US08861205B2
A folded stacked package and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The folded stacked package includes a flexible board or substrate comprising first, second and third device packaging units, and first and second folding unit units. The flexible board has wiring patterns formed thereon; one or more active devices disposed in at least one of the first, second, and third device packaging units; and one or more passive devices disposed on a surface of each of the first and second device packaging units. The passive devices include one or more first passive devices disposed on the surface of the first device packaging unit and one or more second passive devices disposed on the surface of the second device packaging unit. The first and second passive devices do not overlap each other when the flexible board is folded at the folding unit.
US08861202B2
A thermal management component for a Rechargeable Energy Storage Systems (RESS) assembly and a method of managing the temperature of a RESS battery module using the component are disclosed. The thermal management component comprises (i) a frame having a chamber defined therein; and (ii) a heat exchange plate in mechanical communication with at least a portion of the frame. The method comprises (a) providing a thermal management component as described herein; and (b) circulating at least one heat transfer fluid through said component.
US08861201B2
According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a housing, a first heating element in the housing, a heat sink in the housing, a first pressing member, a first heat pipe, and a second heat pipe. The first heat pipe has a plate shape, includes a first portion facing the first heating element and a second portion being outside the first heating element. The first heat pipe is configured to be bent by the first pressing member. The second heat pipe is connected to the second portion of the first heat pipe and the heat sink.
US08861191B1
In one general aspect, an apparatus can include a display portion, a base frame coupled to the display portion where the base frame includes a channel defined by a top wall opposite a bottom wall and a side wall coupled to the top wall and to the bottom wall. The side wall can have an outer surface defining at least a portion of an outer perimeter of the base frame. The channel can have a first portion on a first side of the base frame and a second portion on a second side of the base frame opposite the first side of the base frame. The apparatus can include a midplane having a first edge disposed in the first portion of the channel and having a second edge disposed in the second portion of the channel.
US08861190B2
Disclosed is a display device which can prevent a rear cover from being damaged when a front cover is coupled to or decoupled from the rear cover. The display device includes a rear cover, a coupling member, and a front cover. The rear cover includes a receiving space for receiving a display panel. The coupling member is detachably coupled to the rear cover. The front cover is formed to surround a front border portion of the display panel, and detachably coupled to the coupling member.
US08861185B2
A media player is provided with a lateral groove across the back of the housing of the media player that receives a user's forefinger and provides an ergonomic grip for the media player. A control button, including thumb operated button zones and a thumb operated slider zone is located on a front face of the housing. When the user grips the media player with their forefinger located in the lateral groove, the user's thumb is naturally adjacent the button zones and slider zone. A docking station for the media player that fits within a cup holder of a motor vehicle is also described.
US08861182B2
There are provided a conductive paste composition for an internal electrode, a multilayer ceramic capacitor having the same, and a fabrication method thereof. The conductive paste composition for an internal electrode includes a binder, a solvent, and metal powder for an internal electrode, including a nickel particle coated with a nickel nitride.
US08861173B2
A mixer for mixing pulse voltage energy and electromagnetic wave energy in the same transmission line is provided with a first input terminal to which an electromagnetic wave is inputted, a second input terminal to which pulse voltage is inputted, a mixing output terminal from which the pulse voltage and the electromagnetic wave are outputted, a bar-shaped first conductive member of which one end is electrically connected to the second input terminal and the other end is electrically connected to an inner conductor of the mixing output terminal, a cylindrical second conductive member which surrounds the first conductive member with a gap therebetween and is disposed coaxially with the first conductive member and electrically connected to an inner conductor of the first input terminal, and a cylindrical third conductive member which houses the first conductive member and the second conductive member with a gap between the second conductive member and the third conductive member and is disposed coaxially with the first conductive member and the second conductive member and electrically connected to an outer conductor of the first input terminal and an outer conductor of the mixing output terminal.
US08861157B2
A surge arrestor includes at least one arrestor element, and a disconnecting device for disconnecting the arrestor element from the grid. The disconnecting device includes a thermal disconnect point that is incorporated into the electrical connection path within the arrestor. A moving conductor section or a moving conductive bridge is connected to the arrestor element by way of the disconnect point. A conducting element is disposed in or at the end of the path of motion of the conductor section or of the bridge, the conducting element coming into contact with the conductor section or the bridge when the disconnecting device is triggered. A moving insulation part penetrates into the path of motion of the conductor section or of the bridge directly prior to or upon reaching a short circuit state.
US08861153B2
A current differential relay apparatus includes a ratio-differential-characteristic determining unit determining an operation in a ratio differential characteristic based on an operation level Id and a suppression level Ir, a first-current-range determining unit determining that it is activated when Id>a1Ir+b1 is satisfied, a second-current-range determining unit determining that it is activated when Id>a2Ir+b2 is satisfied with relationships a1≦a2 and b1≧b2 being satisfied where a1, a2, b1 and b2 are real numbers, and an AND operator, a reset unit, and a flip flop which determine that it is an operation in a ratio differential characteristic when both first and second current ranges are activated, and which continue the operation until an operation in the first range is reset.
US08861147B2
A system and method for protecting a power system. A generator is tripped in response to identifying a current on the generator that is greater than a first current threshold for a first time delay. The generator is also tripped in response to identifying the current on the generator that is greater than a second current threshold for a second time delay. The first current threshold is larger than the second current threshold and the first time delay is shorter than the second time delay.
US08861145B2
A suppression circuit may be added to a motor driver circuit, which suppresses offset voltage and ringing in the output signal. The suppression circuit may include an RC circuit filter connected to a pin of a microchip providing a gating reference signal and a junction between high and low side MOSFETS connected to the microchip.
US08861144B2
A triggered arc flash arrester includes an envelope structured to operate at: a pressure less than about 1.33 Pa; or a pressure greater than 0.10857 MPa; a plurality of conductors partially disposed within the envelope; a number of gaps disposed between the plurality of conductors within the envelope; and a shorting structure selected from the group consisting of a triggered gap and a fuse. The shorting structure is operatively associated with the number of gaps. The shorting structure is structured to electrically short the plurality of conductors either together or to ground, in order to create an arc within the envelope which is electrically in parallel to an arc fault causing the arc fault internal to switchgear to be extinguished.
US08861143B2
Disclosed is an assembly located in a memory device. The assembly includes: a suspension including a flexure to which a slider is coupled and a load beam disposed at an upper part of the flexure. The assembly also includes at least one piezoelectric film coupled to the suspension and configured to control at least one of an angle between the load beam and the flexure in a pitching direction and an angle between the load beam and the flexure in a rolling direction by being extended or contracted when electrical current is applied thereto.
US08861141B2
Various embodiments concern a DSA suspension of a disk drive. The DSA suspension comprises a support configured to attach to the disk drive, the support comprising a proximal portion, a distal portion, and a linkage portion therebetween. The DSA head suspension system further comprises at least one motor mounted on the support, each motor positioned between the proximal portion and the distal portion. The DSA suspension further comprises a damper attached to some or all of the proximal portion, the motor(s), the distal portion, and the linkage portion. The damper can be a single layer or multilayered. The damper can comprise viscoelastic material. The damper can be adhesive. The damper may only be attached to the support and the motors and not to other components of the DSA suspension.
US08861135B2
A thermally-assisted magnetic write head includes a waveguide, a magnetic pole, and a plasmon generator interposed between the waveguide and the magnetic pole. The magnetic pole includes a first surface exposed on an air bearing surface, a second surface facing the plasmon generator, and a third surface connecting the first surface and the second surface.
US08861134B1
A method and system for providing a perpendicular magnetic recording transducer are disclosed. The method and system include providing a metallic underlayer and providing an insulator, at least a portion of which is on the metallic underlayer. The method and system also include forming a trench in the insulator. The bottom of the trench is narrower than the top of the trench and includes a portion of the metallic underlayer. The method and system also include providing a nonmagnetic seed layer that substantially covers at least the bottom and sides of the trench. The method and system also include plating a perpendicular magnetic pole material on at least a portion of the seed layer and removing a portion of the perpendicular magnetic pole material. A remaining portion of the perpendicular magnetic pole material forms a perpendicular magnetic recording pole.
US08861133B1
A method and system for fabricating magnetic transducer are described. The method and system include providing a main pole having a bottom and a top wider than the bottom. The method and system further include performing a high energy ion mill at an angle from a normal to the top of the main pole and at a first energy. The high energy ion mill removes a portion of the top of the main pole and exposes a top bevel surface for the main pole. The method and system also include performing a low energy ion mill at second energy and a glancing angle from the top bevel surface. The glancing angle is not more than fifteen degrees. The second energy is less than the first energy. The method and system also include depositing a nonmagnetic gap.
US08861132B2
A magnetic data storage system according to one embodiment includes a magnetic head; and guides on opposite sides of the magnetic head for directing a magnetic medium over the magnetic head. The magnetic head includes: outer portions each having a tape bearing surface and an array of transducers selected from a group consisting of readers and writers; and a central portion positioned between the outer portions, the central portion having a tape bearing surface and an array of transducers selected from a group consisting of readers and writers. An inner edge of each of the tape bearing surfaces of the outer portions is adapted for skiving air from the magnetic medium when the magnetic medium travels in a direction from the central portion towards the respective outer portion. The guides are oriented to direct the magnetic medium to fly over a leading one of the outer portions, engage a leading edge of the tape bearing surface of the central portion, and engage an inner edge of the tape bearing surface of a trailing one of the outer portions.
US08861128B2
There is provided a base assembly including: a base member having a disk accommodating part onto which a disk is insertedly disposed; and a filter member installed on the base member so as to be disposed adjacently to the disk, wherein the base member is formed by performing plastic processing on a steel sheet and includes a mounting part for fixedly installing the filter member.
US08861126B1
A disk drive is disclosed comprising a head actuated over a disk surface, the head comprising a temperature sensitive (TS) fly height sensor. The disk drive further comprises a ramp for parking the head, and control circuitry configured to process a fly height signal generated by the TS fly height sensor, wherein the fly height signal represents a fly height of the head over the disk, and detect whether the head is on the ramp in response to the fly height signal.
US08861123B1
A disk drive is disclosed comprising a first head actuated over a first disk surface comprising servo information, a second head actuated over a second disk surface, and a voice coil motor (VCM) operable to actuate the first and second heads radially over the respective disk surfaces. The first disk surface and the second disk surface are rotated, and the servo information is read from the first disk surface using the first head to generate a read signal. The read signal is processed to generate a control signal applied to the VCM to move the second head radially over the second disk surface while applying an erase signal to the second head in order to erase at least part of the second disk surface.
US08861098B2
When the lens barrel is in the storage state, a part of a lens group and a group cylinder are inserted into an aperture of a diaphragm unit and a shutter blade of a shutter unit is closed for light shielding. With this arrangement, the cylinder length in the storage state is shortened, and the performance degradation of an image sensor and optical components provided on a front side of an image sensor can be prevented as well.
US08861096B2
An imaging lens including a first lens group and a second lens group is provided. The first lens group is disposed between an object side and an image side. A surface closest to the object side in the first lens group is a first aspheric surface. A surface closest to the image side in the first lens group is a second aspheric surface. The second lens group is disposed between the first lens group and the image side. A surface closest to the first lens group in the second lens group is a third aspheric surface. A surface closest to the image side in the second lens group is a fourth aspheric surface. The imaging lens satisfies: −8
US08861093B2
A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having negative refractive power, a second lens unit having positive refractive power, and a third lens unit having positive refractive power. A distance between every adjacent ones of the first to third lens units varies during zooming. The second lens unit includes, in order from the object side to the image side, a positive lens and a cemented lens in which a positive lens and a negative lens are cemented. A focal length (f2) of the second lens unit, a focal length (fT) of the entire zoom lens at a telephoto end, and an average refractive index (Npave) of materials of the positive lenses included in the entire zoom lens are appropriately set.
US08861084B2
A polarization-modulating optical element consisting of an optically active crystal material has a thickness profile where the thickness, as measured in the direction of the optical axis, varies over the area of the optical element. The polarization-modulating optical element has the effect that the plane of oscillation of a first linearly polarized light ray and the plane of oscillation of a second line early polarized light ray are rotated, respectively, by a first angle of rotation and a second angle of rotation, with the first angle of rotation and the second angle of rotation being different from each other.
US08861078B2
A light source adjusting device and a projection system comprising the light source adjusting device are provided. The projection system further comprises a light source module which is capable of providing a first beam with a first wavelength. The light source adjusting device comprises a first angle selecting layer, a wavelength converting layer and a second angle selecting layer. The first angle selecting layer receives the first beam and allows a first portion of the first beam to pass therethrough to form a second beam that also has the first wavelength. The first portion of the first beam is a portion of the first beam that is less than an incident angle. The wavelength converting layer receives the second beam transmitted from the first angle selecting layer and converts the second beam with the first wavelength into a third beam with a second wavelength. The second angle selecting layer receives the third beam and allows the third portion of the third beam to pass therethrough to form a fourth beam that also has the second wavelength. The third portion of the third beam is a portion of the third beam that is less than an emergence angle. The second wavelength is larger than the first wavelength, and the emergence angle is less than the incident angle.
US08861073B2
The optical fiber delivery system for delivering optical short pulses includes: a chirped pulse source (10) for emitting an up-chirped optical short pulse having high peak power; optical waveguide unit (20) for delivering the optical short pulse emitted from the chirped pulse source (10); negative group-velocity dispersion generation unit (30) for providing negative group-velocity dispersion to the optical short pulse exited from the optical waveguide unit (20); and an optical fiber (40) for delivering the optical short pulse exited from the negative group-velocity dispersion generation unit (30), along a desired distance, in which the optical short pulse emitted from the chirped pulse source (10) is adapted to be exited, from the optical fiber (40), as a down-chirped optical short pulse that is substantially free of waveform distortion resulting from higher-order dispersion.
US08861072B2
A tunable photonic crystal device comprising: alternating layers of a first material and a second material, the alternating layers comprising a responsive material, the responsive material being responsive to an external stimulus, the alternating layers having a periodic difference in refractive indices giving rise to a first reflected wavelength; wherein, in response to the external stimulus, a change in the responsive material results in a reflected wavelength of the device shifting from the first reflected wavelength to a second reflected wavelength.
US08861065B2
Embodiments of the invention disclose an electronic paper active substrate and a method of forming the same and an electronic paper display panel. The electronic paper active substrate comprises: a base substrate, a gate electrode, a first common electrode, a second common electrode, a gate insulating layer, an active layer, source-drain electrodes, a passivation layer, a resin passivation layer, and a pixel electrode layer. The gate electrode and the first common electrode are arranged on the base substrate, and the gate is provided with the gate insulating layer, the active layer, the source-drain electrodes, the passivation layer, the resin passivation layer, and the pixel electrode layer sequentially arranged thereon; the first common electrode is provided with the gate insulating layer, the source-drain electrodes, the passivation layer, the second common electrode, the resin passivation layer, and the pixel electrode layer sequentially arranged thereon; and the first and second common electrodes are electrically connected to each other.
US08861064B2
The invention is directed to a device (10, 10a-10d) comprising: a set of on-chip circuits (110-160, 170, 180), each of the circuits configured to generate a magnetic field (300) perpendicular to a planar surface of the set when energized; a ferrofluidic layer (40) interfaced to the planar surface; and a logic circuit (50) configured to selectively energize (200, 200a) one ore more circuits of the set such as to generate a magnetic field at the energized circuits and a deformation (41, 44, 45) of the ferrofluidic layer in response thereto and to modulate optical beams (IR1, IR2) directed to the ferrofluid layer. Preferably, an additional liquid layer (60) is interfaced to the ferrofluid layer, opposite to the on-chip circuits, which is not miscible with the ferrofluid layer. The invention can be applied to micro-display/projection devices, programmable optical reflecting lenses, or to micro-molding applications for surface replication.
US08861058B2
A scanning beam projection system includes a scanning mirror having a fast-scan axis and a slow-scan axis. Movement on the fast-scan axis is controlled by a fast-scan scanning mirror control system. The control system receives position information describing angular displacement of the mirror. A fast-scan drive signal is generated that causes the scanning mirror to oscillate at a resonant frequency with a varying amplitude.
US08861050B2
An image reading apparatus includes a reading unit, a feeding unit, a carriage holding the reading unit, a motor, a motor-side transmission gear, a feeding unit-side transmission gear, a carriage-side transmission gear, a switching gear which switches between a meshing state of meshing with the feeding unit-side transmission gear at a feeding unit-side position and a meshing state of meshing with the carriage-side transmission gear at a carriage-side position, a restraint member which applies a restraint force for restraining the switching of the switching gear, and a motor control unit which when switching the switching gear between the carriage-side position and the feeding unit-side position, executes a large torque control of controlling the motor to generate a switching torque which is larger than a moving reading torque to be generated by the motor at a time of document reading when executing a moving reading.
US08861049B2
A image reading apparatus includes a first conveyance unit which is configured to convey a document to a reading position of a platen while pinching the document, a second conveyance unit arranged on a downstream of the platen and configured to convey the document, an upstream rotary member arranged between the first conveyance unit and the second conveyance unit and configured to come into contact with the document at a position on an upstream of the reading position, and a downstream rotary member arranged between the first conveyance unit and the second conveyance unit and configured to come into contact with the document at a position on a downstream of the reading position, wherein a gap between the platen and the upstream rotary member is set smaller than a gap between the platen and the downstream rotary member.
US08861047B2
A document size detector sets an amount of light to be emitted from a light source for document size detection in accordance with the amount of disturbance light detected by the CCD, switches on the light source so as to make the light source emit the set amount of light, and detects the size of a document placed on a platen. Therefore, erroneous detection of a document size is prevented and glare that a user is subjected to when the size of a document placed on the platen is detected is reduced.
US08861042B2
The purpose of this invention is to facilitate visually grasping the progress of reading during reading of a plurality of images. To accomplish this, when placing a plurality of images on an original table and scanning and reading them, display is made to allow a user to grasp which image on a preview screen corresponds to the image under scan. In addition, after the start of main scan, the user can designate an image on the preview screen and cancel scan of the image and change the scan sequence.
US08861035B1
A contone source image is processed to create halftone outputs by identifying intensity thresholds based on the coordinates of the pixels of the source image. The halftone output corresponding to a particular pixel of the contone image in a particular color plane is determined by comparing the intensity of the pixel and any previously accumulated output error to the intensity threshold corresponding to the pixel.
US08861012B2
A control apparatus includes an output unit, a transmission unit, an output-history generating unit, a transmission-history generating unit, a checking unit, and a determination-information generating unit. The output unit acquires image formation information items, and performs output processes of outputting the information items to a storage unit. The transmission unit acquires the information items, and performs transmission processes of transmitting the information items to the image forming unit. The output-history generating unit generates output histories in which an order in which unit processes constituting the output processes have been performed is recorded. The transmission-history generating unit generates transmission histories in which an order in which unit processes constituting the transmission processes have been performed is recorded. The checking unit checks whether the orders match. The determination-information generating unit generates a determination information item to be used in determination of a unit process.
US08861005B2
A method and system for routing electronic print orders among a grouping of two or more print vendors over a data network includes acquiring print vendor information from the grouping of two or more print vendors for printing and shipping relative to one or more products resulting from completion of the one or more electronic print orders; utilizing an algorithm having one or more weighing functions to analyze said printer information to calculate print vendor scores characterizing each print vendor, and comparing the print vendor scores to identify the most preferable print vendor based on the print vendor information, wherein the print vendor information comprises current cost estimates and delivery time estimates; and a third function for dynamically routing one or more of the electronic print orders according to the results of scoring performed by the second function.
US08861000B2
An image forming device includes a non-volatile print job storage unit configured to store a print job received from an outside of the image forming device, a non-volatile mapping table storage unit configured to store a mapping table associating a watermark with an overwrite erase pattern predetermined depending on confidentiality indicated by the watermark, a judgment unit configured to judge whether or not the watermark is included in the print job, an extractor configured to extract the overwrite erase pattern corresponding to the watermark included in the print job from the mapping table upon judgment by the judgment unit that the watermark is included, and an erase unit configured to perform an overwrite erase process on the print job stored in the print job storage unit on the basis of the overwrite erase pattern extracted by the extractor.
US08860988B2
A print relay system capable of executing a communication between a print service system configured to provide a print setting screen to an information terminal operated by a user, to receive a print setting set by the user via the provided print setting screen, and to generate a print job based on the received print setting and stored settings for an image forming apparatus configured to output image data based on the print job includes a receiving unit configured to receive a print job, which is transmitted in a case that a print instruction is input by the information terminal to the print service system, a job updating unit configured to update the print job received by the receiving unit, and a job transmission unit configured to transmit the print job updated by the job updating unit to the image forming apparatus.
US08860978B2
An information processing apparatus that improves operability, productivity and flexibility in print setting when collectively executing print jobs. If a print instruction is input, a job list display unit determines whether the instruction is directed to a plurality of job data items. If the instruction is directed to a plurality of job data items, it is determined whether or not to allow the user to confirm output settings for each individual print job. If the user confirms the output settings, a user interface for making a change to the output settings associated with each individual print job is displayed. The displayed output settings are the output settings saved together with the job data item. If the user does not confirm the output settings, the user interface is not displayed, and output settings and the corresponding job data item are associated with each other, and they are transferred to a printer.
US08860971B2
The printing device has a data generating section (controller section) which conducts image processing with a plurality of processors to generate dot data for printing from image data; and a printing section that conducts printing to a printing medium based on the dot data sent from the data generating section. The data generating section has a first processing mode that conducts processing to first image data that is a part of image data using N processors, and a second processing mode that conducts processing to second image data that is a part of image data using M processors, with N and M representing the number of the processors. N and M are natural numbers which are different from each other. The first processing mode and the second processing mode are determined depending on complexity of the image data.
US08860969B2
An intermediation server may receive one notification from a communication device. The one notification may include a plurality of identification information for identifying a plurality of target data to be communicated between the communication device and a specific server. The intermediation server may prepare a plurality of demand-creation data corresponding to the plurality of target data, and supply the plurality of demand-creation data to the communication device. Each of the plurality of demand-creation data may be necessary for the communication device to create one communication demand, and include timing information related to a timing at which the demand-creation data has been prepared. The intermediation server may prepare first demand-creation data, and then prepare second demand-creation data under a condition that the communication device has created a first communication demand by using the first demand-creation data and has sent the first communication demand to the specific server.
US08860967B2
A scanner device including: a scanning path on which a scanning member for scanning an image from a document is disposed; a supply path on which a document is supplied to the scanning path; a discharge path on which a document is discharged after scanning of the document on the scanning path has been completed; and a re-supply path that extended to the supply path from a intersection where the scanning path and the discharge path cross so that a document fed along the discharge path in a direction opposite to a document-feeding direction is re-supplied to the supply path after scanning of one side of the document has been completed, wherein one-side guide portions of the supply path, the discharge path, and the re-supply path are integrally formed.
US08860965B2
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having an information processing program readable by a computer in an information processing apparatus including a connection unit connected to a relay device that a target device is wirelessly connected to, the information processing program causes the computer to perform operations including: storing device specification information for specifying the target device and relay device identification information for identifying the relay device in a storage unit so as to be associated with each other; displaying a plurality of the device specification information stored in the storage unit; accepting the device specification information from the plurality of the displayed device specification information through an input unit; and connecting the connection unit to the relay device identified by the relay device identification information stored in the storage unit so as to be associated with the designated device specification information.
US08860962B2
An information processing apparatus includes: a determining unit that determines whether first direction of a document that is first allocated on a first printing sheet in combination, matches second direction, which represents an orientation of a document that is first allocated on a second printing sheet in combination; a changing unit that changes, if the first direction does not match the second direction, an output order of the documents to be printed on the second printing sheet such that, if the orientation of the second printing sheet does not match the first direction after the documents to be output are allocated on the second printing sheet in accordance with a designated combining order, an order in which the documents are arranged when to be printed on the second sheet matches the designated combining order; and an output control unit that outputs the documents in a changed output order.
US08860960B2
Systems and methods of adding information to an N-Up output document. The systems and methods include a user interface of a printer driver that can prompt a user to enter information about an accessed original document to be printed as N-Up. The entered information relates to specific page images, N-Up pages, as well as to the N-Up document itself. A printer can print an N-Up output document with both the page images and the associated entered information. The entered information is displayed either in proximity to the respective components, or in a list which provides a reference for a viewer.
US08860957B2
When a graphics library performs transparency calculation even if transparency processing is unnecessary, or when the graphics library does not issue an effective rendering instruction to a GPU, no satisfactory rendering performance can be obtained even in a virtual machine which runs in combination with the graphics library. To solve this, the virtual machine uses the graphics library to or not to perform transparency processing in accordance with a content to be rendered. The virtual machine uses the graphics library to issue an effective rendering instruction to the GPU.
US08860952B2
An apparatus configured to measure at least one physical characteristic of a threaded surface (e.g., an internally threaded surface) of an object is provided. The apparatus uses optical triangulation to perform non-contact characterization of the threaded surface. The apparatus can be used to characterize various aspects of the threaded surface, including generating the measurements required to produce a longitudinal cross-sectional profile of the threaded surface.
US08860951B2
The invention is directed to a method and an apparatus for air-borne or space-borne radiometric measurement of object points present in an object scene on the surface of an astronomical body which are assigned to rows and columns of an object matrix during a scanning progressing systematically in a first scanning direction and a second scanning direction, wherein the object matrix points are imaged on a detector in an image plane generated by optics, and the image inside the image plane is recorded by at least one radiation-sensitive detector element of the detector.
US08860947B2
A novel soft beamsplitter mounting system as part of an interferometer to protect the beamsplitter substrate from external stresses and thus preserve optical flatness is introduced. The soft mounting system enables such protection by being more flexible that the beamsplitter substrate so external forces deforms the mount rather than the beamsplitter. Although the soft beamsplitter mounting configurations disclosed herein protects the beamsplitter, the interferometer itself is less stable because the mounts of the present invention allows the beamsplitter to tilt more easily than other components held in the interferometer. The improved tilt control embodiments of the present invention turns this seemingly deleterious effect into a cost saving benefit by using the inexpensive soft mounting system as a flexure to allow an improved active control system to maintain tilt alignment in a system that is more rugged than conventional interferometers.
US08860942B1
A multi-spectral system characterizes point events and other rapidly-occurring events by filtering spectral bands from a point event to form spectral diagrams of the event.
US08860941B2
One embodiment relates to a method for semiconductor workpiece processing. In this method, a baseline tool induced shift (TIS) is measured by performing a baseline number of TIS measurements on a first semiconductor workpiece. After the baseline TIS has been determined, the method determines a subsequent TIS based on a subsequent number of TIS measurements taken on a first subsequent semiconductor workpiece. The subsequent number of TIS measurements is less than the baseline number of TIS measurements.
US08860940B2
A method and system of aligning color filter array are disclosed. Other embodiments are disclosed herein.
US08860935B2
A conically tapered optical fiber with a small half-angle γ (e.g., less than 10−2) has been found able to support whispering gallery mode (WGM) resonances and can therefore be used to form a high-Q cavity. This finding has led to the ability to measure angstrom-level variations in the radius of an optical fiber by viewing the resonance spectrum at various locations where a sensor contacts an optical fiber being measured. An evaluation process is proposed where a microfiber sensor is brought into contact with a target fiber and the created WGM resonance is measured so that location radius variation can be characterized. The sensor is then removed from the target fiber and re-positioned to contact the fiber to another location to repeat the evaluation.
US08860932B2
A method of polishing includes polishing a substrate having a second layer overlying a first layer, measuring a sequence of groups of spectra of light from the substrate while the substrate is being polished, each group of the groups of spectra including spectra from different locations on the substrate, for each group, calculating a value for a dispersion parameter of the spectra in the group to generate a sequence of dispersion values, and detecting exposure of the first layer based on the sequence of dispersion values.
US08860910B2
The present invention provides a backlight module and a display apparatus. The display apparatus comprises the backlight module and a display panel. The backlight module comprises a light collector, at least one optical fiber bundle, a fiber light-outputting substrate, a light guide plate and a fiber holding plate. The optical fiber bundle is connected between the light collector and the fiber light-outputting substrate. The light guide plate is disposed at one side of the fiber light-outputting substrate, and the fiber holding plate is configured to hold optical fibers of the optical fiber bundle. The present invention can use ambient light rays to form a backlight source.
US08860908B2
A backlight unit having improved luminance and uniformity includes a light source and a light guide panel having a light receiving portion which receives light emitted from the light source and which has a pattern including a plurality of protrusions. Each of the protrusions has inclined surfaces forming an angle with respect to the tangential direction of the light receiving portion. The inclined surfaces include a first inclined surface relatively close to the center of the light receiving portion and a second inclined surface relatively close to the edge of the light receiving portion. A first inclination angle formed by the first inclined surface with respect to the tangential direction of the light receiving portion is smaller at the edge of the light receiving portion than at the center of the light receiving portion.
US08860904B2
A chassis set includes a first chassis and a second chassis. The first chassis includes a first connecting portion having at least one guide protrusion. The second chassis includes a second connecting portion having at least one guide hole that receives the guide protrusion of the first chassis to combine the first and second chassis. Therefore, a manufacturing cost is reduced and productivity is enhanced. Additionally, the chassis can be made easily.
US08860899B2
A metal interconnection is located in the same layer as a source line and connected to the drain of a thin-film transistor. An interlayer insulating film is constituted of at least lower and upper insulating layers and formed between a conductive coating and the source line. According to one aspect of the invention, an auxiliary capacitor is formed by the metal interconnection and the conductive coating serving as both electrodes and at least the lower insulating layer serving as a dielectric. The auxiliary capacitor is formed in a region of the interlayer insulating film in which the upper insulating layer has been removed by etching.
US08860894B2
An electric field driven liquid crystal lens including a first substrate and a second substrate arranged opposite each other, a first plurality of split electrodes formed on the first substrate, each of the first plurality of split electrodes corresponding to one of a plurality of lens regions, a second plurality of split electrodes formed on the first plurality of split electrodes, each of the second plurality of split electrodes corresponding to one of the plurality of lens regions, a second electrode formed over an entire first surface of the second substrate, a first alignment film formed over an entire surface of the first substrate including the first and second plurality of split electrodes, the first alignment film having a first rubbing direction, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a polarizer plate formed on a second surface of the second substrate, the polarizer plate having a transmission axis that is in a range of ±10 degrees from the first rubbing direction.
US08860891B2
A method and apparatus for increasing the effective contrast ratio and brightness yields for digital light valve image projectors using a variable luminance control mechanism (VLCM), associated with the projector optics, for modifying the light output and provide a correction thereto; and an adaptive luminance control module (ALCM) for receiving signals from the video input board, the adaptive luminance control module producing a signal on a VLCM bus connecting the variable luminance control mechanism and the adaptive luminance control module, the signal causing the variable luminance control mechanism to change the luminance of the light output and provide a corrected video signal for the projector.
US08860887B2
The present invention relates to a communication system, a transmitter, a receiver, a communication method, a program, and a communication cable for providing high-speed bidirectional communication while maintaining compatibility. When an HDMI® source performs bidirectional IP communication with an HDMI® sink using a CEC line and a signal line, a switching control unit controls a switch so that, when data is transmitted, the switch selects a constituent signal forming a differential signal output from a converting unit and, when data is transmitted, the switch selects a constituent signal forming a differential signal output from a receiver. When bidirectional communication is performed using only the CEC line, the switching control unit controls the switch so that the CEC signal output from the HDMI® source or the receiver is selected. The present invention is applicable to, for example, HDMI®.
US08860882B2
A system for constructing seamlessly viewable multimedia content from selectably presentable multimedia content blocks includes a block definition module for facilitating creation and modification of the content blocks. The block definition module includes a media assignment submodule for associating a synchronized audio and video segment with a content block. Also included is a block linking submodule for creating seamless connections between content blocks, whereby a transition between the connected blocks occurs substantially without interruption upon viewing the multimedia content. The block definition module further includes a layer submodule for associating an interactive layer having interactive controls with the content block.
US08860881B2
A digital signage system includes at least one set of differential transmission lines, a transmitter, at least one receiver, and at least one digital signage device. Each set of differential transmission lines includes four pairs of differential transmitting lines. The transmitter converts image and/or audio signal into first to third pairs of differential signals for output to the first to third pairs of differential transmission lines, and receives remote-captured video and/or audio signal via the fourth pair of differential transmission lines. The receiver receives the first to third pairs of differential signal from the first to third pairs of differential transmission lines, and extracts the video and/or audio signal to be displayed on the digital signage device. The receiver receives and processes a remote-captured video and/or audio signal from a remote capture device, and transmits such signal back to the transmitter via the fourth pair of differential transmission lines.
US08860875B2
An imaging device for recognition (100) includes an image pickup unit (101) that sequentially generates a plurality of images by shooting an object, a face recognition unit (105) that recognizes, in each of the plurality of images, an object region in which the object is located in the image, a face tracking unit (106) that tracks the object region across the plurality of images, an area calculation unit (109) that calculates an area of the object region, and an exposure control unit (102) that sets a first exposure time for the image pickup unit (101) in the case where the area is smaller than a first threshold, and sets a second exposure time longer than the first exposure time in the case where the area is equal to or larger than the first threshold.
US08860869B2
A lens includes a substrate and an infrared-cut (IR-cut) filtering film. The substrate is made of sapphire, is configured for converging or diffusing light rays and includes an object-side surface and an image-side surface opposite to the object-side surface. The IR-cut filtering film increases the reflectivity of the substrate in relation to infrared light, and is coated on the image-side surface of the substrate.
US08860858B2
A solid-state image sensor, comprising a pixel array complying with a Bayer array, a first signal processor configured to process each of red-pixel and blue-pixel signals output from the pixel array, a second signal processor configured to process each of green-pixel signals output from the pixel array, and a control unit configured to control the pixel array, the first signal processor, and the second signal processor, wherein the solid-state image sensor selects a readout method, by changing timings of the control signals, from a progressive method, an interlace method, and a pseudo-progressive method.
US08860835B2
Mechanisms for increasing the rate of acquisition of compressed/encoded image representations are disclosed. An imaging system may deliver subsets of a modulated light stream onto respective light sensing devices. The light sensing devices may be sampled in parallel. Samples from each light sensing device may be used to construct a respective sub-image of a final image. The parallelism allows compressed images to be acquired at a higher rate. The number of light sensing devices and/or the number of pixels per image may be selected to achieve a target image acquisition rate. In another embodiment, spatial portions of the incident light stream are separated and delivered to separate light modulators. In yet another embodiment, the incident light stream is split into a plurality of beams, each of which retains the image present in the incident light stream and is delivered to a separate light modulator.
US08860828B2
An optical unit may include a fixed body; a movable module which holds an optical element; and a shake correction drive mechanism which is structured to generate a drive force for swinging the movable module with respect to the fixed body. The shake correction drive mechanism may include a plurality of permanent magnets which are provided on an outer peripheral face of the movable module at positions separated in a circumferential direction around an optical axis of the optical element; and a sheet-shaped coil which is extended in a circumferential direction in the fixed body and is integrally provided with a plurality of coil parts facing the permanent magnets and a terminal part electrically connected with the coil parts.
US08860823B2
A method for processing information in an adapter device for an imaging apparatus includes acquiring user identification information registered in the imaging apparatus connected to the adapter device, acquiring user identification information of a person identification reference database stored in a storage medium inserted in the adapter device, determining whether the user identification information acquired from the imaging apparatus corresponds to the user identification information acquired from the person identification reference database, determining whether a person registered in the person identification reference database is included in an image acquired by the imaging apparatus when it is determined that the pieces of the user identification information correspond to each other, and recording personal information of the person stored in the person identification reference database in attribute information of the image when it is determined that the person registered in the person identification reference database is included in the image acquired by the imaging apparatus.
US08860822B2
The timing when the operation state of an operation unit is changed is detected by a timing detection unit. A difference between a sound signal on which operation sound is superimposed or is highly likely to be superimposed and a sound signal on which operation sound is not superimposed is calculated based on the timing signal to obtain the operation sound information of the operation unit.
US08860818B1
A method for dynamically calibrating rotational offset in a device includes obtaining an image captured by a camera of the device. Orientation information of the device at the time of image capture may be associated with the image. Pixel data of the image may be analyzed to determine an image orientation angle for the image. A device orientation angle may be determined from the orientation information. A rotational offset, based on the image orientation angle and the device orientation angle, may be determined. The rotational offset is relative to the camera or orientation sensor. A rotational bias may be determined from statistical analysis of numerous rotational offsets from numerous respective images. In some embodiments, various thresholds and predetermined ranges may be used to exclude some rotational offsets from the statistical analysis or to discontinue processing for that image.
US08860809B2
A tracker unit for a measuring instrument and a method for operating a tracker unit are disclosed, to distinguish a specific target, such as at least one retroreflector, from other reflective objects in the vicinity of the measuring instrument. The tracker unit includes a plurality of photosensors and first and second optical radiation sources. Each photosensor adapted to generate at least one first set of signals during a period when the first optical radiation source is activated and the second optical radiation source is deactivated, and generate at least one second set of signals during a period when the second optical radiation source is activated and the first optical radiation source is deactivated. On basis of comparison between information extracted on basis of the first set of signals and the second set of signals, respectively, at least one specific target is distinguished from other reflective objects.
US08860793B2
The present Invention relates to a camera system suitable for use in minimally invasive surgery (MIS), among other applications. In at least one embodiment, the camera system includes an autonomous miniature camera, a light source assembly providing features such as steerable illumination and a variable radiation angle, and a control and processing unit for processing images acquired by the camera Io generate improved images having reduced blurring using a deblurring algorithm.
US08860791B2
A stereoscopic display device for three-dimensionally displaying a display image to enable a viewer to view the display image using glasses is disclosed. The device includes a receiving unit, a display memory unit, a controller unit, an adjusting unit, and a display unit. The receiving unit receives, form the glasses, glasses information used to identify an attribute of the glasses. The display memory unit stores parameter information corresponding to the received glasses information and used to control a quality of the display image when the display image is displayed. The controller unit generates image control information in accordance with the parameter information. The adjusting unit adjusts the display image based on the image control information to generate an adjusted display image. The display unit displays the adjusted display image.
US08860790B2
A method of creating image data, the image data suitable for use with an autostereoscopic display, the method comprising taking a plurality of samples of a 3D scene, each sample taken for the combination of a pixel on a 2D display and an aperture of the autostereoscopic display, wherein the center line of projection for all samples for a particular aperture pass through substantially the same point of the aperture.
US08860789B1
An apparatus and method for creating a three dimensional image. The apparatus can scan an object from a plurality of locations along a curved track to create a frame set. One or more frame sets can be composited into an image to create a three dimensional scene. The image can be interlaced and viewed through a lenticular lens. During composition of the image, the positioning, spacing and order of the frames within a frame set can be manipulated to adjust the location, depth, and animation mode of each object within the three dimensional scene.
US08860774B1
A video conferencing/presentation system includes a PC docking station and a room media unit. The dock includes speakerphone and tactile user interface. The wall-mounted RMU, including a wide field camera and speaker(s), is coupled to a monitor. The dock communicates with the RMU. A speakerphone mic captures room audio. During conferencing, room audio and camera video are sent to a docked PC; the PC communicates with remote nodes using video chat software, sending room A/V; remote A/V is received from the PC by the dock, and transmitted for RMU output. During presentation, room audio, and/or PC media software presentation, may be output through the RMU, or to the PC for remote transmission. The dock provides the PC network access. Dock/RMU may each be equipped with a bidirectional transceiver, which uses prioritized opportunistic sequencing to assemble/disassemble a combined media/control packet stream over a cable, and transfer power from dock to RMU.
US08860764B2
Novel and simple methods, systems, and computer program products for implementing a 3D rotation using input from a mouse, trackball, or other input device are described. Methods of implementing rotations are presented which lead to new realizations of the 3D rotation group and its double-cover, the unit quaternions. New methods, systems, and computer program products are also presented for interpolating rotations of a 3D scene that is more efficient than previously-known quaternion-based methods. The new methods are also used to derive the quaternion composition formula from the geometry of 3D rotations.
US08860762B2
A system may include presentation of a visualization including a plurality of elements, detection of a first user input received at a first location of the visualization, determination of one of the plurality of elements located at least partially at the first location, presentation of the one of the plurality of elements as selected, detection of a second user input received at a second location of the visualization, determination of one or more of the plurality of elements located at least partially within a circular sector having a first radius from a third location of the visualization to the first location and a second radius from the third location to the second location, and presentation of the one or more of the plurality of elements located at least partially within the circular sector as selected.
US08860758B2
An aspect of the present invention includes a detection unit configured to detect content of second drawing data drawn in a second window, which is displayed on a lower layer of a first window, and a display control unit configured to control display by determining, based on the content of the second drawing data, whether to perform first control, in which the second drawing data is displayed in an overlap region, which is a region in which the first window and the second window overlap, in such a way as to be visible in the first window, or second control, in which the second drawing data is not displayed in the overlap region or the second drawing data is displayed in such a way as to be less visible in the first window than when the first control is performed.
US08860755B2
Display apparatus and process is provided for displaying a static source image in a manner that it is perceived as an animated sequence of images when viewed by an observer in relative motion to the apparatus. The source image is sliced or fractured to provide a plurality of image fractions of predetermined dimension. The fractions are redistributed in a predetermined sequence to provide an output image, which is placed in a preferably illuminated display apparatus provided with a mask. An observer in relative motion to the display apparatus, sequentially views a predetermined selection of image fractions through the mask, which are perceived by the observer as a changing sequence of images. Applying the concepts of persistence of vision, the observer perceives the reconstructed imagery as live action animation, a traveling singular image or series of static images, or changing image sequences, from a plurality of lines of sight.
US08860739B2
Disclosed is a method of processing a digital representation comprising a plurality of cells having respective cell values and being arranged in a regular grid. The method comprises performing at least one cell data reordering operation and performing at least one arithmetic operation for computing at least a first cell value of a first cell from one or more cell values of respective cells of the digital representation, each arithmetic operation including at least one multiplication. The method comprises performing the at least one reordering operation and the at least one arithmetic operation as at least two concurrent processes, each of the concurrent processes reading respective parts of the digital representation from respective memory buffers of a shared memory.
US08860735B2
Various embodiments align callbacks to a scripting component that enable the scripting component to update animation, with a system's refresh notifications. Specifically, an application program interface (API) is provided and implemented in a manner that generates and issues a callback to the scripting component when the system receives a refresh notification. This provides the scripting component with a desirable amount of time to run before the next refresh notification.
US08860729B2
Any image capturing system, and a method to use same, that includes one or more image capturing devices that have known and fixed positions relative to one another and the eye of a subject, wherein the image capturing devices capture a plurality of images of eye of a subject during a performance is disclosed. The images of the eye, along with the known and fixed relative positions of the image capturing devices are used define eye-lines for the eye of the subject. The eye-lines can then be used to manually or automatically retarget the eye of a rendered or animated figure based on the performance of the subject to retarget the gaze intent of the rendered or animated figure within a scene.
US08860725B2
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for deterministically simulating light transport. In use, all pairs of non-negative integers are enumerated (e.g. in a predetermined order). Additionally, for each of the enumerated pairs of non-negative integers, an associated pair of a query point and a photon is identified by: identifying a query point associated with a first non-negative integer of the pair of non-negative integers using a deterministic point sequence of query points and identifying a photon associated with a second non-negative integer of the pair of non-negative integers using a deterministic point sequence of photons. Further, for each of the query points in the deterministic point sequence of query points, photons in the deterministic point sequence of photons associated with the query point are identified. Still yet, an illumination value is computed for each query point of each of the photons associated with the query point using the pairs of query points and photons and at least one transport property at the query point.
US08860721B2
An apparatus and method for processing pixel depth information eliminates stalling of data in a pixel pipeline, by performing late Z processing for one or more pixels currently in the pixel pipeline and early Z processing for one or more pixels entering the pixel pipeline. The apparatus and method also includes determining whether the late Z processing for the one or more pixels currently in the pixel pipeline has been completed. The apparatus and method also includes solely performing early Z processing for subsequent pixels entering the pixel pipeline responsive to determining that late Z processing for the one or more pixels currently in the pixel pipeline has been completed. The methods and apparatus, facilitates concurrent processing of early and late Z data to avoid flushing portions of the pixel pipeline.
US08860720B1
The present invention discloses a method and a system for delivering graphics from a server to a client device over a network. An application running on the server generates a virtual 3D environment containing a plurality of 3D models. The server checks the status of each 3D models in a predetermined order, and then, only those 3D models which are not pre-stored in the client device will all be rendered and encoded by the server into a frame of 2D video stream. The server then sends to the client device the frame and meta data of the 3D models which are pre-stored in the client device via the network. The client device uses the frame as a background for rendering the 3D models which are pre-stored in the client device but not included within the frame, so as to generate a mixed frame for output.
US08860711B2
A timing controller and a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) using the same are discussed. The timing controller according to an embodiment includes a reception unit which receives a video signal and a timing signal from a system; a control signal generation unit which generates a gate control signal and a data control signal with the timing signal, and outputs the gate control signal and the data control signal to a gate driver and a data driver, respectively; an image signal generation unit which realigns the video signal to output a realigned image signal; and a delay compensation unit which performs delay compensation for the realigned image signal with a circuit recombined according to a delay compensation value between each data drive Integrated Chip (IC) of the data driver and the image signal generation unit, and outputs the delay-compensated image signal to each data drive IC.
US08860710B2
If areas corresponding to the address electrodes in the second row have an area to be stereoscopic display and an area not to be stereoscopic display and an area of the connecting wire of the far electrode corresponding to the area to be stereoscopic display in the second column is included in the area not to be stereoscopic display in the first column, then a third address voltage obtained by inverting the first address voltage in positive-negative polarity is applied to the address electrodes in the second row, a third column voltage obtained by inverting the first column voltage in positive-negative polarity is applied to the far electrode corresponding to the area to be stereoscopic display, and a fourth column voltage obtained by inverting the second column voltage in positive-negative polarity is applied to the far electrode corresponding to the area not to be stereoscopic display.
US08860708B2
This invention relates to methods, apparatus, and computer program code for driving an active matrix display, in particular an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display, with reduced power consumption.
US08860706B2
A display device includes a monolithic gate driver with drive signal trunk wiring lines that transmit drive signals (such as clock signals) made of a source metal in a region on the opposite side of a display region with respect to a shift register region. A VSS trunk wiring line arranged to transmit a low-level direct-current power supply potential is made of a source metal in a region between the shift register region and the display region. Each of bistable circuits defining a shift register and a drive signal trunk wiring line are connected by a drive signal branch wiring line made of a gate metal. Each bistable circuit and the VSS trunk wiring line are connected by a VSS branch wiring line made of a source metal.
US08860704B2
A power driver, a source driver, and a display apparatus including the drivers, may reduce standby mode power consumption. The power driver includes a plurality of boosters and a plurality of amplifiers. The power driver is configured to apply a voltage for driving a display apparatus. The power driver is configured to turn off all the plurality of amplifiers when the display apparatus is in a standby mode.
US08860701B2
A control method for bi-stable displaying is provided, using queues for storing coordinates to achieve pipeline parallel processing on display data, thereby increasing display speed. In a preceding stage of the display process, because a plurality of queues may be used for temporarily storing part of the display data which is then reconstructed into complete display data to update a current frame buffer, comparing pixel data and generating driving data can be simultaneously preformed upon a plurality of line segments. Moreover, in a succeeding stage of the display process, a similar process may be performed to update a previous frame buffer, so access time can be reduced and errors caused by overlapping image blocks can also be avoided. Furthermore, the method may be also applied to a timing controller and a bi-stable display device.
US08860691B2
There are provided a touch sensing apparatus and method. The touch sensing apparatus includes: a plurality of first electrodes; a plurality of second electrodes; and a controlling unit, wherein the controlling unit applies a first driving signal to at least one of the plurality of first electrodes, sequentially obtains sensed signals from the plurality of second electrodes intersecting with the at least one first electrode to which the first driving signal is applied, and applies a second driving signal having the same potential as that of the first driving signal to other second electrodes adjacent to the second electrode from which the controlling unit obtains the sensed signal while the controlling unit obtains the sensed signal from any one of the plurality of second electrodes.
US08860689B2
An appliance with a keyboard, or a touch screen, equipped with sensors that can recognize each of the user's fingerprints. Several symbols are engraved on or below each key such that every time the key is pressed by a specific finger, it corresponds to a specific symbol from among the symbols associated with that key, such that the right-most finger activates the right-most symbol, the second from right finger activates the second from right symbol, and so on. The appliance can be switched to a work mode that displays additional series of symbols on the display panel of the appliance, such that every time the key is pressed by a specific finger, it corresponds to a specific symbol from among the symbols displayed on the corresponding display panel.
US08860686B2
The exemplary devices and processing techniques allow multiple measurement devices or chips to work together to sample a screen that is larger than one measurement device might sample, by allowing sharing X or drive lines amongst the measurements devices. Particular implementations of the subject matter described in this specification can be implemented so as to realize one or more of the following optional advantages. The sharing of the drive lines may allow for a screen sized or otherwise configured to have more measurement nodes than would be produced by the sum of the nodes that could be measured by the individual devices. For a screen that requires multiple measurement devices, the drive line sharing thus may allow use of a smaller number of measuring devices.
US08860675B2
A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product/article of manufacture provide the ability to enable and use a tool implement on a multi-touch device. The tool implements may be activated and deactivated using the borders of touch-sensitive region of a multi-touch device. The tool implement can be positioned in the display area (e.g., by dragging grips of the tool) and then used (in combination with a touch gesture to perform an operation. The tool implement may be a drawing aid tool that is used to remap a user's stroke gesture to a defined stroke that is displayed.
US08860671B2
An input device and a method for providing an input device are provided. The input device assembly includes a base, a sensor support, and a scissor mechanism attached to the base and the sensor support. The scissor mechanism allows for only substantially uniform translation of the sensor support towards the base in response to a force biasing the sensor support substantially towards the base.
US08860668B2
A display device including a display panel, a sensing electrode that is disposed in a matrix pattern and outputs a sensing signal with respect to an external stimulus, a calculator that divides the display panel into a plurality of detection regions based on a coordinate of a first stimuli group outputting a sensing signal with respect to a first stimulus, and a position determiner is presented. The position determiner determines a coordinate of a second stimuli group outputting a sensing signal with respect to a second stimulus and designates the coordinate as a stimulus position if the second stimulus is generated from a selection detection region within predetermined detection time after the first stimulus.
US08860666B2
A portable computing device is disclosed. The device is based upon a laptop computer according to the preferred embodiment. The device comprises a twistable display screen. The device is operated as a general purpose computer when the display screen is pivoted to a position facing a keyboard. The device is used as a special purpose computer in a tablet form when the display is pivoted to a position on the top face of the device. The special purpose computer may be a media player, an e-book reader, a game console, a digital camera, a mobile phone, an e-mail reader and a web browser. The special purpose computer consumes substantially less power than the general purpose computer by employing a less complicated operating system.
US08860665B2
According to one embodiment, a character input device includes a touch panel and a control unit. The touch panel detects contact with respect to a surface thereof. The control unit performs, when detection of contact is started on the touch panel, character recognition processing based on a trajectory connecting each position at which the contact is detected. The control unit displays, when a character is recognized by the character recognition processing, a virtual keyboard on a display surface of the touch panel to receive input of a character from the virtual keyboard.
US08860662B2
Disclosed is an electronic device that makes it easy to input desired characters using a directional key. Also disclosed is a display control method for an electronic device. The disclosed electronic device is provided with a display unit (21), a user input unit (11) that can specify a plurality of directions, and a control unit (45). If one of the plurality of directions is specified via the user input unit (11) while characters and numbers are being displayed on the display unit (21), the control unit selects different characters and different numbers for changing the characters and/or numbers displayed on the display unit (21) to other characters and numbers. The control unit then has the display unit (21) display the selected other characters and numbers.
US08860659B2
A display apparatus is disclosed. The display apparatus comprises a display panel and a parallax barrier plate. The parallax barrier plate includes a plurality of parallax barrier cells, wherein each of the parallax barrier cells comprises a receiver, a plurality of charged pigment particles and a switch electrode. The charged pigment particles are disposed in the receiver. The switch electrode is disposed at one side of the receiver for driving the charged pigment particles.
US08860652B2
A shift register is provided. In each of successively cascaded shift register units, for a first switch, control and output terminals are coupled to a first node and an output node respectively, and an input terminal receives a first clock signal. For a second switch, input and output terminals are coupled to the control terminal of the second switch and the first node respectively. For a third switch, a control terminal is coupled to the first node, and an input terminal receives the first clock signal. A first capacitor is coupled between an output terminal of the third switch and the first node. For a fourth switch, an input terminal is coupled to the first node, and an output terminal is coupled to a low voltage terminal. For a current shift register, a control terminal of the second switch receives an output signal generated by previous shift register unit.
US08860650B2
A shift register includes a plurality of first to n-numbered stages, where n is a positive integer. Each stage includes a node controller controlling respective voltages of a first node and a second node in accordance with an output signal from the (i−j1)-numbered stage and an output signal from the (i+j2)-numbered stage, wherein i is a positive integer from 1 to n, j1 is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2, and j2 is a positive integer equal to or different from j1; and an output unit outputting one of a plurality of clock signals in accordance with the respective voltages of the first and second nodes.
US08860646B2
A memory liquid crystal display device includes a transistor (N1), a transistor (N2), a transistor (N3), a transistor (N4), a first storage capacitor (storage capacitor of an overlapping part of a capacitor electrode 37a and a CS line CSL(i)) connected to a pixel electrode (7), and a second storage capacitor (storage capacitor of an overlapping part of a capacitor electrode 37b and a CS extension section 10bb) connected to the pixel electrode (7) via the transistor (N2), the pixel electrode (7) being connected to (a) a source line (SL(j)) via the transistor (N1), (b) a data transfer control line (DT(i)) via the transistor (N4) and the third transistor, (c) a drain electrode (9a) of the transistor (N1) via a contact hole (13), and (d) a source electrode (8b) of the transistor (N2) and to a drain electrode (9c) of the transistor (N4), via a contact hole (14). This allows for improving a yield rate and for reducing malfunction caused by noise generated between signal lines, in a memory liquid crystal display device.
US08860642B2
The invention relates to a display and a weighted dot rendering method. The display comprises a plurality of pixel groups, each pixel group comprising a plurality of dots arranged in a predetermined identical matrix form, each pixel group having at least one first color dot, at least one second color dot and at least one third color dot, the pixel groups arranged in a matrix manner so as to form the display, wherein each color dot has a plurality of sides adjacent to the other dots with different color, and each color dot represents a luminance and a chrominance of a corresponding full color pixel data by grouping with neighboring dots to form a plurality of overlapping full color dynamics pixel groups. In contrast with conventional RGB stripe arrangement which has high spatial frequency in X axe but 0 spatial frequency in Y axe, the arrangements of the invention have good spatial frequency in both axes, thus giving a higher visual perception of high resolution after performing weighted dot rendering methods of the invention where each dot in the displays represent the luminance and chrominance of each corresponding RGB pixel by forming with neighboring dots overlapping dynamic pixels.
US08860628B2
Transmission/reception device for signals having a wavelength of the microwaves, millimeter or terahertz type, comprising an antenna array. The antenna array comprises a first group of first omni-directional antennas and a second group of second directional antennas disposed around the first group of antennas.
US08860621B2
The invention provides a dipole antenna and mobile communication terminal. The dipole antenna comprises a first vibrator, a second vibrator, a feed terminal and a dielectric slab, the first vibrator and the second vibrator being provided anti-symmetrically on the dielectric slab, wherein the first vibrator comprises a first resonant ring configured to transmit and receive radio signals in a GSM900 band and a first antenna arm configured to transmit and receive radio signals in a DCS1800 band, the first antenna arm being connected to the first resonant ring; the second vibrator comprises a second resonant ring configured to transmit and receive radio signals in the GSM900 band and a second antenna arm configured to transmit and receive radio signals in the DCS1800 band, the second antenna arm being connected to the second resonant ring; the first antenna arm is connected to the second antenna arm through the feed terminal.
US08860616B2
An improved RFID antenna system using a first RFID antenna device (in the form of a magnetic antenna (15)) and using a second RFID antenna device (21, 21′) using a flat antenna is distinguished by the following features: the second RFID antenna device comprises one flat antenna (21, 21′) or a group antenna with at least two flat antennas (21, 21′), and the metal plane of the flat antenna (21, 21′) and/or the earth or reflector plane (31; 31.1; 31.2) is divided into metal, earth or reflector plane sections (31.1; 31.2) by slots, interruptions and or recesses (133), wherein the metal, earth or reflector sections (31.1; 31.2) are electrically conductively separated from one another or are electrically conductively connected to one another.
US08860613B2
There is provided a patch antenna that includes a substrate, a ground electrode placed on the substrate, a first patch configured to be electrically conductive and placed above the ground electrode for transmitting or receiving a first frequency, a second patch configured to be electrically conductive and placed above the first patch for transmitting or receiving a signal of the second frequency, a dielectric member configured to be placed on the ground electrode and support the first patch and the second patch, a first conductor configured to be formed in a cylindrical shape, the first conductor being connected to the first patch and the ground electrode, a second conductor configured to be formed in a cylindrical shape, the second conductor being connected to the second patch and the ground electrode, a first feed line connected to the first patch, and a second feed line connected to the second patch.
US08860611B1
An RFID localization system includes RFID tags positioned at known locations in a local frame of reference. Each RFID tag generates an RF signal indicative of its unique identity. RF antennas are mounted on a mobile vehicle at known positions/orientations relative to a reference point thereon. Each antenna has a range-bounded field-of-view associated therewith and detects each RF signal generated by any of the RFID tags within its range-bounded field-of-view. A processor coupled to the antennas stores information to include (i) each of the known locations of the RFID tags along with their unique identification, (ii) each known position and orientation of the antennas, and (iii) each range-bounded field-of-view associated with each antenna. The processor implements an evolutionary optimization scheme using the stored information based on each RF signal so-detected in order to determine a position and orientation of the mobile vehicle in the local frame of reference.
US08860607B2
An apparatus, system, and method for Gain Enhanced LTCC System-on-Package radar sensor. The sensor includes a substrate and an integrated circuit coupled to the substrate, where the integrated circuit is configured to transmit and receive radio frequency (RF) signals. An antenna may be coupled to the integrated circuit and a lens may be coupled to the antenna. The lens may be configured to enhance the gain of the sensor.
US08860606B2
Radar sensor having a mixer for mixing a received signal with a reference signal and having a device for compensating interference signals which would overload the mixer, wherein the device for compensating the interference signals has an adjustable reflection point at the reference input of the mixer.
US08860599B1
A method utilized in an analog-to-digital conversion apparatus, for converting an analog input signal into a digital output signal including a first portion and a second portion, includes: using a comparator circuit to compare the analog input signal with at least one first reference level to generate a preliminary comparison result, the at least one first reference level being used for determining the first portion; estimating the first portion according to the preliminary comparison result; based on the preliminary comparison result, performing the successive approximation procedure to obtain a posterior comparison result according to a plurality of second reference levels, the second reference levels being used for determining the second portion; and, estimating the second portion according to the posterior comparison result. The preliminary and posterior comparison results are generated by the comparator circuit.
US08860596B1
A redundant signed digit (RSD) analog to digital converter (ADC) includes an amplifier, a first variable capacitance circuit coupled to a first input to the amplifier, a second variable capacitance circuit coupled to a second input to the amplifier, a third variable capacitance circuit coupled to a first output of the amplifier, and a fourth variable capacitance circuit coupled to a second output of the amplifier. An output of the third and fourth capacitance circuits are coupled to one another and to inputs to the first and second variable capacitance circuits. Capacitance values of the first, second, third and fourth variable capacitance circuits are higher when inputs to the ADC correspond to a selected number of more significant bits than when inputs to the ADC correspond to a remaining number of less significant bits.
US08860591B2
An ADC which samples an analog input signal at a sampling frequency and converts the analog input signal to a digital output signal, has N analog digital converter (ADC) channels which convert the analog input signal into the digital output signal by time interleaving, a channel synthesizer which synthesizes channel digital signals output respectively by the ADC channels to generate the digital output signal, an adaptive filter provided at at least one output of the ADC channels, and a correction circuit which generates a coefficient of the adaptive filter in accordance with the digital output signal. The correction circuit calculates a DC component of an image signal component, from among an analog input signal component and the image signal component corresponding to error, both being included in the digital output signal, and calculates the coefficient such that the DC component is suppressed on the basis of the DC component.
US08860583B2
A system for optimizing a mud-pulse telemetry system, the system including: a plurality of sensors distributed along a drill string adapted for being disposed in a borehole, each sensor configured to perform a measurement of a characteristic of at least one of mud in a column within the borehole and a mud-pulse telemetry signal propagating in the mud; and a processing unit for receiving the measurements, the processing unit comprising an algorithm to compile a data set from the measurements and to determine a parameter of the mud-pulse telemetry system using the data set to optimize the mud-pulse telemetry system. A method and a computer program product are also provided.
US08860579B1
An illegal drug sensing device provides a sensor coupled to a processor which evaluates the likely presence of illegal drug consumption and/or manufacture at a particular location. Upon the processor determining that such a condition is likely, an alarm is transmitted to at least one of locally or remotely such as through wired or wireless systems which are employed to alert at least one interested party such as the authorities (i.e., the police department) or a land owner of the likely presence of illegal drug activity at the premises.
US08860566B2
A device for monitoring the lining thickness of a brake lining of a friction brake of a vehicle is disclosed, wherein the brake lining interacts with a friction partner, such as a brake disk. The brake lining is equipped with at least one passive transponder of an RFID system, wherein the passive transponder is changed and/or destroyed once the brake lining has reached a defined wear threshold as a result of contact with the friction partner or with an element that is guided by the friction partner, such that the transponder transmits a signal that differs from an expected signal, or no signal, to a reading unit of the RFID system after being illuminated by the reading unit.
US08860563B2
A system is provided that converts an input, such as audio data, into one or more haptic effects. The system applies a granular synthesis algorithm to the input in order to generate a haptic signal. The system subsequently outputs the one or more haptic effects based on the generated haptic signal. The system can also shift a frequency of the input, and also filter the input, before the system applies the granular synthesis algorithm to the input.
US08860559B2
There is provided a power supply apparatus capable of supplying information as a power line communication signal superimposed on a voltage of a commercial frequency, although currents of the commercial frequency are not supplied to power receiving side external equipment, and capable of supplying power to a specific external apparatus together with the power line communication signal, by controlling supply of the currents of the commercial frequency to the external apparatus. This apparatus includes at least a power receiving section that receives the supply of the power from a power line; a power line communicating section that superimposes the power line communication signal on the voltage, which is supplied to the power receiving section, and transmits the power line communication signal to the equipment; and a power supply limiting section which is installed between the power receiving section and the equipment, allows the power line communication signal to pass and limits the supply of the power to the equipment.
US08860553B2
An autonomous, self-powered device includes a radioisotope-powered current impulse generator including a spring assembly comprising a cantilever, and a piezoelectric-surface acoustic wave (P-SAW) structure connected in parallel to the current impulse generator. Positive charges are accumulated on an electrically isolated 63Ni thin film due to the continuous emission of β-particles (electrons), which are collected on the cantilever. The accumulated charge eventually pulls the cantilever into the radioisotope thin-film until electrical discharge occurs. The electrical discharge generates a transient magnetic and electrical field that can excite the RF modes of a cavity in which the electrical discharge occurs. A piezoelectric-SAW resonator is connected to the discharge assembly to control the RF frequency output. A method for generating a tuned RF signal includes inputting an energy pulse to a P-SAW resonator, exciting the resonant frequency thereof, and outputting an RF signal having a frequency tuned to the resonator frequency.
US08860541B2
Embodiments of an electromagnetic coil assembly are provided, as are methods for the manufacture of an electromagnetic coil assembly. In one embodiment, the electromagnetic coil assembly includes a body of dielectric material, a coiled magnet wire at least partially embedded within the body of dielectric material, a braided lead wire extending into the body of dielectric material to the coiled magnet wire, and a joint buried within the body of dielectric material and mechanically and electrically coupling the braided lead wire and the coiled magnet wire.
US08860537B2
An electromagnetic relay includes a fixed iron core, a movable iron core opposed to the fixed iron core, a magnetizing coil for generating a magnetic force when energized to make the movable iron core attracted by the fixed iron core, a movable contact coupled with the movable iron core, a fixed contact opposed to be contacted with the movable contact, a reset spring for reset the movable iron core, and a repulsive-force generating coil. The repulsive-force generating coil generates a magnetic field opposing to a remaining magnetic field of the movable iron core while the movable iron core moves from a position where the movable contact has passed through an arc field where an arc discharge between movable contact and the fixed contact to be occurred to a position where the movable iron core is just about to expand the reset spring fully.
US08860533B2
A low pass filter includes a signal transmission line, a first open stub, a second open stub, a first coupling line, and a second coupling line. The signal transmission line is connected between a first port and a second port, and operable to transmit RF signals from the first port to the second port. The signal transmission line defines a first side and a second side opposite to the first side. The first open stub and the second stub are disposed on the first side and perpendicularly connected to the signal transmission line. The second open stub and the first open stub co-define a T-shaped gap. The first coupling line is parallel to the signal transmission line and disposed in the T-shaped gap. The second coupling line is parallel to the signal transmission line and disposed on the second side of the signal transmission line.
US08860529B2
A coupler circuit that includes two parallel coupled transmission lines (first transmission line and second transmission line) and a third transmission line, one end of the third transmission line connects to the end of first transmission line at one side, the other end of the third transmission line connects to the end of the second transmission line at the other side. Various coupling value and impedance transforming ratio can be achieved by select corresponding even and odd mode impedance of the coupled transmission lines and characteristic impedance of the crossing transmission line.
US08860524B2
A polar modulator of the present invention includes: a first function block which generates an amplitude signal and a phase signal; a second function block which adjusts the signal delay between the amplitude signal and the phase signal; a third function block which allows the low frequency component of the amplitude signal to pass therethrough; a fourth function block which modulates the phase of the phase signal; a fifth function block which outputs a modulation voltage, based on the amplitude signal; a sixth function block which modulates the amplitude of the phase signal, based on the modulation voltage; a seventh function block which measures the temperature of at least one function block; and an eighth function block which calculates a compensation amount for the signal delay, based on the measured temperature. The second function block adjusts the signal delay, based on the compensation amount.
US08860521B2
A variable inductor is disclosed. In accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure, a variable inductor may comprise a single-turn conductor comprising a first inductor terminal, a second inductor terminal, a first base portion extending from the first inductor terminal to a first intersection location, a second base portion extending from the second inductor terminal to a second intersection location, and a switched portion extending from the first intersection location to the second intersection location, and a switch comprising a first conductive terminal coupled to the first intersection location and a second conductive terminal coupled to the second intersection location.
US08860518B1
A current-feedback operational-amplifier Based Relaxation oscillator provides oscillation based on a current feedback operation amplifier and two external resistors which exhibit a low output impedance terminal. This current-feedback operational-amplifier Based oscillator is used as a component for a capacitive, resistive and capacitive-resistive sensor electronic interfacing circuit.
US08860513B1
An apparatus comprises a ring oscillator comprising a plurality of delay cells connected in cascade, a main injection apparatus comprising a plurality of main buffers, wherein the main buffers receive a reference clock from their inputs and the outputs of the main buffers are coupled to respective inputs of the delay cells and a replica injection apparatus comprising a plurality of replica buffers, wherein the replica buffers receive the reference clock from their inputs and the replica buffers are configured such that the replica buffers are tri-stated and each output is connected to ground when the ring oscillator operates in an injection-locked mode and each output is connected to ground through a capacitor when the ring oscillator operates in a calibration mode.
US08860512B2
A ring oscillator includes a ring of a plurality of delay elements and a start edge injector for injecting a start edge into the ring. The start edge injector varies an injection point for the start edge in the ring.
US08860496B2
Embodiments disclosed herein may relate to supply voltage or ground connections for integrated circuit devices. As one example, two or more supply voltage bond pads on an integrated circuit die may be connected together via one or more electrically conductive interconnects.
US08860486B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device has a transistor comprising a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a gate electrode, a diode and a switch element connected in series between the gate and source electrodes of the transistor, and a control circuit configured to supply a control signal for switching the switch element. The control circuit has a predetermined time constant and is configured to supply the control signal to the switch element if a pulse signal having a voltage that is equal to or higher than a predetermined voltage is supplied to the gate electrode of the transistor.
US08860473B2
A ringing suppression circuit for a communication circuit that performs communication through a transmission line includes a high side switch connected between a high potential reference point and a high side line of the transmission line, a low side switch connected between a low potential reference point and a low side line of the transmission line, and a ringing suppression section. The ringing suppression section turns on the high side switch based on a difference between a potential of the high side line and a potential applied to a control terminal of the high side switch. The ringing suppression section turns on the low side switch based on a difference between a potential of the low side line and a potential applied to a control terminal of the low side switch.
US08860470B1
Input/output (I/O) line driving circuits are provided. The circuit includes a first I/O line driver and a second I/O line driver. The first I/O line driver receives a first input signal in response to an enable signal to generate a first control signal and drives a first I/O line in response to a second control signal. The second I/O line driver receives a second input signal in response to the enable signal to generate the second control signal and drives a second I/O line in response to the first control signal.
US08860467B2
An apparatus includes a plurality of phase detector circuits and a summing circuit. Each of the plurality of phase detector circuits may be configured to generate a phase up signal and a phase down signal in response to a respective pair of data samples and intervening transition sample. The summing circuit may be configured to generate an adjustment signal in response to the phase up and phase down signals of the plurality of phase detector circuits. A sum of the phase up signals and a sum of the phase down signals are weighted to provide a bias to a phase adjustment.
US08860465B2
Disclosed is a novel circuit able to generate any logic combination possible as a function of the input logic signals. The circuit is described as a 2 input logistic map circuit but may be expanded to 3 or more inputs as required. Further disclosed is a universal logic array with variable circuit topology. A metallization layer and/or a via interconnection between cells in the array elements produce a circuit topology that implements a Boolean function and/or chaotic function and/or a logic function. The novel circuit provides a circuit topology for secure applications with no obvious physical correspondence between control signal values and input to output mapping. Further disclosed is a network which has a power signature independent of input signal state and output transition. This provides a very useful circuit to protect data from decryption from power signature analysis in secure applications.
US08860460B1
Integrated circuits with repairable logic regions are provided. Each logic region may be organized into a predetermined number of rows of logic circuitry, one of which serves as a spare row. A repairable region may be operable in normal mode or redundant mode. In normal mode, the spare row is deactivated. When one of the logic region rows contains defective circuitry, that logic region is operated in redundant mode so that each row below the bad row is shifted down by one row and the spare row is engaged to serve as the last row to repair that region. Each row may include a multiplexer and an associated driver that drives a corresponding vertical routing segment from one row to the next. Each vertical routing segment has the option of being driven by its logically equivalent vertical wire in the immediate preceding row by configuring the corresponding multiplexer.
US08860457B2
A reconfigurable instruction cell array (RICA) includes a plurality of switch boxes. Each switch box includes an instruction cell and a switch fabric configurable according to a configuration word stored in a latch array for the switch box. The switch boxes are arranged into broadcast sets such that the latch arrays in each broadcast set receive a configuration word in parallel.
US08860456B2
The present disclosure includes techniques and apparatus for making non-contact differential measurements of various dimensions of electronic components surface mounted on circuit boards. Tilt data relating to the electronic components is derived from the differential measurements to provide an indication of the integrity of the electrical connection between the electronic components to the circuit board. The techniques and apparatus of the present disclosure make it possible to accomplish non-destructive inspection of the connection without individually inspecting each bump-terminal connection.
US08860450B2
A probe apparatus and method of terminating a probe that probes a semiconductor device with a signal cable from a tester side by side at a proximal end of the probe and a distal end of the signal cable. In one embodiment, the probe apparatus includes: a chassis; a dielectric block mounted in the chassis for retaining the probe, the probe extending on the chassis from a proximal end of the probe to the dielectric block, extending through the dielectric block, and projecting from the dielectric block towards the semiconductor device at a distal end of the probe; and a terminating apparatus, mounted in the chassis, for terminating the proximal end of the probe with a distal end of the signal cable side by side.
US08860448B2
A probe card includes a plurality of probe pins, and a switch network connected to the plurality of probe pins. The switch network is configured to connect the plurality of probe pins in a first pattern, and reconnect the plurality of probe pins in a second pattern different from the first pattern.
US08860444B2
Embodiments relate to fault detection comparator circuitry and methods that can operate in conjunction with a power-on-reset (POR) scheme to put a chip into a reliable power-down mode upon fault detection to avoid disrupting the communication bus link such that other connected chips and the host can continue to operate. Power-on of the affected chip can then be carried out when the connection with that chip is restored.
US08860441B2
An electronic device comprises a biometric module having a contact-based sensor configured to capture a biometric image, the biometric module configured to discharge electrostatic energy from a user of the biometric module before activating the sensor.
US08860431B2
Application of open and short structures may result in improved accuracy in determination of ABCD parameters of a substantially symmetric two-port network for purposes of bisect de-embedding. Either one or both of the open and/or short techniques may be used to improve results of an ABCD optimization algorithm. Bisect de-embedding may then be performed to determine the ABCD parameters of a device under test based on the ABCD parameters of the substantially symmetric two-port network and measured s-parameters of the substantially symmetric two-port network and the embedded device under test.
US08860429B2
A test system for testing a sensor system includes a high-impedance resistor for forming a voltage divider with any corrosion or foreign substance that might be present between a signal conductor and a ground conductor. While a voltage is applied across the voltage divider, the voltage can be measured across the high-impedance resistor for determining whether an undesirable amount of conductance exists between the signal wire and ground. The test system also includes switching means for switching between any number of signal wires of a system undergoing testing.
US08860426B2
An insulation state detection circuit includes a first charging circuit, a second charging circuit and a third charging circuit. A charging resistance value in the case that a capacitor is charged in the first charging circuit coincides with a charging resistance value in the case that the capacitor is charged in the second charging circuit when a resistance value of the ground fault resistor of a negative terminal side of a DC power source is a ground fault alarm threshold value for an insulation state of an alarm level. The charging resistance value of the first charging circuit coincides with a charging resistance value in the case that the capacitor is charged in the third charging circuit when a resistance value of the ground fault resistor of the positive terminal side is a ground fault alarm threshold value for an insulation state of an alarm level.
US08860423B2
A voltage monitoring circuit includes a plurality of voltage input terminals which input a voltage across each of a plurality of series-coupled battery cells, a selection circuit which, by selecting two of the voltage input terminals, selects a voltage across one of the battery cells; an A/D converter which converts the voltage across the battery cell into a digital value, a control unit which sends the digital value to an external controller, a ground wiring which is coupled to a ground terminal for inputting a ground level voltage for the voltage monitoring circuit, the ground terminal being among the voltage input terminals, and through which the voltage monitoring circuit is supplied with the ground level voltage, a terminal which is supplied with a lowest fixed potential, and a switch circuit which is coupled between the first terminal and the ground wiring.
US08860415B2
Apparatuses, methods for manufacturing an apparatus and methods for measuring a fluid resistivity are provided. An apparatus for measuring a fluid resistivity includes a fluid column defining structure, two current injecting electrodes, voltage measurement electrodes, and two additional electrodes. The fluid column defining structure is configured to allow a fluid, whose resistivity is to be measured, to fill a fluid column inside the fluid column defining structure. The two current injecting electrodes are configured to inject a known current into the fluid column. The voltage measurement electrodes are configured to measure a voltage across a measurement column included in the fluid column. The two additional electrodes disposed inside the fluid column defining structure, outside of the positions of the two current injecting electrodes in the longitudinal direction are electrically connected to each other.
US08860409B2
A micromachined magnetic field sensor is disclosed. The micromachined magnetic field comprises a substrate; a drive subsystem, the drive subsystem comprises a plurality of beams, and at least one anchor connected to the substrate; a mechanism for providing an electrical current through the drive subsystem along a first axis; and Lorentz force acting on the drive subsystem along a second axis in response to a magnetic field along a third axis. The micromachined magnetic field sensor also includes a sense subsystem, the sense subsystem includes a plurality of beams, and at least one anchor connected to the substrate; wherein a portion of the sense subsystem moves along a fourth axis; a coupling spring between the drive subsystem and the sense subsystem which causes motion of the sense subsystem in response to the magnetic field; and a position transducer to detect the motion of the sense subsystem.
US08860408B2
There is disclosed apparatus for supporting a disk drive, disk drive test apparatus and a method of testing a disk drive. The apparatus for supporting a disk drive includes: a housing, a slot for receiving a disk drive, and a plurality of isolators. The slot is received in the housing and has a longitudinal axis. The isolators are disposed between the slot and the housing for isolating the slot from the housing. The isolators are arranged with respect to the longitudinal axis such that the slot has a low rotational stiffness in the direction of the longitudinal axis relative to the rotational stiffness in at least one other direction.
US08860407B2
A method and system for testing a read transducer are described. The read transducer includes a read sensor fabricated on a wafer. A system includes a test structure that resides on the wafer. The test structure includes a test device and a heater. The test device corresponds to the read sensor. The heater is in proximity to the test device and is configured to heat the test device substantially without heating the read sensor. Thus, the test structure allows for on-wafer testing of the test device at a plurality of temperatures above an ambient temperature.
US08860405B2
An angle sensor includes a sensor rotor formed with a planar coil and a sensor stator including a multi-X type planar coil placed to face a surface of the sensor rotor. On a stator substrate of the sensor stator are provided forward-direction planar coils and reverse-direction planar coils, and positive and negative terminals adjacently arranged. The forward-direction and reverse-direction planar coils are connected in series through connecting wires. One of both ends of the series-connected planar coils is connected to the positive terminal through the wire and the other end is connected to the negative terminal through the wire. The wires are arranged along arrangement of the series-connected planar coils but in a range less than a full circle of the arrangement. A turn-back connecting wire extending from one end of the series of planar coils is arranged along the other connecting wire and connected to the negative terminal.
US08860403B2
A gradient sensor of a component of a magnetic field comprising at least one elementary sensor comprising a deformable mass (31) equipped with a permanent magnet (32) having a magnetization direction substantially colinear to the direction of the gradient of the component of the magnetic field to be acquired by the sensor. The deformable mass (31) is able to deform under the effect of a force exerted on the magnet by the gradient, the effect of this force being to shift it, by dragging the deformable mass (31), in a direction substantially colinear to the component of the magnetic field for which the sensor has to acquire the gradient. The deformable mass (31) is anchored to a fixed support device (33) in at least two anchoring points (36) substantially opposite relative to the mass (31). The elementary sensor also comprises measuring means (35, 35.1, 35.2, 35.3) of at least one electric variable translating deformation or stress of the deformable mass (31) engendered by the gradient.
US08860400B2
A method for displaying signal analysis data comprises performing a plurality of sweep operations upon a received signal. With the sweep operations, spectral analysis is performed upon a first frequency band of the received signal. Displays are rendered of data generated from the spectral analysis in the first band and a second band different from the first band simultaneously, and the displays in the first band and the second bands are updated according to the sweep operations.
US08860392B2
A semiconductor device includes a voltage generating circuit, a first switch, and a charging circuit. The voltage generating circuit generates a voltage for output and has a function to adjust a magnitude of the voltage to be generated. A first switch has a first conduction terminal and a second conduction terminal that are brought into conduction with each other in an ON state, and the first conduction terminal is connected to an output node of the voltage generating circuit via a first line. The charging circuit charges a second line connected to the second conduction terminal of the first switch.
US08860381B2
Vibrations at harmonic frequencies are reduced by injecting harmonic balancing signals into the armature of a linear motor/alternator coupled to a Stirling machine. The vibrations are sensed to provide a signal representing the mechanical vibrations. A harmonic balancing signal is generated for selected harmonics of the operating frequency by processing the sensed vibration signal with adaptive filter algorithms of adaptive filters for each harmonic. Reference inputs for each harmonic are applied to the adaptive filter algorithms at the frequency of the selected harmonic. The harmonic balancing signals for all of the harmonics are summed with a principal control signal. The harmonic balancing signals modify the principal electrical drive voltage and drive the motor/alternator with a drive voltage component in opposition to the vibration at each harmonic.
US08860364B2
Exemplary embodiments are directed to power distribution among a plurality of receivers. A method may include requesting at least one receiver of a plurality of receivers within a charging region of a transmitter to modify an associated load resistance to achieve a desired power distribution among the plurality of receivers. The method may further include requesting each receiver of the plurality of receivers to modify an associated load resistance to achieve a desired total impedance as seen by the transmitter while maintaining the desired power distribution among the plurality of receivers.
US08860355B2
A motor-control-device main unit includes a pressure-command-signal generating section, a pressure control section, a speed control section, a current control section, and a parameter-adjusting section. With respect to a parameter for a control computation by the pressure control section, the parameter-adjusting section includes an information-acquiring section and a parameter-calculating section. The information-acquiring section acquires, from an exterior, each of pieces of information including an elastic constant of a pressurized target, a reaction-force constant indicating information of a reaction force, a transfer characteristic from a motor torque to a motor speed, and parameters of the speed control section. The information-acquiring section previously acquires information of a control law of the speed control unit. The parameter-calculating section calculates a parameter for the pressure control section based on the information acquired by the information-acquiring section.
US08860351B2
A fan speed control circuit is provided. The circuit includes a sensor, a control chip, a first integrated circuit, an integrated operational amplifier, a second integrated circuit, and a feedback comparator. The sensor senses a temperature of an electronic component. The control chip outputs a PWM signal corresponding to the temperature to a fan. The first integrated circuit and the second integrated circuit respectively generate a first equivalent voltage and a second equivalent voltage. The integrated operational amplifier amplifies the first equivalent voltage to generate an upper limit voltage and reduces the first equivalent voltage to generate a lower limit voltage. The feedback comparator compares the second equivalent voltage with the upper limit voltage and the lower limit voltage to generate a comparison value. The control chip adjusts the duty cycle of the PWM signal according to the comparison value, and outputs the adjusted PWM signal to the fan.
US08860350B2
A motor driving apparatus is applied to a fan and motor mechanism and a voltage supply unit. The motor driving apparatus includes a motor driving unit, a voltage division resistor, a first resistor, a first switch unit, a second resistor, a second switch unit, a third resistor, a third switch unit, a transistor switch, and a pulse width modulation unit. The first switch unit, the second switch unit, and the third switch unit are configured to select the rotational speed upper limitation of the fan and motor mechanism for suppressing noise.
US08860349B2
The invention relates to a method of safety cutoff of an electromechanical motor vehicle power steering, in which safety switches (26, 27, 28) are provided for electrical separation of a servomotor from a control system or a vehicle electrical system, wherein the following steps are provided: a) receiving a fault signal in a control system (30); b) sending a switch-off signal via control lines (31, 32, 33) to the safety switches (26, 27, 28); c) checking the electrical voltages present on the safety switches (26, 27, 28); d) deciding whether the switch-off signal on each safety switch (26, 27, 28) has led to switch-off; e) if the switch-off signal on one or more safety switches (26, 27, 28) has not led to switch-off, switching those safety switches (26, 27, 28) back on, which could not be switched off; f) repeating steps b) to e) until all safety switches have been switched off successfully (26, 27, 28).
US08860342B2
A system. The system includes a processor, a first module, a second module and a third module. The first module is communicably connected to the processor and is configured for calculating a q-axis voltage component and a d-axis voltage component. The second module is communicably connected to the processor and is configured for determining a voltage angle relative to the q-axis. The third module is communicably connected to the processor and is configured for (1) comparing the determined voltage angle to a predetermined value, (2) outputting the determined voltage angle if the determined voltage angle is less than the predetermined value, and (3) outputting the predetermined value if the predetermined value is less than the determined voltage angle.
US08860338B2
A motor drive circuit includes: a digital filter configured to attenuate amplitude in a frequency band including a resonance frequency of an actuator in a target current signal, the target current signal being a digital signal indicative of a target value of a drive current, the drive current being supplied to a voice coil motor configured to drive the actuator; a digital-analog converter configured to convert an output signal of the digital filter into an analog signal, and output the converted analog signal as a current control signal; and a drive circuit configured to supply the drive current to the voice coil motor according to the current control signal.
US08860335B2
A distributed motor drive system includes a power management module and multiple inverter modules integrated with the motors and located on a machine or process remote from the power management module. The power management module distributes DC voltage and command signals to each of the inverters. The DC voltage is distributed between modules via a DC link cable. The integrated inverters execute switching routines to convert the DC voltage to an AC voltage suitable for controlling the motor. Each of the power management module and the inverters includes a portion of the DC bus capacitance. The distributed motor drive system also includes a link inductance between the power management module and the inverters to limit the amount of reactive current generated by the inverters.
US08860312B2
A method for using an electronic ballast circuit configured to operate a high intensity discharge (HID) lamp. Multiple light emitting diodes (LEDs) are attached to the current output of the electronic ballast circuit, and current is driven from the current output to light said LEDs. Optionally, prior to driving current through the LEDs, the impedance of the current output is sensed; and the current is driven through the LEDs to light the LEDs upon detection of an impedance significantly lower than an impedance characteristic of the HID lamp. Ignition appropriate to ignite the high intensity discharge is not performed when LEDS are attached to the current output. Alternatively, a signal is provided to disconnect the LEDs during a high voltage output for ignition of the high intensity discharge (HID) lamp.
US08860307B2
An improved illumination apparatus for the dazzle-free illumination of a region monitored by a night vision instrument is provided. The illumination apparatus has an illumination device, which has at least one light-emitting diode chip and a luminous means. The light-emitting diode chip is formed to emit electromagnetic radiation of a first wavelength range. The luminous means is formed to convert the radiation of the first wavelength range into light with light in a second wavelength range. The second wavelength range is shorter than 610 nm.
US08860306B2
An object is to provide a highly reliable light emitting device which is thin and is not damaged by external local pressure. Further, another object is to manufacture a light emitting device with a high yield by preventing defects of a shape and characteristics due to external stress in a manufacture process. A light emitting element is sealed between a first structure body in which a fibrous body is impregnated with an organic resin and a second structure body in which a fibrous body is impregnated with an organic resin, whereby a highly reliable light emitting device which is thin and has intensity can be provided. Further, a light emitting device can be manufactured with a high yield by preventing defects of a shape and characteristics in a manufacture process.
US08860304B2
A light-emitting sheet which does not cause failures such as a short circuit without causing dielectric breakdown at the end of element at applying a voltage and which is able to realize stable driving, and an efficient method for producing the light-emitting sheet, are provided. Specifically, a light-emitting sheet having a first electrode, a second electrode, and a light-emitting layer disposed between the first and the second electrodes, wherein a short circuit preventing member composed of an insulator is arranged on the periphery of the light-emitting layer in such a way that a part of the member is projected from the light-emitting layer, and an efficient method for producing the light-emitting sheet, are provided.
US08860300B2
A method of operating a color-temperature-tunable device is described. The method drives a first light emitting diode (LED) chip with a first driving current from a first power source. The first LED chip is configured to emit a first light having a first peak wavelength. The method also drives a second LED chip with a second driving current from a second power source. The second LED chip is configured to emit a second light having a second peak wavelength. The method further maintains a total driving current, which includes the first driving current and the second driving current, approximately constant. The second peak wavelength is different from the first peak wavelength.
US08860293B2
The present invention provides an electron emitting element, comprising: a first electrode; an insulating layer formed on the first electrode and having an opening of through hole; a second electrode formed on the insulating layer, the second electrode being disposed so as to cover at least the opening and face the first electrode via the opening; and a fine particle layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, the fine particle layer being composed of insulating fine particles and conductive fine particles, wherein the insulating layer is disposed between the first electrode and the fine particle layer, or between the second electrode and the fine particle layer, when a voltage is applied between the first electrode and the second electrode, electrons are emitted from the first electrode and accelerated in the fine particle layer to pass through the second electrode.
US08860291B2
A spark plug having an integral gasoline combustion sensor is disclosed. The spark plug includes a center electrode assembly with a terminal stud at one end and a center electrode with a sparking surface at an opposite end; a generally tubular insulator surrounding the center electrode assembly; a shell surrounding the insulator and having along its length a turn-over on a first end, a barrel having an outer surface and barrel shoulder on a gasket flange thereof, a threaded portion, and a ground electrode; and a piezo sensor assembly located on the barrel shoulder proximate the outer surface of the barrel which includes a lower electrode contact, a piezo transducer, an upper electrode contact, an isolator having a convex upper surface, and an upper bushing which is attached to the barrel.
US08860289B2
An LED light bulb device including a bulb body, heat sink stems and LEDs. The bulb body defines an exterior and an interior region. The heat sink stems are discrete from one another and extend along the bulb body in a circumferentially spaced fashion. A first LED is directly supported by the first heat sink stem, and a second LED is directly supported by the second heat sink stem. Light from the LEDs is directed inwardly into the interior region and then outwardly from the interior region.
US08860275B2
An interior permanent magnet machine includes a rotor configured to magnetically interact with a stator. First and second dividers are integrally formed within the rotor and configured to create a first layer of three respective first segments. Each of the respective first segments may be substantially arc-shaped. A plurality of first magnets may be positioned in the first layer. The first magnets may be substantially arc-shaped and defined around an arc center. A third and a fourth divider may be integrally formed within the rotor and configured to create a second layer of three respective second segments. The placement of dividers or structural webs provides for increased rotational speed and reduced rotational stress compared to an undivided arc-shaped magnet configuration.
US08860273B2
Apparatus and associated methods involve thrust generation by interaction of an armature field with a stator field in an arrangement with substantially reduced flux coupling from the armature to the stator coil. In an illustrative example, solenoid coil segments may be arranged as the stator along a path of motion for the armature. In some examples, each armature may surround and overlap with at least one of the toroidal coil segments. Counter-electromotive force may be substantially reduced, for example, by stopping current flow in a stator coil while overlapped by the armature or while substantial armature flux couples to the stator coil. Thrust may be generated, in some examples, by interaction of armature and stator coil flux in arc-shaped regions external to and between each of the leading and trailing edges of the armature and their respective nearby stator coils.
US08860272B2
A synchronous generator is provided. The generator includes a rotor, which rotates around a machine axis and is concentrically surrounded by a stator with a stator winding. A plurality of permanent magnets and pole pieces are alternatingly arranged at the rim of the rotor with the permanent magnets being oriented in an essentially tangential direction. Torque and power characteristic of the generator are improved by alternating pole pieces and pairs of permanent magnets. The permanent magnets each have a rectangular cross section in the axial direction, the pole pieces each have a symmetric trapezoidal cross section in the axial direction with the symmetry plane of the trapezoid extending radially through the machine axis and the longer parallel side lying outside. The two permanent magnets of each pair of permanent magnets are separated from each other by an intermediate wedge, which corresponds with its cross section to the trapezoidal pole pieces.
US08860267B2
An electric machine includes a stator magnetic circuit and a rotor. The magnetic circuit includes electrical conductors, which form windings of the machine. Coils formed by the windings are connected to an external unit via connection conductors, which open into an end face of the magnetic circuit. A frame sleeve envelopes the magnetic circuit and, on an output side of the connection conductors, the sleeve is extended by a lateral wall of a lid, which is pierced with a lateral exit opening through which the connection conductors can exit towards an external connector. On assembly, the connection conductors exiting the stator can be directly inserted into the exit opening of the lid before the lid is fixed to the sleeve by passing into a space provided between an internal lateral wall of the lid and a flange element of the lid.
US08860266B2
An alternator includes a housing having an inner surface and an outer surface, a stationary field coil component fixedly mounted to the inner surface of the housing through one or more mechanical fasteners, and a heat sink component mounted to the outer surface of the housing. The heat sink component includes one or more openings that align with corresponding ones of the one or more mechanical fasteners.
US08860265B2
An electric motor apparatus having an improved cooling system comprising a first compartment housing an electric motor mounted on a rotating shaft, a second compartment housing an electric circuit adapted to connect said electric motor to a power supply source, and a cooling system adapted to dissipate the heat generated by said electric motor apparatus. The cooling system comprises a fan mounted on said rotating shaft in a position adjacent to said second compartment and on the opposite side with respect to said first compartment and at least one finned heat exchanger adapted to dissipate the heat generated by said electric circuit inside said second compartment.
US08860263B2
Disclosed herein is a linear vibration motor including: a stator part including a coil, a printed circuit board coupled to the coil, a bracket having the printed circuit board fixedly coupled thereto, and a case having an internal space formed therein and coupled to the bracket; and a vibrator part including a main magnet positioned to face the coil, a yoke coupled to the magnet, a weight body coupled to an outer peripheral surface of the yoke, and an elastic member having one end coupled to the case and the other end coupled to the yoke, wherein the stator part further includes sub-magnets, which are magnetic damping units, the sub-magnets being disposed to face the main magnet of the vibrator part and being mounted in the stator part so that surfaces thereof facing the main magnet have the same polarities as those of the main magnet.
US08860259B1
An auxiliary electrical power system includes a housing that has a top wall, a bottom wall and a perimeter wall attached to and extends between the top and bottom walls. A battery for storing an electric charge is mounted within the housing. An inverter is mounted within the housing and is electrically coupled to the battery. A power cord is electrically coupled to the inverter and extends through the housing. The power cord has a distal end with respect to the housing. The distal end comprises a female plug configured to supply electricity to an electrically powered device from the battery when the electrically powered device is plugged into the female plug.
US08860255B2
A saturation control unit for an interphase transforming unit is provided. The interphase transforming unit has a primary coil and a secondary coil which are magnetically coupled via a magnetic core member. The saturation control unit includes a minimum detecting unit and a maximum detecting unit. The minimum detecting unit detects a minimum value of a magnetizing current of the interphase transforming. The maximum detecting unit detects a maximum value of the magnetizing current. A saturation estimating unit is provided for estimating an offset value of the magnetizing current. A saturation control signal generating unit is provided for generating a saturation control signal for the interphase transforming unit based on the detected minimum value, the detected maximum value, and the estimated offset value.
US08860250B2
A portable power supplying system includes an enclosure including at least one wheel mounted to a bottom portion of the enclosure, a battery secured within the enclosure, and a battery charger secured within the enclosure. The battery charger is electrically connected to the battery for charging the battery. The system further includes a DC/AC inverter secured within the enclosure. The DC/AC inverter is electrically connected to the battery, and is configured to convert a direct current supplied by the battery to an alternating current. The system further includes a power outlet including at least one female household electrical connection, and a transfer switch secured within the enclosure. The transfer switch is electrically connected to the DC/AC inverter, the battery charger, the power outlet and a power source input.
US08860239B2
A wind or water energy installation for generating electrical energy, an installation having at least one propeller and at least one generator including at least one rotor, at least one stator and at least one magnetic circuit generating a magnetic flux. The at least one magnetic circuit has at least one magnet on the stator side and at least one coil on the stator side, through which at least part of the magnetic flux of the stator-side magnet flows, and the magnetic circuit is closed by the rotor which has a magnetic resistance (Rm) dependent on its respective rotational angle, on its surface facing the stator, such that the size of the magnetic flux in the at least one stator-side coil depends on the respective rotational angle of the rotor and changes when the rotor rotates.
US08860232B2
According to this disclosure, a method of manufacturing an electronic device is provided, which includes exposing a top surface of a first electrode of a first electronic component to organic acid, irradiating the top surface of the first electrode exposed to the organic acid with ultraviolet light, and bonding the first electrode and a second electrode of a second electronic component by heating and pressing the first electrode and the second electrode each other.
US08860230B2
In one embodiment, a semiconductor is provided comprising a substrate and a plurality of wiring layers and dielectric layers formed on the substrate, the wiring layers implementing a circuit. The dielectric layers separate adjacent ones of the plurality of wiring layers. A first passivation layer is formed on the plurality of wiring layers. A first contact pad is formed in the passivation layer and electrically coupled to the circuit. A wire is formed on the passivation layer and connected to the contact pad. A through silicon via (TSV) is formed through the substrate, the plurality of wiring and dielectric layers, and the passivation layer. The TSV is electrically connected to the wire formed on the passivation layer. The TSV is electrically isolated from the wiring layers except for the connection provided by the metal wire formed on the passivation layer.
US08860229B1
Embodiments of forming a semiconductor device structure are provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a first semiconductor wafer and a second semiconductor wafer bonded via a hybrid bonding structure, and the hybrid bonding structure includes a first conductive material embedded in a polymer material and a second conductive material embedded in a second polymer material. The first conductive material of the first semiconductor wafer bonded to the second conductive material of the second semiconductor wafer and the first polymer material of the first semiconductor wafer is bonded to the second polymer material of the second semiconductor wafer. The semiconductor device structure further includes at least one through substrate via (TSV) extending from a bottom surface of the second semiconductor wafer to a top surface of the first semiconductor wafer.
US08860225B2
Structures and methods of forming metallization layers on a semiconductor component are disclosed. The method includes etching a metal line trench using a metal line mask, and etching a via trench using a via mask after etching the metal line trench. The via trench is etched only in regions common to both the metal line mask and the via mask.
US08860220B2
An ultrasonic welding tool is used to bond end portions of an external connection terminal to circuit patterns of an insulating substrate, with a Vickers hardness not lower than 90. Bonding end portions are provided integrally with a bar in the external connection terminal. A bonding end portion located substantially in the lengthwise center of the bar is bonded first, then others are bonded alternately in order toward either end. Hardness of the bonding end portions is increased so that strength of the ultrasonic welding portions is increased, and displacement of the bonding end portion in either end from its regular position is suppressed to keep bonding strength high. Bonding strength of the ultrasonic welding portions between the external connection terminal and the circuit patterns of the insulating substrate can be increased so that long-term reliability can be secured in a semiconductor device.
US08860217B1
A chip package is disclosed. The package includes a carrier substrate, at least two semiconductor chips, a fill material layer, a protective layer, and a plurality of conductive bumps. The carrier substrate includes a grounding region. The semiconductor chips are disposed overlying the grounding region of the carrier substrate. Each semiconductor chip includes at least one signal pad and includes at least one grounding pad electrically connected to the grounding region. The fill material layer is formed overlying the carrier substrate and covers the semiconductor chips. The protective layer covers the fill material layer. The plurality of conductive bumps is disposed overlying the protective layer and is electrically connected to the semiconductor chips. A fabrication method of the chip package is also disclosed.
US08860213B2
A power converter including: a plurality of semiconductor devices forming a power conversion circuit; a base section to which the plurality of semiconductor devices are attached; and radiating fins dissipating heat generated from the semiconductor devices into outside air, in the power converter in which the direction of the flow of a refrigerant flowing into the radiating fins changes depending on the operation status of the power conversion circuit, the shape of each radiating fin changes in such a way that the cross-sectional area of a channel of the refrigerant on the outflow side becomes smaller than the cross-sectional area of the channel of the refrigerant on the inflow side in the radiating fins depending on the direction of the flow of the refrigerant.
US08860200B2
This invention relates to a stacked electronic device composed of stacked electronic components (120, 130) distributed on one or several added-on levels (N2, N3) each added on the preceding level starting from a base level (N1) possibly containing at least one electronic component (110). At least one electrolytic connection pad of a first type (10.1) on an add-on level (N2) directly connects a conducting element (c1) placed on one face of an electronic component (120) on an add-on level (N2) to a conducting element (z1) placed on an opposite face of a neighboring level (N1) while at least one electrolytic connection pad of a second type (20.1) on the add-on level (N2) passes through a coating layer (220) coating the sides of the electronic component (120) on the add-on level (N2) and directly electrically connects two conducting elements (z1, z2) located on each side of said coating layer (220).
US08860199B2
Disclosed are a multi-die processor apparatus and system. Processor logic to execute one or more instructions is allocated among two or more face-to-faces stacked dice. The processor includes a conductive interface between the stacked dice to facilitate die-to-die communication.
US08860196B2
A semiconductor package and a method of manufacturing the same, and more particularly, to a package of a power module semiconductor and a method of manufacturing the same. The semiconductor package includes a substrate including a plurality of conductive patterns spaced apart from one another; a plurality of semiconductor chips disposed on the conductive patterns; a connecting member for electrically connecting the conductive patterns to each other, for electrically connecting the semiconductor chips to each other, or for electrically connecting the conductive pattern and the semiconductor chip; and a sealing member for covering the substrate, the semiconductor chips, and the connecting member, wherein a lower surface of the substrate and an upper surface of the connecting member are exposed to the outside by the sealing member.
US08860189B2
Provided is a PIN diode that can suppress thermal destruction from occurring at the time of a reverse bias exceeding a breakdown voltage by current concentration on a curved part of an anode region. The PIN diode is configured to have: a semiconductor substrate 11 that includes an N+ semiconductor layer 1 and an N− semiconductor layer 2; a cathode electrode 18 that is formed on an outer surface of the N+ semiconductor layer 1; a main anode region 16, a separated anode region 15, and an anode connecting region that are formed by selectively diffusing P-type impurities from an outer surface of the N− semiconductor layer 2; and an anode electrode 17 that is formed on the main anode region 16.
US08860188B2
A semiconductor device is disclosed allowing detection of a connection state of a Through Silicon Via (TSV) at a wafer level. The semiconductor device includes a first line formed over a Through Silicon Via (TSV), a second line formed over the first line, and a first power line and a second power line formed over the same layer as the second line. Therefore, the semiconductor device can screen not only a chip-to-chip connection state after packaging completion, but also a connection state between the TSV and the chip at a wafer level, so that unnecessary costs and time encountered in packaging of a defective chip are reduced.
US08860183B2
The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a semiconductor substrate that includes a substrate, a first semiconductor layer arranged on the substrate, a metallic material layer arranged on the first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer arranged on the first semiconductor layer and the metallic material layer, and a cavity formed in the first semiconductor layer under the metallic material layer.
US08860180B2
An inductor structure implemented within a semiconductor integrated circuit includes a coil of conductive material including at least one turn and a current return encompassing the coil. The current return is formed of a plurality of interconnected metal layers of the semiconductor integrated circuit.
US08860176B2
The present disclosure relates to an antifuse for preventing a flow of electrical current in an integrated circuit. One such antifuse includes a reactive material and a silicon region thermally coupled to the reactive material, where an electrical current to the reactive material causes the reactive material to release heat which transitions the silicon region from a high resistance state to a low resistance state. Another such antifuse includes a reactive material, at least one metal and a silicon region adjacent to the at least one metal and thermally coupled to the reactive material, where an electrical current to the reactive material causes the reactive material to release heat which transitions the silicon region from a high resistance state to a low resistance state.
US08860167B2
An image sensor may include a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of light receiving devices formed within the semiconductor substrate, and a plurality of device isolation films for isolating the light receiving devices from each other. When an arrangement direction of a pixel array may be formed by arranging the light receiving devices is a horizontal direction, the pixel array may be formed by alternately arranging a first type light receiving device and a second type light receiving device having different horizontal lengths.
US08860164B2
A light receiving element includes a core configured to propagate a signal light, a first semiconductor layer having a first conductivity type, the first semiconductor layer being configured to receive the signal light from the core along a first direction in which the core extends, an absorbing layer configured to absorb the signal light received by the first semiconductor layer, and a second semiconductor layer having a second conductivity type opposite to the first conductivity type.
US08860161B2
Solid state neutron detection utilizing gadolinium as a neutron absorber is described. The new class of narrow-gap neutron-absorbing semiconducting materials, including Gd-doped HfO2, Gd-doped EuO, Gd-doped GaN, Gd2O3 and GdN are included in three types of device structures: (1) a p-n heterostructure diode with a ˜30 μm Gd-loaded semiconductor grown on a conventional semiconductor (Si or B-doped Si); (2) a p-n junction or a p-i-n trilayer diode with a Gd-loaded semiconductoron one side and single-crystal semiconducting Li2B4O7 layer on the other side of the heterojunction; and (3) a p-n junction or a p-i-n trilayer diode with a Gd-loaded semiconductoron on one side and a boron nitride (BN) semiconductor layer on the other side of the heterojunction.
US08860154B2
The present invention provides a CMOS compatible silicon differential condenser microphone and a method of manufacturing the same. Said microphone comprises a silicon substrate, wherein a CMOS circuitry is accommodated thereon; a first rigid conductive perforated backplate supported on the silicon substrate with an insulating layer inserted therebetween; a second rigid perforated backplate formed above the first backplate, including CMOS passivation layers and a metal layer sandwiched between the CMOS passivation layers as an electrode plate of the second plate, wherein an air gap, with a spacer forming its boundary, is provided between the opposite perforated areas of the first backplate and the second backplate; a compliant diaphragm provided between the first backplate and the second backplate, wherein a back hole is formed to be open in the silicon substrate underneath the first backplate so as to allow sound pass through, and the diaphragm and the first backplate form a first variable condenser, the diaphragm and the second backplate form a second variable condenser, and the first variable condenser and the second variable condenser form differential condensers.
US08860150B2
The metal gate structure of the present invention can include a TiN complex, and the N/Ti proportion of the TiN complex is decreased from bottom to top. In one embodiment, the TiN complex can include a single TiN layer, which has an N/Ti proportion gradually decreasing from bottom to top. In another embodiment, the TiN complex can include a plurality of TiN layers stacking together. In such a case, the lowest TiN layer has a higher N/Ti proportion than the adjusted TiN layer.
US08860148B2
The present disclosure provides one embodiment of a semiconductor structure that includes a semiconductor substrate having a first region and a second region; a shallow trench isolation (STI) feature formed in the semiconductor substrate. The STI feature includes a first portion disposed in the first region and having a first thickness T1 and a second portion disposed in the second region and having a second thickness T2 greater than the first depth, the first portion of the STI feature being recessed from the second portion of the STI feature. The semiconductor structure also includes a plurality of fin active regions on the semiconductor substrate; and a plurality of conductive features disposed on the fin active regions and the STI feature, wherein one of the conductive features covers the first portion of the STI feature in the first region.
US08860143B2
A semiconductor structure is provided. The semiconductor structure comprises: a substrate; a gate dielectric layer formed on the substrate; a metal gate electrode layer formed on the gate dielectric layer; and at least one metal-containing adjusting layer for adjusting a work function of the semiconductor structure, in which an interfacial layer is formed between the substrate and the gate dielectric layer, and an energy of bond between a metal atom in the metal-containing adjusting layer and an oxygen atom is larger than that between an atom of materials forming the gate dielectric layer or the interfacial layer and an oxygen atom. Further, a method for forming the semiconductor structure is also provided.
US08860140B2
The present disclosure provides a TFET, which comprises: a substrate; a channel region formed in the substrate, and a source region and a drain region formed on two sides of the channel region; a gate stack formed on the channel region, wherein the gate stack comprises: a gate dielectric layer, and at least a first gate electrode and a second gate electrode distributed in a direction from the source region to the drain region and formed on the gate dielectric layer, and the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode have different work functions; and a first side wall and a second side wall formed on a side of the first gate electrode and on a side of the second gate electrode respectively.
US08860134B1
A trench power device includes a semiconductor layer, a trench gate structure, a trench source structure, and a contact. The semiconductor layer has an epitaxial layer, a doped body region, a S/D region, and a doped contact-carrying region. The doped body region is formed in the epitaxial layer, the S/D region is formed in the doped body region, and the doped contact-carrying region is formed in the doped body region and outside a projecting portion defined by orthogonally projecting from the S/D region to the doped body region. The trench gate structure is embedded in the S/D region, the doped body region, and the epitaxial layer. The trench source structure is embedded in the doped body region and the epitaxial layer, and is connected to the doped contact-carrying region. The contact is connected to the S/D region and the doped contact-carrying region.
US08860128B2
A semiconductor device includes a first pillar, a second pillar underneath the first pillar, and a third pillar on a top of the first pillar. The second pillar has a second-conductive type region in a surface thereof except at least a part of a contact surface region with the first pillar, and a first-conductive type region therein and surrounded by the second-conductive type region. The third pillar has a second-conductive type region in a surface thereof except at least a part of a contact surface region with the first pillar, and a first-conductive type region therein and surrounded by the second-conductive type region. The first-conductive type region of each of the second pillar and the third pillar has a length greater than that of a depletion layer extending from a base portion of the second-conductive type region of a respective one of the second pillar and the third pillar.
US08860125B2
According to one embodiment, a memory device includes a semiconductor substrate, first, second, third and fourth fin-type stacked layer structures, each having memory strings stacked in a first direction perpendicular to a surface of the semiconductor substrate, and each extending to a second direction parallel to the surface of the semiconductor substrate, a first part connected to first ends in the second direction of the first and second fin-type stacked layer structures each other, a second part connected to first ends in the second direction of the third and fourth fin-type stacked layer structures each other, a third part connected to second ends in the second direction of the first and third fin-type stacked layer structures each other, and a fourth part connected to second ends in the second direction of the second and fourth fin-type stacked layer structures each other.
US08860117B2
Semiconductor apparatus with multiple tiers of memory cells with peripheral transistors, and methods
Apparatus and methods are disclosed, including an apparatus that includes a number of tiers of a first semiconductor material, each tier including at least one access line of at least one memory cell and at least one source, channel and/or drain of at least one peripheral transistor, such as one used in an access line decoder circuit or a data line multiplexing circuit. The apparatus can also include a number of pillars of a second semiconductor material extending through the tiers of the first semiconductor material, each pillar including either a source, channel and/or drain of at least one of the memory cells, or a gate of at least one of the peripheral transistors. Methods of forming such apparatus are also described, along with other embodiments.
US08860111B2
An array of phase change memory cells is manufactured by forming a separation layer over an array of contacts, forming a patterning layer on the separation layer and forming an array of mask openings in the patterning layer using lithographic process. Etch masks are formed within the mask openings by a process that compensates for variation in the size of the mask openings that result from the lithographic process. The etch masks are used to etch through the separation layer to define an array of electrode openings exposing the underlying contacts. Electrode material is deposited within the electrode openings; and memory elements are formed over the bottom electrodes. Finally, bit lines are formed over the memory elements to complete the memory cells. In the resulting memory array, the critical dimension of the top surface of bottom electrode varies less than the width of the memory elements in the mask openings.
US08860104B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes, a semiconductor substrate including a plurality of fins formed in an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate in a first region to extend in a first direction, a first gate electrode extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction to straddle the fins, a first gate insulating film provided between the first gate electrode and the fins, a second gate electrode provided on the semiconductor substrate in the second region; and a second gate insulating film provided between the semiconductor substrate and the second gate electrode. A layer structure of the first gate electrode is different from a layer structure of the second gate electrode.
US08860100B2
A solid-state imaging device includes: a first photodiode receiving light of a first color; a second photodiode that is arranged next to the first photodiode in a first direction and receives light of a second color; a third photodiode that is arranged next to the second photodiode in a second direction and receives light of the first color; a fourth photodiode that is arranged next to the third photodiode in the first direction and receives light of a third color; a first reset transistor for discharging a charge generated in the first photodiode and the second photodiode; and a second reset transistor for discharging a charge generated in the third photodiode and the fourth photodiode. The first photodiode and the third photodiode have a small difference in area.
US08860092B1
A heterojunction bipolar transistor having an emitter, a base, and a collector, the heterojunction bipolar transistor including a metallic sub-collector electrically and thermally coupled to the collector wherein the metallic sub-collector comprises a metallic thin film, and a collector contact electrically connected to the metallic sub-collector.
US08860088B2
A semiconductor structure includes a first III-V compound layer. A second III-V compound layer is disposed on the first III-V compound layer and different from the first III-V compound layer in composition. A carrier channel is located between the first III-V compound layer and the second III-V compound layer. A source feature and a drain feature are disposed on the second III-V compound layer. A gate electrode is disposed over the second III-V compound layer between the source feature and the drain feature. Two slanted field plates are disposed on the two side walls of the combined opening of the opening in a protection layer and the opening in a dielectric cap layer disposed on the second III-V compound layer.
US08860083B1
A low noise infrared photodetector has an epitaxial heterostructure that includes a photodiode and a transistor. The photodiode includes a high sensitivity narrow bandgap photodetector layer of first conductivity type, and a collection well of second conductivity type in contact with the photodetector layer. The transistor includes the collection well, a transfer well of second conductivity type that is spaced from the collection well and the photodetector layer, and a region of first conductivity type between the collection and transfer wells.
US08860079B2
Semiconductor packages and methods of forming a semiconductor package are disclosed. The method includes providing at least one die having first and second surfaces. The second surface of the die includes a plurality of conductive pads. A permanent carrier is provided and the at least one die is attached to the permanent carrier. The first surface of the at least one die is facing the permanent carrier. A cap having first and second surfaces is formed to encapsulate the at least one die. The first surface of the cap contacts the permanent carrier and the second surface of the cap is disposed at a different plane than the second surface of the die.
US08860078B2
An electronic or electro-optic device includes a p-type semiconductor layer, an n-type semiconductor layer having a region of contact with the p-type semiconductor layer to provide a p-n junction, a first electrical lead in electrical connection with the p-type semiconductor layer, and a second electrical lead in electrical connection with the n-type semiconductor layer. At least one of the p-type and n-type semiconductor layers includes a doped topological-insulator material having an electrically conducting surface, and one of the first and second electrical leads is electrically connected to the electrically conducting surface of the topological-insulator material.
US08860075B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor light emitting device includes a semiconductor layer, a p-side electrode, an n-side electrode, a p-side metal pillar, an n-side metal pillar, and an insulator. The semiconductor layer includes a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a light emitting layer. The p-side metal pillar includes a p-side external terminal. The n-side metal pillar includes an n-side external terminal. At least one selected from an area and a planar configuration of the p-side external terminal is different from at least one selected from an area and a planar configuration of the n-side external terminal.
US08860074B2
Disclosed is a light emitting device. The light emitting device includes a substrate including a plurality of lead electrodes; a mold member including a cavity on the substrate; a light emitting chip in the cavity and on at least one of the lead electrodes; a connecting member for electrically connecting at least one of the lead electrodes to the light emitting chip; a resin member in the cavity; a spacer part between the lead electrodes, the spacer part including a material different from materials of the mold member and the resin member; and an adhesive film between the mold member and the substrate.
US08860073B2
A light-emitting device package may include a pre-mold and a molding member. The pre-mold may include an upper body having a inclined (e.g., concavely) plane from which a plurality of vertical holes passing through the upper body are formed and a lower body having an upper surface that meets the inclined (e.g., concavely) plane under the upper body to form a concave unit. The molding member may fill the plurality of vertical holes and the concave unit.
US08860064B2
A light emitting device includes a light emitting element, a wire connected to the light emitting element, and a substrate supporting the light emitting element. The substrate is formed with a first recess and a second recess that are open in a common surface of the substrate. The first recess includes a first bottom surface and a first side surface connected to the first bottom surface, and the light emitting element is disposed on the first bottom surface. The second recess includes a second bottom surface and a second side surface connected to the second bottom surface, and the wire is bonded to the second bottom surface. Both of the first side surface and the second side surface reach the common surface. The first side surface is connected to both of the second bottom surface and the second side surface. The opening area of the first recess is larger than the opening area of the second recess.
US08860060B1
A high output light emitting diode (LED) based lighting module includes a plurality of LEDs support structures mounted on one or more electrical transfer structures, each said LED support structured securely holding a fiber bundle so that it mates to an LED so that each fiber bundle slightly overlaps the active area of its respective LED.
US08860058B2
A light emitting assembly comprising a solid state device coupleable with a power supply constructed and arranged to power the solid state device to emit from the solid state device a first, relatively shorter wavelength radiation, and a down-converting luminophoric medium arranged in receiving relationship to said first, relatively shorter wavelength radiation, and which in exposure to said first, relatively shorter wavelength radiation, is excited to responsively emit second, relatively longer wavelength radiation. In a specific embodiment, monochromatic blue or UV light output from a light-emitting diode is down-converted to white light by packaging the diode with fluorescent organic and/or inorganic fluorescers and phosphors in a polymeric matrix.
US08860046B2
A two dimensional array light-emitting diode device is disclosed, which includes a transparent substrate including a first surface; a plurality of adjacent light-emitting diode units arranged on the first surface, wherein each of the light-emitting diode units including a plurality of sides and a circumference; and a plurality of conductive connecting structures arranged on the first surface, electrically connecting the plurality of light-emitting diode units mentioned above; wherein the sides of each of the light-emitting diode units have a plurality of vertical distances between the closest light-emitting diode units, and when the plurality of vertical distances larger than 50 μm, the sides are not near the closest light-emitting diode units; wherein the ratio of the total length of the sides not near the light-emitting diode units of each light-emitting diode unit and the circumference of the light-emitting diode unit is larger than 50%.
US08860043B2
Packages, systems and methods for light emitting devices are disclosed. An LED package in one aspect can be of various sizes and configurations and can include one or more LEDs of a size smaller than those typically provided. The LED package or packages can for example be used for backlighting or other lighting fixtures. Optimized materials and techniques can be used for the LED packages to provide energy efficiency and long lifetime.
US08860039B2
A semiconductor device having a low feedback capacitance and a low switching loss. The semiconductor device includes: a substrate; a drift layer formed on a surface of the semiconductor substrate; a plurality of first well regions formed on a surface of the drift layer; a source region which is an area formed on a surface of each of the first well regions and defining, as a channel region, the surface of each of the first well regions interposed between the area and the drift layer; a gate electrode formed over the channel region and the drift layer thereacross through a gate insulating film; and second well regions buried inside the drift layer below the gate electrode and formed to be individually connected to each of the first well regions adjacent to one another.
US08860034B2
An organic light-emitting display apparatus including: a first substrate; a second substrate disposed to face the first substrate; a first electrode disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and a second electrode disposed to face the first electrode; and an organic light-emitting layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is a reflective electrode, and an optical property modification layer having at least one optical property modified from that of the reflective electrode is formed on a surface of the reflective layer.
US08860032B2
A thin film transistor substrate that includes a substrate, first and second gate electrodes that are formed on the substrate, a gate insulating layer that is formed on the first and second gate electrodes, a first semiconductor and a second semiconductor that are formed on the gate insulating layer, and that overlap the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode, respectively, a first source electrode and a first drain electrode that are formed on the first semiconductor, and positioned opposed to and spaced from each other, a source electrode connected to the first drain electrode and a second drain electrode positioned opposed to and spaced from the second source electrode, wherein the second source and second drain electrodes are formed on the second semiconductor, and a pixel electrode that is electrically connected to the second drain electrode, a method of manufacturing the same, and a display apparatus having the same.
US08860017B2
In an organic light-emitting display device and a method of manufacturing the same, the organic light-emitting display device includes: a silicon layer formed on a substrate; and a thin film transistor (TFT) and an organic light-emitting device that are formed on the silicon layer. The silicon layer comprises a conductive doping silicon portion for forming a part of an active layer included in the TFT and an insulating intrinsic silicon portion surrounding the doping silicon portion. According to the organic light-emitting display device of the present invention, manufacturing costs may be reduced due to a reduction in the number of masks, and the manufacturing process of the organic light-emitting display device may be simplified.
US08860015B2
The organic light emitting display apparatus includes a substrate; a gate electrode formed on the substrate; a source electrode and a drain electrode formed on the gate electrode to be insulated from the gate electrode; an active layer formed on the source electrode and the drain electrode and containing an organic semiconductor material, at least one region of the active layer overlapping with the gate electrode; a pixel defining layer formed on the active layer and including an aperture; an intermediate layer disposed to correspond to the aperture and including an organic emission layer; and an opposite electrode formed on the intermediate layer. One of the source electrode and the drain electrode is formed to be long to act as a pixel electrode and includes a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer on the first conductive layer, the second conductive layer formed to contact the intermediate layer.
US08860009B2
A device having an easy production process and capable of achieving a long lifetime. The device has a substrate, two or more electrodes facing each other disposed on the substrate and a positive hole injection transport layer disposed between two electrodes among the two or more electrodes. The positive hole injection transport layer contains a reaction product of a molybdenum complex or tungsten complex.
US08860005B1
A method for fabrication a light emitting diode (LED) includes growing a crystalline LED structure on a growth substrate, forming alternating material layers on the LED structure to form a reflector on a back side opposite the growth substrate and depositing a stressor layer on the reflector. A handle substrate is adhered to the stressor layer. The LED structure is separated from the growth substrate using a spalling process to expose a front side of the LED structure.
US08860002B2
Provided are ReRAM cells, each having at least one interface between an electrode and a resistive switching layers with a maximum field value of less than 0.25. The electrode materials forming such interfaces include tantalum nitrides doped with lanthanum, aluminum, erbium yttrium, or terbium (e.g., TaX(Dopant)YN, where X is at least about 0.95). The electrode materials have low work functions (e.g., less than about 4.5 eV). At the same time, the resistive switching materials have high relative dielectric permittivities (e.g., greater than about 30) and high electron affinities (greater than about for 3.5 eV). Niobium oxide is one example of a suitable resistive switching material. Another electrode interfacing the resistive switching layer may have different characteristics and, in some embodiments, may be an inert electrode.
US08860000B2
A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device in accordance with an embodiment comprises a lower electrode layer, a variable resistance layer, and an upper electrode layer. The lower electrode layer is provided over a substrate. The variable resistance layer is provided on the lower electrode layer and is configured such that an electrical resistance of the variable resistance layer can be changed. The upper electrode layer is provided on the variable resistance layer. The variable resistance layer comprises a carbon nanostructure and metal atoms. The carbon nanostructure is stacked to have a plurality of gaps. The metal atoms are diffused into the gaps.
US08859992B2
In a charged particle beam device, such as an electron microscope, a beam generating apparatus generates a focussed charged particle beam e− that is incident on a specimen in a specimen chamber which holds the specimen in a gaseous environment. A pressure limiting aperture provides partial gaseous isolation of the specimen chamber from the beam generating means, and is located in a lens of the latter. The device includes a conduit, such as an intermediate chamber in the lens, through which, in use, gas is supplied to set up a flow of gas from the region of the lens towards the specimen, thereby to prevent material released from the specimen from impinging on the pressure limiting aperture, to prevent contamination of the latter. The device can be used in a method of scanning a specimen with a charged particle beam, for example in a method of electron microscopy.
US08859990B2
A highly compact multi-optical-junction optical flowcell includes a housing having an internal channel, to which a plurality of source optical signal modules can be coupled, e.g., in a peripheral manner. The source optical signal modules can include a set of LEDs and/or semiconductor lasers, and can be coupled to the flowcell by way of a standard optical coupling such as an SMA-type optical connector. An excitation detection apparatus or subsystem can also be coupled to the flowcell to facilitate multiple types of optical measurements, including fluorescence spectroscopy, absorption spectroscopy, and turbidity measurements. A sensing apparatus or system that includes a multi-optical-junction optical flowcell, a plurality of source optical signal modules, and an excitation detection apparatus can be carried by or deployed on a wide variety of platforms, such as Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), Autonomous Surface Vehicles (ASVs), buoys, or other platforms, in a space efficient and power efficient manner.
US08859983B2
The invention relates to a method of exposing a target by means of a plurality of beamlets. First, a plurality of beamlets is provided. The beamlets are arranged in an array. Furthermore, a target to be exposed is provided. Subsequently, relative movement in a first direction between the plurality of beamlets and the target is created. Finally, the plurality of beamlets is moved in a second direction, such that each beamlet exposes a plurality of scan lines on the target. The relative movement in the first direction and the movement of the plurality of beamlets in the second direction are such that the distance between adjacent scan lines exposed by the plurality of beamlets is smaller than a projection pitch Pproj,X in the first direction between beamlets of the plurality of beamlets in the array.
US08859968B2
A method for manufacturing a sensor apparatus including forming a first conductive section in the first region, forming a pyroelectric body above the first conductive section, forming a second conductive body above the pyroelectric body, forming a first insulating film both above the second conductive body and in the second region, forming a first opening section with the second conductive section as the bottom surface in the first region by removing a portion of the first insulating film and for forming a second opening section in the second region, filling a third conductive section into both the first opening section and the second opening section, forming a second insulating film which covers the pyroelectric body in the first region and covers the third conductive section in the second region, and forming a third opening section with the third conductive section as the bottom surface by removing a portion of the second insulating film.
US08859964B2
An electron microscope is offered which has a detector and a noise canceling circuit whose offset can be easily adjusted if any information about the offset of the detector is not available. Also, a method of adjusting this microscope is offered. The method of adjusting the electron microscope (1) starts with measuring the output voltage from a preamplifier (20) at given timing while blocking the electron beam transmitted through a sample (14) from hitting the detector (15) (step S140). An offset voltage to be set into the noise canceling circuit (30) is calculated based on the measured output voltage from the preamplifier (20) (step S150). The calculated offset voltage is set into the noise canceling circuit (30) (step S160).
US08859961B2
Ion guides for use in mass spectrometry (MS) systems are described. The ion guides are configured to provide a reflective electrodynamic field and a direct current (DC or static) electric field to provide ion beams that are more spatially confined with a comparatively large mass range.
US08859960B2
A method for transmitting ions entrained in a flowing carrier gas into and through a gap defined by a pair of mutually facing curved electrodes comprises: inputting the ions and flowing gas into the gap through an ion inlet orifice of a first one of the pair of electrodes, the ion inlet orifice comprising an orifice wall, an orifice inlet end and an orifice outlet end, the orifice wall being smoothly convexly curved between the inlet end and the outlet end, wherein a width of the gap and a flow rate of the carrier gas through the ion inlet orifice and gap are such that the gas flow is laminar within the ion inlet orifice and gap.
US08859958B2
The invention generally relates to systems and methods for mass spectrometry analysis of samples. In certain embodiments, the invention provides a mass spectrometry probe including at least one porous material connected to a high voltage source, in which the porous material is discrete from a flow of solvent.
US08859953B2
The invention relates to a method and a device for optimization of electric fields in measurement cells of Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometers. The invention is based on the rationale that asymmetric electric fields with uniformly or non-uniformly perturbed field axes can appear in ion cyclotron resonance cells and therefore the axis of the magnetron orbit can become radially displaced. Shifted magnetron orbits negatively affect the cyclotron excitation, deteriorate the FT-ICR signal, increase the intensity of an even-numbered harmonics peak, lead to stronger side bands of the FT-ICR signal, and in extreme cases, cause loss of ions. The present invention helps in probing the shift of the magnetron motion, detecting parameters indicative of the offset of the electric field axis and/or correcting it by trimming it back to the geometric axis of the cell.
US08859940B2
The image heating apparatus includes first and heat generation member, a connection state switching section switching the first and second heat generation members between a serial connection state and a parallel connection state, the connection state switching section having a first make-or-break-contact relay and a second transfer-contact relay, a drive element provided used for controlling power supplied to the first and second heat generation members, and a capacitor between a power supply path closer to the side of the first and second heat generation members rather than the first relay and a power supply path closer to the commercial power supply side rather than the drive element. The image heating apparatus can suppress an increase in noise level of a noise terminal voltage by performing power control on the heater.
US08859936B2
A welding control method for a welding device having an output characteristic with a predetermined gradient showing a relation between a welding output voltage and a welding output current. By setting a set target welding voltage that is higher than the set initial welding voltage according to a difference between the set initial welding voltage and the welding output voltage, the welding output voltage is controlled to be the set target welding voltage. Thus, a proper arc length can be achieved early by correcting the change of the arc length due to, for example, motion of the hands of a welding operator.
US08859935B2
The present disclosure relates to methods of preparing a material for welding. The material is prepared by utilizing a laser to obliterate contaminants from the material surface.
US08859932B2
A laser beam irradiation apparatus and method of manufacturing an organic light emitting display device using the same are disclosed. The laser beam irradiation apparatus is configured to irradiate a laser beam to an object extending in a first direction while moving the laser beam relative to the object in the first direction, where the laser beam has a cross-section taken in a plane perpendicular to a second direction in which the laser beam is irradiated from the apparatus, the cross-section comprising two substantially symmetrical portions that are substantially symmetrical about a centerline of the cross-section extending in the first direction, where the cross-section has a centerline length taken in the centerline, where at least part of the substantially symmetrical portions has a length in the first direction that is longer than the centerline length.
US08859931B2
A process and apparatus for preparing a nanopowder are presented. The process comprises feeding a reactant material into a plasma reactor in which is generated a plasma flow having a temperature sufficiently high to vaporize the material; transporting the vapor with the plasma flow into a quenching zone; injecting a preheated quench gas into the plasma flow in the quenching zone to form a renewable gaseous condensation front; and forming a nanopowder at the interface between the renewable controlled temperature gaseous condensation front and the plasma flow.
US08859925B2
An electric switchgear includes an interrupter unit having a first connecting line and a second connecting line. The interrupter unit is disposed inside a fluid-tight encapsulating housing that is filled with an electrically insulating fluid. The interrupter unit is further surrounded by a shielding housing in at least some sections. The first connecting line has a flow channel for the fluid. A first outlet opening of the flow channel leads to the shielding housing and a second outlet opening leads to the exterior of the shielding housing.
US08859924B2
Provided is a gas circuit breaker. The gas circuit breaker includes a fixed part, a movable part, a piston, and a double compression mechanism. The fixed part includes a fixed arc contact and a first fixed contact maker. The movable part includes a movable arc contact selectively making contact with the fixed arc contact, a cylinder in which the movable arc contact is disposed, and a second fixed contact maker guiding a movement of the cylinder. The piston is disposed in the second fixed contact maker. The double compression mechanism is configured to move the piston in a direction opposite to a moving direction of the movable part when the movable part is moved to separate the fixed arc contact and the movable arc contact for interrupting a fault current.
US08859913B2
An electromagnetic interference shield having a main enclosure and at least one auxiliary enclosure. The auxiliary enclosure in the main enclosure and an interior that is continuous with each other. The auxiliary enclosure is made of elastic Faraday material. The outer layer and inner layer may be transparent to view the electronic device. An auxiliary cable with filtering mechanisms may be provided inside a sleeve to allow access and transfer of data from the electronic device while still in the main enclosure.
US08859907B2
Disclosed herein is a method for assembling a circuit board which has at least one layer copper clad on one or both sides or provided with conductor tracks, wherein, in one assembly step, at least one rigid flange insert is inserted into an associated recess in the circuit board or into a component associated with the circuit board and wherein at least one semiconductor die of a semiconductor component is applied onto the inserted flange insert in a subsequent application step.
US08859899B2
A kit for splicing two electrical cable assemblies together includes an electrical connector and a plurality of pin contacts, each of which are configured to be connected to a wire of a cable assembly and inserted into the connector. The electrical connector includes a plurality of socket contacts that are each configured to be non-releasably connected to one of the plurality of pin contacts. Each socket contact of the electrical connector includes a bore for receiving a respective pin contact. The bore is configured to permit translation of a respective pin contact after the respective pin contact is non-releasably connected to its respective socket contact so as to accommodate a variable length of the cable assembly wire to which the respective pin contact is attached while maintaining electrical continuity between the respective pin contact of the cable assembly and the respective socket contact of the electrical connector.
US08859887B2
A photovoltaic device that exhibits increased open-circuit voltage and an improved fill factor due to an improvement in the contact properties between the n-layer and a back-side transparent electrode layer or intermediate contact layer, and a process for producing the photovoltaic device. The photovoltaic device comprises a photovoltaic layer having a p-layer, an i-layer and an n-layer stacked on top of a substrate, wherein the n-layer comprises a nitrogen-containing n-layer and an interface treatment layer formed on the opposite surface of the nitrogen-containing n-layer to the substrate, the nitrogen-containing n-layer comprises nitrogen atoms at an atomic concentration of not less than 1% and not more than 20%, and has a crystallization ratio of not less than 0 but less than 3, and the interface treatment layer has a crystallization ratio of not less than 1 and not more than 6.
US08859885B2
A photovoltaic device and method of manufacture of a photovoltaic device including an assembly of at least two photovoltaic cells; and a lamination material inserted between each photovoltaic cell, each photovoltaic cell including: two current output terminals; at least one photovoltaic junction; current collection buses; and connection strips extending from the current collection buses to the current output terminals, all the current output terminals being placed on a single surface of the photovoltaic device.
US08859882B2
A heat rejection system includes a plurality of panel subassemblies and a solid state heat pipe flex joint. Each panel subassembly includes a fin, a solid state heat pipe manifold, a first solid state heat pipe tube operatively connected to the solid state heat pipe manifold and secured to the fin, a second solid state heat pipe tube operatively connected to the solid state heat pipe manifold adjacent to the first solid state heat pipe and secured to the fin. The solid state heat pipe flex joint operably connects the solid state heat pipe manifolds of two of the plurality of panel subassemblies in a hermetically sealed configuration, and is configured to permit repositioning of the two panel subassemblies relative to each other.
US08859879B2
Described herein is an energy harvesting device and a method for its fabrication for the harvesting of solar energy. Solar energy is absorbed using a photosensitive material which is coated upon a flexible membrane, which is suspended over a metal signal line of an RF MEMS structure. By controlling the discharge sequence the stored electrical charge can be transferred as high voltage pulses to an external load or rechargeable batteries. The output voltage can be adjusted by controlling the on/off frequency of operation of the switch.
US08859873B2
A system and an apparatus to play an Angklung musical instrument automatically consisting of hardware and software. The hardware consists of Angklung, two vertical poles, horizontal pole to hang Angklungs, bottom supporting frame which is equipped with an actuator supporting frame, the actuator is in the form of electric motor mounted on the actuator supporting frame connected in a cross-sectional position with each Angklung, an eccentric disk which is equipped with eccentric shaft, vibrator sleeves for connecting the electric motor with an Angklung, controller device consisting of the controller driver and the flow controller as a track storage and regulator of pulses of electrical current that would flow to the electric motor. The software installed on the computer that consists of an interface program to download, remove, save or record the songs stored on the controller device, and other programs to write songs.
US08859869B2
A drumhead comprising a circular membrane having a flat central play region, a collar extending outwardly and downwardly from the play region, and an outer edge region extending from the collar. A hoop defines a circular channel in which the outer edge region of the membrane is retained. The collar has a convexly curved region having upper and lower ends spanning an included angle, with the upper end transitioning tangentially into the play region and a frustoconical skirt region flaring outwardly from the lower end of the curved region and transitioning into the outer edge area. The included angle of the convexly curved region is about 90 deg., and the skirt and outer edge region of the membrane frustoconically extend from the lower end of the curved region to the channel of the hoop, at a substantially uniform angle in the range of about 10 to 30 deg.
US08859861B2
The invention relates to the field of Cucumis melo, in particular to a new variety of Cucumis melo reticulatus, NUN 02602 ME, plants, seeds and melon fruits.
US08859857B2
In an embodiment, the invention relates to the seeds, plants, and plant parts of canola line SCV259778 and to methods for producing a canola plant produced by crossing canola line SCV259778 with itself or with another canola line. The invention also relates to methods for producing a canola plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic canola plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to canola lines or breeding lines and plant parts derived from canola line SCV259778, to methods for producing other canola lines, lines or plant parts derived from canola line SCV259778 and to the canola plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid canola seeds, plants and plant parts produced by crossing the line SCV259778 with another canola line.
US08859854B2
The present invention provides methods and compositions for increasing seed size and/or weight, embryo size and/or weight, and cotyledon size and/or weight. The methods comprise expression of a cytokinin oxidase or expression of another protein that reduces the level of active cytokinins in plants or plant parts. Methods and compositions for increasing seed yield are also provided. The invention also relates to isolated plant cytokinin oxidase proteins, nucleic acid sequences encoding cytokinin oxidase proteins as well as to vectors, host cells, transgenic cells and plants comprising such sequences.
US08859848B2
The invention provides method for producing a plant cell or plant with increased phlorizin or phloretin glycosyltransferase activity, the method comprising transformation of a plant cell or plant with a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide with phloretin glycosyltransferase activity. The invention also provides host cells, plant cells and plants, genetically modified to contain and or express the polynucleotides.
US08859847B1
A novel maize variety designated X18A633 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X18A633 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X18A633 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X18A633, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X18A633. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X18A633.
US08859842B2
An absorbent article with topsheet, backsheet and absorbent core having an embossment region on the body facing side thereof and two spaced apart, longitudinally extending depression regions on the garment facing side thereof, including an adhesive pattern applied by a spray method directly onto the backsheet that intersects the depression regions and a release paper operatively attached to the adhesive pattern.
US08859838B1
A sheath for covering an intravenous device to shield the device from a patient's skin. The sheath includes a layer of a soft woven material; and a thin layer of a plastic material formed on an inner surface of the soft woven material to form, with said soft woven material, a pliable wrap meant to be disposed about the intravenous device for shielding the patient's skin from the intravenous device. The pliable wrap has inner and outer surfaces, top and bottom ends, and respective sides. An elastic member is secured to at least one of the top and bottom surfaces of the pliable wrap to provide a gathered area surrounding the intravenous device at at least one end thereof. A fastening member is secured between the respective sides of the pliable wrap to extend in a closed manner about the intravenous device.
US08859832B2
The invention relates to a process for the manufacture of diesel range hydrocarbons wherein a feed is hydrotreated in a hydrotreating step and isomerized in an isomerization step, and a feed comprising fresh feed containing more than 5 wt % of free fatty acids and at least one diluting agent is hydrotreated at a reaction temperature of 200-400° C., in a hydrotreating reactor in the presence of catalyst, and the ratio of the diluting agent/fresh feed is 5-30:1.
US08859826B2
Disclosed herein are processes for preparing an α,ω-Cn-diol, wherein n is 5 or greater, from a feedstock comprising a Cn oxygenate. In some embodiments, the process comprises contacting the feedstock with hydrogen gas in the presence of a catalyst comprising metals M1, M2, and M3 and optionally a support, wherein: M1 is Mn, Cr, V, or Ti; M2 is Ni, Co, or Fe; and M3 is Cu, Ag, Pt, Pd or Au; or M1 is Pt or Rh; M2 is Cu, Ni or Pd; and M3 is Mo, Re or W. The Cn oxygenate may be obtained from a biorenewable resource.
US08859822B2
Among other things, the present invention encompasses methods of synthesizing salicylaldehyde derivatives comprising the steps of: a) providing salicylaldehyde or a derivative thereof, b) forming an anhydro dimer of the provided salicylaldehyde compound, c) performing one or more chemical transformations on the anhydro dimer and d) hydrolyzing the anhydro dimer to provide a salicylaldehyde derivative different from that provided in step (a).
US08859817B2
Provided are a process for the preparation of phenyl carbamate derivatives, useful in the treatment of CNS (central nervous system) disorders, an intermediate in the synthesis of the phenyl carbamate derivatives, and a process for preparation of the intermediate.
US08859816B2
A process for the manufacture of polyamide is described. Also described, is a process comprising a stage of initial polymerization under pressure starting from monomers and a stage of finishing in the liquid phase at atmospheric pressure. The finishing stage can employ an injection of inert gas along a direction essentially parallel to that of the flow of the liquid reaction stream.
US08859815B2
A diamine of formula (I) is described in which A is hydrogen or a saturated or unsaturated C1-C20 alkyl group or an aryl group; B is a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C20 alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkaryl, alkaryl or aryl group or an alkylamino group and at least one of X1, X2, Y1, Y2 or Z is a C1-C10 alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkaryl, aralkyl or alkoxy substituting group. The chiral diamine may be used to prepare catalysts suitable for use in transfer hydrogenation reactions.
US08859810B2
This invention relates to processes for producing acetic acid and, in particular, to improved processes for recovering permanganate reducing compounds formed during the carbonylation of methanol in the presence of a carbonylation catalyst to produce acetic acid. Alkyl halides are removed or reduced from the recovered permanganate reducing compounds.
US08859804B2
Disclosed is a method for producing a (meth)acrylate ester wherein a high purity (meth)acrylate ester is obtained with a high yield, with a reduced loss of (meth)acrylic acid anhydride. In the method, (meth)acrylic acid is recovered with a high yield, and the (meth)acrylate ester is purified easily. Specifically disclosed is a method for producing a (meth)acrylate ester which comprises: (1) a step of producing (meth)acrylic acid anhydride by reacting a specific fatty acid anhydride and (meth)acrylic acid, while removing a by-produced fatty acid; (2) a step of obtaining a (meth)acrylate ester by reacting an alcohol and unpurified (meth)acrylic acid anhydride obtained in step (1) preferably at a temperature not less than 90° C.; and (3) a step of recovering (meth)acrylic acid by distillation preferably at a temperature not less than 90° C. The method may also comprise a step of heating or distilling the reaction liquid obtained in step (2) at a temperature not less than 90° C.
US08859800B2
The invention relates to new compounds containing alkyl-alkoxy-cyano-borate anions, their preparation and their use, in particular as part of electrolyte formulations for electrochemical or optoelectronic devices.
US08859780B2
The present invention is directed to a compound of Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; wherein R, R1, R2, R3, R4, m, and n are as defined herein, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compound, and to methods of treating diseases or conditions mediated by elevated persistent sodium current, such as an ocular disorder, multiple sclerosis, seizure disorder, and chronic pain.
US08859778B2
1-Phenyl-2-pyridinyl alkyl alcohol compounds are effective as inhibitors of the phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) enzyme and may be used to prevent and/or treat certain diseases or conditions.
US08859777B2
4-Fluoro-4-phenylpiperidin-1-yl μ antagonists of general structure as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of formula I, are disclosed. These compounds and compositions are useful as treatments of conditions or diseases associated with binding opioid receptors including pain, obesity, hyperalgesia, inflammation, osteoarthritis, drug addiction, and cancer. These compounds and compositions are also useful as treatments for tardive dyskinesia.
US08859773B2
The invention provides a compound of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; wherein G is R1, R2 and R3 are as described herein; pharmaceutical compositions thereof; and the use thereof in treating diseases, conditions or disorders modulated by the inhibition of an acetyl-CoA carboxylase enzyme(s) in an animal.
US08859769B2
Provided herein are improved, commercially viable and industrially advantageous processes for the preparation of a substantially pure ticagrelor intermediate, 4,6-dichloro-5-nitro-2-(propylthio)pyrimidine, Formula (II). The intermediate is useful for preparing ticagrelor, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in high yield and purity.
US08859764B2
Disclosed are methods and compositions for preparing and purifying the non-addictive alkaloid noribogaine.
US08859763B1
Process for the synthesis of the compound of formula (I): Application in the synthesis of ivabradine, addition salts thereof with a pharmaceutically acceptable acid and hydrates thereof.
US08859760B2
Described herein are methods and compositions for killing or preventing the growth of microbes. It has been discovered that a class of porphyrins can kill or prevent the growth of microbes. The porphyrins can be used in a number of different applications where microbes grow.
US08859757B2
A separating agent for optical isomers that uses a polysaccharide derivative provided by replacing all or a portion of the hydrogen atoms on the hydroxyl groups present in a polysaccharide with two specific atomic groups that act on optical isomers targeted for separation in an optical resolution, wherein the sum of the average introduction ratios of specific terminal substituents in these atomic groups is greater than 3.0 per monosaccharide unit.
US08859755B2
A method for preparing a phosphorothioate RNA based on the oxazaphospholidine method, wherein cyanoethoxymethyl group is used instead of tert-butyldimethylsilyl group as a protective group of 2′-hydroxyl group of RNA.
US08859746B2
The present invention provides non-coding regulatory element polynucleotide molecules isolated from the lipid transfer protein (LTP) gene of Oryza sativa and useful for expressing transgenes in plants. The invention further discloses compositions, polynucleotide constructs, transformed host cells, transgenic plants and seeds containing the Oryza sativa regulatory polynucleotide sequences, and methods for preparing and using the same.
US08859742B2
This disclosure relates to compositions and methods of their use in detection and identification of a chordopoxvirus in a sample, such as diagnosis of an infection in a subject. The compositions and methods allow for detection and identification of all non-avian low-GC content chordopoxviruses, identification of most known high-GC content chordopoxvirus, and species-specific detection of Canarypox virus, Fowlpox virus, and Sealpox virus.
US08859736B2
Monoclonal antibodies against LRP6 and that block the Wnt signaling pathway are disclosed. Methods of production and use thereof are also disclosed.
US08859728B2
The present invention concerns methods and compositions that employ peptides that target dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons. In particular, the peptides are used to target therapeutic agents, such as proteins, liposomes, or viral particles comprising therapeutic polynucleotides, to one or more peripheral neuropathies or neuropathic pain, for example. In particular cases, the peripheral neuropathies or neuropathic pain is caused directly or indirectly by DRG neuronopathy.
US08859713B2
The invention relates to a process for making polyethylene terephthalate (PET) from ethylene glycol (EG), purified terephthalic acid (PTA) and optionally up to 30 mol % comonomer, using a catalyst system essentially consisting of antimony—(Sb), zinc—(Zn) and phosphorous—(P) compounds, comprising the steps of a) esterifying EG and PTA to form diethyleneglycol terephthalate and oligomers (DGT), and b) melt-phase polycondensing DGT to form polyester and EG1 wherein the Sb- and P-compounds are added in step a) and the Zn-compound is added after step a). With this process PET can be obtained that shows favorable color and optical clarity, also if recycling of EG is applied in the process, and a relatively low rate of acetaldehyde regeneration during melt-processing.
US08859711B2
A method of preparing a wholly aromatic liquid crystalline polyester amide resin and a method of preparing a wholly aromatic liquid crystalline polyester amide resin compound. The method of preparing a wholly aromatic liquid crystalline polyester amide resin is performed using a monomer having both a hydroxyl group and an acetylamino group or using a monomer having a hydroxyl group and a monomer having an acetylamino group. In addition, the method of preparing a wholly aromatic liquid crystalline polyester amide resin compound is performed using a wholly aromatic liquid crystalline polyester amide resin that is prepared using the method.
US08859708B2
Silicone resins containing disilyloxane units, a silicone composition containing a silicone resin, and a coated substrate comprising a cured product or an oxidized product of a silicone resin.
US08859701B2
A process for producing a water-absorbing polymer comprises: (i) mixing (α1) 0.1-99.99% by weight of ethylenically unsaturated monomers containing acid groups or salts thereof, or ethylenically unsaturated monomers including a protonated or quaternized nitrogen, or mixtures thereof, (α2) 0-70% by weight of ethylenically unsaturated monomers copolymerizable with (α1), (α3) 0.001-10% by weight of one or more crosslinkers, (α4) 0-30% by weight of water-soluble polymers, and (α5) 0-20% by weight of one or more assistants, where the sum of the weights (α1) to (α5) is 100%; (ii) free-radical polymerization with crosslinking to form an untreated hydrogel polymer; (iii) coarse comminution of the untreated hydrogel polymer to give pieces having a diameter from 0.1 mm to 5.0 cm; (iv) cooling and grinding the untreated hydrogel polymer; (v) drying the untreated hydrogel polymer after grinding at a temperature from 85° C. to 260° C.; (vi) postcrosslinking the hydrogel polymer and (vii) drying the water-absorbing polymer.
US08859693B2
A curable silicone composition comprises (A) (A-1) a dialkylpolysiloxane that has at least two alkenyl groups in each molecule and a viscosity of at least 1,000 mPa·s to not more than 50,000 mPa·s and (A-2) an alkenyl-containing, resin-form organopolysiloxane that comprises the SiO4/2 unit, R12R2SiO1/2 unit, and R13SiO1/2 unit wherein R1 is alkyl and R2 is alkenyl and that contains the alkenyl group in the range from at least 0.5 mass % to less than 3.5 mass %; (B) an organopolysiloxane that has at least three silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms; and (C) a hydrosilylation reaction catalyst. The curable composition provides a highly transparent cured silicone material that has a hardness in the range from at least 30 to not more than 80, a parallel light transmittance at 25° C. of at least 90%, and a parallel light transmittance at 200° C. that is at least 99% of the parallel light transmittance at 25° C.
US08859691B2
A low temperature thermoplastic material is provided. The components include in weight parts: polyurethane with a melting point of 50-70° C. 90-10 parts, poly(ε-caprolactone) 0-90 parts and cross linking co-agent 0.1-6 parts. Compared with the prior poly(ε-caprolactone) low temperature thermoplastic material, the present low temperature thermoplastic material has a smaller shrinking force and a better fastening intensity, is more comfortable and can be stretched more uniformly after molding. Therefore, the material is suitable for hospital and other radiotherapy institution and can be used compatibly with three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy equipments in tumor surgery.
US08859684B2
A stabilizer composition comprising an AB type polymer for use in increasing Open Time of aqueous coating compositions is disclosed. The stabilizers compositions are of utility in many aqueous compositions including paints, stains, varnishes, adhesives and inks. Of particular interest is the use of the stabilizer compositions for in increasing the Open Time of latex paints as well as alkyd emulsion paints.
US08859682B2
The invention relates to a tape-like packaging element made from a polyester-based plastic tape, the plastic tape comprising at least one splicing inhibitor, wherein the splicing inhibitor is a thermoplastic, styrene-based polymer.
US08859681B2
Polymer blends suitable for packaging are disclosed that include one or more impact modifiers; and one or more polyethylene terephthalate homopolymers or copolymers obtained by a melt phase polymerization using a catalyst system comprising aluminum atoms in an amount, for example, from about 3 ppm to about 60 ppm and one or more alkaline earth metal atoms, alkali metal atoms, or alkali compound residues in an amount, for example, from about 1 ppm to about 25 ppm, in each case based on the weight of the one or more polyethylene terephthalate homopolymers or copolymers The polymer blends disclosed exhibit improved low temperature toughness compared with blends made using polymers prepared with conventional catalyst systems.
US08859676B2
An aqueous polyurethane resin dispersion containing a polyurethane resin obtained by reacting (A) a polyurethane prepolymer obtained by reacting (a) a polyisocyanate compound, (b) at least one polyol compound containing a polycarbonate polyol having a number average molecular weight of 400 to 3000, (c) an acidic group-containing polyol compound, and (d) a blocking agent for an isocyanate group, which dissociates at 80 to 180° C., and (B) a chain elongating agent having reactivity with the isocyanate group, being dispersed in an aqueous medium, a sum of a content of urethane bondings and a content of urea bondings is 7 to 18% by weight of solid components, a content of carbonate bondings is 15 to 40% by weight of solid components, and a content of an isocyanate group to which the above-mentioned blocking agent has bonded is 0.2 to 3% by weight of solid components and calculated on the isocyanate group.
US08859667B2
Transparent or semi-transparent, electrically conductive anti-curl back coating composite for electrophotographic imaging member comprising a carbon nanotube complex and a polycarbonate binder are described along with processes for preparing them.
US08859664B2
Use of thermoplastic molding compositions comprising, as essential components, A) from 29 to 99.99% by weight of a polyester, B) from 0.01 to 3.0% by weight of alkali metal salts of nitrous acid, or a mixture of these, based on 100% by weight of A) and B), and also moreover C) from 0 to 70% by weight of further additives, where the total of the % by weight values for A) to C) is 100%, for producing laser-transparent moldings of any type.
US08859660B2
The present invention has its object to provide a rubber composition for a studless tire that contributes to both good braking force and high handling stability on ice or snow, and a high performance studless tire using the rubber composition. The rubber composition for the studless tire contains: a mixture of a zinc salt of an aliphatic carboxylic acid and a zinc salt of an aromatic carboxylic acid; an oil or a plasticizer; and a rubber component that comprises 40% by mass or more of a butadiene rubber relative to 100% by mass of a total amount of the rubber component.
US08859649B2
The present invention is related to dispersion compositions and asphalt compositions including the dispersion compositions. The dispersion compositions include a microgels dispersed in a continuous oil phase. The dispersed microgels include at least one water swollen/swellable polymer, water soluble polymer, or combination thereof. The asphalt compositions include bitumen, aggregate, and a dispersion composition having a microgels dispersed in oil. The dispersed microgels include at least one water swollen/swellable polymer, water soluble polymer, or combination thereof.
US08859645B2
The invention pertain to a process for purifying a fluoropolymer dispersion, said process comprising: (i) providing an aqueous dispersion (D) of at least one fluoropolymer [polymer (F)]comprising at least one fluorinated surfactant [surfactant (FS)], having a solids content (SC) of 15% by weight or more; (ii) adding to said aqueous dispersion (D) at least one non-ionic non-fluorinated surfactant [surfactant (NS)]; (iii) adjusting said solid content (SC) to less than 10% by weight, to obtain a diluted aqueous dispersion (dD); (iv) contacting said diluted aqueous dispersion (dD) with at least one adsorbing material, so as to obtain an aqueous dispersion of polymer (F) having a content of the fluorinated surfactant (FS) of less than 1 ppm based on the total weight of solids. Still an object of the invention is an aqueous fluoropolymer dispersion comprising less than 1 ppm of fluorinated surfactant.
US08859642B2
Fine polymer particles are dispersed as primary particles in a vinyl monomer to provide a high quality composition in which the dispersed state and stability of the particles are regulated to a high degree and to provide a curable composition being excellent in handleability and using fine polymer particles as a toughness-imparting agent. For the above, the curable composition of the present invention comprises 100 parts by weight of a vinyl monomer (A) and 0.1 to 100 parts by weight of fine polymer particles (B) having a volume average particle size of 0.05 to 1 m, in which the fine polymer particles (B) are dispersed in the form of primary particles in the vinyl monomer (A).
US08859638B1
A low pressure, low volatile, low energy method to make an ethylene, propylene diene terpolymer latex usable in paints, adhesives, and as a coating.
US08859628B2
Disclosed are methods of preventing, treating, or diagnosing in a subject a disorder in protein folding or aggregation, or amyloid formation, deposition, accumulation, or persistence consisting of administering to said subject a pharmaceutically effective amount of inositol stereoisomers, enantiomers or derivatives thereof.
US08859623B1
The invention is directed to methods and compositions of stabilizing phenylephrine formations. The composition has good time-dependent stability at low temperature and has no change in its outward appearance even after having been stored at least 6 months.
US08859618B2
This invention is a composition comprising a cyclic siloxane, a silicone occlusive fluid, a silicone occlusive gel, and a silicone resin powder. The composition is useful for wound healing.
US08859610B2
Salts of glycopyrrolate, including solid forms thereof are herein disclosed. Methods of making glycopyrrolate salts and methods of treating hyperhidrosis with salts of glycopyrrolate are disclosed.
US08859597B2
This invention generally provides compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods for their use, which include methods that result in increased expression in an Atoh1 gene (e.g., Hath1) in a biological cell. More specifically, the invention relates to the treatment of diseases and/or disorders that would benefit from increased Atoh1 expression, e.g., a hearing impairment or imbalance disorder associated with a loss of auditory hair cells, or a disorder associated with abnormal cellular proliferation.
US08859596B2
Disclosed herein are cannabinoid receptor ligands of formula (I) wherein A1, A5, Rx, X4, and z are as defined in the specification. Compositions comprising such compounds, and methods for treating conditions and disorders using such compounds and compositions are also disclosed.
US08859591B2
The present invention provides a compound of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof wherein R1, R2, R3, A1, A2, A3, A4, L, B1, B2, B3 and B4 are as defined herein. The compounds of Formula I have been found to act as glucagon antagonists or inverse agonists. Consequently, the compounds of Formula I and the pharmaceutical compositions thereof are useful for the treatment of diseases, disorders, or conditions mediated by glucagon.
US08859590B2
Inhibitors of BACE1 and compositions containing them are described. Use of the inhibitors and compositions containing them to treat Alzheimer's disease are described.
US08859589B2
Compound represented by the formulae: wherein each R individually is H or aliphatic acyl or aromatic acyl group; X is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, fluoro, chloro, bromo, iodo, alkoxy, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkenyl, haloalkenyl, alkynyl, amino, monoalkylamino, dialkylamino, cyano, aryl and nitro; pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, prodrugs thereof and mixtures thereof are used as inhibitors of orthopoxviruses and for treating patients suffering from an orthopoxvirus infection such as, but not limited to, smallpox, cowpox, monkeypox and camelpox.
US08859584B2
Disclosed herein are compounds of formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein X1, L, Rx, Ry, Rz, A, m, n, p, q, s, and positions a and b are as defined in the specification. Compositions comprising such compounds and methods for treating conditions and disorders using such compounds and compositions are also disclosed.
US08859583B2
The invention relates to new bicyclic heterocyclic derivative compounds of formula (I): wherein R1, A, X1, X2, X3, X4, X5 and R2 are as defined herein, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds and to the use of said compounds in the treatment of diseases, e.g. cancer.
US08859580B2
The present invention relates to compounds defined by formula I wherein the groups R1 to R3, X, m, n and o are defined as in claim 1, possessing valuable pharmacological activity. Particularly the compounds are inhibitors of 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (HSD) 1 and thus are suitable for treatment and prevention of diseases which can be influenced by inhibition of this enzyme, such as metabolic diseases, in particular diabetes type 2, obesity and dyslipidemia.
US08859576B2
The present invention relates to a method for treating a patient suffering from a thermoregulatory dysfunction, especially hot flashes and flushes associated with hormonal changes due to naturally occurring menopause (whether male or female) or due to chemically or surgically induced menopause. The method is also applicable to treating the hot flashes, hot flushes, or night sweats associated with disease states that disrupt normal hormonal regulation of body temperature.
US08859574B2
The invention provides novel pyrimidine derivatives and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods for using such compounds. For example, the pyrimidine derivatives of the invention may be used to treat, ameliorate or prevent a condition which responds to inhibition of insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1R) or analplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK).
US08859573B2
The present invention relates to novel compounds that inhibit Lp-PLA2 activity, processes for their preparation, to compositions containing them and to their use in the treatment of diseases associated with the activity of Lp-PLA2, for example atherosclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, and/or diabetic macular edema.
US08859568B2
There are disclosed novel compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R12, L, X and Y are as defined in the specification, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; together with processes for their preparation, compositions containing them and their use in therapy. The compounds are inhibitors of the enzyme MPO and are thereby particularly useful in the treatment or prophylaxis of neuroinflammatory disorders, cardiovascular disorders and respiratory disorders.
US08859564B2
Optionally substituted (5- or 7-amino)-3,4-dihydro-(optionally 4-oxo, 4-thioxo or 4-imino)-1H-pyrrolo[3,4-d]pyrimidin-2(6H)-ones, Compounds of Formula I, processes for their production, their use as pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them.
US08859563B2
The present invention provides a compound of Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative, salt or prodrug thereof. Further provided is a method of treatment or prophylaxis of a viral infection in a subject comprising administering to said subject an effective amount of a compound of Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative, salt or prodrug thereof. A pharmaceutical composition or medicament comprising a compound of Formula I is also provided.
US08859549B2
Disclosed herein are KCNQ potassium channels modulators of formula (I) wherein ring G1, R1, and R2 are as defined in the specification. Compositions comprising such compounds; and methods for treating conditions and disorders using such compounds and compositions are also described.
US08859540B2
The present invention relates to the use of substituted dihydroimidazolones, particularly [1-(4-Chlorophenyl)-4-(4-morpholinyl)-2,5-dihydro-1H-imidazol-2-one] (AWD 131-138) or a physiologically acceptable salt thereof for the treatment of epilepsy in dogs.
US08859539B2
A dual thyrointegrin antagonist and a method for treating an angiogenesis-mediated disorder and/or a hyperthyroidism disorders by introducing the dual thyrointegrin antagonist into animals (e.g., mammals, human beings). The dual thyrointegrin antagonist includes a chemical structure having a thyroid hormone antagonist and αvβ3 integrin antagonist in the same molecule.
US08859531B2
The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for nasal administration comprising mometasone furoate and azelastine hydrochloride, wherein the pharmaceutical composition comprises thaumatin as an agent for reducing bitterness and irritation.
US08859530B2
A combination therapy for treating osteoarthritis is disclosed. The combination therapy includes the co-administration of a steroid and Zoledronic Acid. The coadministration of a steroid decreases the production of cytokines, and, therefore, decreases the pro-inflammatory effects of Zoledronic Acid. The co-administration of Zoledronic Acid with steroids treats osteoarthritis, and helps to prevent the onset of osteoarthritis in patients at risk for osteoarthritis.
US08859522B2
This disclosure relates to an improved process for the preparation of regadenoson, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and hydrates thereof, and for the preparation of intermediates useful in the synthesis of regadenoson. The disclosure also relates to a new crystalline form of regadenoson. Processes for the preparation of the crystalline form, compositions containing the crystalline form, and methods of use thereof are also described.
US08859518B2
The invention provides improved nucleic acid ligands that inhibit coagulation and improved modulators of the nucleic acid ligands to provide ideal modulators of coagulation. These improved nucleic acid ligands and modulators are particularly useful for inhibiting coagulation in a host undergoing a therapeutic regime such as surgery or coronary artery bypass.
US08859517B2
The present invention concerns a method for the treatment of recessive Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia comprising delivering a gene into a cardiac cell.
US08859514B2
Compounds, compositions and methods are provided for modulating the expression of C-reactive protein. The compositions comprise oligonucleotides, targeted to nucleic acid encoding C-reactive protein. Methods of using these compounds for modulation of C-reactive protein expression and for diagnosis and treatment of disease associated with expression of C-reactive protein are provided.
US08859511B2
A method for directly inhibiting proliferation of Helicobacter pylori bacteria, that includes administering to a subject infected with Helicobacter pylori an N-acetylglucosaminyl beta-linked monosaccharide represented by: GlcNAcl-beta-O—Y where Y is an alkyl group, an alkoxyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an aralkyl group, an aryl group, a heteroaryl group, a carboxyl group, or an alkoxycarbonyl group.
US08859510B2
The invention relates to novel forms of compounds displaying broad spectrum antibiotic activity, especially crystalline polymorphic forms and amorphous forms of such compounds, compositions comprising such crystalline polymorphic forms and amorphous forms of such compounds, processes for manufacture and use thereof. The compounds and compositions of the invention are useful in the pharmaceutical industry, for example, in the treatment or prevention of diseases or disorders associated with the use of antibiotics, chemotherapies, or antiviral therapies, including, but not limited to, colitis, for example, pseudo-membranous colitis; antibiotic associated diarrhea; and infections due to Clostridium difficile (“C. difficile”), Clostridium perfringens (“C. perfringens”), Staphylococcus species, for example, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus, or Enterococcus including Vancomycin-resistant enterococci.
US08859502B2
Provided are methods for treating MLL-rearranged ALL by administering to a patient an HDAC inhibitor alone or in combination with a DNA demethylating agent. Also provided are methods of treating MLL-rearranged infant ALL. Methods of treating cells by these agents are also provided. Additionally, disclosed is a method for screening for compounds capable to treat MLL-rearranged ALL, in particular, MLL-rearranged infant ALL. In one embodiment, the HDAC inhibitor is romidepsin.
US08859496B2
This disclosure relates to an angiogenesis-related pharmaceutical composition using connective tissue growth factor, more particularly to a pharmaceutical composition for promoting angiogenesis containing the connective tissue growth factor or a pharmaceutical composition for inhibiting angiogenesis containing at least one selected from the group consisting of polypeptide, antibody and a compound binding to connective tissue growth factor. The fragment of connective tissue growth factor protein, which was found out in the present invention, is a binding region to FPRL1, effectively induces FPRL1-specific ERK phosphorylation, activates FPRL1 to increase intracellular Ca2+ concentration, and finally, effectively induces angiogenesis, and thus, the fragment of connective tissue growth factor may be useful for a pharmaceutical composition for promoting angiogenesis, while polypeptide, antibody or a compound binding to the fragment of connective tissue growth factor protein may be useful for a pharmaceutical composition for inhibiting angiogenesis.
US08859494B2
The invention relates to spirocyclically substituted 1,3-propane dioxide derivatives, and to the physiologically compatible salts thereof.The invention relates to compounds of the formula I in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, A and X are each defined as specified, and the physiologically compatible salts thereof. The compounds are suitable, for example, for treatment of diabetes.
US08859489B2
Methods of making copolymers are described.
US08859481B2
A dry wiper for use with disinfectant solutions having synthetic fibers and a disinfectant releasing treatment that makes the wiper active disinfectant stable is disclosed. Particularly, the wiper is stable for use in both quaternary ammonium disinfectant solutions and bleach disinfectant solutions. A method for producing such a wiper is also disclosed.
US08859480B2
Detergent compositions containing high efficiency lipase enzymes and specific detergent formulations comprising less than 10 wt % zeolite and phosphate builder are described. Preferred formulations comprise surfactants selected from alkyl benzene sulphonates in combination with alky ethoxylated sulfates or MES or non-ionic surfactants.
US08859476B2
Compositions comprising an alkanesulfonic acid and an organic nitrogenous base, and related methods of use.
US08859471B2
The present invention relates to a lubricating composition containing (a) an ester-containing viscosity index improver; and (b) a polyoxyalkylene polyol. The invention further provides a method for lubricating a mechanical device with the lubricating composition.
US08859464B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose an agricultural composition that is a field ready spray or a tank mix that includes at least one nitrogen containing isethionic acid salt, at least one agriculturally active ingredient, and at least one surfactant.
US08859452B2
A metal cyanide complex catalyst and its preparation and application are disclosed. The formula of this catalyst is M1a[M2(CN)bL1c]d(X)m(L2)n.xSu.yL3.zH2O and its preparation method comprises: (A) adjusting pH of a mixed solution I′ of L3, M3e[M2(CN)bL1c]f, de-ionized water I, alcohol and/or ether solvent to less than 7.0, and adding it into a mixed solution II′ of M1(X)g salt, Su or Su precursor, de-ionized water II, stirring for reaction under 20° C.-120° C. for 0.5-200 hours, separating and drying to obtain a solid product; and (B) repeatedly dispersing the solid into an anhydrous organic solvent containing L2 to form a slurry, distilling, separating and drying to obtain the metal cyanide complex catalyst. The catalyst is useful in preparing polyethers, polycarbonates and polyesters by homopolymerization of epoxides, or copolymerization of epoxides with carbon dioxide or anhydrides.
US08859440B2
The method for forming wavelike coherent nanostructures by irradiating a surface of a material by a homogeneous flow of ions is disclosed. The rate of coherency is increased by applying preliminary preprocessing steps.
US08859437B2
Disclosed herein is an aqueous alkaline etching solution comprising water and an alkaline material being selected from the group consisting of ammonium hydroxide, ammonium phosphate, ammonium carbonate, quaternary ammonium hydroxide, quaternary ammonium phosphate, quaternary ammonium carbonate, an alkali metal hydroxide, an alkaline earth metal hydroxide, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing alkaline materials; the aqueous alkaline solution being operative to etch aluminum oxide at a rate greater than or equal to about 2:1 over a rate at which it etches a metal oxide semiconductor to be protected; wherein the aqueous etching solution has a pH of 8 to 13.
US08859436B2
Methods for processing an amorphous silicon thin film sample into a polycrystalline silicon thin film are disclosed. In one preferred arrangement, a method includes the steps of generating a sequence of excimer laser pulses, controllably modulating each excimer laser pulse in the sequence to a predetermined fluence, masking portions of each fluence controlled laser pulse in the sequence with a two dimensional pattern of slits to generate a sequence of fluence controlled pulses of line patterned beamlets, irradiating an amorphous silicon thin film sample with the sequence of fluence controlled slit patterned beamlets to effect melting of portions thereof, and controllably sequentially translating a relative position of the sample with respect to each of the fluence controlled pulse of slit patterned beamlets to thereby process the amorphous silicon thin film sample into a single or polycrystalline silicon thin film.
US08859434B2
The present invention relates to an etching method of capable of etching a silicon carbide substrate with a higher accuracy. A first etching step in which a silicon carbide substrate K is heated to a temperature equal to or higher than 200 ° C, SF6 gas is supplied into a processing chamber and plasma is generated from the SF6 gas, and a bias potential is applied to a platen, thereby isotropically etching the silicon carbide substrate K, and a second etching step in which the silicon carbide substrate K is heated to a temperature equal to or higher than 200 ° C., SF6 gas and O2 gas are supplied into the processing chamber and plasma is generated from the SF6 gas and the O2 gas, and a bias potential is applied to the platen on which the silicon carbide substrate K is placed, thereby etching the silicon carbide substrate K while forming a silicon oxide film as passivation film on the silicon carbide substrate K are alternately repeated.
US08859433B2
A method for defining a template for directed self-assembly (DSA) materials includes forming an etch stop layer on a neutral material, forming a mask layer on the etch stop layer and forming an anti-reflection coating (ARC) on the mask layer. A resist layer is patterned on the ARC using optical lithography to form a template pattern. The ARC and the mask layer are reactive ion etched down to the etch stop layer in accordance with the template pattern to form a template structure. The ARC is removed from the mask layer and the template structure is trimmed to reduce a width of the template structure. A wet etch is performed to remove the etch stop layer to permit the neutral material to form an undamaged DSA template for DSA materials.
US08859431B2
The invention discloses a method for cleaning residues from a semiconductor substrate during a nickel platinum silicidation process. Post silicidation residues of nickel and platinum may not be removed adequately just by an aqua regia solution (comprising a mixture of nitric acid and hydrochloric acid). Therefore, embodiments of the invention provide a multi-step residue cleaning, comprising exposing the substrate to an aqua regia solution, followed by an exposure to a chlorine gas or a solution comprising dissolved chlorine gas, which may further react with remaining platinum residues, rendering it more soluble in aqueous solution and thereby dissolving it from the surface of the substrate.
US08859421B2
There is provided a manganese oxide film forming method capable of forming a manganese oxide film having high adhesivity to Cu. In the manganese oxide film forming method, a manganese oxide film is formed on an oxide by supplying a manganese-containing gas onto the oxide. A film forming temperature for forming the manganese oxide film is set to be equal to or higher than about 100° C. and lower than about 400° C.
US08859411B2
According to the present invention, there is provided a process for producing a transistor having a high precision and a high quality with a high yield by selectively etching a natural silicon oxide film, and further by selectively etching a dummy gate made of silicon. The present invention relates to a process for producing a transistor using a structural body which includes a substrate, and a dummy gate laminate formed by laminating at least a high dielectric material film and a dummy gate made of silicon having a natural silicon oxide film on a surface thereof, a side wall disposed to cover a side surface of the laminate and an interlayer insulating film disposed to cover the side wall which are provided on the substrate, said process including an etching step using a specific etching solution and thereby replacing the dummy gate with an aluminum metal gate.
US08859408B2
Generally, the present disclosure is directed to methods of stabilizing metal silicide contact regions formed in a silicon-germanium active area of a semiconductor device, and devices comprising stabilized metal silicides. One illustrative method disclosed herein includes performing an activation anneal to activate dopants implanted in an active area of a semiconductor device, wherein the active area comprises germanium. Additionally, the method includes, among other things, performing an ion implantation process to implant ions into the active area after performing the activation anneal, forming a metal silicide contact region in the active area, and forming a conductive contact element to the metal silicide contact region.
US08859402B2
A method for making epitaxial structure is provided. The method includes providing a substrate having an epitaxial growth surface, patterning the epitaxial growth surface; placing a graphene layer on the patterned epitaxial growth surface, and epitaxially growing an epitaxial layer on the epitaxial growth surface. The graphene layer includes a number of apertures to expose a part of the patterned epitaxial growth surface. The epitaxial layer is grown from the exposed part of the patterned epitaxial growth surface and through the aperture.
US08859392B1
A manufacturing method of a power semiconductor includes steps of providing a first semiconductor substrate and a second semiconductor substrate, forming a metal oxide semiconductor layer on a first surface of the first semiconductor substrate, grinding a second surface of the first semiconductor substrate, forming a N-type buffer layer and a P-type injection layer on a third surface of the second semiconductor substrate through ion implanting, grinding a fourth surface of the second semiconductor substrate, and combining the second surface of the first semiconductor substrate with the third surface of the second semiconductor substrate for forming a third semiconductor substrate. As a result, the present invention achieves the advantages of enhancing the process flexibility and un-limiting the characteristics of the power semiconductor.
US08859389B2
Methods of making fins and semiconductor structures containing fins are provided. The methods involve forming a multi-layer structure over a semiconductor substrate. The multi-layer structure comprises a first layer over the semiconductor substrate, a second layer over the first layer, and a third layer over the second layer. The method also comprises removing upper portions of the semiconductor substrate and portions of the multi-layer structure to form fins of the semiconductor substrate and portions of the multi-layer structure. Further, the method comprises selectively oxidizing the first layer while oxidization of the second layer and the third layer is less than the oxidization of the first layer. The oxidation can be performed before gap fill recess or after gap fill recess.
US08859387B2
A method for manufacturing a silicon carbide semiconductor device includes the following steps. There is prepared a silicon carbide substrate having a first main surface and a second main surface. On the first main surface, an electrode is formed. The silicon carbide substrate has a hexagonal crystal structure. The first main surface has an off angle of ±8° or smaller relative to a {0001} plane. The first main surface has such a property that when irradiated with excitation light having energy equal to or greater than a band gap of silicon carbide, luminous regions in a wavelength range of 750 nm or greater are generated in the first main surface at a density of 1×104 cm−2 or smaller. In this way, a yield of a silicon carbide semiconductor device can be improved.
US08859386B2
Semiconductor devices, methods of manufacture thereof, and methods of forming resistors are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a first insulating material over a workpiece, and forming a conductive chemical compound material over the first insulating material. The conductive chemical compound material is patterned to form a resistor. A second insulating material is formed over the resistor, and the second insulating material is patterned. The patterned second insulating material is filled with a conductive material to form a first contact coupled to a first end of the resistor and to form a second contact coupled to a second end of the resistor.
US08859381B1
A field-effect transistor (FET) and methods for fabricating such. The FET includes a substrate having a crystalline orientation, a source region in the substrate, and a drain region in the substrate. Gate spacers are positioned over the source region and the drain region. The gate spacers include a gate spacer height. A source contact physically and electrically contacts the source region and extends beyond the gate spacer height. A drain contact physically and electrically contacts the drain region and extends beyond the gate spacer height. The source and drain contacts have the same crystalline orientation as the substrate.
US08859372B2
A method includes performing a first well doping on a first active region and a second active region simultaneously, and forming a first and a second dummy gate covering a first middle portion of the first active region and a second middle portion of the second active region, respectively. The first and the second dummy gates are removed, and the second middle portion of the second active region is covered with a mask. A second well doping is performed on the first middle portion when the mask is on the second middle portion. After the second well doping, a first gate dielectric and a first gate electrode are formed on the first middle portion to form a first transistor, and a second gate dielectric and a second gate electrode are formed on the second middle portion to form a second transistor.
US08859369B2
Provided is a semiconductor device having a vertical MOS transistor and a method of manufacturing the same. The vertical MOS transistor has a trench gate, a distance between a gate electrode and an N-type high concentration buried layer below the gate electrode is formed longer than that in the conventional structure, and a P-type trench bottom surface lower region (5) is formed therebetween. In this manner, when a high voltage is applied to a drain region and 0 V is applied to the gate electrode, the trench bottom surface lower region (5) is depleted, thereby increasing the breakdown voltage in the OFF state.
US08859364B2
The present invention provides a manufacturing method of a non-volatile memory including forming a gate dielectric layer on a substrate; forming a floating gate on the gate dielectric layer; forming a first charge blocking layer on the floating gate; forming a nitride layer on the first charge blocking layer; forming a second charge blocking layer on the nitride layer; forming a control gate on the second charge blocking layer; and performing a treatment to the nitride layer to get a higher dielectric constant.
US08859356B2
The present disclosure is directed to various methods of forming metal silicide regions on an integrated circuit device. In one example, the method includes forming a PMOS transistor and an NMOS transistor, each of the transistors having a gate electrode and at least one source/drain region formed in a semiconducting substrate, forming a first sidewall spacer adjacent the gate electrodes and forming a second sidewall spacer adjacent the first sidewall spacer. The method further includes forming a layer of material above and between the gate electrodes, wherein the layer of material has an upper surface that is positioned higher than an upper surface of each of the gate electrodes, performing a first etching process on the layer of material to reduce a thickness thereof such that the upper surface of the layer of material is positioned at a desired level that is at least below the upper surface of each of the gate electrodes, and after performing the first etching process, performing a second etching process to insure that a desired amount of the gate electrodes for the PMOS transistor and the NMOS transistor are exposed for a subsequent metal silicide formation process. The method concludes with the step of forming metal silicide regions on the gate electrode structures and on the source/drain regions.
US08859352B2
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to an image sensor having pixel transistors and peripheral transistors disposed in a silicon substrate. For some embodiments, a protective coating is disposed on the peripheral transistors and doped silicon is epitaxially grown on the substrate to form lightly-doped drain (LDD) areas for the pixel transistors. The protective oxide may be used to prevent epitaxial growth of silicon on the peripheral transistors during formation of the LDD areas of the pixel transistors.
US08859347B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide for the removal of excess carriers from the body of active devices in semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) structures. In one embodiment, a method of fabricating an integrated circuit is disclosed. In one step, an active device is formed in an active layer of a semiconductor-on-insulator wafer. In another step, substrate material is removed from a substrate layer disposed on a back side of the SOI wafer. In another step, an insulator material is removed from a back side of the SOI wafer to form an excavated insulator region. In another step, a conductive layer is deposited on the excavated insulator region. Depositing the conductive layer puts it in physical contact with a body of an active device in a first portion of the excavated insulator region. The conductive layer then couples the body to a contact in a second detached portion of the excavated insulator region.
US08859338B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes a sealing step of sealing an inner lead of a lead frame with a resin, and a bending step of bending a target bending region in which a stress by bending is not applied to a resin burr generated in the sealing step.
US08859333B2
An IC package that is suitable for surface mounting arrangements includes a heat spreader device that is coupled to a bottom portion of the package below the IC die. Coupling the heat spreader device to the bottom portion of the package reduces or eliminates the possibility that placement of the heat spreader device will result in the molding compound bleeding on top of the heat spreader device, and delamination at the footings of the heat spreader device that can cause the package to delaminate, or “popcorn”.
US08859314B2
There is provided a method of manufacturing a semiconductor light emitting device, the method including: sequentially growing a first conductivity type semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conductivity type semiconductor layer on a semiconductor growth substrate to form a light emitting part; forming a support part on the second conductivity type semiconductor layer to be coupled to the light emitting part; separating the semiconductor growth substrate from the light emitting part; and applying an etching gas to the semiconductor growth substrate to remove a residue of the first conductivity type semiconductor layer from a surface of the semiconductor growth substrate.
US08859313B2
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor light emitting element (1) which includes a first step of forming a first n-type semiconductor layer (12c) on a substrate (11) and a second step of sequentially forming a regrowth layer (12d) of the first n-type semiconductor layer (12c), a second n-type semiconductor layer (12b), a light emitting layer (13), and a p-type semiconductor layer (14) on the first n-type semiconductor layer (12c). In the step of forming the second n-type semiconductor layer (12b), a step (1) of supplying Si less than that forming the regrowth layer (12d) as a dopant to form a first layer of the second n-type semiconductor layer and a step (2) of supplying the Si more than that in the step (1) to form a second layer of the second n-type semiconductor layer are performed in this order.
US08859312B2
A method of manufacturing an integrated circuit (IC) for driving a flexible display includes depositing a pattern of spatially non-repetitive features in a first layer on a flexible substrate, said pattern of spatially non-repetitive features not substantially regularly repeating in both of two orthogonal directions (x,y) in the plane of the substrate; depositing a pattern of spatially repetitive features in a second layer on said first layer; aligning said second layer and said first layer so as to allow electrical coupling between said non-repetitive features and said repetitive features, wherein distortion compensation is applied during deposition of said repetitive features to enable said alignment.
US08859310B2
Methods of fabricating optoelectronic devices, such as photovoltaic cells and light-emitting devices. In one embodiment, such a method includes providing a substrate, applying a monolayer of semiconductor particles to the substrate, and encasing the monolayer with one or more coatings so as to form an encased-particle layer. At some point during the method, the substrate is removed so as to expose the reverse side of the encased-particle layer and further processing is performed on the reverse side. When a device made using such a method has been completed and installed into an electrical circuit the semiconductor particles actively participate in the photoelectric effect or generation of light, depending on the type of device.
US08859305B2
Light emitting diodes and associated methods of manufacturing are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a light emitting diode (LED) includes a substrate, a semiconductor material carried by the substrate, and an active region proximate to the semiconductor material. The semiconductor material has a first surface proximate to the substrate and a second surface opposite the first surface. The second surface of the semiconductor material is generally non-planar, and the active region generally conforms to the non-planar second surface of the semiconductor material.
US08859298B2
The present invention relates to an in vitro method for detecting a pathogenic conformational isomer of the prion protein in a sample, said method comprising a preliminary step for capturing the pathogenic conformational isomer by putting the sample into contact with nanobeads covered with a ligand of the pathogenic conformational isomer, and then applying a cyclic amplification of the misfolded prion protein directly on the solid support having captured the pathogenic conformational isomer, and detecting the presence of the pathogenic conformational isomer. The invention also relates to a kit for applying this method and to a method for decontaminating a biological sample.
US08859289B2
A method and laboratory system for handling sample tubes and an image analyzing unit are disclosed. An incoming primary rack (PR) containing sample tubes (S) is transferred to an image analyzing unit (310). Geometry parameters of at least one sample tube contained in the primary rack are determined by means of image analyzing and compared with predetermined geometry criteria. If the sample tube's geometry fulfils the criteria, the sample tube is categorized as system conform and removed from the primary rack with a gripper for further processing; otherwise it is categorized as non-system conform and entered into error processing.
US08859283B2
The method involves placing an oocyte cell in a cell holder (1), securing the cell holder in a treatment station, applying a treatment solution to the cell by washing the cell with the solution, and rapidly cooling the cell holder and cell to a predetermined cryopreservation temperature for cryopreservation of the cell. The cell is cooled at a high rate sufficient to permit vitrification of the cell and any surrounding treatment solution to occur. The cell is then maintained at or below a predetermined storage temperature for storage. The method allows multiple cells to be treated simultaneously each secured within a respective cell holder.
US08859279B2
A cell detachment method for detaching only a desired cell from a plurality of cells cultured on a substrate under predetermined culture environment conditions by using a scanning probe microscope having a probe, comprising: observing the plural cells; specifying the cell to be detached; moving the probe onto the specified cell; and pressing the prove against the specified cell with a predetermined force so as to detach the cell from the substrate.
US08859278B2
Certain aspects of the present invention are directed to new fully human fusion partner cell lines called human Karyochi cells, and to methods for making them. Human Karyochi cells are then fused with human antibody-secreting lymphoid cells to make fully human hybridomas called Karyochi-based hybridomas, which likewise secrete fully human monoclonal antibodies. Human Karyochi cells are made by isolating a donor nucleus that is substantially free of cytoplasm from either a first malignant B-lymphocyte cell line or a normal B-lymphocyte, and transferring the donor nucleus into the cytoplasm of a recipient cell from a second T- or B-lymphoid cell line. With time the nuclei synchronize and fuse to form the chimeric Karyochi fusion partner cell line. Nuclear transfer can be accomplished using intra-cytosolic nucleus injection or by impact-induced nucleus administration.
US08859272B2
A micro-device for disrupting cells includes a first chamber in which the cells are disrupted, a second chamber which is pressurized and depressurized, a flexible membrane which separates the first chamber and the second chamber and is vibrated by pressuring and depressurizing the second chamber, and a micro-unit confined in the first chamber, where the micro-unit disrupts the cells in the first chamber
US08859271B2
An apparatus and method for rapid thermal cycling including a thermal diffusivity plate. The thermal diffusivity plate can provide substantial temperature uniformity throughout the thermal block assembly during thermal cycling by a thermoelectric module. An edge heater can provide substantial temperature uniformity throughout the thermal block assembly during thermal cycling.
US08859268B2
The present invention addresses the simultaneous detection and quantitative measurement of multiple biomolecules, e.g., pathogen biomarkers through either a sandwich assay approach or a lipid insertion approach. The invention can further employ a multichannel, structure with multi-sensor elements per channel.
US08859267B2
The present invention relates to a chip for optical analysis. In particular, the present invention relates to an optical sensor handling a liquid sample, which is a chip for analysis that can be used for selectively measuring a biologically-relevant substance or a chemical substance such as an environmental pollutant or a health affecting substance in a liquid to be measured. The chip for optical analysis of the present invention is characterized in that (1) an adsorption region (filter region) is provided between a sample introduction section and the observation section in a passage of the chip for analysis, (2) a bypass passage is provided in the passage (main passage) of the chip for analysis, and a time lag is generated between samples passed through the main passage and passed through a bypass passage, and (3) a measurement region and a reference region are provided in the observation section of the chip for analysis. In the present invention, the aspects (1) to (3) can be achieved individually or two or more thereof can be combined.
US08859263B2
The present invention pertains to an apparatus for holding cells. The apparatus comprises a mechanism for incubating cells having a dynamically controlled environment in which the cells are grown, which are maintained in a desired condition and in which cells can be examined while the environment is dynamically controlled and maintained in the desired condition. The apparatus also comprises a mechanism for determining the state of the cells. The determining mechanism is in communication with the incubating mechanism. The present invention pertains to a method for holding cells. The method comprises the steps of incubating the cells in a dynamically controlled environment which is maintained in a desired condition and in which the cells can be examined while the environment is dynamically controlled and maintained in the desired condition. Additionally, there is the step of determining the state of the cells.
US08859260B2
Expression cassette for lactase dehydrogenase, transformed yeast and method of producing lactic acid
A gene expressing cassette codes lactate dehydrogenase that is needed for prevention of deterioration in lactic acid yield and lactic acid production rate in continuous culture with simultaneous filtration of a yeast strain having a lactic acid-producing ability, which achieves high optical purity, high lactic acid yield and high lactic acid production rate simultaneously, a yeast strain having the cassette and a method of producing lactic acid by culturing the yeast strain. The lactate dehydrogenase-expressing cassette is a lactate dehydrogenase-expressing cassette, comprising a gene coding lactate dehydrogenase connected to a site downstream of a promoter, the promoter being a promoter of a gene showing a gene expression amount larger by 5 times or more than the average relative expression amount of all genes after 50 hours from start of culture in continuous culture with simultaneous filtration of a yeast strain having a lactic acid-producing ability.
US08859256B2
Methods for detecting replication in or colonization of a host by a biological therapeutic, such as an oncolytic virus, cells administered for cell therapy and gene therapy vectors, are provided. In the methods, a product produced by the biological therapeutic is detected in a sample of tissue or body fluid distinct from the administered therapy or locus thereof, thereby permitting assessment of the therapy and/or monitoring its progress.
US08859250B2
Novel crystal structures of human and murine glutaminyl cyclase (QC, EC 2.3.2.5), methods of preparing the crystals, as well as the use of said crystal structures for identifying inhibitors of human and murine glutaminyl cyclase.
US08859248B2
This invention provides a method for improving the xylose-metabolizing ability of a yeast strain having xylose-metabolizing ability. The method comprises steps of: soaking the yeast strain having xylose-metabolizing ability in an acetic-acid-containing solution; and then, culturing the yeast strain in a xylose-containing medium to perform ethanol fermentation.
US08859247B2
An enzymatic process is described for the production of chemicals from carbon sources. In particular, according to one aspect, a process for the production of a target organic compound from a carbon source by a cell-free enzyme system is disclosed.
US08859237B2
Described is a new stand-alone diguanylate cyclase polypeptide having a GGDEF motif and a mutated I-site that does not bind c-di-GMP. We demonstrate that the production yield of c-di-GMP and analogues was significantly increased by mutation of a conserved residue in the putative regulatory I-site.
US08859234B2
The present invention relates to the field of glycosylation engineering of proteins. More particularly, the present invention relates to nucleic acid molecules, including fusion constructs, having catalytic activity and the use of same in glycosylation engineering of host cells to generate polypeptides with improved therapeutic properties, including antibodies with increased Fc receptor binding and increased effector function.
US08859230B2
The present invention relates to novel polypeptides comprising an ice-binding capability resulting in an ice crystal formation and/or growth reducing or inhibiting activity. The present invention also relates to an edible product and to a solid support comprising the novel polypeptide. Furthermore, the present invention also relates to a method for producing the novel polypeptide and to different uses of the novel polypeptide.
US08859229B2
A method of mRNA production for use in transfection is provided, that involves in vitro transcription of PCR generated templates. This RNA can efficiently transfect different kinds of cells. This approach results in increased efficiency (fidelity and productivity) of mRNA synthesis and is less time consuming because it does not require cloning, and also consequently eliminates the unwanted errors and effects related to RNA made on DNA templates obtained with cloning techniques. The results of transfection of RNAs demonstrate that RNA transfection can be very effective in cells that are exceedingly difficult to transfect efficiently with DNA constructs. The method can be used to deliver genes into cells not- or only poorly transfectable for DNA, in vitro and in vivo.
US08859213B2
The invention provides a method for diagnosing a melanocytic proliferation in a subject comprising staining a sample of lesional melanocytes with an antibody against soluble adenylyl cyclase (sAC) and interpreting the sAC staining pattern, which is associated with a diagnosis of a melanocytic proliferation. The sAC staining pattern, which is complex, is discriminatory and distinctive according to the nature of the melanocytic proliferation. The sAC staining pattern comprises one or more of dot-like Golgi staining, broad granular Golgi staining, diffuse cytoplasmic staining, nucleolar staining, incomplete granular nuclear staining, and pan-nuclear staining. The method of the invention is particularly useful in confirming or disaffirming a diagnosis reached through conventional histologic examination of a sample. Additionally, the invention provides a kit for use in interpreting melanocytic proliferations.
US08859201B2
A sequencing method is presented in which a biomolecule is hybridized with a specially chosen pool of different probes of known sequence which can be electrically distinguished. The different probe types are tagged such that they can be distinguished from each other in a Hybridization Assisted Nanopore Sequencing (HANS) detection system, and their relative positions on the biomolecule can be determined as the biomolecule passes through a pore or channel. The methods eliminate, resolve, or greatly reduce ambiguities encountered in previous sequencing methods.
US08859193B2
An embodiment of the present invention provides a method of applying patterned metallization to a ceramic block comprising applying a photodefinable ink to said ceramic block; drying said ink; exposing said photodefinable ink to UV radiation through a predefined mask according to the thickness of the film to form a pattern; developing said pattern in a developer solution thereby forming a patterned ceramic block; and rinsing, drying and firing said patterned ceramic block.
US08859189B2
The invention provides a patterning process, comprising at least a step of forming a silicon-containing film on a body to be processed by using a composition for the silicon-containing film, a step of forming, on the silicon-containing film, a photoresist film by using a resist composition, a step of exposing to the photoresist film after heat treatment thereof, and a step of forming a negative pattern by dissolving an unexposed area of the photoresist film by using a developer of an organic solvent; wherein a composition giving the silicon-containing film whose pure-water contact angle in the part corresponding to the exposed area of the photoresist film becomes in the range of 35° or more to lower than 70° after exposure is used as the composition. There can be optimum patterning process as a patterning process of a negative resist pattern to be formed by adopting organic solvent-based development.
US08859185B2
A resist underlayer film-forming composition includes a polymer including a repeating unit shown by a formula (1), and having a polystyrene-reduced weight average molecular weight of 3000 to 10,000, and a solvent. Each of R3 to R8 individually represent a group shown by the following formula (2) or the like. R1 represents a single bond or the like. R2 represents a hydrogen atom or the like.
US08859178B2
A toner for electrostatic image development includes toner particles containing a releasing agent and a binder resin, the binder resin containing a copolymer including a structural unit derived from a monomer represented by the general, formula (1), in which R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and R2 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 16 carbon atoms, or an aryl group having 6 to 15 carbon atoms, m is an integer of 2 or 3, and n is an integer of 1 to 8.
US08859168B2
Masks for microlithography apparatus, methods for making such masks, and methods for exposing photosensitive materials to form arrays of microfeatures on semiconductor wafers using such masks. In one embodiment, a method of making a mask comprises forming a mask layer on a substrate and identifying a first opening in the mask layer corresponding to a first feature site at which an intensity of the radiation at a focal zone is less than the intensity of the radiation at the focal zone for a second feature site corresponding to a second opening in the mask. The second opening is adjacent or at least proximate the first opening. The method can further include forming a first surface at the first opening and a second surface at the second opening such that radiation passing through the second opening constructively interferes with radiation passing through the first opening at the focal zone.
US08859147B2
The non-aqueous secondary battery of the present invention includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a non-aqueous electrolyte, and a separator, the negative electrode contains a negative electrode active material containing a graphitic carbon material and a composite in which a carbon coating layer is formed on a surface of a core material containing Si and O as constituent elements, the composite has a carbon content of 10 to 30 mass %, the composite has an intensity ratio I510/I1343 of a peak intensity I510 at 510 cm−1 derived from Si to a peak intensity I1343 at 1343 cm−1 derived from carbon of 0.25 or less when a Raman spectrum of the composite is measured at a laser wavelength of 532 nm, and the half-width of the (111) diffraction peak of Si is less than 3.0° when the crystallite size of an Si phase contained in the core material is measured by X-ray diffractometry using CuKα radiation.
US08859145B2
A primary cell having an anode comprising lithium or lithium alloy and a cathode comprising iron disulfide (FeS2) or a mixture of iron disulfide (FeS2) and iron sulfide (FeS) and conductive carbon particles. A cathode slurry is prepared comprising the FeS2 or FeS2 plus FeS powder, conductive carbon, binder, and a solvent. The binder is preferably a styrene-ethylene/butylene-styrene (SEBS) block copolymer. There is an advantage discovered in utilizing a hydronaphthalene solvent to form the cathode slurry. The preferred solvent is 1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene or decahydronaphthalene and mixtures thereof. The slurry mixture is coated onto a conductive substrate and the solvent evaporated leaving a dry cathode coating on the substrate. Higher drying temperature may be used resulting in a dry cathode coating which resists cracking. The anode and cathode can be spirally wound with separator therebetween and inserted into the cell casing with electrolyte then added.
US08859124B2
An integrated circuit includes: a voltage detection means for detecting a voltage to be applied between the positive electrode and the negative electrode of one or a plurality of secondary batteries; a power supply means for generating a predetermined voltage; an input terminal to which a voltage value according to the value of a current flowing in the secondary battery is input; and a control means configured such that, when the predetermined voltage is input from the power supply means, an overcharge detection signal or an overdischarge detection signal is output in accordance with the voltage detected by the voltage detection means, and when the predetermined voltage is not input from the power supply means, a charge control signal or a discharge control signal is output in accordance with the voltage detected by the voltage detection means or the voltage value to be input to the input terminal.
US08859123B2
An electrochemical battery system in one embodiment includes a first electrode, a second electrode spaced apart from the first electrode, a separator positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode, an active material within the second electrode, a pressure sensor in fluid connection with the second electrode, a memory in which command instructions are stored, and a processor configured to execute the command instructions to obtain a pressure signal from the pressure sensor associated with the pressure within the second electrode, and to identify a state of charge of the electrochemical battery system based upon the pressure signal.
US08859116B2
A multi-layer coating for protection of metals and alloys against oxidation at high temperatures is provided. The invention utilizes a multi-layer ceramic coating on metals or alloys for increased oxidation-resistance, comprising at least two layers, wherein the first layer (3) and the second layer (4) both comprise an oxide, and wherein the first layer (3) has a tracer diffusion coefficient for cations Mm+, where M is the scale forming element of the alloy, and the second layer (4) has a tracer diffusion coefficient for oxygen ions O2− satisfying the following formula: ∫ ln p ( O 2 ) in ln p ( O 2 ) ex ( D O + m 2 D M ) ⅆ ln p ( O 2 ) < 5 · 10 - 13 cm 2 / s wherein p(O2)in, p(O2)ex, DM and DO are as defined herein. The coating may be used in high temperature devices, particularly for coating interconnect materials in solid oxide electrolytic devices, including solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) and solid oxide electrolysis cells (SOECs).
US08859111B2
The present invention relates to 4,4′-substituted spirobifluorenes which are suitable, owing to excellent properties, as functional materials in organic electroluminescent devices. In addition, the present invention relates to a process for the preparation of 4,4′-substituted spirobifluorenes and to the use of these compounds in organic electroluminescent devices.
US08859110B2
An organic light-emitting diode comprising at least one cyclic phosphazene compound, a light-emitting layer formed from at least one matrix material and at least one emitter material, wherein the at least one matrix material comprises at least one cyclic phosphazene compound, the use of cyclic phosphazene compounds in organic light-emitting diodes and a device selected from the group consisting of stationary visual display units, mobile visual display units and illumination units comprising at least one inventive organic light-emitting diode, and selected cyclic phosphazene compounds and processes for preparing them.
US08859103B2
The present disclosure is directed to the use of glass wafers as carriers, interposers, or in other selected applications in which electronic circuitry or operative elements, such as transistors, are formed in the creation of electronic devices. The glass wafers generally include a glass having a coefficient of thermal expansion equal to or substantially equal to a coefficient of thermal expansion of semiconductor silicon, an indexing feature, and a coating on at least a portion of one face of the glass.
US08859101B2
The disclosure is directed to an article including a first layer, second layer, and third layer. The first layer includes a fluoropolymer having a first major surface and a second major surface. The second layer overlies the first major surface of the first layer and includes an adhesive layer. The third layer overlies the second layer and includes a polymeric material. The article has a burst performance greater than 200 N as measured by ASTM D751 and a chemical permeation breakthrough detection time greater than about one hour as measured by ASTM F739. The disclosure is further directed to a method of forming the aforementioned multi-layer article.
US08859098B2
Acrylic adhesion promoters having an improved property such as cohesive failure are produced from a monocyclic anhydride of phosphonic acid containing multiple carboxylic acids that is subsequently reacted with a hydroxyalkyl methacrylate. The adhesion promoters are useful in bonding to metal substrates including oily metal substrates.
US08859096B2
The invention relates to granular pumice, wherein the surface is covered with a hydrophobic coating.
US08859088B2
Preforms for open structured (lattice) composite tubular members manufactured from large (i.e. high filament count) prepreg yarns on a conventional maypole braiding machine, and subsequently cured to produce fiber reinforced composites of high strength and light weight.
US08859078B2
Friction part in a lubricated medium working at contact pressures above 200 MPa and having a contact surface that is textured and subjected, before or after texturizing, to a case hardening treatment for a tribological function, wherein the surface is subjected to operations for producing a periodic network of micrometric cavities having predefined shapes and sizes and a period adapted to the width of the contact surface in order to promote passage to elastohydrodynamic lubrication regime.
US08859076B2
A folded sheet panel assembly includes a gap formed in a corner region which is filled with a corner insert member. A retention clip is attached to the corner insert to retain the corner insert once installed in the gap. The retention clip includes outwardly flaring wing portions which press upon inner surfaces of the sheet panel to fix the installed position of the corner insert. The corner insert includes a locking device which engages a surface of the retention clip to limit or prevent movement of the corner insert relative to the retention clip.
US08859073B1
A floor mat has a cavity accommodating an insert supporting a releasable sheet member. An adhesive releasably attaches the sheet member to the insert to allow the sheet member to be removed from the mat and replaced with another sheet member. The sheet member has visual indicia providing persons with information. Signal transmitter and receiver antennas of an electronic article surveillance system are located within the floor mat.
US08859060B2
A protective film of polarizer comprising an organic acid that has a solubility in water at 25° C. of at most 0.1% by mass and has an acid dissociation constant in a mixed solvent of tetrahydrofuran/water=6/4 by volume at 25° C. of from 2 to 7 can improve polarizer durability.
US08859057B2
A device for applying electromagnetic microwave radiation in a plasma inside a substrate tube including inner and outer cylindrical walls defining an annular cavity therebetween, the inner wall having a circumferential applicator slit, an elongate microwave guide arranged with a first end in communication with the annular cavity and a second end in communication with a microwave generating means for supplying microwaves to the annular cavity, and means for supplying a cooling gas through the elongate microwave guide to a position near the applicator slit.
US08859032B2
An organic EL device manufacturing method includes a step of supplying a substrate, and while moving the substrate with a non-electrode-layer side thereof in contact with a surface of a can roller, the non-electrode-layer provided with no electrode layer, discharging a material from a nozzle of a vapor deposition source to form an organic layer on an electrode-layer side of the substrate, the electrode-layer side provided with an electrode layer. The vapor deposition step includes supplying a shadow mask including an opening portion to interpose the shadow mask between the substrate contacting the can roller, and the nozzle; and forming the organic layer corresponding to the opening portion on the electrode-layer side of the substrate while moving the substrate and the shadow mask with through holes included at each of the substrate and the shadow mask engaged with projections included in the can roller.
US08859027B2
Method for treating a large number of meat products, in particular slaughtered poultry or parts thereof, in which an additive is added to the meat products. The meat products are supplied to additive-adding means using a conveyor means, the conveyor means being designed to feed the meat products sequentially in groups or separately. The additive-adding means subject each meat product or each group of meat products to an additive-adding treatment which is adapted to the corresponding meat product or to the corresponding group of meat products.
US08859019B2
The present invention relates to compositions consisting of a combination of lipophilic extracts of Zingiber officinale and Echinacea angustifolia, obtained by extraction with carbon dioxide under supercritical conditions, which are useful for the prevention and treatment of oesophageal reflux and chemotherapy-induced emesis.
US08859017B2
A cosmeceutical composition comprising phenolic compounds, fruit acids and sugars, extracted from the vegetation liquor of the palm oil milling process has been suggested. This composition is rich in antioxidants, and significantly improves skin health, including preventing aging of the skin.
US08859008B2
The invention relates to a material that can be used as a bone substitute and to a method for the preparation thereof. The material comprises an organic phase (I) comprising striated collagen fibrils constituted of collagen I triple helices, said fibrils being organized over a large distance according to a 3D geometry associating aligned domains and cholesteric domains, and also isotropic domains where they are not organized; and a mineral phase (II) comprising apatite crystals having a hexagonal crystalline structure, space group 6/m, comprising at least calcium ions and phosphate ions; the axis c of said apatite crystals of the mineral phase is coaligned with the longitudinal axis of the striated collagen fibrils of the organic phase and the collagen content in the material is at least 75 mg/cm3. The method for preparing the material comprises preparing an initial acidic aqueous solution of collagen which is a precursor for the organic phase (I), and at least one aqueous solution of precursors for the mineral phase (II) and precipitating the collagen by increasing the pH to a value of at least 7. According to this method: the concentration of collagen in the acidic aqueous solution is at least 75 mg/ml and remains constant during said increase in pH; the mineral phase precursors comprise at least one calcium salt and at least one phosphate salt; the precipitation of the mineral phase (II) is carried out by bringing the mineral phase precursor solution into contact with the organic phase (I), said bringing into contact being carried out before or after the precipitation of said organic phase (I).
US08859002B2
The invention relates to a method for the dispersion of synthetic or natural nanoparticles and nanocomposite materials and to the use thereof in different sectors including those of ceramics, coatings, polymers, construction, paints, catalysis, pharmaceuticals and powdered materials in general.
US08859000B2
The present invention is directed to a process for synthesizing nanoparticles. This process involves providing a stable emulsion containing a plurality of droplets suspended in a continuous phase. The droplets, which are encapsulated by an interfacially-active material, contain a first reactant dissolved in a dispersed phase. The process also involves contacting a gas phase containing a second reactant diluted in a carrier gas with the stable emulsion under conditions effective to permit the first reactant and second reactant to react and form nanoparticles. The present invention further relates to nanoparticle-loaded emulsions and their uses in formulations for various purposes.
US08858993B2
Tablets for the controlled release of an active ingredient in a zero-order or near zero-order fashion are provided. The tablet includes a core and a coating. The core includes at least one active pharmaceutical agent and a polyethylene oxide with a molecular weight of between about 1,000,000 and 10,000,000, preferably between about 4,000,000 and 8,000,000. The core material is optionally, but preferably, coated with a cellulosic material. The active pharmaceutical agent can be hydrophilic, hydrophobic, or amphiphilic. When the active pharmaceutical agent is a hydrophilic agent, it is preferred that the coating is a relatively hydrophobic cellulose, such as ethylcellulose or propylcellulose. However, if the tablet is uncoated, it can provide a near-zero-order release rate rather than a zero-order release rate. When the active pharmaceutical agent is a hydrophobic or amphiphilic agent, the hydrophilic polymeric carrier is the same as in the first embodiment, the coating is a relatively more hydrophilic cellulose. The release rate for the active pharmaceutical agent can be controlled by adjusting the thickness of the coating, and, optionally, by adjusting the concentration of the polymeric excipients, as well as certain non-polymeric excipients which may optionally be present. An advantage of using relatively high molecular weight polyethylene oxide is that the release is pH independent, unlike where ionic polymers such as polyacrylic acids are used. Further, active pharmaceutical agents including functional groups that might react with such polymers can be used without an adverse reaction between the active agent and the polymer.
US08858986B2
Durable hydrophilic compositions comprising aliphatic polyester, an anionic surfactant, and in some embodiments, a carrier.
US08858985B2
Films comprising a liquid-absorbent layer with an adsorbed antimicrobial material and an impermeable layer are provided. The films can be suitable for preparation of tubular casings and shrinkbags such as casings for foodstuffs. Also disclosed are foodstuffs processed in the tubular casing comprising the antimicrobial material.
US08858981B2
A bone healing combination material includes a matrix carrying cultivated bone-forming cells which may be osteocytes, osteoblasts, stromal stem cells or stem cells committed to differentiation into bone-forming osteoblasts. The matrix is a purified collagen matrix material derived from natural collagen-containing animal tissue, a collagen-free porous bone mineral matrix material derived from natural bone having a crystal structure substantially that of natural bone and being substantially free from endogenous organic material, or a combination of purified collagen matrix material and porous bone mineral matrix material.
US08858980B2
A biocompatible, polymeric composition is disclosed. The composition comprises a base polymer comprising (i) a prepolymer comprising para-dioxanone (PDO) and trimethylene carbonate (TMC); and (ii) an end-graft polymer chain comprising a polylactone. Also disclosed are a method for treating bleeding from bone or bony structures using the composition, a method for filling a void or correct a defect in a bone using the composition, and a method for producing the biocompatible, polymeric composition of the present application.
US08858976B2
The present invention relates to an implantable paste comprising bioactive glass spheres having a size distribution of 50-425 μm, low molecular weight polyethylene glycol having a molecular weight range of 200-700 g/mol, medium molecular weight polyethylene glycol having a molecular weight range of 700-2500 g/mol and high molecular weight polyethylene glycol having a molecular weight range of 2500-8000 g/mol, with the proviso that the molecular weight of the low molecular weight polyethylene glycol and of the medium molecular weight polyethylene glycol differ from each other by at least 80 g/mol and that the molecular weight of the medium molecular weight polyethylene glycol and of the high molecular weight polyethylene glycol differ from each other by at least 300 g/mol.
US08858970B2
The present invention relates to the field of carrier and delivery systems for active molecular compounds. In particular, the present invention provides aqueous dispersions for delivery of active molecular compounds.
US08858966B2
Devices and methods for the treatment of open and closed wound spinal cord injuries are disclosed. For example, described herein are devices and methods for mitigating secondary injury to, and promoting recovery of, spinal cord primary injuries. More particularly, certain embodiments of the present invention are directed to polymeric mini-tubes that may be used for the treatment of spinal cord injuries. In addition, other embodiments are directed to polymeric “fill-in” bandages that may be used for the treatment of spinal cord injuries. For example, an erodible, or biodegradable, form of biocompatible polymer of the present invention is fabricated for surgical implantation into the site of the spinal cord injury.
US08858963B1
The present disclosure provides an extended release pharmaceutical composition comprising hydrocodone and acetaminophen that provides a rapid onset of analgesia, and reduced levels of acetaminophen near the end of the dosing interval. Also provided are methods for reducing the risk of acetaminophen-induced hepatic damage in a subject being treated with an acetaminophen containing composition, as well as methods for treating pain in a subject in need thereof.
US08858958B2
An immunological adjuvant comprises an aluminum salt, an immunostimulatory oligonucleotide and a polycationic polymer, wherein the oligonucleotide and the polymer ideally associate with each other to form a complex. The adjuvant can be included in a composition with an immunogen e.g. to elicit an immune response that protects against a bacterial disease or a fungal disease.
US08858955B2
The present application discloses a method for making an immunogenic composition comprising an improved way of conducting saccharide-protein conjugation reactions using carbodiimide condensation chemistry. Depending on the nature of the saccharide or protein carrier involved, the quality of the conjugate may be improved by adding one of the reaction components slowly to the reaction mixture. In addition, the conjugate is mixed with a staphylococcal antigen. Immunogenic compositions are further provided comprising the saccharide-protein conjugates made by the methods disclosed.
US08858950B2
A humanized murine antibody is provided that binds to the human insulin receptor (HIR). The humanized murine antibody is suitable for use as a Trojan horse to deliver pharmaceutical agents to human organs and tissue that express the HIR. The humanized murine antibody is especially well suited for delivering neuropharmaceutical agents from the blood stream to the brain across the blood brain barrier (BBB). The humanized murine antibody may be genetically fused to the pharmaceutical agent or it may be linked to the pharmaceutical agent using an avidin-biotin conjugation system.
US08858948B2
The present invention provides novel human anti-influenza antibodies and related compositions and methods. These antibodies are used in the diagnosis and treatment of influenza infection.
US08858947B2
The present invention provides identification and characterization of conformational epitopes of the envelope protein E2 of the Hepatitis C virus (HCV). The present invention provides a panel of human monoclonal antibodies that recognize conformational epitopes of E2. The antibodies are derived from patients infected with HCV. The present invention provides methods for utilizing HCV antibodies as therapeutic, diagnostic, and/or prophylactic agents. The present invention provides mimotopes with conformational epitopes intact and methods of using mimotopes. The present invention provides methods of stratifying patients based on their response to HCV. The present invention provides pharmaceutical compositions for prevention and treatment of HCV comprising one or more HCV antibodies.
US08858945B2
Disclosed is a crystalline human CR2 protein in complex with C3d, and the three dimensional structure of the crystalline complex. Also disclosed are methods of use of the structure, particularly for structure-based identification of compounds that bind to CR2 and inhibit or enhance the binding of CR2 to a natural ligand, that bind to CR2 and agonize or antagonize the receptor, that bind to CR2 and inhibit or enhance CR2 dimerization, or that use the C3-binding ability of CR2 as a drug delivery vehicle. Also disclosed are therapeutic compounds obtained by such methods and uses for such compounds.
US08858943B2
The present invention relates to methods of treating diseases or disorders affecting the eye or optic nerve characterized by elevated β-amyloid levels or β-amyloid deposits, particularly age related macular degeneration and glaucoma type diseases and β-amyloid dependent cataract formation, with antigen binding proteins that bind β-amyloid peptide and in particular human β-amyloid peptide.
US08858934B2
The present invention relates to a method of producing cells having at least one characteristic of human hepatocytes as well as to cells produced by said method and uses of these cells.
US08858926B2
An aqueous antibacterial polymer emulsion and coating compositions are provided. The aqueous antibacterial polymer emulsion comprising a polymer A, an oxidant and a metal complexed with a copolymer B comprising heterocyclic containing monomers; wherein the metal is selected from copper, silver, gold, tin, zinc and combinations thereof; and wherein the emulsion is heat stable. The coating compositions made therefrom provide persistent, broad spectrum antibacterial activity without discoloration problem upon exposure to heat and/or sun light.
US08858925B2
The present invention relates to biodegradable scaffolds composed of a naturally-occurring protein backbone cross-linked by a synthetic polymer. Specifically, the present invention provides PEGylated-fibrinogen scaffold and methods of generating and using same for treating disorders requiring tissue regeneration.
US08858917B2
Formulations have been developed for pulmonary delivery to treat or reduce the infectivity of diseases such as vital infections, especially tuberculosis, SARS, influenza and respiratory synticial virus in humans and hoof and mouth disease in animals. Formulations for pulmonary administration include a material that significantly alters physical properties such as surface tension and surface elasticity of lung mucus lining fluid, which may be a surfactant and, optionally, a carrier. The formulation may be administered as a powder where the particles consist basically of the material altering surface tension. The carrier may be a solution, such as an alcohol, although an aqueous solution may be utilized, or a material mixed with the material altering surface tension to form particles. These may include proteins such as albumin or polysaccharides such as dextran, which also has surface active properties, or polymers such as polyethylene oxide (PEO) or biodegradable synthetic polymers which can be used to encapsulate or deliver the materials to be delivered. Drugs, especially antivirals or antibiotics, may optionally be included with the formulation. These may be administered with or incorporated into the formulation.
US08858907B2
Methods and systems for selective catalytic reduction of NOx with an ammonia reductant and a zeolite catalyst loaded with at least two metals selected from the group of tungsten, cobalt, and vanadium. An exhaust stream including NOx and a reductant stream including ammonia are provided to a catalytic reactor having the metal loaded zeolite catalyst at suitable operating temperatures for NOx reduction of at least 90%.
US08858903B2
Oxidation ZPGM catalyst systems and three way ZPGM catalyst systems are disclosed. ZPGM catalyst systems may oxidize toxic gases, such as carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons, optionally some ZPGM catalyst systems may as well reduce nitrogen oxides that may be included in exhaust gases. ZPGM catalyst systems may include: a substrate, a washcoat, and an overcoat. The washcoat may include at least one ZPGM catalyst and carrier material oxides. Similarly, overcoat may include at least one ZPGM catalyst, carrier material oxides and OSMs. Suitable known in the art chemical techniques, deposition methods and treatment systems may be employed in order to form the disclosed ZPGM catalyst systems.
US08858902B2
A method for removing sulfide from an aqueous alkali solution in which hydrogen peroxide is introduced into a sulfide-containing aqueous alkali solution associated with an alkali mineral recovery operation. The method is particularly useful for the processing of sulfide-containing aqueous alkali solutions containing NaHCO3 and Na2CO3, where bicarbonate in the sulfide-depleted alkali solution is decomposed to form Na2CO3, with concurrent evolution of gaseous carbon dioxide byproduct but without formation of gaseous H2S as a pollutant, and where Na2CO3 values are subsequently recovered from the sulfide-depleted carbonate-rich alkali solution via a crystallization operation.
US08858900B2
This invention relates to a power recovery process in waste steam/CO2 reformers whereby a waste stream can be made to release energy without having to burn the waste or the syngas. This invention does not make use of fuel cells as its critical component but makes use of highly exothermic chemical reactors using syngas to produce large amounts of heat, such as Fischer-Tropsch. It also relates to control or elimination of the emissions of greenhouse gases in the power recovery process of this invention with the goal of producing energy in the future carbonless world economy. A New Concept for a duplex kiln was developed that has the combined functionality of steam/CO2 reforming, heat transfer, solids removal, filtration, and heat recovery. New methods of carbon-sequestering where the syngas produced by steam/CO2 reforming can be used in Fischer-Tropsch processes that make high-carbon content compounds while recycling the methane and lighter hydrocarbons back to the reformer to further produce syngas at a higher H2/CO ratio.
US08858895B2
Methods and systems for on-site, continuous generation of peracid chemistry, namely peroxycarboxylic acids and peroxycarboxylic acid forming compositions, are disclosed. In particular, an adjustable biocide formulator or generator system is designed for on-site generation of peroxycarboxylic acids and peroxycarboxylic acid forming compositions from sugar esters. Methods of using the in situ generated peroxycarboxylic acids and peroxycarboxylic acid forming compositions are also disclosed.
US08858893B2
The invention provides a reaction system for the production of an alkylene carbonate comprising: an epoxidation zone containing an epoxidation catalyst located within an epoxidation reactor; a carboxylation zone containing an bromide-containing carboxylation catalyst located within an alkylene oxide absorber; and one or more purification zones containing a purification absorbent capable of reducing the quantity of bromide-containing impurities in a feed comprising a recycle gas, which purification zones are located upstream from the epoxidation zone; and a process for the production of an alkylene carbonate and an alkylene glycol.
US08858891B2
Provided are emissions treatment systems for an exhaust stream having an ammonia-generating component, such as a NOx storage reduction (NSR) catalyst or a lean NOx trap (LNT) catalyst, and an SCR catalyst disposed downstream of the ammonia-generating catalyst. The SCR catalyst can be a molecular sieve having the CHA crystal structure, for example SSZ-13 or SAPO-34, which can be ion-exchanged with copper. The LNT can be layered, having an undercoat washcoat layer comprising a support material, at least one precious metal, and at least one NOx sorbent selected from the group consisting of alkaline earth elements, rare earth elements, and combinations thereof and a top washcoat layer comprising a support material, at least one precious metal, and ceria in particulate form, the top washcoat layer being substantially free of alkaline earth components. The emissions treatment system is advantageously used for the treatment of exhaust streams from diesel engines and lean burn gasoline engines.
US08858886B1
The fluorescence measurement system includes a host apparatus and a self-contained, multichannel optical cartridge. The host apparatus includes a well plate receptacle, and a stage having optical cartridge receptacles that are elongate along one axis of the well plate. The stage and the well plate receptacle are movable relative to one another in the direction of the other axis of the well plate. The optical cartridge engages with the optical cartridge receptacle and includes a linear array of optical assemblies each including an excitation light source, and an emission light detector to generate an intensity signal. The optical cartridge also includes, a memory to store calibration information for each optical assembly. The host apparatus additionally includes a processor to correct the intensity signal from each optical assembly of the optical cartridge using the calibration information received from the optical cartridge for the optical assembly.
US08858885B2
The disclosure relates to a pixel-type biological analysis device comprising a photosensitive layer, a capture mixture for the capture of targeted proteins, the capture mixture being placed on an external surface of the photosensitive layer and comprising a protein probe grafted to a hydrogel, collection means for collecting photoelectrons in the photosensitive layer, and reading and treatment means of an electrical quantity supplied by the collection means, for the supply of a characteristic value of a luminous intensity detected by the photosensitive layer.
US08858884B2
A sterilization indicator system and method of using the system to determine efficacy of a sterilization process. The system includes a vial having a first compartment containing spores of one or more species of microorganism; a second compartment containing a growth medium with a disaccharide, an oligosaccharide or a polysaccharide in which the vial is free of monosaccharide; an enzyme, capable of acting upon the monosaccharide to yield reaction products and electron transfer, disposed on two or more electrodes adapted to carry an electrical signal resulting from the electron transfer, the pair of electrodes positioned to contact the combined contents of the first compartment and the second compartment during incubation; and an apparatus linked or linkable to the electrodes and adapted to detect and measure the electrical signal resulting from electron transfer when the enzyme acts upon the monosaccharide.
US08858876B2
A nickel-based superalloy composition includes from about 5 to about 7 wt % aluminum, from about 4 to about 8 wt % tantalum, from about 3 to about 8 wt % chromium, from about 3 to about 7 wt % tungsten, from 1 to about 5 wt % molybdenum, from 1.5 to about 5 wt % rhenium, from 5 to about 14 wt % cobalt, from about 0 to about 1 wt % hafnium, from about 0.01 to about 0.03 wt % carbon, from about 0.002 to about 0.006 wt % boron, and balance nickel and incidental impurities. The composition may exhibit a sustained peak low cycle fatigue life at 1800° F./45 ksi of at least about 4000 cycles. The nickel-based superalloy composition may be used in single-crystal or directionally solidified superalloy articles, such as a blade, nozzle, a shroud, a splash plate, and a combustor of a gas turbine engine.
US08858871B2
In a process, a thermally stable diamond table body and a substrate are stacked on each other at an interface which includes a layer of a imbibiting material interposed between a bottom surface of the body and an upper surface of the substrate. The stack is subjected to a suitable thermal cycle, constituted by heating, temperature maintenance and cooling, which brings at least some of the imbibiting material into the liquid state for migration into the thermally stable diamond table body and substrate at and about the interface so as to join the thermally stable diamond table body to the substrate. The substrate may be produced as a block of dense material constituted by hard particles dispersed in a binder phase, wherein the dense material has been enriched locally with binder phase by imbibition. Alternatively, imbibition material from the enriched substrate may be caused by the thermal cycle to migrate from the substrate into the diamond table body so as to join the thermally stable diamond table body to the substrate.
US08858867B2
The present invention relates generally to a ladle metallurgy furnace having an improved roof structure. The improved roof may comprise an internal surface structure having a substantially smooth exterior surface, an external surface structure spaced apart from the internal surface structure, a plurality of channels that are defined intermediate the internal and external surface structures, a supply port in fluid communication with at least one channel through the second surface structure and in further fluid communication with a supply line, and a return port in fluid communication with at least one channel through the external surface structure and in further fluid communication with a return line.
US08858866B2
A cooling tank for the thermal treatment of the head of rails, whose frame allows obtaining a stable and on average uniform flow of the cooling fluid which touches the head of the immersed rail along the entire tank, with the continuous exchange of the fluid so as to optimize the cooling speed of the head of the rail.
US08858846B2
Methods of making a carbon-carbon composite preforms, particularly suitable as brake discs in aircraft landing systems, by combining titanium carbide particles ranging in size from 0.01 to 10 microns in diameter, resinous binder, and carbon fibers or carbon fiber precursors in a mold, and subsequently subjecting the combined components to pressure and heat to carbonize the resinous binder by methods, thereby providing the carbon-carbon composite preform having particulate titanium carbide uniformly distributed throughout its mass. Prior to combining the titanium carbide and the binder with the fibers in this process, the particulate titanium carbide may be mixed with liquid binder, the resulting TiC/binder mixture may then solidified, and the resulting solid TiC/binder mixture may be ground into a fine powder for use in the process. Also, compositions for preparing a carbon-carbon composite friction materials, and methods of improving wear and dynamic stability in a carbon-carbon composite brake discs.
US08858838B2
An additive formulation suitable for antistatic modification and improving the electrical conductivity of inanimate organic material, consisting essentially of(A) from 1 to 50% by weight of an olefin-sulfur dioxide copolymer,(B) from 1 to 50% by weight of a compound which comprises one or more basic nitrogen atoms and has at least one relatively long-chain linear or branched hydrocarbon radical having at least four carbon atoms or an equivalent structural element which ensures the solubility of component (B) in the inanimate organic material, (C) from 0.1 to 30% by weight of an oil-soluble acid and (D) from 1 to 80% by weight of a high-boiling organic solvent which consists of one or more molecule types, where at least 80% by weight of these molecule types have a boiling point of more than 150° C. at standard pressure, where the sum of all components adds up to 100% by weight.
US08858836B2
This invention is related to efficient inorganic borophosphate phosphors which can applied in various technical applications such as fluorescent lamps, colored light or white light emitting diodes, and other devices where phosphors are used to convert especially near UV radiation into the visible light. Further, this invention is related to light sources comprising the efficient borophosphate phosphor. The inventive phosphor absorbs radiation in a first wavelength range of the electromagnetic spectrum and emits radiation in a second wavelength range of the electromagnetic spectrum. This phosphor is a borophosphate activated with divalent rare earth metal ions.
US08858834B2
The invention relates to compounds of the formula (I): (Ca,Sr,Ba)1-x-yMeySiN2:Eux, where Me═Mn2+, Mg2+, Be2+, Ni2+, Co2+ and/or Ru2+; x=0.005 to 0.20; and y<1, and/or of the formula (II): (Ca,Sr,Ba)2-xSi1-zMazN2:Eux, where Ma═Hf4+, Th4+ and/or Zr4+; x=0.005 to 0.20; and z<1, and to a process for the preparation of these compounds, and to the use as phosphors and conversion phosphors for conversion of the blue or near-UV emission from an LED.
US08858826B2
Deicing compositions comprised of hydroxyl-containing organic compounds and/or organic acid salts are disclosed.
US08858817B2
A polishing apparatus and exception handling method thereof is disclosed, the exception handling method of polishing apparatus includes: sending an alarm signal when an alarm is generated because of an exception during polishing; and processing a wafer in the polishing apparatus with organic acid solution according to the received alarm signal. The method and apparatus prevent the metal material from corrosion which causes device failure, when there is an alarm generated because of an exception which stops the apparatus during polishing.
US08858814B2
A photomask blank is provided comprising a transparent substrate, a single or multi-layer film including an outermost layer composed of chromium base material, and an etching mask film. The etching mask film is a silicon oxide base material film formed of a composition comprising a hydrolytic condensate of a hydrolyzable silane, a crosslink promoter, and an organic solvent and having a thickness of 1-10 nm. The etching mask film has high resistance to chlorine dry etching, ensuring high-accuracy processing of the photomask blank.
US08858809B2
A manufacturing method of a magnetic recording medium includes steps of forming a magnetic recording layer, a first mask layer, a second mask layer containing silicon as primary component, a strip layer, a third mask layer, and a resist layer, a step of patterning the resist layer to provide a pattern, steps of transferring the pattern to the third mask layer, to the strip layer, and to the second mask layer, a step of removing the strip layer by wet etching and of stripping the third mask layer and the resist layer above the magnetic recording layer, steps of transferring the pattern to the first mask layer and to the magnetic recording layer, and a step of stripping the first mask layer remaining on the magnetic recording layer.
US08858807B2
A process for making a microneedle array master comprises: (a) providing a photoreactive composition, the photoreactive composition comprising: (1) at least one reactive species that is capable of undergoing an acid- or radical-initiated chemical reaction, and (2) at least one multiphoton photoinitiator system; and (b) imagewise exposing at least a portion of the composition to light sufficient to cause simultaneous absorption of at least two photons, thereby inducing at least one acid- or radical-initiated chemical reaction where the composition is exposed to the light, the imagewise exposing being carried out in a pattern that is effective to define at least the surface of a plurality of microneedles. The microneedles may be solid and the outer surface of the microneedles may be characterized by at least one concave area. The master may be used to fabricate a tool for replication.
US08858800B2
The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a chromatography matrix comprising providing a polysaccharide carrier comprising available hydroxyl groups; and reacting said hydroxyl groups with vinyl sulphonate to provide a sulphonate-functionalized (S-functionalized) cation exchanger. The hydroxyl groups of the carrier may be hydroxyls of the agarose polymer; or alternatively they may be provided on extenders such as polyhydroxyfunctional polymers. In one embodiment, the carrier is made of agarose with improved flow pressure properties.
US08858799B2
The invention relates to a method and arrangement for separating two solutions mixed in dispersion into two solution phases in a liquid-liquid extraction separation cell. The arrangement includes a first guide wall extending along the whole width of the cell with respect to the vertical direction at an inclined angle. The first guide wall includes a bottom edge, which is located at a distance from the cell bottom, so that a clearance gap is formed between the bottom edge and the cell bottom. The arrangement also includes a second guide wall essentially parallel with the first guide wall and placed at a distance therefrom. Between the first guide wall and the second guide wall an uptake shaft is formed extending diagonally upwards at the inclined angle. The second guide wall is pressed tightly against the cell bottom, and includes a number of vertical slots.
US08858780B2
A method of determining an analyte concentration employs a biosensor that includes a molecularly imprinted polymer film formed on a metal layer. The biosensor is connected to a charge/discharge circuit and charged and discharged during exposure to a solution containing an analyte. Voltage values during discharge are measured, and a characteristic parameter of the voltage values, which is associated with a concentration of the analyte detected by the biosensor, is determined. An unknown concentration of the analyte is determined by comparing the characteristic parameter to reference data representing a relation between known concentration of the analyte and the characteristic parameter of the biosensor. A biosensor, such as an anesthetic biosensor, is also disclosed.
US08858775B2
Metal objects are treated by anodising the metal object in contact with an acidic solution, and then subjecting the anodised metal object to a reversed voltage (compared to the anodising voltage). The thus-treated metal object is then contacted with a biocidal metal-containing solution. Biocidal metal is deposited on the surface of the metal object, resulting in improved biocidal properties.
US08858766B2
A system and method for combinatorial processing of substrates in a processing chamber. The system includes a plurality of generators for supplying power into the processing chamber. A plurality of sputter guns provides power to different regions of a substrate. A switchbox switches power from a generator to a sputter gun via a plurality of coaxial switches. A controller positioned within the switchbox automatically distributes power from a specific generator to a specific sputter gun under programmable logic control.
US08858762B2
An embodiment of a distillation system is disclosed having an influent column with an influent column first end and an influent column second end and having therein, a gas deflector. The influent column may contain at least an influent liquid and vapor from the influent liquid. The influent column first end may be in fluid communication with an influent liquid source. A distillation system is disclosed as having at least one effluent column having an effluent column first end and an effluent column second end and further comprising a condensation chamber adjacent the effluent second end. The effluent column may be positioned within the influent column and may contain at least an effluent liquid and vapor. A primary vacuum source may be in fluid communication with an influent column and positioned at an influent second end. A blower may be provided and connected to the condensation chamber.
US08858760B2
The present invention provides a machine for manufacturing low ignition propensity wrapping paper for cigarettes having combustion inhibition bands (B) intermittently formed on a web of paper by applying a combustion inhibition agent solution to the web by transfer. The machine includes a gravure roll (34) for forming combustion inhibition bands (B) on a web, the gravure roll (34) having recesses (66) in an outer circumferential surface for receiving the combustion inhibition agent solution, the recesses (66) each having a contour corresponding to the contour of the to-be-formed combustion inhibition band and having a large number of lands (68; 70) distributed therein and constituting parts of the outer circumferential surface of the gravure roll, and the recesses each being designed such that the total area of the lands within the recess is smaller than the area of the recess excluding the lands.
US08858756B2
Improved semiconductor wafer debonding system, method, and apparatus, including a stress-free means for multi-axis debonding utilizing a specialized tool or fixture having at least one ultrasonic transducer.
US08858755B2
A substrate edge bevel etch module for etching a material from a peripheral edge of a substrate with an etchant is described. The substrate edge bevel etch module includes a rotatable substrate holder having a support for a substrate, and a surface tension etch applicator comprising a wetted etching surface opposing a substrate surface proximate an edge of the substrate when the surface tension etch applicator is located proximate to the edge of the substrate. The surface tension etch applicator further includes an etchant dispensing portion, proximate the wetted etching surface, which dispenses an etchant in a region between the wetted etching surface and the substrate surface and wet at least a portion of the wetted etching surface and the substrate surface. A spacing between the wetted etching surface and the substrate surface is selected to retain the etchant using surface tension forces and form a meniscus there between.
US08858751B2
A method for producing a flexible metal laminate includes continuously thermocompression-bonding laminate metal foils to a resin film. The thermocompression-bonding step is conducted by placing a protection metal foil between a pressure surface of a heat and pressure forming apparatus and the laminate metal foils. When the protection metal foil is subjected to an abrasion resistance test, in which the protection metal foil is placed such that a matte surface of the protection metal foil contacts a plate material having a surface equivalent to the pressure surface and in which the matte surface is rubbed against the surface of the plate material by applying a load to a shiny surface of the protection metal foil and pulling the protection metal foil, a streak is found on the matte surface only in a case where the load is over 500 g per area of 76 mm×26 mm.
US08858749B2
The present invention aims to provide method and apparatus for making a disposable diaper improved so that a region of the continuous elastic predetermined to extend across the middle of the crotch region may be attached to continuous web in a desired condition. A method for making a disposable diaper 10 includes the steps of, (A) coating a first surface 102A of a first web 102 with an adhesive 130 to define an adhesion region 131 extending from first side edge 106 toward second side edge 107 in a cross direction CD and a non-adhesion region 134 extending along the second side edge 107 in a machine direction MD; (B) rocking the continuous elastic 104 by a rocker arm 113 in the cross direction CD and thereby laying the continuous elastic 104 on the first surface 102A of the first web 102 in a curved pattern such that the continuous elastic 104 may have crest-segments 104a each curving convexly toward the first side edge 106, trough-segments 104b each defined between a pair of the adjacent crest-segments 104a and curving concavely from the first side edge 106 and intermediate segments 104c connecting the crest-segments 104a to the trough-segments 104b; (C) attaching the continuous elastic 104 including the trough-segments 104b and the intermediate segments 104c but except the trough-segments 104b to the first surface 102A of the first web 102 in the adhesion regions 131 by a first pressure roll 112; and (D) putting flat and bonding together the first web 102 and the second web 105 by a second pressure roll 118.
US08858744B2
Aspects relate to systems, methods, and apparatus for a manufacturing tool. The manufacturing tool is comprised of a vacuum tool and an ultrasonic welder as a unified manufacturing tool. The manufacturing tool may be used to pick and position a manufacturing part that is then welded with the associated ultrasonic welder.
US08858736B2
Austempered ductile iron (ADI) for components requiring high strength and/or ductility, which has a silicon content of 3.35 weight-% to 4.60 weight-%, and which is obtainable by performing an ADI-heat treatment using an austenitization temperature of at least 910° C.
US08858734B2
A method of superfinishing a large hollow wheel gear in a vibratory bowl having a center hub comprises at least partially filling the vibratory bowl with an amount of finishing media, laying the gear horizontally into the bowl over the center hub, supplying a quantity of an active chemistry into the bowl and agitating the vibratory bowl at a frequency such that the gear settles into and is fully supported by the media. By controlling the process parameters, the hollow wheel gear may be caused to rotate in the media and can be made to float at a desired level. The method is particularly suitable for hollow wheel gears for large wind turbines.
US08858730B2
A beverage can cleaning apparatus for cleaning beverage cans before they are dispensed from vending machines. The apparatus has a can holder, a hinged platform, tubes, a first nozzle, a second nozzle and a sensing block that matches the profile of the can top periphery. The sensing block is depressed a compressed distance, the distance being dependent on the orientation of the can, and cleaning fluid or compressed air is selectively directed through the first or second nozzle. Subsequent to air or cleaning fluid being dispensed against the top of the beverage can, the can holder releases the hinged platform sending the beverage can into the vending machine's dispenser.
US08858727B2
A dishwasher having a washing compartment; an air ducting channel to generate an airflow; and a sorption drying system to dry wash items. The sorption drying system has a sorption compartment with reversibly dehydratable sorption material that is connected to the washing compartment via the air ducting channel. The air ducting channel is coupled to the sorption compartment such that the airflow enters the sorption compartment with an inflow direction and changes direction to a through-flow direction in which the airflow flows through the inside of the sorption compartment.
US08858723B2
Methods and apparatuses for integrated cleaning of objects comprising a sequence of wet cleaning and vacuum drying in a same process chamber. The present integrated cleaning process can eliminate moving parts, improving the system reliability. Vacuum decontamination can be included for degassing and decontaminating the cleaned objects. In an embodiment, a cleaner system combines various movements into an integrated movement to be handled by a robot, for example, to improve the throughput. For example, an integrated robot movement comprising picking up a closed container from the input load port, moving both the lid and body together, and then depositing the body and lid separately into the appropriate positions in the cleaner to be cleaned.
US08858717B2
A method of treatment for inhibiting sulfur-based corrosion or scaling or for removing scaling from a surface including inhibiting corrosion caused by sulfur-containing materials, reducing corrosion caused by sulfur-containing materials, inhibiting scaling caused by sulfur-containing and sulfur-containing materials in gas, liquid or solid phase or any combination of multiple phases of materials, reducing scaling caused by sulfur-containing and sulfur-containing materials, and removing scaling caused by sulfur-containing and sulfur-containing materials. The method involves contacting sulfur-containing materials with a composition containing a turpentine liquid. The method also involves contacting corrodible surfaces or surfaces prone to scaling with a composition containing a turpentine liquid.
US08858709B1
A physical vapor deposition method of growing a crystal includes providing a seed crystal and a source material in spaced relation inside of a growth crucible that is at least in-part gas permeable to an unwanted gas. The growth chamber is heated whereupon the source material sublimates and is transported via a temperature gradient in the growth chamber to the seed crystal where the sublimated source material precipitates. Concurrent with heating the growth chamber, a purging gas is caused to flow inside or outside of the growth crucible in a manner whereupon the unwanted gas flows from the inside to the outside of the growth crucible via the gas permeable part thereof.
US08858707B2
A method for making silicon nanorods is provided. In accordance with the method, Au nanocrystals are reacted with a silane in a liquid medium to form nanorods, wherein each of said nanorods has an average diameter within the range of about 1.2 nm to about 10 nm and has a length within the range of about 1 nm to about 100 nm.
US08858703B1
A zinc-oxide based set retardant additive and admixture for use in Portland cement or other hydraulic cement mixtures. The admixture may comprise silica fume, vitreous calcium aluminosilicate, magnesium aluminum silicate hydrate, a cellulose ether derivative, or their equivalents. The zinc-oxide based set retardant may be interground or pre-blended, pre-packaged, or added on the jobsite, as an admixture, additive, or addition. The zinc-based set retardant may be subsequently added or mixed into a ready mix or wet mixture of portland cement or other hydraulic cement, sand and/or aggregate, with or without fillers, and water, with or without other pozzolans or polymers.
US08858702B2
Disclosed and described are multi-component inorganic phosphate formulations of acidic phosphate components and basic oxide/hydroxide components. Also disclosed are high solids, atomizable compositions of same, suitable for spray coating.
US08858697B2
The disclosure relates generally to mold compositions and methods of molding and the articles so molded. More specifically, the disclosure relates to mold compositions and methods for casting titanium-containing articles, and the titanium-containing articles so molded.
US08858694B2
A zinc oxide precursor for use in deposition of a zinc oxide-based thin film contains an alkyl zinc halide having the following formula: R—Zn—X, where R is an alkyl group CnH2n+1, and X is a halogen group. The n is a number ranging from 1 to 4, and the alkyl group is one selected from among a methyl group, an ethyl group, an i-propyl group and a t-butyl group. The halogen group contains one selected from among F, Br, Cl and I. A method of depositing a zinc oxide-based thin film includes loading a substrate into a deposition chamber; and supplying the zinc oxide precursor which contains the above-described alkyl zinc halide and an oxidizer into the deposition chamber and forming a zinc oxide-based thin film on the substrate via chemical vapor deposition. The zinc oxide-based thin film is deposited on the substrate via atmospheric pressure chemical vapor deposition.
US08858685B2
A pyrolyzed monolith carbon physical adsorbent that is characterized by at least one of the following characteristics: (a) a fill density measured for arsine gas at 25° C. and pressure of 650 torr that is greater than 400 grams arsine per liter of adsorbent; (b) at least 30% of overall porosity of the adsorbent including slit-shaped pores having a size in a range of from about 0.3 to about 0.72 nanometer, and at least 20% of the overall porosity including micropores of diameter <2 nanometers; and (c) having a bulk density of from about 0.80 to about 2.0 grams per cubic centimeter, preferably from 0.9 to 2.0 grams per cubic centimeter.
US08858683B2
A process for reducing the loss of valuable products by improving the overall recovery of a contaminant gas component in swing adsorption processes. The present invention utilizes at least two adsorption beds, in series, with separately controlled cycles to control the adsorption front and optionally to maximize the overall capacity of a swing adsorption process and to improve overall recovery a contaminant gas component from a feed gas mixture.
US08858676B2
A method for generating nanoparticles in a liquid comprises generating groups of ultrafast laser pulses, each pulse in a group having a pulse duration of from 10 femtoseconds to 200 picoseconds, and each group containing a plurality of pulses with a pulse separation of 1 to 100 nanoseconds and directing the groups of pulses at a target material in a liquid to ablate it. The multiple pulse group ablation produces nanoparticles with a reduced average size, a narrow size distribution, and improved production efficiency compared to prior pulsed ablation systems.
US08858673B2
Fertilizers may include one or more additives that render the fertilizer more resistant to further processing such as thermal processing and/or aqueous-based processing that may otherwise be employed in the attempt to produce explosive materials from the fertilizer. The one or more additives may include materials that increase the chances of detection by providing a visual or olfactory indication of further processing. The one or more additives may include materials that make further processing more difficult or dangerous.
