol esters and one or more PEG modified phospholipids or fatty acid esters. The formulation provides enhanced bioavailability and/or increased stability of the therapeutic agent at the low pH found in gastric fluid.
US08592377B2
The present invention provides inventive stitched polypeptides, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of making and using inventive stitched polypeptides.
US08592376B2
Compositions and methods are disclosed for imparting a long-wearing shine to keratin fibers, including hair. The compositions comprise an aminosilicone polymer having a viscosity from about 800 to about 1,600 mm2/s at 25° C., and a functional group equivalent weight from about 8,000 to about 14,000 g/mol. The compositions comprise an aminosilicone polymer and optionally a shine enhancer. The compositions are useful for imparting a long-wearing shine to hair.
US08592373B2
The disclosure relates to a method for protecting a kidney from renal injury. For example, acute renal injury may be associated with decreased or blocked blood flow in the subject's kidney or exposure to a nephrotoxic agent, such as a radiocontrast dye. The methods include administering to the subject an effective amount of an aromatic-cationic peptide to a subject in need thereof.
US08592366B2
Acid-containing oral pharmaceutical compositions are provided wherein the pharmaceutical active agents are peptide compounds (i.e., those that include a plurality of amino acids and at least one peptide bond in their molecular structures). Certain barrier layers and/or particulate coated acid are used to reduce any adverse interactions that might otherwise occur between the acid of the compositions and other components of the composition. Use of these barrier layers and/or use of particulate coated acid is believed to promote a more simultaneous release of the components of the composition than is achieved by prior art acid-protection techniques, thus enhancing, and making more consistent, the bioavailability of the active peptide compounds.
US08592359B2
A hydrolytic enzyme is stabilized in a liquid surfactant preparation by using a component that stabilizes the hydrolytic enzyme and includes a monosaccharide glycerate.
US08592358B2
A microbicidal composition in the form of a concentrate includes a) one or more isothiazolin-3-ones, b) one or more organic amines with an alkyl group having at least 8 carbon atoms and c) one or more oxidizing agents. The concentrate is storage-stable and is used for the preservation of technical and domestic products.
US08592354B2
A method of cleaning a wellbore prior to the production of oil or gas is disclosed, wherein the wellbore has been drilled with an invert emulsion drilling mud that forms an invert emulsion filter cake. The method may include the steps of circulating a breaker fluid into the wellbore, where the breaker fluid includes an aqueous fluid, a water soluble polar organic solvent, a hydrolysable ester of a carboxylic acid, and a weighting age, and where the hydrolysable ester is selected so that upon hydrolysis an organic acid is released and the invert emulsion of the filter cake breaks.
US08592352B2
Methods of subterranean cementing involving cement compositions comprising particulate foamed elastomers and associated methods are provided. In one embodiment, the cement composition comprises a hydraulic cement, a particulate foamed elastomer, and an aqueous fluid. In one embodiment, the particulate foamed elastomer may comprise polyurethane foam.
US08592341B2
A reversible thermosensitive recording medium including: a support; a reversible thermosensitive recording layer on the support; and a protective layer on the reversible thermosensitive recording layer, wherein the reversible thermosensitive recording layer contains an electron-donating color-forming compound and an electron-accepting compound, wherein the protective layer contains a polyester acrylate resin, and wherein the protective layer has a glass transition temperature of 230° C. or higher and has an elongation of 10% or higher.
US08592334B2
A dielectric ceramic composition comprises, a main component including barium titanate, a first subcomponent including MgO, a second subcomponent including sintering aids of SiO2 compound, a third subcomponent including at least one of V2O5, Nb2O5 and WO3, a fourth A subcomponent including RA oxide (note that, RA is at least one selected from Tb, Gd and Dy), a fourth B subcomponent including RB oxide (note that, RB is at least one selected from Ho, Y and Yb), and a fifth subcomponent including MnO or Cr2O3.
US08592330B2
The invention is directed to veneer ceramics for dental restorations of framework ceramics comprising yttrium-stabilized zirconium dioxide. It is the object of the invention to make possible a translucent veneer ceramic which has high flexural strength as well as excellent adhesion to the framework ceramic of yttrium-stabilized zirconium dioxide. According to the invention, this object is met in a veneer ceramic for dental restorations made of yttrium-stabilized zirconium dioxide which is produced from the following components: a)SiO258.0-74.0 percent by weight b) Al2O3 4.0-19.0 percent by weight c)Li2O 5.0-17.0 percent by weight d)Na2O 4.0-12.0 percent by weight e) ZrO2 0.5-6.0 percent by weight.
US08592326B2
In a method for fabricating an inter dielectric layer in semiconductor device, a primary liner HDP oxide layer is formed by supplying a high density plasma (HDP) deposition source to a bit line stack formed on a semiconductor substrate. A high density plasma (HDP) deposition source is supplied to the bit line stack to form a primary liner HDP oxide layer. The primary liner HDP oxide layer is etched to a predetermined depth to form a secondary liner HDP oxide layer. An interlayer dielectric layer is formed to fill the areas defined by the bit line stack where the secondary liner HDP oxide layer is located.
US08592325B2
A method of creating insulating layers on different semiconductor materials includes providing a substrate having disposed thereon a first material and a second material, the second material having a chemical composition different from the first material; non-epitaxially depositing a continuous sacrificial layer of approximately constant thickness onto the first material and the second material, and then converting the sacrificial layer into a layer consisting essentially of SiO2 without oxidizing more than 10 angstroms into the second material. A structure includes a silicon nitride film disposed conformally on a silicon layer and a silicon germanium layer; a SiO2 layer is disposed on the silicon nitride film.
US08592324B2
A method for forming a laminated structure including an amorphous carbon film on an underlying layer includes forming an initial layer containing Si—C bonds on a surface of the underlying layer, by supplying an organic silicon gas onto the underlying layer; and forming the amorphous carbon film by thermal film formation on the underlying layer with the initial layer formed on the surface thereof, by supplying a film formation gas containing a hydrocarbon compound gas onto the underlying layer.
US08592322B2
A method of fabricating openings is disclosed. First, a semiconductor substrate having a salicide region thereon is provided. An etch stop layer and at least a dielectric layer are disposed on the semiconductor substrate from bottom to top. Second, the dielectric layer and the etching stop layer are patterned to form a plurality of openings in the dielectric layer and in the etching stop layer so that the openings expose the salicide region. Then, a dielectric thin film covering the dielectric layer, sidewalls of the openings and the salicide region is formed. Later, the dielectric thin film disposed on the dielectric layer and on the salicide region is removed.
US08592319B2
A substrate processing apparatus includes a chamber accommodating a wafer, a susceptor disposed inside the chamber and on which the wafer is held, an upper electrode facing the susceptor, and a second high frequency power source connected to the susceptor, wherein the upper electrode is electrically connected to a ground and is moveable with respect to the susceptor. The substrate processing apparatus divides a potential difference between plasma generated in a processing space and the ground into a potential difference between the plasma and a dielectric and a potential difference between the dielectric and the ground by burying the dielectric in the upper electrode, and changes a gap between the upper electrode and the susceptor. Accordingly, plasma density between the upper electrode and the susceptor is changed.
US08592312B2
In one disclosed embodiment, the present method for depositing a conductive capping layer on metal lines comprises forming metal lines on a dielectric layer, applying a voltage to the metal lines, and depositing the conductive capping layer on the metal lines. The applied voltage increases the selectivity of the deposition process used, thereby preventing the conductive capping layer from causing a short between the metal lines. The conductive capping layer may be deposited through electroplating, electrolessly, by atomic layer deposition (ALD), or by chemical vapor deposition (CVD), for example. In one embodiment, the present method is utilized to fabricate a semiconductor wafer. In one embodiment, the metal lines comprise copper lines, while the conductive capping layer may comprise tantalum or cobalt. The present method enables deposition of a capping layer having high electromigration resistance.
US08592310B2
In methods of manufacturing a semiconductor device, a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface is prepared. A sacrificial layer pattern is formed in a region of the substrate that a through electrode will be formed. The sacrificial layer pattern extends from the first surface of the substrate in a thickness direction of the substrate. An upper wiring layer is formed on the first surface of the substrate. The upper wiring layer includes a wiring on the sacrificial layer pattern. The second surface of the substrate is partially removed to expose the sacrificial layer pattern. The sacrificial layer pattern is removed from the second surface of the substrate to form an opening that exposes the wiring. A through electrode is formed in the opening to be electrically connected to the wiring.
US08592307B2
A multi-layer TiN film with reduced tensile stress and discontinuous grain structure, and a method of fabricating the TiN film are disclosed. The TiN layers are formed by PVD or IMP in a nitrogen plasma. Tensile stress in a center layer of the film is reduced by increasing N2 gas flow to the nitrogen plasma, resulting in a Ti:N stoichiometry between 1:2.1 to 1:2.3. TiN films thicker than 40 nanometers without cracks are attained by the disclosed process.
US08592295B2
Non-planar semiconductor devices are provided that include at least one semiconductor nanowire suspended above a semiconductor oxide layer that is present on a first portion of a bulk semiconductor substrate. An end segment of the at least one semiconductor nanowire is attached to a first semiconductor pad region and another end segment of the at least one semiconductor nanowire is attached to a second semiconductor pad region. The first and second pad regions are located above and are in direct contact with a second portion of the bulk semiconductor substrate which is vertically offsets from the first portion. The structure further includes a gate surrounding a central portion of the at least one semiconductor nanowire, a source region located on a first side of the gate, and a drain region located on a second side of the gate which is opposite the first side of the gate.
US08592294B2
Methods are provided herein for forming metal oxide thin films by atomic layer deposition. The metal oxide thin films can be deposited at high temperatures such that the thin film is crystalline as deposited. The metal oxide thin films can be used, for example, as dielectric oxides in transistors, flash devices, capacitors, integrated circuits, and other semiconductor applications.
US08592290B1
A method for making dual-epi FinFETs is described. The method includes adding a first epitaxial material to an array of fins. The method also includes covering at least a first portion of the array of fins using a first masking material and removing the first epitaxial material from an uncovered portion of the array of fins. Adding a second epitaxial material to the fins in the uncovered portion of the array of fins is included in the method. The method also includes covering a second portion of the array of fins using a second masking material and performing a directional etch using the first masking material and the second masking material. Apparatus and computer program products are also described.
US08592276B2
The present invention discloses a fabrication method of a vertical silicon nanowire field effect transistor having a low parasitic resistance, which relates to a field of an ultra-large-integrated-circuit fabrication technology. As compared with a conventional planar field effect transistor, on one hand the vertical silicon nanowire field effect transistor fabricated by the present invention can provide a good ability for suppressing a short channel effect due to the excellent gate control ability caused by the one-dimensional structure, and reduce a leakage current and a drain-induced barrier lowering (DIBL). On the other hand, an area of the transistor is further reduced and an integration degree of an IC system is increased.
US08592274B2
A lateral double-diffused metal-oxide-semiconductor (LDMOS) transistor device includes an enhancement implant region formed in a portion of an accumulation region proximate a P-N junction between body and drift drain regions. The enhancement implant region contains additional dopants of the same conductivity type as the drift drain region. There is a gap between the enhancement implant region and the P-N junction. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
US08592259B2
There are disclosed herein various implementations of improved wafer level semiconductor packages. One exemplary implementation comprises forming a post-fabrication redistribution layer (post-Fab RDL) between first and second dielectric layers affixed over a surface of a wafer, and forming a window for receiving an electrical contact body in the second dielectric layer, the window exposing the post-Fab RDL. At least one of the first and second dielectric layers is a pre-formed dielectric layer, which may be affixed over the surface of the wafer using a lamination process. In one implementation, the window is formed using a direct laser ablation process.
US08592255B1
A method includes providing a handle wafer having first and second sides. A first oxide layer covers the first side, a second oxide layer covers the second side, a first silicon layer covers the first oxide layer, and a second silicon layer covers the second oxide layer. A portion of the first silicon layer and the first oxide layer is etched to create an exposed portion of the first side. A portion of the second silicon layer and the second oxide layer is etched to create an exposed portion of the second side. A first conductive layer is deposited on the exposed portion of the first side such that it contacts the handle wafer, first oxide layer, and first silicon layer. A second conductive layer is deposited on the exposed portion of the second side such that it contacts the handle wafer, second oxide layer, and second silicon layer.
US08592254B2
Microelectronic devices with improved heat dissipation, methods of making microelectronic devices, and methods of cooling microelectronic devices are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the microelectronic device includes a microelectronic substrate having a first surface, a second surface facing opposite from the first surface, and a plurality of active devices at least proximate to the first surface. The second surface has a plurality of heat transfer surface features that increase the surface area of the second surface. In another embodiment, an enclosure having a heat sink and a single or multi-phase thermal conductor can be positioned adjacent to the second surface to transfer heat from the active devices.
US08592246B2
Methods of manufacturing a solar cell module are provided. The method may include forming lower electrodes on a substrate, forming a light absorption layer on the lower electrodes and the substrate, patterning the light absorption layer to form a trench exposing the lower electrodes, and forming window electrodes using a conductive film. The conductive film extends from a top surface of the light absorption layer to a bottom of the trench along one-sidewall of the trench and is divided at another-sidewall of the trench.
US08592240B2
Provided is a method for manufacturing a semiconductor light-emitting element having a narrow wavelength distribution and comprising a substrate and a group III compound semiconductor layer formed thereon, the substrate being made of a material different from the compound semiconductor constituting the semiconductor layer. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor light-emitting element having a group III compound semiconductor layer is characterized by comprising a semiconductor layer-forming step wherein a group III compound semiconductor layer having a total thickness of not less than 8 μm is formed on a substrate (11) having a diameter D, a thickness and an amount of warpage H within the range of ±30 μm. The method is also characterized in that the diameter D and the thickness d of the substrate (11) satisfy the following formula (1): 0.7×102≦(D/d)≦1.5×102 (1).
US08592237B2
A method for manufacturing a thin film transistor substrate including forming bus lines by etching a surface of a substrate to form bus line patterns and filling the bus line patterns with a bus line metal; forming a semiconductor channel layer at one portion of a pixel area defined by the bus lines; and forming source-drain electrodes on the semiconductor channel layer, a pixel electrode extending from the drain electrode within the pixel area, and a common electrode parallel with the pixel electrode. The bus lines are formed as being thicker but the bus lines are buried in the substrate so that the line resistance can be reduced and the step difference due to the thickness of bus line does not affect the device.
US08592236B2
A method for manufacturing an optically pumped surface-emitting semiconductor laser device, wherein a surface-emitting semiconductor laser layer sequence having a quantum confinement structure is applied onto a common substrate. The surface-emitting semiconductor laser layer sequence outside an intended laser region is removed and a region is exposed. An edge-emitting semiconductor layer sequence is applied onto the exposed region over the common substrate, wherein the exposed region is exposed via the removing step, and the exposed region is suitable for transmitting pump radiation into the quantum confinement structure. A current injection path is then formed in the edge-emitting semiconductor layer sequence.
US08592226B2
The present invention relates to biosensors, in particular to surface-enhanced Raman biosensors for detection of in vivo and ex vivo analytes. In particular, the present invention provides compositions and methods for the in vivo detection of analytes such as glucose.
US08592214B2
Disclosed herein are systems for monitoring chemical reactions. The systems can comprise a lighting device, a camera device for obtaining an image of the chemical reaction mixtures and an analyzer program to process data obtained from the image. Also disclosed are methods of monitoring the progress of chemical reactions using these systems.
US08592209B2
The invention provides compositions and methods for preparing and characterizing multipotential mesenchymal stem cell aggregates. The invention further provides methods for using stem cell aggregates of the invention.
US08592206B2
A 3D organotypic culture which phenocopies aggressive, invasive cancer and methods of use thereof are provided.
US08592204B2
Microorganisms such as microalgae are collected and separated from a host medium such as water. Cellular walls and membranes of the microorganisms are then ruptured to release their lipids using a lipid extraction unit. Thereafter, the lipids from the host medium are collected and separated using a lipid collection and separation unit. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.
US08592201B2
Devices and methods for delivering a therapeutic agent produced via a genetically-altered chondrocyte are provided. More specifically, the device includes a housing which defines a cell chamber configured to retain a large volume of chondrocytes while selectively releasing therapeutic agents produced via these entrapped cells. In an exemplary embodiment, the cell chamber can be configured such that a portion of cells can be positioned at least about 1.5 mm from an external wall of the device (i.e., about 1.5 mm away from an external nutrient supply). For example, the cell chamber can have a tubular configuration having a length and a diameter wherein each of these dimensions is at least about 3 mm (thereby the central core to the chamber is at least about 1.5 mm from the outer wall of the device).
US08592200B2
The present invention concerns compositions and methods of extracting infectious pathogens from a volume of blood. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of creating a fibrin aggregate confining the pathogens and introducing a fibrin lysis reagent to expose the pathogens for analysis. The present invention also concerns materials and methods for removing aurintricarboxylic acid (ATA) from a sample.
US08592187B2
The invention relates to mutants and alleles of the oxyR gene of coryneform bacteria coding for variants of the OxyR transcription regulator and processes for producing amino acids using bacteria which comprise these alleles.
US08592180B2
This application relates to the functional identification and characterization of a nucleic acid molecule encoding a triterpene synthase, in particular botryococcene synthase. Also described are host cells comprising the nucleic acid molecules of this invention, proteins encoded by the nucleic acid molecules and methods for using the nucleic acid molecules, transformed hosts and encoded proteins to produce high levels of triterpene hydrocarbons.
US08592173B2
Methods for cancer diagnosis, making decisions on appropriate cancer treatment, awareness of a predisposition to cancer and potential cancer prevention, and monitoring of cancer therapy by measuring the activity of PMPMEase.
US08592172B2
The invention provides methods that employ derivatives of 2-cyano-6-hydroxy- or 2-cyano-6-amino-benzothiazole, for example, in a bioluminogenic reaction. The invention further provides methods for detecting or determining the presence of molecules and/or enzymes, the modulator activity of such molecules, and/or the activity of such enzymes. The methods are adaptable to high-throughput format.
US08592169B2
The invention relates to tumor marker proteins and their preparation from fluids from one or more cancer patients, wherein said fluids are those which collect in a body cavity or space which is naturally occurring or which is the result of cancer or medical intervention for cancer. The invention also relates to preparation of tumor marker proteins from excretions taken from patients with cancer. The tumor marker proteins are useful as immunoassay reagents in the detection of cancer-associated anti-tumor marker autoantibodies.
US08592167B2
An enzyme detection device (1) for detecting the presence, in a sample, of an enzyme capable of modifying a provided substrate (10). The device (1) comprises a substrate which has a modification region (14) that is sensitive to modification by the enzyme from an unmodified state to a modified state. The device (1) further comprises a substrate recognition molecule (16) which binds the modification region (14) in either the modified or the unmodified state. The modification region 14 of the substrate is preferentially bound by the substrate recognition molecule (16) as compared with the enzyme when mixed. The device further comprises a detectable label (18) coupled to the substrate recognition molecule (17).
US08592161B2
The present invention is directed to the field of nucleic acid diagnostics and the identification of base variation in target nucleic acid sequences. More particularly, the present invention relates to the use of such genotypic characterization of a target population of HIV and the subsequent association, i.e., correlation, of this information to phenotypic interpretation in order to correlate virus mutational profiles with drug resistance. The invention also relates to methods of utilizing the mutational profiles of the invention in drug development, i.e., drug discovery, drug design, drug modification, and therapy, treatment design, clinical management and diagnostic analysis.
US08592155B2
Methods and compositions for staining based upon nucleic acid sequence that employ nucleic acid probes are provided. Said methods produce staining patterns that can be tailored for specific cytogenetic analyzes. Said probes are appropriate for in situ hybridization and stain both interphase and metaphase chromosomal material with reliable signals. The nucleic acid probes are typically of a complexity greater than 50 kb, the complexity depending upon the cytogenetic application. Methods and reagents are provided for the detection of genetic rearrangements. Probes and test kits are provided for use in detecting genetic rearrangements, particularly for use in tumor cytogenetics, in the detection of disease related loci, specifically cancer, such as chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) and for biological dosimetry. Methods and reagents are described for cytogenetic research, for the differentiation of cytogenetically similar but genetically different diseases, and for many prognostic and diagnostic applications.
US08592154B2
Methods and apparatus relating to FET arrays for monitoring chemical and/or biological reactions such as nucleic acid sequencing-by-synthesis reactions. Some methods provided herein relate to improving signal (and also signal to noise ratio) from released hydrogen ions during nucleic acid sequencing reactions.
US08592148B2
The present invention provides novel compositions, methods and apparatus for DNA sequencing that can be performed, e.g., in a two-electrode chamber. The present invention also provides a method for sequencing a nucleic acid comprising immobilizing a plurality of complexes comprising a target nucleic acid, a primer nucleic acid, and a polymerase onto a surface, contacting the surface with a plurality of charged particles comprising a nucleotide phosphate by applying an electric field, reversing the electric field to transport unbound charged particles away from the surface, and detecting the incorporation of a nucleotide phosphate into a single molecule of the primer nucleic acid.
US08592142B2
Methods for analyzing, selecting, characterizing or classifying compositions of a co-polymer, e.g., glatiramer acetate are described. The methods entail analysis of pyro-glutamate in the composition, and, in some methods, comparing the amount of pyro-glutamate present in a composition to a reference standard.
US08592140B2
Provided herein are processes for detecting oligosaccharides in a biological sample. In specific instances, the biological sample is provided from an individual suffering from a disorder associated with abnormal glycosaminoglycan accumulation.
US08592136B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for forming a plurality of encoded microparticles with a printing process to define a code for identifying the microparticles. In some embodiments the printing process includes printing steps performed with photolithography.
US08592132B2
A resist composition includes (A1) a resin having a structural unit represented by the formula (I), (A2) a resin being insoluble or poorly soluble in alkali aqueous solution, but becoming soluble in an alkali aqueous solution by the action of an acid and (B) an acid generator having an acid-labile group. wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; A1 represents a C1 to C6 alkanediyl group; R2 represents a C1 to C10 hydrocarbon group having a fluorine atom.
US08592128B2
An actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition includes: (A) a compound capable of generating an acid upon irradiation with an actinic ray or radiation; (B) a resin capable of increasing a dissolution rate of the resin (B) in an alkali developer by an action of an acid, the resin (B) containing a specific repeating unit having a lactone structure; and (D) a low molecular compound having a group capable of leaving by an action of an acid, and a pattern forming method uses the composition.
US08592110B2
A plurality of reticles for printing structures in the same lithography level includes an alignment structure pattern within a same relative location in each reticle. Each set of process segmentations in a grating has a reticle segmentation pitch, which is common across all gratings in the plurality of reticles. Within each pair of alignment structure patterns that occupy the same relative location in any two of the plurality of reticles, the process segmentations in one reticle are shifted relative to the process segmentations in the other reticle by a fraction of a reticle segmentation pitch. After printing all patterns in the plurality of reticles, a composite printed process segmentation structure on the substrate includes printed segmentation structures that are spaced by 1/n times the printed segmentation pitch. The pattern for the next level can be aligned to the composite printed process segmentation structure in a single alignment operation.
US08592108B2
In the field of semiconductor device production, a method and system for fracturing or mask data preparation or optical proximity correction are disclosed, in which a target maximum dosage for a surface is input, and where a plurality of variable shaped beam (VSB) shots is determined that will form a pattern on the surface, where at least two of the shots partially overlap, and where the plurality of shots are determined so that the maximum dosage produced on the surface is less than the target dosage. A similar method is disclosed for manufacturing an integrated circuit.
US08592107B2
Provided is an apparatus that includes an overlay mark. The overlay mark includes a first portion that includes a plurality of first features. Each of the first features have a first dimension measured in a first direction and a second dimension measured in a second direction that is approximately perpendicular to the first direction. The second dimension is greater than the first dimension. The overlay mark also includes a second portion that includes a plurality of second features. Each of the second features have a third dimension measured in the first direction and a fourth dimension measured in the second direction. The fourth dimension is less than the third dimension. At least one of the second features is partially surrounded by the plurality of first features in both the first and second directions.
US08592104B2
A mask for forming patterns of a semiconductor device is provided. The mask includes first and second main patterns disposed to be spaced apart from each other about a cross point and extending in first and second directions different from each other, a third main pattern disposed spaced apart from the first and second main patterns while being disposed between the first and second main patterns so as to overlap the cross point, and at least one auxiliary pattern spaced apart from the third main pattern in the periphery of a portion of the third main pattern, which is not adjacent with the first and second main patterns.
US08592095B2
A high molecular nanocomposite membrane for a Direct Methanol Fuel Cell (DMFC), and a Membrane-Electrode Assembly (MEA) and a methanol fuel cell including the same membrane. The high molecular nanocomposite membrane for a DMFC includes a perflurorosulfonic acid polymer (Nation®), high molecular membrane in which hydrophobic silica nanoparticles made from a silane compound having a water repellent functional group are dispersed. Since the high molecular nanocomposite membrane for a DMFC has lower permeability of methanol than a commercially available Nation® high molecular membrane, the MEA fabricated using the high molecular nanocomposite membrane has little crossover of reaction fuel at the negative electrode. In addition, the methanol fuel electrode fabricated using the MEA that includes the high molecular nanocomposite membrane can decrease fuel loss and voltage loss.
US08592094B2
The present invention relates to a membrane electrochemical generator (100) characterized by improved electrical insulation and reduced volume. The membrane electrochemical generator (100) is fed with gaseous reactants and comprises a multiplicity of reaction cells (101) assembled in a filter-press configuration. Each of said reaction cells (101) is delimited by a pair of bipolar sheets (102), formed by a metallic central body (110) integrated in a frame (111) made of polymeric material. The polymeric material may be of the thermoplastic or thermosetting type and the frame (111) is laid on the metallic central body (110) by molding.
US08592087B2
A negative active material, an electrode including the same, and a lithium battery including the electrode. The negative active material has no volumetric expansion and has high solubility with respect to lithium. In addition, the negative active material is in the form of spherical particles, and thus does not require a separate granulating process. Moreover, the negative active material may enhance the capacity of a lithium battery.
US08592085B2
The present invention relates to nickel-cobalt-manganese-based compound particles which have a volume-based average secondary particle diameter (D50) of 3.0 to 25.0 μm, wherein the volume-based average secondary particle diameter (D50) and a half value width (W) of the peak in volume-based particle size distribution of secondary particles thereof satisfy the relational formula: W≦0.4×D50, and can be produced by dropping a metal salt-containing solution and an alkali solution to an alkali solution at the same time, followed by subjecting the obtained reaction solution to neutralization and precipitation reaction. The nickel-cobalt-manganese-based compound particles according to the present invention have a uniform particle size, a less content of very fine particles, a high crystallinity and a large primary particle diameter, and therefore are useful as a precursor of a positive electrode active substance used in a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery.
US08592082B2
A secondary battery includes an electrode assembly, which has improved safety by reducing a density of an active material centrally positioned in the electrode assembly. In the secondary battery, an electrode assembly includes a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate and a separator between the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate, the first electrode plate including a first electrode current collector and a first active material layer on the first electrode current collector, the first active material layer including a first active material, a binder and a conductive agent, and a portion of the first active material layer at a central portion of the electrode assembly including the first active material at a lower density than a density of the first active material at a portion of the first active material layer at a peripheral portion of the electrode assembly.
US08592080B2
A secondary battery including an electrode assembly, a can accommodating the electrode assembly, a cap plate coupled to the can, an electrolyte injection unit including an injection hole penetrating the cap plate and an injection ring protruding from the injection hole, and a stopper to seal the electrolyte injection unit.
US08592078B2
A lithium ion battery including a lithium ion battery core, a cylindrical aluminum shell, a positive guide needle of the anode, a negative guide needle of the cathode, a rubber seal having a circular recess in the outside of the side wall, and a sealing band. The battery core is arranged within the shell. The positive and negative guide needles are led out from under the seal. The battery core together with the rubber seal is sealed in the shell via the sealing band which is molded from an insulated moldable material by rolling. The sealing band is applied only to the top portion of the shell, the side wall of the seal, and the edge of the top wall of the seal. The bottom wall of the shell is provided with a pressure relief valve.
US08592073B2
A flat-plate battery is provided in the present invention. The flat-plate battery includes a negative-electrode layer, a first separator, a chlorophyll layer, a second separator, a positive-electrode layer, an upper plate and a lower plate. The negative-electrode layer, the first separator, the chlorophyll layer, the second separator and the positive-electrode layer are stacked together in sequence, and then are sandwiched between the upper plate and the lower plate. The flat-plate battery of the present invention can store hydrogen by the chlorophyll of the chlorophyll layer to generate electricity. Thus, the manufacturing process of the flat-plate battery is simple and economical, and only natural and non-toxic substances are used. Unlike the manufacturing process of conventional batteries, the manufacturing process of the flat-plate battery of the present invention will not cause environmental pollution even when the battery is discarded after use.
US08592071B2
A laminated porous film having at least two porous layers layered one upon another. One porous layer consists of a resin layer containing a polypropylene resin. The other layer is a heat-resistant layer consisting of a resin composition whose crystal fusion peak temperature is higher than that of the resin composition of the layer containing the polypropylene resin. The laminated porous film has a β activity and/or a β crystal generation power.
US08592070B2
A lithium rechargeable battery including a cathode, an anode, a separator for separating the cathode from the anode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte is provided. Each of the cathode and the anode includes an electrode collector and an electrode active material layer formed on the electrode collector. The separator comprises a porous membrane including a ceramic material and a binder. The peel strength of the electrode active material layer to the electrode collector is greater than the peel strength of the porous membrane to the electrode collector. Particularly, the peel strength of the active material layer to the electrode collector is 2 gf/mm or higher when measured before battery assembly, and the peel strength of the porous membrane to the electrode collector is 0.2 gf/mm or higher when measured before battery assembly.
US08592066B2
A battery assembly that standardizes a protective circuit module to be commonly used for various types of bare cells. The battery assembly includes a bare cell, and an adaptor structure positioned on a first end portion of the bare cell and having a seat in which the protective circuit module is seated. The adaptor structure electrically connects the protective circuit module to the bare cell. The protective circuit module has a standardized shape operationally connectable to various types of bare cells.
US08592064B2
An intelligent multifunctional accumulator includes a multi-pin intelligent controller, a signal emitter, a buzzer, a sensor and an accumulator with an enclosure with two layers. All the aforementioned devices are assembled inside the cavity on the back side of the top cover. Two positive terminals are set on the top surface of the accumulator enclosure. The two positive terminals can separately control the power of the engine and other electric appliances by a chip and two relays to attain an anti-theft function. The intelligent controller can be automatically locked after it is inserted into a controller box on the back side of the top cover, and cannot be taken out without the password signal of a car owner. The sensor can automatically detect the inner state of the accumulator, and the information of the state can be displayed by an LCD or sent out by using voice prompts.
US08592059B2
A plasma display panel (PDP) includes a frameless EMI filter supported by a glass substrate for blocking/shielding substantial amounts of electromagnetic waves, with the filter being supported by a side of the substrate opposite a viewer. In certain example embodiments, the PDP filter includes a transparent conductive coating (TCC) for electromagnetic interference (EMI) and near infrared (NIR) blocking without the need for a conductive, peripheral buss bar. Additionally, in certain example embodiments, the need for a conductive frame is reduced or eliminated. The filter has high visible transmission, and is capable of blocking/shielding electromagnetic waves.
US08592054B2
A thiophene derivative, which has a chemical structure of formula (1): wherein, X is a substituted or non-substituted C6-C20 aromatic or C1-C20 aliphatic group; R1 and R2 are independently H, a C1-C10 linear, branched, or cyclic aliphatic group, or connected with the carbon atoms of formula (1) to form a first heterocyclic ring; R3 and R4 are independently H, a C1-C10 linear, branched, or cyclic aliphatic group, or connected with the carbon atoms of formula (1) to form a second heterocyclic ring; and b is an integer ranging from 1 to 10, with a proviso that X is not when all of R1, R2, R3 and R4 are H.
US08592043B2
Disclosed herein is a component comprising a substantially homogeneous composition of at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of epoxies, acetals, polyesters, non-ionic rubbers, non-ionic polyurethanes, polyether sulfones, polyether ether ketones, polyether imides, polystyrenes, polyethylene terephthalates, polyamides, polyimides, polyvinylchlorides, polyphenylene oxides, polycarbonates, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene terpolymers, silicones, fluropolymers, and polyolefins, a filler, and a metal plating catalyst. A method of making a component also is described comprising obtaining a polymeric material, a liquid, a filler and a metal plating catalyst; combining the metal plating catalyst with the polymeric material, liquid, and filler to form a substantially homogeneous mixture; and evaporating and/or curing the mixture to form a solidified component. The method is useful for making small, precisely engineered, electronic components without requiring the use of caustic solutions or complex equipment.
US08592036B2
Nano-constructs comprising nanoshells and methods of using the nano-constructs for treating or ameliorating a medical condition are provided.
US08592035B2
To provide a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition for a removable pressure-sensitive adhesive tape which can be, after attaching to an adherend, easily removed from the adherend by stretching the pressure-sensitive adhesive tape and does not cause adhesive transfer on the adherend or damage of the adherend. A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition comprises a cohesive component comprising a styrene-based block copolymer, and a basic component.
US08592031B2
A coated article is described. The coated article includes a metal substrate and a hard coating formed on the substrate. The hard coating is a chromium nitride-silicon nitride compound layer. A method for applying the hard coating to the metal substrate is also described.
US08592022B2
A device for bridging a gap may be provided. The device may comprise a piece of material having a rectangular shape and that is of a size to cover at least a portion of a gap between a washer and a dryer, and a pair of magnets attached to the piece of material near opposite ends of the piece of material.
US08592020B2
To achieve further weight reduction and thinning of a seat structure. A configuration in which a side frame cover 212 composed of a laminated body 1 provided with a planar member made of cloth and planar members made of synthetic resin laminated on both sides of the planar member made of cloth via adhesive agent and formed in a predetermined shape is joined to a side frame base body 211 composed of a metal member is obtained. Therefore, the thickness of the metal member used can be reduced by an amount corresponding to a strength the laminated body compensates for, which results in achievement of further weight reduction from a conventional structural member composed of only metal members that are used at the same site. Further, when an impact force is applied, the impact force can be consumed as a force that causes delamination of the laminated body from the metal member at a portion where they are joined via the adhesive agent.
US08592016B2
Provided are high temperature food preparation films, bags made from the films, as well as methods for fabricating such bags. The high temperature food preparation films are composed of a blended monolayer thermoplastic elastomer film comprising a polyamide and a polyester elastomer. The polyamides include nylon-6, nylon-6,6, copolymers of nylon-6, copolymers of nylon-6,6, and combinations thereof. Bags made from such films are used in high temperature cooking applications of up to about 425° F.
US08592004B2
A film deposition method deposits a film on a surface of a substrate in strip form traveling on a peripheral surface of a cylindrical drum in at least one film deposition compartment around the peripheral surface of the drum. The method disposes previously a differential compartment between one film deposition compartment and a compartment including a wrapping space containing at least one of a first position at which the substrate starts to travel on the drum and a second position at which the substrate separates from the drum, the differential compartments communicating with the compartment including the wrapping space and the film deposition compartment, sets a first pressure of the wrapping space lower than a second pressure of the at least one film deposition compartment and performs film deposition in the film deposition compartment with electric power supplied to the drum.
US08592003B2
The present invention relates to a method for the preparation of a novel hybrid electrochromic coating material with superior performance in terms of transparency, electrochromic contrast, coloration efficiency, and adhesion, for a use in electrochromic devices for applications where a high transparency is required in the bleached state.
US08591997B2
A processes for preparing structured organic film (SOF) comprising a plurality of segments and a plurality of linkers arranged as a covalent organic framework, wherein the structured organic film may be a multi-segment thick structured organic film.
US08591995B2
There are provided a golf ball having a paint coating that is prevented from being unevenly distributed over the ball surface, and a method and apparatus for manufacturing the golf ball. The method for manufacturing the golf ball comprises the steps of coating the surface of the golf ball with paint in a painting section; transferring the coated golf ball from the painting section to a drying section; and drying the coated golf ball in the drying section. The transferring step comprises attaching the coated golf ball to a moving unit by suction in the painting section; moving the moving unit to which the golf ball is attached by suction from the painting section to the drying section; and blowing gas to the golf ball toward the direction opposite to the suction direction for attaching the golf ball to release the golf ball from the moving unit in the drying section.
US08591992B2
The invention relates to a method for forming a protective coating against high-temperature oxidation on a surface of a refractory composite material based on silicon and niobium, wherein chromium present on the surface to be protected is reacted with a reactive gas which contains silicon and oxygen in order to produce a composite coating having two phases, a first phase of which is an oxide phase based on silica which has viscoplastic properties and a second phase of which is based on silicon, chromium and oxygen, and wherein the first phase and second phase are coalesced at high temperature, which allows a protective coating to be formed in which the second phase acts as a reservoir to reform, during operation, the first phase by means of reaction with an oxidising gas. The invention is preferably used in the field of aeronautical engines.
US08591980B2
The invention provides a process for producing a low calorie composite sweetener as a sugar alternative. The invention further provides a low calorie composite sweetener that can be used in many products. The low calorie composite sweetener is useful as non-caloric sweeteners in edible and chewable compositions such as any beverages, confectionaries, bakeries, cookies, chewing gums, and alike.
US08591979B2
A food ingredient delivery system for delivering food ingredients during manufacture of a food product comprising a multi-phase emulsion including a pumpable oil1 within water or aqueous solution within oil2 emulsion wherein the oil1 comprises solid milk derived fat droplets sequestered in an aqueous phase with the aqueous phase being dispersed in the oil2, the oil2 comprising a liquid, continuous vegetable based fat matrix.
US08591972B2
A delivery system for inclusion in an edible composition is formulated to have at least one active component with an encapsulating material for delivering the active component when the active component is included in an edible composition and the edible composition is consumed.
US08591970B2
Producing soluble oat or barley flour by using enzymes to precondition whole oat or barley flour prior to an extrusion (continuous cooking) process.
US08591967B2
The invention relates to a chewing gum comprising at least one biodegradable polymer, wherein the molecular weight of said polymer is at least 105000 g/mol (Mn). According to the invention, it has moreover been realized that this problem may be effectively dealt with by increasing the molecular weight of at least one of the biodegradable polymers in the chewing gum when compared to conventional chewing gum polymers and thereby increasing the robustness of the chewing gum with respect to softeners, emulsifiers and e.g. flavor.
US08591965B2
The use of Ginkgo complexed with phosphatidylserine for the manufacture of a medicament or a dietary supplement for the enhancement of cognitive function and alleviation of mental fatigue, i.e. to improve the speed of memory and memory quality, to increase accuracy and attention in activities in normal healthy subjects, to prevent deterioration of the speed and quality of memory in people with decreased cognitive functions, to counteract cognitive fatigue, and also having an influence on the mood, particularly in healthy children, young adults, middle-aged and/or old people. It is further provided the use of the Ginkgo-phosphatidylserine complex for the treatment and prevention of disease related with decreased cognitive function and increased mental fatigue such as Dementia, and Alzheimer's Disease.
US08591964B2
This invention relates to novel compositions comprising as an active ingredient one or more berries, leaves, roots, and/or root barks obtained from one or more plant species of the genus Vaccinium, wherein said plant(s) is/are grown under the following conditions: a. Subject to one or more uninterrupted photoperiod(s) of at least about 18 hours to 24 hours per day for about 60 days during flowering and fruit setting; and; b. Subject to one or more uninterrupted photoperiod(s) of at least about 15 hours per day for about 30 days during fruit ripening and maturity. More particularly, said plant(s) is/are optionally grown at least 7 days past maturity. Further, the compositions of the inventive subject matter optionally may include an additional element comprising an oil from Oncorhynchus species. Further, said compositions may be employed to treat a variety of diseases, disorders, and conditions, as described herein.
US08591963B2
A pet odor eliminator solution includes a concentrated mixture, water for diluting purpose, and organic orange extract. The concentrated mixture includes para chloro meta xylenol (PCMX), isopropanol, potassium ricolineate, terpineol, and water for mixing purpose. One part of the concentrated mixture is mixed with 299 parts of the water for diluting purpose and then 0.05 milliliters of the organic orange extract is added to a gallon of the concentrated mixture and the water for diluting purpose. The pet odor eliminator solution is a non-toxic solution which is used on pets to eliminate odor sources and to sanitize skin and fur areas.
US08591962B2
The present invention relates to a medicinal extract useful for preventing and treating influenza-virus-induced diseases, and to a pharmaceutical composition and health food including same. Derived from natural ingredients, the medicinal extract of the present invention is safe for humans, and can be used to prevent, treat, and alleviate symptoms of diseases induced by various strains of influenza viruses.
US08591958B2
A concentrated and one phase cleaning and disinfecting solution containing a sparingly soluble cyclic carboxylic acid. The solution has a pH of from about 0.05 to about 2, and comprises, consists essentially of, or consists of from about 2% w/w to about 8% w/w hydrogen peroxide; from about 5% w/w to about 20% w/w linear alkyl benzene sulfonic acid; from about 0.5% w/w to about 8% w/w of at least one sparingly soluble (i.e. a solubility in pure water at room temperature of less than 1% w/w) cyclic carboxylic acid, wherein the cyclic carboxylic acid is present in acid and salt form in a ratio of at least 9:1 (acid:salt); from about 2% w/w to about 10% w/w of at least one block copolymer surfactant (e.g. PLURONIC L62); and from about 4% w/w to about 15% w/w of at least one solvent.
US08591947B2
A dosage form that provides a controlled release of at least two different active agents is provided. Particular embodiments include a dosage form that provides therapeutically effective levels of a first active agent and a second active agent in a mammal for an extended period of time following oral administration. An osmotic device containing a bi-layered core is provided. The osmotic device provides a dual controlled release of both drugs from the core. The layers of the core are in stacked, substantially concentric or substantially eccentric arrangement.
US08591941B2
A transdermal drug delivery system for the topical application of one or more active agents contained in one or more polymeric and/or adhesive carrier layers, proximate to a non-drug containing polymeric backing layer which can control the delivery rate and profile of the transdermal drug delivery system by adjusting the moisture vapor transmission rate of the polymeric backing layer.
US08591933B2
The present invention relates to the use of three-dimensional microrod scaffolds for the temporal release of growth factors useful in tissue regeneration, engineering and treatment of disorders.
US08591930B2
Described are tissue graft constructs that include submucosa and other extracellular matrix materials that incorporate a number of exogenous proteins. Further described are methods for making tissue graft constructs that include stripping endogenous heparin binding proteins from a porcine graft material and thereafter binding one or more human growth factors to the native heparin molecules that are retained within the graft material. Such graft materials may be used in methods for the treatment of wounds in patients.
US08591928B2
A pesticide granule is provided that includes a base carrier particle. A liquid pesticide coating is applied to the particle surface. The coating may contain adjuvants. The coating has sufficient tack to adhere a second powdered pesticide to the carrier particle. The usage of tackifying agents to render the particle surface tacky enough to adhere powdered pesticide is reduced or eliminated. The powdered pesticide is sized to a mean diameter of less than 10% of the carrier diameter to promote adhesion. The synergistic rapid acting pesticide delivery associated with the granule results in the usage of less pesticide to control a given pest with reduced environmental impact. Bifenthrin is a representative of the liquid pesticide.
US08591925B2
Provided is a surface-treated powder, in which a powder is treated with a surface-treating agent composed of a mixture A+B including A: an alkyl alkoxy silane of a general formula (1): (CnH2n+1)aSi(OCmH2m+1)b and B: one kind of a compound or two or more kinds of compounds selected from a reactive organo silicone of the following general formula (2): (R13SiO)(R12SiO)p(SiR23) and a C12 to C22 saturated or unsaturated branched fatty acid. In the general formula (1), n is an integer of 1 to 18, m is an integer of 1 to 3, a, b represent an integer of 1 to 3, and a+b=4. In the general formula (2), R1s mutually independently represents a lower alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a hydrogen atom or a hydrogen atom, respectively, R2 is any of an amino group, a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group and a C1-C4 lower alkoxy group, and p is an integer of 1 to 300.
US08591921B2
Methods and compositions for enhancing the ability of hypoxia-activated bioreductive agents to kill tumor cells within solid tumors are provided. Local regions of hypoxia are created within a tumor, or within a region containing a tumor, resulting in enhanced activation of hypoxia-activated bioreductive agents (e.g. tirapazamine) within the local region. The activated hypoxia-activated bioreductive agents kill tumor cells in the hypoxic region by catalyzing DNA stand breakage within the tumor cells. Because the activity is localized, side effects that typically occur as a result of systemic administration of bioreductive agents are reduced.
US08591910B2
The present invention is related to methods and compositions that are capable of immediately immunizing a human or animal against any molecule or compound. The present invention comprises an immunity linker molecule with at least two sites; (1) a first binding site that binds to an immune system molecule in a human or animal that has been preimmunized against the first binding site, and (2) one or more second binding sites that bind specifically to a desired compound or molecule. The first binding site and the second binding site(s) are linked by a linker portion of the molecule.
US08591909B2
Recombinant carrier molecules having amino acid sequences from thermostable enzymes and methods of use for expression, recovery and delivery of foreign sequences (peptides and polypeptides) produced in different systems (bacteria, yeast, DNA, cell cultures such as mammalian, plant, insect cell cultures, protoplast and whole plants in vitro or in vivo are provided. The recombinant carrier molecule using sequences from lichenase B (Lic B) were also made and used as part of carrier protein to express, recover and deliver a variety of target polypeptides of interest.
US08591908B2
The present invention relates to immunogens for treatment of hepatitis B and their preparation and use, and to vaccines or medicaments comprising said immunogens for treatment of hepatitis B and their preparation and use.
US08591907B2
The invention provides hypoallergenic variants of Bet v 2 major allergen from Betula verrucosa plant pollen and the use thereof for the preventive or therapeutic treatment of allergic diseases.
US08591906B2
The present invention concerns gp36 immunoreactive compositions for E. canis and gp 47 immunoreactive compositions for E. chaffeensis. In particular, epitopes for E. canis gp36 and E. chaffeensis gp 47 are disclosed. In certain embodiments, the immunoreactive compositions comprise tandem repeats having carbohydrate moieties.
US08591904B2
A conjugate of a modified randomly branched asymmetric polymer without a core and a member of a binding pair is described. The modified randomly branched asymmetric polymer can contain chain branches, terminal branches or both. The modified randomly branched asymmetric polymer can contain random asymmetric branches or random asymmetric junctions. The binding pair can be an antibody, antigen or a ligand. The conjugate includes a drug.
US08591897B2
The present application describes adjuvant therapy of nonmetastatic breast cancer using HERCEPTIN®.
US08591894B2
A method to treat conditions characterized by formation of amyloid plaques both prophylactically and therapeutically is described. The method employs humanized antibodies which sequester soluble Aβ peptide from human biological fluids or which preferably specifically bind an epitope contained within position 13-28 of the amyloid beta peptide Aβ.
US08591893B2
The amino acid sequences of paratope regions involved in internalizing function of an anti-mortalin antibody into tumor cells were determined for the L-chain and H-chain variable regions of cellular internalizing anti-mortalin antibodies and non-internalizing anti-mortalin antibodies. Cancer-cell-specific drug delivery is provided by using the mortalin-binding activity of a single-chain antibody (scFv) wherein L-chain and H-chain variable regions both having the paratope region are linked together via a peptide linker. Also, the sequence of 6 amino acids of an epitope to be recognized by an anti-mortalin antibody having the internalizing function was determined. With the use of an expression vector comprising a nucleic acid that encodes the epitope, an agent for accelerating internalization of a mortalin antibody, a drug bound thereto, and the like into cancer cells is provided.
US08591881B2
Described herein are chimeric Newcastle disease viruses engineered to express a heterologous interferon antagonist and compositions comprising such viruses. The chimeric Newcastle disease viruses and compositions are useful in the treatment of cancer.
US08591878B2
A class of macrocyclic compounds of formula (I), wherein R1, R3, R4, Ra, Rb, A, B, Z, M, W and n are defined herein, that are useful as inhibitors of viral proteases, particularly the hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS3 protease, are provided. Also provided are processes for the synthesis and use of such macrocyclic compounds for treating or preventing HCV infection.
US08591875B2
Novel biodegradable phosphoester polyamines are disclosed. The biodegradable phosphoester polyamines may be utilized as cross-linkers for sprayable compositions which may be used as tissue adhesives or sealants.
US08591867B2
An oral preparation of the present invention contains a multi-composition system including a calcium ion supplying compound; a fluoride ion supplying compound a polyolphosphate ion supplying compound; and, a monofluorophosphate ion supplying compound, wherein the calcium ion supplying compound and the fluoride ion supplying compound are separated within the oral preparation.
US08591861B2
A production process includes combining a first feed stream and a second feed stream to produce, in a pre-reforming reactor, a first product stream comprising CH4 and H2O; wherein the first feed stream contains a mixture of H2 and at least one selected from the group consisting of hydrocarbons having two or more carbon atoms and alcohols having two or more carbon atoms, and the mixture has a hydrogen stoichiometric ratio (λ) of at least 0.1, and the second feed stream contains steam; feeding the first product stream into a reforming reactor; and reacting the first product stream in the reforming reactor to produce a second product stream containing CO and H2; and a catalyst for use in the process. Conversion of the second product stream to synthetic crude, methanol, higher alcohols, and/or DME may also be undertaken. Yet further conversion of a synthetic crude to lubricants, diesel and the like, and/or the alcohols/DME to gasoline, olefins, and/or other oxygenates may also be included.
US08591859B2
The invention is directed to carbon fibers having high tensile strength and modulus of elasticity. The invention also provides a method and apparatus for making the carbon fibers. The method comprises advancing a precursor fiber through an oxidation oven wherein the fiber is subjected to controlled stretching in an oxidizing atmosphere in which tension loads are distributed amongst a plurality of passes through the oxidation oven, which permits higher cumulative stretches to be achieved. The method also includes subjecting the fiber to controlled stretching in two or more of the passes that is sufficient to cause the fiber to undergo one or more transitions in each of the two or more passes. The invention is also directed to an oxidation oven having a plurality of cooperating drive rolls in series that can be driven independently of each other so that the amount of stretch applied to the oven in each of the plurality of passes can be independently controlled.
US08591851B2
Methods and apparatuses are provided for casting silicon for photovoltaic cells and other applications. With these methods, an ingot can be grown that is low in carbon and whose crystal growth is controlled to increase the cross-sectional area of seeded material during casting.
US08591839B2
A sensor module (38, 40, 42) for a tissue processor (20) has a thermal sensor (66) for measuring a temperature of a container (30, 32, 34) of the tissue processor (20), and further has a position sensor for detecting a working position of the container (30, 32, 34).
US08591837B2
Method for the injection-molding production of a magazine having a plurality of chambers, separated by partition walls, including an outer wall formed by an outer wall of the magazine. The method uses a casting mold having an outer wall channel corresponding to the outer wall of the magazine, and partition wall channels corresponding to the partition walls, and a gate opening. A plurality of partition wall channels extend from the gate opening to the outer wall channel. The method comprises injecting a plastic compound into the gate opening. The plastic compound flows from the gate point to the partition wall channels into the outer wall channel. The plastic compound streams have a differing flow speed in alternating partition wall channels so a joint line, which is aligned with a partition wall channel, forms on the outer side of the outer wall channel.
US08591836B2
A cover for a biological sample well tray, comprising a cap for sealing a sample well. The cap comprises a well lens for focusing light into the sample well and collecting light from the sample. In another aspect, the cap comprises an elongate portion configured to permit incoming light to pass into the sample well and out of the sample well. Various other aspects comprise a microcard for biological material, and an apparatus for a plurality of sample well strips. A method for testing a biological sample is also provided.
US08591835B2
One or more embodiments of the invention are directed to sample tubes comprising a cylindrical elongate tube having a gripping section with at least one discontinuity extending radially about the outside surface of the elongate tube. Methods of making sample tubes and their use in sample handlers are also described.
US08591825B2
An extraction apparatus capable of continuously and efficiently extracting a biological substance is provided. Multiple rotation discs are utilized in the extraction apparatus to significantly improve the efficiency of extracting the biological substance by using an extraction solvent. Specifically, when the extraction solvent is applied to extract lipids from microalgae, retention time of the microalgae in the extraction solvent can be significantly increased, and solubility of the microalgal lipids in the extraction solvent can be improved. Hence, the efficiency of extracting the lipids from the microalgae by using the extraction solvent can be enhanced. On the other hand, owing to the improvement of the efficiency of extracting the lipids from the microalgae, the amount of the extraction solvent can be reduced, and production costs can be reduced as well.
US08591823B2
A system for treating an air stream exhausted from a firing kiln utilized to heat a ceramic substrates includes an outlet assembly and a thermal oxidizer. The outlet assembly may be in fluid communication with the firing kiln, and may be operational to receive an exhaust gas stream and a waste heat stream from the firing kiln. A temperature of the waste heat stream may be greater than the exhaust gas stream such that a temperature of an air stream comprising the waste heat stream and the exhaust gas stream within the outlet assembly is greater than the exhaust gas stream. The thermal oxidizer may be in fluid communication with the outlet assembly to receive the air stream and remove pollutants from the air stream.
US08591818B2
A (H2) sensor composition includes a gas permeable matrix material intermixed and encapsulating at least one chemochromic pigment. The chemochromic pigment produces a detectable change in color of the overall sensor composition in the presence of H2 gas. The matrix material provides high H2 permeability, which permits fast permeation of H2 gas. In one embodiment, the chemochromic pigment comprises PdO/TiO2. The sensor can be embodied as a two layer structure with the gas permeable matrix material intermixed with the chemochromic pigment in one layer and a second layer which provides a support or overcoat layer.
US08591816B2
A cartridge device having a receiving portion for receiving a blood sample and a jack portion for receiving a plug; a stirring device for circulating the blood sample within the receiving portion; and an electrode holder having at least one incorporated electrode wire pair; wherein the electrode holder is attachable to the cell such that one end of the at least one electrode wire pair forms a sensor unit for measuring the electrical impedance between the two electrode wires of the at least one electrode wire pair within the blood sample and that the opposite end of the at least one electrode wire pair forms a plug portion being connectable directly to the plug for an electrical connection of the sensor unit to an analyzer.
US08591811B2
Methods of monitoring acceptance criteria of pharmaceutical manufacturing processes are disclosed herein. The methods described herein provide an ability to control and monitor pharmaceutical manufacturing processes (for example, finishing and packaging of pharmaceuticals) and can ensure data and product integrity and ultimately minimize overall manufacturing cost.
US08591807B2
A method for disinfecting or sterilizing an article comprising enclosing the article or article part inside a container having a wall of which at least a part is a semipermeable fabric or membrane and introducing an amount of vaporizable biocide, preferably hydrogen peroxide in water, to the interior of said container in solution, vapor, liquid or preferably nebulant form. The semipermeable fabric or membrane is selected to allow the biocide to pass from inside to outside of the container as a vapor at atmospheric pressure and to provide a barrier against entry of micro-organisms. The biocide is allowed to exit the container through said membrane while at or above atmospheric pressure, a fluid eg air is directed to flow adjacent the outside of the membrane to expedite vapor removal from the interior side. The article is exposed to the biocide for a time sufficient to disinfect or sterilize the article.
US08591798B2
Method for stake-fastening an accessory (4) into a plastic fuel tank, whereby:—the accessory (4) is equipped with at least one orifice (5) which passes right through the accessory (4); —at least some of the plastic of which the wall of the tank (1) is made is melted; and—some of the molten plastic is forced through the orifice (5) of the accessory without becoming detached from the remainder of the molten plastic; —the protruding molten plastic is given an appropriate shape (8) to obtain a self-formed plastic rivet, and is left to solidify; the size and shape of the orifice (5) and/or of the solidified plastic (8) being such that the accessory (4) is mechanically fastened to the tank by at least some of the solidified plastic (8), the stake-fastening of the accessory (4) occurring at the time of manufacture of the tank (1) through the moulding of a split or at least two-part parison.
US08591786B2
Method for manufacturing floor panels having a top layer having a composition based on a synthetic material. At least at two opposite sides, the floor panels have profiled edge areas that include at least coupling parts. For manufacturing the floor panels, one starts from a board-shaped material, and the floor panels are formed at least partially by way of a laser treatment of the board-shaped material.
US08591780B2
Provided is a thermal insulation having both excellent thermal insulating performance and excellent strength, and a method of producing the same. A method of producing a thermal insulation according to the present invention includes curing (S2) a dry-pressed compact including silica fine particles each having an average particle diameter of 50 nm or less and an alkaline-earth silicate fiber at a relative humidity of 70% or more.
US08591778B2
A method and apparatus for constructing railways for a rubber-wheeled AGT system are provided. The method includes forming guideways, along which guide rollers of a light rail vehicle moves when the light rail vehicle runs along railways and forming, using a pressing unit of a finisher, the railways applied with concrete such that the railways have a same trace as the guideways by moving a finisher along the guideways. The apparatus includes a vehicle that is provided with rollers to run along guideways installed on vertical walls of a road bed and a pressing unit that is disposed under the vehicle to make lateral and longitudinal traces of railways correspond to lateral and longitudinal traces of the guideways by pressing and forming a top surface of railway concrete during the running along the guideways.
US08591777B2
A method of creating optical fiber to exhibit predetermined length-dependent characteristics (e.g., chromatic dispersion, polarization mode dispersion, cutoff wavelength, birefringence) includes the steps of: characterizing the fiber's selected characteristic(s) as a function of length; and performing a “treatment” which modifies the refractive index over the given length to adjust the defined parameter to fall within a defined tolerance window. These steps may be repeated one or more times until the measure of the parameter falls with the defined tolerance limits. The treatment process may include, for example, a low energy actinic radiation exposure, anneal, mechanical strain, DC voltage, plasma application, etc. Indeed, if the treatment process is repeated, a different technique may be used to adjust the refractive index (“different” processes include, for example, modifying the strength/time of a UV exposure, temperatures for annealing, etc.).
US08591774B2
A process for preparing transition metal particles with a gradient in composition from the core of the particle to the outer layers. In particular, the process involves contacting a first transition metal solution with a second transition metal solution to form a transition metal source solution under specific process conditions. The transition metal particles with desired composition gradients are precipitated from the transition metal source solution. The transition metal particles may be combined with metals such as lithium to form cathode active metal oxides.
US08591771B2
Disclosed herein are a dispersed solution of carbon nanotubes including carbon nanotubes, an organic solvent, a spacer, and a dispersant, and a method of preparing the same. The dispersed solution of the carbon nanotubes includes both the spacer, which reduces the van der Waals force of the carbon nanotubes and prevents bundling of the carbon nanotubes, and the dispersant, which maintains the debundling and stability of the carbon nanotubes, thereby improving the dispersibility of the carbon nanotubes. The method of preparing the dispersed solution of the carbon nanotubes can easily produce a dispersed solution of carbon nanotubes without performing a separate chemical treatment.
US08591764B2
The disclosure relates to chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) polishing compositions including proline and a fluorochemical surfactant. The wafer polishing composition may be used as a solution substantially free of abrasive particles, the composition of which can be adjusted to control Oxide Removal Rate and oxide over nitride Selectivity Ratio in Shallow Trench Isolation (STI) processing of semiconductor wafers using a fixed abrasive CMP process. In certain embodiments, the disclosure provides a working liquid for fixed abrasive CMP including proline and a fluorochemical surfactant at a pH from 9 to 11. When used in a fixed abrasive CMP system and method for STI, exemplary working liquids may yield an Oxide Removal Rate of at least 500 angstroms per minute, and an oxide over nitride Selectivity Ratio of at least 5.
US08591751B2
High Hc (>4,000 Oe) and high Hk (>1 Tesla) has been achieved in FePt films as thin as 70 Angstroms. This was accomplished by starting with a relatively thick film having the required high coercivity, coating it with a suitable material such as Ta, and then using ion beam etching to remove surface material until the desired thickness was reached.
US08591749B2
A phase-shifting photomask with a self aligned undercut rim-shifting element and methods for its manufacture are provided. One embodiment of the invention provides a method of manufacturing a phase-shifting photomask having a self aligned rim-shifting element, the method comprising: applying a patterning film to a first portion of a transparent substrate; etching the substrate to a depth to remove a second portion of the substrate not beneath the patterning film; etching the first portion of the substrate to undercut an area beneath the patterning film; and removing the patterning film, wherein the etched substrate forms a self-aligned undercut rim-shifting element.
US08591736B2
A filter unit includes a body portion having a proximal end and a distal end. First and second engagement surfaces traverse at least part of the body portion. The first and second engagement surfaces include a first segment that extends substantially parallel with the longitudinal extent of the body portion. A second segment extends at an angle relative to the longitudinal extent of the body portion. A third segment extends at a different angle than the second segment. A laterally extending key member is disposed on the body portion between the first engagement surface and the second engagement surface. An engagement protrusion extends from the proximal end. The engagement protrusion has a first portion that includes a first radius of curvature and a second portion opposing the first portion that includes a second radius of curvature that is larger than the first radius of curvature.
US08591728B2
A conductive fluid detection apparatus for detecting moisture mixed into a coolant comprises: a filter unit having a tubular member through which a coolant can flow, mesh members made of stainless steel etc. and filter paper through which the coolant can pass, but which can hold moisture, the mesh members and the filter paper provided and stacked inside the tubular member, the filter paper interposed between the mesh members; a resistance value measurement circuit measuring the resistance value between mesh members; and a relay stopping the supply of power to the pump when the resistance value between the mesh members falls.
US08591726B2
A divided wall column can allow for fractionation of multiple streams while maintaining separate product qualities. Effluents from multiple stages of a reaction system can be processed in a single divided wall column. The divided wall column can produce multiple cuts from each separated area, as well as at least one output from a common area. At least one reaction stage can advantageously have a continuous liquid phase environment.
US08591724B2
A method of delivering feed, for example a paraffinic solvent treated bitumen froth, to a separation vessel, for example a froth separation unit (FSU). The feed is delivered from one or more side inlets that may be substantially normal to, and flush with, the wall of the vessel. In contrast to certain conventional feed systems used in gravity separators which use a distributor plate to widely distribute the feed with a vessel, the feed is delivered such that it flows down the inside wall of the vessel. This feed delivery is characterized by a Richardson number of greater than 1.0. Such feed delivery is particularly useful where the feed has particles with a bi-modal size distribution to be separated from an overflow stream. The gentle flow serves to mitigate the upward flux of the smaller particles, for example mineral solids, by being trapped below the larger particles, for example precipitated asphaltene aggregates.
US08591721B2
The invention relates, in particular, to a process for treating a liquid medium loaded with nitrates via a chemical route that mainly comprises a step of electrolysis of the liquid medium in the presence of a metal salt, the electrolysis being carried out at a pH below 5. The invention also relates to a device for treating a liquid medium loaded with nitrates and also to the applications of this process and device, in particular for reducing the level of nitrates in drainage waters.
US08591716B2
A semiconductor substrate with anode pattern is anodized to be shaped into an optical lens. The anodization utilizes an electrolytic solution which etches out oxidized portion as soon as it is formed as a result of the anodization, to thereby develop a porous layer in a pattern in match with the anode pattern. After being removed of the porous layer, the substrate is treated to smooth out minute projections remaining in the top surface of the substrate, thereby obtaining the lens of good transmissivity.
US08591710B2
A method of forming a layer of a magnetic material with radially oriented magnetic anisotropy, comprising sequential steps of providing a circular, annular disk-shaped substrate having an inner diameter and an outer diameter, forming a layer of a magnetic material with non-radially oriented magnetic anisotropy over at least one surface of the substrate, and re-orienting the magnetic anisotropy in a radial direction. Preferably, the re-orientation is performed magnetically and the radially oriented layer serves as a magnetically soft underlayer (SUL) of a magnetic recording medium. Also disclosed is a multi-chamber apparatus for performing the disclosed process.
US08591708B2
An electrolytic cell includes a plate stack including a plurality of plates spaced apart to define a plurality of channels extending therebetween, a housing arranged around the plurality of plates, and a plurality of terminals connected to the plate stack for placing an electrical potential thereacross. The cell can also include a plurality of adhesive strips arranged between the plurality of plates and further defining the plurality of channels. A method of making an electrolytic cell includes arranging a manifold section mold having a plurality of openings therein over a plurality of pins, arranging a first end of a plate stack in the mold such that the plurality of pins extend into the plurality of channels, and molding a first manifold section.
US08591694B2
To prevent alignment disorder of liquid crystal molecules, which is caused in manufacturing steps, and to manufacture a liquid crystal display device including a uniform liquid crystal layer in which liquid crystal molecules are aligned with high accuracy. In addition, to provide a technique for manufacturing a liquid crystal display device which is capable of fast response and high performance, and has high image quality with reduced display defects, with high yield. A method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display device, including dropping smectic liquid crystal by a dropping method in which a plurality of droplets of smectic liquid crystal are dropped to an alignment film so that the droplets are aligned in a line which is parallel to a rubbing direction of the alignment film which is formed in a region surrounded by a seal pattern of a sealant over a substrate.
US08591680B2
Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to the use of graphene as a transparent conductive coating (TCC). In certain example embodiments, graphene thin films grown on large areas hetero-epitaxially, e.g., on a catalyst thin film, from a hydrocarbon gas (such as, for example, C2H2, CH4, or the like). The graphene thin films of certain example embodiments may be doped or undoped. In certain example embodiments, graphene thin films, once formed, may be lifted off of their carrier substrates and transferred to receiving substrates, e.g., for inclusion in an intermediate or final product. Graphene grown, lifted, and transferred in this way may exhibit low sheet resistances (e.g., less than 150 ohms/square and lower when doped) and high transmission values (e.g., at least in the visible and infrared spectra).
US08591674B2
A method of enhancing the ductility of magnesium alloy sheets containing 85% or more by weight of magnesium is described. An annealed, substantially strain free, sheet of generally uniform grain size is locally deformed in local regions to develop strained ‘islands’ of a predetermined strain embedded in a substantially strain-free matrix and then annealed. The deformed regions undergo recrystallization and grain growth while the remainder of the sheet suffers only minor change in grain size, leading to sheet with grains having a bimodal size distribution. The ductility of alloys processed in this way is significantly greater than the ductility of the unprocessed, uniform grain size alloy without compromise to the tensile strength of the alloy.
US08591665B2
Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for processing a substrate in a processing chamber which includes a first chamber and a second chamber. A first surface of the substrate is exposed to the first chamber and a second surface of the substrate is exposed to the second chamber. One method includes an operation for applying a first fluid to the first surface of the substrate, where the first fluid is at a first temperature. Further, the method includes another operation for applying a second fluid to the second surface of the substrate, where the second fluid is at a second temperature. During processing of the substrate, the second temperature is higher than the first temperature, and the second fluid heats the substrate.
US08591659B1
Improved methods and apparatuses for removing residue from the interior surfaces of the deposition reactor are provided. The methods involve increasing availability of cleaning reagent radicals inside the deposition chamber by generating cleaning reagent radicals in a remote plasma generator and then further delivering in-situ plasma energy while the cleaning reagent mixture is introduced into the deposition chamber. Certain embodiments involve a multi-stage process including a stage in which the cleaning reagent mixture is introduced at a high pressure (e.g., about 0.6 Torr or more) and a stage the cleaning reagent mixture is introduced at a low pressure (e.g., about 0.6 Torr or less).
US08591657B2
Metal corrosion and substrate contamination can be suppressed, and process quality and yield can be improved. A substrate processing apparatus comprises: a process chamber; a substrate holder; a cover part closing and opening the process chamber; a substrate holder stage; a rotary mechanism rotating the substrate holder stage; a rotation shaft inserted through the cover part and connected to the substrate holder stage and the rotary mechanism so that a first gas ejection port is formed therebetween; a first gas stagnant part surrounded by the rotary mechanism, the cover part, and the rotation shaft; a second gas ejection port formed at the substrate holder stage; a second gas stagnant part formed at the rotation shaft and communicating with the process chamber via the second gas ejection port; and a flow port formed at the rotation shaft for connecting the first and second gas stagnant parts.
US08591643B2
A sizing composition devoid of formaldehyde, of nitrogenous compounds and of organic polycarboxylic acid for insulating products based on mineral wool, in particular of glass or of rock, includes: at least one non-reducing sugar, and at least one inorganic acid metal salt chosen from inorganic acid alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, transition metal or poor metal salts. Furthermore, insulating products based on mineral fibers obtained and their process of manufacture are disclosed.
US08591640B1
A phase change ink composition suitable for ink jet printing, including printing on coated paper substrates. In embodiments, the phase change ink composition comprises both a crystalline component and an amorphous component which are derived from bio-renewable materials. The composition provides for a robust, rapid crystallization ink composition.
US08591632B2
A bottle of one-piece integrally formed construction has a body with a closed base and a shoulder at an end of the body remote from the base, and a neck extending from the shoulder along an axis and terminating in a neck finish for attachment of a closure. The bottle neck includes at least one internal embossment for affecting flow of liquid from the body through the neck. In exemplary embodiments of the disclosure, the at least one internal embossment includes at least one internal annular rib or at least one internal rib coplanar with the neck axis or at least one internal spiral rib or at least one internal elliptical rib.
US08591627B2
Disclosed herein is a method and system for separating carbon dioxide (CO2) from a CO2 containing gas stream containing water vapor and additional impurities, for example, nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur oxides, nitrogen oxides, and mercury. The CO2 is captured by subjecting the CO2 gas feed stream to a temperature swing adsorption step. The temperature swing adsorption step comprises an adsorption step for producing a substantially dry carbon dioxide-depleted stream, and an adsorbent regeneration step comprising heating the adsorbent bed to produce a substantially water vapor-free carbon dioxide stream. Moisture from the gas stream containing CO2 is optionally removed by pressure swing adsorption, temperature swing adsorption, membrane separation, or absorption prior to CO2 capture.
US08591617B2
A filter support casing and filter provides powder into a Bernoulli flow system. The system has an upper end and a lower end, the upper end having an opening therein. The filter support casing extends downward from the upper end. There is a filter supported within the casing. The filter support casing and the filter define an internal volume within both the filter support casing and the filter. The volume is exposed to the opening in the upper end and as later explained is flow connected into a gas stream that will carry particles and spray particles. The casing has at least two concentric elements, a first inner elements and a second outer element, that rotate with respect to each other and which slide with respect to each other. The two elements rotate about their concentric positions and slide along their lengths. The first inner element is contiguous (adjacent and/or touch and adjacent) with the filter. The first inner element encloses the filter with arms (fingers, extensions, posts, etc.) extending from a top of the first inner element to a bottom of the first inner element. The arms provide an open area between arms between the top of the first inner element and the bottom of the first inner element.
US08591608B2
A gasifier includes a combustion zone where a gas is introduced and fuel is combusted and at least one sensor for measuring a predetermined condition in the gasifier. A grate subsystem contains the fuel and includes at least one grinding mechanism. A controller is responsive to the at least one sensor and controls the grinding mechanism by activating the grinding mechanism if the predetermined condition exists to reduce the collection of non-fuel products on the grate subsystem.
US08591606B2
A biofuel that includes a blend of municipal solid waste, selected recyclables, and/or construction and demolition waste including about 40% to 60% wood, about 10% to 20% paper, about 10% to 20% cardboard, about 5% to 10% non-chlorinated plastics, about 5% to 10% rags, about 5% to 10% rugs, and an emission reducing agent, the emission reducing agent being one or more of urea, calcium hydroxide, hydroquinone, anthraquinone, ammonium hydroxide, ammonia, and an ammonium compound.
US08591602B2
A lithium microbattery formed by a stack of thin layers on a substrate which comprises two current collectors, a positive electrode, a solid electrolyte layer, a negative electrode and an encapsulating layer. The encapsulating layer is formed by a protective layer made from polymer material on which a barrier layer is arranged. The protective layer comprises a copolymer formed from a homogeneous mixture of at least two photopolymerizable precursor materials, respectively acrylate-based and epoxide-based.
US08591598B2
A method for treating morbid obesity in a body of a mammal having a gastrointestinal tract extending through a stomach and a pyloric sphincter and a wall forming the stomach and pyloric sphincter. At least one implant is formed in the wall in the vicinity of the pyloric sphincter to inhibit emptying of the stomach.
US08591597B2
The invention provides method of fabricating a scaffold comprising a fluidic network, including the steps of: (a) generating an initial vascular layer for enclosing the chamber and providing fluid to the cells, the initial vascular layer having a network of channels for fluid; (b) translating the initial vascular layer into a model for fluid dynamics analysis; (c) analyzing the initial vascular layer based on desired parameters selected from the group consisting of a characteristic of a specific fluid, an input pressure, an output pressure, an overall flow rate and combinations thereof to determine sheer stress and velocity within the network of channels; (d) measuring the sheer stress and the velocity and comparing the obtained values to predetermined values; (e) determining if either of the shear stress or the velocity are greater than or less than the predetermined values, and (f) optionally modifying the initial vascular layer and repeating steps (b)-(e). The invention also provides compositions comprising a vascular layer for use in tissue lamina as well as a medical devices having a vascular layer and kits.
US08591590B2
An interbody spinal implant including a body having a top surface, a bottom surface, opposing lateral sides, opposing anterior and posterior portions, and optionally a substantially hollow center. The implant includes at least one transverse aperture on one or more of the posterior portion, the anterior portion, and at least one of the opposing lateral sides, and if the substantially hollow center is present, one or more of the transverse apertures may be in communication with the hollow center. The transverse aperture may comprise a notch.
US08591573B2
A prosthetic valve assembly configured to be intraluminally implanted into a lumen of a patient to replace a native deficient valve, the valve assembly comprising an outer support for expanding and anchoring against a lumen wall of the patient, a core valve support made of a collapsible and self-expanding material to expand and anchor into the outer support once anchored against the lumen wall, and a plurality of flexible leaflets fixed to the core valve support in a manner that the leaflets are independent from the outer support.
US08591557B2
The present invention relates to a implant for implantation into a body of an animal, wherein the implant comprises material of inner core of drupes and/or palm tree fruits.
US08591552B2
A convex spinal fusion interbody space device includes spaced apart superior and inferior abutment surfaces which are effectively medially convex. The peak of such convexity is displaced anteriorly of a central plane through the device. The spacer device has a height which is greater than the width of the device. The spacer device is implanted between a pair of adjacent vertebrae by insertion in a tipped-over orientation and then reoriented to an upright orientation for engagement by facing surfaces of the vertebrae. Fusion promoting bone material is packed between the vertebrae and about and within the spacer device subsequent to implantation.
US08591541B2
A vessel filter having a first region and a second region, the filter movable between a collapsed position for delivery to the vessel and an expanded position for placement within the vessel. The first region has a filter portion having a converging region to direct particles toward the center of the filter and includes a plurality of spaced apart filter struts. The struts each have a strut height defined as a distance between a first wall and a second wall. A plurality of hooks are at the second region, the hooks having a vessel penetrating tip and a width greater than the width of the strut from which it extends such that the penetrating tip portion of the hook extends beyond the first wall.
US08591537B2
A system of separating a membrane from underlying tissue. The system includes a separation member operable to separate the membrane from the tissue and a cutting element in communication with the separation member. The cutting element is also operable to dissect the membrane without harming the underlying tissue.
US08591528B2
A suture system includes a tool and a suture assembly. The tool includes a head having a proximal portion housing a needle and a distal end spaced apart from the proximal portion by a throat, where the needle is movable through a needle exit port formed in the proximal portion of the head to a cavity formed in the distal end of the head. The suture assembly includes a length of suture connected to a suture cap that includes an annular wall that forms a hollow tubular section, and a tubular sleeve inserted in the annular wall, with an end of the length of suture inserted into and connected to the tubular sleeve. The needle is operable to engage with the hollow tubular section of the suture cap and move the suture cap between the cavity and the needle exit port.
US08591515B2
A spinal implant tool set includes end guide tools having flexible back wall flaps that receive opposite ends of the rod and intermediate guide tools that hold the rod in intermediate locations between the end guide tools. Both the end and intermediate guide tools include an attachment structure for operably connecting the guide tool to a bone screw. A multi-function installation tool and a bone screw driver each mate and cooperate with the guide tools. A method utilizing the tool set allows a surgeon to percutaneously implant the bone screws and the rod in the patient.
US08591504B2
A cryoablation catheter assembly includes a catheter having a coolant outtake region and receives a guide tube and a coolant transfer tube. The coolant transfer tube receives and transfers coolant from a coolant source to an expansion element coupled to a distal portion of the catheter. The expansion element includes an outer layer disposed over an inner layer such that the expansion element defines an inter-expansion-element space between the inner layer and the outer layer and an intra-expansion-element space within the inner layer. The intra-expansion-element space is in fluid communication with the coolant outtake region and the coolant transfer tube. The inter-expansion-element space is in fluid communication with a fluid pathway that transfers fluids to a fluid-drawing source. A pressure regulation system is disposed along the fluid pathway and passively regulates the pressure in the inter-expansion-element space using at least one check valve.
US08591502B2
A laser system for refractive surgery comprises a laser beam for generating laser beam pulses and optical means for directing these laser beam pulses as a working beam onto an eye. Some of the working radiation is extracted for optical coherence tomography, in order to measure geometrical structures in the cornea.
US08591491B2
A fluid delivery device such as a cassette removably disposed in a medical pump to control fluid flow in the medical pump. The fluid delivery device has an elongated main body including an inlet, an outlet, and a fluid passage extending from the inlet to the outlet. A flow stop is pivotally mounted to the main body for selectively allowing and stopping fluid flow from the fluid passage to the outlet. The fluid delivery device can have various features including the flow stop having grooved sections, a T-shaped collar on the main body inlet or a flange on the main body to prevent inadvertent engagement of the flow stop during removal of the fluid delivery device from the medical pump.
US08591483B2
A multi-port assembly includes a base with a surface, a port receiving area on the surface, and a port coupling connected to the base. The port receiving area is adapted to receive a mating surface of a port, and the port coupling is adapted to mate the port to the port receiving area.
US08591477B2
One embodiment of the invention provides a method to purge air or liquid from a powered injection system. In this embodiment, the method includes driving a first pumping device in a first operational mode to inject an amount of a first liquid medium through disposable tubing and a disposable valve, driving the first pumping device in a second operational mode to deform the disposable valve, and driving a second pumping device to inject an amount of a second liquid medium through the disposable tubing and the deformed valve. In one embodiment, the first pumping device comprises a first syringe, the second pumping device comprises a second syringe, and the disposable valve comprises an elastomeric valve.
US08591465B2
A device for administering an injectable product, including a housing, a displaceably mounted product container accommodated by the housing, a plunger in the container so that it can be displaced in a forward-drive direction in order to dispense the product, a plunger rod acting on the plunger in the forward-drive direction and having a releasable retained position, and a spring acting on the plunger rod in the forward-drive direction, the plunger rod releasably held in the retained position in a retaining engagement against the force of the spring, wherein the spring projects into the container in the retained position.
US08591456B2
Different embodiment programmable pumps including multiple reservoirs are disclosed, as are methods of utilizing same. The pumps generally include at least two reservoirs and means for dispensing active substances housed in each at varying flow rates.
US08591454B2
A system for administering a therapeutic agent to a subject; for administering a first pharmaceutically-acceptable taggant to the subject at least substantially concurrent with the therapeutic agent, the first pharmaceutically-acceptable taggant having a pharmacokinetic profile; and for administering a second pharmaceutically-acceptable taggant to the subject with the first pharmaceutically-acceptable taggant, the second pharmaceutically-acceptable taggant having a pharmacokinetic profile different from the pharmacokinetic profile of the first pharmaceutically-acceptable taggant.
US08591452B2
The present invention provides systems and methods for treating and/or controlling obesity and type II diabetes. In one aspect of the invention, a device for treating obesity includes a flow restrictor and an anchor coupled to the flow restrictor. The flow restrictor is movable between a first or collapsed configuration sized and shaped for endoscopic advancement through the patient's esophagus and into a distal region of the stomach and a second or operative configuration sized and shaped for inhibiting a flow of chyme from the stomach to the pyloric sphincter. It is believed that this will cause the prolongation of satiety, and result in fewer meals being eaten and/or smaller meals being ingested. The anchor is movable between a first or collapsed configuration sized and shaped for advancement through the esophagus, stomach and pyloric sphincter and into the proximal region of the duodenum and a second or operative configuration sized and shaped to inhibit proximal movement of the anchor through the pyloric sphincter.
US08591451B2
Methods, devices, and kits for creating bloodstream access in patients are provided. A patient's vessel is accessed surgically and blood flow is stopped. A short incision is made through the wall of one side of the vessel where the blood flow was stopped. A puncturing instrument is pushed through the incision across the lumen and through the vessel wall at a site opposite the incision. After the puncturing instrument is removed, a vessel wall traversing device which can be shaped like a blunt-ended nail with a hollow shank and a head of a larger diameter than the shank is inserted in the puncture hole blunt end first such that the shank traverses the puncture hole with the blunt end being positioned exterior to the outer surface of the vessel and the head of the device abutting inner surface of the vessel at the puncture hole. The portion of the shank that projects outwards from the vessel wall is connected to one end of a flexible cannula, and the other end of the cannula is passed through the surrounding tissue such that the end of the cannula opposite the vessel wall traversing device protrudes through the skin of the patient. A portion of the cannula protruding from the patient is clamped off, the incision is closed, and blood flow is restored to the vessel. Blood within the vessel is than accessible via the portion of the cannula protruding from the patient.
US08591444B2
Systems, devices, and methods for adjusting rotational limits of an orthopedic brace hinge are provided. A hinge stop assembly limits rotational travel of first and second frame members of the hinge. An indexing key of the hinge stop assembly is actuatable in a direction parallel to the axis of rotation of the hinge to lock and unlock the position of the hinge stop assembly relative to the hinge. Actuation of the hinge stop assembly unlocks the indexing key and allows movement of the hinge stop assembly to set a desired limit on the flexion or extension of the brace hinge. Release of the hinge stop assembly locks the indexing key and locks the hinge stop assembly in place.
US08591441B2
A shoulder orthosis includes a shoulder therapy device adapted to provide treatment to a shoulder joint of a person, and a flexion/extension device. The flexion/extension device positions the shoulder joint in at least one of greater than 0 degrees of flexion and greater than 0 degrees of extension concurrently with the shoulder therapy device providing the treatment to the shoulder joint. In one example, the shoulder therapy device may be an abduction/adduction device and/or an internal/external rotation device.
US08591438B2
In the walking assist device, defining rigidity of a portion from the user to a first joint as K1 [N/m], rigidity of a portion from the first joint to the second joint as K2 [N/m] and rigidity of a portion from the second joint to one of the feet of a free leg of the user as K31 [N/m], when the user is supported by the support member, they are set as: (K1 +K31)
US08591434B2
A biopsy needle comprises a first lumen open to a tissue penetrating distal tip of the needle for receiving a tissue sample therein and a second lumen in combination with a filter separating the first and second lumens from one another, the filter being configured to permit fluids to pass therethrough while preventing the sampled tissue from passing therethrough.
US08591424B2
Provided are a pressurizing module and a blood pressure measuring device including the pressurizing module. The pressurizing module includes a driving block optionally discharging compressed air; and a bellows-type airbag formed to overlap with the driving block, and comprising an inner space accommodating the compressed air discharged from the driving block, a plurality of wrinkles flattened so as to expand the inner space, and a pressurizing surface formed at an end portion of the wrinkles and spaced apart from the driving block as the inner space expands.
US08591409B2
A hand access device includes a housing defining a longitudinal axis and having a passageway therethrough dimensioned to permit passage of a surgeon's arm and a fabric seal mounted within the opening and being dimensioned to form a substantial sealing relation with the surgeon's arm. The fabric seal is elongated extending along the longitudinal axis and may define a general hour glass configuration. A pair of flexible bands may be mounted about the fabric seal. The flexible bands are adapted to engage an outer surface of the seal to bias the fabric seal to a closed position thereof.
US08591407B2
The present invention relates to an endoscopic visioning system and related method for both forward and backward viewing of a body lumen. According to an embodiment, the system includes an endoscope, a vision head including a light source and a vision chip on both a proximal and a distal side of the vision head, and an extension arm for moving the vision head away from and back toward the endoscope. Alternatively, the light source and vision chip may be contained in a distal end of the endoscope. In such an alternative embodiment, the vision head is a parabolic mirror mounted on the extension arm for reflecting images, for example, from behind the distal end of the endoscope to the vision chip in the distal end of the endoscope to permit, for example, a retrograde view of the surgical site entrance.
US08591398B2
A telescopic tilting device 12 comprises a telescopic arm 14 which is extendable and retractable along an arcuate path 16. Preferably, the telescopic arm 14 includes two arcuate members 22, 24 which are telescopically slidable relative to each other. More preferably, the device further comprises a drive unit 20 having a flexible belt 43 for moving the telescopic arm 14. There is also provided an endoscope holding device 10 which has such a telescopic tilting device 12.
US08591384B2
An exercise device comprising a bottom support plate and a mounting bolt affixed thereto and having an externally threaded vertical stem, one or more plates superposed on the bottom support plates, each plate having a central bore through which extends said vertical stem. A hand gripped uppermost plate has a lower surface in mating relation with the top plate, a central internally threaded bore in said lower surface of the hand grip plate for threadedly engaging the end of said externally threaded stem. A dome shaped palm support on the upper surface of the hand grip plate and five finger gripping holes on the supper surface of the hand grip palm support plate around the dome shaped palm support sized for inserting the fingers of the exerciser and to lift and lower the device during exercise.
US08591383B1
A vertically oriented shaft has a vertically oriented central axis. A lower plate has a configuration with an upper surface integrally formed with the lower end of the shaft. An upper plate has a geometric configuration having a lower surface integrally formed with the upper end of the shaft and having an upper surface. A base plate has a center located on the central axis of the shaft. The base plate has an upper surface in facing contact with and separably coupled to the lower surface of the lower plate.
US08591377B1
A power transmission includes an input; an output; a first gearset including an output having a lower speed than a speed of the input; a second gearset having first, second, and third rotating elements; a second gearset having fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh rotating elements; four clutches; and two brakes. The brakes and clutches are engaged in combinations of three to produce up to eleven forward speed ratios and two reverse speed ratios.
US08591376B1
A planetary gear train may include an input shaft; an output shaft; a first compound planetary gear set having first and second planetary gear sets, a second compound planetary gear set having third and fourth planetary gear sets to change the rotation speeds input from the first compound planetary gear set and the rotation speed of the input shaft input through one variable input path into eleven forward speeds and one reverse speed and to finally output the eleven forward speeds and the one reverse speed; eight rotation paths having two rotation elements connected to each other or one rotation element among the rotation elements of the first and second compound planetary gear sets; and seven friction members including four clutches interposed between the rotation paths or between a selected rotation path and the input shaft, and three brakes variably connecting a selected rotation path to a transmission housing.
US08591370B2
A clutch device includes a dual-drive electric machine combined with a planetary gear set and at least one controllable brake device. The at least one controllable brake device controls transmission or release between a first rotation shaft at a first output/input end, a second rotation shaft at a second output/input end and a sleeve type rotation shaft (AS101) at a third, thereby controlling interactive operations between the dual-drive electric machine and the output/input ends.
US08591369B2
An asynchronous boost assist system for a motor vehicle includes a first electric motor, a second electric motor positioned opposite the first electric motor and a differential gear system operatively connected to the first and second electric motors. The differential gear system includes a first differential gear set and a second differential gear set. The first differential gear set is operatively connected to the first and second electric motors and the second differential gear set is configured and disposed to operatively connect to first and second vehicle wheels. A controller is operatively connected to each of the first and second electric motors. The controller selectively independently controls an operational speed of each of the first and second electric motors to selectively provide an acceleration boost through the second differential gear set.
US08591368B2
A drive system has a gear unit with planetary gear stage with a planetary gear carrier. A first shaft associated with the gear unit has a coupling flange connectable to the shaft of a working machine or a rotor and is supported by the planetary gear carrier. The gear unit and a motor/generator unit connected to a second shaft of the gear unit are enclosed by a gearbox. The motor/generator unit additionally includes a rotor connected to a hollow rotor shaft with a rotation lock. An electrically isolating, detachable flange connection is disposed between the rotor shaft and the second shaft, with the gear-side end of the detachable flange connection connected to a hollow gear shaft. A gearbox stub which concentrically encloses a gear-side end section of the gear shaft is disposed between gear unit and motor or generator unit and forms a bearing seat for the second shaft.
US08591353B1
A fairway wood golf club characterized by a long blade length with a long heel blade length section, while maintaining a small club moment arm, as well as a high ratio of the heel blade length section to the club head front-to-back dimension, a low ratio of the club moment arm to the heel blade length section, or a low center of gravity height, and all the benefits afforded therefrom.
US08591350B2
A variable length shaft assembly comprising at least one upper shaft portion, a lower shaft portion and a threaded fastener, wherein the threaded fastener removably connects the upper shaft portion to the lower shaft portion, is disclosed herein. The variable length shaft assembly may further comprise at least two upper shaft portions having different lengths so a golfer can adjust the total length of the shaft by removing one upper shaft portion and replacing it with another upper shaft portion having a different length. Methods of adjusting the length of a golf club shaft without damaging any portion of the shaft and variable length shaft kits are also disclosed herein.
US08591349B1
The disclosed training device is an apparatus where in one form a user stands upon the upper surface of the platform, grasps the handle of a golf club, and swings the golf club and attached carriage laterally through an arc along the base rail. Thus, the head of the putter would swing back and forth in a correct angle and arc to establish and reinforce a correct muscle memory to the user. This formalized repletion would establish and/or reinforce the correct form and swinging of the golf club 36. This muscle memory would be maintained when the golf club is not attached to the putting training device.
US08591344B2
An arrangement having a gear side and a shaft side includes a shaft. A first flange is disposed on the gear side. A second flange is disposed on the shaft side. A mass damper is attached between the first flange and the second flange and including a damper ring, a hub and an elastomer layer disposed between the damper ring and the hub.
US08591332B1
A video editor for a video game is discussed. The video editor manipulates information of video game play to provide videos of game play and in some embodiments scoring of videos.
US08591331B1
An exemplary game device displays on a display a character within a virtual space. A predetermined user operation is received by a touch panel. Further, the CPU moves the character within the virtual space, while the predetermined user operation is received by the touch panel. The CPU causes the character to make a predetermined motion and bring back the position of the character to the position before the character is moved, when a period from the start to the end of the predetermined user operation is shorter than a predetermined period.
US08591321B2
A system for managing bets comprises a memory and a processor. The memory stores one or more first type of bets and one or more second types of bets. Each first type of bet is associated with a bet amount and comprises a bet that a participant selected from a set of participants in an event will finish in a predetermined subset of finishing positions associated with the event. Each second type of bet is associated with a bet amount and comprises a bet that the selected participant will not finish in the predetermined subset of finishing positions associated with the event. The processor adds the bet amounts associated with the first type of bets with the bet amounts associated with the second type of bets to form a betting pool. The processor determines an amount of a payout based at least in part on the betting pool.
US08591316B2
A gaming machine is provided, which awards loyalty points to players playing the game who have identified themselves to the machine. The machine is arranged to award loyalty points to the player and to play two game means wherein, the first or base game may be provided by the slot machine game as a stand alone function with no dependence upon a supporting communications network, the second game may be linked game in which a plurality of network connected machines (50) participate with control of the game being provided by a central game controller (60), while the communications network (62) is controlled by a network controller (61). A first game mode is available to all players and a second enhanced game mode is made available to players who have reached a predetermined threshold of loyalty points.
US08591315B2
An establishment can coordinate devices (e.g., lights, speakers, displays) to enhance a game playing environment based on events detected in a network of wagering game machines. A system can be implemented that determines an environmental effect based on an event of a wagering game (e.g., a near win event), regardless of the particular wagering game developer/manufacturer. The system can determine the environmental effect to be created for an event at the wagering game machine, at a server, etc. A request for the environmental effect is then supplied to the process and/or machine that causes the devices to create the environmental effect.
US08591314B2
A user playing a user device wagers a wager amount on a play of a game. A server determines a first reel set for the current play, an outcome for the current play, and a second reel set for the next play of that game on which the user wagers that same wager amount. The server communicates first reel set data, second reel set data, and outcome data to the user device. The user device spins and stops the first reel set in accordance with the determined outcome. When the user wagers that same wager amount on another play of that game, the user device displays that play of that game using the second reel set, and the server determines a third reel set for the next play of that game on which the user wagers that same wager amount and communicates third reel set data to the user device.
US08591312B2
A method of operating a gaming apparatus having a display means and a user interface in communication with a game control means. The method includes determining a selection of an outcome from at least two possible outcomes and subsequently revealing an award. An event having an event outcome is generated. Whether the award is awarded is represented as dependent on the basis of a comparison or interplay between the selected outcome and the event outcome.
US08591307B2
Systems, apparatus, methods and articles of manufacture provide for the distribution of a payout amount associated with a lottery ticket being conditioned or otherwise based on the payout amount. Some embodiments provide for determining a positive payout amount associated with a lottery ticket and determining at least one recipient and/or beneficiary of the positive payout amount based on (i) the positive payout amount and/or (ii) a recipient or beneficiary associated with the lottery ticket and/or the payout amount. In one embodiment, larger prizes (e.g., a jackpot prize, a prize greater than a predetermined threshold payout amount) are awarded to the player(s) of a virtual lottery ticket (e.g., shared by the players), and smaller prizes are distributed to a charitable organization (e.g., other than any of the players) selected by one or more players of the lottery ticket.
US08591276B2
A method of manufacturing a center electrode of a spark plug, comprising the steps of forming a cylindrical electrode member having a medium diameter portion and a small diameter portion and forming a barrel portion by extruding the medium diameter portion when the value of (S1−S2)/S1×100) is 30 or more, S1 being the cross-sectional area of a cross-section of the medium diameter portion perpendicular to an axial direction, and S2 being the cross-sectional area of a cross-section of each small diameter portion perpendicular to the axial direction.
US08591270B1
A spring contact (12) has a tail contact (14) and a tip contact (16) which are secured together in a telescoping arrangement. The tail contact (14) is formed as a first single element member (22) having two contact arms (28) which are spaced apart and extend forward to engage the tip contact (16). Two contact protuberances (34) extend outward from respective edges the two contact arms (28). The tip contact (16) is formed of a second single element member (50) having two elongate sides (58) and a mounting protrusion (56) which rearwardly extend in parallel toward the tail contact (14). The two sides (58) extend in a cantilever arrangement and have two elongate slots (66) formed therein for receiving respective ones of the contact protuberances (34).
US08591268B2
An electrical connector for detachable connection of a multi-core cable to a mating connector with a grip body which surrounds the cable and the cable cores, a contact carrier which holds a plurality of contact elements and a pivotally arranged sleeve-shaped threaded part. The individual contact elements are connected electrically conductively to the individual cores and the sleeve-shaped threaded part can be screwed to a corresponding sleeve-shaped threaded part of the mating connector. The connector contact elements mounted in corresponding open grooves of the contact carrier which run parallel to its longitudinal axis, and a side of the contact carrier facing the mating connector, bordering the grooves, has through holes corresponding to the number of grooves, through which holes the ends of the contact elements that face away from the cores project in the longitudinal direction of the contact elements, being inserted obliquely and pivoted in to a parallel orientation.
US08591264B2
In conjunction with a wiring in a house carrying data network signal, a modular outlet (100) includes a base module (100a) and interface module (100b). The base module connects to the wiring and is attached to the surface of a building. The interface module provides a data unit connection. The interface module is mechanically attached to the base module and electrically connected thereto. The wiring may also carry basic service signal such as telephone, electrical power and cable television (CATV). In such a case, the outlet provides the relevant connectivity either as part of the base module or as part of the interface module. Both proprietary and industry standard interfaces can be used to interconnect the module. Furthermore, a standard computer expansion card (such as PCI, PCMCIA and alike) may be used as interface module.
US08591263B2
A low profile flat printed circuit connector has a plurality of terminals supported along a support bar. The terminals are spaced apart from each other and extend lengthwise in a connector housing. The terminals have body portions that engage the support bar and body portions that extend forwardly thereof. Contact portions are joined to the body portions and extend rearwardly and terminate in free ends so that they form a series of cantilevered contacts.
US08591261B2
An electrical connector includes a housing having a plug cavity configured to receive a modular plug therein. A terminal assembly is coupled to the housing. The terminal assembly has a plurality of terminals configured to engage corresponding terminals of the modular plug. The electronic connector includes a magnetic assembly that has a circuit board. The terminals are terminated to the circuit board. The magnetic assembly has magnetic circuits coupled to the circuit board. Each magnetic circuit has a ferrous portion and conductors circumferentially wrapped around the ferrous portion. At least one of the magnetic circuits is coated with a coating material that includes a matrix and filler. The filler can have a higher or lower dielectric constant than the matrix. The dielectric characteristics of the nano-composite can be tuned by varying the concentrations of the filler and matrix material. This tunable nano-composite can serve as an additional design knob for better impedance matching for the magnetic connectors over a wide frequency range.
US08591259B2
A cable connector assembly (100) comprises an insulative housing (1), a number of contacts (2), a cable (6) electrically connected with the contacts, and a metallic shell (3) enclosing the insulative housing. The insualtive housing includes a base portion, a first tongue and a second tongue. The metallic shell comprises a shielding member (31) and an outer shell (32) combined with the shielding member, the outer shell has a continued portion (322) and a T-shaped fixing portion (323) both integrally extending backwardly from two opposing sides thereof, the fixing portion has a clipping portion (3232) extending along a transverse direction on a free end thereof, and opposite free ends of the clipping portion are bent towards each other to clamp the cable while pressing on the continued portion.
US08591254B1
A connector for cables has a plurality of components including a first connector structure, a second connector structure, and a conductive pin. The components cooperate to engage an end of a cable.
US08591253B1
Cable compression connectors have a plurality of components including a first connector structure, a second connector structure, and a conductive pin. The components cooperate to engage an end of a cable.
US08591239B2
A connector system for Behind-The-Ear (BTE) hearing devices provides a means to detachably connect a variety of accessories to a sound processor, including batteries, earhooks, telecoils, auxiliary microphones, FM receivers, and input jacks for miscellaneous devices. The present invention provides an efficient and economical sealing connection, eliminating the introduction of sweat, body fluid and other contaminants into the connection area, which otherwise would result in corrosion and eventually disable the connected device. A wiping contact formed by a configuration of cam contacts and a flex circuit with a configuration of corresponding contacts is combined with a rotational engagement mechanism to create a vibration-resistant high contact density connector that is moisture proof when engaged.
US08591237B2
Creation of a standardized test, that includes a sub-pool of questions, involves assembling the sub-pool from a pool of questions. The sub-pool satisfies one or more constraints. Multiple mutually disjoint sub-pools of questions are assembled from the pool of questions.
US08591231B1
Air/gas driven prophylaxis preparation dispensing system coupled to a dental hand piece, the system comprising a hand piece connector receiving an air/gas pressure and adjustably diverting a portion of the air/gas pressure to drive a piston toward an open delivery end of a container containing a prophylaxis preparation for dispensing the prophylaxis preparation out of an open delivery end of the container, through a passageway surmounting a disposable prophy angle supporting a gear train, through a portion of the gear train supporting a prophy cup, through an opening in the prophy cup to an internal cavity of the prophy cup while simultaneously driving an air/gas driven rotational member of the dental hand piece coupled to the gear train with the remaining portion of the air/gas pressure to impart rotation of the prophy cup while simultaneously dispensing the prophylaxis preparation into the internal cavity thereof.
US08591229B2
A medicament delivery tray and method for treating periodontal disease include fitting of a tray about the teeth and gums wherein the tray includes a seal that creates a substantially airtight seal against the gumline and a substantially airtight treatment chamber about the enclosed teeth and gums, the tray further having a reinforcing skirt providing a biasing force to the seal wherein a positive pressure can be created in the treatment chamber for forcing a medicament into the gums about the enclosed teeth.
US08591224B2
A substrate processing apparatus includes heat treatment apparatus blocks each comprised of stacked heat treatment apparatuses HP each having temperature adjustment mechanism 70 configured to be able to move a substrate to a heating mechanism and adjust the temperature of the substrate, and includes a cooling liquid supply mechanism 81 that supplies a cooling liquid set for a predetermined temperature to be supplied for each of the heat treatment apparatus blocks HPB, a supply mechanism 99 which branches the cooling liquid supplied from cooling liquid supply mechanism 81 and supplies the cooling liquid to each temperature adjustment mechanism 70 of heating mechanisms in one of the heat treatment apparatus blocks.
US08591219B1
An injection mold assembly for a high output consumer product injection molding machine, the injection mold assembly having a simplified cooling system that is an evaporative cooling system or a cooling system including a hazardous, dangerous, or expensive cooling fluid. The simplified cooling system has a cooling fluid channel that is confined to a mold support plate.
US08591217B2
In a belling machine and in a method of forming a socket at the heated end of a pipe, an end of a pipe made of thermoplastic material on which a socket is to be formed is heated until it is in a deformable state, inserted in a forming chamber and formed into a socket shape. Process air, taken from a compressed air source, is conveyed into an evaporator of a refrigerating machine using a refrigerant recirculating in a closed circuit and passes through the evaporator, resulting in transfer of heat from the process air to the refrigerant inside the evaporator. The process air is then conveyed to the forming chamber through an inlet, at least to cool the material of the end of the pipe at least by means of a process air flow inside the forming chamber.
US08591214B2
The quick heat ice cream scoop is an improved heat ice cream scoop that includes a ceramic heating element and an ergonomic grip. The ceramic heating element is built into the ice cream scoop and quickly heats up the ice cream scoop, and conversely shall quickly cool down when turned off. The ice cream scoop is mounted to an ergonomic grip that reduces hand fatigue of the end user while providing a location to store powering means for powering the ceramic heating element.
US08591212B2
To provide a tire vulcanizer capable of solving problems of an electrical heating platen, which relate to the deformation at the time of tire vulcanization and to the replacement of the platen. The tire vulcanizer vulcanizes and molds a green tire placed in an outer mold by heating the green tire from the outer side and the inner side of the green tire, and is featured by including an electric platen (10) which is arranged to be in contact with each of the upper and lower sides of a container with the green tire placed therein, or to be embedded in each of the upper and lower portions of the container, so as to heat the green tire from the outside of the outer mold at the time of vulcanization, and which is formed into a doughnut-like disc shape and divided into a plurality of sections in the circumferential direction of the platen (10).
US08591211B2
A glass repairer of the present invention includes a support base for fixation, a fluid-receiving tube, a pressing rod, and a rubber head for injecting repairing fluid. The fluid-receiving tube is disposed on the support base. The rubber head is fixed to an end of the pressing rod and is able to squeeze the repairing fluid in the fluid-receiving tube outward. Thereby, replenishing repairing fluid and cleaning become easier. Also, the present invention is able to be utilized repeatedly.
US08591205B2
A submersible pumping system, electrical submersible pump, and method of providing enhanced alignment of motor and driven shafts of submersible pumping systems and electrical submersible pumps, are provided. An example of an electrical submersible pump system includes a pump, a pump motor, and a seal section. The motor drives the pump via motor and driven shafts rotatingly coupled with a coupling assembly. The coupling assembly maintains the shaft ends in coaxial alignment with an alignment device. The alignment device is profiled on opposite ends for mating engagement with the centering profiles extending into the shaft ends.
US08591202B2
A positive displacement pumping system for use in deep wells includes a drive system and one or two pumps. The drive system may include an electrical motor or a windmill. The pump include a central hollow discharge tube and one or more vertically aligned pumping chambers in fluid communication with the central discharge tube. Within each pumping chamber, a valve arrangement, which includes a piston or shuttle member and fluid intakes, causes fluid to fill and then drain from the pumping chambers as the central hollow discharge tube reciprocates. In operation, the drive system causes the central hollow discharge tube in the pump to reciprocate and thereby cause the fluid to travel from each pumping chamber into to the central discharge tube. In the preferred embodiment, fluid is pumped on both the upstroke and downstroke of the central discharge tube.
US08591198B2
A control switch incorporates a solid state transducer, a strain gauge. The transducer responds to a local environmental condition, such as fluid level, or pressure and exhibits a parameter change which can be detected as an electrical output. Control circuits coupled to the transducer can sense the parameter change and switch a source of electrical energy to a load in response thereto.
US08591192B2
Disclosed is a rotor assembly for a turbomachine includes a disk having a first axial face and a second axial face. The disk includes at least one circumferential dovetail extending around an outer surface of the disk and a plurality of axial dovetails extending from the first axial face to the second axial face. Each blade of a plurality of blades is installed into an axial dovetail of the plurality of axial dovetails and each platform of a plurality of platforms is installed adjacent to a blade of the plurality of blades via the at least one circumferential dovetail. Further disclosed is a method of assembly of a rotor for a turbomachine.
US08591188B2
A clearance sensing system for a rotating machine includes a plurality of sensor probes disposed within a stationary shroud of the rotating machine. Each of the plurality of sensor probes is adapted to measure a parameter indicative of an axial and a radial displacement of a rotating component within the shroud and to produce a signal that corresponds to the parameter. In certain embodiments, this parameter may include a capacitance between the rotating component and the sensor probe. The clearance sensing system further includes a circuit that receives the signal from each of the plurality of sensor probes and determines (a) the axial displacement of the rotating component within the shroud and (b) a radial displacement of the rotating component relative to the shroud.
US08591179B2
Axial-flow compressor including, within a compressor casing (4), at least one rotor (2) of rotor blades (3) connected to a drive shaft (1) and a stator (5) held on the casing inner wall and, associated to the rotor gap (6) between the blade tips and the casing inner wall, a flow pulse generator (7) for stabilizing the rotor gap flow, characterized in that the flow pulse generator (7) includes pulse channels (7a) arranged on the inner wall of the casing and extending upstream of the rotor (2) and tapering in flow direction to accelerate the wall-near flow (9), with the shape and size of the pulse channels (7a) being determined by circumferentially spacedly disposed, successive separators (7b) attached without gap on the compressor casing inner wall. The flow pulse generator (7) so designed, which is easily manufacturable, improves the stabilization of the rotor gap (6) flow, extends the operating range of the compressor and increases the surge limit.
US08591176B2
A fluid flow machine has a main flow path in which at least one row of blades (2) is arranged, with at least one blade end of a blade row (2) being firmly connected to the main flow path confinement and, in an area of this fixed blade end at a sidewall (9), at least one longish, obstacle-type boundary layer barrier (11) is provided which in at least part of its course is oriented obliquely to the main flow direction, thereby deflecting fluid flowing near the sidewall towards the blade pressure side.
US08591175B2
A hydraulic machine through which a main flow of water passes including at least one turbine blade having an upstream end and a downstream end and a channel extending an entire length of the blade for tapping flow from the main flow adjacent the upstream end of the blade and discharging the tapped flow at the downstream end of the blade in a direction of the main flow.
US08591169B2
A power generation system that generates power in low flow situations is disclosed. The system includes a set of vanes, wherein each vane is mounted on a corresponding mast, so as to selectively transmit energy from the flow medium to a rotor shaft or to freely deflect in the direction of flow, depending on whether the flow impinges on the vanes in an energy-producing or a non-energy-producing direction. This is achieved by mounting each vane on its mast, so that it deflects in the flow direction when the vane is subjected to non-energy-producing flow energy, and also coupling each vane to the mast of an adjacent vane, so that the vane exerts a pull force on the mast of the adjacent vane, when the vane is capturing energy-producing flow energy.
US08591168B2
A subsurface wave power generation system includes a seabed mounting plate adapted for securing to a seabed, a wing having generally opposed first and second wing surfaces extending between a first and second wing ends, the second wing end being pivotably mounted to the seabed mounting plate such that pivoting motion about a pivot axis generally parallel to the mounting plate is imparted to the wing by subsurface wave action acting on the first and second wing surfaces, and a drive arm pivotably connected to the wing to convert the pivoting motion into reciprocal motion. An electrical generator can be driven by the drive arm through a slip linkage. The slip linkage includes a first stage that converts the reciprocal motion of the drive arm into rotational motion and a second stage that selectively engages the a drive shaft of the generator drive to impart the rotational motion thereto.
US08591167B2
Methods, apparatus, and products are disclosed for improving the airflow exiting a blower that has one or more adjustable guide vanes that are affixed to the blower at one or more pivot points located in an outlet of the blower that include: determining a rotational speed of an impeller in the blower and adjusting a position of at least one of the adjustable guide vanes in dependence upon the rotational speed of the impeller.
US08591165B2
A material handling vehicle, such as an AGV, for loading and unloading a transport and wherein the vehicle includes a pair of freely floating forks. The forks are freely moveable in the vertical direction as well as capable of pivoting or tilting about an axis relative to a fork carriage, however when a load is applied, the forks are locked are prevented from such free floating movement.
US08591160B2
A clip is provided which can flexibly deal with a change in thickness of a member in which a mounting hole is formed so as to be stably fixed in the mounting hole without any looseness.This clip 10 includes a grommet 20 and a pin 40. The pin 40 has a head portion 41, a shaft portion 43 which projects from one side of the head portion 41, first locking pieces 50 which are provided flexibly on an outer circumference of the shaft portion 43 so as to be brought into engagement with a circumferential edge of the mounting hole 3 and first engagement portions 50 which are brought into engagement with the grommet 20 so as to prevent the dislodgement of the pin 40. The grommet 20 has a flange portion 21 having an insertion hole 25, a cylindrical portion 29 which projects from a circumferential edge of the insertion hole 25, opening portions 34 which allow the first locking pieces 50 to project therefrom, and cutout grooves 27 which are brought into engagement with the first engagement portions 51 so as to hold the pin 40 so as not to be dislodged therefrom in such a state that the pin 40 is allowed to be pushed in further. Then, a coil spring 70 is interposed between the grommet 20 and the pin 40 so as to bias the pin 40 in an opposite direction to a direction in which the pin 40 is pushed into the grommet 20.
US08591153B2
The pneumatic drilling device includes: a ram provided inside a cylindrical body so that the ram can move forward and backward therein; a spindle air motor provided inside the ram; a feed air cylinder mechanism for moving the ram forward and backward; and an air supply port for supplying compressed air to the feed air cylinder mechanism and the spindle air motor through an airflow path. The airflow path includes: a first flow path for driving the spindle air motor; and a second flow path communicating with the feed air cylinder mechanism for moving the ram forward and backward. The first flow path and the second flow path are separately and independently provided in parallel.
US08591149B2
The disclosure concerns a fusible shutter for a water structure such as a river sill, or a spillway on a dam or on a protective dyke, including a solid element disposed on the top of the structure and held on top by gravity, forming a watertight or substantially watertight wall, installed on the water structure and being able to retract so as to allow water to pass without obstruction when the level of the reservoir or watercourse reaches a predefined level, a chamber being formed at the base of the solid element between the latter and the surface that supports it, pressurization means enabling the chamber to be filled with water in order to create under the solid element a thrust directed upwards when the water in the reservoir or watercourse reaches the predefined level. The disclosure consists in these pressurization means including a water inlet at a feed structure provided with two compartments delimited by an internal vertical wall, the two compartments being in communication with each other through at least one passage provided at the top part of the feed structure, one of the compartments having one or more openings in its bottom part allowing entry of water from the reservoir or watercourse into the feed structure while the other compartment is in communication with the chamber under the solid element. Applications to water structures such as a river sill, or a spillway on a dam or on a protective dyke.
US08591138B2
The present fastener (36) for street ironwork includes a fastening or locking element (56). The fastener (36) includes a retaining foot (60) suitable for removably connecting the fastener (36) to a member of the street ironwork, via a receiving cavity (40) made in the member of the street ironwork by element of a shape-matching connection. The invention further relates to the use in attaching jacks to man hole covers.
US08591134B2
A liquid delivery device that is adaptive to animals' natural drinking habit and can be easily carried by animal owners. The liquid delivery device includes a moving member positioned at least partially in a chamber and the moving member is capable of moving laterally within the chamber.
US08591131B2
A hand-held dry-erase board system for efficiently storing a writing instrument in the handle of a portable dry-erase board. The hand-held dry-erase board system includes a frame including a writable surface, a handle, wherein the handle includes an upper end and a lower end and wherein the upper end of the handle is attached to the frame and a clip, wherein the clip is attached to the handle and wherein the clip secures a marker.
US08591125B1
A die circuit assembly and method are described that integrates a first fiber optic die and a second fiber optic die into one assembly containing alignment features allowing for the accurate aligning of the fiber optic die to a fiber optic connector. The die circuit assembly can be attached to a flexible circuit in a manner to ensure the planarity of the fiber optic die is kept normal to the fiber optic connector. A method is also described where a plurality of the die circuit assemblies are formed from a single assembly.
US08591124B2
A system for plugging a fibre optic cable into a fibre optic receptacle includes: a base element having at least one base port, and an adapter unit having at least one adapter, the at least one adapter and the at least one base port being spaced of a predetermined length. The system includes a cable adaptor associated with the fibre optic cable, the cable adaptor including a connector for being plugged into the adapter; an anchoring device for anchoring the fibre optic cable to said base port, and a connector retaining element for receiving the connector and a cable end portion, the connector retaining element defining the predetermined length and removably engaging with the anchoring device. A cable adaptor for a fibre optic cable and a method of installing a fibre optic cable into a fibre optic receptacle, especially into a joint closure, are also described.
US08591109B2
A pouch includes a body formed from a film that defines a generally flat base and an upstanding wall that extends from the base to form an elongate mouth having first and second opposing faces. The upstanding wall has a varying thickness with a first thickness of the upstanding wall at a lower portion of the body being greater than a second thickness of the upstanding wall at an upper portion of the body. The body stands independently in an upright position upon the base when the body is in an expanded position.
US08591104B2
A temperature sensor having a weld zone between an element electrode wire and a sheath core wire. When a section of the weld zone is taken orthogonally to the axial direction and in such a manner as to pass through a center point, L/D is greater or equal to 0.6, wherein D represents the diameter of the element electrode wire, and L represents the length of a chord connecting a first weld point and a second weld point as defined herein.
US08591103B2
An infrared thermometer includes a probe and an infrared sensor. The probe with an infrared target absorbs thermal radiation to provide a substantially consistent source of infrared radiation and an aperture for preventing contamination of the infrared target while permitting the transmission of thermal radiation to the target. The infrared sensor is configured for sensing infrared radiation from the infrared target. The infrared target is positioned within the probe such that it absorbs thermal radiation that comes from the aperture and thereafter emits thermal radiation to the infrared sensor.
US08591098B2
A material blender and method for blending a plurality of ingredient materials to make a single heterogeneous material. The material blender may comprise a blending apparatus, a control system, and a pneumatic delivery system. The pneumatic delivery system may comprise a plurality of conduits each provided with a pneumatic flow therethrough to pneumatically convey one of the ingredient materials to the blending apparatus. The delivery system may also comprise one or more valves configured to independently vary the pneumatic flow through one of the conduits. The control system may be configured to provide signals to the valves, commanding the valves to oscillate between varying degrees of openness based on a desired percentage or ratio of each of the ingredient materials to be output to the blending apparatus. The control system may calculate signals to send to the valves based on stored calibration information.
US08591097B2
A machine for producing and dispensing liquid or semi-liquid consumer food products, comprising: a tank (2) for holding a liquid base product; a treatment circuit (10) for said liquid base product, so as to obtain a liquid or semi-liquid food product; means (30) for dispensing said food product; one or more actuators (40) acting on said base product, said food product and/or parts of said machine (1). At least one of said one or more actuators (40) is a brushless motor (41).
US08591092B2
An HMA plant which uses combination direct exhaust heated and indirectly steam heated pre-heating drum in combination with a sealed indirect hot oil heated rotary shaft mixer, where the steam given off from the heated HMA is maintained, separated from the sulfur containing exhaust of a hot oil heater, so as to minimize the production of acid in liquid form.
US08591091B2
Provided is a surface light source device including a light guide plate, and at least one point light source that is disposed to be adjacent to an incidence surface of the light guide plate and irradiates the incidence surface with a light beam. The light guide plate includes, at least at a position at which the point light source is disposed, at least one projection projecting from the incidence surface toward a direction in which the point light source is disposed.
US08591081B2
A LED is modularized by a light emitting device modularizing member. The light emitting device modularizing member includes heatsink having planar base, a LED mounting plate extending perpendicularly to the base from a portion closer to the end than to the middle portion of the base, and a light emitting device holder provided on each of a first face of the LED mounting plate, which is a face facing the middle portion of the base, and a second face of the LED mounting plate, which is a face opposite to the first face.
US08591077B2
A lens and a lighting fixture utilizing the same provides a plurality of LED light sources as a single light source with a simple configuration. The lens is used with a plurality of light sources in combination and can have a single focus. The lens can include a plurality of light incident portions each disposed so as to face each of the plurality of light sources, the plurality of light incident portions collimating light beams emitted from the plurality of light sources in parallel with a predetermined optical axis while guiding the light beams inside the lens. A light exiting portion can include a refracting surface disposed on optical paths of the collimated light beams guided from the plurality of the light incident portions into the inside of the lens, with the light exiting portions causing the collimated light beams to exit and be converged on the single focus. A lighting fixture can utilize the lens described herein.
US08591075B2
An optical member for refracting light emitted from a light source and projecting the light from a light projecting surface thereof includes a plurality of concave or convex portions formed on the light projecting surface. The concave or convex portions are concentrically arranged on a plurality of circles having a common center point. The concave or convex portions on the circles adjoining to each other are arranged in different phase positions with respect to radial lines extending from the center point.
US08591074B1
A secondary optical lens is invented for use in LED wall wash lights. The secondary optical lens includes a concave body that has an outer surface that extends from a base plane to a top plane, the so-called outer surface is comprised with a diamond-texture flake reflection pattern. Furthermore, the secondary optical lens includes a light incidence surface extending upward from the base plane of the concave body, the so-called light incidence surface includes a cylindrical plane of incidence and an aspheric plane of incidence on top of the cylindrical plane of incidence. And there is a light emitting surface at the top plane of the concave body having a sinusoidal waveform stripe-texture.
US08591069B2
A liquid-cooled LED bulb including a base and a shell connected to the base forming an enclosed volume. The liquid-cooled LED bulb also includes a plurality of LEDs attached to the base and disposed within the shell. The LED bulb also includes a thermally-conductive liquid held within the enclosed volume and a quantum dot material for adjusting the wavelength of light emitted from LED bulb.
US08591060B2
Provided is a light emitting device which can uniformly diffuse and radiate light from all the regions of the globe of an LED bulb without deteriorating light transmission efficiency. A light emitting device is provided with a light scattering/guiding globe and an LED which is disposed on one end of the light scattering/guiding globe. The light scattering/guiding globe is a body with no air released from the inside and is composed of a light scattering/guiding material having light scattering particles contained therein. The globe has the bottom surface on the side of the LED, and is provided with a first light incoming surface as a first hollow section, which is formed in a circular cone shape in the light outputting direction from the bottom surface.
US08591058B2
In one embodiment, the solid-state lighting apparatus includes a solid-state light source. The solid-state light source may include a first side and a second side opposite the first side, with the first side including at least one solid-state lighting element. The solid-state lighting apparatus may also include a junction box. The junction box may be positioned at least partially above the solid-state light source, proximate the second side of the solid-state light source. The solid-state lighting apparatus may further include a heat sink. The heat sink may be coupled to the junction box and thermally coupled to the solid-state light source.
US08591056B2
An illuminated tool for cleaning hooves of hooved animals includes a prong having a tip adapted to engage and clean an animal's hoof and an illumination source configured to direct a light beam in the general direction of the tip of the prong.
US08591055B2
An illuminated clipboard (100) includes a clipboard base (102), a license receiving/viewing device (106) located on the clipboard base, and an illumination source (150, 156) adapted to selectively illuminate the license receiving/viewing device. An illumination source (194) illuminates a ticket-holding area (104). Displays (180, 182) provide current date and time information and a future court date information. An auxiliary license holding slot (196) is provided having an auxiliary illumination source (210).
US08591048B2
A spatially efficient kinematic mirror mount for mounting a mirror or other optical element to a housing. The kinematic mirror mount may include three spaced-apart constraint structures, positioned at or near the outer perimeter or circumference of the mirror. The constraint structures constrain the mirror to lie within a plane, typically the x-y plane defined by the orientation of the housing, substantially without overconstraining the mirror. To accomplish this, each of the three constraint structures may constrain the mirror in the x-y plane by independently providing a tangential constraint to the mirror. The constraint structures may include a tab, coupled to the mirror by a flexure, and a fastening assembly for securing the tab to the housing.
US08591041B2
A method for driving a high-pressure gas discharge lamp of a projector system, which is suitable to produce and to supply to a light valve device during a projection interval (4) a light beam of a basic color which is selected from several basic colors (G, R, B). The lamp is driven by a lamp current. During said projection interval light valves of the light valve device are controlled in a pulse width modulation manner to have each valve provide a respective wanted light integral over said projection interval. During at least one of a number of successive projection intervals associated with one basic color a magnitude of the lamp current is temporarily reduced for at least a time that all light valves can be controlled for said one basic color.
US08591035B2
A display device includes a projector, a Fresnel lens converting a projected light from the projector into a nearly parallelized light, a screen with light reflectivity on which an image by the projected light from the projector is generated, and a retrotransmissive material forming another image of an image located on one side of an element plane in a position in a space on the other side of the element plane such that the image and the other image are symmetric with respect to the element plane. The retrotransmissive material forms an image by a light that has obliquely entered the element plane, such that a position from which the light has obliquely entered the element plane and a position in which the image is formed are symmetric with respect to the element plane, and thereby forms a real image of the image on the screen.
US08591034B2
A projector adapted to switch between a right-eye image and a left-eye image at predetermined timings to output the right-eye image and the left-eye image alternately, includes: a discharge lamp; a discharge lamp drive section adapted to supply the discharge lamp with a drive current for driving the discharge lamp; and a control section adapted to control the discharge lamp drive section, wherein a period between the switching timings temporally adjacent to each other starts with a first period and ends with a second period, and the control section performs a second period alternating-current control process for controlling the discharge lamp drive section so that an absolute value of the drive current becomes relatively small in the first period, and becomes relatively large in the second period, and an alternating current is supplied to the discharge lamp as the drive current in the second period.
US08591031B2
A device (1) for determining the visual field comprises a screen (11) for displaying test patterns, an eye monitoring module (13) for capturing eye movements of a patient (20), and a processing module (10) for determining the visual field of the patient on the basis of the eye movements when the test patterns are displayed. The device (1) moreover comprises a mirror (12), which is aligned parallel to the bipupillary line of the patient (20) for determining the visual field, for deflecting the test patterns from the screen (11) to the eyes. The use of the mirror (12) aligned parallel to the bipupillary line of the patient results in a particularly compact design of the device (1) for determining the visual field, which device makes the same geometric and optical measurement conditions possible for both eyes.
US08591029B2
An imaging device includes an illuminating unit configured to illuminate a measurement object with light from a light source; an aberration correcting unit configured to correct aberration of the measurement object occurring in light returning from the measurement object, the returning light being provided by light illuminating the measurement object through an area differing from a center axis of the illuminating unit; and an image obtaining unit configured to obtain an image of the measurement object on the basis of light returning from the measurement object, the returning light being provided by light that is provided after the aberration is corrected by the aberration correcting unit and that illuminates the measurement object through the center axis of the illuminating unit.
US08591018B2
An ink set containing a water-based ink for ink jet recording and a treatment liquid. The water-based ink contains a phosphate-group modified self-dispersing pigment, water, and a water-soluble organic solvent. The treatment liquid contains an aggregating agent, water, and a water-soluble organic solvent. A dynamic surface tension of the water-based ink, measured under the condition where a life time is about 50 ms, is in the range of 35 mN/m to 45 mN/m. A dynamic surface tension of the treatment liquid, measured under the condition where a life time is about 50 ms, is in the range of 33 mN/m to 45 mN/m.
US08591014B2
An embodiment of this disclosure relates to a fluidic interface for a fluid cartridge comprising a single cast comprising a fluidic needle.
US08591011B2
A piezoelectric element includes a lower electrode film disposed on a substrate, a piezoelectric layer 70 disposed on the lower electrode film, a upper electrode film 80 disposed on the piezoelectric layer 70, wherein the piezoelectric layer 70 is formed of a plurality of columnar grains 70a, and the upper electrode film 80 conforms to the surface shape of each of the grains 70a of the piezoelectric layer 70.
US08590993B2
A refrigerator including a receptacle provided in a storage chamber of a main body so that the receptacle is moved forward from and backward into the storage chamber, a cover hingedly provided at the receptacle, and an interlocking unit to interlock forward and backward motions of the receptacle and hinged rotation of the cover when the receptacle is moved forward by a predetermined distance.
US08590988B2
A lower corner cabinet includes front and rear frames, front panel, first and second lateral panels, and a door panel. The rear frame is separated from the front frame. The front panel extends from the front frame. The first lateral panel includes an end pivotally joined to the front frame and another end pivotally joined to the rear frame and is foldable. The second lateral panel includes an end pivotally joined to the front panel and another end pivotally joined to the rear frame and is foldable. The bottom panel is selectively abutted against the front and rear frames and the first and second lateral panels and pivotally movable. The door panel extends from the front panel to the front frame. Moreover, the lower corner cabinet is operable in an extended position and a collapsed position and able to be changed therebetween without the aid of a tool.
US08590987B2
An idler of an undercarriage assembly for a track-type machine is disclosed. The undercarriage assembly may have at least two links, which may be interconnected by a cartridge. The cartridge may have a bushing disposed about and rotatable relative to a pin. At least one of the links may have a link rail wear surface, which may be positioned an original wear surface height from the bushing. The idler may have a lower surface, which may be configured to wear against the link rail wear surface. The idler may also have an upper surface, which may be configured to wear against the bushing. The upper surface may be positioned radially outward of the lower surface by an original upper surface height. The original upper surface height may be between approximately 70% and approximately 90% of the original wear surface height.
US08590982B2
A longwall mining system includes at least one face end roof support having a longitudinal length, and at least one near end roof support adjacent the face end roof support. The near end roof support has a longitudinal length substantially shorter than the face end roof support longitudinal length. There is also at least one face roof support adjacent the near end roof support, and the face roof support has a longitudinal length substantially shorter than the near end roof support longitudinal length. There is also a forward conveyor extending forward to and attached to the face end roof support, the at least one near end roof support, and the at least one face roof support, and a rearward conveyor extending rearward of and attached to the face end roof support, the at least one near end roof support, and the at least one face roof support. This creates an effective cave line at an angle to the coal face, that helps reduce the goaf pressure on the face end, thereby increasing the stability of the main gate roof support.
US08590974B2
An ergonomic kneeling bench or stool for supporting weight of a user in a kneeling position includes a pedestal portion, and a seat portion having a generally central aperture that removably receives at least a portion of an end of the pedestal portion in an assembled configuration of the kneeling stool. The seat portion can include one or more permanent magnets, and the pedestal portion includes one or more corresponding permanent magnets, configured and aligned to magnetically attract each other and to releasably retain the seat portion and the pedestal portion together in either or both of unassembled and assembled configurations of the kneeling stool.
US08590967B1
An improved child car safety seat is provided having a restraining system consisting of two chest restraining straps and one lower restraining strap, which are independently adjustable. The two chest restraining straps preferably comprise an adjustable crisscross harness system in which the chest restraining straps are crossed in front of the child. The child car safety seat also has an adjustable restraining safety bar.
US08590966B2
A vibration damper for a vehicle seat back is disclosed. The vibration damper includes an enclosure provided inside the upper end of a vehicle seat back. The enclosure includes a plurality of projections, preferably in the form of spaced apart, vertically extending pins, extending from one or more interior walls of the enclosure. A non-newtonian stress thickening fluid is provided within the enclosure. When the seat back is at rest the stress thickening fluid is free flowing within the enclosure. When the seat back is moved the stress thickening fluid is acted upon by the walls of the enclosure, the internally mounted pins, or both. As the walls and pins push on the fluid it comes under shear stress which causes the fluid to harden. As the pins pass through the hardened fluid they absorb energy and dampen the motion.
US08590962B2
In one example, a trailer is provided that includes a bed frame, a first panel at least indirectly connected to the bed frame, and a second panel at least indirectly connected to the bed frame. At least one of the first panel and the second panel is configured to be releasably secured in two different positions so as to at least partially define first and second configurations of the trailer, the first configuration being different from the second configuration.
US08590958B2
A seat arrangement for a motor vehicle includes a vehicle seat that can be shifted in the longitudinal and transverse direction. A rail guide has a guide component fixedly anchored to the seat or vehicle and a guide rail fixedly anchored to the vehicle or seat along which the guide component is rail-guide. An installation section has a locking device that is moved from a release position in which the guide component is guided along the installation section or introduced into the installation section, into a locked position, in which the installation section is locked relative to the guide component by the locking device.
US08590950B2
A bumper assembly for a vehicle to which a towing hook member can be removably coupled includes a bumper beam having a cavity defined at least partially by a first wall and a second wall. The first and second walls are separated at a distance. Also, the bumper assembly includes a receiver having a receiver opening operable to removably couple to and removably receive the towing hook member. The receiver opening is exposed from the bumper beam, and the receiver also has a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is removably coupled to the first wall of the bumper beam, and the second portion is removably coupled to the second wall of the bumper beam.
US08590948B2
An outer operational device includes a cover mounted to an outer side of a door. The outer operational device includes a handle and an actuating member operatively connected between the handle and a latch. A sliding block is movable between an alignment position and an alignment position under control of a driving device through electrification. When the sliding block is in the engagement position, a locking block locks the actuating member to prevent rotation of the handle, and the outer operational device is in a locked state avoiding retraction of the latch. When the sliding block is in the disengagement position, the sliding block allows rotation of the actuating member and the handle, and the outer operational device is in an unlocked state allowing retraction of the latch.
US08590939B2
A multi page product hang tag includes at least one overlay sheet having pages hingedly attached to a spine with the spine attached to a backing sheet. The backing sheet is attachable to a displayable product, e.g., a binder. Each overlay sheet has an interruption between each page and the spine connected by laminate material that forms a hinge along each interruption. In manufacture, an indicia carrying sheet, e.g., stock, is formed to remove material defining each page and spine along with the hinge-defining interruption therebetween. At least one bridge of the sheet extends between each page and spine above and/or below its corresponding interruption. After laminating the formed sheet, additional forming removes each bridge producing a multi-paged overlay sheet that is in turn attached to a backing sheet to form a product hang tag in accordance with the invention.
US08590935B1
An automatic seatbelt release system includes an electrically-released buckle which engages a shoulder belt and a lap belt. When engaged, the system provides the protection and functionality of a common three-point seatbelt. When a user opens a vehicle door, an electric switch within the door handle provides a signal to disengage the buckle causing both the shoulder and lap belts to retract, enabling the user to exit the vehicle in an expedient manner. The system is particularly useful for law enforcement officers or military personnel who need to frequently and quickly exit a vehicle. A power switch is provided to deactivate the system.
US08590927B2
The invention relates to an airbag system including an airbag including a vent and a vent cover, an actuator, and a tether. The tension can be applied to the tether when the actuator has not been activated. Further, when the actuator has not been activated, the vent is closed by the vent cover due to the tension applied to the tether connected to the vent cover. The actuator is configured, once inflation gas is supplied to inflate the airbag, to reduce or release the tension applied to the tether when the actuator is activated. The vent cover is configured to remain in position when the actuator has been activated until the inflation gas forces the vent open. The vent cover is configured to maintain the vent in a closed state when the actuator has not been activated. In addition, the vent cover can be located on an exterior surface of the airbag.
US08590925B2
A side airbag for a vehicle may include an inflator provided on a seat side frame in a seat of the vehicle, a first cushion part installed in a seat side pad mounted on the seat side frame, wherein the first cushion part covers the seat side frame and may be fluid-connected to the inflator so that when the inflator may be operated, the first cushion part inflates inside the seat side pad to push an occupant sideways, and a second cushion part integrally connected to the first cushion part so that when gas may be supplied from the inflator into the second cushion part via the first cushion part, the second cushion part protrudes out of the seat side pad to protect a side portion of a body of the occupant.
US08590921B2
A band cart storage system and method having a storage cart that defines a storage area for receiving at least one or a plurality of portable and collapsible band carts and also that is capable of providing a platform that is adjustable for supporting instruments, components or even a person, such as a director or drum major, above the ground.
US08590918B1
A rotary tow coupling. The rotary tow coupling changes the angular orientation of a trailer relative to a tow vehicle without moving the tow vehicle. The rotary tow coupling is fixedly secured to the tow vehicle. The rotary tow coupling includes a hitch connectable to a trailer coupling. The hitch is moveable from a home position along a circuit around a reference point defined by the rotary tow coupling. The hitch is moved a selected direction along the circuit, the trailer moves left and right and forward and backward. One complete circuit of the hitch incrementally changes the angular orientation of the trailer relative to the tow vehicle. Using multiple trips around the circuit, the rotary tow coupling is capable of adjusting the angular orientation of the trailer relative to the tow vehicle between 90° and 270° without moving the tow vehicle.
US08590916B2
The present invention relates to systems and methods for automatically connecting a watercraft to a trailer. The invention permits a watercraft to be connected to a submerged trailer so that the watercraft can be withdrawn from a body of water by a single operator. The systems and methods of the invention incorporate a bow target guide which guides the operator of a watercraft to a catch mechanism so that a connection between the trailer and watercraft can be made automatically. The systems of the invention may be provided as a kit for modifying an existing trailer, or they may form an integral component of a trailer. Methods of making and using the present system are within the scope of the invention.
US08590913B1
An intelligent side step apparatus for a vehicle may include a base block that is fixed to a vehicle body panel disposed at a lower end of a vehicle door, a step motor that is fixed to the base block, a driving shaft that is engaged with the step motor and is rotated by power transmitted from the step motor, a plurality of joint steps that are pivotally coupled each other in sequence, and a step operating mechanism that is coupled with the driving shaft and engaged with each of the joint steps, rotates with the driving shaft, and moves in a forward or backward direction according to rotation of the driving shaft, and wherein one of the plurality of joint steps is pivotally connected to the base block.
US08590912B2
An adjustable spring mounting assembly includes first and second alignment correction plates. A spacer is sandwiched between the two correction plates. First and second fasteners connect the assembly to a vehicle spring hanger bracket. A third fastener connects the assembly to a vehicle leaf spring.
US08590905B2
Connection of a bit with two balls is enabled while high operability of attachment and detachment of the bit is maintained. A pressing ring 23 is held at the advance position together with an operation sleeve 22 by a guide washer 24 forced by a coil spring 25. When the rear end of the bit is inserted into a tool holder 8, the balls 27, 27 that are rolled rearward by the contact of the rear end of the bit are pushed in between the pressing ring 23 and the guide washer 24 in order, and the balls 27, 27 can be retracted from the tool holder 8 in the state where the pressing ring 23 is held at the advance position by the tilt of the guide washer 24.
US08590900B2
A card game is played against a pay table, wherein a player receives a partial hand that is preferably completed by community cards, but may be completed by cards dealt directly to a hand or a combination of cards dealt directly to a hand and at least one community card or wild card. After placement of an ante wager, each player will have an opportunity to place a game wager before receiving another card for the player's hand (whether dealt directly to the player or as a community card revealed to all players). At least some or all game wagers may be an amount within a range of multiples of the player's ante wager, such as one times, two times, three times, four times, or five times the amount of the ante wager. The range of wagers may remain the same or vary with the number of dealt cards or community card revealed to the players.
US08590896B2
Playing card-handling devices, such as shufflers, dealing shoes, discard racks and verification systems, are rotatably secured to a gaming table to allow for functional and ergonomic adjustment of the card-handling device, without removal from the gaming table. One end of the device, preferably a front end of the device from which playing cards may be removed, has a structure that extends through an aperture in the gaming table. The device is movable within the aperture. Movement in the X-Y direction, angular movement and rotational movement, parallel to the movement of the plane of the surface of the gaming table, is enabled. The movement of the device about the aperture preferably maintains the base of the device relatively parallel to the plane of the surface of the gaming table.
US08590895B2
A card game machine enables players to play a card game using cards, each of which has a distinctive surface and a non-distinctive surface. The card game apparatus includes a card slide housing, a card stop unit, a card drive unit and a card receive unit. The card slide housing has slides, each of which is inclined such that cards and slide down. The card stop unit is coupled to the card slide housing to temporarily stop cards. The card drive unit causes the stopped cards to start sliding again. The card receive unit is arranged below the card stop unit and has a plurality of card receiving parts corresponding to the respective slides to receive cards. The card receiving parts are movable such that portions of the distinctive surfaces of the cards received in each receiving part are spaced apart from each other in one direction.
US08590894B2
A Balanced Roulette game and Balanced Roulette method for arranging indicia on a Balanced Roulette Wheel game surface and on an associated Balanced Roulette wheel having indicia indicating non-house numbers from 1 through 36. A Balanced Super Roulette game and method for arranging indicia on a Balanced Super Roulette wheel game surface and on an associated Balanced Super Roulette Wheel having indicia indicating non-house numbers from 1 through 60. Each of the Balanced Roulette and Balanced Super Roulette wheels/game surfaces have indicia (number and color) arranged such that the impact of wheel Bias that affects bettor payouts for multi-number bets is reduced.
US08590891B2
A recording medium conveyor includes a first conveyance part conveying a recording medium; a second conveyance part conveying the conveyed recording medium toward a transfer position; a detection part detecting the position of the recording medium conveyed by the second conveyance part; a position error detection part detecting a position error between the transfer position and a position at which there is to be the recording medium when an image reaches the transfer position; a position error storage part storing the detected position errors; a steady-state position error calculation part calculating a steady-state position error from the stored position errors; a first control part controlling the conveyance speed of the first conveyance part to reduce the steady-state position error; and a second control part controlling the conveyance speed of the second conveyance part to reduce the detected position error, with the steady-state position error being reduced.
US08590890B2
An information processing device includes an opening and closing member that is configured to be movable between open and closed positions, and an interference member that is positioned in a middle of an opening and closing trajectory of the opening and closing member. The opening and closing member takes the open position after the opening and closing member moves in a direction away from the interference member and takes the closed position after the opening and closing member moves in a direction toward the interference member.
US08590886B2
Air-suction sheet supplying device and image forming apparatus using a belt member detecting section
An air-suction sheet supplying device includes a sheet stacking plate to stack recording sheets; an air-suction duct, arranged to face a top surface of the recording sheet stacked on the sheet stacking plate, and having an air-suction opening with a predetermined width; a belt member, rotatably arranged so as to cover the air-suction opening, and having plural areas having various distributions of suction holes in a direction perpendicular to a conveying direction; a driving section to rotate the belt member; a detecting section to detect a position of the belt member in a rotating direction; and a control section to operate the driving section so as to set a starting position of suction work, in a conveying direction of the belt member, on an area having suitable distribution of the suction holes, based on information detected by the detecting section.
US08590882B2
A feeder unit includes: a first tray that keeps a storage position in which the first tray is stored within the base portion and an operation position, and is provided at one end of a feeding path of a medium so as to place the medium thereon; a cover member that is openably and closeably provided to cover the first tray in the storage position when being closed or uncover the first tray when being open; and a first power transmitter that transmits power to open and close the cover member to the first tray, and the first power transmitter is configured so as to displace the first tray to the operation position with the displacement of the cover member when the cover member is switched to an open-state, and to the storage position with the displacement of the cover member when the cover member is switched to a closed-state.
US08590879B2
A work table. The work table can include a horizontal support panel having an upper surface and a lower surface, a raised edge projecting upwardly from the upper surface of the support panel and disposed substantially at the perimeter thereof, a pair of outer beams projecting downwardly from the lower surface of the support panel, each outer beam having a plurality of slits defined therein, a central beam projecting downwardly from the lower surface of the support panel, the central beam having a plurality of slits defined therein, and a plurality of fastening straps, each fastening strap receivable within a slit of the plurality of slits, the fastening straps adapted to couple the work table to a railing of an aerial lift.
US08590872B2
An apparatus for holding a measurement object, particularly a formed sheet metal component of a vehicle body, in a reference position, comprises at least one carrier which holds the measurement object and has a carrier head that can be placed against the measurement object. The carrier comprises a plurality of carrier heads which can optionally be moved, relative to the rest of the carrier, into contact positions and the carrier heads can be pivoted about an axis.
US08590870B2
A retraction ball and a system made of a retraction ball and an elastic element for a hydrostatic piston machine is provided, having at least one recess for accommodating an elastic element, and at least one structural element being disposed in the recess for locking the elastic element.
US08590867B2
A canted coil spring includes a plurality of canted coils generally canted relative to a centerline extending through the coils. At least one coil when viewed in the direction of the centerline appears to have a non-elliptical shape and a non-circular shape when the at least one coil is in the unbiased state. The plurality of coils is generally canted at a first coil angle relative to the center line. The at least one coil includes at least one section canted at a second coil angle relative to the centerline. The second coil angle is different from the first coil angle when the at least one coil is in an unbiased state.
US08590862B2
In a method and an apparatus for replacing old underground conduits (4), the old conduit (4) is first laid bare with the aid of a ground drilling device (8) with an overdrilling head and then, in turn, a new conduit (5) is drawn in with the aid of the drill rods (7) and at the same time—in a uniform operating step—the old conduit is pulled out of the ground.
US08590861B2
A gate valve apparatus is disclosed. The gate valve apparatus is provided with a valve casing that includes a first valve seat and a second valve seat, and in which an opening portion is formed; and a closure element that includes a sealing member that contacts the first valve seat to seal the opening portion. In addition, the gate valve apparatus is provided with a shutoff member that contacts the second valve seat to thereby be deformed, so that a space between the opening portion and a sealing member is shut off by the shutoff member when the closure element closes the opening portion. The shutoff member is deformed and continues to contact the second valve seat under normal and high temperature environments when the closure element closes the opening portion.
US08590854B1
A reading material support system having a base panel, a book support panel having a lip on at least a portion of a bottom edge of the book support panel, the book support panel is pivotally attached to a top surface of the base panel via a pivot mounting means, the pivot mounting means having a first half pivot mount on the top surface of the base panel and a second half pivot mount on a back surface of the book support panel, the second half pivot mount pivotally engages the first half pivot mount such that the book support panel can pivot about an axis parallel to the base panel, and a securing means for securing the book support panel in a position relative to the base panel.
US08590835B2
An electrically-powered downlock actuation system for a landing gear that does not convert rotary motor output into linear motion during the actuation process, but instead uses the rotary motor output to directly drive a locking mechanism coupled to upper and lower landing gear braces. The electrically-powered downlock actuation system may include an electric motor, a gearbox (optional), a clutch (optional) and a fixed link to replace a hydraulically powered downlock actuation system. Further, the electrically-powered downlock actuation system may be controlled with motor control electronics that cooperate with one or more sensors arranged to detect a position of an output shaft.
US08590825B2
A reel hose cart includes a metal drum formed by a pair of side flanges with radial spokes arranged in a cross, and circular peripheral crown, and by a connecting cross member having parallel sections distributed circumferentially, and a pair of side plates made with plastic material which rotatably carry the drum and to which a metal frame is fixed having three U-shaped tubular elements. One frame top element acts as a maneuvering handle and two frame diverging bottom elements—one of which equipped with wheels—act as a support base on the ground. The top element of frame is formed by a central gripping part and by a pair of parallel side wings inserted in respective through holes of the side plates and blockable therein in axially adjustable position by openable clamps, in particular lever clamps.
US08590824B2
A torsion bar is mounted inside a take-up drum with its one end fixed thereto for disabling its relative rotation with respect to the take-up drum. A slit is formed in parallel to rotational axis of the take-up drum and allows one end of the webbing to pass through. At one end of the webbing, there is provided a slip-off prevention member. Length consisting of the slip-off prevention member's diameter and thickness of the webbing surrounding the slip-off prevention member is longer than distance between outer-diameter-side surface of the slit at the take-up drum and outer diameter surface of the torsion bar inside the take-up drum so as to prevent escape of the slip-off prevention member therefrom. The slip-off prevention member's load to depress the take-up drum in fully-pulled-out state of webbing is received by both the torsion bar and the take-up drum.
US08590823B2
A cord management system includes a strap. The strap has a first set of magnets attached to a first location on the strap and a second set of magnets attached to a second location on the strap. The strap also includes at least two modes of operation. In a first mode of operation, the first set of magnets is magnetically attached to the second set of magnets so that a first segment of the strap located between the first set of magnets and the second set of magnets forms a loop configured to secure a cord that is wrapped around the strap. In a second mode of operation, the first set of magnets is magnetically detached from the second set of magnets so that the first segment no longer forms the loop. The strap is also configured to be coupled to an object.
US08590820B2
A waste disposal unit for biologically hazardous waste includes a waste reception mechanism for receiving un-shredded waste, a housing having an interior containing a shredder mechanism and a storage volume for receiving shredded waste from the shredder mechanism. The housing is configured to prevent external access to the interior of the housing. In a first configuration of the waste reception mechanism, un-shredded waste may be received and access from the waste reception mechanism to the interior of the housing is closed. In a second configuration of the waste reception mechanism, access from the exterior of the waste disposal unit into the waste reception mechanism is closed and access from the waste reception mechanism into the interior of the housing is open to permit un-shredded waste to pass from the waste reception mechanism to the shredder mechanism. The waste disposal unit is engaged by a detachable shredder drive mechanism.
US08590819B2
A method has been developed that estimates from the on line measurements of readily available process variables the proportion of the mass of fiber in the refining zone of a chip refiner relative to the mass with a full refining zone. This estimate of the filling factor is used to determine the margin available to load the refiner and the control action needed to avoid abnormal operation.
US08590813B2
A rotary atomizer applies particulate paints with good color matching by reducing paint droplet size deviation and then optimizing the other paint spraying parameters. Paint droplet size parameters are reduced by using a bell cup having reduced flow deviations, including an overflow surface having a generally constant angle between a deflector and an atomizing edge.
US08590811B2
A device enables fluid pumps not specific to producing foam to be modified to be foam pumps by adding several elements to the pumps. The added elements include a supply conduit extending from an inlet of the pump to an elbow below the level of foaming liquid and hence rising above the level of the liquid to terminate in air. The supply conduit has a suction hole through which the liquid is sucked when air circulates in front of the hole. A foam discharge conduit connected to the pump outlet has a filtering grate. The foaming liquid includes water to produce foam without additional water. Additional grates and a removable extension grate are added optionally. Dimensions of the elements and dilution level of the foaming liquid are a function of the nature of the foam.
US08590806B2
A liquid diffuser device, comprising a support frame (2) with an upper passageway (3) to direct a liquid jet and a lower hollow tubular body (4) with a bottom wall (5), a liquid jet deflecting member (9) having an upper plate (10) fixed to a lower stem (11) which is had within the tubular body (4), means (13) for movably coupling the stem (11) to the bottom wall (5), comprising at least one lower contact surface (14) of the stem (11) and at least one upper contact surface (15) of the bottom wall (5). The movable coupling means (13) comprise an intermediate contact member (16) secured to the lower end portion (12) of the stem (11), and continuously contacting the upper surface (15) of the bottom wall (5) to avoid downward shifting of the stem (11) consequent to wear of the contact surfaces (14, 15).
US08590800B2
The present invention relates to a method of authenticating and/or identifying an article containing a chemical marking agent, which is substantially inseparably enclosed in a marker as a carrier and contains selected chemical elements and/or compounds in the form of marker elements, in concentrations based on a predetermined encryption code, which method comprises the steps of: i) qualitatively and/or quantitatively identifying the marker elements of the chemical marking agent, and ii) comparing the values identified in step (i) with the predetermined encryption code.
US08590797B2
A wireless IC device includes a wireless IC chip arranged to process a radio signal, a power-supply circuit board that is connected to the wireless IC chip and that includes a power supply circuit including at least one coil pattern, and a radiation plate arranged to radiate a transmission signal supplied from the power-supply circuit board and/or receiving a reception signal to supply the reception signal to the power-supply circuit board. The radiation plate includes an opening provided in a portion thereof and a slit connected to the opening. When viewed in plan from the direction of the winding axis of the coil pattern, the opening in the radiation plate overlaps with an inner area of the coil pattern and the area of the inner area is approximately the same as that of opening.
US08590796B1
A card is fabricated by fixing together multiple boards. By fabricating a card from multiple boards, the reliabilities of the individual boards may be tested independently. Failure of a single board component may not, for example, result in failure of a card so long as the reliability of a single board is determined before the single board component is fixed to the other board component(s).
US08590788B1
Disclosed are various embodiments of generating customized packaging for an item associated with an order. A request to generate customized packaging for an item associated with an order is received. A user interface allowing a user to participate in design of the customized packaging is generated. Customized packaging is then generated based upon the customized packaging selected and/or designed by the user.
US08590787B1
Systems and methods for performing a transaction with a headless point-of-sale or automated teller machine (ATM) device are disclosed. A card having a display and radio frequency (RF) communications module may be authenticated with a headless point-of-sale device using a short-range RF communications link. Transaction information may be provided to the display of the card from the headless point-of-sale device. A customer may confirm the transaction at the card using a touch-sensitive input area. The headless point-of-sale device may then provide the transaction information to a transaction processor for processing and verification. Where the headless device is a headless ATM, the card may be authenticated to the ATM and transaction information may be entered and displayed on the card. A cardholder may authenticate with the ATM by entering, e.g., a PIN number and funds may be dispensed to the cardholder upon verification of the PIN.
US08590784B1
An illustrative embodiment of a credit card swipe sleeve includes a pair of sleeve panels, a plurality of panel seams attaching the sleeve panels, a sleeve interior defined by and between the sleeve panels, the sleeve interior generally approximating dimensions of a standard-sized credit card and a flexible sleeve rim carried by the pair of sleeve panels and deployable from an outwardly-expanded open configuration to a closed configuration responsive to inward pressure applied to the sleeve rim.
US08590768B2
Copper metal or metal alloy workpieces and/or aluminum metal or metal alloy workpieces are joined in a solid state weld by use of a reactive material placed, in a suitable form, at the joining surfaces. Joining surfaces of the workpieces are pressed against the interposed reactive material and heated. The reactive material alloys or reacts with the workpiece surfaces consuming some of the surface material in forming a liquid-containing reaction product comprising a low melting liquid that removes oxide films and other surface impediments to a welded bond across the interface. Further pressure is applied to expel the reaction product and to join the workpiece surfaces in a solid state weld bond.
US08590765B2
A solder drawing member (402) is detachably attached on the outer side of a jet nozzle (303) that jets molten solder pumped from a solder tank (102) storing the molten solder. The solder drawing member (402) is made of a material having higher wettability to the molten solder than the surface material of the jet nozzle (303). Thus a force of separating the solder from a point to be soldered can be increased by a surface tension of the molten solder flowing on the solder drawing member (402), thereby reducing bridge phenomena and icicle phenomena.
US08590764B2
An apparatus for performing endoluminal anastomosis of an organ comprises an operative head including an endoscope receiving lumen for slidably receiving a flexible endoscope therein, the operative head including an annular tissue receiving space extending around a circumference of a distal end thereof and a stapling mechanism for firing staples around an entire circumference of the tissue receiving space and a tissue gripping mechanism for drawing into the tissue receiving space a portion of tissue extending around an entire circumference of the organ.
US08590751B2
A utility panel for a dispenser that is mounted to a support structure by a backplate includes opposed lateral legs that extend from a main section to form a receiving channel therebetween. The main section is configured to display any desired physical indicia, such as advertising messages, for viewing by the user of the dispenser, while the lateral sections include retention tabs that are received within guide channels formed between the backplate and the support structure. As the utility panel is attached to the dispenser, the blackplate is received within the receiving channel of the utility panel until the retention tabs are snap-fit into corresponding lock channels provided by the backplate of the dispenser. As such, the utility panel is easily retrofit to a previously-installed dispenser without the use of tools.
US08590741B2
A dispenser for a flowable medium, such as soap, foam soap or the like, has an outlet opening on the underside, a sensor in the region of the outlet opening, which sensor emits an electrical signal upon sensing a person, and an electrical pump which is caused to dispense a portion of the medium through the outlet opening as a result of the electrical signal from the sensor. A switch is also provided on the dispenser, the operation of which switch causes the next signal from the sensor to emit an optical or acoustic signal instead of dispensing a portion of the medium.
US08590737B2
The apparatus and process of the present invention provides for the automated, singulated dispensing of articles, particularly solid oral medication in predetermined quantities. The apparatus of the invention is a canister which houses a screw having a channel of a certain width and depth that corresponds to the dimensions of a particular pill type. The screw is removably mounted within a canister, such that screws having channels of various dimensions, corresponding to a particular pill to be dispensed, can be substituted into the canister. Upon rotation of the screw, the articles to be dispensed travel along a sidewall, pass under a singulation ramp, and exit from an aperture on the proximal end of the canister. A rotational driver-coupling is mounted to the proximal end of the screw, allowing for activation of the canister by engaging the screw. The present invention further describes methods of dispensing articles.
US08590735B2
A container body has a closed bottom and a peripheral wall defining a hollow interior for receipt of desired contents. A cap for the container has a depression constructed and arranged to fit tightly over a top rim of the container body to seal the contents within the hollow interior. The cap can be pried upward to an open position to allow access to the hollow interior. An opening tab hinged to the cap normally extends downward alongside the container body when the cap is closed, but is swingable upward to a horizontal orientation. The tab and cap have cooperating abutments that limit further upward swinging of the tab relative to the cap such that the tab can be used to pry the cap open.
US08590720B2
A framework for support of a tank within the framework includes four corner posts joined by four top rails and four bottom rails together defining a rectangular prism. At least one of the rails includes a forkpocket assembly. The forkpocket assembly includes at least one forkpocket protection plate. The forkpocket protection plate defines a pair of forkpocket tubes configured to receive tines of a forklift. The forkpocket tubes are situated at a vertical forkpocket height selected to be removed from the tank vertical profile of a framework profile. A vertical protection plate extends vertically over a portion of the tank vertical profile of a framework profile.
US08590719B2
A closure includes a cup shaped overcap having a depending sidewall. The sidewall is provided with a lug having a plurality of inwardly facing teeth. Each one of the inwardly facing teeth has a gently sloping face and steeply sloping face. The slopes of the gently sloping faces and the steeply sloping faces of at least two of the inwardly facing teeth differ respectively one from another. The closure also includes a cup shaped undercap having a depending sidewall. The sidewall is provided with a plurality of outwardly facing teeth around its periphery. Each one of the teeth has a steeply sloping face and a gently sloping face. The steeply sloping faces and the gently sloping faces of the outwardly facing teeth are adapted to abut respectively, at least two of the steeply sloping faces and the gently sloping faces of the inwardly facing teeth.
US08590713B2
A centrifugal separator having a separation chamber and a collection chamber utilizes an axially-oriented structure which extends from the spin structure, or spin plate, up and into the vortex finder. The axially-oriented structure decreases turbulence within portion of the separator in axial adjacency with the spin structure, including the separation chamber in which the solids are collected. The reduction of turbulence substantially reduces the entrainment of solids in the rising stream of liquid flowing to the vortex finder, and thus increases the efficiency of the separator. The spin structure may comprise a truncated cone mounted with a portion of the truncated cone in the separation chamber and the remainder in the collection chamber.
US08590708B2
Systems and methods for providing a quantity of cullet having at least two colors of glass from an input stream of recyclable material and non-recyclable material. In an embodiment, the system includes a sortation station, a screening apparatus, an air classifier, and a crushing apparatus to provide as output substantially pure cullet having at least two colors.
US08590703B2
A case for headphones that have two earpads connected by a flexible headband, where the earpads have a compressible portion that is adapted to sit on the ear or head. The case includes a tray that defines an open front that is adapted to receive the headphones. The tray defines structure that maintains the headband in tension. There is a resiliently stretchable cover fixed to the tray and defining a free portion adapted to be moved from a closed position wherein the cover closes the open front of the tray to an open position wherein the open front of the tray is at least substantially exposed.
US08590702B2
A base structure of a golf bag includes an upper frame, a lower frame, a base and a bag connected between the upper frame and the lower frame. The upper frame is provided with an outer support to support the bag and an auxiliary rod to support the outer support. The base and the lower frame have corresponding pivot holes for insertion a shaft. The lower frame and the base are pivotally connected. The lower frame can be turned an angle relative to the base. The base further has a front pivot hole for pivot connection of the auxiliary rod. The lower frame has a front oblique surface. When the bag is placed at an angle, the lower frame will be turned an angle and the front oblique surface of the lower frame leans against the base so that the golf bag is placed steady.
US08590696B2
In various embodiments, an apparatus for transporting wafers is provided. The apparatus may include a transport belt configured to transport wafers in a transport direction; wherein the transport belt is provided with supports configured to support the wafers to be transported; wherein the supports are provided with at least one bearing element for compensating for relative movements between the transport belt and the wafer.
US08590695B2
A technique for the conveyance of solid combustible material, having at least one conveying means, wherein the conveying means is supported at least partially by bearing means and/or drive means, in particular on a stand, and the apparatus having at least one collecting space located below the conveying means and having a height, at least one deflecting means for the deflection of solid combustible material towards the collecting space being located below at least one bearing means and/or below at least one drive means. Such an apparatus is suitable most especially for the conveyance of solid materials presenting a fire and/or explosion hazard.
US08590693B2
A method and apparatus are used to transfer workpieces, in particular preforms or bottles. The workpiece is subjected to pressure by a gripper-like holding device, which has at least one gripper arm arranged pivotably relative to a gripper carrier. The gripper arm is pivoted in order to perform gripping and releasing movements. The pivoting motion of the gripper arm is controlled by at least one magnet, particularly a permanent magnet.
US08590690B2
A device for taking over, temporarily storing and passing on elongated, hollow-cylindrical product units, preferably tubes, sleeves or cans, which come from a production line, has a first supplying conveyor belt and a continuously delivering second conveyor belt. The first and the second conveyor belts are disposed horizontally lying one above the other in a transfer zone. An intermediate storage arrangement is designed as a high-rack storage arrangement or as a paternoster storage arrangement. At least one handling robot is also located in the region of the transfer zone between the conveyor belts and the intermediate storage arrangement. This handling robot is designed either (a) to take a number of product units from the first conveyor belt and to feed them to the second conveyor belt or the intermediate storage arrangement, or (b) to remove a number of product units from the intermediate storage arrangement and to feed them to the second conveyor belt.
US08590677B2
Disclosed herein is a shock absorber for damping vibration transmitted to a vehicle according to a road state. The shock absorber includes a cylinder and a piston valve disposed within the cylinder and connected to a piston rod. The piston rod includes a hollow chamber formed within the piston rod, a floating piston disposed within the hollow chamber to move up and down and to divide the hollow chamber into upper and lower chambers, and a moving mechanism formed in the hollow chamber to move an operating fluid to upper and lower portions of the floating piston. The shock absorber can change a damping force according to a displacement of the piston rod, thereby improving driving comfort and stability of the vehicle.
US08590675B2
The invention relates to a disk brake, in particular for utility vehicles, having a brake application shaft (14) and having an adjusting device for wear-dependent adjustment, wherein a rotational axis (36) of the brake application shaft is perpendicular to a rotational axis (40) of the adjusting device and a pin (23) serves to couple the brake application shaft to the adjusting device. A longitudinal axis of the pin encloses an acute angle with the rotational axis of the brake application shaft. The invention also relates to an adjusting device for a disk brake, in particular for utility vehicles, having an adjusting element in the form of an adjusting nut or an adjusting screw, and having a slipping clutch (28, 30) for limiting the torque which can be transmitted to the adjusting element. The slipping clutch has a friction element which is rotationally coupled to the adjusting element in both rotational directions.
US08590674B2
A wheel chock restraint system which comprises a wheel chock having a base, a plurality of teeth extending outwardly from the base, the teeth extending in a first direction, and a locking member mounted within the chock, the locking member having a plurality of locking member teeth extending from a bottom thereof, the locking member teeth extending in a second direction generally opposed to the first direction, and an arrangement for moving the locking member in a generally vertical direction.
US08590670B1
A sound barrier membrane comprises of a decoupling layer, a barrier layer and a dampening layer. The membrane also provides crack isolation, and acts as a vapor barrier. Numerous materials are disclosed which can be used to create these layers. Methods for assembly of the sound barrier membrane are also disclosed.
US08590666B2
Disclosed herein is a rigging component and method for connecting an array element in an array. The rigging component includes an elongate housing connectable to an array element; a connection link disposed within, and slidably extendable from, one end of the housing; a conduit extending into the housing from its opposite end, the conduit dimensioned to receive another connection link extending from an adjacent rigging component; and at least one latching device associated with the conduit for releasably retaining the other connection link within the conduit. Further disclosed is a system for connecting an array element in an array. The system comprises at least one rigging component having a connection link extendable to be locked at a single fixed distance and at least one rigging component having a connection link extendable to be locked at one of a plurality of fixed distances.
US08590665B2
An ear piece for providing audio (e.g., from an electronic device) to the user is provided. The ear piece may include a compliant element operative to be inserted in the user's ear such that the compliant element deforms to retain the ear piece in the user's ear. The compliant element may include a connector portion coupling the compliant element to the ear piece housing, and an outer portion folded over the ear piece housing. To improve the user's comfort, the parting lines and other manufacturing defects may be hidden from view and from touch (e.g., the parting lines are then on the inner surface of the outer portion).
US08590657B2
In accordance with exemplary embodiments, a wheel assembly is provided for a vehicle. The wheel assembly includes a knuckle having a tapered inner surface to interface with an outer flange of a bearing. A threaded fastener retains the bearing within the knuckle. A wheel hub couples to an inner flange of the bearing permitting rotation of the wheel hub relative to the knuckle.
US08590640B2
An apparatus for maintaining constant circulation of drilling fluid includes a valve section (5) at the top of each section of drill pipes to be connected to or removed from the drill string. The valve section (5) has a top inlet for axial circulation and a side inlet (5b) for radial circulation. Two separate valves (5c, 5d) within the valve section controls flow through the inlets. An external valve control device (4) has a circulation adapter (4b) for connecting drill fluid at operational pressure to the side inlet (5b) and separate activating adapters (4c, 4d) connecting to the couplings for opening or closing the valves (5c, 5d).
US08590638B2
A technique utilizes a monolithic wellbore propagation system to facilitate the drilling of deviated wellbores. A steerable drilling assembly is formed with a monolithic structure having both a bit body section and a steering body section. The steering body section comprises a cavity sized to receive a control system within the monolithic structure. Addition of the control system enables operational control over the steerable drilling assembly to facilitate formation of a desired, deviated wellbore section.
